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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1918)
Eastern Clackam as News Published every Thursday at Estacada, Oregon K. M. Standish, Editor and Manager Entered at the postoffice in Estacada, Oregon, as second-class mad. S ubscription R a te s One v a r - - Six months . . $1.50 . .75 Thursday, March 7, 11)18 The state-wide, house-to house thrift campaign has been post poned from the week o f March 5, to March 19th to 23rd. This campaign is not to be a drive for money. It is to lie a campaign of edu cation. A campaign to tell every Oregon householder just what Thrift Stamps are, what War Savings Stamps are, where they can be bought, and why they should be bought. Ten thousand volunteer work ers will strive to plant a thrift germ in every home in Oregon. The germ will do the rest. With the financial difficulties of the Estacada Boy Scout Corps a thing of the past, thanks to the generous response to their Tag Day sales we would suggest that the scouts do a little real scouting and locate the boy or boys in Estacada, who are now passing through a n unmoral development, resulting in the scribbling of filthy words and pictures about town. Contrary to reports that had been current in this section, to the effect that F. B. Guthrie, former principal of the Estacada Schools, was one of the survivors of the recent Tuscania disaster, Mrs. Guthrie writes from Salem that he is located in the Y. M. C. A. work at San Antonio. Texas. The War Advertising Com mittee of Oregon has requested that the following slogans be given publicity during the month of March, in the interests of a “ Silence Campaign Against the Spreading of Rumor, Conjecture and Hearsay.” Chaffeurn and Truck Drivers Wanted Through the office yf the A d jutant General, a call is being made for young men uualitied as expert automobile or truck driv ers, for enlistment in the army work. Oregon’ s quota for this work is 100 and must lie raised by Fri day, March Sth. Preliminary training will be given a'l volun teers at San Antonio, Texas, with the men later being sent to France, where General Pershing needs chauffers and motor truck drivers. The regular monthly dance of the Estacada Tennis Club, held at the Hotel Estacada. Saturday, was an enjoyable affair. A n d P le n ty c f T h e m Our Enemies Over Here Are Trying to Hurt Our Boys Over There. Our Enemies Are Lis tening, Don’ t Talk. “ Groceries wfe have, the best to be had, Our Service, the best wre know how; Our prices, are not all to the bad. Then why not give us your trade now?” If you know anything Germany would like to know, let this be your Speechless Day. “ Our stock is complete And to please you we aim. While our prices copipete With others, just the sam e.” Germans their agents a n d sympathizers are trying to over hear you. Keep Quiet! Don’ t talk! Keep Your eyes peeled. Your lips sealed. Your heart steeled. Your idle prattle may lose a bat tle. Don’ t tell all you know. Our Motto “The Best is Aione Too Good for You” One German Army has already occupied America. The invisible host of Spies is everywhere. Swat the fly! Spot the Spy! Spies feed on little crumbs of conversation, little glances of ob servation. Starve them out! Benedict Arnold was an Am er ican Officer trusted and loved by George Washington. Three cow boys caught the spy whose papers exposed Arnold. K e e p your eyes open. R e p o r t suspicious persons who ask curious ques tions. It is rumored the Kaiser is making a special lot of Iron Crosses for Americans who help him by careless talk. Have you qualified yet for your Iron Cross? Don’ t tell all you know to peo ple you don’ t. A word to the Spies is Suf fic ie n t. Don’ t tell all you know. Naval Enlistments Agai n O pened Under the direction of Super visor L. J. Palmateer. road work is now underway in Garfield dis trict No. 11». with gravel being hauled by truck from Estacada and being worked into the bad spots on the mam road in that district. Good Eats Enlistment in the naval service has been reopened at the U. S. Naval Training Camp, Seattle and any citizen between the ages of 18 and 35 is eligible. Recruits w ill receive a thorough course of four months naval in struction. This camp is consid ered one of the best training quarters in the country, located on the grounds of the University of Washington, with the facili ties of that institution available, together with th e ll. S. S. Prince ton for a training ship. Among the out-of-town visito s in Estacada on Auction Dav, were three prominent newspaper publishers, namely E. E. Brodie of the Oregon City Enterprise; C. W. Robey of the Oregon City Courier and G. J. Taylor of the Molalla Pioneer. These visitors were much pleased with the com I munity spit it shown during the sale and came to obtain sugges tions for similar affairs for their own communities. L . A . C h ap m an Estacada, + + 4, + + + + cii + + + + + Oregon + + + + + Tv + + 4 '* + + + + + ♦ + + + + ♦ + + Undertaking and Embalming L. A. Chapman + Estacada + Licensed Embalmer Operating Hearse and Morgue Phone Store or Residence + + + + + + + + + + * + + + + + + + + + + + + * + *+ + R. G. Marchbank Estacada, Or Soda Wafer • Soft Drinks - Lure' s Cigars and Tobacco BOB’S PLACE Headquarters Fir W. S. kCCD, Auctioneer Vancouver, Wash. Farm Salehs a Specialty - Write for Dates or call at News Office. Estacada. SHOE SHINING ss rtl If your shoes need polishing, call at the fpiijp Estacada Barber Snop. tp tp 1 am on the j h sill day Saturday and alter school hours on wtt-K ays. Ladies’ w ik especially solicited. Leave shoes at the shop atul 1 will do the rest. All shines 10 cet ts. JOEL B. BOWMA N. Mrs. C. W . Devore and son Raymond of Estacada left Tues- dav for the south, with Raymond visiting at the home of his grand mother at Drain. Oregon, while Mrs. Devore expects to spend about six weeks in California, visiting friends and relatives. Clyde Ecker, editor of the In dependence. (Or.) Monitor, spent Sunday at the home of his mother and sister. Mrs. N. B. Ecker of Estacada and Mrs. W. F. Cary of Cazadero. Mrs. Elmer Blackburn c f St. Helens was a week-end guest et Mrs. Eva Hodgkiss of El wood, the home of her sister-in law, who has been working near Port M;s. W. M. Yonce of Estacada] land. last week returned to her attending the Tennis Ciuo uance home. Saturday evening.