Chester Womer, who is attend
ing Willamette University, is at
the parental home in Estacada for
the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Idleman of
Portland and Mrs. M. E. Wil
liams of Bull Run, were Christ
mas guests at the home of U. S.
Morgan on Estacada Heights.
ever BOUGHT and SHIPPED out of Estacada in one month
is our record, since we started in business
Owning our OWN AUTO TRUCK, we are in a position to ec
onomically handle the products of the farm and last week purchas
ed $217.30 worth.
L. E. Thomas of Grass Valley,
California is spending the holi
days at the home of his sister,
Mrs. C. W. Devore of Estacada.
We furthermore, charged no commission for handling same,
being content to make our profit on our merchandise, where taken
in trade. '
Dr. and Mrs. Harry Morgan of
Wasco spent Christmas at the
homes of their parents Mr. and
Mrs. U. S. Morgan and Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Woodle of Estacada.
We aim to carry complete assortments of STOCK, POULTRY
and HOG FEEDS and a good line of BUILDING MATERIALS,
but if you want any article in our line, which we have’nt in stock,
we will gladly and promptly get it for you.
H i s S u s p i c i o n C o n firm e d .
How intcrc ting the flnanci 1 < olumus
In the r on ir.g papers can 1 • to the
tr a v e l r e n d e r ' For Install, e l ore’s a
m arket report th at says "but er wus
strong." This confirms an ini ression
formed at a boarding house recently.—
London Ideas.
We respectfully solicit your patronage and wish you one and
all A HAPPY and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
Miss Rachel Reed of Estacada,
was the hostess at an informal
dancing party, given a t her
home Wednesday evening.
callen CS l , Company~
E. D. ALLEN
Viola Breezes
That Held Him.
He—I sh*t!l not m arry h woman un
less she 1« inv exact opposite. She—
You will never find so perfect a being
as that.—Life.
The true art of memory Is the art of
attention.—Johnson.
The Estacada Cattle Growers’
Assn, made up largely of residents
of the Garfield section, held a
meeting recently at the home of
the president, A. W. Botkin.
The main subject of the discus
sion was the proposed increase by
the government of the rates for
pasturing and grazing on public
lands. Today, the rate is 35c
per season for each head of cattle
the government planning to in
crease the rate to 46c during 1917
56c during 1918 and 66c during
1919, claiming that the latter
price will be about two-thirds the
rate charged by private owners
for similar facilities.
At a meeting to be held soon,
an invitation will be extended to
National Forest Supervisor, T. H.
Sherrard of Portland to be pre
sent, when the matter of rates
will be further argued.
Chickens
Turkeys
and
Geese
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Womer
of Corvallis, spent Christmas
at the E. S. Womer home in Es
tacada. where a family reunion
was enjoyed.
Contributed
At a family Christmas reunion
at the Thos Eaden home, there
were present 28 people, being
children, grand-children and par
ents.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Lunceford and
children of Castle Rock, Wash,
are visiting at the h irae of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos
Eaden.
The small daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Hamilton is suffering
from a badly scalded leg, the re-
suit of an accident.
A Christmas family dinner was
held at the Jas. Sevier home, with
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hicinboth-
am and daughter of River Mill
spending a few days there and
at the Hughes’ home.
A well filled barn, belonging
to Mr. Creason was burned to the
ground this week and for a time
it was feared the nearby mill
would go.
Mrs. Harvey Mat toon is now
in a hospital at Oregon City, and
her many friends hope to hear of
her early recovery.
Government to Increase
Range Fees
Largest Quantity
Estacada,
M. D. EVANS
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Oregon.
F e m in in e
L. S. BRONSON
Come in and let us wish you—
< Also ask Happy
New Year*
for our 20c per dozen Bananas and
Candies
Fruits
and Nuts
For New Years
On
Yours for a Prosperous 1917.
esotraecgaodn a
the
Line.
"You say you have sj>ent hours over
a single line?“
“Yes; and sometimes days.”
“Then you’re a p o e t ? ”
"No: I’m an nngl r.”
after Christm as prices on Candy.
R. G .M arch ban k
In tu itio n .
“I thought you were going to send
th at hat back, Maude. W hat Induced
you to Ueei> it?”
‘‘Every girl I know was careful to
tell me. as soon as she saw it on me
how unbecoming it was.”—Baltimore
American.
his smuggling T rick .
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A Mexican Trader’« Way of Evading
M . J. Kerkes
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B U Y E R FOR THE
Montavilia
Livestock
th a C u s t o m s In sp e c to r«
Company
LIVESTOCK
OF ALL D E S C R I P T I O N S
Also buying dressed hogs — '/ic. below Portland market quotations.
If you have any for sale, phone Henry Githens, Currinsville.
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Egg« Sterilized by Gas.
A method of preserving e g g a which
is said to keep them absolutely fresh
ft r an Indefinite length of time is In
use In Fran< e. New laid em n in tin
cases holding 1 <500 each tire placed in
an autoclave, from which the air Is ex-
hnusted until all the gas within the
shells has been draw n out. Then car
bonl acid gas and nitrogen are intro-
duced from tanks of these gases in
liquid form, and the tins containing the
eggs are sealeJ with sol.ler. Any
germs of dc ay are killed by these
gases, and It is said that the flavor of
the eggs Is in no way affected.
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, * °*y
ho is that gentleman listening
with such keen de'Ight to a ragtim e se-
lection by the l and '
“T hat s Mr. Duffers by. His wife and
daughter* are very musical. If they
were present they would clap their
hauds to their ears ami pretend to be
'»uffering.”—Spokane Review.
C a n a l« of V enice.
The canals of Venice are a part of
f ho Adriatic sea. The city is built on
US small islands or shoals in tin* gulf
*»f Venice. These islets are connected
by several Imn.lreil bridges, and the
direction of the canals, of which there
are nearly *200. are so formed as to con-
stltute the “highways.” Thus it Is due
to the situation of this city aiul not ta
special intention of man that it has
canals instead of paved streets.
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Tha Land $1 tha Kurds,
K urdistan appeals to the archaeol-
ogist. It was ruled successively by the
Persians, Macedonians. Parthians, Sas-
Banians and Romans and Is exeeeding-
ly rich in antiquarian remains, most of
which are still unexamined. The Kurds
are H wlld pa8tortlf partly nomadic
i>eople. are mostly Mohummedans and
are very hostile to Christians, their
cruel m assacre of the Armenians being
only too well known. K urdistan be-
longs to both the Turkish and the Per-
sian monarchies, though chiefly to the
former —London Chronicle.
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There are ways ol evading duty
down on the Rio Grande impossible to
the port of New York. The Mexican
found a way. lie was a merchant Just
on the other side of »lie Mexican bol
der. He had two vases which had
caught the fancy of an American cus
tomer, but they were dear, and with
the duty added—not to be thought of.
The customer told tin* Mexican so. The
Mexican fell $5. But the price was
still too dear. The Mexican fell again.
But still there was the duty staring
the customer in the face. Then sud
denly, without explaining how, the
Mexican guaranteed that the vases
should be delivered free of duty oil tin»
o her side of the Rio Grande next
morning at breakfast time.
“And,” the Mexican u ’d in a char
acteristic manner. "I will be there to
collect.”
At breakfast next morning, as the
customer was eating leisurely, the Mex
ican api»eared.
‘‘Where aie the vases?“ the customer
inquired.
"In the next room, senor,” replied the
Mexican. smiling blandly.
“And the duty?”
‘T here is no duty, senor.”
"How in thunder did you manage It?"
asked the American, amazed.
"I paid a greaser a dollar, senor.
With the vases strapped to hts hack,
he swam the Rio Grande. See, senor"
—hurrying to bring in a vase from the
next room and touching It geutly with
his fingers—"they sre whole, per-fect.”
—New York Post.