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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1919)
A Boon and a Bargain One of the characters in a recent theat rical success discusses people: “There ain’t but two kinds”, says he. “Them that’s good and them that ain’t.” Same’s true of tires. That’s why w e’re so insistent that you use good tires— United States Tires. After you’ve used the other kind for a season or so, you’ll find United States Tires a boon, a blessing and a bargain. There are five different types—one for every need of price or use. And they’re all good — mighty good. Better get in touch with us. United States Tires are Good Tires ' Royal C o r d ' ‘N o b b y ’ 'C h a in ’ ‘ l A, Plain ‘ DWELL UNDERGROUND IN BREST-LITOVSK Jewish Relief Worker Finds His People Living in Holes in Polish Town. New York.— Typical of the condition of J e w ish com m unities throughout Po land and a d ja c e n t countries is t h e s to ry of B rest-IJtovsk, as recounted by Dr. Boris D. Bogen, executive direc to r of J e w ish relief work in Poland, in a rep o rt received recently a t the h e a d q u a r t e r s of th e Am erican J e w ish Belief Com m ittee, 15 E ast F o rtie th street, here. T h e population of the town w here a Couple, of y e a rs ago the G e rm a n s tried to d icta te a "peace of violence” to th e R u ssian s is now reduced to about 25,000. Of this n u m b er 18,(MX) a r e Jew s, w rite s Dr. Bogen. So com plete w as the w a r time destruction of the town th at m ost of th e people a r e forced to live in mere holes in the ground. T h e re is a sem blunee of a hospital w ith o u t windows, doors or m ea n s of heating, but so prevalent a r e typhus, tuberculosis and o th e r diseases brought on hy m aln u tritio n that tills in stitu tio n , like all o th er Je w ish hos p ita ls in e a ste rn Europe, is over whelmed. “T h e J e w s of Am erica,” w rite s Dr. Bogen, “ m ust ta k e im m ediate steps to provide for th e housing, clothing a n d feeding of the th o u sa n d s of d e s titu te J e w s in e a ste rn Europe. It will re quire considerable additional funds to re-equip th e hospitals, old fo lk s’ homes and o rp h a n a g e s th a t the J e w s have m aintained th ro ughout Poland to c a re for th e ir sick an d poor, hut th ese insti tu tio n s m ust be gotten into shape fo r the coming severe winter. “T h e people a r e in a te rrib le con dition everyw here, and in g re a t need of th e veriest necessities. Hom es th roughout this region a re entirely de stroyed for th e most part. R efugees who m onths or y e a rs ago w e re evacu ated from th e cities a re now r e tu r n ing. T h e r e is practically no work for them, however, and they a . e in d ire st need.” To provide the fu n d s for rem edying these te rrib le conditions, th e A m erican Jew ish Relief Com m ittee, u n d e r the c h a irm a n sh ip of Louis M arshall and the d ire c to rsh ip of Ile n ry H. Rosen- felt, is now engaged in conducting a series of s ta te cam p a ig n s th ro u g h o u t tlie Union. T h e total a m o u n t e s ti m ated as necessary to finance the e s sential re lie / work for a n o th e r y e a r is ti5.txxj.uoa We know United States Tires are good tires. CASCADE That’s why we sell then. They had some very expensive p rese n ts a t th e De Bosh w ed ding. Did they? W h a t | 1 her GARAGE Roy Wilcox, Estacada; Oregon Boring Garage: W. The Scrap Book LINK FROM EAST TO WEST H is to ric O c c a s i o n W h e n G re at T r a n s c o n tin e n ta l R a ilro a d Lines W e r e F o r m a lly Connected. ----- Tlx* ground for tho railroad Mi rough R.Telford, Boring, tilt* M t l c i n r const \VHs broken lit S:lO- rnmenfo, Cnl„ nrul Otniilui, Not*., Jan- nnry 8. 18tW. T hou begun th e moo betw een tin* Union Pacific an d tho Central Pacific to ««over tho grea test nilloago of construction. C Ttie rails of the tw o linos m et a t P rom ontory point. 1,085 4-5 mllos from O m aha and fil'd miles e a st of S acram ento. Gov. Poland S tanford. In b e h a lf of th e C e n tral Pacific, now know n ns th e S o u th ern Pacific, drove th e last sp ik e con necting tho roads, using a sllvor m al let.» T e leg ra p h w ires wore so a t t a c h ed as to an n o u n c e tho blows a s they III PLUTOCIiATS. rath ert give th e m ? Two b a rre ls of s u g a r and a ton of coal. Sandy Garage, Sandy fell. T w o hundred and t" ■ nt.v u m* w e re fired from ilio batterio« at San F ra n c is c o i t i eoci>ipj n f tin* « gmiis. 'l'ho goble! pike was made* o f 2h ?2d gold p • an d w as w orth $4t! t. On It w a s .>n raved. “T h e Inst s p i l o ; may Cod coni inno tho unity of the country as those railro a d s un ite tho tw o g r e a t oceans of th e world.” In th o se days many of tho engines wore wood-burning and only th ro e or fo u r c o rd s of wood oould ho c a rrie d on tho e n g in e 't e n d e r . It took throe da y s a n d nights to travel on th e tra in from Salt L a k e to the Missouri river. Now th e trip is m ade In 3(i hours. M ig h t Do T h ere . “T h is new clerk doesn’t seem tc know a n y thing w h a te v er ab o u t an y thing.” “Well, th a t w on't do fo r silks o r d ress goods. P u t him in the book de p a rtm e n t.” Pa rd o n ab le Suspicion. "Do you think the ex-knlser ought to be trie d ?" ” I have mjr doubts. | u n d e rs ta n d he still h a s enough money to hire some p re tty sm a rt law yers."