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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1918)
Devoted to the Interests o f Eastern Clackamas County V olume 11, N umber 19 CLACKAMAS COUNTY CANDIDATES PLENTIFUL Eastern Clackamas Voters Stand Loyal To Cascade County Supporters. Only secondary to the war will be the interest taken this year in politics, if the hood of advance material now in the hands o f the newspapars is any index. Clackamas County, as usual, can be relied upon to furnish a full 100% quota of candidate^, with aspirants for all ottices from the Governorship down. And behind this quota will appear a full regiment o f candidates for county offices, few of whom have • asked for publicity yet. To date none from Eastern Clackamas are known to hold aspirations. Aside from the county offices, Eastern Clackamas voters appar ently have no favorites, hut they have a few whom they sincerely hope will be defeated and every effort will be made to bring about such desired results. Whether or not the Cascade County movement becomes a live issue during the coming campaign or not. the local voters can he re lied upon to stand by those can didates, who in the past recog nized the justice of the division movement, and they will even more forcibly remember those who aided in the defeat of that popular measure. Of the four candidates for Gov ernor, Starkweather is from the home county a n d favorably knowm here. Olcott’s record as Secretary of State commends him in many ways for aspiring to the highest office—but “ nix, no and nothing doing” for Gus Moser of Portland, who in his position as chairman of the last Senate, aid ed directly in the defeat of the Cascade County bill. While little hurrah has been made yet, Governor Withyeome is asking for re-election and tnere seems little good reason *vhy he should not be returned to office for another term. The Governor has made a good rec ord and this district should favor the customary second term, for an officer who has given satis faction. Of the Clackamas County as pirants, E. E. Brodie o f Oregon Oity is one man who should re ceive the support of the voters from this community, if for no other reason than his open and fair-minded support of the Cas cade cause, as well as his train ing and qualifications for the office of Secretary of State, for which he is a candidate, Ex County Judge Thos. F. Ryan o f Clackamas County, who . for the past seven years has been Assistant State Treasurer, should also receive local support for the State Treasurers hip. as his experience and official record Concluded on back page. E stacada , O regon , T hursday , J anuary 24, 1918 Estacada Man Volunteers For Signal Corps (Government A s k s Teachers To Volunteer Owen E. Smith of Estacada this week received instructions from the signal department of the aviation corps to report at the Portland headquarters on Thursday, for examination. Mr Smith last week put in his application for work with this branch ot the aviation wor k and if selected w i 1 probably be sent at once to Berkley, California for a course of instruction. Every school teacher in Oregon is asked by the Government to volunteer immediately for urgent and important work in the exe cution of the selective service law in this state. The wor k will- not l>e hard or exacting, demanding but a few hours per day for a few days, in card-indexing the data from the questionnaires. Similar calls for volunteer ser vice have been and are being made on the attorneys, publishers and others and now is a chance for the teachers to do their bit. Applications should tie made to the local county board, care o f the County Clerk at Oregon City. E. H. S. Echoes Contributed by Efetactida High School A student Body meeting was held Friday for the election of officers - those elected Iteing: Ruby Me Willis, President; Val- demar Hill, Vice President; Lor- na Davis, Secretary; Ray Drill, Treasurer; Walter Smith, Ser geant at Arms; Frank Somer, Yell Leader; Virgil Yonce, Asst. Yell Leader. One of the fastest and most exciting basket-ball games ever played by E. H. S. was staged Friday night against Springwat- er. The score was 22 to 26 in favor of E. H. S. One of the prominent features of the game w as the splendid spirit of sports manship shown by both teams. The lineup was as follows: E. H. S. Springwater Lichthorn F. Closner Lovelace F. Erickson Smith C, Moger Jannsen G. Folsom Randolph G. Seaquest The next game will probably be played February 1st at Sandy. No Change In Train Service Announcement was made last Saturday by the traffic depart ment o f the P. R. L. & P. Co., that the change of train schedule announced in these columns to take effect January 22nd, has been abandoned, temporarily at least. It is understood this action w'as due to the refusal o f many o f the car men to sign up for the runs called for in the new schedule, which, while representing but eight hours per day, included too many irregular hours. Parent-Teacher Association The Parent-Teacher Associa tion met in the high school audi torium Friday evening with Mrs. W. Givens of Estacada presiding. The program furnished by the seventh and eighth grade boys was very pleasing, and too much cannot be said in praise o f Mrs. Robert Tate’s talk on the subject o f “ The Child’s Sunday” . Her many suggestions for amuse ments and bringing the child closer to the parent, were certain ly excellent. The program closed with Miss Ruth Dillon singing, in her charming way, “ When You Come Home” . The next debate will be held Friday night, Jan. 25th at 7:15 o ’clock in the high school audi torium. The E. H. S. negative team debates Hubbard’s affirma tive. Our negative, comprising Lewis Jones and Lorna Davis go ing to Salem. If we win, we get the North Willamette champion ship. Admission 10 and 15 cents. There will probably be a bas ketball game between E. H. S. and the Springwater team at 6:30 o ’clock. Everybody come if they want some excitement and re main over for the debate, the latter being well worth hearing and highly educational. Miss Violet Francis, the new English teacher has arrived and the students sincerely hope she will be a permanent member of the faculty. Miss Francis is a graduate o f the U. of W. and a friend of Miss Quilliam. Is Your Red Cross Pledge Paid Up? i Within a short time, more drives and more calls for sub scriptions for patriotic purposes will be upon us and this commun ity should be ready with a clean record to respond to these calls. The Estacada Red Cross auxil iary is anxious to collect all pledges made on the original drive* that are still delinquent. If yours is not paid up, will you please at once attend to same at the Estacada State Bank, where the records and receipts are on file. $1.50 P er Y ear IS IT A BELGIAN COLONY UR IRON ORE MINES? Options Beini* Taken In Upper Garfield. Also Dam May Be Constructed. For thirty days past, local cu riosity has been aroused by the actions o f certain out o f town parties who have been paying for ninety day options on many hun- (%-eds o f Upper Garfield improved and unimproved land. Whoever the parties are, they apparently have the money and want the options, agreeing to fair prices in each instance and pay ing cash for the ninety days priv ilege o f purchase. To date, such places as the H. B. Sarver, C. A. Davis, Raul Sauer and neighboring ranches havo been tied up, with offers made to other land owners in that district, especially for land at the top of the North Fork Canyon. Inquiries as to the object o f ac quiring this land, have so far brought forth the excuse that the buyers wish to establish a Belgian colony in that section. But the surmise is that the valuable de posits of iron ore, which for years have been known to underlie that district, are at the bottom o f the matter. Several samples of this ore have been analyzed recently and are reported to be rich in metal. And again, if a location for a Bel gian colony is wanted, that would be a good spot, although part of the raw land at the brim o f the canyon, would keep the starving Belgians from being homesick for a few months at least. There is also a possibility of the R. R. L. & R. Co. beginning the construction o f a dam, Hume and single unit power plant along the Clackamas in the vicinity of the South Fork. But this work is entirely dependent on more prosperity than at present is com ing to that corporation, although this project will sometime go for ward and possibly this year. But occasionally, when things look blue and the question is ask ed what is the big future for this country? such promising rumors as the above are cheerful to fall back upon and an iron cas tle costs no more than one made o f air. Rural Carrier Looking For Homestead. Harold Wooster of Estacada left Wednesday fo • a few days trip to Baker County, where along the Snake River he hopes to lo cate a homestead. Harold’s mail route is tem|»orarily being cared for by Jack Krigbaum of Gar field.