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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1972)
/ÍA ' r U o(^To?XTr- y O S T A Qe ra i / f ;o rv a J - P W A i o OBSERVER Volume 2 No. 14 POR TLANU , OREGON ¿HE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD THAT REALLY CARES ABOUT Albina: The Dream And The Reality I» luun1. H In tlw 18S0*a W ill.... illia m x K il . i llngsw orth foresaw a great T - s> • ,y c ity at tl» confluence of n « W lll.im e lte ami Colum bia R Iv f J , ¿ t • . m »¿v o rs . lie felt the development ol 11» existing c ity ol P o rtla ixl zi T O n ly $ 2 5 on tbe west side ol t l» W illa * tt «. -W •* •**** * * * fV • ***• *** ”**’ **•" m ette was re s tric te d by the A from fix,I. H ,ih . . ~ surrounding West H ills . A ll ccn u n i sidcvx alks . » fa cto rs pointed todevelopment and curb • on t l» [»ninsula wbeie the ■ ivei s J oiiu * I — the ta ll roads Ir W m lM H iii s t.J o h n s , bi Idgea n t ovei tbe W llJainette would bung business, whai Is would i . 1 ^ < 4 line the east bank of tbe W I f. nF ■ ■JF'Çe - jw »*— . r 'a fc y«¿ - « * X •* Is me He, and a In tlg e acioss t l» Colum bia KlVet would bring hade fro m the N orth ami tbe East. “ As positive evidence that t l» C ie a te i Pol Hand w ill 1» t u t ll upon the Peninsula, I ca ll youi attention to t l» fact that tbe numerous budges which (re t tbe channel of 11» W <11*- inette are steadily di iv mg fÇf ¥ • Iwavy business tow aids Hw ~ : i . *► confluence of tl» C o lu m b ia and W illam ette R ive rs. Trans •B: continental arxl (oietgn m a il- tim e cum m eice and g ie a t - A'/tZ./A't? nianufactui Ing i n d u s t i i e » must of necessity center and J ie now t»lng establish«! upon tbe lowei Peninsula” . 25 <r7> W illia m K lllln g sw o i th a r- i ived in Portland in 185 I at future p the age of three, lie saw Pol t- larxl grow from a sm all town anil tlw East side from a fo r est ol trees Into a busy com m e rcia l d is tr ic t. H is fam ily lived inpugencwhen there was only one house the re . In 1889, M tie age ol h), alter m aking •bout $ «N1 in io -. mes iii I'.uger» 1» returned to P o rt land. A lter surveying t l» s it uation he decided tlw best fo r tune was to tw made in tbe de velopment of tl» ,» n in s u la be W illia m K lllln cew oi-th com pared h i* dream of a g>eac c ity located on the Above is hi» tween t l» riv e rs . He bought :.lu s ti loo supe < vi» . o .i \e w (»ninxula Intween the Colum bia atkl the W diam ene r iv e rs to New York with Portland rough lamf ui what la now Cen lelegatecl to the sec. nd.try po sitio n of B ro o klyn . C ity . tral A ltura, am th Of I rrr,.. s tre e t. H e w a a fo rtu n a te to e n - Hai t l» aid of Portland capi W alnut P a rid $ B ro o k ly n i\nw called q P ortland's Busi ness C en ter 1908 4 4-41 * *’ I ,*3? •& b P Tî Judge Deiz / 7-.V - f .... ¿ Judge Brown He received his law degree fro m N orthw estern College of Law in P o rtla n d . H e w a s firs t employed in P ortland as a social w o rk e r fo r the Oregon State W elfare C om m ission. A fte r nine years of p rivate pra ctice , J udge Brown was ap pointed to the m unicipal c o u rt in 1968. r - z The Manhattan of Oregon ta lis ts and bis o,«r anon was to lu y land and sell It. 11« land was cleared with pick axes, shovels and saws, as powder was too expensive. 11» land wag divided into lots and subdivisions Iasi out. M t. h lllln g sw o i tl, became identi fied w ith the reside ntial sec tion a ml one of his plans was lo build alleys in the centei ol P l|* s could 1» (aid. (,e tn iilt his residence on A lb erta ami acres. In 188«. He helped oiganlze ttw Portland Board ol i r u le in 1890 to encouiage industry. One of the w orks of the oi gan- r/a lio n was to plan tl« , ew is and C la rk Exposition of 1905. He was elected to the le g isla - tu ie in 1905, where one ol his d u e l projects was to have me W illam ette R ive r channel deepened. Albina 11« town of Albina was laid out anil incorporated in 1887. Albina lecarne a town o f n iili- men. I.dw ln R ussell, man gei of the Hank of B ritis h C o l umbia, W .W . Paite, an inves- lo r; arxl Judge G eoige W il lia m s , I ,S. senator and late. M ayor of P ortland, plotted n » c ity . It was named forpage*« daughter, Albina. In 1888, K ill ing swot th wi ote d \ ll'in i, ■' \ p| ,ce Io, invest- ' ' ' ip ita l, tare ileal ite, oi in nianufactui ing ami othei e n te rp rise s, Albina piesenis tixiay the most absolute as surance of it» largest in crease on such investm enis in fre g ó n . It is heaunfully s liu - a t« l on the rlv e i opposite the not Hi oixl of Portland and down Hw i ive i from th e c e n tia l por tion of P ortland. 11» bridge» a lie .td y Ix iili, uixlei construc tion and contemplated at e fast d riv in g the heavy business of I' - Itv Okl nearly a ll ol me shipping tu iih e i and tu rth e i downstream . Soonall of it w ill !»• c a n led on telo w the steel railw a y anil passenger bridge now a lm o s t com pleted. Albina w ill gel the t« n e fn of t h i s n.cve, n t even now s i« has (he la ig e s i docks and warehouses in O regon." I he F ir s t A ddition to Albina was calleil West P ie .li„ ..„ i. I he f ir s t 160 acres w e ie d e d - icateil in 1889, under the aus pices of Geoige H. W illia m s , W ,S. I add arxl E, (Juackemsh. I he f ir s t pro pe rty was sold to M ai k Ja i le ft in 1904. Walnut Park In 19 hs , development moved to Walnut P a rk. "W a ln u l P a rt is an equal distance from the two great business sec tions of the c ity ; with excel lent e le c tric ca r service t» - tween Hw two points. Wide s tie e ls arxl broad Iroulevards transverse this superb tia c t a n d H« e n tile P e n in s u la O ur re ligiou s and educational advantages are unsurpassed. I lohiml la I nisei srty, <,m- ! the fu « s t and te s t equqiped in stitutio ns of learning in me State, is splendidly situated on H« heights twlow W a i n u t Park over looking the Colum bia aixl W illa m e lte R ive ra , arxl lias the pi o u dd istlnclio n of I» - ing located on the ground wheie Lew is am) C la rk c a m p - a l one hundred yea is ago. A h a lf-sco re of u|> -to-dategiad- ai schools are dispe i sevl T lie dream moved closer to ic w llty as development moved no rth . K llltn g s w o rth ’ s sales pitch of 1908 was worded, ” 1 >o you re a liz e that the C rea t Swift Packing Company, the largest concern of Its kind in the w o rld , has now underway tne building near St. Johns of one of the biggest packing plants in the country, one that w ill cost $3,000,000 and that w ill em ploy several thousand men and fo rm the nucleus of a c ity of JU,000 people ’ "D o you re a lize what this THE REALITY This was M r . k illw g s - w o rth 's dream , a dream that he m ight have le alized had he been allowed to dream in peace. However, h i s dream w orld was invaded by the as yet unwanted blacks. Blacks had come to Oregon w ith the Spanish E x p lo re rs , w ith the Lew is and C la rk Ex pedition a n d w ith th e firs tw a g - on tra in s . Although th e ir very existence in Oregon w a s I l means to the e n tire Lowei Peninsula d is tr ic t? " I t means a s o lid ly -b u ilt up c ity of 50,lX)0 people w ith in tne next few years. " I t means that real estate values w ill m u ltip ly many tim es over, anil that fortunes w ill he made by those who have t l« foresigh t to secuie a little real estate In th is section. "W e o ffe r fo r sale some legal, they came - both bond anti fre e . 11« sm all black com m unity of Portland was centered In tne N ortlrw est, between Bui nsxle and GHsan, Broadway and tne r l v e i . Blacks were employed as w a ite rs, tram p o rte rs and street cle an ers. A 11 boats to san F rancisco had black cooks and stewards; th* tra in s had cooks a n d w a ite is. A sthe area became industrialized in (he e a rly |900's, blacks moved across the W illam ette to A l bina. A lbina was a w orkingm an’s town, occupied by G e i ni a n s arxl other whites of European e xtra ctio n who woi ked o n t lie docks ami r a iln .id te rm in a ls . 9 lA’f 1 *9 I j H 1 V ’ I« PT» It » 4 -w 1 P O R T L A N D ------------ d / 7 1 r K lllln gsw o i th published his cartoon in the Peninsula News Herald in 1882 showing ’'N u ith A lb in a” taking prescedence ovei P ortla nd . throughout Hie d is tr ic t, also churches of ne arly every des c rip tio n .” choice l o t s in East St. Johns rig h t in the lie n t of ib is sec tion at $350 and u p w a rd s." Instant Earnings from Day o f Deposit iT illlklill A ob*n H H a » n Pre» . ,n O llic o x • Phone 224-33aa Franklin B ld g P n rlle n rl O re g n n 9 IJ 0 4 H o m e O llic e The Honorable M ercedes P . D eiz, D is tr ic t C o u rt Judge, announces her candidacy fo r the position of Judge of tne C ir c u it C o u rt in the Depar t- m e n t of D om estic R elations fo r the F ourth J u d ic ia lD iS - t r ic t . Judge D eiz w ill seek the new ju d ic ia l position of Departm ent No. 18 recently approved by the O r e g o n L e g isla tu re . In addition to several years experience as a l a w y e r specializing in fa m ily and juvenile m atters, JudgeDeiz served as P ro Tem C irc u it C o u r t J u d g e in M a r i o n County's court of Dom estic Relat.ons during Hiesumme, of 1971. M rs . Deiz went to public schools and Hunter College in her native New York C ity . W hile employed as a le g a l secre ta ry, she earned her law degree at Northwestern C o l lege of Law in P ortland. Sne h a s b e e n a c t iv e in in n u m erable community a ffa irs . In the state Bar, she h a s b e e n secretary and then chairm an of the M i n o r C ourts Com m ittee; a le ctu re r f o r F a m ily Law Seminar; and in le g a l service to the 1967 Legis lature. In P ortland, she was sec re ta ry -tre a s u re r of the M u lt nomah Bar Association and E lim in a te PDC says G oldschm idt On Wednesday, D e c e m b e r 22, C ity C o m m issio ne r N eil G oldschm idt circu la te d to the C ity Council a proposal f o r creation of a new C ity-C o u n ty Departm ent of C om m unity De velopment, w ith re s p o n s ib ility fo r all planning, building code enforcem ent, a n d urban re newal a c tiv itie s o fth e C ity a n d Count' G overnm ents. The proposed D e p a rtm e n t would assume the functions of the Portland Bureau of B u ild ings, the P ortland Develop ment C om m ission, a n d th e staffs of the P o rtla n d C ity P la n n in g C om m ission a n d Multnomah County Planning C om m ission. [e m ination of th e Development C o m m i s s io n ’ s independent s t a t u s would re q u ire amendment of the P ortland C ity C h a rte r oy a popular vote. G oldschm idt pointed ou tthat ''th e se agencies n o w spend a combined total of m ore th a n $13 m illio n per year on a c tiv itie s that are clo sely related, but relationships among them are u n satisfactory and c o o rd i nation is ve ry p o o r.” He said that the new departm entw ould im prove the d e cisio n-m a king a b ility of the governing bodies, and increase th e i r account a b ility . G oldschm idt stated that his proposal would be " a valuable step toward C ity-C o u n ty con solidation and regional plan ning.” It was made at th is tim e in o rd e r to get discussion go ing, and because oi its im p li cations fo r the process of set ting com m unity development goals, p a rtic u la rly if the fed e ra l government moves toward some ty pe of revenue sharing. (continued p. 3 col. 2) "k Citv, Fun Phone Book As blacks moved in, whites moved north. in the 1920’ s and 1930’ s P o rtla n d 's b la c k com m unity was sm all and conservative, being b u i l t a r o u n d th e churches and fra te rn itie s . T here were ten Edges includ- : ■ , iste rn S t t l , ( d : Fellow-., u Iks and Knights of P ythias. ( ithe r organiza- tlens included tl« NAACP, tne P ro g .e s s iv e Club, the Negro Bui eau of Econom ics a nd the Brotherhood of Sleeping C ar P o rte rs f he F ir s t AME Z ion Church was e s t a b l i s h e d in 187-4, the Peoples AME Church in IW 4 , Bethel AME in 1893, and M t. o liv e t B aptist Church in 1907. st. P h ilip s Episcopal C hurch became a black m is sion in 1912. The black area of A lbina in 1930 extended f r om Oregon to Russell and from W illia m s to I n ion Avenue. In 1890 the black population of P ortland was 1,186 and by 1930 had grown to 1,559. In 1941, w ith the advent of the w a r, blacks moved in to P o rt land In g re a te r numbers to w ork in w a r in d u s try . They were crowded into the 25 block area that had become black A I- bina, and were not allowed to buy oi rent elsewhere in the city . The statement of P o rt land’ s M a y o rK ile y w a s ty p ic a l áte*; .1 (Continued on p.6 co l. 3) Myers holds seminars C lay M yers, secre ta ry o f per annum com pounded daily and p aid quarterly Judge Aaron Brow n, J r . was rece ntly appointed to the D is tr ic t C o u rt of He State if Oregon. H is move fro m the M unicipal C o u rt of Portland was the re su lt of consolidation of the c ity and county c o u rts . Judge Brown was born in B e ll, Lousiana and moved ro Texas at the age of fo u r. He worked h im se lf through F is k Univer s ity in N a sh ville , Tennessee b y w orking as a p o rte r on the ra ilro a d and do ing odd jobs. i « * - t í ? 1972 IQ tP er C o p / Black Judges on the move jQi » - ;• __ L lE ir-rt» - ’ PFn c , r r > d ° y J a " U O ry 6 CLAY AIYERS hold Hu ee seminal s at various locations throughout t l« state du rin g H» fir s t halt ot Janu a ry . The |xi pose of these sem inars is to acquaint can didates fo r public aixl party o ffice s, political com m ittees |X )litical pai tm f, the news me dia ami the general p u blicw ith the changes in O regon’ s E lec tion I aws as they relate to an in d ivid u a l's candidacy o r p o li tic a l a c tiv ity genet ated in this election year. O f p a rtic u la r in te re st a r e the pro visio ns of Senate B ill 20, which revisedoR S C h a p - t e r 260, dealingw tthcam paign finance regulations ami elec tion otfenses. M ye rs stressed the need fo r those involved in any campaign activity to understand the new la w s on Conti ibution ami e x - p e ixlitu re rep ortin g. T he sem inars w ill 1« held at the follow ing locations: January 7th - Bend, Oregon 1:30 p.m . County Coui thouse January 10th - P ortla nd , Oregon 2:00 p.m . C om m issionei s Room County Courthouse T h e s e m eetings w ill a ll be open to the general pu blic. a * 41 Headstart * m ake phone book FUN PHONE BOOK - Deborah Haley, le ft, and Daelyn L e v i, preschoolers at H e a d s ta rt U n it No. 7, P ortla nd , recently helped com plete a classroom telephone d ire c to ry which even included p ictu re s to c o lo r. The d ire c to i ies were provided by P a cific N orthw est Bell under a com pany-wxle pro giam which helps student bodies of a ll levels p re p a ie th e ir own school telephone d ire c to rie s . Kathleen C jo vlk, PNB special assistant in charge of the program , says the d ire c to rie s are to help stem the increasing use of I ilre c to ry A ssistance which is costing PNB $2 m illio n a ye a r. As many as 80 percent of the c a lls serviced by D ire c to ry Assistance, she says, are already listed in the phone book.
