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Or nt on Hi» ,0 7 Secoué K ¿ m r o m H - All the News All the Time ESTACADA PROGRESS {i A Y E A R ESTA CA D A . OREGON. TH URSDAY FEBRU ARY 26. 1914 NO. 23 or VOL. 6 Local News Boost for the public library. Another big booster meeting March 7. Harry Morgan was home Satur day and Sunday. R. W. Cary went to McMinn ville, Or., Tuesday. , Mrs. A. K. Morton returned from Portland Saturday evening. Big Show Coming! The District School that is to appear in Estacada, March 13, plays no other small town. This is a compliment to our burg and you should see it, Remember the date. This will be a RED HOT SHOW. ALSO REMEMBER THAT THERE IS A Big Show Going on in Our Store WE ARE DAILY ADDING LARGE SHIPMENTS OF Hardware, Shoes, Dry Goods And Notions CARY’S Mercantile Co. New Only Paper in East Clackamas Goods Arriving Daily Come in and look over our NEW fines of Plows, Harrows, Seeders and Manure Spreaders. New * goods in Hardware, •Netting and Harness Wire Fencing, Poultry : i : Bring in your d d harness and have it put in shape before the spring rush. W e can do it cheaper now while not so busy. : : t : BERT H. FINCH, Hardware, Harness and Implements PALACE MEAT MARKET. We handle only the best of meats Lard, Bacon, Sour Kraut, Pickles. A complete line of fresh and salt meats. Fresh vegetables in their season. Fresh Eggs and Butter. NOTICE To all concerned: Be it known that I will not make good any debt that Amos Vallen may contract. 23-W2 Mary E. Vallen. M. E. Church News FRED JORG, Proprietor ALL FEED MAY LOOK ALIKE TO YOU but not to your horses. Give them some of ours for • change and see bow they will eat it much more greedily thajfcthey have been attacking their old fodder. Good feed means good feeding and as a horse owner you know that means better horses in every respect. Estacad« Lumber and Produce Co. There will be pieaching service in the Methodist Church Sunday morning, March 1, at 11 A. M. All are invited to attend. C. B. Rees, Pastor. BEST MEETING EVER HELD IN ESTACADA The booster meeting held in Esta cada last Saturday, was the most enthusiastic ever held íd the town. While it is impossible to state ex actly how many were present, it is safe to sav that there were over two hundred. It was a representative A. N. Johnson was a Portland gathering of citizens of Estacada, Sprmgwatet. Garfield, Currinsville, visitor Friday and Saturday. Another big dance at Eagle Creek Eagle Creek, George. Dodge and Barton, determined to unite for the Saturday night, March 7. good of all and the betterment of Warren Barr was home from | the community. Portland over the Sabbath. E. W. Bartlett called the meeting Dr. Haviland is now nicely lo to order and presided all dav with cated in additional office rooms. the exception of one hour in the Jasper Maynard and family have afternoon when J. A. Somer acted Mr. Bartlett “ blazed moved to Estacada from Portland. . as chairman As Monday was a legal holiday, j the way" in a very able extempora neous speech in which he informed the bank aud postoffice were closed. the convention that they could do W. F. Cary was in Estacada from considerable if they wished and did McMinnville, Tuesday aud Wednes- j not doubt but what they would day. He told of the disadvantages that Mrs. M. H. Evans and Mrs. A. the Commercial Club labored under E Sparks are Portland visitors to because of Its unability to employ a secretary on account ol lack of day. funds, but declared that Estacada Estacada High goes to Parkplace had one organization that was upto- Saturday to play with Parkplace date and doing something. This High. reference to the Civic Improvement Moving pictures at Family thea Club was liberally applauded. Re tre Saturday and Sunday night as ferring to the Estacada Commercial usual. Club, G. T. Hunt proposed that E. W. Bartlett went to Garfield the citizens of the surrounding Tuesday to register voters, heing country join in with the Commer cial Club, employ a secretary and absent all day. “ do things” for the entire commu The Palace meat market is being nity. This capital suggestion of Mr. beautified by a fr e s h c o a i of paint Hunt’s deserves attention and the on the interior. A Progress will speak of his plan in The ladies' bridge club enjoyed the near future. an afternoon with Mrs. A . E. Many addressed the convention Sparks last Thursday. regarding the building of a cannery Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dillon went and a rising vote demonstrated that to Salem last week to visit their it was favored by all. The Estacada Fruit Growers Association whose daughters, returning Monday. officers are enterprising Garfield The Commercial Club basketball citizens, have been planning for team will plav Christian Bros, of some time to establish some sort of Portland, at the par ilion Saturday an institution for the sale of fruit night. aud it was made clear that there Chas. Dubois was in Estacada a should be no competition between few days last week looking after the two, but rather the convention business matters and visiting his would join in with the Fruit Grow family. ers association if desired, aud if by ‘ ‘The Battle of Gettysburg” in so doing the best results could lie moving pictures at the Family thea obtained. A cannery owned by tre tomorrow night, benefit of high home people, is the most likely to be built, although the convention school football. would not object to local or outside The Progress understands that capital building it, if an agreement Charlie Sparks and family will be could be reached satisfactory to all. residing in their own home in Esta A committee consisting of O. T. cada in a short time. Hunt, H. A. LeBarr. J. H. Hark- Dont forget the Pound Social enrider, Sherman Kilgore aud E. S. Saturday evening, Feb. 28, at the Womer was elected to gather data C. I. C. rooms. Good music. Re regarding the building and opera freshments from 8 to 9:30. tion of a cannery, devise plans, re ceive suggestions and confer with Springwater won the basketball game Friday night over the high the Commetcial Club and Fruit school boys and in the second game Growers Association. This com the All Stars lost to the “ Scrubs." mittee, composed of progressive and “ go forward” men, will do the Miss Edna Osborn, who has been work well and report at a public visiting her cousiD, Mrs. B. H. meetiug which will lie held later on Finch, for a couple of weeks, left a date which will be announced in last Thursday for her home at Min the Progress. neapolis, Minn. The cannerv question settled, the No, the Progress does not give convention took up the matter of prir.es to those who discover the roads and road building and many most mispelled words in its adver suggestions were advanced and de tising department. Mr. Belfils may bated. Gppposltion to the pro have some prizes. posed issue of $600,000 bonds for the purpose of building the so-called Mr. Stokes was here from Port Pacific Public Highway, was very land last week and attended the cannery meeting. Mr«. Stokes and pronounced. It was the sense of son also visited at the R. W. Cary the convention that the mam trav eled road to Portland should be im home for a few days. proved and efforts will be made to C. S. Bard and wife came up bring it about. Regarding road from Portland Saturday and visited matters in East Clackamas county, friends in this vicinity over the Sab the convention took a decided stand bath, also attending the C. I. C. and adopted the following resolu dance Saturday night. tions, which speak for themselves: The Progress is pleased to report Whereas. The roads leading through that Mrs. Seal, who underwent an Eastern t 'lackmas county and running operation in a Portland hospital north from Springwater through Esta cada, Currinsville, Eagle Creek and several days ago. is getting along Barton and to Portland have been put nicely and will probably be able to in good condition by the people of the return home in a short time^' road districts through which they pass y y E wish to ask that all tax-payers ieel free to call upon us to look after paying your taxes. You have until April 1st to pay your taxes. We make no charge for our service. ESTACADA STATE BANK. We no that awl who tak inn the DISTRIK SKOOL on Friday evning March 13th wil git tyce the enjoymint thay pay for. This will be ori- jnal awl thru. ESTACADA FURNITURE CO. W. D. and L. M. Henthom, Proprietors If you want Furniture. Beds, Matres, Rugs or Matting, Wall Paper or Dishes call and see us before going elsewhere. We will try aud please you. We just hurrt thè Distrile Skool wui to be licer oa thè nite of March l^th I9I4 and wont to tei awl thè pteple not fale to sea this souqerb konipnj. I f we cul<l bar akool* lik this in our citi we wuld wilinj$lee pay tyce our prezunt tiurus. Carom and Pocket B IL L IA R D PARLOR E. H. K E L L O G G , PROPR- -------- 00— ------ A PPLE CIDER O RAN G E CIDER to GALON CIDER K EG S 50c EACH. and Whereas, It appears that at a nomi nal cost, said mile of road, by grading and surfacing with gravel, could be put into a good first class condition, and Whereas, By making said improve ment, the people in the districts alxive mentioned would have a good first class road connecting at Gresham with the macadamized roads of Multnomah county leading to Portland, Therefore Be It Resolved, That we do hereby ask and petition the Honorable County Court, the Judge and Commissioners, to immediately have the County Engi neer inspect said road between Barton and Boring, running east and north up Deep Creek and over the hill to Boring, and to survey such portions of the same as appear to need improvement to make it passable, and that they set aside and Martha Washington Tea Another pleasaut social affair of the week was the Martha Washing ton Tea, given by the Civic Im provement club ladies, at their ball on Monday afternoon. The spa cious room and tables were beauti ful with their Colonial decorations and the large number present seemed to enjoy the surroundings and amusements provided by the committee, which consisted of nam ing what our grandmothers missed, telling the names of all the presi dents by pictures hung on the walls and guessing the number of cherries in a pint jar. Those successful in spend sufficient of the genera! road | contests were Mrs H. M. James, fund to repair and build said road Miss Elenor Bews and Mrs. Bos That we also ask the people of the said road districts to instruct their road well. On entering the room the supervisors to assist in the accomplish guests were invited to buy a little red hatchet which entitled them to ment of the work. Each and every man who attend- the lunch of cherry pie, nabiscos ed this convention proved his worth and tea. The hatchets were after- as a public spirited citizen and the wards carried home as souvenirs of Progress feels sure that it voices the occasion. The committee was the opinion of all East Clackamas, when it says, "W ell done.” May costumed in Colonial style and had many more conventions like this be the illustrious George been present, it no doubt would have been diffi held. cult for him to decide which of the handsome ladies he would choose Notice to Fruit Growers It is requested by G. T. Hunt for his Martha. The committee that all those in this section who did well and is to be congratulated have small fruit suitable for can upon the success of the entertain ning purposes, to notify him at once or leave word at the Progress ment. office Report, if you have either Church Notice large or small quantities. M Chaffee will preach next H Library Day That this section of Oregon is well adapted to hog raising, as the Progress advocates, was exempli fied this week when E, W. Firkeus reported the birth of 17 Berkshire pigs Monday night, all of them in Eastern Clackamas, and Having the same mother. It might About two weeks ago, D. M. Whereas, The only impassable be well for Estacada people to be Marshall fell on the sidewalk and i stretches of said road are the portions La Everybody remember Library Lord' s da* ‘ March ,5f‘ at Ch“ rc^ gin figuring on a pork packing in hurt his shoulder quite badly, but running over Damascus Hill and the uay next Saturday afternoon, at Christ on corner of Main and 6th stitution as well as a cannery. did not know that it was dislocated road down the river from Barton to ! the C. I. C rooms. Bring as many j St., at 1 1 o'clock a. m. There will j books as you can spare. A public a|So be preaching March 4th and The Commercial club basketball uutil ten days after, when the Baker’s bridge, and -]:yi in the evening by Evau- Whereas, The road leading from Bar library is to be established in Ksla- ^ team goes to Portlaud tonight to shoulder became so painful that he ton to Boring has about one mile of cada, and ih oe books which are I , ,, . a _ 1 , . . ,, . . . . . gellst E. C, Love of Santa Rosa, ’ play Multnomah. Csr will return had to consult a phy sician. He is poor road leading over the hill between donated, will only be a starter in * --------- ICal. Everybody welcome. getting along nicely now, however. the two points as the road now is used, • , the enterprise. at 11,30.