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About Estacada progress. (Estacada, Or.) 1908-1916 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1915)
HEADQUARTERS For E V E R Y T H I N G In Groceries, Flour and Feed Brooms Mop Sticks Ax Handles A Complete Line to Select From 25c 40 c 50 c See our line o f Men’s, Ladies’ and Children’s Shoes Men’s Shirts, Underwear Overalls, and Sox A new line of C A P S just arrived Just the thins for Summer wear W e pay C A S H for fresh Eggs Waterbury & Chapman “ The Quality Store” NOW is the time to buy Roll top writing Desk, best white oak $14. - White oak typewriter desks - 6. - Oak library Tables 13. Six foot, extension, pedestal Dining table, regular $17. now 15. 11 ” ” ” 16. 14. Square, six foot, extension y y Dining table, regular 11. 9. Ladies oak Desks, ” 15.50 y y 13.50 Oak Buffet with mirror, plush y y 20. lined drawers, regular 22.75 y y Chiffonier - - - 13.50 12. Book-ca e and desk combined y y regular 16. 14.50 Indies dresser, French plate y y mirror, - regular 19. 18. ” 15.50 y y 14.50 y y 12.75 ” .13.75 Kitchen cupboard complete 9.50 99 8.50 Kitchen table, combination bins, etc. 5. Dont fail to inspect our regular line o f rockers, cnairs, beds, etc. E sta c a d a F u rn itu re Co. U ndertakers High School Students contention! To insure having ALL your books at the opening o f school, register Sept. 1st if possible, and leave your list at the Drug Store, so they may be order ed if there are not sufficient on hand. While we cannot extend ctedit on School Books, we will be glad to reserve them for you, if you will leave your order early. Estacada Pharmacy The ¥R&KaJLL Store Bowcrest Farm, Eagle Creek, August 14, 1915. | To the Editor Estacada P rogress:' FREE for 3 months As your paper is "devoted toj the interests of eastern Claeka - 1 mas Couiuy” and is making a worthy endeavor to benefit the community it represents, 1 am I taking the liberty o f addressing an open letter to you hoping it may lie o f some assistance in | making known to the proper au- | thorities and taxpayers the cry ing need o f better roads in this portion o f the county. State ments appearing now and then during the past year have led me to believe that perhaps Clacka mas County will soon break away from old time conditions and tra ditions and take it upon herself to build roads good roads. Her highways have made a name for themselves in the past and pres ent, but I may add that the name is nothing to be proud of, as most On and after August 20th, we will have o f us know. It now seems and 1 have a another 1,000 rods of Wire Field news item from Oregon City as Fencing to distribute among the Farmers my authority that the County Court is not satisfied with the around Estacada, at catalogue prices, and supervisor system and that the county is losing money by it every give you until Nov. 1st to pay for same. year. There are some Clacka Come in and let us know the Kind and mas County taxpayers who pos itively know, and have known How much you will need within the for some time, that they, person next 3 months. ally, have thrown money away time and again under the present system. To district the county, as suggested, with competent men in charge, should materially Estacada Bert H Finch help in pu'ling the road work out o f a rut that has already been in vogue too long. Proper road Ha mess Implements Hardware building the only kind to con sider today is a science and the day is long since past when any man is capable o f making or su perintending these modern roads. The cry for Clackamas County, particularly eastern Clackamas, Hose, Hosiery, Stockings, Socks, from now on should be good high ways for its farmers - roads that or whatever you may call them. can be traveled with ease and com fort any time o f the year. Such roads would not be a con stant wear and tear on the ner vous systems o f man and beast, and they would accomplish won Burson brand, tan, white and black 25c pair ders in building up and maintain y Veristrong, ’ ’ ’ ’ 25c ing a prosperous community. Take our eastern Clackamas 9 Pacific Jewel, silk hose - - - $1. country, for example. Naturally y a beautiful section with excellent 50c Fibre Silk hose, - soil conditions, why does it not progress more rapidly? Simply because of its awful road con ditions. I personally know o f roads that are worse now than 25c pair Silk Lisle, tan, black or white, they were ten years ago. And yet I and others have been y Bearskin stockings for boys or girls, black only 15c taxed for their improvement; Where has the money gone? y 25c Sandow brand, - - - If the County Court wishes an expression o f opinion regarding any change from the present manner o f conducting road work, I trust the taxpayers will readily Engineer & Fireman brand, tan or black, 15c 2 pair 25c come forward and say they em phatically stand for improved Knoxknit, Dress Socks, black, white, tan, — conditions. J believe the Countv 1 Commissioners are for better pearl and Palm Beach, - 25c pair methods. I know if they trav Rellim Made, Dress Socks, - - 25c ’ eled some o f the important eas tern Clackamas roads as the U. S. Work Socks, gray only, 3 pair for 25c farmer travels them they would immediately become impressed Full Line of Wool, Cashmere and Heavy socks, 25c to 50c with the bold fact that good high ways are in order without delay, . Jil C'-'- J t — — and perhaps they might see. from 4 ll actual observation, that this eas tern portion o f their county is really entitled to more considera tion from headquarters than it has secured in the past. Chas. A. Bow. 1,000 rds. of Fencing Examine our Complete Stock of F or L adies F o r C hildren F or M en oAt D A L E ’S