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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1917)
Viola Breezes Eagle Creek Notes Contributed About all that Viola people talk about now is County-Division and the new Carver line, as we un derstand the new railway is to he built this summer. Owing to the illness of grand ma Miller, her daughter. Mrs. C. G. Stone of Highland has been in Viola helping to care for her, and her son Will and family of Port land spent Sunday with her. James Hamilton is the new Sunday School Superintendent and we know he will make a good one. Mrs. A. C. Hollingsworth of Gladstone spent Sunday at the home of her mother, Mrs. A. Tenny. Rev. Pogue conducted meetings at Clarks Saturday and held en joyable meetings here on Sunday forenoon, afternoon and evening and will preach here next Sun day. In order to save time in Last reports show Garfield to travelling from place to place. be signed up to nearly the 95% Rev. Pogue last week purchased mark in favor of Cascade County the Ford runabout, formerly used with but seven known opposers by rural carrier Wooster. and they are slowly slipping. Mrs. Thos. Eaden, Mrs. M. L. ! Sevier and Mrs. Will Hicinboth- According to J. A. Randolph, am are temporarily on the sick T. C. Jubb and other Viola boost list. ers, the Viola Valley and sur rounding country is heartily in STING O F T H E H O N E Y B E E . favor of a n6w county, over 90% A bout th o Moot E ffective Infernal M a being on petitions. chine In E xistence. Contributed After spending the holidays with her folks at Stevenson, Wash., Mrs. Katie Douglass re turned home last week, accom panied by her brother, Charles Sweeney. J. F. Burger traded his farm near Eagle Creek to J. W. Ken ney, of Gresham, for some Port land property. Mrs. Chas. Murphy called on Mrs. R. B. Gibson last Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Rose Baker was the week end guest of Portland friends. D. Beckett was a guest at the farm-home Sunday. Henry Udell and daughters. Agnes and Alice, of Dover, were dinner-guests of R. B. Gibson and wife Sunday. H. S. Gibson made a trip to Barton Monday to see his father, James Gibson, who is quite ill. There are just two things ¡n the public eye today, namely our Profit Sharing Plan and the Cascade County Movement We know you are interested in both, and this week we are giving our entire atten tion to the latter, but not neglecting our customers. East Clackamas Supply Co. Estacada, Oregon. I F ro h m a n 'i L ittl« Safe. W hen C h ili'lts F ru h m a n w as tr e a s u rer w ith H a v e rly 'a m i us tie Is lie cuu- eel veil a novel s tu n t o f a ro u sin g curt- In sm a ll to w n s, lie bought a sm all Iron sa fe, ab o u t th re e fe e t high, am i on it hail p a in te d In big letters. “T re a s u re r, H a v e riy '« M astodon M in stre ls." Now a c tu a lly th e re w as little need for th is sa fe, b u t It w as a lw a y s • a n le d on th e first load of buggage th a t w ent to a hotel. It would be plat ed in a < o n sp le u o u s plaee. am i th e n F roll m an. w a itin g u n til th e p ro p er m o m ent. would b u stle up to it w ith a n all* of g n a t Im p o rtan ce, open it, p u t in tw o o r th ree $100 blits. H ose It a n d go aw ay. W hen the c ro w d had gone he w ould slip hack an d g et th e m oney o ut again, it proved a good a d v e rtisin g s tu n t.—“('h a rle s F ro h m a n . M a n ag er an d Man " In p ro p o rtio n to its size, th e s tin g of th e h oneybee is p ro b ab ly th e m ost e f fe ctiv e In fe rn a l m ach in e In ex isten ce. T h e stin g in g a p p a r a tu s is s m a lle r th a n th a t o f a ra ttle s n a k e . yet a sin g le stin g h a s been know n to kill a m an. W hen we realize th a t it is alm o st in v isib le anil c o n sid er w h at it can tlo w*» c a n n o t fail to be ast< uncled. It seem s th e very q u in te ss e n c e o f d ev ilish n ess. T h e h o n ey b ee's stin g is co m p licated — so com p licated th a t m an y w o rd s an d There may be one or two people m uch ink h av e been used In d isc u ss in g its c o n stru c tio n a n d use. in George, who have not signed I It is g en erally conceded th a t th e Cascade County petitions, but be s tin g c o n sists of a s h a f t of th re e p a rts, tween Bob Miller and Henry Joy th e p rin cip al one being a s h e a th w ith in w h ich m ove tw o b arb ed la n cets. L ik e ner, even they will be rounded th e b a rb s of a fishhook, th e la u c e ts a r e up, unless they take to the snow n o t easily e x tra c te d fro m th e lie s h in to w h ich th ey h a v e been t l r i a n . Tin* covered heights of Wildcat Mt. s h e a th and th e la n c e ts co m bined form a hollow tu b e th ro u g h w hich th e pol- John Brown, the genial insur | son flow’s fro m th e poison sac. ance man of Gresham was an Es T w o h a iry , so ft projec li< ns. evident* tacada business visitor early in ly v ery se n sitiv e , in fo rm th e bee w hen sh e Is in c o n ta c t w ith a s tlu g a b le o b the week. je c t.—P o p u la r Science M onthly. John C. Peterson, one of the hundred or more Cascade County boosters, reports Tuesday that less than half-dozen Springwater people are opposed to the move ment, with the balance having signed petitions in favor of the division. The Currinsville Ladies’ Aid Society will hold a Dime Social at Ely’s Hall, Saturday evening, January 20th, to which all are in vited. The proceeds will go to wards the local Sunday School. John Ely of Currinsville feels pretty badly to think there still remains one or two of his good friends in the home district, who have not joined the Cascade County flock yet, but even these stray lambs have refused to sign a remonstrance. Miss Ruth Ladd of Portland spent the week-end at the Adix home in Estacada. Blow Em Out By The Roots— Make Every Acre A Money Maker Now is the time to CASH IN by clearing a few' acres of your stump land. Why let high priced land lay idle when you can make every acre a MONEY MAKER for yourself and family? Remember the bigger the crop the more you can shop. Get your share of the COIN by clearing your land with TROJAN STUMPING POWDER SAFEST NON-FREEZING ♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦ ♦ * NO HEADACHE * « « ♦ ♦ We have a few FARM IMPLEMENTS that we will sell at 1916 prices. Buy now and save 15 to 20%. Some good Heating Stoves left at the lower prices. Ask for your CASH DISCOUNTS with every article you buy. H ardware H arness I mplements BERT H. 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