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About Gresham outlook. (Gresham, Multnomah County, Or.) 1911-1991 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1925)
Multnomah Grange Date Changed. At a re c e n t school exam ination the follow ing w ere som e answ ers made to q u estio n s: 1. T he w ay th a t germ s en ter our bodies is by tra v e lin g on stre e t cars. 2. To avoid germ s sta n d alone in a crowd. 3. To p rev en t te e th decaying w rench them out every m orning. 4. To d isin fect th e th ro a t gargle w ith a w eak delusion of carbolic acid and w ate r.—A ustin Masonic News. POWELL VALLEY T he M ultnom ah gran g e w ill m eet in its hall a t O rient May 16, a week ROCKWOOD T he M isses F lo ren ce and H ulda Jo h n so n and Mr. and Mrs. R udolph e a rlie r th a n th e usual date, on ac S alquist, th e la tte r couple form er count of clean-up day at th e h all. A resid en ts of Pow ell Valley, left last M others' Day p ro g ram w ill be held in S aturday for an ea ste rn trip , going in th e forenoon an d th e aftern o o n w ill m achines by way of the Oregon T rail. be spent in clean in g up th e grounds. T he Misses Johnson will m ake the It is desired th a t all m em bers of the trip In th e ir coupe and will visit a grange be p resen t. b ro th er in Iowa and frien d s in Kan- sas. Mr. and Mrs. Salquist w ill spend m ost of th e tim e w ith h er p are n ts in ? la n a ' ? . ak,ng_.the, JOUrney *n “ F ord sedan. The p a rty is ca rry in g cam p ing equipm ent an d is an ticip atin g a d elightful vacation C larence Aim is still a t St. V incents ho sp ital suffering from an a tta c k of pleuro-pneum onia in both lungs and his condition is regarded as grave, num ber of friends and m em bers of his fam ily called on him at th e hospital Sunday. A d m issio n $1.00 Ladies Free H enry B ottleson has retu rn ed from San Diego, C alifornia, w here he w ent about th ree m ouths ago and a fte r he m akes disposition of his Pow ell V al ley property, w ill probably re tu rn south. The P aren t-T each er association will m eet F rid ay n ig h t at th e schoolhouse and as th e an n u al election of officers Half Mile Southeast of Linneniann Junction w ill tak e place a t th is m eeting, a full 1 Mile Southwest of Gresham atten d an ce is desired. The receip ts from th e sale of refre sh m e n ts are to be donated to th e boys who w ill be elected to go to Oregon A g ricu ltu ral Beginning at 1:30 p. m. College sum m er school th is year. T he sam e te ac h ers have been re elected for th e Pow ell V alley school for th e com ing year, Miss M arian R obertson to reta in the p rin cip alsh lp and Mrs. H elen Camp to have ch arg e of th e p rim ary grades. The patrons of th e d istric t are w ell pleased with I.onden Manure Carrier, Hoover Grain Drill, Champion Mower, Hay Kake, th e p ro g ress of th e school for th e past 3^4 Wagon, Hav Rack, Hilled Hay Bed. 2 Gravel Beds, Low Wheeled Farm year. Wagon, Push Cart, 2 Wheelbarrows, Steel Delivery Body for Ford, Hay L ouis C h ristensen and his sister, Carrier and Rope, Platform Scales for weighing crates and berries, large Mrs. M ary G ander and baby left F r i quantity Field Carriers, 2 Strawberry Cultivators, 3 Harrows, spike tooth, spring and disk; 2 Oliver Plows, 40; 14-lnch J. I. Case Sulky Plow;1 day for San Diego, C alifornia, a fte r a Shovel Plow, undent: Ox Yoke, pioneer days; Fanning Mill, 3s-lncli steel stay w ith relativ es and friends. Louis cable for stnrnp pulling, single and double block, 3 cross-cut Saws, Sledges has p urchased an in te re st In a garag e and W edges Hoes, Shovels, Mattocks and Garden Tools. business in th e so u th ern C alifornia city and as soon as he is favorably io cated, his wife and ch ild ren w ill join Some very an cien t, an tiq u e fu rn itu re , bed spring s, tab les, ch a irs, lib rary him. ta b le of Oregon wood, dishes, pots and pans, h undred s of fru it ja rs , crocks T he L adies Aid of th e Swedish from 1 gallon to 15 gallons, b arrels, buckets, w ash tubs, boards and w ringer, sa u sag e g rin d er, stu tte r and fa t press, 2 ch u rn s, 1-gallon and 5-gallon; L u th eran church w ill m eet T h u rsd ay aftern o o n a t 2 o’clock a t th e hom e of h e a tin g stove, ran g e. Mrs. F ra n k Staffenson. Come ea rly and look over th e collection of a life tim e, A bsolutely no ju n k w ill be peddled a t th is sale. DANCE Corbett Grange Hall, at Corbett SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 16 AUCTION SALE ON PHENIX FARM S A T U R D A Y , M A Y 23 L IV E S T O C K Team of Mules. Family Cow. Jersey Heifer Flock of Chickens FARM MACHINERY HOUSEHOLD GOODS The P aren t-T ea ch e r association held a very in te restin g m eeting last F rid ay at th e schoolhouse. T he cook ing club and th e hom e-m aking club. u nder th e leadership of Mrs. M arian [ H am lin aud Mrs. M arian D aggett, re- gpectively. gave d em onstrations. A 8ong en titled "M other's Day " given by th e club g lr ,„ w a„ very m ucb , p p re. ctated. T he new officers for e„ . ! guiBg year w ere elected a „ fo„ ow>; | .P resid en t, Mrs. Wm. Tyson: vice pres- I Ident, Mrs. K. W. H arvey; 2d vice i presid en t, A nna S tud ley; secreta ry , Mrs. A lb ert E c k e rt; tre a su re r. Mr«. M arian D aggett. Eva Cook celeb rated h er eighth b irth d ay w ith a d in n er p arty last week. Mr. and Mrs. W illard Cook and d au g h ter Eva m otored to S ilverton on Sunday to visit th e form er'« uncle Jack Robbins, who is quite ill. The ladies of th e Rockwood com m unity ch u rch w ill be en tertain ed at the home of Mrs. Axel W alles on the Base L ine road, on W ednesday eve tilng, May t3. The gentlem en also are expected to be p resen t. It is under stood th a t a num ber of poems by local w riters will be released a t th is tim e PRICES ADVANCED FOR Cucumber Pickles \\ ith higher prices and a bumper crop assured, due to plenty of rain, many thou sands of dollars will be paid to Gresham growers this year. Make your contract at once with un. Oregon Pickle & Canning Co. GRESHAM Phone 1881 GATES’ FUNERAL HOME FAIRVIEW TRUST — SERVICE Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Downing of Am boy, W ashington, visited the la tte r's m other, Mrs. H attie Moore Sunday O ther guests at th e Moore home w ere Mr. and Mrs. R. W. T horpe and c h il dren, Mr. and Mrs. E lm er Je n k in s and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. L aw rence H a r vey and Miss E dith Jen k in s, all of P o rtlan d . G uests a t th e J. H. P eterso n home on S unday w ere Mrs. P e te rso n ’s b ro th er. R. L. R obertson and fam ily from P o rtlan d and Mr. and Mrs. J. W Mo'.ier and fam ily. Miss E llis of P o rtlan d has been se cured as te ac h er of th e fifth and sixth g rad es of th e F airview school to till th e vacancy in th e room form erly tau g h t by Mrs. L. Stone. Melvin M oller is driving a new Ford coupe w hich he pu rch ased from th e C. C. Bush agency a t T routdale. We a re equipped to give the sam e d istin ctiv e service th a t can be had from P o rtlan d or elsew here, and a re p re pared to give service in and o u t of P o rtlan d as well. We endeavor to perform th is sacred obligation with the h ig h est sta n d ard of efficiency. Chapel free to all. DAY OR NIGHT Phone 2471 MRS. J . E. G A TES Lady A ssistan t G resh a m , O regon J. E. G A TES M ortician Now Is the Time to Electrify Your Home. You already know that Electric Service is the most useful and economical servant in the home. Why not start now and let Electricity do all your household drudgery for you? MODERN APPLIANCES AT MODERATE PRICES Pleasant Home Baptist Church. The Ladies Aid of th e B ap tist church w ill m eet on T h u rsd ay a fte r We have an excellent stock to select from. noon at th e home of Mrs. P. M. Miller. T E R M S : U n d e r $20, cash . Sum s of $20 a n d over, a p p ro v ed n o tes Electric Store Mrs. A. M. S p rin g er is en tertain in g P ra y er m eeting on T h u rsd ay eve Electric Building h er b ro th er and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. ning a t 7:30 follow ed by choir p ra c tice. J. F. H all, from Miiuiesota. The services at P lea san t Home B ap W h at you w ant, w hen you w ant It tis t church next Sunday will be S u n R. I. A N DERSO N, A u c tio n e e r A. M EY E R S, C lerk as you w ant it— W a n t ad. It. day school a t 10 o'clock, u n d er th e DAVIS-BABB NUPTIALS efficient m anagem ent of Miss Ida M il CELEBRATED THURSDAY ler, su p erin ten d en t. P reach in g at 11 D elbert Fay Davis of H u rlb u rt and and 8 o'clock by th e p asto r, th e Rev. Wm. F airw ea th er. T he B. Y. P. U. Miss B e rth a B a rr of C orbett w ere E v e ry W ednesday and m eets for a study period a t 7 p. m. quietly m arried In P o rtlan d on last with th e re g u la r lesson a t 7:30. Next T h u rsd ay , May 7. T he groom la the S a tu rd a y E v e n in g s Sunday th e Sunday school begins an son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Davis and eight w eeks' contest, w ith A rth u r the brid e th e d au g h ter of Mr. and Mrs. i N asshahn and Alm a Yocom as c a p Alex. B arr. T he groom , who Is em tain s. T hose who do not atten d S u n ployed by th e Ridge L um ber com pany, near Pleasant Valley School day school elsew here, w ill find th is an has fitted up th e house recen tly v a cated by his p aren ts, w here the young o p p o rtu n ity to enroll. & Don’t F o rg e t and You W on't R egret Mrs. B. C. A ltm an and Mrs. A m anda people have gone to house keeping. Jo h a n sen w ere am ong th e m others Women’s Meetings Scheduled In who enjoyed th e M others' Day s e r County. BARTON vices at Oregon A g ricu ltu ral College. T he Rev. Wm. F airw ea th er, Mrs, M illinery classes w ill be held at M others' Day serm ons w ere p rea ch -izzie McKinney, Mrs. G. N asshahn, S p rin g d ale on F riday, May 15, W ed ed In th e B a p tist ch u rch la st Sunday and Mrs. Sadie C hase w ere elected nesday, May 20, and F riday. May 22, both m orning and evening. T he m o rn delegates to th e W illam ette B ap tist a t th e hom e of Mrs. Tom N orthw ay. ing service w as conducted by th e Rev. association w hich m eets at A loha T he classes a t C orbett w ill m eet on D. Q. B a rry and th a t of th e evening B aptist ch u rch May 11, 12 and 13. W ednesday, May 13, T uesday, May 19 by th e Rev. R. C. Jo n es, field re p re May 7 w as th e w edding a n n iv ersary and T h u rsd ay , May 21 a t the hom e of sen tativ e of th e Pacific, C oast Rescue of th e p asto r and his wife, also th e Mrs. C. P. Woodle, n ea r th e C orbett and P ro tectiv e society. T he young ■ - b irth d ay an n iv ersary of Mrs. L ouise high school. T he sessions will begin people took an activ e p a rt at the Nelson. The occasion w as celeb rated a t 10 o'clock, la stin g u n til 4. The m orning service. T estim onies by old by th e ladles of th e ch u rch who had classe s will be in ch arg e of Miss and young w ith referen ce to th e p rep ared a dainty luncheon and afte r E sth e r B. Cooley, clo th in g sp ecialist C h ristian devotion of th e ir p are n ts =«= th e u su a l p ray erm eetin g service all of th e extension course. I-eft, Thom as A. Edison and H arvey 8. F irestone w atching a plantation expert tap a rubber tree on w ere given by m any. A ppropriate the Edison estate In F ort Myers, Fla. Right, Mr. Edl-on and Mr. Firestone, with a rubber plantation ex ad jo u rn ed to th e p arso n ag e w h ere a Miss Lucy A. Case, n u tritio n sp e c flowers for the day w ere w orn, and pert, exam ining a young rubber tree on the Henry Ford F arm n ear Lähelle. Flu very p leasan t social evening w as e n ialist, will hold the n u tritio n classes the ch u rch w as adorned with flowers. joyed. a rran g e d for the P le a sa n t Home co m T he singing of the hym ns was accom ARVEY S. FIR ESTO N E more than two years tree-« are being grown. Rome of these appear to T he b irth d ay of J. R. D uncan o c m unity on F rid ay , May 15, in the Sun- panied by violin and piano. be very promising. ago predicted a rubber shortage, and said the cu rred th e sam e day and about 20 c ay school room of th e P le a sa n t Hom*- "R ubber Is of vital Importance to highway tra n s British crude rubber restriction act would cost his in tim ate frien d s gath ered a t his ch u rch . p o rtation.” said Mr. Firestone, "and is largely re Cream Prices. the American people millions of dollars. The B rit hom e to rem ind him he had passed sponsible for our business prosperity. The British T h e n u tritio n classe s as a rra n g e ' ish colonial possessions In the F a r E ast produce T he Sandy cre am e ry is paying 42 restriction act now lim its production and exports an o th er m ilestone in life's Journey. for th e F airview com m unity will meet tioD to one-half of normal production. Rublier to «bout 80 i»er cent of the w orld's supply of rubber, W ednesday, May 13, a t 10:30 sh arp , cen ts a t th e cream ery and 40 cen ts on day is about '200 per cent higher than It was «hen th e ro u te for b u tte rfa t.—Adv. while Zm eriean m anufacturers consume about 75 at th e hom e of Mrs. C. E. Bunn. Any tro u b les? Call Dr. Classified. the restriction act went Into effect. Rubber re per cent of the w orld's supply. striction this year will cost American car ow ners Mr. F irestone has Just returned to Akron, Ohio, st least 9100,000.000, and very likely 9300,000,000. a fte r m aking a survey of possibilities of growing Every ten-cent advance In the price of crude rub rubber In F lorida, w here he was accompanied by ber m eans an additional burden of about 975,000,- rubber plantation experts. On one of the tours of 000 to the car ow ners of the t'n lte d S tates ” Florida he was accom panied by Thomas A. E lisnn, The public is warned against purchasing any farm Im Mr. Firestone was instrum ental In having t'oo A Perfect Shortening who made some im portant suggestions relative to gross appropriate a half million dollars for the plements, tools or household goods from A. Ileiney oil the new m ethods of extracting the latex or sap from Investigation of new sources of rubber supply, and Phenix Farm. Ideal for Prying rubber trees, plants and shrubs. he sent out several expeditions at his own ex p en -e T h e p e rso n a l p ro p e rty of th e la te R ach el A. Ile in e y is Best for Salads Rubhei trees growing on the Edison estate in to visit rubber producing countries, including the a s y e t on th e P h e n ix F a rm , n e v e r h a v in g been divided F ort Myers w ere exam ined, ns well us those on the Philippines, Central America, Mexico and Africa, a m o n g th e Ile in e y h e irs a s re q u ire d by law. Ford estate in F ort Myers and the Ford farm near and he has today in I-Iberia, on the west coast of l^ b elle, Fla. A great deal of tim e was spent on Africa, a complete organization operating a plan A L B E R T B. I1EIN EY , A d m in istra to r. the G o isrn m sn t’s E xperim ental Farm near Cocoa- ta:lon and making plans to produce rubber on an R ach el A. Ile in e y E s ta te . an t Grove, Fla., w here m any varieties of rubber extensive scale PLEA SA N T VALLEY ARTHUR HE1NEY PORTLAND ELECTRIC POWER CO. DANCING Rubber Crisis Threatens America; Firestone Seeking New Sources of Supply » í Springer’s Hall -f- .r. H WARNING! 0MAIZO OIL FOLKS IN OUR TOWN ßy Edward McCullough ALTOCASTBR BILLS • B IL L S A n ’ more bills E V ER SIN CE 'jtX J STARTED DBH&SiN' LIKE A KID \O U D O NOTHIN’ 0<JT BUY WAT TA YER. THINK I'M m ade of TU’ U.S.M lNT CLOT h ES < A' - ' f I WON'T HAVE ENUFP L E F T T O PAY FE» THESE CLOTHES I DOT LAST WEEK IF &HE DONT ©TOP ©PENDIN' M ON«Y M O N E 'V IT 5E B M S A WOMAN T HAS GOTTA HAVE EVERYTHIN' NEW . UNDER TH' & u n - / E