EASTERN CLACKAMAS
Devoted to the Interests of E astern C lackam as County
V olume 10,
N umber 44
FATHER AND SON DROWN
IN CLACKAMAS
Bodies Of John E. Livingstone
And Son Of Garfield
Recovered Sunday
As there were no witnesses to
the accident of last Thursday af­
ternoon, it will never b° exactly
known how John E. Livingstone
and fifteen year old son Everette
of Garfield were drowned in the
Clackamas River.
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The first intimation of an acci­
dent was received in Estacada
Friday noon, when Nick Nieden-
thal of Estacada, with whom the
Livingstones had been working,
reported that he feared they had
been drowned.
The three were employed on a
wood cutting job on the J. W.
Reed place, on the Clackamas
River, a few miles below River
Mill. On Thursday afternoon,
M \ Livingstone and son went to
the river to repair a frail, leaky
boat and not having returned to
camp that night. Niedenthal Fri­
day spread the alarm, after hav­
ing found the overturned boat a
short distance below their camp.
A searching party, which final­
ly numbered twenty or more,
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was organized among the farm-#
ers living nearby, which contin­
ued the search until Sunday
noon, when the bodies were dis­
covered by Edgar Heiuleof Eagle
Creek, in a deep pool about two
miles below the scene of the ac­
cident.
As the bodies were found with­
in a few feet of each other and
as Mr. Livingstone was a strong
swimmer, while his son was un­
able to swim at all. it is likely
the father died in a vain effort
to save his boy, when the boat
overturned in the swift waters
near the spot where they had at­
tempted to cross the river.
The bodies were recovered by
expert grappler Sterling, who
V with his equipment had been
called from Portland. A tew
hours later Coroner Hempstead
of Oregon City held an inquest,
with the remains being taken
charge of by undertaker Chap­
man of Estacada.
The Livingstones. father and
son, were born in Indiana, being
47 and 15 years old, respectively.
For several years they had re­
sided in Estacada, later selling
their home on Wilson Hill to Mr.
Niedenthal and taking up a
homestead in the foot hills be­
yond Garfield.
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E stacada ,
O regon ,
T hursday , J uly 19.
1917
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G e o rg e C a n y o n R o ad
B ein g C o m p le te d
Company D Squares Old
Score With Company
The good people of the George
district wi 1 soon be able to travel
to and from Estacada. all of the
year around, without having to
make part of the journey in axle
deep mud or clouds of dust.
The people of George deserve
especial credit for their system
of graveled roads in this commun­
ity, leading from the George
bridge up the Eagle Creek can­
yon to Garfield. Now they are
building an equally good road on
their home side of the canyon,
which ultimately will continue
through their district.
As the George district is pe­
culiarly situated on the other
side of a deep canyon, with miles
of roads to build, in order to tran­
sact their business, they deserve
due credit for undertaking, finan­
cing and building their highways,
the work this year and for two
years past being under the super­
vision of Fred Lins.
During the tenth and eleventh
innings of Sunday’s hotly con­
tested ball game in Estacada be­
tween the rival teams of Com­
panies I) and E. safe hits were
being paid for at a rate of from
$1. to $2.50 each, w ith runs earn­
ing even more money.
Up till the end of the 11th in­
ning, Parsons and Crout for Com­
pany E and Boytana and Shaeffer
for Company I) had been holding
down the receiving and delivery
departments with equal honors,
both pitchers having handed out
a few' passes, been tapped for a
few scenic hits and having struck
out a full quota of men.
As Saturday had been pay-day,
there w as plenty of money in ev­
idence and from the ragging
handed to umpires Bronson and
Bartlett, it was plain to see that
several week’s wages were de­
pendent on the outcome, which
came at the end of the eleventh
inning when Company 1) won by
a score of 10 to 9.
A fair crowd was in attend­
ance, w ith the stands well tilled
with soldiers, officers and their
ladies and a few of the local fans
rooting for the local soldiers.
Good Roads Day And F. & M. Club
Picnic August 1st
Plans are now being made to
hold a combination Good Roads
Day, with a Farmers’ & Mer­
chants’ Club picnic, all day Wed­
nesday, August 1st. to which
everyone is invited.
Primarily the celebration is to
be held in order to obtain the
volunteer grading and spreading
of the gravel on the short stretch
of road, leading from the corner
of 2nd and Zobrist Sts. to the Es­
tacada Cheese Factory. With a
liberal supply of lal»or and teams,
this job should not take over a
half day to complete and the
City of Estacada will likely do­
nate the gravel.
At noon, in the Estacada Park*
the lunch hour will be given over
to a get-together picnic, under
the auspices of the F. & M. Club,
with everyone invited to bring
their basket lunches and families
and enjoy the fun.
If the building of the road to
the cheese factory is completed
within a few hours, as expected,
the workers may move on to the
road approaching the cannery,
where a half block of good grad­
ing is needed, to make that road
smoother for the delivery of
fruits this summer and fall.
Further particulars of this pic­
nic and Good Roads Day will
appear in the next issue of the
News, but all are asked to plan
now to be present and bring
their families.
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Former Eagle Creek Boy Dead
The News just learned, through
Eagle Creek residents, of the
sudden death on July 3rd last, of
McKinley Reed, a brother-in-law
of Perry Kitzmiller of E a g l e
Creek and who worked wi t h
Perry both at Eagle Creek and
Bonneville in the State Fisheries
Department.
Mac Reed, as he was familiarly
known, had joined the engineer­
ing corps at Vancouver and was
stricken with measles with a
complication of pneumonia on
July 2nd, from which he died the
following day.
Funeral services and interment
were held the 5th at the home of
his parents at Turner, Oregon.
T w o S ons E nlist
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cahill of
Eagle Creek may well be proud
of their softs, two of whom are
now enlisted in the U. S. Army.
Joe, on April 14th, his 21st
birthday enlisted and on the 7th
of July, his brother, Morris, aged
28 joined the colors, both lx»ys
being located now at Vancouver.
The boys and a comrade from
their company spent last Sunday
at the parental home, where they
did special guard duty over the
Sunday dinner, later completely
capturing and demolishing same.
COUNTY SUBJECT TO ORAFT
OF F I F T Y
C la c k a m a s T o F u rn is h T h ird
H ig h e st N u m b e r O f M en
O re g o n ’s Q u o ta 717
While the figures furnished
from the office of the Adjutant-
General are unofficial, it is prob­
able the State of Oregon will
be called upon to furnish 717
men, as a result of the first se ­
lective draft.
As fourteen counties in the
state are exempt, having already
furnished more than their share
of volunteers, tin* remaining
twenty-two counties will have
to make up the state’s total.
The number due from each
county is apportioned according
to its quota of volunteer erdist
ments, with Clackamas County
subject to a draft of 50 men; this
number bei:ig only exceeded by
Clatsop and Malheur Counties,
with 54 arid 59 respectively.
If Clay manias County is subject
to a draft of 51». this eastern por­
tion, containing alxnit one-sixth
of the population, according to
the theory of chances will have
to furnish 8 or 9 recruits, out of
a total registration of about 200.
Every man in Oregon register­
ed under the selective conscrip­
tion act should know just what
to do if his number is drawn and
he is called for service on the
first draft, soon to be made.
First, he should learn at once,
if he has not already done so.
the new red ink serial number of
his registration card. He can
learn this by applying to his local
county exemption board.
As soon as the names of the
men to be called from Oregon on
the first draft are known, the lo­
cal exemption board in each coun­
ty will post a list of the men
drawn from that county. Only
iii counties that have already sup­
plied their full quotas through
volunteers in the regular army
and National Guard, will this
not be done.
The county exemption Iniards
will also send notification, at the
address on his registration card,
to each man called. This letter
will direct the man drafted to
appear before the l>oard for phys­
ical examination on a specified
date.
Whether or not the man called
intends to file a claim for exenq -
tion or discharge, he must appear
without fail on the date named.
Information as to the method
to !>e pursued by those claiming
exemption, may be obtained
from the local county exemption
hoard.