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About The Estacada news. (Estacada, Or.) 1904-1908 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1905)
BORING NEW S The Boring school has been named Ore gonian. Road Supervisor Boring has been at work the last few days laying about 1-4 mile of plank road subscribed for by Bor ing citizens. The Summit plant has received a car load of brick and are building the furnace for their new boiler. Boring Junction Mill Co. are in mourn ing. Maud the old yard hors1 laid down and died last week. Boring’s population has been increased by one; a girl having been born to Mrs. J B Jonsrud. Mr. Reed has moved his Donkey en- jine to Colton’s ranch where he is going to pull stumps and clear land. F M Chance and family have gone to Fosse where he has a place in the saw mill. Mrs. Drill and her sister Miss I.awlie id have left for Portland, where they will, reside in the future. Mr. Hartle was here last Sunday having his furniture moved to Portland. Several new families have moved to Boring in the last week, the most of them are going to cut wood O A Palmer. Singing school was held at the resi dence of O A Palmer last Saturday even ing. A large class was present. UNCLE B i l l . once. W. H. Bonney, one of the principal losers in reporting his loss said that nothing was sayed, 70,000 new shingles being included in the expensive blaze. The fire’s origin is unknown, but Mr. Bonney thinks it may have been started by a spark from a fire in a slashing near the mill property. Springwater Mill Co. If You Intend To build —Good grade blotters at N e w s office, 5c a doz. A NEW ISLAND , Tokio, Mar. 2 1— Amid loud run * blings and clouds of various colored smoke, a new island gradually emerged from the sea off the island of Iwo. It has been many weeks since the first signs of the upheaval were noticed, and the inhabitants of Iwo have watched the phenomenon with an interest akin to awe. A venturesome party of Japanese finally rowed to the newly formed island and raised the Japanese flag. The new acquisition to the Mikado’s territory is an island two and thret- fourths miles in circumference and rises to a height of 480 feet above the sea. It has been named Niish- The Enterprise—There seems to be a sort of an epidemic of sawmill ima. fires in Clackamas county, and all Senator C. W. Fulton of Oregon of unknown origin. Following clos- occupies a unique position, one that ly after the burning of Proctor & no other congressman has ever held. Beer’s plantcomes the news that the Of the state's delegation in congress Bonney sawmill and Bonney Bros' he is the only one that has no indict shingle mill, near Logan, were both ment pending against him, and he burned at 1 o’clock last Friday caus has the serious difficulty of handling ing a loss of $ 6,000 with no insur the patronage parcels. He has as ance. Both mills will be rebuilt at difficult a task as his colleagues. Consult us about your lumber. Rough and Dressed lumber of all kinds, delivered at prices that will please. W e make everything needed in building matter Call on or address our agent, E. L. Meyers Estacada, Oregon W. A. JONES Delivery and Express Line Estacada Feed & Livery Barn ♦ 2 Dry wood in any length always on hand 5 All business carefully and prom ptly attended to - Let us figure with you on a Buggy, Hack or Farm Wagon -------------------------------- W E A R E IN A POSITION Studebaker TO GIVE YOU A L O W PRICE--------------------------------- Highest % Wins Award the At the Grand S i Louis Prize Exposition = The Cary Cash Hardwar