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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1916)
♦ ♦ + + + A Change In Our Business Method Financial conditions compel + + ♦ + + us to change our business to STRICTLY CASH O u r Bills Must Be Paid The wholesale house must have their cash in thirty^ days, and w e have no place to get the cash, except from o u r sales. « I * * T > I his is a circular communication and is being sent to all our Customers and Patrons, and we sincerly trust none will take offense as we are compelled to place our business upon a solid basis, and by your co-operation we feel sure that we can build up a business that will be a Mutual and Lasting Benefit to our customers and to us and a credit to the community. t will be our aim to make our prices the lowest, consistent with good goods. Our aim has always been the Best Goods are none to good for our customers. ft D r y Goods, M illin ery, Notions, Etc. T herefore, on and after Monday, Sept. 4. 191fi, our Rule will Be "Strictly Cash” and we wish to, and will treat all alike; however. All Phone and Mail Orders will be promptly filled, and charged until, not later than the 15th o f the month following. hanking you for Past Patronage and Soliciting a Continuance o f it under our New Rule, we are Wm. Dale Tours for a Sound Business, We will commence giving Dish Coupons again Monday. August 2kth. A What Does A Farmer Earn? Continued from page 1 A* ness men o f t h i s community should welcome the chance to in vest in $25. shares in a home in dustry, one which has to date lib erated several thousand dollars in local circulation and which will distribute thousands o f dollars more. A number o f local people have already shown their pride in home industry and their desire to build up a permanent market, by in vesting such amounts as they can afford, but the general response has been below par, with the ten dency a m o n g p e o p l e having means, to let the other fellow do the work and furnish the money. If between now and September 15th next, the people o f this com munity will subscribe $1,5C0. to wards the Kstacada cannery, the News will guarantee the $500. necessary to make up the requir ed $2,000. Slock to be issued in payment for each $25. share. R. C. Deming, the manager of the cannery,, has not the time to solicit stock and t h e business should not have to pay a commis sion to a solicitor to raise this money; so if you want to show your faith in your home country, advance the value o f your farm land, g u a r a n t e e a permanent market for your produce, advise Mr. Deming or the News office of your desire to help. Everybody Is Learning The Trade One o f the busiest spots in this county today, is Estacada’ s business thorofare, Broadway, where the laying o f the concrete paving is well underway. Contractor Pesznecker, w i t h the assistance o f A. G. Ames, A. Sagner, W. Gribbens, John Os born, Warren Barr, Tom Rhodes, Neil Bronson, George Coates, O. 0 . Bland, Herb Kuhrasche, Carl Kimmel and others on the pay roll, is now laying about three 20x20 ft. slabs o f the paving per day. Aside from the helpers on the payroll, nearly every male inhab itant o f the city is on the side lines, offering some advice but generally absorbing more, from the instructions o f Rev. Spiess, who is acting as official inspector for city and property owners. In addition to Rev. Spiess, .a repre sentative o f the Oswego Cement Company is on the job, thereby guaranteeing a proper mixture o f the ingredients and help in lay ing out the concrete. To add to the confusion, the m em bersofthe city council, from the mayor to the recorder, are in the way half o f the time, but everybody’s having a good time and all are enthusiastic over the tine pavement which will ulti mately result. First set given away Wednesday. Sept. 6t.h As Rev. Spiess is constantly within ear-shot, a slight change in the vocabulary o f some o f the workers and bystanders has had to be adopted, but occasionally one o f the crowd says "P sh aw ” or "G osh” notwithstanding. The Estacada merchants are al ready laying plans for a big street carnival and dance, to celebrate the opening o f Broadway about October 1st. "W h a t C o n g r e i» ha» don a co n ce rn in g a Government A rm or Plant and w hat p eop le art* th in k in g a b ou t i t ’ ’ • • r m i l e c t t d In E d it o * ia l C o m m e n t Thia i* the title of a booklet me have prepared We ahall be glad t o send a c op y free to any one in terested Bethlehem Steel Co. S ou th B e th le h e m , Pa. Peculiarity af French Flag. It is uot generally known that the three strips o f c olor ttint m ake up the French uutloual Him are not et|iiui in width. When the tricolor wus llrst authorized. 1702. the |Nisitions and proportions o f the three colors were uot stuted. ami micii a variety o f tiugs was seen thut tw o years later the uu tiomil assem bly declared that the na tloual standard should i>e form ed or ‘tlie three national < olors In eipiai bands pla* ed vertically, the hoist he hit; blue, the m iddle white and the tty red." For years (lie Mag was made In this way. but. though the hands were equal. they never looked equal ow ing to an optical Illusion, the blue appear lilt; w ider than the w hite and the w hite wider than the red. At last, after many experim ents, it was odiclally derided thut in every hundred parts the blue should lie tidi ly. white thirty three and red thirty seven. — Pittsburgh Press. Essay on the Duck. A prize essay on ’ T h e f»uckM was written by a Michigan schoolgirl and printed in the Detroit Journal. "The duck Is a low heavy bird. He la a mightv poor singer, havtug a coarse voice eaused by getting uiaLy frogs In Ids neck und he likes the wu ter and carries a toy balloon In his stomach to keep from sinking- the duck ha* only tw o legs und the« are set so fa i I ia<k on Ids in n n I uu a ears by na ture thut they com e pi eft\ near m iss lint Ids hodi some ducks when they get big curls on tiled rails are called drakes and don't have to set or batch In.t Just loaf and in» sw im m in g and eat everything in sight If I were to tie a du* k I w ould ruthei lie a drake they have a wide bill like they use It fo r a s] ude the\ walk like a drunk man they iHiuuce and bump atiout from aide to side If you scare them they will dap their whig* and try to m ake a paas at s in g in g '