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ESTACADA
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NO. 40
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PROGRESS
ESTACAD A. OREGON. TH U R SD AY.
V O L. 4
ESTACADA STATE BANK
CAPITAL
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$25.000
We have money to loan on
good mortgages at current rate
Despite a heavy rain which fell
almost continuously during the
meeting, a good crowd was out at
Springwater Grange hall, Tuesday
night to hear Cascade county divis
ion discussed. A feature of the
meeting was the reading of two let
ters, by Chairman Karl Kilgore,
secured from Hood River fruit
ranchers regarding taxes.
The
letters were divergent in sentiment,
one strongly for benefits of the divis
ion from Wasco, the other doubtful.
Both rauchers owu cultivated lands,
worth $ i 800 an acre; before divis
ion the land brought about $500 au
acre. One rancher complained that
his taxes were higher than they
were before division; the other re
joiced in it and declared that under
no circumstances would thev con
sider reuniting to Wasco, for he ar
gued. the people received the bene
fits,land values had Increased rapidly
and the proportion of tax increase
was far short of the value advance.
TIME IS MONEY
You need the former;
W e need the latter.
W e can both get what we need, if you will come in and
price our
Big Line of Watches
When you find how reasonable they are in price,
you can’t afford to risk your eyesight by squinting at the
sun or by asking Central what time it is.
If you want a time piece on which you can rely
to the minute,
BUY OF
US!
W e meet all competitors, no matter where located, and
as for catalogue houses, They're Easy. Reduced rates on
all jewelry and clocks. Watch and Clock repairing prompt
ly attended to.
Estacada Jewelry Company
Broadway
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Q u a rte t u n avoidab ly abeant.
The Cascade quartet was unable
to appear, because of the absence of
Phil Stand ish who is singing at
Portland during the Rose Festival.
They will appear in Barton and
Eagle Creek, next week, however.
While the crowd was gathering,
Dr. H. V. Adix, who made his
maiden speech for county division,
played some lively airs on the lodge
organ and then came the opening
discussion by L. G. Bel fils. He
confined his excellent talk, largely
to taxation. He was followed by J.
S. McCurdy who took up present
conditions and compared them with
other counties where centralized go
vernment was a distinct advantage
and painted a glowing picture of the
benefits to be derived from division,
showing that Cascade county would
be handled exclusively by the tax
payers instead of the non-taxpaing
vote in Clackamas county affairs.
Where ere the objector*?
Fruit Season is on
W E HANDLE
A full Line of Economy Jars
A N D A L SO
Caps, Rubbers for Mason Jars
ESTACADA FURNITURE CO.
W . D. and L. M. Henthom, Proprietors
Odd Fellows Building
Dr. Adix gave a happy five min
utes talk, during which he said he
regretted that those most active in
Springwater in opposition to the
movement were not present.
" It rather goes to show they
don't want to be shown or they are
not sure their arguments will stand
the test’ ’ he added.
R. M. Standish closed the formal
discussion of the subject, during
which he took occastou to show that
the state board of equalization ar
ranged the taxes according to the
valuation of land, which proportion
ed the rate of taxation in Hood
River county, according to the as
sessed valuation.
Intense interest was manifested
by the people of Spriugwater. A
majority professed themselves in
favor of division. Next week, there
will be meetings at Barton and
Eagle Creek. The latter at Elliott’ s
hall Saturday, June 22 followed by
a dance. The date for the Barton
meeting will be earlier.
May demand a writ of
Review in Assault Case.
County Commissioner Mattoon re
turned from Orcgou City Saturday,
\ where the county court has been in
session. A number of road petition ,
$1 A Y E A R
SERVICE TO BE MUCH BETTER^
We Sell Cheaper, That’s Why
Estacada Merc. Co.
M dse.
fOR
CASH
LOGAN LOSES A CLOSE GAME
People in the east Are
R u c h e . ■ Decision.
in prosperous condition
' 'On this question of division' ’ ad
ded Chairman Kilgore, after read
ing the letters aloud, “ I have been
in doubt. At first it sounded all
right; then 1 talked it over with my
neighbors and rather doubted the
wisdom of the movement. And now
after giving the matter a good deal
of thought and listening to the
speakers tonight. I've come to a
conclusion."
"W hat is that conclusion?" asked
J. S. McCurdy.
"I'm for county division” replied
the chairman amid great applause.
Only Paper in
East Clackamas
MAT HEAR PORTLAND
LETTERS OF ROOD RIVER MEN
C lu in H a Kilgore read* tw o rogardiag
taxe*—Cagle C rack m eeting Saturday
evening, Juno 22.
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IUNE 13 1912
were turned down at;d it was an
nounced during the meeting that
with the finishing of the Eagle
Creek bridge, the county has only Pacific States starts putting
in new copper wire.
one more, a steel bridge across the
mouth of Clear Creek. Mr. Mattoon
says be dosen't believe the county
will have to put a bridge over the Y o u w o n 't , p rrid h a lf y o u r tim e y e llin g
end th e o th e r h a lf tr y n g to h e a r
Willamette river. He asserts the
w h e n n e w Line i* fin ish e d
one now in use is good enough for
Within a month, it is expected
several years to come.
Heury Epperson of Garfield, that Fistacada and Portland will be
whose step-sons Oliu and George connected by a real copper telephone
Hampton were recently witnesses wire. The Pacific States company
against Earl Wagner in an alleged has hired a team and ten men here,
assault and battery case, came to bought poles and announces that it
Oregon City during the meeting to means business. Hooray!
For a good while patrons on long
take up the question of askiDg for a
writ of review in the case. The distance have spent about half their
jury in Justice Givens court, after time yelling "hello" and listening
hearing the evidence against Wag to "w hat?" The only thing they
ner returned a verdict of not guilty couldn't kick on was the prompt,
and the court dismissed the case ness of the bill. It was there the
against Emanuel Krigbaum and first of the month all right. Now
Floyd Davis who were charged se the rest of the service will be up to
parately with assault and battery the bill.
upon George Hampton. Mr. Ep
person, it is said, maintains that the
latter case should have been tried , Estacada shuts visitors out 4 to 0 -G ood
first and he tb n 's if taken into
crowd sees the pitchers battle
and hear jawing.
circuit court, he could secure a re
sult more satisfactory. Commiss- |
T e a m B a t t in g A v e r a g e s
340
T o w n se n d ,
ioner Mattoon advised agaiust the
Douglass
194
move, but Mr. Epperson is still
L. B ro n so n
353
undetermined what action he will |
Smith
M0
take.
187
Stubbs
5PRIN6WATER ATTENDS
Despite rein, good crowd
hears division talks
y
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E. W. Bartlett returned Friday
evening from a six weeks trip in
the middle west, a part of the time
spent at EauClaire Wis. where his
parents reside. Mrs. Bartlett ac
companied liim and stopped at La
Grande, where she and the Bartlett
children will remain for a mouth,
after which they will return to Es
tacada.
"W hile politics are talked some
what in the middlewest, farmers are
so busy with the big oops that have
little time for anything else" said
Mr. Bartlett, "Wherever I went I
fonnd all legitimate business in pros
perous condition Hard times are
not known. The speculators are
the only ones to complain."
Mr. Bartlett's parents, though
advanced in age, are in fairly good
health.
Simmons
M orton
Shultz
N. Bronson
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66
187
237
Cutting out the jaw-wobbling,
the game between Logan and Ivs-
tacada at the local ball yard. Sun
day, was a fine exhibition, won by
our luminaries 4 to o. It was a
wigglers conflict, "L efty" Ander
son and Corneilius Bronson per
forming smoothly.
‘ Lefty" al
lowed six bingles three of ’em for
two bags, though, while Corneilius
permitted fiyc, uoue more than good
for one sack. The strikeouts were
even up, 6 each.
Mr. Anderson’ s grief all came in
the fourth, when Alaska Townsend
singled Doc Douglass duplicated,
Leviticus Bronson doubled and a
buuch of boots and bad pegs allowed
four of the locals, Townsend, Doug
lass, Smith and Simmons, to filter
home. That was all the scoring on
either side.
When the Athletes Sweated
Supervising fire warden
The Loganberries threatened a
Appointed for Clackamas couple of times, once in tbe fourth
J. W. Ferguson Jr. who can be
reached by phone at the Hotel Es
tacada, has been appointed as super
vising fire warden for Clackamas
and Marion counties, by the Stat ‘
Forester. The new official will co
operate with national foresters and
hopes for hearty support of residents
A list of local wardens will be pub
lished later. Permits to burn will
be handled by the official.
There is a local fire association in
the county. C. S, Chapman is sec
retary. He will receive applica
tions for membership.
Farmers asked to bring
Fruit and Vegetables.
The Estacada Commercial club
desires to prepare an exhibit of fruit
and vegetables for use in the P. K.
L. & P. depots at Portland and for
use in its offices here. Farmers are
earnestly requested to bring their
best samples of fruit and vegetables
to Secretary Standish who will at
tend to having them prepared.
The benefits of such au exhibit
are apparent to all property own-
ners and prompt action is urged.
Skyrockets, firecrackers, cap pis
tols, tin horns etc. at Marcbbanks.
Our prices are Low er-There’ s a Reason
Everybody’s Doing It!
Doing What?
Eating Strawberries!
P lace y o u r orders Tor c a n n i n g
s t r a w b e r r i e s w i t h us a n d w e w i l l do
the rest.
D o n t forget, that o u r lin e of fresh
vegetables is the best in town.
...Cruse
Brothers...
and once in tbe sixth. It was in
the latter stanza that the jaws of the
contesting athletes were agitated.
Brother Neil wobbled and filled the
sacks by hitting a pair of the Ber
ries. The last one, "Babby" Bab-
ler thrust his shoulder into the
pill, whereupon "Umps" Anderson
after a moments thought, told him
to amble back from first. "Babby"
declined to go and all hands gat Commencing June 1st, we wili remain open until 8 p. m„
hered in close harmony and talked
Saturday 9 p. m.
some. ‘ Babby" bad his way and
then Corneilus clamped down the
lid. No scores.
A fine crowd of rooters from Lo
gan cheered their favorites to the
last.
Both teams, excjpt once,
played swell ball.
W e refer to Harness, Buggies, Wagons, Implements, Paints,.
George Townsend and Cap Levi
ticus prepared the batting averages Binders, Mowers, Rakes, Binding Twine, Sash Doors and
Wire Fencing.
for the season after the game. They
appear at the head of the colum.
W e make our own harness out of
Cap, you notice, is the heavy
sticker. The score:
The Home of Quality
C a ll up M a in 59 a n d secure o u r
p r o m p t d e liv e ry service
WELL, W hat About It!
R.
H . K.
Estacada — 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 x 4 6 3
Logan - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0--0 5 5
Batteries— Bronson and Bronson;
Andei son and Benson.
Fireworks
Marchbanks.
for
the Fourth
at
Dubois Lumber Co.
C. C. DUBOIS, Manager.
W e deal in all kinds of building
material including Lumber, Lath,
Sash, Doors, Sand, Gravel, Lime,
Plaster, Brick. Cement, Etc.
All
orders promptly filled.
Head Office Broadway, Phone Main 103
OAK
TANNED
Henney Buggies the
LEATH ER
worlds
Standard
M a n d t a n d M itc h e ll Wagons. Double
a n d L i g h t draft. P h o e n i x a n d
C h i n a m e l paints, none better
Sash and Doors, first class.
McCormick Harvesting Machinery stand at the head.
American field and poultry fencing unsu. passed.
Plymouth Binding Twine, fully guaranteed-
Get the habit of patronizing
home people.
Our goods are guaranteed and we stand
back of them.
The Yellow Front Emporium
McCurdy Lbr. & Hardware Co.
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