Gresham outlook., October 05, 1926, Page 4, Image 4

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GRESHAM OUTLOOK.
Sane Tax Thinking
an Oregon Need
By BRUCE DENNIS
A uthor of the D ennis R esolution
O nce believ in g a s m an y h o n e stly now believe,
th a t a s ta te incom e tax w as th e so lu tio n of ta x a tio n
problem s, I favored it. W hen c h a irm a n of th e A ssess­
m ent a n d T a x a tio n C om m ittee of 1923 O regon L e g is­
lativ e Session 1 a ssiste d in fra m in g
a n d a d o p tin g a s ta te incom e ta x law.
It reach ed a few in d iv id u als w ho
w ere m ak in g good incom es an d p ay ­
in g little, if any, p ro p e rty tax, but it
d ro v e from O regon m illio n s of very
badly needed in v e stin g c a p ita l, as
ev ery o n e k now s w ho h a s kept p o st­
ed on th is s ta te ’s affairs.
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A d ire c t case th a t forced m e to
know a s ta te incom e ta x a t th is p e r­
iod of O re g o n ’s d ev elo p m en t is u n ­
w ise w as a m illion d o lla r in v e stm e n t w hich had been
p lan n e d fo r th e city in w hich I th e n lived. T h is in ­
v e stm e n t h e sita te d u n til th e s ta te incom e ta x law w as
rep ealed . T hen it proceeded to lo cate w ith in th a t
c ity ’s c o rp o ra te lim its p ay in g m un icip al, h ig h school
an d o th e r tax es w illingly. It a lso b ro u g h t in a p ay ­
roll of a t least $20,000 a m o n th .
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T h is is but o n e in sta n c e of a la rg e n u m b er
th ro u g h o u t th e sta te , w hich proves th a t no m a tte r
how p re tty th e th e o ry of s ta te incom e tax m ay seem
to be, O regon can ill afford to a d o p t such a b u sin ess
policy w hen no o th e r w e stern s ta te h a s it, a n d ou r
d ire need is to se cu re m o re people w ith in v e stin g
c a p ita l to develop in d u stry w ith in o u r borders.
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L o w erin g ta x e s w ill n e v e r be done by an a m ­
bitio u s a n d p ro g re ssiv e people. T h a t h a s been d em ­
o n s tra te d tim e a n d a g a in w hen se em in g ly w o rth y
p ro je c ts of econom y h av e failed of p o p u la r sa n ctio n .
T h e dem and of th e public fo r im p ro v e m e n ts is so
g rea t th a t a d m in is tra tiv e econom y effects o n ly sm all
savings.
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T h e se facts being of com m on k n o w led g e a n d to a
g rea t e x te n t, of record, how a re O regon people to ob­
tain a n y tax relief?
J u s t one w ay: A ttra c t m ore people a n d m ore in ­
v e stin g c a p ita l to s h a re th e public burden.
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No s ta te secu res new in d u stry and new in v estin g
c a p ita l w ith o u t offerin g som e ind u cem en t.
T h a t is w hy I in tro d u ced S e n a te J o in t R eso lu tio n
No. 5, com m only called th e “ D e n n is” re so lu tio n , in
th e 1925 L e g isla tiv e S ession. T h a t is w hy it w as
passed by th e le g isla tu re a n d offered to O regon v o ters
fo r th e ir c o n sid e ra tio n a t th is g e n e ra l election.
It provides th at no incom e tax a n d no in h e rita n c e
ta x can be levied by th e S ta te of O regon before 1940.
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T he D ennis R esolution is sim ply a b u sin ess p ro p ­
ositio n . It is all n o n se n se fo r O regon to adopt an in ­
com e ta x law one y ear, rep e a l it th e n e x t a n d th en
adopt it ag a in th e fo llow ing year. By such m ethods
th e s ta te gives o u tsid ers, and h e r ow n people, th e idea
th a t we a re all confused an d c a n n o t th in k out fo r
o u rselv es an d a d o p t a fixed policy re la tin g to o u r
financial affairs. It leaves th e co m m o n w ealth in an
u n se ttle d co n d itio n , an d causes c o n s ta n t u n c e rta in ty ,
u n d e r w hich b u sin ess a n d in d u stry an d th e d aily a f ­
fa irs of th e people c a n n o t p ro sp er. T h e D en n is
R esolution g u a ra n te e s to in v e stin g c a p ita l a n d to all
b u sin ess g e n e ra lly a sa n e a n d safe policy u n til th e
y e a r 1940 by a s su rin g th a t th is c o m m o n w e a lth w ill
levy no s ta te incom e o r in h e rita n c e ta x e s on h e r
people u n til th a t year.
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T a k in g off in h e rita n c e tax e s fo r th a t period is also
a direct bid fo r in v e s tin g c a p ita l. T h e s ta te tre a s u ry ,
in stead of losing a n y m oney by doing aw ay w ith in ­
h e rita n c e tax, w ill g ain m an y tim es such a m o u n t by
th e in creased w ealth a ttra c te d to O regon, w hich will
pay its re g u la r taxes.
C a p ita l seeks th e c h a n n e ls of g re a te s t a w a rd s and
least h azard s.
W«4 have e v e ry th in g to a ttr a c t it in th e w av of r e ­
sources and clim ate.
Now, let us all do som e h a rd th in k in g , cease c a ll­
ing each o th e r n a m e s for a tim e, a n d vote fo r O re­
g o n 's a d v an cem en t a n d p ro sp e rity .
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Vote 329 \
Vote 335 \
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TUESDAY,
<M TOBEK
S,
i u e c o n d i t i o n o i Mrs.
uaincB,
who has been ill for several m onths, is
considered extrem ely grave, and the
Mrs. Dewey Gibbs has retu rn ed from
spending th e sum m er w ith h er p a r­ m em bers of her fam ily have been
en ts, Mr. and .Mrs. George F ra n k at summ ond to h er bedside. Two d au g h ­
ters, .Mrs. F. H. Dederick of Bothell.
Ione, Oregon.
Mrs. C harles Coe is having some Im­ W ashington, and Mrs. R ussell Monette
provem ents m ade to her home In of S eattle, arriv ed yesterday. H. A.
B arnes and Mrs. Rena K irkendall of
Thom pson addition. It Is being lathed P rince R upert, B. C., h er son and
and p lastered , an extension Is being dau g h ter, are expected in a few days.
m ade to th e kitchen, a bath room The B arnes fam ily retu rn ed to G resh ­
equipped and electricity installed. In am about th ree weeks ago from Blue
Lake. w here they spent a p a rt of the
addition to th a t a new g arag e has j sum m er.
Complete New Stock
been built.
R. c . Tenney, sales m anager for the
Mrs. K ate R acine retu rn ed Sunday Biggly Wiggly stores, was in G resham
for Fall now ready.
from a w eek's visit w ith her b ro th er- I today Pe rfec t'n g a rran g e m en ts for the
in-law and aU tar m , „„a „ „ „ I u opening of th e ir sto re in the new
n la and sister, Mr. and Mrs. John , Brown building The local sto re Is a
B a rra st and fam ily, at D allas. Among m em ber of the Oregon Piggly Wiggly
o th er p leasan t excursions she spent com pany, a stric tly Oregon in stitu -
To the women who seek the
some tim e at th e sta te fair at Salem tio n ’ owne<1 aud operated by Oregon
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people, some of whom live in th is te r ­
same correctness in their un­
s e r relativ es visited at her home on ritory. The Oregon com pany is one
Sunday a week ago and she retu rn ed u n it of th e national organization, of
dergarments that they do in
home w ith them .
which th ere are about 70 u nits, with
Mrs. J. T u rn e r retu rn ed Sunday overr, 22?° *lo rtT T h ere a re 18 “‘ores
outer apparel, we recommend
v i.iiin o
. .
!ln P o rtlan d and tw o m ore soon to be
om visiting sev eral days at her opened. Ten sets of fixtures a re on
form er home at P endleton. The T ur- the way to Oregon one of which is
Munsingwear without hesita­
n ers recen tly p u rch ased the L ester com ing to Gresham . It is hoped the
Spencer home on N orth Main street.
store, w il! be equipped and ready lo r
tion. Munsingwear’s superior
sir ..«a u .
d
u
opening the la tte r p a rt of next week.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Gibbs, accom- The p,an of the Iocal gtore ag of a „
elastic fabrics assure perfect
by Mr. and Mrs. Ed. T aylor and Ralph Piggly Wiggly stores, will be th a t of
self
service
or
"help
y
o
u
rself.”
Dale, residing east of G resham , spent
lit and comfort. Our complete
C lair S tockton has been employed
two days la st week a t South Beach, a
I sum m er reso rt near Newport. They to a ssist in m eter reading for the
stock includes both men’s as
I occupied a co ttag e belonging to a P. E. P. com pany in this vicinity, in
place of Irv in g Green.
| niece of Mr. Gibbs.
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well as women’s.
P erry K itzm iller is recovering from
T he W om an's M issionary society of a severe Illness which he has guttered
v
I the F ree M ethodist ch u rch will meet during the p ast week. H is b ro th er,
M en’s Union Suits, priced at........ $2.25, $3.00. $4.50
at the p arsonage on W ednesday a fte r­ W aiter K itzm iller of Oregon City, was
in ju red last week w hile w orking as a
noon. On F riday evening the q u a rte r­ ca rp e n te r on th e new p aper mill a t St.
Women’ winter weight union suits priced a t.... $2 to $5
ly m eeting of th e denom ination will H elens. He fell 30 feet w ith his sc af­
begin, in ch arg e of the Rev. W. N. fold when it w as ca rrie d down by a
Women’s all fibre silk vests, bodice type, priced at $1.50
I Coffee, of P o rtlan d . T he services will falling tim ber and received severe in ­
ju
rie
s
about
th
e
body.
At
Sellwood
I continue each evening and over Sun-
Women’s all fibre silk bloomers to match silk vest
hospital w here he w as tak en it w as
I day.
found th a t his co llar bone w as broken
above, priced at...................................................$2.25
C oncrete sidew alk has been laid re- in two places, his shoulder dislocated
and
th
re
e
ribs
broken
I cently in fro n t of th e Bible S tan ­
Women’s step-in chemise of all fibre silk,
W ord has been received of th e b irth
dard ch u rch on E ast Powell Valley
priced at .............................................
of a d au g h ter on F rid ay la st to th e
.... $2.25
road. R. C. F race, assisted by other Rev. and Mrs. W. T. K lotzbach who
m em bers of th e con g reg atio n and the moved from G resham to P o rtlan d
| pasto r, (lid the work.
sh o rt tim e ago. M other and baby a re
doing w ell a t E m anuel hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. F ra n k Metzger were
Mr. and Mrs. W alter Metzger and
I called to Bandon, Oregon, on F riday
dau g h ter, Doris, and Mr. and Mrs
Phone 2221
on account of th e death of th e ir son- J. H. Metzger and son, Ben, retu rn ed
Gresham
I in-law, John DeCosta, who succumbed Sunday evening from a six-day m otor
I to tu b ercu lo sis on T hursday. F u n eral trip to V ancouver and V ictoria, B. C.
Mrs. H. H. O tt and little son David,
re or any sta te function of control.
I services w ere held on S atu rd ay , and On the w ay th ey stopped a t R ainier her au n t, Mrs. Alice V illieum eier, and tu
The recall is th e only rem edy provid­
national park, and visited relativ es in
Ion S unday Mr. and Mrs. M etzger re ­ S eattle. From V ancouver th ey fe r­ Miss Mina G ilbert drove to Salem last ed. The only lim it is th e 5 per ce n t
tu rn ed . b rin g in g w ith them th eir ried ac ro ss to V ictoria, a d istan ce of T hursday. Miss G ilb ert visited w ith bonding clause. In spending th e peo­
dau g h ter, Mrs. T helm a DeCosta. The about 100 miles. From V ictoria they Miss Joyce K idder a t L au ssan e Hall. ple's money the only cu rb is th a t pro­
couple was m arried in A pril and since ferried to P o rt A ngeles and drove The o th e rs w ere th e g u ests of Mr. and viding for the v oters' approval on
I then Mrs. DeCosta has had the en tire along th e Hood canal. The p arty is Mrs. E m m ett W elling and attended the p urchase of ex istin g p lan ts valued at
sta te fair. Mrs. O tt’s m other, Mrs. over h alf a m illion dollars.
I c a re of her husband
. m
.. w ost
uv V
m u sia
o i u stic
o u v over IU
d U llU B U
en . i th
th C e U b U eauties
of l George
T acheron, who had been in S a­
Is th e sta te read y to com m it fifty-
Mr. and Mrs. Ben R aney have moved | v ic to ria H ere they visited th e noted lem for a week, re tu rn e d w ith the
th re e m illion d o llars into the hands
to P o rtlan d w here he is em ployed by B uchart sunken g ardens, also th e see­ p arty .
of a board of novices to spend on an
the P o rtlan d E lectric Pow er com pany 0,1,1 la rKest observ ato ry in th e world,
Je a n Y ager celeb rated her sixth ex perim ental system of irrig a tio n ,
and th eir residence on South R oberts They rep o rt th e ir t r i P as one of su r
...
n t te
p r re
o u st
t f from
rn m
t th
h o e t tim
i m n e fVxrxa
m a n u factu rin g
they b irth d ay la st S atu rd ay a t th e home of hydro-electrics and
avenue has been ren ted ■ - to « Mr.
and . passing i in
her p are n ts, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Yager, v entures, w ithout the slig h test a s s u r­
Mrs K eith B ertelsen. who moved in left G resham un til they retu rn ed .
I last T hursday. B ertelsen is a d river
Mrs. C lark M elugin of W ahkiacus, by inviting in a num ber of h er little ance of wise and successful m anage­
m ent? We th in k not.—T he B row ns­
for the L undquist tru ck in g service and W ashington, sister-in -law of Mrs. frien d s for th e aftern o o n . One little ville
Times.
tak es th e place of V erne Cole who left Gregg Cox, was o perated on a t th e to t rep o rted th a t th e re w ere “about a
a sh o rt tim e ago to engage in business Good S am aritan hospital Monday, for tho u san d th e re .” Anyhow, they had
a lovely tim e and closed th e a fte r­
Pioneer Woman Dies at Sandy.
| for him self.
kinked appendix and adhesions.
noon w ith delicious refresh m en ts.
F u neral services will be held a t th e
A m eeting has been called by Mrs.
F ran k Stenberg of P o rtlan d , re c e n t­
The re g u la r m eeting of G resham M ethodist ch u rch In G resham tom or­
I ll S. Clow, p resid en t of the local ly from New Rockford, N orth D akota,
I W. C. T. U., of all com m ittees appoint- visited la st F rid ay w ith A rden C raw ­ G range w ill be held on S atu rd ay , Oc­ row for th e late Mrs. F ra n ce s Mac-
tober 9. In itia tio n s in th e first and K errow , who passed aw ay Monday at
led to a rra n g e for th e sta te convention ford a t the S. A. B u rr home.
second degrees will be given in the th e home of her daughter, Mrs. C arl
lo t the organization to be held here on
Mr. and Mrs. R ussell R ogers of
October 19 to 22 T he com m ittees will P o rtlan d w ere over Sunday g u ests of m orning session, and th e usual pot Alt, in Sandy, a t the age of 74 years.
I meet at th e G resham lib rary on Wed- the fo rm er’s p aren ts, Mr. and Mrs. C. luck d in n er will be enjoyed a t noon. Mrs. M acKerrow lived for about 20
The le ctu re p rogram w ill begin a t 2 years betw een G resham and G illis and
In esd ay evening, a t 7:30.
A. R ogers and fam ily.
o’clock and is open to th e public. B. will be rem em bered by m any of th e
O. C arl of P o rtlan d w ill sing a solo older resid en ts in th is vicinity. She is
and in stru m e n ta l num bers will be survived by six ch ildren, five d augh­
rendered. G eorge W. Jo sep h of P o rt­ te rs and a son, Mrs. A. J. Stout, of
land will give th e ad d ress of th e afte r G resham : Mrs. M arie E dw ards, of
noon, when he w ill speak on th e P o rtlan d ; Mrs. J. W. Dixon and Mrs.
h y d ro -electric m easu re w hich is to be C arl Alt, of S andy; Mrs. L. F. S an d er­
voted upon at th e election in Novem­ son, of San F rancisco, and Robert
ber. A cordial in v itation is extended M acK errow, of Coquille, Oregon. T he
to all to h ear th is program .
services w ill be held a t 2 o'clock, fol­
Miss H elen R ogers has been added lowed by in term en t in D ouglas cem e­
to th e force of th e W alrad M ercantile tery. A rran g em en ts a re in th e hands
com pany and com m enced her w ork of the G ates F u n eral home.
Monday.
A reception is being planned a t the
M ethodist Episcopal ch u rch for next
F riday evening. O ctober 8, in honor of
the new pasto r, th e Rev. H alford V.
W ilhelm and fam ily. T he Ladies Aid
society is tak in g the in itiativ e and is
arran g in g an ap p ro p ria te program .
An in vitation is extended to all m em ­
bers and friends of th e ch u rch and
new fam ilies and p ersons in th e com ­
m unity a re especially invited.
GRESHAM LOCALS
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V ¿¿J
(¿ear
W. R. HICKS COMPANY
3 2 ,0 0 0 Pounds o f Milk— O ne Cow
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IJO W would you like to ring up the farm cash register
to that tune each year? Impossible.' No, indeed!
At the Pacific International Livestock Exposition in
Portland last year, there were many producers with such
records. And this year, October 30-Noveinber 6, there
will be others, for we understand that from all over
America the greatest dairy stock known to mar. are
booked for exhibit.
I ES— Rciuii* R esolution.
Vtl —Offset Income Tax Bill.
NO — Grange Income Tax Rill.
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I ’ h k I A d v e rtise m e n t
G r e a te r O reg o n Amin.
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J o
K lrod. C h a irm a n
M R H lm cb , 11 J P ra n k . I r a F.
P o w e rs. J B. Yeon. It I. Ma< leav.
J 3 G uild. J II llu rg u rtl. W s.
H abaon. 419 O reg o n B ld g . P o rtla n d .
( 'l eg o i
H e r e at th e F irs t S ta te h an k , we a re d o in g e v e ry th in g
w ith in o u r p o w er to en c o u ra g e th e ra is in g of GOOD live­
stock
We believe th is so rt of policy is good b u sin e ss fo r
o u r fa rm in g c u sto m e rs, and th a t m e a n s it is good b u sin ess
fo r us. T ell us w h at you a re ra is in g in crops. W e’ll tell
you how to con v ert th o se c ro p s in to livestock a n d th e live­
sto ck in to B IG G ER dollars.
A SAFE PLACE
to put your money
FIRST STATE BANK
A Strong Rank
tet ritory.
C ompany has invested over 477,tXX),OtK) in this
I, has ‘Xl.OfXl light and pover customers and senes
a population of over 400,000.
Its business is growing steadily exery day.
You are Invited
A REM E CLUB
I.et us tell you more about it.
Portland, Oregon
Lingerie
DANCE
PORTLAND ELECTRIC POW ER CO.
J
Acorn’s Superiority
of Long Standing
Hosiery
VV < offer you an opportunity to Invent your money in
till* *ueee**fnl Hint well* managed hii*lnes* nt «.«7 per rent
lntere*t.
In v estm e n t D e p a rtm en t.
820 E le ctric B uilding
Many AVillamette valley farm er*
and o th er business men have ex­
pressed disapproval of th e proposed
co n stitu tio n al am endm ent in itiated by
the H ousew ives' Council of P o rtland,
because of th e alm ost unlim ited pow ­
ers it would confer on th e board of
Acorn product* hate been the
five m em bers, one w oman and four
quality stanilarri since ISM.
men, nam ed in th e tex t of the m eas­
A w ay b a c k in 1*30 w h e n o u r f o r e ­
ure, none of whom has experience in
fa th e rs
w e re m a k in g h is to r y , th e
f o u n d e rs o f th e h o u se o f R a th b o n e
co n stru ctio n , operation or m anage­
S a r d & Co., c h o se th e w o rd
A c o rn "
m ent of th e u tilitie s w hich the am end­
a s th e ir t r a d e m a rk . T h ey d e te rm in e d
m ent proposes.
t h a t It sh o u ld s t a n d f o r th e h ig h e s t
c la s s o f d e sig n , m a te r ia ls a n d w o r k ­
The list of w hat they could do is a
m a n s h ip . In o th e r w o rd s, th e y a d o p t­
very long one. In fact the printed
ed a creed , w h ich su m m e d u p In tw o
docum ent, as contained In th e v o te rs’ w o rd s Is " Q u a lity F ir s t
T i l e s u u y r i o r i t y o f A co rn S to v e s a n d
pam phlet, says they sh all be em pow ­
R a n g e s is th e re su lt o f 9»i y e a r s ' fid eli­
ered "to do all th in g s n ecessary or
ty to h ig h id e a ls o f q u a lity in m a t e r ­
convenient" for the am endm ent.
ia ls w o rk m a n s h ip a n d finish
E v e ry
d e c a d e se es a h ig h e r s t a n d a r d a t ­
T hese a re a few of th e th in g s they
ta
in
e
d
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a
s
t
a
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d
a
r
d
t
h
a
t
c
a
n
n
o
t
be
re ­
m ay do:
a liz e d e x c e p t by c o n s ta n t e ffo rt a n d
w a tc h f u ln e s s
E stab lish irrig atio n w orks.
H e h a v e tr ie d to see h o w good a n d
Condemn p rese n t irrig atio n system s.
n o t ho w c h e a p w e c a n m a k e
A co rn '
C ontrol all w aters of th e sta te not
p ro d u c ts. T h a t su c h a p o licy Is w ise
under federal supervision.
s p ro v e n b y th e c o n s ta n t, e v e r-ln -
r e a s ln g d em an d .
Buy. sell, lease, co n stru c t, o perate
irrig atio n w orks, acq u ire land, build
railro ad s, m a n u factu re any needful
judgm ent of th e board.
Phone 12X1
G resham
Take over estab lish ed w ater works.
Condemn and acq u ire existing elec­
tric pow er plants.
R eserve th e w aters of th e sta te
from p riv ate or o th er public use.
New Fall Shades
E xercise in th e nam e of th e state
Ladies'. M e n 's ,
th e pow er of em inent dom ain for ac­
and C hildren's
q u irin g any p ro p erty th e board may
consider useful for its use.
Issue bonds up to 5 per cen t of the
to ta l assessed v aluation of p roperty
and
in Oregon.
Issue utility certificates ag ain st
p lan ts a fte r co n stru ctio n , w hich would
be in effect m ortgages.
R estrict the am ount of w ater used
by reg u lated non-political concerns to
20 per re n t of th e to tal flow of
stream s in Oregon.
Besides all th ese things, th e board
could estab lish sto res, factories, r a il­
roads. or any line of business it
chooses to enter.
The m easu re th re a te n s estab lish ­
Perm aaeat R e p r e« ,x ta tl,e ,
m ent of in d u stries in m any lines. It
places au th o rity ln the board g rea ter
Real Silk H osiery Mill*
th an has yet been delegated to any
sta te com m ission. T his w ithout re­
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Grexham. Ore
s tra in t of th e governor, th e legisla- ■
Acorn Sales & Service Co.
Gresham. Oregon
T h is
WHAT THEY COII.D IK>.
FRIDAY, OCT. 8
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GIGRAY'S ORCHESTRA
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REAL SILK HOSIERY
Mr. & Mrs. Perry Kitzmiller