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About Beaverton times. (Beaverton, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1915)
" . 6 Wi' '' ii i Vl- CEAVERTON TIKES S. H, ttAV5 t $ON, PakU,r, Beaerton, i Oregon. Published every Th.urscjuy. . Entered US Second Class mot! (hatter, under the Act of March 9, 1871. At the Peat Office, in Baavarton, Oregon. July 20. 1912 Sgbaeription $ J.OO For Year. ; ADVERTISING RATE?, Display ads. 75c an inch, per moatkireaderalOcporlipefr 1st ilusrti(r.,5o per line for all' sub sequent insertions. ' Thursday, Dec, 2. 1915 TO OUR READERS We wish our readers a Merry Christmas.' tfiia day', above all he days qf fee year, should be given to good cheer, We should recollect that nearly two thous and years ego, the Christ' of a civilized world' wps born. No nan in all history has been hon ored as Be has been honored,' and no teacher's precepts have been so well kept and so well spread throughout the different races of the earth. There has been no factor in all the world's history, that has so Influenced the onward march of civilization. ' If we were to live up to the teachings of Christ, there would not be the peed ' o ' half the aws on our statute books that we have. His teachings are ab solutely right and just. ' If you have a gronch, forget about it for the day. If you are harboring ill-will towards your neighbor, fprpef it. ' t you can make a child Happy, do so. If you can bring a little cheer into a sad home, go about t at once,. Forget self and, think, qf others, and see if in making others smile, you don't smile yourself. WHAT OF THE TAXPAYERS? At the present time the tax payers are still in the dark as to how much of the $26,000 will be gpept between Beaverton and Hillsi(Qr. except that there is practically about three miles of unmacadamized road between the two points. We have it from the Judge that the balance of the road iund, after closing up this gap, goes to the other end of the read. This sort of arrangement will never be satisfactory to the tax payers in this end of Washington county, or to any fair-minded citizen familiar with the argu ments, which have been present ed to the public through the col umns of the Times. The tax payers will stand agast at the indiscriminate use of public mon ey to build up one community at the .expense of another when that money could be su placed as to Berve at least one hundred times more people. During a visit in Portland Mrs. A. Howie, dairy expert, who has been in charge of the Wisconsia exhibit at the Panama Exposi tion, delivered herself of a few , of the latest fads for making the touch overworked bossy come through with, still more returns. She believes that cows surely re spond to human treatment, such us lace curtains hung upon the windows to diffuse the light. Now if our Dairy Commission would only see it that way, too, .so we could have a Btate law, making it compulsory for each dairyman to hang lace curtains in the barn how happy bossy would be. Then when the house wife had finished her daily toil of washine the dairy dishes and felt in need of a pleasant place to sit and maditate she could go to the barn, and there enjoy the blessings of modern dairying methods. In time, nodoubt,when . o'l there is to learn about dairying and install the the burn will be so attractive tb,at the old home will be vacated and we will all hike forth to t"e barn to eat sleep, and be merry with rnuc.h-ata.usQd bossy, Students of Washington' Hit School have organized a Cham !ber of Commerce modeled on the Jine of the Portland Chamber .of feomrnerco. . Jts. purpose will be problems 'they will encounter af- I '." -i ,' i,.,l ti- u c , ""UUB"rul.w on mindly. .,d theri arl- Hlgh School. , . i re'iil)' untt li prejudice In, the south Anything that tapds to drill in- iniat uwtlii'Nii'i's. Kpvertheicai my to the mind of the bchool bey .tr.,'sraii'fniir. (ilium nnstlnss, secured igirl the practical solution nf ev-Hl f lT ?osi,'',ca TJ? , ,, . ,, 1 stnli" of iiFUi'Kla III tlio fnmlly uf F1B- .ery-day prob.ems is well worth ut-li UHss. who owned .n large plan 'while. The tendency now-d ays in, union worUnl ly 600 negroes. Jschool work is more' towards the j t .... ISUH, iiL'l null. IU twiuije uuu iwui uo .practical things of lite. - i'.v.mnsor children 14 the elementary -- i hramlics. There whb H'daoBliter two . ,r . ."ri, ..., ; vi'iii'B olUor limn Herbert, whose stud According to a recent tavern-.ia n n.m:mo youne UmUul,a WM 'ment crop reiiort, there wis pro- ,..,lt,c.tcd .tll i omluet. " duced the cast season off of 33,-1 li i wrausii that parents win permit nnn 1 1 en nnn hxahal,, i ; the liitiuiato'iissoolatiou of a son or 000 acres 1,160,000 bushels of u.,u,.bt0I, ,itb one wuom tUcJ, wonM com, as against zz.vw) acres ana a yield of 660,000 in 1914. Farm ers are. beginning to realize that corn may be successfully grown in this state, and if Oregoh fol lows the history of corn growing in other States the acreage of ! that cereal will be materially in-; . . . ... ., ! creased from year to year until it , will become one of our staple ; p-nna 1 i ipl u u Mon ul tllDntnTO The Heald Map and Directory Co., of Portland, are publishing , a map and ownership directory i of land holdings of the counties of Clatsop, Columbia, Tillamook, Washington and Yamhill that will no doubt fill a long-felt want. COST OF STATE ROADS. Variable Factors Must Be Takon Into Cons i da rat ion, The coat of n rotid is dependent upon not ouly the type of 'construction, but the amount and character of grading to I.- 1n Mof n tnKnr'nnil nmtn. it.ii i riuis, mo wiuiu iiuu vuiu&uim? i fucing, tl. ol.nvnolw .inrl nnimint nf drainage required and, other factors of equal vurlahllity. Xtased upon general averages, t has been ascertained by highway specialists pf the department hat under average conditions mac adam roads can he built in southern states at from 4,000 to $5,000 per mile, gravel roads at from $1,500 to ?2,50O per mllft and sand-clay and top soil roads at from $S00 to $1,500 per mile. Iu New England and the other eastern states macadam roads are reported at from $0,000 to 9,000 per mile, gravel roads at from $3,200 to $5,000 aud bitu minous macadam from $9,000 to $13,- STATE I1QAD IN CONNECTICUT. 000, according to tho charaetci' of con struction, whether surface treated, pen etration or mixing method. The bitu minous type Is quite general in the easteru states. As indicating costs in other sections of country the state highway commissioner of Michigan re ported in 1013 the average cost for macadam roads to be $4,300 per mile, clay-gnivel roads $1,500 per mile and concrete roads about $10,000 per mile. The overage cost of state highways constructed in Ohio in l!)ia was $8,83. According to types, in 1012 the brick paved highways averaged $14,050 per mile and the macadam highways .,- 030. In California the first 350 miles of the state system of highways cost on average of $8,113 per mile and con sisted principally of thin concrete with a thin coat of bitumen. The maximum and minimum figures given are not ab solute, but are intended to present the usual range of costs. The rates given include grading, drainage, surfacing und engineering coatB. Gont to Wart. "1 don't like the way thy reported my speech." complained the new con gvessman. "Why, they sprinkled to plenty or tnushrer and applause." "Yts, but bow about all those K tmtw'r Kansas City Journal. Crual. ivifa-tLiottn gv Pdo fiv of rbom niiH'rv I made, end be wen! and hiiriwi it. . Bub-J'B not 'tarprtftrti pvfrtuib'y ttok K(i bene Br urn 'twiwterlpt' ' ... i A Complication of Lflve "m4 Wa? fly EUl'On MARSH My Krunilful htT was gruduatMl from Milluep lu (K). At (hat time the planta tion system in Ike1 south was attrac tive to oortliirji young win, and be de tenulucd to Q couth at 0 tutor In H "'"'"i rnmliy." Ensu'ts leading h !lp vur ucluoi'ii Uio nates wete Hla.dotl, lrmra the older not , pprove' for a wife or husband, for ti lovo uffair is most likely to be the re suit. --The' 'present ease wus no escep fiuu to tho rule. ' ' - However, no one was aware of it ex cept 1ue lovers, VUeu both the south and the . utirlh were arrayed against i each other by the flrine on Fort Bum- tor my grandfather left for his home 'ltU the understanding that when pcaco enrne he would return and see don(j e,lioUlg Olivia's parents' consent to their union. But the outlook was not hopeful. Sherman was mating his march to the . m .,.,,,,.. wiln ... lieu. tenant in the invading army, passed near the pWutatlon whero a few yecra miliar with the region and able to imitate the southern accent, he volun teered to disguise himself as a' poor jrhite countryman and go forth for in formation as to the location and uum 6ers of the' enemy's forces. He was recognized by one he had known dur ing Ills residence there rind turned over to the Confederate authorities, by whom he was tried and sentenced to he hanged as a spy. As a last resource he sent to the plan tation' to ' learn if Fltzuugli Griggs was there and If he would not inter cede for him. Griggs had commanded n fteni-ffln reclment hHtl been' wounded . , . iv a uumv fu wound. He declined to interfere t;o save Liodfeuunt Hastings until his wife and Olivia begged so hard that he should tip. so that he nt last consented. Havlue' great Influence with the o!n- cer into whose hands the spy had fall en, his efforts were successful. Colo nel Griggs not only succeeded In sav ing my grand father's life, hut in hav ing hiiu ptirolcd to remain on the Griggs pUmtutlon till the end of the war. The planter's children had received no instruction for several yehrs. Her bert had feccutly entered the Con'fed erate army, hut the younger mcmuera of the family wore growing, up in ig norance, it wus this that iuduced Colonel Griggs to suggest that Hast- incs he narnled on nis plantation, ue desired that lie should resume his du ties as teacher. . But this plan placeil Lieutenant Hastings in an equivocal position. His life had been saved by Colonel Griggs, and his intimacy with tho colonel's daughter was resumed, Griggs not dreaming that Olivia was tu love with a northern suldler who had been con demned, as a spy. Not only would it be dishonorable In Hastings to take advantage of his position to possess the girl ho ioved, but his sentence hnd been luoreiy suspended, und ut a word from Grfegs he could be sunt to the gallows. The strain upou the lovers was very great. My grandfather, who was un aonornble man, treated Olivia as if there i:id been nothing lover-like be tween them, and she, not realizing the cause of such treatment, made it very hard for him. During the balance of the war, though it was but a few months, be was subject to a terrible temptation. The more he endeavored to treat Olivia with apparent iudlffer ence the more difficult became his po sition. At lust he said to her: "If your father knew of our relationship be would doubtless consider that 1 was acting a dishonorable part My life is in his hunds. Wo do pot know but that he would send me back to the authorities to meet the doom of a spy." This frightened Olivia to such an ex tent that she controlled herself, and no one on the plantation suspected that she and Lieutenant Hastings were lov ers until they mude the fact known themselves. The war closed in April, leaving Colonel Griggs with a wrecked plan tation and all the negroes freed by virtue of the emancipation proclama tion From a rich man be bud been reduced to poverty. Hastings went north to rind that his father early in the war bad bought cotton at a low price and sold H at a price varying from $1 to $2 a pound. This bad made t:i a rich man. The fx-lleutbnant returned to Geor- !uf made a forma) application for i,.l of Olivia. Binp he was the , i r to n fortune and the colonel n-tiM'i'r. flie tnnn who would o., him as a min-li-law be- - 'vp h wUbut! consent He !tio'lr w:tf married and 1 H i. oi.p tit 'heir numpr- IF you have something that is intended for your eyes only, put it in one o(our Safe Deposit Boxes Fire cannot reach it-bnrglars cannot get it and you wil( have absolute privacy because all pur Safe deposit Boxes are fitted with Yale lyDclfs which cannot be opened unless you help. These locks have doJible' mechanism, that requires, two different keys to unlock, You have one key and we 'hold, tlje other and both must be used at the same time or The year 1916 will be crowded with the veiy best reading in 9 Great Serials ' CUT THIS OUT " snd Bend it (or the name of this pnper) with S2.00 for The COMPANION for 19W, and we will send . rRFF AH thn brae. of THE COM F IVCE. PANION lor tho remaioiiu wookiofim . CPPr THE COMPANION HOME r IVCC CALENDARS 191 ' I THE COMPANION fw Ult. ' Gt ' ( Serials . Cl j lelisCDmDunioii " SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED AT fHIS PFFICE FJROVpp TIP-TOP BREAD For the Family, They're Worth it. ForSaJeat: BEAVERTON HOME BAKERY Made by LOG CABIN BAKING CO. Beaverton Livery Stable Where good teams, rigs, harness and courteous treatment are kept Harness for sale, Horses fed by the day, week or month. SCHOLLS TELEPHONE CO. Owned bj farmers and busitess men for the conveniens of its patrons and not for profit. Free service extends all over Washington county and to Newberg in Yamhlil county. Makes connections with the Bell System and the Home Telephone Co. at Portland, Home Office, Scholia, Ore, v ' ' - , , J. W. RAYNARD, Secretary. THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL Mr. and Mrs .W. E. WREN PROPRIETORS Across the street from the S. P. Depot RATES or "Pdar boarders : Meals 25c Beds 25c & up A BEAVERTON i PLUMBING and HEATING. -lw- V A ELMER STIPES Mgr. A I w - jjw- uo iiKurc wiui tne 003: cannpi oe openea. Bank cf Beaverlon Beaverton, Ore 250 Start Stories Rare Article. Nature and Science. Exceptional Editorial Page, family Page,' Boys"Page, Cirls' Page, ChU. dren'a Page, jAU ages' 'ItbeXBjJy provided forv ' t ' - Twice as rrrccl) aa an magaaine givei in a year. Fiftr-tWQ' times ii year not twelve. " Send to-day to The Youth'j Com. panioti, Bo;;on, Maas for three curutqrr issues'- free. COME TO THE MAYBELL For vour fancy holiday candies. Prder early. " ' MRS. S,' E. ELLIOT PLUMBING CO. 5 you vu ywur worij' M n Cutoff ) .?PNteam g;5l'm m 103 116 105 117 . 1 ' . 120 m 106 101 114 10S us ie 102 11:87 m elec ' Z:U pm elec 4107 pm Will'n elec :t7pm 6:49 pm MpMin elec 8:37 pm . ...... : 112 pm . GOING EAST 6:20 am : 7:12 am- S;05 am eleo 10:29 am e(ec ' 1:11pm ' 2:86 pre elec 4:35 pm 4:56 pm from Tilla- mook steam, Cutoff ; 5:17 pm. '" - ' 7:0S pm 10:11 nm no lis ALL-TRAINS electric, via 4th street line, except No. 141 and and No. 142. ' S. W. McJlvaine, Aeeat . OREGON ELECTRIC EAST GOING WEST No. 30 6-53 A.14.-N0. 31 7-32 am S2 7-41' S3 8-59 34 8-51 86 10-18 38 1-03 P.M, 40 4-18 42 6-03 44 8-82 46 10-17 Sat. 35 11-02 37 1-52 FM 39 4-07 ' 416-02 43 6-52 45 8-02 Sat. 47 12-02AM ' G. L. THOMPSON, Al - a. a. p. , - - j F. J. BABCOCK POST NO. 30. Meets every 2nd. Friday of? each month, at the residence of. Comrade W. L. HIKE. M.S.Barne3. Commander. A.E.Hendricks, Adjutant. , " GRANGE ' Beaverfim P. of H. meets at Granee Hall the second Saturday of each month. 1 A, W. Pike Master Mrs. W.H.Boyd Seoretary. J, BEAVERTON LODGE MO. 10Q A. P. AND A.M. ' $ Reyular oonaun- lcatioa first and third Tuesdays CADY HALL 8-00 P.M. Visitors welcome. C. E. Hedge. W. M. Cuy Alexander. Seety. S. D. A. CHURCH Regular preaching services on the first Sabbath of each month at 11 a. m. Sabbath school every Sabbath atl0j80a. m. Eld. R. D. Benham Pastor Congregational Sunday School at 10 A. M. every Sunday. Christim En deavor at 6:30 sharp. Preaching very Sundays of each month. Rev, Upshaw Pastor, M, E. Church Preaching Every Sunday At 11 A.M. and 7:30 P.M. Special song service 7 P.M' Sunday School 10 A.M. Prayer Meeting Thursday 7.30 Special To The People Of Beaverton. My Work as well as my prices are right. Half soles from 45c to 85c The price and the work Can NOT be. beat. DEIBELE'S SHOE SHOP opposite the Cady Block. ' Real Estate LOANS FIRE and AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE . . : ' ' ,' . Stroud & Co. BEAVERTON, OREGON 4 'V iateat fads for poor bossy