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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1918)
Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County V olume 11, N umber 43 FIRE DESTROYS FARM HOME Will Douglass Residence In Upper Eagle Creek Burned To Ground Sparks from a chimney lodg ing in the dry shingles on the roof, Saturday afternoon set fire to the home of Will Douglass of Upper Eagle Creek and before help could be obtained, the build ing and contents were completely destroyed. The fire was discovered about 4:30 in the afternoon by Mrs. Douglass who was alone at the time. As her husband and the neighboring men were at work some distance away in the fields, the structure w as a mass of flames before help arrived. Aside from some clothing and bedding, all furniture and other household articles were consum ed, as w e 11 as the adjoining wood-shed. As no insurance was carried on the property the loss is a se- v e r e one, but Mr. and Mrs. Douglass are cheerfully arrang ing for a new home, temporarily rebuilding a nearby dryer, which with the addition of floors and a few windows wi l l admirably meet the requirements. On Tuesday evening, at the nearby home of Mr. Douglass’ mother, Mrs. Viola Douglass, a number of t h e relatives a n d friends gathered and tendered a surprise party on Mr. and Mrs. Will Douglass, t h e enjoyable part of the surprise being the donation of m a n y household a ncles and in fact everything neeoed for their immediate re sumption of housekeeping. S p rin gw ater Girl M arries Soldier N eighbor A quiet home wedding w as solemnized Wednesday evening, July 10th at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. Fink of Springwater, when their daughter Erma be came the bride of Grover Rig gins, son of Mr. and Mis. J. A. Riggins of Springwater. The ceremony was performed in the presence of ihe immedi ate family and a few friends by Rev. Weld of ihe Springwat er Presbyterian Church. The groom, who is in his 25th year, is to join the military ser vice the latter partof this month, having been called in the last draft. The best wishes of their many friends are extended the young folks in this happy culmination > 9 f a neighborhood courtship. E stacada , O regon , T hursday , J uly 11. 1918 G ladstone C hautauqua O pen G ates T uesday S pecial School M eeting In Estacada M onday Many of the local people who each year avail themselves of the camping facilities and advantag es of the annual session of the Gladstone Chautauqua may this year feel they are in a strange place, as many changes and im provements have been made in the park this season. A fine gravel walk has been laid from the lower gate to the auditorium, the old auto gate be ing moved one hundred yards north, allowing increased auto parking facilities. A new con cession stand has been erected near the ball grounds and addi tional water has been piped into the grounds. Among t h e Estacada people who are now camping on the grounds are Mrs. John Page and daughter Minerva, Rev. and Mrs. Henry Spiess and family a n d Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Judd, with many others planning to spend from a day to a week at the sessions later, as the assembly continues until the 24th. The special meeting of the tax payers of Estacada school district No. 108, as advertised elsewhere in these columns, will take place Monday evening, July 15th at the high school auditorium. At this meeting three directors and a clerk will be elected, two directors to succeed W. H. Hol der and Fred Joig who have re signed and one director due to the expiration of the term of chairman J. W. Reed. This meeting will take the place of the regular, annual meet ing which was postponed from June 17th, owing to irregularity in its calling. Little interest is being shown in the coming election to date, with no candidates having agreed to run for the offices and little comment among the taxpayers on the subject. A nother Big Picnic A t E stacada Sunday Another gala day is scheduled for the Estacada Park next Sun day, when a couple of thousand of the employes and their famil ies, of the Supple Ballin Ship yard of Portland will hold their annual outing. On Wednesday, July 24th, all records of recent years are ex pected to be eclipsed by th e crowd attending the Grocers’ & Butchers’ Assn, of P o r t l a n d picnic, wi,h arrangements being made for over 3,000 people. Injured Hand E xem pts From M ilitary S ervice Fred Nitschman of George, who last week was rushed to a Portland hospital, following the mangling of his hand in a saw at the Hillyard & Welch mill in Gar field, is reported in an Oregon City paper to have had the in jured member amputated. This report is unverified, as Dr. Adix of Estacada the attend ing physician, up to Wednesday had heard of no ^uch operation and Fred’s friends in George re port that no amputation was nec essary that they know of. Nitschman’s name appeared among the last call for draftees, but this disablement now places him in the exempt class, for whether the hand is amputated or not, it will be many months before the wound is healed. T hird Paym ent On Liberty Bonds On July 18th the tnird pay ment on the S e c o n d Liberty Bonds will be due, this payment representing 35"«», or in the in stance of $50. bonds, $17.50. The final payment is due Aug ust 15th, when the remaining $20. on the $50. bonds is forth coming. G arfied Soldier R eturns To Duty Harry C. Reid of Garfield, who has lately been confined to the barrack’s hospital at Camp Lewis is now completely recovered and with his company again. In a recent letter home Hai ry writes that he never was in better con dition than now, despite the two sieges with pneumonia which he recently suffered from. He re ports having spent July 4th, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Trowbridge of S n o h o m i s h , Wash., formerly o f Estacada, and where hi ; sister Elizabeth is now visiting. C hautauqua B ase Ball Scheduled Interest in the baseball series at t h e Gladstone Chautauqua may not be as intense among Clackamas County fans this year as formerly, when county teams participated, but g o o d ball is promised nevertheless f o r this season. Three team will contend, being the Willamette Iron & Steel Co’s nine; the Wilsonville f o r m e r champions and the Multnomah Athletic Club team of Portland. $1.50 P er Y ear NO FIRE PERMIT PRIVILEGES Governor Issues Proclamation To Farmers Woodsmen and Campers A u t h o r i t y delegated to fire wardens to issue burning per mits, by section 7, chapter 7(5, laws of 1917, is suspended in a proclamation signed Monday by Governor Withycombe as a pre caution against f o r e s t fires. Strict rules are laid down in the proclamation relative to camp fires, and persons going into for ests are urged to refrain from smoking. Governor Withycombe calls the attention of the public to the extreme danger of the de struction of forests, grass and grain fields because of the pres ent drouth. The proclamation follows: “ Because a general drouth con dition has fallen on the state of Oregon causing an unusually ser ious situation which threatens the destruction of forests, grass and grain fields, l feel justified in ordering that all permits to burn, issued by state fire war dens as authorized by section 7, chapter 7(5, of the Laws of Ore gon for 1917, be and are hereby suspended and that no more burning permits be issued until further notice. “ No camp fires shall be start ed in or near forest or brush cov ered lands within 20 feet of any standing or down trees, brush piles, or other litter that may cause the spread of fire, and un der no condition is a fire to be built until the ground is cleared to mineral soil for a distance of six feet in every direction and no such fire shall be left even tem porarily until it has been com pletely extinguished with a plen tiful supply of water” . K aak e T ak es Over H orner’s V iola Mill With the Horner-Millard Lum ber Company having lately mov ed t h e i r milling operations to near Mulino, Will Kaake of Es tacada has taken over their Viola mill. Mr. Raake, with W. C. Hicin- botham as sawyer, will continue operations at the present stand, as long as the Ficken timber, on which the mill is working, lasts. As to where the mill will there after be located has not been de cided, as some nood timber is a- vailable in the Viola bottoms and some nearer Estacada.