P ige Four Eastern Clackamas News E >*.ere<l at the postoffice in Estacada, »)regon, as second-class mad. Published every Thursday at Estacada, Oregon UPTON H. GIBBS Editor and Manager. S ubscription R ates One year . . . $1.50 Six months - - - .75 Thursday. April 15. 1(J20 A N ation W id e Straw V o te The Literary Digest is under taking- a straw vote of the entire country. Cards are being mailed to 11,000,000 voters to ascertain for whom they voted at the last presidential election and their first and second choices for the coming one. All that will be ne cessary will be to place a mark against the names on the card and then drop it in the mail box. As each can» will be stamped, there will be no expense attached to the voter. In this way the Digest hopes to procure a very accurate estimate of the trend of public opinion, which will go far towards determining the presi dential nominations. The enter prise is most ambitious and the expense will be enormous, as the postage alone will amount to $ 220 , 000 . 1 hose E d u cation al fa x T hursday, April 15, 19X0 EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS Bills + + + + + + + + + + + * + + + + When you are hungry, think of ♦ Houser’s Restaurant * Steaks Chops + + Oyster Stews Oyster Cocktails + Chili Con Came + + Home Made Pies * — REGULAR DINNERS — + + * Home Made Candies + Fresh Doughnuts Wednesdays and Saturdays + As election time draws near, the number of candidates is rap idly increasing. We will publish a list later on. * 4* * + + Cakes Baked to order 4 - 4* Cigars * Tobacco * + 4* + The strike as a method of in timidation, is proving a boome rang to the railroad unions in that the rank and file are taking the hit between their teeth and bolting. Having sown the wind the union officials stand to reap a cyclone, w’hich will add to the high cost of living for the general public. + 4 We sell Davidson’s Bread + 4* 4- * * 4 . 4 - 4 * 4 » 4 > 4 - 4 » 4 * 4 * 4 * 4 ' 4 * 4 * 4 * 4 i 4*4'4'4*4*4*4'4*4* + 4 . 4 . 4 i 4 . 4 . 4 . 4 « 4 « 4 * 4 > 4 * 4 > 4 * 4 * 4 * 4 > 4 * 4 < 4>4*4>4*4*4>4> 4« 4* 4* 4» 4- 4- E d u cation al N otes Even with the added support provided by the higher educa tional relief bill, the Oregon Ag ricultural College would be spending $70 less per student per year than the Agricultural Colleges of Michigan, Iowa. In diana, Kansas aud Washington, taken as examples. This esti mate is based on the present at tendance at O. A. C. without allowance for increase although attendance has increased 148 per cent in the last 7 years, while in come from the state in the same period has increased less than 4 per cent. The State University is equally low in its expenditures in comparison with other state institutions. Pomona granges in Lincoln, Polk and Multnomah counties have endorsed the relief bill for higher education, which w ill ap pear on the ballot on May 2l as the Higher Educational Tax Act. The Eastern Oregon Cattle Feed ers’ Convention, the Oregon Dairy Council, and various other groups of farmers and -stockmen have endorsed the bill. Endorse ments are beginning to be an nounced from American Legion Posts. The president of the State Federation of Labor has is sued a letter to all labor unions, urging endorsement. Thsee ap- ’ ptovals, together with fhe rrum- erous ones from chambers of commerce, civic bodies, and women’s clubs, show the wide spread interest in preserving the freedom and equality of higher education. + + + + + + + * » + + + + ?%■**♦ + * > ♦ FORDSON TRACTORS! 4- 4» 4- 4- 4- 4* 4* 4* 4- 4- 4- 4* 4* 4 - ♦ 4 * 4 * 4* 4* 4* 4- 4» 4- 4 * 4- 4» ♦ + The price of Fordson Tractors has advanced $100, 4- + owing to shortage of materials. The price at Estacada is 4 - 4* $935 now. •|* • • • A carload has just arrived and is ready for delivery. * pla^e your order as another carload is uncertain. Raker C&, Son 4> 4- 4- 4- 4- ‘Ask the man who owns one.’ 4* 4- It seems there is some doubt whether the educational tax bills will carry in tins county, at least som • of ttieir warm supporters are a little dubious. It is to be hoped that tneir tears will prove unwarranted. However Clacka mas county seemingly has a repu tation lor extreme conservatism in the matter of voting for ap propriations. 1 bis trait may be prudent but it is not a.way.-, wase. As the sage king said: “ tnere is that scaliereth and yet mcreas- eth; and there is that withhold- eth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. ” In no case is this more true than in educa tion. "A little learning isadan- gerous thing," and unless an ed ucational institution is prepared to impart a thorough education, it will do more harm than good, it is just as important tor schools to have adequate and proper equipment, as it is for an expert workman to have proper tools in order to do good work. That he may under stress put forth good work w ith poor tools, is no argu ment for not providing him with belter if possible. Si) with our state colleges and schools unless they are suitably maintained, it would i>e wiser economy to close them entirely. They form a ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ trust on the state and the obliga tion for its fulfillment rests on the tax payers as far as the ne cessary financial provision is con cerned. One thing is certain, that unless they receive prompt and adequate relief the brightest and most ambitious of our rising generations, will leave the state to seek elsewhere, the education necessary for equipping them selves for their future careers. In these days only those who are competently trained, can hope to qualify as the standard of effic iency is continually rising and becoming more exacting owing to the demands of the times. 4* 41 j . 4- 4* 4- 4* 4- 4- 4* 4* G R ESH A M * + ESTACADA î- f 4 - + + 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 * 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - * * 4 * * * + 4-* + + + .V ! Pipes and Tobacco j Made to Measure Clothes For Men Jjight Lunches and Confectionery Cigars ind Cigarettes R. G. MARCH BANK E stacada, O regon Popcom and Peanuts Phonographs and Records ! I Î I ; V *