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
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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.
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