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
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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
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1571
seen.
7-FASS. SEDAN .
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ROCKW OOD
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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.
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“ 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.
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And a few years ago pessim ists
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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
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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
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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 .
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Portland Electric Power Co,