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EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS, THURSDAY, OCT. 13. 1921 tastern Clackamas News CO UNTY T A X LOW The tax levy in the cities of Clackamas county, i» considera bly below the average assessed Published every Thursday a t over the state. This comes to light in the cortipilatio« of data Estacada, Oregon upon the per capita levy in all UPTON H. GIBBS the counties in Oregon. Editor and Manager. The average per caDita tax in the state is $46.69. In Clacka S ubscription K ates mas county it is $30.47. These One year * • • $1.50 figures compiled by the Oregon Six months . . . .75 Voter, represent the gross asses- ments for citv, school, county Thursday. October 13, 1921. and state purposes this year. Clackamas is represented by S tatement of the O wnership M an agement , C irculation . E tc ., R e * one city in the list of ten, paying qUlKED BY THE A ct of A ucust the heaviest per capita tax, and 13 th , 1912, by two in the ten paying the o f E astern C lackamas N ews , pub least. The city of West Linn lished weekly at Estacada, Oregon, for pay the third largest tax in the October 1st, 1;«21. Editor, Managing Editor and Business state, being $70.85. The heavi Manager, Upton H. Gibbs, Estacada, est tax in the state is' paid by Oregon. Warrentown, which is $216.48. Publisher, Upton H. Gibbs, Estacada, In comparison with this the per Oregon. Owner, Mary Louise Gibbs, Estaca capita lax of Oregon City is $37.22. The reason for the heavy da, Oregon. Known bondholders, mortgagees and tax at West Linn, according other security holders, none. to Recorder L. L. Porter, is the Subscribed and sworn to before ine, large amount that is being spent thisistday of October, 1921. for school construction. West S. E. WOOSTER, Notary Public. My commission expires March 12, 1923. Linn has three school districts— -■ 1 1 ■ two grammar schools and a un B E A U T Y A N D UTILITY ion high school. These forjn a considerable drain on the tax The greatness of the Creator is payers. shown in His works. The psalm Thé city of Oswego has among ist, awed by the beauty of the the lowest per capita taxes in Oriental skies, chants in inspired the state. It is $14.40. Sandy verse: has a slightly higher tax, but it “ The heavens declare the glory of God; is within the lowest ten with and the firmament showeth His a per capata levy of $15.44. handiwork,” Per capata taxes in other cjties And this greatness is manifested run:—Aurora 531.43; Canbv in the wonderful combination of $27.02; Gladstone $17.09; Mil- beauty and utility, a marked in waukie $32.83; Molalla $24.48. stance being the foliage of the According to the tabulations, trees. From spring to fall, the leaves the assessed valuation of these present a beauteous sequence in nine cities is $8,141,967, and shape and color. The delicate their total tax, which is paid this green of the budding leaves, year, amounts -to $465.358. stands out in marked contrast to The assessed valuation is given the brown of the branches. As in the individual cities, together the leaves unfold, their color with the levy in mills, as; Auro ra, $159,901, 45; Canby, $32.132, deepens, until the full toned hue is attained for the full grown 70.6; Estacada, $183,341, 50.7; leaf. And then when autumn Gladstone, $350,567, 52.1; Mil- waukie, $555,278, 69.3; Molalla, comes, and the vigor of maturity $220,890. 55.2; Oregon City, $3,- gives place to decay, this last 623,509. 58.4. Oswego, $529,971. stage is like the sun setting amid 49.4: Sandy, $59,786, 62.5: West roseate clouds of splendor. The Linn, $2,132,092, 54.1. woods on Adirondack mountains, The amount of taxes paid by the Berkshire hills, and in the the individual cities, is givén as states of the middle west, are at follows: Canby, ||23,025; Estaca this season, a riot of color. And then when fallen, scattered and da, $9,321. Gladstone, $18,265: strewn, the leaves carpet the Milwaukie, $38,481; Molalla, $12,193: Oregon City, $211.613: ground in a warm shade of Oswego, $26,181: Sandy, $3,737; brown, appropriate to the season, that harmonizes with the hue of West Linn, $115.346. The tabu lation shows a total tax paid by the barren branches. the cities and towns of Oregon, But leaves are not only beauti containing 62 per cept of the ful, they are highly useful and population, of $22,055,202. The necessary, and are indispensible per capita taxes ranged from to the tree. They act as its lungs. The great elms of New $216.48 paid by the city of War rentown to the $4.11 for Cayon- England, have had their lives stifled out by the caterpiller and ville, in Douglass county.—Ore other pests which destroy their gon City Enterprise. Entered at the postortice in Estavada, i )regon, as second-class mail. foliage when in its prime. They offer grateful shade while their restful green tempers the glare of the sunlight. Then after their summer work is done, and they lie prone on the ground at the base of the tree, they furnish both food and covering to its roots during the long winter. Thus beauty and utility are won derfully combined. This characteristic of the Creator can be everywhere per ceived in the world around us. So general is this, that if the utility is not apparent as the beauty, It may be laid to human Ignorance. And this combination furnishes the reason, why the Creator, without conceit or self praise, could, on looking at His finished creations, pronounce them very good. T R A G E D Y IN BO Y LIFE The pathetic picture which ap peared on the front page cover of last week's Saturday Evening Post, of a dog with a tag "For Sale,” suspended from its neck, while its owner stands beside it convulsed with grief, was, so the Portland Spectator states, sug gested from an incident which occurred on the streets of the Rose Citv. We do Job Printing. French Despise Blackberries The Story of Our S ta tes By JONATHAN BRACE X II. N O R T H C A R O L IN A h e c a p i t a l of Ungallant Bachelor! Penalized A bachelor declining n leap yogi Caroli na Is very ap- p r o p r lately named It a- leigh, I o r 11 was Sir Wal ter Raleigh who was respon sible for North Carolina’s first settlement. It was in 1584 that Raleigh obtained permission from Queen Elizabeth to plant an Englistf colony In America, and the expeditions which he sent established a little colony mr Roanoke island. There in 1587 was born the first Ameri can child of English parents. She was named Virginia Dare, after the virgin queen. This col ony. due to England's war with Spain, could not be properly sup ported, and after a few years perished. It was not until over a century later that permanent settlements were mnde. Daring pioneers from Virginia pressed south into the new territory, and these, augmented by a large company of Huguenots from France and a greater number of Germans from the Palatinate, founded the first North Carolina town of NewlAirn In 1710. By the time of the Revolution the population in North Carolina had Increased to such un extent, with an influx of Scotch-Irish and Scotch Highlanders who settled chiefly In the western counties, thut it ranked fourth umong the original thirteen col onies. Today its population en titles it to twelve electoral votes for president. In urea It stands about half way nmong the states with 53,420 square miles. North Carolina was the twelfth state to adopt the Constitution, the formal ratification taking place in November, 1789. The deriva tion of the name Carolina, as In the case of South Carolina, cnine from the Latin Cnrolus, mean ing Charles, and was given orig inally in honor of King Charles IX of France and retained by King Charles II of England. North Cnrollnn Is also known as the Old North stnte. proposal Is liable to a fine accordlni; to n Scotch law of 12S8 T North (© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Notice this delicious fla v o r w hen you smoke Lucky Strike — it’s sealed in by the toasting process CO UN TY NURSE Miss Hilda Morris, of Portland, has been appointed county nurse, and will serve at least three months. The proceeds from the sale of Red Cross seals will be used to pay her. An attempt is being made to make the work permanent. The nurse’sworkwill be conduc ted from nine headquarters in the county:—Sandy. Oswego, Oregon Citv, Wilsonville, Estacada, Milwaukie, Canby, Molalla and Colton. Miss Jane G. Allen, di rector of nursing and hygiene, with the Oregon State Board of Health, is assisting Miss Morris in establishing her headquarters in Oregon City. Shower of Red Rain and Sand. Following n strong southerly pile of wind red rain fell on Mentone and the snrroundliiK districts, the Botanical gardens being covered with red sand. It is believed that this sand was borne by the wind from the Riviera A similar phenomenon has not oc curred for 00 years. Evidently Thought Hors« W at Ghoat. Frightened by the smlden appear ance In the darkness of a horse with « white forehead, a woman dropped dead on the road near Matlock, Eng land. At the Inquest a verdict of "death from heart disease" waa re turned. Subscribe for your home paper the E astern C lackamas N e w s . The u hole blackberry crop Is nl lowed tc go to wnflg In France be cause the peasants will not ent the i fruit. Some declare the berries are ! poisonous, while others have been told that the crown of thorns was woven of brambles and that therefore the bush should be held sacred. QALl refinery gasoline- not a mixture W e sell only g en uine R ed C row n g a s oline. T h is is all-refinery g a s o l i n e -----n o t a “m ixture.” If you w an t d e pendable, full - p o w ered g a s o lin e , b u y “Red C ro w n ” here. Cascade Garage. Announcement. Dr. W. W. RHODES, Osteopathic Physician, wishes to announce to the public, that he is located at-Hotel Estacada, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 8:30 a. m., to 4:30 p. m. Consultation Free. I treat both Acute and Chronic Cases. Ar rangements can be made for House Calls. Portland office 441 Morgan Building, Broadway and Washing ton streets. Phone Main 1511. elev en ittC S X Y Ohe Three Inseparables One for mildpeJs.VlRGINIA One for mellowness. BURLEY One for arom a.T U R K ISH The finest tobaccos perfectly aged and blended ¿O forl5? i i 1 i I : i i i IHE STRENGTH OF ISJNSÏITUTION JL I l Depends on many facts, not the least of which is the personnel of its management, and the busim ss experience and financial standing of its Directors. In addition, this Bank is examined twice each year by State Bank Examiners- Five times a year, upon the call of the Super, interdent of Banks, we issue sworn statements of condition. I a ill una.Av*. N O T IC E O F A D M IN IST R A T R I X 'S S A L E . In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Clackamas County. In the Matter of the Estate of J. W Reed, Deceased. In pursuance of a license to me granted by the County Court of Clackamas County, Oregon, on the 1st day of September 1921, I, Lucy Mae Reed, Administratrix of the es tate of J. VV. Reed, deceased, will proceed to sell at private sale to the highest bidder on and after MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1921, at the hour of 2:00 o’clock P. M., all the right, title, interest and estate of the said J. W. Reed, deceased, at the time of his death, and of said estate, in and to the following described real premises, to-wit: Lot 1, Block 4, Lots 4 and 5, Block 4, Lots 2 to 12 inclusive, Block 5, Lots 15 and 16, Block 6, Lot 19, Block 6, Lot 1 Block 7, Lots 1, 2 and 3, Block 9, Lots 11 and 12, Block 15, ail in Estacada, Clackamas County, Oregon, according to the duly re corded map and plat thereof. Beginning at the Southeast corner of Lot numbered three (3) Fraley’s Sub-division, running thence East Twenty-eight (28) feet to a point; thence North and parallel with the east line of said lot three (3) One Hundred (100) feet to a point: thence West Twenty-eight (28) feel to a point marking the Northeast cor ner of said Lot three (3 ); thence South along the East line of said Lot three (3 ) One Hundred feet to the point of beginning, being a strip of land 28 feet in width and One Hun dred (100) feet in length, containing 2800 square feet. All of the North half of the follow ing described tract of land, begin ning at an iron pipe marking the Northeast corner of a three acre tract of land, owned by J. A. Upton running thence In a Northwesterly direction One Thousand and Ninety- seven (1097) feet to an iron pipe marking the Southeast corner of the tract oPHand herein described, run ning thence North 4 degrees 35 min utes, West Six Hundred Sixty feet (660) feet to an iron pipe; thence south 69 degrees 35 minutes West Six Hundred Sixty (660) feet to un iron pipe, thence South 4 degrees 35 minutes East Six Hundred Sixty (660) fret to an iron pipe, thence North 69 degrees 35 minutes East six Hundred Sixty (600) fret t" point of beginning, containing ten (10) acres, more or less, being in Section Twenty (20) Township Three (3 ) South Range Four (4) East of the Willamette Meridan. The tract of land herein conveyed containing Five (5) acres, more or less. Beginning at a stone at the North west corner of R. P. Young D. L. L'. in Section 13. Township 3, South Range 3 East of the Willamette Mer idan; thence North 70 degrees 15 minutes East 13.46 chains; thence North 51 degrees 45 minutes West 2.25 chains; thence North 65 de grees 20 minutes West 21.50 chains; thence South 43 degrees 30 minutes West 9.80 chains; thence South 58 degrees West 3.00 chains; thence South 45 degrees West 5.44 chains; thence South 22 degrees West 4.17 chains; thence South 2.00 chains; thence South 49 degrees East 5.40 chains; thence South 61 degrees 30 minutes East 7.33 chains; thence South 73 degrees East 3.10 chains; thence South 56 degrees 30 minutes East 7.50 chains: thence South 80 degrees East 10.75 chains and thence North 20 degrees West 18.10 chains to the place of beginning. All in Clackamas County. Oregon. Terms of sale cash, or half cash, balance to be secured by first mort gage upon the real premises sold, to be approved by Court. Bids will be received by the under signed administratrix at my residence at Estacada. Oregon, or at the office of my attorney O D. Eby, at Oregon City, Oregon. Ll’CY MAE REED. Administratrix of the Estate of J. W. Reed. Deceased. Dated September 15th, 1921. O. D. EBY. Attorney lor Administratrix. i * I J I X X X j ESTACADA STATE BANK ‘ SAFETY AND S E R V IC E ” i AN IMPROVED Chevrolet $675 AT A N E W LOW PRICE f.o.b. Estacada Chevio'et ‘‘Ftur-Ninety,” always a good car, is a better autc mobile than ever before. Improvements and refine ments make it a real, quality automobile, at a new and exceptionally low price. I' i 1 I Here are the most important changes and refinements in- corported: A n ew re a r a x le w ith a spi- ra l bevel g e a r a n d p irio n . A h an d -co n tro lled em er- gency b ra k e lever. Im proved springs, T a p e re d roller b ea rin g s in fro n t wheel». Positive transm ission align- m en t. This new Chevrolet (for that is what the new “ Four- Ninety” really is to-day) is a better designed car, better built and better finished. It stands out head and shoul ders as a superior quality automobile, at an unusually low price. See this car to-day. Chevrolet “ Four-Ninety” Chevrolet “F6” Models Touring Car or Roadster... $675 Taurtni} Car or Roadster...$1180 Coupe or Sedan ..........$1095 Coupe or Sedan......................SIS40 0 All Prices F. 0. B. Estacada. Willard Storage Batteries for Sale. CASCADE GARAGE W ILC O X BROS. 1