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\ V O L U M E 19. N U M B E R E S T A B L IS H E D 1927 29 Hakson Discusses Prices .’> Trunk L in o To “ Is It The Squeaking W heel - - -** Portland \ddrd By W hy l)o W e Bet The Run Around Rhone Company B\ The Statt* llii»hwa\ Uoiiiiiiission? Junior C. of C. UomliiWiti" r Beav. Telephone Survey G loucester, Mass., August 16, An im portant event has happened here at the w orld ’s largest fish T he B eaverton Junior Cham ber ing port. T here has recently been o f C om m erce is con ductin g a sur a radical break in the wholesale vey to determ ine public opinion price o f fish. W hen it first hap on the telephone situation. pened last m onth, we did not take H ow m any o f the people are in it seriously, thinking it was due terested in securing direct P ort to a tem porary surplus which land phone service, how m any feel som etim es happens in the sum the present toll ch arge is exces m er and w hen everyone w ants to sive and how m any think Bea go fishing! But the m arket’s re verton and the surrounding areas cent action raises very im portant should be forced to wait fo r the questions in which every reader com pletion o f C om m onw ealth and o f this colum n should be interest K aiser developm ents before se ed. cu rin g im proved phone service. W hat H appened A fter W orld W a rl F ollow ing W orld W ar I, co m m odity prices in general clim bed from an index average o f 260 at the tim e o f the A rm istice in 1919 to a high o f 337 in the sum m er o f R o a m e r’s R est Park, near T i 1940. F rom that date, they began to fall con stan tly each m onth for gard, w as purchased recently by a year, so that in August, 1921, Mr. A. S. H am ilton. He is a i experienced park o p they had gone o ff 183 and were been associated down to 154. This was less than erator, having h alf their price in August, 1920. w ith Jantzen Beach P ark fo r sev F rom this low, they slow ly re eral years, and in the am usem ent covered to 215 in the spring o f business in C alifornia fo r 18 years. Mr. H am ilton plans im m ediate 1923, after which they again slow ly declined with seasonal and Improvements to Include a special other fluctuation s to a low o f 94 | kiddies park and im proved fam ily p icn ic facilities. In February, 1933. P opular and old tim e dances F rom this low, they clim bed to 166 in April, 1937; again fell thru- are planned as a year round a t As con ditions permit, out 1938 and 1939. F rom this opint traction. they gradually clim bed upwards am usem ent rides are to be in unti lthey again reached 166 in stalled. N ew diving boards and May, 1941. B y governm ent con additional sw im m ing attraction s trols, the price index level was will be provided. Standard Insurance & In vest kept dow n to about 200 until negotiated the peace cam e in 1945. In a general m ent C om pany way, fish follow ed the sam e cycle sale. with certain variations depending upo nhow 'm u ch labor was needed fo r processing, can nin g or freez ing the fish after it left the boat. Let me n ow return to m y first statem ent that an im portant event has happened here at Gloucester, namely, there has been a big S n ow flake o f A rb or R ose 93663 break in the boat price o f fish. a registered B row n Swiss cow Fish As A B arom eter H ere are the facts: B efore W orld ow ned by A lbert M eier, B eaver W ar I, the best barom eters o f the ton, O regon has recen tly co m fish m arket w ere cod ,—both fresh pleted a R egister o f P rod uction and salt cod. These sold at around record o f 12,223.7 quarts o f m ilk $2.50 and $5.00 resnectlvelv at and 517.61 pounds o f fa t in 365 that time. D uring W orld W ar I, days o ntw ice a day m iking, a c the prices strengthened and reach cord in g to a report received from ed a high o f $3 75 and $7.75 res Fred S. Idste, S ecretary o f The pectively in 1918. Then cam e a B row n Swiss Cattle B reeders’ A s break and the prices fell to $2.75 sociation, Beloit, W iscon sin. T his record w as m ade as a 4 and $5.00 resnectlvelv in 1919. T hev rose again with general 1 year old. Nellie o f A rbor R ose prices and then fell o ff. with uns ; Swiss and-dow ns to a low o f $150 and 72037, another registered B row n $3.50 in 1922, although thev did not Swiss cow owned b y Mr. Meier reach their lowest prices until recently com pleted a R egister o f 1932 F rom then on fish gradually P rod uction record o f 11,020.9 qts. o f m ilk and 445.49 pounds o f fat increased \intil last m onth. A bout ten years ago, a new fish in 365 days on tw ice a day m ilk becam e the bellwether. In G lou ing. This record was made as a 6 cester. it is know n as “ red fish ’’ : but after it is filleted and frozen year old. and reaches the city where this colum n is published it is know n by various names, such as “ sea perch ” , “ rose fish " or “ white fil lets". In 1935, this red fish sold fo r one cent a pound at the wharf. W hen W orld W ar II broke, it was selling at about tw o cents. F rom this figure, it clim bed to nearly Jam es G. Patton, P resident o f seven and one-half cents. T he the N ational F arm ers Union and price has now suddenly broken to United States Senator Guy C or three and on e-h alf cen ts—a decline don will be the speakers at the o f about 50 per cent. annual picnic o f the O regon State W hat A bout Cattle A nd Cotton F arm ers Union at Cham poeg, on But here is the im portant point Sunday, August 18. T he public is which every reader should note: invited. F ollow in g W orld W a r I, fish was P resident P atton will be in Se one o f the first Im portant com attle Saturday and he and Na m odities to break In price. It was tional V ice - president H erbert follow ed by cattle, hogs, cotton, R olph will fly to C ham poeg for etc. Shoes, shirts and other m an Sunday’s picnic. A fte r the picnic ufactured g ood s fell a year later. they will co n fe r with President As fish led the procession upward R onald E. Jones and other m em before W orld W ars I and II, and bers o f the state executive board led the procession dow n w ard fo l o f the O regon State Farm ers Un low ing W orld W ar I. the question ion. is w hether other com m odities are Senator Cordon has not an to follow fish again n o w ? I f so, nounced his topic but it is believed this event which is happening in he will discuss various measures G loucester should be w atched bv which have been b efore the Sen wholesale buyers o f all com m od ate recently. ities. I f fish is again to be a lend T he picnic will start in the er, thpn cattle and cotton will m orning with a p icn ic lunch at tumble within a y ear: while shoes noon. Ice cream will be furnished and textiles will tum ble within tw o by the Sheridan C ream ery at a years. nom inal price. The speaking pro r f c a u «3 e c o m m o d i t y P R IC gram will start at 2:00 p.m. ES RFGTN TO P F T .T N F T H E R E President R onald E. Jones, m em IS NO RF.ASON F O R N O W BE- ber o f the executive com m ittee o f IN G B E A R IS H ON T H E STOCK the National B oard o f D irectors M A R K E T . C O M M O D IT Y P R IC E S o f the F arm ers Union, returned D E C L IN E D ALM O ST C O N T IN U from Denver Sunday. He attended OU SLY F R O M 1923 T H R U 1932 a m eeting o f the executive com W H IL E T H E STOCK M A R K E T mittee. W E N T U P A LM O ST CON TIN U OUSLY FROM 1923 T O 1929 Mrs. Jenny A lexan der’s sister, H ENCE. I AM S T IL L BU LLISH Anna Jones, o f Sacram ento, is vis ON W E L L -S E L E C T E D STOCKS iting her fo r a m onth or more. Roamer s Rest Park Is Sold Brown Swiss Assoc. Reports On Two Milking Records State Farmers Union Banquet To Be Held Sunday • IF Y O U C H A N G E Y O U R A D D R E S S PLEASE N O T IF Y Y O U R PA PER BEAVERTO N, OREGON F R ID A Y , A U G U ST 16, 1946 Contributing substantially to the wealth of O regon and providing a most desirable location o f co m fo rt able, pleasurable living for m etro politan Portland workers, E astern W ashington county considers it self a very vital and is m ost as People ow ning dogs will have suredly an im portant part o f the to be on the outlook for Mr. D. great State o f Oregon. F. Kannem an, enforcem ent o ff i W’ e read with pride o f the tre cer D og C ontrol Bourd for W ash m endous projects now goin g fo r ington County. ward under the direction o f the He is out to clean up the streets State H ighw ay Department. o f B eaverton and rid the town We see the advantage in provid o f bothersom e dogs. W e all real ing faster and vastly im proved ize that very often they do get State laterals to provide easier ac into your nice vegetable or flow cess T H R O U G H the State, but er garden s and do considerable what o f tra ffic conditions for the dam age. daily conduct o f business W IT H IN H e stated ulso that when going the State. on vacations be sure your dog is The population grow th o f the properly cared for and not left area bounded by W est Slope on tied up with no water to drink or the East and R eedvllle on the food to eat. He has found such W est has been trem endous in the cases. past fou r years with an ever-in I f you own a dog, give it kind creasing dem and for hom esites treatm ent but keep it hom e in within that area. your ow n yard. Now im proved transportation is The first “ B ike D erby” to be A lso don’t forget to buy your a very vital necessity. T w o estab d og license. held in B eaverton brought out lished tow ns have been serving the And by the way, while we are expanding bikes o f every color .size and de area and have pro scription as over one hundred on the su bject o f dogs, what about gressed to m eet the demands o f boys and girls participated in the the ca ts? Some o f the children the Increased population to the parade and races held last Sat in tow n have acquired ringw orm best o f their ability during the urday before a large crow d of from cats, so less cats would be I times o f critical material and la- spectators. an asset for Beaverton. i bor shortages. Beaverton and Alo- The Junior Cham ber o f C om _ ha are capable o f handling the m erce have started a fine com R e tu rn e d increased population, but highw ay m unity undertaking and it is Rev. F rancis Sturtevant will re con ditions must be im proved to fa hoped that it will becom e an an sume his pulpit duties in the Be cilitate transportation. nual affair. It w as well support thel C ongregational Church this During the war it was under Sunday m orning at 10:30. He re standable that we could not get ed by both the businessmen and turned this week from a m inister's the required attention, but now townspeople. training con feren ce in Sylvan with millions being spent for huge O ver seventy colorfully d ecor Dale, C olorado. He will continue projects ated bicycles form ed at the par requiring the entire with a discussion on the sum m er ch anging o f certain landscapes, we ade starting point and progressed top ic o f fam ily relationships. to the high sch ool track where cannot understand w hy there is • • • the races w ere held. not a four-lane highw ay at least Scenic T our .... begun between Reedville and W est There, before a crow d o f proud parents, interested friends, and Mrs. Neta D aly and sister have Slope to con nect with the present rooting children, the boys and left on a trip through C olorado super highw ay into Portland. T his girls vied fo r honors and prizes and Utah, visiting Bryce and Zion is not entirely a "pleasure” h igh in the various racing events. way, but Is needed to provide daily N ational P arks on the way. • • • On this field o f many another business transportation for the Gresham People Honored sports event it was determ ined m any Portland w orkers living In who could ride the fastest, the Mrs. Iva Sum m ers gave a lovely this area. straightest, the slowest, and then party last W ednesday at her home It is true that certain o f the they "m ixed it u p” in the balloon h onorin g Mrs. Couley and Mrs. through tra ffic to coastal points bursting race and the shuttle H icks, o f Gresham . Bridge was will be served by the com pletion race. o f the “ Sunset H ighw ay” , but the played. G etting o f f to a good start the Mrs. Couley received first prize need for a four-lane highw ay be parade started right on the dot tween Reedvllle and W est Slope and Mrs. Gibson, second. In the past year con clu din g with and the entire events o f the a f Mrs. C ouley lived In Beaverton would certainly be apparent If It o f June, the First at one tim e and is now goin g to were given proper consideration ternoon went along in fine ¿hape. the m onth M ethodist C hurch o f Beaverton Indiana to live T he list o f w inners included: by tl>e H ighw ay board. • • Girl’s Dash: Germ aine Boyd, has noted a m arked im provem ent It has alw ays seemed -u L first; Gerlayn N orris. secon d ; a ccord in g to the pastor, R ev. E v Portland la d le s H onored sound judgem ent to provide fo r erett L. Bowers, w hose attitude Phyllis Mead, 3rd. Mrs. D ick G oyt and Mrs. Lor^ established and existing needs be Jr. B oy’s Plank R ace won by regarding the future o f the Bea aine G oyt gave a luncheon party fore appeasing outside interests. Norland Fauteck. This race was verton church is optim istic. “ There at Mrs. D ick G oyt’s, M onday a f very interesting as both Norland is only one way fo r a church to ternoon, honoring Mrs. Gerald Fauteck and Jim m ie Holland proceed,” says Mr. Bowers, “ That Goyt, o f Portland. W e are living in a I Ten ladies, o f Portland, w ere en successfully com pleted the ride to is forw ard ! R ecitation o f the rosary fo r the end o f the planks and the tim e when the church can mean tertained. B arbara and D ickey G oyt are | Joseph G. H llbers, 92, who died winner was decided by having m uch to the average m an if he a few days with their Friday, August 9, at the home o f the tw o boys try it again. H ow feels that the church is o f a pro staying grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick his son, in W est Slope, was read ever a prize was awarded to both gressive spirit.” Monday evening, A ugust 11, In o f the boys. In addition to m arked Increases Goyt. • • • | the W. E. P egg Mortuary, Bea- W alter Sim m ich, o f Hazeldale, in both the attendance and the verton. was the winner in the Sr. b oy ’s m em bership o f the church as well I.eave F or Camp C ellllo Miss Irene Van Kleek left on | R equiem m ass was celebrated plank race successfully com plet as the church school, there has ing the plank ride once and with also developed a m ore stable fin the B eaver W ednesday evening to \ Tuesday in St. C ecilia church with in inches o f the second run-off. ancial plan and policy. T he organ i attend the Red Cross training | the con clu din g service follow ing F our other boys in this division zation o f the M.Y.F. fo r the high center, at C elilio Camp, Nevada in Mount C avalry cem etery. Mr. H ilbers was born in G er also com pleted the test o f straight sch ool age level; the developm ent City, Calif. She will return August m any on O ctober 12, 1854. He Fellow ship 26th. riding. T hey were: Bill Byrd, Gail o f the Y oung Adult cam e to Oregon in 1878 and m ar Layden, R on R om lg and Sam for the college age and younger ried V ictoria Zeram ba, o f P ort- married folk ; the creation o f the Visiting At R ogu e R iver Simmich. Edith Marion and M arjorie Van land, in July, 1896. Sr. b oy ’s dash winners w ere: Bill popular Junior C hurch on Sunday Bernard, first place; W alter Sim m orn in g for the little on es; and K leek left M onday fo r a tw o week I He retired after W orld W ar I the stimulated interest In the W o vacation visiting their aunt, Mrs and was invalided fo r the last few mich, 2nd; and !%>n Layton, 3rd. 1 years. o f Christian Ser Carl R hoten, at R ogu e River. Elaine Pilse was the w inner of m en’s Society • • • S urviving are his w ife and fou r the g irl’s slow race with Mary vice are all testim onies to the sons: W alter H „ o f W est Slope; Lee CabenB, 2nd; and Annette fact that the ch urch is an insti In D lsccharged tution seeking to serve the pre Amell, 3rd. Crandall Peck, son o f Mr. and H en ry B., and August J., o f P ort Joseph G., o f San Davis Stephens was the win sent hour! Mrs. Dayton Peck, has recently re land; and A num ber o f needed property turned home, having been dis P ra n cslco; and three grandchild ner o f the Sr. boy’s balloon burst im provem ents were mnrfe in the charged ing race. from the arm y after ren. w hich in serving over tw o years. He was L eroy Berger, Don R ibble and present church plant, Lee Zum walt were the winners in itself is inadequate to m eet the previously stationed in Japan. • • • that order o f the Jr. B oy’s slow m odern ch urch's desire to serve race, with Bill Byrd leading In a grow in g com m un ity like Bea Mr. and Mrs. L on g have been R ecitation o f the R osary for the senior event, trail\l by Ron verton. A lovely electrict E verett on a vacation, goin g to Long A ndrew A. Dosek, who died in the was purchased and Beach and as fa r south as New- | G ood Samaritan Hospital, Sunday R om ig, 2nd; and Ed Ram sdale, O rgatron placed in the sanctuary, thus en port, stopping at the d ifferen t evening, after a brief illness, was 3rd place winner . Claris Poppert was the winner hancing the w orship service. Ad beaches. read W ednesday at 7:30 In the in the Jr. Shuttle race paced by ditional parking fo r Sunday m orn- Chapel o f P egg’s M ortuary, Bea Norland Fauteck, w ho was sec 1 ing has been provided just south V icto ria Itound verton. ond place winner. Jim G regory o f the church on 4th St. Miss Eunice S ylvester and Mrs. Requiem mass was said W edn es Only recently the services o f ** Rasm ussen have gone to V ictoria day at 10:00 a m . In St. Cecilia took this event for the senior di well qualified custodian have been | for a week and later, Mr. and Mrs. Church with F ather G. M. Snider- vision. All entrants were recipients of i secured, and what with tne co m I Sylvester and E un ice are goin g on hon officiatin g. prizes and plenty o f lee cream pletion and dedication o f the Up a trip to Southern Oregon. Mr. Dosek was born D ecem ber was on hand for all entries and per R oom Chapel, a new depart • • • 127, 1876 in N ebraska where he ment o f the C hurch School will m any o f the spectators as we:- Mr H opper is w ork in g in For- spent his active years farm ing. He N ow Is tfie time to pi.an tor I com m ence in Septem ber. est G rove, goin g up on the bus was married to Pauline H ayek 45 T hose who were adm inistered every day. next year’s events and be prepared , years ago In N ebraska and cam e o f H oly Baptism to ride the plank in the next an the sacram ent * * * | to Oregon five years ago. Mrs. nual “ bike derby” . In the past year are: Jan Elaine Straley Hom e Guests i Dosek passed aw ay tw o years ago. Jarvis, P atricia Johnson, I<oi Jean Mr and Mrs. Don Knapp, o f Survivors are one son, A ndrew Janice, and Clarabelle Seattle, and tw o children, spent o f Nebraska, and tw o daughters, Mrs. Virgil Powell, o f Vernonia, Janet, spent Thursday and F rid ay at the Sweet, Maurice and W illiam the week end with Mr. a^d' Mrs. Mrs. Pauline Miller, Beaverton, hom e o f her sister-in-law. Mrs. Gulnther, Charles and Laurel Straley. Mrs. K n app is a niece of Mrs. K athryn Sim on, C alifornia; (Continued on last page) •frs. Straley. H enry Nelson. and six grandchilren. (Quartet To Appear Over 100 Kid« And At Local Church Bikes Participate T he male quartet, pictured a- bove, togeth er with R ev. L. W esley In “ Bike Derby” Johnson, Field Secretary, will ap pear in sacred con cert tonight, A ugust 16, at 8:00 p.m. in the local C hurch o f the Nazarene. This party represents N orthw est Nazarene College o f Nampa, Idaho and extends a cordial invitation to all, especially young people, to attend this service. Cow Injures Man While Being Led C arlo Orlando, of Beaverton, was jam m ed up rough by a fra c tious cow , w hich he w as leading the first o f the week. A ll o f a sudden the cow becam e scared, lunged forw ard, k n ockin g Mr. O r lando to the ground, spraining his w rist and bruising him badly. Yellow Peril Invades County The “ yellow peril,” know n as Tansy, is gradually taking W ash ington cou n ty and a person does not need a telescope to note the invasion—ju st take a stroll in the N orth environs of B eaverton — B eaverdam Road, Cedar Street and all the Beaverdam sector al on g B eaverton Creek, clear across R o c k Creek and Tualatin R iver. Y ou would find “ yellow flow ers” in bloom clea r to Scholls! This pest is follow in g the Ore gon E lectric R ailroad righ t o f w ay on both sides o f Beaverton, the S. P. lines, streets and high ways. It is gradually creeping along street parkings southw ard through Beaverton. Unless som e thing is done to eradicate this menace, it will spread to all parts o f Beaverton, eventually to all parts o f W ashington C ounty and Oregon. Cut the yellow flow ers down now and burn later, will pre vent it g oin g to seed. T here will be plenty o f seed available. L ook in you r seed ca t alogue under head o f "h erb s” . You will find T an sy seed fo r sale! T o com bat this “ yellow peril" will not on ly need the united e f forts o f our citizen s—but city and cou nty o fficia ls with railroad sec tion bosses helping In full coop eration. Cut those yellow flow ers down now ! Dinner and W eek End Guests Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Benson, o f Salem and Mrs. B enson’s sis ter, Mrs. Irene Carnett, o f L ong view, were entertain by Mr. and Mrs. Straley Tuesday evening for dinner Mrs. Carnett will remain over the week end. • • • Mt. I lo o d B ou n d Mrs. L ouisa M cG eorge is going to Zig Zag, near Mt. H ood for a week. • • * V acation O ver Miss K atherine Dessinger has returned from a weeks vacation at Cannon B each. • • • Hom e Again Mr. and Mrs. Shellenberger, who have been on an extended v aca tion have returned to their home. • • • Return H om e Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Metzler, who have been visiting their daughter in C alifornia, have returned. The W’ est Coast T elephone C om pany added three m ore P ortland- Beaverton trunk lines on A ugust 7th. Since that tim e com plaints a- bout the circuits being busy have dropped from an average o f 20 a day to only two, one on A ugust 7th and the oth er on A ugust 13, evidence that this has cleared up the situation. O riginally W est Coast T elephone C om pany had seven trunk lines and the com pan y feels on this con nectin g P ortland and B eaver ton. This was adequate to handle the business at that time. Since that tim e how ever, the population has increased greatly and the need for better com m un ication with P ortland has also increased pro portionately. T w o years ago the com pan y ad d ed tw o m ore trunk lines to the original seven. In January o f this year one m ore line was udd- ed and now on August 7 three have been added. This m akes a total o f 13 trunk lines. The addition o f these lust three lines accord in g to telephone c o m pany figures has increased the efficien cy o f service 59.9 per cent. This figure is based on the elem ent o f probability o f overload on the lines. T he Telephone com pan y has be gun construction aft an addition to their present building that will enable them to enlarge and ex pand. The new addition 18’x23‘ will house equipm ent now on or der and will have a ca p a city for the equipm ent needed fo r 1000 additional lines. 400 o f these lines w dl be In by early fall, and the rem ainder as soon as equipm ent is available. The present building also has room for 200 m ore lines w hich the com pan y states will be put in by this fall. E ach o f these lines m ay be used for one, two, fou r or ten parties. No change In the present rate scale however, Is In sight. Look Out For Tilt Doii Catcher Methodist Chureli Reviews Year Joseph G. Hilbers Andrew A. Dosek j Colorfully Decorated Bikes Parade Before Good Crowd Of Spectators In Beaverton Bike Derby; Thrills And Spills Feature Races LENNY M ATSO N CARLTO N G E ST R IN G JOE STAFFORD in foreground D IA N E ENGER Jr. girlo, Best De L IN D A L U T Z Prize, bevt decorated tricycle H U G H IE M A S T E R S P hotos by M iti A lexander