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.