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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1920)
OUR SLOGAN: Community Cooperation tent Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County V olume 13, N umber 29 FRUIT GROWERS ORGANIZE THEMSELVES The organization meeting of the Oregon Fruit Growers Asso ciation, met at the Family Thea tre Saturday afternoon and was attended by .abo.ut thirty five fruit growers. The meeting was called to or der by Mr. Evans of the associa tion. After relating the plans of the association, ballot was taken for two more members for the local committee, Mr. Jac ques remaining on the committee as chairman, H. D. Trapp rep resenting the Upper Garfield district and Wm. Tucker repre senting Springwater, were elect ed. Mr. Seymore Jones, former speaker of the house, outlined the financial side of the associa tion’s work and gave his expe rience as a fruit seller, showing the value of a state wide organ ization. He said that the amount of dollars lost to the fruit grow ers this past season through selling by individuals at lower than the market rates, would finance the association. During the past week nine new members representing a hundrod acres of land, signed up for membershiD. bringing the total in this district .to thirty- three with 348 acres of fruit. It was stated that Mr. Holt \vould be in the city in the near future to arrange for a receiving station. . r BASE BALL Undeterred by last Friday’s game with Gresham being called off on account of the weather, the High School nine have ar ranged for a game with Salem High this Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock, on the home grounds. Attention! If you want a rousing good time, come to the Barton basket social, Barton Hall, April 17. Music from Portland will be a special feature of the evening. 4-15 E stacada , O regon T hursday A pril 8, 1920 Easter Services The services at the churches were well attended Easter morn ing. This is the one Sunday in the year when a good congrega tion may be assured in spite of the weather. At the M. E. church there were exercises by the Sunday School pupils and six were baptized and some adults in addition received into the church. The Christian church had Sun day School exercises and an elo quent sermon on “He is Risen” by the Rev. Edward Wright. HYMENEAL Miss Ivy Bonney, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Bonney, formerly of Estacada but now of Everett, Wash., was united in marriage to Hershal L. McDow ell, Aprtl 4, 1920. Only the im mediate relatives were present. After a brief wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. McDowell will reside in Centralia, Washington. Card of Thanks We wish to thank the friends and neighbors who so kindly as sisted us during the illness and death of our beloved wife and mother, Mrs. W. J. Moore. W. J. Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Burt Moore. Socialist Petition A. Upton is circulating a peti tion so as to enable the socialist party to appear on the ballot. The signing of the petition does not obligate the signer to belong to or vote for the socialist party, but it is merely to help them get on the ballot. Free Show The big free show arranged for by Reed & Shibley at the Family Theatre yesterday after noon, was largely attended. The pictures showed the wonderful capabilities of the Maxwell Yank and the Essex. Through mire and water, through sand and sage brush, over rocks and mounds, down hill and up hill, it was all one to these cars. They seemed to be alive and gloried in doing stunts which were more acrobatic than otherwise. $1.50 P er Y ear Garfield Grange Saturday, April 3rd, the Gar field Grange held a large and en thusiastic meeting. There were three initiations and more are to follow in the near future. The committee appointed at the pre vious meeting to make recom mendations for promoting the ef ficiency of the grange, made an excellent report, which was unan imously adopted. A delicious dinner was prepared and served by the ladies. The following resolutions were moved and car ried: “Be it resolved by the Garfield Grange, No. 317, that we favor a law to prohibit anyone except freeholders from voting at an election to vote bonds or special taxes for any purpose.” “ Be it further resolved that we favor a law to prohibit the man ufacture and sale of cigarettes in Oregon.” School Boards’ Convention At the Baptist Church, 9th and Maine St., Oregon City, Satur day, April 10, 1920. PROGRAM 10:00 “The Scarcity of Teach ers and the Wage Situation.” Supt. S. S. Duncan. 11:00 “What the Two Mill State Tax for Elementary Schools Means”-Rep. Alexander Thomp son, Judge Grant B. Dimick. 1:30 “The Relation of the School Board to the Standard Requirements of the Schools” H G. Starkweather, J. E. Hodg es. DIED S. A. Douglass of Eagle Creek whose illness was reported last week, died and was buried Sun day. We have not received par ticulars but hope to publish an obituary notice next week. Dance at Eagle Creek There will be a dance Satur day night in Cogswell’s ha11 at Eagle Creek. This will be the last all night dance, as the law enforcing midnight closing goes into effect — after this date. S. E. Wooster made a business trip to Fortland Wednesday. t A WELL KNOWN PIONEER PASSES Tuesday morning Almon M. Shibley died at his home in Springwater, in which vicinity he had resided for forty years. He wras born in New' York state and was 86 years old at the time of his death, being survived by the following children: Mrs. Mollie Stormer of Estacada. Mrs. Estella Bard of Springwater, J. A. Shibley of Springwatei; a sis ter, Mrs. Hickman of Fortland: seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. J. E. Shib ley of this place is one of the grandsons. The funeral was held in the Springwater church yesterday afternoon and was largely at tended, the Rev. J. I). McClen- nan officiating. Local Overflow The J. W. Reed family sptuit Saturday in Portland. Fred Hebding returned frrm Portland Sunday afternoon. Please reserve the evening of April 30 for the Ladies Aid of the Christian church. W. J. Moore and Mr. and Mrs. Burt Moore were in Portland, Friday and Saturday. The Rev. S. G. Bettes the cow boy preacher, will preach in Portland on Saturday and Sun day.. Mrs. Boethric and daughter Florence are spending a few' days here looking alter property interests. The familiar form of Lee Bronson was seen on our streets Wednesday. He reports busi ness is good with him. Mrs. Lillian D. Dobson has purchased 40 acres of bottom land of Mrs. Clara Boyer. The sale was handled through the S. E. Wooster & Son agency. Mr. and Mrs. Winn, who re cently sold their fruit farm in Wenatchee Valley, Wash., are here visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Smith of Springwater and S. E. , Wooster and family of Estacada. Mr. and Mrs. Winn are looking for a home and are well pleased with this locality. «