EASTERN CLACKAM AS N EW S is not (food at this particular time. expects to come sometime in Apr:l Such feeds, with cold water, cold r May When he does he will buy Data compiled by the Traffi- de­ drafts, or lying out at night on . f arm somewhere in Western Ore­ partment o f the Port o f Portland damp ot^ frozen ground, are the gon. His previous correspondence commission for the first eighteen chief causes o f caked udder or with the department states that he days o f March show 1 vessels hav­ garget. will invest b< twen eight and ten ing cr.teri d the Port c f Portland thousand dollars. and 59 vessels cleared carrying car­ S P R IN G T IM E " S K I N " G A M E S go for 70 d.fferent world ports o f FACTS ABOUT TH E TELEPH ONE which 59 were in foreign countries. [ Ucs:de;-: th0 perpetual peripatetic PORT OF PORT! AND REPORT The foreign ports were as fol- ! peddlers who are always working lows: England 4, Germany 4, B e l-1 this territory extracting a few dol- gium 2, Dcnmnrk 4, Holland 2, j lars here and ihere to fatten up France 3, Japan 7, China 5, Chile some hig city that doesn’t need the 2, Peru 6, Colombia 3, 1 each to money half as bad as Estacada Costa Rica, Uruguay, Ireland, Swe- does, every spring a new crop o f den, Salvador and Argentine, Aus- , agents, canvassers and also a crop tral a 4, and Hawaiian Island 4. | o f plain bunco artists gives the About two-thirds o f the business i c f taxi cabs comes through tele­ phone calls. Ports of call in the United States town the once-over and goes their were asfollows: New York, Boston, with more or less hard earned Baltimore, Philadelphia, Wilming-1 oa^h in their j. ans. About half the number o f tele­ phones in Lousiana are located in the city o f New Orleans. In 1896 there were less than 500 t dephones in the city of Quebec. Now there are about 17,000. There arc 62 689 tclephon > sub­ scribers i.i the city o f Rochester, ton North Carolina, Providt nee, R. For argument, the average ped- I., Tampa, Florida, Houston and dler claims he can sell cheaper than N. Y., just 53 ,530 more than there Galveston, Texas, Mobile, Ala., New ! home folks because he pays no rent were twenty years ago. More than nine muiion calls per Orleans, La., San Francisco, Oak- no insurance, no taxes, no light land, Los Angeles, San Diego, Cal, ! bills, no clerks; he boasts o f dodg- year are handled by the private The manufacturers o f Portland the itms which makes Esta- branch telephone exchange o f one Chicago’s largest department are steadily pushing tehir products '’ ada worth living in. A s a rule o f into n. v tem to ry as indicated by those who patronize the peddler get stores. In one telephone exchange in the a recent shipment o f office desks 110 Elich advantage for gas and which was made to Lima Peru, transportation, hotel bills and tha city o f Hartford, Conn., there are wdth the re-adjustment service co »alary he draws leaves no margin six pairs of sisters employed, and one set o f three sisters, while the South America. Ther ewdll evident- worth notice on honest goods. Iy be some interesting figures by Granting there was a trifling ad- matron has two daughters serving as the end of the year. vantage, think o f hitting everybody operators. One thousand six hundred oper­ ■— ■ — — -------------- - else in town to save a few nickles. FARM R E M IN D E R S And think also o f the danger of ators are employed in Milwaukie by ------------ I putting faith in the word o f stran- the Wisconsin Telephone Company, A critical time in a c alf’s life is j^ers. House-to-house canvassing That is equal to the total number when his feed is changed from milk bag proven to be the most expensive o f telephones in the city just 40 to skim milk notes the Oregon ex- way 0f s Ling goods, and merchants years ago, in 1886. There is an average every day périment station. Changing very no i011(?er practice that method for gradually by adding a little skim th.s re son, confining their efforts in the City o f St. Louis o f more mi k to the whole milk each day jargely to advertising in the local than 1,250,000 local telephone calls and 3,333 long distance calls. The will avoid scours, newspapers. average daily number o f suburban ~ ‘ "T- , 1 Referring to another class o f get- Hannchen barley, the bes of rich-quick games it is usually safe calls is 17 413. spring barleys for Westenr Oregon, to gteer clear o f stock salegmen, and Trebi, another good o n , for ir- for there ¡H alr(,ady enoUf, h pretty PAGE T H U R S D A Y , M A R C H 25 were entertained on Tuesday after­ [ was nearly three times that o f the a series o f attractive dances at the noon, March the 16th. at the home Cogswell hall, Eagle Creek. Their ■ ame month last year. of ! ss Maud Stuigcon, a member dance is Saturday night, More than 44,000 cars were pro­ first o f the club. The house was decor­ duced by Chevrolet the opening March 27th. ated most attractively in shain- nonth o f this yc»r which eclipses Mr anu Mrs. H. C. Gohring have i 0 cks ar.d other th'ngs in keeping i any previous January record in the returned lorn their trip to Spokane with St. Patrick's day. A general (company’s history. and report a very pleasant time, good time was h d and a delicicui In Lh0 west, the sales gain of fh ey have as their guest a former lunch was servedi during tne after­ Chevrolet in January, as compared friend who came home with thijm. noon. with a year ago, was close on to Dr. Rhodes and w ife were Port­ Mrs. Mary Ross and her daughter 50 per cent. Reports from dealers Miss Lenore have been here several land visitors on Saturday. in the territory lead F. N. Coats, days this week. They were looking Mrs, Heylinan and guest, Mrs. Chevrolet Regional Sales Manager, aftr their lumber business. Clark, were Portland visitors Fri­ to predict an overwhelmingly big Miss Lillian Homedew % Mr. and day and Suturuay, -March. Mrs. Raymond Lovelace and Mr. The high school students, gave a February’s production for this Lioyd Saiing drove up to Govern­ little social dance at the Masonic popu’ ar light car was 52,000, or ment camp on Sunday. hall on Friday evening. in arly twice that of the same month Mrs. A . W . Botkin and her aunt, J. V. H .ad , associate-editor o f the i in 1925. Miss W hiting were Portland visitors News was an Uregon City visitor Reserve stocks against the re­ on Thursday. Other passengers on on Sunday, driving down in com­ quirement of the spring rush have the train that morning were Mrs. pany with Mr. and Mrs. Hayden and been nearly depleted in the Pacific Perry Anderson and Mr. Worden, guests. Coast region. W estern Chevrolet Miss Betty Wallace was called to The band dance on Saturday ev­ dealers from Arizona to Washington It is are clamoring for more cars with Seattle this week co care for Mrs. ening was well attended. John Dunseath who is quite ill. The understood these dances will be held which to satisfy the unpreceded Dunseaths are former residents of every Saturday evening until fur­ buying wave. this community. She is a niece of ther notice. Old time amusement Last year Chevrolet led the three Mr. and Mrs, Hurst. seems to be very popular these days. speed car field by building more Dr. W . W . Rhodes has been in Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hayden had as than 5 0 0,00 0 units. O f this amount the Pacific Coast territory absorbed Portland this last week where he has guests over the week-end Jimmie He has and Mary Gibbons o f Oregon City. ..0,000, or one tenth of the total. had his eyes attended to. According to Coats, Chevrolet will been suffering terirbiy with them They were in attendance at the out-shadow this figure by a con- but it is hoped that this trouble dance at Sandy Saturday night. shall soon be overcome and he may derable margin this year. Mr, A . Demoy has recently pur­ be welt again. chased an automobile and so will Local News Items Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Syron were guests o f Portland relatives over the week-end. .Mr. ar.d Mrs. Earl LaForge and children went isto Portland on Sun­ day to visit with relatives, Mr. and Mrs. R, Thomas Carter and Mrs. H. A. Labarre were Port­ land visitors on Monday. SA LES R E C O R D S E N D A N G E R E D The Yocum mill has started run­ yeliow. hacked certificates in Clack- ning again which means employ­ Automobile production and sales amft3 cuunty but not worth the pu. ment for a number o f local men. pfir th(iy ure printed on to repaper records o f 1925 are in jeopardy. Mr. and Mrs. Roger W . Cary Epoch-making as these last years th« old court house and representing totals were they are already being who form erly resided here, but now enough -hard cash to build several overshadowed by early 1926 fig ­ of Portland, were visiting in this Certified planting of certified fine new court houses such as this ures. vicinity on Sunday. seed potatoes pays in Oregon, says county now needs. The ordinary January production of Chevrolet The American Legion is planning G. R. Hyslop, agronomist at the ex- citizen had best stick close on ln- periment station, becuuse they usu- vestments near at hand which he rigated sections arc usually planted in these locations at two bushels an acre, accordingr^^th^expcinment station. Early planting give the largest yields. __________ ally make a larger yield. Although can watch, the merits o f certified seeds ure pronounced, many growers hesitate O R E G O N SETTLERS IN C R E A S E to use them for fear they will not -------------- be able to produce certified stock. The fame o f Oregon as a goal The total supply of certified seeds for home seekers has been carried in the United States is small. on the waves of the Southern seas. _________________ ! This is the story that was t o ld ! Oats and Canadian peas are crops i " fhe Land Settlement Department to be sown in March and early ° f the Portland Chamber o f Com- ^ April in parts o f Oregon where mere* and the Oregon State Cham- [ there is not enough acreage of le- her o f commerce a few days ago gume hay, according to G. It. H y- when John Rogler and his son Paul i slop, agronomist at the experiment came in and said they were looking stution. In Western Oregon the for an Oregon poultry ranch and white Canadian variety has been small dairy. very good, while in eastern Oregon Mr. Rogler and his son were for- ■ Carleton and Kaiser have been par- nierly from Tomahawk, Wisconsin, j ticuiarly successful. In some warm and have recently returned to the ^ sections, as Douglas county and United Stat»*s from a sojourn in Bra- other southern counties, and in z*h, South America. W hile on ship some o f the Snake and the Co’.um- boagd, as they ploughed through the bia river valley sections where the tropic seus, they heard o f Oregon. | elevation is low nnd the growing Their informant was T. C. Oli- season hot, soybeans may be worth v,’r> an American from Lousiana, while, who had spent some years in South , ______________ America and was returning to the Oregon cows receiving roughage states. He told his interested li s - , during the eight or ten weeks that t ners that he had been in corres- they are dry are getting th0 proper pondenco with the Land Settlement feeds, says the experiment station. Department o f the Portland and A daily allowance o f two pounds o f Oregon State Chambers, and he bran or oats or a mixture of two gava them some of the Oregon lit- purts each o f bran and oats and oral ure he hud received, one part o f linseed meal or corn- The result was, that as the tall oil niukes a proper feed for a cow 1 peaks o f the Andes faded away the near calving. Rome roots, cabbage, vision of Oregon came closer. Of pumpkins, or squishes are also very that group on shipboard coming out good. Highly carbonaceous rough- o f the Southern seas, the Roglers age. such ns straw or corn stalks, are here, and Mr. Oliver himself Schock Bros. Local Distributors for the HOLLOVMT GUARANTEED RADIO Complete with all Equipment Let us give you a Demonstration of this Instrument. There is No Better Machine on the Market for the Money. Miss Laura Douglass, daughter o f Mr. and Mrs. A . W . Douglass oi Estacada Heights and Mr. Claude Marrs o f Dodge were married last week. The news joins with their friends in this community in wish­ ing them much happiness. be able to come home from his work at Oregon City, to be with his fam ­ ily. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Stephens had as their guest on Friday night Mrs. E. K. Scott who came out to take part in the Choral Society’s program The Past W orthy Matron club of at the Liberty Theater on that even­ Mountain chapter No. 108, O. E. S., I ing. 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