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V olume 12, N umber 48
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E stacada , O regon T hursday A ugust 21, 1919
Four Score and Seven
Oil THE WILLAMETTE
One of the most trying ordeals
is waiting' for a belated train or
boat. Last Saturday, we went
down to the Taylor Street dock in
• Portland, to take thev boat for
the Dalies, at 7. a. m. We were
. told that it would not leave until
eleven, so we went* up town for
breakfast, and then returned to
the boat, where we waited with
exemplary patience until eleven.
But there was no sign of the
boat leaving1. Three o’clock ar
rived and then it left for another
dojk, to take on freight, and
kept this up going from one dock
to another until s- v -v, when if
returned to the Taylor Street
dock for more freight. It was
^ finally 11 p. m. when we gAt
started. Of course about
only the lights on the banks,
could then be seen, which were
pretty enough, but not what we
wished to see. We had planned
this trip for many years and
something had always hindered.
When we arose in the morning
the boat was going thru the Cas
cade Locks. We stopped at dif
ferent points on either side of
the river, to unload freight or
set off passengers. On reaching
Hood River, we concluded we
had had enough, so landed, and
went up town and took a train
back to Portland.
^ Ths United Artisans Picnic
The biggest excursion and pic
nic of the year, is being planned
^ by the order of the United Arti
sans which has recently organ
ized here. The date will be
Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1st.
A large excursion train will l^ave
Portland at 8 a. m. A grand
time is assured with a program
of speeches, games, sports and
dancing. The orators of the day
will be Judge G. W. Stapleton
and Judge W. N. Gatens of Port
land. The local lodge naturally,
is taking the keenest interest in
.the arrangements, and hopes all
Estacada will turn out and help,
put it over big.
Last Thursday, Aug. 14, C. W.
Seymour attained the venerable
age of eighty-seven years. To
celebrate the event Mrs. Sey
mour prepared a fine dinner, to
which was invited Mr. Reed, a
near neighbor. In the afternoon
some of Mr. Seymour’s special
friends called to congratulate
him, bringing flowers and home
made candy. Mr. Seymour felt
called upon to do something him
self, so he concluded to treat all
to ice cream, going down town
after it. • This was served with
the birthday cake and other good
things. The N ews hopes the old
gentleman will enjoy many such
another one.
A Surprise Call
We were surprised last Thurs
day ¿morning while busily en
gaged in one of the runs of press
day, to have Mr. R. Alspaugh of
Eagle Creek, come in and inform
us that some one wished to see
us. On going out to his car, we
saw his new daughter-in-law,
the bride of his son Ernest Lew
is Alspaugh. We would have
been mure estonished if we had
not just received the announce
ment of their nuptials. We have
known the bride, who was Miss
Dora Helen Van Fleet, for many
year's in La Grande, from the
time when she ran around with
her hair down in a long braid.
It was a great pleasure and we
feel it an honor, that she stopped
to see us. Our hands were black
W aior Restrictions
with printer’s ink. but she in
Owing to scarcity of supply, sisted
shaking them never
water for irrigating purposes, theless. on The
groom is to be
may only be used as follow«:
heartily
congratulated
for win
Upper flat on the odd number ning such a charming prize
for
ed days of the month;
his
matrimonial
career,
and
we
Lower flat on the even num charge him solemnly to kwe and
bered days of the month.
cherish her so she will never re
The hours are from G to 8 in gret
her giving herself to him.
morning, and 7 to 9 in the eve
The
young couple will make
ning. By order of Council.
their future home at The Dalles.
THE COSMETIC OF THE INANIMATE.
in am the saver of surfaces.
HI am the world-old preserver.
HNoah knew me, for he pitched the ark within and without.
HThe Pharaohs sought me as an adornment for their tombs—
their mummies endure because 1 conserve.
* I am the woad of the ancient Britons: their blue battle hue.
* Because of me the treasures of the Sistme Chapel defy efiace-
ment.
*|I am the keeper of the antique.
HI am the servant of progress.
HColumbus found me bedecking the savages who watched him
plant Ferdinand’s banner on the shores of New Spain; and the
very sails of his caravels resisted the elements of the West
through my aid.
HThe pioneers westward wending their way daubed '.he prairie
schooners with my protection.
HI am the royal robes of civilization’s monarchs, Steel and Lum
ber.
HThe taut wings of the airplane gleam under my protective
Veneer.
HThe sullen dreadnaught and the homing transport plow the
seas impervious to corrosion because of me.
HI waterproofed your agents of destruction, the bullet and the
shell.
HThen J drew the mercy of my concealing camouflage over
your hospitals.
HI glisten on the homes, and on the barn3, and on the cement
surfaces.
HWhere life is, I am alive.
H Where death and decay set in my absence he «tens them.
r And my mission is to preserve.
HSaver of Surface, I am PAINT!
$1.51» P er Y ear
II
VACATION TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. 11. C. Stephen*
returnee home Saturday, from a
two weeks’ vacation trip, which
they made in their new Buick
car.
The first day they reached
Olympia, Wash., where they
camped in Priest Point Park.
The next day they started on the
fatuous Georgia circuit along the
Sound and the beautiful Hood
canal to Port Angeles. Then the
following day, they crossed by
boat to Victoria, B. (’., a city re
ported to be more English than
England. They spent a day
there, viewing the Parliament
House and other public buildings
the (plaint English homes ahd
the famous marinedrive. In the
evening they drove north toward
Nanaimo, which is an important
tow n and the centre of the coal
mining industry. The next day
they took the boat for Vancou
ver, B. C. and spent tin* day in
that hustling metropolis of the
Province. Thence they went to
Seattle, where they remained two
days, going to Mt. Rainier, and
attending the Washington B.ink
ers’ Association held on the
mountain.
Returning to Tacoma, they
visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ew
ing and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Rayburn, formerly of* Estacada.
They 1 ad the novel experience
of descending about a quarter of
a mi'e into a coal mine of which
Mr. Ewing is superintendent.
The trip covered 1,200 miles,
with the Buick giving splendid
service.
HARVEST PICNIC
The Garfield Grange will give
a Harvest Picnic, in the Garfield
Country Club Park, on August
80th. The program for the af
ternoon, will consist of music,
recitations, community singing,
and speeches by prominent mem
bers of the grange and commun
ity.
Bring your dinner and enjoy
the day in the cool shade of the
park. There will he dancing ih
the club house in the evening.