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BEAVERTON. OREGON, FRIDAY.FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1919
NO. 12
NEXT SCHOOL TEAR TO OPEN
SEPTEMBER 15.
Teachers Re-Elected And Board,
Plans Improvement in Grounds.
f The Beaverton School Board , at a
meeting Saturday night re-elected
all teachers for the ensuing year and
set Monday, September 15, as the
' opening day for the 1919-20 school
year. , They farther approved the
, plans for improving the school
" grounds, appropriated, 60' to dupli
cate appropriations of $25 each from
the student body . and I the - Parent
Teacher's Association and authoriz
ed R. H. Jonas to secure the services
of- H. E. Weed as landscape archi
tect to provide a plan for improving
. the grounds.
Teachers re-elected are: R. H.
Jonas, superintendent; Misses Jessie
H. Iieser and Gladys L. Legg, high
school; Mrs, Ada Teal Wilson,
seventh and eighth;- Miss Merle
Davies, fifth and 'sixth; Miss Elva
Rossi, third and fourth; Miss Oma
Emmons, first and second. -
STARCH FACTORY READY
TO BUY POTATOES,
Culls Are Eagerly Sought at 50c
Per Hundred, But Supply Seems
Limited.
SOIL SCHOOL AT SCHOLLS WAS
BIG SUCCESS. '
About 40 of the prosperous and
progressive farmers of the Scholls
neighborhood enrolled in the soils
school which was held in the Grange
Hall there Saturday. Prof. C. V.
Ruzek, of O. A. C. spoke on the
"Chemical Composition of Soils and
'its Relation to Crop Production" and
ion the "Use of Commercial Fertiliz
ers on Washington County Soils."
Prof. E. F. Torgersen, also of 0. A.
C lectured on ''Humus and the
Nitrogen Content of Soils." and"Crop
. Rotation and Its Relation to Perman
ent Agriculture." Ferd Groner, of
Scholls spoke on "Drainage" and
County Agent N. C. Jamison gave
an interesting talk on the "Uses of
Lime." About 25 samples of soils
were tested for acidity.
While in Beaverton Saturday on
their return, from Scholls, the : in
structors stated that the meeting
wag a particularly successful one and
ralany pertinent questions indicated
. the interest of the audience. They
" also spoke in very high terms of the
splendid repast spread at noon by
the ladies of Scholls.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
Geometry II. has again come back
to the 8:30 schedule. Those that
were late said they would get up
- earlier and get to school on time.
The Rainbow Choral Club concert
. which is to be given the first week
Vr in April is progressing nicely.'.
The Domestic Art class is to have
an exhibit March 25th. Come up
and see it. t
-English II. is now studying about
Pastoral Bees. ,
8. H. S. is starting out base ball
" already. We may have a good team
if all works out well.
Grandma Summers celebrated her
84th birthday on March 13th, with
a birthday dinner. "Many Beaver
ton friend called on her during the
afternoon and she received many
valued presents.
Mrs. Caroline Boles is moving to
the Summers' house recently vacated
by, Dr. Mason.
John E. Cronan has been in Beav
erton and vicinity many days of late
eagerly trying to get enough cull
potatoes, at the factory of the Pa
cific Potato Starch Co. to start the
plant. - Although the press which
converts the refuse from the starch
extracting process into huge cakes
of stoek food has been delayed in
shipment, the plant is otherwise
ready to operate and ' awaits only
sufficient potatoes to provide a run
to start making starch.
Mr. Cronan is offering 50 cents
per hundredweight, pays -cash
promptly on delivery and returns the
sacks to the grower at Once. " He
will take any kind of potatoes.
The plant is in good working order
and Mr. Bothweil, who came here
to put the plant . in operation is
eagerly awaiting an opportunity to
start grinding. The plant is cap
able of grinding six tons per hour,
but unless potatoes can be had soon
the plant will be forced to -close down
without starting.
HE FOLLOWED HIS
. FLAG TOvVICTORY.
MRS. NORA CARTER
Last Friday morning at 11 o'clock
Mrs. Nora Carter, mother of Mrs.
W. C. McKell, died suddenly at the
Portland sanitarium, where she had
been deceiving treatment ifor sev
eral weeks. The end came as the
result of a general breakdown, as
Mrs. Carter has been an invalid
much of the time for the past five
or six years. She was 68 years
of age.
She. had lived in Beaverton for
the past four years at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. McKell.
She is survived by four daugh
ters: Mrs. McKell, of Beaverton,
Miss Julia Carter, of Portland; Mrs.
Anna C. Denise and Mrs. George B.
Haynes, of Chicago. ,
The funeral was held from the
McKell home Wednesday afternoon
at 3 o'clock under the direction of
W. E. Pegg, and the body was ship
ped to Omaha, her former home,
for burialt Mrs. Haynes, a dadgh
ter from Chicago, arrived here Tues
day evening .and accompanied the
body East.
WILL DISCUSS PAVING.
Town Council Invites Property
Holders To Help Solve Problem
There will be a special meeting of
the Town Council Monday evening,
March 24th, at the town hall to con
sider ways and means of financing
Beaverton's portion of the State
Highway. Everybody welcome. Pro
perty owners interested especially
invited. This is important. Please
show your interest by your attend
ance.
By order of the Mayor.
Tom Miller is moving to Portland.
Pigs for sale D. C. Tallman. 12
Mrs. J. W. Merrill and daughter
have moved to their hew home on the
McGirr place south of town. Mr.
Merrill, who is O. W. R. & N. agent
at'Rufus, Umatilla county, will not
be able to come here for a few
weeks, r
Private Omer O. Akin, son of Will
iam and Sarena Akin, was born near
Bona, Mo. Dade County, August 9,
1892; died in France, December 7,
1918. Age 25 years 9 months and
28 days. When the call came for
men to protect this country and hu
manity he enlisted on May 21, 1917,
following the flag his. grand-father
and uncles fought, and some died for,
Private Akin's grandfather Butner,
and two sons were veterans of the
Civil War' and his grand-father
Akin, veteran of the Mexican and
Civil Wars, having made the trip
from the state of Kentucky to Mexi
co on horse back twice, along with
other troops.
Private Omer Akin leaves his
mother, Mrs. Sarena Akin, of Beav
erton, Oregon, and three sisters:
Mrs. E. S. May, of Cedar Mills; Mrs,
J. W. Jones, of Vancouver, Wn; Miss
Ova Akin, of Venice, Calif.; and one
brother, Henry Akin, of Vancouver,
Wn." " ";."'.
Letters from one of his comrades
gay that he was sick for a week, but
wouldn't give up, as he knew the
Battery was to be sent into Germany
with the army of occupation, and
that he was determined to go too,
but that he had to give up.
The last letter received from him
was dated Nov. 9. 1918.
148 Field Artillery Hohr, Germany
.:.-.:. J- February 11, 1919.
Mrs. Sarena Akin;
Beaverton, Oregon.
My Dear Mrs. Akin -I am very
sorry that I am unable to give you
the information asked for by Mrs,
May. Your son was taken ill
while we were at Blercourt, France,
and sent to the hospital at Sonilly.
Unless he was sent away to a hos
pital in the rear it is most likely that
he died there and was buried in the
cemetery near the hospital. The
cemetery in which he is buried can
be located through the -Graves Reg
istration Service, A. E. F.
If we were not in Germany I
should be very glad to look up his
grave. We left for Germany a few
days after your son was sent to the
hospital and the first news I have
had of his death was conveyed to me
in your letter.
I feel sure that the Liberty Bonds
and insurance which your son had,
also his personal effects, will , be
sent you by the Bureaus that handle
those matters.
I know how you felt when you re
ceived the news of your son's death.
It seems pretty hard to have to die
of illness after having passed
through safely the terrible condi
tions of war. You have the deep
est sympathy of us all in your loss.
If I can serve you further , please
call on me. "'.
Faithfully yours,
HENRY H. MARSDEN,
Chaplain 148 F, A,
COOPER MT. NEWS.
- Miss Bertha Reusser was horn
over Sunday for a visit.
The Irish were well represented
Monday, quite a number wore the
green on St. Patrick's day.
The China pheasants were not all
shot last fall. Nine appeared in
Hubber's oat field Monday morning.
Otto Bertch was out from the Rom
City Sunday.
..When bacon retails at fifty cenU
per pound, and the farmer gets only
twenty cents for dressed pork.then
the middleman sells smoke for thirty
cents per pound. .
Mr. Blomquist and family spent
Sunday visiting relatives at Oregon
City., ''V;' . '
Mr. Leopold butchered two hogs
last week. I
Another good argument why all
farmers should be experts at figures, v
Every big store keeper in Portland is
a Jew. "When the farmer goes to
town," what happens?
Otto Bertch had some spring chick
ens peeping around on St. Patrick's
day. The first broilers command the
high prices.
The good things of ' this world
are scarce and come in small pack
ages, such as diamonds, kind words
and the Beaverton Times at $1.00 a
year. " ,
"Resolved that fire is more de
structive than water" brought out
some splendid argument Friday in
the first debate of 1919. Gertrude
Oberg was leader 'on the affirma
negative. True to tradition, Cooper
Mb still has orators of first rank.
The negative won.
County Superintendent N, A. Frost
was a welcome visitor at school Fri
day and gave the students a splen
did talk on 'What the boys and girls
of Washington County did in 1918" s
in war saving activities, among oth
er things accomplished, they pur
chased $75,000 worth of W. S. S.,
Thrift (Stamps and Liberty Bonds,
besides contributing over f 3,000 to
War Relief Work in Europe. ,
For 1919 Mr. Frost advises the
youitg people to dp as much for
themselves. A great slogan,,
"75,000 saved in 1919. . ,
Battery C, 148 F, A. A. E. F.
Germany, Feb. 7, 1919.
Mrs. Ida May:,
Portland, Ore., R No. 2.
My Dear Mrs. May We received
a report of the death of your brother
at . Evacuation hospital, No. 6,
American E. F., France, on Dec. 7.
1918, and he was probably buried
near that hospital. The Graves
Registeration Service Care of Quar
termaster's Dept., Washington, D.
C. should be able to furnish you all
information about the place of his '
burial. It is indeed regretable af- '
ter having served through the whole
war with an organization which saw
a great deal of action in every im
portant sector, where - our troops
fought, your brother should have
died with pneumonia after the fight
ing had stopped.
You will be glad to know that be
cause of the fact that pneumonia in
this climate is very fatal to Ameri
can troops, the medical corps takes,
and every care was taken with your
brother to bring about his recovery.
And I hope it will be a consolation
to you and to his mother to know '
that both' the officers and men of
this battery knew him for a good
soldier and are grieved that he is
gone. . , . . ,
Very truly yours,
FRANK C. MERRILL,
. Capt. 148 F, A.
Lovely spring weather today.