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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1916)
EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County Formerly Estacada Progress V olume 9, N umber 48 POWER COMPANY ENOS YEAR WITH A DEFICIT P. R. L. & P. Co. Lose $114,239.23 In Past Year The Portland Railway, Light & Power company had a deficit of $114,239,23 as a result of its op erations during the year ending June 30, according to the annual report filed last week, with the Public Service commission. At the beginning of the fiscal year the corporation had a sur plus of $575,442.39 and at its close the surplus was $461,203.16. The following figures are taken from the report: Operating revenues $5.265,169.11 Operating expenses 2.807,865.54 Net operating rev enue - - 2,457,303.57 Taxes assignable to operations - 534,867.61 Uncollectible opera ting revenge - 13,110.62 Operating income 1,909,325.34 Non-operating rev enues - - 195,535.(53 Non-operating rev enue deductions - 50,323.59 N e t non-operating revenue - - 145,212.04 Total gross income 2,054,537.38 Deductio s f r o in gross income - 2,141,128.57 Net I iss for year - 89,591.19 Mi s.-ellaneous deduc tions fro ri surplus - 21,648.04 The "ded lotions from gross in- co ne” tocaung $2.141,128.57, are divided as follows: Deductions for fund ed debt - ' - $1,947,898.66 Other interest de ductions - - 59,741.39 Amortization of debt discount and ex pense - 118,578.60 Miscellaneous deduc tions - - 17,909.92 Y o u n g W o m an M issing The authorities have been call ed upon to help locate a Mrs. E. J. Cozad of Hood River, who left that place August 3rd to visit her mother and brothers who reside near Currinsville, and who has not been seen since. Mrs. Cozad is about 19 years old, having been married but a few months: and fears of foul play are current, owing to her continued absence. E stacada , O regon , C u rrin sv ille B oy M a rrie d A quiet and attractive wedding was solemnized at the Shankland home in Currinsville, last Thurs day afternoon, August 10th, when Miss Vera Tinke»- of Mason City, Iowa become the bride of Melvin L. Shankland. Rev. (I. A. Lewis of Oak Grove performed the ceremony in the presence of the immediate family and a few friends. Miss Tinker has been assistant librarian at the Portland Central Library for the past four years and is receiving ihe congratula tions of her many friends and ac quaintances. The groom, who is a son of the late Elmer Shankland, ¡swell and favorably known here and the best wishes of his many friends are extended to him and his bride. Fighters To Train At Hot Springs Any man looking fora scrap in Estacada last Sunday, would have had to look but a short ways to have appeased all of his pugilistic propensities, for Estacada had the real goods on hand for a day or two early this week. Under the guidance of official introducer, Walter Whitbeck, late of Estacada but at present con nected with the training camp of the champion Billy Mascot of Portland, three well known west ern “pugs” spent Sunday in Es tacada. The quartette left Mon day morning for the Cary Hot Springs, where a training camp will be established in which to work out Mascot for his coming Labor Day battle against Gorman, in Portland. The members of the party are Billy Mascot, Abe Gordon and Jas. Nison with Walter Whitbeck as guide and general manager. The fighters will train at the Hot Springs for the next two weeks and expect to return to Portland the last of the month, 'ready to cop the big end of the purse in the Mascot-Gorman scrap. N ew L o ad in g F acilities The Portland Railway Light & Power Company are now building a substantial lumber loading dock in Estacada, at the junction of CurrinSt. and the railway tracks. The lumber is being furnished by Klaetsch’s mill and the plat form when completed will be a more convenient loading place for the lumber and the heavy ship ping from the Springwater side of the river. T hursday , A ugust 17, 1916 JULIUS MEILIKE DIES SUDDENLY Death Overtakes Elwood Rancher Following Operation Julius Meilike of Elwood, one of the leading ranchers of that section and well known through out this part of the county, pass ed away suddenly last Friday night, August 11th, at the family home. Mr. Meilike had recently re turned from a Portland hospital, where he had unde-gone an op eration for absesses of the lungs and was supposed to be rapidly regaining his health, having vis ited Es acada on the day prior to his death. Impressive f u n e r a l services were held at the family home on Sunday in the presence of a large number of friends, relatives and neighbors. Rev. C. F. Aue of t h e Springwater Presbyterian Church officiating. The interment, in charge of undertaker Chapman of Estaca da, followed at the Elwood Cem etery. The deceased was in his 53rd year, having been born in Bran denburg Province, Germany, A- pril 11, 1863 and is survived by his widow and six children, being Carl, Albert, An n a , Charles, Clara and Fred; three of whom reside in Oregon City. Mr. Meilike was especially well known locally, having always tak en an active working interest in the welfare of this part of the county and having been closely identified with the Cascade Coun ty movement of a few years ago. D e er S easo n O p e n s Tuesday, August 15th, being the opening of the 1916 deer hunt ing season, s e v e r a l parties of hunters from this section are now- in the woods, in search of the big game. R. G. Palmateer, Jr. and Har vey Marshall of Garfield, accom panied by Ira Wills of Fairview, left Monday night for the Squaw Lake and Plaza country, where last year, earl> in the season, they were successful in killing a few deer. Judging from reports, deer are more plentiful this year in the nearby mountains, than for sev eral years past, although the best hunting is experienced towards the end of the season, after the early snows drive the animals down from the higher levels. $1. P er Y ear R eal E s ta te M a rk e t A ctive For the past thirty days a de cided movement has been notice able in local real estate, with a couple of sales having been con- sumated and a number of land seekers investigating farm lands in this vicinity. Among the deals closed, was the sale of the old Shutter place, recently owned by Frank Yunker. This land comprised about fifteen fertile acres on the bottom near Currinsville. The name of the buyer has not been learned yet Through the agency of S. E. Wooster of Estacada, a deal has been recently closed whereby the Conrad Krigbaum piece of 12 acres in C.irfield, will bee >me the property of a Mr. Dart of Port land. The Krigbaum place is one of the finest fruit and farming ranches in Garfield, containing a fine large bearing prune orchard, many acres of cultivated land, a prune dryer and other improve ments. Also through the agency of S. E. Wooster, the 50 acre property of Dr. J. L. Hewitt in Garfield has been leased to a Mr. C. M. Churchill and family of Portland, who will move onto the place within a few days. C a n a d ia n T h istle S p re a d in g Reports are received of the rapid spread of the dreaded Ca nadian thistle in several counties in the Willamette Valley. The Oregon laws are very strin gent and impose heavy penalties on the owners of land, who do not exterminate these d a n g e r o u s weeds. These pests are getting a foot hold in this part of the county, especially in the Garfield country, where the seeds were imported in manure shipped in from Port land by a local farmer. The road supervisors are sup posed to enforce the laws regu lating the extermination of all noxious weeds, but in self protec tion, it should not be necessary for the supervisors to force prop erty owners to exterminate the dangerous Canadian thistle. Samples of this thistle were brought to this office last week and may be seen by parties wish ing to classify same. The thistle grows from two to four feet high, having a cluster of small purple blossoms; the leaves being spikey and shaped like a dandelion leaf.