\ B ounty N ews C lackj “RIDERS OF CASCADES” ELECT THEIR OFFICERS Police Make “ Game Raids” M A C H IN E S AND b r U a r \ ESTACA VO LO M E XXXV BOARDS OF MANY KINDS T A K E N BY P O ­ L IC E IN RAID ON MONDAY M any tru c k loads of pinball m ach. incs, slot m achines, and punchboards w ere hauled into the office o f the C lackam as county sh e riff a t Oregon C ity M onday follow ing a raid by m ore th an a score o f sta te police and d e p u ty sh e riffs. O ver 40 p ro p rieto rs of cafes, t a ­ verns, .service stations and small tow n sto re s w here the m achines and b o ard s allegedly w ere being o p e ra t­ ed w ere cited to ap p ear in the ju s ­ tice c o u rts of th e ir d istricts W ednes­ day fo r prelim inary hearings. A ccording to re p o rts th e re was som e indication th a t th ree o r four ow ners of confiscated equipm ent w ould wage a com bined b a ttle in the co u n ty ’s courts. W ithout w arn in g 14 sta te p a tro l­ m en and seven deputy sh e riffs sw oop­ ed down w ithout w arn in g on e stab ­ lishm ents a t M olalla, E stacad a, Can- by, Sandy, M ilwaukie, Oswego, W est Linn, W ilsonville, M ulino, D am ascus a n d C a rv er a n d along th e P acific highw ay and Mt. Hood loop highw ay These o ffic e rs a ctin g u n d e r in stru c ­ tions fro m S h e riff F re d R eaksecker who took office appro x im ately one • m onth ago took o ver n e a rly 100 la r­ g e r m achines and m any uncounted boards. D istrict a tto rn e y F re d A. Mille) said M onday n ig h t th a t prosecution would be pressed u n d e r th e 1937 sta te legislation described as th e H an nah M artin act. Mr. M iller said the law is aim ed a t gam es of chance w he­ th e r th e re ’s an elem en t o f skill or not and n o t especially nam es pinball a n d slot m achines. Mr. M iller and his d eputy R ober: M ulvey began th e job of m aking up se p e ra te in fo rm atio n s on the cases a t once. T he m achines and boards t a ­ ken in the raid w ere stacked away in the s h e riff’s offices and v ault and in v a ca n t ja il cells and o th er a vail­ able courthouse space. Form al o rganization o f th e new ri­ ding club,, R iders o f th e Cascades, was effe c te d last S u n d ay a fte rn o o n a t the R ay T racy “ Flyinig T ” ranch in Viola. A bout th irty people w ere presen t all of whom w e re en th u sias­ tic a bout th e new o rg a n iz atio n am signified th e ir in te n tio n o f becom in; m em bers. O ffice rs w ere elected as follow s: F o rem an , R ich ard W agner: Ass’t fo rem an o r top hand, R ay T ra ­ cy; golddigger, E velyn W ag n e r; tally Janice T ra c y ; and s h e riff W illiam G raham . C a ttle ru stle rs, horse w ra n ­ glers, neck tie p a rty a rtis ts and calf b ra n d ers will be selected a t th e n e x ' m eetin g o f th e cluh to be held or Sunday, F e b ru a ry 16 a t 2 o’clock a* the “ F ly in g T ” ran ch o f Mr. a n d Mr: R ay T rac y in Viola. T he purpose o f th e organization as sta te d by th e fo rem a n , R ichard W ag n er is to p rom ote frien d sh ip am ong lovers o f w e ste rn horses and to g e t th e m ost p lea su re o u t o f th e ir use. A nyone who has a horse o r w ha can re n t one is eligible to jo in th e club. T he R iders o f th e C ascades will soon be d rillin g fo r a p p ea ran c e at such public a f fa ir s a s th e M olalla R oundup, E stacad a L ab o r D ay cele­ b ra tio n , O regon C ity T e rrito ria l days and o th e r a ffa irs acco rd in g to top hand Ray T racy who h a s a fin e open field on his ra n ch w here th e club m em bers can drill. -— o ----- $84,000 N O RTH P R O JE C T FOR FO RK W ATER ESTACADA IS NOW UN DER WAY E sta c a d a 's new N orth F o rk w atei system costing $84,000 got u n d e r w ay on M onday of this w eek w hen a W PA crew of ab o u t 26 m en sta rte d w ork on th e city re serv io r end ol the p ro je c t. T renches fo r laying the pipe a re being dug th ree fe e t deep in o rd e r to avoid all d a n g er o f fre e ­ zing. The new w a te r pipe line w hen com ­ pleted will be seven m iles long and will ta p a new source o f w a te r or. the N o rth F o rk o f the Clackam as river. C ost o f the p ro jec t is being cov­ ered by E stac ad a raising 36 percent o f th e fu n d s th ru sale o f w a te r re ­ venue bonds. The fed eral govern­ m ent is p u ttin g up the rem aining 64 p ercen t. The pipe fo r the new system is five to e ig h t inches in d iam e te r and the firs t shipm ent arriv ed T uesday morning- o f this week. SU R PR IS E PA RTY FOR MRS. J. C. KIG G IN S o - 1 C han th rille r w herein the g re a t Chi- | nese detective b a ttle s d eadly spies MASONS W IL L E N T E R T A IN in th e case o f th e stra to sp h e re bom ­ E A ST E R N STAR C H A P T E R N E W S T U D E N T O F F IC E R S ber. E sta c a d a M asonic lodge m em ber T he new ly elected stu d e n t o ffi­ “ P e ttic oat Politic»” will be hosts to m em bers o f the E as­ cers of the Dodge school assum ed T h ere will be a double show a t the te rn S ta r c h a p te r and thei'r fam ilies th e ir du ties M onday as it w as th e be­ E sta on Sunday, M onday and T ues­ a t a p a rty to be given in th e M a­ g inning o f th e second h a lf o f the day, F e b ru a iy 9, 10 and 11, the firs t sonic tem ple on W ednesday night, school year. fe a tu re o f w hich sta rs the Higgins F e b ru a ry 12th. T he new o ffic e rs a re : N orm an fam ily in th e h ilario u s com edy “ P e t­ W right, .p re sid e n t; F re d E b y „ vice tic o a t P olitics.” In th is p ictu re Joe p re sid e n t; O aryl W right, s e c re ta ry ; H iggins goes high h a t and steps out M a tt E rickson, se rg t, a t a rm s; Bill in society as h e ru n s fo r M ayor on Spradlin, w a te r com m issioner; C aryj the s tra ig h t laugh ticket. Jo e b lu n ­ W right, lib ra rian ; and C alvin Kish- d ers th r u a series o f am using complit paugh, fire chief. catio n s w ith his u su al loveable b e ­ w ilderm ent. S p e n c er C h a rte rs as F o r th e convenience o f those re- “ G an d p a” has his ow n tro u b les, not G A RDEN CLUB W ILL qui>ed to fill o u t fed eral incom e tax tho le a st o f w hich is dodging th e in­ COM PILE HISTO RY blanks a d e p u ty collector will be at d e fatig a b le W idow Jo n e s played by A rra n g em e n ts a re being m ade for Polly M arsh. T he second fe a tu re on the C lackam as county hank in Sandy th e com piling o f a h isto ry o f the this double bill sta rs C laire T revor on M arch 3, 1941 to assist taxpayer« E stac ad a Gat den club fro m its Jo h n W ayne, Roy R ogers and W alter in m aking o u t th e ir re tu rn s. O n M arch 20th a m an from th e fo u n d in g up to the p re sen t tim e. Pidgeon in ‘“ The D a rk C om m and.” s ta te incom e tax office will be at D a ta is now being g a th e re d fo r the I t is a sto ry o f C a n tre ll and his ra id ­ th e bank to a ssist in m aking out history. e rs d u rin g th e Civil W ar. T hey ra id ­ sta te incom e ta x form s. ed n o rth e rn se ttle m e n ts in th e u n i­ T h ere is no charge to, this se r­ form s o f the C o n fed eracy and town? Double show a t the E sta th e a tre vice. in the so u th in the u n ifo rm s o f the th is Sunday, M onday and T uesday. A ccording to law every single per T he H iggins fam ily in “ P e ttic o a t P o­ N orth. T he e n tire c ity o f L aw rence son in O regon w ho has a gross in­ K ansas w as laid w aste by th e ir o u t­ litics” and Roy R ogers and C laire come o f $800 o r m ore and every T re v o r in “ The D ark C om m and.”— rag es and m any defenseless women m arried person living w ith husbanc and c hildren b u rn e d o r shot to death', Adv. o r w ife hav in g a gross incom e o . A histo rical p ic tu re o f ra re thrills. $2000 o r over is re q u ire d to m ake t re tu rn . 4-H CLUB NOTES A T T E N D UNION OIL B AN QUET DODGE SCHOOL ELECTS Income Tax Men Wi 1 be at Bank U. S. M organ, R. R. Cooke, M. H. S kinner, Ray F orm an and L. L. J e n ­ kins local m an a g er o f the U nion Oil com pany a tte n d e d a b a n q u e t given by th e com pany fo r th e ir d e alers at the M ultnom ah hotel in P o rtlan d on F rid ay n ig h t o f last week. VISITO RS H E R E FROM INDIANA Mrs. R o b ert H errold, siste r of Ju d g e T ro u p e is visiting a t the home o f Ju itee and Mrs. T roupe. Mrs. H e r­ rold arriv ed in O regon from C alifo r­ nia w here she had v isited relatives and friends. She also saw some of th e sights in Mexico. The Ju d g e is b usy ta k in g his siste r to all points o f in te re s t b e fo re she re tu rn s to her hom e in In d ian a. .. ; CLINIC FOR C R IP P L E D CH IL D RE N F E B R U A R Y 28TH A clinic fo r the crippled children of C lackam as co u n ty will be held in O regon C ity on F e b ru a ry 28, a t Urn B arclay school. T his clinic is p a rt o f the C rippled C hildren’s program of the sta te pub­ lic w e lfare comm ission. A rran g e, m ents have been m ade fo - the clinh hy the C rippled C h ild ren 's services o f th e sta te public w e'.fa-e com m is­ sion, the C lackam as county public w elfare com m ission and the C lacka­ m as county h e alth unit. A dm ittance to th e clinic is by a p ­ plication to the C lackam as county public w elfare comm ission. Dr. A. G urney K im berley wHl b r the exam ining orthopedic surgeon. N U M B E R 20 !' Will Study Water Job Clackamas Starle i Monday A p a ity o f frie n d s d elig h tfu lly su r­ prised Mrs. J. C. K iggins U.st T h u rs­ day evening, Ja n u a ry 30, ,on the oc­ “ C H E R O K E E S T R I P ” IS casion of h e r b irth d a y ann iv ersary . COM ING TO E S T A T H E A T R E All re p o rt a n en joyable tim e. Mrs. K iggins is one citizen of this The th u n d e rin g epic d ram a “ C her­ com m unity whose b irth d a y come? on okee S trip ” is th e f irs t fe a tu re o f the th e sam e day a s th a t o f the P resident big double (bill a t the E sta th e a tre of the U nited States. th is F rid a y and S a tu rd ay , F e b ru a ry 7 and 8. This th rille r o f A m erica’s last fig h tin g fro n tie r s ta rs R ichard DODGE CLUB STUD IES Dix, F lo ren ce Rice and o th e r stars. F I R S T AID I t is a p ictu re a s ru th le ss as th e o u t­ The new ly organized 4-H health law ’s code as d an g ero u s a s a loaded gun a n d as law less as th e untam ed club o f th e Dodge school is s t u d y / w ilderness. In to the C herokee strip a u n it on sa fety and f i .s t aid. Do th ey w ent, th is tw o-fisted, tw o-gun m o n stratio n s a re being given by mem fig h tin g m arshall a n d th e girl who b ers o f th e club. O ffice rs o f the club a re M att Er believed in him , in to th e m ost d a n ­ g e r in feste d sp o t on e a rth . The se­ ickson, p re sid en t; Calvin K ishpaugh cond fe a tu re is e n title d ‘“ M u rd e r vice p re sid en t and C arlyl W right,, > O ver N ew Y ork,” w hich is a C harlie se c re tary ,, tre a su re r. S a tu rd a y evening the 4-H So-So Sew ing club and the H appy cooking club m et a t the G arfield grange hall. A business m eetin g was held at w hich it w as decided to have a val- e tin e p arty. One new m em ber w as signed up fo r th e cam p cookery and clothing c lu b , R uby R u ff. A fte r the business m ee tin g a d ­ jo u rn e d gam es w ere played. T he 4-H club g irls served vegetable soup th ey m ade to the gran g e m em bers present. Those p re se n t a t th e club m eeting w ere A n n e tte A nders, R uby R u ff B etty B ritt, Melva, L au ra and A nna Coop and Mrs. Coop. M ildred G roves and Doris C a rte l w ere absent. M elva Coop, R eporter. T i F IV E TO E IG H T YEAR SU RVEY O F CLACKAMAS R IV E R W ILL BE MADE BY SPORTSM EN M em bers o f th e C lackam as county p o rtsm en ’s association voted several proposed ch an g es in the sta te com ­ m ission re g u la tio n s recen tly and it v a s announced th a t the Clackam as riv e r will be used a s the stre a m fo r ct' five to eight y e ar survey to obtain fa c ts on fish in g conditions in this d istric t. T he C lackam as riv e r is considered the o u tstan d in g stu d y stre a m of the nation. T he association m em bers m ade tho recom m endations fo r changes in fish re g u la tio n s and p re p are d and p u t in c irculation a p etitio n w hich says th a t “ W e, the un d ersig n ed sportsm en of C lackam as co u n ty u rg e a n d suppor* th e passage o f legislation g ra n tin g pow er to the O regon sta te gam e com­ m ission to set seasons fo r fish and gam e, bag lim its and sex.” C H E E R CL UB M E E TS AT EAGL E C R E E K HOME T h ere was a m ost in te re s tin g m eet­ ing of M ountain C h a p te r C h eer club T uesday a fte rn o o n a t th e hom e of Mrs. F lorence G lover o f E agle C reek. She w as assisted in e n te rta in in g b.y Mrs. E lsie C am pbell p ostm istress a t E ag le C reek, both bein g neiw m em ­ b ers o f this o rg an izatio n which dis­ penses so m uch c h ee r and happiness. T h ere w as an a tte n d a n c e o f 22 mem! b ers all o f w hom busied them selves w ith needlew ork all th e a fte rn o o n . Follow ing the delicious d e sse rt lun cheon served so nicely b,y th e h o st­ esses w as th e re g u la r business m eet­ ing. P re sid e n t M a rth a E llis presided sisted b,y Mrs. E lizabeth A llen se c re ­ tary. and Tors. R u th K eeth tre a s u re r. Miss M aude S tu rg e o n ch airm an of the clu b ’s Red Cross com m ittee re p o r­ ted on th e w ork bein g done fo r the Red Cross and the club vo ted to m eet w ith Miss S tu rg e o n a t h e r hom e next M onday a fte rn o o n to c o n tin u e the good work. T he M arch m eetin g of the cluh will be held a t th e F red R obley home w ith Mrs. E lizabeth A l­ len assistin g Mrs. R obley as hostess. TWO H O P C O N TR A C TS ARE 4 B O V E 31 CENTS — o- ■— C o n trac ts fo r th e 1941 hop crop o f C lackam as county a re com ing In e arly th is y e a r th re e hav in g been file d w ith county cle rk Pace last w eek end. E rn e s t A bbe and L ulu Johnson, w hose yard is ab o u t th re e m iles east o f C anby have c o n tra c te d to sell to W illiam s and H a rt,, P o rtlan d , 10,000 pounds a t 31*4 cents and B. C. and L ydia A nderson o f th e E agle C reek d is tric t have co n tra cte d fo r 8,000 pounds a t th e sam e price. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph D u R ette whose y a rd is fo u r m iles n o rth o f M olallq c o n tra c te d w ith th e sam e firm to sell 10,000 pounds a t 25 cents. -----------o---------- RED CROSS CLASS H A S F IN A L M E E T IN G T he Red C ross firs t aid class con­ du cted by R ussell O. Reed since O c­ to b e r of la st y e a r had its final m eet­ ing J a n u a ry 24th. A t th e close of th e e xam inations all who w ere not scheduled fo r n ig h t d u ty a t the power house enjoyed gam es and a sum p­ tu o u s pot luck su p p e r a t th e Reed home. Mr. Reed was d elig h tfu lly su rp ris­ ed a t the close o f the evening w hen R. H. K eeth presen ted him w ith a C olem an gasoline cam p stove which w as a collective g ift from all class m em bers except Mrs. R eed who was equally surprised-. In stru c to r Reed is g ra te fu l for the g ift h u t a |'p re c ra te s even m ore th e rem arkable in te re s t and stu d y e x ­ ercised by class m em bers all of whom will receive a firs t aid c ertific a te . Mr. and Mrs. C lint L ooney r e tu r n ­ 'd last T h u rsd ay from a trip in theie new c a r over into several places in Idaho and th en w ent up into W ashing ton and visited a wc ek w ith relative? and frien d s in S e a ttle. T hey re p o rt q u ite an enjoyable trip . SCHOOL CHILDREN VISIT STATE CAPITOL PTA Vaudeville Here Tonight Miss M ary Gibson p rin cip al o f the E agle C reek school and M rs. H azel W ooster the B a rto n te a c h e r took m ost of th e ir pupils on a trip to S a ­ LO CA L P E O P L E W I L L A P P E A R IN PRO G RA M FO R B E N E F I T OF lem on F rid a y ,, Ja n u a ry 31. Also going along w ere Mrs. W ooster’s m o­ E S T A C A D A P. T. A. th er, M rs. E. G. H olbrook a n d Mrs. Ja s. L am per and e ig h t high school T he P T A vaudeville to n ig h t F e b ­ stu d e n ts. Bob S torey drove the bus. L eaving a t seven o’clock th ey a rriv , ru a ry 7th is com posed o f sh o rt skits, ed in Salem in plenty o f tim e to vocal and in stru m e n ta l m usic,, d a n c ­ exploie tw o floors of th e capitol ing and a one a c t com edy o p e re tta , bulding and to find o u t ju s t how the e v ery one a h it num ber. T he p ro g ram will open a t 8 p.m. revolving doors w ork. B oth th e house o f re p re se n ta tiv e s a n d th e sen ate w ith a m ilita ry ta p by B everly Kit- w ere visited the pupils ta k in g tim e in ching, D onna O sborne, D ixie R us­ each to w atch bills being a rg u e d and sell a n d J o a n C yrus. N o t to be o u t­ voted upon. Also all w ere given a done by the y o ung ladies B uddy W at- chance to gaze a t the G overnor’s pro- son has m aste ied th e a r t o f being file as they passed his office. The trip p a tie n t and will d e m o n stra te by e n ­ and I m ean T R IP , w as m ade th en to a c tin g an in cid e n t th a t took place on the to p o f the to w e r b,y m eans o f a the boat landing a t E sta c a d a lake. T he tw o skits fro m the g ra d e school series o f sta irs, the to w e r being 125 a re d irec te d by Miss O sborne w hich fe e t above ground, q u ite a few steps is a g u a ra n te e o f th e ir m erit. T h ree w ere necessary. W illam ette u n iv er­ num bers fro m th e m usic d e p a rtm e n t sity w as a b o u t th e only view to be prom ise harm ony w ith a sn a p and had from th e to w er as it w as quite will tu rn m em ory back to school days foggy. A b o u t the only o th er view of o f long ago w hen D onnalee H ayden in te re s t w as the school bus which re ­ and C arol D elaney give th e ir version m inded everyone of lunch and how o f L ittle Red School H ouse. early b ie a k fa s t had been th a t m o rn ­ Sw anee R iver ta p dance and an ing. A fte r lunch Mr. S to rey drove to Irish L ilt a re done by B e tty S teibel, the B lind school w here each was giv­ P a t D uus a n d S hirley T u ck e r o f th e en th e a lp h a b et w ritte n in B raille high school. and w as show n a m ap o f the U. S| T alen t from S p rin g w a ter, E ag le w hich cam e a p a rt so the pupils could C reek and G arfield have co n trib u ted feel th e shape of each sta te and feel to the p ro g ram w ith skits and vocal the m o u n tain s which w ere raised and selections. the peg w hich gave the location of The H aw aiian m edley seem s to be th e sta te capital. L eaving here Mr. shrouded in m ystery b u t th e re will S to re y drove by th e follow ing insti; be no se c re ts w hen th e fam ous b a r ­ tu tio n s: th e sta te T. B. hospital, state bershop trio , Bill S ag er, G eorge N ash indust) ml school fo r girls, the peni­ a n d Jo e T hom pson m ake th e ir a p p e a r­ te n tia ry an n ex , th e fairview hom a ance. a n d th e cotage hom e, a f te r which B a rb a ra G asten au , P a tric ia R ussell th e sta te fo re s try building was in­ spected. F rom h e :e they w ent to thnes o f those to be indu cted into the arm y will be In re ad in g of the appointm ent of published la te r. John E. Mills form erly pro ject su ­ p e rin te n d e n t a t Cam p Zigzag on the BROW N L E A V E S FOR NE W Mt. Howl loop to the U. S. bo rd er JO B AT HEMLOCK p atrol a t Ysidro, C alif., C harles W ea v e r of E stacada recalls th a t Mr. Mills C. T. Brown and fam ily le ft yes­ was one of his pupils w hen he ta u g h t in C latk county, W ash., back in 1915. te rd a y for H em lock R a n g er station “ Mr. Mills was one of the b rig h te st a t C arson, W ash.,, w here he will and best behaved scholars hi m y ta k e over his new d u tie s as fo rest class,” id Mr. W eaver who is glad ra n g e r fo r th e W ind R iver d istric t of to lea rn o f the prom otion o f his fo r­ the Colum bia n a tio n a l forest. R anger m er pupil. Roy B eem an who will succeed Brown a t E stac ad a will a iriv e n e x t week. W E A V E R VVA3 JO HN MILLS The m any frien d s o f Rev. and Mrs. II. S. S h ellh art will be pleased to lea rn th h a t Mr. S h e llh a rt has been called to th e p a sto ra te o f the Sel- wood M ethodist church o f P o rtlan d He will a sum e his new du ties F e b ­ ru a ry 15. T his is the second a d ­ vancem ent m ade hy th is popula young p a sto r since leaving the local M ethodist church less th an tw o year* ago. The E stac ad a PTA will m eet T ues­ day, F e b ru a ry 11 a t 2 p.m. in the grade school. The state tre a s u re r will speak and th ere will be special m usic. Mrs. W a lte r P. S a g n e r and tw o children w en t to Salem T uesday even- to spend th e re m a in d e r o f th e w eek v isitin g a t th e hom e o f h e r sis te r Mrs. H. L. C u rra n and fam ily. J