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.