Estacada Progress
( I n c o r p o r a t e :!))
Published every Thursday at
Estacada, Oregon
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To The Ladies Aid
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In connection with the grand opening and formal dedication
recently o f the new basement o f the Estacada M. E. Church,
the following verses were given to the Progress by a “ ladyaider” ^
Entered at the postoffice in Estacada, i subscriber.
Oregon, as second-class mail.
The Progress has taken the liberty o f making a few changes
to
more nearly fit the conditions, but the verses aptly pay the tri
S u b s c r ip t io n R a t e s
One year
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$1.00! bute to the Ladies Aid, that is due, although equal credit should
Six months
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.50 be given the pastor and other church workers, but they were!
not included in this rhyme.
Thursday, Feb. 3, 1916
W e’ ve put a fine basement in the good old M. E. Church,
Few people will pay much at-1
Its just the latest kilter, with a kitchen free from dirt.
tention to the warnings o f th e ! It accomodates five hundred - finest church in all the town.
health officials, when they are | And when ’ twas dedicated, why, we planked six hundred down;
presented in the regular medical
That is, we paid two-fifty - every fellow did his best,
journal style; so it remains for
And the Ladies Aid Society, it promised all the rest.
Chicago's Health Officer to pre
They’ ll give a hundred socials, dinners too, and teas;
sent his warning in a more at
They’ ll bake a thousand angel cakes and tons o f cream they’ ll
tractive style, as follows:
freeze.
A microbe sat on a fqir maiden’ s
They’ ll beg and scrape and toil and sweat for seven years or
lip,
more,
And he winked a knowing eye;
And
then
they’
ll
start
all
o’
er
again,
to
linoleum
the
floor.
For he was the murderous germ
No, it is’ nt just like digging out the money from the vest,
o f La Grippe,
When the Ladies Aid gets busy and says - “ W e’ ll pay the rest.”
Who carried disease on a plea
R. M. Stamlish,
<Xf
Editor and Manager;
sure trip,
And he never was known to “ care
a rip’ ’
How many good people he
caused to die.
The girl, ’ tis said, kissed her
“ steady” young man.
The way o f a man and a maid;
And gave him the germ on a
generous plan
It multiplied fast, as only
germs can,
Till through his vessels and vitals
they ran;
And this for the kiss was the
price he paid.
Of course, w e’ re proud o f our big church, from basement to the
spire;
For its the darling o f our eyes, the crown o f our desires.
But when I see the sisters wmrk to raise the cash that lacks,
1 somehow feel the church is built on women’s tired backs.
And sometimes I cant help thinking, when we reach the regions
bles’ t,
That men will get the toil and sweat, and the Ladies Aid the
Rest.
If the women o f Eastern Clack- j
Lawyers’ fees have always had amas show up at the polls at the ]
the reputation of being high and coming primary and annual elec
many people are prone to elimi tions, in an equal proportion to
nate the lawyer and his fees the number who attended the
whenever possible and often to first political meeting o f the cam
paign, last Monday in Estacada,
women’ s suffrage will have been
He coughed and sneezed in the] their own sorrow.
In the past few years this ten- in vain, as the meeting was a
face o f a friend.
Idency has been especially notice purely stag affair.
And spat on the floor beside;
able in this vicinity in the issuing
Contagion he spread to the bitter o f legal papers, such as deeds, j
mortgages, abstracts and the like.
end
With what dirty handkerchiefs The records today are profuse]
with so called legal papers, involv
aid could lend,
ing land o f great value, that are ]
Where bad air spaces so greatly not worth the paper they are j
offend.
written on, all because they were
Then suddenly turned up his drawn up by an amateur, at a Wcat«»*n D r u g M e rc h a n t Diacu se e s
N ational H e a lth
saving of a few cents, as com- j
toes and died.
pared with hiring legal advice.
For instance, a deed came to
‘Tom, Tom, was a careless son; | the attention o f the editor last
He caught a cold and his nose | week, which had been drawn ftp i
by a man, who was not a lawyer
did run;
nor versed in law, excepting that
With a cough and a sneeze
he owned a book entitled “ Bel
He spread disease.
1 Your Own Lawyer” .
This deed I
And waved his handkerchief 111 was supposed to convey a certain
the breeze.”
quarter acre piece o f land.
An ]
examination o f said deed shows
All prospective candidates for that the party who drew up
the various county offices, in an- paper, had begun at the east line |
nouncing their candidacy are " f Lthe property. 1then run a line
,
,
.
thence east etc, which natur
a l^ adopting slogans, such a s a„ y was directly away from the
m o n r a d j . o l s e n
“ Efficiency - ‘ E x p e r i e n c e I property intended and 011 his o f lies M oiues. Ia.. salil. In an Inter
"Courtesy” - “ For the People’ neighbor’s land.
To make it v ie w tod ay.
- "Low er Taxes" and other allur- worse, the deed fin a lly showed
" i f each person in tins country would
no land at all, as the lines never ,uke •“ o ccasion al la x a tiv e dose, our
ing inducements.
came back to a place of beginning, 1
w ould lose thousan d s upon
There should be a law passed
o u san d s o f p a tie n ts.”
said boundaries being merely th Mr.
O lsen further sta ted th at he whs
compelling all candidates, i f
imaginary lines radiating into" familiar with and had sold all the ?a
elect il, to have emblasioned over
another man’s fields.
rious la x a tiv e s, and th at in h is opinion.
the doors to their offices or plac
Similar deeds are on record in R e x all O rd erlie s is th e m ost pleasan t
ed in similar conspicuous places,
and su re rem ed y fo r con stipation
their respective slogans, just as this county, along with similar
have the exclusive selling rights for
a reminder, o f pre-election prom worthless papers, which stand a We
this great laxative. Trial sixe. 10 cents
ises. for they are oft forgotten monument to the attempts o f an
ESTACADA PHARMACY
ordinary man to save law yer fees.
after election.
KEEP THOUSANDS OF
PATIENTS OUT OF THE
NATION’S HOSPITALS
TH E R E X A L L STORE
In a short time we will
make herewith an an
nouncement which will
be of importance to all
people in every walk
of life.
Estacada State Bank
LEROY 0. WALKER. President
THOMAS YOCUM. Vice President
IRWIN I). WRIGHT. Cashier
Interest paid on time deposits.
C. E. Lucke
Livestock Buyer
sf
Hogs, Cattle, Sheep
All shipments made from
Estacada Stock Yards
Phone W , Givens, Estacada agent,
and advise him of what you have
for sale, and I will call and
arrange for
purchase
and s h i p m e n t .
Trees, Shrubs, Vines
Order NOW Before its too Late
Write, Phone or Call on
Sam J. Howe * Estacada