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About Clackamas County news. (Estacada, Or.) 1928-1957 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1929)
C l a c k a m a sx o ü n t y N ews LEGION TO SPONSOR EAST^ § i ? 5 » First Vote Count Announced; JUNIOR B A S E B A L L Very Few Candidates Active G R A D E SCHOOL TEAM S OF THE D IF FE R E N T COM MUNITIES ELIGIBLE TO ENTER Carl Douglass Post of the Ameri can Legion unanimously decided tc go into baseball again this year— on a larger scam, possibly, than last year, at the meeting of the post or Monday evening. But the Legion baseball this year will be an entirely different brand from that of last year. The Americanization department o f the organization is sponsoring jun ior baseball in every state in the union. The departments in each state work out their elimination contests and further elimination contests an held in different sections o f states for the selection o f teams to compete in the national contest in Chicago the traveling expenses of the teams after they leave their state are paid by the national association. Championship teams o f count e: will be selected by the process ol elimination for the chance to enter for the state championship, which will be played o ff at the Vaughai street park on a date when the Coas league is playing, the juniors playing a part in a double-header. It is estimated that more than three hundred teams will compete ii the state, at least one hundred am fifty in the city o f Portland a’.one Every district school and rural com munities may have their Legion base ball team. Every boy who will not havi reached his seventeenth birtffdaj by next September is eligible to en ter. The complete details of the arrangements have not been receiver here yet, and will be made public a: soon as possible. Those inteivste. will learn much about the proposec plans by tuning in on radio statior K E a Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Appointment of the committee i: not complete yet, but Sylvester Law rence will assist in the organiz tiol o f a team at Springwater; L. A Franks at Currinsville; J. C. More land in the Garfield district, and ai effort will be made to have son.eon sponsor a team in every communit; in the eastern part o f the county. A certain amount of equipmen will probably be furnished the team by the Legion, but the details o this proposition have not been com pitted. Plans for the new Legion buildini in Estacada are going ahead. Th« plan o f financing has been approve and there is little possibility o f anj development thut might hinder th erection o f a building during the com ing spring and summer. Two members of the post, J. C Moreland and Grover Kiggins, hav« offered the post the use o f their loa privilege and funds will be borrowei from the state to pay for the nev home. The committee chosen to erect i bill board on which the names of ex service men will be painted has de cided to place the board on Secom street back of the drug store an< in front o f the post office. Th« board will be completed soon an the names o f ex-service men o f thi; end of the county placed thereon. Requests are again being broadcas for the names of all ex service mer that they may be properly inscribe« on the board, which will be perma nent. Send in your name to the News office or to the adjutant oi the post, Ted Ahlberg, Estacada. The Auxiliary held their meetinj Monday evening and after the busi ness sessions, a lunch was served an« a social hour followed. There wa; an unusually large attendance. FIDDLERS’ CONTEST MARCH 6, 7 AND t Plans are being continued for th- old time fiddlers contest to be hel« at the Liberty Theatre, March 6, 7 and 8. Cash prizes are being of fered for first, second and third place and those who desire to enter are urged to file their names with the Liberty Theatre or the News o f fice. There is no entry fee, an«' the winners o f the prizes will be em ployed to play for an old-time dance immediately after the finals. NO. 21 E S T A C A D A -S A N D Y , OREGON , F R ID A Y , F E B R U A R Y 22, 1929 V O L U M E X X III Mountain Chapter O. E. S held a stated communication Tuesday eve- ing in the Masonic hall with a large attendance o f members and visitors. Following the business meeting First Vote Count Very Light— Friends Help Candidates games were played anil then came Voluntarily— Anyone Can Lead by Taking Ad the refreshments in the dining hall. Mrs. Rose Bartholomew was chairman vantage of Honor Roll Days.— Real of the refreshment committee and Opportunity Next Eight Days. with her assistants the tables were ______ made beautiful with flowers, red ( hearts, cupids and candles, the St. \ Today the first count in the Clack- Valentine theme being carried out in amas County News’ big “ Everybody is to take advantage of all chances the splendid lunch served. j W ins” election, for two new motor to gain in votes. The members are now looking for- | cars and many other prizes, is print- New N om in ees C ould W in ward with pleasure to the special ed Hereafter, the vote count will be Is there a chance for a new live meeting which will be held Monday published each week and will include candidate? Is there a chance for a evening, March 4, when Mrs. Carrie1 all votes cast for publication up to real live worker? You know there is. Jackson, grand conductress, will visit the night before date o f publication. And there is the same chance for Thursday the chapter officially for the annual Today’s vote score is of every candidate now entered. A ll noon. inspection of work o f the officers. are on even terms. More That’s how it is today. j There will be a school o f instruction It is time now to work. Subscrip- votes have been cast by subscribers ^ mean more votes than they ever in the afternoon o f that day. themselves than most candidat«. have ^ Jn three short weeks the BRONSON MILL AGAIN RUNNING secured. Neither the list o f candidates nor the recorded vote today is a fair in The mill o f the Bronson Lumber dication of how the race will be. company at Faraday, after being Subscriptions and coupons have been closed down during the cold weather, turned in for some who as yet have resumed operations first o f the week. made no actual e ffort themselves. Active work at the LaDee Loggoing Another few have tried to skim the company camp has not begun, but cream. Eventually the election will some logs are being shipped from narrow down to the real workers— Camp 1^4. A train of logs is being the real prize winners. sent out to Portland other day. S o m e Qu it Easy about every Some candidates there are who will get along very well for a few days. They will bubble over with enthusiasm. But it won’t last. They will go out and get their ears knock ed down once or twice and they’ll be ready to quit. They have not got the stu ff in them that will urge them Andrew Vetsch, 87, who died on on. And rather than admit their de- February 15, at the family home , . . . , „ , . ficiency, they’ll come in or write in mar Boring, was buried in the Sandy and say> ..j havcn-t the time.o others -emetery, Tuesday, will be content to let their friends wore conducted at Sandy by Rev. Mr. vote for them when they turn in their Haffner of Portland. subscriptions over the counter o f the Mr. Vetsch was born in Switzer News office. Some will start but not land, November 14, 1841 and came finish. io Portland in 1879, remained a few Really, it is regrettable that the days and then settled on the same votes are no more than they are. place where he lived continuously In truth, the present status of this for 51 years, except a four months’ election would not ju stify in putting visit back to Switzerland, several up more than a cheap diamond ring years ago. a flashy watch or a music box. He was a lover of the country and The prizes are extraordinary. Nev to the very last refused to go tq er before have such valuable new Portland where his two sons, Andrew motor cars and other prizes been o f ind Peter Vetsch conduct a creamery fered in this county. And yet, can ind restaurant. didates will lag along, hoping by About half .the clearing o f the 400- some miracle that the other fellow icre farm was done by the deceased. will also stay asleep and allow then- Vlr. Vetsch married Eisie Gantenbein to carry o ff the prizes without giving n 1869 and they celebrated their the semblance of a return to the sixtieth wedding anniversary las Clackamas County News. That isn’t October. fair. Surviving are the widow, two son- ■ N e w N om in ee C ou ld W in ind an adopted daughter, Mrs. Rose W hy, today an absolutely new Clayton, and eight grand children. candidate can enter this election and The floral pieces were wonderful, I wjth a few subscriptions, spring up and were hung on the church wall, nad gain B stronK position with eBch besides those at the altar. The fun- an<J eyery Qne nQW entered- It can eral was attended by hundreds o f i be done. t’riends o f the deceased. And any candidate now in can do PIONEER OF BORING DISTRICT PASSES j votes Contrary to the plan usually fo l lowed, the News’ plan calls for a re- i duction o f yotes as the plan pro gresses. In this campaign the last week is the least important, because a year’s subscription counts so few i votes. Live candidates who are on the job ought to be able to cinch one _ of the cars within the next few weeks before the vote schedule is cut. It I can be done. Perhaps you will do it. Remember, Friday's vote list will include all votes cast for publication up to Thursday noon. The standing published for votes received up to Thursday noon o f each week. Now, if you are “ in” go to work. If you are still thinking about get ting "i n ” — get in. You can win. Don’t lag in your campaign, don’t h. sítate or be timid about your race. Go right to it and keep right at it. And above all, don’t sympathize with yourself. Be positive, not negative. Do something. Accomplish some thing. Just make the time between jiow and Saturday night, March 2, the most productive you ever exper ienced. You can do it. W ill you? Patrons o f Firwood, Hill Crest, ship, too, helps. For instance, for every club of $20 .ended a meeting Monday night at wor^b 0f subscriptions turned in the .he Sandy grade school to discuss candidate gets 100,000 extra votes, ■onsolidation with Sandy. There was over and above the regular schedule Greenwood, Marmot and Sandy at- j i large turnout and little opposition which the subscriptions themselves vas demonstrated. provide. These clubs may be of Firwood, however, objected to an one.y ear subscriptions, or any combi ncrease of expense from its district. na^jon you may work out, just s< t was decided to call a special meet- they tota, $20 or more. ng of taxpayers to vote on consoli- Fourteen one-year subscriptions lation. • E. F. Bruns presided. The total 168,000 votes. With the extra ,-ounty superintendent, B. L. Vedder, 100.000 that would make 268,000. was present. And if they are turned in during ROBERTS C H ILD REN G IV E VALEN TIN E PARTY Mrs. Birch Roberts of Sandy ar anged a Valentine party for Evelyn ind Glendale and several o f their ittle friends. The table was decora- ed with cupid’s colors, with place :ards for each guest and a valentine at each plate. Present were Lois deers, Virginia and Dorothy Pace, Dorothy A schoff, Edna, Rose and Henry Keisicker, Sydney and Dewey Strong, Rill Louderback, Cyril and Kenneth Roberts, Glendale and Eve- yn Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. John Rob erts and Mr. and Mrs. Birch Robters. Delicious refreshments were served. Honor Roll days the candidate would get 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 extra votes for every three subscriptions, making the four teen one-year subscriptions conn: 1 .2 8 0 .0 0 0 votes. Then if it is a new candidate there would be 10,000 votes on nominatior and 100 ,0 00 extra votes with the fiis four subscriptions, and the coupons. Thus, a new candidate could with fourteen one-year subscriptions to day cast 1,690,000. H o n o r Rolls Announcement o f the only special honor roll vote o ffer o f the entire campaign appears toilay. Up to an«1 including March 2, is the biggest and only vote opportunity in the entire campaign. Look the standings over Entertains E m b r o id e r y Clnb Mrs. Dittert was hostess to the The vote is very low, far lower than Sandy Embroidery club Monday eve- we had expected it to be, but it ling. Those present were Mrs. Hazel simply makes it easier for anyone t< Brown, Mrs. H. A . Schneider, Mrs. F. start now and make a runaway win L. Proctor, Mrs. Hattie Dahrens, Mrs. o f it. Read the list today. See how Yost, Hazel Hudson, Annie Glocknet few o f the candidates have really and W innifred, Mrs. Sylvester Hall anything but free votes. Honor Roll and Miss Kammemer. days give every candidate a chance SPRINGWATER FAIR PLANS ARRANGED The Eagle Creek Grange held its regular monthly meeting Saturday in ; the hull, with an attendance of 44 members and four visitors. The members report another of those sue F O U R H C L U B W O R K T O BE 1M cessful meetings for which this or- \ PORTANT PA RT OF THE ganization is famous. One candidate was given the first SH O W THIS Y E A R . and second degrees, two teams doing the work. A t the lecture hour, a most interesting program was given, Members o f the Springwater Fair the theme for all the numbers having 1 board held a special meeting last some connection with Lincoln and week to start working out the plans Washington birthday anniversaries. for a better fair this year. While When the dinner hour arrived, the fair will be along the same plan decorations and arrangements for as in former years, more attention the feast stressed St. Valentine ob will be given to the boys and girls servances. Red hearts predominated department of the fair. and the guests derived much pleasure County Club Leader LeRoy C. in finding their place cards and part Wright attended the meeting o f the ners. The whole affair proved highly Springwater fair board last week, entertaining. and lent his assistance in working BREAKS ANKLE WHILE SKATING | the same thing. There is no handi cap. A ll are on even terms. W orl is the governing factor. Salesman DISTRICTS M AY JOIN WITH SANDY SCHOOL will be less per subscription. EAGLE CREEK GRANGE HAS LIVELY MEETING Steve Turel, who is employed by the government in the forest service, is in a Portland hospital, pn account o f an accident a few days ago when he fell and broke a bone in his ankle. The accident happened at Davis lake near Three Links. A party o f skat ers had cleared the sonw from the ice so as to have good skating and Mr. Turel made a mistep from the snow to the ice which caused the fracture. COMMUNITY CLUB TO GIVE PROGRAM FRIDAY out the details as regards the boys and girls in the fair to be held this year. Harold Horner has been ap pointed as 4-H club chairman o f the community and is over all leaders of the 4-H clubs in that vicinity. Last year, for the first time, the fair board changed their juvenile de partment to the 4-H club department and all children eligible for awards must be enrolled in 4-H club work and must have his or her final report filed with the county club agent or the club department superintendent before receiving premiums. The chairman, Mr. Horner, will distribute all material to the local leaders and he sees that all clubs are functioning as properly as possible. The chairman acts as sort o f over seer. “ This plan is a good idea for the furtherance of club work,” says the county club leader, Mr. Wright. The Community Club and the E s tacada Garden club will join forces this Friday evening, February 22, KILLS FIVE COUGARS and give a program at the high school IN THREE WEEKS auditorium. This is the regular G. W . Ramsay o f Three Links has meeting date of the Community club Some o f the school children will killed five cougars during the past) pro/zidc .. part of the program, after few weeks and went to Oregon City which the Garden c ub will introduc« Monday to collect the county bounty a speaker from Portla.id, who "Vill on their scalps. He will also receive Give your campaign as much at give an in r.nstive talk on landscape $125 bounty from the state. It is tention during your spare time as gardening and other allied garden said that Mr. Ramsay hunts the cou you would any other business propo topics. gars with his one dog and at the pes- sition for, right here, is no doubt The public in general is invited to ent time has two baby cats, two weeks one of the greatest opportunities that come out ar..1 enjoy the program. old, which he is keeping to sell to will ever come into your life. Take some one for exhibition purposes. advantage of it. Take advantage of R E P O R T O N M E T H O D S O F R AISING CH U RCH FUNDS F E RT IL IZE R TESTS MADE every Honor Roll day. They are the A meeting was held :.t the Meth key to the golden opportunity. They A T SPRIN G W A TER -G E O R G E unlock the treasure chest for you. odist church in Estacada to hear the County Agent J. J. Inskeep was reports of .li^sc who “ earned” money Enter now! for the Sunday : hoc] and to receive in the Estacada vicinity Wednesday H o w to Ju m p Into First P lac e There was a large at and some tests plots were prepared On each 10-year subscription 680,- the same. 000 regular votes are allowed— pro tendance and the reports were highly to try out a fertilizer donated for Test Something like $26 the purpose by Bob Cooke. viding same is received during the entertaining. present period. Then, if it is turned was raised in this manner, the ladies plots were fertilized at Ed. Shearer’s in during Honor Roll days 500 ,0 00 winning over the men by more than on gray oats, and at Bob Guttridge’s A plot extra votes are allowed, making 1,- half. A program of music, readings place, both in Springwater. 180.000 votes for one ten-year sub and games added much to the eve was also prepared at the Julius Paul scription. In addition, 100,000 votes ning’s entertainment, and light re sen place in George and and on the Hollister and Trapp farms in Gar are given on each $20 club o f sub freshments wer served. field. The tests are being made on scriptions, therefore one 10-year sub A tt en d s Dental Clinic rye, winter wheat and oats. Doug scription will have a total value of Dr. H. A . Schneider o f Sandy at lass Johnson accompanied tho county 1.25 5 .00 0 votes. You can see by glancing at the tended the mid-winter dental clinic agent while preparing the tests. Tuesday vote totals that just a few good sub in Portland Monday and Bull Run Ladies Ent er ta in scriptions would furnish a new lead Mrs. Schneider and children joine« Mrs. Alton Phelps and Mrs. V . D. er: in fact E N T IR E L Y N E W C A N him Tuesday, visiting in the city for Butler of Hull Run were hostesses at D ID A T E S who at this time have no a day. a farewell party given for Mr. and votes, could climb to the top easily. Gresham D o c t o r Dead Mrs. Ivan Midlan, Saturday night. When one takes into consideration Dr. H. C. Johnson o f Gresham Seven tables o f progressive five hun the value o f the various awards, it passed suddenly February 13, pre dred entertained the guests. More appears that they are certainly well sumably from an over dose o f sleep than thirty were present. Mr. Mid- worth the e ffort it may take to se ing powders. Dr. Johnson was well Inn wns the Bull Run station agent. cure them. known in the Sandy district as n W E W A N T M ORE E N L IST M E N T S N ew S to r e at S a lm on R iv er veternarian and was well liked. to replace those who are doing noth The new store at Salmon River, now nearing completion, will carry ing in this “ Everybody W ins” elec SKI T O U R N E Y A T H R I L L E R a line of building materials for sum tion. Phone the News office, Esta The big tournament at Hood Sun cada or Sandy; call at the campaign day was a thriller. Candada carried mer homes. department in Estacada, two doors o ff the honors. Coming 2500 mile cast o f the office o f publication, or they carry home a lovely three-yeai LEGION AUXILIARY write for information today. trophy, which me ins another try-out SHOW NETS $20.00 next year. Mr. and Mrs. Bean of Net profits of over $21 was the Baltimore, who were at the event O bserv es B ir thda y result o f the special show given at Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Horr of Sandy stated “ Portland is our h om e," after he Liberty Theatre Wednesday eve entertained Mrs. J. M. C. Miller, and seeing the winter sports, which the; Mr. Bean ning by the American Legion Auxil- R. W . Mallery Toesday night at a had never seen befoie. •ary. The committee who had the delicious dinner, after which five said that words could not till the affair in charge wishes to express beauty o f the winter scenery. hundred was enjoyed. This was Mr. its appreciation for the assistance Horr's birthday and a lovely cake of those who aided in the special Sckneidera Entertain decorated with candles was served. Mrs. H. A. Schneiiler gave u birth musical program, and especially Miss Mr. Horr chose Lincoln’s birthday day party Saturday for Keith. A Beatrice Wilder ami the boys’ quartet for his advent, and was named ac cake bearing four randies, and ice and string quartet of the high school, cordingly. cream was served. Relatives present which was the spice o f the program. Also Mrs. Kelly of Three Links, included Mrs. Schneider, Keith' Mrs. L un dy W in s Cash Pris e grandmother, Mrs. J. E. Swanson and who braved the bad roads to respond Mrs. Blanche Lundy, Clackamas Eleanor o f Portland, Mrs. C. G. to a request to sing, and the co-opera County News circulation campaign Schneider, Bobby and Gordon of tion of the theatre management is candidate, carried o f f first prize in | Gresham. C. G. Schneider joined sincerely appreciated. ast week’s special prize contest. the party at dinner Saturday night Due to the illness o f the daughter Rev. C. T. Cook won second place o f Mrs. C liff Kiggins, there will be and was awarded $ 10 , with Frank The residence purchased a short no meeting o f the Auxiliary sewing The next meeting will Marshall and Mrs. Emery Ford fol time ago by Mrs. Thos. Carter from club today. lowing. The winners had but a small Dan Matson is being remodeled and be at the home o f Mrs. Kiggins, oq Friday, March l . margin over several other candidates. built into a modern home.
