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CLÀCKAM AI COUNTY N tW S Clackamas County News PROFESSIONAL CARDS L. D. MEADE, Editor and Publisher DR. H. V. ADIX Published weekly on Fridays at Estacada, Clackamas Couhty, .Oregon. Entered in the postoffice at Estacada, Oregon, as secont-cales matter. P h ysician and S u rg e o n S U B S C R IP T IO N P h y sio th e ra p y — X -R a y R ad ium G resh a m , Ore. T el. 5961 J d e n t i s t S an dy 151 O. D. EBY A tt o r n e y at Law General Practice Confidential Advisor C ity , O regon S. E. WOOSTER R eal E state, and L oans, Insurance Rentals E stacada, O reg on T el. 77-3 In 1940 the U .S. produced 12.- 500,000 pounds of maignesium and then the demand really started. The year it is estimated that our pre duetion will top 30,000,000 poun< which will be some 130,000,000 lb short o f the demand. In 1942 accoi ing to present plans we may turn <> in excess o f 150,000,000 lbs. a still be that much or more short our requirements. Our shortage is not caused by lack o f raw material. One souro magsesium is salt water and the limit to supply is the width of i j oceans. It has been estimated one cubic mile o f sea water w ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS S a n d y , O re g o n O regon A D V E R T IS IN G Rates for advertising made known on application. Il«lvei8is(*s will please take note that to insure insertion of advertisem'ent in the issue of the luesduy noon. Assistance cheerful« v given in the prejw stion o f coot current w. ck, advertising copy should reach this o ff!«« not later than Dr. H. A. Schneider T e l. RATES In Clackamas County, one year $1.50; outside the county anti in the State of Oregon, one year $2.00; outside the State o f Oregon, m * year $2.50: foreign $3.00 a year. Subscriptions are payable in advance. FRIDAY, NöV. 21, 1341 Drs. T. B. and L .B. Carter V E T E R IN A R IA N S T el. G resham 21 0 O re g o n Gresham , C. DON PLATNER, M. D. P hysician and S urgeon C lackam as C o u n ty B ank B ldg. S an dy, O re g o n O ff ic e Hours, 2 to 8 P . M. E venings, S aturday and S un day by A p p o in tm e n t T el. S andy 441 L. A. CHAPMAN M O R T IC IA N E stacada O re g o n C alls atten d ed D ay o r N ight T e l. 5 6 -7 o r 56-61 It should be kept in mind that th e ]provide a11 the muKnesium we 1 majority o f recent impou tant labor for any purpose. But the proce extraction is intricate and calls The President’s address to the In disputes have not concerned ques a tremenduous amount o f machi tions o f wages, working hours or ternational Labor organization w'hich working conditions. In some instan and electric power. Increasing was attended by 250 delegates from ces they have simply been 'disputes production is a job that canrn some 35 nations was not as direct and, between the two major labor un done overnight. as aggressive as some had hoped. In Still the job is being done as ions, A. F. o f L. carpenters as a language very similar to that he has theoretical example may refuse to idly as is humanly possible. Pri used in the past he again condemned handle lumber cut by C .1. O. work tion capacity has been doubled what he termed the misguided few ers and vice versa. The strike whierr redoubled but so rapidly has th« in the ranks o f industry and labor delayed production for some time in mand grown there still isn’t em ‘‘who place personal advantage above a factory making transmissions for magnesium to go round. It’s all the welfare of the nation.” Perhaps tanks, trucks and other military ve. sed by the fact that magnesium a the most telling sentence was that ed with aluminum makes the b hides was o f this character. in which he spoke o f those in powci Other strikes have revolved around I airplane material yet discove who use their power “ to force accep he closed shop issue. There is no (light and tough, and that incendi: tance o f their demands rather than luestion but what the big labor lea bullets and incendiary bombs use the established machinery for the ders have as their goal a 100 percent made from magne.tum. mediation o f industrial disputes” onion shop, a shop where no man can Great Britian .China, Russia . That certainly fits a good many lo- hold a job unless he joins and pays the armed forces o f the U .S. wi bor leaders these days. lues to a union. Strikes have been multiplied millions o f these bul A great many authorities are con •ailed or threatened in plants which and bombs and the skies filled > vinced that labor is this country’s pay union scale or better simply be- airplanes with which to deliver th Number 1 defense problem now. ause non-union men were employed There has been until very rec Cases where industry has refused to long with union men. A ll available ly only on» pioducer o f magnes. cooperate with the government and evidence indicates that the public is in the U .S. Acting in conjunct accept the findings o f arbitration iverwhelmingly opposed to a closed with the British government and boards are few and minor. Cases hop, the latest Gallup poll for in- defense plant corporation o f the h where labor has taken that attitude tance showed that those queried it is rushing new plants to com are many and major. It is probably wore more than 70 percent against it, tion that will double and redou true that the bulk o f workers are but the union drive to achieve it its capacity. It also has licensed willing and eager to do their share goes steadily on. manufacture and made techi and accept arbitration. But the fact Biggest labor trouble yet is the knowledge available to other < remains that a number o f labor lea theatened strike ol raL.oad operat panies to produce magnesium f ders in key positions are working on ing brotherhoods. In this case there various sources. the “ whole hog or none” principle is a question o f wages involved. The The present tremenduous den, and seem to think nothing o f virtual, uniion made demands for a 30 per is the tesult o f years o f rese. ly defying the government unless cent blanket increas e in wages. That into the field o f magnesium allc they get their own way. These lea according to the carriers would have Alloyed with aluminum it mmake- ders are in a position tto call strikes meant an additional wage cost of light, tough metal that the airen which could bring the defense pro $900,000,000 a year. Labor spokes industry has proclaimed as its os gram to an absolute stop. men disputed this and placed the Magnesium is approximately on. cost at $600,000,000. Whichever fi third lighter than aluminum and it «lllllllllllllilillr llllllllllllllllllllM lII H llt, gure is right the financial cost to use in aircraft results is increase« the carriers would be several times as pay loads and improver performance. great as their total net income Commercial production o f this any late year. It would be substantial, strange metal actually started in ly greater than their anticipated net 1918 as an aftermath o f World War IN S U R A N C E A G E N C Y Expert Watch arm v^iock Repairing = T e l. 4241 G resham , O r o .“ profit for 1941 which is a year of| j was developed originally in Ger- 17 Powell Blvd, Gresham, Oregon abnormally high earnings due to the ^ many antj prior to 1916 our small vast volume o f defense shipments. demand for it was met by imports. In Former Postoffice Location The President delayed the strike When the war stopped importation temporarily b y appointing a n American production was rushed and. emergency arbitration board made our war needs met. up o f men with solid reputations for Twenty years elapsed before Am. i f ji i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i ii i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i ii i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i mi i i i i i ni Mi i i i i i i i Mi i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i fairness and integrity in labor me erican industry got acquainted with diation work. The board ¡gave the maignesium. Its use was just getting Direct Agents unions an increase o f 7V4 percent, well started, in automobiles for Cfr- E Oregon Mutual Fire Ins. Co. which it is estimated would cost .the tain machinery parts, and other civil = Oregon Automobile Ins. Co. railroads $270,000,000 a year. The ian uses calling for a light, tough I llllllllllllllllllllllllJ lllllllllllllllllllllllfi carriers at once accepted the findings metal when the deefense emergency even though their spokesmen said arose. they regarded the increase as an ex Our consumption in 1938 was only Keep Your Home Warm with cessively heavy burden on the lines. 2,719,700 pounds. In 1939 it more $10.00 PER ACRE One day later the leaders o f the five than doubled .then increas«‘d 73 p«y Sounds good and when you see operating railway brothe. hoods re cent that peak year in 1940. For it you will say it is good for a jected the plan flatly and called for this year and next figures become as tract o f 120 acres, 5 acres cleared, a nation-wide strike beginning De tronomical. The estimated demand mostly tillable when cleared, rock ed road, one-4ialf mile ftont, two for 1941 is approixately 14 times The amazing Fuel that is all heat and no Ash cember 5th . miles o ff Mt. Hood loop, 30 miles Anyone can imagine what such a that o f 1940. The 1942 demand ha.-: from city center, livable 5-room Gasco Briquets hold fire 8 to 10 hours without strike would do to this country. Trans no limit. house, barn, poultry house, elec pontation is the very backbone of E stoking and will keep your house at an even temper- tricity, 1 mile bus both grade and high school, two streams, nice ce defense to say nothing o f normal S eed T estin g at High Level § ature. Burn Gasco Briquets alone or with wood. dar trees, bearing orchard, wells, trade and commerce. Steel, lumber, W ith N ew W eeds N oted timber to be removed promptly. E An ideal fuel for furnace, circulating heater, range, aluminum, food .wire .chemicals, all $1200, one.half casih 6 percent in Approximately 6500 samples o f E fireplace and brooder stoves. Place your order with the thousand and one things which terest. Fine for stocks are needed for arms production could seed from Oregon farms have been = us today. W HAT DO YOU SAY? not be moved. Key munitions, air analyzed in the past four months at 10 acres, mostly cleared, on high plane and tank, factories obtain their the federal state seed testing labor, way .electricity, tellephome, bus raw materials from other plants hun atory at Oregon state college accor to both schools, good soil, no buil dreds and thousands o f miles apart. ding to figures compiled by G .R. Hy- dings, orchard. $1000 cash, $500 No other kind o f cairier is in po. slop head o f the farm crops depart balance 6 percent or $900 cash. sition to transport more than a frac ment. About 12,000 reports on pur I Tel. Gresham 5400 W. 2nd Street Better see it. tional part o f this gigantic load. If ity. germination and related inform, 10 acres, 1 acre mostly cleared, GRESHAM, OREGON the railroads stop national defense attion have been sent out concerning well 9 acres timber, 2nd fir, alder / i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i mi i i mi i i i mi i i i i i i i i Hi i i i i i i i i i i i i i mi i ' and maple fit for furniture, good stops. the samples. well, fenced three sides. Only $800 We will know soon what is to hap An increase in seeds o f such week down, easy payments. pen. No other strike o f such magni as morning glory,, and wild radish 20 acres mostly cleared on high_ tude and such infinite importance and of bulbiets o f wild garlic was HAVE YOU GOOD RUBBER ALL ROUND? way, electricity, telephone, good has been threatened. Here is a case reported this year. Any increase of soil, no buildings ,t>us to schools. where the leaders o f 350,000 already these and particularly wild garlic is Only $1750 cash, $500 at 6 per If n o t , t a k e a G l a n c e a t T h i s D e a l highly paid key workers in an abso serious as the latter is listed as a cent interest. lutely basic industiy have refused noxious weed in the southern states The M EYERS SERVICE a handsome wage increase made by as well as in Oregon Hysiop stated. an official board which no one can G R E SH A M , ORE. A dangerous weed has moved into accuse o f being “ anti-labor*’ . The the Willamette valley from southern T e l. 257 600-16. labor issue moves swiftly on to the Oregon this year with the appearance L ife tim e G u aran tee (climatic stage. o f the star thistle. While this is an annual weed it is dangerous to forage D o u b le C ord S h o ck A b s o rb e r Repeal o f the provisions o f the crops as its seed heads produce long- DR. L. W . GRIFFITH Neutrality Act, those forbidding Am sharp spines that are objectionable A ll P ile s w ith H i-D e n s it y C o r d erican merchant ships to be armed in hay. A complete optical service and to enter belligerent waters, was C e r tifie d Q u a lity Average germination o f cover crop Eyes examined certain from the beginning. seed was generally lower than in ei Glasses fitted The shooting war has started. And ther 1939 or 1940 the report Shows R e g . P rice $ 1 2 . 2 0 Broken lenses duplicated now the important thing as the Pre Only about one.third o f the vetch S p ecia l ¿j* {V f k mr Eyeglass frames repaired while Tax sident said is who fires the last shot. samples showed above 90 percent ger you wait. P r i c e e l « e l • ) In clu d e d mination and hard seed. Among rea VFe Invita comparison of •orrico, M A G N E S IU M AND DE FEN SE sons believed responsible for this lo S . & H. G r e e n S t a m p s g i v e n a t t h i s p r i c e quality and pries wer germination are a drying out o f We do our own grinding Think o f a metal tint com'1» from top soil resulting in ehriveled seed, salt water; that m-k. s F rth of some thresher injury and insect VISION O PTICAL CO. July sparklers spark and flashlight pests. Crowding larger than normal O ffice oa Powell Blvd. opposite powder fldsh and is today a prized volume thru the threshing equipment JOH N HODGE Gresham Thostor material for airplanes, required in as well as faulty adjustment is pro TeL Gresham > 1 7 . ee Tel. 5971 57 W . Powell Gresham. Ore. ever-growig quantities. That is mag bably responsible for the increased Part land S K A . 997 8 thresher injury Hyslop believes. nesium .and it’s scarce. ! WALRAD Jew eler Expert Watch Repairing Former Post O ffice Bldg. P ow ell B lvd. G resham , O re. m Dr. V. A. Nedderm an D E N T IS T (Now in Dr .Kramer’s O ffice) T e l. 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