WASHINGTON COUNTY FAIR, FOREST GROVE, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 19 AND 20. PLAN NOW TO ATTEND IT.
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Volume VI.
BEAVERTON, OREGON , FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1918.
No. 32.
POULTRY SPECIALIST SAYS
WHEAT NOT NECESSARY TO
.
EGG-LAYING FLOCKS HERE
.
U. L. Upson, poultry specialist
with the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture and co-operating
with Oregon Agricultural
College, spent two days the first
of the week looking over the
flocks in Washington County
and conferring with poultrymen
as to the advisability of poultrv
organizations to co-operate with
the Agricultural Council of the
county.
Under the plan he proposes,
the poultrymen would have com
munity leaders who would keen
in close touch with the experi
ence of each grower and when
ever a grower found a ration of
especial merit for the season it
would at once become the prop
erty of the entire organization
and much profit to all would en
sue. Mr. Upson visited manv of the
leading plants in the county and
assisted Countv Agent Jamison
who accompanied him, in dis-
seminatinf the good news that
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OREGON ELECTRIC DEPOT
WILL CLOSE SATURDAY
Consolidation of Roads Under
Uncle Sam's Direction Means
' Saving of Man Power at
All Possible Points.
Following on the heels of per
sistent rumors that have been
current for weeks, the announce
ment reached Beaverton Satur
day of last week that the Oregon
Electric depots at this place and
at Forest Grove will be closed on
next Monday.
On Tuesday Messrs. J. A. Or
mandy, chief clerk of the Gener
al Passenger Department and W.
F. - Miller, Assistant General
Freight Agent, Southern Pacific
Lines in Oregon, and R. H. Croz
ier, Assistant General Passenger
Agent, and R.W.Pickard, Assist
ant General Freight Acent, Ore
gon Electric, S. P. and S. and Or
egon Trunk Railways-, were in
Beaverton and confirmed the an
nouncement. The v state that the
train schedule will not be affect
ed for the present and that af
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Houses Selling Again.
W. A. Shaw of the Shaw-Fear
Co., was in town Monday, hav
ing been out to close up a deal
for the fourth tract they have
in the Shaw-Fear acres
within the week. Three new
houses will go up on these tracts.
Mr. Ganger is now building and
Mr. Annatit and Mr. Ireland will
beein building soon. All are
shinvard workers. H. M. Kim
ball is also building on his prop
erty at Huber.
TRACTOR SCHOOL AT FAIR
IS ONE OF PROBABLE FEAT
URES, SAYS N. C. JAMISON
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County Agent N. C. Jamison
has been doing some good work
in behalf of the County Fair to
be held at Forest Grove, Septem
ber 19 and 20 and among other
things has been urging upon the
Oregon Agricultural College the
advisability of having a tractor
school to begin during the Fair
and to continue thereafter for
a few days until the farmers in
this county who will have to de
pend upon their own efforts in
this fall's planting are familiar
with the principles of power
plowing. He has received replies
which indicate that the college
is favorably impressed with the
idea and upon the return of Prof.
Gilmore we may expect to hear
a favorable announcement of
this valuable feature of the fair.
BEAVERTON'S BEST r
BUILDING BOUGHT BY
R. ROSSI THIS WEEK
The Fisher Building, Formerly
Owned by Texas Cattleman,
Becomes Property 'of
' Local Man.
Farewell to Father LeMiller.
THRESHERS MAY HAVE
EXTRA SUGAR ALLOWED
Ford Administration Provides
Four Pounds for Each 90
Meals Served .
OLD BILLS BEFUDDLE
BEAVERTON COUNCIL
What To Do About Indebtedness
Incurred in Violation of the
Charter Is Problem.
What will the Beaverton Town
Council do about the old war
rants now outstanding which
were issued in violation of the
provision of the charter which
prohibited warrant indebtedness
in excess of $1000? And what
effect did the later enactment
by the people of a provision rais
in? the limit from $1000 to
$2000 have upon the warrants
already issued ? Is a warrant is
sued for water exempt from the
provision of th e charter ? These
and a dozen other kindred ques
tions have perplexed the town
council until to be a Beaverton
councilman is worse than being
kw of Portugal or heir appar
ent to the throne of Roumania.
The council had a meeting at
the cjty hall Mondav night. They
' talked at lenerth of these things.
They had the city attorney pres
ent and plied him with questions.
Thev listened to the onin
T, R. Waring of the Fillsbnro
National ftank. whnh0M some
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(By Chas. E. Wells, Federal
Food Administrator for Wash
ington County.)
The stringency of the sugar
situation has made it necessary
to ask the people to reduce their
daily consumption of sugar to a
basis of two pounds per month
for household use (not including
canning.)
However, provision has been
made to allow for the use of
threshers, during the time thev
are fed at a certain place, at the
rate of four pounds ner month :
that is, four pounds for each 90
meals served during threshing.
For instance. 20 men fur
nished five meals each would be
allowed 41 pounds.
Dealers are hereby authorized
to sell an extra' allowance for
I this purpose upon purchaser
.sioming a card marking same,'
"For threshing purposes."
Five pounds additional will
'usually be sufficient, but where
I the size of the job makes a larg
er number oi meals necessary,
the amount may be computed on
above basis.
We are recently advised by
Mr. Ayer's office that they are
drawing the strings tighter on
the manufacturers and confec
tioners and that all surplus so
obtained will be allotted for do
mestic canning.
Please remember, however.
hat the visible supply at this
time will allow only 20 pounds
per person for canniner purposes,
as a maximum for the season,
and Good Americans' will re
member that our allies in France
"d Ttalv are Fettinir no canning
pllowpnce and onlv-17 ounces ner
'"nun ier rapiia.
Sunday night Mr. and Mrs. B.
A. Rohse entertained in honor
jof Father LeMiller who left Mon
day morning for France to act
as a chaplain in the war work of
the Knights of Columbus. Those
present were: Mr. and Mrs. J.
Schmitt. Mr. and Mrs., G. Hoi
! boke, Mr. and Mrs. M. Welter,
nthe'- LeMiller and Mr. and
Mrs. Rohse. - A very enjoyable
evening was spent and the
party wished Father LeMiller
the verv best of Godspeed on
his journev.
i Durinc his absence the local
nirish win he supplied bv visit
in priests from the Benedictine
order at Mt. Angel and the bus
ines of the church will be cared
for bv members of the local con
gregation. i Father LeMiller will make his
i first stop in Chicago. He has
: taken , three months' vacnti-"
from his local parish and win
spend the time at the battlef ront
in Europe, doing the good he so
well knows how to do- and if oc-
casion arises will continue his
vacation indefinitely. '
Rogolo Rossi, local gardener
and fast becoming one of the
leading businessmen of this part
of Washington . County,- this
week purchased the Fisher build
ing, Beaverton's only steam
heated building and while not
' the largest, in many respects the
most modern building in town.
'The building was built three
years ago by Earl E. Fisher, who
sold it to Fred Zimmerman, a big
cattleman of Floydada,' Texas.
It is an excellent piece of prop
erty and in the hands of Mr. Ros
si will soon become N ,',
premier properties of town.
; As a part of the consideration
Mr. Zimmerman becomes owner
of a farm which Mr. Rossi pur
chased last sprint?. The farm is
.in the Scholls neighborhood.
1 C. F. Stouffer of Dee, near
I Hood River, who owns theyoung
orchard on the Barnes tract fr
the south of Beaverton which he
bought last spring from II. Pau
I was here yesterday looking over
Ithe tract. He expects to move
here this coming winter.
Honor Guards are Busy.
County Agent to Go to War.
County Agent N. C. Jamison
was in Portland Saturday in-the
interests of his enlistment in
the heavy artillery training
camp at Louisville, Kentucky.
Mr. Jamison has had this ser
vice in mind ever since the war
broke out, but because of his
employment as a county agent
was not permitted to enlist.
This restriction was ; recently
removed and Mr. Jamison lost
no time in perfecting his appli
cation. "
While he has not definitely
heard the results of his applica
tion, there is little doubt that his
stav in the county will be short
and Uncle Sam will lose a good
county agent and gain a big sol
dier instead and we are willing
to bet a year's subscription that
he will be one of the hnvs t,n help
throw bif shells into Berlin.
The Honor Guard rirls have
been busy making housewives
lor the boys who were called in
the last draft. Thev also have a
call for several to be sent to
Vancouver. Any one who wishes
to assist the girls in this work
will please meet in the Red
Cross rooms Friday afternoon,
August 16., ,
Sold Her Home.
Mrs. S. J. Robinson has sold
her home in Beaverton to Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Wert and will
leave next week for Medford to
make her future home. Mrs.
Robinson's only sister lives in
the Southern Oregon city and
that had much to do with her
decision to sell her (home here.
Milk Exhibit at County Fair.
Manager R. H. Jonas announc
es that a milk exhibit, showing
food values of the different milk
products and featuring the in
dustry from the point of view
of both producer and consumer,
will be a part of the County Fair
to be held at Forest Grove Sep
tember 19 and 20. The State
Dairy and Food Commissioner
will co-operate in arranging this
exhibit and it is probable that
the i Portland Milk Commission
will lend its assistance as well as
the Dairvmen's League, for such
an exhibit can do much to f ur-,
ther A better understanding be
tween producer and consumer.
If you haven't got your list
of the County 'Fair premiums,
call at the Times office for it.1 ,