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About Estacada progress. (Estacada, Or.) 1908-1916 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1916)
Estaiada Progress The longer one lives in this Methodist Church Services \ section of the state, the more A c c o r d i n g t o arrangements Published every Thursday at j one realizes the necessity of the made early in November, there Estacada. Oregon raising of some forage and hay ! will be a union service the fifth R. M. Standish, E ditor and M anager crop, as the biggest solution of Sunday of this month, Januaiy the problem of successful farm 130th, at the Estacada M. E. E ntered at the poatotfice in E stacada, ing. Church. Oregon, as second-class mail. The churches of Currinsville, Eastern Clackamas is well a- S ubscription R ates dapted to general farming and Mt Zion and Garfield participat One year - $1.00 should become a leading dairy ing. Services will continue a’.l Six m onths - - .60 section, with the big Portland day and close with an evening service. There will be short ser market adjacent. Thursday, Jan. 13, 1916 I Today, the hue and cry among mons and addresses b> ministers and laymen and good music will Considerable discussion h a s | the farmers is against the condi- be a feature of the occasion. been current among the tax-pay j tion now faced by many, o f hav- Everybody from town and ers of this section, regarding the I ing to buy grain and feed for country are invited to bring their cut in the salaries of the mem their livestock during the winter, lunches and spend the day, as bers of the county court and the not only taking the profit from the new basement, with its kitch limiting of the time which they tne business but often ending in en, stove, etc., are at their dis complete failure. shall give to their duties. posal. There is no doubt but that East $360. per year, is too small an Next Sunday morning, preach amount to pay the commission ern Clackamas can raise or will ing services will be held at the ultimately raise a good grade of ers, even for the 120 days labor. church. All are cordially invited. For the responsibility assumed alfalfa and every effort should be and the work expected of these made at this time to stimulate George Club Activities officials, more money should be the growing of this crop. An oyster supper was enjoyed The Progress will contribute paid. at last Saturday night’s meeting The present $3. per day scale $5. towards a sum of $100. to be of the George Commercial & So is the same as that ordinarily raised in this section; said $100. cial Club. At the meeting on paid for common labor, where no to be used as a prize for the per January 29th, the annual election responsibilities are assumed and son raising the best Y? acre piece of officers will take place. no knowledge or head-work ex of alfalfa in Eastern Clackamas Fred Lins, the owner of the pected. The taxpayers of this County, during the coming seas grounds, on which the club is on. The money would be wisely county expect the members of situated, has ottered to allow the the county court to be men of expended, if two or three times club the use of the entire acre or character, hard workers, and that amount was put up as a so, if they will fence the three! men capable of using the utmost stimulant to the cultivation of sides of it, as it is being planned j tact and discretion in all matters this needed crop. to run the main road directly I and they expect to get such men through the grounds, to connect | for $3. per day. County Gets Returns with the cross road, instead o f ! It is doubtful if ten days per It is pleasing to print the fact circling the grounds as at present. ( month will be sufficient time for that all of Clackamas County’s j Supervisors Named This the court to do its work and do offices are not expensive ones, Week it well. During the summer, or with the clerk’s and recorder’s! road building months, the court departments producing revenues. The Clackamas County Court could well spend from twenty to County Clerk Harrington shows will this week fully earn their thirty days of eight Fours each, that during 1915 the expenditures small $3. per day stipend, when on the job. totaled $4663.96 and the receipts they have to shoulder the res If the taxpayers expect to be $8518.30, leaving a p r o f i t of ponsibility of naming the coun represented by good men and ex $3854.70. Recorder Dedman’s ty’s road supervisors. There are pect good work accomplished, report shows a profit of $2118.20, about 60 road districts, with at they should pay more money for from revenues of $6299.55 with least two warring factions to be the services. expenses of $4171.30. satisfied in each district. (I n c o r p o r a t e d ) The Progress is pleased to be able to chronicle items ofdevel-l opment in the past few issues. ' such as the expansion and relo- j cation of the Horner Bros, mill;! Winter Rations the proposed building of a con-1 veyance for transporting lumberl for the Dairy Cow and cord wood from the Dodge! and Springwater country to the railroad near Cazadero; the pro W e Recommend posed installation of a livestock loading chute at Eagle Creek; business and real estate changes and other signs of prosperity in Shady Brook Alfalfa Meal and Molasses - $1.50 for 1 OCrt. sack this section. Plain Alfalfa Meal Bran and Shorts (We have just received a complete new stock of the above) Remember every taxpayer in When in need of Eastern Clackamas County is in vited and expected to be present j Finish or Dimension Lumber, Flooring, at the meeting next Monday a f - ; Lath, Shingles, Sand or Gravel — see ternoon of the Eastern Clacka-! mas Taxpayers League, at 1 h e! Estacada Lumber & Produce Co. Family Theatre in Estacada, at 1 o ’clock. E. D. Allen - W. J. Samson Our 1916 Calendars are Ready Call and get one or advist us a .u vu v ill mail you oi t cA B an k A ccount To Start The New Year With is a very convenient thirg to have for those who have been provident err up h to have ore. Cash 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 U »0 V I). WAIKER. President THOMAS YOCUM. Vice President IRWIN 0 . WRIOIII. (« s h ie r Interest paid on time deposits C. E. Lucke Livestock Buyer sf Hogs, C attle, Sheep All shipments made from Estacada Stock Yards 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 . Trees, Shrubs, Vines Order NOW Before its too Late Write, Phone or Call on Sam J. Howe - Estacada