Gresham outlook., December 15, 1925, HOLIDAY NUMBER, Page 21, Image 21

GRESHAM OUTLOOK HOLIDAY NUMBER. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1925
BUSINESS MEN REPORT CONDITIONS GOOD
Continued from page 1
of p ro sp erity on the p a rt of th e fa rm ­
e r and for th is we a re giad. G reet­
stand* 30th am ong th e title s and ings to a ll.”
tow ns of th e s ta te having deposits of
Hepp R acket store. P h ilip Hepp.
$5<»0,000 o r m ore."
prop rieto r, said th a t his volum e of
W. J. Todd, b arb e r, w ho has been business w as excellent and b etter
h ere m ore th an six years, expressed th an at any like season d u rin g th e
Our store is crammed full of useful articles and our prices were never lower.
his ap p reciatio n of the trad e he has th re e years he has been located here.
We offer in F urniture: Roomy Chairs, Floor Dimps, Rugs, Stools, Pillows,
received and w ished his custom ers a , H is asso rtm e n t of toys an d oth er
M erry C hristm as.
Cedar Chests, W riting Desks, Music Cabinets, China Closets. Kitchen Cab­
i goods is a w ide one.
G. M. D avidson, drugs, stationery,
W elling's R e sta u ra n t, conducted by
inets, Library Tables, Davenports, Etc., Etc.
kodaks and photographic supplies, Mr. and Mrs. E. W elling w ith a corps
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and the like, who has been in busi­ of helpers, is grow ing in popularity,
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ness h ere eight years, said his holi­ it has enjoyed a g ratify in g patro n ag e
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day tra d e had been u nusually good during th e p a st year. C ourtesy, c lea n ­
and exceeded any C h ristm as season he liness and m eals th a t satisfy a re
had experienced. He ' expressed the c h a ra c te ristic s of the place.
g reetin g s of the season to his custom ­
H essel Im plem ent com pany, W. A.
W e a re a b le to show you a w ide v a rie ty of sty le s in th is w o nderful in stru m e n t.
e rs and th e desire th a t he m ight m erit H essel, p ro p rie to r, adm itted they
A p ric e to fit ev ery purse. L et us d e m o n s tra te .
th e ir continued p atro n ag e during the had no co m p lain t to offer w ith reg ard
y ea r to come.
O ur reco rd sto ck is com posed of se le c tio n s by som e of th e finest a r tis ts in th e
to eith er th e ir total b u sin ess for the
HE complete group of
F irs t S tate Dank. A. Meyers, p resi­ year o r th e ir holiday trade. T his firm
w orld. T h e H runsw ick c o m p a n y is a lw a y s on th e lookout fo r new m a te ria l, and w hen
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dent. "W e have no com plaint to of­ deals in autom obiles as well as oth er
you buy H runsw ick re c o rd s you g et th e best.
fer, said Mr, Meyers. "B usiness com ­ th in g s and declared th e re w as a brisk
■an achievement in
p are s favorably w ith last year. As a dem and for autos.
radio manufacture—perfect, har
m a tte r of fact th e re is m ore prosperi-
mcruous performance
L. A. W ack & Co., dry goods, ex ­
ty than in 1924. F a rm e rs have been pressed them selv es as delighted With
Let your own ears tell you that
g ettin g b etter prices for th e ir produce I th e business accorded them d u rin g the
the
Stewart Warner is the Radio
and as a re su lt have been able to m eet year. This com pany, by th e way, has
you have been waiting for
th e ir bills and put som e m oney aw ay, a series of window displays w hich are
T his is evidenced by th e fac t th a t our a decided credit. Mr. W ack desired
Open evenings by appointment.
savings deposits have grow n appreci- to than k his custom ers and to wish
ably.
In 1923 th e to tal of sav- them th e g ree tin g s of th e season,
lugs deposits was, in round num -
W ithrow 's C onfectionery and Res-
bers, $270,000.
in 1924 it grew to ta u ra n t said th ey had enjoyed an in
$296,000 and th is y ear to ta ls $327,000. creased volum e of business d u rin g the
T his fact te lls a sto ry all its own. ) p ast year. T hey have m ade num erous
M hile com m ercial deposits w hich w ere I changes to th e ir p lan t d u rin g 1925
$308,000 in 1923 dropped to $289,000 in w hich served to m ake it one of th t
1924 they have recovered th is year best layouts for its kind o utside of
som ew hat and now to tal $295,000. We ■ P ortland.
a re appreciativ e of the business we
J. E. M etzger, u n d erta k er and furni-
have enjoyed and hope to m erit an t tu re dealer, rep o rted a very aatisfac-
in creased volume."
tory trade. T h a t th ere is every reason
R aker & Son, C. I. R ak er and E. D. to believe th e w ave of p ro sp erity is
R aker, p ro p rie to rs, F ord d ealers, g ar- here, w as his sta te m en t .
R eal w ic k e r fu rn itu re , ju st like th e
age and service station, said, "W e are
W alter W. M etzger, B uick and
g ro w n -u p s use, in co m p le te se ts of
closing th e b est year we ever had. , Chevolet d ealer, who recen tly erected
C h a irs. T a b le s an d S ettees.
We have averaged b etter th an one ca r J one of th e best designed and equipped
a day for every m onth. We have add- buildings for th e display of autom o-
O ur larg e lin e of K iddie K ars, S koot-
ed tw o men to our sales, force and as- biles in th e city, rep o rted a forging
ers. T o d d lers, Toy A utos. W agons,
signed them te rrito ry . " W e have in ahead of his m ake of ca rs saying the
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tc., a t p rices th a t w ill ap p eal.
stalled a follow up system w hich dem and w as increasing. He looked for
m eans b etter service to c a r ow ners a large im provem ent next year of a ^ g iS lS iS lS i& S iS ia g iS îg ta g iS g iS lS lS iS îa iS iS iS iS ia ia iS lfe S lS iS lS iS iS iS iS iS iS .S iS iB i^ în ^ ftÿ iÿ ) » ]^
and have increased our p a rts d e p a rt­ healthy c h a racter.
m ent and added pain tin g and clea n ­
U. G. Sm ith, L innem ann Junction am bitions of th e ru ra l in te re sts in the livelihood am id ru ra l scenes and en ­ ¡ a ®
ing.
grocer, is one of th e really p rogressive ea ste rn p a rt of th e county to th e u r ­ vironm ents; th in the good sped you
S. J3. P alm quist, h a rn e ss m aker, ex­ m e rch an ts of th is vicinity. Mr. Sm ith
T lie G re a te st C lirisluuis Day. P ro sp e rity a n d P eace ( ' mump l'or
ban population residing In P ortland. have been p lan tin g Hies' m any years
pressed him self as satisfied w ith his purchased his sto re 18 m onths ago
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th e re would be a h ealthy in crease in j iness w as 20 p er cent g re a te r th an in
C. W. H U E T T ,
C hurch, F airview . Oregon.
consolidates w orthy efforts.
1926.
P a s to r M ethodist E piscopal C hurch.
the corresp o n d in g m onth of last year.
possibly you, yourselves, do not now
C h ristm as of nineteen h u n d red and
I am inclined to believe th a t we of fully foresee— events a re moving so tw enty-five is h ere and is u sh e rin g us
Cecil M etzger, grocer, declared trad e . He has sta rte d ad v ertisin g believing
A nother y ear has passed Into h is­
h as been good th ro u g h o u t th e year, in p rin te rs ’ ink and find it b rin g s re ­ Oregon are to w itness a g re a t in crease quickly and th is is an elec tric age.
into an o th er year, the m ost m em orable
tory
and by th e co u rtesy of th e editor
and th a t he had no kick com ing. He sults. He h as a varied stock and re ­ in our population d u rin g th e next
T h ere is but one caution, It seem s to of all th is w orld's event Is daily w it-I
of the G resham Outlook I, as p astor
said th e fu tu re looks good to him and p o rts a highly p leasing holiday trad e decade and th a t even now a rev o lu ­ me, th a t we m ust vigilantly observe if »eased to as we w rite our dates.
It w as a prophetic event, we look of th e M ethodist E piscopal church,
w ith th e farm ers secu rin g higher as well as g en e rally sa tisfac to ry b u si­ tion is tak in g p lace In th e daily hab its we would g u a ra n te e the realizatio n of
rw ard as well as hack, th e a rriv a l !
prices p ro sp erity w as assu red . He ex­ ness th e y ear around.
of our people and in th e m ethods of a highly developed co untry life in O re­ fo
of th a t babe in th e m anger has filled have been invited to p articip a te in the
pressed th e greetin g s of th e season to
doing every day things. Life in th e gon. S urely all th e conveniences which us ever since with hope and a n tic ip a ­ C h ristm as num ber in a few w ords of
all G resham ites.
fu tu re will be rad ically different th an 1 have enum erated, and m ore th a t are tion when th a t child of B ethlehem greeting.
A P P R E C IA T IV E R E A D E R
sh all be u n iv ersally acclaim ed Lord
L. L. K idder, h ard w are dealer, said
being alm ost daily invented ar.d p e r­ of all.
VOICES N E ED ED CAUTION life has been in th e past.
H ere in GreshHin we are fo rtu n a te ly
b u siness had been en tirely sa tisfa c ­
1 believe th a t Pacific Coast cities are fected, will be read ily av ailab le to th e
W ould th a t we m ade the them e of situ ated even for favored A m erica. A
to ry and alth o u g h the volum e had not
T he G resham Outlook.— My dear to be spared th e congested d istric ts, common people of Oregon if we but "P e a c e on e a rth
and good-w ill to ­
been big he could m ake no com plaint f rie n d s :—As th e C hristm as season ap ­ the ten em en t houses an d th e slum s refra in from g ran tin g special p riv il­ w ard m en" m ore in cessan t in our m ild clim ate, a productive valley, a
an d looked forw ard to a prosperous proaches an d th e sp irit of goodw ill is com mon to e a ste rn cities; because eges for the p riv ate cap italizatio n of th in k in g , p reaching and p ractice, in virile, in tellig en t citizen sh ip free
y ear in 1926. He w ished a ll his cu s­ m an ifest in all our th o u g h ts and with good roads, autom obiles, reg u la r o u r public reso u rce s; but on th e co n ­ place of reserv in g it for th is an n u al from feuds, strife and needless alarm s,
p estilences and o th er I I I h w hich m ake
to m ers th e season's greetings.
deeds, it o ccu rs to me to ad d ress you bus service, telephones, p arcel-post, tra ry p reserv e and develop th e public occasion.
m any places often very u n d esirab le as
W alrad M ercantile com pany, B. L. who have alw ay s been so helpful in circ u latin g libaries, u n iv ersity ex ten ­ reso u rces for th e benefit of all th e
T ak in g an o th er world view and in ­
hom es, wc have an abun d an ce of the
W alrad, p ro p rieto r. “We have been ail th in g s w hich have tended to p ro ­ sion courses, r u ra l high schools, the people.
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ventory of the w o rld 's condition th is
com m on everyday b lessings w hich
enjoying a good volum e of business m ote the public w elfare. P artic u larly , radio and th e infinite num ber of kind
1 w ish the m em bers of th e staff of y ear th e re is much to cheer th e w ait­
m akes life sw eet to everyone. W hile
and a re en tirely satisfied,” Mr. W al­ a re you en titled to the good w ishes of electric ap p lian ces for dom estic th e Outlook and every rea d er of the ing h eart.
none of us a re w ealthy, still we have
rad said. ‘‘We th a n k our custom ers and th a n k s of th e people of M ultno­ purposes, c o u n try life will be so p ref­ Outlook a very M erry C h ristm as and
Somehow to my th in k in g th is C h rist­
an abu n d an ce to m eet every prim al
and hope to continue to m erit th eir m ah county for th e fidelity w ith which erab le to city life th a t o u r in creasin g a H appy and P ro sp ero u s New Year.
m as com es n ea rer th e goal of in te rn a ­
need and som ew hat to sp a re for less
p atronage. T here is every evidence you constan tly p resen t the needs and population w ill seek c u ltu re and a
tional u n d erstan d in g and b ro th e r­
RUFUS HOLMAN.
favored
localities. Good w ater, fe r­
hood tliHii any previous y ear in his­
tile soil, ab u n d an t cro p s w ith a fair
tory. It is c e rta in th a t th e In te rn a ­
recom pense to the people who toll, is
tional peace g ath erin g at th a t b e a u ti­
o u r heritag e. T ru ly we may say w ith
ful little city, L ocarno, on th e shore
one of old "My lot lias been ca st in
of L ake M aggiore in Italian S w itzer­
p le asa n t placée.”
land, Is w ithout a precedent.
W hile th e re a re and have been d if­
"H ere," says a w riter, "F ren ch and
G erm ans met as equals, and cam e a f­ feren ces of opinion th e re never has
te rw a rd s to meet as friends, G erm any been and we d e/o u tiy hope th e re never
is now to he in the League of N ations. will be feuds th a t will set fam ily
S u rely the prospect of th e fulfill­ a g a in st fam ily and clan ag ain st clan
m ent of the C h ristm as p ro p h esy is ns is th e case in some localities.
b rig h te r, a C h ristian world conscience C rim es of violence a re alm o st u n ­
Is being aroused and is finding m ore known and differences of opinion re ­
effective expression.
su ltin g in violent endings a re p ra c ­
C hrist did not come into th e w orld a tically non-existent. We a re ut peace
m ere d ream er of u n attain ab le ideals, and harm ony w ith our neighbors.
they a re being found p racticab le, the
T he ch u rch es are p ro sp ero u s, s e r­
solution for th e w orld’s woes, cries vices well attended and the people
the n atio n 's statesm en in unison, lies siifiicieutly g enerous to mei t the needs
The g re a te st line of
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in C hristianity.
of divine service. No one need go
it has taken ce n tu ries of tim e and u n ­ hungry, cold or naked. Let us re ­
told sufferings to learn som e of the joice th at we live in G resham , have
lessons the g re a t m aster ta u g h t us, fellow ship with its people and enjoy
We have even show n. /
I he Holiday ( ioods you want are in stock. Our lines are incomparable in extent
but th e heavenly host will sing again all th e privileges of th is goodly h e rit­
The kind he will keep\
joined by a redeem ed creatio n on the age. F or all these and other good
on w earing afte r Xmas.
and variety. Don’t delay your Christmas shopping do it early and do it here.
last C h ristm as Day, that will know no gifts too num erous to m ention we de­
Courteous salespeople to assist and wait on you. Our deliverv service is unbeatable.
evening and th a t has no end.
voutly re tu rn th a n k s to A lm ighty God.
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p ric e s.
In o u r g ro cery sto ck you will find all m a n n e r of good
th in g s fo r th e C h ristm a s d in n e r. Or r a th e r ev ery day
g ro c e rie s of q u a lity th a t do n ot need to be im proved
fo r th e C h ristm a s feast.
W om en's and C h ild ren 's Fancy
Boxed E m broidery H andkerchiefs
in a ttra c tiv e H oliday boxes. B oxes
15c t« $1.50
of >« dozen.
H a n d k e r c h ie f s .
N uts, Candies, Fruits and Vegetables,
Staple and Fancy Groceries
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Felt Foot Wear
A ssorted colors, m atched ribbon
and pom poms, felt insole, cushion
heei ysc, $1.35 each
WALRAD MERCANTILE CO.
M en’s
L e a th e r S lip p e rs
The Home of Quality
$2.50
Telephone 1111
We Deliver
A. F. HAMMAR
Plaster, Hrlek and Cement
CONTRACTOR
W ishes V on A Merry Christinas
and A Happy New Year
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