Music Department
The Christmas Spirit.
(R. E. CANNON, Principal)
We all know the story of th e Babe of B ethlehem , the S tar, th e S hepherds
-P e a c e oa E arth . Good W ill to Men” and how we should be kind and loving
one to w ard an o th er.
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o re s n a m is a th riv in g little com m unity to the east of P o rtlan d , sim ilar
to all sm all com m unities and com posed of a conscientious G od-fearing h ard
w orking .p a in s ta k in g class of people w ith th eir likes, dislikes, friendships.
anim osities, etc. T here is no season of th e year when all should com bine In
a com m unity e n te rp rise as C hristm as. T he e n terp rise is th e com m unity
C h ristm as tree. E ach is invited and urged to ta k e an active p art in th is cele-
b ratio n w hich is done In H is nam e, to H is honor and to H is glorv
Sufficient in te re st has been m anifested to Insure a m ost splendid C hrist-
MAKING STEADY GROWTH.
(H elen A lth aas)
We have a d ep a rtm en t of m usic a t
lo u r high school th a t Is developing
r a P‘d ly- It co n sists of th ree o rg an iza-
’lo" 9, Klee d u b » , o rch e stra, and hand,
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w hen^^gk^aV ee^om 0
peted in the M usical to u rn am en t at
I Pacific U niversity, and cam e w ithin
,w o th ird 9 of » point of tlrst place,
Jefferson high of P o rtlan d w hich had
p ic k e ts 20 r e p r e s e n ta li.e ^ ’whUe ^ u r
I
m aterial, som e of w hich have never inform s h er he can only be her friend
touched an in stru m e n t before la st .' She grow s enraged and w arn s him
sum m er, p u t it to g eth er th en “p resto j th e re is a change in sto re for him
band and an o rch estra. *Ch001 ha8 8 c a p U l n ° h ? ,l«e M c h ’ dl’1
i the
We all ought to be proud of the fact th e wav J.»»Hi.hin»h h» PP,° ? ,ed~Jat
and do every thing we can to encour- caltaT n renhed that .h . ?
age the m em bers and th e in stru c to r. ,ia « | J d by his ra n k A nd‘ that
In every social function th a t th e band ,
ui(1 reason with
1
h
- o rch e stra Is requested to nlay. they
though It m ay upset some of tKelr’ in- w b ^ h ^ y ^ y p ^ ™ . P r « X
dividual plans, they m ake every efTort cause S h i tells h i m ^ h i ^ h e s i t a i d
to be p resen t so th a t th e people may hut now hem tates no longer
s ir
not be disappointed in th e m usic.
Joseph and the cap tain a re reio icln a
™ en a K hr
8tudents have done over her ap p aren t change of heart*
and rem a rk th l't
In th e cities a re filled w ith a large
crow d of people and the sto re s a re
to Sm
give
e e e s n tire city
I decorated
c h r,8 tn ‘“ so 9 sp as irit.
all th tre
a re
brouKht f r °M the co u n try Into the
1 C“ ,eS an<* are 8O,d 0,1 the
PT’"' M° “ every fam ily tr,e8 to ob’
ta ? a tre® and
a w reatb of holly
to hang in th e window
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' b rate th e <K'ca8,on- P assers-by looking
,b e re8ld*“ ce* « « • »ee th e decorat-
A trve8 8tanding *•» ,b e w indows with
colored electr,c globes glowing.
™
light
of th e ch ildren. To
th e good, he
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gives p resen ts, to th e n aughty he
gives nothing.
A fter S an ta C laus has left the pack­
hlh love- w hereupon the captain grows ages are opened and th e p arty is very
happy giving and receiving gifts.
E very one receives a g ift even though
some a re sim ple and hom e-m ade Nuts
n„ k.
and candy a re passed around and
feastin g tak es place.
H om e-m ade
m as tre e w ith su itab le d ecorations and a fine program has been a rran g e d
en tire club consisted of but 20 mem-
C riticism should be laid aside. The ad v ertisin g and proflt sh a rin g as a ber8' wou over u s'
re su lt of th e event should be put Into the background. This is th e tim e to
X “ D K - k e y ^ o u ^ m u ] ^ ! 'd i - c a r e e r ’ We have talent i, . h l s¡
open ou r h e a rts and rejoice th a t we have th e salvation, th e b lessin g s, th e recto r, took u n train ed boys and had
hope, and th e love w hich we have. We should get to g eth er, become b etter ac- ¡th em Playing a t b ask etb all gam es
quainted. lay aside our petty prejudices and pride and all Join hands in one w lthin ,b re e M onths. T his year since i t X ï ï " , ; ï ! s M
g re a t b rotherhood for th e best of us Is nothing. T he sp irit of the event is th e [ o w e d 't h e m ^ t U ‘h™ ^ c o S s h e d
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led
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sp irit of forgiveness, ch a rity , faith and extending of sym pathy to those who even m ore and ce rtain ly m ake a very
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happen to be less fo rtu n a te th a n we may possibly be. In th e end it is w ritten cred itab le app earan ce.
“ T he first sh a ll be la st and the la st shall be first ”
L ast y ear for th e first Hme we had
God in H is infinite wisdom and love has given us all o p p o rtu n ities and Sus
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m at e ev e ry th in g possible and it is not necessarily th e one who p ossesses the some stu d en ts an d a few public sp irit- oPcnm ,
“ help 89 * far 89 helping Josephille, when l.itth- B uttercup re : i’lar,MK ,h a t C h ristm as is not only the
g re a te st w ealth or occupies the m ost prom inent position th a t is th e la rg e st in ed tow nspeople. Now, w ith a period to com plete an y program given In th e veals her secret Y ears before when I happlest hut the m e rriest tim e of the
COn,n,uuity-
I she w as praW icing X
U rm in g si e 7 “ '' B w a ‘,,8‘’. th ' 8 C h ri8 ," ‘a8 8p*'“
th is life b u t he w ho h as stored the g re a te st am ount of rich es in heaven and i ° r p rac tlce- r a Pld advancem ent has
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(leentUlM am nriria tr» »Ha» w.voKo..,
All th is m ust "be tak en into consid- -_
nursed
two . bable:
d ispenses his c h a rity am ong th e needy.
been noticed.
s,
one
of
“low con- deepens and adds to the realism of the
eratio n before we criticize.
fact
it Is m ore blessed to give
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Come and Join us In th e tru e sp irit of th e occasion. You w ill be m ade cent public a p p e a ra n c e * » by far the
clan, and she 'm ix e d th ese children
w elcom e we c a re not w ho you are, from w hence you come, w hat you are, or sm allest p art of th e educational value
THE OPERETTA.
and not a c re a tu re knew It.” "The
w ell-born babe w as Ralph, your ca p ­
w h ith e r you go. We w ant you w ith us and w ant you to believe we w ant you of a m usical d ep artm en t. Many th in k
(Lloyd A rvidson)
HIE HAPFIEST DAY.
th a t th e ability of a stu d en t to tin k le
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w ith us.
At a recen t ______
m eeting
the
associated tain w as th e o th er."
(M arjorie Heacock)
along on one in stru m e n t is th e sum ¡stu d e n t body of G resham unhm high
Sir Joseph o rd ers the tw o before
C h ristm as is the hap p iest day of the
to ta l of his m usical e d u c a tio n ^ Much school took actio n to su p p o rt in every him, gives Ralph com m and of th e i year. W hy? F irst, of all th e beauti-
m ore is to be obtained th a n this. And way possible th e opera, "H. M. S "H. M. S. P inafore" and Cocoran tak es D*l sto rie s of the Bible and w hat they
in m ost cases th e m usical d ep a rtm en t P in afo re,” to be given by th e glee R alph's place as seam en. As his m ean a re brought back to mind. To
of his high school offers th e stu d e n t clubs of the high school at som e later m arria g e w ith Jo sep h in e is now im- (hose who believe in th o se sto ries the
m ade up of a joke and a point. The | llis only chance of atta in in g th is p a t e .
possible, he gives her to Ralph, and b irth of C h rist m eans th e g re a te st gift
point is given by the sp eak er and then g rp ate r end-
I R arely do w ords and m usic go so C aptain C orcoran, now a common sea- | to th e world Even to those who think
to m ake his point clea re r, a joke is • By Pa rtic iPating in ensem ble play- well to g eth er as in th is opera. The man un ites his fo rtu n es w ith those of they do not believe th e literal story of
used to illu stra te .
ing in an o rch e stra or band he gains first scene in tro d u ces the leading little B uttercup.
C h rist's b irth and life, m ust adm it
T his class is of g re a t im p o rtan ce to not only a deeper know ledge of his c h a ra c te rs on th e deck of the "H. M. S.
th at C h ristian ity w ith its teaching and
the school. T he class h ea rs an d dis- own in 8 tru Ment, but also of o th e r in- P inafore" in th e h arb o r of P orta-
Its p ro g ress, still m euns the g rea test
CHRINTMA8 IN AMERICA.
cusses
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school
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PUBLIC SPEAKING CLASSES
(H elen K andstrom )
one
occasion
Mr.
Cannon
b
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t
th
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p
reclat,o
n
oi
harm
ony.
His
sh
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in
woman,
"th
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rosiest,
th
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ro
undest,
the
To young and old alike, real C h rist­
PROFITABLE.
It is th e custom In Am erica as In m as sp irit m eans giving, w hich re ­
problem of busses to our cla ss for dis- * 1 , m usic *9 but 8 «Mali p a rt yet he red d est beauty in all S pithead" comes
( H a rrie tt E. H olm es)
cusston. Different m em bers of the galn8 tb t whole
E nsem ble playing on board and has an interview with any o th er co u n try to celeb rate the q u ires th ought and sacrifice, and one
T he public speaking d ep a rtm en t is class p rep ared ta lk s on th is subject , e o p s con cen tratio n . The student Hick Deadeye, th e villain of th e storv. b irth of C hrist. H ow ever, th e A m eri­ who gives, for love, is alw ays happy.
le of th e youngest in th e high school, and gave th e ir individual view points
, rn8 to co° p e ra te .
and Ralph Itach straw . th e sm artest can celeb ratio n is sw eet and simple.
It w as organized tw o y ears ago, and to the class.
1,1 fact Many noted ed u cato rs m ain- lad in all th e fleet, who is in love with It is a C hristm as in the h ea rt and a
B usiness Is bu ilt on ad v ertisin g ;
m et w ith alm o st
in sta n t success.
It
The p aren ts and th e p atro n s of th is tain tb a t M athem atics is th e only Josephine, C aptain C orcoran's daugh- C h ristm as of th e home.
1 he day before C hristm as th e stre e ts the public la ^ ¡ « • « ^ ‘’^ " a d v e r tls n g ’.
w as a new type of v en tu re for
th e school should be and probably a re 8tudy th a t gives M ental train in g ap- ter. T he cap tain com es on deck In a
school, and som e of th e stu d e n ts re- | proud to know’ th a t G resham Union P reaching th a t of m usic. S till o th e rs | m elancholy mood because Josep h in e
garded it ra th e r
dubiously at first,
high has a d ep artm en t to teach th e C t h a t m usic gives a b roader has show n h erse lf indifferent to Sir
T he first cla ss consisted of 12 stu- “generatio n of tom orrow " to ex p ress traininK in th a t it touches m ore phases Joseph, who is to ask for her hand
dents, several of whom took th e sub- th e ir ideas to a large audience In a of hum an existence th an any subject th a t afternoon. She confesses to her
je c t m erely for the cre d it they would way th a t is a cred it to th e sp eak er as *‘xf ept history.
fath e r th a t she loves a com mon sailo r
” ow
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.. com m unity,
i Music has been accounted by some I but w ill c a rry h er love to th e grav e
get. H
ever, “ before
even th e first
well as the
as one of th e “f rills ” of m odern edu- w ithout lettin g him know of It. Sir
sem ester was over, th ese pupils w ere
c a tio n ; one of those u n n ecessary ap- Joseph com es on board w ith a long
enjoying th e ir class, and g ettin g a
pendages to education, for w hich an retin u e of siste rs, cousins, and au n t
g re a t deal out of it besides.
en tirely u n n ecessary d ep artm en t is es- who ch a n t his praises. A fter atten d -
Now, because of existing conditions,
tablished. It's real value in th e school ing to some m inor details, he has a
th e class co n sists of a lim ited num ber
is realized by few. But it ce rtain ly fru itless Interview w ith the cap tain
of stu d en ts, a t p rese n t 13, w ho m ust
fills -a place in th e cu rricu lu m th a t and Josephine.
Jo sep h in e d eclares
be ju n io rs o r seniors. It is hoped to
n o th in g else can.
she c a n ’t love him.
be able to extend th e d ep a rtm en t so
E very nation has its n ational hymn.
S h o rtly afte r th is she m eets Ralph
all classe s may be allow ed to take I ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FAVORITE
its folk songs; its m usicians an d com- who d eclares his love for her, b ut she
J ^ a k ‘nf ■ « o
, . a
<D ora H offm eister)
m ost ' prim
itive dem and I.—
hau g ........
h tily
reje » cts him. When he draw s
T h ere is no definite course of study
r p osers. . The ------
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uihw
to be follow ed: so each te ac h er is giv-
ny >ears 11 has been ,h e cu s’ sfllne form of Music. T here Is some- his pistol and d eclares he will shoot
en the resp o n sib ility of choosing and ,om of stu d en ts to dislike g ram m ar th in g lacking in a moving p ictu re him self, she acknow ledges her love
applying th e best m ethods. T he se- or E nglish. Often tim es we h ear a w l,h o u t m usical accom panim ent. A and they plan to ste al ash o re a t night
PIANO
lection of th e m ethod to be ta u g h t de- studen t sav th a t he dread« »nl „ , m d r a m a un f edi* lta o rch e stral prologue, and he m arried.
Dick Deadeye o ver­
pends a g re a t deal on th e student L ,
.
g
g
and w hat does not a band add to a h ea rs the plot and th re a te n s to th w art
them selves. T his year the te ac h er Engl,8h classes. T his m ay hold tru e b ask etb all or football gam e?
it.
Miss P o rtia K idw ell, is giving such 1?, it0men,8cho" 18 * but n o t in G resham
In fact no program of any kind, be
T he second act opens at night. The
w ork as th e stu d e n ts will req u ire in Hlg,
,
E n g lish w ork h as been it political, religious, or social is com- cap tain Is w ondering why everything
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Gresham, Oregon
such a com m unity as G resham , long ?la J;e»80 Int®resting th at th e stu d en ts plete w ithout su itab le m usic.
I is at “sixes an d sevens.” L ittle But-
a fte r they have grad u ated from high H * forw ard t0 th eir recitatio n s.
A nything th a t is so closely allied te rc u p sym pathizes w ith him, and is
school.
. A g re a t m any th in g s a re tak en up w ithout daily life is a« m uch a neces- | about to become affectionate w hen he
T h ere is no te x t book for public in tbe E nglisb d ep a rtm en t—from the sity in th e course of study as litera-
speaking, and it is left to th e te ac h ers 8‘udy of g ram m atical co n stru c tio n s to tu re o r m athem atics,
discretion to choose th e topics for ? la8sic8' ' ery ’’‘‘e n . g ram m ar work
speeches and ta lk The "L ite ra ry Di- 18 acc°m P*nied by the study of some T ill. HIGH S( HOOL ORCHESTRA.
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' w orthw hile novel However, th e reg-
(H arold Lew is)
from it a re given in the class every I u/ a r
w ork, in clu d in g sentence
a high school o rc h e stra is a g r e a t,
week. In th e class on F rid ay s is held P ,I ,,c ’,,re ’ verb conjugation, lessons benefit to any high school and we have
w hat is know n as “n onsense” day. At tn ®PeI,lrtK. etc., is not neglected.
a very good o rch e stra. T h ere is quite
th is tim e th e stu d e n ts tell jokes and
1 he w ork in the lite ra ry classics an in te rest . tak en in our o rch e stra I
funny stories, m any of w hich a re used Pr^ve® / ° T ,
in terestin g . The and possibly m ore would ta k e an in-
m erely as illu stra tio n s to help the h adT
; be L ake’ As J ou L ike It. te re st in it if a few m ore popular
stu d e n t "put a c ro s s ” som e p a rtic u la r , j , ' : n ' , a F, ' e t’ a , o tb er plays are pieces w ere played, n ot n ecessarily
idea. Much of th e m a te ria l used for , , d , by ,b e ya r ' ,,us classes. The | th e latest creation in jazz but some-
ta lk s com es from the stu d e n t’s per- s, 11,
*bese classics helps th e stu - th in g th a t would appeal to everyone.
sonal experience and know ledge, and
J° c u RJya te “ ta ste for th e best Some people like classical m usic b et­
m any ta lk s a re given on farm ing, i!te ra tu r ®' 7 b® stu d e n ts re a lly like te r w hile o th ers like th e p opular m u­
farm m ethods, and th e like.
th e w orks of S h ak esp eare and appre- sic b etter so to please them both the
From m em bers of th e class th e stu- 1
"i8 w 8e ad vlce- \ ario u s topics o rc h e stra should play a few popular
d ents choose, every two w eeks, two ,
< ay a r ® discussed occasionally. pieces along with classical selections
c ritic s, w hose duties are to criticize ,
, 8
,5 B,udents a re encour- and
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audience. The |
the defects o f each individual student. aged t0 b a\ ? deas ot ’b eir own and o rc h e stra plays w onderfully well and
T he criticism is m ade perso n al be-
,
c o u ld handle a few popular pieces
cau se the pupils feel th a t is th e only | ,
Eng,liib te ac h ers re q u ire th e , very nicely. H ow ever th is is a high
way in w hich a contin u al advance in , , e, N 1?. m a“ e book rep o rts. T be , school o rch e stra and the opinion ol
COPVRIOKI « 1 ,
p ro g ress can be made. T he duty of . e8, n Action, trav el, and biography th e high school as well as th a t of the
• u s . A uT ocA S irn
co.
th e g ram m ar c ritic is to call th e stu - 18, ,
°bt»<u«ble by all the stu d en ts, o rc h e stra leader ru le s the o rch estra,
d en t’s atten tio n to his m istak es in ,
tbe
e *’M ination of one i
g ram m ar. It has been a noticeable di‘p ar t Ment of the school w ere put up
( REDIT TO INSTRUCTOR,
fact th a t in c o rrec t E nglish is rapidly ¡ ¡ ^ t ,®„8‘“£®"t8
Eng; |
(Lucille Dodson)
How m any really stop to th in k how |
d isa p p ea rin g from th e class. T he pub- lish d ep artm en t would be saved if all
much Miss Dickey
the m usic in ­
lie speaking c ritic points out th e de­ I o th e rs had to go.
stru c to r has done for G resham Union
fects in the po stu re of each student.
WHK H DO YOU TAKE I
High school?
Included in th is are th e position of
(Donald Confrey)
We go to P o rtlan d , hear a noted
h ands and feet, th e direction in w hich
th e eyes a re looking, and th e whole Soft, w hite moon in a b lan k et of blue hand, o rch e stra or a group of noted
A
sco
re
of
s
ta
rs
_________
m usicians ____
and then _ criticize th e high I
p o stu re in general. T his criticism en
ables the stu d e n t to se'e his own de- | Th.ey u,r ? e, T ? down ° 'ir hazeled path ! school band and o rch e stra
fects, and, because of th is, he can
At M idnight hours.
, i 8 th is fair to eith er Miss Dickey or
rem edy them m ore quickly and easily. I „ ,,
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’be stu d e n ts? The m em bers of the
T he stu d e n ts of the class m ake it a
1?,°on or g reat w hite w ay? m usical d ep artm en t p ut In every mo-
point to alw ays have th e ir w ork up to . llp art8 built can b reak :
m ent th a t can be spared in o rd er to
date, and th is also leads to punctual!- A
? ne ° r b.re,a tl? of sig b s'
m ake a success
F ilia l dev o tio n d e m a n d s th a t th e c h ild ren
ty In o th e r lines of w ork
Then too. I w h lc h do y °u tate( •
Miss Dickey has tak en p erfectly raw
w
ho
h a v e g ro w n an d left th e “ old nest”
th e ex perience they receive in talking
before a group h elps them a g reat
keep in touch w ith hom e.
deal not only on th e ir class w ork, but
also in stu d e n t body m eetings.
I ¡me, diHtance a n d had w e a th e r a re
T he chief aim of public speaking is
to give to the pupils th a t m uch desired
e lim in a te d a s o b jec tio n s to v isitin g th e
public speaking essen tial—nam ely p e r­
folks a t hom e, by th e telep h o n e.
so nality and poise. T hese tw o are
n ecessary to every day life, so even If
In a ll w e a th e rs an d a t all tim es o u r ser-
none of the stu d e n ts ever become
g rea t o ra to rs or sta te sm an , they have
vice is a t y o u r com m and.
o btained one of th e m ain c h a ra c te ris ­
tic s of well balanced young m en and
As fo r d ista n c e th e g re a te s t d ista n c e
women, and the tim e spent in th e pub­
lic speaking cla ss has not been spent
s h rin k s to t h a t betw een you and y o u r phone
In vain.
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English Department
FLORENCE M. HONEY
c/ilwajzs in Touch
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YALCE (IF PCRLK SPEAKING.
(Jo h n A nicker)
T he public speak in g d ep a rtm en t Is
of m ore value to the stu d e n ts than
any o th e r d ep a rtm en t in th e school.
It Is In th is d ep a rtm en t th a t th e s tu ­
dent gets his know ledge of expressing
his thought and ideas.
T he public speak in g class has no
sta te d schedule o r text book to follow,
so th is w ill n a tu ra lly cau se m any dif­
fe re n t co u rse s follow ed, according to
th e teacher.
In G resham th is class uses th e L it­
e ra ry D igest to a g re a t extent. On
M onday a re p o rt is given by each
m em ber of th e cla ss on som e a rtic le
assigned to them from th e L ite ra ry
D igest and on T uesday a brief or
sh o rt synopsts of a speech on a sub­
je st assigned by Miss K idw ell, th is 1
speech req u irin g referen ce w ork to
be looked up at th e lib ra ry or other
places of inform ation. W ednesday the
ta lk s a re heard on th e ir topics. T h u rs­
day th e assig n m e n ts a re given for the
referen c e ta lk for th e next W ednes­
day. F riday, or nonsense day, Is of J
an en tirely d ifferent type, th is ta lk is
CHOICEST OF SWEETS
As satisfying as they a re good, K rau se's or T hom sen's delicious
Candies win a place In your sw eet ta ste th e m inute you try them .
Boxed or in any q u an tity you wish to buy them.
(IGARM, (IGARLTTEB, TOBAttOS
NITS. HOD A FOUNTAIN
Special prices on X m as Candies and Nuts to schools,
ch u rch es, lodges, etc.
Try our Luncheonette
Telegraph Xmas and New Year’s Greetings
to Distant Friends Through the
Multnomah & Clackamas County
Mutual Telephone Company
Gresham.
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