Esta.ada Progress or as the name implies merely (iNOORPORATKll) recommendations. If the court decides not to buy the Canby Published every Thursday at Fair Grounds, it will not be with- lis tacada, Oregon R. M. Standi-h, Editor and Manager out a precedent, for the court in the past has used its own discre- Rntcre' l at the poatoffice in Estacada, j tion regarding other recommen County Has 1303 Miles Of Highway Of All Sorts And Kinds County Judge H. S. Anderson has ju st prepared a summary o f the reports of county road super visors for the year 1915, which , shows the class o f highway and the work done on the roads d u r -! I Irejfun, as aerond-i'latts mail. dations. ing the past twelve months. The j The Progress fi-eis real hurt at report shows 1303 miles o f road i S u b sc r ipt io n K a tk s $ 1 . 0 0 the claim that it would be better altogether, composed o f the fol-1 One year . . . Six months . . . ■ M pleased to have the county fair lowing varieties: miles staged at Estacada or Barton. ¡ Gravel or rock road redress, 58 Thursday, Jan. 20. 1916 All the Progress has urged is a j Plank Road 110 fair deal and that means locating Ï Gravel Road 185 the The following letter from 135 the annual fair in a centrally lo- i Crushed Rock Road O r e g o n Agricultural College eated place alon#fgood transpor-1 Bituminous Macadam Road 7 should he o f interest. 866 cation facilities. Plank Road built in 1915 7 l/? Mr. R. M. Standisti, Last week, Governor W ithy- j Gravel Road built in 1915 28 Publisher Progress, combe declared the charters of a Crushed Rock built in 1915 20 V? . Estacada, Oregon. My Dear Sir: j list of corporations, among them Bituminous McAdam 2 built in 1915 ___ VVlirn we were at your insti - 1 being the Clackamas County Fair, tute a few months ago there were some forfeited; owing tO failure to Sllb- I GraVel ° r R<xk R° ad mlreSS, 58 questions asked regarding the eradica-, , , , J. 278 cement and iron eulverts tion o f ferns from some o f the lands in i ni t an annUal , e P0 r t t o r t h e la8t ! have been installed in 1915, tak- the vicinity o f Estacada. I have re- t w o y e a r s , i ing the places o f that number of cently receiveil from the Department o f | This last move forces the fu- plank culverts or bridges. Agriculture, Washington, D. C., a bill- ture o f the county fair into the I There are reported in the coun- letin No. 887, Farmers’ Bulletin, deal hands of the county court and : ty 512 bridges. ing with the eradication o f ferns on some . ... - n The reports show further that lands in the Ün.ted States. I thought t h e r e 18 n0 l l m e llk e th e h r s t o f has , been that those who wish to read this bulletin ! the year to get busy at it; first 32 miles , . of new | road | G aye dm year, and that about $9000 has been donated in labor or cash for road improvements. In road machinery owned by the county, the principal items are: 5 road rollers, 11 rock erush- |ers, 1 gravel screening plant, 1 road oiling and asphalt heating ! outfit, 34 road graders, 40 road drags, 79 wheel scrapers, togeth-1 iness matters, in a recent letter with a long list o f slip scrapers, to the Progress, states that he is piows and other small tools. Under the heading "D isg ru n t thoroughly investigating t h e led” , the Canby Herald last eastern market conditions, es Does it not seem odd that j week handed out the following: pecially as to the demand for Clackamas County, which De Oregon apples, prunes, logan- ‘Speaking of the recommenda cember 31st last, bragged of the tion of the recent County T a x -! '»errie« and small fruits, fact that the prohibition law payers’ Meeting that the county j Re >’eP°rts a good demand for w'ould close but seven saloons in could get a eopv gratis from the De- decide where it will be held; then .... , , partment o f Agric ulture, so that you appoint a lair board early. could probably publish in your paper the name artfi number o f this bulletin. To Attend Trusting that we may be able to be (if some assistance to you in any matter pertaining to vegetable garden National Cannera’ Convention ing in your community, I am R. C. Deming o f Garfield, who Sincerely Yours, j is now' in New y ork , visiting his A. G. B. Bouquet, folks and attending to some bus A ss’ t Professor o f Vegetable Gardening, i make herewith an a n nouncement which will be of importance to all people in every walk of life. Estacada State Bank j ° P en et^ purchase the fair grounds at this d ^ T n V R * 5 ? ^ A ?-oh? > !to ^ ? ro?i:i: , . „ r, . . p ----- ------- — prunes, but to date ate the sum of $3,000. from the place, t h e Estacada Pi ogress i the loganberry has not met with ... . . . ---------- . ------------------- --------- taxpayers money to enforce the says: Under t h e conditions, j popular favor among eastern con- prohibition law'in this county? the court has no alternative but sinners, although the loganberry As near as we can ascertain, j to do as instructed, but Commis juice seems to be gaining popu but one other county in the state j larity. appropriated any extra money for j sioner Mattoon for one, says he Mr. Deming intends to return the enforcement of prohibition, I will not sanction the purchase,” to Estacada next month and en- not even Multnomah County. etc., etc. Looks as though Mr. route will stop at Louisville, K y ., Are the taxpayers getting a Mattoon deliberately and arbitra w here he will attend the sessions good economic run for their mon o f the National Canners’ Assn. rily says in effect that he will not ey, under such circumstances? obey the law as it is generally recognized. Furthermore t h e Progress, inasmuch as it is speak ing in condemnatory terms o f the action o f the taxpayers and cites Mr. Mattoon’s position in fur therance o f its view, it in sub stance commends a public official for his announced intention to disobey the law. The Progress further charac-j W e Recommend teriz.es the proceedings of the Taxpayers’ Meeting in part as ■foolish recommendations that! were enacted by county seaters I Shady Brook Alfalfa Meal and Molasses - $ 1 .5 0 for 1 0 0 11, sack an d th e Canby delegation. ’ Doubtless if those ‘County seat-, ers and the Canby delegation’ had recommended that the coun ty fair be moved to Estacada o>- Barton the Progress would have been better pleased. It still remains a question with many taxpayers as to whether the so-called recommendations of the Taxpayers' Meeting are law In a short time we will tra o v n. W AtkfR. THOMAS VWIIM. P re*i«ie«i Vic* P re«.«lrn l IRWIN D. WNil.III. Cashier Interest paid oti time deposits. C. E. Lucke Livestock Buyer sf Hogs, C attle, Sheep AU shipment* made from Estacada Stock Yards Winter Rations Phone W . Givens, Estacada agent, for the Dairy Cow for sale, and I will call and Plain Alfalfa Meal and advise him of what you have arrange for purchase and s h i p m e n t . Bran and Shorts (W e have just received a complete new stock of the above! When Trees, Shrubs, Vines in need o f Finish or Dimension Lath, Shingles, Lumlier, Sand or Flooring, Gravel — see Order NOW Before its too Late t Estacada Lumber E. D. Allen & Produce Co. W. J. Samson Write, Phone or Call on Sam J. Howe - Estacada