EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS
D evoted to the Interests o f Eastern
V olume 10,
N umber 13
E stacada , O regon ,
Clackamas County
T hursday , D ecember 14, 1916
HARMONY PREVAILS AT
COUNTY BUDGET MEETING
COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE
CONDENSERY
CAN YOU COMPREHEND
SUCH INCONSISTENCY?
Eastern Clackamas Well Re­
presented at Annual Tax­
payers’ Gathering
Estacada Bank Offers
To Finance Buying O f Cows
Clackamas County Refuses to
Make Appropriations for
Fruit Inspection and
Forest Fire Pro­
tection
For the first time in many
years, the taxpayers of this part
o f the county, turned out in force
at an annual county taxpayers’
meeting, as was evidenced by the
big local delegation present at
last Saturday’s meeting, at the
Court House in Oregon City.
At this meeting w*ere consider­
ed all of the budget appropri­
ations for the ensuing year and
with few exceptions, the appro­
priations were allowed, the prin­
cipal exception being the striking
from the list of the $8, U00 appro­
priation for an Armory at Oregon
City.
The meeting, which was at­
tended by several hundred tax­
payers from ali sections of the
county, with the country districts
in fair proportion, elected County
Judge H. S. Anderson as Chair­
man and R. M. Standish of
Estacada as Secretary.
In fairness to Oregon City, it
must be conceded that no at­
tempt was made on its part to
pack the meeting, as could easily
have been done, and the accept­
ance or refusal of the $8,000 Ar­
mory appropriation was left to a
meeting, representative of the
rural and city districts.
With the further exception of
a reduction of from $2,000 to
$1,000 in the item for Damages
and the complete elimination of
the $500 appropriations for Fruit
Inspection and Forest Fire Pre- '
vention, the entire budget was
adopted, with an increase being
voted in the Apportioned Road
Fund, Sec. 6320, amounting to
about $29,000 more, being the
equivalent of a seven mill, instead
o f a six mill tax.
Contrary to the expectations
possibly of some of the taxpayers
from other sections, the Eastern
Clackamas de.egation, number­
ing fifty or more representative
farmers, went on record as favor­
ing all road, highway, bridge and
kindred appropriations and there­
by registering their approval of
the past and future hard-surfaced
road building program.
With Walter Givens of Esta­
cada, acting as official spokesman
for the Eastern Clackamas Tax­
payers' League, the wishes and
views of the taxpayers of this
community were ably and forcibly
expressed.
Concluded on back page
That the Farmers’ and Mer­
chants’ Club is now in a position
to accomplish direct results, is
evident, fo lowing a successful
dinner-meeting held at the Adams
Hotel in Estacada, Monday night.
About thirty-five farmers and
business men were in attendance
and after disposing a of chicken
supper and amidst the smoke of
good (?) cigars, several matters
of importance to this community,
were discussed.
Of especial interest to the meet­
ing was the report of the com­
mittee appointed to report on
condenseries, cheese factories
and creameries. This committee,
comprising Frank Ewing and J.
E. Schenk of Springwater; J. C.
Duus and R. C. Deming of Gar­
field and Irwin Wright of Esta­
cada, reported having conducted
a rough canvass of the com­
munity and believed that the con­
sensus of opinion was in favor of
the establishment of either a con-
densery or cheese-factory, rather
than a creamery. They further
reported that the question of
financing a feasible industry
along this line would not be an
obstacle, as many farmers were
willing to help and substantial
help was promised from other
sources.
This committee, or at least such
part of the committee as can take
the time, is this week making a
trip to Hillsboro and Forest
Grove, where they will thorough­
ly investigate the condenseries
at those points and if possible in­
vestigate the Can by cheese-
factory.
The report of this investigation,
which will be made at the next
dinner-meeting, on Monday eve­
ning next, should be of interest
to every farmer and business man
in this territory.
During the discussion of the
proposed creation of some indus­
try to handle the community
dairy products. Cashier Wright
of the Estacada State Bank,
stated that his bank is contem­
plating the formation of a re­
volving fund, to aid farmers in
the purchasing of dairy cows,
advancing the money for the
purchasing of well bred stock,
allowing of the repayment of the
loans on easy terms.
Concluded on page 5
It is hard to believe that Clack­
amas County—a county, which
claims to be one of the leading
fruit growing sections of the
Northwest—a county, which has
derived a large part of its past
and present prosperity from the
sale of its fruits and its fruit
bearing lands- a county, which
is depending upon fruit selling
and fruit raising for a large part
of its future prosperity a county,
which is today working to build
up canneries, for the preservation
and marketing of its fruits—a
county, which is every day at­
tempting to induce more settlers
to buy and develope its fertile
valleys and fruitful hillsides—a
county, which through its com­
mercial organizations is distri­
buting thousands of attractive
and alluring pieces of advertising
matter, boosting its fruit lands
—a county, which is taking a lead
in the raising of fruit-tree-nur-
sery-stock -can you comprehend
the attitude of the residents of
such a county, when at their an­
nual Taxpayers’ Meeting, they
will vote to do away entirely with
any appropriation for the pro­
tection of the fruit growers and
the fruit growing business?
That is exactly whatoccuredat
Saturday’s annual budget meet­
ing, when the sum shown in the
budget was only $500, as com­
pared with thousands of dollars
willingly appropriated for other
important expenses.
But let it be recorded that the
taxpayers from the Eastern part
of the county, with two or three
exceptions, voted for the appro­
priation.
Let it also be recorded that
several members of the “ Live
Wires’ ’ of the Oregon City Com­
mercial Club, the organization re­
sponsible for the distribution of
more literature to attract the fruit
raisers, than all other mediums
in the county, voted against the
appropriation; as did several of
the county’s leading men—men
of Gladstone, who have profited
by the sale of small acreage
tracts for fruit raising—and one
man who has received money from
this county for many years in the
Concluded on page 3
$1. P er Y ear
SIDEWALK GRAOE
TO BE ESTABLISHED
Sewer Petition and
New Ordinance Considered
A meeting of the Estacada City
Council was held at the Recorder’s
Office Tuesday evening, with but
a part o f the council present.
Owing to the absence of several
of the city officials, it was not ex­
pected that a meeting could be
held, but as a quorum was finally
rounded up, a meeting was called.
After auditing and ordering
paid all outstanding bills, a
petition from the property owners
in the vicinity of Short St. was
presented, asking for an exten­
sion of the present sewer system
from the alley between Main &
Currin Sts. down Second St. to
Short St. A committee was ap­
pointed to investigate the cost of
such improvement and report at
the next meeting.
An ordinance was entered and
read for the first time, asking for
the proper regulation and creat­
ing o f earlier closing hours for
certain business, operating with­
in the city. Until a full meeting
of the councilmen can be gotten
together, no further action on
this ordinance will be taken.
It was ordered that in the con­
struction of all new sidewalks in
Estacada, that same be construct­
ed to comply with the present
laws, relative to proper grades
and the council is having Survey­
or Ewing, establish a proper
grade on Main St. between Second
and Third Sts.
Immediate action is to betaken
in the condemnation and causing
to be built of certain stretches of
sidewalks within the city limits,
the Recorder having been order­
ed to take the necessary legal
steps at once.
The report of Marshal Osborne
and the auditing o f the bills in­
cident to the building o f the plank
road on Second St. between Main
St. and the foot of the hill were
accepted, showing the cost of this
improvement to be less than $50,
with labor of $39, nails $8 and
the utilizing of old planks, noth­
ing.
It was ordered by the Street &
Public Property Committee that
all road machinery belonging to
the city be properly cleaned, oiled
and stored in a dry place for the
winter.