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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1921)
The Exposition Site Eastern Clackamas News Entered at the postoffice in Kstacada, Oregon, as second-class mad. Published every Thursday at Estaeada. Oregon UPTON H. GIBBS Editor and Manager. SUBSCK1 PTION One year Six months Thursday» March 31, 1921 EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS P*ge Four . KATKS . . . . . $1.50 .75 Koreii-n A d v e r t i s i n g K e p r e - e n l i t h « T H E AMI l<|( AN P R E SS AS S( CIATION Thursday. March 31, 1921 * The Bergdoll Affair It should be remembered, that the American detectives who trie I to arrest B *rg 1 >11, com mitted a breach of internal >nal etiquette, when they operated in German territory without| the co-operation of the German au thorities. Na ions ar> p mstili- ous in this respect, and if Cana dian police tried to arrest a man on this side of the line, without due formalities, a howl would be raised. The American govern ment can and should make a strong appeal to the German government for clemency, and it is probable that the men will be speedily released. As it is, reports say they are being well treated, and not like ordinary prisoners. But when it comes to demanding extradition for Berg- doll, it is difficult to see whether we have a case. . For years we have been harboring Germans, Russians ami others, who came here to avoid military duty. The U. S. Goverment has refused to deliver up such when demanded, on the ground of it being only a political offense. As Bergdoll got his passports in Canada by perjury and misrepresentation, the C anadian authorities could «demand his being given up to them. Whether after being through with him, they would turn him over to the American government is doubtful, unless the countries being allies at the time when the evasion was made, puts a different complexion on the question. We would suggest that proceedings to got him he abandoned and he be left where he is. lb* is sure to become des perately homesick after a while, and if he thinks the agitation for his arrest has died down and is forgotten, he w ill make plans to return on the quiet. In the meantime keep watch, and then when the son of a Hun arrives on this side, grab him and give him his due deserts. Faster w as an ideal dav and everybody rejoin d. The location for the Portland Exposition in 1925, is now being seriously considered, and a num ber of offers and suggestions have been made. The one by the Sellwood Board of Trade and Community Club, is attracting a great deal of attention. This is Sellwood Park, the slough in cluding the Oaks, and Ross Is land, comprising in ail, 900 acres. For convenience, accessibility and sightliness, it is unsurpassed. The slough which is surrounded by a crescent shaped bluff, af fords a natural amphiteatre ca pable of seating half a million of people. From the summit, a magnficent view of the whole re gion is obtained, and no one can fail to discern the vast possibili ties it possesses for landscape development. As the intention is that all such development be made permanent, Portland would have, 'if this site is selected, for ail time, a park rivaling any city park in the United States. As an advertising asset, its value would be incalculable, as all travel from the south would pass through or in view of it. A stranger’** attention would be im mediately attracted, and he could not fail to see how easily and quickly it can be reached from the city. All things considered, this location seems to have been designed for this very purpose by old Dame Nature, who has a long head on her, and knows very well what she is about when laying out her grounds We print elsewhere a commu nication about the blue laws es pecially in relation to Sunday ob servance. We long ago came to the conclusion that the less, Sun day legislation there is the bet ter. The state has a right to in sure a weekly holiday fo r. all w-orkers, but the religious obser vance of Sunday or any other day, is a m atter for the individual conscience. The first Christians did not need any legislation to keep the day. Thev met togeth er before working hours on Sun day for worship. It was not un til the fourth century when Con stantine closed the government offices on Sunday, that the day began to become a holiday for Christians as w’ell as a holy day. The state of Nevada will now execute criminals under sentence of death, by asphyxiation. The gas, not the mustard variety however, is to be administered w hile the condemned is asleep. As an indication of business conditions, the mail order house of Sears, Roebuck Co. has failed to declare its usual quarterly div idend. owing to the slump in trade. * % Don’t Class the Stradivara with a Common Talking Machine. : lin k 83? m The Stradivara is a real instrument. The new Patent Sounding Board gives a tone that you do not get in any other Phonograph. Remember also, that the STR A D IV A R A is made in Oregon, and when you buy one, you are helping keep up Oregon pay roll. Prices from $40.00 up. TERMS TO SUIT YOU. R . G. 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