Eastern Clackamas news., June 13, 1918, Image 1

EASTERN CLACKAMAS
Devoted to the Interests
V olume 11,
N umber 39
"SAVE ELECTRICITY"
MAY BE NEXT SLOGAN
Outlook Is That P. R. L. & P. Co.
w ill Be Taxed Beyond
Capacity For “ Juice”
The latter part of last summer
was a record breaker along the
Clackamas River for low water,
with none flowing over the dams
for several weeks. That same
condition is now equalled and ful­
ly ten weeks earlier in the year.
During last year’s low water,
the power plants of the P. R. L.
& P. Co., at River Mill and Caz?-
dero were forced to operate but
a portion of their capacity, with
a similar condition now confront­
ing them.
While last season was a record
breaker, the snow fall o f the
winter previous had been about
normal, but last winter’ s snow
fall in the mountains at the head­
waters o f the Clackamas was al­
most a negligible quantity, with
but two and three feet, where
ordinarily a depth of ten to fif­
teen feet is recorded.
As a result o f this, the pres­
ent season promises to be a hard
one for the local power company.
Then on top of that the demand
during these days of increased
manufacture and ship-building in
Portland for more electricity,
will likely result in a scarcity
o f the product and subsequent
economy in its use for unnecess-
purposes
Local enthusiasm at the pros­
pects of the building of big pow-
e<- plants on the Clackamas above
Estacada at this time, refuses to
be dampened hv some of the re­
ports current of the inability of
the P. R. L. & P. Co., to finance
the work this season or to find
sufficient labor.
This enthusiasm was further
stimulated last week by the re­
port from the State Engineer’s
Office at Salem, announcing that
the P. R. L. & P. Co., had asked
for the renewal of its franchise
for power development on the
Oak Grove, which project ulti­
mately will call for the expendi­
ture o f a million and a half dol­
lars in creating a mammoth res­
ervoir near Timothy Meadows.
The State Engineer also ap­
proved the application o f the
company for the appropriation o f
607 second feet o f the stored wa­
ter, together with the waters of
the Clackamas River for the
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T hursday ,
J une 13,
1918
Dozen Local Boys Called
Into The Army
First Aid Red Cross Unit
To Be Organized
Of the eighty-three Class 1
m en who w e r e c a l l e d into
the service from this county un­
der the last draft and who will
leave for training between June
24th and 29th, this portion of the
county will furnish atx>ut a dozen.
Those subject to this draft
from this community are Henry
Boyer, Theodore Ahlberg, Milton
Evans and A. F. Benson of Es­
tacada; John Closner and Archie
Howell o f Springwater; L. W.
Hoffmeister, H. C Hoffmeister,
L. Rivers and C. A. Clester of
Eagle Creek.
There may be several more
draftees from this section, but
the printed lists available do not
designate the addresses of the
men.
Another war time activity and
one that should appeal to many
local women, is the opportunity
now offered for the formation of
a class in “ First Aid Nursing.’ ’
According to the government’s
orders this class must be formed
at once and Dr. H. V. Adix of
Estacada has been delegated to
give the instructions. The class
will consist o f not less than fif­
teen members nor more than
twenty, with thè instructions in­
cluding fifteen lessons in first aid
treatments for injuries and ill­
nesses.
At the completion o f the fif­
teen lessons, which will cover
from seven to fifteen weeks, de­
pending upon whether one or
two lessons per week are given,
each student who at that time
passes the examination, will be
given an official certificate.
A charge of $2.30 w ill be made
each person, which will cover
the actual cost o f bandages and
other supplies used.
It is expected that shortly the
government will draft all regular
trained nurses for military duty
and it is the plan o f the author­
ities to, in the meantime, have
t r a i n e d in first-aid nursing,
thousands o f o t h e r
women
throughout the country.
These first-aid graduates will
not be subject to draft and such
services as they may perform
will be o f a volunteer nature in
their own communities among
the sick and later among the
wounded, many o f whom will be
returned to this country from
France.
The formation o f this class is
in change o f Mrs. Carrie L. Adix
of Estacada, working in connec­
tion with Mrs. Jack Lewthwaite
o f Oregon City, who is in charge
o f the county campaign.
This class is now being organ­
ized and all women desiring to
avail themselves o f this oppor­
tunity to learn first-aid nursing,
should notify Mrs. Adix at once.
Eclipse Does Not Come
Up To Expectations
The lunar eclipse of last Sat­
urday afternoon did not come up
to the advance advertising, at
least in this portion of the state.
While the moon got in the way
of the sun as scheduled, it was
not followed by that “ stygian
darkness’ ’ that we had been
dreading and looking ahead to.
And as for the chickens going to
roost, any local chicken that af­
ternoon that ’turned in early,
must have been out late the night
before.
The attendance at this heaven­
ly attraction was good, with ful­
ly 100 % of the local inhaliitants
viewing the s c e n e through
smoked glasses or other contriv­
ances.
Yet, t a k e n altogether the
eclipse was a big success and
was pulled otf on time, in fact
exactly on the minute scheduled
by the scientists.
A Proclamation
In order that the citizens o f
this city may not fall behind
other communities in responding
to tne call, I hereby proclaim
Friday, June 28th. as War Sav­
ings Day for the City of Estacada,
upon which day all persons shall
give their pledges for the War
Savings Stamps at such time and
places and in such manner as
may be appointed by C. S. Jack-
son, the War Savings Director
for Oregon, acting under author­
ity of the Secretary of the Treas­
ury, and pursuant to the Proc­
lamation of the President o f the
United States.
Signed
E. W. Bartlett
Mayor
Eastern Clackamas
Furnishes Two Recruits
Elmer Anderson of E a g l e
Creek and Marion Millard o f
Springwater are t w o of the
twelve young men from this
county, delegated by the draft
board to take the special two
months’ course in mechanical in­
struction at tt«e Benson Polvtec-
nic School in Portland.
This course is under the direc­
tion of the U. S. Government
and in connection with the mili­
tary training.
$1.50 P er Y ear
LOVELACE INJUREO
IN UPSET OF MACHINE
Estacada Marshal has Ribs Broken
When Auto Somersaults
Down tmbankment
After several years experience
in driving a Dodge car, the op­
posite gear control on l.is new
Chevrolet Baby Grand machine
so confused J. F. Lovelace of
Estacada last Friday morning,
that he met with a serious acci­
dent.
Marshal Lovelace was enroute
up the Springwater Road and on
the steep incline at tin* rear of
the Schock place near the Esta­
cada bridge, when in trying to
throw his engine from high into
intermediate, he by mistake
threw it into reverse.
Before
the mistake could he offset, the
powerful machine backed off the
high road embankment, crashed
through a fence, turned three
complete back-somersaults and
landed right side up in a nearby
field.
Luckily Mr. Lovelace was alone
in the car and was thrown out
after the first somersault, being
found shortly after by Mrs J. A.
Reid, who had witnessed the ac­
cident from her home nearby.
When found he was in a semi­
conscious condition, being badly
stunned and was taken to his
home, where an examination by
Dr. Adix revealed later a few
broken ribs, bad contusions, cuts
and bruises and possibly internal
injuries. '
At latest reports Mr. Lovelace
was getting along as well as
could be expected, but it will
probably be some weeks before
he is able to be about again.
Gladstone Chautauqua
Program Announced
The “ Jubilee Year’ ’ o f t h e
Gladstone Chautauqua, being its
twenty-fifth session, will t a k e
place for thirteen days, begin­
ning July 9th next.
Secretary Thomas A. Burke
has issued a list of attractions,
which are well up to those o f for-
m e r years, including splendid
lectures; extraordinary musical
attractions, high class entertain­
ments a n d the usual baseball
games.
War work and wrar time prob­
lems will occupy an important
part on the programs, with many
military experts among t h o s e
taking part.