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Eastern (Elarkamas Nruts Devoted to the Interests ot Eastern Clackamas County W a s h in g t o n EASTERN No. 40 VOLUME XX S ta te CLACKAMAS NEWS COMMUNITY CLUB MEETING Oregon News Items SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY GALLOW AY TO PILOT HANEY IN RACE FOR U. S. SENATE O f Special Interest Brief News items Francis V. Galloway, o f The The Weyerhaeuser Timber company Dalles has been chosen to manage UPPER EAGLE CREEK la building a 30-mile railroad from Bert Haney’s campaign fo r U. S. Senator. He is a native o f Yamhill South Bay, near Olympia, to Mul- Miss Eleanor Akers was the guest queens, on the upper Skookumchuck County. He attended public school of her friends the Hamiltons of river. The road will tap one of the in Clackamas county, later, the old Portland la3t week. finest stands of timber in the United Portland academy and was gradu Mr. and Mrs. James Taylor of States, estimated to take 50 years to ated from the University o f Oregon cut. in 1907. He taught three years in Eastern Oregon are guests at the home o f Will Douglass. Mr. Taylor Governor Roland H. Hartley with I Washington high school in Portland lived here some years ago. state officials, mayors and commercial and was admitted to the bar in 1912. Walter Douglass and family and representatives of a score of Washing He is now serving his third elective ton and Oregon cities attended the term a sDistrict attorney in Wasco Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Douglass and children motored out to Mt. Hood opening to traffic of Longview’s new county. Mr. Galloway is arranging his the Fourth, spending a pleasant day. $450,000 bridge and entrance direct-1 Mr. and Mrs. Roy Douglass and ly connecting with the Pacific high business at The Dalles, to permit giving most of the last three months children spent the Fourth at Oak way. Acting for the interstate commerce 1 to the campaign. For the present Grove. Mr, and Mrs. Will Handle were commission, the department of pub he will be in Portland a day or two Mr. Haney has opened the dinner guests o f Mr. and Mrs. lic work will hear the application ol a week. the Northern Pacific Railway company campaign offices in the Board of Guy Wilcox on Monday. for permission to abandon its line be Trade building in charge o f Lotus Mr. and Mrs. Shaw and family tween Markham and Bay City. The L. Langley and C. H. Treacy, spent the Fourth at Dinty Moore’s When interviewed today, Mr. Gal line is about four and one-half miles Park. loway said: long. Little Kenneth W ilcox is home “ I am proud to be associated with Automobile license plates for 1927 from the hospital, and getting along Mr. Haney and his friends in this will reach Olympia this week, Charles nicely. campaign. He and I were born in R. Maybury, director of licenses, has Roy Douglass' new residence is the same Oregon county and, while announced. The plates for next year going right up and will soon be will bear green figures and lettering we have lived many years in differ ready for the lathers. on a white background, the reverse ent parts o f the state, I have fo l Sherd Jones and wife were camp of this year's plates. Issuance does: lowed with admiration his career in ing up on the flat near the old barn private business and in his many po not start until December 1. o f Roy Douglass, during the Fourth sitions o f public trust and confi and fifth. Mr. Jones is doing some Spokane has been awarded the 1927 dence. He is one o f Oregon’s finest plumbing fo r Mr. Douglas. national convention of the Service sons, unimpeachable in public and Ray Woodle and family motored Star Legion, Mrs. Alice C. French, private life— a man o f dominant to Dodge Park the Fourth. state president of the organization, an personality and great intellect— ag Mr. Akers returned home on Mon nounced upon her return from this gressive, sincere and loyal,— a prom day from St. Vincents hosptial in year’s convention at La Crosse, Wis inent candidate fo r United States Portland, where he underwent a ser Mrs. French was elected second vice- Senator.” ious operation some time ago, and president of the national organization, ‘ ‘Mr. Haney’s record as a member The Pine Canyon road, on the Sun o f the shipping board and his re he stood the trip very well. He is set highway between Wenatchee and fusal to be lined up by the National improving quite rapidly and feeling Waterville, was washed out in fouf Administration on questions inimic fine. Ed Douglass and family spent the places, and Knappa's hill, on the Che- al to Oregon, is a concrete promise lan-Okanogan highway, will be closed o f his power as a senator. He is Fourth at Molalla. Florice Douglass spent the Fourth for two weeks at least, as the result ol pregressive, unrestrained by any an with the home folks, Mr. and Mrs. cloudbursts. Botllders Weighing from cient political dogma,” Walter Douglass, foUr to five tons were washed down. “ Oregon is in need of balanced ^ The farmers are very busy haul It was reported, representation in the U, S. Senate. A forest area ih the Colville na In the army it was the man out o f i ing hay these days, tional forest in eastern Washington step who at-least received the notice. SPRINGWATER has been ordered closed, The area Politically, attention and favors are consists of 14,000 acres on the middle lavished on the "dou btfu l” state. Haying is progressing rapidly in fork of the Big BoUlder ereek. The Why have federal officers by whole area is specified as a fire hazard, due sale been moved from Oregon to this section and harvtsting will soon to the forest type and to the weather Seattle and other coast cities? From be here with a rush, Hansen’s have Conditions. No one will be allowed in a back page o f the Oregonian of already cut a field o f wheat and the area without a permit, June 23, without editorial comment Howell Bros, are cutting at present. Work on the new prune dryer at No more slashing fire permits will or excuse, we learn that Oregon is be issued 111 Cowlitz county due to dry practically ignored by the federal the Barney Gilbride farm is progres conditions in the woods and the in building program o f the next few sing satisfactorily under the direc creasing fife hazard, No campfire per years. The front page cartoon in j tion of Mr. Enquest o f Dodge. A card from the George Perry mits will be issued this season cither, the Oregonian o f June 28, pictures Sufficient camping spots with good Oregon as apologetically and timidly family mailed in Rapid City, S. Da fire protection have been set apart in beseeching the National government kota, June 30, reported them all the forest areas and along the streams for Oregon’s rights, when the rail of the county So that everyone can roads have already received their GIRLS HURT IN CRASH find camping spots within these areas share, Oregon, politically, too long Joplih & Eidon, Portland contrac has been “ taken for granted;” Ore Miss June Kirchem o f Redland tors, were the lowest bidders for the gon has been “ regular and ignored.” and Miss Arlene Robbins of Oregon new' west side highway project in the “ There will be no quarrel with Mr. City were quite severely cut and Round Pass Section of Rainier national Steiwer, the opposing candidate, bruised in an automobile accident park, it was announced by the bureau whom I know well and include on Saturday evening while on their Of public relations, department Of agri among my most affable friends. The way to the dance at Eagle Creek. culture, The Portland firm bid $306,- quarrel is with “ regularity and con Their companions, Mr, Henry 094, Work will begin on the project sistency,” Durig and Mr. Lee Kirchem es in about 40 days, and will require three “ In Pennsylvania, over a million caped with only minor bruises. summers to complete, The road is to dollars were spent by Mellon—- The accident occurred near thé be nine miles long, and winds around Grundy interests in an unsuccessful Eagle Creek Grange hall and was the west side of Mount Rainier, effort to secure the senatorial nom caused when a tire on the bug, The old Cowlits city site oh the ination for Mr. Pepper, the Admin which was in the lead blew out, The justifica Cowlits river near the Pacific highway istration candidate. throwing it into a idteh. Mr. Kir four miles north of Castle Rock, had tion for such enormous expenditures chem, who was driving a roadster, been purchased as a country estate by as stated before the Senatorial in was following cylosely and in try H, N, Peabody of Castle Rock from the vestigating committee was to per ing to avoid the capsized car also Hart-Wood Lumber company of Port petuate and “ strengthen the Mellon went into the ditch. Both cars line o f economic thought,” Oregon land, Located oh a peninsula between turned completely over and it is the Toutle and Cowlits rivers, the is a “ piker” to those who play a really quit« miraculous that the oc tract Of 163 acres 20 years ago wad game like that— to such an enor cupants o f the two cars escaped platted and boomed as a factory town, mous combination o f business and alive. and was considerably In the public politics as will justify a two-or-three- Another car was summoned and print for a number of years thereafter, million-dollar fight over office legit the injured were brought to Dr. For the first time since the Wash-i imately paying a salary o f only *10- M idford’s office where first aid was . Ihgton sttae constitution was amended given. They were later removed to “ Our senators cannot be “ regular in 1912. the general election ballot the Oregon City hospital and are of next November will carry neither ! and consistent” without serving po reported getting along nicely. an Initiative nor a referendum. In litical and economic priviledge. Or 1914 the first year the law was opera egon must produce its P«vid to help BIDS WANTED tive, a dosen such proposals were sub-i slay the Goliath o f political domina The Board o f Directors, School mitted. Every two years since thett tion by big business. The Haney District No, 108, will receive bids there have been from two to six ini- j isue is: ‘The West in protest. Ore up to July 23, 1926, board to meet tiated and referred measures. The gon in revolt.' w at the high school building, bids to time for filing Initiative and feferen* I be for painting the grade school NORRIft-CHfclSTI ANSON dum petitions expired July 1, Two ini-1 building— the building to receive tiatlve bills were presented to Secre* o n , coat except where old paint ie Announcement has been made of tsry of State Hinkle dlrlng the spring scaled or loose. These places must by ballot title, but neither received the marriage on last Thursday of be scraped and well cleaned and an Mr. Arthur Norris and Miss Martha the necessary 40,000 signatures. extra coat put on . The job is to be Christianson, Plans for construction of a spacious Both Mr. and Mrs. Norris attend done in a good and workmanlike club house, a golf course and s num ed school here and have a host of manner. The board will furnish the ber of summer homes were announced paint. Board also reserves the when Walter F. Dickens, superintend* friends who were glad to hear o f right to reject any and all bids. their marriage and are wishing ■nt of Tulalip Indian reservvt'on. stat Wm. DALE, Clerk. ed that Ballingham Masons were sue* them much happiness. 000 cessful bidders on two tracts of land on the Lummi reservation in What* com county. The Bellingham lodge paid $5523 for one tract of 13*.71 acres and $5026 (or a second tract of 114 11 acres. Three-quarter* of s mt>* jf waterfront on Bellingham bay Is in* eluded In the purchase §oy you ««w it is the N**»- The many friends o f Mr. Jess Stubbs in this vicinity will be inter ested to learn o f his marriage in Portland last week. Mr. Stubbs for merly resided here where he was employed by the P. E. P. Co., as an electrician which position he still holds but makes his horn* in Port- i Usd. $1.50 A YEAR THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1926. well and enjoying their trip im mensely. John Park and family who have ooen making their home at Wood- and„ Wash., for several months .'ocently returned here moving into .he Spencer house. Recent guests at the Harry Grable lome were Mrs. Grable’s sisters .'rom Chicago and Baltimore. Jack Greenstreet and family of Pacific City, Oregon, have been vis- ting during the past week at the aome o f his parents here. Guests at the Forrest Erickson -tome over the week-?end were Mrs. Erickson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mann of The Dalles. George Genserowski left recently tor California to visit relatives. Ralph Greer who has been in a Portland hospital for several weeks trom the effects o f an automobile accident, is recuperating at the home of his father, Fred Greer. John Moger who has been work- .ng for several months near Inde pendence, Oregon, is home helping nis father, J. F. Moger with the har vesting. Guests at the R . S. Guttridge home on Sunday were Mrs. Gutt- ridge’s brother, Harley Rainey and family o f Portland. The Hansen family entertained a number o f relatives from Portland over the wek-end. John Hamilton and family o f Vi ola were Mnday callers on J, F. Moger. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Grable are rejoicing over the arrival o f a baby boy on Sunday, Guests at the Shibley home on Monday included their son Earl and family o f Portland, their daughter Mrs. L. S. Tenney and family of Viola and Mr. and Mrs, John Storm* er of Estacada, August Genserowski has been spending a fe wdays at the home of his sister, Mrs. Carl Ward. Mr. Schenk and family o f Gresh am were here on Monday at the Joe Gutridge home, Jim Closner and family spent the week-end visiting at the Closner and Strunk homes here, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Shearer of Portland were guests over the week end at the Ed Shearer home, Mr. Ed Closner was removed to a Portland hospital recently and is reported doing as well as can be ex pected. LOCALS AND PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs, Everett Kiggins re- recently purchased the James Smith residence for their home, Mr. Raymond Lovelace and Mr. Fred Vincent were in Portland on business on Tuesday o f this week. The truly big event o f the season for our community will be the meet ing on Saturday evening at the Es tacada hotel of the Greater Associ ation of Community clubs o f the county. This association was sponsored by Mr. A. G. Ames last July when he was the president o f the local com munity club and though o f only small proportions at first has grown to be something really worth while and of great strength, since it now composes all the clubs o f the coun ty- Estacada should be very proud of this organization and should support it and exhibit keen interest in mak ing it one o f the biggest and finest things attempted by our citizens. Mr. Moore, the genial host of the Hotel Estacada is serving a good, substantial dinner for the small price o f fifty cents, to which you and your neighbors and friends in the city o f Estacada and neighbor ing communities ar cordially invited. In fact you should feel it your duty to come out on that evening and show by your presence and help that you are proud o f this end of the county and wish to lend your support in putting it on the map. If possible, phone in your reserva tion for this dinner to Mr. Moore, ai, The Estacada, but if you are not sure until late that you will be un able to attend, come and you will be served anyway. A very fine entertainment has been arranged and all who come out on this evening are assured o f a time long to be remembered and of which you will ever be roud. A large committee o f ladles from the Eastern Clackamas Community club will assist Mr. Moore in pro curing some of the delicacies, cakes, etc. CASHIER’ QUICKNESS AND TELEPHONE FOIL BANDITS Presence o f mind on the part of Russell Statts, cashier of the Chug- water, Wyo., state bank together with an opportune telephone call from his wife, recently saved the bunk from being robbed. Just as two burglars were thrusting revolv ers in front of Statts, the telephone bell rang. In raising his hands he managed to knock the reeciver from the hook and at the sam« time cried ’ I’Rob me, but don t shoot.” The hoid-up men seeing the receiver off the hook took no chances but made tneir escape while in the meantime the cashier's wife notified the po lice who arrested the two yonng just as they were about to board a freight train. “ Whatever we think of the tele phone girl,” says Eddie Cantor, “ she lq always plugging for us.” METHODIST CHURCH Mr. and Mrs. John Parks and chil “ Christian Baptism,” will be the dren of Washington were here to subject o f the sermon at the 11 spend the Fouth of July. o'clock service Sunday morning, Mrs. J. W. Reed and daughter July 11, At the 8 o ’clock service Mary Alice Reed were Portland vis Sunday evening, the subject will be "Repentance commended by Christ.” itors one day last week. Tne Sunday school convenes at 10 Mr. R. H. Currin is home from o'clock in the morning with Mr. Bull Run for a short visit with his Lawrence as superintendent. im family. mediately following the Sunday Mr. and Mrs. John Closner of school is the Junior church at 10:45 Ridgfield, Wash., are visiting with Airs. Rankin in charge. All the friends and relatives in this vicin anu girls are urged to stay, for this ity. is the<r service. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Sarver of Rpworth League Devotional meet Portland spent th« Fourth o f July ing Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. It holidays visiting friends and rela is less than a month until the Falls tives in this vicinity. Lity institute. Several members of Mrs. G. F. Midford and little the League are looking forward with daughter returned home the latter great anticipation to going. part o f the week from a delightful The pastor will preach at Mt. trip to Spokane, Wash. ¿ion church Sunday afternoon at 3 Mr.Phil Steinman has returned o ’clock. Meeting o f the Sunday school to his work at Yakima, Washington, after a short visit here with home board and also of the official board o f the church next Tuesday evening, folks. Dr. and Mrs. Ira Manville and the S. S. Board will meet at 7:30 little daughter have been visiting at and the church board at 8:30. Miss Mary A Hill, formerly a ther home o f their mother, Mrs. Carrie Denny. Their home ies at missionary in China, will have charge o f the Prayer Service Wed Multnomah, Oregon. nesday evening at 8 o'clock. Little Kenneth W ilcox returned ( A cordial invitation is extended to home on Monday evening from the ' all to worship with us. hospital where he has been confined I du« to having been kicked by a Mrs. McColly Dale and little son horse on last Sunday. Robert o f Hermiston were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Paul Womer and i at the Wm. Dale home recently. daughters Jacqueline and Eleanor The Estacada band played in a NOTICE OF CHANGE OF BIDS 1 of Corvallis spent Saturday and very fine manner at the Fourth o f Board o f Directors, school Dis Sunday at the home o f their parents July celebration at Molalla and trict No. 108, board to meet at high Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Womer. were very well received. The band school building, call* for bids for 70 Mr. and Mrs. Oren Ballon entcr- is doing fine work and is indeed a cords o f first class 4-foot wood de i taine dthe following guests at their big asset to our community and livered to the school building. The home on the Fourth o f July: Mr. should have the hearty support o f Few towns o f the Board reserves the right to reject , and Mrs. L. L. Dugan and son, Mr. our citizens. any and all bids. and Mrs. Alfred Miller and children size o fEtacada can boast o f such a competent musical organization. | Portland. w®. DALE, Clerk. ol One hundred delegates attended the annual convention of the Oregon State Press association at Prineville. With an abundant yield the farmers and fruit growers of Linn county are working overtime in harvesting their crops. Weil balanced labor conditions pre vail in Oregon, according to a report of the Pacific division of the United States employment service. Succeeding H. L. Plumb, R. L. Prom- me, now acting public relations officer in the district office in Portland, is to be supervisor of the Deschutes na tional forest. The county court of Washington county has offered a reward of $500 for information leading to the arrest of the dynamiter of the W. H, Milne house in Forest Grove. The airplane forest fire patrol will be started in a few days, according to H. C. Miller, lieutenant in the array reserves, who will be senior officer in charge of the patrol base at Eugene. Eastern Oregon sheep are now on the Umatilla national forest range. The forest was openeu to sheep grazing June 15. Cattle and horses were per mitted to enter the forest for grazing May 15. Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state, has advised S. C. Morton, secretary ot the St. Helens chamber of commerce, that St. Helens has been made a registration point for automobiles from other states. The annual meeting of the Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers will be held at Salem next October, ac cording to a decision announced by the executive board of the state par ent-teacher body. Camp fire permits will be required in the Cascade and Urapqaa national forests on and after July 1, according to Nelson F. Macduff, supervisor of the Cascade forest. The rule is already in force in the Deschutes and Santiam forests. Salem hopmen. who have examined yards all over the Willamette valley, agree that the fuggle hop crop for 1926 threatens to be a failure due, probably, to premature blooming caus ed by exceptionally fine weather in the early spring. The 39th session of the Linn coun ty pioneers convened at Brownsville. Gold bullion amounling to more than $100,000 has been* brought out from the Robertson mine. 14 miles west of Galice, the scene of Josephine county's latest gold strike. If the Southern Pacific agrees to joint user rights of its new tine south from Paunina, the Oregon Trunk will he in Klamath F b II b five or six months after construction wqrk is started, W. F. Turner, president of the Oregon Trunk announced at Bend. Utilization of natural storage reser voir sites along the Coquille river in Oregon would make possible the pro duction of 36.000 continuous horsepow er, the geological survey has been in formed by engineers who eonnucted a power survey along that stream. With the strawberry season prac tically over Forest Grove canning com panies report that 250 tons of the berries have been packed In sugar and barrelled for ice cream makers and preservers, a larger amount than ever before produced in western Washing ton county. Miss Edith Starrett ot Salem, Charles Campbell of Dallas and Miss Leona Larrahee, head of the Latin de partment of Lincoln high school, Port land, will lea ft- soon for nhlladalphla where they will represent the state of Oregon at the Sesqul-Centsnnlai ex position July 4. The body, clad in a green bathing suit, which was washed ashore and found on the ocean beach at Marsh field, has been identified positively ss that of Wilbur Elliott, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Elliott, of New berg, Who was drowned while swimming at Neskowin May 23 last. Despite reports from some quarters that the operating lumber companies were bent on a program of curtail ment, 108 mills for the week ended June 12 produced 116,147.029 feet of lumber. New business booked totaled 118,162.904 feet and shipments amount ed to 122.077,569 feet. The Oregon public service commis sion has requested the Interstate com merce commission to reopen the case Involving the proposed Central Ore gon railroad development program to the end that testimony may be intro duced looking to the construction of an east and west line across the state as sought in the original proceeding of the Oregon commlaatoa. ________ Subscribe lor the News,