ESTACADA PROGRESS Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County V olume 9, N umber 22 VOTERS CHOOSE REED AND STEPHENS ¥ % * 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.