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About The Estacada news. (Estacada, Or.) 1904-1908 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1905)
The Estacada News No. 8. Estacada, Oregon, Thursday, January 19, 1905. LOCAL AND PERSONAL NEWS. The committee appointed to make Mr. and Mrs. Gon Soles visited arrangements for a tower for the fire bell will receive bids up to 6 p. in town last Sunday. m. today for building the tower. Firemens’ masquerade ball Feby. A joint meeting of the Improvement 14. Posters will soon appear. Club and the committee, John B. Louis Tucker and H. H. Taylor Haviland, B. O. Boswell and Louis were at Oregon City, Friday. Tucker will take place this evening. Mrs. Mary Winegar is here visit In all probability Louis Rath will ing her daughter, Mrs. Downing, be the successful bidder for carrying and the family. the United States mail between Es Contractor Miller has the work of tacada and Springwater for the en putting another story on Cooper’s suing year, he being the only one, furniture store. we understand, who sent in a bid John B Haviland and M. L. for the work. Ryckman transacted business at The Estacada Oregon City, Saturday. The editor is sorry to say that it Manager L. E. Martinez has a- is necessary to put over till next is gain opened the Estacada hotel for sue some interesting correspondence. its old class of business. The open The work at the hotel Estacada ing was marked by the Ladd party is about completed. Threi elegant on Tuesday evening. The hotel is new rooms have been added and are bettei prepared than ever to care ready for the furniture. for the particular public, and it will Fred Gillstrap returned with his certainly enjoy a very successful brother Clarence to Northern Idaho i season. and will work for the latter in the | lumber and timber business. The water system is to be extend ed on several streets in the upper and residence part of town. B. O. Boswell will superintend the work. County Court Makes a 201-2 Pietsch & Maes, the popular res Mill Tax taurant boys, are again in the old LO O K FO R OUR AD N EXT W EEK J. W. REED, GENERAL MERCHANDISE LEVY IS SAME AS LAST YEAR Thos. J . CURTIS, stand in the Portland Restaurant on I P R O D U C E $186,562.00 . . . . P io n e e r R e a I Esta te M a n o f E sta ca d a . . . . Broadw; y , where they are prepared W ILL to serve meals to the Queen’s taste. ♦ School and Bridge and Road J. W. Reed has the job from the i Improved farms, W ild lands and Timber claims for sale Tax is Increased and the townsite company for clearing, cut Also some excellent town lots ting and grading the Boulevard be County Tax is tween Currin and Shafford streets a N O TA R Y PUBLIC Reduced distance of nearly 300 feet, and has a crew to work at it. Twenty and one-half mills was Rev. Stubbs was at Eagle Creek, levied by the county court as Clack Tuesday, and preached the sermon amas county tax. The assessed val at the funeral of baby Blanche Maud Douglas who died Jan. 16th uation is $9,364,000.00and after the aged one year, two hours. She was rebate has been deducted, the levy the little daughter of W. J. Doug will produce about $186,562. The levy totals the same as last year but las of that place. is apportioned differently. County Postmaster Haviland, as stated tax has been reduced and an in You can get along without good coffee. So can a last week, has had the postoffice crease made in the tax for schools wagon g o without grease, but it goes hard. W e have moved into the barber shop where and roads and bridges, as there will it will remain for some time. Wal be considerable bridge building this the finest used by the best families all over the U. S. ter Hyde has been appointed deputy year. Our teas are of the same class— a Good English Last year the school levy and will help take care of the office was 5 mills and the county general Breakfast Tea for 25c and a chance to draw for a while the postmaster is absent. 6 mills, this year 5 1-2 mills. Mrs. J. Leslie Ladd of Portland Up to last year it was the policy gave a reception and dancing party to lower the valuation and make a to about fifty of her friends at the high levy— but last year the valua- \ Hotel Estacada Tuesday night. The tion was nearly doubled and the hotel was handsomely fixed by Pro levy cut almost in two. The taxes j prietor and Mrs. Martinez, and the therefore are the same as before. party was a very pleasant affair. The levy is appropriated as follows: .0050 Notice is given of the dissolution Roads & bridges School •0055 of the general store business of Reed State .0045 Doctor C. B. Smith, William K. Haviland, & Cooper. Mr. Cooper has bought PHYSICIAN and SllR G f ON PHYSICIAN mmé SiRG f ON. .0010 the furniture business and store and Interest Office in Howe’* store. O ffk« «t UK érm g . ( o r - I « tie d . Payment on indebtedness .0020 is fixing living apartments in the O ffk « k o t o at F«farad «, 9 a. nt. to 4 *. m. .0025 Njq.f c i t a . m w n é . O ffk « ha nr« at I ««1« Creak, night« A m orning« building. Mayor Reed will con General fund Good Things? Yes Beautiful Parlor Lamp C. F. Howe. duct the business at the old stand. Total .0205 Night bell at Second St. entrance ...AH call« promptly answered...