\ NO. i ok VOL. 4 E ST A C A D A . OREGON, T í ITRSDAY. S E P T E M B E R 7. ig n . LO CAL N EW S AND PER SO N A L MENTION LCK'AL N EW S AND PERSO N A MENTION It will pay you to ask McCurdy. 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. Belfils A. C. Jellison W. D. Jellison We issue Travelers Checks payable in any part 01 the World. 4-W H $1 A Y E A R ! Old Settler Dies !n Portland Hospital It will pay you t > ask McCurdy. Window screens made to order. Master Victor Adix has been a Another of the old settlers of ■ M.iiniiu & Darling, planing mill. Portland visitor the past week. this s. ction has been relieved, b\ Hot) Fields, of Amity, was cir The concert which was to have th>- death of M L Bi idenstine. I dilating among his Estacada been given by the boys of Mrs, which occured at St. Vincents D core’s Sunday school class on , t>.>pital on Friday evening Septem- friends last week. school bouse has 1 bt‘r Ist -^r- Bridenstine was a Jerome Schultz of Our field, left bri.lay at Miff r-r from diahetis and recently on Tuesday for a week’ s visit to his been postponed to Friday Septtm- gangrene had set in. About ten l>er 131 h. I former home in Payette, Idaho. days ago one limb was amputated It will pay you to ask McCurdy. Mrs. C W. Winner and three m the hope of prolonging it is life. Mr. and Mis F„ Block lev left tor children returned Sunday evening He was born in the state of Ohio from The Dalles, after a weeks Portland on Tut «.day where they December 30, 1843. was married will go to housekeeping Mr. to Sarah E Long who died in April visit in that city. Biockley endeavored to rent a 1909 while living iu Estacada. It will pay you to ask McCurdy. house here, but was unable to do Mr. Bridenstine had lived in the Wilhur Simmons, of Portland, so They had been living at The siates of Ohio, Iowa, and Missonii came out to Estacada Monday Estacada. from the last named stale he catne night and is around greeting old j Luther Henthorn returned on , to Ortgon tweutv-six years ago. friends. Satuiday fiotu a three weeks trip I He was attended in his late illness Misses Maude and Mary Boyd, of of sghtseeing He said be had by Drs. Strickland and Coffee South Bead. Wash , neices of Mrs. He is survived by the following beard so much of the Allterta E. S. Shankland, were visitors litre c mntry that lie ws". anxious to see children, allot whom were present j this week. it. Most of his nts time was spent at the funeral except the daughter W111 Robeson, of Stevenson, tlieie. He also \isitid with his I viua in British Columbia, C. W Wash., was elected janitor at ti e s'ster at Northport, Wash He Bridenstine, Battle Ground, vV’ asii.; Estacada school for the comiti comes back thinking more of his I). N. Bridenstine, Damascus, Ore ; term. He says a daughter living in British Colum ' home counti > than ver. bia wlioes name we were unable to An 8-foot concrete walk is being | >t is the best country lie suw. learn; Mrs. Lettie Warnock , Oiegon and I again t ike this opportunity laid on the south side of the now It will pay you to ask McCurdy. City, and Mrs. Lula Minor, Beater- for thanking vour Department. occupied school building A. It The mystery of the disappearance ton, Ore. The body was biought If not taking too much lilierty, Spatks is doing tile work. of C W Jones of Portland, who to Estacada by W. D. Henthorn, we wish to present your Depart Miss Lulu Congdon a former said be tvas coming to Estacada who took charge of it and hrought it ment with 250 feet of hose * * student in the Estacada school, has fishing and from that time dropped j Respectfully yours, PROPRIETOR rom 1 he hospital. Interment was been elected teacher at the Garfield out of sight, has been pa t l.y ; ma(Je at Good rigs and care (ill drivers always R . M. T o w n se n d Mt Zion Cemetery ou school for the com i,.g tetm clea ed up by the receipt of certain SPECIAL ATTENTION Property Agent Sunday at 2 P. M. Rev. A. J Given Hunting and Flailing Partiea letters from him bv his family and It will pay you to ask McCurdy. Califf officiating. other friends which are said to be- Miss Maude Sturgeon, of the in his haud writing and post mark WOOD & LUA\BER Estacada Pharmacy, was a visitor ed Calgary, Albeit*. It is feared I<ocal ami Long Distance Telephone to Portland for about ten days. She be has been suffering from a returned Saturday evening. mentsl break down On next Monday, September i t, ! We note that the Beaver State It will pay you to auk McCurdy. Herald, formerly published at The rain that began to full on school iu Estacada will open for An old fashioned basket picnic the coming term Principal James | Gresham, has been taken to Lents last Friday, and has continued at of and will be published front there by will be held by this section, which intervals since, up to the present informs us that from inquiries includes all who wis*u to participate the Mt. Scott Publishing Co. writing, has been of untold benefit made it is evident tlie schools iu all from Estacada or country surround the grades including the high Not many hunting stories have mg it. at the Garfield Country and erpecially so in putting out the school will be full. The school found their way into our columns Club’s new grounds on Delf creek, forest fires that have been in the board has done considerable work this season as yet. Ip it because Saturday Sept , 16th. The picnic Clackamas river, and tributary W00DLE LAM) COMPANY during vacation period. Thev are the season has not advanced far during the day the Club officers do streams, country. Bank building engaged iu laying a concrete walk. enough? These fires have been costly. not have any thing to do with, as The building is receiving a Miss Ellen Errickson, a former it is intended by them to be an For more than two weeks there thorough cleaning this week. Mr, will occupy Mr. Woosters attention student in the Estacada High affair of the people and they are have been about 300 fire fighters Robeson, tile new janitor, is doing School, has beeu elected teacher in anxious to see them have a day of engaged in protecting the forest the work. The place of Miss Pruner, who has re friendship and good fellowship. coutrtbutarv to Estacada. We all feel proud of our schools wages of these men and the nects- signed. I11 the evening the club officers . __ , ; . 1 and at this time the Progress would M E. Church----- Next Sabbath sary packing outfits to get supplies 1 R will give a dance. Everybody It will pay you to ask McCurdy. suggest to the Council the propriety to them, has cost probably $1,500 invited, both to the picnic and the of vacating that por’ ion of Currin Sabbath School 10 a. in. Mrs. Griswold and daughter, of per day. dance. Cotne and have a genuine street through the block dividing Preaching 1 1 a. m, Wausau, W is., spent Sunday visit It is estimated that the Pea Vine old-fashioned harvest-home. We the portion of school projierty now League ing at the Sparks' home. They 7 P m. mountain fire burned about seventy- have had prosperous times, good in use from the portion recently are friends of the family and are —W. R F, B r o w n e , Pastor five million feet of good timber. crops, and now endeavor to have a purchased. This school property returning East after severs’ week's The Shelrock mountain fire is pleasant social time together. would look—and be much better Church of Christ— Next Sabbath stay in Canada. nrobably the next greatest loss in in a solid block than to be divided timber, although we have been tin Mrs. E. S Shankland and At this writing, Wednesday, the able to get data as to the probable as it is now. Now is the time to Bible School IO f». ra. brother C. P. Wilson are visiting make the change, tor the reason Preaching out look is that September of this damage. The Clear Creek fire loss I I a. ID. their sister at Astoria and taking in that it is not built up about the 7:45 P- ni. the Centennial, Mrs. Shankland year will lie nnother record breaker was not great from timber burned, school property, if left it might be Preaching — W. G i v e n , Pastor. expects to spend a week visiting for weather conditions. On Tues as the fire was confined to an old built up iu such a manner as to be day morning, bv the weather re burn and some small second growth in Portland on her return trip. harder work to make the change in port front Portland, the rainfall green timber. Mrs. W. M. Yonce and son Virgil, for September had been 3.39 inches vacating the street. By Tuesday noon most of the on Monday left for Albany, Ore , and was the greatest percipitatiou fire fighters had come out front the in response to a message announc ever recorded there for a like Notice mountains, as the rains had put ing the illness of Mrs. Yonce’ s sister period in any previous Sept. For the fires out. A few people from They expect to be gone about a the entire month of September the W. J. Howlett, of Eagle Creek, There will be a meeting of the Estacada were employed on the week heaviest rainfall was iu 1884, fires but most of the men were stockholders of the ESTACADA was an Estacada visitor on Mon amounting to 4 25 inches As it brought from elsewhere and sent P r o g r e s s at the office of the P r o day and while here paid the Pro It will pay you to ask McCurdy. He said sixty has been raining here yesterday in. g r e s s on Friday evening Septem gress office a visit. At their meeting on Saturday years ago ou the 4th day of Sep and this morning we know that ber 8th at 8:00 p. 111. Mr. Sherrard, with his office men evening the I. O. O. F. decided to tember he was helping cut through this September will be a record- in Portland and Mr Osborn of the E. S. VV'OMER, Sec. hire a trained nurse for Warren some brush on the old Barlow road breaker, Oregon Forest Service, gave their Barr, who has typhoid fever. His above the government building, so Lauryy, of The Estacada, who personal service at the fires, in ad condition has been such as to give that his party, then immigrants keeps the weather record, reports dition to the regular rangers em his friends much concern since he coming West, might get by a pair for the period to Tuesday morning ployed in the reserve. was taken sick. of oxen that were mired down in 2.95 inches and to Wednesday the mud, which was caused by a Monday was Labor Dav and morning 4 16 inches and still rain Anothet big real estate sale has three or four days rain at that time things about Estacada gave a holi ing. been made in the Garfield district just such as we have had this week. day appearance ou account of the which promises to add to the apple Mr Howletts party arrived in the number of people on the streets. It will pay you to ask McCurdy. — — j acteage of the future. The proper - Eagle Creek country on the 9th The business houses, except the Chief Kimrnel, of the Estacada ty was owned by Stokes & Wooster day of September following. bank, were doing business as usual. F A G IL C R U K Fire Department, has received the and was where Mr. Wooster has He to< k up a donation land claim It will pay you to ask McCurdy. following communication from the resided for Ihe past two years, The there and has been a resideut ever Some of the Bronson trail build A fight occured at the Banfield- Portland Railway, Light &. Power sale was made to J. W. Patison of since Ii was interesting to listen ers reached Estacada Monday fore Veysev Fuel Co’ s, wood camp on Co. relative to the biush fire in the Portland, better known as the to a description of the change in noon, coming from Roaring river Monday. Three Finlanders are re -1 park Sunday, August 27th 'Pop Corn K in g,” He owns a conditions from then to now as de- where thev bad spent the night ported to have attacked two Amer- hig store in Portland, but believes scrilied and witnessed by Mr. Hnw- Portland, Oregon, Sept ist, They report that Mr. Bronson has icans, hurling a rock through a j Chief, Estacada Fire Department, m t h e ‘ ‘back to the farm” idea let. He was then twenty-one years completed his contract. also. He paid $t 1,000 for 87 acres old and is now eighty one, and en- window and striking one of the Estacada, Oregon. It is partly set to fruit, 16 acres of joying good health, men and attacking the other with a | Dear Sir: August Wallenberg now of Baton apples, and we understand that it -_______________ _ knife. Both men were said to be In behalf of this Company, I ! Rouge, La , but formerly of j Florence, Neb , where be and Otto injured, but not seriously. The Wtok to thank von and your I ) e - , s Mr P * ,b o M ," u" tl0'1 to set After September 10th I shall re ' | Stuben - - ........................... - men had been drinking quite 1 m rtmeat for the splendid service more out Th is selK M r’ WoortCT fuse to tiust any one for a week's were friends, is visiting th performed at the fire last Sun OM‘ of » home but 'v f ■ « K U(1 *® board Financial losses by reason Coast for the first time He ha heavily. 1 thev , , . .. . state that it is his intention to still been spending a couple of weeks Charley Clester and Hunter Ca I day on the river bank adjoining remaln here Stoke# * Wooster of having given credit make this Jtfl s We fully 1 have the Shannon property in step absolutely necessary. visiting his friend Stuben and likes hill have returned from Eastern the park at Estacada 24 31 appreciate what was done for us Sprmgwatei and it is likely this Little Restauraut. the country. | Oregon. >h; Livery, Feed & Sale STA BLE W. A. JONES aa r a a a a a a a B a a r a Why Not Be Perfectly Safe If when you buy, or loan, on real estate, you accept an ab stract issued by an abstracter without the equipment and proper facilities for the work, you are RISK ING YOUR IN V E ST M E N T and inviting loss and injury later on. Get a Merchantable Abstract irom a Re sponsible Company OUR A B S T R A C T S S T A N D T H E TEST Clackamas Title Company^ Established twenty years 509-511 Chamber of Commerce Bldg. PORTLAND, OREGON M e m b e rO re g o n A sso ciatio n o f T itle M e n M e m b e r A m e r ic a n A sso ciatio n o f T itle M e n School Starts Monday Pires Arc Extinguished September llth By Rain W e have several bargains in houses, lots, close in acreage, fine farms and a few tracts choice fruit land, which we would be pleased to show you. CHURCH SERVICES Crossed Mountains Sixty Years Ago 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. Some 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. W e handle the ECO N O M Y JA R S They are the kind to save the fruit, easy to seal, once sealed they are there to keep. Yours for business ESTACADA FURNITURE CO. W. D. and L. M. Henthorn, Proprietors Railroad Thanks Boys For Work Important Real Estate Deal Transacted