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About Beaverton times. (Beaverton, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1915)
BEAVERTON TIMES A. J. HICKS, Prop. Beaverton, - Oregon. Published every Thursday. Entered as Second Class man matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879. At the Post Office, in Beaverton, Oregon. July 20, 1912 Subscription $ 1.00 Per Year. ADVERTISING RATES. Display ads. 75c an inch per month; readerslOc per line for 1st insertion, 5c per line for all sub sequent insertions. Thursday, Nov. 11, 1915 BEAVERTON'S CONTENTION The Hillsboro Independent and Forest Grove News-Times, in their issues of last wewk, "kick back" at the action of the Beav erton Chamber of Commerce's protest to the state highway commission against commencing Lard surfacing of Washington county highwajs between those towns. Their contention is that the Chamber of Commerce of this city is "knocking" against the improvement of this county's highways, unless such work be done in the vicinity of Beaver ton. Such is not a true state ment of this club's protest. Nei ther the Chamber of Commerce nor the people o Beaverton have pretested against road improve ment anywhere in the county, j But our people do contend the ! most logical point of beginning; improvement would beat the' eastern line of Washington coun-1 ty where it could be connected j op with a haid surface road that j is already made. The club also ; contends that a materially grea ter travel would be accommodat ed by beginning at this end of the line where the usefulness of the improvement would be broadened as the work progress ed towards the west. At the same time Hillsboro and Forest Grove would enjoy the benefit of the good roads the same as other part3 of the county. It is useless to state that Port land is the greatest market and financial center of all Oregon, for that matter, and there is no use denying the fact that all of Washington county would be benefited by a road leading to that center. If our friends can by any reasonable argument eKow that a larger number of the county's people would be benefit ted by their plan doubtless avail able funds can be secured for it. But they can't. That fact pinches hardest. The Seav erton Chamber of Commerce, after full discussion, determined that the logical point of, begin ning needed improvement would be at this end of the county. And the club feels very confi dent that its position is right and just, by reason of affording ac commodation to a greater travel. The Independent goes so far as to state that the protest was "hatched" in Portland. It says: "In considering the protest from Beaverton to the stace highway commission it is well to keep in mind the fact that the resolu tions folio -ed a visit to our neighbors by two Portland gen tlemen greatly interested in the extension of hard surface roads beyond the Multnomah county line." There could be nothing added to that statement that would deviate farther from the true facts of the visit of the two gentlemen referred to. At the I time Mr. Holman and Mr. Lan caster visited and spoke cn good roads at the Chamber of Com merce's annual banquet, the club was not aware that our neigh bors had been to Salem,. Not a word was spoken at that meet ing, nor until the plan of our neighbors appeared in the papers here mentioned on Friday fol lowing the meeting, which was held on Monday, relative to the matter. The above quotation would indicate that the Indepen dent would build up a prejudice against Beaverton by using Port land as a footstool to buffet us with, endeavoring in that way to defeat the asperations of the people in this end of the county. That paper realizes the justness of our claim, hence it effort to, bring Portland into the contro- versy. Our Chamber of Com merce is composed of Beaverton business men and substancial farmers of the community-every j member a live wire laboring in I the interest of Beaverton and; Washington county. The News-Times says: "The so-called 'protest,' supposedly j sent by the 'Board of Trade' of j Beaverton to the state highway , commission - - - bears the ear marks of a Portland 'frameup,' and is ill-advised from any angle it is considered." Nice thing to have a big brother to shoulder the blame upon. Portland has never proffered any assistance; to Beaverten, neither has any' action of the Beaverton club been prompted by that city. The truth is that both the Indepen dent and News-Times are aware of the fact that Beavertos's con tention is the ,more logical. Both : papers, in a way, try to ignore Beaverton and its commercial organization by endeavoring to mis-lead their readers into the belief that Portland is the prime instigator. 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