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 .
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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
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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
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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.