port o f every citizen o f the state. With the company now' paying wages to all employees in keeping with the increased cost o f living, it should l>e entitled to increase its rates in proportion. Eastern Clackamas News Published every Thursday at Estacada, Oregon K. M. Htandinh, Editor and .Manager Entered at the poatoffice in EHtaeada, Oregon, as Hecond-clsHH mail. W e Strive To Please Easy Lessons In Politics « SuBSTRiPTioN R ates ( Mu- year Six months ■i. ■ — • ........— • \ $1.60 ,'ift ! - ■■ < ’ i \ ■ Í Thursday, Dec li', IDI7 Our can he made and our service the best \\\ prices are kept as low as í¡l we know but we sacrificing but *' quantity Oregon x j J? ♦ ♦ This is the picture o f a man. Who is this man? good ♦ looking This good looking man is E. E. Brodie. Where does he live? Horrors! ♦ ♦ Why? ♦ Undertaking and Embalming : L. A. Chapman ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ In Oregon City. Estacada Licensed Embalmer Phone Store or Residence Operating Hearse and Morgue ♦ ♦ + + Ask him. What is his business? He prints a newspaper, called the Oregon City Enterprise. What is his paper for? Because ations. picture he has in this M. J. KERKES |M>litical aspir What does he want? a' The office o f Secretary o f State. When? At the next election. Will he make for the job? a good man You bet he will. Why ? Because he is honest, hardwork ing and by the nature o f his training, qualified to handle the detail o f that office. Is he a regular politician? N He is not. this being his first o f fense. Is he*"» friend o f Eastern Clackamas County? He is and was broad-minded enough to recognize the wisdom o f the late Cascade County cause. Now is the time you need c Electric Lamps and Fixtures Buyer For The A lbina Dressed Beef Com pany O f'P ortland. LIVESTOCK ♦ PURCHASED l And also if you need any * Estacada • ■ *. * of all descriptions ♦ C. C. Miller • f.1 . + to hriyhten up your home during these dull days. P L U M B IN G and T I N N I N G - - W ♦ ♦ See for “ The Best Is None Too Good For You” « • ♦ quality in to live up to our motto Estacada, ' The plea o f the P. R. 1,. & P. I ii. now lieing made to the Pub lic Service Commission, asking to be allowed to increase its rate from 5c to tic should receive the tsmsent of that body and the sup ♦ believe ✓ ÏX “ Ribles For Soldiers” is the slogan o f another important cam paign now receiving state wide attention, with Oregon scheduled in raise $15,000. This campaign is being backed by the majority of religions organizations o f the stale, with December 9th to 17th being the time allowed for the drive. Fhe value o f putting the Scriptures into the hands o f all soldiers and sailors, as an instru ment in aiding the morale, is too .'\ ulent to need further empha- 4 '4- - • / not L. A. Chapman , The News has been asked by a leading farmer o f this commun ity to start a campaign urging the installation o f public scales in Estacada. On investigating, we find that nearly every city or town o f any consequence has a public scales, in-sortie instances being operated by the city, with a small charge made for weighing. Today Estacada is without such a convenience and the few pri- y ate scales are so located as to lie nearly inaccessible for public weighing. Such scales probably would not exceed an expense ol over $200. and should pay for themselves within a few years from the receipts. *1 try do ) Fhe nation wide campaign to enroll 15,000,000 people in the Red Cross is now well underway, with Oregon’s quota 240.000 members. The slogan o f the campaign is “ Join the Red Cross; all you need a dollar and a heart. “ f to give. We can get cheaper merchan dise Remember it costs no more to buy Red Cross stamps for your Xmas packages, than other seals and the proceeds go towards the crusade against tuberculosis. Huy your supply now at any o f the local stores. how ♦ v- If you have any for sale - phone Henry Githens, Currinsville.