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GKLSHAM OUTLOOK. YEA ICS CARS WOULD GIRDLE THE WORLD By Sahm an Bros., Srar Car Dealers, Springd&le. F A IR V IE W B e lie v e It o r N o t — T e a c h e s S u n d a y S chool T l'E S IH Y , FEKKl ARY iS. 1927 PAGE THREE LUSTED Mr. and Mrs. F ran k E der and 1 G uests a t the home of Mrs. Eliza Stone on Sunday w ere Mr. and Mrs. baby Doris, who have been visiting W ill S taats of Maupin, Oregon, Mr. friends and home folks th e past ' and Mrs. George D ufur and Mrs. week, have retu rn ed to th eir home , Lizzie D ufur of P o rtland. A fter at McMinnville. spending the w in ter in P o rtlan d FAIRV IEW LODGE No. 92. Mr. and Mrs. S taa ts left early Mon A. F. & A. M. Masouic dance day m orning for th e ir home in scheduled for S aturday, Maupin. F eb ru ary 26, 1927, indefinitely p o st Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Stone spent poned. WM. H. STANLEY, Sec y. th e w eek-end w ith the la tte r's sis- | J ohn t mcginnis . w . m . te r, Mrs. R alph Scott, of Salem. /pie^uper^ix Principle fle e d io the /unit - T here w ere 4,480,000 autom obiles produced in the United S tates last year. T h at figure does not indi I-PA SS. S E D A N , flT S t cate m uch to m ost of us. When tra n sla te d into a parad e past a giv en point it gives us an idea of ju st w hat an autom obile indu stry m eans in a physical way. The average length of a ca r is 15 feet. Leaving as m uch of an interval between c a rs but p u ttin g them five abreast an d at a speed of 15 m iles an hour it would ta k e m ore than a m onth Window ( leaning. for th e parade to pass, if it w ere f o r low est rate s on autom obile, For expert window cleaning see h alted at th e end of every ten tru c k and g eneral in su ran ce see i S. T ajim a, or leave o rd ers w ith J. hours. if it w ere continuous it B. W. T horne.—Adv. Ross Brown, G resham , phone 2501. would ta k e 332.7 hours. T he parade would be 5091 m iles long. If in a single line the parade would ex tend around the earth and overlap for a thousand miles. G eneral Gallieni halted the G er m an advance on P aris by th e use of taxicabs, com m andeering every possible sort of vehicle and rush ing men to the danger points by The seven body styles created for the new Hudson m otor. It w as the first tim e in his Super-Six have shared equally with its brilliant new tory w here an arm y had been performance in its enormously successful reception moved sw iftly by m otor—and P aris w as saved. everywhere shown. At the New York Show and all Every officer and enlisted m an subsequent Automobile Shows the H udson-E ssex in the United S tates arm y could exhibit has outdrawn any other by two and three have his choice of 40 vehicles to one. It is the high point of the year in interest, dis U ncle Sam 's fighting men w ere cussion and sales activity. moved in th e autom obiles m ade in OTHER HUDSON MODELS th e United S tates last year. F ra n cis M ildren, of Ziegfield’s I S ta n d a rd M id t i i • T he y ear 1925 w as regarded as new chorus, dances during the th e b anner year in the history of week but every S unday morn COACH . . . tl¿S1 1EDAN . . autom obile m an u factu rin g but 1926 teaches a boys' Sunday school class | 1 IBS saw 155,000 m ore ca rs m ade than in New York. She adm its har fa C u jtn m B u il t M t d t h in the previous 12 m onths. W hat v orite friend is a young m inister. 7-PA1Ò PHAETON IBM 1927 holds for the in d u stry is to be BROUGHAM . . . . 1571 seen. 7-FASS. SEDAN . . . . ROCKW OOD II5B The m otor-loving public w ants A l l p n e t i f 9. b. D e tr o it m ore com fortable rid in g as is At the re g u la r m eeting of th e | p lu s w a r e x c u i t a x show n in the figures for closed Start a Fordson tractor working for you now— and ca rs. In 1925 fifty-six per cent of Base L ine Im provem ent asso cia before Spring, the savings and profits that you realize all the passenger c a rs m anufac tion held a t th e Rockwood gran g e I from custom w ork or work on your ow n farm will have tu red w ere enclosed. L ast year the hall Monday evening new com m it- | m ounted to a worthw hile figure. p ercen tag e w as 74. P erh ap s the inclination for the tees w ere nam ed for fu rth e r im W ood-sawing, grain grinding, shredding and num erous m otor ca r p u rch aser of today to provem ents w hich will probably be I heavy hauling jobs are som e o f the ways in w hich hundreds o f Fordson farmers are making otherwise incline tow ard the type of vehicle a fea tu re along the highw ay. T here | Hudson- Essex Dealer w hich a few y ears ago only could w as a good atten d an ce at the m eet unproductive time pay during the winter m onths. be afforded by those of consider ing and the m em bership of the a s - | Phone 2491 A nd from the time you start your spring plowing, right ( ìreshain Opposite P. O. able m eans is th e reason why the through every season and stage o f growing and har average retail price of passenger sociation h as now reached SO. vesting your crops, you are assured o f abundant and c a rs has increased. In 1925 it was dependable power that will do each job in less tim e $866 and la st year it w as $20 more. and with greater econom y. SA N D Y BLUFF The to ta l w holesale value of th e N ext tim e you are in tow n just drop in and let us talk autom obile m ade la st y ear is a 6 7 f t I X O R E G O N 'S G R E A T E S T P U B L IC Mr. and Mrs. .1. .1. Ju d k in s enter-1 U T IL IT Y over w ith you our plan that makes it possible for every stag g erin g sum. P erh ap s a hom e tained on Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. farmer to ow n a Fordson. ly illu stratio n of ju st w h at $2,622,- 450,000 m eans w ill enable those of O liver N orthup and wee d au ghter u s who like to ta lk about big fig of P o rtlan d , Mr. and Mrs. A nthony ] ures. but w ithout com prehension H engstler and son of G resham . of w hat th ey mean, an idea of the Mrs. H attie W ilkenson enter-1 size of th e autom otive in d u stry in a G R ESH A M , OREGON financial way. tained th e L adies Aid a t a silver Gold w eighs 36 pounds to every tea on W ednesday. E m broidery $10,000. If the w holesale value of w ork w as banded out so everyone th e autom obiles m anufactured last A U T H O R IZ ED year w ere changed into pounds of could get busy for th e com ing year. | gold, it w ould equal 472 tons of the It w as decided to have a special ! precious m etal. The average m eeting at th e hom e of Mrs. W at freig h t c a r holds 40 tons so it kins on W ednesday, F eb ru ary 23, to | w ould take alm ost 12 fre ig h t cars to haul th e gold w hich rep rese n ts tie out a quilt. th e autom obiles m anufactured in Mr. and Mrs. C. J. W ilkenson en- I 1926 in the United S tates. te rtain e d at dinner Sunday, Mr. and From the economic side th e a u tom otive in d u stry ra n k s probably Mrs. W. H. W ilkenson an d son of ] higher Than any in th e United I V ancouver, W ashington, Mr. and J S tates for last year 3,500,000 p e r Mrs. Ray W ilkenson of P o rtlan d sons w ere em ployed in it and allied Mrs. Ray W ilkenson of P o rtla n d ,| lines. This is an increase of 300,- and Mr. and Mrs. G. S. W ilkenson 000 over the preceding year. Nearly th re e q u a rte rs of a bu- of Sandy Bluff. lion d o llars $,35,226,000 — w ere r . R athm an, Buckley Corley and I paid last year in m otor vehicle n . taxes, $68,000,000 m ore th an in ( Russe11 Bechtel w ere hom e over 1925. A utom obiles reg istered in Sunday from Bull Run head w orks, | th e United S tates w ere 22,330,000. , w here all a re employed. I t is in te restin g to note th a t this Mrs. Wm. Lee and Mrs. A. R ad is 81 per cent of the reg istratio n in th e en tire w orld and, estim ating ford re tu rn e d hom e F rid a y from I th e population of the country at P o rtlan d . Mrs. Lee has been tak-1 120,000,000, it m eans roughly th a t ing m edical tre a tm e n ts and Mrs. th e re is one ca r for every five p e r sons. Inasm uch as th e figure in Radford was carin g for her. She I Every form of Domestic, Commercial and Industrial activity in which human be clu d es all kinds of m otor vehicles is very m uch im proved and it is engaged requires electric to tunction function etliciently. efficiently. . » ~ f “ ings 'ft3 are «■««»& «*« inquires c a lin e service io it can easily be seen th a t th e en hoped she will soon be fully re- | tire population of the U nited S tates covered. c a n be given an autom obile ride at t h e ™ h tm,“ 3 ’ l i w e r ,hb S ^ h e P*” ’ “ ' le in ,h e se rv i“ by th e sam e tim e. P L E A S A N T V A L L E Y And a few years ago pessim ists Aio-1J I he importance of this is that during periods of business depression, the light and cro ak ed th a t th e country w as due Mrs. W. B. M acClellan of War-1 power companies are rarely affected to any extent, because people must have Electric to go to th e dam nation bow wows renton, Oregon, has been spending | Service whether times are good or bad. because of the grow ing popularity a week w ith h er m other, Mrs. J. D. of the autom obile! Therefore if you invest your money in an institution that is not subject to the ebbs The fa rm er's life isn 't w hat it Johnston. used to be as indicated by the fact and flows of business conditions, you have reasonable assurance that your dividends W h e n you ¿ r iv e a B u ick all th e se factors th a t in the a g ric u ltu ra l sections of D I M H O R I’ E T R A N S IT CO.| are going to be paid when due and in full. the co u n try 4,852,000 vehicles are PO RTLAN D - GRESHAM - co n trib u te to you r fe e lin g o f secu rity. registered. That is one reason why we take pleasure in recommending the present issue of S A N D Y L IN E . The report points out th a t 64 per E x tr a p o w er in th e fa m o u s B uick V a lv e-In - c e n t of th e autom obiles w ere sold Section Line Route F IR S T P R E F E R R E D ST O C K on tim e la st year from w hich fig H e a d E n g in e . Lv. G resham ure several, lessons, depending on Lv. Portland AS A SAFE AND SOUND IN V ESTM EN T FOR OUR CUSTOMERS 6:10 a. m. o n e’s sta te of mind, can be draw n. 6 :30 a. m. AND FR IEN D S 7 :15 a. m. E x tr a p ro tectio n from B u ick 4-w heeI Brakes a. m T he m ost im p o rtan t one, how ever, •7 8 :00 8 :4i a. m. :00 a m. is th at the A m erican public Is go 10 :00 a. m 9 :15 a. m. b e c a u s e t h e ir o p e r a t i n g p a r ts a r e d r o p - It Will Pay You to Investigate This Opportunity Today 11:1S a. m. ing to enjoy the use of an autom o 12 :00 noon 1 :O0 p. m. :00 p. m forged steel. r bile, even if it h a sn 't th e m oney to •1 2:10 3 :OO p. m. p. m. You Earn 6.67 Per Cent Interest on 4 :00 p. m. pay cash for it. The tim e paym ent 4 :00 p. m. 5 :00 p. m. •5 :15 p. m. Every Dollar You Invest plan has enabled thousands to p u r 6 :10 p. m I \ tr a safety (and easier steerin g ) from th e 7 :00 p. m ch a se ca rs who o therw ise never 10 :30 p. m. 7 15 p. m. f i ye'b c a rin g -$ u rfa c e steerin g gear. would have. Lv. Sandy The sam e num ber of ca rs w ere Lv. G resham Investment Department for Sandy 8 40 a. m. Surrou n d you r fam ily and y o u r se lf w ith exported la st year as in 1925— a. m. 3 :30 p m. 820 E lectric Building 550.000—b ut th e average value was 7 1 :45 45 p. m 6 30 p. m safety. B u y a B u ic k ! higher. T hose who preferred fo r 6 :00 p. m. eign-m ade ca rs im ported 820 last I ... Portland for y ear, as com pared w ith 630 in 1925. san d y* It is regarded as significant th a t 7 :00 a. m. th e an n u al re p o rt show s an in 1 :00 p. m. cre asin g use by stre e t c a r com 5 :15 p. m. panies and railw ays of m otor ve • To Oresham and Sandy. Division Offices at— hicle equipm ent. L ast year 344 Salem, Oregon City, Hillsboro, Gresham, Oswego and St. Helens, O r. and Vancouver, Wash s tre e t c a r system s used busses as When you ride with ns yon are In sured against accident. au x iliary equipm ent w hile In 1925 th e re w ere but 251. More than I* ark air. Express Her, Ire on every car. double the num ber of steam ra il T H R EE DEPOTS w ays using m otor busses to su p ORESHAM GRESHAM —Opposite City Hall. plem ent th e ir service w ere reco rd SA NDY—Schm itz's Confectionery. T H E R E IS NO S U B S T I T U T E P O R E L E C T R 1 C ! T Y SALES A SERVICE POR TLAND — Municipal Terminal. ed for 1926 over the preceding year, JffiE Phone Isfil Sixth and Salmon streets. th e figures being 20 and 41 w hile last y ear 60 railw ays used m otor tru c k s as p a rt of the shipping s e r SCIATT E R POP—Ug Men Must Stick Together. By C. M. PAYNE. vice as opposed to 51 in 1925. The in d u stry is w ell u nder way for this y ear w ith every indication th at it will be one of th e best in its history. It is too early yet, say th o se who keep th e ir hands on the pulse of th e business, to prophesy w hether or not it will be g rea ter th an last y ear or not. W ith a keen V /C P E -T ) er riv alry ex isten t am ong the big -H a n ó j o h / g er m a n u fa ctu re rs th an ever be fore and a determ ined drive, in 'P O W l E L f / tensified by heavy advertising b a r rages. to place m ore autom obiles "n th e highw ays, th e year prom ises to be one of su p er sales efforts. -X and Beauty to Match Its M atchless P erform ance S om ething Besides th e B u tte r and Egg M oney HUDSON Super-Six M. C. Webster Motor Co. RAKER <& SON SERVICE FOR ALL Surround Yourself Z CiatCty / the greatest FuicK ever built Walter W. Metzger I 'V o'P P 'ptfP '. Mrs. R obert B lair Arrredltrd Hi«k kehoni Tracker of .lo lla Or ra training given to all students. Kark f t a t a r S a y . hom e o f M r . . W. S. o i l . l . r r . h a m . O r r g o a . . |T • , Portland Electric Power Co,
