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About Beaverton times. (Beaverton, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1917)
THE BEAVBETON TIMES . THI BEAVERTON TIMES Baavarton, Orteoii, A Weekly Newspaper, lusued Fridays. R. H. Jonaa, Editor and Publlahar Bnterad at the Bcaverton (Oregon) Poatofflce as second-class mall mat- tar. SUBSCRIPTION RATES In advance except by arrangement with the publisher. One year by mall $1.00 Six months by mall 60 Advertising rateo on application. Friday, January 11, 1918. THE PRESIDENT HAS SPOK , EN PEACE TERMS FOR THE WORLD. The President has spoken the peace terms of the world. The fourteen items covered in the latest speech are complete and embody terms on which all the belligerents will eventually agree and on which the peace that must some day end this war will largely be based. But it is more than a mere statement of peace terms. We Have had such state ments before, and although this one is perhaps a little more clear and more a ccurately defines the position of the allied powers than any that have preceded it, we could get along very well at present with those statements that have preceded this one. But the president's message, sent to all the world as it has been, is at once-a message to the American people and to the Ger man people, a message to the dis rupted hordes of Russia and the crowned heads of the Central Powers. It puts in concrete and easily understood form those un dying principles of freedom for which we fight and on which the freedom of America in the past has been founded and on which the freedom of the world in the future must surely rest. And it serves notice to autocracy of the things which the world has out grown and which princes and kings can no longer impose upon their people unless they shall be able to crush democracy and the privileges of liberty and self government throughout the civ ilized world. Such an undertak ing would be a huge task at the present stage of world advance ment, and there is probably not one ruler alive today who would be willing to risk the power he has in such a wild attempt to crush democracy. What will be the effect of this message on the world T Will it rouse the dormant Russian pride in their national existence to re newed activity and bring them again into the forefront of the champions of democracy? Will it arouse the German people to a sense of the justness of the post tion of America? Will it bring the crowned heads of the Central Powers to a realization of the unjust and desperate straits in which they have put their people and cause them to grasp this op portunity to end the strife and save their people from further suffering and disaster? Or must the war go on to the bitter end? Only time can answer these questions which are uppermost in the minds of all, questions we scarcely dare to breathe and yet we all would fain have them an swered soon. The president has sent the message to Russia and to Ger many. They cannot ignore it. An answer they must give. For any failure to reply merely means that they refuse to negotiate on the basis of a statement that all the world must pronounce as just and right and the war must go on until the world can be made safe for democracy by the destruction of those forces which menace jt. The president has cleverly put the responsibility up to those in opposition to him much the same as he did when the contest was at home and was purely political. May he be as successful in this instance as he was in the former. been a prosperous place, that it now has practically all of those elements and practically the same people who made it prosper before, that these same people are showing the activity that at a previous time made the town active, and that there is every reason to believe that the com ing season is to be another pros perous one for Beaverton. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HIGHWAY TO US. HAS BEAVERTON A OPPORTUNITY? NEW So often we hear from people who have lived here a long while pessimistic and deprecating ex pressions about the town that for a time we were puzzled that such things could be. But we have come to learn that these people do not mean ,the unkind things they say about their town Residents of the Eastern end of. Washington County cannot overestimate the importance of the highway nor the vital neces ity of leaving no stone unturned that will have an influence on having it rushed to as near com pletion as possible this summer. Of itself the highway is not so much more important than any other good road. It is a main artery and as such should be put in the best possible shape in the shortest possible time and ELMONICA NEWS (Holt Deitz, correspondent) Saturday before Christmas, Dec. 22, Philip Holsheimer, who enlisted in Uncle Sam's forces last fall, surprised his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Holsheim er, by coming home on a late train. After a brief stay, he went back to his post. Tuesday he received leave of absence for a day and visited his parents again. Mrs. George Holsheimer spent Saturday in Portland and visited in Orenco Sunday. George Holsheimer was in Beaverton Tuesday, driving to that city with his team and wag on. On the 3rd of January George Holsheimer butchered a yearling Jersey steer that weighed about 300 pounds and retailed the should be kept in that shape at all times. Being a state highway, meat in this neighborhood, the it will receive the attention of i front quarters selling at 12 Jack Hooper's Barber Shop W. M. WERT, PROP. Haircuttlng Our Sepclalty. Laundry Agency. Dr.TheoG.Hetu DENTIST Cady Building.. BEAVERTON . OREGON the county and state road offi cials to a much greater extent than it would as an ordinary county road and the energies of the community can thus be cen tered to a larger extent on the roads leading tothis main high way and thus the development of the community will be fur thered constantly by the expend- ture for permanent roads of the amount of money now devoted annually to repairing and mak ing passable the roads we have. But the greatest value of this highway will undoubtedly be in the impetus which it will give to business in a general way, the pride which it will arouse in the communities to keep all places up in repair and showing a pre- sentible appearance, and in the impetus it will give merchants to keep abreast of the times. In a word, it will give us all an in centive be be and to appear what we want our friends to think we and say them in much the same spirit that the modest man de- are, for we will know that the precates his own prowess by his eyes of the state are on us and woras, tnougn he never doubts, we must make good or our fail- Dr. C. E. Mason Phone Call Answered Day and Night W. E. PEGG UNDERTAKER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR Licensed Embalmer Calls answered day or night, r Prompt Service. his ability to make good. These people have confidence in the town and will do their utmost to advance its interests. Then- very presence here after a long residence proves their belief that there is no better town in the world, else they would have gone there. The loyal things we have seen accomplished here is another proof of the faith these people of Beaverton have in the future of their town. Earnest co-operation in the highway matter has secured an asset of no mean value and the enthusi asm displayed at the meeting at Cady Hall Monday night proves that this enthusiasm does not die out after each time it flares up but rather smoulders slowly that the next breeze may fan it into flame. Beaverton- people believe in their town and are al ways ready to do anything to boost it along, but long associa tion with the town promotes a feeling of personal ownership that prompts the deprecating at titude that manifests itself often in the presence of strangers. It is often misunderstood and the people who have assumed this attitude would do well to use it with a little more caution than is often displayed, but it stands for a good and wholesome qual ity in a town that its older rosi. dents grow so familiar and re gard the town as so much a part of themselves that they refrain irom sounding its praises be cause modesty will not permit. cut it cannot be too stronelv emphasized that this town has ure is bound to be noticed. It is an educational principle that is receiving much thought just now that success is a habit and has a strong effect upon the formation of character. Super intendent Frost is calling the at tention of county educators to this principle now, And it is well that the boys and girls who have grown older should bear this same thing in mind for we may not change our character after we grow old but we certain ly do change our habits and more than one of us has gotten away from the success habit in the past five years. If the highway will give us the success habit as we had it five or six years ago. it will have more than justified its building and the e'ffort it has cost. How about the town election usually held in December? Did 1917 slip by without the usual exoiting event? P. H. Vandehey went to Hills boro Wednesday and put in a pump for his brother there. Ralph Watts went to Portland yesterday for a short trip. cents and the hind quarters at 14 cents. The meat sold quickly and is. reported to have been ol excellent quality, for Mr. Hols heimer, who is a milk merchant and sends his product to the con densery at Hillsboro, had fed the steer so well that he scarcely broke even on the cost. Timid suitor I suppose when you recall what a handsome man your first husband was, you wouldn't consider me for a min ute? Pretty widow Oh, in deed, but er I might consid er you for a second. , The wood cutting still goes on merrily. The chugging of the gasoline saw is heard nearly all day. Herbert Keehn has been ab sent from school for two days and may have to stay out longer because of the severity of his cold. He is not the only one to suffer from colds in the Elmon- ica neighborhood. The crops are growing Very nicely, green grass is springing up along the roade and in the fields and in all appearances the spring is here. Daffodils and other bulbs are springing up and some Elmonica people have nice bouquets of home-grown violets in their homes. Henry Schlottmann's proph ecy of snow before Christmas failed to materialize. A few days before Christmas Mrs. Pugh visited .her late home to see that everything was in order and to gather cedar bough and berry decorations for the Christmas festival. She met Miss Olive Courtin there and a pleasant visit ensued. Mrs. Pugh was accompanied by Mrs. Otto Erickson of Beaverton. The many Christmas pro grams held in this locality were well attended and much enjoyed. The most of them were privi leged to see Old Saint Nicholas in person. Recruiting officer Your name is what? Rookie No, sir, it's Jones. Mrs. O. Shepard visited in Portland Monday. Mrs. Carl Jorgensen visited her parents injPortland Tues day. Mrs. C. Jenny and Mrs. R. Kirby and child made the jour ney to Portland on Tuesday's train. O. Shepard took his telephone to Hillsboro Tuesday to have it repaired. The shipbuilding industry is absorbing some of the workers of our fields as is evidenced by the number of men seen on the trains who daily report for duty at the Portland plants. Mrs. J. Fleoter, accompanied by her son and. daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fleoter of Sylvan, visited at "Dietzwood" shortly after Christmas, enjoy ing the season very much and giving pleasure by their pres ence. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Deitz vis ited Portland friends Saturday. An American visiting in Dub lin told some startling stories of the height of some of the build ings in New York. An Irishman who was listening stood it as long as he could and then quer ied: "Ye haven't seen our newest hotel have ye?" The American thought not. "Well," Baid the Irishman, "It's that tall we had to put the two top stories on hinges." "What for?" asked the Sam my. 'So we could let 'em down 'til the moon went by," said Pat. CONTRACTS LET FOR CLEARING RIGHT-OF-WAY (Continued from Page One.) Livermore and Doy Gray, was authorized to proceed with the contract for the clearing of the right-of-way between Hare and Newton stations. A committee consisting of W. Lang, Elmer Stipe and R. L. Tucker, was instructed to ar range a highway dance, the de tails of place, time and arrange ments being left to the commit tee. Adjournment was taken to meet again in Cady Hall on the night of Wednesday, January 18. W- Now That the holidays are over, let me call your attention to those photographs which you intend ed to have taken before Christ mas. I am nreDareH fai rln tho work now better than ever. D. PERRY EVANS' ROSE STUDIO Fourth and Washington Streets, i PORTLAND , , . : OREGON We Can Save You Money On Any Periodical Published. Ask For Our Clubbing List Or Make Up Your Own List. We Serve You Best. THE BEAVERTON TIMES REEDVILLE IS PROSPEROUS SECTION OF WASHINGTON COUNTY AND ENJOYS IT (Continued from Page One.) oline engine turns are a sickle- orinder. a biff emery wheel, a band saw, a modern drill, a ten eting and boring machine for re filling wheels and several other small fixtures for rendering less burdensome and more profitable the work of the skilled crafts man. Above these machines is a balcony literally loaded down with hardwood for the various calls which come to the wagon- maker. A big stock of iron and steel, mower and binder repairs, and the other things that a farm er needs in a hurry during his busy season make the shop of L. R. Goit one of the most com plete of its kind in Washington County. Many mining props are being shipped from Reedville to East ern mines and this industry, coupled with the manufacture of ties, has made the sawmill of John Simpson, located just north of Reedville, a prosperous indus try. The sawing of commercial lumber as a by-product of this mill has given the people of Reedville a cheap and conven ient source of lumber supply. J. T. Melloy was in to see us the first of the week. He says the only thing new that he knew of was that his neighbor, George Davies, went to St. Helens Mon day to work. land and has gone to Astoria. We have a 6-room house for rent at $10 a month. Stroud & Tucker. Thomas E. Parker has quit I Fats are fuel for fighters ; bake, his job as a watchman iff Port-boil and broil more ; fry lest. Beaverton Confectionery GEORGE THYNG, Proprietor Carries a full line of all the latest MAGAZINES and PERIODICALS And a Full General Line of CANDIES AND SOFT DRINKS Your Patronage is appreciated and your orders solicited BEAVERTON, . OREGON BEAVERTON BAKERY Confections and Cigars Light Lunches Served SI W.E. EVANS, PROPRIETOR s Beaverton Livery Stablei Auto Livery and Truck Service Where New Rigs, Good Teams, Perfect Harness and Careful Drivers are combined tomake satisfactory service. .Courteous Treatment our motto. Harness for sale. Horses fed by the day, week or month. BR Huber Boy Scouts Held Investiture Saturday Night (Continued from Page One.) tain the public and they did jus tice to the occasion. Mr. Wadsworth is Scout Mas ter at Huber and he has an am bition to se ii Scout Coi'niii formi;l in this c unty with a man constantly in charge of the work who has the interests of the boys at heart and will strive to develop to the fullest extent the capacity of the organization for developing good citizenship in the coming generation.. Mr. Wadsworth, of course, aspires to be that man and his enthusi asm will certainly justify the small salary to which he aspires. If you are the head of a business or family, you cannot afford to be with out the fire and thief-proof protection afforded by our Safe Deposit Boxes Put your papers and other valuables beyond the reach of fire or thieves, by renting a Safe Deposit Box. Our Safe Deposit Boxes are fitted with Yale Locks requiring two different keys making it impossible to open them without your permission. BANlCVBEAyERTON DeavertanUreAop, Oregon Brick and Tile Co. BE SURE TO HAUL YOUR DRAIN TILE AND BRICK BEFORE THE RAINS COME imilllllllllllllilifllllilllUfflflfliiiiiiiiiifiiifitfiiiiiiim WE HAVE A FULL SUPPLY OF BOTH ON HAND