Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County V olume 11, N umber 22 COUNTY COURT APPOINTS SUPERVISORS Recommendations Carry Generally Springwater a id Viola Under One Head After careful deliberation and after considering the matter from various angles, the county court last week announced its ap pointments of road district super visors in this part of the county. The only radical change in the past arrangement was the com bining of the Springwater and Viola road districts, numbers 33 and 55, under one head, with Frank Millard of the former dis trict placed in charge of both. It is understood the court con sidered a similar combination of the Estacada, Currinsville and Garfield districts with Albert Kitching of Currinsville offered the supervisorship. But for some reason Albert declined the honor and his brother Charley was placed in charge of the Currins ville district, as per the recom mendation of the late tax levy meeting. John C. Miller was reappointed to handle the Barton district, with Walter Douglass continuing in charge of the Eagle Creek roads. As to whether the City of Es tacada will be allowed to contin ue handling its own road build ing program has not been an nounced, but the reappointment by the court of the city’s mar shal is likely. It is probable the court will this week announce its appoint ment for the Garfield, No. 49 district and while no formal an- ~ nouncement was made, it is un derstood that Fred Lins will still be in command of road construc tion in the George district. Mumps In Vogue The epidemic of mumps, which for the last year has been run ning at random throughout this community, is now attacking oth er than the youngsters, with those now suffering being Mrs. E. E. Saling and daughter of Currinsville, Lewis Jones of Es tacada and a number of children. As the disease has been in a mild form, little effort, has been made to prevent its spread, as a person suffering a mild attack is usually as immune thereafter, as though they had gone through a ^severe one. E stacada , O regon , New Red Cross Headquarters The Estacada Red Cross auxil iary last week took possession of the light, airy room on Second Street in the rear of the Estacada State Bank, where they have es tablished permanent headquar- tei s. In the new quarters the ladies have plenty of room to conduct their sewing and now have half a dc zen good sewing machines, which have been loaned by gen erous members. All ladies are invited to join in this work and are requested to obtain from Mrs. J. F. Lovelace the information as to the days of meeting, materials needed in the work etc. Morton Brothers in Aviation Service Tom and Bob Morton, former ly of Estacada are now both in the aviation service, the former being a corporal, in charge of Squad 1, 2nd Training Brigade, Line 1, Kelly Field, South Anton io, Texas. Bob was last week notified that he had passed all tests and had been recommended for a “flyer’ , with preliminary training to be taken at Berkley, California. W anted—250,000 U. S. Shipyard Volunteers Pres. Franklin T. Griffith of the P. R. L. & P. Co., has been appointed State Director of the Public Service Reserve and is this week inaugurating a state wide drive for speeding up the ship building program in Oregon. This program is nation wide and calls for 250,000 skilled men, with Oregon’s quota 3,204. This number is divided into 81 classes of skilled labor, to be known as the U. S. Shipyard Volunteers. Volunteers are merely regis tered at this time and later may be called into the shipbuilding service. Those who enroll are not compelled to serve but their enrollment furnishes them the opportunity to help win the war. Any man w ho can use a tool is qualified to become a volunteer. Wm. Dale of Es1a*ada is in charge of the registration in this district and it is hoped a large enrollment will be taken locally. Parent-Teacher Meeting Friday Special musical numbers will appear on the program to be giv en Friday evening, the 15th, when the meeting of the Estaca da Parent-Teacher Association takes place. Assistant Principal D. A. Grout of the Portland Public Schools will be the speaker of the occa sion and a hearty invitation is ex tended all to attend, the meet ing starting at 8 o’clock sharp. T hursday , F ebruary 14. 1918 Underwriters Visit Estacada Two representatives from the state underwriters board visited Estacada th s week, getting in formation for a correction of the insurance rates now’ existant in this city. The last statistics were gather ed in 1915 and as many changes had taken place since, it was nec essary to view’ the town, investi gate the changes of occupancy and occupations in the various buildings, examine new’ buildings as risks and to carefully test the city’s water supply and fire fight ing apparatus. It is hoped the report of these representatives will result in a lowering of the present high in surance rates and that their rec ommendations to the city will re sult in certain added fire protec tion and care of inflammable buildings, rubbish and the like. Estacada is fortunate in having obtained this corrected survey, as many cities are on the wait ing list for this service, but E. C. Morgan of the Hotel Estacada, who is prominent in Portland insurance circles was largely responsible for this necessary investigation. Mr*. Currin To Head Priscilla Club The Priscilla Club of Currins ville is busily engaged in the Red Cross work, having regular meet ings the first Thursday in each month and special meetings every other Thursday. The January meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Roy Als- paugh for an all day meeting. The usual good time was had with a delicious luncheon served at noon. Pres. Mrs. E. E. Saling called the meeting to order and alter transacting the usual business the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Mrs. R. H. Currin, Pres. Mrs. G. A. Lovell Vice. Pres. Mrs. H. Heiple Secy. Mrs. R. N. Alpaugh Treas. The club voted to give $50. to the Red Cross. The February meeting was held on the 7th of the month at the home of Mrs. R. H. Currin with 15 members and 3 visitors present. A very enjoyable time was had and the afternoon was spent in making comfort pillows for the soldiers. Barton Boy Am ong Rescued W. E. Stingley, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Young of Barton was the only boy from this portion of the county on the ill fated Tus- cania. For a time it was feared he was among the missing, but on Tuesday a cablegram was re ceived, announcing his safe ar rival at an Irish port. $1.50 P er Y ear 520. PER HEAD FUR MAN, WOMAN, CHILD During 1918 Clackamas County To Raise $750,000 By Sale Of Thrift Stamps In the past Clackamas County has raised its share of all de mands made upon its people by the government and now we are asked to r a i s e approximately $750.000. during the year 1918, by the sale of Thrift Stamps, War Savings Stamps or Baby Bonds; which means an average of $20. for every man, woman and child in the county. The plan of campaign for the sale of these securities embodies an organization of seven divi sions, with the chairmen as fol lows: 1 Executive Dept. J. E. Calavan Secy A. C. How land 2 Advertising O. D. Eby 3 Schools J. E. Calavan 4 Sales E. G. Canfield 5 Industrial Adolph Jacobs 6 Church and other organizations W. T. Milliken Post Office - distributions J. J. Cooke. The organization and work throughout the county will be done largely by departments 2, 4 and fi, with the school district as a unit. In the Estacada district No. 108, the department heads ap pointed are R. M. Standish, No. 2 - 11. C. Stephens, No. 4 and Wal ter Givens, No. (5. A meeting to perfect an organ ization in Estacada was field Fri day afternoon, with a number of the county department chairman in attendance. These securities may be pur chased from the local postmas ters and banks, in denominations of 25c and upwards. So - begin buying yours now. Alien Enemy Registration Light The registration of alien ene mies, which was conducted by the various postmasters a n d which ended Wednesday, was a light one in this community. But five persons registered at the Estacada office, with but three at Eagle Creek, although others eligible may have regis tered at other than their perman ent home postoffices. This registration was not nec essarily the listing of actual enemies of the country, but com prised those citizens of Germany or Austria, who had not taken out naturalization papers and who went on record as showing their peaceful intentions to our government. Undoubtedly some persons sub ject to such registration did not comply with the orders and the federal authorities will investi gate these cases.