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About Estacada progress. (Estacada, Or.) 1908-1916 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1915)
ESTACADA PROGRE n Historical n Society Or Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County V olume 9, N umber 14 E stacada , O regon , T hursday , D ecember 23, 1915 $1. P er Y ear We Wish You A Me r r y C h r i s t ma s á* 1*». 1Í& M L ,y ~r TO IfVOKF THF REFERENDUM V o te rs S h o u ld D e cid e on F a ir G ro u n d s P u rc h a se The petition and other details, necessary to conform to the re quirements of the law, are now under wav in this section of the counfy to try to invoke the refe - endum and have placed on the la"ot, the question of whether the vo'ers of Clackamas County as a whole, wish to have the coun ty court purchase the Canby Fair Grounds. At the December 14th, Tax payers Meeting, it was recom mended by those present, that the county court purchase the present county fair grounds at Canby, from the private individ uals now owning and operating same, for the sum of $7,950. Under the conditions, the court has no alternative but to do as instructed, but Commissioner Mattoon for one, says he will not sanction the purchase, until the question has been voted upon by the voters of the entire county. The Taxpayers Meeting was made up almost entirely of tax payers from the lower end of the county, with an extra big dele gation from Canby and adjacent country, who naturally were there to vote to have the county fair permanently staged in their midst. There was also a big delegation from Oregon City, lead by that hustling organiza tion, called the Live Wires. Ap parently these later taxpayers joined in recommending the pur chase. A number of the parties present are at present stock holders in the corporation which is trying to sell the grounds. Eastern Clackamas taxpayers were not in evidence, as usual, except for a very few’ residents. It is not fair to claim that East ern Clackamas did not attend this meeting because of lacx of interest, for the primary reason Concluded on page 10 WATER REFUSAL SURPRISES S. F. COMMISSION F eel Issu e S hould Be B ro u g h t T o V o te Apparently Oregon City and the South Fork Commission wrere surprised at the refusal of the Estacada City Council to accept their offer of South Fork water for this city. The Oregon City papers com ment on the fact that the Esta cada council, turned down the proposition Hat, without bringing the m atter up to a vote of the people. As the $780. yearly price was prohibitive and much more than Estacada could afford to pay for its water, the council naturally did not care to go to the expense of submitting it to a vote. If Estacada had its present water system paid for and by doing as suggested by members of the South Fork Commission, raise the local rate from $1. to $2. per user, it could be afforded. The quoted price of $1. per thousand feet for the first 20,(H)0 with 80c per thousand thereafter, seemed exorbitant, being con siderably more than Portland users pay, especially as a rate of 15c per thousand was made to those residents of South Estaca da, through whose property the pipe Wne is laid. This cheap rate was made, besides a cash pay ment to the property owners for the right of way. Oregon City has offered to se'l their abandoned city filter to Es tacada, but to d ite no action has been taken regarding its pur chase by the conncil, although it will be considered. No C. 1. C. M eetin g Owing to the holiday season, the next meeting of the C. I. C. will occur January 8th, instead of the 25th of this month. PROFESSOR VISITS ESTAGAOA MASS MEETING MONDAY C o n v in cin g V ital S tatistics G iv en School E a s te rn C la c k a m a s T a x p a y e rs T o O rg a n iz e The following two letters were With Ken Bartlett and Bob received by the Progress this Morton, acting as an escorting week, both of which deal with committee. Prof. John Straub, the same subject, and as many Dean of the College of Liberal taxpayers have called attention Arts of the University of Ore to the meeting" verbally, the edi gon, visited Estacada last Mon tor is pleased to help boost. day, w’here he gave an interest E sta c a d a P ro g re s s. ing and instructive talk to the N o tice: students of the Estacada schools. A m ass m e e tin g will be held a t B a r Prof. Straub’s subject was ton, O regon, M onday, D ec. 27, 1915, a t “The Commercial Value of an 1:30 P. M. Education” and by means of the S te p s will b e ta k e n a t th is tim e to e ffe c t a p e rm a n e n t o rg a n iz a tio n o f th e following convincing statistics, ta x p a y e r s o f E a s te rn C lac k am as Co. he left no room for doubt on the fo r th e p u rp o se o f u rg in g a m ore e q u it part of his listeners, as to the ab le sy ste m o f ta x a tio n and fo r th e p ro cash value of an education. m otion o f econom y and efficiency in th e a d m in istra tio n o f public affairs. “The U. S. Government stat C alled by a u th o r ity o f T a x p a y e r s ’ ists snow that throughout the C o m m ittee. country, the average grammar Jo h n C. M iller. school graduate has an earning B a rto n , O re. capacity of $250. per year. ’Ihe | D ec. 21, 1915. high school graduate averages E d ito r S ta n d ish : $1,000. per year, while the col A co m m itte e , r e p re s e n tin g th e t a x p a y e rs o f th e E a s te rn p a r t o f C lac k a lege or university graduate earns m as C o., h as issued a call f o r a m e e tin g from $2,000. up. to be held a t B a rto n , M onday, Dec. 27, Statistics gathered by the gov 1915, a t 1:30 P. M. ernment, covering 2,000 boys, Som e s o rt of o rg a n iz a tio n will he a t during eleven years, show the te m p te d a t th is m e e t,n g , h a v in g fo r its u ltim a te aim a m o re a c c u r a te know l- following: 1,000 boys were gram e ’g e o f public a f f a ir s p ay in g p erh a p s, mar school graduates, who had sp e c ia l a tte n tio n to ru ad s and schools. gone directly to work, at the age People re sid in g in v a rio u s lo calities of 14, learning a trade, the oiher h a v e e x p re sse d k een in te r e s t in th is 1,000 had first completed a four m a tte r and a la rg e a tte n iance is e x p e c te d . S ig n ed , H. F . G ibson, years' course in a technical train B a rto n , O reg o n . ing school. During the first four ( Already nearly every automo years, the grammar school grad- | bile owner in Estacada and near uates averaged $4., $5., $0., and by, has signified his intention of $7. per week salary, per year taking a load of taxpayers to respectively, while the technical this meeting and many will make school students were earning the trip to Bartim on the car nothing, but furthering their edu leaving Estacada at 12.55. cation. At the age of 18 years, the Every taxpayer in Eastern former w ere earning $7 per week, Clackamas County is cordially in while the technically trained vited to attend and if they have youths were earning $10. At the anything to say, to stand up and age of 20 years, their earning ca say ;t, at this gathering. pacities were, $9.50 and $15. res Here is a chance for Eastern pectively: at 22 years, $11.50 and Clackamas to organize and the $20. and at 25 years, $12.75 and bigger the organization, the larg $31. At the latter age, the for er the amount of good that can mer had about reached the limit he accomplished. Concluded on page 10 Concluded on page 4