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Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County
V olume 11, N umber 46
SOLUIERS TO BE GUESTS
Estacada Park To Sec Series Of
Picnics During Coming Month
Estacada Park will continue to
be the scene of unusual picnic-
ini’- festivities for the balance of
the summer, according to the re­
port of t tie tralhc department of
the railway company.
Last Sunday was a gala day at
this popular resort, when the
employes of the Albina Engine
Works of Portland, with wives,
families and sweethearts spent
the day here.
On Sunday the 4th of August,
the park will be given a rest, as
no excursion is scheduled for
that day, but on the following
Sunday, the 11th, the Coast Ship
Building Company of Portland
will hold its annual outing, with
several thousand picnicers being
arranged for.
The climax of the season will
occur on Sunday. August 18th,
when the Knights of Columbus,
through their War Work Com­
mittee, will entertain five hun­
dred soldier boys here. The K.
of C. will act as hosts and an ex-
tei sive program has been ar­
ranged to assure the soldiers
having a good time, including
free dancing all day.
As no soldier can have a good
time without his or somebody
else’s sweetheart, plenty of girls
will be on hand to aid in the en­
tertainment and dancing, and an
invitation is* extended to the
young folks of this community to
join in the festivities and help in
showing our soldier boys a good
time.
S ’.ieriff Rounds Up
Strayed Picnicers
A pair of rather tough kids
from Portland, who had spent
the day at Estacada Park Sun­
day at the Albina Engine Works’
picnic apparently had s u c h a
good time and were so favorably
impressed with this locality, that
they decided to remain indefin­
itely.
On Monday morning a message
was received from the sheriff’s
office, asking as to the where-
atK>ut8 o f the pair, who were
later on rounded up and headed
towards home o n the Monday
afternoon train. The boys, who
were typical “tough guys’’, had
spent the night in the park and
didn’t seem to welcome the assis­
tance of the authorities in get­
ting them to their homes.
E stacada , O regon .
Nation Calls For
Volunteer Nurses
The government is now issuing
a call for women between the
ages of 19 and 35 years for train­
ing and service in * connection
with the U. S. hospital units.
Oregon’s quota is 310 and
while applicants are preferred
who have had high school or col­
lege education, this is not re­
quired.
All volunteers will be listed in
a reserve corps to be subject to
call on or beiore April next, in
the meantime being given thor­
ough instruction in the U. S.
nurses’ training courses.
Applicants from this locality
are requested to obtain applica­
tion blanks and detailed informa­
tion at the Estacada library on
Tuesday or Thursday afternoon
of next week, between 2 and 5
o’clock, or may obtain same from
Miss Minnie Schrepei of Estaca­
da, who is in charge of the work
in this district.
Two Local Boys
Rejected By Board
Burt Moore of Estacada and
Albert Hoygaard of Faraday,
who last week reported at (Tamp
Lewis with the last draft con­
tingent, have been rejected by
the a r my physical examining
board.
This refusal of the army to ac­
cept these young men was a sur­
prise to the rejected ones and
their friends. Mr. Moore return­
ed home early this week and
will continue his work with the
P. 11. L. & P. Co., while Mr.
Hoygaard is temporarily remain­
ing at Tacoma.
Library To Be
Closed Temporarily
By a vote of the Civic Improve­
ment Club at its special meeting
Tuesday afternoon, it was decid­
ed to close the Estacada public
library from August 1st unt i l
October 1st.
The ladies of the C. I. C., who
have for years past been support­
ing this philanthropy, feel that
outside aid should be forth com­
ing, believing theirefforts at this
time shoyild be directed along
lines pertaining more directly to
the war needs.
As a public library is an essen­
tial matter, especially among the
students, it is hoped some ar­
rangement may later be made by
the school board or the city au­
thorities to keep the institution
open, after the schools begin.
T hursday ,
A ugust 1, 1918
Body Of Engineer
Found Saturday
The remains of engineer Wm.
Murray, wno was killed in the
collapse of the River Mill bridge
three weeks ago, was recovered
Saturday noon, when in the rais­
ing of one of the locomotives the
body which had been pinned un­
der the wreckage, came to the
top.
The body which was badly
bloated was immediately placed
in an undertaker’s box and taken
to a Portland undertaking parlor,
from which place funeral services
were held Sunday.
The two sons of the deceased,
Harry and Lawrence were pres­
ent at time of the recovery, the
former having conducted a search
since the accident, the latter,
who is enlisted in the navy, hav­
ing returned on furlough from
Philadelphia a few days before.
Local Slacker
Caught By Authorities
’ Wm. J. Black, whose address
appears as Estacada R. F. D.
and who lives in the Dodge or
El wood country, is the fiut
young man from this community
to come under the heading of a
slacker.
Black, who is little known in
Estacada, claims to be a consci­
entious objector, which in this
case seems to mean the owner of
a “yellow streak.” Black was
subject to the draft of last week
and failed to respond to the call.
The authorities naboed him a
few days later, prior to his de­
parture for parts unknown. He
was at once taken to Vancouver,
where he is in jail and where fie
prouabiy stay.
It will be recalled that Black
wa the young man. who in his
questionnaire stated that “War
is unconstitutional” and gave as
a reason why he should be ex­
empted the term, “1 am morally
unfit.”
C. I. C. President
Resigns Office
At a special meeting of the Es­
tañada Civic Improvement Club
held Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. R.
M. Standish presented her resig­
nation as president of the organ­
ization, which was duly accepted.
Her resignation at this time was
necessary owing to the probabil­
ity of her removal from Estaca­
da within the next few weeks.
Until a regular meeting is held
no successor will be elected.
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P er Y ear
C heese factory
closes
Shortage Of Dairy Foods And Lack
Of Co-operation Responsible
On Friday, July 26th, the plant
of th e Estacada do-operative
Cheese Association formally sus­
pended operation, with all milk
routes discontinued and cheese-
maker Garrison released.
This action was found necess­
ary by the directors, after a fu­
tile effort to continue the indus­
try in the face of a steadily de­
creasing amount of milk and the
lack of finances due from stock
subscribed but not paid for.
The Estacada Association be­
gan operations in July 1917, with
the plant at that time handling
about 4,000 pounds of milk per
day and with a capacity of about
a thousand pounds more. Des­
pite the efforts of the directors
and a few loyal stockholders,
this volume of milk has more or
less steadily decreased, until on
the day of c l o s i ng , but 900
pounds was received.
Two fundamental reasons can
be assigned for this failure of
the home industry. First, the
shortage of dairy feeds raised in
this locality during the past dry
season and the high prices of im­
ported substitutes. Second, an
unwillingness on the p a r t of
some of the stockholders and
patrons to loyally stand by the
industry at a time when the sup­
port was most needed.
The product of the local plant
had already gained an enviable
reputation on the Portland mar­
ket, the Estacada cheeses com­
manding within a fraction of a
cent the prices offered for the
famous Tillamook brands an d
with the demand steadily grow­
ing.
It is to be hoped this suspen­
sion of operations will be but a
teirq>orary matter and even if
the industry is not opened again
as a co-operative one, it is more
than likely it will Tater be taken
over b y private interests and
conducted along more business­
like lines.
Eat »cada’s Streets
Being Regraded
Under tie- supervision of City
Marshal John Lovelace and with
the aid of ex marshal John Page,
the streets of Estacada are being
re-graded. This is a much need-
irnprovement and a good job is
being done, wi t h the Howell
tractor used for motive |>ower.