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CLACKAMAS COUNTY NEWS
Clackamas County News
PROFESSIONAL
CARDS
L. D. MKADE, Editor and Publisher
Published weekly on Fridays at Estacada, Clnekama County, .Oregon.
Entered in the postoffice at Estacada, Oregon, as aecond-c.das matter.
DR. H. V. A D I X
Physician and Surgeon
Physiotherapy— X-Ray
Radium,
Tel 5941
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Gresham, Ore
Dr. H. A. Schneider
DENTIST
Phone Sandy 151
Sandy, Oregon
O. D. E B Y
Attorney at Law
General Practice
Confidential
Adviser
Oregon C ity-:- Oregon
S. E WOOSTER
Real Estate, Loans, Insurance
and Rentals
Tel. 77*3
Estacada, Ore.
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Dr. Thomas B. Carter
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Veterinary Surgeon
Phone Gresham 210
Dairy Herd Inspector for
Multnomah County
Gresham,
Oregon
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Attorneys-at-Law
Telephone Gresham Z82
P o w e ll Blvd.
Gresham, Oregon
C. DON PLATNER, M. D.
Physician and b u rg e o n
C lackam as C o u n ty B an k Bldg.,
Sandy, Oregon
O ffice Hours, 2 to 5 P. M.
Evenings, Saturday and Sunday
by Appointment
Phone Sandy 441
PANKRATZ
SU B S C R If TION RATES
In Clackamas County, one year $1.50; outside the county and in the State
of Oregon, one year $2.U0; outside the State o f Oregon, one year $2.60;
foreign $3.00 a year. Subscriptions are payable in advance.
A D V E R T IS IN G
Rates for advertising made known on application. Adve.risers will please
take note that to insure insertion o f advertisement in t e issue o f the
Tuesday noon. Assistance cheerfully given in tl.e prepa.ation of copy,
current week, advertising copy should reach this office not later than
ment the disunity being evidenced by
strikes in defense industries or in
the production o f materials necess­
Borrowing from the thot o f Lin­
ary
to the steady maximum output
coln as expressed at Gettysburg more
o f these industres
that three quarters ago it may now
But it is not Hitler, Mussolini or
it may now be said:
“ Eight score and five years ago Stalin who is directing the course of
our fathers brot forth on this conti- / this nation, nor are Nazi, Fascist or
nent a new nation conceived in liber-1 Communistic agents or sympathizers
ty and dedicated to the proposition assumed to have a voice in either of
the antagonistic labor orgnaizations.
that all men are created equal.’’
It is President -rranxlin D. Roose­
Then it was the crisis o f a great
civil war, now it is the crisis o f total- velt who is the executive head o f thu
itarisan threat from without our own naton and also commander in chief
borders that is “ testing whether that o f its military forces.
S H A L L S T R IK E S IM P E R IL
T H E N A T IO N ?
or any nation so conceived, can long
endure.”
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In these crucial days when the fate
o f our nation hangs in the balance,
when millions o f people in Europe
have already been deprived of liberty
o f thot and action and when the sur­
viving remnants o f democracy are
fighting desperately for self presei-
vation a small minority in the United
States is permiitted to wreck havoc
with the national program o f war
materials vital to defense and aid to
Britian.
I f Hitler were at the moment di­
recting the affairs of the United
States in his own interests he could
ask no greater show o f sympathy and
cooperation than is now being evi­
denced by the numerous strikes in
essential defense idustries, the vio­
lence associated with the Bethlehem
Steel and International Harvester
strikes, the internal dissension in the
ranks of organized hhor and the re-
ve .u.i
ii rncl.ei ring methods
used in collecting exorbitant fees and
dues in connection with construction
work on government projects.
I f Nazi, Fascist and Communist
hirelings were seeking a way to wea­
ken this nation in its determined
course to safeguard itself from ag­
gression and also to give all possible
aid to Britian and the other embat­
tled democracies they could pursue
no more effective course than to fo-
Paint & Wallpaper Store
Sign Painting
Pictura Framing
Glaaa
Tal. 4 6 7 8
L. L. JONES & SONS
M ONUM ENTS
Gresham. Ore.
M onu m en t and M arker D isplay
Richard Sponhauer
o p p o site new P o s to ffic e , Gresham .
R oy B oh a n n on , M gr., T el. 245.
Agent for
N orth w estern Mutual Pire Ina. Co.
Aetna Fire Ina. Co.
Estacada, Oregon
Tel. Estacada 84-1
S. E. LAWRENCE
Licensed Electrical Contractor
H O T P O IN T MAJOR
E LECTR IC A P P L IA N C E S
R l. 2 , Estacada, Oregon
Tel. Estacada 9 7 -3
L. A. CHAPMAN
M O R T I C I AN
WILDWOOD
REST HOME
offers the best o f care to aged and
invalids at from $30 a month
and upwards
Tel. G re the m 4374
Gresham,
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Oregon
Evelyn M. Lawrence
Notary Public
Agent for Aetna Casualty and
Surety Co*
Capitol Fire insurance Gp.
Accidbnt and Health Insurance
Tei.. 97-3.
Estacada, Ore
Estacada,
Oregon
Calla attended Day or Night
Telephone 5 6-7 and 88-51
W. W. SIEMENS
DR. C. E. STEWMtT
Oregon
Alarmed by the outbreak o f sub
versive activities marked by explo­
sions and wrecks, strikes in vital de­
fense industrial plants, sabotage in
airplane factories and other distur­
bances, James R. Bain, Oregon’s hard
hitting district attorney asks news­
papers to cooperate in combatting
growing fifth column menace
Recent reports o f the Dies Commit­
tee state that tests o f new type plane-
uncovered definite evidence o f tam­
pering, and there have been unre
ported crashes that were fatal tc
plane and crew.
“ The strike situation in the North­
west is rapidly spreading thru the
bassic wood and maritime industries
Wood and timber are vital to the de
fense program and shipping is essen
tial for transporation” points out Dis­
trict Attorney Bain. Publicity is p.
real weapon for combatting underco
ver activitiies is like the rays of
to properly operate my farm is
the cry o f many farmers.
DO YOU KNOW
Gresham O ffice, Phone 2 88
83 W . 1st Street, Gresham
DR. L. W. GRIFFITH
A complete optical service
Complete
X-R ay
laconic Bldg.,
Eqnipn
Estacada, Ore.
Eyes examined
Glasses fitted
Broken lenses duplicated
Eyeglass frames repaired while
you wait.
W.
invite comparison of sorvico.
quality and prico
We do our own grinding
MACK MACKENZIE
Candeal Carpeetry, Repairs,
__ Plumbing and Painting „
Upholstering and Furnltnrn
Repairs
TeL 8 4 -4 1 , Estacada
VISION OPTICAL CO.
on Powell Blvd, oppoaita
Gresham Theater
Tel. Greshem 217, or
there are numerous opportunitier
to trade farms for homes or equ­
ities in homes commanding goo-
rents or
A SMALL BUSINESS
that will give you employment
THE GREAT
DIFFICULTY
most i cople unwilling to adjust tc
circun tnnres.
Perhaps we can
help you.
O ffice
Portland B E A . 2978
Actually has
6 9/io cu. ft.
food storage
space
M O D E L M -6
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Free Parking.
$ 1 5 4 .7 5
Your own Terms in Reason
Delivery
5716 S. E. 92nd Ave., North of Foster, Lents
PORTLAND, OREGON
Celebrating Their 30th Anniversary All Through
the Month of April
TOO OLD
O ffice Hours 10 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Phene Estacado 3 -18
This OVERSIZE “SIX”
A . W . M ETZG ER & CO.
X -R A Y S E R V IC E
DR. H. M. KRAMER
DENTIST
IB LACK'S in Lents for
Furniture and Applianees
ATTEND THE
G. E. Electric Cooking
Demonstration and School
WeiliH’silav. April 2 3
Gresham Theatre
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p . m .
Gresham
School is conducted by Esther Nuemberger, nationally known
home economist, assisted by May E. Millay, home economist for
the Portland General Electric Co.
AN AFTERNOON OF ENJOYMENT AND INSTRUCTION
E XPE R T
W atch Repairing
Gresham,
the surplus says chairman Steen.
a searchlight in a dark alley, it scares could use it
The final proclamation o f market­
the rats, he claims
National figures show that whea)
ing quotas must be made prior to growers aie cooperating well with
May 15 and will probably follow the
D R I V E R 'S L IC E N S E IS
the wheat adjustment program. Tho
May crop report. Already the tenta­
B O O S T E D T O $ 1 .5 0
indicated acreage this year will be
tive date for such a referendum if
somewhat less than 63 V4 million ac­
called
for
has
been
set
for
May
31
Word has been received here this
res which is remarkahly close to the
week from the office o f Secretary of If the quotas are prooclaimed and ap­
acreage allotment of 62 million ac­
State Earl Snell that when Oregon’s proved by growers, ail farmers can
res. The heavy prospective surplus
sell
all
the
wheat
grown
on
their
490,000 drivers renew their drivers
has
been brot about by the stoppage
licenses for the 1941-1943 license AAA acreage allotments. In other
of practically : II exports following
periiod they will pay $1.50 instead of words, AAA cooperators will have
several favorable production years.
the $1.00 charge o f the past. Cur­ nothing to worry about under the
rent licenses June 30 with the new wheat quota system.
Thru the use of conservation prac­
permits being required ou the first
Farmers who have overplanted al­
day o f July.
lotments will have to store the excess tices o f defei red grazing ranchers iq
Under the act passed by this years
or pay a penalty on it.. Marketing the 1939 AA A range program reseed,
legislature a “ motor vehicle accident”
quotas
are a guarantee that all wheat ed more than 25 million acres o f
fund is established in Oregon. Along
with the one dollar fee for each driv­ growers will share in taking care of rangeland.
er’s license the secretary o f state is
now required by the new law to col­
lect an additional 50 cents which
goes into this fund which will be used
to pay hospitalization expenses for in
digents injured in automobile acci­
LOWEST PRICES and FREE DELIVERY
dents..
There has been no change in the
examination requirements for driv­
ers licenses this year and drivers
holding current licenses may renew
them without submitting to any ex­
amination this year. Those not licen­
sed during the current period 1939
to 1941 will be required to take the
law examination the eye test and the
drive test. Persons over 70 years of
age regardless of whether they holtl
current licenses or not also must take
these tests.
Renewal application
forms will be available about May 1
while the 1941-1943 drivers wili not
be valid until June 15.
“ The determination o f America .
. . must not be obstructed by unnec­
essary strikes o f workers, by short
sighted management or by deliberate
sabotage . . . Let me make it clear that
the nation is calling for the sacri­
fice o f some privileges but not for
the sacrifice o f fundamental rights.
That kind o f sacrifice for the com­
mon national protection and wellfare C rop R ep ort S h ow » B ig
for our defense against the most W h eat S urplus L oom in g
ruthless brutality in history; for the
Latest crop reports on the condi­
ultimate victory o f a way o f life
tion o f winter wheat in America em­
now so violently menaced.”
phasizes the necessity o f a vote on
And President Roosevelt has said:
wheat marketing quotas according to
“ Wise labor leaders and wise busi­
Will Steen chairman o f the Oregon
ness managers will realize how neces-
AA A committee.
esary it is to their own existence to
The April crop report indicates
make common sacrifice for this great
that spring and winter wheat produc­
common cause.”
tion plus the present carry-over wili
Germany has no labor unions. Rus­
add up to nearly 1 % billion bush­
sia has no labor unions. Italy has
This is about twice as much
no labor unions. The privilege ol els.
groups to organize and bargain col­ wheat as America noimally consumes
lectively and the “ right” to strike in two years. Other great wheat pro­
as accorded only to people who arc ducing countries also report big sur­
plusses o f unsold wneat making the
adjudged capable o f self govern­
export outlook darie even without
ment and who evidence willingness
considering the war conditions whic)
to proceed in orderly manner, to ex­
have cut o ff practically all chance f
ercise their privileges and rightss un­
shipping wheat to countries whic
der the law.
The time is again at hand for ev­
ery Ameriican in whatever capacity
he may serve to at least temporar­
ily put bickering, greed and self in­
terest in the baeground and to once
more become “ dedicated to the great
task that lies before us
. and to
highly r esolve that this nation, undet
God, shall have a new birth o f free
dom . . that government o f the peo­
ple, by the people and for the peopli
shall not perish from the earth.” —
Mansfiield (Ohio) News-Journal.
Musical Supplies
Film Developing
Chiropractic Phyeiotan
Specialising in chronie and n s t -
vous disorders of the Stomach
and Intestinal Tract
A recent statement by President
Roosevelt bears repeating for the
emphasis it merits::
FRIDAY, APRIL 18. 1941
The MF.YFRS SERVICI
GRESHAM, ORE.
Souveniers for All W h o Attend—
M A N Y FREE GIFTS
Inspect the 1941 G. E. Ranges,, Refrigerators and Water Heaters
Join the G. E. National “ Roast of the Month” club.
Your
opportunity to win a G. E. Deluxe Electric Range or a complete
Electric Kitchen.
Remember the date. Wednesday, April 23rd at 2 P. M. aft
the Gresham Theatre.
A . W . Metzger
Powell Boulevard
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Co.
Gresham, Oregon