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
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$1.00
should become a leading dairy ing. Services will continue a’.l
Six m onths
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.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
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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