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About Estacada progress. (Estacada, Or.) 1908-1916 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1915)
Oregon- FTwWcieaí S*c. j o 7 S*ttm é S». ESTACADA PROGRESS Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County V olume 9, N umber 8 E stacada , O regon , T hursday , N ovember 11, 1915 $1. P er Y ear EVERYBODY’S GOING TO OREGON CITY County Championship To Be Settled Saturday Next Saturday afternoon, No vember 13th at Oregon City, will be staged the contest to deter mine the foot-ball championship of Clackamas County, with the winning Estacada High School team tackling the strong high school team of the county seat. A big crowd of fans, rooters, enthusiasts and boosters from Estacada and surrounding coun try are going to witness this game and help cheer Estacada to a victory. Every man, woman and child in this part of the county is asked to join the crowd. Arrangements have been made for one or two special cars from Estacada, and reservations must be made at once by those wish ing to join the excursion. Cars will leave Estacada promptly at 12 o’clock noon on Saturday, re turning from Oregon City after the game. Stops will be made between Estacada and Barton to pick up excursionists along the line. The exact cost of the round trip cannot be announced at this time, as it will depend entirely on the number of people making the trip, but the round trip car fare should not exceed the regul ar 95c one way price and prob ably will be less. A number of the Estacada merchants have subscribed from $3 to $5 each towards the car, thereby making the fare less for the high school pupils who will attend. This excursion will continue to place the Es:acada country on the map, not only giving our dis trict good advertising but allow ing everyone to witness a fast game of foot ball. Remember, phone to the Progress office at once and make your reservation. It has been reported that Ore gon City has complained against Bob Morton of Estacada, acting as referee, probably due to some o f the foolish kicking raised by the coach of the Woodburn team, which lost to Estacada last week, Estacada is entitled to a referee there, as Oregon City had that privilege when in Estadada last year. Morton knows foot-ball from A to Z and is a fair, honest and competent referee. The E. H. S. boys are in fine condition for the game, and are going into the battle to win. The best game of the season was played on the Estacada grounds last Saturday, when E. H. S. decisively beat the strong Woodburn team by the score of 25 to 6, Woodburn luckily making their score on a blocked kick. The Woodburn team averaged about the same weight as the lo cals and played a similar line bucking game. Neither side at tempted many passes, owing to the slipperiness of the ball and field. Woodburn had three exception ally fine players in their back- Conelutled on page 2 ESTACADA LIVE STOCK GROWERS AT THE PORTLAND UNION STOCK YARDS STOCKYARDS OFFICIALS BOM B05TS 74 Join Industrial Excursion Despite a drizzling rain, the largest industrial excursion ever leaving Estacada made the trip last Monday to the Portland Un ion Stock Yards, where the party was royally entertained by the officials of that institution. As the special car only seated 56 passengers, 18 were forced to stand in the aisles or on the plat form. but apparently no one seemed to mind the inconveni ence. The parly arrived in Portland at 9:30, where a number of other Esiacada people joined them, as well as Messrs. Hunt, Townsend I and S randt org of the P. R. L. & P. Co., continuing the trip to the stock yards at Kenton in two special cars. Through the courtesy of the Union Meat Co., the delegation were escorted through that com pany’s massive plant, where they witnessed and had explained to them the entire process of com mercial butchering, from the time the animal arrives from the yards until it is ready for ship ment in anyone of its hundreds of prepared forms, from smoked hams or bacon to sausages or salt pork. Al>out one hour was consumed in this instructive and entertain ing inspection, the visitors fol lowing the process of the butch ering from the killing room, through the cutting, inspection, sorting, smoking and salting de partments, into the refrigerat ors, sausage and by-products rooms. Efficiency, system and cleanliness were the ever present features of this plant, with the finished product in its various forms finally ready for the mar ket in most tempting packages. The inspection of the stock yards and cattle pens followed, with every detail of the selling, buying and grading of the stock, minutely explained by C. N. Mc Alister, special agent of the yards, and Carl Lucke, local buy er for the Union Meat Co. The I features so often brought for ward by Mr. McAlister in his I talks in this district and con stantly urged by Buyer Lijcke, were pointed out to the growers during the inspection. Animals of all grades were present in the various pens, where comparative prices and values could be easily distinguished. At 1:15 the entire party, com- ■ prising 93 persons, after having been photographed on the steps of the Livestock Exchange, were escorted to the Stockyards Hotel where a delicious dinner was served, consisting of the most | tempting of assorted meats, with salads, hot biscuits, and a dozen I and one other dainty dishes. Ow ing to the slightly late hour, coupled with the appetites en- gended by the visitors in their trip through the plant and yards, this dinner was especially wel i come and appreciated, well com pleting the liberal entertainment extended by the officials of the Portland Union Stock Yards. A more or less impromptu pro gram followed the dinner, being in charge of Mr. E. Faville, the versatile orator and publisher of the Western Farmer, as toast master. Pres. Daughtrey of the stockyards extended a greeting and welcome to the visitors, clearly pointing out to them the necessity of cooperation and the harmony which exists between the stock producer and the stock- yards. Pres. C. C. Colt of the Union Meat Company explained briefly the work of that institu tion, covering the details of mark- etingand expressing the desire of the butcher and packer to coop- erate with the producer. R. M. Standish, who had acted as man ager of the excursion as well as “ fare collecting conductor” of the special car, responded on the partof the visitors, all guests join ing him in a hearty vote of I hanks to their hosts. Traffic Manager F. D. Hunt of the P. R. L. & P. Co. briefly out lined the attitude of his company as the transportation agent to wards the producer. C. N. Mc Alister, of the stockyards, who was well known to the majority of the local growers, gave an in structive five minute talk along his regular lines of boosting the livestock industry. Among the other speakers on the program, were Walter Givens of Esiacada, who gave a rousing good talk, without unduly advertising a cer tain local feed store; Phil S. Bates, publisher of the Pacific Northwest; I. D. Graham, pub lisher of the Rural Spirit; H. C. Stephens of George; A. (). Whit comb of Garfield; Ed Shearer of Garfield and C. E. Lucke of the Union Meat Co. Now that the excursion is a thing of the past, now that the fine dinners ut the Hotel Estaca da and at the Stork Yards will take their places among the pleasant things to look hack up on, it is now time for every live stock grower in this community to profit by the help given, it is time to knuckle down to better livestock breeding and better co operation especially in the mar keting of the stock. Buyer Lucke will make anoth er carload shipment from the Es tacada yards next Monday, Nov. 15th instead of Wednesday, the 10th as formerly announced. He will be in this vicinity next Fri day, Saturday, Sunday and Mon day.