EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS
Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County
Form erly Estacada Progress
V olume 9,
N umber 24
ALFALFA MEETING SATURDAY
O. A. C. Expert To Lecture
March 4th
Every man, woman and child
in this section, who is interested
in farming, realizes the need in
this country of the raising of
some good crop, which will fur-
nish more and cheaper feed for
livestock.
Eastern Clackamas
now raises its share o f field crops,
from clover, timothy and vetches
to oats, wheat and corn, the lat
ter product having reached its
present value, only after several
years of careful work and experi
mentation by local farmers.
The need is still apparent of
some vegetable product, which
can be raised here, which will
furnish cheaper, better and more
abundant pasturage for cattle
and hogs; for until such pastur
ing is possible, the cost of raising
either swine, dairy cattle or beef
cattle is too high.
With this end in view, the East
Clackamas County Fair board,
the Portland Railway Light &
Power Company and others in
terested, have arranged to secure
one of the best state authorities
on the subject of alfalfa culture,
to talk to the farmers here.
Prof. J. E. Larsen of the O. A.
C. Extenson Staff will arrive in
Estacada, next Friday, March
3rd, where he will spend that
day driving around this country,
investigating local soil and other
conditions, prior to his lecture at
a meeting, which will occur Sat
urday afternoon, March 4th, be
ginning at 1 o’clock, at the Fam
ily Theatre in Estacada.
Everyone is invited to be pres
ent and to come ready to ask
questions and take an interest in
this subject of alfalfa raising.
It is likely that a big crowd will
attend, for many farmers are
anxious to do their share towards
Experimenting with this product.
The committee believes that any
farmer, * ho feels that it is more
necessary for him to work on his
place next Saturday afternoon,
instead of attending this meet
ing, will be a loser in dolllars
and cents in the long run, for
this is too important a subject to
have presented to only a few in
terested growers. So everyone
is urged to take off that after
noon and join in this meeting.
E stacada , O regon ,
T hursday ,
M arch 2, 1916
School Rate Effective
In Thirty Days
Garfield Pioneer
Guest Of Honor
Traffic Manager F. D. Hunt of
the railway company, announces
that the special rate for school
children of lj^c per mile, will be
come effective within the next
thirty days.
This rate will probably be ex
tended to include all points be
tween Boring and Estacada and
Cazadero.
A most enjoyable birthday din
ner was celebrated last Sunday
evening in Garfield, when Mrs.
Lou Palmateer, entertained twen
ty one members of the family
and friends, in honor of the r<3rd
birthday of Mrs. Sarah Palma-
teer, her husband’s mother.
Mrs. E. M. Horner, Mrs. Sarah
Palmateer’s sister-in-law, was al
so an honored guest, as her
eightieth birthday w i l l occur
shortly.
Among those present w e r e
Aunt Sarah’s brother-in-law, R.
G. (Doc) Palmateer and wife;
her son Lou Palmateer, wife and
children; her daughters, Mrs.
Chas. Duncan and Mrs. Wilbur
Wade and families of Garfield
and Currinsville; her son, Henry
Palmateer of Silverton and ten
grandchildren; besides Mr. “ Tip”
Wade o f Currinsville, a lifelong
friend and neighbor from the
pioneer days.
After a bountiful dinner had
been consumed, the evening was
given over to reminiscences of
the early pioneer days in this
country, those taking part were
Aunt Sarah, and “ Doc” Palma
teer, Mrs. Eunice Horner and
Mr. Wade.
Mr. Wade told of his arrival in
the early fifties, with his father’s
family and the locating at Joe
Young’s, now the Heiple place in
Currinsville, in 1850. Also of his
going in 1853 to Portland with
his father and escorting t h e
Pierce family, Aunt Sarah being
one of the daughters, to their
land claim, where the city of Es
tacada n o w stands, unloading
their belongings under a fir tree,
where the A. Morrow residence
is now located.
With such reminiscencing con
tinuing during the evening, the
party finally broke up, after wish
ing Aunts Sarah and Eunice,
many happy returns of the day.
Oregon City Trims Estacada
By the overwhelming score of
65 to 5, the Oregon City High
School basket ball team defeated
the Estacada High School quin
tet, at the Pavilion, last Satur
day evening.
While Estacada is making no
excuses and presenting no pro
tests, it is fair to mention that
Oregon City’s faculty has since
the game, announced that they
will hereafter stick by interschol
astic rules and play none but
high school students, as the ma
jority of their line-up was made
up o f post-graduate men, the
same men having played on last
Fall’s football team.
It would have been just as fair
had E. H. S. played such post
graduates as Bob Morton, ILIilt
Evans and Guy Graham, first
allowing them to take post-grad
uate work in school.
District 4 Gets Busy
Under the leadership of Road
Supervisor Albert Kithing, early
spring work has already begun
in district No. 4, which comprises
the roads through Currinsville and
Alspaugh, from the Eagle Creek
district to the Estacada line.
The crew last week ran the
grader over every inch of its
gravelled roads, throwing the
gravel back into the worn tiair>s,
rounding up the roadways and
finally packing it down with the
steam roller.
The crew also jacked up and
removed the old rotted piers from
under the lower Eagle Creek
bridge, near Still’s, replacing
them wuh new piers and posts.
While only one end of the bridge
was in District No. 4, Supervisor
Kitching went ahead and repair
ed both ends of the structure,
thus helping out the Eagle Creek
district.
Road work in other nearby dis
tricts is going on, but the News
has not been advised yet as to
the particular work they are do
ing.
Republicana In Lead
According to figures of regis
trations to date, as compiled by
Registrar C. W. Devore of Esta
cada, covering the George, Gar
field and Estacada 1 and 2 dis
tricts, 145 have registered Re
publicans; 53 Democrats; 4 So
cialists; 1 Independent; 1 Pro
gressive and 2 Prohibitionists.
In a few instances the recorder
has had to refuse some registra
tions, as the proper naturaliza
tion papers were not forthcoming.
$1. P er Y ear
TO MAKE MONEY IN RODS
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Reduce Cost Of Production
C. L. Smith, commonly known
as Farmer Smith, the agricultur
al expert of the O. W. R. & N.
Ry., who is known locally in con
nection with his practical work
in connection with corn raising,
in a recent talk, brought out the
following good points relating to
successful hog raising.
“ Very few farmers know what
it costs them to produce a pound
of pork. Nine out of every ten
could reduce the cost by adopt
ing better methods of feeding.
I have made a careful study of
methods and conditions on hun
dreds of farms. Among the com
mon mistakes, I find:
Running brood sows on pasture
without any grain. They may
keep in good flesh and look thrif
ty, but the pigs will be weak and
a large percentage will die before
they are a month old. The sow
should have one pound of grain
for each 100 pounds live weight
from the time she is bred until
farrowing. If there is a tenden
cy to lay on too much fat, cut
down the pasture—not the grain.
Making slop with mill stuffs or
grain of any kind is unhealthy,
wasteful, out of date; a relic of
unthrift and ignorance.
The sow after farrowing should
be fed dry grain each day, one
pound for each 100 pounds of
live weight, and one-half pound
extra for each pig she is sucking
this in addition to good pas
ture, roots, clover or alfalfa hay.
When the pigs are four weeks
old they should be given a mixed
grain ration, starting with one
ounce per day and increasing un
til they are getting one-half pound
per day for each 25 pounds of
live weight. If on good pasture
they should receive this grain
ration every day until they go to
market. Four hundred pounds
of grain fed in this way will fin
ish a pig ready for market in 180
to 200 days, weighing 200 pounds.
Skimmed milk is good in small
quantities, but it will not t .ke
the place of grain in the ration.
It will take twice as much feed
to make a pound of meat on a pig
wallowing around in Willamette
Valley mud, as it will one in ch an,
dry quarters.
Where the clovers, grasses and
vetch thrive as well as in the
Willamette Valley, they are bet
ter than alfalfa for hog pasture.
The cheapest pork can be made
from March farrowed pigs, led
as directed and finished for mar
ket in September and October.
On an average it will cost 1 cent
per pound more to put the same
weight on a fall pig.
The farmer who breeds his
piRS, feeds and finishes for mar
ket with feed grown on the farm,
having the pigs, as far as prac
ticable, do the harvesting, will
make the most profits.”