* Devoted to the Interests o f Eastern Clackamas Comity V olume 11, ■■ % i 1 1 V V E stacada , O regon , T hursday , J anuary 17. 1918 $1.80 P er Y ear — ESIAGAD.it WINS DEBATE SERVICE FLAG PRESENTED P. R. L. a P. ANNOUNCE NEW TRAIN SCHEDULE BORING P. 0. KIDNAPS BARTON RURAL ROUTE STOCKHOLDERS RETAIN ORIGINAL DIRECTORS E . H. S. Teams Win At Home AnJ Canby . Varsity Beat Alumni. Morning Mail And Express At Estacaca Hour Later. No Night Train. Patrons Prevent Huge Petition Against Proposed Boring R. F . D. 4 Government Expert Encourages Patrons 01 Estacada Cheese Factory The first debate o f the season held Friday night in the audi torium proved a mo-it overwhelm- success. The affirmative team comprising Lewis Jones and Lor- na Davis, thoroughly walked o v er the Can bye’ s high school nega tive. consisting o f Edward Scott and John Robins. The judges were Professor and Mrs. Thomp son and Mrs. Weimer. Not long after the debate word came that our negative team, which went to Canby, also showed its superiority by inflict ing a severe defeat on their a f firmative. The negative team comprised Ruby McWillis, Erica Johnson, and Worth Randolph. The Portland Railway Light & Power Company announced Tues day, the following changes in the I train schedule between Estacada and Portland, becoming effective Tuesday morning, January 22nd. Indignation is at fever height among the patrons o f the Barton Rural Route No. 1. when Post master H. F. Gibson o f Barton advised them that I e 'ast week received advices from the Postal Department at Washington, that oil and after January 111st next, that route would be discontinued with same transferred to a new route, No. 4 o f Roring. This announcement was entire ly unexpected by Postmaster Gib son, as well as by Carrier, Ralph Gibson and the patrons. Immediately a remonstrance petition containing 180 signers was made up and forwarded to the postal authorities, complain ing against the injustice o f this move. This movement undoubtedly originated at Boring, which is a far distant point from the major ity o f the patrons served by the Barton route, as that route in cludes residents residing in the Alspaugh and parts o f the Cur- rinsville sections, many miles distant from Boring. The new route from Boring e x tends 28 miles, crossing the Deep Creek canyon live times and is reported to be nearly impassable in places during the rainy season. It seems odd that postal au thorities should have made such a radical change without first having consulted the route's pa trons or more thoroughly inves tigated the c o n d i t i o n s. I f a change was necessary, arrange ments c o u l d have been made through the Eagle Creek or even the Estacada postoffices, that would have given better service and have received the support of the patrons. It is hoped the receipt o f the remonstrance petition by the au thorities will result in at least a further investigation, before the ruling becomes effective. The majority o f the st ck hol ders o f the Estacada Go-opera tive Cheese Association were in attendance Monday afternoon at the annual meeting, held in the Family Theatre in Estacada. In appreciation o f the valuable services rendered since the form ation o f the association, and in order to profit by the experience and knowledge which the di rectors and officers have gained in the past year, the stockhold ers voted to retain these same men, all of whom finally agreed to accept the responsibilities for another year. The meeting was presided elver by President Ewing, with H. A. Chaplin, the government cheese expert, us the principal speaker. Mr. Chaplin, as formerly, con vinced the stockholders that they would Lie making a big mistake it they did other than continue Lie cheese factory, despite , ie temptations to temporarily re vert to other forms o f dairy products disposal. A resume o f the business done by the factory to date was far from discouraging and had the cash returns to the patrons been based on delivery at the factory, without deducting the hauling expenses, charged to the factory, the prices paid would have been equal to the best paid elsewhere, which investigation disclosed were based in most instances on butter fat f. o. 1». factory. The need o f a “ cow testing association” was presented and * discussed there and it is hoped such an adjunct to the dairying industries in this community, may be forthcoming before many months. A service flag has been pur chased by the student body, hav ing 18 stars with the names o f the 18 boys, who were at o re time members o f the E. H. S. student body and who now are nobly fighting for Uncle Sam. A short presentation ceremony was held Friday afternoon in which Otto Jannsen, the student body president, delivered the fol lowing address: “ We the mem bers o f the E. H. S. student body are presenting to the high school this service flag. This is to re mind us o f those who were once members of our school and who are now helping to make the world safe for Democracy. “ May we, the present student body and all those who shall fo l low after us, uphold the princi ples for which it stands, may we never falter, but on the other hand, may we. with every ounce o f our manhood and womenhood, in our daily lives do honor to it ’s name.” ¡t b A ' N umber 18 The first basket.ball game o f the season proved a great success when the high school team com prising Walter Smith’ Ernest Smith, Albert Litchthorn and Raymond Lovelace, dealt an overwhelming defeat on some o f the old E. H. S. star players, the Alumni team. The next game which is to be played with Springwater’s fast team, is to come off next Friday night. Jannsen will probably be back by that time so a hot game is expected. Sarver will also tie back the last o f the month and take his old place. The first car will leave Estaca da at (5:52 A. M." This car will not carry express or mail, being a passenger car which will lay ovor night at Estacada. The next train will leave at 8:52; A. M. this train handling mail, express and passengers. An afternoon train will he op erated, leaving Estacada at 2:45 P. M., followed by the last train o f the day, leaving Estacada at 4:52 P. M., which will handle the mail and express also. The service from Portland to Estacada has also been changed, with the mail, express and pas senger train leaving 1st & Aide* Sts. at 6:45 A. M., arriving in Estacada about 8:30. The other trains o f the dav will leave Portland at 8:45 A. M., 2:45 P. M.. with the last train leaving at 5:35 P. M., arriving in Esta cada at 7:13 and remaining there over night. This alteration o f schedule has many advantages and some dis advantages. The establishment o f an afternoon train both ways, will aid the Estacada merchants, , as patrons from points down the line will he ahle to do their shop ping and return a few hours later. The entire elimination o f the 9:00 P. M. car to Portland mav be an inconvenience, hut the number o f passengers served by this last car has been next to none for months past and while the last car from Portland will be leaving an hour earlier, it will have its advantages for the farm er. wishing to arrive home in time for the evenin g’s chores. The only serious inconvenience o f this schedule lies in tne late ness o f the mail delivery in the * morning, with the post-office be ing unable to have the mail dis tributed before 9 o ’clock. Rut the return o f the mail and e x press at 8:52 A. M. will be a con venience to the shipper, who too often has to get out early to catch the morning express. * S a r v e r W i n s on A p p e a l B. O. Sarver o f Estacada won his case in the circuit court at Oregon City last Friday, against H. B. Sarver o f Garfield, the plaintiff having appealed to the higher court from the decision o f the jury in the Estacada jus tice court o f a few months ago. The case was the outcome o f a bill-of-sale for cattle which H. B. Sarver refused to recognize, it having been assigned to the plaintiff by a second party. No Precinct Changes to be Made Investigation discloses that no changes iVill probably be made in the boundaries o f the election precincts in this county this yea>r, despite the fact thait a re cent law stipulates that said changes shall be made. Recently a number o f the coun ty clerks and sheriffs o f the state held a meeting, at which time they decided not to make the changes at this time, ow ing to the added amount o f work, such alterations would entail.