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About Beaverton times. (Beaverton, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1917)
BEAVERTON TIMES PUBLISHED AT BEAVERTON, OREGON,. EVERY THURSDAY S. H. DAVIS &.SOII PUBLISHERS Entered in the Postoffioe, at Beaverton Oregon, as-second class matter. , Crisisah hgctisBiBctsv ' Not very long ago; the. Hills Uoro county jail contained a man who was conceded - by .authorities to be one of the boldest and most dangerous criminals in the State of Oregon.. Thismam wass Ben nett Thompson) held for the Jen-nings-Ristman murder, one of the most fiendish and cunning crimes committed since the "Tiunk murder mystery'" which baffled the Portland so- long pphce. Ob- several occasions during the confinement. ot Thompson at Hillsboro lie wetv suspected of making attempts to escape, and once a long, , crudely made hook "was found in hisell. '; Just how nearly he came to making good his threat that the jail couldn't hold him, has re mained unknown till the other day when Sheriff Applegate was making an examination of the steel cage in which desperate prisoners are confined. Here, behind some rubbish, was found acrudely shaped drill made from . m y lJk 1 x a portion 01 a oroom nanare aooua a foot long with two sticks notch ed across it. and a piece of tempered- steel inserted in the end fbr a drill point Tbe- piece of steel was made from the handle of a table fork, .tempered to the hardness of steel in the stove used to heat the jail , and sharp ened into a drill point on the con crete floor. v With this instrument, working night after night during his con finement, while the officers were absent f ronrth jail,.or the steel door at the entrance shut off the view, he worked away at the heads of the rivets whieh held "the bars in-place By this slow process he managed to wean away the heads of seven rivets and two more would v have given him access to4he jail proper From here it would have been an easy matter for one so ingen- ' ie-us to have worked his way tod the outside and liberty.. To eover his work he again demonstrated his wonderful abil ity to cover his traii.. With wads of bread he would fill the' places wherehe had been drilling,. and with - whitewash scraped from the walls of the jail he would cover up any, remaining traces of. ms work. - The Brownsville Times tells of an old subscriber who Btopped His paper because no mention -im made of a ; matter in which he was concerned Eyery country newspaper has-such experiences and. the explanation is that sub- scnoea cvidantlw believe the editor a much smarter person than he really is He is usually a common,, every day,, hard working individual who finds it a physical impossibility to. know everything that happens and he trusts largely to. what people tell him. If there is a person he loves like a - brother, it is the one who drops into the office or calls up qn the telephone to make known a happening in his own or a neighbor's family, for these are the things he wants to print. The ' real, country- newspaper is somewhat of a co-operative affair in which all of its readers unite in making known the affairs that concern them and which com bined make up the history of the town. 5 Therefor the fellow who cared enough because he was not mentioned to stop his .paper should have been enough inter ested to do his part and see that the editor was informed. -Inde-pendent ;vv BEAVERTON BLACKSMITH "Auto Bodies built grid first class ; i" waon work of all, kinds done' Bone Soeai ' ' . "v Pkwthirei Skarjpene1 ( AU work first class and guaranteed 7 OTTO ER1CKSON, Prop. 1 11 wwn wmTMww iiniiiiniiniiiiniinfiir rn'i'ri1i,Mi r ' vr ' i t BUY y; . ,r:. .. Your' Lumber,: Lath, Shingles and all your building materiar at the right price. We have located a: branch yard at Beaverton and, are prepared to sejl. you the best on the market at the most reasonable rates. JONES LUMBER CO. . BMTrtonK Otegoa.'. '. af-- W. M. WERT Barber Shop. Specialty on Hair Cutting The old Jack Hooper shop Beaverton 29-Tualatb 19. The local high school team put" a crimp in the-fast basket teasers from Tualatin high- school last Friday night,, to the melodious strains of 29 to 19. The game was fast from start to finish and both teams were compelled to play up on their toes from the first whistle, y The local boys were larger, both in height and weight;, but for team work and speed the boys from Tualatin certainly, show, class. Every minute of the game was- filled with excitement,, and though verging, on. roughness at times, good, feeling predominated be tween the teams. This now makes a. game apiece, - as the Beaverton boys met defeat on the Tualatin floor a few. weeks ago. Hawaiian Singers. r The Hawaiian. Singers and players will give one of their original entertainments at Grange Hall Saturday evening. This company are " the original Ha waiians that played at the Frisco Fain They are first class and well worth hearing and we feel sure they will fill the house as the prices are only 15, and 25c, YOUR CHANCE To get'yourjwoed sawed Quickly . Let H. R. Nelson Saw it ! SHOE REPAIRING Diebelie't shoe and harness shop Across from the Livery . Stable y Shoes and harness repaired ..- ' Top notch price for hides BEAVERTON OREGON BEAVERTON SHOE SHOP One half block east Fisher Bldg. 20 YEARS IN SAME PLACE PHOTO GALLERY ANNEX Beaverton Oregon PU0NI7. W.E. PEGG Undertaker and Funeral Directo Stock Always on Hand BEAVERTON - OREGON D4TYG. HETU, RESIDENT DENTIST Office in Cady Building .. OVER POSTOFFICE CfBaaverton, ' Oregon Get your TIP TOP & HOLSUM Bread Also Cakes & Cookies From Ferguson & Sons iaai immi JPf..-. BEAVERTON . -LODGE NO. 100' A. F, ANOJA.M. Regular commun- cation first and third Thursdays CADY HALL 8-00 P.M. Visitors welcome. O. E. Shepard, W. M. . Cuy Alexande. Secty.' 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