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LARGEST CIRCULATION IN EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY VOL. 9, NO. 51 Beaverton, Orecon, Friilav, l'ehruarx 21' 1936 Beaverton Building Virtually Destroyed by Fire Monday A. M. C0nilunqtci. n f^ n ap shot, Possible heavy loss to th e business district of B e a v e t io u was averted early Monday m o rn in g by the volun te r f u e d ep artm e n t when fire broke Howls o f ang u ish are sh a tte rin g out in th e Hedge building in the th e crisp w inter a ir over the r.n apartm en t of Mrs. Sofia Koiken- tion 's capital. T h a t unwelcome, u n bt ek . T h e blaze spread to the wanted, am i inevitable guest h.ts i- west portion o f the s tru ctu r e o ccu rived. He is T A X E S , and taxes in pied by R ic h e y H ard w are store. F i r e c a p ita l letters, uinied a t the small brok • out In the store about 3:30 a. in c o u n s w h ich in the end n;*ust b e i M. and F u e C h ie f Williams and h:s the J e o t burden. volunteers rushed to the scen e with H e m ay have to eat a t the second their two pumps. Som e o f the stock ta b le this y ear, but his arriv a l, Coa- from R ic h e y 's w-a 3 saved, but the gr. asmeii conced e dolefully, is un building is practically a tota. loss co v er in g som e very unpleasant facts D am age has been estim ated at $500<r for the people B a ck home. Th e building, valued at $4000 was F i r s t, th e legislators find th a t mast owned t y M is C. E. Hedge, who sou rces o f revenue which a re not lives next door. It was covered wit a loaded with [Kilitical d y nam ite al about $1000 insurance. The H ard ready have been tapped almost to ware stock was valued at app roxim th e limit. 'th e s e d u n g .r zones in ately $3500 ansi was partly cov red clude ta x in g the medium income. by insurance. Mrs. K o lk e n be k Second, they discover th a t unless lost all h e r e ffe c ts including a valued th e y do som e th in g about taxes, the piano. s t i e n g t h for inflation will grow by 1 F reezing weathei worked a h a r d leaps and bounds, and inflation ship in fig hting the flames, but the would nullify the present trend tow local d e p artm e n t, assisted by the ard recovery. A n other consid era Hillsboro fire m i n should be com- tion is th a t federal spending this 1 mended for the splendid work un y ear, despite ta lk o f c u rtailm e n t, will der unavoidable handicap. be th e la rg es t in p eacetim e history The first s ectio n of the Hedge fo r a n y nation. building w as e i'e c t e j in 1894 by Og- — o 0- 0 ! lesby Young who with H. C. Mun- T h e men in Congress who shape ! ger bought out W rig h t & Collins. ta x bills a r e stud ying f o u r method*- Mr. Munger b ecam e P o s tm a s te r dur of ra is in g th e money to pay for th eir ing P res id en t Cleveland s second spending sp re e: An excise levy on ; te rm and Mr. Y o u n g handled t|ie processing to replace the invalidated grocery busin ess . AAA levies, a boost In the tuxes on A fte rw a rd s the late F . W. Cady incom es of $10,000 to $100,000, a non- moved to B e a v e r to n , firs t opened a py ra m id in g 3 per ce n t m a n u fa c tu r . s to re in the G ra n g e H all building. e r s ’ sales tax, and an in cre a se In the later bought Mr. Y oung's store. A ta x e s on individual incomes. ' short time a fte rw a rd s he built an T h e processing levies, the students addition on the east for the late Ed report, wouldn't raise enough money, W ilson and G eorge T hy ng , who op- nor would a levy on the $10,000-$100,- ' e rated a H a r n e s s a n a Shoe Shop 000 income group. T h a t leaves only - T h e n cam e C. E . Hedge, who pur- the sales t a x and the ju m p on Mr. ! chased the building a n d la te r added J o h n Citizen, who is the voter. Al the ware room fo r hand ling feed ready ta x e s a re ta k in g m ore than ! with his g ro c e ry business. o n e -fifth o f the nation's income. In 1908 his s t o l e had a close shave | by fire when the three sto r y H a m il —o —o —o — S till politically-m inded, m a n y leg ton building then owned by the F i s h islato rs w an t to lim it the ta x bill er estate, b urned down, also again, this y e a r to th e processing levies, along in the "e a r ly tw en tie s " when T o g g e ry build in g caught ra is in g only enough to pay for the | the Old W. P. M cG ee was ru n n in g a new fa r m program . B u t they are i fire. fr a n k ly apprehensiv e th a t the th r ea t grocery s to re a t th a t tim e, therefore a t th e a v e ra g e m a n ’s p o ck etto o k , Monday’s fire w as the third one for even if It b eco m es no m o re th a n a ; th is old iandm ark . th r e a t th is y ear, will make him th i n k b efo re he votes. T h e discov Hall of Fame e r y m ade last y e a r th a t “t a x the w ea lthy ” sounded good, but the B e a v e r t o n ’s e f f i c ie n t fire d e p a r t w ealthy didn't have enough to pay m ent under the leadership o f H arry the bills. An illustration o f the s ta te of mind W illiam s carved th e ir nam e s in the on Capitol Hill a s a re s u lt of these Hall o f F a m e when in the fa ce of developm ents is w h a t happened in a howling gale and frozen lines by th e House recently. S p e a k e r B y rn s fa s t and e fficie n t work, th e big fire w an ted to put the co m paratively in th e Hedge building was soon un sm all In te rio r D ep a rtm e n t appropri der control and the business section W e say a tio n bill throug h in a few hours. of B e a v e r to n was saved. B u t 65 m e m b ers a sk ed to apeak ■ th e re are heroes in tim e o f peace w h ile it was up, not ab out th e bi'.l 1 as well as in war. hint to explain th in g s to the folks b a c k home. Hurrah for Hillsboro by J am es -r > - They Volunteer to Do This in Beaverton P r esto n —o — o —o — S om e m e m b ers are apprehensive, too, about the re quest fo r additional re lie f m oney th a t will go to Congress shortly . T h e y a n tic ip a te a call for around $2.000,000,000. And they no t i c e t h a t H a r r y L. H opkins, relief a d m in is tra to r, is a tte m p tin g to get ready for th e investigation all expect to develop then. He ordered his s t a f f m e m b e r s who didn’t agree with W P A to get out; he warned W P A w o r k e r s th a t they could not stall on th e jo b and continu e to draw pay. B u t he w a s forced to ad m it in a Continued on P a g e 4 At last Monday’s fire, when thing? looked m ig hty dark f i * - B eav erto n s busin ess district, some one called the Hillsboro F i r e Dept, anil in a short tim e here ca m e the Hillsboro fi r e men who made a quick run of ten miles in fa c e o f a cold E a s t wind, to the rescue of B ea v erton . All th e people of this town Join in extend ing th e Hillsboro firem en a vote o f th a n k s for th e ir presence if our tim e of need. I t is a r t s of this kind th a t help cement the friend ship and good will th a t e xists he 1 tw een th e citizens of B e a v e r to n and Hillsboro. _______________ R. U. Paying Enough Taxes tt PU B L IS H ED W E E K L Y W ell, sir , the strangest thing H e re is a m ig hty question that c o n c e rn s eveiybody W a s h in g to n County-, is one o f the few c o u n tie s in Oregon without bonded indebtedness, a r e you interested in the tax ques tion. Su b scribe for this tv wspaper Only $1 per year. Tell your friends to subscribe. W e w an t every t a x payer to read our message. happened . . . ” When he starts out that way, you know you’ re going to hear a good yarn. Near Coast Range F . W. Allen and fa m ily o f Corne lius. have moved to a 3 0 0 a c r e farm about three miles above G ales City. I 1- m iles above the Wilson school. a modern building with Mr. C ochran of Cornelius, as instructor. Mr. Alien will engage in trie c a ttle busi ness u p in the Coast range. He s ta te s th a t much tim b er above Gales C r ee k has been logged off. Mr. Allen believes in keeping well po lled so has subscribed to the B e a v e rto n E n te rp ris e And that's exactly what you’ ll get when vou listen to J TALL TALES ALO N ZO G. F O R I ) Alonzo G. Ford, late of route 2, B ea v erton , died W ednesday, F e b r u a ry 12. at the age of «3 years. H was fa th e r of Will F ord o f Sa n Di ego, and Miss G ra c e Ford o f Aloha b ro th e r of W ill Ford. Ixis Angeles, and Mis. Pet Cale of Glena. Mo also is surviv ed by fo ur grand child ren. F u n e ra l services were held S a t urday afterno on at the Aloha Co m m u nity ch u rch with Interm ent in C res ce n t Grove cem etery. As told to Frank E. Hagan and Elmo Scott Watson Yes,sir! There's rruny a ch uckle in the new series of stories which these two writers have collected for readers of tbi* paper. » : CART) O F T H A N K S 1 wish to th a n k my kind friends and neighbors for th e ir love and sy m path y during the liw* of my dear f a th e r and also extend g ia te fu l th a n k s for th e many beautiful floral tributes. F in a n cia l Report show a Total B e n e fit P a y m e n ts Made In T h is County P a r a g e by cong ress of an nppio- prlation hill providing close to $3ci),- 000,000 for use by the AAA in w inding up its crop control pro g ram s invalid- a ted by the suprem e court, removes all doubt th it Oregon c o n t r a c t hold ers will be fully com pen sated for com pliance alread y perform ed prior to the rend ering o f the court decis ion J a n u a r y 6. I E s t im a t e s vary as to the am ount I due Oregon fa rm e r s under these con tra cts , hut o fficia ls o f the O re gon S t a t e college extension, service believe the figure foi old c o n t r a c ts alone will he around $1.340.000. S om e e s tim a te s have been even higher. To this total muy also be added pay m ents for com pliance by w heat grow er* on the m w pro g ra m co n tracts, app lica tio ns for which had been signed anil com pliance made by w inter wheat growers. N othing d efin ite has been announced as to thl« group. however, and fu rth e r word is aw aited. I n prep aration for c lea n in g up th e past o b lig a tio n s o f the g o v ern m e n t T w e n ty volunteer firem en under C h ie f Harvey W illiam s “ “tu rn e d to' at 8.30 a. m. Monday to under the crop control program , in the f n m H . l o biii.dim. at B road w ay and Main Streets. B eav erton . F ro zen combat f] mn Oregon o ffic ia ls have b een notified lines and strong, cold east wind provided more ill,in the usual obstacles. T h e volu nteers held from W a s h in g to n to re tu rn record s t l i e l o s s and prevented the fin fro m spreading. Ixiss was about $5 0 0 0 . Courtesy Jo u rn al. and m a te r ia ls to co u m y control a s sociatio ns and have th e se proceed with th e work much as they had Study Compares Live Physicians Permission been doing under past regulations. New Museum Opened M eanw hile con g ress is w o rk in g o n With Dressed Meat Sales new to Re-enter School a g ricu ltu r a l a d ju stm e n t legisla in Hillsboro Court House tion built around federal aid in a After Absence M a rk etin g m eal an im als ulive on soil conservation pro g ra m which is W ash in g to n County's h isto rical the Fogu and m a r k e t is generality | expected to accom plish some of the head qu arters in the b asem ent of the L ast week word was Issued by the more profitable than m ark e tin g them purpose« o f th e AAA cro p co n tro l courthouse w as open to the public County H ealth O ffic e r th a t every e f a s cou ntry -dressed c a r c a s s e s eapeo- program s. It con ta in s m any fea - F e b ru a ry 14. Oregon's 77th birth day. fort wiu< being made to prevent lally with veal, hut fre ig h t rates on tures, in fa c t, tow ard which th e AAA Albert Tozier and M rs E d ith measles becoming a County wide epl- less th a n full t r u c k loads ure such j w as grad ually w orking in the tr a n - W e ath e i red gave th e ir fine historical , | demic and also to prevent co n f usion th.it shipping dieased is tile o n l y ! sltion fro m the em erg ency to a per collection to th is county under the . . . . . . . for the sniuil producer in m a n e n t policy of a g ricu ltu ra l measles with the dangerous dis- outlet ad superv ision of the W ashing ton Coun 1 cane of scarlet fever. As a special many coses. ju s tm e n t and cooperation. ty Museum and H isto rical ussocla- [ precautio n w ritten permission fro m a Su ch is one of sev eral conclusions : A fin an cia l reiiort has ju s t been tion In this collection will be found pictures ta k e n by J o s e p h B u ch tel in licensed physician is being required reached in a study o f the m a rk e tin g issued show in g to tal expenditure* o f W a shing ton county 70 and 80 years j from every chid ab sent for th r e e or of country-dressed m e at in P ortland the AAA fro m Its inception in May, m o re days. conducted by m e m b ers of the anlnuil 1933, to t h e end of 1935. T h e to ta l ago Cooperation it, expected o f rural husbandry d ep artm e n t at Oregon i am ounted t o $1,480,057,513 25. Of C h arles T ozier was a one tim et s h e riff of W a s h in g to n cou nty He d istricts situated on roads cleared of S t a t e college and ju st published in the to tal ap p roxim ately 1100 million dollars w a s paid to farm er« fo r re n also served a s assessor, leg ¡slut ot | snow and within a radius o f five tfudetln form. I miles o f any c e n te r where there is a Th e study revealed thftt 83 tier j ta l and benefit payments. About and a judge cent o f the calves, 27 per cent of the 75 million was used fo r rem oval and T h e re are ovet 1000 press clippings, qualified physician. Ch airm en of the school board« or sheep and lambs 11 per cent of the conserv atio n of surplus, and 157 mil- going b a c k to the tim e the sloop W ash in g ton landed on the Tillamook te a ch e rs in outlying d istricts will not c a ttle used in P ortland for m eat a r e j lion for drouth relief, food conserv a- Most o f these c a m e , tion and d isease e rad icatio n opera- coast, before Robert G ray entered be held as strictly acco u n ta b le but country-killed. a r e urged to ut lea,st report by tele from western Oregon us m a n y p a rt s jtto n s . About 78 million was used the Columbia river. 60 per c e n t of T h e r e are some 10,000 a rtic le s con phone or mall when one or more c a of e astern Oregon enjo y fre ig h t nr- in ad m inistratio n, possible to which waH spent in the field und 40 corning United S t a t e s se n a to rs and ses of any questionable disease oe- i-angernenta m a k in g it follow the ship s m alle r numbers alive. per cent a t W ashing ton. co n g ressm e n fro m O regon, including surs: and to carefu lly Yamhill county «hipped the la rg Th e report for Oregon shows sta te o fficials. A portion of this list j rule ai i.utlined by the S t a t e Board was destroyed by vandals in T o z ie r'« , o f l i m l t h in regard to time o f e x est volume of country-dressed sheep, b enefit and rental paym ents in this lam bs and hogs at the tim e the study sta te a m o u n tin g to $7,808,769.08 u n P o rtla n d home. There are also clusion. P a re n ts oi guardians, as always, was made, Linn county th e most der the wheat (6,807,716.29) unil 100,000 press clippings cov ering every Multnomah county the corn-hog ($1,001.063.79) p ro g ram s. vocation ever followed In the Oregon l ie responsible fo r the ca re of a veil, and child who is ill and school rules in most cattle. W ashington co u n ty W a s h in g to n county fa r m e r s received Country. no way interfere with th e free choice w.us next with veal and hogs and during that period a total o f $122,- o f doctors und the diagnosis o f any Marion second with nheep and lambs. 167 29 «lividecí uh follows: wheat, L. R. Marvin Sells Pianos licensed physician is .acceptable. $74,737.03, corn-hogs $47,43026. issio n to ‘n te r school las Im at Reasonable Prices P m erm une) ie having had th e disease, 1« Miss Behm Weds Portland Investment House only allowed with th e written c o n Leonard Stark A new small piano store. O u r low sent of a physician. Secures N. Y . Financier rent enables us to «ell you fine pi anos a t very reasonab le prices. While At a pretty wedding F r id a y night Funeral Services Set T h e F e d e ral S e cu rities Com pany o f we c a r r y only a small s to c k of new' F u n e r a l serv ices for Mrs. Anna a t th e home o f the bride's uncle and i Portland, has re ce n tly enlarged its piano«, we can supply several stand aunt, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Robinson, scope and brought out fro m New ard lines a t real savings. See us L. Ram sdell, 66, of B eav erto n , who near B e a v r t o n , Miss Mabel Behm Y o rk City, E rn e s t B rew er, a fin a n before you buy. 6522 No. J e r s e y st„ died Tuesday at S an Diego, will be held at 10:30 a. m. F rid a y in P o r t becam e the bride of Leonard Sta rk , c ie r of nation al re p u ta tio n to ta k e Portland. land. Mrs. Ram sd ell was born J a n u son of Mrs. Ed Aibm o f Scholls c h a rg e o f the s ecu rities d ep a rtm e n t Th e candlelight service was read and the a n a ly sis of ge n era l econom ary 13, 1870, in M arshalltown, Iowa. b efo re a large red h c a it, by the R ev E . W. R e e v e s in fo rm s us that a S h e was a n u m b e r of th e D aug hters ic situation and o f sp e cific issues o f lease has been made with T exaco o f the Nile and the Portland W o A T. K o ik e o f Portland, the rooms interest to the Investing public. com pany and w ithin the next thirty m a n ’s club. Sh e is survived by the were decorated with evergreens. T h e F e d e ral S e c u ritie s co m p a n y days a new g as station will be lo widower, T h o m a s M. Ran.sdell, B e a v P rec ed in g the cerem ony th e "So n g will publish periodically an advisory cated ju s t east of the B row n M-ug erton a daughter. Iconise, and a son. of L ov e ” anil Lohengrin's “Wedding letter to investors and will be pleased D in er at the point of B eav erton and T h o m a s J r . , of P ortland two sisters C h o ru s ’ were played eve r radio s t a to mail it to those seriously in te re s t Canyon roads. He aiso expects to Mrs. Isittie Contret and Mis. Maude tion K F J R . ed in th e s u b je c t who c a r e to w rite double th e floor sp ace o f the Diner Rood, Des Moines ,Iowa, and two T h e bride wore a lovely gown of In for It. by an additional building at an grandchild ren. w hite moire and a full length tulle early date. So the B e a v e r to n co m veil a rra n g e d in coronet and caught 1 TVA Legal m u nity continu es to expand anil im with orange blossoms. Sh e carried ! Mr. and Mrs. George Thyng and a ca scad e bouquet o f white calla prove. D in er at the ju n ction o f B eaverton d au g hter Rhotla and Mr. anil Mrs. lilies, white c arn a tio n s and maiden The Su p rem e C o urt's d ecisio n h air fern. and T u a la tin Valley roads. He a,so Lelund Sh.iw a tte n d 'd the 30th wed . th a t the T e n n e sse e Valley a u th o rity ding an n iv e rsa ry celebration of Mr expects to double the floor space of Miss G r a c e B eh m , w as her s iste rs | , can sell surplus power, su b je c t to the D iner by an additional building and Mrs. W a lte r Alberts in P ortland maid o f honor. She wore a dress cong ressional a u th o rity is o f g re a t S a tu rd a y evening. Mrs. Alberts Is a t an early date. So the B eav erton o f blue crep e and carried pink c a r - ; i Im p o rtan ce to Oregon, W a shington. nation«. com m u nity con tin u es to expand und a «islet of Mr. Thyng. 1 and the P a c i f i c N ortnw est D ean B ry son o f Portland, will Herbert Sta rk , brother of the improve. It m eans th a t the g ov ernm ent can speak at the local Tow nsend club groom, acted as best man sell the surplus power o f Bonneville. Have your a tto rn e y send your le F rid a y , F eb, 21«t a t 8 p. m., at the S ix ty g uests attended the wedding Note th e highlight« o f th e “T V A K iw a n is hall . gal notice« to this paper. and reception. A fter a short wedd D ecisio n.” ing trip Mr. and Mrs. S t a r k will be P opu lation g row th o f 2,500,000, or a t home to their many friends in fro m 3,500,000 to 6.000,000 predicted th e ir new home near P ro g re s s . fo r P a c if ic N orthw est In a g e n e r a tion. P acfic N o rth w e st d eclared to bo Cold Weather a Benefit the iaat larg e regio a of great prom ise a w a itin g developm ent in th e United Sta te s . W ednesday . . several fa rm e r s In .. FVderal ag ency T,» o p era te Colum- town w .r e talk ing over th e ad- bla rlver r p|a n t 8 ‘^ c o m m e n d e d I van tag « o f the long cold spell this >nlt not duplicate of TV A / winter, without much s n o w ^ Of R eport rol, atlf.(, bv in d e n t Y I rours * clim a tic conditions In Oregon R oo sevelt im m ediately fa llo w in g have been wonderful, com pared with T V A d ecisio n a ff ir m in g rig h t o f j the «uh-zero w eather F>int o f the g o v ern m e n t to m a r k e t and tr a n s m it rookies. Th" general opinion In [lower. fig # f t local ag ricultural circles prevails T h e r e fo r e we call the a tte n tio n o f f ‘ •/ b 1 ki ’ hat th o u san d s o f Insects and larvae every ta x p a y e r in W a sh in g to n Coun I In the T u ala tin Valley hav e been ty to the folly o f organizing a m on *• , i killed this W inter, also tne continu al s te r utility d istrict a t this tim e anil \ Y t- cold spell at this time of the y ear r e bonding W a s h in g to n county in the tards the fruit cro p until most dan- sum o f $1,700,000 when under the Y 'w | ger of frost will be passed. So all T V A decisio n o f the U. S. S u p rem e ’ / in all folk« the Tu alatin V alley is Court, the Fed e ral gov ernm ent now hard to beat. has full a u th o rity to handle th e s a l* and d istribution of power In th e N orthw est. W a s h in g to n County T a x League, Inc, Viva Belle Byron MISS GRACE FORD ^ Prescription* Browns Drug Stars. Oregon AAA Contracts to be Paid in Full a Immortal f r V - $ n 1 ^ w e t, V < / r > - ^ V/ ,'- ■- V i'i / jr* y. f ]D H a s been in the beauty b usiness since 1914, when she started at 408 Morrison s tre et . . for the past II y e ars she has been located at 301 B road w ay building. Just In front | o f the elevator. The Byron B e a u ty Shop Is fam ous for its hair-dyeing i and perm a n e n t waving. Milk 60-70 Cows Daily C h arle s Spies wag buying stove pipe in B e a v e r to n Monday. He haa been q u ite busy the past five yearn a t Sh e lle n b crg e rs d airy ran ch help ing m ilk 60 to 70 cows per day.
