EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS
Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County
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21, 1917
BIG DINNER MEETING TUESDAY
COMPANY 0 LEAVES ESTACADA
Live Wires To Be Present
At Farmers’ & Merchants’
Club Meeting
Accomodations for not to ex­
ceed one hundred people will be
made for the big dinner-meeting
of the Farmers’ & Merchants’
Club to be held next Tuesday
evening, June 26th, at the Hotel
Estacada and as about forty mem­
bers of the Live Wires of Oregon
City will be in attendance, but
sixty reservations can be made
for the local people. So make
your reservation at once.
All members and others inter­
esting in the welfare and devel­
opment of this community, both
men and women, are cordially in­
vited to enjoy this gathering,
but accomodations will only be
made for those having previously
made reservations.
In order to facilitate the ar­
rangements, all are asked to
make their reservations at once
and not later than Saturday eve­
ning, by notifying either Harry
Reid or Irwin Wright of the com­
mittee in charge.
As the seating capacity of the
Hotel Adams is limited, this din­
ner-meeting will take place, be­
ginning at 7 o’clock, in the din­
ing room of the Hotel Estacada,
with a charge of 40c per plate.
In pursuance of that advertised
policy of “ cementing better re­
lations between the county seat
and the dissenting portions of
the county” about two score of
the Live Wires of the Oregon Ci­
ty Commercial Club will attend
and take part in the general dis­
cussions at this meeting.
No pre-arranged program will
take place, for there is never a
scarcity of speakers, when a del­
egation of orators from the coun­
ty seat meets an equal number
of the word-jugglers of Eastern
Clackamas. A good time, a good
dinner, en'ertaining and instruc­
tive talks and a hearty welcome
spirit is promised at this gather­
ing.
We can expect among our
county seat Crusaders, such old
friends as B. T. McBain, Chris
Schuebel, Grant a n d Walter
Dimick, 0. D. Eby, Mort Lat-
ourette, E. E. Brodie, Judge An-
dt-rson and others and we should
all be there to welcome these
daring pilgrims in this strenuous,
dangerous exploration and mis­
sion, over unpaved roads, into
these timbered and backwoods
fastnesses of Clackamas County.
CLACKAMAS RIVER AGAIN OPEN
Bull R un A nd C azadero
T o B e H eadq uarters
Supt. M itchell O rders R iver
Mill F ishw ay U ngrated
No longer will Estacada be a
center of martial and patriotic
demonstrations, for on Monday
the soldiers of Company D of the
Third Oregon Infantry, who since
early in April have been station­
ed here, with headquarters in the
park pavilion and the Hotel Es­
tacada, broke camp and divided
forces between Cazadero and
Bull Run.
The majority of the soldiers
who have been stationed here
were transferred to the Bull Run
encampment, having made the
march across country as far as
Sandy, Monday afternoon. A
similar number of the soldiers
who had been stationed at Bull
Run made a similar march to
their new headquarters at Caza­
dero.
Capt. Hulse and Lieut. Law-
renson will be in command at
Cazadero, with Lieut. Hill in
charge at Bull Run.
The people of Estacada will
greatly miss the presence of the
soldier boys, who for the past
few months have made many
close friendships among the
townspeople and who have been
a big asset to the town’s social
and business relations.
In the future, no matter where
the boys of Company D may be
stationed, whether in home
camps or on foreign firing lines,
the good wishes of the people of
Estacada and this community
will always be with them, and
now with Cazadero and Bull Run
but a short ways off, we want
them to feel always welcome
back in the original camp at Es­
tacada.
On Monday, June 18th, the
grating was again taken out of
the fish ladder at the River Mill
dam by order of Supt. Hugh C.
Mitchell of the Bureau of Fish­
eries; thereby again opening the
Clackamas River to its headwa­
ters fo^ the migration of fish.
In a letter from Supt. Mitchell
received last week, he says in
part—“The grate will be remov­
ed June 18th and never be install­
ed again.’’ The grate referred
to is the grating which closes the
River Mill fish ladder.
In explanation of his report to
the Washington, 1). C. headquar­
ters on the situation here, Mr.
Mitchell explains having used
the term “unreliable source” in
connection with matters pertain­
ing to the liberation of fish from
the River Mill hatchery, but the
Acting Fish Commissioner there
undoubtedly understood that the
term “ unreliable source” refer­
red to the resolutions sent in by
the local organizations.
If the News owes Mr. Mitchell
an apology in an* way, it is per­
fectly willing to apologize, but
until the explanation was forth­
coming, we naturally took offense
when it was insinuated that the
resolutions were from an “ unre­
liable source and erroneous” .
Even with the River Mill lad­
der opened, it is not likely many
fish can ascend the river, for the
ladder is not a practical one, ow­
ing to its location with reference
to the main channel and currents
and unless the owners of the dam
are willing to expend more money
on it, it will remain substantially
useless.
The fish ladder at Cazadero is
supposed to be open now and in
working condition, so theoreti­
cally at least a fish may now as­
cend the Clackamas River to its
headwaters, but whether said
fish is really able to do it, is an­
other question.
F reem an - V a llen M arriage
On Saturday evening, June
16th at nine o’clock at the home
of her mother, Mrs. M. M. Free­
man of Elwood, Miss Hazel Free­
man became the bride of Ernest
Vallen of Elwood.
The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Staats of Clarks in the
presence of the immediate fam­
ilies and was followed by dainty
refreshments. Harley Freeman,
a brother of the groom was best
man, with Miss Nouna Vallen at­
tending the bride.
The newly weds contemplate
spending the remainder of the
summer in Elwood and in August
leaving fo- Fairbanks, Washing­
ton. where Mr. Vallen is in
charge of the schools.
C ounty A sk s For
E ight M iles O f P avin g
Clackamas County, which late­
ly voted almost two to one
against the $6,000,000 Road Bond
Issue, with 4179 votes against
and 2273 for the measure, has
now asked the State Highway
Commissioners for eight miles of
paving during 1917, on the Pa-
cific Highway between Oswego
and Barlow.
This request was made by the
county court and furthermore
asks that the entire highway
through this county be paved as
soon as possible.
$1.
P e r Y ear
WHAT EXTRA LABOR
WILL YOU NEED
D istrict A g en t To Furnish
Labor For H arvesting
The following letter from Prof.
E. B. Fitts of the O. A. C., who
is acting District Agent for this
county, in the Food Preparedness
Campaign, with headquarters at
Oregon City, addressed to Master
A. O. Whitcomb of the Garfield
Grange, is self explanatory:-
Oregon City, Ju n e 11, 11117.
Mr. A. O. Whitcomb,
E stacada, Rt. 1.
D ear Sir:
In order th a t this office may be in po­
sition to render the g re a te st servii e in
the m a tte r of farm labor, during the
present season, it is necessary that as
accurate an estim ate as possible of the
needs be made a t an early date.
We would appreciate it very much if
you would w rite us giving your ju d g ­
m ent as to the situation in your locality.
Is there likely to be a serious sh o rt­
age of labor th a t cannot be m et from
nearby sources?
During what month or months will
the m ost men lie needed?
If this office can be of assistance to
you in any way, please let us know.
W ith appreciation of your co-opera­
tion, I am
Sincerely yours,
E. B. F itts
D istrict Agent,
In order to aid in this labor
census, the News will gladly act
as local headquarter» for receiv­
ing the reports from this section,
which in turn will be handed over
to Mr. Whitcomb, who is a mem­
ber of the Ways and Means Com­
mittee of the Clackamas County
Preparedness Campaign.
Such statistics as may be fur­
nished at this time, will not nec­
essarily bind the farmer to an
agreement to hire the extra la­
bor, but will be of value in de­
termining the amount of outside
labor if any, which ultimately
will have to be brought into this
community to harvest the crops.
Phone the News office your es­
timated needs now and dont wait
until the time is here for har­
vesting.
G lad ston e C hautauqua
O p en s July 10th
The annual session of the Glad­
stone Chautauqua will take place
as formerly, the dates being
from July 10th to 22nd, inclusive.
The usual high grade will be
maintained in all of the attrac­
tions, entertainments and educa­
tional features, although the out­
look for the baseball series is
poor, as but one team has enter­
ed to date and owing to the en­
listment of many players, it is
doubtful if the former high stan­
dard of baseball will be in evi­
dence.
The new auditorium is being
rushed to completion and will be
ready on opening day* Reserva­
tions are being made for camp
sites through Secretary Thos.
| Burke.