EASTERN CLACKAMAS
D evoted to the Interests o f Eastern
V olume 10,
N umber 12
TAXPAYERS’ LEAGUE
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
Big Delegation to A t t e n d
County Budget Meeting
Saturday
A representative number of
farmers and business men o f this
community attended M o n d a y
afternoon’ s annual meeting of the
Eastern Clackamas Taxpayers’
League, at the Family Theatre
in Estacada.
The meeting was called to order
by President John C. Miller of
Barton and the election of officers
which immediately followed, re­
sulted in the election of John Ely
o f Currinsville as president, and
Frank Ewing of Springwater as
secretary-treasurer succeeding R.
M. Standish.
The principal object of the
meeting was the discussion of the
various appropriations listed in
the Clackamas County Budget,
with the discussions being enter­
ed into by all.
By means of voting, it was de­
termined that the consensus of
the meeting was against the pro­
posed $8,000 appropriation for
the erection of an armory at Ore­
gon City. A vote also showed
that the local taxpayers are averse
to the contemplated expenditure
o f the moneys mentioned in the
budget for hardsurfaced paving,
especially unless a fair part of
said paving be done in this part
o f the county.
The meeting generally favored
the strictest economy in the ap­
propriations for all county ex­
penses, and reserved an opinion
on many of the appropriations
until the matters were thorough­
ly explained at the coming Bud­
get Meeting in Oregon City on
Saturday, December 9th.
As it was impossible to obtain
a sufficient number of taxpayers
to promise to attend the Saturday
meeting at Oregon City, the idea
o f chartering a special car or train
was abandoned, but a big deleg­
ation has arranged to make the
trip by automobiles.
The following committee, com­
prising representatives in the
various districts wasappointed to
get together as many taxpayers
as possible to make the trip by
auto, at a cost of $1 per head for
the round trip:—J. W. Reed,
Estacada; Chris. J o h n s o n ,
George; Wilbur Wade and John
Ely, Currinsville; Frank Ewing,
Springwater and Elmer Davis,
Garfield.
E stacada , O regon ,
T hursday , D ecember 7, 1916
FARMERS AND MERCHANTS
CLUB ORGANIZED
Mass Meeting January 8th.
A mass meeting, to which all
of the people o f this district are
urged to attend, will be held
Monday evening, January 8th at
the Estacada School, when the
question of building a new high
school in Estacada will be dis­
cussed.
The school board at last Mon­
day nights meeting arranged to
call this meeting of the taxpayers
and expect at that time to present
full details regarding the new
proposed high school building, in­
cluding plans and architect’s
specifications.
Walter Givens to Head New
Organization
Schuebel Defeated
For Prosecutor
With the exception of Estaca­
da, the majority of the cities and
towns of this county this week
held
elections, with Mayor
Haekett reelected in Oregon City,
and Chris Schuebel defeated by
a narrow margin for reelection as
City Prosecutor.
J. M. Snyder was elected as
Mayor of Wilwaukie and A. King
Wilson, Mayor of Oswego; the
other cities of Molalla, Canby,
West Linn, Gladstone and Canby
only electing minor city officials.
O. A. C. Short Course
The extension Department of
the Oregon Agricultural College
has this week sent out bulletin
No. 164, relative to the Winter
Short Course, occuring January
8th to February 2nd and Farmers
and Home-Makers Week and
Rural Life Conferences, the lat­
ter occupying from January 2nd
to 6th.
Several residents of this com­
munity are planning to attend
the Short Course, with both the
men and women taking advant­
age of this annual opportunity.
Parties desiring full inform­
ation relative to same may obtain
circular matter by addressing
the Extension Department at
Corvallis.
All parties desiring to attend
the meeting at Oregon City next
Saturday are requested to notify
some member of the above com­
mittee. The majority of machines
will make the trip via Estacada,
leaving soon after 8 o’ clock, as
the meeting at the Court House
takestplace at 10 A. M. sharp.
As it is necessary that Eastern
Clackamas be well represented at
this important gathering, every
taxpayer is urged to do his or her
duty by attending.
Clackamas County
i
Despite the fact that the three
or four former commercial organ­
isations in Estacada and this com­
munity established in the past,
had died natural deaths from
lack of interest, co-operation and
hustle, a new commercial and de­
velopment organization was per­
fected last Tuesday evening, call­
ed the Farmers and Merchants
Club.
The need of a good live organ­
ization in this community has al­
ways been manifest, for no
community can develope without
a club, league or other banding
together of its business men and
farmers.
A dinner was held Tuesday
evening at the Adams Hotel, to
which all business men and many
farmers were invited, but owing
to the inclement weather, the at­
tendance of twenty-five, com­
prised largely Estacada men.
Following the dinner, the
balance of the evening was spent
in perfecting the organization,
with Walter Givens elected presi­
dent; Frank Ewing, vice presi­
dent and A. L. Laswell, secretary-
treasurer.
A committee was appointed to
draft a compact, brief set of by­
laws to be submitted at the next
meeting with other committees
appointed to handled other out­
lined work.
The selection of a name for the
club was a hard one and the pre­
sent name is subject to change,
if a better, shorter and more com­
prehensive title can be suggested.
As the objects of the organiz­
ation are for the banding together
for mutual profit of all residents
of this part of the county; for the
boosting of home industry, home
patronage and home development
and the general betterment of all
civic, community, marketing,
social and industrial conditions,
a short, snappy name is needed,
one implying power, hustle, pep,
fair dealing and co-operation.
Membership in this club is open
to all residents of this territory
and all are cordially invited to be­
come working or associate mem­
bers. The dues temporarily will
be but 25c per month, with no
initiation fee.
Ultimately meetings will be
held at least monthly, but during
December meetings will be held
$1. P er Y ear
Auto Smash Lands Ed Allen
in Hospital
When a Portland newspaper
last Saturday morning bore an
article headed “ Estacada Grain
Merchant In jured in Auto Smash ”
over ninety-nine per cent of the
local readers naturally made a
wrong guess as to the identity of
the Estacada Grain Merchant.
The recipient of the accident
was Ed Allen, of Allen & Co., Es­
tacada, who Friday morning was
thrown from a machine, driven by
J. W. Reed of Estacada, following
a collision with another auto on a
slippery street corner in Portland.
While Mr. Reed was uninjured,
Mr. Allen was rendered uncon­
scious and regained his senses to
find himself in a hospital, where
the staff of doctors and nurses
were unable to keep him longer
than a half hour, after discover­
ing that luckily his only injuries
were a broken collar bone and
badly bruised shoulder.
Ed. insisted on coming home
at once and arrived in Estacada
late that afternoon and by Mon­
day was about and attending to
his business the same as*jver.
Local Fowls Win Prizes
The Oregon Poultry & Pet
Stock Association’s annual show
is now going on in Portland, with
many Eastern Clackamas poultry
enthusiasts attending.
Among the local entries, are
Ed. Shearer of Garfield, who with
five Barred Rock and Light
Brahma fowls entered, won one
first and t
'
.d prizes.
L.
G. Reisland of Estacada, with his
famous Partridge Rock strain,
with four birds won one first and
one third prize; while Lester Hale
o f Currinsville, with one entry of
a pen of Partridge Rocks won
first prize.
each week, with the next one oc­
curing at the Adams Hotel Mon­
day evening, December 11th,
with supper served at seven
o’clock.
Right now there are a number
of important matters for the or­
ganization to take up, giving
especial attention to the establish­
ment of some industry, which
will offer a market for the dairy
products of this community.
As the name implies, this is an
organization, where the farmer
is urged to cqpperate with the
business men for the public and
personal good and all are cordially
invited to join the cluh.