Image provided by: Portland General Electric; Portland, OR.
About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1916)
EASTERN CLACKAMAS D evoted to the Interests o f Eastern V olume 10, N umber 14 E stacada , O recon , Clackamas County T hursday , D ecember 21, 1916 $1. P er Y ear AUTOS CRASH IN FOG BI G D I N N E R M E E T I N G H E L D EAGLE GREEK PIONEER OIES Estacadian Found Unconscious PROSPECTS BRIGHT FOR CHEESE FACTORY AT ESTACADA Machines Damaged Petition Sent To Court Asking For Improvement Of Bad Roads Death of Mrs. W. J. Howlett Mourned by AH The heavy fogs, which for the past week have been a constant danger to autoists especially on the roads near Portland and the Willamette River, were last Fri day night reponsible for a bad accident, which came near serious ly injuring Bert Moore o f Esta cada. Mr. Moore, in his Saxon Six, left F.stacada late Friday after noon for Portland, After pass ing Gresham, the fog became denser and on Powell Valley Road his machine crashed into another big car which was parked in front o f one o f the residences about half a mile below Gresham. Mr. Moore’ s recollection o f the accident thereafter is but meager as he soon after recovered con sciousness in a nearby house, the owners o f the parked machine having heard the crash and on investigation discovered Mr. Moore in an unconcsious con dition clinging to the steering wheel. Luckily, Moore’ s injuries were only superficial and after recuper ating a day at home, he was able to resume his work at the River Mill plant. But the damage to the two machines will be considerable as both machines were badly smashed. Never in the history o f this part o f the county, has a more representative gathering of men assembled for the discussion o f community industrial develop ment, than occured last Monday night at the dinner meeting o f the Farmers’ & Merchants’ Club at the Adams Hotel in Estacada. Between forty and fifty repre sentative farmers and business men enjoyed the first class din ner, the gathering being later in creased by the addition o f sever al farmers, who were unable to arrive earlier. A fter listening to the reports o f committees on minor matters, the report o f the Condensery and Cheese Factory Committee was presented by Messrs Wright, Ew ing, Duus and Deming. These men, who had during the past week visited the milk condenser- ies at Hillsboro and other points, reported at length on the subject advising the abandonment o f the idea o f establishing such an in dustry locally, owing to the high cost o f the plant, equipment and processing. This committee, which had al so thoroughly investigated the cheese manufacturing business, having spent a day at the Canby Cheese Factory, reported favor ably on this form o f milk dispo sai and heartily advised this com munity to establish such an in dustry. As a sum o f not t o e x c e e d $2500. is needed to establish a cheese factory at Estacada anji as statistics relative to this busi ness were more than satisfactory to the farmers and business men, the proposition received the ac tive support of near y everyone present. The discussion on this subject lasted for an hour or two, being entered into freely by all, among them being J. E. S c h e n k o f Springwater, who for years had been identified with the cheese making industry. Questions relating to form o f organization milk delivery, sale o f finished product, manufacture etc, were thoroughly discussed and no difficulties arose but what can be overcome with a little united work. As the meeting favored a co operative form of organization, a committee comprising C. W. De vore, Don Crawford and W. R. Reid was appointed to draft a form o f organization to be sub mitted at the next meeting. The regular Condensery and Cheese Factory Committee was enlarged by the appointment o f F. W. Bates, J. E Schenk, John Ely, A. W. Botkin, R. H. Currin and Elmer Davis, which commit tee o f ten is this week making a complete canvass among all far mers in this community, to de termine the sentiments o f the producers on the subject o f an Estacada cheese factory; to ob tain figures on the volume of milk that can be depended upon and to get a general idea o f the number o f farmers who will take a oo-operdtive interest in the pro ject. It was suggested that farmers Continued on Page 2 A t the advanced age o f seven ty-six years, Mrs. W. J. Howlett o f Eagle Creek peacefully passed aw'ay, Tuesday, December 19th, at the family home. The news o f Mrs. Howlett’s death, while not unexpected, w'as a shock to her hundreds o f rela tives and friends in this commun ity, where she had resided for over sixty years. The funeral services, in charge o f Rev. Aue o f Eagle Creek Presbyterian Church, were held at the family home, Wednesday afternoon, in the presence of a sorrowing multitude o f friends, neighbors and members o f the family, the interment taking place at Gibson Cemetery. Mrs. Howlett, whose maiden name was Sabina F. Markwood. was born in Ohio in 1840, coming to Oregon in 1852, where in 1854 she married Wm. J. Howlett. With the exception o f three years she had resided on their upper Eagle Creek farm, since her mar riage, Mr. Howlett having died in January 1914, .but a few months prior to the 60th anni versary o f their wedding. The deceased is survived by four daughters being Mrs. Jane Douglass o f St. Joe, Mrs. Viola Douglass o f Eagle Creek, Mrs. A. W. Cooke o f Damascus and Mrs. L. A. Woodle o f Estacada; one brother Will Markwood o f Port land and three sisters, Mrs. Jen- ney Johnson ot Washington, D. C. besides twenty-seven grand children and fifty-two great- grand children. Concluded on page 2