EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1921
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Eastern Clackamas News
Breaking in a Tenderfoot
A b o u t t h e m id d l e of N o v e m b e r ,
188— ,1, a r a w y o u t h f r e s h f r o m
E n te r e d a t th e postoffice in E stac ada , school, a r r i v e d
f r o m E n g l a n d in
Oregon, as second-class m ad.
n o r t h e r n I o w a ‘‘to l e a r n f a r m i n g ” .
A son of o u r old f a m ily d o c t o r h a d
left h o m e u y e a r o r tw o p r e v io u s ly
Published every Thursday at
fo r M in n e s o t a , w h e r e a f t e r w o r k i n g
a year w ith a fa rm e r, he m a rrie d and
Estacada, Oregon
m o v ed to E m m e t c o u n ty , Io w a . T h e r e
he p u r c h a s e d a q u a r t e r s e c ti o n of
U P T O N H. GIBBS
wild, p r a i r i e l a n d f r o m a S c o ttis h
A m e r ic a n L a n d c o m p a n y , w h ic h c o n ­
E d it o r and M a na ger.
tr o ll e d
s e v e r a l t h o u s a n d a c r e s in
t h a t vic in ity , a n d w a s i n d u c i n g y o u n g
S ubscription R ates
Scotch a n d E n g l i s h m e n to c o m e out
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$1.50 a n d s e t t l e o n t h e m . My h e a l t h not
be in g ve ry good, a n o u t d o o r life was
Six m o n th s
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Thursday. .July 28, 1921.
it w ould be j u s t t h e t h i n g f o r me,
if I w e re w illing. " I l a r k i s w a s will-
The Schoola
i n ,” a s s c h o o l life was g e t t i n g m o ­
n o t o n o u s , a n d t h e t h o u g h t of e m a n ­
The questions concerning the c ip a t io n f r o m m a s t e r s a n d books
public schools which Bruce Den­ e a g e r ly w e lcom ed.
t is r a t h e r a m u s i n g now to t h i n k
nis, editor of the La Grande of I th
e a m p l e o u tfit, m y p a r e u t s g e n ­
Observer addressed io the Ore­ e r o u sly p ro v i d e d . I h a d e n o u g h
to
gonian, which we printed in this c s t lo a r t h t e a s s a m n a d l l b d e r d y d in g o g o , d s to s w t e o ls r e , . etc.,
Among
column last week, with part of o t h e r t h i n g s 1 h a d s e l e c te d a 44-
e C o lt r e v o lv e r , h a v in g a n idea
the Oregonian’s reply, were • c t h a a l i t b r big
g a m e , s u c h a s w olves a nd
answered more fully by Dean n e a r s w o u ld be e n c o u n t e r e d r o a m i n g
ro u n d see k in g w hom they m ig h t de­
Straub of the U. of Oregon. He a vour.
is apparently reassuring, but
In d u e c o u r s e of t im e , I a r r i v e d at
my d estin atio n .
T h e f a r m w as on
reads too much like the attorney tile
open p ra irie and the nearest
for the defense.
n e i g h b o r tw o m ile s a w ay . My frien d
e and
However, the fact remains G b a e r o n r g e t h F a t o t t s to e a n s o h n a d a b n u d i lt b r a o k h e o n u s fifteen
that there is a serious question­ o r t w e n t y a c r e s of lan d . W h e n I a r ­
ing as to the efficiency of the riv e d he a n d h is wife w e re a lo n e , but
a b o u t a m o n t h a f t e r w a r d s h e hired
present system of education in t h r e e m e n to h a u l c o r n a n d c u t up
the public schools, as so many wood. T h e y w e r e t w o I r i s h m e n , Tim
while
graduates are deficient in the t M h e a h o t h n i e r y d w a n a d s a J o S h c n o t c h O m ’B a r n i , e n W , illia
m
common branches, being poor P e d d le. G e o r g e K e n t o n b e in g in­
lin e d to p r a c t ic a l j o k i n g u s e d to e n ­
readers, poor writers, poor arith­ c joy
" s t u f f i n g ” m e w ith t a l e s a b o u t
t
h
meticians, poor in spelling and e d a n g e r s of t h e c o u n t r y . The
w ere not averse to p u t­
in grammar. Dean Staub claims o t i t n h g e r up boys
a j o b on a g r e e n h o r n , so they
that of the 15,000 students that p l a n n e d a n e l a b o r a t e s c h e m e t o give
m e a good s c a re . W h o first s u g g e s t ­
have passed through the U. dur­ ed
it, I n e v e r l e a r n e d b u t I fa n cy it
ing his residence, 70 per cent w as K e nton.
m o r n i n g we w e re s a w i n g wood,
were fairly well grounded in the w h One
e n P e d d l e , w ho h a d been to tow n
fundamentals, 50 per cent being r e t u r n e d a n d r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e I n ­
th e w a r path a n d th at
well grounded. But how about d t h i a e n s m il w i e ti re a on
h a d been c alled o u t. He
the 30 per cent who were not s a i d th e I n d i a n s w e r e n o t f a r off and
i g h t c o m e d o w n o u r way a n y tim e
even fairly well grounded? These m
At first I w a s s o m e w h a t i n c r e d u lo u s ,
must have been graduates from but as 1 d id not t h e n k n o w t h a t the
I n d i a n s h a d le f t t h a t p a r t o f the
the high schools.
c o u n t r y y e a r s ago, a n d t h e boys a c t ­
It is significant that the U. e d as if t h e y be lie ved it, I b e g a n to
dropped 100 lately, for not being t h i n k it m u t be t r u e . I t h a n k e d my
r e v o lv e r b u t r e ­
up to the mark, and the U. of s g t r a e r t s t e d I h I a d h a t d h a s t h o big
t off a ll t h e sh e lls
Washington, year before last, e x c e p t a b o u t h a lf a d oz en. T h e n e a r ­
m ile s a w a y a n d I
dropped 500 or about 5 per cent e d s e t t e s r t m o i r n e e d w a t h s e five
n e x t d a y to w a lk ove r
a n d lay in a s u p p l y . I n i m a g i n a t i o n
of its student body.
a l l a n t fight
That the present school system I a g sa a i w n s t m y o se v e lf r w m h e a l k m i n i g n g a o g dds,
and 1
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elieve
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hom e that
tends to superficiality instead of
d a y , it w o u ld h a v e b e e n to t h e effect
thoroughness, was acknowledged t h a t I w o u ld sell my life d e a r l y a n d
at Atlantic City, recently where m a k e a t l e a s t six I n d i a n s j u s t bite
the National Educational Associa­ t h e D u d r u i st.
n g t h e r e s t of t h e m o r n i n g
tion met. This body suggestec a n d a f t e r n o o n t h e I n d i a n f o r m e d th e
longer school terms as a possible a to b p o ic u t of b a r c r o i n c v a d e r i s n a g t io t h n e . h o F u e s n e t o a n n d sp c o a k u e ­
correction of the unmistakable t io n e d us a g a i n s t s a y i n g a n y t h i n g to
wife, us h e did n ot wish h e r to be
modern tendency to make educa­ f his
rig h ten ed .
By n i g h t i t h o r o u g h l y
tion “easy” at the expense of be lie ved t h a t t h e I n d i a n s m u s t be
n e a r , b u t d id not e x p e c t t h e m for
thoroughness.
tw o o r t h r e e days.
1 prayed that
Here is the root of the matter. t h e m i l i t i a m i g h t so o n a r r i v e o n t h e
For some years past, there has scene.
A f t e r s u p p e r P e d d i e w e n t to do
been a continuous effort to make s o m e c h o r e s a t a b a r n on a n a d j o i n ­
f a r m w h i c h t h e o w n e r h a d left
things easy for the pupils. An ing
in his c h a r g e . A b o u t 20 r o d s e a s t of
old teacher, some twenty-five t h i s b a r n w as a c r e e k w h ic h a t t h a t
sufficiently f r o z e n to allow
years ago, remarked to the writ­ t b i e m in e g was
c r o s s e d on foot.
S oon a f t e r
er, that there was too much men­ P e d d i e h a d g o n e , M a h o n e y g o t up
tal mastication done for the s a y i n g he wus g o in g o v e r to a N o r ­
w e g i a n s w ho liv ed a b o u t tw o m ile s
pupils.
o n t h e west. T h e r e s t of us w e r e s i t ­
t
The result has been disastrous i n g a r o u n d t h e t a b l e t a l k i n g a n d
s m o k i n g , w h e n in r u s h e d P e d d i e
and detrimental to their true in­ a l m o s t b r e a t h l e s s f r o m h a s t e , e x ­
interests. And along with this c l a i m i n g in e x c i t e d t o n e s " T h e I n ­
an s ure at th e c ree k .”
W e all
there has been a speeding up j d u i m
p e d up in a h u r r y . K e n to n w e n t
process, so that instead of put­ to t h e w in d o w a n d l is te n i n g a m o ­
ting the book through the pupil, s m h e o n ts. t , T sa u id r n i n h g e to h e m a e r d h e s h to o ld u t s m e a n to d
the pupil has been put through g e t m y r e v o lv e r . I r a n u p s t a i r s a n d
b e g u n lo a d i n g t h e r e v o l v e r but I was
the book. In education, slow and so
n e r v o u s t h a t I m a d e slow w o rk of
it, a n d K e n to n k e p t s h o u t i n g to m e
sure is the safest motto.
h u r r y w h ic h m a d e m e all t h e more*
The road to learning is of ne­ to
n e r v o u s.
cessity. steep and arduous. If W h e n 1 w e n t d o w n I fo u n d t h e
the attempt is made to level and o t h e r s h a d a r m e d t h e m s e l v e s w ith
bs. K e n to n sa i d we m u s t
and hard surface it, those who a go x e s d o a n w d n clu
to t r y a n d s a v e D a w s o n ’s
travel it, will be doomed to fail­ s t o c k He w a s t h e o w n e r of t h e
f a r m by t h e c r e e k .
I thought that
ure and disappointment.
r a t h e r foolish b u t as t h e o t h e r s w ere
g o i n g 1 did not like t o h a n g ba ck.
It w a s s u g g e s t e d t h a t 1 s h o u l d let
$60 Each
P e d d l e h a v e m y r e v o l v e r a s h e was
“It will cost $60 apiece for us t h e best sh o t. T h is I l e a r n e d l a t e r
to run the United States govern­ was f o r f e a r I m ig h t do s o m e s h o o t ­
ing w hic h w o u l d p r o v e too re a lis tic .
ment next year.
1 h a n d e d t h e r e v o l v e r to
“That is the way the total of h R i e m l u c a t a n n d t l y took
a n axe.
We then
$6,500,000,000, the anticipated m a r c h e d b o ldly o u t, P e d d i e a n d
expendture during the fiscal O ’B r i e n in t h e lea d . T h e boys k e p t
twelve months, figure out $60 s a y i n g they h e a r d s h o u t s , b u t as I
was r a t h e r d e a f . I did n o t h e a r a n y ­
for every man, woman and child th
in g .
T h e t h o u g h t did c ro ss m y
in the country.
m in d t h a t It m i g h t b e a false a l a r m ,
“ Nobody can escape the tax. but 1 was so o n c o n v in c e d , a s I sa w
It falls unevenly, but surely. tire f r o m th e g u n s h o t s S o m e o n e was
g r e a t r a t e not f a r f r o m
The man whose income is so s t h h e o o t b i n a g r n . at a My
h e a r t w e n t to my
small that he is not assessed by t h r o a t b u t I did not
give a n y i n d i c a ­
the bureau of internal revenuce tio n of be in g a t r a i d .
has to pay, nevertheless, in the
W h e n we h a d g o n e a o o u t h a l f way,
form of higher rent or food or P e d d l e s t u m b l e d , fell a n d c r y in g out
some other convenience or com­ " O h , 1 h a v e d r o p p e d a n d lost t h e r e ­
n to n t h e n s a i d , " B o y s ,
modity. ” Providence Journal. v we o l v m e r u . s " t go K e buck
to t h e h o u s e , " a n d [
Add city, countv and state b e g a n to r u n I s t a r t e d a ls o a n d
fleet of foot I led, tile o t h e r s j
taxes to this and then figure your u tielng
r g i n g m e on
I a r r i v e d a good llrst,
tax bill. And yet private indus­ a n d r u s h e d Into t h e h o u se . T h e r e I
Mrs K e n to n b u t t h e
try is criticised for organizing to N f o o u r n w d e g n i o a t n only
whom M ahoney had gone
try and curb the rapacity of the to see, a n d a ls o t h e d i s t r i c t sc hool
tax boosters and official spender. a t e t a c D h e a r w . s o n I ’s s h o b u a t r e n d . ” " T h T e h i I s n d I i n a f n o s r m a r a e ­ |
n w as r e ce iv e d w ith m u c h l a u g h ­
Free consultation. Dr. Rhodes, tio
t e r , b u t be in g in d e a d e a r n e s t I k e p t
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in g it was t h e G ospel t r u t h , M rs j
Osteopath, Hotel Estacada, Mon­
e n to n went o u t on t h e p o r c h w h ic h ]
days, Wednesdays and Frdays, K faced
D a w s o n ’s. I t r ie d t o d r a g h e r j
8:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. 7-21 tf.
back d e c l a r i n g I w ould s w e a r to t h e !
Indians.
T h e N orw egian a n d the
sc h o o l tea» lier w e r e n e a r l y b u r s t i n g
t h e i r sid e s w ith l a u g h t e r , w h ic h p r o ­
v o k e d m e so t h a t I w o uld llave b e en
w illin g for t h e I n d i a n s to c o m e a n d
t u r n t h e l a u g h on t h e m .
By t h is
t im e , t h e o t h e r s h a d a r r i v e d a n d
su p p o rte d my s ta te m e n ts , u n til Ma­
honey
appeared
when
they
all
laughed.
T h e plot w a s t h e n disclosed. M a­
h o n e y i n s t e a d of g o i n g to t h e N o r ­
w e g i a n ’s w e n t w i t h P e d d i e t o D a w ­
s o n ’s, a n d a f t e r w a i ti n g a sufficient
t im e b e g a n s h o u t i n g a n d firing.
Peddie had not dropped the revol­
ve r b u t h a d h a n d e d it to O ’B rien.
W ell t h e y e n j o y e d a good j o k e a t my
expense
and
M ahoney
suggested
c ig a r s w e re in o r d e r .
1 t o o k t h e j o k e in g o o d p a r t a l ­
t h o u g h I felt a l i t t l e n e t t l e d . H o w ­
e v er, t h e N o r w e g i a n p o u r e d b a lm on
my f e e l in g s t h e n e x t day, by s a y in g
t h a t b o t h he a n d t h e sc hool t e a c h e r
c o n s i d e r e d I s h o w e d a good de ui of
p lu ck , b e c a u s e I w e n t o u t b e lie v in g
t h e r e w e r e I n d i a n s , w hile t h e o t h e r s
if t h e y h a d t h o u g h t so, w o u ld ha v e
t r e m b l i n g l y s o u g h t a s a f e h i d in g
place,__________________________________
MONEY TO LOAN $2500.00
to loan on Rood improved real
estate. See S. E. Wooster. 37tf
FOR SALE 10 Raupe Win­
chester pump, perfect condition,
like new. See Burt Moore. Es­
tacada. Oregon.
7-30
HAVE YOUR SHOES REPAIRED
-at-
The Progressive
American Shoe Shop
HARRY JOHNSON, Prop. *
Painting,
Paper Hanging
and Tinting.
Executors’ Notice
In t h s County C o u r t o f th e S t a t e of
O regon, fo r ClacI- a m a s County.
In th e m a t t e r of the E s t a t e of H e n ry
M. Looney, deceased: —
N O T I C E is h e r e b y given t h a t the
C ounty C o u rt of C lac k am a s County,
S t i t e of Oregon, h a s a p pointe d E lv a M.
Looney and W a l t e r J . Looney, E x e c u ­
to rs of th e E s t a t e of H e n ry M. Looney,
deceased, w ith th e will annexed.
All
persons ha v in g claims a g a i n s t said Es­
t a t e a r e h ereby notiiled to p r e s e n t the
sam e to e it h e r o f -aid E x e c u to r s a t E s ­
tacada, Oregon, or to E. W. B a r t l e t t
a tt o r n e y for said E s t a t e a t his office in
E sta c a d a , Oregon, properlv verified
w ithin six m o nths fro m tne d a te o f the
first publication of this notice.
E lva M. L ooney ,
W alter T. L ooney ,
E x e c u to r s o f th e E s t a t e of H e n r y M.
Looney, w ith th e will annexed.
F i r s t publication J u l y 7, 1921.
L a st iHiiilication A u g u s t s, 1921.
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Camping Outfits, Electric
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Grasses is during haying and harvest. Don’t neglect
saving out some of the best and matching it up with
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inp pet my prices. I will
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can furnish it. I will do
your work by day or con­
tract. Leave your orders at
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at Estacada.
Announcement
Always at home eveninps at res­
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A FURTHER
Big Reduction!
of 5 Per Cent to 18 Per Cent.
ON ALL MODELS OF
CHEVROLET,
Makes a total
AVERAGE
REDUCTION of
24.8 Per Cent
As Compared with the Prices o f May I, 1921.
in Fisk
■-prices d o e s not
mean a lowered quality.
e d u c t io n
R
Every Fisk Tire, large or
small, is a standard Fisk
Tire.
Present low prices are on
tires which have made
the name Fisk famous
for quality and mileage.
There is no better tire
value in the world than a
Fisk Tire at the present
price.
Sold only by Dealers
HERE ARE THE NEW PRICES
Representing the Biggest Reduction we
know of in the price of a standard make
Automobile.
ESTACADA PRICES:
F. B.
Model 490 (Baby Grand Model
Roadster
Touring
Coupe
Sedan .
Delivery .
$ 775
.
.
$1180
.
$1180
.
.
1875
.
.
1875
775
1220
1220
780
W e can Make Immediate Delivery
Willard Storage Batteries for Sale.
CASCADE GARAGE
W IL C O X BRO S.