Estacada Progress
(I ncorporated )
Published every Thursday at
Estacada. Oregon
K. M. Standish,
j da City Council is. It is a body
of men, elected by the people
themselves, to direct and admin-
j ister the city’s welfare to the best
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selves, voted to allow livestock
to roam the city during certain
stipulated hours. Most o f the
damage to sidewalk planks
Editor and Manager of their ability and for which ser- done by horses and mules, rather
j vices they receive no renumera- than cows, but until a herd law
Entered at the postoffice in Estacada, j tion
Oregon, as aeeond-claaa mail.
j The
is passed by a vote of the people,
present Estacada city of­ the council can do nothing more
ficials are trying to administer than enforce the present laws
S ubscription K ates
One year
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$1.00 these duties conscientiously, but and ordinances. Some property
Six months
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.50 they need more real support from owners are hiding behind the
the public and especially from livestock depredations as an ex­
Thursday, Dec. 16, 1915
the property owners.
cuse for worn out rotten side­
The question is asked, why walks, as it is seldom an animal
l)o your Christmas shopping dont the council enforce the side­ can break other than a rotted
early and be dead sure you do it walk repair ordinance? This is plank.
in your own home town, where asked largely by the non-proper­
Other important problems are
your dollar will stay in circula­ ty owner and by the property receiving daily consideration by
tion.
owner whose sidewalks are in the city council but time is con­
repair.
sumed on all of them, in legal
Eastern Clackamas is too small
Tne council, at first, rather and other necessary delays.
a district and we all know each
than take drastic action, tried to
The Estacada c i t y council
other personally too wed, to let
inspire pubiic pride among the would like to have the citizens
the old idea of party politics stand
property owners in this repair attend more of the council gath­
in the way of our selection of
work, by an appeal through the erings, where they are always
welcome and where they will be
good, honest, capable officials. A
columns of the Progress and in able to more intelligently under­
strict adherance to party lines is other ways.
This appeal has stand the problems and their sol­
all right in state and national cam­
more or less failed, although ution, that are now confronting
paigns, hut should be forgotten
some loyal citizens, with civic the city fathers.
as much as possible in our purely
The by-word of the present ad­
pride and a natural desire to
local and neighborhood selections.
keep their personal property in ministration, is not to see how
much can he accomplished hasti­
Last week’s resume of the condition, have acceeded to the ly, regardless of expense, but
work that has been accomplished wishes of the authorities, bnt where the most good can be done
by the Estacada C. 1. C. Public others have not and apparently with the limited amount of mon­
Library, should be an incentive do not intend to do so, until le­ ey on hand to work with.
for a real established public li­ gally forced.
New Auto Agency Taken
There are many places in Es­
brary in this city, with a fair tax
S. P. Peznecker of Garfield is
tacada
where
a
serious
accident
voted for its support.
will result from broken side­ this -week announcing his ap­
pointment as local selling agent
Who are your candidates for walks, especially where school for the new Bush automobile.
Eastern Clackamas’ representa­ children pass four times per day,
This machine is a five passen­
tive in the next legislature and usually running or skipping a- ger, four cylinder, 28 horse pow­
commissionership in the county long, as a child will. The City er car. and completely equipped
court? Think it over, talk it ov­ of Estacada might he held with electric lights and starter,
er with your friends and then liable for damages in such in­ sells for $675. Mr. Peznecker’s
demonstration car is now on its
let’s all get together.
stances, but it is a safe bet that way from the factory in Chicago.
the property owner will ultimate­
Mr. Pesznecker is forsaking
Judging from the extensive­ ly pay the bill and. then some.
the farming business to enter
ness and growth of the “ honor
Many citizens, more or less, the selling field and has the good
rolls” now being printed in the justly complain that the council wishes of his friends in his new
Progress each month, from the should not enforce the sidewalk venture. He has arranged to
nearby schools, the average de­ repair ordinance, when grazing sell his farm stock and chattels,
portment and scholarship among livestock do the damage. The at a public auction, to be held
December 29th.
the pupils in country schools, has council cannot be blamed in this,
The Pesznecker farm is the
greatly increased; supplementing as the citizens of Estacada them- old Lemon place.
the old tradition that a country
school was made up of had boys,
saucy girls and an occasional
teacher’s pet.
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Why should the general public
sentiment towards a city council
be antagonistic, especially in the
cases of property owners who
have been requested to comply
with the municipal ordinances,
the enforcement of which are for
the public and individual good?
This sentiment seems to take a
form similar to that existing be­
tween a policeman and a law­
Full line
Good Supply
breaker, with the property own­
er apparently complying with the
terms of the city’s ordinances, in Flour and Feed
a way implying fear of legal
Lumber and Shingles
authority, rather than a desire to
Always on hand.
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cooperate for the common wel­
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fare.
Estacada Lumber
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This condition should not exist
&
Produce
Co.
and would not, if the public stop­
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W. J. Samson
ped to consider what the Estaea- E. D. Allen
cA Bank Account
For Christmas
is a very convenient thing to have for
those who have been provident enough
to have one. Christmas cheer is never
lacking in the home whose members have
enough o f thrift to lay by some of their
income or earnings for the days that draw
heavily on their resources. Open your
bank account with us now.
Estacada State Bank
LEROY D. W A LK E R .
t HO M ES
YOCUM .
P r e s id e n t
V ic e
P r e s id e n t
IR W IN D . W R K .H T , C a s h ie r
Interest paid on time deposits
C. E. Lucke
Livestock Buyer
if
Hogs, Cattle, Sheep
All shipments made from
Estacada Stock Yards
Making It Fit
at the start is all that is required
on a job done with our lumber.
You dont need to allow for dry­
ing or shrinking for our lumber
is all thoroughly seasoned when
we send it to you. The more ex­
perience you have had with green
lumber the better you will ap­
preciate our kind.
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 .
cylnnouncement
Having taken the agency for the
Wirt Nursery Stock
in this section, I will he pleased
to call on anyone wishing
Good Nursery Stock
Write, Phone or Call on
Sam J. Howe - Estacada