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About Beaverton times. (Beaverton, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1916)
IV 7fH,j. h will he pnr.;:tif t-,l f.-.ir'v !n;! h " 1 v. - strictly with jutks txA f:.'r.-t.- ; i tUera rir.e'r.Les. it will be an tis:?-, -! Triac: i'he Cr.pi.al Prize vviil !:- f-i Ohr-.-mey. r . Piano. Ai-o other va'rahie x,tae the aastv: :' : y dollar hich are anr.our.o-d herewith. Candidates Young !ali?s in this and adjoining tows a,-e eligible to enter tiji contest, and the party receiving tse largest number of votes v,-itl receive the beautiful $409 Ober meyer & Sons' piano, and oti,er nrvnvums wiil be distribated in accordance with the contestants, st&ndtnsr at the final count. Tie ia Vote Should any of the contestants , tie in vales' for anv of the prizes, a similar prize wiil be awarded. Vote CUssad Votes wili bo issued in the following de nominations: i-ew Ej'vscribers. COO vote;) - - JaO SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS IN PRIZES To Be Distributed in a Grand- TEST! .. By The Beaverton Times and Beaverton Merchants, The Capital Prize which will be given by The Times will be ?;n elegant Obermeyer $t Sons v. a s a 4 f f r aa U.Uv IT lANO , Several ci the local r.:erchants have contributed Valuable Prizes and will give local vote coupons with each $ .00 Cash Purchase: Rules And Reguliions Governing The Contest Are as Follows: 1;-, vt v.a!s. 500 votes . - - " '"" $1.00 ntr.tva'.r. more than one yehr, 600 votes - ". 1.00 Bac sr.hscripticns, 400 votes ' ' ' - ' 1.00 5 jeari New "or Renewal subseriptions.JiOOO votes 5.00 10 venrs Nc' c: Renewal suitcriptions, 12,500 Votes 10.00 20 rears' New or Renews! subscriptions, 30.000 votos qO.CO Instructions ResulU'ts startling' votes will be "issued af ter "J aayl No voles accepted sf less Cian regular price of j,-"; '-ior.c2iT.ed in this contest. No one connected with this flt'.Vr 5r beionging to the- iratsediat; "faaailies of the mer . ututt.'co-opcratufr will t.3 allowed to become a candidate ih . u'-i i-.stest or work for contestant. ' '' ' Wti;' , after beinfe voted, cannot be transferred to another. . u -e'si.iv to knowfdr whom you are fdng to vote before cBm-l-iii i i ii-.ete.not txix, as the editor cf' r.nyone else will not . tVtf jou any information on the subject. The key to the ballot" bo:; will he id' possession of the awarding committee darir.tr the contest.' ' ' For" the first thirty days fhepaper w ill run a 25-vote coupon which can be voted free for any lady contestant Contest to run about 90 days. CONTEST WILL CLOSE MARCH 28, 1916. The right to postpone date of closing is reserved if sufficient cause should occur. Ten days prior to closing con test the iudges will carefully lock or seal ballot box and take same to the bank, where tlie same will fee in a place where voting can be done during business hours and lacked in a vault af night until close of contest, when the judges will take charge' and count same and announce the young ladies'' winning in their turn. r' ' ' ' ' " '' " ' ' The last ten days all voting must be done in a sealed box at the henk, If you'do' not vyisli anyone to know for whom you are voting, place your cash' br subscription together with yciir coupon in a sealed envelope, which' will be fur nished you, and put same in ballot box. This will give every onea square deal. This Contest Will Close March 2S, 191 6 Nomicab yasr lavarits hij. Help hsr via graai prizE. Thos i wio do nc: wic otts oi the reg&lar prisa 3I receive 10 per cent en all money tbqy collect on subscription. ave your" tickels; Begin now Ssi Prise " " Value -3ni Priie " ydv S6 f 4-t trize ' "" " Value $5.00 5th Prize ' ' Value SS.00 6Ui Prize :" """"'Talse $5.00 D.edby ' rjoaateJb:- Donated by '' " ...j " Conff Bosvrtofl Hardware Co. Ca.sk Grocery Co. City Pjiarmacj; H Alien Sde. ponlectkw?? ftsSDritor. Wc givj a 23 rate Coupon free witu each V.x give a 25-vo.e coui):) f;ee wilt. .au: t'egivea614 voa coupon frae with We give a 6 1-4 vote coupon free with We give a 6 14 vote'eoupon free with fl.fti Cash P-ciiase. Ask for Coupon. Sl.'jo Oasa Pchase. Ajk for Coiipjr.1 each 25c Cash Purchase. Ask trr Coupon. each 25-Cash Purchase.' Ask for coupoii each 25c cash purchas. Ask for ooupq Address AH Conurunication and Subscriptions to Cqptest Manager fine eaverton limes. 9 Ore gon BEAVERTON TIMES consequently a great deal tf, The above is an excerpt of an ! harm has resulted. Petitions of . account of the Beaverton Cham ; s. R DAV15 &. SON, Pubiuhen i the people have been ignored and ber of Commerce banquet in Y.efvertnn - ' Orerron. ; the delegates bearing them have ' honor of the county court, and j the lake was covered with the ; that you are Siti Harris' grand-1 the table through the long winter evenings "Well, then when you arrive of the leather packet there came, and the gray days when the air 'at Springfield, you hunt up old j aided by hi3 long fingers, a round was tilled with w hite flanes and man !q,hnsoa. You tell Johnson dark object which he placed on returned to their homes with a j explains why several assed the: ice of winter. son, he'll understand wnat is ex- fublishd even' Thursday. Ileelingof chagrin and iiumilia- j question "Are we to receive any j "Yep, lad, I guess you areipectedof him and make yuu all t'litered ts Second Class matter, under the Act of Karch m -iiao. ah t-nese iningb Iaovb teit. : oeneiii at cuu iiom tnc jiignv. c uuis.cu ve iioj. wi uuuiiut tapve auu i m sure ne can oi i .1 2- : ai M : t-u r...: 1 it at i m:i : raarLiiyr sorefi on ine puuitc. to repair ine BLaie uinwaj mi.-, wic uuuns hi iac uj'iii.g, iuiu uuw ueiu jruu a lou iww uave youi n . . . .1 1 P ... 1 I. T L 9 T XI... III 11 i t tl .1. i I I I ur aav.ee 10 me pecpie oi tne ning inrougn rjeavercuu : i guea usai uu n iu nave to gu an iiiat wnere yqu won I lose ll : county is to not be too hasty in a change might i out to the settlements to gain the Congress is wrestling with the I rest of J't 'There was that in 197Q it rh- Prist flffir-e 1.. t..i on mioithis matter for ' ' not be beneficial at this time. Alquestion of whetherornot armedjthe voice of the old man which """" ''--X. jrecsll wouid' saack too tnuch of ! merchantmen should come under r,;,r.w rs.- an inch tier: this trouble would nave been month; readersidc pex Tipe for 1st ' overlooked had the ternj of county insertior.,5c per line foraU sub- j judge been four years instead o(- submarine attack. A great deal spoke eloquently c-f a half hjdden sorrow. A tinge, perhaps, of bitterr ess at times crept iu but. of future responsibility for theithai he was well controlled: i . a. governmem n ngej uponleVen at this time when he wi Then from the pack 9ge he drew a pedestal of rass which gleamei in the faint glow the dying tire. On this pedestal he placed the round dark obiect and stood for "Yes, " answered the boy, but minute looking at itirt- he wast onlv a bov after all and i wnuy, dui. alter awnue he drew sequent insertions. Subscription S 1.00 Per Year. six. tjerm for t'fs office or even too long for aq unsatisfactory offi cial. enough ! that decision. nil- nrr ill w w ",v" i nc hl-l-l. shoujd pr0?eed with dMg deliber- Whatoftittt recall oi Judge :ation before tmer.ding the char r.easoner? Yhjs is a question ttr tq allqiy thp Co.uhcil to obli-1 .asked on all sides, and one that;gatfi the city for three thousandj requires a caln. und unimpassion-1 dqU'.rs instead of pne thqijsand Up tq date T. R. has a clear field whether his conscience is clear or riot THE LONG imU (By I. Will Spillet.) (Continued from last week) By and by, however, the youth ed answer. We must lay aside without a vote of the citizens, j no longer able to hold back the ur own personal likes or dislikes ! One thousancj dqllars is unques-! thoughts fast grqwing so, numer of the man, and look at it from a ! tiqnahly tqq sroajl and in our jous, spoke to the man, touching standpoint of justice, not only to ! mm(j tnnse thqusan js toq large, j him lightly on the shoulder to ;Mr. Reasoner, bqt to the public, j The sum of three thqusand i was rouse hin. The recall should be invoked I suggested, for the reasqn that j "This is my birthday isn't it inly for extreme reasons, such i the city now has an obligated. Grandad?" Fpr a moment if r.j flagrant abuse of public trust, debt of $2Q00 and by making the ! seemed that the cjuestjon must oxtt-eme extravagance, or abso-1 change this indebtedness could ; have passed unheard, t)en the lute unfitness for the ottiee. j be taken care qf hy warrant We believe Mr. Pveasoner has not i However jt might be only a few been guilty of any charge that years unti) this remedy would be would come under these heads, j required again. Jt would not be He. however, has succeeded in ! practical for the city to lift the .Mm fcimsolf nrit fypnomtlv i lid every time the town Council disliked as a public official, be cause he has been arrogant and iverbearing in his contact with citizens of the county. He has Reasoner devoted bis address principally to road mit- liUt n mailed ignomimoosly as a pacifi- istin conditio,,. of oad fnds cist in neighborhood differences j made impossible the carrying out that 'have led to a cessation of 'road" work in many parts of the osnty. . in taking sides tmneces-Hiriiy- in these squabbles the iflelfntM-been intensified nd of projects greatly desired by east end residents. Mr. Luce and Representative Bowman also spoke and members of the club argued for road improvement Hillsboro Independent sorely tried. Hg Lad but to refuse and the boy wor.ld stay on with him, but with hint bis promise was always good. "Now son when did you wish fo start? "J bad planned tomorrow grandad. Would that be too soon? I wish to become acquaint ed with people and things before I must enter sthoqj this tall, for you know things wilj be very different out there." "Yes, yes, so they will son, I had almost forgotten. You had betfgr start tomorrow as you had planned. You " Bet there none too soon as it is, Rising rhp nlrl man nfippri thrt onKin old rnan gripped the chair arms . floor fflr e time and the iog in his calloused hands a.ndspwly keptpace with him uttering his nodded his head. neculiar whine as he neared th ep, sgn l recspn you uii iu door nail alright "Well," continued the ld? "Yon saUI that when I was eighteen J could go to Spring field and attend the Academy there, See. Toy, said when 1 had finished al) these books with "Tpmorrow then lad you start good ?nd early," he resumed, "and yqu will reach the Half Way camp before the night Stay there and go on in the morning and you will reach the forked roads by noon take the one to you, and learned all you oould Ieft. herepeated. teach me, then I could go. ihe ; yei I understand all that," two surveyed the shelves lined ladi -But what shall with books.. Bopki brought from ;i rtn ,ft f at ,;.. .UU.l... 1 -.U. .,,,1 - -" carefully taught little by Httlt' his mind worked much as the minds of other boys tyork, letting wisdom in at one ear and out through the other. Ajicf in this manner the even ing wore away and the hour grew late, while fhe old rpan drowsed in t)is enir and t()e lad lay watching the embers pf the fire as they' slowly burned them selves out. At last, however, nothing rejtiamed pf the fire but the blackened coals, and the boy rose from hjs position on the rug and slipped softly away toward the blink jn one ijqrner of the room where he was sqop wrapped in the ploak of unconsciousness. In his chrir, head on bis hands eyes looking far beyond the pres ent into the dark abyss of the future, sat the ' man, and his thoughts turned back through the avenues of the past; but what he say therg no man pould guess. php. 2. "Th$ Darkiwu, Throughout the cabin there was no sound, except the heavy breathing pf the yoiti. The old mad rose took from its place on the huge stone mantel a round stone, which fitted neatly into place. From behind this stone the man removed a package wrapped in thick leather, and seemingly very delicate, for he handled it with extreme care. Replacing the stone in the ap erture, he moved softly to the table and undid thi fastenings of the parcel From th depths from his pocket a watch. The The time was five minutes to one." "At one, God willing," said th; old man, "I shall know all." (To be Continued.) " NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. Notice is hereby (riven that on Tues- day, February 'Mt-1916, the' tak rollsfor the year IvId will be opened lor The col lection of taxes. The first half of all taxes shall be paid on or before April 5th follofrine. and the' second half on br be fore October Sth'foltdwing. Interest, shall be charged and : collected at the rate of 1 per'fcent per month or a fraction of a month until paid. 'Interest at said rate applies to the' first half if not Daid bv April 5th, ' and to the second half if not paid by October Sth. - u ' ' All taxes remaining unpaid on October 5th, shalL become delinquent, and dd No vember 5th a penalty of & per cerit will be charged and' collected tliereon in addi tion to the interes provided herein. Any day after the expiration of six month after the taxes charged against reaTtirtyi erty are delinquent, the sheriff sljat "have , the right, and it shall be his dutv udoo demand to "take out and issue qefjificate of delinquency against such' property. Certificates of delinquency shall bear in terest of the rate of 15' per cent On or as soon as practicable after October 5th, the tax collector' shall proceed to collect all tax s levied agajnst personal property, and which shall have ben unpaid,- aril shall levy iiRop sufficient goods and that teisof delinquent taxpayers and sell same1 -to satisfy said tax, or said sheriff shall charge said personal property tax againsf reaj property and said tax shall become a lien upon said real' property, and shall be enforced in the same manner as other real estate tax liens. I. E. Reeves. Sheriff qf tyqsjtingtfm county, Oregon. Uy J , V- VUTLEGATE, Deputy. ; CHAKSEI Of C0HMEXCZ Regular meetings Second Thurs day of each month. Meeting called at 8 p. m, L.L GILBERT, T. W, ZIMMERMAN