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About Estacada progress. (Estacada, Or.) 1908-1916 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1915)
ESTACADA PROGRESS Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County V olume 9, N umber 6 E stacada , O regon , T hursday , O ctober 28, 1915 MILWAUKIE EASY ViGTtIKS CITY GETS MORE PUBLICITY Neighbors Hardly Furnish Practice For t. H. S. Milwaukie as a city may have a larger population than Estaca da and possibly a high school at tendance in proportion to its pop ulation, but if the foot-ball team which represented that city last Saturday against the Estacada High School boys, is the pick of their athletes, they might as well confine their physical culture to croquet and checkers. While Estacada had not looked for a strong band of antagonists, they had naturally supposed that a city that can brag of such well known sports as Fritz Doysen of the Hotel Belle and the clientele o f t leir neighboring briar's Club, w add turn out some rip-snorting fightin’ devils. But alack and alas, youth and physical manhoou must have de generated in that, city of tamed resorts or probably the wise par ents have sent their offspring to continue tiieir education among more moral environments. The Milwaukie boys arrived on the Esiacaua neld promptly one- half iiour late and looked more line a deoaiing team than pig- SKin-cnasers, in uieir unitorins of blue (overalls) with suspenders hitched to top notch. Ui the e- leven athletes, lour or nve were web developed lads w*th the bal ance little boys, much too small and undeveloped to be playing foot-ball against high school teams. Tne contest ended with a score of 152 to 0, as the little fehows naturally could offer small de fense, out when it came to grit and pluck all bats were tasen off to them, for it resembled a fight between a fox terrier and a bull dog, with the youngsters game ly doing their best against the avalanche of heavy, well trained piayers. Estacada played a substitute line-up, allowing all foot-ballers to get into the game. Sam Barr Was slightly handicapped by hav ing his antagonist run between his legs occasionally, but, aside from that, Sam usually picked him up* by the seat of the pants and gently laid him out of harm’s way, the rest of the local boys showing equal consideration. Owing to the wet field and the slipperiness of tne ball, the con test ottered small chance for prac tice for E. H. S. As an advertisement for the city of Milwaukie or as a draw ing card to attract the boys to their high school, Saturday’s team far from filled the bill. Arrangements are being made to stage a game next Fndav af ternoon with the E. H. S. boys against the Estacada All Stars, the latter organization being made up of alumni and other town boys. On Friday, November 5th, the Gresham High school team will dash with Estacada on the Esta cada grounds. This game should Auto Skids— Occupants Unhurt A party of Estacada business men, including Messrs. Wright, Devore, Sparks, Marchbank and Trowbridge, in the Devore car, started for Portland last Friday night to witness a few star bouts at the Multnomah Club’s smoker but had they been headed for an Epworth League Convention or a Y. M. C. A. rally, there might be no tale to unfold. They wish it distinctly under stood that the following accident happened on the way to Portland and not on the return trip, as the return trip netteu the P. it. L. Co. nve tares. Happny concerned, gently in haling toe Multi,Oman couiuy o- zono, win i cnests expanded and that look of prosperity, due to a nue in a King night, covering their manly ieatures, the joyful party of Estacada argonauts sped along tne Muitnoinah hard sur faced pavements. While the merry laughter was at its neight, the wind shield befogged with pattering rain drops and the car approacning those oeautiful little circular parkings in Ladd’s Addi tion, wnere the driver has to chase niinself twice around a riower garuen before continuing his course, 10 and behold said parking was upon them. With no tune to reason why, no time to make reply, his’n but to do or die, so reasoned Chaut- e u r Devore, as he grasped the rudder, let oat the mainsa’i and made for the slippery turn, rath er than to desecrate the monu ment to Portland’s boom real es tate days. ’Twas over in an in stant buL only on its side, with glaring iighis vainly penetrating the drizzling mist. The rear wheel was broken to splinters, the occupants were piled in a neat orderly iness, with ¿Ud pounds of Sparks on top of one banker and a confectioner. Not dismayed by the accident but still sore and jounced qp, the slightly bedraggled party, after having an ambuiance remove the car to a garage, reached the Mul tnomah Glut) in time to witness the services, returning home the next day, where they duly re ceived the admonitions and sooth ing caresses of their wives. Marshal Ames of Estacada, al though not a memuer of the par ty suffered the most from the ac cident, feeling, and rightly, That the city officials should not take upon tnemselves all of the notor iety and advertising in the Port land press for this community, f urthermore, Marsha) Ames was highly pleased to not in a Port land paper of last week that an other victim had been claimed by the deadly skylight in the Will amette Booming House and only hopes the pit-fall will remain long enough for a few reporters and editors of the Portland papers to fall therein. Moral: Stay at home, patron ize the home merchants and ho tels, where neither skylight nor slippery pavements exist. Concluded on page 6 ! A rra n g e d GOOD RESULTS SHOWN A t S a tu rd a y ’s M ee tin g Eighty-one farmers and grow ers of livestock from this part of the county were present at last , Saturday’s dinner and meeting at the Estacada Hotel, as the guests of the P. R. L. & P. Co. The expectations of a lunch were handsomely eclipsed by a bountiful chicken dinner from soup to ice cream and cigars, winch was adtniraoiy served by Mgr. Laaryy. As an innovation, a roll call was re .ponaeJ to oy each diner arising and in a loud voice telling his name and home address. Afv.er the ug.as were lighted the object of the meeting was outlined by Traffic Manager, F. D. Hunt of the railway company, who acted as cha.rma . Mr. Hunt briefly explained the atti j tude of his company in having I invited the livestock growers to the meeting, calling attention to the fact that the railway com pany is viLally interested in the welfare of ihe residents of this co.mn inity, as tue success of the farmer and livestock gtower is closely coupled with the success of the railway company. Mr. Hunt modestly at-riouied any so called undue interest on the part of his company towards the far mers to be mere.y a straignt busi ness proposition, where coopera tion, between pi oducer and ti ans- portation agent, means profit to noth. Mr. Hunt introduced as the main Speaker of the day, C. N. McAlister, special agent of the Portland Union Stock Yards, whose interesting talk dealt with the establishment of cooperative livestock shipping from this local ity. Mr. McAlister was not a stranger to the audience, as he had spoxen at several fairs and other meetings locally in the past year, and his genial smiling face and convincing talk greatly pleas ed his hearers. Mr. McAlister is an enthusiast in his work and his keen knowledge of his subject plainly convinced the audience that cooperative livestock ship ping should be undertaken here. Questions, dealing with t h e many features of stock market ing, were asked of the speaker by the growers. The program following was more or less impromtu, with Buyer C. E. Lucke answering questions pertaining to the mar keting subject and assuring the growers of his hearty cooperation in perfecting a cooperative ship ping organization. R. M. Standish nervously made a few remarks explaining his position on the subject and offer ing to temporarily act as local agent for the first carload or two of stock that can be cooperatively shipped, or until such time as the experimental stage is passed. j S tc o m f s*.. $1. P er Y ear Mr. McAlister had brought to the meeting a Portland iriend, Mr. E. E. Fa ville, editor of the Western Farmer, who was can ed up >n for a few remarks. With the opening words of Mr. Fayvibe’s talk, his audience was all attention, for they weie hav ing the pleasure of listening to one of the best talkers who has ever addressed a local assembly. Mr. Faville’s style of talk, his direct appeal, strong personality and fine sense of humor, were a treat to the listeners, one minute having everyone laughing and the next driving home some good plain truth of direct interest to the farmer and dealing with the subject at hand. iL ,s o be hoped that Mr. Fayville can be persuaded to appear on future programs in this vicinity, for he knows tne farming subject with its problems and is able to con vincingly and entertainingly tell it. As the society editor would word it, Mr. R. M. Townsend, Pr perty Agent of the railway company, ably assisted Mr. Hunt as host. Wnile Mr. Townsend cannot be persuaded to make a speech, he is a great believer in the efficacy of a warm handshake. While no ac ual formation of a cooperative livestock shipping association was attempted at this meeting, it is likely that the project will go forwards in a short time, as Mr. McAlister and Mr. Lucke both have promised to spend a few days in this dis trict soon helping to organize the fits shipment. It was unanimously decide 1 that an excursion should be run from Estacada to the Portland Union Stock Yards, where the growers would be the guests of the yard’s management and the Union Meat Co. It has been decided to have this excursion occur on Monday, November 8th and all growers are invited to make the trip and bring the wives, if the latter care to attend. A special cur will cost $84.25 for the round trip to Portland, with an added charge of 20c per passenger for the round trip from the 1st & Alder St. Station to the Stock Yards, which are loca ted near Kenlonr This car will seat 56 passengers, and unless a sufficient number of reservations are made by November 4th to fill a second car, the first 56 reserva tions made will be all that can be accomodated at that rate. At that rate it should cost eaeh pas senger aliout 85c for the entire round trip and as the car will go direct from Estacada to the Stock Yards, it wi l l necessitate no change in Portland. Buyer Lucke promises that all excursionists will be the guests of the Union Meat Co. and the offi cials of the Stock Yards at lunch and will be shown all of the sights from the unloading, weighing, feeding and selling of the ani mals to the butchering and meth ods of packing the finished hams, bacons, steaks, sausages, etc. Concluded on page 7