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About Estacada progress. (Estacada, Or.) 1908-1916 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1911)
I I * KO. 48 o? VOL. A- f • «t, E ST A C A D A . OREGON. T H U R SD A Y . JU L Y »7. 19 11 i £1 A Y E A R Livery, STABLE Feed & Sale ! warbler, sparrow and woodpecker, ! of the Oregon birds, are known to| Large Forests ! be the worst enemies to gipsy j j moths that we have. Many sec R. A. Stratton of Stevensville, We have good clubbing offers. W. A. JO N E S tions of the country have been Mont., and Perry Boultman of St. Edna Miller, of Portland, was PROPRIETOR watched by scientists with the idea 'Johns, were visitors to Estacada visiting friends in Estacada Sun , Forests are Stripped of Foliage of ascertaining to what extent Good rigs find careful driver« alway« j for a short time on Sunday. Perry, day. SPECIAL ATTENTION by Gipsy and Brown Tail these birds actually feed upon while at work on Monday, had the Given and Fisbiu^ 1 'artte* Mrs. H. Keeney and her mother, fore-finger of the right hand caught moths The result has been Moth; Birds Destroy. of Cazadero, left for a two week’ s in the planer. It was necessary to astonishing. These investigations Many Insects WOOD& LUMBER vacation at Newport last week. have demonstrated that these birds amputate it at the middle joint Local and Long Distance Telephone have ail economical value in tliede Alfred Kolpin v ill leave here on Stratton is connected with a big struction of insect pests in our for ' Monday for Kenosha. Wis.. where land company since leaving Estaca Impossible To Destroy ests that no one can approximate j da. he will learn to be a druggist. We hare These Insects Upon opening the stomachs of the| Rev. W. J. Douglass, of Port Jack Bourbonia, a former Esta birds, it has been found that the • land, was the guest of Rev. A. A. cada business man and now lo principal diet was insects and cated in Wallace, Idaho, arrived Darling last week. moths that are detrimental to forest in In the absence of the Bronsons here Tuesday morning to spend a Biological Society Says Their growth. It is a popular belief that The Bronson Will Dale will have charge of the six weeks vacation. Advance may be Checked birds cf certain kinds are destruc brothers, Mrs. Neal Bronson and moving picture show. tive to fruit trees, while an analy but it is Impossible to Mr. and Mrs. Bourbonia left here sis of bird stomachs show conclu- F o r Sale. They are B arg ain s Mrs. A. A. Darling if spending for the mountains to spend the Destroy Them sively that insect life is their chief! ancj fjne properties, a week with her children in Port time. They will go up to the food. As a matter of fact, the land. camp of Mr. Chas. Bronson, who harm that they do, which is slight, Mrs. J. L. Goddey of San Fran has taken a contract to build some “ The worst devasting insects in is greatly exceeded by the good. cisco, a sister of Mrs. E. Blocklev, trail in the forest reserve. the world is said to be gaining a It is estimated by the Depart is at The Estacada. The damage Rev. Browne, of the M. E. foothold in Oregon. ment of Agriculture that the dam Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rauch of Church, with his family left Esta that they accomplish runs into age sustained by insect infestation, These the Imperial Hotel, Portland, were cada on Wednesday for Cleat Creek many millions of dollars. to the American tree is £62,500,- visiting with Mr. and Mrs. M. E. for a two weeks camping trip are the gipsy and brown tail moths. 000 annually. Does any one d a i e ............................. They will be located by the side of These, with white butterflies and estimate how much this damage Williams. pine beetles would soon destroy the ... , , . . Mrs Ray Wilcox with her two this famous trout stream and we largest forests iu the state. The would be increased, were the forest enemies to make Oregon their We h ave several bargains in have no doubt that the speckled little daughters, who have been in destruction by fire in our forests Estacada for a month, returned ¡realities will be as wary of the would be less, in dollars and cents, battle ground ? The time to check houses, lots, close in acreage, preacher as the common barnyard their inroads is now, when it is fine farms and a lew tracts of home on Wednesday. fowl is of ordinary preachers. than the destruction that can be susptcied they are making this choice fruit land, which we Mrs. C. F Bode and three sons There will be no preaching service wrought in a short time by an at way. T he biid life of the state WOuld be pleased to show you. tack of the gipsy moths ." of Salida, Colo,, visited her sister- at his church during vacation. should be loyally protected. These in-law Mrs James Sevier of River This statement by William L. The Portland Auto Dealers As Finley, President of the Oregon little policemen of the air should Mill this week. WOODLF LAND COMPANY sociation held a picnic in the Esta Audubon Society, is based upon be encouraged, safeguarded and ! Rank building Mrs. Morrow and her sister Miss cada Park on Sunday. petted, for upon them, to a very | About 40 Byerley went to Eugene on Tues autos, representing 200 autoists, ate two newspaper reports, one from large extent, rests the bnrdcn o f ! day to visit their aunt, Mrs. Bis- chicken and other picnic delicacies Tacoma and one from Portland. the salvation of the forests of this "'he died July- 6th, 1896. About Why Not Be Perfectly Safe The former states that the brown five years ago he was married to sell. in the Park. It was their first or tail moth has infested the Rainier great state. Mrs. Bloomer, who survives him. Monday was the hottest day of ganized picnic and was voted a Valley, near Seattle, and that the He was a Mason for at least fifty great success. No regular program the present hot spell. In Portland state commissioner of horticulture Death O f Oregon I years, having a life membership in Individuals were and the thermometer registered 99 3 was rendered, has ordered the district affected ■ the Oregon City lodge, also Lone and was the hottest day in four left to their own form of pleasure, under quarantine. The latter is in Pioneer i Pine lodge of Logan. When the some played ball, others wheeled years. the form of a communication stat '______ j new lodge of Masons was instituted R IS K IN G Y O U R IN V E S T M E N T Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Hart, of about town and still others were ing that what appears to be the ! here just recently, notwithstanding George, had a little baby boy come loungers in the Park. All seemed gipsy moth has made its appear Henry Dubois, Early Settler in 'his life membership exempted him to have a good time. to their home on Tuesday who bal ance in Southeast Portland. This Country, Succumbs ; from fnther dues, he affiliated with ances the scales at eight and a half When it is realized that entire | the new lodge here that he might to Infirmities Incident forests are stripped of their foliage pouuds. aid them and was willing to bear Big Fire On Clear and left as barren as telegraph to Old Age his share of the financial responsi Orville Woodworth of Rex, Ore G e t a M e r c h a n ta b le A b s tra c t ir o m a R e poles within a few days, that vast bility. gon, spent a few days last week Creek areas of timber country are actual s p o n sib le C o m p a n y He is survived by his wife and with his nephew W. R. Wood- ly destroyed by the attacks of the “ Uncle’’ Henry Dubois, as he is j the following cliildien, James M., worth. The forest fires are again raging gipsy and brown tail moths, it is familiarly known to all residents of 0f Eagle City, Alaska; Wm. H , of Mrs, J. F. Hendricks ex-mayor in all parts of the Northwest, Se time that a thorough investigation this section, passed peacefully sway Portland, Ore.; Chas E , of Esta- and Mrs. P. McKinney former was made to ascertain whether at 2 o’clock Wednesday morning. ; cada; John P., of Homestead, Fla ; OUR ABSTRACTS STAND THE TEST vere loss has already occured and chief of police of St. Johns were there be any truth in these rumors. He had been gradually growing ' Rose M., Mrs Annie M. Ryan, visitors at the home of Mrs. H. S. should the present hot spell con The gipsy moth was imported in weaker from infirmities incident to Homer R. and Geo E ., all of Port- tinue this will be very much in Simmons of Spriugwater last week. to this country for scientific pur old age for several months and his ; land. creased. The shop formerly owned by On Clear Creek, just east of poses in 1868. While they were death was not unexpected even to j The body was taken to Portland Wm. Underwood has again been Dodge, a fire sprung up on Sunday carefully kept in captivity for him. ; to the undertaking parlors of Dunn- opened up. J. W. Miller of Port that is threatening the entire sec some time, they finally broke away Established twenty years His death removes a kind nnd j ing & McEntee on Wednesday- land a first class shoer is in charge tion of country adjacent to it. The and within 20 years, New England loving father, a good neighbor. He evening and the funeral services and solicits your patronage, fire so far has been confined to an was attacked by them in such was a man, even in his declining j will be held there in the chapel on A special L. M Henthorn has his hand in old burn and really is a benefit to numbers that entire forests were years, ever ready to help the needy. | Friday at 1:30 p. m, M e m b e rO re g o n A sso ciatio n o f T itle M e n a sling from blood poison that have burned off, if it could be con stripped in a short time. The As an evidence of the esteem in car will leave Estacada at 9:30 Frl- M e m b e r A m e r ic a n A sso ciatio n o f T itle M e n started from a sm^ll blister. Mr. fined there. The danger is that it legislature of Massachusetts appro wliich he was held by the people day morning to take the friends tc Henthorn, while at work, rubbed a will get beyond control and get in priated £50,000 for their extermi here inquiry was constantly being Portland and return. The funeral Within made as to his condition by young will be in charge of the local lodge blister on his hand, which he did the valuable green timber that nation, but to little avail. All day ten years, over £1,000,000 was and old alike. He was an early of Masons. Interment in L< ne Fir not consider of any consequence. stands close to the fire. It kept getting worse and on Mon Sunday volunteer firemen fought spent in the work, followed by an settler of this section and was j Cemetery Portland. M -X day he went to Oregon City to the file, assisting Forest Ranger appropriation of £300,000 in one capable of giving much information j Meudeuhall and Fire Warden Fer year, yet the gipsy moth was un of the development of the country. 1 have it treated, conquered The state finally gave The exploits he made through the R a i l w a y E m p l o y e e s L. S. Wilson, who has lived in guson. A strong east wind blew up the work aud one property own dense forests surrounding him here , Estacada at different times, has just most of the day. The fire crossed er spent over £75,000 on his own were interesting tales to listen to. ! returned from a trip back to Ne Clear Creek at one point only. estate in an effort to stem the fear He would, at times, give his exper- j That was near Turrel’ s. This was ; braska. He arrived Thursday and ful slaughter of the trees. ience to the newcomer and in his put out. During the night the will move his family here again. It will not take long for the Ore varied career it always proved in- 1 Preparations are uuder way fot He says the country about Free- fire was gotten under control. gon farmer, fruit grower or timber teresting. the holding of the annual picnic of / j mont, where he was visiting, has On Tuesday morning Menden owner to appreciate the enormity of Henry Dubois was the son of the Brotherhood of Electric Rail t been very dry and the crops are ac hall sent out about too men that this fearful destruction, after in Edward Dubois, a sea captain and way Employees of the P. R. I,. A came from Portland and the South cordingly poor, ern Pacific about a like number vestigating the failure of the state the owner of a fleet on the Atlantic P., which will take place at “ The Some What would in an early day. He was horn at O aks,'’ in Portland, on the tenth Charlie and Abe Cutting of from their work up the river. The of Massachusetts. White Mountaiu, Eastern Oregon, wind has changed and is from the happen to these magnificent Oregon j Hoboken, N. J ., Nov. 6th, 1832 day of August. have sold out their interests there opposite direction. This gave the forests, should the gipsy moth once | and when a boy was a sailor on his This annual picnic Is by far tius and are looking over this territory fire more chance to run toward the gain a foothold ? No one can t:ll, father’s fleet. On one of the trips largest of any of the picnics of the for a location. They visited this Clackamas. Should it reach the for the financial loss would be he left the ship at Honolulu and season, and the attendance will run week with their nephews Will and Clackamas river it would endanger greater than could ever result from engaged in the carriage making from to- to 20,000. Charley Hicinbothom of River the camps of the Southern Pacific fire. business, which was his trade. There are in the city of Portland It is the experience of the Bi From there he came to the Pacific between 6- and 7,000 employees Mill. Co It would also have to pass ological Survey of the Department Coast in 1853. He visited different engaged in electrical work, and it is W. V'. Penland came back to Es through valuable green timber, of Agriculture that once these portions of the Coast, finally en their custom to join in this picnic tacada on Sunday and made ar frightful enemies of the tree invade ! gaging in his business of carriage of the Brotherhood of Electric rangements to have his goods The cherry crop about here has been a timber country they cannot be making at Jarvis, Ore., and from Railway Employees, shipped to Raymond, Wash., where 1 all picked except late varieties, which destroyed. It is urged that the there moved to Oregon City and The plans provide for a balloon he expects to go into business, He will last for a couple of weeks yet best that can be done is to check 1 engaged in the same business for ascension, with the wedding of will establish a soda water plant A number of Estacada people pic- niced at Alspaugh on Sunday afternoon them. If 7 5 \ of the total is de- j several years. At Oregon City at some loral couple while the balloon for the bottling ot soft drinks. “ You splash me and I’ ll splash you" stroyed, a good work has been the age of twenty-six years, he is in the air, and in addition to this E. W. Bartlett has just returned was one of the games played in Eagle done, The scientific checking of was married to Malinda Mattoon. startling feature, Governor West m this pest is outlined in several To this union was born eight child- has been invited to address the from a week's visit to LaGrande. | Creek. On Wednesday he moved his office | The page ad” of the McCurdy Lum- bulletins that have been issued by ren, all of whom survive him. multitude on some of the mattera in with R. M. Standish. As Stand ber & Hardware Co. on another page the Bureau of Biological Society He came to the Springwater pertaining to his administration, ESTACADA FURNITURE CO. [ isb does not find time to be in the o t thi* iMUP fa worth >our P*™»«'- aud great emphasis is laid upon the country and purchased a ranch in ; “ The Oaks’ ’ is turned over to ~ „ .. .. . .. ' The new company ia endeavoring to do 1 office all the time, they agreed the . business . M. ' on business principles and are | natural check provided by bird 1865 and followed ranching until a the Brotherhood, and the receipts t office for two would be mutually ! worthy ()f your p, tronrge. Give u,em life. few years ago, when he sold it and \ of that day Iwcome part of the sick 1 beneficial. The chickadee, nuthatch, bushtit moved to Estacada to five. H i*; benefit fuud of the Association. I your patronage. LO C A L N EW S AND P E R SO N A L M ENTION LO CAL N EW S AND P E R SO N A L MENTION Moths Destroy ESTACADA STATE BANK CAPITAL • $25,000 W. D. Jellison, President Thos. Yocum, Vice President Cashier L. E. Belfils DIRECTORS: John Zobrist Thos. Yocum L. E. Bel fils A. C. Jellison W. D. Jellison houses and lots Estacada Standish Bros. D when you buy, or loan, on real estate, you accept an ab stract issued by an abstracter without the equipment proper facilities for the work, you are and inviting loss and injury later on. Clackamas Title Company' 509-511 Chamber of Commerce Bldg. PORTLAND, OREGON Come in and look over our line of FURNITURE and see if we can’t please you. That’s what we are here for. We have some nice Matting Rugs 9 x 1 2 which we think will please you, both in price and quality. fine rockers that can’t be beaten. All kinds of Furniture in stock or in catalogue. Now is the time you want to go to putting up your fruit for the rainy weather. We handle the ECONOMY JARS They are the kind to save the fruit, easy to seal, once sealed they are there to keep. Yours for business W. D. and L. Henthom, Proprietors ■T2- Picnic At Oak*