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About Beaverton times. (Beaverton, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1917)
BEAVERTON TIMfcS PUBLISHED AT BEAVPTON, OREGON,. EVERY THURSDAY S. H. DAVIS & SON, PUBLISHERS Entered in the Postoffice, at Beaverton, Oregon, as second class matter. tjon. Where such, receipts have iJroven to be so far in excess than the purpose of levying the fees was obviously a tax to raise money for roads or other, pur poses aside from, the cost of in spection, the courts have de clared such fees unconstitutional The automobile itself is the principal instrumentality which wears and- destroys the roadfP and the automobile owner should pay a. license fee- that, will com pensate the state in part for the extra wear and tear imposed by his machine. This license fee can be very high without cover ings the extra road cost occa sioned by- the advent of motor vehicle traffic, In other states, the courts nave sustained' auto license fees- three or four' times as high as that imposed in Ore gon today,, because the proceeds were applied direct to road con struction and repair, a cost made necessary by automobile opera tion. There i no question about the constitutionality of a material increase of ' auto license fees to raise revenue for highways,, and it should be enaoted as a simple and just way. to build up reve nues for constructing the through state highways- which autoists now use and will use much more if the highways are improved. Oregon Voter. To More the line. The county boundary agitation u making no stir whatever around our county seat; or at least none of any consequence In fact there is no cause for alarm, either on the part of those in favor of the move or those who are against it. The truth and absolute' fact of the matter is that there can be no possible danger of Multnomah county ever adopting one square foot of this county unless it will be of the greatest possible benefit to them. When you give the subject the once over carefully you cannot see wherein any one would be benefitted by our being on the other side of the line,, and what is more to the point those people on the other side are of the firm' opinion that we would only make trouble for tfoem any way. Yes that's what they are say ing on the other side-of the hill, and if headquarters says thumb down,, then thumbs down it is, 13 s .V1 Pablic School Notes. Grades seventh and eighth be gan manual training and domes tic art last F.iday in the High School building. Room 4 had their Xmas tree Friday On account of no school just prior to the holidays. All the public school pupils are enthusiastic over the proposed erection of play sheds under the auspices of the Beaverton Parent-Teacher's Association. Earl E. Fisher will run night school during the next two weeks for benefit of the' Eighth Grade scholars, preparing, for theom ing examination beginning at 7 and continuing until &30 p. m. Floyd' W. Allem formerly of this " place is now residing in Portland and working at N. W. Steel Co. he says- things have been very warm down there du ring the present strike. Delia C. Fisher and daughter Mae spent Sunday in Portland visiting with relatives.,- BEAVERTON BLACKSMITH SHOP Auto Bodies built and first class wagon work of all kinds done Corse Sfeoeinf PlowtUreo ShtTpeaed ' All work first class and guaranteed OTTO ERICKSON. Prop. WsWWlWlsts Tour Lumber, Lath, Shingles and all your building material at the right price. We have located a branch -yard at Beaverton ,.y and are prepared to sell you the best on -the market at the most reasonable rates. JONES LUMBER CO. ' Btavarton, Oregon. W.M. WERT Barber Shop.. Specialty on Hair Gutting The old Jack Hooper shop CE. HEDGE SECOND HAND FURNITURE, I have a lot of second hand household goods which I offer for sale at private sale in my store room across frormS. P. depot in Beaverton consisting in part of one solid oak 12 ft. extension table;: 1 solid ash 9-ft. exten- sion table;: 1 small kitchen table; 1 solid mahogany cen ter table; 3 dressers, 1 sideboard, roller top desk with' revolving chair;: White sewing machine; 2 iron beds and springs, 1 3-4 bed, cabinet bed, 1 bed davenport, 1 range, 1 Superior cook stove, 1 heater,. 1 gas plate, chairs, rock ers, dishes, cooking utensils, rugs and other things too numerous to mention. ' v - TOUR CHANCE To get'yourjwoed sawed Quickly Let H, R. Nelson Saw it SHOE REPAIRING Diebelie's thee and harness shop Across from the Livery Stable Shoes and harness repaired Top notch price for hides. BEAVERTON OREGON BEAVERTON SHOE SHOP One half blockjeast Fisher Bldg. 20 YEARS IN SAME PLACE PHOTO GALLERYfANNEX Vincent Mazzei Beaverton Oregon lHONE37. W.E. 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