EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS
Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County
Formerly Estacada Progress
V olume 9,
N umber 47
JACKSON COUNTY CITIZENS
BOUNTEOUS HOSTS
C ooperation A nd Publicity
K eynotes To C ounty’s
Prosperity
Just because the editor was the
fortunate recipient of a share of
thé bountifulness of the citizens
of Medford and Jackson County,
during a recent five days attend­
ance at the State Editorial Con­
vention, may not seem sufficient
reason to some readers, for pre­
senting herewith an account of
the trip, but in appreciation and
for other reasons, the following
is written.
While possibly the primal rea­
son behind the liberality of the
citizens of Medford, Ashland and
other places in Jackson County,
was to obtain good newspaper
publicity, it in no ways detracts
from the real . cordial spirit of
welcome, which was evident on
all sides.
The convention consisted of
about 175 people, representing
the publishers, and their wives
of nearly every newspaper in the
stale.
The hotels of the city, all of
which would be a credit to a city
many times larger than Medford,
were free to the visitors, with
the various civic and social or-
ga izutions vying in their efforts
to do their snare in entertaining
the guests, with dinners, lunches
and auto trips.
The strong tendency towards
cooperation and publicity, which
characterizes that prosperous
part of the state, was apparent
everywhere, from the Medford
Commercial Club's interesting
display of the valley’s products,
in the club building adjoining the
depot, to the cordiality express­
ed by the citizens personally.
The scribes and their wives
we^e made to feel at home on
their arrival, with the towns­
people greeting them on all sides,
overlooking the usual formalities.
The boosting spirit and pride in
the home city, county and Rogue
River Valley were everywhere
apparent.
The majority of two days was
given over to the meetings of the
convention, where the discus­
sions and talks on various fea­
tures of the newspaper business,
were of great interest and value
to the publishers.
About fifty automobiles belong­
ing to the residents of Medford
were donated for use in taking
E stacada , O regon ,
Car
Backs
Off Main
Street
T hursday , A ugust 10,
Hill
During the siesta hour Tues­
day, while the Estacada populace
was awaiting the distribution of
the afternoon’s mail, a thrill of
excitement was injected into the
day’s routine, when a real auto
accident occured on the Main St.
Hill, at a point in front of the
M. E. Church.
This was no one-reel scene,
with everything over in a short
while, but was a two part acci­
dent, with the climax reached in
the last scene.
Dr. Adix, while driving his ma­
chine up the hill and while pass­
ing the Morrow team, ran into a
defective gutter plank, causing
his car to make a sudden turn,
colliding w i t h a single buggy
driven by Lloyd Yocum and Joe
Nicholson. The buggy was over­
turned, with no damage done
other than the dumping out of
the occupants and the breaking
of a wheel spoke or two.
By the time the crowd had
gathered to discuss the details,
S. Pesznecker, Jr. attempted to
back the car out of the gutter but
as the brakes refused to hold, car
and driver backed off the road­
way, down twenty or thirty feet,
finally landing r i g h t side up
against the uprights of the in­
cline.
Aside from slight damage to
the machine and a scare to both
driver and onlookers, no harm
was done and the offending gut­
ter is being repaired.
1916
C lackam as To R eceive A bout
$ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 — C heck T o Be
M a d e O n O w nership
The Willamette valley counties
within whose boundaries theOre-
gon-California grant lands lie will
be paid the $1,338,877.57 back
taxes due them for the years 1913,
1914 and 1915 as soon as the own­
ership of the lands can be check­
ed up by Oswald West and Louis
L. Sharp, chief of the field divis­
ion of the general land office.
When the land grant litigation
resulting in the recent grant land
act was commenced the Southern
Pacific Railroad company refused
to pay its taxes on the grant lands
pending the outcome of the liti­
gation.
The congressional act provided
that the federal government
should pay to the different coun­
ties all unpaid taxes justly due
them from the railroad company.
The appointment of Governor
West as a special attorney for the
interior department was made in
order that the titles to the grant
lands should be checked and the
actual amount due the different
counties accurately determined
The chief necessity for this
work is due to the fact that there
are many unrecorded contracts
for the sale of grant lands out­
standing. Because the contracts
are not of record the title to the
lands covered by them is, so far
as the county assessors knew,
still in the railroad company, and
the contracted lands were there­
fore assessed to the company.
G lack am as county will receive
about $100,000 in back taxes.
For the year 1915 alone $29,133.
08 is due, and the taxes of the
levy of 1913 and 1914 are slight-
ty greater.
the visitors to all points of inter­
est within a radius of many miles.
These auto trips included a forty
mile ride over the Siskiyou Moun­
tains, on the newly graded Paci­
fic Highway over the California
line; with a bountiful supper
served at the famous Ashland
$20,493 For C lackam as
Lithia Park on the return trip.
Schools
Ashland’s Lithia Park repre­
County Treasurer Dunn last
sents that same spirit of publicity
week received the sum of $20,
and cooperation, the people hav­
493 from the state treasurer,
ing raised over $150,000 by bond­
which sum repésente this coun­
ing, with which to construct this
ty ’s share from the state’s irre-
beautiful attraction surrounding
duciable
school fund.
the gushing mineral springs.
This money was placed to the
Being on the main auto and rail­
credit of the general county
way tourist routes from Califor­
school fund and is based on a
nia, this park will ultimately
$1.77 per capita allowance for
prove a paying attraction.
the county's 11,578 school child­
The feeling of welcorpe was
ren.
thrust upon all auto tourists on
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entering the city limits of Ash­
ing was further fostered on leav­
land, where large sign boards
ing the city limits to find print-
were posted, read i ti g “ Wei com e i ed on the reverse side of these
, to Ashland” and in small type
sign boards the words “ Come
below, mentioning the speed lim­
Again.”
itations. This “ welcome” feel- I
Concluded on page 6
$1. P er Y ear
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MUSIC ANO SERMONS
PLEASE ALL
O v er 4 0 0 A tten d e d Union
Services
j
Last Sunday’s all day Union
Services, in the grove adjoining
the Mt. Zion Church in Garfield,
were the most successful ever
held in this section, with over
four hundred people attending.
This gathering was a true ex­
pression of the unity in religious
matters and the good-will which
exists among the various church­
es of this community.
All forms of conveyances were
used in bringing the people to­
gether, with residents of all sec­
tions uniting in the worship.
Thanks to the generosity of the
owners of automobiles, many
were enabled to be present, who
otherwise could not have made
the long trip.
Taking the form of an all day
picnic, with dinner served during
the noon hour, tl)e services were
an inspiration and joy to all.
The addresses of Dr. Nugent of
Newburyport, Mass, and of Dr.
Talbot of Kimball College were
especially appreciated and with
much good resulting from the
various phases pf the services,
such as the Forum Houi conduct­
ed by Rev. Aue of Springwater;
the Children’s Hour in charge of
Miss Roberta Reid of Garfield and
the talks and work among the
boys, conducted by Rev. W. L.
Mellinger. pastor of the Wood-
lawn Church of Portland.
The musical part of the servic­
es, as ever, was enjoyed by a'l
including t h e congregational
singing, the solos, the instru­
mental selections and the songs
by the Garfield Quartette. The
musical program included instru­
mental selections by Rev. Aue;
solos by Mrs. Guy Drill and Miss
Ruth Dillon of Estacada, Harry
Williams of Portland and Phil
Standish of Garfield and a num­
ber of songs by the Garfield
Quartette, comprising Messrs.
A. O. Whitcomb, W. R. and
Harry Reid and Phil Standish.
The thanks of the committee
and of the community at large,
are extended to all who contri­
buted towards the success of the
services, not only by their help
on the program but by their at­
tendance and cooperation.