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About The Estacada news. (Estacada, Or.) 1904-1908 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1905)
ESTACADA, OREGON The new terminal city of the Oregon Water Power and Railway Company's standard gauge electric railroad, is 36 miles Southeast of Portland on the Clackamas river. raising country surrounds the place. Any amount of the best of timber abonds which is converted into lumber by numerous sawmills and sold at reasonable prices. table elsewhere. of powtr. A rich farming, fruit-raising and stock The railroad facilities are the best, see time Hstacada is situated to l>ecome a manufacturing center, the river will supply any amount The railway company is now constructing a 15,000 horse power electic plant one and a half mile above here. A large woodworking factory is in operation Here is a good field for a furniture factory, an implement and handle factory, wagon and carriage factory, box and basket factory, shoe factory, and other industries. A fruit cannery would pay well. The city is nicely located and the site is easily drained. A visit to Estacada by prospective homeseekers will convince them that this is the place in which to locate. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT ESTACADA CALL ON The Oregon Water Power 134, F IR S T Portland, GET THE BEST g iv e n The GRAND P R IZ E Highest A w ard at th e WORLDS FAIR StLouisk T h e N e w a n d E nlarged E dition C oataine 25,000 N ew W ords N e w O e e e tte e r o f the W orld w ith more th a n *UXJ0 tltla a , tw eed on t h e la t e s t census rot urn*. N ew Biographical Dictionary containing the name* of orer 10,000 noted persona, date of birth, death, etc. Edited b j W .T . H A llR ia , Ph.T\, LL .D ., U nlted State* Commlaaloner of Education. 2 3 6 0 Quarto Paiaa l«* w P f e s w . »0 0* liln e ir e tlo M L A b a W e b s te r ’ s C e lle g te te D tc tfo e e r y with t i i 6 Page*. 140*Illustrations. S u e : 7 x 10 x 3 ',in. g STREET Oregon Car Off the Track] ¿ O ne o í th e c ire o f th e 5:30 p m train on th e O. W . P. R v . C o 's lin e jum ped the track near th e sw itch at Barton last S u n d ay an l ran on the ties for too fe e t before it w as stopped. Ten feet fa rth er it would h ire go n e d ow n an e n b a n k m e n t to feet h igh . The car w as tq e m idd le on e o f th e train and w as filled w ith m en an d .w o m en and ch ild ren . W hen it ran o ff and began to sw ay v io le n tly the w om en jum ped from th eir seats and m an y rushed to th e door. T h e m en held them in ch e ck and soon a ll was q u iet. |A few m en ¡leaped from th e platform th e car p latform ¿and escap ed in ju ry . A w re ck in g crew was sent from Ksta cada and a fte r an h ou r and a ¡h a lf d elay the train proceeded on to P ortlan d , but an a n x iou s crow d w as w a itin g at th e E s tacada d ep ot w a itin g to be taken h o m e .| — Good grade blotters at N ews office, 5c a doz. R le S B N e e d e d in E v e r y H o m e Townsite Company, $ 16.00 W ill buy a good Single Harness Newspapers, ¡unbundles, 5c each at the N e w s office. Rich Bottom Land for Sale Enquire at FUSE, M A Tart la Pronunciation,” instrv.o ttT9 and entertaining. The finest of rich bottom land in small tracts, 5 or 10 acres, suitable for any kind of use, for sale at $75 h k l l i k l N , Strlaiflaia, Usss, an acre and up. Land is only a few hundred feet from Currinsville de Mrs. B. O. Boswell' accompanied pot, and is in rich state oTcultiva-1 her hustsand as far as Portland on tion. Apply or write to Monday morning. J. H. K IT C H IN G , From all indications there is go Currinsville, Oregon. j ing to be a big cro|> of hay and all kinds of feed for stock. The News family might have Who are you going to vote for as profited some, had we heard that sermon at Springwater last Sunday. school directors and clerk? A la o i llu s t r a t e d p a m p h le ts. O. * C. M L R R 1 AH C .. The News Office