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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1928)
PAGE FOUR E A S T E R N C L A C K A M A S N E W S, ■ »! -i F R ID A Y , J A N U A R Y 13, 1028 community. The town and the country surrounding have Twelve Years Ago in Estacada hastern Clackamas News ^ fhere ^out is an no ev reason en » » ce to : expect any , backward , , move ot From Elt. e.d, Pro|fre,. Jnnua„y 13t >t.‘cad'. gwcre given ’verd'cteqa r v p. f rt i p Kr K • U. E. L'arKs, Editor and ruonsner tacada were awarded a judgment in Estacada, regardless of whether or not any big develop- 19:6 ment project materializes. There is every reason to be- The p. it. l . & r. company will an Judge Campbell’s court n O.eofon Published W eekly on Fridays at Estacada, Oregon lieve that the town and country will continue to progress "ounce a ,educed r.te for c«rry.ng City against the Gcrlinger Motor Car and any retarded movement will be due to the lack of sc!l°o1 ch,ldl*!’ •" tb* nea’ futu™ company o f Portland fo r $700, in a - ,, . . , u „ ___ _________ • ___ . . . . ____ order to enable children from down suit brought fo r $2445 damages as Entered in the postoffice o f Estacada, Oregon, as second class matter. conlldence in the 1 ULIU 6 by OU 1 own p. eminent citizen^. ^ ¡jne t0 „tter.d the Estacada pub-, the result o f misrepresentation on a The bank deposits here are increasing. Tnere is ¡ic st.!loo)8. recent trade deal. W’hispers of one or tWOT or three building projects to be The first car load o f hogs was Fred Lins o f Gorge has built a SUBSCRIPTION RATES Clackamas County, one year, $1.50; Outside the county and in the S t a r t e d with the Coming of W a r m e r Weather. There a r e shipped from Estacada fo r the 1916 garage for the housing In »state o f Oregon, one year, r $2; Outside ou tside the state o f Oregon, one m many a n y things t i l i n g s that U1UL m may a y happen H a p p e n that d i a l will W i l l be u e to t o the me a advaru- u v a n i- 3 .v--ron e !'r’,n !n s- • . ’ ondny. on d “f- lhc pncc p a :< lFo™ - ... . . i, & J - ° ^ rr . . « »me ca ok i s. E. Wooster, local insurance man, year, $2.50. Subscriptions are payable in advance. age O f this tO W fl anti Eastern Clackamas C O U n ty , but n o t ‘ "V c h u t'e an d p en is to be installed I announces that he has obtained the One C a n we think of that would be to the detliment of this aj Eagle Creek fo r the purpose o f ¡agency fo r the Orient Insurance Co., o f Hartford. IHE NEWS’ CIRCULATION CAMPAIGN grea section of this great state. But we need more confi- loading livestock. (lence-- we need t o ‘'sell” Estacada and Clackamas county The game warden arrested two I A baby nursery has been proposed It is only fair that the people should be toid some- ^ ourseives_ men fo r killing a doc out o f season, in connection with the M . E. church one being released and the other was o f Estacada. thing about our circulation campaign, ine whys and -oOo- S. P. Waterbury has retired from fined $25 but the fine was remitted wherefores of the appeals of tne candidates xor subscrip HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE “ESTACADA?” on the payment o f costs amounting the firm o f W aterbury and Chapman, tions. And, too, it is just to the candidates to present then Three men in the News oftice one day this week each to $7. according to an announcement made side, so that their efforts will not be classed witn tne P10* bdd a differet way of pronouncing “ Estacada.” One used D ave B ridenstine ami w ife of Es- this week. lessionai solicitor, in e sales people in ans campaign ^ie jong ..a> > another used the a as in “ at” and another will all be home people and can be trusted. as ¡ n “ a r m 1 ¿ y i c l about every other sound ^ou can make e ffic ie n tly op erated plant which pay; | the man who has a moon almanac The News, liKe many of tne large publications of tne out of che letter »a - ¡g given to the middle “ a” in Estacada unormoU8 taxes t0 the stBte of Wa8h lha™ 1 in the kitchen? ington and has to make a p rofit fo r I The farm er who plants by the country, is using tms plan to renew aim extend i t s sub- any 0£ whjcn may be right. its customer and employe stockhold- moon sometimes makes out a good scnpuon 11st, for tne reason tnat it believes it to be me one seems to know the right pronunciation, and ers case fo r himself, in spite o f the scoff- best metnod. It we should put out solicitors lor a penou strangers nave no ittea as to vvnat to call it. Appears to The he Seattle municipal plant has a ing of the experts. He will tell of of ten weeks, ten 01 them, at $¿0 per week w;e w'ouid paj» lfte vvriter that something shoud be agreed upon and ail tlan- tie hold on the city business aw fine crops that was grown when the »¿bUU. And me publisher 01 me News nas paid out use the word ajjke> p ernaps the Community club can de-lca:‘ eli",ina‘c '»«petition, but k, ha moon p‘&on; was va‘ 1 right and how his neigh- OUt ij> 2 i)U 0 to get a return o f the more e than ^,U0U in one year in circu ia^ n m me Cide Ulis probiem for once am, all, and help us to really : £ 1 W w S . they disregarded the moon, old way for newspapers mat nad no oettei oppo,tunity know Hie town in which we reside. to accept competitive hid» in th< The depr. rtment o f agriculture in- ior circulation Eiackamas News. mediation than nas the Eastern Giackamas 0 q 0 present case, the state saved approx- slats that th the preparation o f the seed approx | sists imately $35,000 a year, while Scat bed and planting at a time when con purely the people of Eastern Clackamas county AN EASTERN CLACKAMAS ORGANIZATION taxpayers are being assessed ap dition« o f heat and moisture are the would ratner co-operate witn nome people ana give tnem With the elections coming on this year, it mignt be tie proximately $100,000 a year more most favorable, with the proper culti their business ratner man strangers. 1 nese nome peopie well for representatives from each of the different com than necessary fo r their light, in ad vation, w ill insure good crops, re pay taxes here, traue in tne county and spend tneir money munities 01 Eastern Clackamas county get togetner and dition to making up the taxes whicl gardless o f what the moon almanac 111 the county, bure we cornu out and employ nign- lorm some plan of unity of action in tne selection of offi- their municipal plant does not pa; may say. Students in agricultural powered salesmen wno would increase tne circulation as dais. Let such action be taken and lived up to, and this and which the private plant would schools and some farmers may be lieve that, but it is too much to ex tms campaign is expected to do, but we preier to ntep me section of the county woultl get an absolutely square deal bav® ot°tfpay lf 11 were doin,r bu"iness pect that many farmers will not con in Seattle. money 111 tne community. at all times. But so long as tnere is no such organization Like the moth fluttering around tinue skeptical in spite o f the assur- We feel tnat our pmn is a nigh class way 01 tiomg of effort, and this section being SO tar fiom tne seat of the candle flame, there are alway! ance o f experts,— Selected, tnis work and it does not cost me public one cent iriui government, with similar organizations as we propose persons willing to experiment ••.-¡ti SWINDLER’S PROFITS diau me meuiou mat nas always ueen useu by tms paper rrom other parts of the county, chances of getting very public ownership “ at the expense of Nearly $1,700,00,0000, the treas in collecting subscriptions. Many 01 our readers expect muCil jn tne way of public improvements are very slim, the taxpayer.” The Manufacturer, to lenew tneir subscriptions anyway anu we believe t a u t i n unjon theie is strength, and if any community ever MR ford high - tones his ury department estimates, could be restored to the legitimate purchasing most 01 you would ratner pay 11 to a m enu anu neignooi nefcCieti union and strength, Eastern Clackamas county FORTUNE power o f the nation each year if mal- tnan to come into the otlice or mail it in, because you can nee^s it. Pressed to state the approximate practitioners were eliminated from pay tnat friend ana he can realize a protit on it. amount o f his fortune, the magnate business. Almost every honest mer -O Q 0 - m e value 01 tms newspaper to eastern Eiackamas The News editor feels sorry for those poor men and shook his head again, paying' J1 chant, whether he be located in the county depends on tne numuer oi reauers it nas. Lhrcu- women in Portland who have to trudge through the two don’t know and I don’t give a dam !” largest city or the smallest town, Is — From an interview lately granted affected. lation is an expense to tne pubnsner oi any newspape, feet of snow to their work these past few days. The by Henry Ford. Charles H. Tuttle, United States large or small, w e are wining to pay tnose wno euiicCv drifts were so deep that cars could not be used only on It would be hard to say whether attorney fo r New York, says “ the ior~me paper at least tne price 01 tne subscription, taxing c e n a j n streets even the first of this week. At the time one is the more impressed by the staggering cost falls primarily upon the Ust as a wnoie. Portland got is snow Estacada and this section of the intemperance o f H enry’« language business. It becomes part o f the w e will be giad to explain the details 01 the cam- countiy got about two inches that lasted only a couple of “he F^lu^um-* «'hicMiTtT^utu general overhead which must he met before the profits begin to material to anyone interested, 11 tney uo not understand everyimng 1 days. / generally conoid" u> be^eaiJd a! ise. And it Is not too much to say from tiie mtormation printed in tms paper, in e p iiz.esj ------------0O0----------- high as Everest,. Astounding as th< that hidden in the expense account are announceu in tms issue, anu eacn candidate win win What ever the project in mind by the company that j thought may to mere wage earner, of every merchant is somewhere the a c c o r d i n g to tiieir merits ana ousiness done, ino one w»n has started surveying operations in this vicinity, it has ’!t nevertheless is philosophically Pos- influence o f every piece o f dishon nave any advantage over anomer so tar as tms ouice ¿s aroused enough curiosity to kill a cat. Well, there is no ^ndouTiy“ wSthTas VnoT* care esty in the community," One o f the agencies combatting concerned. need for excitement. You cun lest assured, thut it is noth- akout dimensional details. And the swindler is the National Better m e good will ot tne people of tms community Uius jng taat is going to cause any serious injury. this bears witness—does it not?— Business bureau, which provides the far snown tms paper, anu especially since tne present i ----------- 0O0— — —— that possession of wealth loses much machinery to protect profits and ed It is very plain to one who has tried ¡to rent a house of its importance when one’s assess ucates investors who might otherwise owner took cnarge is appreciated, and 01 couise nas nau paa* tho bo«nd* °- reasonableness, be taken in by some clever scheme. considerable to uo witn us ottering uiese prizes in is ia! jn Estacada that there is need for more good dwellings. W e confess to feelin g a trifle super Whatever headway it makes toward a prom snaring campaign, and uie proms remain in me ; Here’s an opportunity for an investment that will pay, and ior to Henry, and not a little sorry overcoming the business fraud loss noipe town anu Eastern Eiaekamas county. I pay well. fo r him, as we contemplate his con will be applauded by honest mer fession. It were better fo r him in chants, because It means more legiti ------------0U0-------- ----------- oOc-------- some ways if he were a mechanic mate business fo r them.— St. Helens REDUCE IHE AUTO LICENSE FEE Have you read the ads in this paper? If you haven t again, dreaming o f achievement. Mist. , . ■ vou have missed the most interesting part. Read them There is perhaps no oher man on The News maintains that the present automobile a oyer and ^ake advantages of the opportunities offered. earth so casual in his attitude tow- THE LOWLY PRUNE censa; lees in tms state is, to a considerable extent, unjust. l ard material possessions, unless he is The lowly prune comes to the front ! an untutored aborigine, whose wants again with the information that a RjVeiyuoay nowadays is in tavor 01 goou roaus anu uo not are so few and so simple that they committee o f Umatilla growers favor warn to see me roau program curtailed, and ior tms very; Worthwhile Editorials are easily satisfied. The Patagonian a package containing four tintop bas reason tnere nas not been me complaint registered against savage, perhaps, to whom scant cloth the present fees mat would nave been nan tne money s o ; EIGHT YEARS OF PROHIBITION I there are outlaws Just as (here W e I ¡„ g and 4 mean habitation are sc kets, with the fruit graded and sized, for shipping fresh prunes, and that raised been used for any other purposes. On th . Kith o f this month eight |thuse '',ho l.ry to break “ nd do bvc* V usual, 40 o^|ainf.d, as to leave hjm fbe suit case package appears to bp " ■--- ------- 1 ---- . e - lu.e any other law o f regulation or 1 **-^in huppy ignurgnep of ptP fact that liut tnere is a way to correct me tax needed for road years will have passed since the 18th . dppmpd- It is notopiops that fb e ppunp But it is as certain as day he jg cold_ he mlpht quBilty , work that would be more equitable, borne ot us, likeiy, amendment became a fundamental j t ° a" ‘alcohoUc liquor dealing and pub- w„ can thjnk o f no other at the mo growers »r e b»d|y organized, and that . . . . . 4 ... . " e can in,nK 01 no oiner at tne mo they lose hundreds o f tHousands be wno pay a license lee use me roads a dozen times a^ law o f the land ioliowinjf its approval drlnkln* 13 d° ° n; eit. “ j " " ««*• There is the satiety o f but r cause they do not spend thousands muen as do outers wno pay a larger lee. in e just wa> oy three quarters o f the staUs, eithr; by their legislative bodies or by the n,an:y years th th n nlt l o ,a? r few want8’ these Primitive and rcad- in intelligent advertising. Notwith as the News sees it to charge motorists lor using me roaus direct vote o f the people. ta»ns will join with the United States | ily s,jppiied, and there is the satiety standing the state jokes about the » which is the penalty and penance o f is according to tne amount tney use mem— riot accoruing Great was the rejoicing through in prohibitory law.. Prohibitionists, who are uttdoutrf- j ¡n;m¿:a$.e .wealth. Thoreau gave the prune, the fruit has wonderful pos o the vehicle they use. out the 'and on the part o f tem- ediy in the great m ajority in this savapC the be»* of it jn this particu- sibilities, and the producers o f W est ern Washington have uncovered a de The equitable way to meet this situation is to put the perance people, inni some n.Mintvir should cVinnlrl welcome U.'Olbfl O any Qnv fair nm! m, ' . • ' jb . alw&yr ^ * * ! country, anc. • |ar jy le sava^e> . he ‘ saidt mand fo r small boxes. The consumer, tax on the gasoline used, in tms method ol taxation ior clined to think that the ' , reasonable opportunity to put public j -^rcaltliy, and yet he has managed tc once hgr inferpst in pbtainpd, lgpk$ road building, tne people who use tne roaus pay me most, against the drink evil was won. ¡1 sentiment to the test. lhe coming | retain his appetites, with a discriminating aye qn an af.; M n i „ Afth Q uifinQ 11\7 soon became apparent however that political campaign may pft'pr that op j j r j ’ord’s gesture toward his wad not me ieilows wno use then cais only occasionally. |the element wouU1 not abide tractive package, tastefully labeled portunity. I f in selecting s president nis utterjy Brot)dingnaginn tyad, may t ourists get all tne beneiits oi Uregon roads and pay by the new law They flouted it it is a choice between a wet and i j , e as ||and anc) genuinely care in the manner t° Which she is areus- very little toward the building oi them, lo o much oi me | as they had done ever since laws were dry candidate it may develop that i ;e„ aa ht) intends it tq appear. O- tflmpd, Prune growers may we|l roaa funds are used in the Northwest in building nign-lmade fo r the regulation o f the trat fa ir expression o f public sentimer may not. For we do suspect that learn the fundamentals nf marketing ,, , , .. „ . t from factories where the carton has will result.— Gresham Outlook. ways to playgrounds for the benefit of tourists more man fit- any serious f'ank attack on the Forr< . . , . . ,, , . . . i become an ornamental utility. It is for the benetit of our own people. I Thy figh t is »till on and both slde? fortune would reawaken in Henry , mute but itg appearance createg a A TAXPAYING INDUSTRY a consuming cu..os,ty as to how mucl hun(rer fo r investigation o f the T he News is in tavor oi cutting the automobile license are ?*S**e 4 >n » ‘«"g an > Last year the railroads paid ovet he has, and t . haW much o f th,a h< terior.— Oregon City Enterprise, fees to merely a registration fee, and if more money is s ^ fioed yt $394,000,000 in taxes— more than might retain.-— Oregonian. _________________ necessary for building roads than the present gas tax w ill aKanda v,hich finds ¡u way into the twice \>!»t it cost in run the f e d e r a l ---------------------- i n . . - n i produce, boost it still higher. newspaper» o f the countiy to the ef- govprnmept "in J876, and not mucl DISCREDITING MOON FARMING v . , r° 0ger aa‘ seei ’ 11 1 -----------------0 O 0 ----------------- ' feet that prohibition is a failure, anu less than the iPOJ. gpVfjrpmj^tnl cost. . .. , i j , i 43 -> In other words, had th* OUR WORST ENEMY INSIDE OUR DOORS " paid as much in taxes a little over , quarter a century ago a* they do n o « Estacada’. worst enemies ai-e inside our own doors, i anfl loc'nl alone wuold have been support There is too many of us not "sold” on our own town ¡“ " .T r ' T i Z . they mg the entire federal government. community, and those who do not have sutficient conti bR|on families of the workini Recently the Puget Sound Power & dence in the future of this city and the commurficy are ,ncn ape enjoying only more oi Light company submitted a bid to not only not doing themselves any good, but are gradually the com forts of life but tht light Seattle streets fo r $100.000 c causing Othel*S to become pessimistic. luxuries. More of them own tH.it yy.iv less than the city now pays its plant. The bid was It takes men with vision, foresight, anti a great deal own hom‘'s Bnd the“' ?wn cara: , *" owri better clothed and fei rejected by cily'otMoi.gjj. The sanu And the rapiti- l'h*a’'T ,re of confidence to build a town into a city. ------------------------------ > , - r . - and a are l c i e la g g l r f n the p rivileges o f private corporation was awSvav i .... growing, btiom town often suffers serious setbacks, and ,,d u ca tion ¡n gram m ar «cboois, high light and power contracts far It'r. sometimes disappear from the map. But this is not the schoois and colleges, s a v in g , ac- Washington state institutions in com ease with the city that has been planned gradually and counts have greatly increased dunny petition with the same Seattle munic ipal plant at a saving o f $35,000 i worked out through the alow p r o . « oi y e a r , year to the state. Estacada is an old town as comparea with the towns MlbI# for the improvcd condi- Eeven with its “ tax exem ption" of this section of the country. It has developed slowly, tion8 and “ elimination o f profits," the Se bu. surely. It has never suffered any serious setbacks, prohibition has undoubtedly be- i.ttlc municipal plant, advertised as lhe a greatest o f its kind in the world, anu It ii h is CP .nv m. *• »ciiiwvi settled i policy ot .... the r people U IlU probably I 'l s l U d U l j never i t i t t i will. «111. it. ic been v i t . l i through u i i u w ^ i i no boom - vi’ v u . j v. * period, but ■' I ! is i h t product Ilf gradual flfe v e lq p m e n t o f To question confidence in the a l - l . v ' d f ,h ' f . ? f’b ° P cs- mK •. . , . ■the end o f the world in the summer mange fibpn it come« to planting is - o f 1928 W el, „ „ d t still regarded a, «»must sacrilege py Apd> raoreover, dM -t t . ink f many an old-fashioned farmer, Pf>- (. , u!d bB "astounded’' or ’'shocked" at less the "sign ” I. right, he 1. » « r e any thlng . _ Hubbard Knterprise that it will be useless for him to at- ___________________ _ tempt to get a crop. | Christian E ndeavor The federal department o f agricul- i It is announced by Clackamas ture has issued an almanac fo r farm | County Christian Endeavor Union ers, and this almrnae contains a some ¡that Rev. Ira Landrith D. D., o f Chi- v hat serious attack on the ideas o f cago, the citizenship superintendent persons who adhere to the moon lore • o f the international society o f the for farming and gardening. This al- | Christian Endeavor, will speak in Or- nianuc wij, have the approval o f the I egon City the last o f this month, modern farmer who has adopted busi-1 The meeting will be held January 30 nesslike methods in his fitrtnirt^ c per- j in the Oregon City Presbyterian at ions, •* *• " * - ' " R j « ‘t plant by the niuon," the al-j t)r. Landreth is touring the state mar.ac says, "but get the best seed ; under the auspices o f the different r.ml prepare the seed bed. then plant I Christian Endeavor unions and the when the soil and moisture condi Oregon organization. He has been tions are right." Good sense, ...la certain- m - traveling „ a .e o iig over the me nation speakir speaking O f coui.c J^buld not match lhe rates Ct the atore ’ ryi but how'are you going to cot;-.me* On law eniorccment and World pcac t the o f thUe Hktu4 sutes. o f his new