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About Estacada progress. (Estacada, Or.) 1908-1916 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1916)
ESTACADA PROGRESS Devoted V o l u m e 9, N u m h e r 18 S M I SERIOUSLY M E D Fire Protection Imperiled O.i Thursday o f last week, it was discovered . hat the Estacada water suppiy was almost at a stand still, with a very slight press ire obtainable in the busi ness district and no water at all in some par,s o f the city. it was at tirst supposed that the freezing weather was respon sible for the trouble, but a hur ried investigation showed that the dam across the creek at the intake, had been torn out and the flow almost cut off. Investigation is now under way to determine the cause o f the break, as Marshal Ames reports it was not the work o f the rise in the stream, ice or livestock. Investigation further showed that the city 's reservoir had been empty for L a o days, the city re ceiving its water through a di rect connected main. Owing to the added danger o f fire, during the cold spell, the tampering with the water supply is a more than ordinarily serious offense. Funeral At Eagle Creek A large crowd o f friends and relatives paid their last respects to the late Isaac Foster o f Eagle Creek last Saturday. The funeral service occured at the home o f his brother, with Rev. Givens officiating. W. O. W. Dance Postponed Word was received Tuesday noon from Fred Anderson o f Eagle Creek, that the W. 0 . VV. Dance, which was to have occur ed next Saturday evening at Cogsweil’ s Hall, ha3 had to be postponed indefinitely. T h i s change was made necessary, ow ing to the illness o f the daugh ter o f B. F. Cogsw'ell, who is now down witn scarlet-fever. Estacada Girl In Pendleton Hospital The many friends o f Mrs. Ralph Richard, o f Stanfield, Or., who was formerly Miss Clema Har- kenrider o f Estacada, will be pleased to leaigi that she is re ported to be out o f danger, fol lowing a serious illness, which necessitated her being taken to the Pendleton hospital. Her mother, Mrs. F. J. Har- kenrider, is with her. having gone to Pendleton last week. to the Interests of E sta c a d a , O regon . T The Trend Of The Times The trend o f the times is to wards cooperation in all lines of social and economic conditions. This tendency is increasing now in the rural districts as exempli fied by the formation o f union hip h schools, commercial clubs, tax payers’ leagues, granges, busi ness men’ s leagues and the like and the church cannot much long er stand against this growing need o f cooperation. In this connection, the follow ing extract from the Advance, the Congregational weekly pub lication, sums it up fairly: “ But the thing that bobs up in our mind every time we start to reflect on this new community temper and organ- iz ng genius is just this: What is to happen in scores of these small towns when the three or four denominational churches, which have been struggling for self-perpetuation so long, come bump up against a community con sciousness that is not interested in the defense of a particular doctrine or the keeping up of a controversy that started in the period just before the war? So sure as there is any power in th's thing, something will happen. The community, when it once gets thorough ly awake to its needs, and to the power to serve them that lies in the Christian church, is going to force a redefinition and a new program from the denomina tions wherever they are too thick to be efficient in the open country or in the villages. And there will be no use try ing to throw dust in the eyes o f an in telligent community spirit. I f th e church has a real service to render and a message that touches life to give, then the church is going to stay. But if there is nothing more than a denom inational pride to be sustained, there will be short shrift ior scores of eccle siastical organizations that have ap pealed successfully to home missionary boards, but which cannot make the same claim upon the questioning and alert mind of the community that is awake. ” Are not we, o f Eastern Clacka mas, facing exactly the condition outlined above? isn ’t the reas on that our church support is lacking, due to the fact that the church is not keeping up-to-date, along with other public institu tions? To get closer home, isn’ t the reason that there are but 17 reg ular supporters o f the Estacada M. E. Church an indication o f the public feeling? While the Progress isn’ t close ly conversant with the finances o f other nearby churches, it is a safe asse. tion that all are ha. ing a hard tight to make Itoth ends meet. Isn’ t it time for some o f the church leaders to get together and agitate a community church in Estacada? Eastern Clackamas County i, J a n u a r y 20. 191« 0ESPIÍE WEATHER TAXPAYERS MEET Next Meeting At Logan February 16th Even the snowdrifted roads and the freezing weather failed to keep many taxpayers from at tending the second regular meet ing o f the Eastern Clackamas Taxpayers League, which occur ed in the •Family Theatre in Es tacada, last Monday afternoon. About 12) taxpayers were pres ent, although had weather o n d i- tions permitted, the seating ca pacity o f the theatre would have been taxed, as many who had hoped to be present, were unable to make the trip. The reports from several dis trict presidents, showed the sen- timen .s o f their respective com munities to be heartily in favor o f the Lsague, its purposes and aims. Hon. Wm. .H. Mattoon, o f the County Court, was the only mem ber o f that body present. Mr. Mattoon gave an interesting talk on the work o f the court and ex pressed his sentime its regarding several proposed and past mat ters. Mr. Mattoon, to the best o f his ability, answered any and all questions put to him and much good was accomplished by the discussion. E. W. Bartlett called attention to the recent appropriation o f $3,000. by this county to enforce the proni uition laws. He further showed that but one oth er county in the state had ap propriated any additional money for similar ia>v enforcement, and in summing up his talk, charac terized this $ 5,000. appropriation as a foolish waste o f the taxpay ers money, under the existing conditions. His remarks appar ently met with the approval o f the members present. W. Givens was the first regu lar speaker on the program and his rousing good talk on commun ity cooperation and development was well applauded. Later in the meeting he was requested to give a similar talk at the next meeting at Logan. Frank Branch Riley o f Port land, the well known good roads advocate, w a s t h e principal speaker o f the afternoon and for threequarter s rrf an hour gave his listeners a good talk on the I subject o f roads and road build ing and their value in the devel opment o f Orecon. Mr. Riiey’ s 1 Concluded on page 8 $1. P er Y ear Estacada Resident Dies in Portland Mr. Thomas Samson, a resi dent o f Estacada for the past two years, passed away early Wednesday morning at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, where he was taken Monday night to undergo a serious oper ation for abdominal trouble. Mr. Sampson who was 64 years old, was born in Scotland but had I», spent the majority o f his life in Minnesota, where he was en gaged in farming. About a year ago, Mr. and Mrs. Samson moved from Estacada onto their property in South Es tacada, formerly owned by Mr. J. H. Conway. The deceased is survived by his widow; a son, W. J. Samson, of the firm o f Allen & Samson and a daughter, Mrs. F. B. Guthrie, o f Estacada. A funeral service was held in Portland Wednesday and the body placed in a vault, where it will.remain for a time, to be re moved at a later date to Wiscon sin for burial. The many friends, join in ex pressing their heartfelt sympathy Í to the family, in this loss o f their husband and father. Paralytic Stroke Fatal A fter suffering for sometime from heart trouble, followed by a paralytic stroke last week, Walter Irving Crane o f Spring- water, died at 7:40 A. M., this morning, January 20th, at the family home. Tne deceased, who was better known as W. F. Crane, had been a resident of Springwater off and on for the past 25 years, having lived near Aurora, Or. for about 8 years in the meantime. Mr. Crane was born in Rock ford, Illinois, January 17, 185«, and lived in Michigan and Indi ana, previous to his coming to Oregon in 1801. He was married in 1883 to Marie Louisa Andrews. The deceased is survived by his wife; two sons, Ray and El gin: and a daughter, Irene, all o f Springwater. At the time o f going to press, the arrangements for funeral services and interment had not been completed. In the passing o f Mr. Crane, this country has lost a good citi zen. a fellow worker aim a good friend, and the sympathy o f the community is tendered the fam ily. Teachers’ Institute Prin. Guthrie o f the Estacada schools announces that a Teach ers’ Institute will take place at the Estacada school house, all day Saturday. January 29th, be ginning at 9 A. M.