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TUESDAY, FEBRFABY 7, 19*i GRESHAM UFTI.OOK, GRESHAM. OREGON CORBETT NEWS FROM MANY NEIGHBORHOODS Little Mother’s Bravery Compared to Lindbergh’s Mrs. A. B. Fox and d au g h ter F ran ces and h er m other, Mrs. M. E. Reed, m otored from P o rtlan d Sun day to visit relativ es here. PLEASANT HOME i ducted a t th e B ap tist ch u rch every F red Ough w as b ro u g h t home The follow ing n arrativ e, w ritten she did w ith her ran ch , she said, , T h ursday evening at 8 o'clock. It S atu rd ay from th e P o rtlan d sani for th e Outlook by Mrs. P. A nder 'I could do nothing but leave it as plan of th e p asto r to ta k e '. . . , , A large group of th e friends and is th e ............ .1. j . . . .. tortum , and is convalescing slowly, sen of Colum bia H eights, illu stra te s th e re w ere th ree m ortgages on it neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Jack up a system atized study of the b u t is yet very weak. an in te restin g an g le of hum an ex and all I had w as a cow, tw o pigs G reenw ood and fam ily m et at th e Bible at th ese m id-w eek services. Jam es P ounder has been offered perience, th a t of finding a ra re All interested a re invited to attend. and a coop of chickens, w hich I new G reenwood residence near a good sum for his SO-acre home jew el of c h a racter hidden in u n Mrs. Josep h in e A nderson left on sold. W hen I paid my bills, I had O rient statio n Monday evening for farm , but has not sold to date, F eb couth surroundings. It was a p er ju st $5 left for my trip to P o rt a house-w arm ing party. A delight S atu rd ay for B irkenfeld, Oregon, ru a ry 5. sonal experience w ith Mrs. A nder land. I had an aw ful tim e as I ful tim e w as enjoyed by those to visit a few days w ith h er d augh Mrs. Olivia Leland and Mrs. sen and she tells th e sto ry as fo l te r. Mrs. Ira Dailey. sta rted to cross a toll bridge on the p resent. T he guests w ere conduct Lewis Reed w ere in P o rtlan d Mon lows : Mrs. B. C. A ltm an visited her o th e r side of th e river. The man ed on a to u r of the spacious new day. “Many and varied a re th e scenes would not let me pass b ut finally, residence and w ere of the u n an i sister, Mrs. Jam es F itzg e rald at Alvin K inney and F avor Reed m ous opinion th a t Mr. and Mrs. th e Thom as sa n ita riu m on Sunday w ent to Mt. Hood S unday to see enacted along th e C olum bia River a fte r h earin g my story, his h ea rt highw ay and w hich have com e u n softened and he said I m ight go G reenwood and fam ily have a very I found her m uch improved. th e w in ter sports. der my observation from tim e to th is tim e b ut not to come back th a t Mr. and Mrs. H. C. N elson en- j fine home, finely furnished w ith the Miss Isabel P ulliam is ta k in g an time. T his story was intended for way any more. W ell. I w as so glad equipm ent and fu rn ish in g s w hich te rtain e d a t d in n er on Sunday Mr. j enforced vacation from h er w ork at the holiday Issue of the Outlook, I and I asked the good Lord to bless m ake housekeeping and hom es a and Mrs. W arren W ilkins, H arold the B row er school because of III- Joy. T he diversions of the evening W ilkins and Miss L ucille W ilkins | ness. H er frien d s a re pleased to but fearin g it would m ake my let- his old soul for his kindness to me tei at th a t tim e too long, I am now I and I never have had any inclina- consisted of g eneral visiting, piano of Firw ood, and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. hear th a t she is im proving. passing it on in the hope many may tion to ever go back.' n um bers on one and tw o pianos by Nelson of P o rtlan d . Robert K nieriem is at a P o rtlan d he benefited as I have been. It has •• Well, my d ear lady,' she said, Mrs. Louise M. Nelson is te ac h N ellie and P attie Greenwood, quiet hospital recovering from in ju ries gam es, etc. L ate in th e evening ing a t V ictory th is w eek during received w hen he fell from a huge m ade m e m ore happy in my sta - please excuse my ap pearance. I p a rtn e rs w ere selected in a novel th e absence of Mrs. Van F leet, the snow bank to th e pavem ent w hile tion of life, afte r listening to th e am so asham ed the wav I look, hut sto ry of a lonely trav e ler who cam e a fte r th ree w eeks on th e road in w ay and th e ladies served re fre sh re g u la r teach er. w orking on the Colum bia R iver to our hom e one evening la st sunt- the dust and no way of cleaning up T he Rev. Mr. S quire supplied at m ents consisting of sandw iches, highw ay n ear H o rsetail falls. m ®r ' I and th e way I have been cam ping cake and coffee. At th e close of th e P lea san t Home B ap tist church Mrs. Jam es Ross is slow ly r e A little old lady <3 y ears old. in th e open so long, it is no wonder Sunday for both services ow ing to th is fe a tu re th e group presented covering from her prolonged illness th e hosts a little token, a beautiful the absence of the p asto r, w hose and hopes to be able to go to C al dressed in a m an's sh irt, sh o rt knee j that I am so dirty. W hen I reach little rug, as a rem inder of the b ro th er H adden Johnson died at ifornia soon to spend some tim e in pants, and a p air of old shoes from my sister s place, I am going to esteem and reg ard w ith w hich the Marshfield on Ja n u a ry 31 from in th e home of her son-in-law and w hich h er toes were p ro tru d in g , clean up. I have seen m uch b etter stood on the porch when I cam e days. Many years ngo we owned a G reenw oods a re held by th e ir many fan tile paralysis. dau g h ter, Mr. and Mrs. H arry out, asking me if she could cam p big farm and had lots of dairy frien d s of P lea san t Home and Bull Sam uelson. in the o rch a rd for the night. 1 I cows, and everything was well till R un. Columbia g ran g e enjoyed a very said, S ure, w here is your m a- we lost everything we had when T he young people of the M ethod T he O rient P aren t-T ea ch e r asso good m eeting S atu rd ay , F eb ru ary 4 ist group a re planning to p resen t ciation is planning a v alen tin e c a r w ith an ex tra fine ban q u et a t noon, chine?' She replied, ‘Oh, I don't th e M ississippi riv er created a te r tw o plays a t th e church. T he date nival to be given a t th e O rient The g ran g e is plan n in g on giving drive a car, I have a team o ut on rib le flood, ¿«one of us had the th e highw ay, but I am so tired my courage to s ta rt th e re any more, of M arch 3, has been selected. schoolhouse on F rid ay evening, j a p arty on F riday evening, F eb ru - back is alm o st broken. The truffle so we w ent to K ansas City and Owing to a p arty w hich is being F eb ru ary 10, beginning a t 8 o’clock, j ary 17. on the highw ay has been te rrib le stayed th e re for some years, but planned for th e young people of T h ere will be candy booths, a fish Geo. K nieriem Sr., atten d ed a today and i^ has tak en all my never could get any headw ay, so th e M ethodist group by th e social pond, a fancy w ork b azaar an d i G. A. R. m eeting in P o rtlan d , S at- stren g th to w atch my team . The we cam e out h ere and settled near d ep a rtm en t of th e E pw orth League o th e r a ttractio n s, th e proceeds of I urday, autos have been blowing th e ir o ------, a little place 100 m iles north fo r S atu rd ay evening, th e re w ill be w hich w ill be devoted to th e hot h o rn s co n tin u ally till I am alm ost of Spokane, and th a t is th e home I no practice of th e senior choir as soup fund for th e ch ild ren 's lunch. CQTTRELL a ll in and feel th a t I could not go now w as com pelled to desert w as announced. A program w ill be given d u rin g | "H er sto ry reached th e clim ax Mr. and Mrs. W illiam B reen en any farth er. The frien d s of A lton D outhit, th e evening. F iom u n d er h er little d irty felt and we found th e te a rs stream ing te rtain e d on S atu rd ay evening Mr. w ho has been unable to be out for | and Mrs. Roy Colson and dau g h ter, h at I saw a p air of snappy d ark down our faces when she said, so long, w ere delighted to greet _______ ! Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Griffin and fam- eyes, w hile th e expression in her My oldest boy would be 50 years him in his old place a t Sunday A m eeting of th e L usted P a re n t- I ily. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff H ouse, Mr. face reflected a sw eet disposition „id if he was living, but he left for school la st Sunday. T eacher association w ill be held ! and Mrs. K enneth House, Mr. and and a w inning p ersonality. I felt C alifornia 30 years ago and no one E lm er Van F leet, who lies c riti as though I had m et an old friend I has ever h eard from him. Then cally ill at his home east of P lea s F riday evening a t th e L usted Mrs. J. M. Brophy and fam ily, John and said to her, 'You a re ju st In my two younger boys enlisted when a n t Home, is rep o rted to be about schoolhouse. An in te restin g pro- , Miller and Oliver Loney. M usical tim e for supper and my husband the g re a t W orld W ar broke out th e sam e. Only m em bers of his gram is being p rep ared , including a 1 selections w ere enjoyed and will tak e ca re of your team .' She and they w ent overseas. W hen they sh o rt n egro-m in strel act, to w hich fre8hm ents served. fam ily a re allow ed to see him. said, Well, w on't th a t be fine! 11 left they said, ‘Mother, don’t cry. th e public is cordially invited. La- D. T. W illiam s is confined to his have not had a m eal for th ree days We are going to come back to you. Card of Thanks. diqs a re req u ested to bring eith er hom e w ith a severe cold. We wish to exp ress o u r th an k s and my ho rses have not had an y Our co u n try is callin g us. You potato salad or sandw iches. P ra y er m eeting services a re con- and g ratitu d e to our frien d s and th in g b u t w liat littles they picked d o n 't w an t us to be slack ers. I neighbors for th e ir kindness and Free Flour and Syrup. J sym pathy, and for th e beautiful along th e ro ad .’ The horses w ere said, no, no, boys, you go and God W ith the p u rch ase of each H ot- floral offerings d u rin g th e death indeed happy to be let into a p a s bless you. I w ill get along.’ ™ ,n t 3 a ? e £ ° " dUa ng F e b ru a r* j and'*i)urf"ail* of^our* beloved husVa’nd tu re w ith green g rass to th eir "H er boys w ere both killed in the you get a 2% -pound p ackage of j and fath er r r V J l . fln lr , i*nd a jUKm°f . M artha L auderback. T hom as L au- knees, and it seem s as though they w ar and are now sleeping in F la n app reciated th e eats, for once dur ders field w here th e poppies grow. C rtm son R am bler syrup. T he waffle ' derback, C harles L auderback. iron is 'specially priced a t $8.95 Ing th e evening when I cam e out to She co ntinued: 'W hen I got the cash or $1.95 down, $2 per m onth Try Casey’s Rlieu m ill Ic Remedy. see how they w ere g etting along, new s I thought I never could go for four m onths. P. E. P. E le ctric I A blood tonic for rh eu m atism , store, Powell St., G resham . neuritis, lumbago, stom ach, liver, one of them cam e up and rubbed on and continue my duty as a c a re kidney, B rig h t’s disease, dropsy, his nose up and down my arm as ta k e r of an invalid husband and at Newberg Packing Co, F or low est ra te s on autom obile, pluresy. Reduces pain and sw ell though to say, ‘My th is is lovely.’ my d ear old fath er. B ut I asked Gresham tru ck and g en eral In su ran ce see ing. G uaranteed by T ab er P h a rm God to lead me on and I have found "Mrs. W. w as a very sm all lady U. W. T horne.—Adv. acy.—Adv. who did not weigh m ore th an 100 g rea t consolation in th e 23d Psalm . pounds. H er hands, though tiny, The Lord is my shepherd, I shall gave evidence of h ard labor. H er not w ant. E very n ig h t d u rin g my w agon se at was nothing b u t a th ree w eeks’ Journey, when d a rk stra ig h t board w ithout any springs ness overtook me and I had to take a t all, and I saw a t once w hat a ca re of my horses, before I craw led m arvelous will pow er and courage down under my b lan k et to get a she had displayed in driving so far. little sleep, I w ent to sleep saying As she had been th ree weeks on the the 23d P salm , and I slep t as sound trip , I did not w onder at her back as if I was In my own bed. No one giving out. A fter supper she told has ever m olested me in any way. us her Jife story .concluding w ith “ ’Dear me, I am so happy now. I th e statem en t, 'I have only 20 m iles am only 22 m iles from my destina to go to P o rtlan d w here my only tion, and I hope th a t my aged sls- rela tiv e is living, my sister, aged te r and I will be allow ed a little 77. I have not seen her for th e tim e with each o th er and I am su re last 25 years. She Is a widow, too. th a t we will g et along fine. With and all alone and ow ns fen acres my team and wagon I can p la n t all of land In th e suburbs of P o rtlan d kinds of garden tru ck and h au l it w hich she re n ts nut. She su g g est to th e city to sell.’ “ W hen, afte r a good n ig h t's re st ed if I could pilot th e team and w agon down, we could ta k e care and plenty of feed for her horses in th e w agon and a lunch for her of th e place ourselves.’ ’’ 'W ell, you can n o t ta k e ca re of self, she left th e n ex t m orning as th e land,' I said. ‘Oh, my, yes; I happy as a lark , as I saw her team have been doing all the farm work, ! d isap p earin g down the road I corn- plow ing, p rep arin g the soil and pared her sk ill and courage, her pu ttin g in th e crops all myself, and ? w ill pow er and th e confidence she in addition to th a t I cared for my ' had in h erself to succeed w ith th a t aged fath e r who w as 91 when he of th e w orld-fam ed av iator, died four m onths ago. My h u s - ! C harles L indbergh, band was an invalid and was help- ‘‘I th in k th a t we all can learn a less for several y ea rs and he j good lesson from th is little 73 passed aw ay th ree y ears ago. I year-old m other who gave th e best am used to h ard work. I w ent in she had for her country. At her th e woods and got my own wood, | age, we w onder a t h er am bition and th e nerve to plan on m aking too.' “To my in q u iry as to w h eth er or farm ing her chief occupation. And The COACH not she had any neighbors, she r e now a* sp rin g w ill soon be here, I plied, ‘T hey w ere far off and I have no doubt th a t Mrs. W. w ill be could not afford to h ire anybody, out w ith h er team p rep a rin g th e and so I got along th e best I new soil for her crops of veget- T h e T o u r in g could.’ W hen I asked her w hat ables." ORIENT i LUSTED ACON 18? 7 CHEVROLET/ Sensational New Performanc ülm azing N ew Low Prices/ Longer, low er, m ore rugged and pow ered by an im proved valve-in-bead engine— th e Bigger and B etter C hevrolet offers a type o f over-all perform ance so thrilling th a t it has created wildfire enthusiasm th ro u g h o u t A m erica. N ev er before has th ere been such m o to r car value—m arvelous new beauty, sensa tio n a l n e w p e rfo rm a n c e , a n d g re a tly im proved quality . . . at the m ost amazing prices in C hevrolet history. You need only to sec and drive this sensa tional new car to know w h y it has every w h ere en c o u n tered a public reception of history-m aking p ro p o rtio n s—w hy every o n e calls it th e w o rld ’s most desiranle low- priced autom obile. C om e in today for a dem onstration! Shearer-Bacon Chevrolet Co. Q U A L IT Y A T through *495 .*595 .’675 .*665 .*715 k . *495 Coup« i T h e 4-I>rx»r T h r S p ort C a b r io le t « • T h e Im p e r ia l Landau . • V t ilitv T ru , (C fu M tis O n tv' L ig t r D r.’ ir e r v « J « h.iasis < >n/v) »7 a* / "5 A l l p ric e s f. o . b. K lin t, M b -b *u «n C her It C h e v ro le t D eliv ered P rice* "T t . i vlu d e th e lowest lu i • mg snd *n » m mg charves a v a ila b le . C O S T I which the public is Invited. A can- ! tata, "T he King All G lorious”, will lie rendered by th e E m anuel L u th T h ere w ill be no service In the eran ch u rch ch o ir of P ortland. Mission church on W ednesday eve- . „ of r , th k is i . week, b u t on T are ning T h h u ..,. rs- I T h ere . .. 30 . m em bers In th is choir . . . i . u n d er the lead ersh ip of Prof. A. day evening at 7 30 a union se r- . . . u A skenberg, and they will bring vice will be held when a speaker ..... . . . . . _ . i . - i i ... iu „ i „ wlth ,twm several special soloists, from F inland. W alter Llndholm , ... . . a . T his c a n ta ta has been given tw ee w ill be present. T he S u n d a y 1 In th e P o rtlan d ch u rch by req u est school w orkers will m eet a t th e and Is said to be a very fine m u si ch u rch F rid ay evening for a s e r cal attractio n . An offering w ill be vice of m u tu al helpfulness. The tak en for th e church building fund. young people have decided to p u r Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Sandeen are chase a m im eograph for use in atten d in g th e m eeting of th e Mis th e ir work. sio n ary society of th e P o rtlan d dis On T h u rsd ay afternoon th e L a tr ic t being held a t th e A ugustana dies’ Aid of th e Haron L u th eran church in P o rtlan d T uesday and church will meet a t th e hom e of W ednesday. Mr. Sandeen will Mrs. F ra n s M attson a t 2 o'clock. preach th js evening a t th e church. T he ch u rch choir will m eet w ith Mrs. E rn e st Lundhom T h u rsd ay : Mrs. A. Aim, who has been seri- evenlng for practice. On S atu r- ousiy ill for some tim e, Is th o u g h t day aftern o o n at 2 o'clock th e to »>« slow ly Improving. Junior m issionary band w ill m eet - ■ ■ at th e parsonage. BORING On Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock ( _______ _ a special co n cert will be given a t The Boring school b ask etb all th e Saron L u th eran ch u rch to team w ent to Sandy on F rid ay eve- w. w- w. w. Buick stamina— Buick luxury— Buick performance— for only #1195! That’s the story of Buick’s extra value. Three popular Buick body-types sell at this figure—and offer all of Buick’s famous features.’All are Buick through and through — identical in quality and workmanship with the Buicks of longest wheelbase—even to the smallest details of construction. Look at other cars. Compare them with Buick. Your own good judgment will tell you that Buick offers greater value. SEDANS $1195 to $1995 , COUPES $1195 to $1850 SPORT MODELS $1195 to $1525 A ll prices f, o. b. Flint, M ich., governm ent tax to be added. The G, M. A. C. finance plan, the most desirable, is available. Walter W. Metzger Buick Gresham, Oregon City Portland’s Electrical Shopping Center I he Portland Electric Power Company’s Home The Electric Building At Broadway and Alder Streets Is In (lie very heart of the business district. The Electric Store on the F irst Floor is Portland's Electrical Shopping Center. W ithin one to three blocks of nearly all the principal stores, shops, hotels, banks, restaurants ami theaters. Street cars right to the door from every part of the city, for single fare and tra n s fer. • Principal railway ticket offices, and inter- urban railw ays and stage term inals easily accessible. PORTLAND COMPANY ELECTRIC STORE ELECTRIC BLDG, Every Day the year The téléphoné will prove to he your mont valuahle and most eeo- noinieal asshtiiut in the nfiiee, workshop, home or «hile travelinir. o r R oadster • TM $1195 and BUICK through and s585 Gresham, Opp. Tel. Office L O W only POWELL VALLEY O regon T elephone C o . Gresham nlng and played a double header. T he first gam e of th e evening was with Bull Run school and th e se c ond w ith th e Sandy. T he Boring boys w ere w in n ers of both co n te sts, th e form er by a score of 20 to 2 and the la tte r by a sco re of 23 to 11. L. II. M alllcoat, th e teach er and coach, deserves much cred it for th e way th e team has developed u n d er his coaching. T he Ladies Aid will m eet on T h u rsd ay afternoon a t th e ch u rch for q uilting. T he ladles a re p la n ning a v alen tin e p a rty a t th e ch u rch on T uesday evening, F eb ru a ry 14. A re g u la r old fashioned social tim e and gam es w ill be e n joyed, a fte r w hich Innch w ill be served w ith a sm all charge. A w eek-end gueat a t th e home at Mr. and Mrs. W. R. S h attu c k Mr. S h attu c k 's m other of P ortland. Mrs. E. J. G regson and son F ra n k and Jo hn Ju v en ile sp en t th e week-end v isiting relativ es at Longview, W ashington. D inner g u ests a t th e hom e of O. W. Boring on Sunday w ere Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Bickford and th ree (laughters, and Mr. and Mrs. L ester Boring, all of P ortland. Mrs. A nnie F e rre t of Sandy spent one day la st week a t th e hom e of h er sister-in -law , Mrs. Lucy B or ing. R. E. Richey ia doing som e re p air w ork on his home. In su ran ce funds for farm loans. No com m ission or brokerage. Very easy term s. B. W. T horne.—Adv.
