Estacada Progress
road district is either practically pie will be made at once of some
unanimous for or against a road offender.
tax for special purposes and
There is no need of waiting un
Published every Thursday at I where the resident taxpayers all til some child is killed by a speed
Estacada, Oregon
agree that a road tax should be er. This same enforcement will
R. M. Standish, Editor and Manager j voted they desire the simplest be applied to the stock law, as
means of gaining these ends. complaints are being made of
Entered at the postoffice in Estacada,
In the past» they simply posted livestock ranging through town
Oregon, as second-class mail.
three notices of a road meeting after hours.
and then each man talked it over
S u b sc r ipt io n R a t e s
One year
-
$1.00 with his neighbor before the Notice of Road Budget Meeting
Six months
-
.50 meeting and at the meeting a
Notice is hereby given that,
notice was drafted to be sent in
to the county court to have the! pursuant to Chapter234, General
Thursday, Oct. 21, 1915
tax collector add that specified Laws of Oregon 1913, and Chap
amount
to the taxes for the prop ter 222, General Laws o f Oregon
As the old saying goes “ Death
erty
of
the particular district 1915, a meeting of the legal vot-
and Taxes are ever present” but
| ersqf Road District No. 55, Clack
probably more worry is spent on I w^*ere
tax was levied,
the latter item than the former.
^he timber men complained amas County, Oregon, will be
The question of taxes and the that in sparsely settled districts held at School House, in said Dis
payment of same is an all year t*le ^ew home9teaders who inhab- trict on the 10th day of Nov.,
1915 at the hour of 7 o ’clock P.
around obstacle to the majority j j ited the wilds of the timber belt
M., for the purpose of considering
j
would
vote
a
special
road
tax
in
of property holders and one in
the following estimates of the a-
which they are vitally interested ' order that they may be provided
Our county government is bas-1
employment for a large mount of money to be raised by
| special tax in said District for
ed on taxes, a large part of the *,art °*
year-
the ensuing year.
work of the county authorities
With the continued growth of
ROADS AND HIGHWAYS
comprises the levying and col
the Estacada High School, we Improvement and maintenance of
lection of these same taxes, yet
learn that a number of Eagle Viola to Little Clear Creek Road
Clackamas County will not send a
Creek boys and girls would like $1000. Improvement and main
property owner a statement of his
to attend the school, if a reason tenance of Gerber Road $225.
or her taxes, unless directly ap
able school children’s rate could { Improvement and maintenance of
pealed to.
be obtained from the railroad Jim Hayden Road $700; Improve
More than one delinquent tax
company.
ment and maintenance of H. H.
payer, has got behind because
* This matter will be taken up at Mattoon Road $450.
they were never advised of the
once by the proper authorities
BRIDGES None.
taxes against their property.
and it is likely some arrangement
PROBABLE
RECEIPTS—
For instance, an Estacada prop
can be perfected to increase the | Probable receipts of said Road
erty holder on writing to the
scope and usefulness of our high District from sources other than
county sheriff’s office recently to
school.
from direct taxation upon real
obtain a statement of the sup
and personal property for the en
posed current taxes, was inform
The City of Estacada or any suing year, $2500.
ed that the 1910 and 1911 taxes other city might just as wi-11 stop
RALANCES Amount of all
had never been paid, although all passing ordinances and laws, if
Balances on hand estimated,
subsequent ones had been. Alone they do not intend to enforce
$2400.
with the penalty attached, the them.
Much of the disregard
Subscribed by three resident
property owner now has to pay shown the average law is due the
freeholders of said district and
over 50'/ extra.
fact that minor laws and regula by the road supervisor of said
Why should not Clackamas tions are not enforced.
district this 15th day of October,
county adopt the system used in
Estacada has posted speed lim 1915.
Douglass and hundreds o f other it and “ slow down for school”
S. G. Kirchem, Freeholder,
counties in the country, namely, signs, warning the autoist and
R. M. Miller, Freeholder,
mail to every property holder an motorcyclist. Little attention is
L. S. Tenny. Freeholder,
itemized statement of their tax? paid these warnings, especially Geo. M. Hively, Road Supervisor,
Some counties mail a regular by our own people and an exain-
Road District, No. 55.
statement, others sending a dup
licate card form, the original of
which is enclosed with the re
nt, ttance.
Clackamas county could not
make a better or more business
like move than to adopt some
The same strong, serviceable Ford car—
such system.
but at a lower price. The Ford car, which
The Oregon City Enterprise
is giving satisfaction to more than 900,000
has pretty nearly summed up the
owners, has a record for utility and economy
subject of the new road laws,
that is worthy of your attention.
T w o and
the new “ budget meetings” e tc ,!
as follows:-
two make four— there wouldn’t be so many
“ The law as framed appears,
Ford cars if they didn’t give such splendid
to be the result of a deliberate!
service.
attempt on the part of some of j
the legislators to complicate the!
Delivered at Estacada
law and to twist it into such a
Touring Car $493.25
Runabout $443.25
shape that road districts would
find the bother occasioned by i
On display and sale by
raising a special road tax would I
Estacada, Oregon.
be greater than to go ahead and
improve their roads by volunteer
work.
As is usual in most cases the
(I n c o r p o r a t e d )
J. W. REED
Judge a Bank
by its financial soundness, by the
standing and character of its direct
ors and officers, by its readiness to
be of service to its depositors. That
is the way we wish this bank to be
judged and we invite the strictest
inquiry.
When you have made it
we solicit your account on the result
of your investigation.
Estacada State Bank
LEROY I). WA1MR. President
THOMAS YOCUM. Vice President
IRWIN 0. WHIbHI. Cashier
Interest paid on time deposits.
C. E. Lucke
Livestock Buyer
i
sf
Hogs, Cattle, Sheep
/
All shipments made from
Estacada Stock Yards
Phone W . Givens, Estacada agent,
and advise him of what you have
for sale, and I will call and
arrange
for
purchase
and s h i p m e n t .
Weekly Oregonian
Estacada Progress
a n i :>
Both For One Year
-
$ 1 .60