OUR SLOGAN: Community Cooperation NEWSPAPERS Are What the Community Makes Them (Elarkamaa Nm a Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County V olume 12, N umber 21 WHAT BOYS’AND GIRLS’ CLUBS ABE DOING An organized effort to improve agriculture and home life through boys and girls—that is, the pur pose of boys’ and girls’ club work as conducted in the 33 northern and western States by the United States Department of Agriculture and State agricultural colleges. Boys’ and girls’ club work is as permanent as is the public school system, because it is back ed by permanent institutions, State and Federal, permanent legislation, State and Federal. It is a definite part of the co operative extension program in every State in the Union and a definite part of the county farm bureau or other farmers’ organ ization for cooperative extension work within a county. Extension work with boys and girls covers the field of food pro duction and food conservation, also work in home economics or home-making lines. Boys’ and girls’ club work is designed to ciiange the point of view of the boys and girls, both rural and urban, of America so that they will want to make fur ther preparation and study in the business of farming and home making, and will see the need of taking the Smith-Hughes vo cational courses in agriculture and home economics, and matri culating for courses in colleges of agriculture. Club work makes farm and home work, sometimes thought of as drudgery, an interesting game. Club work sets standards of achievement for boys and girls in home activities and dignifies common labor. It is a training for community leadership and farm and home cooperative work of every type and kind. It socializes community life through the boys and girls, and gives young people a real motive in all their work. It also teaches farm boys and girls that it is infinitely better to be a proprietor of farm land, (Concluded on Page 2) # E stacada , O regon , T hursday , F ebruary 13, 1919 First Half of Taxes Dujs The tax collecting department of Clackamas county is now en gaged upon the enormous task of “shaking down” the sum of $944,869.15 from the taxpayers, this being the amount reported to Sheriff Wiison, county tax collector, Monday by County Assessor Everhart as the amount due. This is in excess of $75,000 of any previous sum raised in this county, and is due to the special tax voted by several road dis tricts for road improvements. The first half of the 1919 taxes are now due and payable. The taxes have been apportioned as follows: State, county, school, road and library, $550,402.03 special schools, $146,901.36 county high schools, $32,061.94 special roads, $130,364.24; cities and towns, $73,593.15; forest patrol tax, $657.28; union high schools, $10,889.15. The 1919 Valentine Putting thrift into Valentine Day, February 14, is the latest objective of the government’s war saving strategy. Substitute the Thrift Stamp for the little valentine and let the big War Savings Stamp bearing the be nign countenance of Benjamin Franklin carry your greeting in stead of the usual big box of fin ery is the urge of Thrift Stamp workers. There is no desire say the officials to take away any senti ment from this age-old custom of sending valentines but rather to put into it an element of strength which will aid in perpetuating the custom with Young America. “As for the comics we have no remedy or substitute” declared Samuel Hubbard of the War Savings Division. Thrift Stamps are not an antidote for them nor will Thrift Stamps aid in en couraging this phase of valentine day observance. Unsanitary School House The County Superintendent of Schools on his visit to the Currins- ville District, found the school- house in a very unsanitary con dition. The dust was thick on the walls, the pupils were behind with their work, being forced to go back and start now where they should have started last September. He ordered the school board to put the building in thorough repair and in a sanitary condition, as it was the worst in the county. This is no reflection on the present teacher as she was not responsible for for these conditions. Priscilla Club Donated $5 to Estacada Civic Clyb •The Priscilla Club of Currins- ville held their regular meeting Thursday, Feb. 6th at the home of Mrs. Shankland. A very delicious dinner was served at noon by the hostess. In the afternoon the business meeting was presided ovef by Mrs. Currin, President. The following officers were elected: Pres., Mrs. C. C. Saling; Vice Pres., Mrs E. Yocum; Sec.-Tres., Mrs. Hughes. A vote was taken whereby the Club donated $5 to the Civic Club of Estacada for the library. Delayed by Blowout Mayor Bartlett was in Port land last Thursday and Friday, he having taken his daughter Mrs. R. L. Smith as far as tne metropolis on her way back to Colton, California. She shorten ed her visit here with her par ents on learning that her hus- band had been taken down with with the flu. On his way home Friday night the Mayor was delayed on Boring Hill by a blowout and did not reach home till the wee sma hours Saturday morning. How history repeats itself, for we have distinct recollections of being de layed till the same hours, on more than one occasion, by a blowout, and this before the days of the automobile or even of the pneumatic tire bike. 9 j Lecture at High School Friday Evening, Feb. 14th Dr. Sheldon of the University of Oregon will lecture to the. people of Estacada, Friday even ing, Feb. 14th, at 7:15. Every body invited. Admittance free. Films and slides will be shown. $1.50 P er Y ear COUNCIL HELD THEIR The City Council met Tuesday evening, February 11th, for its regular monthly session, and was called to order by Mayor Bart lett. Councilmen present were Messrs* Morgan, Wells, Barr, Osborn, and Smith, none being absent. The minutes of the pre vious meeting were read and approved. The following bills weresubmit- ted, allowed and warrants drawn to satisfy the same: A. Sagner, $95.71, P. R. L. & P. Co„ $21.00, S. E. Wooster, $45.00, Raegan, $3.00, Byers, $6.00, Osborn, $27. 00, Lovelace, $17.50, 12.50, 6 00, East Clackamas Supply Co., $18. 27. The water report showed the receipts for January to be £156.95, and was accepted by the council and ordered placed on file. The city treasurer was in structed to pay the 2nd install ment on the pavement on Broad way to the amount of $165.00. The recorder was instructed to buy stamps to the amount of $2. 00. A petitition was presented for a new sidewalk on Main St., and was referred to the commit tee on streets and public proper ty* No further business being on hand, the council adjourned. State Industrial Accident Commission Man Here G. A. Wood auditor for the State Industrial Accident Com mission of Salem, made his an nual official visit to this city Mon day. He called at this office on business, and after that was con cluded, visited a little while. In course of a conversation it tran spired, that he came from Fari bault, Minnesota, where t h e editor took his theological course. Mr. Wood was a graduate of* well known boys’ military acad emy at that place, Shattuck School, and his wife a graduate of the girls’ school St. Mary’s Hall, both institutions having been founded by the late Bishop Whipple of the Episcopal Church. As Mr. Wood was at Fairbault. at the time the editor was there, they found that they had many mutual acquaintancesand friends.