Taxpayers Make Big Donations
Under our-
Profit Sharing Plan
every Cash Purchaser will receive Profit
Sharing Tickets to the full value
of their purchases.
Those trading on 30 days time, if the account
is paid in full on or before the 10th of the
following month, will receive profit shar­
ing tickets to the value of Vi the amount
of their purchases.
In protection to our Profit Sharing Customers,
we will have to refuse further credit to
anyone whose account is not paid by the
20th of the month.
When at our store, let us explain in full
detail the value and profit that will ac­
crue to you by becoming a Profit
Sharing Customer.
East Clackamas Supply
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E stacad a, Oregon.
That spirit of liberality and wil­
lingness to do more than their
share, which has characterized
the taxpayers in many of the road
districts in this part of the coun­
ty and which is today resulting in
miles of good roads, is exemplified
now in the attitude of the resi­
dents of the Douglass Ridge sec­
tion of Upper Eagle Creek.
Under the leadership of A. N.
Orke. a petition is being circulat­
ed asking for contributions, either
cash or volunteer labor, in the
building of the Douglass Hill
Road. This petition is meeting
with a ready response from all,
with nearly each individual do­
nation amounting to $25.
As it will take about $3000 to
place this Important highway in
proper condition and as about
$050 of the $1800 raised by the
special 5 mill levy in the Eagle
Creek district, will go towards
this work, it is likely that enough
funds can be gotten this year to
about half way complete the im­
provement.
As this road is an important
trade artery leading from the up­
per hill country into Eagle Creek
and E s t a c a d a , contributions
should be forthcoming from bus­
iness firms, who are interested in
directing this important trade
into Estacada.
City To Repair Its Share
D iaraali and G ladstone.
Mr. S haw Leslie, an Irish a u th o r,
tells th e follow ing:
“My g r a n d fa th e r w itn e sse d a n effect­
ive piece o f play In th e house d u rin g a
duel b etw e e n D israeli a n d G ladstone.
D u rin g a h e a te d flight o f o ra to ry G la d ­
sto n e u p se t som e pens on th e ta b le be
tv«een them . D israeli rose and. callin g
a tte n tio n to th e fact, slow ly replaced
th e m one by one. T h e effect of G la d ­
sto n e ’s sp eech w as lest by th e tim e
D israeli had finished.”
S peak in g o f D ickens an d T h a c k e ra y .
Mr. L eslie sa y s:
“ My g r a n d f a th e r recalled th e lu d i­
c ro u s in c id e n t w h ich b ro u g h t th e m to ­
g eth er. As th e y both le ft th e A th e ­
naeum . u n k n o w n to each o th e r they
seized th e sa m e h at. T h e effect w as
lud icro u s en o u g h to a p p e a l even to pro­
fessional h u m o rists, a n d th ey shook
h a n d s .”
M asons hold A n n u a l B a n q q e t
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On Friday evening, following
the installation of officers at the
lodge room3, the Estacada Mason­
ic Order and the Order of the
Eastern Star held a banquet at
the Hotel Estacada, at which all
members and friends were
prsent.
As a token o f esteem, the
brother Masons presented to the
retiring Grand Master, Fred Rob-
ley, a beautifully hand-wrought
jeweled emblem, this delicate in­
signia having been made by F. E.
Beckwith, the Estacada jewler.
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In a canvass made by the Street
& Public Property Committee of
the Estacada City Council last
week of the sidewalks of the town,
a discouraging condition was con­
fronted, with block after block of
sidewalks, which will have to be
condemned. In fact with few ex­
ceptions, the board walks of the
city will have to be rebuilt, rather
than repaired.
The committee also carefully
investigated the city’s walks,
cross-walks and approaches and
will at once have the public prop­
erty put into proper condition and
work on the Main St. incline has
already been completed.
Kindergarten For Estacada
It is hoped that a sufficient
number pupils can be gotten to­
gether to warrant the starting of
a kindergarten in Estacada this
year.
Miss Roberta Reid of Garfield,
who is an experienced kindergart­
ener and instructor in the Monte-
ssori methods has expressed a wil­
lingness to open a kindergarten,
if ten pupils can be obtained.
Mrs. C. W. Devote is now tak­
ing up the matter with parents
and already has the promise of
part of the required number. As it
is planned to have the kindergar­
ten conducted in the new base­
ment of the M. E. Church, this
primary instruction should be wel­
come to both parents and pupils.
Road Markers C om ing
Charley Duncan, Supervisor of
the Garfield Road District is as
excited these days as any kid
with expectations of a Christmas
present, for Judge Anderson in
the role of Santa Claus has prom­
ised to deliver within a few days
the road markers and other high­
way signs, ordered several
months ago.
After these signs are located,
autoists will know just when to
toot their horns, when to slow
down, which road to take and
when to throw into low.
Similar markers will be erected
in all road districts in the county
and will act as a first class adver­
tisement for the community.
D ifficult F eat.
T w o b o y s stood In fro n t o f th e e n ­
tra n c e g a te o f a fo o tb all field. T h e y
had no m oney, b u t th e y w e re d e te r ­
m ined to o u tw it th e g a te k e e p e r so m e ­
how a n d g et in a n d se e th e m m e .
T h ey su g g e ste d sc h em e a f te r « 1 ’e 'iie
to one a n o th e r, a n d finally th e <>.dcr
boy sa id :
“ I g o t It n o w ! W e'll w a lk In hack -
w a rd , a n d h e'll th in k w e 're co rn in '
o u t.”—E x ch an g e.
Not C atch in g .
M rs. N o u v eau It! h e —W illie, I d o n 't
w a n t to see you p lay w ith th e Sling*-
b y -S m y th e's d o g a g a in . W illie D itto —
W hy n ot. inn 7 M rs. X. I t . - T h e d o g
is p ed ig reed , th e y snv. a n d th e re 's n o
te llin g w h en it m n v h a v e m io tlier fit o f
th e m .—N ew Y ork rjlolie.
In Closing The Y ear-» 1916
We wish to sincerely thank our many friends and
patrons for their liberal support and patronage during the past
twelve months and in wishing you one and all a very
Happy and Prosperous New Year
we do so with the hopes that our relations during 1917
may be as pleasant and profitable as they have in the past and
we will further strive to conduct our business, so that it will not
only be a convenience to deal with your home merchant but so
as to effect a saving to you.
B E R T H. FI NCH
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