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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1918)
EASTERN CLACKA Devoted to the Interests V olume 11. N umber 28 E stacada . O regon . Eastern Clackamas County T hursday , M arch 28 li*l8 $1.50 P kr Y kar SENATORIAL CANDIDATES ANNOUNCE PLATFORMS B. P. 0. E. BUTS ELK TO JOIN KILO BANCS LUMBERMEN CONSIDER UNITED WORK FOR RATE HJIVIE BANKING DISTRICT READY FOR BIG DRIVE DimicK Against Division • Vote Of Public To Govern Brownell. Portland Lodge Rescues Name sakes From Butcher’s Knives. Fight For Terminal Rate To Ee Agitated At A Special Meeting. House To House Canvass To Ee Made And Captains Appointed. A comparison of the political platforms of Hon. George C. Brownell and Sen. Walter Dim- ick of Oregon City, the Republi can candidates for the nomina tion for the state senator, is of interest to every voter in the county and of especial interest to eastern Clackamas voters. The key-note of Mr. Dimick’s platform is “Clackamas Undivid ed", trusting to the support of the voters on the strength of his record during the last legislature, when he aided in the defeat of of the Cascade County movement. Mr. Dimick apparently believes that the Cascade movement will be brought before the next legis lature and that his services are necessary there to keep the coun ty intact. Mr. Brownell’s platform, part of which appears elsewhere in this issue, shows that he is better posted on the intentions of the people, assuming that the creation of Cascade County will be put to a vote of the entire county at the genera! election in the Fall. Mr. Brownell is correct in'his knowledge of the plans of the people of the proposed Cascade County, for it is intended to sub mit the question to the voters of the entire county, in accordance with the law which allows a county to be created, providing its population, assessed valuation, area and other requisites are sat isfactory and on a vote of 65 % of the voters within the proposed new county and 85% of the voters of the balance of the parent county. A campaign along the above lines will be launched shortly and those who have made a study of the subject believe that sufficient votes can be obtained among the fair minded Voters of the county at large to furnish the required 35 '!> and little doubt is expressed of the obtaining of a vote of from 65% to 90% within the proposed county boundaries. This campaign will not be wag ed on items of past history, or past county management, but will be based or. the fact that Clackamas County sh o u ld be divided for the good of ail sec tions concerned—that the resi dents of the proposed Cascade bounty a re perfectly able to To save the band of seventeen elk at the Portland City Park from falling prey to the butchers, who at Wednesday’s auction had offered $35. per head for the ani mals, the Portland Lodge of Elks has purchased the herd for liber ation in the mountains beyond Estacada. E. W. Bartlett. Herman Wal lace and R. M. Standish of Esta cada Monday made a trip to Portland in the interests of the liberation of the animals with the wild band in the mountains up the Clackamas River. Though the courtesy of the P. R. L. & P. Co., these animals will be shipped to Cazadero, from which point they will tie driven into the mountains by Forester Wallace, his crew of helpers and such volunteers as may be obtained. State Biologist Finley of Port land will be on hand to aid in the work and with his moving pic ture outfit expects to obtain many reels to add to his famous collect ions of wild-life films. The Portland Elks are also con sidering an excursion on that day, to witness the unloading of their namesakes at Cazadero and to bid them a fitting fare well. The exact date of the arrival of the elk will be announced lat er, but should be in about two weeks, after the animals have shed their horns. Forester Wal lace wishes to obtain the names of volunteers who will aid in the work of escorting the animals up the Clackamas trail, as it will necessitate the services of from a dozen to twenty men. maintain a home county, that the creation of such a county is in accordance with all laws of econ omic development and that the parent county, especially the out lying sections will be better off, if this portion is withdrawn. No good reasons can be pre sented to offset such campaign arguments and the columns of the News are open to Mr. Dim ick or any other “Clackamas Un divided” champion, who wishes to set forth reasons why such a division should not be granted by the county at large. The News’ agitation of the “terminal rate” privilege for Es- tacada and points along the P. R. L. & P. Co’s Estacada line has already attracted the attention of not only the local lumber manu facturers. but will probably short ly result in a meeting of the local millmen and others similarly in terested at points between Esta cada and Portland. The object of this meeting will be to make the necessary prepar ations for the presentation of the matter to the Interstate Com merce Commission at Wa^h’ng- ton, I). C., which body has juris diction over such questions. Further investigation of the present unjustness of local rates and the discrimination now ex ercised against the locj.1 lumber shipments, reveals the fact that a carload shipment of lumber from Eugene, Oregon to Chicago, amounting to a distance of 2368 miles via the Oregon Electric, S. I*. & S. and Great Northern or Northern Pacific Railroads, is handled at a rate of 55c per hun dred pounds, being the same as though the shipment was made from Portland. Again this same shipment from Eugene may be routed to Chica go via the Southern Pacific lines, via Bakersfield, California, with a total mileage of 2642 miles, be ing over 200 miles longer haul, for the same .55c rate. From Eugene to Portland is 123 miles, the freight haul for this distance being absorbed in the “terminal rate” by the larg er trunk line systems participat ing in the haul. From Estacada to Portland, a distance of about 30 miles, an added charge of 5c per hundred is made to every carload ship ment, with Eugene, 123 miles away, able to undersell the local shippers with the 5c per hundred saving in freight charges. The unjustness of this ruling is evident to all and at this time when the call for lumber is being constantly made by the govern ment, it is hoped the Interstate Commission will grant equal rights to local industries. Springwater Church Elects Officers. At a meeting of the Spring- water Presbyterian Church held Tuesday evening, the Board of Elders selected were W. A. Bard, J. C. Peterson, J. A. Shibley and J. F. Moger. Elmer Dibble was elected Treasurer, J. C. Peterson, Clerk and the Trustees Ed Clos- ner, Elmer Dibble and Peter Erickson. H. C. Stephens of the Esta cada State Bank, who is at the head of the local banking-dis- irict-division for the Th i r d Liberty Loan drive, Monday called a meeting of the commit tees from the various nearby communities, to lay out final plans for the campaign which begins April 6th. The majority of the local dis tricts were represented and the meeting appointed the following community captains, who with such helpers as they may select will begin a house-to-house can vass in their neighborhoods on the opening day of the cam paign Currinsville Mrs. R. H. Currin Eagle Creek B. F. Cogwell Upper Eagle Creek Mrs. R. B. Gibson Barton Harvey Gibson Garfield Mrs. A. W. Botkin Springwater Rev. R. A. Weld George Fred Lins Viola Frank Ewing Dodge David Horner El wood Mrs. Della Vallen Cazadero Mrs. Alf Drill Estacada Mrs. H. V. Adix Mrs. E W. Bartlett T he canvassing committees will work from specially prepar ed financial ratings of all people in their districts, these ratings being on cards, which are duly indexed. The final reports will be made on colored cards; for instance parties subscribing up to the lim it of their rating, will be report ed on a blue card; those who but partially subscribe up to their as sessment will be reported on a red card and those making no subscription, but who are finan cially able to do so, will lie listed on a yellow card. This banking district must raise about $15,000. as its share of the amount due from Clacka mas County.