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THE BEAVERTON TIMES
Friday, November 1, 1918.
THE COMING TOWN ELEC
TION MAY HOLD FATE OF
BEAVERTON IN RESULTS
The coming town election to be
held in conjunction with the
state election next Tuesday will
in all probability be the most im
portant election ever held in Bea
verton. War has obscured poli
tics and the small interest
aroused in state and national pol
itics by the president's appeal for
a democratic congrses has fur
ther served to cloud the local sit
uation. But Beaverton stands
today at the parting of the ways.
Volume of town debt has now
become a factor with which we
must reckon. Members of. the
present council have wrestled
with the problem until they are
well disgusted with trying to get
anything done under the present
charter while citizens whose in
teracts should make them alive
to the problems before the coun
cil are apathetic to the last de
cree. These men are unwilling
to serve longer and to fail to get
men elected m the coming elec
tion who will take up the work of
the town and carry it on to suc
cess means that the present offi
cials would have the burden of
city administration thrust upon
them for another two years. If
they were willing to do this, the
Times would be well content to
let them. Bnt they are not and
any attempt to force such re
sponsibility upon them will
dovbtless result in the surrender
of the charter and the levying of
taxes bv the county court to take
care of the indebtedness.
Jn this season when the mind
of every man who is capable of
handling the affairs of the town
is engrossed with the larger and
more vital problems growing out
of war conditions, it is doubtless
bad form to expect them to take
interest in the politics of a small
town. As a solution, the Times
suggests that a ticket composed
of the ablest women in the) town
be written in the ballot on next
Tuesday and that the affairs of
Beaverton be turned over to
them for the duration of the war
and as much longer as they care
to handle them.
You would at least see the
crossings kept clean, the walks
m repair and the grass and brier
vines (cut and we are willing to
venture that they will not need
a lawyer or a marshal to get it
cione, euner.
Some things must be left to the
i charitable instincts of mankind.
Uncle Sam has recognized this
and has turned over to seven of
the best charitable organizations
in the world the task of enter
taining and looking after the
moral welfare of his men.
That these seven organiza
tions are doing their work well,
Ho one has ever for a moment
questioned. But in order that
the work may not be wasteful
nor the gathering of the funds
burdensome, he has asked that
the drive for the funds be con
solidated into one.
If the men who enjoy these
things that make the soldier's
life more tolerable could come to
;ou and ask you to give, there
would be no stint to your gener
osity. But they cannot come.
Out where they watch tonight
it is dark and damp and lurking
dangers fill every shadow.
In drives that have passed,' the
message has been brought to
you by men who had been where
the bullets flew and where the
unseen dangerl lurked in (the
shadows of the night. But this
time that message must be but
printed one. Dangers lurk at
r. -wtinsrs are for
bidden and soliciting can be un
dertaken only at grave peril. If
on give, you must do so volun
tarily. But the bovs across the
water must not lack the things
thev need because men here can
not come to you and beg you to
give the necessary support to the
needed war work.
As vou bought bonds without
solicitation, so will you come for
ward with a generous support of
the vital war work which these
brave and self-sacrificing men
and women of the seven vital
war activities are doing at so
srreat a cost. Their hands will
not be tied because we fail for we
will not fail them.
Until the organization of this
war work ran be properly put in
working shape here, the Times
will be glad to receive and for
ward to the proper authorities,
any contributions for the United
War Work. Let the response be
as generous and unstinted in this
drive as it has been in the past
when urgent appeals were made
and house to house canvasses al
lowed no one to turn a deaf ear
to' mercy's call.
Vulcanizing
IS THE MODERN METHOR FOR REPAIRING
RUBBER GOODS.
It makes any PUNCTURE or 3LQW-0UT in TIRES or
TUBES as GOOD as NEW.
It doubles the life of casings and saves you trouble and
expense. '
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
the Stipe Garage
NEWS FROM THE NORTH
SAVE THEM FROM A WORSE
ENEMY THAN THE GERMAN
ill" Win-.
y
I1
Will the Spanish "flu" prevent
you trom doing your duty by the
boys over there? Uncle Sam is
mighty good to the boys who
fight his battles. He cares for
them the best he can. But there
are some things he cannot do.
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did not hear trom us lor six
mts. What do you think of
that?
We haven't the Kaiser here,
but one who would love to be the
Kaiser. And the worst of it-is
that we are so far awav that we
have to put up with a lot that we
would not need to if there wore
more white people here. It will
soon be different.
I tell you we miss the Beaver
ton people, especially our post
mistress. You tell her for me
that we all feel so sorry about
the death of their sister. It
seemed so sad. She was so young.
JSlva, on the 16th I wi think
of you. I am so srlad you' like
your school work. Some day you
can come up on a visit, but I do
not think you would enjoy teach
ing the natives as it would be
rather lonesome for you. I have
n't seen but one white woman
since January. She came to see
me in July, and stayed one week
and I haven't spoken to a woman
since. Wait until spring when I
come out and I will talk you all
to death.
Mr. Ferguson has been very
successful since coming here, so
that I feel that I can put up with
a little inconvenience. And I am
so well and strong.
I will begin picking blueberries
and cranberries next week. The
hills are covered, so we do not
have to go very far from the
house to get all we need.
Warren has a fine store. He
carries everything. He is run-1
ning it for a big fur company. Jle
is over there alone. We . are
eight miles from him. He has to
do his own cooking. Last win
ter I stayed in town and he ate
with me most of the time.
Who is living in our house ?
We have never heard.
Give our love to all your folks
and remember us to Beaverton
friends. And I want to thank
you once more for your kind let
ter. It did US SO much rmnr! tr.
think you vould write to us. And
wrte as soon as you fret this.
From your friend.
MRS. FERGUSON and family, j
W.E.PEGG
UNDERTAKER AND
- FUNERAL DIKECTC3
licensed Embaline
Calls answered day or u;nht.
, Prompt Service.
BEAVERTON - OREGON
Dr. C. E. Mascn
Phone Calls Answered Day
and Night.
BEAVERTON
OREGON
W. M. WERT
Barber
at the old Jack Hooper shop
Haircuttlri'g Our Sepcialty.
Laundry Agency.
EEAVERTON
OREGON
FOR SALE.
4 room house 100x100 let, city
water, electric lights, close in,
cheap. See Mrs. F. M. Hobart
or inquire at Times office.
Dr. Thed. G. Hehi
DENTIST
Cady Building.,
:averton
There is one place in Ee:ivei -ton
where you can get
r'fiie?n
Trading
Stun-or
SPRANEST
II And that's AT
rt d cm. ' I
s)nW i s)nlti i rism , it.
Which
More and Cheaper Fish
HONEST LIVELIHOOD
FOOD PRODUCTION
HIGHER PRICED FISH
Pleasure Seekers
WASTE OF FOOD FISH
Do You
Want?
307 X HO
Laboring Class
306 X YES
SPORTSMEN
III
Keep The Price of Fish Down. Help Production of Fish.
Eliminate Waste.
VOT E 3Q7 X N O
Read Argument in State Election Pamphlet.
Clackamas County Fishermen's Union, Andrew Nater
lin, Secretary, Oregon City, Oregon. (Paid Advt.)