O U R SLO GAN : KEEP Community Cooperation ON YOUR EYE ESTACADA! Qllarkamas Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County V olume 13, N umber 44 HATS OFF TO KEN BARTLETT Ken Bartlett has been selected as one o f the athletes to repre sent the U. S. A. at the Olympic games at Antwerp, Belgium, next month. The honor is a con siderable one and obtained for discus throwing, having broken at Boston the former record of the Junior A. A. U. These con tests are international, so he will be pitted against the best Euro pean athletes. ^ In a manner this this will be the crowning point o f his athletic career, which has been a brilliant one, as he proved himself last year exceptional on the football team of the U. of O. and played tackle in the memor able match against Harvard uni versity at Pasadena . on New Year’s Day. Not only in athletics but in scholarship also, he has disting uished himself and won honors, boing listed among the 65 stu dents to get the highest grades during the spring term o f this year, and was elected a member o f that fraternity which expects to become affiliated with the noted Phi Beta Kappa society. Estacada can well feel proud o f this young man because his suc cesses reflect honor on his home town. The N ews extends to him the heartiest o f congratulations and wishes him bon voyage look ing to his obtaining fresh laurels. This trip will be different from his first one across the Atlantic, when he volunteered and enlisted in the army. Then there was danger o f the lurking submarine but now the seas are safe and free. That he helped make them so, he may rightly think. Work has been started on the three-story $750,000 building for the American Can Company at Portland, Ore. With the com pletion o f this new building, the plant will employ a minimum o f 700 people and will turn out “ tin cans” for the u s e o f canneries and condensers throughout the Pacific Coast. E stacada , O regon T hursday J uly 22, 1920 Community Picnic Supper A community picnic supper in the Park is planned for Friday, July 30th, the regular evening for the meeting o f the Community Club. The special object of this affair is to arouse interest in the repair o f the road on Main Street from the bottom o f the hill to the Harkenrider turn. It is proposed to dig up and grade the surface and then lay fresh gravel over it. A town is judged by its ap proaches, and if the roads leading into it are good, a favorable im pression is made on the visitor as to the progressiveness of its citi zens. That portion o f the road to be repaired has been badly worn by the constant motor traf fic, and the gravel already on it is getting ground in, and requires replenishing. Another subject o f vital inter est to be discussed is the Mount Hood Loop Road and its latest developments. A representa tive o f the State Chamber o f Commerce who is said to be a very attractive speaker, is also expected to be present, and give an account of what the Chamber is doing and has accomplished. Altogether the evening promises to be most interesting. Let ev erybody turn out, bring their own lunches and have a rousing good time. Remember the place, Estacada Park, the day, Friday, July 30th, the hour, 6.30 p. m. Improvements A t Telephone Office Manager Wallace, o f the Esta cada Telephone Co., is to be con gratulated on the improvements which have been made in the office. The walls are papered and tinted and the wood work painted in walnut. The whole system is being overhauled and a new switch board is on its way. $1.50 P er Y ear O B IT U A R Y A gloom spread over this com munity when the sad news came that Arthur Duncan had passed away. He w a s such a good natured boy, with always a smile and a kind word for all who knew him, so it could well be under stood bow many friends he had. * This was shown by the large crowd which gathered at Mt. Zion church to pay their last re spects to him and to place on his casket beautiful flowers as a token o f their love and good friendship. The son o f Charles and Rena Duncan he was born in Carfield, Ore., September 22nd, and lived all his life in this neighborhood. He was taken sick on Thurs day, June 17th, and was taken to St. Vincent’s hospital the follow ing Monday, where he underwent an operation. He s uf f e r e d greatly but bore it patiently until the end came on July 15th. Besides his parents two sisters and a brother are lett to mourn his loss, and a host of friends and relatives. Six o f his boy friends a c t e d as pallbearers a t the funeral, which was conducted by the Rev. A. Demov. W h o Said Parker ’ House Rolls ? Bertha Burns and Leta Posson represented the domestic science class at the Gladstone Chatauqua last week. They were called upon to demonstrate their culi nary .skill, and rolling up their sleeves they went to work with a will, and made ten dozen Parker house rolls. These were so tempt ing and appetizing looking, that they sold right off the pan as fast as they were turned out. The young ladies h a v e established their reputations as good bread- makers, which will surely add to their charms, for as Owen Mere dith says: “ Civilized man cannot live without cooks.” LID WAS LIFTED LAST FRIDAY A. M. If the armistice were not in effect between us and Germany, it might have been thought Fri day morning that the latter was making an aerial raid and drop ping bombs upon us. About eleven o ’clock on that day, a loud report caused many Ho run out into the streets and see what was the matter. It turned out to be the head o f a gasolene tank being blown out. Thursday H. Huxley brought to Pesznecker’s shop a fifty gallon tank to be re paired as it was leaking. It was allowed to remain in the sun out o f doors all day long, so that what little oil might be in it, could evaporate. Friday m< y , ing Mr. Pessnecker was about to roll it into his shop, when he de cided first to see if there were - any gas in it. So he applied a match with an astonishing result. The head o f the tank was blown out and went up in the air clear over the telephone wires and de scribing an arc fell in the street about seventy-five feet away, at the corner o f the postoffice. For tunately no damage was done except to the tank, which can easily be repaired. But it shows the force o f this explosive and how careful one must be in hand ling it. Mr. Pesznecker thinks there was no oil in it, but only the gas which had been gener ated. M A R R IE D At Vancouver, Wash., Satur day, July 10th, 1920, Miss Ger trude E. Morrow, daughter o f Mr. and Mrs. A. Morrow, o f Portland, to John J. McElroy. Mrs. McElroy is well known here, as her father formerly kept a livery stable in Estacada, and also she served as telephone op erator. _____________ The Adix Sir Thomas Liptonls persever ance in trying to lift the Ameri ca’s c u p seems a b o u t t o be rewarded. If he is successful no one will begrudge him his victory, as he has been such a good sport and good loser. Card of Thanks We wish to thank our many friends for their sympathy and kindness during our recent be reavement, and for the beautiful floral offerings. Charles Duncan and family. House Sold Dr. Morse has purchased the residence and offices just vacated by Dr. McCall from Dr. Adix the the owner. He is having them overhauled and will make a num ber o f improvements. Dr. Wells will still keep his old office in the building.