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Good Old Days On River Fast H. II. J K F F B 1 L 8 , r u b li» her P u b l i s h e d F r i d a y o f e a c h w e e k by t h e P i o n e e r P u b l i s h i n g Co., a t B e a v e r t o n , O r e g o n . E n t e r e d a s s e c o n d - c la s s m a t t e r a t t h e p o e t o / f i c e a t B e a v e r t o n , O re ...$1.00 One Y ear S ub scrip tio n P ay ab le in A d v a n c e B e a v e r t o n O ffice— E n t e r p r i s e B ldg., P h o n e B e a v e r t o n 2321 P o r t l a n d O ffice— 308 P a n a m a B ldg., 3 rd a n d A l d e r P h o n e A T w a t e r 6891 \ With Changing Conditions Went Easy Picking and Living of Yore. NEW ORLEANS. — The spring floods have subsided and 86-year-old Orlando H. Colton is buzzing about the battu re here, channeling a d rift PER O r e c ] o 0 H m ^ s i wood h arv est tow ard his singing I AT I 0 I P ublisher , saw . "D ay w as,” says Colton, swing ing a bare brown knee acro ss a bucking log, "w hen a m an could I th e h u m d r u m e x i s t e n c e of p e a c e t i m e , j d rift down the riv er living easy t h i s o r g a n i z i n g g e n u is , t r a d i t i o n a l to | and picking up all the cash ha th e U n ited S tates, n e v e r seem ed very needed, but now a riv e rm a n ’s got im p o rta n t. M a n a g e m e n t w a s often d e rid e d . B u t s u d d e n l y w h e n o u r a r to tie up and ru stle stick s if he m ie s h it t h e b e a c h e s of N o r m a n d y , w ants to eat re g u la r.” F or m ore than 60 y ea rs, Colton everyone p ra y e d th a t n o th in g had been overlooked. T h e y p r a y e d t h a t j rode his houseboat down the Mis m a n a g e m e n t in i n d u s t r y , In g o v e r n - , sissippi in the fall, and g rab b ed a m e n t a n d in t h e a r m y h a d d o n e a tow back to St. Louis in the spring. g o o d job. C o u n t l e s s lives d e p e n d e d But since 1940 his boat h as been on g o o d m a n a g e m e n t . beached here. I f a s in g le p h a s e in t h e m a n a g e M akes R iver Feed H im . m e n t of t h e in v a s io n h a d failed , t h e | “ One tim e ,” he said, " I m et two w h o le p r o j e c t w o u ld have been , greenhorns in a houseboat who t h r o w n o u t of g e a r . F o r in s t a n c e , ' Something to Think About t h o u s a n d s of lan d , s e a a n d a i r c r a f t , ! didn’t even have food. I told them f r o m g i a n t t a n k s , je e p s , etc., h a d to be I d show them how to m ak e the In a r e c e n t t r i a l o f a film s t a r w h o m a d e r e a d y to g o o n t h e i n s t a n t o f H - \ riv er feed them . On the way to \ is n e c u s e d of c o n t r i b u t i n g to t h e H o u r . I t w a s d o n e w t h o u t a h itc h , i Helena. Ark., I tied on 15 good d e l i n q u e n c y of t w o g irls, b u t a c q u i t A f t e r t h e w a r is o v e r, g o o d m a n a g e cypress logs sca tte red along the The saw m ill paid ted , t h e r e f e re p A lb e r t L. D oyle said, m e n t will he n e e d e d t o k e e p i n d u s t r y . backw aters. in a n n o u n c i n g h is d e c is io n : g o i n g in t h e t o u g h d a y s o f r e c o n v e r close to $50 for them . " T h e r e a r e t w o t y p e s o f g i r l s in t h i s sion. I t w ill be n e e d e d n o t o n ly in "A nother trip I picked up bot w o rld . T h o s e w h o c a n n o t be p ic k e d o n e i n d u s t r y b u t in e v e r y e n t e r p r i s e tles and bones floating in the back u p by s t r a n g e r s a n d t h o s e w h o c a n . It s a v e d liv es in t h e i n v a s io n s . I n w aters and sold them a t New O r II all g i r l s w e r e of t h e f o r m e r v a r i e t y p e a c e t i m e it w ill s a v e job s. T h e r e is leans for m ore than $150. c a s e s s u c h a s t h i s w o u k l n e v e r o c c u r . no b e t t e r m a n a g e r t h a n t h e i n d e p e n d "M an y ’s the tim e a riv e r packet B u t, u n f o r t u n a t e l y , s o m e p a r e n t s e n t A m e r i c a n business m an . We fail o r r e f u s e to t e a c h t h e i r d a u g h t e r s s h o u l d r e m e m b e r t h i s in t h e d a y s to has given me two whistles, and the captain and the cook hung over the t h e s a n c t i t y of m i n d s a n d p e r s o n s , o r c o m e. rail to dicker for a few wild geese t h o s e d a u g h t e r s fail o r r e f u s e t o heed to feed the crew ," he added. t h e te a c h i n g s . " “ W ill w r i t e l a t e r . K in d o f b u s y Colton sees the periodic M issis e t t e r r e c e i v e d by M rs. W . F. sippi floods* as windfalls for river- Meaning oi Good Management | n M o e w e ."—L k e r , O k la., f r o m s o l d ie r h u s b a n d m en. "A fter a levee b re a k s,” he i f i g h t i n g In F r a n c e . said, " th e re ’s everything in the The a io s t a m a z in g ly successful riv er from a good fat hen in a coop m a n a g e m e n t jo b in h i s t o r y w a s th e . It is e a s y to r e b u i ld lost f o r t u n e s to a front room sofa.” p r e p a r a t i o n f o r o p e n i n g o f t h e se c o n d During one flood, he related , a la r g e o r s m a ll . B ut lib erties a n d front. M en a n d m a t e r i a l s w e r e as- n n h l e d at th e r i g h t p la c e a t t h e h u m a n r i g h t s , o n c e t a k e n a w a y , a r e riverside grocer sought to buy his r i g h t t i m e to d o a s p e c ific job . In n o t e a s i ly r e c a p t u r e d . boat to save a stock of m erch an dise from th reaten in g w aters. “ I asked $300 for the b o at,” he said, “ and he turned m e down. E v ery day the w a te r—and my price—got high er. He bought at $600 ju st in tim e to get his goods aboard before the levee broke and w ashed his store away. L ittle Work for D rifter. "B ut now adays,” Colton said, persons in your community when you resd The Christian “ th e re ’s little work for a d rifter Science Monitor regularly. You will find fresh, new viewpoints, and the co u n try ’s too built up for ta fuller, richer understanding of world affairs . . . truthful, accurate, wild gam e. The law won’t let a saw unbiased news. Write for sample copies today, or send for one- m ill buy drift logs, and the coast month trial subscription. guard won’t let you fish n e a r m ili ta ry installations—which are flea- Til« C h ris tia n Mrtenc« fubM ahin* hacialy trick around river towns. On*, Norway H treet, B oston IS, M ass "I tried to settle down once. Back P leas# send iroo «am pi« copia# of T ho r i Plow#« aond a o n « -m o n th tr i a l aubacrlp- I f—i C h ris tia n Belone« M o n ito r In c lu d tn i * L J tio n to T h « C h r is tia n Belone« M o n ito r. in June, 1915, I m arrie d a widow o i y o u r W««kly M acaaln « B octlon. fo r w h leh I i n d o l i , ..................................t l I L J copy in A rkansas. Come D ecem ber I had ■ NAME___ ___ _________ __ . . . ____ . . . . ____ . . . . -------------------------- to get back to the river. * I^ADDUSS........................................... ........................................................... “ I ’ve sure had m e som e fun just riding the cu rren t from St. Louis to New O rleans," he chuckled. M v h L*» •® 1 ANNOUNCEMENT Johnson Lumber Yard u Friday, October 13, 1944 BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE, Beaverton, Oregon Page 2 EVERYTHING for the BUILDER” H . "H E R B " JOHNSON, O w ner, M g r. 10075 S. W. Pacific Highway at 45th Drive Telephone just installed C H ER R Y 1089 Electrical Workers Get Hurry Up Call From Army WASHINGTON.—The arm y issued i an ex trao rd in ary appeal for skilled electrical w orkers to volunteer for i jobs of at least 90 days on “ vital i w ar construction jobs” at the Han- 1 ford E ngineer works, Pasco, Wash., and the Clinton E ngineer works, Knox ille, Tenn. “ U nder the p lan ,” said the appeal, "electric al w orkers now employed by con: truction contractors, utility com panicj and electric shops of all types will be asked to tak e a leave of absence for work on one or the other of these two critical projects. “ The w ar d ep a rtm en t has req u est ed the cooperation of em ployers to m a k e ’certain th at m en who volun teer will retain th eir seniority rights and will have a job open for them j upon th eir return. “ Men volunteering for service, upon com pleting 90 days of satisfac tory work, will be issued a certifi cate of service signed by the under sec retary of war. This certificate will acknowledge the service of these m en to th eir country in this w ar em ergency. E m ployers grant- ! ing leaves of absence to th eir men to work on these projects also will receive recognition in the form of letters from the u n d ersecretary of w a r.” Total of Employes in Federal Jobs Is Lower W ASHINGTON.-The total of gov ernm ent civilian em p lo y ees' de creased 163,672 in the fiscal y ear ju st ended,«w ith a drop of 253,004 in “white collar” workers offset p a rt ly by an increase of 89,392 in other categories, the budget bureau rep o rt ed to congress. At the end of the year there were 2,839,366 governm ent em ployees, com pared with 3,003,038 on June 30, 1943 Of the total, 1,640,687 were so- called white collar w orkers paid on a regular monthly basis by execu tive departm ents and agencies. In the last q u arter, the total of these employees decreased 31,400. Other governm ent em ployees on the pay roll are classed as “ wage e a rn e rs,” and are paid on a daily or hourly basis. Large Plane Picks Up Glider Without a Stop A F IE L D IN NORMANDY.—A C-47 tran sp o rt plane swooped over this field, snatched a D-day glider up in the air and towed it back to England recently, beginning a new salvage program for the m otorless boxcars. This is the first tim e the gliders have been reclaim ed on the fly from the com bat areas, from anything but prepared landing strips, said Col. Glynne M. Jones of L aF ay ette, La., adding, "W e hope to salvage a con siderable num ber of the hundred« th at landed during the invasion as sau lt.” Youth Hangs to Bush an -Hour in Precipice Fall GOLDEN, C O L O '-W hile a com panion raced four miles for aid, Kirk j Cam m ack J r., 17, Denver, clung | desperately to a sm all bush over hanging a 175-foot chasm . C am m ack and seven friends s ta rt ed out to clim b the wall of the can yon when he lost his footing and grabbed the sm all bush as he slid over the Side of the precipice. His com panions were unable to reach him and he clung to the bush for an hour until sheriff George j Koch and two deputies dragged him to safety with a rope. Service Reported Cut On Two Nazi Rail Lines PORT BOU, SPAIN..—Service on two m ain railro ad lines in southern F rance, near the Spanish border, was suspended, frontier rep o rts said. The G erm ans them selves w ere said to have issued an order halting all use of the B eziers-Perpignan line along the fortified M editerranean coast to the Spanish border. There was no explanation of the action. B a b so n S a y s C on tin u ed P«se .... 1 She Sneezed, Then Her Foot Slipped ROCK ISLAND, IL L .—M rs. R. C. M itchell was about to co n g rat will be nil. T h e m e m b e rs h ip of th e ulate herself on the n eat m an n er u n i o n s will t h e n a g a i n d r o p o f f ; w h ile in which she had parked h er t h e in c o m e o f t h e la b o r l e a d e r s will autom obile, but ju st as she was t h e n t u m b l e a s d id t h e p r o f i t s of W a ll S t r e e t b r o k e r s in 1929. L a b o r ' s in m aking the final m an eu v ers she fl u e n c e is n o w a t it s p e a k f o r t h i s sneezed, her foot slipped off the cycle. I t s h o n e y m o o n is a b o u t o v er. brake, and her m achine ram m ed V e t e r a n s vs I .a h o r into another c a r. She told police P resent in d icatio n s a re th a t th e the sneeze was to blam e for the W o r l d W a r v e t e r a n s w ill n o t be v e r y collision. f r i e n d l y to la b o r a f t e r t h e i r return . They, who have been risk in g th e ir liv es in f o r e i g n l a n d s a t a s m a l l p i t B e f o r e H e n g y a n g , C h i n a , fell in t o t a n c e a n d liv in g u n d e r t h e h a r d e s t i J a p a n e s e h a n d s , 22 J a p a n e s e s o l d i e r s i m a g i n a b l e c o n d it io n s , n a t u r a l l y will g o t lost, a n d , a s t h e s t o r y is to l d in n o t feel f r i e n d l y to t h o s e w h o h a v e t h e o ff ic ia l C h i n e s e M a g a z i n e , “C h i b e e n r e m a i n i n g a t h o m e w i t h a ll t h e n a a t W a r , ” t h e J a p s " s h a n g h a i e d ” a h o m e c o m fo rts a n d th e h ig h e s t w a I C hinese f a r m e r a n d o rd e r e d h im to g e s in h i s to r y . If l a b o r h a s s e n s e g u i d e t h e m in th e d irectio n of e n o u g h to k e e p o u t o f p o li ti c s a n d C h a n g s h a , a c it y t h a t had alread y q u i t a s k i n g f o r a n y f a v o r s a f t e r t h e f a l le n i n t o Japanese hands. The b o y s r e t u r n , v e r y w ell. If, h o w e v e r , C h i n e s e f a r m e r , k n o w i n g h i s c o u n t r y l a b o r c o n t i n u e s a p o s t w a r s t r u g g l e f o r side, d e l i b e r a t e l y led t h e J a p s o n a h i g h e r w a g e s , m o r e p o w e r a n d o t h e r w i n d i n g c o u r s e t h a t f i n a ll y l a n d e d all b e n e f i ts , t h e r e is b o u n d to be t r o u b l e . I 22 o f t h e m i n t o t h e h a n d s o f C h i n e s e T h e above sh o u ld m e a n t h a t th e re j tr o o p s —a s p ris o n e rs of w a r. t u r n i n g v e t e r a n s m a y be a c o n s e r v a t i v e i n f lu e n c e . T h e v e t e r a n s ’ bloc “ C lo sed f o r t h e w e e k e n d . H usband m a y u n i t e w i t h t h e c o n s e r v a t i v e bloc h o m e o n f u r l o u g h ’”—S i g n in a n I n d i a n d k e e p t h e s h i p of s t a t e o f f t h e a n a p o l i s b e a u t y p a r l o r . ro c k s . If so, t h e m o n e y w h i c h b u s i n e s s m e n a n d i n v e s t o r s , t h r o u g h ta x e s , " T h e y a r e w a i t i n g f o r m e th e r e . I t w ill p a y f o r p e n s i o n s m a y be g o o d in h a s b e e n a lo n g t i m e . ”—G e n . M ac- surance. H e n c e , a l t h o u g h t a x e s will A r t h u r , s h o o t i n g h is w a y b a c k t o t h e c o n t i n u e h i g h in t h e p o s t w a r e r a d u e P h i l i p p i n e s . t o t h e t r e m e n d o u s p e n s i o n bill, a r m y a n d n a v y a p p r o p r i a t i o n s , etc., ye* t h e s e m a y be g o o d i n v e s t m e n t s . In t h i s w o rld , it is r e a l l y n o t a q u e s t i o n C u t t h i s o u t a n d k e e p it in y o u r o f w h a t w e s p e n d , b u t w h a t w e h a v e p u r s e o r billfold. .MEAT, B L T T K K , C H E E S E : left. R e d S t a m p s A8 t h r o u g h K 5 a r e C o m m u n ism Scare B u s i n e s s m e n a n d i n v e s t o r s w ill t h e n g o o d in d e f in i te l y . g e t p a n i c k y a n d r u n fo r c o v e r , b u t I S T .AMP F O R L A M B — S p a r e s t a m p 25 in b o o k N o. 4 v a l i d b e lie v e t h e r e will be n o t h i n g f o r u s to fear. A lth o u g h R u ssia m ay t h e n S e p t. 3 t h r u O c t. 21 f o r la m b . W a s te k itc h e n fa ts e x c h a n g e d for h a v e th e a r m y to t a k e w h a t sh e w ish e s in l a n d , s h e will w a n t l o a n s also. t w o p o i n t s a n d f o u r c e n t s a p o u n d . G r e a t B r i t a i n a n d A m e r i c a w ill c o n P R O C E S S E D F O O D S — B o o k 4— B l u e s t a m p s A8 t h r o u g h t i n u e to h o ld t h e p u r s e s t r i n g s . Our r e t u r n i n g s e r v i c e m e n w ill n o t o n ly A5 v a li d in d e f in i te l y . be a b u l w a r k a g a i n s t u n f a i r l a b o r d e S U G A R — S t a m p s N o. 30, 31, 32 a n d 33 In b o o k m a n d s , b u t t h e y w ill a l s o s t a n d f o r f r e e e n t e r p r i s e , n o t C o m m u n i s m , T h e y 4 v a l i d i n d e f i n i t e l y f o r fiv e p o u n d s . For can n in g o n ly : S u g a r S ta m p s h o u l d be a s t a b i l i z i n g i n f l u e n c e on l e g i t i m a t e b u s i n e s s a n d i n v e s t m e n t s , 40 v a l i d f o r 5 p o u n d s t h r o u g h F e b . f a v o r i n g t h e g o o d f e a t u r e s o f co-op 28, 1945. e r a t i o n ; b u t s u p p r e s s i n g all u n f a i r S H O E S — L o o s e S t a m p s I n v a l i d Book 3— A i r p l a n e s t a m p s N o'«. 1 practices. a n d 2, i n d e f i n i t e l y f o r o n e p a ir . T o r e f r e s h a c h i n g f e e t a f t e r a tire - F U E L O I L — P e r i o d 4-5 c o u p o n s v a li d t h r u A u g . I som e day, b a th e th em w i t h te p i d N ew 1 coupon valid now. [ w a t e r a n d m i ld s o a p . Then p la c e 31, 1945. s e v e r a l ice c u b e s in a t h i n c lo th , a n d G A S O L I N E C O U P O N S — i r u b ’t h i s i c e - p a c k all o v e r y o u r f e e t N o t V a lid u n l e s s E n d o r s e d A No. 13 e x p i r e s D ec. 21. ' a n d an k les. D ry th o ro u g h ly w ith a W O OD . COAL, S A W D U S T — I s o f t tow el. D eliv ery by p rio ritie s b a se d on w r it " I w o u ld s a y t h a t 98 p e r c e n t of t e n s t a t e m e n t s o f n e e d s. ! A m e r i c a n s w a n t to k e e p t h e c a p i t a l - P R I C E C O N T R O L — R e fe r price In q u iries a n d com I Istic s y s te m . W e h a v e a lo n g w a y to j g o .’”— E a r l B r o w d e r , t e s t i f y i n g a s p l a i n t s t o p r i c e c l e r k a t y o u r lo c a l board. C o m m u n i s t i c le a d e r . RATION BOOK REMINDER + 0*0 + 0 *0 H. A. Starr Contractor for Concrete Work Champion Forgetter Left $27,000 in Car NEW YORK. - One of the w o r l d ’s c h a m p i o n fo rgetters hailed a cab near P ennsylvania station, rode to Fifth avenue and 59th street and walked aw ay, leav ing on the seat $27,200 in 100 dol lar bills. The taxi driv er discov ered the money and turned it over to police. Under local law it is his unless claim ed within six months. from Estimates gladly given on Jobs Large or Small 2425 N. Commercial UNiversity 1054 Portland 12, Or. 0*0 M M AM a SEPTIC T A N K S “Concrete” SEE YOUR BUILDING MATERIAL DEALER Portland Concrete Pipe and Products Co. W AR B O N D S 5819 S W M a c a d a m Ave., P o r t l a n d , 1, O r e g o n A T. 8384 THE OLD JUDGE SAYS. . . Great Sums Are Being Spent Abroad by U. S. * *** tiaM wmn MONDAY through FRIDAY WASHINGTON - The govern m ent purchased $265.800,000 of s tra tegic com m odities from other na tions during the first three m onths of this year, Foreign Econom ic Ad m inistrato r Leo T. Crowley reported j recently. The m aterials, im ported under the F*EA p ro cu rem en t program , in cluded m etals and m iners. $145,200.- 000; foodstuffs, $52.500,000; fibers and hides, $49,000,000 and general com m odities, $17,200,000. The p u rchases av erag ed $3.600,- 000 a m onth—som e $11.000,000 m ore than the 1943 m onthly average. English Girls Skeptical About Yanks’ Tall Tales Fulton lew is can alto be heard at 4 in the afternoon DENVER — P o stm aster J . L. Stevie got busy when he received a le tte r signed by two English girls asking him to give them nam es of ! four young ran ch ers with whom ; they could correspond. They ex- 1 plained th at some Yanks in England had told such tall tales of the west- I em cow country th at they w anted I | to find out if what they had been ! told about the fam ed ranges was really true Turn w *r stands Into Bond« "T he war sure has made a lot of changes in this old world of ours, hasn't it. Judge?” "Plenty of them. John. One that few people realize is that the rubber producing center of the world is now right here in the United State*. " When the Japs conquered the big natural rubber producing centers of the world they thought they had us licked But in two short years, thanks to American industry, we are now producing synthetic rubber enough to supply all our m ilitary and essential civilian needs. “ Our rubber experts knew how to maka it but the problem was to get the huge amounts of industrial alcohol needed. AI- mc»st overnight the country’s beverage dis tillers stopped making whiskey and converted 10 0 ^ to the production of this vital in gredient. A high government official said recently this was '... an almost unparalleled example of the overnight conversion of an entire industry from peace to war.’” "Come to think of it. Judge, it was a mighty fortunate thing the beverage distil ling industry was in existence, wasn't it?” ?> ' • é r r ’ litr w u n l »> W l |l (U u C « Im .