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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1910)
Year End Edition, 1910 FAIRVIEW One of the Important Shipping Points in This Section of the County Fairview has been a town site since 1881, when the O. R. & N. line was built through its location. But the place had been the center of a community that was founded by people who led the way across the plains in the fifties. Some of these people—E. F. Dunbar, J. P. Heslin, Mrs. N. N. Hall, and A. T. Axtell, are with us yet. The trans portation facilities offered by the railroad were supplemented five years ago by the O. W. P. electric extension, which since that time has given us an hourly service. The W. Ellison, former mayor town was incorporated three years ago, its first mayor being G. E. Shaver, and Wm. Ellison was his successor. E. A. Whitney will guide the destiny of the town during the next year. Fairview is about 13 miles from Portland, in the center of one of the wealthiest, and hence most product ive, districts in the county. Fruit, small grain, hay, and vegetables of all sorts thrive luxuriantly. Though the town has a population of only 250, it is quite a shipping point. About 500 carloads of mill stuff, feed, and 200 cars of potatoes, be sides which about 20 carloads of whom are John Townsend, Albert Kronenberg, A. G. and W. C. Schan- tine, F. 11. Crane, Wm. Tegart, Geo. Zimmerman, Martin Multhaf, Mr. Rowen, Ed. Wilkes, B. P. Reynolds, J. N. Luscher, H. Stone, and a score of others, all engaged in farming, or farming and dairying. J. N. Luscher has a herd of pure-bred Holsteins. The Sundial Ranch, incorporated, managed by E. G. McGaw, com posing some 2400 acres of Columbia bottom land, is one of the largest institutions of the locality. It im ports, breeds and sells pure-bred draft animals and other livestock. They have bought and fed about 20,000 head of sheep this season, besides handling large quantities of hay, grain and mill feed through their mill and warehouse at this place. The Portland Dairy Association has a branch plant at this place which handles milk and cream, and makes cheese during a portion of the year—cheese that has a quality and flavor that will bear commend ation. There are two churches in the town—the Methodist and the Presbyterian. The public schools are housed in a very sightly build ing, two rooms of which are used, presided over this year by Prof. J. B. Lent and Miss Lyril Eldridge. The town has three stores hand ling general merchandise, namely owned and managed by J. W. Ben- eke, J. O. Davis and G. H. Shaw. C. L. Quinn has the “village smithy.” Cree & Axtell, and Whitney & An derson are leading contractors of the town, doing much of the build ing for miles around. The largest single business of the town, or fresh prunes were sent East. No point in the county can enumerate a larger number of well-to-do farm ers within its tributary territory than Fairview, prominent among SUN-DIAL RANCH MILL AND WAREHOUSE Hay, Grain and Mill Feed MENDOTA COAL by the CAR, TON or SACK FAIRVIEW, of the town of Fairview J. W. Benecke is ready to provide tee public with the best on the market. The quality of his stock will surprise you. His courteous treatment and reasonable prices will charm you Don’t Forget Benecke The Last Call of the West rather what promises to be the largest, is the repair and construc tion plant being now put in by the Pacific Coast Construction Company. Their plant will cover about three and a half acres and will furnish employment for a large force of men. It will be prepared to handle all sorts of construction and repair work. A roundhouse will be erected anil locomotive construction will he undertaken. It is hinted that this may in the end prove to be the machine shops for the Milwaukee railroad. Fairview is the junction point for the O. W. P. elecrtic and the Ore gon Railway and Navigation lines. Over 1800 cars of freight are trans ferred here annually. The town has a location on several good pubile roads and within easy reach of Port land. It will make an ideal subur ban home for people who have their business interests in the city. ORE. Leading Merchant OREGON Fairview Public School E. A. Whitney, newly elected mayor 3 BEAVER STATE HERALD Did you see this beautiful article picturing Oregon in four colors in the November SUNSET? $25,000 is being spent by the SUNSET MAG AZINE on a series of articles superbly illustrated in four colors picturing and describ ing the attractions and re sources of the Wonderland of the Pacific We will aen<l you the next three iRHueft of the SUNSET commencing with the special December issue in which be gins the liest serial novel of the year “THE SPELL,” byC. N. A A. M. 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