Eastern Clackamas News
Published every Thursday at
Estacada, Oregon
It. M. Standish,
Editor and Manager
Entered at the postoffice in Estacada,
Oregon, as second-class mail.
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Thursday, May 3, 1917
Dont forget that Tuesday, May
15th, has been set for Estacada’s
Clean-Up-Day and volunteers are
needed with teams.
In t h e
meantime, you can greatly sim­
plify the work by cleaning up
your own inside property and col­
lecting your unburnable refuse in
shape for hauling away.
The action o f the taxpayers at
a recent meeting with the Esta­
cada School Board is hard to
fathom, when they voted strong­
ly against the proposed purchase
o f the adjoining athletic field,
despite the generous offer o f Dr.
H. V. A dix to put up a bona,
guaranteeing to buy the property
at the end o f five years, in case
the taxpayers at that time were
not satisfied with their bargain.
Dr. A d ix ’ s offer made the prop­
osition a “ sure bet” with no
chance to lose and everything to
gain.
As long as the funds were
available for the purchase and as
the experience o f hundreds o f
other schools has shown the need
o f nearby athletic fields and as
the school district could resell if
it tired o f its bargain it looks as
though the taxpayers voted w ith­
out clearly considering the ques­
tion from all standpoints.
There are several important
highways in this district which
need working, among them being
the Douglass Hili Hoad in Upper
Eagle ('reek and a similar stretch
between Springwater and Dodge.
In the form er district, the res­
idents have generously volunteer­
ed over a thousand dollars worth
o f labor and money, but ow ing to
the action o f the court last fall,
the special road levy for the im­
provement o f this hill was declar­
ed illegal so if this important
trade artery is to be put in pass­
able condition, it will have to be
by volunteer labor largely and
the volunteer co-operation o f the
entire district.
Within a short time, the tax­
payers o f that district contem­
plate holding a Good Hoads Day,
when everyone will lend his or
her aid in the work.
When this
call comes, the people o f Estaca­
da and all nearby sections should
get together and collectively join
with our neighbors.
Especially
should the Estacada people join
in the work, i f for no other rea­
son than to make possible a bet­
ter, all year around trade artery
into this city.
Aside from a desire to show our
neighborliness and aid in a good
cause such action by the City o f
Estacada will be a wise business
proposition, with results accru­
ing, such as have been returned
many-fold from the financial aid
given the George Bridge Hoad a
few years ago.
Probably with the highest o f
intentions, but unthinkingly, we,
o f Estacada, are offerin g insults
to our elective officers in many
ways today.
As a proof o f this, consider the
men who make up our School
Board and our City Council.
These men were elected to these
places o f trust by the people them­
selves and the very fact that they
were elected, should be proof suf­
ficient that we believe them to be
honest men and well qualified to
exercise the duties o f their office.
As everyone knows, no salaries
are attached to the office o f a
member o f the School Board, ex ­
cepting the\inofficio office o f sec­
retary - with the Mayor and Coun-
eilmen o f Estacada serving free.
Yet, it has reached the place
today that the moment either o f
these boards is ca led upon to use
its discretion and exercise its
power, immediate criticism o f its
workings and handicapping o f
its power follows.
This was recently exemplified
in the action taken by the tax­
payers in appointing a committee
to work with the School Board in
the present negotiations and e r e c ­
tion o f the Estacada High School
building.
The same attitude has been
more than apparent in many act­
ions o f the City Council, which
fo r the good o f the city have
seemed necessary, but which have
met with stubborn resistance by
many o f the voters.
None but those who have serv­
ed on one or the other o f these
boards, knows what a thankless
job it is - what a lot o f hard work
and w orrying has to be endured
and while no remuneration is e x ­
pected and no thanks are forth ­
coming - unjust criticism and
handicapping o f their actions by
the same people who elected them,
should be done away with.
I f this condition continues, it
will be but a short time until no
capable man or woman will ac­
cept the responsibilities o f these
important ollices.
The article in the News o f
April 19th, - urging the opening
up o f the fish-ladders in the near­
by dams and the opening for cer­
tain hours each day o f the fish
racks in the streams - has met
with the hearty approval o f the
local sportsmen and farmers.
It has been suggested that the
Farmers’ & Merchants’ Club take
up the m atter and by means o f
petitions or legal action, insist
that some relief be given this sec­
tion. which originally was second
’ to none in the United States for
its salmon fishing streams.
As the salmon return a fter four
years to the stream in w hich they
were propagated, to in turn pro­
pagate their young - it will be but
a few years before the Clackamas
and its tributaries will receive no
more salmon runs, fo r few. if any
are able to propagate locally now
and the output o f the hatcheries
is distributed largely tooth er and
distant streams.
Prices on
ALL
FOOD STUFF
hav" raised and are still going higher—
but d > not blame us (your home mer­
chant) for this.
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We have held our prices down, even
a fter ’ he raise as long as our stocks
on hand lasted.
N ow we must go on the market and
buy at the higher prices and must
make our prices in accordance— but
will continue to make the
BEST PRICES PO S S IB L E
with good service and good merchandise.
L. A. Chapman f
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Estacada,
Oregon
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is keeping us hustling these Spring days.
W e have complete catalogs to select from and
through our Portland connections are able to
make delivery promptly and save you money.
I f you are considering repapering this season,
call and inspect our full line o f samples.
Park & Closner
Broadway at 2nd
Chevrolet
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Estacada, Oregon
The >»» mu «uniy w
Dodge Cars
$625.
The Car o f
No $880.
Chum m y four passenger S ix Roadsters
and Saxon S ix ’s
$965.
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S. P. Pesznecker
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Estacada, Oregon