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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1917)
EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County V olume 10, N umber 28 CHEESE FACTORY SEEMS ASSURED Meeting Next Monday Night To Con sider Plans For Building And Machinery Specifications The dining room of the Hotel Adams in Estacada was crowded beyond seating capacity last Mon day night, when over seventy representative farmers and bus iness men, joined in the regular meeting of the Farmers’ & Mer chants’ Club. As the result of this meeting and the preliminary canvass a- mong the dairymen on both sides of the river, the establishment of a cheese f a c t o r y in Estacada seems assured. Neariy 300 cows and $1,000. in stock was subscribed, with sev eral districts in Upper and Lower Garfield not yet canvassed. For the purpose of completing the canvass, Richard Davis of Gar field was elected to the tempora ry board of directors. As usual, all phases of the q u e s t i o n were presented and argued and no formidable obsta cles remained and the consensus of opinion.seemed to be that if cheese factories are succeeding in other localities, such an estab lishment should succeed locally. The announcement was made of an offer by the Portland Rail way Light & Power Company of a factory location to be furnished on a mimimum rental basis, this c o n c e s s i o n being o b t ai n e d through the efforts of the Esta cada business men. A rather discouraging feature of the development to date was the small amount of the $4,000. capital stock subscribed. There being less than $1,000. of the $1600. necessary to start on. This matter will probably be satisfactorily arranged this week, as many farmers will subscribe for one or more of the shares at $10. each and others will increase their present subscriptions. With the Estacada State Bank offering to advance the money to p a r t i e s desiring to purchase shares, with the repayment of same being on a small monthly basis from the milk r e c e i p t s , there are few but can afford to subscribe for at least one share. The bank also has offered to advance money for the purchase of high grade dairy cattle, ac cepting payment on a similar easy term basis. The busiress men of Estacada are willing to aid in the stock Concluded on page 3 E stacada , O regon , WHO GAVE IT TO Y00- HIR. ROOT? L ocal T a x p a y e rs S u g g est G ra n d J u ry In v e stig atio n There are two main subjects of conversation in Estacada and sur rounding country these days, one being the “$100 Bribe” given Roadmaster Roots of Clackamas County, with i t s subsequent blackmail profit and the other be ing the “ Herd Law” in Estacada. The latter is being decided this week by means of a straw-vtite, being taken by the city council, with the balloting taking place at the News’ office. As to the former question, which is exercising the rural tax payers the following letters and extracts of letters received by the News this week, indicate the attitude of the people. To the Eriitor- It look!) as though the taxpayers of this part of the county, couldn’t do a better work »nan to join together and demand that the Mr. Roots the county road supervisor, who claims he was giv en a hundred dollar bribe, tell who bribed him. I hope you will keep right after this matter and we’ll help you. Yours for Roads but not for Roots. R. D. T hursday , M arch 29, 1917 Spence Talks On Bond Issue Before a goodly sized crowd of members and friends, the regu lar meetingof the Garfield Grange last Saturday, was treated to a good talk by State Master C. E. Spence on the proposed $6,000,000 Bond Issue. Mr. Spence spoke against the bond-issue, advancing many good arguments, why the proposed measure should be defeated at the June election and offering some suggestions as a substitute for the raising of funds for road building. L a w re n c e B ro th e rs B uy R e g iste re d J e rse y Sylvester Lawrence of Spring- water returned last week from a trip to Carlton, Oregon, where he purchased two pedigreed Jer sey cows, from the famous Cary herd. With a tendency today to in vest in better grades of cattle and hogs, the future of this com munity is assured, from either the dairying or swine raising standpoints R ain D elays B elg ian R elief S u b scrip tio n s Mr. Standish - ' Pub. News Estacada I dont want you to think you are alone when you say the word “ black mail” in connection with Clackamas County getting a discount on road mach inery bought from a firm that tried to bribe our roadmaster. We have heard that the bribe story is a bluff, or a political trick, but whether or not, the grand jury should give it their attention and insist on that man Roots exposing the briber. Keep after it Standish. we're with you. Taxpayer Owing to the continued incle ment weather, the work of can vassing the rural districts for subscriptions towards the Belgian Relief Fund for Starving Chil dren, has been delayed. The printed list, shown in last week’s News, represented large ly the donations obtained in Es tacada proper, but the work in the rural districts, while slower and more subject to weather de lays, promises a ready response. The additional n a m e s and amounts subscribed will appear in a later issue, as soon as the committee has rounded up the donators. Clackamas is not the only coun ty that wants to know what firm offered a bribe to our road boss, for the Benton County Courier of Corvallis contained a full column article on the subject last week, asking for the exposure of the briber, to protect the officials of other counties from future deal- in gs with such dishonest firms. Another interesting question has been asked by an Estacada contractor, who states that he was able to buy crushed rock or gravel from the Bell Pits, at a price of 35c per yard f. o. b. Bell Station and probably can obtain the same price today. And he wants to know how it happens that Clackamas County has pub lished the fact that it has entered into an agreement with the same pits for the entire county supply at a pnce of 37-}4c per yard, f. o. b. the pits? If a contractor is able to buy in five car lots at a lower price than this county can buy in hun dred car quantities, taxpayers had better do their own shopping. Estacada $1. P er Y ear j F. & M. GLUO TO FURNISH SEED R ep. S te p h e n s S p eak s A g a in st B ond Issue In furtherance of the expressed desire of the Farmers’ & Mer chants’ Club to stand behind the boys’ club in this community, the club at Monday night’s meet ing voted to furnish the seed potatoes for the boys’ potato growing contest. Any boy, between the ages of 9 and 18 years is eligible to en ter this contest, all contestants being subject to the rulings of the j u d g e s , being Messrs. Guthrie, Ewing and P. F. Stan dish. The club will furnish the seed where desired, accepting a note from the boy, same to be repaid at the time of harvesting the crop. Boys desiring to enter this con test, are requested to make ap plication of either Mr. I. D. Wright or Walter Givens of Es tacada, not later than April 7th. Through the generosity of John Ely of Currinsville, free seed corn will be furnished boys de siring to plant and culivate good corn,the boys merely having to call at the Ely place and get same. Representative H. C. Stephens of George addressed the club on the subject o f the $6,000,000 Bond Issue and spoke against the proposed measure, presenting many good reasons why t h e farmers should oppose it and re lating some of the inside political history in connection with the launching of the bill by the pav ing interests in the last legislature. It was voted to have presented at some later meeting of the club, the affirmative side of this important question and an invi tation will soon be extended to the Oregon City Live Wires com mittee or to some other organ ization or competent speaker, to enlighten the local voters from that standpoint. A committee, comprising S. E. Wooster, John Ely and such vol unteers as will join with them, was appointed and empowered to represent the club before the County Court, in asking for funds for the immediate improvement of the Clear Creek Canyon road, hading by the Lewellen place down towards Bittner’s Mill.