ESTACADA PROGRESS
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BETTER PROGRESS FOR 1815
The Management Wishes
You A Happy New Year.
At this time, we wish to thank
the many subscribers, advertisers
and correspondents for their sup­
port o f the Estacada Progress in
the past and hope to merit a con­
tinuance o f their good will.
If there has been an improve­
ment in the Progress in the past
six months, it has been as much
due to the support o f the public
as to the energies o f the pub­
lisher.
It is our intention during 1915
to issue a better weekly paper
than in the past The Progress
will try to print all o f the news
from all o f the sections, stand
for the best interests o f the com­
munity, foster and work for all
local developments and generally
help to make Eastern Clackamas
County the best spot in the state
to live in.
We hope to be able to enlarge
the paper and to give the sub­
scriber more and better reading
matter. We are arranging to re­
print the best o f articles dealing
with the various phases o f agri­
culture, poultry, stock raising
and kindred subjects.
We shall aim to chronicle on a
larger scale, the social, religious
and fraternal doings o f this sec­
tion and to keep the readers post­
ed on all vital county news.
We especially wish to thank
the correspondents, who have
furnished us with the weekly do­
ings o f the various communities.
The regu.ar correspondents are
Mrs. H B Gibson o f Eagle Creek,
Miss Echo Githens o f Alspaugh,
Mrs. M. L. Sevier o f Viola, Miss
Caroline Weiderhold o f Bissell,
the Misses Flora Johnson and
Gladys Joyner o f George, Miss
Viola DeShazer o f Firwood, Mrs.
Della Vallen o f El wood, E. S.
Wooster, Rev. Aue and Earl Kil­
gore c f Springwater, Mrs. E. E.
Saling o f Currinsville, Mrs S. J.
Devine o f Barton, Mrs. A. 0 .
Whitcomb, Mrs. H. A. LaBarre,
Mrs. A. W. Botkin and K. C.
Deming o f Garfield
These correspondents have
helped to make the Progress a
better and more readable paper
and aside from these meager
thanks, there has been no other
reward.
If any news has occured in your
district which has not appeared
in the Progress, it was not an in­
tentional omission on the part of
the correspondent or the Prog­
ress, for we wish to chronicle all
o f the news each week. If you
know o f any news in your neigh­
borhood, notify either your cor­
respondent or the Progress, send
us the data and we will do the
rest.
The Progress would like to
have a regular correspondent at
Cazadero, and Dodge and will
furnish the stationery, postage,
and a free subscription to some
public spirited citizen, who will
send in the items.
ESTACADA. OREGON. TH URSDAY,
We wish suggestions from sub­
scribers as to how we can im­
prove the paper.
There is one way that the read­
ers can help their home paper,
and that is by patronizing the
local advertisers. It is the ad­
vertiser who makes it possible
for any community to buy a
newspaper for less than ten times
the present subscription rates and
being hard headed business men,
they must get results from then-
advertising or they naturally will
not support the publication.
When you buy goods of an ad­
vertiser, dont be afraid to tell
him that you saw his adve'tise-
ment in the Estacada Progress,
for it helps him and it greatly
benefits the publisher.
Trappe»-* Convicted
IX-puty G a m e W a rd e n s , B. S.
Pattuti and A . G . A m e s of E s t a c a ­
d a , last w eek c ap tu re d a pair ut il­
legal deer slav er s lu the m o un ta in s
b e y o t d Molalla.
T h e latv-hreake rs, Paccjuctte and
M e C u r d y were take n t " Molalla
a ud con vic te d. T h e toriner is s e r v ­
in g a $50. fine in ] ill a ud the la t­
ter' s tiue w a s su spen ded.
T h e M ola lla Pioneer seems to
s y m p a t h iz e with th e c u lp rits, c l a i m ­
in g th ey on ly killed oue deer aud
were tr ap p in g to e x t e r m in a t e wild
Cats, c o u g a r etc. W a r d e n Patt ou
stated th at the tr ap p e rs w ete w a s t ­
in g th e deer meal, u sin g it to feed
th eir d o g s and bait th eir traps.
P a tto u a u d
A m e s are 111 th e
m o un ta in s at present t r y in g to lo­
c a te some other illtg a l hunters, w h o
a te reported iu th e R o a r in g R i v e r
couutry.
Garfield Boy Operated Upon
W illia m S h e a r er , th e y o u n g e s t
son of Mr. and Mrs. E d w . S h e a r e r
of G a rfie ld w a s op erate d u p o n for
a p p en d ic itis at th e G o o d S am a ritan
hosp it al in Port la nd, th is w e e k .
H e is re p orte d as h a v i n g pass ed
t h r o u g h th e opera tio n sa tis fa cto rily.
Si A
Death of Mrs. R. H. Monckton
At midnight, Monday, Dec.
28th, Mrs. Rufus H. Monckton
o f Springwater, passed away,
after an illness o f many months
duration.
She is survived by her hus­
band, Rufus H. Monckton, and
eight children, being Mrs Blanch
Wells o f Milwaukie, Or., Mrs.
Minnie Mills o f Great Falls.
Mont., Mrs. James Wilson of
Fresno, Calif., Miss Alfontz
Monckton and John Monckton of
Estacada, Marshall and Avery
Monckton o f Portland, LeRoy
Monckton of Ellensburg, Wash,
and a sister, Mrs. Tllman Roe o f
Wilmington, Del.
Mrs. Monckton’s maiden name
was Carrie B. Genn. She was
born in Chicago in 1850 and mar­
ried Rufus H. Monckton at Green-
boro. Del. in 1865. She was the
mother o f fourteen children.
The funeral services in charge
o f Rev. Aue will be al. the family
home, Thursday, Dec. 31st at 1
| o ’ clock, with interment in the
Springwater cemetery.
Comparison of Levies
1914
County
------------ 2 4
8.
Ro ad
S ch oo l
--------- 3 i
S ta t e
-------- 5 1
O u t s t a n d in g road wa r-
ra n ts ____
------------ 1 . 4
T o ta ls
_ 20 0
1915
32
8.
3 4
3 9
18.5
T h e total c o u n t y , state, road and
school t a x le vies iu C l a c k a m a s c o u n ­
t y will be 1.5 m ills less n e x t >ear
th an t h e y w ere in 1914.
T h e coun­
ty ciuirt fo rm ally adopted th e le vies
W e d n e s d a y afternoon.
Accountants Expensive
M a u y officials t h r o u g h o u t the
state are co m p la in in g a g a in s t th e
h ig h c h a r g e s us made by many e x ­
pert and stat e accountants , for a u d ­
itin g th e bo oks and fin a n ces of th e
v a rio u s counties. T h e y a r e d r a w i u g
com p a ris on s be tw ee n th e local cma-
tu er a ccou ntan ts, w h o c h a r g e o n ly
a bou t one h a lf as m u c h as th e t x
perts.
A b o u t tw o y e ars a g o , one of th e
le ad in g a c c o u n t in g firms in th e C i t y
of P o rtlan d , made a p re lim in a ry a u ­
dit of th e b o o k s in th e v a rio u s d e ­
p a rtm en ts of C l a c k a m a s C o u n t y a nd
w h ile thetr re port n e v e r receiv ed
m u c h p u b lic ity , it s h o w e d so me
v e r y l a x s y s te m s in se v eral offices.
It a c o u n t v o n ly w is h e s to h a v e a
local tx io kkeep er g la n c e o v e r th eir
h o o k s as a m att er of form, it should
not cost v e r y m u ch , but if the w o r k
is d o n e c o rr e c tly , it m e a ns h i r in g
an e x p e r t and p a v in g him e x p e r t s
wages.
A th ou sand dollars paid to an a c ­
c o u n tan t is better th an a con tin ue d
svs te m le ss cha os,
w ith le a k a g e s
a m o u n tin g to m a n y
tim es th at
a nio uut.
D E C E M B E R 31. 1414
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T h e stat e t a x will be 3.9 mills;
th e c o u n t y t a x 3.2 mills; th e school
t a x , 3 4 mills and the road l a x , 8
mills.
T h e total l e v y , 18 3 nulls;
will raise
$360,000.
w h ic h is
$43.000 less th an th e am ount raised
in th ese fou r le vie s th is year.
T h e total v alu atio n of th e t a x ­
able p ro p er ty in th e c o u n t y has d e ­
creased over $1,000.000 , o w in g to
th e a m o u n t o f ra ilroad land w h ich
is in litig atio n betw een th e O r eg o n
& C a lifo rn ia R a ilro ad c o m p a n y and
th e fed eral g o v e r n m e n t
Tw enty-
n in e million d o lla rs is th e total
a m o u n t of t a x a b l e pro p erty in th e
c o u n t y now.
T h e c o u n ' y c ou rt pla ns no s u b ­
st an tial c h a n g e from th e budget
adop ted by th e t a x p a y e r s at the
m e e tin g last w e e k. — E x t r a c t from
O r e g o n C i t y Enterprise.
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Jim M illa rd’ s d a u g h t e r and f a m ­
ily of G r e s h a m , spent C h r is t m a s at
his ho m e in S p rin g w a te r.
M rs V i o l a
D o u gla ss ,
after a
w e e k ' s stay in P o rtla n d, has re ­
tu rn e d to E a g le C r e e k .
C a r l W a r d and w if e of O reg on
C ity are sp e n d in g th e h o lid a y s w ith
h e r p arents, M r. and Mrs. G en ser-
o w s k i , o f S p r in g w a t e r .
R o y D o u g la s s and w if e o f F.agle
C r e e k are sp e n din g th e ho lid a y s
w it h th e la tte r s ’ s pare nts, Mr. and
M i s G . M o e h n k e o f S h e u b e l.
YEAR
OR. HAVILAND DIES
Estacada Physician Succumbs
To Pneumonia
At eight o ’clock this morning,
Dr. W. K. Haviland o f Estacada
died, after a week’ s struggle
against a severe attack o f pneu­
monia.
Up to a week ago the doctor
was around and attending to his
work, although he had been suf­
fering from a bad cold for sever­
al weeks. During the past cold
spell, there was so much illness
that he felt he could not atford
to give up and take care o f him­
self, until finally forced to.
The doctor’s wife and his broth­
er, John Haviland, were with
him when he passed away.
Everything possible was done
for the stricken man, with Dr.
Bell o f Portland in charge and
two trained nurses iri constant
attendance.
The doctor was in his 43rd
year, and is survived by his wife,
one son, his brother, John Havi­
land of Portland, a sister, Mrs.
H. E. Adams and his father,
Major W. K. Haviland o f Denver,
Colo.
Interment will be at Oregon
City, Saturday at 11 o ’ clock.
The death o f Dr. Haviland will
be a great loss to the city o f Esta­
cada, for he was well beloved by
hosts o f friends and his cheerful
smile and knowledge o f medicine
had helped hundreds o f the local
people to health again.
The doctor gave up his life for
his friends, in the truest sense o f
the word, for he sacrificed his
own health, because duty called
him to the bedside o f others in
affliction.
His many friends, the people
o f Estacada and the surrounding
country and the Progress, join
in expressing their most heart­
felt sympathy to the loved ones,
in this great bereavement.
A D. M c M illa n a nd w if e of E a g le
C r e e k spent C h r is t m a s d a y w ith
friends in G re sh atn .
H. M. James, wife and family
o f Silverton, Oregon are visiting
at the home of J. W. Reed in
Estacada.
M rs
W . J H o w le tt of E a g le
C r e e k , e nterta in ed a p a rty of ten
friends at a d e lig h t f u l C h r is t m a s
dinner.
Guy
Creek
where
der of
W o o d l e and f a m ily o f E a g le
m o ve d last w e e k to D over,
t h e v w ill reside th e re m a in ­
th e win te r.
Mr. a nd M rs. J. F. S m ith o f
S p r in g w a te r , e x p e c t th eir oldest
d a u g h t e r and t w o c hild re n th e first
of th e year, to spend th e w in te r
w ith them .
R u t h M y e r s and S tan ford C o x
o f E s ta ca d a were marr ied Dec. 24th,
at th e home of th e b r id e 's pare nts.
T h e c o u p le h a v e rented th e A d i x
h o use near th e M. E . c h u r c h in
Estacada .