Portland Observer, July 10, 1906, Page 7
Rep. Margaret Carter does a good job
fine but a majority of Black people in
this country are not a part o f organ­
ized labor. W ho supports the masses?
It's
the
business
com m unity,"
by Lam ta Duke
Micha«! Rica, right. show* off hie rophlaa and ribbons won for his
(Photo: Kris Attached
Local man wins award
W inning ribbons and trophies for
his lovely roses has become almost
routine for one rose grower in N o rth ­
east Portland. Michael Rice has ex­
hibited lovely roses in competition
with the growers o f best roses for 20
years, starting in 1964. Rice does not
have one o f the biggest gardens
around, he just has one o f the best
producing gardens of best roses around.
This year Rice has 125 bushes in his
garden, most of them hybrid tea roses
and he walked away, as usual, with
ribbons and a trophy to add to his
impressive collection o f trophies gar­
nered from Oregon and other rose­
growing states. His “ Diew elt,” a
yellow hybrid tea won top prizes from
the Salem Rose Society’s show recent-
ly teamed, in Salem, with the Pacific-
Northwest District o f the American
Rose Society. “ Diewelt,” with its
three-blossom entry, was chosen as
the “ three best roses" in the whole
show o f hundreds o f show-quality
blooms. Others roses Rice grows were
“ Royal Highness” and “ Red D evil,"
both o f which captured prizes in ex­
hibits this year. "Blue N ile,” “ Fra­
grant C lo ud ,” " H o n o r ," "M o n te ­
zum a" were also prize winners.
Rice docs not reveal all the tech­
niques he employs to bring his roses
to perfection for show, but he sug­
gests keeping the soil well aerated,
feeding the plants with a 20 /20 bal­
anced fertilizer and watering in the
early morning.
83-year-old w om an murdered
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was the one shot. O fficially, reports
stated that Mrs. Tate died on the
way to the hospital. But a number of
witnesses saw an ambulance pull
away from the scene near 1 a.m . w ith­
out lights.
A t 11:20 the Special Emergency
Response Team was deployed. After
midnight they shot tear gas into the
house. Their last tear gas volley was at
3 a.m . and the entire neighborhood
was choked.
A man who lived behind the Tate
house said whoever came out that
dark back door could not fire upon
police. “ The police were in the trees
and hid all over. Just like the police
couldn’t sec that person, that person
couldn’t see the police. It doesn’ t
seem right that the police shot that old
lady. They were protected by cover.
All they had to do was w ait. ”
Grace McKenzie, who lives on the
corner, along with a number o f other
neighbors, wondered why the police
did not apprehend (.¡raves while he
was eating dinner on the front porch.
"They took a long time to do any­
thing,” McKenzie said.
But Decker said for the police,
" It was damned if we do and damned
if we d o n 't."
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G R A S S R O O T N E W S , N .W . —
For the last decade residents in inner
Northeast have received lukewarm, if
not cold, representation in the leg­
islature. State Senator Bill McCoy
was, and continues to be. invisible
and the least effective o f all State
Senators.
Former
Representative
Wally Priestley, the liberal's liberal,
wav so anti-business that economic-
development
constantly
passed
Northeast Portland bv
This year a new generation o f poli­
ticians emerged in Northeast Port
land.
Representative
Margaret
Carter (D -18) and M ike Burton
(d-17) broke out o f the political con­
straints o f liberalism by fusing eco­
nomic development with a progressive
social agenda.
As a Freshman representative.
Carter had a very productive year,
rhrough compromise and negotiation
Carter succeeded in getting legists
tion passed where others had failed.
Oregon will have half its monies di­
vested in South Africa, D r. M artin
Luther King, Jr.’s birthday will be­
come a state holiday and institution­
alized discrimination in the selection
o f jurors has met a formidable op­
ponent named Carter.
"Compromising on the divesture
bill was most d ifficu lt," Carter said.
"1 had to get beyond myself because
the bill was bigger than me. We were
Carter noted.
W ith a twinkle o f pnde in her eyes.
Carter said legislatively she balanced
the liberal agenda vs. that from the
conservative
" M y district will discover that
I ’m liberal on one end and conserva­
tive on the other. It takes that kind o f
imagination to represent my com­
munity. I don't want to burn bridges,
but we must continue to build. M y
constituency are the mases. The little
guy on the street must have some
representation in Salem ," Carter
able to get a bill out and although
it's not as strong as 1 like, at least we
won't have to start at ground zero
next session if we want to change it.”
At times Carter found herself
breaking from the traditional ties of
organized labor and other so-called
liberal loyalties.
" I'v e lived long enough to know
what it takes to survive. Liberalism is
said.
The $64 question is, will Carter
run again. “ At this time I don't
know. 1 have to wait to see if my
daughter goes to dental school and if 1
can get enough days in on my con­
tract as a counselor at Portland C o m ­
munity College." answered Carter.
Throughout her campaign, various
challengers inserted sexism into the
campaign Did she encounter any
sexism in Salem?
"Some, but in Salem people re­
spect you for the weight you carry.
I was sent to Salem with a 85.5 m an­
date. All the sexism and racism I
might have encountered were under
the guise o f ignorance," she added.
Next vvnk Rap. Burton.
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