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GRESHAM OUTLOOK. TUESDAY, BECKMBK H ftil and said sh e w anted some of those PAGE TH REE new fashionable boots w ith big tons BIRÜS BECAME « NUISANCE' B a lk s a t P a y in g and w rinkles a t th e h e e l!” I "f the room. This give’s cross ventila- **Oh. derir Mis« S usie!" laughed Miss : tlon. Passenger Pigeone Nested in Such Tilly again, “how absurd and lovable Then th e wallZ" T iles are. of course, Numbers T hat They Completely she i s ! By KATHERINE EDELMAN Bj? MARTHA B. THOMAS Destroyed the Trees. excellent, but very expensive. Oil paint “So I bought a black p air w ith as- C liff W in ters ¿fee L I F F O R D Generous W om an i> very good, and w ashes easily. Then »r . around the tops, or im itation. I U ilS people Tlie passenger pigeon presents one Learned a L esson W W IN T E R S c o n s id e r e d ‘ .' hIW7 n 1 SP°>“ * to w anted th ere is sa n lta s paper, w hich can he O perated 'P la n t'* CL 9 " a s Jealous, of the m arcels of bird life. A cen M iss T i m " ran ‘-‘*s und candy canes, so I’ve had used ¡i OI1e likes a design on the Miss Tilly He w o u l d tury ago this bird, now extinct, ex From U?hich rise dozen of each sent up here I f r o m S h op p ers walls. a queer old isted in flocks of such gigantic propor and Won a not have ad- Presents Were selected ten w reaths from the little muid. But m itted th e fact to tions th a t the num bers ap p ear almost who isn’t very well and makes S w eeth ea rt Distributed i One th in g the floor m ust not be. and those people were ,, him self for all the Incredible. T he general roosting places them to help h er m other earn money [th at is porous. Com position floorings too blind and of th ese vast hordes were usually lo world, h u t It was Every C hristm as a re fair, but linoleum is b etter. Medi stupid to care ®nd I bought h alf a dozen books for quite plain to everyone else, Including cate,! In th e tallest and densest for really w hat she th e folks who can ’t get about much.** um w eight linoleum is good, as it has Package H a d his little b ro th er of ten. ests. As they were birds of very pow- Miss Tilly beamed. “Now, le t’s take was. O ther peo a slight give w hich is a g rea t help in F o r five y ears h e had thought of e rtu l flight, they ap p aren tly often Som ething T h a t factory' and ple looked upon them into the ‘sunshine m w ory and not tirin g one as much. Lay your Stella Thompson as his—th e thought ranged several m iles during th e day, f u n - 1 . hPT Up’ or a t Ieast ^ o s e things S om ebody W a n te d h er as a fa t, fu n linoleum carefu lly , so th a t uo w ater had never occurred to him th a t some hut ut evening retu rn ed In u body ny sp in ster who you ve brought w ith you.” may en ter th e crack s w here it la put Mrs. Mary Sum m ertim e, of De She le«i Mrs. Billings to a large room one else might come along and tak e to th e roost. T he tall trees for thou had curious idea;}. T hese people were h er from him. T rue, he had never sands of acres w ere com pletely killed, together. Cem ent is a very good thing tro it, collected her husband's to le ran t hut uninterested. But still on the second floor. T h is room had no come rig h t out like th e m en in the and the ground strew n with massive army disability pension for five to use to p rev en t this. b Jt ’° n>: tatdes and • chair o th ers knew Miss Tilly for w hat she years, hut now balks at paying him story hooks und asked Stella to be his, w as, and these w ere rew arded by a ‘7 ° ’ ° « e r the door w as tache»l a small but surely he thought any girl would branches torn down by the clustering alimony and will appeal. weight of the birds which had rested 1^ u“,!ihlne F actory” w as printed Record Nunber of Chinese Pheasants glim pse into h e r “sunshine factory.” have sense enough to know when a upon them. Miss Tilly w as com fortably situated on It. Evidently the sunshine was the Released» “ H ousehold M anageiiient” man really w anted her. Things had 1 h eir nesting places w ere even and had a “neat, tidy income." She Im portant part, fo r It was printed in been so pleasant, anyhow, coming and Oregon has liberated in excess of larg er letters. M e m ight call the k itch en the m ain more wonderful. In M ichigan the never bad to w orry about the gas bill H ere were piled g reat heaps of going to S tella's home, th a t he had put largest nesting place in recent years room in a house, so in p lanning a 10,000 C hinese p h easan ts in the fields o r th e butch er’s bill or the coal in the of ea ste rn and w estern Oregon th is off nam ing th e day, b u t otherw ise, in cellar. B ut let it be said a t once th a t C hristm as presents, w rapped and tied his mind, th e whole thing had been occurred In 187« or 1877. and was 28 home let us s ta rt w ith th a t. The first year, a record for th is sta te and one and tagged. And every gift w as some miles long und some th ree or four thing th a t should be rem em bered is to she w orried about o th e r people’s bills settled th a t has never been equalled by any und found m any quiet opportunities to thing th a t somebody w anted m ore than now . „ o w „ „ . „ „ s t e l u [ tulles In width. The last nesting place [“ ' V ” “ 'T ' o th er state. help them out, th a t is—th e bills and anything else, fo r Mrs. Billings acted was lost to him— th a t he w as out of gan in 1881, but only of m oderate size, used as - W # ' ' ey a re to b,‘ as a clever sp y ; it was her business T his announcem ent has been m ade th e people. 1 his will save m uch running th e running—for perhaps eight miles long. In th e n est to discover w hat people wanted. Miss by the Oregon S tate Game com m ission It w as a source of g reat bew ilder Tilly w as the general to whom she re Dick C arpenter ing places every tree of suitable size aro u n d , loss of tim e and energy. follow ing a check of th e 1923 a c tiv i m ent how much Miss Tilly knew about ported. had come back was loaded down w ith nests, a large ties at th e tw o sta te gam e farm s a t o th e r folks’ affairs. Not in a prying, from th e city. hemlock, for instance, holding from I .. P " ? con‘s ider <lie light. A good I ve hired tw o boys,” rem arked this Inquisitive way, but In a generous. At th la rv e M U l ichigan e l . i . . , . nest Kht ,H. ei4!fential. A light th a t hangs C orvallis and Eugene. S tella seem ed to 20 rosy general, “to take the gifts around 20 to to 40. 40. At the e large Since C hinese p h easan ts now tu rn - • trom the m iddle of th e room is not have eyes for him C hristm as eve. And I’ve pasted a tiny ing it w as estim ated th a t 500 n etters label on each present—‘From th e “Sun only and Clifford were at work, and th a t th eir average [ good, because one is u su ally directly ish 90 per cen t of th e upland bird in one s own shadow . F o r instance. If , shooting ----------« . ------ nave in th sportsm e state, en spo rtsm en have saw very little of catch w as 20,000 birds apiece. shine F actory.” ’ H ere’s one th a t gave isU n d h ,g 8OwuLh ‘t n h eln..th M ! bren SUpP °r til'K • " increased program her. I t seemed me the most pleasure of all. You m ust stan d in g w ith th e lig h t behind you. never, never tell.” a s if no m a tte r possible |t>f propaKatlon “ " J the sta te gam e com- T h erefo re th e lights, if w h at tim e h e ODD WAY TO GET RELIGION should be in the side w alls. T hls wlll Miss Tilly opened a small, gray vel will nii8sion has been giving close atten tio n called h e could vet b o x ; sparkling on blue satin w as a light up your kitchen w ithout castin g to th e m a tte r of protection. not find h er th e re Bishop Must Have Had “ Puli” T h a t shadow s. sm all diam ond ring. "T his is fo r Billy W as Altogether O ut of the —h er m other al- sm iling one. It seem ed as though she Saunders. H e’s th e best lad in tow n O rdinary Run. w ays met him m ade a point of learning about all and is in love w ith th a t p retty Molly Next th in g is th e v en tilatio n . If it w ith th e sam e re is possible, have two w indows. As we those who needed a bit of encourage Sherwood. H e w ants to m arry her, T he m inister was in th e midst of n all know, sm oke and odors will arise, m a rk : "S he Just m ent or help. And all this in te rest on and can In a couple of years, b ut he left w ith Dick," revival service th a t looked very prvlll. and for th a t reason w indow s should Miss T illy’s p a rt served as th e founda doesn’t d are ask h e r because h e can’t or "Dick and she lslng from alm ost every angle. The be m ade to pull down from th e top as local and internal, and has b een success* afford an engagem ent ring ju s t now. tion of the “sunshine factory.” „ ------ e a tm e ent n t or atarrh fo. ,c . in «■* the tr treatm of U Catarrh for u over finance com m ittee ------------ had brought In Miss "M l as up from the bottom . W hen | fui •“ T ake th a t blustering, bleak a fte r I can’t b ear to see them unhappy.’ a re in the p arlo r now.” 1,1 « h e r e to put the , forty years. Sold by all druggists, H e In».,i Just come from th e re now, N ightingale to direct th e chorus; the noon two days before Christm as, when Youth should be glorious w ith dream s young h o p efu l, of th e neighborhood * have them opposite sides F. J . C H E N E Y &. C O .. T oledo. Mrs. Billings fairly blew into Miss I ve known him ever since he stole a fte r being told th a t Dick and S tella had listened atten tiv ely to the min- ---------- -------- — h ad gone to town. T he jealousy th a t T illy’s front hall. H er arm s w ere full apples out of my orchard, bless him ! of bundles; she w as breath less with T his gift I ’ll ta k e myself, or h e’d never w as g ettin g a t his h ea rt grew m ore Ister, an d graciously accepted his in h itter each moment, and so much did vitation to en ter th e fold. struggling against th e wind, and she accept It.” One day w hile he w as p reparing his Mrs. Billings planted a warm, re it possess him th a t he could not go w as wiping aw ay th e half-dozen te a rs sermon, his wife and Miss N ightin from her cheeks. sounding kiss upon th e flushed cheeks about his work. Jum ping Into his little ca r again he gale cam e into his study. T he con Miss Tilly bustled out, took all the of Miss Tilly. “I shall b u rst try in g to keep these m ade his way along th e smooth coun versation soon drifted to church a f bundles and escorted Mrs. Billings to things to myself, b ut I prom ise n o t to try road until he reached T renton. fairs and finally settled down to a dis a ch air near th e fire. tell. You are th e best woman th a t T here he found th a t th e town w as full cussion of a certain bishop, o f'w h o m ‘Now, do tell me all about every of C hristm as shoppers and th a t th e re tlie m in ister Is not very fond. H ere thing," smiled the hostess, “as soon w as little chance of his running across the conversation lagged, and the min as you get your breath. I ’m eager to S tella and Dick, even though they ister’s thoughts w ent back to his ser know If you found out exactly w hat should still be there. mon. T he two women soon drop;ied I ’a Saunders w anted most, and if Miss H e w andered aim lessly around fo r th e bishop nnd took up some of the Susie needed some overshoes, as I an h o u r and w atched th e crow ds as local characters. thought, and how many children loved they cam e and went, noticing p articu In speaking of one of them, M is. candy canes b etter than oranges larly th e young men of his own age. N ightingale sa id : “H as he got any an d —” They w ere hurrying in and out of religion ?” Mrs. Billings smoothed out her stores and nearly alw ays on th e out- “Oh, yes,” said th e m in ister’s wife, sk irts, folded h er hands in her lap, ever lived, and th e only one who owns conilng trip they w ere carrying pack “he got It tw o years ago.” cleared her throat and sa id : “Miss a ‘Sunshine factory.’ You bring happi ages. H e could see them through th e Tlie m in ister’s e a r enught th e Inst Tilly, if h a lf the people in this town ness to th e whole tow n nnd then pre windows a t tim es m aking th e ir p u r sentence, nnd thinking th a t it referred knew how good you were, they’d feel tend to be surprised w hen th e people chases—candy, flowers, jew elry and to th e honors th a t had been bestowed p re tty sm all and mean. T here isn’t a tell you about the m ysterious p resents o th er things—and they all seemed so on th e bishop, snapped o u t: "Yes, hut person who looks a fte r folks th e way they receive. Some day I shall p in a happy about it. T hey w ere buying he got it through a pull."—In d ian you do, and you w on't let me say a sign on your back.” them fo r m others, or wives or sw eet apolis News. “W hat sign?” single word about It." h earts, he thought. “Ask and ye shall receive!” Miss Tilly laughed. “W hat’s th e Sw ift us a flash the realization cam e The Glory of Georgia. “P sh aw !" said Miss Tilly, b ut her to him th a t never during all th e years use? I get a lot of fun out of discov A fter m ore than a cen tu ry of R us eyes w ere very bright. ering wlmt people need and then send th a t he had courted Stella Thompson sian rule th e little state of Georgia a (© . 1923. W estern N ew sp ap er U nion ) ing it to them. I feel like S an ta’s sec h ad he given her a g ift—not even a t C h ristian republic betw een A rm enia ond cousin. Now, tell me about every C hristm as. W hat had been th e m at and the Caucasian m ountains, Is n a t body.” SQUARE WITH THE GAME te r w ith him ? H e had Just never urally proud of h er regained Inde “W ell,” began Mrs. Billings, “Pa stopped to think—no w onder th a t pendence, nnd very Jealous of her S aunders said th a t of all tilings he’d H usband—H ave you bought a Stella had turned from him to Dick like best w as one of those little bulbs C hristm as present fo r A unt M atilda C arpenter. W hat a fool he had been newly won rights, ns w as recently shown by h er protest en tered nt L au of Ja p an e se lilies. Isn’t th a t ju st like yet? to think th a t affection could live and him ? H e needs wood for his stove, Wife—No, I'm w aiting until w e get th riv e witli th e little thought th a t ho sanne ag ain st R ussia’s right to speak for her nt th e conference. T he his hut he said lie alw ays hankered a fte r hers. hud given i t ! H e w ondered if It w as tory of Georgia stretch es far hack H usband— Why? seeing one of those bulbs grow, so I too late pow to m ake am ends—a t least Into th e centuries and she has en Wife— She alw ays sends us a check! he could nftike an effort nnd try . got h a lf a dozen and a ja r filled w ith joyed m ore th an one era of prosperity pebbles.” —M. B. Thomas. T h at evening when he called a t th e In th a t tim e. K enneir, a tolerably t(£), 1923, W estern N ew sp ap er U n ion .) "Yes," said Miss Tilly. “I'm glad he Thom pson home and asked for Stella well known trav e ler o f the N ineteenth likes th e lilies. We'll send some wood th e refu sal th a t century, described the country. p„«. too.” ’ A W ant Ad will sell w hat you d< Mrs. Thom pson slhly w ith exaggeration, ns the most “And Miss Susie looked a little wist- not need and get w hat you do need w as going to u t beautiful and highly favored region in te r died upon h er the world. In one respect at least lips ns she saw Ì th is praise was deserved, for the love P hones Bdwy. 8576 th e change in him. T hree 65 N. Second S treet liness of th e Georgian women was a l The easy-going, G resham 1201 and 355 T rucks Daily In su red C a rrie rs w ays proverbial throughout the N ear half-hearted Clif E ast, and th e fam e of th e ir beauty ford W inters of spread to w estern lands. th e past w as gone and in Ids place He Did Hand It Over. was an ag g res P ortlan d — W ay P oin ts — G resham S enator C harles Batt, who preaches sive, quick-spoken LOCAL ANII LONG DISTANCE MOVING a doctrine of using care In th e ex fellow who acted penditure of public funds, comes from Wood Coal Briquets as if he would not Vigo county. T here he w as lighting be denied. And the raising of tax rate s by the school : when Stella h er board. One of th e m ost p ertin en t of self cam e along h is rem arks recently w as: "I don’t she could only the board th a t spend» the gasp as he placed l . larg e bouquet of UI th in k roses in her arm s, and h e f o r l sheVouid money should del erm ine the am ount recover from th e su rp rise which this of taxes to he paid. Let one hoard occasioned Clifford had asked h er the fix th e am ount of expenditures and_” Judge, ’ one of the board members all-im portant question nnd she had an Our 7% P rio r P reference Stock has paid dividends reg u la rly every Interrupted, “does your wife fix the sw ered "yes.” th re e m onths since it w as first issued. Clifford alw ays thought through th e am ount of your expen d itu res?” Fim ous Wrigley Building in Chicago Being Doubled in Size * Mr. B att nodded his head. He a f t years th a t followed th a t th e ir happi T he part of the W rigley Build It is a Safe and Sound Investment ness was due to th a t holiday trip he erw ard said th a t th a t argum ent H ere ii a concrete (as well as a ing erected tw o years ago lias filled m ade to town, hut S tella's m other often ?aused him more trouble than any Mecl and glass) proof of the say- such a w ant that the north section smiled to herself as she thought how o th er he had ever given as It was ing th at “advertising pays ” In nearly double the floor area of the You can buy it a t $98.00 a share, par value $100, for cash or on these m agnificent buildings Mr. she used th e vain little C arp en ter boy told to his wife who w as willing to south section, is being added. easy term s. It w ill net you 7.14% on every do llar you Invest. \ \ rigley has erected an impressive serve In th a t capacity. to aw aken Clifford. I his north section, nearly co m testim onial to this g reat truth. (£). 1921, W e .te r o N ew »pap«r U n lo n J W rite for full inform ation today. pleted, occupies the entire block Ih e y loom large and beautiful. im m ediately across N orth W ater Danger In Exposure. V M W I TO PI IH.H. I hey typify the achievem ents of Investm en t D epartm ent • ir e e t, f r o n t i n g on M ic h ig a n H er H usband You look tough with the m an who built them. T hey Avenue ami reaching to the height I w lll be ab sen t u n til ab o u t Jan. 15. of the main p art of the first stru c stand as a m o nitor over the activ My w ork w ill be in ch a rg e of A. all th a t m akeup on. I wish you’d cut It out. ture, with a connecting bridge. ity of th e N ation's secohd c ity __ Room 605 E lectric Bldg., P ortland, Oregon I R uegg and C. Owsley. Phone o rd ers I he space in the new section is inspiring— dom inating— massive__ Mrs. Kuddyglow—B ut I’m no accus for p la ste r and cem ent work, G resh- already nearly all taken by high- bearing unansw erable testim ony tomed to it I’m afraid I’d cat<h cold i,m lftr” _____ AL. HAMMAR. class h rim in advance of the com w ithout It. t<> th e P O W E R O F A D V E R pletion of the building. T IS IN G . Sunski me Factory” Gifts Holiday Trip His Awakening Jfe H a ll’s C a ta rrh Medicine i,‘,S:,b£S MORGAN BROS. TRUCK LINE YOUR DIVIDENDS COME REGULARLY Here’s Proof Thai Advertising Pays Portland Railway, Light & Power Co. HOME SWEET HOfi Oscar Tarai Time Beck ia Hit tß V IN Ö TC» WgITW W it h P ost ovwctj P e n - a