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About Estacada progress. (Estacada, Or.) 1908-1916 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1915)
ESTACADA PROGRESS Devoted to the Interests o f V olume 8, E stacada , O regon , N umber 27 Eastern Clackamas County T hursday , ASKS 81000.00 DAMAGES EAST CLACKAMAS FAIR Plaintiff Seeks Exorbitant 1915 Plans Already Under Way Preliminary Musa Meeting Friday Evening March 26th. At a recent meeting o f the ex ecutive committee o f the East Clackamas Fair, preliminary ar- rangements were consumated for the successful holding o f the fair for the coming fall, in the Esta cada Park. This committee has been busy all o f the winter, but the results o f much o f their work cannot be announced at this time. At the last meeting, the secre i tary was instructed to ascertain from the P. R. L. & P. Co. if a lease covering a certain part of the Estacada Park, could be ob tained, said space to be used reg ularly for the permanent location o f the East Clackamas Fair. The intention is to erect a building 100 ft. by 40 ft. with lean-to, 40 ft. by 20 ft., provid ing the county court will help the Fair Association financially and if the railway company will | grant the lease. The following men were ap pointed as boosters in their re spective school districts, f r both juvenile and general exhibits: Springwater . Geo. Genserowski Currinsville C. R. Lovell D ouglass____ Roy Douglass Deep Creek...Chas. Bartolomy Sandy Ridge Carl Young George ............H. Stevens Bissell_____ ,.N . Scheel G arfield............ P. F. Standish Eagle Creek Gus Burnett T r a c y ______ Henry Trapp Porter___ ____Matt Anderson B a rton ______ H. F. Gibson Upper Logan . A. A. Allen Upper Redland Mr. Hughes Viola .............. F . Cockerline i Elw'ood ..........Mr. Elliott j D od ge_______ Eb. Lacey j Everyone is requested to begin now to plan for their prize ex hibits at the fall exhibition. T h e majority ot the merchants and people of Estacada »k>ree that a I'nesdm is the best dav of the week to uive to 11 thorough c le a n ing of the »Meets, ulle>s and lots ot the city Tuesd ay, April 13th. ‘ lias been selected tor Clean Up l)av and it is e x p r c ed that all merchants, min isters, law) era, bankers, pi open v owneis. tesidenis, teachers, stu dents and editors, regardless of sex, will w m k shoulder 10 shoulder in heuutiti ing the home c i l i . A preliminary meeting will be held tomorrow night, K n d a i . t l i e 26th. ot March at the Fam ily T h e atre. at 8 o'clock . E ve ry man, woman and child is wanted at this meeting, so D O N T Y C U M ISS I T Come prepared 10 register your sug gestions and to mak* sure that your neighborhood icceives ils fair share of tile work. T h e Progress has pun ted about 500 ribbon badges. reading ‘ I W O R K C L E A N U P D A Y " ano the man, woman or child, w ho is not wearing one of these emblems of civic pride, from Friday night tip to April 131I1 will he an outcast and a recognized linluyul citizen. Parties not living in Es'acada, hut owning lot« or other property here, should do their share to hr Ip Anyone who cannot put in a d a y 's work 011 Clean Up Dav, may make a cash contribution of $2. to help defray the expenses of hiring teams T h e owners of teams and wagons have always been willing to donate their personal services, hut they should he paid for the added ser vice of their teams. Portland par ties. owning local real estate, will he solicited to aid financially. Redress Thos. Yocum o f Garfield, who is contesting the validity o f the fruit inspection law, has begun suit to collect $1000.00 for alleged damages done to his premises by the fruit inspection officers in the discharge o f their recent duties. The papers in the suit were duly served upon Inspector P. F. Standish, Marshal A. G. Ames and Harry and Ralph Reid, mak ing them the defendants in the action. In the complaint, the items listed, include $10.00 damage done to the gate leading into the orchard, which Marshal Ames forced open. The actual damage sustained to this gate, comprised the cutting o f a few strands o f bale wire, which acted in the capacity o f a hinge. At this rate, bale wire would be quoted on the market at about $5000.00 per spool. The balance o f the claim is list ed as damage done to th trrounds in the orchard by di over same with the spia chine, incident to the sp ra j. ig. As the majority o f local people know, the ground in this orchard has not been cultivated nor plowed for many years, being used as a hog pasture. It is probable that the plaintiff or his attorney has a strong sense o f humor in this action. The case will ultimately come to trial, but according to District Attorney Gilbert Hedges o f Oregon City, probably not before the Novem ber term o f court. In the past two weeks, reports have been received o f the vari- ous county fruit inspectors in the state having cut down a number o f orchards, upon the refusal o f the owners to properly care for same and no legal action has been taken elsewhere against these authorities. A number o f the dilapidated small orchards and scattered fruit trees in Estacada and vi cinity have been cut down by their owners in the past week, and the owners have done so, feeling that the fruit inspection requirements are right and prop er. In a letter to the Progress, the Oregon City Enterprise says: ‘ ‘The Enterprise has always stood for the strict enforcement o f the fruit inspection law. j t which should be administered for the rich and poor alike.’ ' This seems to sum up the atti- tude o f the various newspapers in this and othar counties in the state and reflects the attitude o f the readers. % ESTACADA CHARTER ^ r T h e ladies of the C . I. C. have promised to help in more ways than one and their plans will probably lie presented at the mass meeting next Friday night. T h is meeting must take up the matter of finding a convenient dum ping place for the refuse, and to organize the workers into squads to handle the work systematically. Grange Meeting E a gle C ree k G ra n g e met last Sat urday with ahcut thirty-s ix mem bers present. Mr. E va n s of the O A . C. was present at dinner and g a v t a short talk afterwards. There were two candidates obligated in the first and second degrees and three initiated in the third and fourth degrees. $1. P er Y ear M arch 25, 1915 j j Farmers frem outside districts, found in Estacada On Clean Up Day. may find themselves drafted into the ranks of the workers, eith er against or with their consent. Visitors will lie welcome, for the plans are for the Clean U p Day to be some celebration. SH O W Y O U R C l V i C PR ID E AND ATTEND THE MASS M E E TIN G TO M O R R O W E V E N IN G . NEED NOT BE REVISED Supreme Court Ruling Favors County. , j j A saving for the county of $50,000. was made Tuesday when the supreme, court ruled for the county in the West Linn road case. The opinion practically denies the cities o f the state the right to legislate county taxes collected within their boundaries. District Attorney Hedges with the assistance o f B. N. Hicks represented the county. The ruling, it is thought, will end at once the suits against the county by West Linn, Milwaukie, Gladstone and Canby and the threatened suit o f Osw'ego. It will also probably put to an end the movement in Oregon City for a charter amendment direct ing that the county shall pay 100 per cent, o f the road money col lected within the city to the city. Revisions o f the Estacada city charter had been considered, to allow o f the city retaining for its own use, all taxes derived from property within its limits, but with this new ruling, such a change would be o f no value and the city will have to content it self with its 50"u share o f the taxes, as imposed by the court. There is nothing to hinder Esta cada voting a special road tax, at its next annual road meeting, if the citizens want more money for road building. Auto Convenience T h e practical value of the auto mobile tor the farmer atid merchant is daily becoming more pronounced. The Ford machine of H. G . T row bridge demonstrates the ver satility of a merchant's auto, as be makes quick trips to and from Es- tacaJa, ca rryin g heavy loads of merchandise. T h e latest practical user of such a machine is Wtn. Rhodes of G a r field, who having built a large b o x ed extension to his new runabout, is handling farm produce in large quantities and in fast time. He rocently took one 900 lb. load of ga rlic to the Portland market in less than three hours, hut it is to he hoped he did not return with an equal amount of merchandise and supplies, purchased there.