GRESHAM
OUTLOOK.
TUESDAY,
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ftil and said sh e w anted some of those
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new fashionable boots w ith big tons
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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'*
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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
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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.”
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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-
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—
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.
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Factory” Gifts
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