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About Beaverton times. (Beaverton, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1916)
A c- or i i Mr if VOL IV BEAVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1916 N0.38 KE173 LOCAL , L. S Wolf received $44 for 4 sacks of beans the other day Mr. Desinger is kept busy- nowadays hauling wood he says- everybody is wood hungry; Special Prices to Schools, C htorches on Candies and Nuts etc., At Spraner's Store. Mrs. H. 0. Stipe entertained a number of her friends at a de lightful luncheon Wednesday. J. W. Barnes and wife left Thursday for Long ; Beach, CalU fornia, where they will spend ithe remainder of the winter. , Julius Henricksen has been busy hauling squash for ship ment the past-few days. J. H. Ellerson has been, helping him. Francis Robinson has. been numbered on the sick list the past -week but is now able to be about asrain. George Klein has taken a posi tion with Rowell Bros, at Scholls and will' now charm the people of that part of the country with his genial smile. Willis Cady "has joined the ' 'Big 4' ' quartet Rehearsals are held Thursday evenings. Some good camp meerings are on the bill'of fare. j ;" :;; The County! Court, found' an extra car of rock at one of the quarries the , other day and'al lowed the local road district to use it to fill up the holes. We are thankful for small favors in this end of the county: C. E. Hedge,; school clerk, has finished countmtfthe school, chil dren of, Beaverton,; he found 400 fcetweeQ the ages of . 4 and 20, each will draw $10, or $4000 for education, 1917 Beaverton is third in population out of the 109 school districts in Washington county. , : ' Louis Hughson was the. victim of a strange accident the other day while hunting near Sandy with Hiram Davis. He-shot at some ducks, missed and" went down the road to shoot again,: but after, vainly trying to make the gun shoot, found" that sev eral inches of the breath had . been .blown away at the first shot Beaverton Grange Elect Officers, '.Saturday , December 9 wa3 the regular monthly meeting of the Beaverton Grange 324 andelecr tion of officers : i The forenoon was devoted to- general Grange work ani also to instruct Mr. and Mrs Cary in in the third and fourth degree which was performed- creditably to the officers inasmuch as it was made very impressive. At noon as usual a very fine dinner was ; spread by the , ladies and much enjoyed, by all. Short but good lecture ": hour, short on account of election which came off. very successfully as follows: Officers elect:. ' Worthy Master,. CL E. Hedge; Overseer R.' R. Patten;, Lec turer, Mrs. M. H. Denny,, Ste ward, E. E. Swenson;. Assistant Steward,H. P. Downing; Chap lin,, Mrs. , Mary Patten;, L. Asst. Steward, Miss M. Ay ers;. Treas urer,. B. K. Denney;: Secretary, Mrs Ruby W. Boyd;- Gate keeper, W.. -J. Henry;. Ceres,, Mr& Mary Stipe; Pomona, Miss Oma Emmons; Flora, Mrs. . J en ney Gray;, corresponding secre tary, the undersigned. .... The officers elect promise an other, very .successful , year for this Grange. The outgoing ofl cers "deserve a great deal of credit for the faithful work they have performed in the past, and all members are to be congratu lated,, we are all having a good time. Want you to come. E. E. Swekso:;, Cor.. parent-Teachers Meet. ; A very interesting and enter taining session of the Parent Teachers occurred last Wednes day night in the high school auditorium. The , place was packed and the program given was by the lower - rooms of the oublic school; consisting'Of music. songs, .recitations, and a drill- Different speakers discussed the building of the- play shed in its various phases and" Dr. Myers gave a-very interesting talk on Medical Inspection in the schools. The school5 board was given the usual evening kick as a night cap and the program was concluded.. 3000 Pounds of Candy and Nuts. Prices fight. : i At Spraner's Store; Robbers Loot . Depot Unknown men entered the O. E.. station kst .Tuesday evening about half past nine and gave the place a severe overhauling. ' Of the cash in the till which amounted to-some eighteen cents they got away. . with ten and scattered the rest over the floor. It is supposed that the work was done by three strange men who were seen . haunting about tow during the day. One of the men wore rubber shoes and as tracks of , a rubber were seen on the floors it is supposed thathe was- one of three. To the Editor of the Times p , We the undersigned feel that you did us an injustice in your issue of the th inst. regarding thr Beaverton merchants. We think that probably yon took some things for granted, instead of looking into the,real facts. We wish to say that since the Times has . been under its present management that we have not had-any job work done only what has been done in your office. We trust you may find space in the -Times to print the above and thus oblige, Cady &-Pegg, L; R. DEah. Druggist. F. Ferguson, - A. H. Spraner. High School Notes. In spite of the threatening weather, the high school students went to Oreheo last Friday night to a high school party given in their honor. A genuine good time was. enjoyed by all and everyone waB unanimous in de claring Orenco High royal enter tainers. Beaverton High re turned home on the 10d8 p. m electric car, rather early but the last one available. Such parties as these promote a good high, school spirit and we hope there will be more of them' with other Schools. 1 . ; Jacob Richardson visited" school on the day following- Thanks giving. Jacob was Br saember of the Junior Class of this school last year but is now attending St. Helens high, where his par ents are located at present. AQ01K1D THE 1 OOIMT HOUOE Circuit Court L, E. Fellows it using The Bankers and Merchants Mutual Fire Relief Association to re cover $500 which he claims if due him with interest since, the 6th of December, 1915. ,The claim arises over . the lost of property by fire some time ago and an unsatisfactory settlement James Kirby lias filed replevin proceeding s to, remove C. W. Flanders from certain property, located in the town of Gaston. The Hillsboro Mer car tile Co. has, brought suit against J. Daniels and wife to secure $187. 25 with 6 per cent interest from June 11, 1915. The money , is alleged to be due for goods sold the defendants, j A divorce proceeding has been filed by Stanley Rockwell to free him "frorii his wife, Anna fJ Rockwell whom he claims is- possessed of a nagging, faulty finding" disposition which she ha displayed freely since their mar riage in Portland in March, 1915, The State Accident Commie-' m m..!.m Tnmiam Tj . T in 1 n . siuii ia ouiig unities xj. iktuaiivw recover $278.07 which is .'do the commission by the WorkfcBs; Man's Compensation Act. TP defendant owned and opers&dj sawmill at Gaston: In the estate of Greenberrjfll. Busby deceased, a petition! han been filed for appointment of th administrator and the probate of the will. . The value of the es tate is pfaced at $2500. Public School Items. The Eighth Grade display of of Penmanship ,. at the Home . Bakery was viewed by manyr ' Miss Margaret Fitzpatrick re ceived the highest number off votes and was awarded the gokk pen. Director & H. Davis was a welcome visitor Tuesday to oar schools, spending a whole day with the different departments. Many of the boys are trapping hia tnintat a utmnlat HianlV of the Fur Market is on the bul letin board in the basement different firms are compared -ipr highest prices,
