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About Beaverton times. (Beaverton, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1916)
f BEAVERTON TIMES PUBLISHED AT. BEAVERTON, OREGON, . EVERY THURSDAY S. H..DAVIS& SON, PUBLISHERS Entered in the.Postoffice, at BeavertonV Oregon, as second class matter. To take what is held out to you lis never out of -place, and the ;iost diligent of the mob known .as cranks will not criticise such procedure. . The east end of Washington county .has started i something, though perhaps it '.took but.a little to start it, lets ikeen.it iraing." ,We have -been .granted the right to a new road into Port-land.'- We of. the east end should feel flattered : that a portion of .the county so small, as the. Judge .would express it, is looked upon with so much favor. :To con tinue the good work, an item in the county budget allows the . surh of $10,000 tobuild this road. It has been said that this sum will .ov-er it with a species of Jiaid. surf ace . which the county .has been laying for Hillaboro and Forest Grove. No doubt it .will if some one has not made a mistake in the matter and under estimated the size of . a ten thou sand wad. The .idea, however', is this; iiiext -Saturday is. hudget day at ithe courthouse and as things are lined up there are some portions -of the county out to defeat -our share of it Lets get together and go-up to Hillsboro -with', the .express idea -of earryin-g the thing -through We need the -.cash for a road. One good act mav'lead-to another and place us on the list for .more another -year. At any rate if the money is Offered us lets go and take it no macter how we feel -about the new highway. FREAK TREES. Heavy Snowstorm Often Csuee Bent and Twisted Trunks. . - To the Derson. Who 4s not versed In forest lore the -grotesquely bent tree trunks that are to be founa in almost :U woods i.e inystlfyingand wonder .to often aroused as to the cause, "Foresters will tell questioners that In the case of trees In mountainous coun try Bini other sections where the snow- ; full is heavv the weicht of snow Is re- sponsible In most instances Tori the nneer twists thev nssnine. . When, a tree Is young the weight of ! snow that falls on Its branches arten bends the trunk over until It is flat tened to the ground. Sometimes it is buried under six or eight feet of snow . and held in that position so long (that , whcn warm weather comes the tree ' fails to spring back Into its normal po sition. .The summer sun. causes.the tip o? the young tree to turn upward, and If 1t manages to withstand the weight 6f the snow Of the nest winter that por tion of .tl)a-treo,-wlll, ns a Rcnernl rtite continue i to grow ju u liomuu mu.. "Hairpin" bends and other odd shapes fesuit. A curious tree stands on the tap of Tunnel hill, Johnstown, Fa., about four miles from town. It Is a sugar maple about 100 years old, which has pro longed its own v life : by grafting ra branch into -a much younger tree. Popular.. Science Monthly. .J BEAVERTON BLACKSMITH .SHOP Auto Bodies built and first class .wagon work, of all kinds done , i Horse Shoeing . PkwiharetiSbarpeoed r AH work first class and guaranteed OTTO ERICKSON, ; Prop. i it BUY , Your? Lumber,; Lath, Shingles and all your rniildine-': material! at Ihe rieht price. We Ihave; -located, a branch! yard at Beaverton andjare prepared to; sell. .you the' best on the market atthe' most reasonable, rates. JONES LUMBER CO. J Beaverton, Oregon. ..-.- a "I f W. M. WERT Barber Shop. Specialty on,' Hair Cutting First door west of Drug Store "The Beaverton Times, reduced -its size tost week to half, of its former size, giving as the reason the mrrprise eost-of ..naper and the lack f .financial support in the way of advertising, which is -the life blood of any country .weekly. The Beaverton teople should appreciate the. efforts of their local taoer and give it every support they can. A small town showing ' bank -deposits of over $100,000 in their bank and , doesn't, give support to its home .paper, shows there is something wrong .somewhere. From out ward appearance . Beaverton makes a good impression. Banks Herald. Rubbing It In. Bob Perhaps we had better forget -ane another? Bess-Oh, I couldn't do fhat I have so few things to laugh " ijjbOUtl-.PUCk. . ..: VAMPIRE" BATS OF PERU. ' These 'Bloodsucking . Animals Have Bulldog Heads. On the morning after our arrival at Ban Miguel ' bridge Feru) the pack limits ncarly-dll showed-blood blotches on their withersand bat-Us, -where they bad been attacked during the night by viimnire bats which had fed on their blood. "This' bat,; Desmodus rotundus, is plentifully distributed ..throughout Peru in altitudes below 10,000 feet. It'is one Of the most highly special ized species of existing bats. " The lower law is decidedlv undershot, and the head, with- its short cropped ears and broad muzzle; has a strikingly bulldog appearance. The legs.-are well devel oped and rather heavy, enabling the animal to .move fairly rapidly on the ground, in which situation It is by no -means the shuffling, helpless creature like many other bats. If molested whan Ihvown to. the grcuud it .will turn and bite savagely. - ' 'The teeth are a highly modified cut ting apparatus for making incisions In the skins of mammals and birds. In habits they are sociable and-are commonly found living in caves or tun nels, suspended from - the ceiling iu clusters often of immense size. Na tional Geographic Magazine. YOUR CHANCE To get your wood sawed Quickly Let H.; R.v Nelson Saw it SHOE REPAIRING Diebelie's shoe and harness shop Across ' from the Livery Stable . Shoes and harness repaired : Top notch price for hides BEAVERTON. OREGON Aider Dye. For the purpose of niaking dyes. the common alder appears to have been unnoticed by the pioneers of this coun try, who made .use of- so Inany barks and roots. However, it was ..well Unowu to-the Iiiuiaus, who nsedlt to good effect. It dyes a reddish color, ami down to a few years ago wa-;em-ployed by natives of the northwest . Pacific coast in coloring ttcir fish nets. Alder dye, used for the same purpose, is said to be the oldest recorded dye In the world. It is mentioned in the Kalevala of Finland, supposed to date ne-irv 3.000 years ago. . BEAVERTON SHOE SHOP One half hlock east Fisher Bldg. 20 YEARS IN SAME PLACE PHOTO GALLERY, ANNEX Vincent Mazzei Beaverton Oregon Get your TIPTOP&HOLSUM : Bread Alto iCakes & Cookies . 'From : Ferguson, & Sons SB? 'JBEAVERTON LODGE NO. 100 A. F, AND A.M. Regular commun- ' eftt.ion . first, and third Tuesdays CADY HALL e-uu r.M. visitors welcome. w. xi. Jioyd, w. M. Cuy Alexander. Secty. PHONE 37, ' W E. PEGG Undertaker and ' FuneraVDirecto . "StockJAlwaya c Hand BEAVERTON- - OREGON Dr. T.G.HETU, RESIDENT DENTIST OfficeinSCady Building OVER.POSTOFFICE . Beaverton, Oregon HEAR .WITHOUT EARS Police and Detectives Are Utag Lip Reading in Place of the Dictagraph. Thousands ot deaf people are today throwing away all hearing 'devices and enjoying all conversation. This method i3casilv pnd. quickly acquired thru our svtiem. Absolutely the only thing of its klnr' in the country. Our proposition . is I v.l amaxe you. "Cost is trifling. See I ..... ...... M.,., lnl.n.tU.,,1 I7..l 4. 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