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About Estacada progress. (Estacada, Or.) 1908-1916 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1915)
ESTACADA PROGR jo 7 S * * « * ® * * • Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County V olume 8, N umber 44 SHOULD BE COMPLETED $2,000 Needed to Finish Short Stretch Efforts are being made on the part of the George and Garfield road districts to obtain sufficient funds to complete the mile stretch of road, between the present ending of the George road through the canyon to the connecting road near Botkin’s. The Gearge district have com pleted the grading and graveling of the highway for its entire distance from the new bridge up to their district line, making an excellent thoroughfare, as well as an exceptionally scenic one. Road district No. 10 of Garfield has only a small appropriation on hand to continue the road, in fact not enough to either gravel or plank it to the intersecting highway. It would take about $2,000 to complete this piece, thus assur ing an all the year round good road, from George into Estacada. If this is not done this year, about % of a mile at this end, - will be almost useless during the rainy season. The county court have been exceptionally liberal in their support of this' new road, having built the bridge and helped in other ways. It is to be hoped that the court will See their way clear at this time to make an additional appropriation to com plete the job, then that district should rest content for years to come. Undoubtedly with the limited funds which district No. 10 has on hand, with a certain amount of volunteer labor which would be forthcoming, a small sum from the general fund would complete the work, The Springwater hill road is about completed and presents a handsome wide roadway, with good grades and plenty of pass ing room. The crusher and engine which have been stationed at the top of the Springwater hill, were taken to Garfield last Monday by Supervisor Duncan, who is now beginning the graveling on the Davis-Divers Road, leading from Trapp’ s towards the Grange Hall. The new road now under con struction from the main river highway leading towards Viola has its bed of rock already laid and should be finished with gravel in a short time. With this constant building of new graveled highways through out this part of the county, East- E stacada , O regon , Hi-Oo-Skookum-Olalla “ Hi-oo-skookum-olalla” is the lingo used by the Warm Spring Indians, John Ferguson ana oth ers to imply ‘ ‘lots of good huck leberries.” Henry Fanton of Upper Gar field made a trip into the huckle berry patch last Sunday and re ports the promise of an abundant crop, with an early picking due about the middle of August with the main crop ready for gather ing during September. Undoubtedly a migration of the local people, as well as many out siders will take place to the fa mous huckleberry patch withip the next thirty days. G. P. A. Doing Good Work The Garfield Produce Associa tion, composed o f about two doz en ranchers in that district, re ports having obtained good re sults from their cooperation to date. This organization sold during the month of June $206 worth of produce and over $550 has been netted to the members since the beginning of the cooperative sell ing, last April. The next regular meeting will occur at the Garfield Country Club, August 2nd and all parties interested in joining or wishing to investigate the merits of this organization, are invited to be present. • To date, the selling agent has had no trouble in disposing of from 26 to 45 dozen eggs per week, with other produce in pro portion. Address all inquiries to H. B. Davis, secretary. Dishonest Creamery Man Fined After a half hour’s delibera tion, the jury in the case of H. Neilsen, proprietor of the Ore gon City Creamery, returned a verdict of guilty, for alleged cheating in the recording of the Babcock butter fat tests of his customers. District Attorney Hedges pros ecuted for the people and made an able plea for the protection of the farmers. Later, Neilsen was sentenced to pay a fine of $75. which under the conditions was exceptionally lenient. ern Clackamas is maintaining its former lead and reputation for good roads. If the various road supervisors will furnish the Progress with photographs of the new roads in their districts, with a description o f same, this office will prepare and have printed in the Portland papers a full account o f same. Tne Portland papers have asked for such an article and it would be a first class advertisement for this community, as many autoists and transients are ever looking for good roads leading into pleasant places. T hursday , J uly 22, 1915 $1. P er Y ear AGRICULTURAL COURSE CASH EXCEEDS THE DEBTS OF COUNIT Resume Of Work Accomplished By Estacada Schools Three years ago the Agricul tural Course was added to the work of the Estacada school. The present may be a good time to answer the very natural ques tions as to what has been at tempted and accomplished. In the-first place the course has taught many that the study of every day life problems is as truly educational as the study of remote problems have been. The students in the classes have gradually developed a respect for Agriculture which they never had for farming for they have learned that farming is not one of the unskilled jobs, but rather a profession. Because of our Agri cultural course, the school has had a special drawing power from the farms throughout a wide district. And coming here, these farm trained boys and girls have learned many facts, along many different lines of farming, which are making them better able to meet their farm life prob lems and therefore better fitted to succeed in life. . Our bo>s and girls are not taught dissatisfaction with con ditions they cannot cure; but rather do they learn the remedy for evils which should no longer exist. Demonstrations or outdoor lab- ratory work has always been a prominent part of Agricultural class work. Perhaps the most , interesting of many lines of this work has been the systematic | work in milk testing. The school has for three years tested every sample of milk brought in, with out charge to cow owners. Last year an attempt was made to list every cow within two miles of the schoolhouse, giving her name, description, period of lactation, amount of milk per day, per cent, butter fat. etc. Although this list is not complete it is an inter esting file, both for the school and for the people of the com munity. The block devoted to garden ing and experimenting has also ( proven of great help and inter est For two years the boys and girls of the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh grades had individ ual gardens in which they took great interest and some of which showed considerable merit. When the block was purchased for the school it was in a bad state o f fertility, or tilth, or both. After some consideration it was decided to use one and one-third acres for regular farm rotation demonstration. As it was not in any shape the first year to begin a rotation it was that year seed ed to oats which crop was turned under. General Road Fund Shows Deficit— $88,265.28 Cash, According To Report The amount of cash on hand in all funds exceeds the total of un paid warrants in the Clackamas ! county treasury, according to the semi-annual report o f County Treasurer Dunn, which has been | filed with Clerk Harrington. Every fund shows a balance, with the exception of the gener al road fund which has outstand ing about $75,000 in unpaid war rants. The special road fund shows a balance but in the re port of Treasurer Dunn these two reports are grouped together under a general head, road funds. The special fund has $27,537.33 on hand, making the generalized item in the report appear to have a balance. The county has cash on hand in all departments $88- 265.28. The balances shown by the various funds, according to Treas urer’s Dunn’s report, follow: Special school fund- $ 6,001.58 Special city fund ........ 648.05 General city fund....... 19,903.38 County school fund . 19,910.83 Road fu n d___________ 37,537.33 State school fund____ 53.67 Institute fund.. ........ 213.92 Trust fund-................. 2,037.71 Taxes collected by assessor- - .............. 134.20 County fair fund ......... 1,824.61 Working On Intake Now j Work has now reached the stage of building the dam and settling tank on the South Fork, where the Oregon City pipe line taps in. This work is o f prime importance, quaranteeing a sur plus supply of water at all seas ons and the settling tank is nec essary to remove the air from the water, before it enters the pipes. Engineer Rands reports most of the pipe already laid along the ditch, excepting some of the 18 in. pipe, which has not arrived from the Pittsburg factory yet. Last year the regular system .was begun. It is a four year ro tation; First year, wheat; sec ond year, oats (clover seeding); third year, clover and fourth year, corn and potatoes. This will, when the rotation is in ef fect, give us one-fourth of the field of each of the above named crops and should, with the addi tion or a light coating of manure, on the clover stubble each year, give fine results. From the ap pearance of the grain this year, the system appears to be work ing well. This year we have a'so tried a small plat, one-fourth acre, of alfalfa. Keep track of the Esta cada school gardens and experi ment plats and remember that Prof. Guthrie stands ready at all times to help with any farm prob lem that he can. F. B. Guthrie.