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Eastern Clackamas News
Published every Thursday at
Estacada, Oregon
K. M. Standinh,
Editor and Manager
Entered at the postoffice in Estacada,
Oregon, as second-class mail.
Honorable Grant is now going in­
to distant fields for his goats, for
this community kind o f feels
that Mr. Dimick and some o f his
political p a l s have had our
“ goats” for several years past.
W e Strive To Please
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Thursday, O t. 11, 1917
The majority of the taxpayers
o f the late Garfield road district
No. 10 are wondering who, of
the home people, asked for the
abolishment of the home district?
The county court is quoted as
stating that two important tax­
payers were behind the move,
but refused to give their name?.
If two taxpayers in Garfield
have sufficient influence with the
court to obtain such an impor­
tant bequest, we, the people of
Eastern Clackamas County would
like to find out who those men
are; for the Farmers' & Mer­
chants* * Club and the other com­
munity organizations need them,
for it is seldom that all of these
organizations combined can ob­
tain such attention from the
county court.
It seems odd that district 10,
which has always been one of the
most up-to-date and enterprising
in the county, should be abolish­
ed.
If the spirit o f progressive­
ness in voting special tax and
building good roads was needed
in districts 9 and 49, the consoli­
dation could be understood, but
those two districts already have
those qualities and the good roads
to prove it
Many taxpayers feel that the
creating o f the larger districts
will hinder the voting o f special
road taxes; for where more than
one main artery of travel lies in
a district, factional and neigh-
I mrhood jealousies arise and
special taxes are voted down.
For some reason or other, no
mention o f the proposed abolish­
ment of the district was made
prior to the September meeting
and the first that the taxpayers
knew of the court’s action was
after it was too late to enter ob­
jections, for the road code stipu­
lates that road district changes
»•an only be made during the
month of September.
Eastern Clackamas will watch
with interest*the coming budget
and special levy meetings in the
districts effected ami only hopes
that the court made no mistake
w hen it abolished one of the most
up-to-date rural districts in the
county.
Wtt now hear that Grant B.
Dimick, Oregon City’s famous
hog-raiser a n d agriculturalist,
has imported a herd o f foreign
goats, which he is advocating as
money-makers f o r Clackamas
( ounty farmers.
We are glad to hear that the
And now the Oregon City
Courier is getting into line with
the News in complaining against
some of the present fish and
game laws; for editor Robey also
likes to eat salmon and enjoy the
right of a Clackamas County cit­
izen of catching his own.
In this connection, we also un­
derstand that our county agricul­
turalist, R. J. Werner is interest­
ing himself in having the barriers
in the Clackamas and Sandy riv­
ers removed.
If we will keep at it long
enough and stick together, the
time may yet come when the res­
idents of this “ home o f the sal­
mon” won’t have to go to the
coast to catch our fish or depend
upon the canners for their high
priced, prepared output.
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One of the biggest and most
noticeable improvements that has
appeared in Estacada in several
years, is the present work o f re­
moving the fences from around'
the city’s homes and public
schools.
Nothing so adds to the attrac­
tiveness of a city as the absence
of fences and when the time
comes when all such reminders
of the days of the open-range in
Estacada are gone, the city will
look 100 "o better.
Furthermore, every fence that
is removed now means a further
assurance that the herd-law will
never be abolished.
• Our prices are kept as low as
can be made and our service the
. best we know
Son
Killed In
Railroad Accident
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But few o f the close friends of
Matt Anderson o f Garfield know
of his recent bereavement, when
his son Eric Anderson o f Cas­
per, Wyoming, was killed in a
railroad accident about two weeks
ago.
Eric Anderson, w ho was about
38 years old and a brother of
Miss Rica Anderson o f the fac­
ulty o f the Estacada Schools, was
an engineer on the C. & N. W.
Ry. and with his locomotive fell
through a burning bridge, being
instantly killed.
to give.
We can get cheaper merchan­
dise
but
wre
do not believe in
sacrificing quality
for quantity—
but try to live up to our motto
L. A. Chapman
“ The Best Is None Too Good For You**
Estacada,
Ice Cream
Oregon
in Dish, Cone
or Bulk.
Soda Water • Soft Drinks • Lunches
Cigars and Tobacco
R. G. Marchbank
Estacada, Or.
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: Undertaking and Embalming
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Hood River is reported to be
issuing a call for 1,000 men and
women to save that district's
fruit crop.
As to the fruit crop here, it
has l>ecn suggested that the Gar­
field Spraying School, lately con­
ducted by the O. A. C. experts,
be changed to the Garfield Fray­
ing School, for more than human
aid is needed in the local apple
orchards.
how
L. A. Chapman
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Store or Residence
Free Jitney Service
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Estacada
Licensed Embaltner
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Operating
Hearse and Morgue
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Mr. and Mrs. S .’ E. Wooster
and daughter, o f Estacada are
moving early next week to their
farm home in Garfield and not to
their Springwater farm, as re­
ported in these columns last
week. Mr. Wooster’s removal
from the city will necessitate the
appointment o f another member
o f the council, in which body he
has alwa* s been a hard and con­
scientious worker.
Free jitney service will be one
o f the features o f the “ Visit to
Goblin ville” on Friday evening,
the 26th.
The routing o f this free jitney
service is as follows:— Brownie-
ville - Mrs. D. S. Fleming’s;
Witches' Camp - Mrs. Guy Drill's;
Halfway Inn - Mrs. D. M. Mar­
shall’s; Spookes’ Den - Mrs. W.
H. Holder’s a n d Homeward
The new; home, being erected
Bound at Mrs. Walter Given’s.
Buy your ticket and make by Wa ter Bartholomew o f Port­
land, for his brother Fred o f Es­
your reservation now.
tacada, is now nearing comple­
tion and when finished will be
Church Notice
another attraction on the Boule-
qard overlooking the business
Evangelist, R. P. Williams will district. _____
preach at Church o f Christ, next
Frof. and Mrs. F. B. Guthrie,
Lord’s day at 11 A. M.
formerly o f Estacada but now re­
Baptismal services in afternoon siding at Salem, motored to Es­
about 2:30 o ’clock near Cazadero. tacada last Saturday, spending
the week-end among friends.