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T he B ea verton R eview HE )
The Only Newspaper Devoted Exclusively To The Interests Of Eastern Washington County.
Single Copy, 5 ( ’ont*
VOLUME X, NO. 29
Beaverton. Washington Countv, Oregon.
Council Votes Jo Buy
l Water Prom Springs
Weal Slope Diatrict May
Purchase lta W ater
From Beaverton
I’OLSK Y’OYV NS SPRINGS
R ra v rrto u R eservoir Will Be
iied I nder New System
D onald Jo ssy , w inner of the
t n t I* ahuwn above. lie had lta;
g re a t deal of which wan p rin ted i
Many Prizes Won
AtGrangeFlowerShow
Mra. Livermore Receiva
Kililion for the heat
Flower in Show
IS DECIDED SUCCESS
R efresh m en ts A re Served
Ity the
Home Kronomini C om m ittee
The flow er show sponsored
by
th e
local g ra n g e
a t the
g ran g e
hall lant T hur»day
a f t n n n »4»
a decided
»ucce»».
T here wa< a
»plrndid exhibition
o f flower» in
all cla»»e».
Ribbon» were a w a r
ded in all cla»ae», al»o a few »pe .
ria l prixea w ere given by the com
m ittee. In the la rg e display of ro
ve» fir» t p rite w a i
aw arded
t
Mr». liliM rr ,
2nd to Mr»
It. K.
P enney, 3rd. Mr*. R lasser
Ritibons aw ard ed fo r o th e r flow
er« w ere a» follow»:
He»t bowl of n e e » . I»t
Mr»
W ilm ot, 2nd Mra. II. J W right, :tril
Mr» Perkin»
(teat collection of roar»: l» t Mr*.
K ggm an. 2nd Mr». It. J . W rig h t,
3rd, .Mr». W ilm ot.
P erennial»:
Heat l.uig »tem m ed flow er», one
v a rie ty : l i t M a rg a re t Z im m erm an,
2nJ Mr* K ggm an, 3rd M rs. I’er-
k itu .
Heat
long
«tem m ed
flower»,
m ixed: l i t M a rg a re t Z im m erm an,
.'i >1 Mr»
French, 3rd Mr». 11. K.
P enney.
Heat ahort »tem m ed flower» »in
gle v a rie ty : l i t Mr*. K ggm an, 2nd
Mr*. W ither, 3rd Mr*. McMinn.
In * :
Heat «»sorted
«pike*: lat
Mr». S ta r k , 2nd Mr* F rench, 3rd
M u rg aret Z im m erm an
Bulbous iris: la t
.Mrs. Shrllen-
b erg er.
P elphinium s: heat »ingle stock:
la t M arg aret Z im m erm an, 2nd Mr*.
French, :trd, Mra H a ls t'ii
Heat bowl of d elp h in iu m s:
la t
M rs. W ither, 2nd Mr». I’erkins,
3rd Mr». M arg a re t Z im m erm an
B eat b asket o f flo w ers: la t Mrs
F. W. L iverm o re J r ., 2nd M rs. L iv
erm o re, 3rd Mrs. K ggm an.
Rest
old-fashioned bouquet: 1st
M rs. K. P. C h ristian sen , 2nd Mrs
R. H. P enney,
C h ild ren 's
sectio n :
Beat
wild
flow er ex h ib it, K ath erin e Denney,
P hyllis and B a rb ara W iim an .
B eat a rra n g e d bouquet of flow er
by
child
u n d er tw elve:
P hyllis
W ildm an.
M rs.
F . W. L iverm ore
w as a-
w arded a special
ribbon fo r the
beat flow er in th e e n tire show
S pecial prixes w ere aw arded fo r
th e follow ing:
R est bloom in the show,
Mrs.
L iverm ore.
Best ro se : .Mrs K ggm an.
B est delphinium : M a rg a re t Zim
m erm an-
Hest b ask et, M rs. L iverm ore.
B est
collection
of
peren n ials:
M u rg aret Zim m erm an.
Special prixea w ere also
given
in the children's sections.
T ea and rak e w ere served by th e
Home Econom ics
com m ittee.
The
com m ittee in ch arg e o f the F lo w
e r show w as Mrs. P onaldson, Mrs.
L aw rence, Mrs. W ith er,
and Mrs.
R. B. P en n ey
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LOCAL NEWS
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ny
i
m-- ---------------- a
M rs. M ary E. H yde w as a F ca-
verton v isito r Sunday.
in
W. R. F etch v isite d w ith frien d s
B eaverton W ednesday.
Mr*. M cK crcher is leaving S u n
day
fo r a scv ct'jl
days sta y a t
T illam ook.
P aul S hellenh crg er re tu rn e d home
fro m O. S. C. la s t F rid a y to spend
th e sum m er.
M rs. M C. M cK ercher visited a t
th e G. A. G ilm ore home In P o rt
land, F rid ay .
UUI-
The c o n tra c t for th e p u rch asin g
o f Witter from W essin g er S p rin g s
w as b ro u g h t
up a t
the Council
m eeting M onday n ig h t, fo r th e p u r
pose of m aking it accep table to
B eaverton. A num ber of p rom inent
citiz.-ns w ere
p re se n t,
also Phil
Polsky, ow ner of W essin g er sp rin g s
Mr. H u rn ttim
h is a tto rn e y ,
Mr.
T u rn e r, his en g in ee r, Mr. S tone his
m a n a g e r in O regon.
O regon 4-H club n ew sw ritin g con-
The previous c o n tra c t w as read
colum n inrhee of new» p rin ted , a
and all objections clea red up to the
n The lle a v e rto n Krview .
sa tisfa c tio n o f those p re se n t and the
c o n tra c t am en d m en t w as p assed oy
th e Council
unanim ously. S everal
DIVIDEND DECLARED citise
n s p re se n t spoke on th e Ue
BY
ASSOCIATION sira b ility of W essin g er S p rin g w a
te r and Ms fine q u ality . It w as r e
The
re g u la r avtni-annual
d iv i puted
to have a low er b a cterial
dend a t th e ra te o f 6 '/i, payable count th a n
Bull R un
w a te r, auu
Ju n e .10th, wan th is w n k d eclared h a s
th e m in erals
neceaioary to r
by the W ash in g to n S avings it Loan h ealth th a t a re lack in g in Bull Kun
A ssociation
of H illsboro, O regon.
A s Mr- P olsky s ta te d , he would
T his ia th e N th consecutive d iv i conceed a n y th in g in raaaon th a t the
dend a t th e ra te of 0** o r m ore, C ouncil and citizen s of B eaverton
and check»
w ill he
m ailed Ju n e w ished, and a lte re d th e c o n tra c t to
10th to all paid up investors.
su it in every w ay. It seem ed (h a t
T he B oard o f D irecto rs found th e a fte r th is e ta te m e n t to m eet B ea
A ssociation to lie going
alo n g on verton m ore
th a n h a lf
w ay th a t
an even keel a lth o u g h th e volum e th ere w as a good deal o f heckling
of new busm ens ha» been »lightly by som e
o f those p re se n t who
c u rta iled
T he
dem and
fo r real did not seem to know w h at it was
e s ta te loan» has
exceeded th e a- a ll about.
m ount th e A s a x a lio n ha» av ailab le
All th is m eeting M r. P olsky te n
for th a t purpose
dered u sta n d in g in v ita tio n to the
J.
M. P erson, G eneral
M anager, people
of B eaverton
to use his
sta te d th a t in hi»
opinion th ere p ro p e rty a t wny tim e th ey w ish fo r
would be »ume c o n stru c tio n of new picnicking. He a lre a d y
has
had
Homes a t th is tim e if loan» w ere built a larg e outsid e oven and is
available. “ Home
ow ners a re a f p u ttin g in a n u m b er of tab les and
fected by re s tric te d c re d it condi- c h a irs fo r the use of vasitor*.
t.o n s ju s t a» im p o rta n t a s fo r th e
The en g in ee r s ta te d th a t ow ing
ra ilro a d s and o th e r
la rg e c o rp o ra
tion« in the opinion of Mr. Person. to the S p rin g s b rin g developed by
th e p re se n t ow ner it w as his o p in
W ash in g to n S av in g s
&
Loan
ion th a t
th e flow of w a te r had
A ssociation 1» now in i u
e ig h th
been in creased 30 p er re n t or m ore
y e a r and is w holly a local in s titu
over th e pest few y c e rs ; th a t B ea
tion w ith th e follow ing men us its
b o a rd o f D irector»: J . M. P erson, v erto n would use only a b o u t one-
K. L. Jo h n so n , D r. J O. Robb o f si v en th o f the flow of th e S p rin g s
an d th e u sers below would have
H illsboro, O regon and (ieo. (I. H a n
cock, P . D. B um p o f F o re s t Grove. m ore w a te r th a n ev e r before.
The W est
Slope D istric t B oard
o f D irectors have ex p ressed
th e ir
TWO CLASSES (»RAD-
w illingness to advise th e p u rchase
CATE AT ST. MARY’S of w a te r fro m B eaverton on com
pletion of th is p ro je c t o f d elivering
S t. M ary 's
of
th e Valley held w a te r to th e B eaverton R eservoir.
th e ir g ra d u a tio n
ex ercises Sunday T h e ir w a te r
consum ption is a p
afte rn o o n a t 2 p.m Both th e e ig h th p ro x im ately fifty p e r cen t of the
g ra d e class of th e g ra m m a r school am o u n t of w a te r used by B eav er
and th e S en io r cla ss
o f the high ton. On th e b asis o f th e c o n trrc t
school w ere g ra d u a te d .
o f 16 c en ts fo r 100 cubic fe et of
The S en io r
cla ss
consisted of w a te r un til pu m p in g equip m ent is
th re e m em bers:
M u rg a re t ('a rso n , p aid fo r, it ia e stim a te d th a t w ith
l>ens M rrlo, sn d J u lia n a Schneider. W est Slope IS s tric t
o b ta in in g its
A very in te re stin g p ro g ra m w as supply o f w a te r fro m the B eaver
put on as
p a rt
of th e execiscs
to n R eservoir th e rs te to L eaver-
The g ra d u a tin g stu d e n ts sa n g sev
ton w ould be low ered to 10 cen ts
e ra l selections,
sn d
th ere
w ere
w ith in 18 m onths. C a e r th e period
sev eral re a d in g s and a violin solo.
of th e 10 y e a r c o n tra c t the C ity
M arg a re t C arso n gave the sa lu ta to ry
o f B eaverton
should show
about
ad d ress and J u lia n a S chneider w as
$20,000 p ro fit over th e p resen t a r
V aledictorian
The d iplom as w ere p resen ted b y ra n g em en t. T hey w ould also u til
ise th e v ery fine B eav erto n R eser
F a th e r H eesaker.
An in te re stin g ad d re ss w as given voir w hich u n d er th e p resen t sys
the tw o classes con cern in g the tem is ly in g idle and w ill deliver
to th e B eav erto n and W est Slope
value o f tru th .
The S en io r g irls w ere d ressed in W a te r u sers all th e p re ssu re and the
fo rm al e v en in g d re sse s, w hile th e best w a te r in th e N o rth W est. It
w hen th is p ro ject is
eig h th
g ra d e rs
w ore
a fte rn o o n seem s th a t
(C ontinued on Back ftig e )
d resses
IIC BER CLUB HOLDS
A STAC
PARTY
The m em bers of H uber C om m er
cial club and th e ir frie n d s enjoyed
a s ta g |m rty a t th e clubhouse last
T h u rsd a y evening. A m ong som e of
the s tu n ts
th a t
w ere
exhibited
w as a pillow fig h t by s.inie of the
m en. Som e o f th e boy scouts from
B eaverton and
H u b er tro o p s took
p a rt in th e p ro g ram . Mr. B eckett
sa n g “ Old Black J o e .’’ A new club
was o rg an ized to be know n a s th e
H uber A th le tic A ssociation. A ny
one in th e co m m u n ity is welcome
to ta k e p a rt and jo in in w ith the
new ly
form ed
asso ciatio n .
Mr.
S tickney o f A loha has given p e r
m ission to
use a v a c a n t
lo t fo r
some tim e fo r p ra c tic in g pu rp o ses.
The lot w as cleared by a num ber
of th e new m em bers R efresh m en ts
w ere served by th e eom ittee.
HUBER CLUBS HAVE
BUSINESS MEETINGS
The busineas m eetin g
o f H uber
C o m m errial club and L adies' A u x
ilia ry w as
held th e
firs t o f th e
m onth. O ne new m em ber w as t a
ken in.
P lan s w ere
m ade fo r a
fam ily picnic fo r all th e m em bers
som e tim e soon.
A fte r th e b u si
ness m eeting, carda w ere
played
H igh score w as held by M rs. D asch-
e r, low b y M rs. R o h rb sck ; m en ’s
high,
Mr.
C hapm an,
low,
Mr.
j fo r th e play w hich is to he given
a t th e n e x t card p a rty , Ju n e 23th.
| The L adies a re b usy p racticin g
by M rs. Shaw and M rs. Rose.
B eckett. R efre sh m e n ts w ere served
*1.50 Per Yeai
Friday, June 17, 1932
TOWN FILES SUIT
IN COUNTY COURT
PROCLAMATION
It b ein g custom ary on the d ay of the Rose F e stiv a l fo r all
sto res to
close
In
th e a fte m o o ns
from
A com plaint w as filed W ednes
day of this week in the
C ircuit
C o u rt by the Tow n of B eaverton, a
m unicipal corporation, a g a in s t E1-
-■»P *Ht ‘CZ«t *1«J|J Xaetuqa^ inocj*
2 to 5 p.m.
d efen d an ts doing buaness under the
nam of S tip e's G arage
T H E R E F O R E , as the M a y o r of B eaverton, I
do declare
S trip p ed of its legal phraseology,
and proclaim the hours of 2 to 6 on the 17th day of June
th e com plaint alleges th a t on or
•»;!»» st-i 'e d its »JOG pu» ed itg -'em
to be holiday and th a t all p la c e s o f business do cease betw een
fen d an ta becam e p u rch asers of w a
those periods,
A. E. W IL SO N , M ayor
te r from th e Tow n of Bex verton
and have continued
to use w ater
from th e pipes, out of w hich the
tow n supplies w a te r to its inhabi
ta n ts ; th a t
the d efen d an ts
w ere
LINE OF MARCH GIV
GROCERS AS’SN. DE
inform ed o f th e ra te s charged by
EN FOR THE PARADE th e tow n fo r w a te r used, an d th a t
CRIES “UNJUST” TAX
the d efen d an ts thereby prom ised to
th e ra te
The N ational R etail G rocers As-
The line of m arch fo r the Rose pay fo r w a te r used a t
s -elation, m eeting in
its
ann u al F estiv al
F loral
P arad e
(to d a y ) charged the o th er in h ab itan ts.
T he com plaint
fu r th e r
alleges
convention in S t. Louis, has u n a n F riday afternoon, ia a s follow s:
received w a
im ously pledged Its utm ost
co-op
F orm in
M ultnom ah
Sti.d.um , th a t th e d efen d an ts
pipe fo r
e ratio n
in opposing
th e “ u n ju st South cn C hap m an to Salm on; E ast te r th ro u g h a m etered
tax burden placed
on m erchants on Salm on to T e n th ; N o rth on 10th th e ir business and residence, and
a t th e
ta m e tim e, w ith o u t the
fo r handling
and selling oleom ar to A lder; E ast on A lder to B road
know ledge of the plaintiff, received
g arin e
w ay; N o rth on B roadw ay to O ak; w a te r th ro u g h tw o secret and un
T he n atio n al
grocer»' em phatic E a st on Oak do S ix th ; South on m etered pipes T h a t the defendants
u tte ra n c e
a g a in it discrim in ato ry S ixth to M orrison; E a st on M orri used w a te r to the
value o f $20
on
F if th to per m onth and th a t th ey paid $4.00
legislation com es on the eve o f th e son to F ifth ; N o rth
E a st on O ak t o F o u rth ; per m onth leaving an unpaid b al
tria l te s t case b ro u g h t in M arion O ak;
county on b eh alf of a g ro cer a r N o rth on F o u rth to P ine; E a st on ance o f $16 per m onth.
rested fo r fa ilu re to pay th e p ro Pine to Second; N o rth on Second
Ju d g m e n t is so u g h t fo r $1,656
E a s t on
B urnside, and in te re st on
hibitory
license tax recently
a s to B urnside;
each o f th e $16
sessed by th e county, and also on over th e bridge, to G m nd A venue; m onthly
due an d
com puted for
to E ast each m onth from th e due d ate and
the eve o f a
referendum in O re South on G rand A venue
gon and an in itiativ e
election in S alm on; Kant on E a s t Salm on to fo r th e costs o f th e su it.
W ashington on sim ilar
re stric tiv e T w elfth.
T he com plaint is signed by Lela
L. Richey, R ecorder and sw orn to
law s.
1
before L. L. M yers, city atto rn ey .
T he O regon referendum is on s BEAVERTON GRANGE
state-w id e tax adopted by th e last
HAS REG. MEETING PLANS ABOUT FIN ISH
le g isla tu re , w hich would im pose an
excise d u ty o f ten cent* a pound
ED FOR “HAPPY DAYS”
B eaverton g ran g e held its
re g
on all m argm rne sold in th e sta te
The W ashington
initiative will be u la r m eeting last S a tu rd a y , Ju n e
All arran g em en t* and plans a re
to nullify a sim ila r leg islativ e e n 11. M rs H elen D avis from O m aha about com pleted fo r th e 26th a n
w
as
in
atten
d
an
ce
fo
r
the
firs
t
a c tm e n t im posing
a tax of 15
nual “ H appy D ays” celebration to
tim e in m any m onths. A t the M as be held in S hute
cen ts a pound.
P ark , H illsboro.
te r 's req u est she responded w ith a Ju ly 2, 3 and
4. The social fe a
The seriousness w ith which the
ta lk in w hich she com plim ented the tu re will be th e
queen’s ball ana
n ational association
of re ta il g ro
G range on th eir im provem ents. The coronation cerem onies
w ith S ecre
cers views the ta x atio n on sellers
m em bers a re alw ay s glad to w el ta r y o f S ta te
H al E.
Hos* p»e-
of m a rg arin e w as bro u g h t out also
come Mr*. D avis as she is a very sen tin g th e queen w ith her crown
in
the re p o rt of C. H. Ja n sse n ,
beloved m em ber.
and
conducting,
the
coronation
se c re ta ry -m a n a g e r of the a sso cia
The dining room w as decorated cerem onies.
M any
o th e r
noted
tion, who devoted a large section
w ith pink and w hite ro»es by Mrs. g u ests have accepted in v itatio n s to
of his an n u al rap o rt to th is sub
Jam es W ilm ot.
atten d .
ject.
J a n s se n ’s
re p o rt
co n tain s
“ F la g o f th e F re e " Was sung by
Im pressive
p a trio tic
exercises
these w o rd s:
j *
the en tire g ran g e. T he roll call, a sponsored by th e A m erican Legion
"W e can not p a ts
th is
op p o r verse o f scrip tu re in w hich a flow
and o th e r p a trio tic o rg an ,zatio n s
tu n ity to a g a in direct a tte n tio n to e r is m entioned, w as responded to
will be held in ¡he P ark th e m or
the severe and u n ju st p enalty w hich by all.
Mr. C. L
M arshall, of n in g of J u ly 4th.
legislative bodies a re laying on the P o rtlan d gave an illu s tra te d lec
T h ere will be rid es, show s, bands
re ta il g ro cer fo r h an d lin g m a r g a r tu re on the wild flow ers o f O re drum corps, firew o rk s and other
ine. We hold no special b rie f fo r gon. One o f the points he stressed e n te rta in m e n t fe a tu re s. T h ere wilt
the m an u fa c tu re rs o f th a t com m o w as the killing of bulbous flow ers be no
adm ission
c h a rg e to the
d ity . n o r can it be said th a t we by the p.cking o f th e blossom s and P ark .
hold a special b rief fo r the d airy leaves. I t is th ro u g h th e leaves th a t
T he an n u al cham pionship go-as-
in te re sts, who are pro m o tin g sutfh th e bulb breathes. Some species a t you-please w alking
race w ith e n
legislation. C ertain ly we can
not flow ers
the en tire
N orthw est
have
become alm -w t e i- trie s fro m
condone the brow -beating ru th le ss tin ct by continued picking.
w ill be th e s p o rtin g event. T here
six teen th -cen tu ry m ethods em ployed
The one-act play, “ D iscontented will a ls o be baseball gam es a t the
by th e paid
prom oters who,
in S is te rs’' w as well rendered and ball p a rk d u rin g th e celebration.
m any instances, d raw all o r a t g re a tly enjoyed by th e audience.
le a st a p a rt o f th e ir pay from the The list of c h a ra c te rs a re :
INCREASE IN MAIL
The discontented s is te rs : V erni-
governm ent. O stensibly engaged in
RATES ANNOUNCED
p rom oting th e d airy fa rm e rs ' in deen Balse and C assilda C ra ft.
T h eir m aids: K athleen and V ir
te re s ts , th e y a re in
re a lity paid
P o stm a ste r
R.
E. H anna
has
em ployees and em issaries of the g in ia Luchs.
ju s t been
advised th ro u g h
the
M ary F ran ces
D ow ning gave a
b u tte r m a n u factu rers whose aim is
PostoffSce d e p a rtm e n t o f the rates
m ercen ary
and whose
object is recitatio n , “ L ittle B row n H en.”
fo r m ail
m a tte r
th a t
m ust be
Lois Oleson and Ida F elsh er san g
m onopolistic control.’’
chorged a f te r Ju ly 6, 1932.
“ R aining V iolets“ , accom pantea by
L e tte rs or f ir s t class m ail will
M rs M yrtle F elsh er. The p ro g ram
CARD OF THANKS * 1 closed
be ch a rg e d a t
the
ra te of th ree
w
ith
the
e
n
tire
g
ran
g
e
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cents p er ounce o r fra c tio n th e re
sin
g
in
g
“
S
um
m
er-T
im
e
H
as
Come
F o r all th e kindness and sy m
D rop le tte rs
not going out
A g ain ." The roll call fo r th e Ju ly of-
p a th y show n us in o u r recent be
a t offices
; m eeting is a p a trio tic
piece
or ru ra l ro u te s . or m ailed
reav em en t and fo r th e m any flo r
which do not have c a rr ie r service
verse.
al offerings we wish to ex p ress our
w ill c a rry th e u su al one cen t per
A h e a rty
note
of th an k s w as ounce po stag e.
sin cere g iu titu d e
given th e
flow er
com m ittee and
H ow ord, G eorge, W a lte r and
The postoffice d e p a rtm e n t w ishes
those w ho helped w ith the flow er
special efforts to be m ade to secure
Louis H ughson
show. M rs. F ran ces D onaldson was
Mrs. A nna Livengood
p rep ay m en t o f all
postage
given special m ention
as it w as the
M rs. Dave P itt th ro u g h h er efforts th a t the hall ch arg es.
Mrs. R ay Johnson 'w as so a rtistic a lly decorated
N ew sp ap er ra te s hav e been ad-
v?nc*d »bout (he sam e proportion,
R aym ond C apri, E lm er S trib b le
•b o u t th ir ty th re e and a th ird per
B eaverton won th e b a ll gam e a*. cent. A ir m ail h as been ju m p ed to
and C harles B elgner fro m P o rtlan d
Oswego
Sunday.
The
score
w
as
15
visited the M isses Louise and Dena
e ig h t cen ts fo r th e firs t ounce and
to 8.
M erlo T hursday.
th irte e n cen ts fo r each
additional
ounce, o r fractio n th ereo f.
KINTON
GRANGE
HOLDS ITS MEETING
A v ery pleasing m eeting o f the
K inton g ra n g e
w as held a t
the
g ra n g e hall la s t
M onday evening
w ith v ery good a tten d an ce. A t th e
business session it w as decided to
change the m eeting tim e ag a in and
fo r the re s t of th e sum m er m onths
to convene th e f i r s t W ednesday
ev ening in each
m onth a t 8 o '
clock. M rs. F luke had a v ery good
lecture h o u r prep ared w ith a sh o rt
play and m usical
n u m b ers, a fte r
w hich all adjo u rn ed to the dining
room and
partook o f stra w b e rry
sh o rt cak e
w ith w hipped
cream ,
sandw iches, coffee and plain s tra w
b erries. M r and M rs. J . L. Schmid
and M r. and M rs. E . C. M cElroy
from A loha g ra n g e w ere p resent.
CARD
PARTY IS
W ELL ATTENDED
T he c a rd p a rty
o f th e In d ie s'
A uxiliary la s t m onth w as well a t
tended. F ifteen tab les w ere in pixy.
H igh scores w ere
held by Mis*
M orjorie Rose, Mrs- H. A. N ielsen
and M rs.
L indlaam ;
m en’s hign
scores by
D. Shaw , A.
Olson, C .
B row n.
The w in n er o f the q u ilt w as Mr.
Axel A nderson fro m P o rtlan d .
Mr. B eck ett san g , “ W hen your
H a ir H as T u rn ed to S ilv er.’’
A fte r th e p ro g ra m re fre sh m e n ts
w ere served by th e h ostesses, Mrs.
J. T. H adley and M rs. Geo. Sm ith.
D ancing concluded th e ev ening’s
e n te rta in m e n t.
Local Garage Man
Commits Suicide
Body Is Discovered By E.
A. Gillcnwater Shortly
Before 10 O’clock
BROTHERS NOTIFIED
Despondency la Said to H ave Been
C ause of his Action
H arrison
H ughston
com m itted
suicide Monday m orning a.lout 9
o'clock in the
fro n t
p a rt of hi»
g arag e a t th e corner of S h o rt S t.
a n i the Canyon road by shooting
him self through th e h eo rt w ith a
high power 22 calibre rifle. E. A.
G illenw ater, fam iliarly
known in
H illsboro and C ornelius aa “ R ed"
discovered the body sh o rtly before
10 o’clock when he stopped a t th e
g a r-g e to have his ch ain b e k r e
paired.
G illenw ater spread the ala rm and
his fam ily and neighbors cam e to
the g arag e where G.
P. K ordney
took charge until the a rriv a l of
C oroner Sewell who w as sum m oned
from
H illsboro. The f ir s t people
to arriv e
on
th e i<-»ne found a
note under th e
box
of shells on
the
cash re g iste r.
His w ife took
the note and destroyed
it.
T he
note is said to have been alm o st
en tirely addreased to
his fam ily
and also to have contained th e re
quest th a t his business affairs be
left in the
hands
of his b rother,
George-
I
W hen the coroner a rriv e d th e
gun
w as
lying alm ost p arallel
w ith the body which had a p p a re n t
ly toppled over backw ard»
as the
resu lt of the shock o f th e im pact
o f the bullet.
His brothers, H ow ard, G eorge
and Louis w ere all
notified and
w ith the exception o f G eorge had
arrived before the coroner ap p eared .
The verdict w as suicide alm oat im
m ediately as the clothing had a p
p a re n tly been pulled to one
side
fo r th ere
w as no hole, eith er in
th e jack e t or s h irt H ouston w as
w earing. The coroner found
th a t
the b u llet entered th e b re a s t ju s t
below the le ft nipple and p assed
en tirely th ro u g h th e body.
The body w as tu rn ed over to W.
E. Pegg to be prep ared fo r b u rial.
L ater search of the p rem ises d is
closed th a t the deceased bad d raw n
a check fo r
p ractically all
th e
money he had in th e bank in fa
vor of his w ife an d also had m ade
arran g em en ts fo r m eeting the ex
penses o f the fu n eral.
Despondency is said to have been
the cause fo r his action.
H arriso n M. H ughson w as both
on a ranch n ear
B eaverton, t n t
place now occupier by J . L H a rris
May 22, 1889, th e seventh child of
Geo. W. and E lizabeth
H ughson.
His education w as
received in
Beaverton public schools, the buil
ding w here he learned the th ree
“R s” w as located ab o u t w here Me
C resdy’s lum ber y ard now stand*.
As a young man he helped lus
p aren ts about the place. L a te r he
learned the c a rp e n te r
trad e and
w orked a t it under d iffe re n t local
co n tracto rs. F or a tim e he w orked
w ith his b rother, H ow ard,
a t the
S outhern
Pacific car shops then
located in the so u th east p a rt of
town.
A bout 1917 he w orked fo r O tto
Erickson and from
th a t place he
w ent to Cam p
Lewis
w here he
w as
detailed to c a rp e n te r w ork.
He put in about
eig h t m onths m
cam p.
Coming back to B eaverton w hen
m ustered out, he w ent to w ork a-
gain fo r E rickson and stay ed th ere
u n til about 1924 when he w ent in
to business fo r him self in a build
ing located a t the co rn er of C edar
S t. and th e highw ay. T his building
w as torn down to m ake room fo r
the new highw ay.
A fte r going into business
fo r
him self he purchased the H endricks
place and a t about th e sam e tim e
m arried Grace Fluke, a widow w ith
fo u r children.
He im proved
his
home built a new
g a ra g e on it
when the new C anyon
road w as
built and moved his business to the
new location.
He w as a kind and devoted f a
th e r to his
adopted
fam ily and
his m any friends sincerely re g re t
his passing. F u n eral services w ere
held W ednesday from Pegg'* C ha
pel. In term e n t
w as a t C rescen t
Grove. Chas. C larke gave the fu
n eral serm on.
He leaves
th ree
siste rs, Mrs.
Dave P itt, B eaverton,
M rs. A nna
Livengood, A loha
and
M rs. Ray
Johnson, P ortland,
and fo u r bro
th ers, H oward, G eorge and Louis
o f B eaverton
and W alter of Me
M innville
as
well as a
host of
friends.
MRS. SHEETS EN TER
TAINS
OFFICERS
Mrs. Ed Sheet* en tertain ed tha
new officers o f the Rebekah lodge
a t h er home Monday n ig h t. A bout
17 people w ere p resen t. Delicious
served by th e
refresh m en ts w ere
hostess.