EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS
Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County
V olume 11,
N umber 10
E stacada ,
O regon ,
T hursday ,
N ovember 22,
1017
$1.50 P er Y ear
NEW DRAFT PLAN EFFECTIVE
DECEMBER 1STH
MUCH GARFIELD LAND
CHANGES HANDS
SERG’T. WILLIAMS SUCCUMBS
TO PNEUMONIA
Y. M. C. A. DRIVE NETS
$ 1 , 2 1 0 . 6 0
All Exemptions Or Discharges Auto­
matically Cancelled Dec. 1st
Three Large Farms Sold And
Several Renters Sell Leases
Husband Of Estacada Girl Died
In New York Hospital Friday
Eastern Clackamas Goes Over Top.
Estacada H. S. Leads State
Let every man who is register­
ed under the selective service
law, and that includes all be­
tween the ages o f 21 and 30
years, inclusive, pay careful heed
to the changes that have been
ordered by the Government in
the method o f selecting men for
military service.
These changes etfect every
man subject to the draft, w ith­
out exception.
The new plan goes into effect
on December 15. But on Dec­
ember 1, preparations for put­
ting it into effect will begin all
over the United States.
A t that time all exemptions or
discharges from m ilitary service
under the draft will automatical­
ly be canceled.
Exemptions -hereafter will be
based on an improved system
w heieby the Government will
have exact knowledge o f every
regi.-tered man and his affairs.
The basic principle o f the new
s> stem is that those men are to
be taken first who have no per­
sons dependent on them.
Under this classification come
single men, married men whose
w ives support them, married
men who have habitually failed
to support their families, or whose
fam ilies are independent o f them
fo r support.
Men in this class will be sub­
jec t to call first. They will be
listed under what will be known
as Class 1.
The married men and those
with persons other than their
w ives or children immediately
dependent on them for support,
as well as those whose work is
necessary to industries essential
to the war, including agriculture,
will be listed in other classes.
There will be five classes in all.
The etfect o f classification in
classes below Class 1, will be to
grant a temporary discharge
from the draft, for men in these
classes will not be called until the
class or classes above theirs has
been exhausted.
But before this system can be
put into etfect, information must
be gathered on which to make
the classification o f each man.
To obtain this information and
to compile it afterw ard, the G ov­
ernment has prepared books call­
ed Questionnaires.
The Questionnaires contain
questions covering every phase
o f a man’ s occupation, his in­
come. that o f persons he claims
to be dependent on him, his fam ­
ily relations, - his business, his
health.
Each registered man must
answer one o f these Question­
naires in full.
A Questionnaire will be mailed
bv the local board to each regis-
The highly improved fifty acre
farm
in Garfield,
commonly
known as the Wonacott place,
comprising one o f the finest com­
mercial apple orchards in the
county, was last week sold to E.
B MacNanghton o f Portland, bv
the owner, C. H. Dewaide o f
Portland, who but a few months
ago purchased the place from
Chas. N. Wonacott.
Another big deal in Garfield
lands occuring last week, was the
sale o f the 101 acre ranch, pur­
chased last month by Guy Sears,
from H. C. W ulf, the new owner
being Harold Nixon o f Beaverton,
who is now working on the place
and expects his family there w ith­
in the wei-k.
S. E. Wooster, the Estacada
real estate agent, also reports
having last week sold the 108
acre property o f O. C. Twom bly
in Garfield, to Milton Mattoon o f
Oregon City, who is a nephew o f
W. H. Mattoon, form er County
Commissioner o f Estacada. Mr.
Mattoon and fam ily will soon oc­
cupy the premises, which contain
about forty acres o f cul ivated
land, the consideration o f the sale
being $5,000 cash.
Mr. Wooster also negotiated
the sale o f the lease and horse-
hold effects o f W. C. Harvey,
who had rented and occupied the
Dr. H ew itt place in Garfield, the
buyer being M. Dunn o f Portland,
who with his fam ily is m oving
onto the place shortly.
It is also reported that Morris
Laing, who for several years past
has rented the Brogden place,
across from the Garfield Grange
Hall, has sold his lease, but the
name o f the buyer is not an­
nounced yet.
tered man directed to the address
on registration card or as that
address may be changed by no­
tice o f change o f address filed
therewith, within the next two
or three weeks.
He will have seven days in
which to make the required an­
swers and return the Question­
naire to the board.
Failure to answer will automat­
ically cancel his rights to exem p­
tion and will put him in Class 1.
In order fully to protect the
rights o f every registered man,
and to help him make out his
Questionnaire, lawyers will be at
the headquarters o f the hoard to
advise and assist him without
charge.
You will get your Question­
naire soon. Watch for it.
A telegram was received
Fri­
day evening. Novem ber 16th, by
Mrs. James Austin Williams (nee
Ruby M cW illis) o f Estacada. an­
nouncing the sudden death that
day.
her
in a New York hospital o f
husband,
Sergeant James
Austin Williams o f Company 1),
162nd U S. Infantry.
Until th*- announcement o f the
sad message, few but her immed­
iate fam ily knew o f Mrs. Williams
marriage, which occured last
July, follow ing the three months
stay o f Company 1). in Estacada.
And as Mrs. Williams was still
attending the E tacada High
School, she and her husband pre­
ferred that the marriage be kept
a secret until a fter her gradua­
tion next June.
Sergeant Williams was the com­
missary officer o f Company D.
and while stationed in Estacada
made many close friends among
the townspeople, with whom he
was a favorite; being a handsome,
modest and gentlemanly l>oy, a
soldier true to the highest ideals
and especially popular among the
members o f his company.
The deceased, w ho is surviverf
by his mother, Mrs. George L.
Noyes o f Portland ami a brother,
Earlscart Williams o f (to. F, 18th
Regiment o f Engineers in France,
was identified with the J. G. Ed­
wards Company o f Portland prior
to his enlistment during the M ex­
ican mobilization in 1916, later
being stationed at Estacada, then
at Camp Withy com be and at the
time o f his death at ('am p Milks,
Long Island, N. Y.
Following military services in
N ew York, the remains were
shipped to Portland, where fu­
neral services are to be held on
Saturday, w ith interment in one
o f the Portland cemeteries. A
number o f Estacada friends con­
template attending the services,
among them being members o f
the Rebecca Lodge, o f which
Mrs. Williams is a member.
The true, heartfelt sympathy
o f all is extended Mrs. Williams
in this loss o f her ^oldier husband
and may his memory long remain
as typical o f the true type o f pa­
triotic American.
who died,
bravely "d oin g his b it" for His
Country.
I f it were not for the high cost
o f setting type, the News this
week would look like a reproduc­
tion o f tin* county directory, with
a long list o f names, indicating
the contributors from all sections
o f Eastern Clackamas County, to
the Y. M. C. A. Drive, which
ended Monday evening.
In this list would also have ap­
peared dozens and dozens o f
names duplicated, to show who
the loyal and patriotic citizens
were who aided in the successful
canvass o f this district.
But as usual. Eastern Clacka­
mas went far "o v e r the to p " in
the solicitation and contribution
for this worthy cause, with a
grand total o f $1.210.60 to its
credit, as shown in the follow ing
tables:
Estacada
$266.25
Springwater
74.
George
39.50
Garfield
40.
Eagle Creek
49.
Viola
30.25
CurrinsviJIe
58.6o
Barton
22.
Boring
10.
Total
$589.60
The alnive represents substan­
tially the result o f the efforts o f
the adult campaigners, in the
drive in charge o f the Estacada
State Bank.
But equal, if not more credit is
due the drive as conducted by
the schools o f this portion o f the
county, the main organization
and campaign being in charge o f
the Estacqda Schools, which nei-
ted the sum o f $621. being alamt
1200 "o alaive its quota o f $50.
According to State Campaign
Manager Goss o f Portland, the
Estacada Schools surpassed all
others in the state outside o f
Portland, for the proportion rais­
ed as compared to its quota.
This record is also shared in
by the following schools, as indi­
cated in the follow ing list:
Estacada High School
$317.75
Estacada Grade
83 75
Sandy High
"
66.60
Sandy Grade
”
13.75
Stone
"
11.25
Eagle Creek
"
20.
George
”
8.75
Boring
"
8.75
Barton
”
6.25
Viola
”
2-50
Garfield
"
12.50
Kelso
"
17.50
Porter
"
4.50
Currinsville
"
125
Douglass
12.
Dover
"
3.50
Miscellaneous
3.75
Total
W21.00
The Estacada High*School was
ap[M>inted to handle the schools
o f Eastern Clackamas and to
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