/ ESTACADA PROGRESS Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County V olum e 9, N umber 16 C M PI) .CHASE NOT FAVORED County -Newspapers Favor Square Deal According to the opinion of District Attorney Gilbert Hedges, presented to County Judge An derson last week, the proposed 2 mill levy, to be used in the build ing of permanent hard surfaced roads in Clackamas County, is contrary to the statutes. At the recent Taxpayers’ Meet ing, it was recommended that a 2 mill tax be used for permanent road building, but the statute- which makes it necessary that all proposed tax levies shall be preceeded by a preliminary bud get, stating the amounts to be spent and where—acts as an ob stacle. With the proposed 2 mill levy defeated by the state law, the county court is making an 8 mill general road levy, as formerly. “ Estacada citizens who are planning to invoke the referendum on its pro posed purchase o f the county fair grounds at Canby should have no great difficulty in getting signers to their pe tition. The expenditure o f $7,960 for the purchase o f a county fair grounds is a matter that concerns every taxpay er in the county, and it is not a matter to he settled at a so-called ‘ taxpayers’ meeting, ’ when in a minute o f enthus iasm the scheme was given endorse ment. Seven thousand nine hundred and iifty dollars is a lot o f money, when it has to be raised by taxation, and the people who will contribute this money should have ery much to say about the way it is to be spent. Estacada’ s protest against the pur chase o f the Canby fair grounds may be caused by community jealousy, in this case Estacada and the entire north ern section o f the county has every right to be jealous. It has a right to be even more than jealous, and no fair- minded citizen will object to signing the petitions to place the question o f the Canby purchase on the ballot. The present fair grounds at Canby may be worth the sum asked; but that is no ' reason why they should be purchased by the county. It is not the place o f the county to make realty investments. * * * * The Courier does not believe that the county ought to purchase the present fair grounds at Canby. It believes that these grounds oug’ t to be aban doned as the sitr o f the county’ s annual display o f its resources, and that some other and more centrally located site should be selected. Then there will be time enough to talk about county own ership.’ ’ ' $1. P er Y ear T hursday , J anuary 6, 1916 Hard Surface Levy Illegal The protest, as set forth by the Easte n Clackamas Taxpay ers League, against the proposed purchase, by the county court, of the County Fair Grounds at Can- by, seems to be meeting with the approval of the county taxpayers generally and is being advocated by the majority of the county newspapers. The sentiments of this part of the county, as voiced by the Progress, have been fairly re printed and commented upon by the Oregon City papers, and a partial reprint was presented by the Canby Herald. The following extracts from an editorial in the Oregon City Courier of December 30th, shows the fairness of that paper on the question, although their insinua tion of Estacada’s jealousy is un warranted, for Estacada would have no right to expect the coun ty fair to be located in this end of the county and would abandon their East Clackamas County Fair and join with the entire county, if a centrally located place can be obtained. In part, the Courier says:— \ E stacada , O regon , While no word has been re ceived yet from the the county court, in answer to the resolution condeming the fair grounds pur chase, sent to them last week by the Eastern Clackamas Taxpay ers League, it is not likely that the court will take any definite action, in the face of this pro test, until they have further in vestigated the sentiments of the county at large. As a suggestion, it seems that some arrangement could be made to stage the annual county fair in the present Gladstone Chaut auqua Grounds, which has a num ber of good buildings, suitable for the exhibits and others could be built to house the livestock. The fair grounds would have been located there in the first place, except that the owner, Mr. Harvey Cross, objected to horse-racing with its attendant nuisances. Today, Clackamas County can stage a first-class, up-to-date an nual fair without horse-racing, which is more or less a back-num ber attraction and a mighty ex pensive one. Unless the county fair could afford to join the regu lar association and get on its cir- j cuit, decent horse racing cannot be had here. The amount of money which each year has been spent on this obsolete form of amusement, could today well be used to furnish better attrac tions. If the County Court would con sider this question at once and appoint a committee to wait on Mr. Cross, it is possible some such arrangement could be con- sumated and with a little hard work between now and fall, the 1 9 1 6 Clackamas County Fair could be staged in a centrally lo cated spot, with all sections of the county exhibiting. M M SEEK M M IIO N S Eastern Clackamas Must Stick Together In the vicinity of the county seat, several residents have ex pressed their willingness to ac cept the nominations at the May primaries, for the oilices of com missioner, assessor, recorder and others. To date, Eastern Clackamas has put forward no contenders for any ottices, excepting that of commissionership and represent ative in the legislature, and prob ably would be satisfied if it could fill those two vacancies from its taxpayers. Among the latest, candidates for the vacancy in the Coqnty Court, are W. H. Botemiller of Clarkes and Chas. W. Risley, a member of the last legislature. Molalla and Canby have resi dents willing to assume the res ponsibilities of the offices of re corder, assessor dr deputy ap pointments. Little opposition is expected in the primaries for the renomina tion on the Republican ticket of County Clerk, Harrington; Sher iff, Wilson; Treasurer, Dunn; School Supt., Gala van; Surveyor, Johnson or Coroner, Hempstead. District Attorney G. L. Hedges will probably be the Democratic candidate for re-election. It is likely several attorneys will enter the race tor this office, among them being Wm. M. Stone and JohnN. Sievers of Oregon City. With the increase in the total county vote, by the addition of the women’s vote, it has become necessary to increase the number of voting precincts, making aliout 80 in all. All fair minded people in Ore gon City, Canby, Molalla and other parts ol the county, have conceeded that Eastern Clacka mas should be entitled to a rep resentative in the county court and one in the legislature, but the nomination and election of such candidates, will depend on the voters of Eastern Clackamas sticking together. It would be a wise move, if Eastern Clackamas voters held a preliminary caucus and decided on who their candidates will be for the May primaries, for if all candidates now in view, receive support, it will split u p the strength of this part o f the county. Party preferences and political affiliations may have to be buried. I Jury List The following represents the jury list, for 1916, as drawn for District 14; said district compris ing Barton, Dover, Eagle Creek, Garfield, George, and Estacada precincts 1 and 2. Said jurors to serve as called upon, in Justice Devore’s court:- Byron Sarver F. J. Harkenrider Fred Bates Gideon Krigbaum N. M. Tracy J. J. Marchbank John K. Ely Raney Crawford Wilbur Wade Granville Linn J. S. Osborne L. J. Palmateer U. S. Morgan D. M. Marshall R. H. Currin R. G. Marchbank J. A. Reid Edw. W. Shearer H. I). Trapp H. G. Trowbridge J. Inglish Doc Palmateer C. C. Miller J. P. Steinman C. E. Linn J. F. Lovelace P. Standish Julius Paulsen A. Morrow 0. 0. Whitcomb B. F. Bullard Edgar Heiple T. J. Yocum C. R. Lovell T. J. Reagan Wm. Dale, Sr. J. G. Duus John Stormer Jas. Smith J. A. Somer Hal Gibson Archie Yocum E. E. Saling C. C. Sating J. W. Reed C. R. Looney L. Hale E. N. Foster S. J. Howe Ed Douglass Sandy News Changes Hands It is reported that the Sandy News has been taken over by the son of Editor St Clair of the Out look of Gresham. If this is true, and The News is brought up to the high stand ard of the Outlook, the Sandyites are to be congratulated. Colton Resident Dies II. Lohndorf of Colton, a sin gle man, about 30 years old, died early Wednesday morning, from lung trouble, from which he had suffered for some time. Funeral services will be held Friday, with interment in Bon- ney’s Cemetery, near Colton. Parent Teachers Meeting The next meeting of the Esta cada Parent Teachers’ Assn, will be held at the school, at 3 P. M. Thursday, January 13th. Every one is cordially invited to attend. s ■ ; - in order to accomplish this aim and if so, the voters of this ter ritory are broad minded enough to forget party lines and vote for the man.