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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1916)
Eastern Clackamas News i as much or more good than the other days combined. The idea being that all people in a community aim to pay up all ft. M. Standish, E ditor and M anager of their debts which they are able to, during that week. At the end E ntered a t the postoffice in. Estacada, ! of six days of such co-operation, Oregon, as second-class mail. probably ninety per cent, of the S ubscription K ates indebtedness of the community $ 1.00 One y ear - would be wiped out, with the dol Six months .50 ' lars passing from hands to hands, C :m ts :u u u m i;u tm u ;u u iu ) i /u v .n tin u tc iu u iw ttm m u n a a m tw ttiu m m m tto s J finally resulting in' many slates Thursday, September 28, 1916 wiped clean and many men and inic P u a j women able to go to bed at night. YSTKMAT1ZE your household expenses by \V ith the 1916 Clackamas Coun- without a preliminary hour’s wor- opening u hank account for your wife, (live t> la ir now a matter of history, j ry over the payment of due bills, her u check hook and tench he the use of it. it is not too early to agitate the i Pay the butcher, the grocer, the linker, with holding of future county fairs in j We wonder whether the pres- u check Then at the end of the mouth a more centrally located place, ! ent status of Oregon City’s Com- you’ll find out just how much it costs you thereby allowing all residents of j pany G. of the 0. N. G., will to run the home. When payment by check the county an equal opportunity j alter the county seat’s plans to is made there never is any doubt as to whether or not to exhibit and attend the exhibi- ( ask for an appropriation of $10, a bill is paid. The check is u receipt. tion. i 000.0U for an armory building, Besides, a checking uccount will give your wife a Contrary to the published re- at the coming Clackamas County business education. The number of ordinarily bright ports that the late fair eclipsed j budget meeting? women who know absolutely nothing of banking is sur all former ones in exhibits, etc., prising If you are a husband, father, brother, you the majority of the eastern Clack- j Did you, as a taxpayer, attend cannot tell when death may overtake you. and it is amas residents, who attended the j the September 28th, meeting of well that vont wife, daughter and sister know some- Canby Fair, report a decided lack , the county court, when the ques- tlsng of banking • of exhibits, as compared with for- tion of the consolidation of the mer years, with little competition road districts in northeastern MAKE I P V o n t MIN'D TODAY TO GIVE in the individual farm, grange of Clackamas, was up for discussion ? YOU« WIFE A CHECK BOOK. If you didn’t, dont hollar later. community classes. In fairness to the taxpayers and It is your duty as a citizen, in order to each year stage a first class, educational and entertain whether man or woman, to vote Ask us for one of our H o m e S avings B anks ing fair, a location should be ob at the coming election. If you are not registered, do so now, as tained in a more central spot. Arrangements could undoubt registration ends October 7th. edly be made with Mr. Harvey Cross of Gladstone, to use the T ro u b le G oing A long M errily Gladstone Chautauqua grounds ( Ct fl A Last week, the News contain for such a purpose, as Mr. Cross ed an article, "Paving Going Leroy I). Walker, President - Thomas Yocum. Vice President some time ago, during a conversa Along Merrily” and at the Irwin D. Wright, Cashier tion with the editor, seemed will moment it was written, the pav ing to consider some such ar ing of Estacada’s Broadway, rangement. was well underway, with peace Such a centralized fair would and harmony prevailing. probably do away with the pres By the time the News was off ent George, Sandy a n d East Clackamas County Fairs and unite the press, the cheerful heading the entire county in an annual was obsolete and chaos has reign Is Headquarters For ed since. exhibit. If concrete paving could be The custom of setting aside laid without cement, crushed certain days and weeks in the rock, sand, contractors, inspec year, for stipulated community, tors, injunctions, laborers and on civic and municipal improvements lookers, all would be smooth sail has for several years been in ing, but everyone of these items Of All Kinds vogue and at the present rate represents a dozen reasons why the calendar will soon be crowded. the work is not going along per For instance, we now hear schedule. Add to this the car much about “clean-up” , “paint- shortage and a cross, irritable, Standard a nd Fancy Groceries up” and “ trade at home” weeks, peevish city council and no more with many cities specializing on reasons are needed. Vegetables a nd Fruits In Season “dollar day” etc. A movement is underway to Now comes State Insurance have the following inscription Commissioner, Harvey Wells, hewn into the solid concrete of urging a "fire prevention day” . the first slab of paving—“This j The idea being to create October Pavement, Begun in the Year! 9th, the anniversary of the 1916 A. D., during the Rein of Use our Wide Mouth Se'f Sealing Jars Chicago conflagration, as a day in Mayor Ideerite, id a Monument which to clean up all inflammable to the Labors, Troubles, and Fi- j materials, in the home and on nancial Suicide of the Unpaid the premises, to aid in fire pro Estacada City Council. Complet- i tection. It is urged that on that ed in the Year ------ (Final; day, attics and store rooms be Date to be Inscribed by Future | E sta c a d a , O re g o n cleaned out; defective flues and j Generation.)’’ chimneys be repaired and that special school and city fire drills take place. A dvise M e W h a t Y ou H a v e F o r S ale The observance of such a day; would probably result in a ma terial lowering of insurance i rates, besides stimulating more civic pride. While on the subject of special \ weeks, attention is called to an article which appeared in the Ladies Home Journal of current issue, commenting on a “ pay-up- and let me know as far in advance as possible. week” being observed by one of N O T E :—A “ Top H o g ", which is the one th a t brings th e best profits to the grow er, the eastern communities. should be fa t, in good condition and weigh from 165 to 225 pounds. This 'pay-up-week” idea is a good one and if entered into in e s t a c a d a the right spirit, would accomplish , Published every Thursday at Estacada. Oregon | 5 E stacada State Bank C h a p m a n ’s E A T S A T S For Canning Your Fruit L. A. Chapm an LIVESTOCK GIVENS, The Man Who H as Helped To Build Up The Local L ivestock Industry.