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
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Y. M C. A. pledge.
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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.