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About Estacada progress. (Estacada, Or.) 1908-1916 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1915)
Oresoir Hratwic*» 3»c. 207 ESTACADA PROGRESS Devoted to the Interests o f Eastern Clackamas County V olume 8, N umber 39 $1100 WORTH OF CRUDE OIL Eaat rn Clackam • No. To Get Even A Smell E stacada , O regon , T hursday , To [?ance At Pavilion Announcement has been made that the dance to be given under the auspices o f the C. I. C. next Friday evening, June 18th, will occur at the Estacada Pavilion, instead o f the Odd Fellows’ Hall, as originally billed. Everyone is invited to come and enjoy the evening. Danc ing will continue from 8 P. M. to 1 A. M. with good music and re freshments. Tickets 75 cent per couple. J une 17, 1915 LIVESTOCK NEED REGULATING j “ Clackamas county’ s share o f the state automobile license fees, amounting to about $1600.00 will be used for oiling the trunk roads, leading from the Multnomah to the Marion county boundaries, according to a statement made ( last week by County Judge An derson” so says the Oregon City Enterprise. Continuing, the ar ticle reads, “ This will give Chautauqua Program Announced motorists an uninterrupted oiled Programs are already out, call 1 highway from Portland to Aur ing attention to the 1915 Chau ora. The action was taken at tauqua Assembly to be held at the request o f the Automobile the Gladstone grounds, July 6th Club.” to 18th inclusive. And yet they wonder why The program shows the names Eastern Clackamas, with Esta o f many well known lecturers cada as a nucleus, is dissatisfied and entertainers, including A r with county management. Who thur A. Franzke; Swiss Alpine wouldn’ t be dissatisfied? The Yodlers; Royal Hungarian Or slight consideration shown to this chestra; Mrs. A. C. Zehner; Sen. part o f the county is an insult, Burkett: Schuman Quintet; Rev. but this kind o f treatment has Father Mac Corry; Newell Dwight been handed to us hillside farm Hillis; Ciricillo and his Royal ers for so long, that they natur Italian Band; Col. W. H. Miller ally take it for granted that we and many others o f equal note. dont care. Inquiries for reservations and $1600.00 is a lot o f money, jn other information should be sent fact an awful lot. And this to Secretary H. E. Gross o f Ore amount is to be spent for oil, to gon City. lay the dust on the trunk roads, from Portland to Aurora, for the Local Lodge Member Dies benefit o f automobilists. Do you A telegram was received by note that no mention is made o f W. D. Henthorn, secretary o f laying the dust for tne farmers? the Estacada I. O. O. F. from Is nt it a shame that the main Prescott, Arizona last Tuesday trunk highways don’ t lead up morning, announcing the death through this part o f the county, o f Alonza Hamack. Many o f the for the benefit o f the Portland Estacada and Springwater peo automobilists? ple will remember him, as he And will you note the last sen lived here at one time, but was tence? “ The action was taken later forced to rake up his resi at the request o f the Automo dence in Arizona, owing to his bile Club.” Now wouldn’ t that being a sufferer fronj tuberculo ja r you? The Automobile Club, sis, which finally caused his address not given, “ requested” death. the honorable county court for $1600.00 to lay the dust for them, The report shows only four and they got it. counties in the state, appropriat We, o f eastern Clackamas ing a larger amount. This reads county, who pay taxes, build County Fairs, but probably should , roads, live and work in this coun have read Fair. The Committee ty, can hardly get a cent out o f j in charge o f the East Clackamas that honorable body after beg Fair to date has failed to get one ■ ging on our hands and knees, cent from the county and has not to mention “ requesting” it. about given up all hope o f get- How much longer are .eastern ting any. Clackamas taxpayers going to But cheer up, brother tax-pay stand for this utter disregard of ers and farmers, when it comes their rights? time to show your prize winning The Financial Report o f the exhibit, the East Clackamas Fair Operations o f the Accounting will be ready to receive it and Department o f the State o f Ore the Portland automobilists will gon, just issued, shows on page be riding over your $1600.00, free 10, the following item:— “ Clack from dust or worry, because amas County expense for County they “ requested” the Honorable Fairs for 1914--=$3684.25. ” County Court, to do so. No Herd Law, Should Not Mean No Regulation At last week’ s Estacada city election, the people voted in lavor o f continuing to allow livestock to graze within the corporate limits, and consequently no herd law will be passed, as had bee : c< n emplated by ■ ime o f the council. There are many good argu ments on both sides o f this ques- ion but probably few people will find fault with the present situa- tion, providing some rules are enforced regulating the animals. At present the ordinance calls for all animals to be shut up a f ter 8 P. M. but in some cases this rule is not being lived up to, by the owners o f the stock, nor is it being enforced by the marshal. It would be well for the coun cil to pass an ordinance which would embody the following reg ulations:- all cows to be dehorn ed; all bulls or bullocks to be kept off the streets; all horses to be hobbled; any a limal showing signs o f viciousness not to be al lowed grazing privileges; all bells to be removed; and strict en forcement o f hours. Much complaint has been made recently; as in several c^ses gar dens have been partially or wholly ruined. Cows feeding near wire fences often tear the wire or netting with their horns. Several malicious animals are at large, but these animals could do little harm if dehorned. While it might prove a slight bother in some instances for cow owners to locate their stock if not belled, the majority o f the time it is not necessary. Horses, if hobbled will not run pellmell through the streets or alleys, thereby en dangering pedestrians or children or are they likely to start runa ways by frightening harnessed teams. Livestock allowed to graze under such conditions, would fare equally as well and the own ers would not risk the later en forcement o f a herd law, by an tagonizing the non-cow-owning public. Elwood Rancher Dies Word was received last Mon day morning o f the death of George Dibble, formerly o f El wood. Mr. Dibble had recently been committed to the state asy lum for the insane, as he was suffering from a serious nervous ailment, which ultimately caused his death. $1. P er Y ear Corn Delegate honorary Title About two weeks ago consider able stress was placed upon the importance of Estacada’ s select ing a young man as a delegate from this county, to the Interna tional Corn Convention at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Through the office o f the coun ty superintendent o f schools and after consulting with the school board and others in Estacada, the honor was offered to Lloyd Ewalt o f the Estacada High School. Ewalt’ s name was sent to Governor Withycombe, as the lucky representative from this section. Ewalt is this week in receipt o f a letter from the governor, enclosing an engrossed and elaborate paper, reciting the virtuesof the appointment as del egate to the San Francisco Corn Convention, in August next. Last, but far from least, it re cites that this appointment as delegate is purely honorary, as it does not carry wLh it any trip to San Francisco, unless the dele gate wishes to pay his own ex penses. While being named as dele gate may be an honor, it is a dirty shame that E.valt or some o f his backers were not advised o f the worthlessness o f the ap pointment, at an earlier date. Attention—Step High Just because Estacada is un dergoing an epidemic o f cement walks, is no reason why its good old plank sidewalks should not be patched up when necessary. A t tention is called to the broken planks on the East incline on Main St., also a number o f t>adly worn ones on Third St. between Main and Broadway, as well as spots on upper Main St. and oth er places. The city should have all broken planks mended and the charge should be made against the prop erty and the owner should pay the bills. In the case o f side walks adjoining non-resident’s property, no sentiment should in tervene in, the mending or re building o f these walks. The city should do the work and send the bill to the owner. Estacada has received almost no help, financial or otherwise from its non-resident property owners, with the exception of the F. R. L. & F. Co. and a few others and these speculative prop erty owners should be forced to take care o f their property or pay a fat penalty price for their negligence.