Eastern Clackamas News
Published every Thursday at
Estacada. Oregon
K. M. Standiah,
Editor and Manager
Entered at the poatoffioe in Estacada,
Oregon, aa aecond-claaa mail.
S ubscription R atrs
One year
Six months
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1917
As is right and proper, the
N ew s office is the place where
matters o f public interest are
freely discussed and in some in
stances as freely cussed. This
cussing and discussing is not all
on the part o f the N e w s ’ start’,
as taxpayers from all parts o f
this community have gotten in
to the good habit o f calling and
talking their community and c iv
ic troubles over with the editor.
Consequently the N ew s is in a
position to voice the sentiments
o f many taxpayers from many
districts on important questions
and the most important one now
confronting the local taxpayers
is the coming budget and special
tax levy meetings in their re
spective road districts.
The Eastern Clackamas road
districts, as a whole, have in the
past v o t e d special taxes in
amounts ranging from 3 to 10%
each year. This willingness to
spend their own mony for better
roads is well evidenced in the
good highways now prevailing in
this community generally, and
has made this district famous
even beyond the borders o f Clack
amas County and incidentally
was “ exhibit A ” in the past Cas
cade County tights and will he in
similar future campaigns.
The outlook for a continuance
o f this special voting o f taxes
this year is not overly bright, for
many reasons.
hirst
in several districts,
where much (). & C. Land (¡rant
back tuxes are due and which
money should b e forthcoming
shortly in full, it is felt the vot
ing o f additional special funds
t his year is unnecessary and the
money could not be worked out
i «> good advantage.
Second owing to the changes
in the road laws, becoming effec
tive January 1st, relative to the
appointment o f deputy road sup
ervisors, (whichappointment will
be made by the county court the
latter part o f »lie year,) the ten
dency o f the taxpayers seems to
be unfavorable to voting special
taxes unless they know before or
at [ be special tax levy meeting,
just who vn ill be the supervisor
in their district or districts.
This feeling is probably due to
the factional differences, current
in every neigh lx >rhood and which
when
diplomatically
handled
through a competent supervisor
ot the taxpayers’ choice, has re
sulted in speciaUtaxes, with the
opportunity for the working off
o f part or all o f the money by
the taxpayers themselves.
Third In us much as the tax
payers do not know yet whether
such deputy supervisor, as may
he appointed later, will tie in
charge o f only the home district
or of two or nuire districts, (in
the event of bill twenty deputies
being appointed in the county,
instead.ok-ilif present fifty-six, i
they may hesitate to vote special
taxes.
I f one supervisor is appointed
to handle several road districts,
it will have a tendency to in
crease the ever present factional
jealousies and consequently work
to a disadvantage.
O f course, the expression o f
many o f the taxpayers in the
lately abolished iioad District
No. 10 o f Garfield may not be a
fair index o f the sentiment o f
ail local districts, but many o f
those taxpayers are lamenting
the loss o f the home district and
fail to understand the court’ s ac
tion in abolishing it; especially
a fter Supervisors Fred Lins and
Elmer Davis o f the George and
Upper Garfield districts had re
ceived letters from the couruy
court stating that no changes
were contemplated.
Another hindrance-to special
tax voting lies in the new road
code laws, which it is understood
allow the County Hoad Boss to
say where the special tax money
shall he expended, as long as it
is expended within the district
from which it originated.
If
there are grounds for this con
tention, it looks like a conrtiction
in the road law's and offsetting
the power o f the budget m e t in g .
Despite the -ather gloomv out
look for special taxes in this sec
tion this year, it is hoped the
taxpayers will continue to main
tain that high standard o f road
building, which has made East
ern Clackamas famous.
Notice Of Road District Budget Meeting
Notice is hereby given that,
pursuant to Chapter 234, Gener
al Laws 1913, and Chapter 222,
General Laws 1915, a meeting o f
the legal voters o f Road District
No. 4, Clackamas County. Ore
gon, will he held at Currinsville
School House, in said district on
the 24th day o f November, 1917.
at the hour o f 10:30 o ’clock A. M.,
for i he purpose o f considering
the following estimates of the a-
mount o f money to be raised by
special tax in said district for the
ensuing vear:
RO AD S and H IG H W A Y S
Improvement and maintenance o f
Main Road
$500.
Saling Road
$250.
Stein man Road
$200.
Heiple Road
$200.
Taylor Road
$250.
Morrow Station Road
$250.
P R L I A B L E R E C E I P T S - None.
B A L A N C E S None
Subscribed by three resident
freeholders o f said district and
by the road supervisor o f said
district this 20th day o f October.
1917. A lsosu 1 scribed by County
Judge.
R. S. Coop.
Freeholder
W H. Kellendonk
G. A. Invert
J. A. Kitching
Road Siqiervisor Road Dist. No. 4
H. S. Anderson
County Judge.
W e Strive To Please
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Our
prices are kept as low as
can he made and our service the
best
we
know
how
to give.
We can get cheaper merchan
dise
!
but
do
not
believe
sacrificing quality
for
quantity—
hut
we
try
in
to live up to our motto
“ The Best Is None Too Good For You"
L. A. Chapman
Estacada,
Oregon
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Ice Cream
Soda Water • Soft Drinks • Lunches
Cigars and Tobacco
Estacada, Or.
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Owing to the continued illness
o f his father. W. Domm o f Eagle
Creek, who is now confined to
his bed. his son Victor Domm
has given up his position with
the Bittner Plug & Lumber Co.
o f Bull Run and returned home
to operate the home farm.
The W. C. T. U. will meet
Thursday, Nov. 1st, at the home
o f Mrs. D. M. Marshall of Esta
cada, where .he afternoon will
he spent in the making o f surgi
cal bandages.
All ladies are in
vited.
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James Abbott o f Estacada re
turned home Saturday, after an
extended absence in other parts
o f the state.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Hutton o f
Portland were guests last week
for a day at the home o f her
brother. Walter Givens o f Esta
cada.
The fall jury venire for Clack
amas County was called to report
at the court house on November
5th, to consider the cases that
may be returned from the grand
jury. On this list are the follow
ing from this community:—J. J.
Marchbank, Estacada; A.
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Whitcomb, Garfield; John J. Cole
man. Estacada and Joseph De-
Shazer o f Dover.