EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS
Devoted to the Interests o f Eastern Clackamas County
Form erly Estacada Progress
V olume 9,
N umber 36
E stacada , O regon ,
T hursday ,
M ay 25,
1916
$1. P er Y ear
ESTACADA LOSES IN 10TH
ESTACADA WINS COUNTY MEET
17 TO RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
STEPHENS WINS AT PRIMARIES
Lang & Co. To Appear
Next Sunday
Wagner and Seal
High Point Athletes
Commencement Exerciser,
At Pavilion Tuesday
Reed, Bartlett And Gibson
Defeated
With the attendance below par,
owing to the showers, coupled
with the report that no baseball
game would take place last Sun­
day, a first-class ten inning game
was pulled off, with Estacada
losing to the Log Cabin Bakery
team, in the tenth inning by a
score of 3 to 2.
Two of the visitors’ three runs
were unearned, being presented
to them on errors and loss of
temper, but the less said about
them, the better.
Maxmeyer, who is well known
to the local fans, having pitched
for various visiting teams in the
past few years, was in even bet­
ter than his regular form, hand­
ing out a sharp curved ball, that
fooled Estacada sufficiently, so
that few hits were obtained.
George .>mith pitched a good
game for the home team and
was seldom connected with fo ra
safe h i t.
Errors were more
numerous by the visitors, with
several overthrows o f first base.
For a time, it looked as though
the game would break up, ow­
ing to a decision on second, but
both sides finally considered the
fans and after instituting a dou­
ble umpiring system, finished up
the game.
Next Sunday afternoon, Es­
tacada will play the Lang &
Co. team o f Portland.
A rt Smith, Estacacia’s regular
pitcher has been out of the box
for tw'o weeks past and out of
Sunday ’s game, owing to illness.
I f A rt is in shape for next’s Sun­
day's g a m e ,
the
visitoi s
should get all that is coming to
them.
Everyone is invited to these
ball games and if the weather
permits, a big crowd should at­
tend.
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, In the Clackamas County High
and Grammar School athletic
meeting, held in Canby last Sat­
urday, under the auspices o f the
County School Master’ s Club,
Estacada won in the high school
division, with the local grammar
school taking second place in the
grade school division.
Nearly all o f the county’s high
schools were represented, al­
though Oregon City’s name does
not appear, but a four man team
from the county seat did their
best to gain laurels.
Wagner o f Estacada won the
gold medal for high point man of
the meet, obtaining 15 o f Estaca-
da’s 38 points. Seal of the iocal
grammar school received the
same honors in his division, mak­
ing 26 points of a total o f 32.
The respective standing o f the
schools entered was Estacada 38,
Canby 34, Milwaukie 29, Oregon
City 9 and Molalla 0. In the
grammar grades, Estacada was
represented by a four man team,
winning 32points, against Kelso's
35, with Canby obtaining 8.
The county seat and other
county communities may be able
to defeat Estacada with the bal­
lot, but when it comes to athlet­
ics, the local boys “ bring home
the bacon’ ’ every time.
The thanks o f the school are
extended Messrs Lovelace, Giv­
ens and Ewalt, who took the
winning athletes to Canby.
In this connection, mention
should be made o f Ken Bartlett,
formerly of the E. H. S. but now
on the University o f Oregon
track team, who last week won
the throw in the dual meet
against the University o f Wash­
ington, with a throw o f 135 feet,
10 inches.
Fo'uner Estacadian Passes
S. C. Stewtrt, for years past a
well known figure in Estacada
and a friend of all of the local
and country people, in his capa­
city as harness maker, died last
Sunday morning at a Salem hos­
pital.
Mr. Stewart, who was 70
years old, left Estacada a month
or so ago, undergoing an opera­
tion in Portland for intestinal
troubles. He apparently recov­
ered from this operation and
went to Salem, where he made
his home with his sister, Mrs. N.
J. Welborp, but owing to Ids age,
suffered a relapse, which proved
fatal.
Funeral services were held at
Salem. Tuesday afternoon.
j
Mrs. Peter Ruhl Dies
Mrs. Tillie Ruhl, w ife o f Peter
Ruhl of George, passed away
Saturday, May 20th, at the Good
Samaritan Hospital in Portland,
following an operation o f a few
days previous.
The remains were taken to the
family home in George, early
Monday morning and at 2 o’clock
that afternoon, the funeral ser­
vices were held, in the presence
of a sorrowing assembly o f rela-
tives and friends, Mr. Walter
Givens of Estacada officiating.
The deceased, who was in her
29th year, was formerly Miss
Tillie Lins o f George, and is sur­
vived by her husband, three lit­
tle children and a number of
relatives.
Mrs. Ruhl was a greatly be­
loved young woman and in the
George community, where she
had always lived and entered in-
to the social and religious activ-
| ities, she will be greatly missed.
The sympathies of the com­
munity are extended to the be­
reaved family.
The strenuous, nerve taxing,
yet joyous days of commence­
ment are now upon us and while
the high school students and
teachers are experiencing the
majority of the load o f work,
worry and enjoyment, the grad­
uation and commencement spirit
is present among the parents
and townspeople as well.
The commencement season,
with its round of social activities,
entertainments, exercises and
examinations, is the supposed
culmination and reward, for those
young women and men, who have
successfully weathered the four
years high school course, with
its work and play.
The 1916 graduating class of
the Estacada High School, this
year comprises seventeen stu­
dents, made up o f six boys and
eleven girls, being
Echo Muriel Wade
Gladys Marie Carpenter
Delia Vilos Lovell
Eleanor I. Bews
Letta Veneta Page
Helen Hortense Keith
Mary Sabina Woodle
McColly Dale
JdSsie May Hannah
Carl Kimmel
Leila Clarissa Howe
George W. Harkenrider
Erma Philena Graham
Leo William Havens
Elva Mae Adams
Lloyd Hickman Ewalt
Henry Spiess, Jr.
The commencement season
really began in earnest, with the
Class Day Exercises, in the
school auditorium last Friday
night, when the capacity of that
hall was overtaxed. An excel­
lent program was given by the
departing spirits o f 1916, the
class prophecy given in the form
o f a tea party chat, being the
special feature o f the evening.
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Last Sunday evening, at the
Estacada M. E. Church, a record
breaking crowd assembled to en­
joy the Baccalaureate Service,
with Dr. Holmes, pastor of the
Forest Grove Congregational
Church, delivering the sermon.
Dr. Holmes’ address was one of
the most entertaining and in­
structive ones, ever given before
a local audience with the assem­
bly equally entertained by the
j
i musical numbers on the program,
including the songs of the Junior
Class Chorus, the Girls Quartette
and solo numbers.
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While Eastern Clackamas can
hardly feel that it will have
proper representation among the
county’s officers for the ensuing
term, the people are truly thank­
ful that the candidacy of H. C.
Stephens o f George, for the Re­
publican nomination for the leg­
islature, was a success, but can '
blame themselves to a large ex­
tent for the non-election of other
local candidates, as the home dis­
trict, as usual did not stand to­
gether as a unit.
Among the Republican eandi-
1 dates, the following received the
party nomination and as little
opposition is likely to be ottered
at the Fall balloting, they will
probaoiy be elecled, with possi­
bly the exception of W. A. Proc-
tor o f Sandy, who will have a
hard fight to defeat Uisley the
strong Democratic candidate. A
similar condition will probably
I exist in the final election for the
office o f District Attorney, as the
p r e s e n t incumbent, Gilbert
Hedges, will receive strong sup­
port from all parties.
R epublican
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N ominees
Representatives, Geo. C. Brow ­
nell, H. A. Deuman, Harold C.
Stephens; District Attorney, Wil­
liam M. Stone; Sheriff, W. J.
Wilson; Clerk, Iva M. Harring­
ton; Recorder, D. C. Boyles;
Treasurer, M. E. Dunn; Assessor,
W. W. Everhart; Commissioner.
W. A. Proctor; School Superin­
tendent, J. E. Cala van; Survey­
or. H. H, Johnson; Coroner, W.
E. Hempstead.
Little competition was present
on the Democratic ticket, with
Ex-Sheriff Mass contending for
nomination for sheriff, against
Vietor, wuth latest returns point­
ing towards the latter as having
won.
The official count of the ballots
will probably not be completed
until late in the week, but the
following figures are substantial­
ly correct.
Republican Vote on Contested
County Offices:
Representative (Sixteenth dis­
trict) George C. Brownell, 2902;
H. A. Dedman. 3405; E. D. Olds,
1597; C. Schuebel, 2305; Harold
O. Stephens, 2583.
Representative (Seventeenth
district) A. H. Burton, 2620;
W. H. Chatten, 1399.
District Attorney E. W. Bart­
lett. 1040; O. W. Eastham. 1605;
William M. Stone, 2043.
S h e r i f f John F. Albright.
1385; W. J. Wilson. 3301.
Recorder D. C. Boyles, 1923;
Clyde Hughes, 1485: Pearl Selbv,
1121 .
County Assessor W, W. Ever­
hart, 2242; Charles F. Romig,
783; C. I. Stafford, 1508; R E.
Woodward, 910.
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