CLACKAMAS COUNTY N E W S
FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1911
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Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Lankins and
daughters visited Sunday with Mrs.
Lankin’s mother, Mrs. Ernest Evan-
Government Camp--.
Highway clear, no chains requir­ »ou at Kedland.
ed; 12 inches o f snow, trace o f new
Sunday visitors at the home of
on pack, 34 degrees light west wind, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Tunnler Sr. were
intermittent snow and rain.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bartholomew and
Timberline
sond Bobby o f Estacada.
Highway clear, no chains requir­
Mrs. Harry Traylor visited Sunday
ed, 52 inches o f snow, one inch new,
evening with her daughter Mrs. N or­
powder on pack; 28 degrees light
man Lamb in Portland.
west wind, snowing.
RAIN, SNO W HIT MT. HOOD
DOES FORD PAY GOOD WAGES?
H ere ar e som e f ac t s about Ford Labor.
parison of compensation insurance costs:
During the year ended November 30th,
1910, the Ford Payroll throughout the
United States averaged 113,628 hourly
wage earners, not including office em­
ployes, students, or executives. They were
paid $185,105,639.12. On this basis, the
average annual wage was $1,629.05.
The national average rate in automotive
manufacturing plants as computed by the
National Association of Underwriters is
in excess of $1.50 premium on each $100
payroll. The Ford cost of workmen’s
compensation is less than 50c.
This indicates that the chance o f injury
in a Ford plant is much less than in the
average automobile plant.
According to the latest available govern­
ment figures, the annual average wage of
all workers in employment covered by
old age insurance law was $841.00.
The Ford Motor Company has no age
lim it for labor, and in fact deliberately
attempts to keep older workers working.
The average age o f Ford workers at the
Rouge and nearby plants is 38.7.
If the 45,000,000 workers of this country
received the same average wage as Ford
employes, they would have had additional
wages o f more than $35,000,000,000, thus
increasing the national income about
50%. Think what such an increase would
mean to the workers o f this country and
to the American farmer, whose prices are
based on the national income.
A recent check-up shows that nearly one-
half the workers at these Ford plants were
40 or over, falling into these age groups:
25,819
14,731
3,377
417
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W age scales in the Ford Rouge plants are
divided into three classifications:
U nskilled . . .
Minimum hiring wage . 75c per hour
between 40
between 50
between 60
between 70
between 80
and
and
and
and
and
50
60
70
80
90
In addition to the so-called regular em­
ployes, the Ford Motor Company has
hired, and now has on the payroll, at the
same regular hourly wage, thousands o f
workers who are blind, crippled or other­
wise incapacitated for normal productive
work. They are not selected for their
ability to build cars or to maintain the
plant. They are on the payroll because o f
Henry Ford’s belief that the responsibility
o f a large company to labor goes be­
yond the point at which the unfortunate
worker can no longer produce profitably.
Semi-skilled . . .
Minimum hiring wage . 80c per hour
Skilled . . .
Minimum hiring wage . 90c per hour
Higher wages are in consideration of
ability and years o f service.
Minimum wage scales for unskilled labor
at the Rouge plant are the highest in the
industry. Top wages for skilled labor
compare favorably with, or are higher
than, wages in other automobile plants.
The above are facts. They are open to
anyone who really wants to deal in facts.
Anyone who wants to get a job . . . buy a
car . . . or place a national defense con­
tract on the basis o f fair labor treat­
ment must place Ford at the top
of his eligible list.
N o w some facts on Ford labor conditions:
N o t only are sanitation and other health
Condi, as the best in the industry, but
Ford also leads in safety devices for the
protection of employes. Proof of
this is found in the follow in g com­
IS COMPLETED
The Welches school gymnasium
was ready for use when the children
returned to school after their Xmas
holidays. They were very much de­
lighted over it and are enjoying the
games and organized play. The stage
has a beautiful velour curtain and
the gymnasium has excellent lighting
Application fo r use * f the gym by
any organization must be made thri
the princapal’ s office. The basketball
team from the Zigzag CCC camp has
applied for use o f the gym for tw<i
nights a week.'
Hot lunches are being served free
to the children by the P aren t-Tea
cher association.
In the spring the Parent-Teachei
association will sponsor an entertain«
ment, the proceeds to help finance
the hot lunches.
The enrollment o f the school ha»
fallen o f f considerably due to fam>
ilies moving to other locations to find
work.
Sandy Pioneer
Called by Death
The death o f Mrs. Anna Florenco
Duke at the home o f her son Cecil
O. Duke in Sandy saw the passing
o f another pioneer o f this section o f
Oregon.
Deceased was born December 30,
1867 on the old Wheeler farm home
east o f Gresham and was 73 years
and 12 days old at her death. F ifty-
three years ago this coming February
she married Jeremiah C. Duke on the
old Streban farm near Gresham. Mr.
Duke died January 20, 1929.
Surviving relatives are her son Ce­
cil O. Duke o f Sandy, grandson Chau,
Duke of Sandy and three brothers,
Charles and John Wheeler o f Bor­
ing and Curtis Wheeler o f Troutdale.
Mrs. Duke was a member o f the
Friends' church and was a past mat­
ron o f Mountain V iew chapter, Order
o f the Eastern Star at Sandy.
She had been bedfast since last
August and on the sick list since last
June.
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Funeral services were held W ed­
nesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the
Carroll Funeral home in Gresham
... .*e.v,ce .n cha.ge o f Rev.
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L. Magoon and acrid)ers o.
Mountain V iew chapter o f the East­
ern Star o f Sandy. Interment follow-
ed in Douglas cemetery.
GRA NGE A T SA N D Y IN
A L L D A Y M EETIN G
An all day meeting o f the Sandy
grange was held last Saturday start­
ing at 10:30 o’clock. Featuring the
program fo r the day was the presen*
tation o f degree work which was judg
ed and compared with that presented
by other Clackamas county granges.
Eagle Creek grange members were,
special guests and furnished the pro*
gram during the lecture hour.
A potluck lunch was enjoyed at
noon.
Thomas R. Howitt
Died Last Friday
Icy Pavement
Causes Accidents
Ic y pavement on a curve one and
one half miles above Brightwood caus­
ed six accidents before 8 o’clock Sun­
day morning. Only one person was in­
jured although six cars in volved in
the accidents suffered dented fenders
and crumpled tops.
Skidding cars
turned over, struck telephone poles
and side swiped other cars.
A car driven by Douglas Thompson
o f Portland figured in the major ac­
cident o f the morning and George
Hosetete a passenger was taken to a
Portland hospital suffering cuts. Ot­
her passengers in the Thompson car
were L yle Thompson, Jack Shavr,
Noel Clarette and Wallace Norden
Most o f the cars were bound for
the skiing grounds at Mt. Hood.
A t a meeting o f the Sandy Sports­
men's association last Wednesday ev­
ening a committee was apvointed to
go before the state game commission
and determine what progress has been
made in the proposed elk stocking ii|
Clackamas and Multnomah counties.
Donald C. Bauer « h o has been pro­
moting such stocking was in atten­
Bom December 4, 1868 in Iowa,
dance by invitation and explained
he was married in Portland in 1910.
the previous promise to the iame
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
commission.
Maude Howitt, a daughter Mrs. E l­
izabeth A rct o f Portland, a son Fred
Howitt o f Gresham, two grandchil­
F I N A L RITES ARE HELD
dren, a brother G. K. How itt o f Port­
land and a sister Mrs. M ertie Lewis FOR MRS. SQUIRES
Thomas R. Howitt, 72, fo r 42 years
in the wholesale and retail meat bu­
siness at Gresham died Friday in
a Portland hospital. He had resided in
Oregon fo r 68 years and while here
had served 21 years on the city coun­
cil. He was known here also fo r hi^
hobby o f raising racehorses.
also o f Portland.
Funeral services were held Monday
at 2 p.m. at the Gresham Methodist
church. Burial was made at Multno­
mah cemetery under direction o f the
Carroll Funeral home.
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D O VER
Eleanor W ilcox daughter o f Mr.
and Mrs. Guy W ilcox o f Dover was
married to Fred Hammers o f Pleas­
ant Home at Vancouver, Wash., on
December 31. Mr. Hammers drives a
logging truck, a number o f Dover
people gave them a chavarari Satu-
urday evening.
Leona Uudegrave hopes to be back
to her studies some time this week)
Mr. Taylor has opened the Sunday
school fo r the rest o f the winter
months. Everyone interested is in­
vited to attend.
Final rites were held in Gresham
at the Carroll Funeral home on Tues­
day o f last week fo r Mrs. Melissa J.
Squires o f route one, Sandy, who died
at the home o f E ly Hartsell in Sandy
following a week long Illness. Inter­
ment followed at Cliffside cemetery
with Dr. Silas E. Fairham offic ia t­
ing.
Surviving relatives are one son, F.
A .Thomas, o f Sandy, one sister,
Mrs. Maggie Gadd o f Clark, Colorado,
two brothers, S. E. Thomas o f M ar­
shall, Iowa and D. W. Thomas o f
Eagle Grove, Iowa.
Mrs. Sqquires came to Sandy four
years ago from Warren Co., Iowa, her
birthplace. Mr. »quires died in 1914.
Pall bearers at the funeral were
Rosa E. Clapp, Otto B. Matz, J. A.
\nderson, R. W. Slater, and B. C,
Br.ike-. Singers were Mrs. Matz and
Mrs John Anderson.
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Seventh
Day
Adventist
Sabbath school at 9:30 a.m.
Pleaching at 11 a.m.
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Church of Christ
Win. Henderson o f Portland and
Airs. Aleyevs o i Uak Grove were cul­
lers ul tne Alutl Park home Alonday
Frienus ox Air. and Airs. Potts are
sorry to near ut their auto accruent
last week. Airs. Potts was taken to
the hospital.
Air. and Mrs. Matt Jagmin uni.
children Dean and Donna Lee have
just returned from a California trip..
They spent the holidays with Airs,
Jagmin’s brother ltoy Brown and fa­
mily and Air. and Mrs. Bill West and
baby ol' Alameda. They report a won­
derful time having seen Golden Gate
park and the giant redwoods and
many other wonders o f the sunny
south.
Miss Clarice Ostroud o f Seattle,
Wash., niece o f Mrs. Stahlnecker’s
spent the holidays with Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Stahlnecker. Miss Ostroud amj
Lowell Stahlnecker were dinner guests
o f Mr. and Mrs. Alatt Park Thurs­
day night.
Bible study and worship as usual
each Lord’s day at the church of
Christ west o f the grade school be­
ginning at 10 a.m.
Christian Church Notes
10 a.m., bible school. “ Do you
know that it is appointed unto men
once to die, and a fter this cometh
the judgment.” Are you prepared
to meet the Son o f God? Here is the
way. Read and Practice.
W e welcome you to our bib'q
school.
11 a.m., hour o f worship. Everyone
believes in giving praise to the per­
son who deserves it. How much more
so should we praise the Creator God
who also is our Heavenly Father-
Sermon subject, “ The Fight of
Faith.”
Estacada Methodist Church
Sunday school at 9 :50 a.m.
Mr. and Mrs. George Brown and
Public worship at 11. Sermon sub­
son Roger spent the week end with
ject “ The W hy o f It.”
Mr. Brown’s father, Bruce Brown.
Freddy, Buzzy and Patricia Ran­
Epworth league, 7 p.m.
Louis Bogden who has been ill with
dall spent Sunday afternoon with
the flu was taken to the hospital on
Lawrence and Odessie Wisner.
Monday.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCHES
The farmers o f this community
B. E. M iller was in Elwood on
« r t A C R A M E N T ” was the subject of
were busy last week clearing the right business errands Monday.
the Lessen - Sermon
In
all
o f way fo r the new electric line. The
Churches of Christ, Scientist, on
Mr. and Mrs. A lfe id Doyle visited
work seemed to progress rather rap­ the formers father who is very ill
Sunday, January 12.
idly.
T h e Golden Text was, “The grace
in the Oregon City hopsital last Sat­
of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the
urday.
They
report
his
condition
a?
John Rhodes and O. E. Wisner
love of God, and the communion
worked at the school house Saturday. much improved.
of
This time they were successful in re­
moving the pipe and broken pump,
They expect to get a new pump in
this week.
Churches
Presbyterian Church
Springwater—
Morning worship at 10 a.m.
Junior Endeavor at 10 a.m.
Young People’s Fellowship 7 p.m.
Missionary Society meets the se­
cond Thursday o f each month.
Ladies aid meets the fourth Thurs­
day o f the month.
Eagle Creek—
Sunday school at 10 a.m.
Morning worship at 11:15 a.m.
Missionary Society meets the first
Wednesday o f the month.
St. Aloysius Cahtolic Church
Masses will be said as follows:
Estacada
1st and 2nd Suncray at 11 a.m.
Mesdames Ed Triripler, Tom Jubb,
'H arry Traylor and F. j i I Lankins at­
tended the Pomona grange meeting
I
at Milwaukie
Wedoo dny.
Ed Trim pler spent several
last week with her sister Mrs
in Por.iand.
T raylor spent the week end
at the coast.
be
with
you
Am ong the citations which com­
prised the Lesson-Sermon were the
following from the Bible: “Now we
exhort you, brethren, w arn them
that arv unruly, comfort the feeble«
minded, support the weak, be pa­
tient toward all men. See that none
render evil for evil unto any m an;
but ever follow t'.ir.t which Is good,
both among yourselves, and to all
men. Rejoice evermore. Pray with­
out ceasing.
In everything give
thanks: for this is the will of G od
In Christ Jesus concerning you.
Quence not the Spirit" ( I Thess.
6:14-19).
T he Lesson-Sermon also Included
the following correlative passages
from the Christian Science textbook,
"Science and Health with K ey to
the Scriptures" by M ary Baker
Eddy: “A re all who eat bread and
drink wine in memory of Jesus
w illing truly to drink his cup, take
his cross, and leave all for the
Christ-principle? Then why ascribe
this inspiration to a dead rite. In­
stead of showing, by casting out er­
ror and making the body ‘holy,
acceptable unto G od,’ that Truth
has come to the understanding?’’
(Pg. 33).
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LIFE INSURANCE
PO LICIES O W N E D BY
6 4 .0 0 0 ,0 0 0 OF US I S A
R E S E R V E OF * 2 9 B IL L IO N — " V
A BIG PAR T O F O UR S T A K E IN
G O V E R N M E N T , A G R IC U L T U R E
a n d I n d u s t r y .
HAT
are
SOME OF THE W AVS IN WHICH
t h e s e d o ll a r s a r e p u t to w o r k
[P o l ic y o w n e r s '
MONEY IN UTILITY
BONOS IS ENOUGH
TO PROVIDE LIGHT
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ficken spent Sun­
day with their daughter Mrs. Everett
Osborne at Estae .dr...
John Brugger o f Portland spent
Friday with his uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Tamili"- Sr.
Ghost,
WHATS YOUR.
STAKE IN U.S.?
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schweitzer and
daughter Leora o f Garfield spent
Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Me
Comb.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lankins and
o r ighters Dor.s, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Tr.m pler and Mr* Harry Traylor at-
trid ed the card party at the Hardin#
g nnge hall Sat i l l ry evening. E ar1
Lankins won the gentlemen’s first
prize.
,
Holy
OUR DEMOCRACY
VIOLA
The annual telephone meeting of
the Clear Creek M utu»I telephone
company was held Monday at the
Harding grange hall at Logan. The
inerting was ca led to order by (he
p ie;'dent II. O. De'ano. It was voted
to make the co npany strictly a mu­
t e »; telephone company and to do
tl,ia it will b° n.ro *s i *y fo r a few c f
r T ie rs to take stock in the company.
Ear] Lankins w is reelected director
f'n a term o f fiv? years and L. Funk
was reelected s retary fo r one year.
the
all’’ (IX Cor. 13:14).
Thomas C. Duncan, Alinister
Thelma Bowman spent Sunday
iwith the Gibson girls and in the a f­
ternoon they went on a hike.
St. John’s Church, George
Sunday school at 1 p.m.
Sunday attendance at Porter was
Church seivice at 2 pm. first and
the largest since last May. There were
44 present in the morning and 4ft third Sundays o f each month.
Another guardian health dinner w ilf
Ernest Bontrager le ft Monday a f­
be given at the A. R. King home at ternoon fo r Harrisburg, Ore., where
he will conduct a singing class. How­
one o’clock Sunday.
A bazaar is to be given at the ever he will spend the week endsin
school house Friday evening with a this community. His singing school
will last about four week.s
short program by the school children.
The proceeds will be used fo r the hof
Vernon Botkin spent part o f his
lunch project.
Xmas vacation visiting his brother
at OSC at Corvallis.
INTO ELK STOCKING
Welches
11 a.m. every Sunday
PORTER
Grandma Randal] visited Sunday
with her daughter Mrs. Henry Chris­
Ray K ing was one o f the three tensen.
Sandy high students that attendee}
Harry Randall was a dinner guest
the F F A meeting at Gresham Friday
tTf Bobby Groves Sunday and in the
afternoon.
afternoon the boys accompanied by
A rlfie Updegrave, Robert Craft,
Misses Betty and Marion Jennings
Ray King and Ted Mudrow attended
went to join Freddy Randall and Law­
the basketball game Friday eve.
rence Wisner who had gone fo r a hika
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Bodley attend­ ir* the woods but they were unsuc­
ed the grange meeting Saturday at cessful in finding them. A ll met at
Sandy.
the Wisner home in the evening.
SA N D Y MEN INQUIRE
Sandy
1st and 2nd Sunday 1»' 9 tf
3rd, 4th and 5th Sundays it 1 l. ->
ELWOOD
at night.
W ELCHES SCHOOL GYM
I, 4th and 5th Sund :> - a
AND ROWER FOR
NEARLY ZOOOPOO
HOMES
[ M o n e y in u . s . ^
BONDS IS ENOUGH
TO BUILD
30
BOULDER DAMS f
[JjNVESTM ENT IN
INDUSTRY IS ENOUGH
| TO SUPPLY FACTORY
I BUILDINGS AND
EQUIPMENT TO KEF’
260.000 WORK?
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MOUNT OF P O LIC Y O W N E R S M ONEY IN
P R O P E R T IE S AND M O R T G A G E S IS ENOUGH
TO G IV E M O D E R N H O U S IN G FOR.
M O RE THAN 6 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 PERSONS.
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