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About Estacada progress. (Estacada, Or.) 1908-1916 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1914)
ESTACADA NO. 13 OP VOL. 8 FARMERS’ WEEK SUCCESS Saturday’s Wind-up Draws Big Crowds A most successful series of meet ings were held last week in Estaca- da, under the auspices of the Ore gon Agricultural College's Exten sion Staff, brgianing Moutlay morn ing and ending Siturdav alter noon. Owing to the fair weather many farmers did not feel that they could afford to quit work and attend reg ularly, hut the maj irity of them spent at least one day ill Estacada . The pupils ot the High School attended iu a body and helped to swell the audiences. As nearly every phase of agriculture and live stock raising was touched upon during the week's program, every farmer was able to obtain new in formation ahii.g his respective line of work. As usual some complaint was made about the instructors not be ing practical men. but in the major ity of casts, the lecturers were both practical and theoretical. Such men as Prof. Kitts, are the best au thorities that can be obtained, as he has had years of actual expeii- ence, in rai-ing and handling cattle. The keenest interest was dis played bv the women, ill connec tion wiih the Domestic Science * ourse and no one complained of Mrs Dolan nol being a practical as well as a theoretical expert. Her demolish atious left no room for doubt as to her ability to cook and serve the daintiest of dishes Her lecture on the care ol the sick was of s -ecinl interest and the only com plaint was that only three da>s could be given to her course. At 1 lie request of a nil inner of the ladies, the Progress will begin in this issue a reprint of some of Mrs. Dolan's recipes and more will follow each week. Saturday’s Hog Butchering Dem onstration, with its attendant Hog Jndgiug and kindred lectures, drew one of the biggest crowds that has been in Estacada, on other than a holiday, for years past. From a local business standpoint, the merchants all report a busy week, as many outsiders did their Christmas shopping while in town. The Estacada State Bank reports banner business and from the amount of money handled, it is fair to assume that much money was spent wi*h the merchants. The butcheiitig demonstration drew probably the largest audience and proved conclusively to most of the spectators that selling livestock on the hoof is more economical than selling it dressed Some of the E S T A C A L A . OREGON. T H U R SD A Y , D EC EM BER 17. 191 + spectators were under ihe impres sion that tlie Union Meat Co.'s demonstrators were trving to show them how to butcher a hog. when in reality they were aiming to show merely the relative values as ex pressed in the live and dressed ani mals. Allowance should be made for The crude apparatus that was used for this butchering and the expert was handicapped by having to work at a dtsad vantage. Tha butcher, Mr. Hampshire, was able to show his skill when it came to the gut ting and drawing of the carcasses and more than one local expert opened his eyes when Hampshire completed the gutting of a hog in 28 seconds, against from two to five minutes as consumed bv the aver age amatuer. Mr. Hampshire’s ' record at the yards is 16 seconds for that task. The demonstration allowed the I people of this vicinity to see the new stock yards and to get ac quainted with Mr. Lucke, the local livestock buver, Mr. R. D G illi am, of the Union Meat Co and Mr. C. M. McAlister of tile Port- laud Union Stock Yards. LaFolle'.te Visits Old Haunts G. K LaKollette, editor of the Helena Independent ami formerly editor of the Progress, was an Esta cada visitor last Monday, 011 his wav hack to Helena, from a two weeks business trip in Central Ore gon Rvh-Rahs Returning Ken Bartlett. Boh Morton. A l bert Shankland and Guv Graham, who are now attending college, re turned home for the holidays. Bartlett and Morion are attending the U of O. and the others are at O A C. While none of them ap pear to have lost any flesh, they seem to lie looking ahead to a few more of those dinners, such as only mother can cook and father can buy. Postal Notice Do not wait until 4 o'clock to mail your packages, as it takes time to handle same and many of them cannot get out on the next mail, as the two carriers arrive be tween 3 and 4 o'clock and their packages have the preference. Da not be afraid to use lots of good twine and paper on your Christmas packages, address them with pen and ink and return address must lie on all packages. A . N. Johnson, P. M. J i A Y fez. FIRST CARLOAD GONE GUNNERS ACCOMPLISH LITTLE Estacada’s Yards Ship Mixed Carload Meeting Starts Well, But Interest Drags ‘ Send oxt at once O. S. L. cattle car, Number 13943 to Estacada". That was the message phoned into Portland last Saturday, by Agent Givens and it must have "listened good” to the freight dispatcher at the other end, for it. is but the lieginning of livestock shipping on this line. Saturday afternoon's cannery meeting, was far from a success, for several reasons. Following as it did, on the heels of a "H o g Man agement Meeting" and at the end ot a week of similar gatherings, the greater part ot the audience was tirid out and left during the pro gram. It will not be long before similar yards will have to be established at Eagle Creek. Barton and other points, and as soon as the supply warrants, it should not lie difficult to have the yaids installed. The speakers, H. E Davis, pres ident of the Gresham cannery, and H, A Lewis, president of the Brownsville cannery, attempted too lengthy preambles to their speeches and as the audience was anxious to start for home, they were unable to hold their attention. Buver Lucke made up a mixed shipment for the car leaving last Monday, comprising 72 hogs, 2 bulls, 1 cjw and 1 steer. Most of this stock was purchased Saturday in Estacada, with the addition of some from Currinsvilie and Gar field, which came iu Monday. The honor of receiving the first check, for the first hog sold, went 10 W. R. Reid of Garfield and John Stormer’s hog was the first occupant of the new yards. Among those selling hogs and beef this week were S. J. Howe, Frank Mil lard, A W. Botkin, W. A. Bard, L Hale, E. E. Jenkins. C. H. Dun can. C. R Lovell. John Stormer, C A. Wdcox. N E. Linn, H. H. Hnxlev, J. A Kitching, F. Jorg. W R. Reid and C. C. Saling. Another shipment will he made within two weeks if not sooner, as Mr. Lucke will make trips the lat ter part of this week, through Springwater and George. Mr R D Gilliam, one of the Portland blivets for the Union Meat Co was in Estacada last Sat- nrdav, and stmke at the afternoon meeting along the lines of Hog Raising and Shipping. He brought out emphaitcallv that there is no danger of over production of hogs and showed conclusively that the Portland market was great enough to handle a heavy run of live hogs, without its seriously effecting the market price He put especial stress on the fact that the dressed h«g market can easily become glut ted and force prices down accord ingly. owing to inadequate local re frigerating facilities and limited lo cal consumption. Continued on page two The speakers probably were not aware of the fact that Estacada has already held four disastrous can ner meetings and that the majority of the Estacada growers of small fruits, are experienced men at the business, and were not as interested in a general discussion of the can ning industry, as they were in the prices which were likely to prevail for the production of certain fruits and vegetables In other words, they wanted prices, figures, freight rates and concrete facts. Mr. F W. Hild, general mana ger of the P. R L. & P. Co. was to have made a talk at this meet ing. hut owing to the small sized audience, and the lateness of the hour, asked to be excused. Mr. Hild met many of the local people and expects to make an early trip to Estacada and familiariz.e himself further with the needs and condi tions in this vicinity. Messrs. Hunt, Fields and Cross of the rail way company were also present at this meeting and are vitally inter ested in the outcome of this pro posed cannery combina! ton After the meeting, about a score of the local growers, met with the speakers and the railway men and arranged for another special meet ing to he held next Saturday. Dec. 19th, at t P. M., in Estacada, at which meeting there will he a rep resentative of the canners' selling agency and a railway representative. It is hoped they will he able then to give actual working figures and present their proposition complete, so that a grower will know about the price to expect from his pro duce and the cost of shipping same to Gresham. While this will not be a big meeting, all growers and others interested, are requested to be present.