Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County V olume 11, N umber 16 E stacada , O regon , T hursday , J anuary 3, 1918 ROAD DISTRICTS TO RECEIVE BACK TAXES Clackamas County Women To Organize An Advisory Council In order that the women in the county may have a better under standing of the organization of the Women’s Council that is be ing formed by the Home Demon stration Agent, Miss Lorene Par ker, this explanation of the work is given. The Council shall consist of a representative from various or ganizations in the county, such as Parent-Teachers Ass’n, Wo men's Clubs, Granges, or any or ganized group of women. These representatives will meet and elect officers, formulate plans and discuss certain definite projects of work that may be carried on throughout the County. Such a Council would - direct the activities of the Home Dem onstration Agent in so far as of fering suggestions relative to different phases of the work that would be most beneficial to their respective communities. Subjects of vital interest to the housewife will be considered, for example; substitutions,^ demonstrations in canning arid drying, keeping household accounts, labor saviug devices, th e school luncheon, feeding the family group, or sim ilar problems that will mutually benefit the home maker will be taken up and discussed. Such an organization should be helpful to the women in this county and since the olfice of the Demonstration Agent is support ed entirely by the Federal Gov ernment the community repre sented will not be obligating them selves in a financial way, other than giving their heartiest co operation to further the work of the Home Demonstration Agent. Garfield No. 49 To Be Paid Largest Slice From Total Of $100,254.89 The sum of $100,254.89 repre senting the O. & C. land grant delinquent taxes for the years 1913, 1914 and 1915, which were received by Clackamas County from the government some time ago, were last Friday ordered by the county court to be paid to the districts and funds to which they are due. Road District No. 49 or Gar field leads the county’s districts in the amount due, namely $6,111.76. Thirteen other dis tricts will profit by this disburse ment, the George District being e n t i t l e d to $1386.63 — E a g l e Creek, $1987.87 with districts numbers 21, 23, 7, 56, 8, 19, 22. 33, 35, 45 and 55 profiting to amounts ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand dol- larp, Of these districts. No. 33 is in Springwater, 35 near Boring, 21 and 45 in Colton, with 55 be ing in the Viola section. The districts in the Brightwood, San dy, Wilhoit and Cherryville sec tions all receive large amounts. The balance of the moneys will be disbursed as follows: —county general fund, $18,439.43; coun ty school fund, $23,349.90; general road fund, $13,339.03; district road funds, $13,109.56; special road fund. $22,339.07; special school fund, $ 0 ,733.8J; special high school fund, $441.04. Estacada Home Robbed During the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jorg and family of Estacada on Christmas day, their home was entered by some sneak thief, who crawled through a window, walked with muddy feet across a bed spread and stole the contents of the child ren’s banks. The stealing was done by someone familiar with the prem ises and from the size of the footprints, apparently a boy. As he also stole a supply af BB shot, it should not be difficult to trace it to the owner of an air- gun, or at least that may be a clue. The contents of the banks amounted to between three and f our dollars, part of the money »ing saved bv Edna Jorg to pay 1 Y. M C. A. pledge. I ▼ 1 Stockholders M eeting 14th. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Estacada Co operative Cheese Association will take place on the second Monday in January, namely the after noon of the 14th at the Family Theatre in Estacada at 1 o’clock. Stubbe Carrys Case To Circuit Court. The case of Stubbe vs Scott, which occured in Justice De vore’s court in Estacada a few weeks ago, with Will Stubbe be ing awarded $50. of the $125. asked for from Arthur Scott, is now being taken by the plaintiff to the circuit court. 1918 Tax Levy One-Half Mill Less Than 1917 In accordance with the esti mates approved at the recent County Budget Meeting. Treasur er Dunn reports that the county tax levies for 1918 will be one- half mill less than in 1917, name ly 18 instead of 181.- mills. This slight reduction is due to to the sum of over one hundred thousand dollars paid in on the back O. C. taxes. The levy is as follows: County general fund .0018 Schools and libraries .0027 State tax .0085 Roads .007 Fire Destroys Eagle Creek Store Between 5:30 amt 6:00 o’clock last Saturday morning a fire of unknown origin was discovered in the rear of the store of W. C. Smith of Eagle Creek and be fore it could begotten under con trol, the entire store and contents and the family dwelling nearby were completely destroyed. As Eagle Creek has no water system, nothing could he done by the neighbors in fighting the fiames, although a few articles of furniture were saved from the house. The buildings and contents were partially covered by insur ance and it is likely the owner will soon rebuild and continue in the general store business. Garfield Man to Accept Service in France W. W. Dillon of Garfield, who since the outbreak of the war has been in charge of the Y. M. C. A. work at the Vancouver Barracks, last week received the apjfhintment to superintend simi lar work among the troops in France. Mr. Dillon is this week at his home, arranging personal and farm affairs, expecting to leave for France the early part of next week. This appointment is well merit ed, as Mr. Dillon is not only a man of years of experience in Y. M. C. A. work prior to his adoption of the simple but stren uous farming life in Garfield, but it is in recognition of his patriot ism, as he was one of the first to drop his farm work and answer the call for workers among the enlisted boys. The community can well be proud of having this distinction awarded one of its residents and the best wishes of all are tender ed Mr. Dillon in his mission at .he front and “Somewhere in France”. $1.50 P er Y ear ESTACADA RED CROSS SENDS IN $213.15 Sixty-Five Percent Of Total Memberships Received W ere Unsolicited On Wednesday, January 2nd, Mrs. M. H. Evans, treasurer of the Estacada Auxilliary of the Red Gross drew a check for $212. 15, which was duly sent to O. D. Eby of Oregon City, manager of the Clackamas County campaign. This substantially winds up the membership drive in this portion of the county, with the moneys remitted through the Estacada auxilliary representing member ships from Estacada, Currins- ville, Garfield, Cazadero and a few from other districts, which had been overlooked in their own drives. Aside from the above remit tance, the Eagltr' Creek and Springwater districts had sent to the county manager $78. and $51.50 respectively, as a result of their drives, with David Horner clerk of the Dodge school district collecting $14. Dover and George also conducted successful sep arate drives. Of the total sum handled through the Estacada organiza tion, fully 65% was unsolicited, with many families taking out memberships for the entire house hold. In reality $213.15 was received, with $1. being used in payment of long distance telephone calls incurred during the campaign. With the remittance to county headquarters was enclosed a list of the names of all members, which looked like a copy of the county directory. While the drive is over, any delayed mem berships may be had at the Esta cada headquarters at the News office, as the money will be thank fully received by the Red Cross organization, even if late. Danger Still Exists Complaint is still being made of the shooting of 22 calibre ri fles by boys within the city lim its. A rifle of this sort is a dan gerous thing even in the hands of an adult, but when a youngster gets to firing promis- cously from the nearby hillsides, someone may get hurt many blocks away. Clackamas County only last week buried one lad killed by such a rifle and Cin’t afford to risk others.