ESTACADA
NO. 13
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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.