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BEAVERTON. OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1919.
No.85
new Manager here
for starch factory
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W. Croiun Retires and W. C. Gif
ford, Former Hillsboro Man,
Will Get Plant in Shape to Open
October 1.
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5f!. Giford, formerly manager
of the Washington Hotel in Hillsboro
for five years and for the past two
years a contractor, traveling sales-
man "and shipyard worker, has suc
ceeded to the management ol the Pa-
cine .Potato Starch Factory upon the
retirement of u W.. Cronan, has ar
rived here with" his family and an
nounces the opening of ' the factory
lor the fall and .winter run about t)c
tober 1,
- He is now .receiving cull : potatoes
and with a few minor chances to in
crease capacity and reduce operating
expenses, will open for the season,
turning the cull potatoes into textile
starch and the remaining pulp into a
dairy food which when mixed with
corn or other forage crops makes an
excellent silage, i - '
He announces plans which will " do
away altogether with the objectiona
ble odor which has heretofore arisen
from the plant
Mr. Gif ford and family will reside
in Beaverton, thus bringing the busi
ness office of the company to the
factory, a decided advantage both to
the company, its workers - and the
town. " " "
BEAVERTON MAN HONORED '
BY RURAL CARRIERS
BOY SCOUTS ENJOY OUTING
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Last week -members of the Beaver
ton troupe of Boy Scouts enjoyed an
out in p at Osweco lake. Leavinc on
TfXW evening they went went by
f. vjf.he steam train to Oswego, establish
ed their camp at the west end of the
lake and spent the time in learning
to swim and to row. As the result
of the four days' training, all mem
bers of the troupe now have a knowl
edge of these two valuable arts. They
were disanDointed at the1 failure to
catch fish in the lake, the total catch.
of the party being two cropies caught
by Leland Cook and these were taken
at the river, There were six boats
on the lake and at their disposal.
Leaving camp at 4:30 Thursday eve
ning the party hiked back to Bea
verton, arriving at 9:00 and shortly
afterward. , V; -; i- ....,..'
Those who enjoyed the trip wero:
Scout Master R. W. Cook, Assistant
Scout Master Charles Fry Jr., and
U Scouts Fred Stump, Edward Boring,
8 Cecil Barnes, Cecil Emmons, George
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The .Seventeenth Annual. Conven
tion of the Oregon Rural Carriers
was held at Independence, Monday,
September 1, and signally - honored
W. H. Boyd, Beaverton carrier on
Route 2,by re-electing him secretary
treasurer and sending him as dele
gate to the National Convention for
the second time in recognition of his
sterling services to the organization.
All officers were re-elected except E.
L. McKinley, first vice-preseident,
who has left the service. 1IL B. Grant
was advanced to first vice president,
and Ed. Wunder, of Independence,
was elected second vice president. ' ;
. Mr. Boyd will attend the conven
tion which meets in Dayton, Ohio,
September 23 to 27, leaving Beaver,
ton September 16, and stopping en
route at St. Paul, Minn., to meet
with the Federal Salary Classifica
tion Commission on Sentamhr lit
anA 90 fn TIWkftATlt cafletla aliAunniv !
why the salaries of the Oregon Rural
carriers should be increased. He ex
pects to be gone about three weeks
and - will
factories in Ohio while there in order
to-get at first hand the facts regard
ing tires ror the use of rural carries.
This is the second time that Mr.
Boyd has been given the honor to
represent Oregon at a National Con
vention, having been sent to the
gathering - at Rochester, N. Y., in
1909. His popularity with his broth
er carriers is due to the hard work
he has done for the association dur
ing his 15 years in the service. He
has' ever been alert to better the con
ditions under which the carirers work
and it was through his efforts that
a resolution was passed through the
state convention forming a $5000 cor
THE END OF AN INDUSTRY
During the past few weeks the ma
chinery of the Oregon Brick ft' Tile
Co., has been shipped far and wide.
It may interest our readers to know
that some of this plant went to Oma
ha, other parts to Murfreesboro,
Tenn., - still more was scattered
through Indiana, small consignments
went to Seattle, Portland and ten
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vraua ami timer porta nuve uoen sum
to individuals throughout this com
munity. Now comes the announce
ment that the buildings are to be
wrecked, the remainder of the brick
sold out at bargain prices and the af
fairs of the company finally closed
Up. - .v
The Times regrets to see this take
place. It means that an industry has
disaDDeared from our midst, that a
payroll is cut off and that an element
of our community hfe which might
have enlarged it rather than sapping
i. nas Deen cut on at lis very be
ginnings. r-
SHORT CUT ROAD WILL
BE ROCKED BY CLUB
. EMMONS-SOMMERS
ti. . Li... 1.1. ,vJJi. i T..J.
u nwIniSi EJK 1 land at the home of the bridt's mother
on Labor . Day, Rev. Pershing spoke
the words that united in matrimony
James O. Emmons, of Beaverton, and
Miss Henrietta Sommers, of 725 East
68th Street, North, of Portland.
About thirty-five guests were wdden
to the weding and among those in' at
tendance were Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Emmons, : of Beaverton, parents of
the groom. ....
' Sergeant Emons but recently re
turned from duty overseas, where he
won praise and promotion for valo
rous service. He is one of the most
Wilson. Leston Fairweather, Albert
Rossi, Gordon Lindsay, Wesley Cook,
Leland. Cook, Percy Fry and Lau
rence Fitzpatrick.
That the boys enjoyed a delightful
and profitable "' outing is due to the
publie-epirit and- enterprise of the
' scout master who has given of his
r time and talents for the upbuilding
of the troupe and: is doing .a great
work for the future citizenry of this
iocPjjpty,
"f XeAVER THEATRE TO RE-OPEN
, 1.1 f JO. W. Olson, of Portland, has rent-
m j ed tne Beaver i heave and win open
this (Friday) evening with a seven
A reel program including Bryant Wash
er burne in "Kidder & Ko Co.," a real
Jliiubvpiajr III mubu v7 dm npynma
at his best, it is a rathe production.
popular and well-known Beaverton
boys. The bride is a Portland young
..v. ana .1 " .1 .nt l 1 t"Ji " i.ijvuku uui iitus uiuwu
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The program will be enlarged by a
two-reel comedy entitled, "It's a Wild
Life.": .'' v ... . .::
' Mr. Olson will give two shows a
week, each Tuesday and Friday evening..
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Supt. N. A. Frost, of Hillsboro,
was a Beaverton visitor Tuesday.- we
announces considerable interest man-
tor tne purpose 01 conducting a co
operative business. Mr.. Boyd has
taken a majority of the stock. The
place of business .will be at Beaver
ton.;. Forty shares were subscribed
by carriers in attendance at Indepen
dence and the remaining 59 shares
will : be " offered to i the carriers
throughout the state. .
Other resolutions adopted were:
A demand for a court of appeals for
employees and recognition of the
postal organizations; that the read
justment of salary allowances be
made to cover the cost of the upkeep
of equipment; that $1500 for 24 miles,
or the standard route.be allowed with
the same rate per mile per year for
all miles traveled; that provision be
made for retirement with a pension
after giving the best years of life to
the service or on becoming disables,
the employees to contribute one4ialf
of such expense and the government
the other half, with optional retire
ment at the age of 65 years: that all'
carriers be placed on a seniority list
and all vacancies be filled from same,
the oldest man in service having first
choice in applying for vacancies; that
the. question of affiliating with the
Ameridan Federation of. Labor be left
to the discretion of the national dele
gates. ": , - . . ' ' -
Corvallis was chosen as the 1920
convention, city. ' ' "
v made
lg smile
will
many friends oy her winning
and pleasant manner.. They
make their home in Yamhill, where
the groom has engaged in the garage
business wiui his , brother, Victor.
C. H. Foster Announces
Put- Thoroughfare in
Condition.
Effort To
, Passable
. The Short Cut Road Club are go
ing to grade and rock the Short Cut
road, as many of the contributors are
willing to leave their money in 'for
this purpose, and the County is will
ing to lend, us what assistance they
oan as soon as rock and machinery
are available. Our c.JL went to much
time and expense in order to get the
Legislature to recommend that the
Highway Commission nave the Can
yon .Road, and we feel that the peo
ple should assist us in at least rock
ing the Short Cut. r
About (3000 has already been
turned over to this project, and as
-the Highway Commission can not
give us any assistance, it will depend
entirely upon us to do the work. We
therefore ask the people to give us
all the asistance posible in this wor
thy undertaking. C. H. FOSTER.
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REGULAR SERVICES
AT THE METHODIST
Regular services morning and even
ing at the Methodist Church. G. Ai
Gray, Pastor.
LAST.
GAMES OF ?
BASEBALL SEASON
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE HELD
The fluarterly conference of .the
Methodist Chucch, the last for the
year, was held Saturday. Dr. Ford,
of Salem presided. -
ANNUAL CONFERENCE OCT. 1
The annual conference of the Meth
odist Church for this district will be
held in Salem, beginning October 1.
Rev. Gray will attend.
FOR SALE Two-horse delivery
wagon, very reasonable. Cady-Pegg
Co. 31tf.
Edward Boring attended the Sta
ples family musical at the Masonii
Temple m Portland last night,
Leon Davis, returned soldier, for
mer editor of The Times, and son of
Mr. and Mrs. S. a, Davis, who has
been ill with pleurisy and threatened
pneumonia for the past two weeks,
is - reported improving slowly.
Jack Canerman, of Portland, is in
Mrs. I. J. Squires was in Beaverton
yesterday attending to business
which she hopes will be instrumental
in locating them in Beaverton. They
are . now staying .on the Compton
place on Route 3, where they have
been for the past two weeks. Mr.
Squires is an old resident of this sec
tion prior to five years ago.
W. E. Evans began work Monday
in the Beaverton Garage? where he
will have charge of the office and at
tend to gasoline sales. Howard Boyd,
who formerly held this place now
attends to the Aight and Sunday ser
vice. . Mr. Evans, who recently sold
his confectionery store to John Dav
is, says that he . is glad to get back
to work again after his vacation.
Peter Grossen, of Helvetia, was in
Beaverton yesterday. v I
L. R. Dean left Wednesday night
i-lor ten days in the mountains south
ipfof Roseburg. : , '
v wayis m nugnaon mevea weir ga
rage - temporarily to the Fronauer
building Saturday.- This move is
made because of the closing of the
street in front of
ifest in the juvenile ounty fair topcharge of the sale of the last brick
be held in ttiusboro, September n
and 18. Some good exhibits are prom
ised and these will come from all sec
tions of the county and will be fairly
representative of what the young
folks of the county are doing in in
dustrial club work.
from the old Oregon Brick and Tile
factory and is at the plant every
day. ' '
Mrs. M. K. Emmons and Miss Oma
Emmons are spending the week at
Sodaville. They left Thursday morn
ing. -
r Manager Kamberger announces a
game for Sunday with the Woodstock
All Stars, at Sellwood Park and says
he will close the season here on the .
14th with a game against the Kirk
patricks, if it is possible to get them.
. Mrs.. R. L. Tucker has returned
from two weeks at the beaches. .
H-CinciBnjJiaa a new Dodge can
Willis Cadv returneiT ff WEHk mutF
Sunday from Mare Island, where he
was discharged from service on the
Destroyer Burns, August ZOth. Wil
lis saw a good bit of navy .life, had
some good experience as a radio op- V
erator, which he thoroughly enjoyed
and is glad to get back home and to
civil' life again. -
BUYS GARAGE AT YAMHILL
James O. and Victor Emmons pur
chased the White Garage in Yamhill
and win take possession Monday
Mrs. Kelly is driving the mail route
until 'Victor's successor is appointed.
Doy Gray Purchases Residence
After having plans drawn for a
model new residence and finding the :
cost of building at the present time -almost
prohibitive, Mr. and Mrs. Doy.,,., v
Gray have purchased the A. M. Hock
en Property in which they now live ,
and will remodel 'and improve the
property..!1;. v," ,:HrJJ. .'
Otto Erickson reports the sale of
Ford cars to the followinn-: W. Wil
son and Lester Snider of Route 8,
J. L. Schmid, of Aloha,' T. H. Jack
son, of Route 4, E. JrEggers, of
Portland, Route 2, North Coast Pow
er Co., of Hillsboro, H. Lehman, of
Beaverton, Route 2; a Federal truck
to parties at Laurel, and 22Fordso"
trartoru to, progressive farmers of
this county. He is nine orders bo
hind in his deliveries on tractors. '
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. McKell, Mr.
and Mrs, F. G. Donaldson and Mr.
end Mrs. J. E. Davis returned Sunday
: evening after a delightful two-weeks
outing at Beaw.-.i'V '.'.. j N
Miss Alice Clement.ef Albany , Col
lege, ws in Beaverton Thursday, en
route to tne oeaon. Her parents, Mr
their nlaea made and Mrs. J. S. Clement recently re-
necessary by the laying of the high- turned' from Rockaway t and Misa
way. ' Clement went there to. spend a fern
ay a, witq ner pister, Airs. nr. mat
son and children, before resuming
her musical duties in the musical de
partment of Albany College.
Mrs. Andrew Eggiman and daugh
ter, Eleanor, of v Cedar Mills; left
Tuesday evening for South Dakota,'
where they will spend a month visit
ing relatives.
, Acorn Malleable Range, 18, oven
almost new, nothing burned out, best
on market, with hot water coils.
55.00. , ,
A. P. RUFFUM
. 674 Harold Ave.
Sell 2352.