ESTACADA PROGRESS
Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County
V olume 9,
N umber 22
VOTERS CHOOSE
REED AND STEPHENS
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Delegates From All Sections
At Political Meeting
There are two factors which
detract from a big attendance at
many local meetings, one being
inclement weather and the other,
good weather. This may appear
paradoxical, but if a meeting is
to draw a big crowd, the weather
conditions must remain average,
with enough rain to interfere
with farm work.
Over one hundred enthusiastic
Eastern Clackamas voters were
present at last Saturday’s politi
cal meeting at the Estacada Pa
vilion and but for the extra fine
weather, which t e m p t e d the
farmers to begin their Spring
work, two or three times as many
would have attended.
In the gathering were repre
sentatives from nearly all sec
tions of this part of the county,
f r o m George, Barton. Eagle
Creek, Upper and Lower Gar
field, Springwater, Viola and Es
tacada.
The meeting was called to ord
er by R. M. Standish, who
w a s elected permanent chair
man, with Principal F. B. Guth
rie of the Estacada Schools, as
secretary.
After briefly outlining the
objects Of the meeting, the chair
man called upon A. W. Botkin of
Garfield, who gave a short talk,
showing the necessity of Eastern
Clackamas getting together and
sticking together for such men
as they might decide upon to rep
resent them in the county court
and legislature.
Attorney Bartlett of Estacada
followed with a similar appeal to
the voters to stand together,
placing especial emphasis on the
importance of selecting a man
capable of successfully conduc
ting the responsibilities of the
commissioner’s offjce with its
handling of over a half million
dollars of the taxpayers’ money
each year.
E. N. Bates of Barton, after
explaining that owing to his po
litical faith he probably could
not vote for the local candidate
at the primaries, promised to suj>-
port him at the general election.
On a motion made by W. H.
Holder, whicn was carried, an
informal ballot was taken, to de
termine the sentiment of the
meeting as to the choice for a
candidate for the office of county
commissioner.
Tellers. ^|rs. E. E. Saling, Wil
bur Wade and H. I). Trapp re-
E stacada , O regon ,
T hursday , F ebruary 17, 1916
Fair Board Working On Premiums
The fair board of the East
Clackamas County Fair, which
held a meeting in Estacada last
Saturday, announce that they
ate now working on the premium
list for the coming fair, covering
not only agricultural and live
stock exhibits, but canned fruit,
vegetables and other domestic
' science products.
They are also arranging with
the P. R. L. & P, Co., to obtain
free Sudan grass seed, for ex
perimental plantings. All par
ties who are willing to experi
ment with this crop on a quarter
acre piece, are asked to get in
touch with the fair board.
ported the following result: J.
W. Reed 50; Chas. Duncan- 10;
John Ely 7; F. J. Harkenrider -
5; E. N. Bates—1; Guy T. Hunt
—1; T. J. Reagan 1.
F. J. Harkenrider had prev
iously announced that he was
not a candidate for the office.
In his acceptance of the honor,
J. W. Reed made a few remarks,
emphazing the fact that he was
not seeking the office, and if elec
ted, would have to sacrifice his
own business to some extent to
handle the new work, but if elec
ted he would do his best to fulfill
the duties of the office.
Similar balloting was done in
the selection of a candidate for
the legislature, although less in
terest was shown and less com
petition evident in this office, the
result of the balloting being H.
Stephens 53; A. W. Botkin 4;
A. Demoy 2; E. E. Saling—3;
John Page 2; W. A. Heylman—
1; Tip Wade I; G. T. Hunt 1;
John Osborn 1; Ed Shearer—1;
L. fenny 1 and ? Smith—1.
In response to a request for a
speech, Mr. Stephens modestly
stated that his running for the
legislative office, was not of his
own seeking, but if e.ecled he
would do his best to serve his
constituents.
No formal action was taken to
have the meeting unanimously
endorse Messrs. Reed and Steph
ens, but the sentiment, as ex
pressed by the balloting, left lit
tle room for doubt as to the sen
timent of this part of the county
as to the men whom they wish to
have elected for county commis
sioner and member of the legis
lature.
During the course of the meet
ing, E. W. Bartlett of Estacada
announced his candidacy for the
office of District Attorney and
asked the support of the voters
assembled.
NEEÜ Of ÍIE SHEDS APPARENT
Public Sheds Aid Patronage
Of Home Merchants
The need of public hitching fa
cilities for Estacada is no new-
one and many people may feel
that the Progress is again harp
ing on a worn out subject, but
nevertheless it is going to keep
on harping, for last year the
sheds were not forthcoming.
Estacada a n d especially its
merchants are making every ef
fort to cater to the surrounding
trade, rightly feeling that it be
longs here. To date, the induce
ments for home patronage have
been confined largely to improv
ing and making pleasanter the
marketing facilities, within their
respective establishments; forget
ting the equally important ques
tion of where the buyer will
leave horses and vehicle, while
spending his or her money.
The need of a public tie shed
was especially apparent during
the past few months of bad
weather, but it is a safe bet that
we may have some rain this
spring, also some mighty hot
sunshine this summer, neither
condition being of benefit to
beast, vehicle or contents, of the
latter.
The longer a buyer stays in Es
tacada, the more money he or
she will spend. As it is at pres
ent, the “ she” trade is lacking,
for the men make a rush trip to
town, buy the necessities and
start for home as soon as pos
sible, not caring to leave their
horses and wagons in the rain.
Tfie housewife, natu-ally does
not care to make a trip to town,
when it is a case of rush both
ways, with no time to spend in
the stores, looking around and
shopping.
The farmer shows his horses
every consideration and the mer
chant who will help him better
the conditions of his animals when
they are standing waiting, will
further warrant his patronage
and friendship.
The cost of such public sheds
and the location of same have
been threshed out several times,
but neither question is an ob
stacle, as a few hundred dollars
will build a big shed, a few dol
lars more will lease the land, or
even buy it.
The logical place for such fa
cilities is in the block bounded
by Main, Broadway, Third and
Fourth Sts., near the City Hall.
Without a doubt, if it became
necessary much volunteer labor
could be obtained from the out of
$1. P er Y ear
HERE IS
m CHANCE
C itizen s A sk ed T o A tte n d
M eetin g
Next Sunday morning, at the
Estacada M. E. Church. Rev. T.
B. Ford. District Superintendent
of the M. E. Church, will occupy
the pulpit.
Rev. Spies, who returned Wed
nesday from a couple of days
spent at the Laymen’s Conven
tion in Portland, reports that he
has talked over the community
church question with the lead
ers of the denomination there,
and finds them more than willing
to help along the formation of
such united worship in Estacada.
Rev. Ford has suggested that
an informal meeting be held Sun
day afternoon at the church, to
which every citizen is invited,
whether church member or not,
where preliminary efforts will be
made to start the “ ball a rolling”
(This is not exactly quoting Dr.
Ford).
If the weather is good, it is
hoped a large number of people
will be present, from the rural
districts and from the town prop
er. All are asked to attend,
whether in favor of or against
the community church idea.
T a x p a y e rs H o ld D iscussions
Whether a farm er can make
more money plowing during an
afternoon, than he can ultimate
ly save in taxes, if he took off
the time to attend a meeting of
the Eastern Clackamas Taxpay
ers’ League, is about the only
question that was not discussed
at Wednesday’s meeting.
A score or so of members and
friends met at the Logan Grange
Hall ard made up for lack of
numbers in tne interest taken in
the open discussions which took
place, on such subjects as the
“ County Appropriation for the
Enforcement of Prohibition.”
“ Bituminous Macadam vs Pro
cessed Hardsurfaced Paving.”
The meeting generally favored
the idea of paying the coi nty
commissioners a higher salary
and economizing on the deputy
hire in some of the county offices,
but were opitosed to the appar
ent inconsistency of the court in
abiding by the recommendations
of the Taxpayers’ Meeting in
some instances and not in others.
Owing to illness, Judge Ander
son could not appear on the pro
gram and many taxpayers did
not attend, after learning he
would not he present.
The next league wili be Mon
day afternoon, March 20, at Cur-
rinsville.
town pe o p l e . A regular old
“ barn-raising” could be heid and
in one day, along with a lot of
fun, the sheds could be well built.
If necessary, the Progress will
guarantee to furnish the volun
teer labor and by an appeal to
the people in this community,
would probably be able to obtain
more than is needed.