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City buys Benson-Chaney land for North Portland Park:
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which they started pursuing in Au-
gust of 2014.
The new park, yet unnamed,
will service about 800 homes in
dius.
The home and the land surrounding it have
significant importance to North Portland and
Portland proper.
the area, which currently does not
When Open Meadow School closed last
have a park within a half mile ra-
year, the former Amos Benson Home and sur-
This article appeared in the May 14, 1909 St. Johns
Review. Thank you to historian Gil Parton for
sending it in.
rounding grounds went up
for sale for $1.85 million,
which is zoned for resi-
dential use.
Amos was the son of Si-
mon Benson – well known
throughout Portland for
owning the Benson House
in downtown Portland, the water fountains named
see
after him called the Benson Bubblers, as well as
bee
Benson Polytechnic School and the Benson Hotel.
cat
In an article appearing in the Review’s June 6,
ow
2014 issue by Barbara Quinn titled, “St Johns His-
old
tory Worth Saving,” she made note that the site has
futu
“three protected heritage Oregon oak trees that pre-
buy
date the 1910 house by at least 100 years.” She went
a h
on to say, “In fact, the trees were here when William
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ACROSS
1. Cavalry weapon
6. WW1 plane
10. Sexual assault
14. Wash out with a solvent
15. Puncture
16. Laugh
17. Anklebone
18. At one time (archaic)
19. God of love
20. A type of judge
22. Anagram of “Note”
23. Buffoon
24. Sarcasm
26. A “platoon” of Roman
soldiers
30. He plays a role
32. Sheeplike
33. Impossible to hear
37. Seats oneself
38. Pass over
39. Masterstroke
40. Anode or cathode
42. Analyze syntactically
43. French for “Queen”
44. Erase
45. Cantillate
47. Armed conflict
48. Buddy
49. Indifferent
56. Young sheep
57. Soft drink
58. Dental filling
59. By mouth
60. Affirm
61. British biscuit
62. Unit of force
63. Gentlewoman
64. Bastes
DOWN
1. Bristle
2. Winglike
3. Electric light
4. Decorative case
5. Repair
6. Bundle
Clark first explored the Willamette River on April
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3, 1806. They are a rare example of the mature oak
com
that originally populated the Bluff.” By turning the
wil
site into a park, these trees will now be protected
by
from harm which could have come to them should
we
the acres been developed with condominiums or
this
apartments.
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The house, also known as the Benson-Chaney
is c
home was originally named Haven Bridge and has
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7. Harbor
8. As well
9. Waste
10. Bombastic
11. Moses’ brother
12. Fake
13. Leisure
21. Beam
25. 16 1/2 feet
26. An amount of medicine
27. Wicked
28. Give as an example
29. Make intelligible
30. Positive pole
31. Carryall
33. Weightlifters pump this
34. Drill
35. Craving
36. Type of sword
38. Vital
41. One more than nine
42. Keep going
44. One of the tribes of Israel
45. Cautious
46. What we are
47. Tired
48. Lummox
50. Exploded star
51. Sleigh
52. Ancient Peruvian
53. Coalition
54. Lean
55. Visual organs