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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1916)
Eastern Clackamas News (Form erly E stacada Progress) Published every Thursday at Estacada, Oregon R. M. Standish, E ditor and M anager E ntered a t the postoffice in Estacada, Oregon, as second-class mail. S ubscription R ates One y ear Six m onths - - - $1.00 - .60 | that a realizaton of the plans would mean. While no further announce ment is being made of the plans, a number of interested and earn est workers are arranging for an other less secular meeting to be held within a.short time; so the project has not been dropped, and will not be, until a more discour aging condition is confronted, than has arisen to date. Thursday, Mar. 9, 1916 so would a practical road engi neer save his wage during the [ year. Clackamas county h a s been struggling along in a haphazard sort of way in road matters ever since the first trail was opened through the forest. The county court, its hands full of the hun dred and one matters of general county business, of probate and juvenile work, is also asked to shoulder the full burden of the expenditure of a quarter of a million annually for roads, and it must be acknowledged by the best friends of the court that neither of those three gentlemen have ever made an exhaustive study of road work. When Clackamas county bodily picks up the present stone-age method of road work and throws it into the sea with a rock about its neck, then will Clackamas county have roads in keeping with its development in other lines.” The following is an editorial ¡taken from the Oregon City En We are all perfectly willing to terprise. and sums up the ideas give due credit to the merchant of many local people as regards or philanthropist who contributes the future county road work a sum of cash to some worthy “THAT THE TIME OF YEAR public cause, but we are prone to IS A P P R O A C H I N G AGAIN take- for granted and forget to when the county court will again thank the man, who makes an be called upon to determine equivalent donation in a quiet whether Clackamas county will way. For instance, such dona spend another quarter of a mil tions as Mgr. Sparks of the Esta lion dollars without a competent cada Family Theatre is regularly road engineer or with one in giving, when he allows the free charge of the work. Arguments use of his theatre for every and pro and con have been advanced all public meetings. It is this by the score, but a review of the spirit, which has always charac road building record of Clacka Viola School Honor Roll terized the local business men. mas county during the last 10 Bruce and Norma Randolph, years is the strongest reason why | Amy and Harry Mattoon, Beulah Judge Grant B. Dimick of Ore the county should have a com Hicinbotham, Bernice Miller, El gon C ity , Clackamas County’s petent man at the head of it. mer Olson, Francis Cummin, Les leading advocate of better hog Clackamas county now has 57 lie Hamilton and Anita Kopp. breeding, in a recent address be road supervisors, all probably fore the Live Wires of that city, good farmers and honest men, Through twenty inches of snow urges them to unite and secure a but few of them are experienced for miles, is the new record that stock yards with loading facili and capable road men, their own Dr. Adix is proud to mention for “Dodge” . This was accom ties in that city, for the shipping opinion to the contrary notwith his plished last Saturday, through of hogs and other livestock. standing. Just as a capable bus the foot hills to the Krieger While Mr. Dimick did not say iness manager has saved for Ranch in Upper Garfield. Thir it, he means, “ let Oregon City many cities his salary several ty-two inches, was the depth of follow the example of Eastern times over during the year, just the snow at Fanton’s a few miles further on. Clackamas in their establishment of the Estacada Stock Yards, which last year shipped twenty- live carloads of livestock, paying on an average of $1,000. per car load to the growers.” Judge Dimick quoted Can by as having shipped $80,000. worth last year, but judging from the veports of Buyer Lucke from Canby and from Molalla, double that amount must have been shipped from each point, if Esta cada did over $25,000. in its first year. Estacada hopes that the coun ty seat will get such facilities and that they will prove as profit able to them, as the local yards have to us. ÆSunny Disposition fin the morning follow s the use o f the n ig h t before -■ Editor Brown of the Oregon City Courier, in the course of a column long editoi al on the sub ject of community churches and the attempt of Estacada to form such united worship, seems to think that Estacada is at least getting some good advertising, if nothing more tangible. Editor Brown's remarks are correct, and if Estacada can get good advertising from merely a t tempting to form a community church, we should stop and con sider what a standing advertise ment. as well as a power for good. Q The la x a tiv e ta b le t v ’ w ith thé pleasant taste k á ’ - „ 4 % I nterest O N SAVINGS k ACCOUNTS is what we will be paying in a couple of weeks, w hen we will be ready to open a Savings Department We are merely waiting for the books, forms and other matter necessary to install this valuable adjunct to our growing banking business Estacada State Bank IER0Y I). WAUER. Presiden! IIIOMAS YIMtM. Vice President IRWIN U. WRItiHf, Cashier Interest paid on time deposits. C. E. Lucke Livestock Buyer si Hogs, Cattle, Sheep AU shipment* made frem Estacada Stock Yards Phone W . Givens, Eslarada agent, and advise him of what you have for sale, and I will call and arrange for purchase and s h i p m e n t . a lit neat tins * 10 « 25 * 50 * Trees, Shrubs, Vines Order NOW Before its too Late W e h a v e th e e x c lu siv e s e llin g r ig h ts fo r th is g r e a t la x a tiv e . T ria l s ite , in c e n ts . ESTACADA PHARMACY THE REXALL STORE Write, Phone or ('all on Sam J. Howe * Estacada