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ESTACADA PROGRE
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Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County
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V olume 9,
N umber 10
E stacada , O regon ,
T hursday , N ovember 25, 1915
Bank To Open December 1st
The new Bank of Commerce of
Oregon City is to open its doors
for business December 1st next,
A n n u a l M ee tin g D e c e m b e r with headquarters in the Wein-
hard Bldg.
1 4 th
This bank is capitalized at
TOTALS in c o u n t y b u d g e t
$50,000 with a $5,000 surplus, all
COMPLETED WEDNESDAY
paid in cash. The new institu­
Iioads and highways $210,000.00 tion will be headed by Leroy D.
B r id g e s ____
30,000.00 Walker, now head of the banks
at Estacada, Canby and Molalla.
General county ex­
penses ____
112,913.00 Ex-Judge Thos. D. Ryan will be
State tax (estimated) 125,000.00 j vice-president with John R. Hum-
School tax (estimated) 96,000.00 ! phreys of Oregon City, as cashier.
2® School library fund
1,200.00
lalla, Colton and Sandy. Port­
Tuition for students
land will receive $6,484.80; Mar­
living in districts
ion county $487.29, and Yamhill
without high
county $80 tuition for Clackamas
schools (this fund
county students who are attend­
is to be raised
ing
school there. Oregon City
only in school dis­
will
receive $10,858.40.
tricts which d o
The
items in the budget for
not have a stan­
dard high s c h o o l ) . 26,756.49 the county offices are almost the
same as this year. The county
The general expenses of Clack­ census, which cost $3000 in for­
amas county next year will be mer years, is not in the 1916
$112,913, according to tho budg­ budget. The largest items are
et for 1916 which was completed for the circuit court, $11,000;
Wednesday night by the county care of poor, $12,000; and wid­
court. J udge Anderson said that ows’ pensions, $11,000. One new
he had not estimated the levy, item is for county registrars,
but it is thought probable that $250. The registrar is a new of­
3.2 mills will cover the expenses. ficer created by the last legisla­
Part of the county’s expenses are ture, whosq duty is to gather
met by the fees from the clerk’s, county statistics.
recorder’s and sheriff's offices
Among other items in the
and by fines from the circuit and budget is one of $400 for State
justice courts.
and County Fairs. This sum is
The county court will recom­ not enough to handle this im­
mend a seven mill road levy and portant work, and for the past
a one mill bridge levy. The es­ two years, the court has expend­
timated school lax is $95,000 and ed much more, although the same
the estimated state tax to be rais- $400 appropriation h a d been
edin Clackamas county, $125,000. made. This item should be rais­
The county will also be called ed to $1,000 at least.
.
upon to raise $1200 for the school
There is also an item reading
library fund. The seven mill “ For Purchase of County Fair
road tax wiil raise $210,000 and Grounds $7,9r.O 00.” As to what
the one mill bridge tax, $30,000. fair grounds are intended, is not
The annual meeting of the tax­ clear but it probably refers to
payers will be held at the court the present county fair grounds
house Tuesday, DecemOer 14th. at Canby.
The budget will then be referred
Before Clackamas taxpayers
to the property owners of the buy a permanent fair grounds, it
county, and the estimates check­ should consider the present de­
ed over item by item.
velopment of the county, and
Under the new county high should buy land in a centrally lo­
school fund tuition law, Clacka­ cated point, such as Gladstone or
mas county will pay $26,756.49 thereabouts, and quit holding the
tuition next year. This money county show in the extreme
is to be raised in school districts southern corner of the county.
that do not have standard high
Eastern Clackamas taxpayers
schools and it will require a levy should get together and if neces­
of one mill or over in all the sary hire a special car, as on oth­
county outside of Oregon City, er less important occasions, and
Milwaukie, Canbv, Estacada, Mo- be present at the annual taxpay­
ers meeting.
COUNTY BUCCET 5112,913
FOB 1915
MANUAL TRAINING ASSURED
$1. P er Y ear
In d ic te d M an D ies
E s ta c a d a S chool D istrict V o te
Samuel Case of Park Place,
I who about seven weeks ago kill­
7 Mill T ax
Afcjthe special school meeting, ed his worthless brother and has
held at the school house last since been under indictment for
Monday evening, it was voted to murder, died in Oregon City a
levy a special school tax of seven few days ago, as the result of an
mills, for the expenses of the Es­ operation.
tacada schools for the ensuing The trial of Sam Case was ex-
I pected to be a hard fought one,
year.
While there were a few dis­ owing to an element of self de­
senting votes, the big majority fence, along with the poor repu­
of the voters favored the full tation of the victim, and the
strong feeling of leniency ex­
seven mill tax.
The itemized budget for the pressed by the public in favor of
school year of 1915 and 1916, the murderer.
The death of the defendant
totals $13,683.50 and aside from
will
mean a saving of many dol­
the regular expenses, includes
lars
to
this county, as the trial
the sum of $1200 for the install­
would
have been an extended
ment of a manual training de­
an
expensive
one.
partment, which department ad­
ded to the present high standard
of the Estacada schools, will “Oregon City May Claim Title”
place them among the leading
and best equipped schools in the
Such is the title of an article
state.
in Tuesday’s Morning Oregonian,
supposed to originate from Man­
B ro th e r D ies S u d d e n ly
ager Frank King of the Oregon
Mrs. H. V. Adix, of Estacada, City High School foot-ball team,
received word Tuesday noon of in connection with the recent 0
the sudden death of her brother, to 0 game played against Esta­
Ralph Ladd of Portland, which cada for the Clackamas County
occured Monday night, following Championship.
an illness due to heart trouble.
Mgr. King claims he has not
Owing to the disordered phone been able to obtain another game
lines, the message was not re­ to decide the title and may claim
ceived until a half day late.
same by default.
Mr. Ladd was in his 30th year,
It is not unlikely that Mgr.
and in the employ of the P. R. King has heard that the E. H.
L & P. Co.
S. team has disbanded, in which
The funeral services were held case there will he no danger in
from the family home Wednes­ claiming the title.
day afternoon, with interment at
If this is the case, it will not be
Riverview Cemetery.
the first time that Oregon City
Mr. Ladd is survived by his has placed an undivided claim
widow, formerly Miss Agnes Fos­ upon something which the Esta­
ter and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. cada country had an equal right
E. J. Ladd of Portland.
to.
E staca d ian s! D o n t F o rg e t
T h e R o ad M ee tin g
F a th e r o f C. W . D e v o re D ies
The annual road meeting to
Word was received here Fri­
consider the levying of a special day of the death of Dr. C. P.
tax for road building purposes Devore of Drain, Oregon, which
for the city of Estacada, will occured Thursday evening, Nov­
take place next Friday afternoon, ember 18th. The funeral services
Nov. 26th, at 2 o’clock sharp, in were held Saturday, with inter­
the City Hall. All taxpayers ment there.
should be present.
On Saturday, Nov. 27th, sim­ Mr, Devore was in his 77th
ilar meetings will be held in Cur- year and is survived by his wid­
rinsville, Elwood, Garfield 10, j ow; two daughters, Dr. Bertha
Viola, and Springwa'.er districts. | Devore and Mrs. Ramsdell; and
The Gar field 49 meeting occurs one son, Claude W. Devore of
the 29th and Eagle Creek, the Estacada, who was at his fa­
ther’s bedside at the time of his |
30th. The George district meet­
death.
ing was held on the 21th.
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