EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS
D evoted to the Interests o f Eastern
V olume 9,
N umber 50
VALUE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Boy« And Girls Urged To
Attend High School
A generation or so ago, when
the costof living was lower, when
competition in business was less,
when efficiency and special train
ing were in their infancy, a gram
mar school education sufficed men
and women for their life work.
Today, the term efficiency is
the keynote to business success
and the boy with a high school
education, or who has had some
special trades or technical train
ing, is assured a hundred percent,
better chance o f future success
than the grammar school gradu
ate.
During his work among pros
pective students for the Estacada
Schools, Principal Guthrie has
found a number o f recent gram
mar school graduates, who are
undecided whether to continue
their education, some wishing to
go to work at once, others con
templating working for a year or
so a n d then continuing their
studies.
In the case o f the student, who
ow ing to circumstances is forced
to begin work and cannot afford
to continue further schooling,
nothing can be said, except to
offer sympathy. But much good
advice can be tendered the boy
or girl who wishes to stop school,
believing they have learned suf
ficient.
As to the student who contem
plates resuming studies a fter a
year or so o f work, they will find
that reentering school a fter a
year’s absence is a hard task.
Examinations must be taken, and
school habits a g a i n acquired.
Few pupils • have made a success
o f postponed schooling, one reas
on being the dislike o f having to
drop back a year or so behind
their class-mates.
As has laeen the case with
many o f us, during school age,
the advice o f our elders was hard
to accept, but ninety-nine times
out o f a hundred we have lived
to regret our refusal to accept
the proffered suggestions, im
ploring and orders.
A decreased earning capacity
is one o f the chief results o f lack
o f education and as today, future
happiness and contentment are
too closely allied with financial
income, this handicap alone is a
serious one.
To the person o f higher educa
tion, the world offers untold ben
efits. The feelin g o f equality,
Concluded on page 3
E stacada , O regon ,
Clackamas County
T hursday , A ugust 31, 1916
Idahoan Buys Springwater
Store
"SEVEN PER-CENT NEVER
PAT AT ALL”
School Rates Announced
The Traffic Department o f the
P. R. L. & P. Co., last week is
sued a traffic schedule governing
rates for school children.
These rates show a decided de
crease in fares between Barton
and all points tributary to the
Estacada Schools.
As shown by the follow ing
schedule, it is necessary that
commutation tickets be purchas
ed in books o f 54 tickets each, in
order to obtain the special rates.
A deal was consumated last
week, whereby the Springwater
Store, owned by the Lewellen
estate and conducted by Floyd
Spurlin, becomes the property o f
a Mr. F. Madden and sister o f
N ew Plymouth, Idaho.
The new owners will conduct
the store along the successful
lines which have always been in
vogue there and should obtain
the hearty support o f the commu
nity and store’s patrons.
Temporarily, Floyd Spurlin will
take a needed vacation, making
a visit in Lane County, before
locating permanently. The best
wishes o f his friends are extend
ed to Mr. Spurlin and it is hoped
that he will again enter business
in this part o f the county.
Business Fast Getting Onto
Cash Basis
GROUP C
Rate
Between
ESTACAD A
and
A lspau gh ______
Barton____ ____
Cazadero _
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Cedarbrook
C u rrin sville_____
Deep Creek
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Eagle C reek_____
F a ra d a v _______
Millers Spur ____
Morrow
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Riverby _________
River Mill ______
To Kill Black Aphis
On String Beans
The follow ing letter was re
ceived this week from the Ore
gon Agricultural College by Man
ager D em ingof the Estacada can
nery, which answers a question
now being asked by many local
gardeners:
“ Dear Sir:
Your letter o f August 21 is at
hand requesting information re
garding black aphis that attacks
the string beans.
In this regard I wish to state
that the best way I know for the
Black Aphis on beans is Black-
Leaf-40. This material may be
obtained from any o f the insect-
icide dealers in your vicinity.
This material should be diluted
at the rate o f 1 part o f the Black
Leaf-40 to 900 parts o f water. To
this a soap should be added at the
rate o f 1 pound to 20 or 30 gallons
o f the solution, preferably whale
oil soap. The idea o f the soap be
ing added to the solution is to
make t h e spray spread more
evenly over the slick surface o f
the beans, as when it is not add
ed the material has a tendency to
form in globules the same as wa
ter and drop off. A t this time o f
the year when the leaves are con
siderably curled, due to the at
tacks o f the aphis it would be
necessary to use some force to the
spray in order to actually hit the
insects in order to E>e effective.
Very truly yours,
C. F. Moznette,
Assistant Entomologist.
This “ Black Leaf-40” may be
purchased at several o f the Esta
cada stores, including Givens and
the Estacada Pharmacy.
$1. P er Y ear
Cents
per
D o lla r s
C oupon
B ook
5
per
3
2.70
5.67
1.62
5>4
2 .9 7
3
1.62
5.13
3.51
1.62
2.16
1.62
4.86
1.62
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Certificates and School Tickets
may be obtained at Estacada,
Barton and Eagle Creek stations.
University Of Missouri
Man Engaged
The Estacada School Board
have engaged Ben F. Seward o f
Jefferson City, Mo. as instructor
in History, Science and Athletics
for the ensuing year.
Mr. Seward who is a graduate
o f the University o f Missouri,
comes highly recommended for
the work, with especial ability as
a foot-ball coach.
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Pay Your Dog License Now
A ll dogs within the limits o f
the City o f Estacada must be li
censed and Marshal Ames has
been instructed toenforce the law
pertaining to the collection o f li
cense fees and the impounding
and destroying o f all unlicensed
animals.
Last year it cost the city more
to collect dog licenses than the
sum total taken in, so tfhis year
Marshal Ames will not solicit the
fees, but will impound and legal
ly destroy all animals roaming
about the city, which are not
properly tagged.
Dog owners are notified to ar
range the payment o f t h e s e
licenses direct to the marshal.
Estacada Hotel Scores High
In the July report o f the Ore
gon Dairy & Food Commission,
in a list showing the percentage
standings o f the various hotels,
bakeries, markets and other es
tablishments in the state, based
on the record for cleanliness, the
Estacada Hotel is rated at 91.1,
being second to the highest rat
ing in the state, altho the list
does not show the city o f Port land.
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According to an editorial in
Leslie’ s Weekly, a statistician
has figured that “ O f those who
buy goods on credit 40 per-cent
never pay in full and 7 per-cent
never pay at a ll.”
This is merely one o f the rea
sons why many merchants today
are altering their business meth
ods and attempting to place
their businesses on a cash basis.
This condition is especially
current among rural and small
town merchants and the Estacada
business men are fast adopting
like standards.
Last week, one merchant in
Estacada, whose business consists
o f sales averaging less than 50c
each, had on his books in long
overdue accounts, over $700.
These accounts will most o f them
be paid ultimately, but in the
meantime, the merchant has to
pay his bills to the wholesale
houses each month, or his credit
is ruined. Naturally, as 4 busi
ness expands, it necessitates
more working capital to offset
the overdue accounts due him.
The successful merchant today
and the one who can afford to
sell slightly below the average
selling price, is the one who in
buying can take advantage o f
the customary 2 '<> cash discount,
in vogue among all business firms
today.
With the average profit on
staple goods being less than 20 l'i>,
it takes but few non-paid bills to
entirely wipe out that profit.
Where if all transactions were
cash, at least, by the 10 th o f the
month following, the merchants
could afford to buy in larger
uantities, obtain liberal cash
iscounts and give the patrons
the benefit o f the savings.
Again looking at it from the
customers side, money can be
saved in cash dealings with prob
ably every merchant in this com
munity. Every purchaser knows
that when the housewise or hus
band buys for cash, less ex tra v
agance follows, and at the end
o f the month, the sum total o f
the month’s purchases, do not
come as a shock to the fam ily
pocket-book.
One reason that the offerings
o f the mail order houses are o f
ten attractive, is because they
deal only for cash and cash in ad
vance. When a business decides
to adopt strictly cash methods, it
does not imply that the business
is decreasing and the merchant
slowly failing, but means that
another business man has decided
to adopt up-to-date
business
methods, which ultimately will
benefit him and the customers.