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W ELL. WELL. L O O K W H O 'S HERE! H. IL J E F F R I E S , 1‘ublisher E n te rp ris e B ld g., Cor. S h o rt S t. and T u a la tin V alley H ighw ay. P h on e 7503 ! P o rtla n d O ffice — 407-408 D ek u m Bldg., Phone A T . 6591 H illsboro O ffic e — R o o m 6, D elta B ldg., P h on e 1641 E . M. G older, F ie ld R e p re se n ta tiv e /f PER I A T I ON PRAIRIE SCHOONER TO SKY LINER Som etim es we find ou rselves sa y in g th a t A m erican s a re lik e no oth er people on th e fa c e o f th e globe. I t isn ’t m erely a narrow nation al pride th a t produces th is attitu d e , e ith e r; it’s sim ply th e fa c t th a t ou r particu lar! a d v a n ta g es in p ossessing individual freed om have m ade us m ore ad ap tab le, b e tte r a b le to m ove ahead , and also b e tte r a b le to a cce p t ch an g e a s it com es. " I ’m not a fra id o f a n y th in g ," th e intrepid p assen g er told re p o rt er«. "W h y, I told my husband y e a rs ago th a t one day th e s k ie s would be fu ll o f fly in g m ach in es and th a t I ’d like to rid e in one. I ’m c e rta in ly th rilled to th in k th a t I ju m ped fro m a covered w agon to an airp la n e in on e life tim e .” T h e sp irit th a t has brou ght A m erica so fa r alon g th e road o f progress is a s stro n g a s ever. T h e re ’ te stim o n y to prove it. W h a t city in th e U nited S ta te s h a s: In creased its population by over 200,000 in the la s t 7 y ea rs B een unable to hold all o f its new population and is b u rstin g ov er in to tw o neig h b orin g S ta te s ? B a n k c le a ra n c e s up 300% and de p a rtm en t sto re sa le s up 80% in 7 y e a rs ? B eco m e second only to N ew Y o rk in n u m ber of new hom es c o n s tr u c t ed ? M ore au tom obiles p er m ile th a n an y oth er c ity in the w orld? H ig h est incom e p er c a p ita o f any city on e a rth ? Added 65 g re a t new in d u stries sin ce 1933? Y ou guessed It W a sh in g to n , D C., under the N ew D eal. And the new in d u stries a re com m only known as boards, com m issions, bu reau s and au th o rities. • • • Y ou rem em b er th e “y ard s tic k ” don’t y ou ? I t w as Invented, lik e so m any o th er n ov elties, b a ck in W a s h ington. P eople began a sk in g i f the U nited S ta te s G ov ern m en t w as going Into p rivate bu sin ess and intended to com pete w ith Its own citizen s who w ere try in g to m ak e a living. "O , not a t a ll,” said th e V ery H ig h e st A uthority. "T h e T e n n e sse e V a l ley E xp e rim e n t in pow er-developm ent la Ju st a ’yard s tic k ' to m easu re by, in case o th er com p an ies c h a rg e too m uch. R em em b er th a t o n e ? W ell, th e “yard s tic k " is now a sw ord. The A d m inistration, h av in g sp en t a lot o f tax-m oney b u ild in g B on n eville D am in O regon “to provide fo r In d u stry,” finds In d u stry a lrea d y well provided for. S o It is try in g to ta k e aw ay the p resen t c u sto m e rs o f pri- W ILLAM ETTE SH EET METAL WORKS G e n e ia l M etal W ork FURNACES B E . 5857 1901 S W M orrison P o rtla n d JA N U A R Y CLEA RA N CE OF RADIOS T rad e In your old radio on a G en e ral E le c tric , P h ilco, Z en ith , F a rn sw o rth L ib e ra l a llo w a n c e - E a s y T e rm * S ix th F lo o r LIPM AN-W OLFE'S CRAB POT SW 30th and Barber F rra h Craha front the SKA our S P E C IA L T E E I t 's e n tirely D iffe ren t and B e t te r H ere C H IC K E N A STF.A K D IN N E R S Orecon Institute of Oandnc 6 . W . F ifth and s t a r k , Open A ftern oo n s and P ortland E v en in g s W h a t kind and type o f e le c tric a l equ ip m ent Ls n ecessary to provide L a s t D ece m b e r 19 m ark ed the household and d airy re frig e ia tio n on b irth d a y o f J . W . H ess, w hose hom e th e fa r m ? T h is is on e of th e q u es is alon g H ig h w ay 99 sou th o f T ig ard tio n s fo r w hich th e re w ill be equip and s tra ig h t n o rth o f Sherw ood, and m ent d em on strated , o p eratin g c o s ts it w as jo y ou sly ce le b ra ted . He was show n and in fo rm atio n given a t th e born "In th e old hou se” a little d is ru ra l e le c trific a tio n m eetin g in H ills ta n c e fro m th e p resen t house w hich boro, J a n . 12 and 13, says County J . W . b u ilt a b o u t 36 y e a rs ago on A gent W . F . Cyrus. T h is m eeting will w h at w as a 240 a c r e farm . be held in coo p eratio n w ith th e a g ri H e is a son o f th e late A. J . H e ss cu ltu ra l e n g in e e rin g d ep artm en t of w ho passed aw ay ab ou t 14 y ears ago th e O regon S ta te college and w ith the a t th e ag e o f 77. T h e m o th er died a s s is ta n ce o f equ ipm ent houses and ab ou t fo u r y e a rs ago a t the age of pow er com panies. 85 and she, w ith h er p a re n ts, crossed E le c tr ic a l w iring fo r ad equ acy and th e p lain s by ox te a m b a ck in 1852 s a fe ty , hom e lighting, use o f elec- fro m Iow a. tric ity on the poultry fa rm inclu d ing J . W . w ho looks m uch you nger I ! W or ooding and flo o r h eatin g , ligh tin g, th a n h is y e a rs, o ften m en tion s th in g s v en tilatio n and w ater h eatin g will be ab ou t h is ex p e rien ces w hen a c h ild ,to p ic s o f p a rticu la r in te re st to m any and w hen in his ‘teen s. H e used to ! W ash in g to n cou n ty people. On th e go w ith his dad to P o rtla n d by te a m second day irrig a tio n and th e use w ith big loads and th ey took a day of e le c tric a l en ergy fo r feed g rin d in g and a n ig h t fo r th e re tu rn trip , over and on d airy fa rm s will be presen ted bad roads. In w in ter tim e the mud Fou all th ese m eetin gs the equipm ent w as hub deep in places. Now he | n ecessary will be d em onstrated and o ften s its and w atch es th e au tom o d a ta on its co st and o p eratin g cost b iles go by on th e highw ay and m any will be given. a d ay he h a s cou nted all th e w a y ! ----------------------------- fro m 500 to 1000 m o tor veh icles an hou r— a fa s t highw ay it is and now j a good c a r ca n g e t fro m his p lace to C la rk K e tch a m , fo rm e r T ig ard P o rtla n d c ity c e n te r ab ou t a s q u ick a s he and h is dad could h itch up old H igh school stu d ent, Is now a t Hill "D ic k and M olly", o r one o f th e o th M ilitary A cadem y and is doing very e r te a m s, som e really too fris k y to well. He sp en t the holiday v acatio n be v ery fu nny. jv ith his p are n ts Mr. and M rs. C. T . T h e H ess fa rm is a n ice looking one and th e 36 y e a r old house th a t J . K e tch a m a t T h e Dog W oods in G a r W. built is la rg e, w ith spacious, a t den Hom e. Only One in 130.000,000 Buy Jersey Herd Sire A m erican Je r s e y C a ttle Club, 321 W est 23rd s tre e t. New Y o rk . N. Y A D V E R T I S I t — A d v ertising b rin g s su ccess, su ccess b rin g s bappine “Training for the Position" “ Positions for the Trained « Patronize Our Advertisers Am ericas Exceptional Business Colleges Fw*y Accredited Auoci«tiOn Accr#d>i#<J G m n tr c ii l ScfuioH J C g e / r lf lt f t J t I» j VC h OOL "*CHT SCHOOL MOVI YOUt FUTUII FOdWAlO , , l i r w bo o k it i o* *»*orm *t«O D NORTHWESTERN ”JÌyt/iou/ar(um sKrtvVjj 7 0 9 i. W Salmon Coma* Broad-ay Portland. Or «fon T h is W inter try the train to » A C ensored M agazine "H ello day mn.lL Electrical Equipment Needed for Refrigeration On Farm and Dairy I J. W. Hess, Born on Present Farm Honored On 72nd Birthday Anniversary v a te com p an ies. T h ey prom ise th ese cu sto m e rs “low er r a te s " —w ith a c a tc h in it. T h e c a tc h is th a t you m ay g et these low er ra te s som e day In th e fu tu re, but not now. So, w hile one b ran ch o f th e G ov ern m en t is how ling a g a in st "m onop oly ", a n o th e r b ra n ch is o p e ra tin g a s the g re a te s t "m onop oly" in th e w hole n a tio n —and o p era tin g a g a in s t its own people. T h e R u s s ia n s do it b e tte r. T h ey Ju st sta n d th e citizen up a g a in st a w all and shoot him , w ithout a n y ta lk ab ou t “y ard s tic k s .” • • • An im p o rta n t C an ad ian b u sin ess m an, who h a s trav eled th ro u g h o u t th is co u n try recen tly , is quoted as sa y in g th a t th e re is op tim ism am ong b u sin ess people here bu t th a t all th e ir th in k in g seem s to, r e fle c t “th e am o u n t o f ta x a tio n and th e n a tio n a l incom e.” In a sm u ch a s th e a v e ra g e m a n ’s ta x e s now am o u n t to ab ou t $20 a m onth and a re g e ttin g no b e tte r fa s t, i t ’s no w onder he w o rries. In th e am o u n t you have le ft to spend, th e re ’s no d iffe re n c e b etw een a ta x and a pay-cu t. Som e day, people w ill find th a t out. • • • B a ttle lines a re being draw n fo r a fig h t a g a in st renew al o f th e trad e tr e a tie s a c t, w hich exp ires th is year. S e c re ta ry of S ta te Cordell H ull, b a c k tra c tiv e , 'cozy room s, lots o f light and ed by the P resid en t, w an ts a th ree - a b ea u tifu l view to th e sou th and w est y e a r exten sion o f a u th o rity to m ak e M r. H ess h a s had a good deal of sic k n e s s o v er la te y ears, and only a re cip ro ca l a g re em en ts. N ew D eal su p p o rters o f th e “re c ip s h o rt tim e ag o he spent a w eek in a ro c a l” ta r iff p ro g ram th a t h a s b a n k P o rtla n d h osp ital fo r tre a tm e n t but rupted m any fa rm e rs, fe a r it m ay o f co u rse is g e ttin g along q u ite well be h a m stru n g in one o f th re e w ays: now - you ju s t c a n t’ get a H ess down (a ) by ch a n g in g it to re q u ire S e n a te w ith o rd in a ry illness, n ot very easy. co n firm a tio n o f all fu tu re a g re e m e n ts—th a t's th e A m erican w ay, in c id e n ta lly ; (b ) by. m a k in g it im pos sib le to low er th e d uties on m an u fa ctu red goods, o r (c ) by m a k in g all tra d e a g re em en ts b i-la te ra l, "o r m ere As th e propogand a goes fo rw ard to b a rte r deala on the G e rm a n p a tte rn ,” c re a te th e im p ression o f a public a s they d escrib e it. O pponents th in k any o f th em would dem and th a t P re sid e n t R o o se v e lt run fo r a th ird te rm , it becom es alm ost be an im provem en t. • • • a g am e to s c a n th e b ack g ro u n d s of J a c k D em psey, en rou te to M anila, those w ho a re m akin g th e clam or. stopped in S a n I 'ra n cisco long enough T h u s f a r we have h eard not a to ta k e a good so ck a t a proposal to sin g le peep fro m any person o th er in cre a se ta x e s on fig h t re ce ip ts. th a n th o se who stan d to gain s e lfis h ’’T h e S ta te c a n ’t possibly in c re a se ly by M r. R o o se v e lt's re ele ctio n . T h e its boxing reven u es th a t w ay ," he hue and c ry is pitched upon th e lofty said . “M o re ta x e s m ean fe w e r pro note o f serv ice to th e n ation * but in m o ters and w hen p ro m oters fold, th e v a ria b ly it boils down to sav in g som e fig h te rs c a n ’t find w ork and th e vested in te re st. whole boxing g am e co lla p se s." F i r s t th e re a re th e C ab in et m em Said th e S a n R a fa e l, C a lifo rn ia , b ers. A nyone w ith h a lf a mind In d ep en d en t: “T h e old M a n assa I know s why S e c re ta ry H enry W allace M auler ta lk s o f h is beloved boxing | and S e c re ta ry H arold Ic k e s w ant hut his hard h ittin g in d ictm en t o f ; U r . R o o se v e lt h ack in th e W h ite crip p lin g ta x a tio n applies to ev ery I H ouse. U n less he is th e re , they will co m m ercial end eavor. E a c h busl- j re tu rn to th e p eacefu l ob scu rity from neas m an is, in a real sen se, a p ro w hich th ey em erged in 1932 to cre a te m oter. T h e ’p u rse' he ta k e s in at th e ir p o rtio n o f th e N ew D eal con th e 'g a te', w h eth er he sella shoes o r fusion. g ro cerie s or boxing tic k e ts, is the T h e n th e re is little T om m y C or fund from w hich he pays exp enses c o ra n and h is sid e-k ick , B e n n y Co and em ployes' s a la rie s. . T h e risk s hen, h ead s o f th e B ra in T ru s t. They a re grow ing and the p ro sp ects are a re b eh in d -th e-scen es w o rk ers fo r a d im m ing." th ird te rm . T h e re is not a can d i • • • d ate fo r th e P resid en cy , R ep u b lican P ro-N ew D eal co lu m n ists th in k the o r D em o cra t, who h as not prom ised R ep u b lica n s a re w orried about a 1940 h im self and h is frie n d s to k ick the fa rm plank, w hich they say will he C o rco ra n cro w d as fa r fro m W ash the O .O .P .'s b ig g est h ead ach e. I f | ngton a s a c a re fu lly placed rig h t the Hull tra d e tre a tie s . A rg en tin e j fo ot w ill lift them . b e e f on sale in th e D ep a rtm en t o f j Also th e re is th e C IO w ith its lead Jtg ihcu ltu re a d m in is tra tio n build in g e rs in fu ll c ry fo r a th ird te rm but and un-eennom te "plow ing under" t n ot so su re o f th e ir m em bers. E v e ry th eo ries have not long sin ce d isgust-1 one know s w h at Jo h n L L ew is w an ts ed th e fa rm ers, then th e 1938 e le c - ! and th a t is d om ination o f A m erican tlona d id n 't m ean a thing. Jobs to th e d etrim en t o f th e A F of In view o f M ussolini's disgust at i L. T h e re is th e C o m m u n istic N a the R u ssia n D ear's ram p age, ed ito r* , tio n a l Y ou th C o n g ress w hich has are dustinig o f f th e wheeze about ; g a in ed a p lace in th e W h ite House Ita ly being d icta ted but not red. sun. T h e ir c o lle ctiv e tu n e Is th a t Mr. R o o se v e lt a lon e can fill th e W h ite H ouse Job d u ring th e n ext four y ears. O ne hundred and th irty m il lion people and not a n o th er com pe A reg istered Je r s e y herd sire h a * j ten t person in th e 129.999.999. T om m y rot T h a t's «hat H itler been purchased by C. M and H elen W est of T ig ard fro m H ansen B ro th - | told th e G e rm a n s and M ussolini told th e Ita lia n s And losk w hat those era, B ea v erto n . out o f fallin g fo r the T h e an im al is F a n v ic M a ste rm a n n a tio n s got S ta r Boy 404901, a ccord in g to T he stu ff. LEARN to DANCE F R E E T R Y O U T CO U PO N 1*0» a l« le n w f-t In jiftu rtred R e su lt* BM sœ 12, 1940 Oncol and fin ish stro n g in th e 1940 B u si ness Sw eep stakes. C h a ra c te r C an not B e M echanized H ow ever, I w ant to add to th is con- elusion a word of w arning to p aren ts and school o ffic ia ls : Do not th in k you can b eat the m achine by copying th e m achine. One reason fo r so much unem ploym ent today am ong young people is th a t re sea rch laboratories a re m ak in g m ach in es alm ost hu m an, while public schools are m aking g ra d u a tes alm o st m ech an ical. M a ch in es can supply a ccu ra cy and speed ; but n ot ideas, in itia tiv e , and in sp iratio n . T h ese la tte r a re w hat we need in ord er to get our people b ack to work, to b alan ce our budget, to save out fre e in stitu tio n s. H ence, parents m ust in sist upon tra in in g fo r their child ren ra th e r th an diplom as and upon sp iritu al “oomph ’ ra th e r th an em pty ed u cation al honors. I f they do not, our w onderful m achines, like F r a n k e n s te in ’s m onster, will fin ally d estro y th e m a te ria l civilizatio n w hich th ey have so ab ly helped to create. S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E S ______________ $1.00 T h re e M onths __________ ______ t .35c - .50 S u b scrip tio n P a y a b le in A dvance. j T h ese re flectio n s o ccu r n a tu ra lly to mind upon read ing a re ce n t new s Item fro m N ew Y o rk C ity ab ou t the a rriv a l by airp la n e fro m th e W est o f an 82-year-old A m erican w om an who had m ade th e trip the oth er way m any y e a rs ag o in a covered w agon. B esid e s being an in d ication o f the g re a t p ro g ress th is cou ntry has m ade in less th a n one life tim e , th e story helps tc* p ictu re th a t pioneer s p irit th a t is purt o f m ost A m erican s and has m ade ou r fo rw ard p ro g re ss pos sible Machinery the Industry of the Year C ontinued fro m P ag e 1 P ublished F rid a y o r e a c h w eek by th e P io n ee r P u b lish in g Co . a t B ea v erto n , O regon. E n te re d aa seco n d -class m a tte r a t th e p o eto fflce a t B ea v erto n , Ore. O ne T e a r _ S ix M onths Friday, January BEA V ERTO N , ENTERPTHSE, Beaverton. Oregon Page 2 C A U F O R N IA F o lk s : W ell, th is m o in in ’ I got by m ail a m agazine fro m ’ole Je ru sa le m . It w as m arked on th e outside "P a le s tin e. P assed by C ensor. J . 16.” T h e nam e o f th e m agazine is: "L iv in g W a te rs ." I have got a little sk etch in it g en erally called , “W ond ers o f th e B ib le .” You know its g en erally a jo b to pass the ce n so rs o f the dog gone ed itors an th e ir devils w hat w ork in th e ir shops, bu t when you have to pass the B r itis h L ion too, | you know th a t ’s ‘goin ’ som e”. As long as I a in t a w ritin ’ n o th in ’ in fa v o r | o f H itle r an th e devil h im self I a in t j ap t to be k icked out by th e B ritis h L ion. T h is m agazine is printed in six langu ages an also Are one w h at I w rite. C ensoriou sly,” B ill Edm ond, O kla. Avoid slippery highways and ice and snow in the moun tains when you go to Cali fornia this winter. Let the engineer drive you over safe steel rails, safe ere» w hen wet. L O W F A R E S ON Southern Pacific Sec lo ca l S .P . agen t o r w rite J . A. O R M A N D Y . Gen. P a s s . A g e n t , 622 P a cific B u ild in g , P ortlan d , Oregon j C L E A R A N C E SALE GARDEN HOME (D /u u Jtic. fia cL u d tio iiA . CADSBYS , W A S H IN G T O N A T F IR S T M iss B e ss J e ffr ie s , M rs. F lo re n ce de M uscc, accom p an ied by E a r l K e t- j ch a m cam e fro m New Y e a r D ay a t K e tch u m s b ro th e r M r. and M rs. C. w ere g u ests a t a day. 8 e a ttle to spend th e hom e o f M r and sister-in -law T . K e tch a m and fine d in n er th a t BARGAINS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS NO MATTER WHO HAS A SALE GADSBY'S SELL TOR LESS F ree P ark in g M iss V iola T h u rb e r and Mrs. V en a Z im m erer and d au g h ter M arjo rie and F . K e tch a m o f S e a ttle spent the holidays w ith th e C. T. K e tch a m fam ily a t T h e D og W oods here. M iss T h u rb e r is C. T . K e tc h a m ’a au n t and M rs. Z im m erer a siste r. On D ecem b er 27 a b irth d ay party w as held a t T h e Dog W oods, h o n o r ing C. T . K e tch a m and it w as a big su rp rise to him , a ll d etails care fu lly handled by M rs. K e tch a m to m ake th e su rp rise com plete. L ittle T om m y T a g g e rt, son o f Mr. and M rs. E dw . T a g g e rt, is reco v er ing fro m a sev ere ca se o f influ enza a t h is hom e. T h e sev en th and eig h th g rad ers of G ard en H om e Sch oo l held a sw im m ing p arty at th e YM CA S a tu rd a y ev ening, D ecem b er 6, the ta n k s hav ing been rented fo r th e evening. T r a n s p o rtatio n w as fu rn ish ed by . various citiz e n s o f th e com m u nity and all had a very n ice tim e. # Q uite a few ch ild ren a re out o f school th is w eek ow ing to illness, m ost ca se s being bad colds o r touch es o f flu. Semi W a te rfa ll, W aln u t Veneer similar to illustra tion, well made and well finished, all drawers equipped with center guides. B U Y N O W — SA V E. I.ziura S m ith has been re-engaged as k in d e rg a rten te a c h e r at G ard en H om e a fte r hav ing been ab se n t fro m th e w ork a few weeks. • Bed • Chest • V an ity B en ch A Coil Spring 9 M attress Terms ’ 1.00 Week T h e G ard en Hom e P T A a re to m eet at th e school au d itoriu m th is F rid a y even in g and a good a tte n d a n ce is ex pected M rs. L. F . Schu lz, P T A p resid ent Is in a T a co m a h osp ital and ennnot be p resen t. Mr Sch u lz is a railro ad m an, th e railro ad 's h o s p ital Is in T acom a. T h e very la test In VENETIAN BLINDS The M odern stream lin ed blind C all In any tim e and see us r \\ ILLAME IT BLLND and MFG. OX On Jo h n s o n toad, n o rth of C anyon H ighw ay. W est Slope Phone B E . 6915 GADSSY'S ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE FAMOUS ' " H i l l % V e * !l* * lme ot livin3 room su,tes A style, , . Size. quality covering and color to suit your individual taste See the January "BiltweU" Special at __ ____________ 58,88 T E R M S $1.00 W E E K GADSBY S ALWAYS PAYS- S ii: FREIGHT!