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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1918)
EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas V olume 11, N umber 36 RED CROSS ORIVE QUOTAS NEARLY FULL NOW Indications Point To Over Subscrip tion Despite Bungling Of County Management That the local people are a w a k ening to a realization of the part which all should take during these w a r days is amply evidenced in the generous, whole hearted re sponse now being made to the Sec ond Red Cross drive, which is un derway this week. While the drive officially started Monday, many dollars had been contributed before th at date, with all Eastern Clackamas district so liciting organizations now th o r oughly canvassing their people r a n d fast arriving at and passing their quotas. The only discouraging feature of this drive has been in the Ore gon City management of the coun try campaign, for on Monday R. M. Standish, head of the Estacada Red Cross was besieged with calls of distress from the captains of the various Eastern Clackamas school districts asking for supplies of badges, receipt forms, pledge cards and other necessary canvas sing materjal, which had been promised from Oregon City but had failed to arrive. A phone message from Estacada to the county headquarters brought forth the reply that no supplies were available, not even in Portland, and ending with the admonition to “ quit yelling for supplies and get busy and collect the money.” As everyone conversant with so liciting knows, to a ttem p t such a drive without receipt forms or badges would result in a poor showing; so a phone message was put through to the state head q u ar ters in Portland, with the result that thousands of badges, receipts and other soliciting equipment a r rived at the News office that a f t e r noon and by Tuesday morning all nearby districts were being pro p erly canvassed, with more e n t h u s i asm and better results. In nearly every election precinct in this part of the county on F r i day last, the clerks and judges of election donated or assigned their wages to the Red Cross fund. This was done supposing these dona tions would be credited on the present drive and to their respect ive school districts, but inquiry a t Oregon City reveals the fapt that unless otherwise specified, the w a r rants will be turned over direct to the county organization. Those serving in the two Estaca da precincts on Tuesday notified the county clerk that they wished their w arran ts made out in their respective names or to th<*ir re spective Red Cross districts and forwarded to them. Others desir ing to assign their election wages to their home districts should ask Concluded on hack page E stacada . O regon , Dr. K err’s M essage Stirs Patriotic A u d ien ce It is to be regretted that not over two hundred people were present last Sunday morning to hear the splendid address deliv ered by Dr. W. J. Kerr, President of the Oregon Agricultural Col lege, at the school auditorium iu Estacada. This is the first time such a small crowd had assembled at any well advertised meeting since the auditorium was opened and the address by Dr. Kerr was undoubt edly the best ever presented to a local audience on questions relat ing to the war and our part in the n a t i o n ’s needs. In prefacing his remarks, the speaker explained that lie was one of eight men called to Washing ton by the Government authori- ities, where they were furnished first hand, cold facts pertaining to present war conditions ami the crisis confronting this country. These men were instructed to spread this message nation wide. Dr. K e r r ’s explanation of the collapse of Russia and the partial weakening of Italy and the d a n ger of a similar catastrophe to fighting France, unless we, of the United States awaken to a realiza tion of our duty, was a startling revelation to his audience. The statistics and facts revealed by Dr. Kerr were generally u n known heretofore, not having a p peared in the press and being backed by ample proofs and doc uments. Had every man, woman and child in this community heard this wonderful talk, there would be little need of the Government’s su pervision of the food control and increased production in this dis- tiiet and the donations to war funds,, would be even more freely given than at present. Dr. Kerr's address at Gresham that afternoon was listened to by over 700 people, with the evening me« ting at Oregon City a large and enthusiastic on«*. An enjoyable feature of tin* Es tacada program was the singing by a mixed q u artette consisting of Airs. II. V. Adix, Mrs. C. W. De vore, Ed. Saling and Phil Stand- ish, accompanied by Miss Bertha Devore. Form er E stacada C ouple W ed Word was received this week by several of their Estacada friends of the marriag«* May 2d at El Paso, Texas of Miss Mabel Fa nning and Noble McMillan, with the newlyweds making their home at LaMesa, New Mexico. Both are well known locally, Mrs. McMillan for several y«*ars having been in charge of the mil linery department at tin* Wm. Dale store in Estacada and Mr. McMillan having been employed in the engineering work by the P. R. b. & P. Co., along the Clackamas River. T hursday , M ay 23. 1M8 B ig D ance A t Estacada P avilion Saturday That the dance to be given next Sa turday evening at the Estacada Pavilion by the ladies of the Civic Improvement Club will be the biggest affair of the season is evi denced by the arra ngements now being made to serve not less than two hundred midnight suppers at the Hotel Estacada. Th«> b«‘st of Portland music 1ms been engaged for tin*’ occasion and the pavilion will !>«* gayly dee orated and the dancing floor has lately been planed, sanded and polished. As tin* big E l k ’s picnic will take place the day alter, many members of tin* Portland B. P. <). E. and their wives are planning to attend this dance and remain in Estacada for tin* Sunday festivi- t it*«. On Sunday the official libera tion of the band of elk from tin* Portland Pa rk will take place at Cazadero, from which point tin* animals will be driven into tin* mountains up the Clackamas to ultimately join with the wild herd roaming in that section. Thousands of Portland people arc expected in Estacada on S u n day to attend the picnic, with s«*v- «*ral special trains scheduled and hund reds of auto loads due. It is also hoped that W. h. F i n ley, Orego n’s State Biologist, with his moving picture outfit will he on hand to take view of the «*IU liberation and tin* spectators. E. H. S. W in s C ounty C ham pionship The title of “ County Baseball Champions’’ is now held by tin* crack nine of the Estacada High School as a result of the 7 to (> defeat of the Oregon City rah- rahs on the Estacada grounds last Th u rs« 1 ay af tern oon. The feature of tin* gam«* was Sm ith ’s pitching with good su p port from tin* balance of the team. The visitors were accompanied by several auto loads of admirers, whos«* rooting together with the home fans, made the game a spir ited one. Some protest was registered by tin* visitors on one important d«*- cision by Umpire N. Bronson, which occurred at a critical point in the game, but as “ umps Neil" is perfectly conversant with base ball from A to ’/ , his decision stood. Another good game is sched uled to fake place n«*xt Friday, * May 24th on tin* home grounds, with, tin* Gresham High School D raft R egistration D ate S et The W a r Ihqiartment announc ed last week that the dav «»I .June 5th has been s«*t for th«* registra tion of all men, who sin«*«* tin* last registration hav«* reached tin* age of 21 years. This- h-sristinlion to take plaee at tin* office of the County Clerk iu Oregon City. $1.50 P er Y e a r PRIMARY RESULTS DISAPPOINT LOCAL VOTERS County Scat Ring But Slightly hurt Knight Defeated For Commissioner By W. F. Harris Pin* result «if Friday's Primary El«*«*tion was a disappointment l«> the majority of local p«*ople, jmlg- ing Irom tin* candidates supported by flu* lo«*al voters and those elect «*«1 by the county and state voters. i Tin* renomination of Governor Withycombe was iu keeping with the vote generally in this eominii nitv, but the defeat of R. N. Stan field for tin* Rtqmblicnn uomina tion for U. S. Senator was keenly felt, although Senator MeNary re- c«*iv«*d fair support. In county polities tin* defeat of George C. Brownell for the stute senate and of II. C. Stephens and G. J. Taylor for tin* legislator«* ma terially offsets th«* (*liane«'s of this rural portion of the county being vv«*l 1 represented in the s t a t e ’s gov «*rning body. 'I'll«* auccessf it I candidates Sena tor Dimiek and representatives Harvey Cross, Dr. Dedman and Chris Sehuebel, with the exception of th«* latter, being generally op- pos«*«l locally, although a few of the Eastern Clackamas precincts, largely through jealousy of Esta enda and the Cascade County mov«*ment, voted strongly in fa vor of tin* county seat ring can didates. The defeat of Commissioner Adam Knight by VV. II Harris of B«*av«*r Cr«*«*k was in ke«*ping with tin* local vote and the el«*e- tion of Sheriff Wilson and ( T** k Miller compared favoral>lv with tin* support from this section. It is expected at th«* General Election this fall that the f«*w D»*mo«*rnti<* nomine«*s will re ceive strong support from local voters of all political faiths in a last «‘ffort to break the domina tion of th«* Oregon t ’itv political ring, with Koehler of Oswego <*x- p»*et«*d to prove a contender for the sheriff’s office and such D«*m ocrat as may oppose Senator Dimiek receiving strong support from the outlying districts. Banks and Rynerson, of Ihot land were nominated for th«* joint s«*n«torial and r«*pres«*ntative of- fifes. with E«l Johnson winning the nomination for coroner and Miss Alberta Dunn for county treasurer. ,> . . ■ , Throughout this district and generallv throughout tin eorntv and state the vote was a light one, with riot over fiftv per cent of th«* ygt rs exercising their privilege, I fail a* h«*avi'*r vot** been poll«*«! locally there is a pos sibilitv that th«* final returns wophl hav«* h«*»*n in favor of other candidates.