Editor in Chief Walter Givens Advertising Mgr. Harry C. Reid Bouncer Fred Bartholomew THE WEEKLY PIRIT COSTING Voi. 1 Estacada, Or. April 5, 1917 No. 18 We congratulate our friends in Garfield upon their splendid pro­ gram last Saturday night, given for the Belgian Relief Fund but we were sorry that such a small crowd turned out. The enter­ We have decided to continue tainment was worth 50c of any- our last weeks land plaster ad for ones money, and it only cost a another week. quarter. Why cant we have Ar other trip over on Douglass j more of this type of entertain­ Ridge this week reminds us of ments and perhaps after a while that $5,000,000 that we didn’t people will be able to appreciate them to a greater extent. get from the county court. The Editor’s Society Doings The man who says we didn’t have a car of Beet Pulp coming is a 1____— it’s in. Get yours while the getting lasts. 36 Ladies Absolutely Free of charge get one of our market baskets with one dollars worth of groc­ eries Friday and Saturday of this week. This is for a cash sale of one d o l l a r not including flour or sugar. The first eighteen ladies on Friday and the first eighteen on Saturday will be successful. No one family may have more than one of these baskets. They are just what you need ladies so get your dollar and get ready. Land Per Sack 100«- Devoted to the stimulation of civic and community pride - the patronizing of home industries - and the boosting of the W. Givens Company, Incorporated. Plaster 60c Per Ton $ 11.00 Please don’t ask us to hold stock for you, at these prices for we simply cant do i t These are rock bottom. The Cackle-Berry Story Our Live Stock Shipping Expanding Some time ago a friend (?) of ours predicted that we had ship­ ped our last car of live stock but since that time we have managed to ship one car every two weeks and expect to continue to do so. Wednesday we shipped as fine a car of hogs as has ever been ship­ ped from this point and for the tops we paid $1?.75 making a to­ tal paid to the farmers of this section of $2,941.76, in fact some of the checks were so large that if they had been on any other than a first class bank like the Estacada State Bank we doubt if they would have been accepted, so you see even in banking it pays to patronize home industries. It is our intention to ship an­ other car in two weeks, Wednes­ day the 18th, and will be glad to be advised early of anything that you may have to offer. We have been solicited by in­ terested parties to extend our live stock buying to include the territory around Barton and Bor­ ing, and if successful in persuad­ ing the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company to put in pens A splendid turnout at Monday and chutes at these points we evening’s meeting of the Mer­ will immediately begin operations chants and Farmers Club. You 1 in these fields, which will benefit see its possible to make a success , our home field in that it will en­ of anything if only enough fel- j able us to partly load a car at this place, and finish loading at lows will stand together. either Barton or Boring, and thus ---------------------- j eliminate the necessity of waiting A traveling salesman one day so long at times to get a load to­ last week noticing the patriotic ; gether at one place. display of flags sail “ Estacada If you have been a satisfied is the best little town I make’’ I shipper from this point and have and then immediately spoiled it friends in eitner of the proposed by saying “ Its the only town I new fields ws will appreciate any make outside of Portland’’. But word of assistance which you be able to speak to your why not make it the best little may friends. Remember, we are just town? We can if we will. as anxious to buy cattle and calves, as hogs. First some one brought in an egg somewhat smaller than an ostrich egg, and then some body else brought in an egg but little larger than a quail’s egg, and in the fertile brain of the ‘Bouncer’ originated an advertising idea which has been commented upon by about 178,952 of our good cus­ tomers who always market their eggs with us. One wide awake farmer’s wife suggested that even the hens are beginning to realize that at the prices of feed they cant afford to deliver as large eggs as they once did, and then she suggested in a very com­ plimentary tone “ But of course at the splendid prices which you folks pay, there is money in the poultry business even at the high prices of feed’’. Be wise you old owl, and bring your poultry and eggs where you always get top prices, and incidentally see the two egg wonders, and understand “The Story of the Cackle-Berry’’. Remember our 2 1 Cash Discount tickets are redeemable at any time. We believe that a satisfied customer is the best advertisement. The Walter Givens Company