I
effects on the state as a whole are
Any person can strive to be good,
deleterious. The most aggravated case but, oh, well!
Published every Thursday f* . of all is where the municipality, through
partisan or ill-considered motives enters
The armies of two nations chasing
Sandy, Oregon.
into
competition-an
unregulated
free
one
lone bandit.
M . A. Deaton, Fred L. Proctor,
!
lance—
against
a
regulated
privately
Proprietors.
Pure water, you know, is an aid to
owned utility. This situation is met
E. V. Nye.
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Editor. elsewhere, and can be met here by digestion. Fill ’er up again.
proper certificate of convenience and
Oh, yes. the world will speak well of
;
necessity law, which will permit the
OFFICIAL CITY PAPER
you—if
you deserve it.
• working out <*f a central, well rounded
policy, and simultaneously secure to |
$1.00 per year in advance.
the local communities permanently all ' And here’s wishing you yet another
Six months, .50 cents
the
fare.
It can be conservatively summer of munificent prosperity.
Enteroil as S ms mi I-da»s m atter Marcii
12, B ill, at tin- |H>st olliee at Sandy, stated that the rate of return which
Albright smile is a golden asset in
Oregon under the Act of March 3 1N79. the utility investor might expect and
could lawfully demand in protection of business. Try it yourself.
Advertising liates mi A p p lica tim i.
1 his investment as against a schedule
I . im m i I
render* teli celila a line for i
tirsi inserti c i , live ceiits a line each , made by a rate regulating body, would 1 Ever heard a pig grunt, brother?
siibscqiiciil insertimi.
Display locai*- be lessened in this state at least one i Well don’t do it yourself.
filtiM ii ceiits a line iir-l insertimi, leu and a quarter per cent per annum. An i
eenta a line e; ), Hiliscqnent insertimi.
account roughly equal to ten p e rc e n t’ But, then, three good meals a day
of the total existing utility rate sched- j are better than hardtack and bullets.
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ul.s is now oeing paid needlessly, as a
“ For Sandy Alw ays.”
premium for the privilege of setting
’Tis said the true shape of the earth
utility corporations on to each other to still lacks accurate determination. Not
see which can first be bankrupted. our job.
The state is strewn with financial
wrecks left after such unnecessary
The fellow who seeks to kill tw’o birds
competitive storm have ended, and
with one stone often finds that both
even the beach combers have nothing ,
victims are buzzards.
to show for their accumulations.
SANDY NEWS
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
WANT AND FOR SALE
COLUMN
C. D. Purcell
ATTORNEY AT LAW
FOH SALE—Pigs For Sale, ten weeks SANDY,
old.
Christ Gantenbein, Boring, Oregon.
FOR SALE—Good, sound dead-wood
16 inches. Apply to Joe Laundrie.
FOR SALE—At a low figure, 30
acres, 4 miles S. E, of Sandy, partly
cleared, barn 30X36, good well, trees
and small fruits, beautiful fir grove,
attractive building site. Address
Laura R. Mack, Boring, Oregon.
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OREGON
C. D. PURCELL
INSURANCE
Representing Reliable Companies.
M. A. DEATON
Agent For
FOR SALE—A heavy wagon, good German American, London As
as new, or will tradeYor a light one.
Mark Senske, Phone F. D., Boring. suranace and other Reliable Co’s.
I-1 ’ll >A I.F Black Minorka Eggs fur CLACKAMAS
hatching 15 foi 50 cents.
Mtimoth Pe-1
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kin Duck Eggs, 12 for 5 0 cents. Belgian Sandy,
Hares 25 cent and up. Mrs. Joel Jarl,
Kelso.
For Sale -Good pure Oliv 0*1.
Apply to M. Boitano. Phone Sandy lOx,
COUNTY
HAMMOND &
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BANK,
Oregon.
HAMMOND
LAWYERS
Offices, SANDY & OREGON CITY
FOR SALE
Very fine thoroughbred Jersey Bull We w ill be in Sandy Saturday
calf two months old too good to veal, i of each week at the Clackamas
Will sell for $12.00. Good chance to I
get
a fine bull.
County Bank
With a salary of $(170,000 a year, ,
A. O. Sherman, Rull Run, Oregon.
Charlie Chaplin is a living example of
the fact that even a fool strikes it rich
FDR SALE—Thoroughbred Plymoth
once in awhile.
W. L. COOPER
Rock eggs for sale. Mrs. George Waite.
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A tto rn e y-A t-L a w
Indications are to the effect that j
Carranza is nearing the end of his rope.
Probate and Real Estate Law
And ropes, you know, are proverbially Lumber, Shingles and Moulding Abstracts and Titles Examined.
short in Mexico.
If you are in need of lumber
The Portland Evening Telegram has
These Look Good
recently devoted considerable space to
the criticism of Sheriff Wilson, of
P.ivid streets kept clean and in repair.
Clackamas county. Their first article
Itusine** houses and residences kept
consisted of an insinuation that our
n
nt!y painted.
Sheriff had tipped off a planned raid of
Hoads
çrailed and no ‘‘duck ponds”
some Multnomah County officials. No j
allowed
to
form.
doubt somebody did wain the proprietor i
Front
yards
\,ith concrete walks, fll u -
of the resorts of the intended raid hut I
er
lieds,
and
vacant
spots seeded and
is it absolutely impossible that there is
If we keep right on rating this as a
frequently
mown.
not a leak in the Portland office; The
good
town others will soon be thinking
Hack
yards
so
clean
they
eomis
l
ad
Telegram seems to have no further
as
we
do. Give ’er another boost.
authority for their charges than the m iration.
veiled indictment of a few disgruntl ’d School yards sanitary and with ade
Just keep in touch with your neigh
deputies. It seems strange that the quate playgrounds fur children.
Portland paper should discover that Mr. .'■tore windows with neat displays of bor, of course. The absorption of his
Wilson is unfaithful and incompetent goods and a spirit of thrift in evidence. ideas will serve to broaden your own.
Churches well filled on Sundays
just before election time. Thi thought
No s tr e e t cornet lo.ih rs and hums.
has occured to us our reformer neighbor
Faith
A
strong spirit of civic pride.
might spend some of its energy in its
E v e ry b o d y hustling for himself and
own county and city, at least ue can
boosting lor this town.
A man’s faith in himself is his most
not remember where oursheriff allowed
These are good signs—push them | exclusive possession.
Clackamas County prisoners to escape
along.
While it may be quite true that faith
in car load lots.
will move mountains, it is also quite
Competition in U tilities Defeats
There are two classes of (icnple in ev true that it will not move an automo
ery
tow n. The first never loses an op- bile or a creditor.
Its Own Purpose.
Those men who try faith in place of
portunity to Is’tter their own condition
in .dl legitimate ways and at the same elbow grease, know a great deal more
C, B. Attehison, member of the
about rubber heels than rubber tires.
Public Sei vice Commission of Oregon, time advance the interests of the com
munity as a whole,
The other clas —
A baby keeps its faith in mankind
in a paper read before a recent meet
Well, the; are just other class and until someone comes in late with its
ing of the N. E. L. A. in Oregon,
th a t's all.
bottle.
said:—“ If the state is to invite private
When the average human reaches the
enterprise to perform its governmental
age
of 30, his faith in others is about as
functions, it must deal as fairly with it.
These Look Bad
life
like
as a stuffed fish.
The investment invited must, to the
We
read
a great deal of ‘‘child-like
extent that it is prudently and honestly
When yon walk along the street and
made, be given such reasonable safe see the gutters strewn with refuse, it faith” yet most children hide their
treasures in the darkest comer of the
guards that in the long run capital will looks had.
continue to be invested in such enter- ' Wnri! you see em pty hotties deeorat- attic.
SANDY FIR LUMBER CO.
926 Chamber of Commerce Bldg.
let us quote you our prices.
Portland, Oregon.
Split and Sawed Cedar Posts.
We also have a supply of brick
and continue to sell at reduced
prices.
All w ork guaranteed.
Hot and
Phone 46
S a n d y , .........................Oregon
Cold Baths.
Lacs and Head
Sanitary Barber Shop
Massage
NOTICE
We will have English services at
Evangelical L utheran Church every
Sunday of the m onth at 10:30 a.
commencing Sunday, February
E vcrylody is kindly invited.
the Agency for Troy Laundry, goes
first
in., out Tuesdays returns Saturdays
6th.
Sandy Mail Auto Company
JOHN N. SE1VERS
I. E.
Dawson,
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Auto Service For All Occasions At Any
Time.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Stage leaves Sandy at 6 a. m. and 2 p. m.
leav es Boring at 8 a. in. and 4 p. in. OREGON CITY,
• - OREGON
Daily including Sunday.
F ir intom ia-
tion .all City Garage, Phones 6x1. Resi
dence 65, Sandy, Oregon.
F. M. Morgan, Mgr.
THE SANDY MEAT
MARKET
Sandy Blacksm ith and Shoeing
Shop
Fresh and Canned Meats and
Man's faith in the other chap is in
prises
it has often been pointed out ing the dark cornels, that looks bad
R.
S.
Smith
Prop.
Sausage of A ll kinds.
indirect ratio to the size of the divi A Stock of Groceries kept in Shoeing a Specialty. All Work Guaran
that public utility investments Hryof a and suspicious.
teed. Prices Right. Phone Gresham 534
fixed character; the property stays ; When you see papers blowing around dends paid by padlock and bonding
Stock. Best Bread in the State
over
town
it
indicates
that
people
are
j
companies.
where it is put, and the owner cannot
of Oregon.
And yet hut for faith, the subway I
load it upon the cars and take it else thoughtless and careless. It is bad.
W ill
W hen you see broken glass around and the wooden streets of New York Fresh Fish every Friday.
where when market conditions do not
under
foot
it
is
pure
negligence,
and
is
pay
the
highest
cash
price
for
city would he about as popular as a i
suit him ir the locality where he has
both bad and dangerous.
fertilizer plant.
’
1 Hides. Veal. Pork, Eggs &c.
made hiu investment.
In no way can
When you sie kitchen
garhhage
Sandy’ =
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the permai’emy aid attractivtntss of iiuui|H‘d into the hack yard or tossed
public utility service lx» impaired more over the fence, it looks l>ad and smells
quickly than by unnecessary and useless worse.
competitior admitted or permitted in ' W hen you see vacant I roperty littered
m i already insufficinet field.
There is with debris of ev ery nature, it, too, lixiks
no denying that competition often brings had—is olli nsive to th e in iu .l as wi 11 as
temporary gams to present consumers; to tin ’ eyee.
Win n you sic a naek yarn littered
and there can he no doubt i it is some
with
the accum ulations of m ouths and
times necessary as a disciplinary meas
yean
,
it h>ol»s worse than liad.
ure for a utility which has failed in it*
W
hen
you see a front yard down at
duty anti for the protection of the
the
heel«
end going to seed. you wonder
public.
l ikewise there can lie no
hut.
then,
w e 'll let you finish the
doubt that unnec ssary or destructive
sentence.
eonqietition ultimately does the com- ,
Just how laid are we. anyway ?
mun ty more harm than it accomplishes
temporary benefit; that even for tem
A wise man sees the handwriting on
porary benefits there comes a time of
the
wall. The fool sees only a blank.
repayment with interest; ami that the
Preachers who can speak most power
fully on the subject of faith, can also
speak most powerfully on the subject
of having their contracts as to remun
Reckless B rav e ry .
eration signed in advance.
"Have you ever stopped to think how
Faith is such a scarce article that many deadly germs there are on a dol
any man, who possesses a fair amount lar bill?"
"Oh. yes." replied Mr. Jobson. sigh
of it, is apt to find that his friends have ing. “but whenever I see a mau with a
applied to the courts for the appoint Mg roll of bills in his hand 1 long to
ment of a committee to take care of ihare Ids peril." - Birmingham Age
Herald.
his property. Judge.
j
Ore.
L. E. HOFFMAN
The Tree of Genealogy.
“ O . S W I F T A C O .” a r e b e in g quickly
b o u g h t by M an u factu rer» .
Send a m odel o r sk e tc h e s an d d e » crtetion
o f yo u r inv en tio n fo r F R E E S E A R C H
a n d rt p o rt on p a te n ta b ility . W e g e t p a t
e n ts or no fee. W rite fo r o u r fre e book
o f 3H0 needed inventions.
D. SWIFT & CO
P a te n t L a w y e rs . Estab. 1889.
307 Seventh St.. Washington, D. C.
Dog C art. In Holland.
It Is with the tree of genealogy as
Residents of Bunsehoten. Holland,
Mexico, however, will not be a
with the oak of the forest—we may make use of the little carts drawn by
Belgium this trip.
twiast of the timliers it has given to a dogs, which are to tie seen In very
state vessel, hut say caught of the j many iwrts of the Netherlands, and
three legged stools, the broomsticks have a flue breed of tall, yellow,
Old congress. sad to relate, is still and tobacco stoppers made from the irnnoth haired dogs, which they soine-
ends and chips.—Douglas Jerrold.
jabbering away.
tlmes harness three abreast.