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About Estacada progress. (Estacada, Or.) 1908-1916 | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1915)
ESTACADA PRO G RES Devoted to the Interests o f Eastern Clackamas County V olume 8, N umber 38 ONE WAV OF HANOLINO 2.300.000 0. & C. ACRES Louis L. Sharp Describes Possible Mode of Settling Timbered Area if Government Wins Suit. University o f Oregon, Eugene, June 5. The method he believes should be pursued in disposing of the 2,300,000 acres within the Oregon and California land grant, in case the supreme court o f the United States should decide-the pending suit in favor o f the gov ernment, was related by Louis L. Sharp, chief o f the Portland field division o f the general land o f fice, in a recent talk at the State University. The plan was Mr. Sharp’ s personal view, not an o f ficial one. “ Generally speaking, I think it is safe to assume that at least one-half o f the 2,300,000 acres embraced in this grant can be classed as timbered agricultural land, and approximately one-half is valuable solely for its timber,” said Mr. Sharp. “ All o f the lands within the grant should first be examined by a corps o f qualified examiners and arranged into the two general classifica tions. That portion which is valuable solely for the timber it contains should be disposed o f without any regard to its settle ment or agricultural development and solely with the view o f se curing the greatest amount o f money. “ The agricultural lands should be carefully examined and per haps sub-divided into farm units along somewhat the same line as is followed by the government in connection with the national re clamation projects. These farm units should be laid out so as to embrace both agricultural and grazing lands, and be limited to not to exceed 80 acres o f agricul tural land to any particular unit and not to exceed 160 acres in the aggregate o f both agricultural and grazing lands. A fter exam ination and classification a com plete record should be filed in the proper U. S. land office, and the land be opened for entry un der the following conditions: 1. That the entryman agree at time o f entry to a certain de termined plan o f agricultural de velopm ent 2. That the title to the tim ber remain in the governm ent to be disposed o f by the govern ment and the proceeds applied to the development o f the land. 3. That the entryman be re quired to cultivate all the cleared portion each year. E stacada , O regon , T hursday , J une 10, 1915 $1. P er Y eah WAR VETERAN PASSES WRIGHT ELECÍEO M O R JULY 4TH. CELEBRATION Estacada Resident Dies June 7th New Officials Assume Office July 6th Library Killed; Stock To Ramble Games and Races Planned W. J. Emmett o f Estacada died at 7:15 Monday morning, June 7th after a lingering illness. A complication o f heart disease and oiher ailments incident to old age, being the direct cause o f his death. Mr. Emmett was 79 years old, j having been born in Indiana in 1836. A t an early age he moved to Missouri, where he remained until 1875 when he came to Ore gon, locating near the city o f Sheridan. A fter a few years spent in Idaho and Eastern Ore gon, he and his wife moved to what is now Estacada in 1902. Mrs. Emmett died about one year ago and since that time the old gentleman has been especially helpless. Mr. Emmett was a civil war veteran, having served with the Union Arm y.for four years. ♦The funeral services in charge o f Undertakers Henthorn and Chapman, occured Tuesday af ternoon at 2 o ’ clock at the Esta cada Christian church, ex-Pastor W. Givens officiating. The in terment followed at Lone Oak cemetery. The deceased is survived by two sons and two daughters, be ing Nathan Emmett o f Portland, John Emmett o f Drain, Mrs. Nettie Butler o f Scappoose and a daughter Ella, residing in the southern part o f the state. I C ouncilmen i I Council Passes Ordinance The city council last Monday evening, passed the ordinance do ing away with the riding o f bi cycles and roller skates on the sidewalks o f Estacada. The ordinance regulating the speed o f automobiles within the corporate limits was read for the first time. I j More Cement Walks - Work is now underway by Con tractor L. H. Burd with asssis- tants, Earl Wagner and S. L. Wilson, building a concrete walk in front o f the F. Jorg Broadway property. On completion o f this work they will construct similar sidewalks on Zobrist street for Messrs. Zobrist and Lovelace. 4. That the entryman be re quired to reside continously upon, cultivate and improve the land for five years before submission o f final proof. 5. That annual proof o f resi dence, improvement and cultiva tion be required until final proof is submitted. 6. That patent be not issued until the entryman has fully dis charged every obligation to the government. 7. That there be prompt can cellation o f the entry for failure to comply with the laws.” Mr. Sharp’s idea in using the money from the sale o f timber to clear the land for the settler is that it will enable him to make a living from the start At the election held at Estaca da, in the County o f Clackamas and in the State o f Oregon, on the 7th day o f June, 1915, the following named persons receiv ed the number o f votes annexed to their respective names, for the following described offices, to-wit: I. D. Wright, m ayor,.............. 115 W. •F. Cary, ” ................... 49 Jess M. Bartlett, treas_____ 100 W. S. Pyle ” ........ 2 W. D. Henthorn, ” ____ 45 Claude W. Devore, Recorder 138 F. C. Bartholomew ” ....... 25 1 Fred Jorg, 1st ward______ 151 E. B. Byers, ’ ’ ______ 1 S. E. Wooster, 2nn ” ______ 138 A1 Havens, ” ” _______ 1 J. W. Reed. ” ” _______ 1 W. D. Henthorn ” 3 P. M. Wagner, 3rd ” .......... 98 J. W. Reed, ” 42 A. Morrow, ” ” . . . ......... 4 W. U nderw ood,” ........... 1 J. F. Lovlace, 4th ” ............ 74 A. Sagner, ” ” _______ 1 Ed Allen, ” ” .............. 2 H. V. Adix, ” ” ________ 1 A1 Havens, ” ” ________ 2 J. W. Reed, ” ” ............. 1 R. M. Standish 5th ” ............ 74 Ed Bates, ” ” ____ 58 E. B. Byers, ” ” ........... 2 J. W. Reed, ” ” ......... 1 E. W. Bartlett, ” ” ________ 1 Jas. Smith, Chairman E. Bates, Judge J. T. Ir.vin, Judge . Wm. Underwood, 1st Clerk B. R. Kimmel 2nd Clerk Shall the City Charter be a- mended so as to permit the levy- o f an annual tax o f $500.00 to support a public library? No, 102; Yes, 53. Shall livestock be permitted to run at large within the city lim its o f the City o f Estacada? Yes, 93; No, 64. Much interest was shown in this election, a total o f 165 votes being cast, with a fair propor tion o f women voting. Owing to the peculiar wording o f the two proposed charter a- mendents, a number o f voters marked their ballot other than intended, b:.t the final result probably was not seriously a f fected. The newly elected officials should assume their positions Monday evening, June 5th, but owing to its being a legal holi day, the meeting will be post poned until July 6th. The wishes o f the people hav ing been expressed by the ballot, it will not be necessary for the new council to take initiative ac tion on the library and herd law measures, so they can probably begin their official careers with out having to antagonize anyone. The new mayor and council represent a good selection o f Es- tacada business men and others , j i The general committee o f the Estacada Volunteer Fire Depart ment, comprising Messrs. Jorg, Byers, Simmons, Henthorn, Os born, Mayfield and Linn i3 work ing overtime completing arrange ments to make the coining July 4th celebration, eclipse all form er affairs. The celebration will occur on Monday, the 5th, as that is the legal holiday. The advertising committee have already ordered an elaborate set o f red, white and blue posters and have arranged with the P. R. L. & P. Co:, to advertise the celebration in the form o f pla cards on the fronts o f their cars in Portland. The program while not definite ly announced, will consist o f races o f all kinds with valuable prizes for the winners; ball games, orations, dancing and music galore. The Garfield band o f 30 pieces has been hired for the day. Every man woman and child is invited to come to Estacada and spend the day, on Monday Julv i 5 th - J i _____ 14 Year Old Hero Word has been received o f the close call from drowning a few days ago o f Miss Esther Pierson, 18 years old, o f Eagle Creek. The young lady fell off a foot log into a deep pool in Eagle Creek and but for the heroic efforts of her 14 year old brother Edwin and A. Freeman, would have been drowned. Edwin leaped in and managed to hold her head above water in the swift current until Mr. Freeman reached them. Aside from a wetting and ner vous shock, Miss Pierson is none the worse for the accident. Clackamas Has Deficit Salem, Ore., Jun e4. Thirteen counties o f Oregon had surpluses, 11 filed no reports, and 10 had deficits, according to the final re port o f the state accountancy de partment as to conditions at the close o f business March 31. The department passed out o f exist ence May 22. The counties reporting deficits March 31 were: Benton, $23,- 005; Clackamas, $80,454; Clat sop, $318,517; Columbia, $281,- 312; Curry, $11,315; Harney, $82,533; Jackson, $948,944; Mor row, $2991; Polk, $14,329; Kla math, $517,309. vitally interested in the welfare o f the city. These men will give the city a business administra tion and with the cooperation and support o f the people, much good should result.