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About Estacada progress. (Estacada, Or.) 1908-1916 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1915)
ESTACADA PROGRE Olrgorr Histories!' Sac. 207 Second St. Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County V olume 8. N umber 50 E stacada , O regon , T hursday , S eptember 2, 1915 $1. P er Y ear East Clackamas County Fair Ready for the Crowds The finishing touches were put on the arrangements for the George Fair on Labor Day, Mon day, September 6 th, by the Com mittee at its recent meeting. The morning will be devoted to viewing the exhibits, visiting, etc. A fine program has been arranged for the afternoon, with an address on Rural Credits by Congressman Hawley and ad dresses by some of the members o f the faculty of the Oregon Agricultural College, also a talk on Hogs, by Mr. A. N. McAlister, o f the Union Stock Yards, of Portland. Sports and games will finish the day. The Garfield Band will be in attendance. Dancing in the Club house will begin at eight o’clock. Everybody is invited to come and bring their picnic lunches, sir lunches may be secured at the club’s refreshment stand, if de sired. September 8 - 9 - 10 ESTACADA, - OREGON Fine Exhibits, Speeches and Sports on the Program The second annual East Clack amas County Fair opens next Wednesday, Sept. 8 th, continu ing for three days. The premium lists are printed and being distributed through the mails to all of last year’s ex hibitors. Supplies of these lists are ready for free distribution at all stores in Estacada, Spring- water, Barton, Currinsville and Eagle Creek. The overworked committees are fast putting the finishing touches to their departments, and added attractions are prom ised which cannot be mentioned at this early date. Mrs. M. H. Evans of Estacada will be in charge of the Eugenics Contest, which is open to all children between the ages of six Boring Man Dynamites Self months and six years. All en tries in this department must be Wednesday morning, Godfried in the hands of Mrs. Evans or Boese a farmer residing south of the secretary, Mrs. A. W. Bot Boring, committed suicide with a kin by Monday next, either by blast of dynamite. phone or in writing. Mr. Boese, who had suffered Mrs. Jehu Davis of Garfield for sometime irom mental disor has consented to give a demon der, left his house about 3 o’clock stration of spinning, taking the yesterday morning and the fami wool in the raw state and per ly were roused soon after by an forming the entire operation of explosion. An examination re making cloth on an old fashioned vealed that the victim had gone spinning wheel and loom. into the orchard, seated himself It has been decided that the upon a quantity o f dynamite and special prize hoar given by the deliberately killed himself. P. R. L. & P. Co. will be award ed to the best individual exhibit, Firefighter Breaks Leg in not less than three of the fol Word was received Saturday, lowing classes A-B-C-D-E-F and that Stanley Turel o f Estacada I. This premium is to be award had met with an accident, having ed on counts; 1st premium. 5 had his leg badly broken by a counts; 2nd premium, 3 counts. falling log, during the fire fight It is hoped that Division H or ing on Shell Rock Mountain. the Women’s Dept, will make an The boy was conveyed to Clack especially good showing and the amas Lake, where he was taken cooking exhibit promises to be to Portland by auto, arriving much larger than last year. there the second day. Last re On Wednesday afternoon, at ports show the patient to be get 1-30 o ’clock, Miss Turley of the ting along finely. O. A. C. Extension Dept, staff, An unsubstantiated rumor was will give a cooking demonstra current thaLthe Shell Rock fire tion, which is expected to prove had destroyed Mendenhall’s tem ’ of great interest to the house porary camp, entailing a loss of wives. clothing, bedding and food. A.slight correction is herewith The Shell Rock fire is believed made to the premium list, under to be under control but a bad one i Class 10 Jersey, there should is raging between Clackamas and have been inserted - “ Heifer 1 Clear Lakes. year and not over 2 years.’ ’ * While no definite news has leaked out as to the community exhibits from one or two of the sections, strong rivalry is prom ised in this department between the various communities on the east side of the river, but “ dark horses” are expected to appear from ’tother side the last minute. Among the speakers, who have already been scheduled, are Far mer Smith, the O. W. R. & N. corn specialist, who will speak Friday. Prof. Fitts, the O. A. C. dairy specialist, will lecture Wednesday, and A. N. McAlister of the Portland Union Stock Yards will present the subject for hich he is statewide famous, namely The Hog Raising Indus try. A first class program of sports and contests is being arranged for the afternoons, taking place on the base ball grounds adjoin ing the fair grounds. One of the main attractions will be the inter sectional base ball games, be tween teams made up entirely of married men from G a r f i e l d , Currinsville, Springwater and Es tacada. Valuable prizes will be awarded the team which wins The opening game will be play ed Wednesday afternoon between Springwater and Garfield, with Estacada vs Currinsville Thurs day afternoon and the winners playing off for the championship on Friday. The line-up of the four teams cannot be accurately given out at this time, but the Springwater Sprouters, in charge of Rev. Aue as manager, will probably show such old veterans as Bittner, Boy- lan, Parks, Guttridge, Shibley, Schmidt, Folsom, Horner, Kil gore, Howell, Millard, etc. Mgr. Botkin of the Garfield Gardeners has been pulling off secret practise every night, with the promise of a hatting string, comprising Duncan, Bates, Craw ford, Tracy, Jenkins, Stokes, Da vis, Marshall, Thomas, Yocum and other names from the Gar field Athletic Register. The Currinsville Cowherders already feel that the prize is theirs, under the captainship of Concluded on page 4 Boy Electrocuted Melvin A. Larsen, an 18 year old farmer boy, living near An derson station, between Estacada and Gresham, last Saturday af ternoon climbed one of the tall transmission towers of the P. R. L. & P. Co. and in a spirit of bravado touched his hat to one of the heavy 60,000 volt wires and was electrocuted. On each of these towers is a placard warning trespassers of the danger, but the boy ignorant ly paid no attention to it and even disregarded the warning of a boy companion. Business Men, Stop-Look-Listen There will be a meeting of the Estacada Business Men’s Devel opment League at the Estacada State Bank, next Friday evening. Sept. 3rd at 7:30 sharp. At this meeting there will be considered a number of import ant matters of especial interest to the welfare of the merchants and this community. All inter ested parties are invited to be present. Blooded Stock Brought In About thirty days ago, J. M. Whelean of Upper Garfield had an auto truck load of thorobred Duroc-Jersey hogs brought from Vancouver to his farm. Mr. Whelean and family form erly resided in Portland and have only recently come to make their permanent home on their Gar field property, which was former ly the Sanford place. Mr. Whelean intends to stock his ranch with thorobred Hol stein cattle and within a short time his will be one of the best equipped farms in this commun ity. It is hoped that some of the Whelean cattle and hogs will be on exhibit at the East Clackamas County Fair. Veterinarian Needed It seems odd that no veteri narian is located at Estacada or in this vicinity. This community should offer a good field for such a practitioner, as the services of a /doctor are needed here contin ually to care for sick horses, cows, dogs, etc. Tell your veterinarian friends about this attractive opening.
