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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1916)
Eastern Clackamas News (Formerly Estacada Progress) Published every Thursday at Estacada, Oregon R. M. Standish, Editor and Manager ning wild, when he penned the verse: ‘ ‘Lives of great men, all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time. ” of years, all new land, which shall have been cleared and put under cultivation within a given length of time. It hardly seems fair, after a farmer has gone to the big ex pense of clearing land, that he should be saddled with an in creased assessment, when he really is entitled to some kind of a reward. Oregon City can justly ad vertise the fact that it expects to have over $1,250,000. worth of S u bscr ipt io n R a t e s One year - $1.00 construction work done within Six months - - - .50 j the next twelve months, besides a $500. livestock shipping facil An efficiency expert, who re Thursday, Mar. 23, 1916 ity; and whether or not a realiza cently completed an audit of the tion of their predictions is forth various county offices, suggests With only a few days having coming or not, the city is getting that Clackamas County should elapsed, since an amicable agree some good publicity. c r e a t e another political job, While Estacada cant crow a- namely a man, whose duties shall ment was entered into between the County Court and the County bout coming improvements, run consist of a combination of audi Fair Association, whereby Clack ning up into the million dollar tor, efficiency expert and county amas County buys the Canby class, it can go on record as hav purchasing agent. Fair Grounds and leases them to ing, so far this year, had more It would be a wise move not to the County Fair Association, for concrete walks built, than ever agitate any additional county ex 6% per year already, trouble before in its history and cement penditures for a while, or until has started, over the question of improvements are permanent. the average farmer has succeeded Again, work has already begun in scraping together enough to which party, the owner or lessee, shall spend $100. per year or on one fine residence in Terrace pay his, now almost due, taxes. more, in the repair and upkeep of Addition, with several more As to county auditing this the buildings. It is barely pos homes being planned, besides a work should be done by expert sible, all will not be as smooth couple of the Broadway property auditors, not residents of Clack sailing in the county’s administra owners are considering the con amas County and they should be tion of these grounds as had been struction of cement business paid the regular price for such blocks, to replace the present work, as cheap white-wash of expected. Since the purchase has been frame structures. the county’s books, is merely And last, but not least, Esta wasted money and never will un consumated, we learn that the nominal purchase price of $7950. cada is going to have Public earth any errors or discrepances, did not cover all the expense, as Hitching Sheds built, plans and if they should exist. - ---- — - the county had about $2000. due specifications of which are now t . Hands Off it from the association, which in the hands o f the architects collectively means the grounds and contractors, awaiting an The Fire Apparatus cost within $50. of the $10,000.00 amicable settlement of the vol President E. B. Byers and Fire unteer labor conditions. mark. Chief Fred Jorg of the Estacada There is one bright outlook, Mystery still surrounds the Volunteer Fire Department, wish and that is, that the Court is not “ Wild Man of Kelso” , who was to herewith call the attention of considering allowing the Fair gathered up in the nude, a short the public to the fact that all ap Association to use the grounds time ago, by Sheriff Wilson and paratus, tools and other property, longer than for the coming seas Deputy Frost. Said "he nymph” , in the Estacada fire department's on, with the hopes of ultimately having sojourned for sixty days in building, is the private property switching the annual county fair, the tall timber between Kelso of that organization. to Gladstone or some more cen Notice is hereby given, that and Boring and found to be stark trally located spot and when that any person or persons, who shall crazy. time comes it is a safe assertion Just as a surmise, which may ■ molest, tamper with or borrow that the East Clackamas County help solve the mystery, it is bare any of said property, will be Fair will gladly dissolve its ident ly possible, the poor fellow had prosecuted to the full extent of ity and join in making a central just paid his current taxes and the law. ized fair a success. his bare hide was all he had re Oregon City Candidate Clackamas County made a wise maining and the insanity may Visits Estacada move a couple of weeks ago, have developed, following an at C. I. Stafford of Oregon City, when it joined with Marion, tempt to thread his way up the who is a candidate for the Re Lane, Linn, Polk, Washington, famous Boring Hill Road. Yamhill and Benton counties, in The present invasion o f politi publican nomination for County the formation at Albany of the cal candidates from the lower Assessor, visited Estacada and Willamette Valley Development end of the county, will have one vicinity last Saturday, in the in terests of his candidacy. Association. beneficial result, as it will help Mr. Stafford is one of the coun A temporary organization was disseminate more information formed, with Clackamas County about the wonderful resources of ty seat merchants, being in the represented by Commissioner this part of the county, among dry goods business. Having pre Knight of Canby; Thos. A. Burke the folks back home; many of viously been connected with rail and C. E. Spence of Oregon City. whom imagine that the residents road and lumber work in the ac These representatives were ap of Eastern Clackamas are hunt counting and auditing depart pointed by the County Court and ers, trappers and near neighbors I ments, he naturally feels that his while this part of the county of the Indians and that the pres experience in this class of work, should have been represented, it ent civilization in this county is qualifies him for the office of as is hoped that later on it will be. confined to a narrow stretch a- sessor. with its mass of figures to be correctly and expertly long the S. P. railroad tracks. handled. The Estacada contractors, who are building the cement walks on As an incentive to the Clacka Broadway, do not agree with mas County land owner to clear An enjoyable high school dance \ Longfellow and doubt if he ever more land, a law should be pass was held at the I. 0. O. F. Hall laid cement walks, with dogs run- ed, which will exempt for a term in Estacada. last Friday evening. Entered at the postoffice in Estaeada, j Oregon, as second-class mall. INTEREST O N SAVINGS k ACCOUNTS á 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 U 8 0 Y 0 . W A Ih tK . President IH0MA.S YOCUM. Vice President IRWIN I). WRIGHT, C ashier Interest paid on time deposits. C. E. Lucke Livestock Buyer gf Hogs, Cattle, Sheep AH shipments m a d e from Estacada Stock Yards Phone W . Givens, Esiacada agent, and advise him of what you have for sale, and I will call and arrange icr purchase and s h i p m e n t . Card of Thanks We wish to thank our many friends for the kindnesses and sympathy extended to us in the recent illness and death of our baby boy. Signed Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kitching.