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Volume 2 No. 14
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Albina: The Dream And The Reality
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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
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confluence of tl» C o lu m b ia and
W illam ette R ive rs. Trans
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continental arxl (oietgn m a il-
tim e cum m eice and g ie a t
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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” .
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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
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(»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
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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.
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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.
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I nisei srty, <,m-
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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-
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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 .
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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
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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)
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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-
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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
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(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.
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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.
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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.