JT,;
C lac k am as C ounty N ew s
EARL JONES GIVEN
THREE YEARS IN JAIL
D Y N AM IT E R PLEADS GU ILTY TO
M ANSLAUGHTER
NUMBER 28
ESTACADA-SANDY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1929
VOLUME XXIII
CHARGE
IN C I R C U I T C O U R T
Earl Jones, 20-year-old Boring lad
who has been held for more than a
year awaiting trial on charges of
first degree murder, was arraigned
in the circuit court Monday and plead
guilty to charges o f manslaughter.
He asked that he be sentenced imme
diately and Judge J. U. Campbell
gave him three years in the state
penitentiary.
Young Jones said he was not guilty
after hearing his sentence, but said
that he was morally so as he placed
the powder under the house that
caused the death of his step-mother
und brother.
His father said that he would never
believe that Earl was guilty and ex
pressed the hope that the boy would
be paroled as soon as possible.
Earl Jones was arrested March 15,
1928, on charges of having dynamit
ed his father’s home near Boring,
causing the death of his step-mother
und brother, uged 10. In the explo
sion Mr. Jones suffered severe in
juries, it being necessary to ampu
tate one of his legs. Ethel Jones and
Gladys Roe, a cousin, who made her
home with the Jones family, also
suffered injuries, and another son
was not injured although asleep up
stairs at the time.
The trial first started last Novem
ber and resulted in a dead-locked
jury.
ROYAL ESTACAD Al ANS PLAY
O V E R POR TLA N D STATION
The Royal Estacadaians, a newly
formed orchestra of Estacada boys
played a thirty-minute program over
radio station KTBR in Portland Sat
urday evening. The program was
sponsored by a furniture company.
After the program the orchestra was
entertained at a banquet.
The new organization is composed
o f Harry Osborne, banjo; Glen Da
vis, trumpet; “ Chub" Osborne, sax
ophone; Floyd Drew, drums; Ted
Here's the statement made by the
Ahlberg, violinist and Harry Grable judges in the News circulation con
at the piano.
test, after carefully checking and
counting the credits of the several
P l c i u n t H o m e C hu rc h C o n c e r t
candidates:
The Jacobson quartet, Portland,
“ We, members o f the advisory
gave an entire program at the Pleas board appointed to have supervision
ant Home M. E. Church Saturday of the Clackamas County News’ "E v
night, after which the Ladies’ Aid erybody Wins” campaign just con
served lovely refreshments. The pro cluded, and who have been selected
ceeds amounted to $40, which will be to act as counting judges and audi
used for church improvements.
tors, certify that we have made a
careful check and count of all bal
H om e On C ed ar C r eek Sold
lots cast in this election, and find the
Mrs. Annie Blair, Portland, has
purchased an acre on Cedar Creek, results to be as follows:
Brought to Successful Close
Sandy Candidate Wins First Prize; Mrs. Norman Gets
Second, and Mrs. Leo Steinman Wins Third
Honors in the Vote Count
near Sandy, from Monroe Weist. First choice o f cars, Mrs. Blanche
Lundy.
There is a house on the place and
Mrs. Blair will move out soon. George Second choice o f cars, Mrs. Marieta
Norman.
W. Beers made the deal.
Winner of Frigidaire, Mrs. Leo
Steinman.
Field Da y A p r i l 25
Field Day foy grade schools in the Winner o f first radio, Rev. C. T.
Cook.
Sandy section is announced for Fri
day, April 25. It will be an all-day Winner of second radio, Frank Mar
shall.
affair.
Winner o f Set o f Rogers Silverware
Mrs. Alice Marshall.
Winner o f extra $100 cash prize,
Mrs. Norman.
“ We further certify that the can
didates whose names appear abovp
“ Hulda o f Holland,” an operetta are declared winners in their respec
in the form o f a three-act musical tive positions, and as set out.
“ It is our belief that the campaign
comedy, will be given by the glee
Students P rep ar ing f o r Con te st
clubs o f Estacada high school next has been conducted in a fair and im
Students in Estacada high school
Friday evening, April 19, at 8 o ’clock. partial manner to everyone concerned
who expect to enter the typing con
The story is about Hulda, who was and interested, and commend G. E.
test to be held in Milwaukie on April
j betrqthed to Jan Steen when they Parks, editor and publisher o f the
13, are having 15 minutes practice
■ were infants.
Soon afterward the Clackamas County News, and C. Rex
each morning before the assembly,
Steen fnmily moved from Holland, to Parks for having brought to a suc
so that they may become accustomed
I New Jersey while Hulda grew up in cessful close such a thoroughly busi
to typing before the public.
ness-like and fair enterprise.
I Holland.
J. C. MORELAND
When the operetta opens, Hulda (Signed)
E S T A C A P A HIGH SCHOOL
CECIL O. DUKE
j has grown to young womanhood
BASF. A L L S C H E D U L E M A D E
L. P. CONNER
Peter, her father, informs her that he
L. A. CHAPMAN
has
had
a
letter
from
Andrian
Steen
The Estacada high school boys’ and
At the stroke o f 9 Saturday night,
girls’ baseball schedule for the com stating that his son Jan would ar
ing year will be the same with the ex rive there to get acquainted with the big circulation building campaign
ended.
ception that the girls, only, play Hulda before the wedding.
Jerry Heyden, a young American
As a result the paper’s paid circu
West Linn. The games will be as
I also from Hoboken, has met Hulda lation, which had previously dominat
follows :
April 19 at Molalla; April 23 at i in Paris where they fell in love. He ed the local field, became even morn
West Linn; April 26 at Canby; April | arrives at Hulda’s home and learns dominant by adding within the county
30, Sandy at Estacada; May 3, Mo that Jan will be there that day as an o f Clackamas a host o f new subscrip
tions, giving this paper the largest
lalla at Estacada; May 10, Canby at accepted fiance o f Hulda.
As Myrhier or Vrouw Cats have paid in advance circulation in the
Estacada; May 17, Estacada at Sandy
and May 23 West Linn at Estacada. never met Jan, Jerry persuades fluid® county.
to let him impersonate Jan. Later,
Exactly at 9 o ’clock the ballot box
Jerry and his pal, Jimmy Stone, also was taken in charge at Marchbank's
; an American, succeed in securing Confectionery, and the contest de
| Jan’s help in the plan of deception, clared closed. The box was carried
j This furnishes many comedy situa to the Estacada State Bank where it
tions and with the final solution pro was opened and the counting began.
The result o f the count was an
After com foiting rites, Mrs. Han vides a splendid plot.
Robert Marchbank as Jerry Hey nounced at approximately 11:30.
nah Nelson was laid to rest beside
her husband, Nets Nelson, in Sandy den, the young American, suitor of
In addition to the prize winners as
cemetery. The husband died in 1901. Hulda, has a most interesting singing announced aboye, all other contest
Mrs. Nelson had lived near Sandy 53 and speaking part all through the ants who remained active to the fin
years. She was born in Sweden 74 play. The part o f Hulda is played ish, according to the rules of the
years ago and came to the United by Pauline Buell.
campaign, are given cash equivalent
Howard Fifer as Jan, the effem i to 10 per cent o f their total amount
States in 1873, to Portland in 1875,
and was married that same year and nate and eccentric fiance of Hulda, o f business transacted for the News
they began building a home on a 160- provides much o f the comedy of the during the campaign.
operetta. One of the most impor
acre claim in the deep forest.
The judges who took charge of the
Four o f the five children were born tant character parts is that o f the final count were all well known locul
in the log cabin the two builded to old Dutch farmer, Peter Cats, played men, whose decision was beyond a
gether. Mrs. Nelson also helped to by Claude Lankins.
doubt without reproach. They were:
Although Bob Hayden and Erma
clear the farm. Local mills closed
L. A. Chapman, mayor o f Esta
Wilcox as Jimmy Stone and Katrina
down during the funeral.
cada; Cecil O. Duke, o f the Clacka
llaagenbeets,
start
out
like
the
“
two
The surviving children are Be, John
mas County Bank, Sandy; J. C. More
and Milton Nelson and Mrs. Annie cats o f Kilkenny,” they end by sing land, with the State Game commission
ing
a
very
effective
love
song.
McKinney.
and district committeeman of the
The sewing classes under Miss No-
American Legion; and L. P. Conner
S a n d y G r a n g e Meets S at urd ay
! ble have been busy the past week
manager of the Eagle Creek Trading
An extra good program will be making Dutch costumes for the cho-
company o f Eagle Creek.
given at Grange Hall, Saturday. The | rus, while the manual training classes
The utmost accuracy was used in
grade school numbers at lecture hou: under Mr. Eliassen and the properties
tallying each candidate’s vouchers
committee
under
Ernest
Douglass
are
will include a dialog, Indian club drill
and votes, and it is putting it mildly
harmonica band, and Mrs. Will Bell making an entire new set for the
to say that the task was difficult and
also has several fine numbers lined stage.
,
most tedious. Fortunately the men
The operetta is staged under the
up.' This is too good a program for
who served as judges were accus
the public to miss. The program will direction o f Miss Beatrice Wilder.
tomed to handling figures and count
begin about 1 o ’clock, to which all
ing with greatest exactness, and this
Mrs. J. Seales Entertains Club
are invited.
Mrs. J. Scales was hostess to the fact made it possible to complete the
Sandy Women’s club Thursday. The count in a few hours.
Glenn L o u n d r e e Im pr oves
To these very competent judges
Glenn Loundree, who was so pain members present were Mrs. Shelley,
fully bruised last week, while work Mrs. W. Bosholm, Mrs. Hazel Mur who worked so faithfully and care
ing on a truck, is getting along nicely ray, Miss Kammerer, Mrs. Harry fully Saturday night in the task of
Morton, Mrs. A. W. Bell, Mrs. J. M. counting the millions o f ballots cast
the News wishes to express its sin
O. E. S. T O M E E T
C. Miller and the hostess.
cere thanks. The management is in
Mountain Chapter 108 O. E. S.
deed grateful to them for their work.
will meet Tuesday evening, April 16, W I L L A R D B O S H O L M I N J U R E D
W. Bosholm o f Sandy had a ver
The News also wishes to take this
at 8 o ’clock. By order o f the worthy
tebrae dislocated at the base o f the means o f expressing its thanks and
matron.
skull Monday by pushing a truck too sincere gratitude to every candidate
An entertainment will be given on hard while at the Scales warehouse. in the list for his or her part in mak
April 17 by members o f Rev. J. F. Bosholm suffered intensely for a ing the campaign the rousing suc
time and still is in bed.
cess that it has been. Starting out
Dunlop’s Sunday school class.
MRS. HANNAH NELSON LAID
TO REST_BY HUSBAND
F A IR V IE W PAYS HONOR
TO DE PA RTIN G PASTOR
Circulation Campaign Is
HIGH SCHOOL UPERATTA
TO BE GIVEN APRIL 19
very slowly indeed, the big campaign
became faster and more interesting
{ until it became the most talked of
subject in this section.
It is doubtful if there was a home
in the entire eastern end of the coun
ty that was not interested in the
success o f some of the candidates
towards the home stretch.
Votes
literally poured in the last few days
and every individual candidate, re
gardless of his or her standing in the
list, should feel mighty proud of their
friends who valiantly supported them
throughout the campaign.
In an election of this nature a can
didate finds out who are his or her
friends, and the support that was
given the different workers proved
beyond question that each neighbor
hood and each community was repre
sented in the campaign by one of
its most popular persons.
Again the News wishes to thank
those enterprising, hustling candi
dates for their earnest work.
. An unfortunate affair that has
caused the News considerable trouble
and embarrassment was a garnishee
on the ballot box as the result o f an
action started in circuit court by
a lady from Vancouver to collect
what she states is a claim against
Mr. Williams.
The garnishee was
for any sum that the News might be
owing Mr. Williams, who war em
ployed by the News.
This newspaper and its owners
have no interest whatever in the a f
fair between those two parties, but
is an innocent third party that is be
ing put to considerable trouble over
the matter.
The
attorney representing the
News and the attorneys representing
the person starting the action had a
meeting Thursday afternoon, and it
was agreed that so far as the paper
is concerned it would be released
from this embarrassing position Fri
day morning.
The records o f the votes o f the
different candidates with the busi
ness created the last week o f the con
test are not available, neither has the
News a record available o f the vote
count, and can publish this week only
the names o f the prizes winners as
announced by the judges.
This makes it impossible for us to
settle up with the candidates who
did not win prizes but remained in
the contest until the end. Also the
subscribers who gave their subscrip
tions to candidates last week will not
receive their paper this week because
we do not know who they are, al
though there are probably two or
three hundred subscriptions in the
records being held.
Most o f the candidates have re
ceived their prizes and by Saturday
at the latest it seems that we will be
able to check up and settle with ev
ery candidate, according to the infor
mation received from Charlie Sievers,
attorney for the News, just as this
edition o f the paper went to press.
Some o f the candidates have writ
ten letters to the News expressing
their thanks for their prizes and to
their friends for their help in the
campaign, which will be published
next week.
ESTACADA
LOCALS
The Rebekah past noble grand club
met Monday afternoon with Mrs. W.
F. Cary. They adopted by-laws and
formed plans for future work. This
is not a social cluh, but one to assist
and cheer anyone in need, especially
Rehekahs and their families, accord
ing to their organization plan.
Adolph W. Peterson, employed by
the LaDee Logging company, pur
chased a new Tudor sedan from the
Cooke Motor company recently.
Victor Leon purchased a roadster
with a steel pickup* body to use in
his business, from the Bob Cooke
Motor company.
Measles have appeared in the Esta
cada schools and the Perry Anderson
family are quarantined, their daugh
ter Evelyn suffering from the dis-
M.F. JOHNSON CHOSEN
PRINCIPAL ES1AGADA HI
At the recent annual business meet
ing o f the Smith Memorial Presbyter
ian church, Fairview, when over 100
members and friends of the church W . E. B U E L L , W H O R E S I G N E D ,
attended, a social hour was held in
GOES TO SPRIN GFIELD AS
form o f a surprise party for Rev. E.
H. S P R I N C I P A L
R. D. Hollensted and Mrs. Hollen-
sted, as a mark o f appreciation for
Melvin F. Johnson of Lexington
their faithful services during the last
seven years on that field. The Wom j has been employed as principal of the
en’s society o f that church und the I Estacada schools, to succeed W. E.
Ladies' Aid o f Troutdule presented I Buell, resigned. This action was tak-
them with a set o f colored crystal I en by the board at their regular meet-
salad plates and sherbet glasses. An ! ing held last week,
been employed as
other beautiful gift was the two rose- j Mr. Johnson
colored candlestick holders and can superintendent o f the Lexington
schools, and comes here very highly
dles from the Fairview Grange.
recommended. He is only 28 years
old, and this position here is a sub
B an d C o n c e r t April 19
Sandy Union High annual band stantial promotion for him.
Mr. Johnson will be in Estacada
concert is to be Friday evening, April
19. Other musical numbers will be April 20, but will not take up his
interspersed and the concert is to bo duties here until the beginning of
one o f the big events o f the school next school year.
W. E. Buell, who has been princi
year.
pal of Estacada schools during tho
last two years has been elected as
G res ha m Beat s Sandy Hi
Gresham carried o ff Friday's game principal of the Springfield high
of basketball, 6 to 2. However, it was school, located a few miles from Eu
a great game, splendid sportsmanship gene. Mr. Buell resigned here, and
being shown on both sides, and there his new position is a promotion fop
was not a suspicion o f crabbing. Mr. him, his new school having an en
rollment of over two hundred, em
Ormsby, Gresham high, was umpire.
ploying ten teachers.
D u m p G r o u n d P rob lem at Sandy
Harold E. Regele o f Scio has been
Sandy city dads are having a hard employed as the manual
training
time geting a dump ground, the pres teacher, succeeding Robert Manning,
ent site, which was bought some time who resigned.
ago, being too close to Cedar Creek.
With the employment o f the new
The state health officer will be called principal, the Estacada schools teach
soon to pass on another prospective ing corps for the next term is com
location.
plete with possibly one exception.
But two changes from last year was
made in the staff o f both the high
and grade school.
PLANT SALE TO BE HELD
BY THE GARDEN CLUB
ELECTRIC STORM DOES
DAMAGE A T SANDY
Estacada Garden club is sponsoring
a plant sale to be held at the Broad
way Garage Saturday, April 13. Do
nations o f plants, shrubs and bulbs
may be left there on the preceding
day or on the morning o f the sale.
This probably will he the last sale to
be held by the club as the last legis
lature passed the so-called Florists’
bill prohibiting such sales without a
license.
The club held a meeting Monday
which was attended by 16 members.
Mrs. II. C. Gohring, a director in the
State Federation, gave an interesting
report o f the meeting held recently
at Forest Grove and stated that gar
den clubs in many parts o f the state
are making extensive plantings o f ar
bor vitae in groups o f three at the
entrance to the various cities. It is
planned to encourage this type of
planting ull over the state as a dis
tinctive feature for Oregon. It will
serve as a background for other
plantings o f flowers if the various
communities wish to extend their e f
forts further.
A committee from the club was
appointed to draw up rules and regu
lations for the fall flower show and
also to decide on the various prizes to
be awarded, Mrs. W. J. Moore, Miss
Maude Sherman and Mrs. Beers he
ing named for this work. The o ffi
cers o f the club will ulso serve on
this committee.
Monday a freak electric storm
burned out fuses at Kelso and Sandy,
put six telephone lines out, set fire
to the half-way garage and stunned
Mrs. Pete Paschall; split an electric
pole at Alder Creek from top to bot
tom, and did other slight damage. It
was only one flash o f lightning and
one crash o f thunder.
Sells F ive F ord Cars
Fords were recently sold by Boh
Smith’s Garage to Rufus Troyer,
phaeton; Louis Jorger, fordor; Henry
Schwartz, coupe, and Bill Alt, coupe.
SH E L LE Y BUYS AKIN FARM
P. T. Shelley purchased the old Boh
Akin farm of 75 acres, at Marmot,
and plans to move on the place as
soon as school is out. The place was
owned jointly by Floyd Akin o f Esta
cada and Alex Irvin of Sandy Lum
ber company. George Beers made
the deal.
Ski Club Invit ed to Mt. Hood
Cascade Ski club, identified with
tho National ski club, has invited tho
latter to put on a national tourna
ment at Hood next winter. This was
announced at the recent ski event at
British Columbia.
SANOY GIRL SCOUTS
PASS FINAL TESTS
ESTACADA T oC A L S
The following .Sandy Girl Scouts
Miss Florence Blazier o f Oregon passed their final tests Monday night
State Agricultural college visited the at the home o f Mr. and Mrs. Birch
Estacada schools last week and spoke Roberta:
before the assembly. She was a very
Ruth Barnett, Louise Lucas, Phyllis
interesting speaker.
Christianson, Velma Webster, Arlo-
Sunday is the date o f the all-day tha Proctor. Dorothy Bruns, Roberta
services at the M. E. church, with a Smith, Anabel Molar, Margaret Bell,
basket dinner in the basement at Evelyn Roberts and Amanda Perret.
noon. A group o f young people from
Mrs. George Bendshadler ami Mrs.
the Northern Pacific Flvangelistic In Pern Gault, president and vice pr< si-
stitute o f Portland will conduct the dent o f the Portland Scout federa
services.
tion, gave the tests. Mrs. Ralph
Strong,
Ike Tucker bought the Symms resi Brown, leader, and Alice
dence property and moved with his lieutenant, also too* part.
Refreshments were served follow
family to their new home the first
o f the week.
ing the ceremonial ami numbers were
II. C. Gohring's new garage is en rendered by Edward and Fllliott
closed an«l will soon be ready for o c Sweetland, Bob Graham and Glendale
cupancy.
Roberts, members o f the Sandy liar,
Mrs. F’reil Bartholomew visited inonira band.
her sister*at Linnaman Junction las.
Thursday.
M o o r e -R o w * W e d d in g
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Howard, who
Miss Lola Moore, daughter o f Mr.
have resided in the Bank apartments and Mrs. \\. G. Moore o f Estacada,
for the past year, have moved into | and George L. Rose, son o f Mr. ami
the cottage recently purchased and Mrs. G. P. Rose, were married Stin-
remodeled hy Mrs. R. Thomas Carter. I day at the Rose home, Rev. C. T.
The house has been made modern 1 Look officiating. The wedding din
throughout and will be one of the ner was -erved at the Estacada hotel
attractive places in town when com ' and was attended hy the close rela
pleted on the exterior, the inside tives o f the newlyweds. Mr. and Mrs.
having been finished several days Rose expect to make their home in
ago.
I Los Angeles.