ESTACADA PROGRESS,
Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County
V olume 9,
N umber 15
E stacada , O regon ,
NEW MEMBERS OF
BOARD ELECTED
CAR COLLIDES WITH AUTO
East Clackamas Fair
Presents Report
Serious One
At a meeting of the members
o f the East Clackamas County
Fair board, held in Estacada,
December 13th, several new mem
bers were added 1« that body, en
larging it lro n live to seven.
The new board comprises rep
resentatives from all sections,
and contains a good bunch of
hustlers; so the 1916 fair should
be even better than the last one.
The board now consists o f H.
C. Stevens o f George, Ed Shear
er of Garlield, E. W. Bartlett of
Estacada, J. W. Cahill of Eagle
Creek, Ray Miller o f Viola, J. A.
Shibley of Springwater, and E.
J. Harkennder o f Estacada.
Mrs. A. W. Botkin o f Garfield,
the able and hard-working sec
retary of the board, who for the
past two years has been instru
mental in the success of the
fairs, resigned her position and
also refused to remain on the
board in any capacity. Her ac
tion was only due to a desire to
have someone else try a hand as
secretary and she furthermore
felt that she could not afford to
give the time required for the
work. She recommended that
her successor be paid a salary as
secretary, as the services render
ed take up a great deal o f time
and demand much hard work.
The board will meet January
15th, when they will elect officers
from among their number.
The retiring board wishes to
herewith express their thanks to
the general public and the news
papers, for the support given
them during the 1915 season.
Mr. Shearer on behalf of Gar
field, Mr. Shibley, representing
Springwater, and Mr. Ely, who
was in charge o f the Currinsville
exhibit, announce that the cash
prizes won by their respective
communities, will be donated to
the fair board, to be used as the
board may see fit.
The following report of Mrs.
Botkin, as secretary and treasur
er, shows a fair balance on hand
for the coming season.
Receipts
Balance from 1914, $ 41.97
Land Show Prize,
20.30
Ads, concessions,
admission fees, etc., 390.25
County Court,
158.68
Prizes at Canby,
19.75
Total,
$630.95
Disbursements 1915, 557.83
Balance,
73.12
T hursday , D ecember 30, 1915
EAST CLACKAMAS TAXPAYERS
LEAGUE E0RJIED
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Accident At Eagle Creek
What was at first feared to
have been a fatal accident, oe-
cured last Saturday night, when
the late interurban car returning
to Portland, collided with and
completely demolished the load
ed automobile of Walter Douglass
of Eagle Creek, at the Eagle
Creek crossing.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglass, and
their three children were in their
auto, on their return from the
Eagle Creek dance.
Mr. Doug
lass and son in the forward seat
and Mrs. Douglass and two
children in the rear.
For some unknown reason, Mr.
Douglass failed to notice the
late Portland car, which was
drawing into the Eagle Creek
Station, although the view up
the tracks is in no way obstruct
ed at the crossing. The car
struck the machine a little for
ward of the middle, throwing
Mr. Douglass out and severely
injuring him and pushing the
auto with its four remaining
passengers about forty feet up
the track, completely wrecking
the machine, but fortunately,
not injuring the occupants, aside
from slight bruises and cuts.
There were no witnesses to the
accident, other than Motorman
Walker, one of the veteran mo-
tormen on this line, who im
mediately applied the brakes and
brought his car to a sudden stop.
With the help of Conductor
Harry Harper and the Eagle
Creek people who had assembled,
the injured were given immedi
ate attention. On the arrival of
Dr. Morse of Estacada, Mr.
Douglass, who was in an uncon
scious condition, was taken on
into Portland.
At present, Mr. Douglass, is in
St Vincent’s Hospital sufiering
from severe injuries, comprising
a broken shoulder bone, several
dislocated ribs on the right side,
contusions of the head and pos
sibly internal injuries. At last
reports he was getting along as
well as could be expected and
little danger of complications, is
looked for.
There is a matter of about $91.
still due from the coi.nty court,
covering the $50. prize awarded
to the Estacada exhibit a n d
$41.31 still due on the original
$200. donation to the East Clack
amas Fair.
League Condemns Proposed
Canby Fair Purchase
At a meeting of representative
taxpayers of Eastern Clackamas
County, held Monday afternoon,
at the Barton school-house, sixty-
two taxpayers united and formed
the East Clackamas Taxpayers
League.
The formation of this league,
represents the best step in the
direction of cooperation among
the people of Eastern Ciackamas
County, that has ever been at
tempted here and the future re
sult of this movement will be
directly beneficial and greatly
add to the development of this
territory.
The following reprint of the
minutes of the meeting, as pre
pared by the editor, as secretary
of the league, will completely
outline the work accomplished.
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The meeting was called to or
der at 2:15 o’clock, December 27,
1915,, by John C. Miller of Bar
ton, who on motion duly made
and carried was elected as tem
porary chairman.
On motion duly made and car
ried, Walter Givens of Estacada
was appointed temporary secre
tary.
A number of speakers, includ
ing John Ely, Geo. W. and J. M.
Turner, E. W. Bartlett, Hal Gib
son, E. N. Bates and others brief
ly out lined the object of the meet
ing and the necessity of the for
mation in this part of the county
of an organization of taxpayers.
On a motion made by Hal Gib
son and duly carried, the assem
bled taxpayers expressed a de
sire to form such an organiza
tion.
By duly carried motion, a com
mittee, comprising E. N. Bates,
John Ely and R. M. Standish,
was appointed to immediately
draw up a brief outline, which
should act as a by-laws and con
stitution for the organization.
The following articles of or
ganization were submitted by the
committee and with slight alter
ations, were accepted by unani
mous vote.
The organization s h a l l be
known as the Eastern Clackamas
Taxpayers League.
The objects o f th e League
shall be:—
The banding together of the
taxpayers of Eastern Clackamas
County in a united organization,
to secure proper representation
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in the county’s governing bodies,
such as the county court and in
the State Legislature, etc.
To assure proper representa
tion at the annual Taxpayers
Meeting.
To promote road development.
To investigate tax revenues
and expenditures.
And to work in all ways for
the development and welfare of
Eastern Clackamas County.
Its officers shall be a president,
vice-president, secretary-treasur
er and a board of directors, con
sisting of a representative from
the following districts:
Barton, Eagle Creek, Currins
ville, Boring, Estacada, Upper
Garfield, Lower Garfield, Spring-
water, George, Viola, Sandy, Caz
adero, Logan, Damascus, Dodge,
Dover, Stone, Kelso and such
other districts as may desire to
join with the organization.
Meetings of the league shall
occur at least quarterly or often-
er, at the discretion of the board
of directors, said meetings to be
held in the various communities,
as the said board may direct.
There shall be branch commun
ity organizations, whose presi
dent shall be a director of the
parent organization, and all of
whose members shall be active
members of the parent organiza
tion as well.
There shall be no initiation fee
or regular dues, such slight ex
penses as may have to be met.
being handled by popular dona
tion.
The election of officers follow
ed, with the following perman
ent officers elected.
John C. Miller of Barton; Pres
ident.
Fred Bates of Garfield; Vice-
President.
R. M. Standish of Estacada;
Sec’y-Treas.
With the new officers in charge,
the meeting proceeded to elect
and appoint the following tax
payers, as members of the Board
of Directors, representing their
respective communities, who also
will act as presidents of their
respective community organiza
tions:—
Barton George Turner
Eagle Creek Homer Glover
Estacada E. W. Bartlett
Currinsville—John Ely
Upper Garfield Guy T. Hunt
Lower Garfield—Fred Bates
George H. C. Stevens
Springwater- J. C. Kilgore
Sandy District W. A. Proctor
and A. C. Thomas
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