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About The Estacada news. (Estacada, Or.) 1904-1908 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1905)
— — — C. F. Howe « • ^ te r c h a n d is e New Supply Ladies and Children’s Winter Underwear In Union and Two-Piece Suits ALL SIZES GOOD BARGAINS IN LA D IES & C H ILD R EN S HOSE Mrs. D. C. Crane, m il l in e r THE BANK OF ESTACADA T ra n s a c ts A G e n e ra l B a n k in g B u s in e s s Capital, $6,000.00 IN S U R A N C E This bank has the local agency for some of the very best * Let us write your policy. : : If you have money to loan, we will place it for you. If you have Real Estate for sale, list it with us, as we have no property of our own for sale and can push your sales Our lawyer will attend to all of your legal business, drawing papers of every kind W. A. HEYLMAN, Although the city is yet young its schools are the best. Professor E F. Surface is in charge of the higher department, including the 9th grade, with 32 pupils enrolled. Mrs. E. F Surface teaches the pri mary grades and has 55 pupils on the school register. The work for a new, modern four-room school building is progressing, and when completed another teacher will be employed. The new house and its furnishings will cost $5,000 and will occupy a block which has been giv en the school district by the town- site company. When finished E s tacada will have one of the finest school buildings in the county. . **► In many instances nature seems to direct the person to do that for which he is best adapted. This is so with Merchant C. F. Howe. Mr. Howe was the second merchant to begin doing business in Estacada. He came here from Southern Ore- where he was engaged in mining, though he had previously been a successful merchant in the east. His store is the home of select gro ceries, and with these he carries all Broadway, looking North from the^Railrord the accessories which usually are found in a family grocery. He also and Portland merchant. He pur keeps a stock of dry goods and foot Councilman E . F. Surface chased an interest in the present wear. Goods that can command ¿tenera/ (ereAnndise business last spring About two his personal recommend are what he keeps, and this fact is one of the The general merchandise firm of ! >'ears aS ° Mr Barr married Miss ¿Baker Reed & Barr carry the largest stock 1 ^ " ' ta Schmied, a California lady, reasons for his success. teat ^AtarAet of goods of any house in the city. The>’ have their home upstairs over He has a fine store building on No business in town is conducted Main street, with pleasant living III a more efficient and masterly F. M. Lantz came to Estacada They keep a very large supply of j l *le store- Reed & Barr’ s store is the home apartments upstairs whefe the fam manner than that of the Home last spring from Gresham and esta- j shoes and foot wear of all kinds and ily lives. Mr. Howe is a member Bakery, Mr. G. H. Lichthom, pro- Wished the Estacada Market. He their dry goods stock is the best in of everything good to eat Their of the Board of City Alderman and prietor. He is an experienced baker has labored hard and industriously the city. Mr. J. W. Reed, the sen- goods are always kept up to the belongs to the local I. (T. O. F. and takes delight in making his pa- and by so doing has built lip one of ' ior member of the firm, one of the standard and are always fresh. Mr. trons the very choicest eatables. J the best business enterprises in the first men to invest in Estacada real Barr makes personal purchases of Mr. Lichthom has been following city. His brother Samuel, of Salem, 1 estate, and is showing his confidence most of the stock carried. Their his present occupation for twenty has recently formed a partnership in the future of the city by buying policy is to keep the goods people &lour, ed and ¿trains years, having learned it in Ger with him and does t' e outsi le vvoi 1 . more whenever an opportunity pre ask for and insist on having, and many. He has property in Esta They own the property in Which sents. Mr. Reed is represented in by so doing have built up a good John F. Lovelace has been in the cada and believes in the city’ s future their business is conducted. Both the daily work of the store by L . C. store business in Eastern Clackamas trade. They have a small branch success and growth. He was only are men of experience in tlieir line, Rich. county for a number of years. He Mr. A . E. Barr is the junior mem -1 store at Cazadero undpr the manage- recently married to Miss Emma and if possible buy all their stock of first conducted a general store at her and is a former Sail Francisco ment of She m in B; h'o d Sagner, who j st recently arrived the farmers of Clackamas county. Viola, afterwards going to Spring- The boys are endeavoring to do a from Germany. water where he remained in busi Mr. Lichthom has been in busi satisfactory business by the people, ness until the City of Estacada was ness in several Oregon towns, but and strive to keep a supply of meats started. He quickly saw the im prefers the mild and equable climate and other goods which are de portance of Estacada’s future. A of eastern Cackamas. manded by their patrons. partnership was formed with H. - i . ■ . - .. , - Cooper, and they had one of the first stores doing a general mercan tile business in Estacada. After selling his interest in the merchan dise business, Mr. Lovelace estab lished a flour and feed store. He has a large warehouse conveniently located on a sidetrack where he sells flour, feed, all kinds of garden and grain seeds, land plaster, stock food, shingles and lath. In addition he Broadway, looking North from Second St. does a grain commission business. Being an old resident he know what M . H . R ic h a rd s fold came with the first robin, and the farmer wants in his line. Mr. Mr. Wirtz moved 1 ere a few months Lovelace was appointed city marsh ¿ßarber The Substantial Building of the Bank of Estacada, Main St. ago with his family, and has built a all when the city was organized. G. H. Lichthorn Reed & Barr Lantz Brothers John F. Lovelace Money to Loan on Real Estate Fire Insurance Companies Our Schools Cashier. H. Richards HOMES! The family have one of the finest homes in the town, ami everything quite comfortably fix^d. Want one? Then buy one of those Acre Tracts Near Estacada and enjoy yourself This land is adjacent to the town and is well adapted to fruit growing and gardening. It will be sold in large or small pieces TH E P R IC E IS W ITHIN TH E REACH OF A L L Write or call on David Bridenstme, Estacada, — Oregon Odd Fellow Hall The Dubois Lumber Company ■ ■ ' ■■ of Estacada, Oregon« ' — M ANUFACTURERS OP A L L C LA SSES OP Fir and Cedar LUMBER High grade building material a specialty!] If You Are Going to Build, We Gin Fit You Out to the Top Notch in Every thing R e q u i r e d » ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Fire Protection and Water theci‘v Woiks System The Fstncada Volunteer Fire De partment was organized soon after thejtown was'started. At* present there are 22 active members, with M. H. Richards, president, and William Straight, chief. The De partment is equipped with 300 feet of ho^e, two carts, hooks, ladders, axes, buckets, lanters end every thing necessary. Regular business and drill meetings are held each month. In case of fire the water supply ¡is practically inexhaustible. The ico.ooo gallon reservoir sets 192 feet above the city giving the enormous pressure of 96 pounds. This heavy pressure is not used for the daily water supply of the city, ! as the water can lie run through reservoir No. 2, which gives a pres 1 sure of only about 40 pounds which is sufficient for domestic purposes. A t present water is pumped from the Clackamas river into the upper reservoir by an electric pumping station, but the proposition of changing to a gravity system is un der consideration. Few city water systems and ¡fire protection excell Estacadas’ . The only fraternal orders in the city are ,tbe"_I. O. O. F. and the Re- bekahs.¡^Estacada Lodge 175 of I. O. O. F [isTabout two years old and has a membership of 59. The lodge owns two good lots in the city on which the above hall has been built. The property's valued at $1,500. Regular meetings are held Saturday evenings, and at present the lodge is conferring initiatory and other degrees^on from one to four candi dates an evening. Centennial Rebekah Lodge 147 The Central Oregon Star says: was organized in February of this A stranger at Condon was kicking year It has thirty-five members at the bill after using the long dis- who take an active interest in the tance telephone. "W h y , in Port- welfare of the organization. Meet- land,” he said, "you can telephone ings are held on the 2nd and 4th to h - for 50 cents." " Y e s ,” an- Wednesday in each month. i swered the operator, "b u t that’s in Estacada has one of the best bar- new house in which theY are livinK- ber shops of any placefrf its size in Fanners K*t ‘ heir horses shot, the State. M. H. Richards, the wagons and all kinds of farm ma- proprietor, has followed this profes- ch*nery repaired here with the sion for a number of years. His knowledge that all work turned out place of business» is conveniently is guaranteed to be satisfactory. located on Second street between Main and Broadway, where gentle- ^ men may go and get a nice smooth . shave or hair cut at popular prices. Monday while blasting stumps Mr. Richards believes in keeping' on his farm near New Era, Clacka his place of business neat and clean j mas county. I.afe Moore, an old and where it is always a pleasure for respected pioneer, lost his life by a one to sit, and w>ait until lie is premature explosion of a heavy “ n ex t." charge of giant powder. Death was instantaneous. Mr Moore was 8t years old, anffcleaves a widow 75. " Killed While Blasting Birkenfeld & Wirtz ¿ JS fa c /ts m itA s Councilman W. F. Cary Electric Freiçl t Train on the W . A. JO N ES b oar aclling agent in Eatacada, Oregon Telephone connection direct with mill House and Sign PAINTING jf & 'M you have painting to be done, see me. All work Colors blended to suit your fancy : Fancy Inside Finishing to Residences c J. H AN G IN G R. C A S S I D A Y . W. P. Ri iivto}- Fc, tic r.d Es tecica. facilities. Of course the coming of the railway has already brought No agency is as influential and many people here who find occupa powerful in the development and tion in different lines, but there is building up of a new country as the room for many more. The O. W. railway. It is the one great factor P. & R. Co. is harnessing the al by which a paradise may be peopled most limitless power of the Clack. - and a wilderness changed to a par mas river one and a half miles above adise. Estacada. The river is being The advent of the railroad into dammed, and the water will lie run eastern Clackamas county has al into a sixty acre reservoir on the ready worked a wonderful change south bank of the river, where large I in the country, and this change is sawmills will lie built to work up \ continuing for the great good of the the millions of feet of sawlogs that I county’ s growth and prosperity. are to lie floated down the river. The Oregon Water Power & Rail This water will also be used in way Company’ s roadbed is one of gener-'ing electric energy of over 1 the best on the Coast, and the ac- j 25,000 horse power. The railway ! commodations in passenger service company will use what it wants of ; excells that of any other western ' this power and sell the remainder. ; railway. S ix trains make the trip Over a million dollars is going \ lie tween Estacada and Portland out to labor and property for the every day. The fare charged is be making of this wonderful project low that charged by other com C L DUBOIS, Manager P A P ER 0 for the same distance. There The 0 . W, P. Railway Com j panies is a daily freight both ways which 1 gives ample marketing and shipping pany Mouldings in AH Styles promptly done. Orring Cutting of Molalla killed a fine large cougar last Saturday. The village smithy is presided The Oregon City council is liold- over by Fritz Birkenfeld assisted by T . J. Wirtz. Both are capable and ing lip the 35 year franchise the O. reliable blacksmiths. Mr. Pirken -1 W. P. Company asks for. OFFICE AND BUILDINGS OF THE ESTACADA BRICK AND TILE MANUFACTURING COMPANY