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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1917)
EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County V olume 10, N umber 24 ESTACADA VOTES {25.000.00 FOR HIGH SCHOOL Bond Issue Carried By Vote Of 79 To 31 Despite the inclement weather o f last Saturday afternoon, one hundred and ten taxpayers o f t h e Estacada School District made the trip to the school house and cast their votes upon the question o f whether the district would bond itself for $25,000 for the erection o f an up-to-date high school building. At the close o f the polls at 7 o ’ clock, the vote stood 79 to 31 in favor o f the bond issue. The meeting was called to order at 2 o ’clock by Chairman Fred Jorg, the judges and clerk elected be ing Mrs. C. F. Howe, D. M. Mar shall, John Stormer and J. P. Woodle. These bonds, which will be is sued for a twenty year period, will be placed upon the market within a few days and should bring close to par, with interest at 5 or 6 per cen t Unless something.unforseen oc curs to delay the sale o f the bonds the contract for the building of the new high school should be awarded soon, as the school-board has already considered a number o f attractive pians submitted by leading architects o f the state. The new building, which will be o f brick, cement, hollow-tile or similar fire-proof construction, will be built upon the school prop erty immediately east o f the pres ent building and when complet ed will be another attraction for the City o f Estacada. In letting the contract for said building, it would be well for the school-board to stipulate that lo cal labor shall be employed as far as possible, so that part o f the money will remain in home circulation. The $25,000 bond issue amounts to three to five thousand dollars more than was originally planned and it is hope by many that the new building will include a swim ming pool and shower-baths, which features are today consid ered necessary adjuncts to a mod ern high school. There is a division o f opinion as to this latter feature and it would be no more than fair that the school-board arrange to have a straw-vote taken on this ques tion and be governed by the wishes o f the majority. E stacada , O regon , T hursday , Tracy - Gerber Wedding On February 22nd, O. S. C. Gerber o f Logan and Miss Lulu Tracy o f Garfield were quietly wedded at Vancouver, the bride's father, Hass Tracy, being pres ent. The young couple, both o f whom are popular among the younger social set will begin housekeeping at once in Estaca da. having rented the former Pyle home on Terrace Addition, where the best wishes o f their many friends are extended to them. Springwater Farmer We.ds Announcement was made in the Portland papers o f the 23rd o f the marriage the day before at Vancouver o f John Trachsel of Springwater and Mrs. Marie Lortscher o f Portland. Mr. Trachsel, whose wife died several years ago, is the father o f several grown children and is bringing his bride home to his Springwater ranch, which is one o f the finest in this section. To Be Referred To The People The following eight measures have been enacted by the recent legislature and are referred to a vote o f the people at a special election June 4th:— State issue o f $6,000,000 in bonds to begin construction o f highways embracing the entire state. Expenditure o f $400,000 to build a new penitentiary at Sa lem. To raise pay o f legislators from $3 a day to $6 a day, extend leg islative session to 50 days and limit number of bills that can be introduced by members and com mittees. To authorize assessors o f West ern Oregon counties to restore Oregon and California grant lands to tax rolls. Requiring municipalities to hold their primary and election on same day state primaries and elections are held. To provide for classified as sessments o f property with grad uated rate o f taxation on prop erty o f different classes. To enable Port o f Portland to build or to subsidize steamships and operate line o f steamers to foreign ports. To prevent repeal o f any parts o f state constitution by impli cations. M arch 1, 1917 CASCADE COUNTY MEASURE MAY APPEAR ON JUNE BALLOT Farmers And Merchants Dined By Domestic Science Class If there remains any misguided individual in this community to day, who argues that the teach ing o f Domestic Science to the girls o f the Estacada Schools is wasted energy or wrongly direct ed effort, he or she should have attended M o n d a y evening’s meeting o f the Farmers’ & Mer chants’ Club in Estacada. when the excellent dinner was prepar ed and served by the girls of the local Domestic Science classes, under the supervision o f their teacher, Miss Sch repel. This dinner was not only up to the standards o f its predecessors, served by the various women’ s organizations, but for neatness, delicacy and pretty waitresses, fairly eclipsed the many other g o o d meals that have helped make the club’ s gatherings a success. Owing to the bad weather and slushy roads, the attendance was a little below par, with about forty enjoying the repast, with many others dropping in later for the meeting. As several members o f the cheese-factory committee were unable to attend, a more or less impromptu program was given, with the first speaker being W. W. Dillon o f Garfield, who gave an interesting talk on his exper iences in the recent Y. M. C. A. work among the soldiers on the border. Mr. Dillon, from his first hand observations was ab e to explain conditions on the Mexi can front that are not generally known here. The speaker’s final statement that, with few excep tions, the low standard o f moral ity among the regular army offi cers, made them unfit for the disciplining and training of the youth o f the nation, as is being considered in the preparedness campaign o f today, was astound ing news to the audience. A short talk was also given by Mr. G. O. Dolph, a p r a c t i c a l cheese and butter maker o f Fair- view. Chairman Givens appointed F. J. Harkenrider, Willis Cox, Julius Krieger, R. C. Deming and S. E. Wooster, to act as a standing committee on soliciting new in dustries for this community, with its first efforts being aimed at the Concluded on page 3 $1. P er Y ear HON MUCH WILL Y00 GIVE? j Garfield Grange To Head Movement For Belgian Children’s Relief i When you sit down to your din ner today and enjoy a square meal with your family and see the good appetites that your heal thy, happy youngsters have and which you in your prosperity are fully able to appease stop and think how you as a parent would feel if your children were among the 1,250,000 innocent children in Belgium, who for more than two years have been living on a daily ration o f a hunk o f bread and a bowl o f soup, costing 6 cents. That this condition actually exists in this enlightened 20th century and among civilized peo ple has been brought directly home to us, especially in the past few weeks and it is now up to us o f Clackamas County, State o f Oregon, U. S A. to do ourshare. It is up to everyone o f us indi vidually and collectively, f o r these Belgian children, children like yours and mine are actually starving, for the meager ration alloted them for the past two years has been proven on trust worthy medical authority to be insufficient for a growing child and the little kiddies are slowly starving, suffering from tubercu losis and rickets, incident to lack o f nourishment. The Belgian Relief Commission now proposes to give each child an additional ration o f one biscuit (made from lard or fat) and a cup o f cocoa. This will cost $1 per child per month, or $12 per year. In the past few weeks, many appeals have been made to the people and various organizations in this community for coopera tion in this worthy movement and now the Garfield Grange has undertaken to handle the relief from this portion of Clackamas County. This organization has appointed the following commit tee, who will devise ways and means for obtaining help:-W. H. Holder Chairman Mrs. Charles Duncan, Mrs Henry Trapp, Mrs. A. O. Whitcomb and W. R. Ried. This committee will soon circu late petition throughout this com munity, asking for cash contri butions, which will be remitted directly to the Literary Digest and that magazine promises to get the supplies properly deliver- Concluded on page 3