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About Beaverton times. (Beaverton, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1915)
LEER AND HIS WATCH DOGS THREE Adorning The King' Court Where The Tts ''Coine From. I'--' ' In a' rich and fertile val-by a r threat jnun.v peoyte uwen. a: '. far as the -eye coulJ see wot rich- farms, prosperous. Villaee nestled bre and there. Ovei $he hills cobW fc herd the hum of the targe ity. a.id at night ' after the sounds of a busy. da had died away, the reflection' o) myriadi of light could be seer in the Iky. fill Ue main thor- ' oughfares lead toward,, tWs busy; eenterof trade";, the "fich valley Dindiiijf in add the large city re ceiving the products of the soil. Money founH its waj bsct to the farms Of the Valley to take the 'jlaM of the H58rt! bllKiy product) ( ' of its fertile acres. Ptasperitj : and happiness reigned supreme : ' la thatteiiitiftll Rnd picturesque! alley. iiiu xniic w uiaucu m 'lie bbsied himielf with his rich I ; harvests, and the IidUStivVife sane ( i:;in her happy home ei me per il 'formed her daily duties, But there 'came a gradual change over these 'happy valley people! Return) were not so $2oA. A shipment 'of beef, pork 6Y poultry er othei : produce, returned to the farmei rn iibbic icon wmti ,111 1.11c ia3i. h loco n-i. l tu The roads to' niarltSt that had "came rbugh and deeply ruttec from excessive1 tntveij swo'win "iack of rejfaMi'. THe gVc'at track' 'loads of pre'duce ni, and the heavy truck Wdds of merchandise 'out, began to (ii on trie roadt' that had been built at giich ex pense from the taxes on the, ad - joining land, rermtrt ' aw business rtteh pleaiare "Beelterf : in automoWles and teams froir far and near, traveling:- to anc fro, reduced tt'e? rtiaW highway ' to a state bordering on ruin. The property owners within the 'Vtiafl!!.!-. t.cviiJ3lftH hv" this rnflH. had year by seaf -voted" a goor tax upoii tijem'setvW to built a id maintain this highway onlj Ja watch il wear away almost l "in one ttiitih! r . There lived in another part of this fertile .country old , King L3er, who - had befeii crowned years before and who had been wearing liU crown by virtue of promises 'T certain wise men yf the west f&t h would be 1'air to all 'hi .sulJjefds, and so 'nange tl'Jp affair! erf his king-- UJIII Mini fill nuujstt, 1IUIH JUl ond near v ld receive the same ''ensid.jratir.'f' at his court. But i'ai and alrf'jk, no sooner did he am his p-iwer than he began ?i show favoritism to certain 6 bars Royal White Soaf ?5c Coffee Bst Hams . Bcot Picnic-Hamsr; , 5 poM Btlcket Lard ; l qt rrviSg tem, 156 5c- 4 qt Up Kettle O ivawin? :sory KoasteA, " $1,25 " $1.00 I i-sections of his domain in an en deavor 'to. increase his power, and a,s the unfavored sections of . his, eippire began1 tu mutter fin , protest, instead of lending rout envoys to pacify them and make a treaty of peacs, he re ceived, seen delegations, as were sent to hilft With aiTogance and petty enubs that angered, his subjects still more; but the more they uttered the hrrder did he oppress them, In order that King Leer might make himself hard to approach, and to keep the people from annoying' him, he appointed t iree watchdogs from among his g ad followers, whoie duty it wai to bark In unlton at any in truders, who might come unln vited mithin a certain distance of hii court. Because Of tile Hov- elty of this arrangement thi em pire became known ar and wide is Old King Leer and his watch- lora tHrlifi. Ftir the nleasure nf the king his wattlhdbga three, and cerbihl v other bf his Vassals, certain1 territory was laid oul within whlfih bdundry shduld be hereafter known as the King's court. This cbHirt, It was decreed, ihould be maintalhbd and beauti fied by setting SsidS each year a certain portitin of the taxes col lected trbftl tile subjects of King Leer thtolighbtit the kingdom. Congregational Sunday School Have Christ ra Eicercises- , .Saturday evening, the Congre gational Sunday school heldtheii Christmas exercises and tree'ir. the church. Everything went as Jcheduled, even to the tiiiiely ar rival of Santa Clans', wDdse jovial imile and merry laugh compjete- y captivated the ehildren. The ixercises began prtfrnptly at 8 ). m. with songs nW8 prayer. wiich was fellrffrefil by the xer- .ises by ihe tfifldren, consisting if speaking drills and sjngs. When jth.a" enterta:iiment was iver, it was'luggeeted that Santa Jlaus was ddubtliSss coming, vhich caused the, younger chil iren to draw in deep breaths and wait expectantlf. Then there was g Stamping 2nd a hearty vhoa, the door popped open; and n rushed the Kood old skint him- elf. With a few cheery wo-ds jo the children, he began to dis .ribtite tile heaping candy fecks, vhich were Kleefullv received. When the boxes, and large piles vers exhausted the gathering woke up, and after Merry Christ nas had been, said,, all departed 'or their resfisp'm'e hnmps fm- Vued yvittf ha Cfiristnia'l' spirit. , , , . , a,. Mr. an'd.MrS'. H. R. Van Allen ind daughter: Leona and Mr. mi Mrs; . P.at.Ljdsey . ot pod River. arrived here, today far a few days' visit witfi W. E. Wren tnA family., of the- Commercial hotel. Mesdameb' Van Allen' asd Lindsey SVe dauirhters of Kr. and Mrs. Wren. ' a '?- .' Trrr i v !. m : ' ! 1 " .. . ,. ;ic - cuucc our aiocic DTore jr;:ary if i bur gam is 6ur lorn OCEAN YQYAGHUN - 1 UUttR AUIINb SHIri'hKedbreath. .. ' S ' : - j I fact our breath so bated "Townsman Reiews ; Boyhood Dfcjrt at H Fair. Dear Editor; Speaking of your "palaces of the Pacific" I never saw boat act tike this one. We had no Sooner got outside of the bar and into deep' water, when it must have seen a fish as it stood on its head and tried (o spear Iti but failed, and then it reversed and tried to hit it with Ita stern, but when it laved down and rolled over three times, the passengers got so disgusted that they went down' and Ibcked themselves in their state rbomsi ' ' . . , I was jdst advising a bite little cornfed Peoria tirl to Be careful and keep amidships, whetl all of t sudden 1 seemed to lose inter est in her, and thought I san something in the wStef arid rush ed to the side of the ritiip, but ii had disappeared! and iftr de positing my lights and liver or the deck I rushed to the othei Side Of the ship, aid there de posited my' dlaphrami appendix, pancrea,. gastric' juices and all other movable freight; with the exception Of thy knee bans, whirl I reieued jdst (n time and re tained for future land dnsrations. Just then I happened lb think that I had left the port open ir the Btate r'((om and I rushet down 'to close It be f tire the lhi rolled over strain, and then Ha cided to stay right there and set that tile salt water did not come in and.' damage any St the ricl furnishings, so I took off mi clothes to iavt tvear hd hung them On a hook, got ,lhy.m,onej. and other effects together foi my executor riid th'efi lay down where:! could keep fin eye or that pott hole! . Just then niy room mate cam in and said that there was th meanest, toughest looking crowd on board that he had eve seen, and that he hii hurried down tc ' see 'tha!,tno bna rcmpved any of the Iixtures: I told huft that expected to stay and it Would no be necessary for both qf us ti remain, that I did wk like hirr , anyway, but heiaid that ht would pot thipt'of deserting? room matJ'fn a cas I. eff dangei like'the pressn't rihillfe' cfoboser ' to stay, even cost him hit life. He also stated,, that where khe came, front which was incid- 11.. Sl',.til.. ivij j. A,. . . , cmaiij uiranj i.ucy ,wc;e nocio thes while indobrsf;so he too of! his and piling ihine onto the floor, hiing" hid on tlte hook and laid down in the lower hunt '.wnere couid keep liia, .eagle 2&e t - 18c 1 6c lly J6db lOclly 5Bc' j eye on all the fixtures. i . v im Hiyn rnvnt illative that the crabs tried to crawl in the pert hole thinking we had al ready passed away. Just as our ammunition was getting low and it looked as if they would succeed in getting through and charge the trenchesi some underling of the devil opened the door and teld lis wc were about to enter the Golden Gat?, This was tro much and when thir son Of Satan tried to rub it in we both got up and killed him and threw his miserable carcass into the ser. Just then the Marin County hills rersindsd us that we hid beta taking a sea voyage and had lived to see the wd, and we got right up and put on each ethers clothes and reeled down the gangplank. At the bbltbhl we stepped on something hard, and thank God it was the United States. .1 knew that I could not live more that! twenty four hours at the most, so I went dowh to the ferry and crossed the bay as quick as I possibly, could td See my friends and a lawyer before I passed away, Thciy looked me over carefully slid suggested that befort final arrangements; I get a eobd hieHt sleeb. and than in the fcoriiiait take two drihks of the thira-i-ail brand;, and then gc ddwj tht aone and see "Stella," and they thought I wodld be all right They had the right dope, one iook at steiia" wouia re vive) the most over-ripe malt corpse that ever was. 1. B. S. Masons and Eastern Star .Observe St. John's Day. St, John's day was jointly ob served by the Masons and East em star, at which time a sump tuous banquet was served, fol lowed by the Installation of the following officers; . W. S. Boyd, worshipful mas ter; Oi E. Shepardj' senidr war-' den; G.' G, McCorm'ic,' Junior warden) Doy Gray, trCisurer; Guy S. -Alexahder, secretary. The appointive officers named are August Paulson", senior deacon; A. M. Kennedy, jusior deacon; E. Stipe, senior steward! E. Sears, junior steward, and Julius! Buck, tylef. , ' 'For the Eastern Star the fol- lowing' will serve the'f;ppming year;- Mrs. xnyipg, wortay mas ter; R; . Eoberis1.',, worthy patron; Mi-s, Doy Gray,1, associate matron; Rfrs. dtto' Er'ieKson, con ductress,' Mrs. Roberts! associate conductress'; MrsHattie Bruje, secreUry"; Mrs. Hedge, treasur er; Mrs. Mable AJexandur, cha-, plain) Mrs. Johnson, Adah; Mrs. Summers Riithj Mrs. Cooper, Estheri Mrs. MeGowari, Martha; Mrsi JHcuormic, Ulecta. TO) 4 C&ns Milk 25c , 3 Cms CM , 25c Ojrsterf Bc pettM Mm&iafte&tf T O" r?inJs? d Ehafrie Milk feriS; " THE TOTAL OF PRO GRESS IN BEAVERTON The Advancement Haa Been Rapid in a Very Short Time. Nestling at the base of a ver dant green wall of rock, which separates the valley from the city beyond, lies the town Of Be averton. A little, old, sleepy town, in which the houscm are mostly old and dingy, and the two er three stores are sawed off frasJe building, squatting resign edljr upon their allotted places. Through tht middle of things, thtre runs I road of mors or last questionable dtpth, which angli away over tht hills te the city. Now and agiinj one might find a board walk with the beardl miss ing, or ptrhapi, a harrow blank strung over the muddy places, but more dften there wis noth ing. At Intervals of half a day there cams, rattlihg and groan ing ever the weed-grown track, an engine drawing two ears, and some time during the day, one which drew three or fourt Down In one end of the town; plaeed out of the way' in the depths of a mudhole, where the song Of the frog would lend inspiration to the young and versatile wind, there had beea built a school housei from whose titiy belfry was proclaimed trie) call df edu cation. The little olel school of ths past , has not been devoid of results, however, f or, a from It have come forth many men, who have nude for themselves s same. But at Ihst came the awakea- iag that comes to all towns at seme period in the history! tht penou oi otKwara expansion, ana the imbuln j of new life. ' Out of I the east yjirie the tenSrtlt of progress, and they were stretch ed out .through the town into the country beyond; .till they rested at the, bass of tht mountains in the west: With thine railroad came lattiqh. and ,the, land's were cleared while th older farms were nroKtiMnto .apiallef ones for accommodation of thfr Incom ing homescekers. Within the town ttflre .stirred A ndw unrest, a feeling t'na thrilled the popu lace who had, remained so long fixed in tfie ope spot, and they found the town astir with' a hew atmosphsrs-the atmosphlfe of progress,,, With the. new call for progress there developed the opposition. composed of those who remain ed so long a fixture in the antl- , j i . . que mnascape mat tna.iaea of a change in things appalled them, and they rallldd at each public meeting, and at Inch street cor ner to ius;i and discuss thejifw yWP 4uc 1 AJ order of things till tht air was blat with their maledictions. Then ' came tht long flghl, which 'resulted in the erection of a public school baildlngand! the removal of the seat of education a little nearer the center of the school district, which brought in to being a tow party, but time eliminated this party and the boosters Stood together. Then followed a stretch of macadam road through the 'center of the town Knd progress was well on THE TOWN OF THE PRESENTS The town st the present day olds tht same place oi the land, mpt txttpt that tht oatakirta in nore ixttadtd and fcg mm- rounding eoustrt l Hkt dtn so thickly It It settled. The reek roads through tht town havt been extended and thnaa already laid hive been repaired, any fine new residences have been built in and around tho town In the pait year, aad auny more art being planned, while some art already Under conitre tioa. , Wlthih the post year there baa come the transition, and the an tique has been relegated to the past. Nevertheless there itlll remains thli atmosphere of age that caiihbt be left behind. - la one part bf the town1 the march of progress ' has stlmalated a feeling of. shame and the moss grown rail .fences and the dense? clumRS of wilderness havt beea removed giving the people on the other side the much desired view of 1ft. Hood and the accompany. ing range; ( New sidewalks havt taken the place of the tithe worn excuses that have hitherto been offetedj and Lmahj, 'blocks of en tirely new once have been built. this giving access to tht mere remote parti if tho town, , m ... . 1 4.L a ronmv among its, new nx- tures of tho town we mutt eon- idired tho Chamber of Com hose tntiring efforts have woh so mush for tht town and the. surrounding territory. In this orpanizatish there art at present forty f we liveliest men thst were ever gathered together in one community; men who are willing at anv tima to devote their ehorgies to' 4ny( .!Uvement that may better! the community. Among the. present Improve ments are the . fins siew Cady block, the steam heated Fisher building, and last but by far not the least the new. throe story high school ballding which stands so grandly on the hill, a monu ment to the hew era of progress. This oe building is pf brisk and concrete, containing beside an. abundanccof thus rooms, alarg gymnasium, and assembly hall., This will give tho town of Beav reten two modern school buildings with amnio room to accomodate f both the public and high school tor a numrj,oytarsyCm( i per oottw I5d . hi in , 1 " ! ' . ' , ' ! ' -VV I W