The Beaverton enterprise. (Beaverton, Or.) 1927-1951, November 22, 1946, Image 2

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    BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE
Friday, November 22, 1946
BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE
Daily to Rule At
OSC Homecoming
BABSON DISCUSSES
COMMODITY PRICES
Babson
Park. Mass., N ov. 22,
R eaders will rem em ber m y p red ic­
Published Friday of each week by the tion o f August 16th that the price
Pioneer Publishing C o ., at Beaverton, o f fish is the bellwether fo r co m ­
Oregon. Entered as second class m at­ m odities in general. W ithin a rea­
ter at the postoffice, Beaverton, Ore- sonable time after the price of
fish breaks, the price o f cotton
declines,
to be follow ed
some
m onths later by a decline in the
Beavertoe O ffice, Enterprise Bldg.
price o f cattle and other livestock.
Phone Beaverton 2621
The Cotton M arket
Certainly, the last few weeks
have borne out the im portan ce of
Subscription Payable in Advance
One Y e o r ........................ ................ $ 2.00 m y forecast, namely, “ to w atch
the price o f fish." W hen I released
this forecast August 16th the price
o f cotton was around $183 per bale.
At this w riting it is on ly about
$156 per bale. M oreover, as long
as fish keeps goin g dow n cotton
will g o down. F urtherm ore, I be­
lieve that
before a perm anent
turn upward com es the price o f
both fish and cotton will decline
50 per cent from their highs.
M anufacturers who were hold­
ing cotton cloth for higher prices
are hurriedly trying to unload
Three hundred and tw enty-five since the break in the cotton m ar­
years ago a P ilgrim wrote o f the ket. Borne stores which have found
them selves with Inventories o f c o t­
first T hanksgiving:
“ Our harvest being gotten in, our ton dresses as much as 60 per cent
governor sent foure men on fo w l­ over a year ago will have to cut
ing so that we m ight have a m ore prices in order to get rid o f their
A lthough
m en ’s cotton
special manner rejoy ce together stocks.
after we hud gathered the fruits clothin g such as pajam as, shorts
o f our labours. T hey foure in one and shirts, and household goods
day killed as much foule as, with such as sheeting and tow elin g are
little help beside, served the com - still scarce, the reduction in the
price o f cotton cloth sh ou ld at
l>any almost a weeke."
The Indians brought in more least bring out o f hiding m uch o f
game, and the Pilgrim s and In di­ the poor quality war m erchandise.
ans sat down together for three This stock should sell now at low ­
days of feasting and celebration er prices than the better quality
Not only was there feasting, but products which are soon to be on
the m arket.
there were gam es, music, and
B
uyers Strike On Luxuries
friendly com petition, as well.
W ithin recent m onths th ere has
Three hundred and tw enty-five
in crease
in
y e a n later we celebrate that first been a trem endous
Thanksgiving day in m uch the supplies in the fur industry until
same way in our homes and at our today the w holesale m ark et is
glutted with furs. The end o f O c­
parties.
So if you want gam es fo r a par­ tober saw som e o f the first big
ty o f friendliness here are a few : slashes in fu r prices, abou t 30 per
B runsw ick stew : Pin on the cent, and prices should con tin u e
back of each guest the name o f an dow nw ard in 1947. W ait until next
ingredient o f a stew (beef, pota- • next sum m er to buy furs.
toes, turnips, carrots, salt, rice,
Other luxury Industries have fin ­
pepper, onions, celery, tom atoes, ally felt a public an tagon ism to
water, etc.).
B ach guest has a high prices. D uring the w ar e n o r­
pencil and paper and attem pts to mous profits were m ade on co s­
write the com plete list as quickly tume jew elry. Countless new m an­
as possible, but at the same tim e ufacturers entered the field. T od ay
trying to keep the name on his they are faced with a problem fo r
own back from being observed. each jew elry w orker exp ects six­
The prize goes to the first co m ­ teen to seventeen dollars m ore a
pleting his list.
w eek thnn he did before the war.
The grand m arch figures will W holesale jew elry Inventories are
serve to arrange group in file fo r­ very full. T he sellers' m ark ets Is
mation for relay gam es and can be over. E ven In the face o f higher
vai ied by ham ing them m arch like costs, prices must be low ered if
Indians on war dance, seeking people are to be en couraged to
game, or Pilgrim s going io church. buy. S low er selling in perfum es,
A good relay called "T u rk ey Jave­ wines
and night club en tertain ­
lin” requires a turkey feather for m ent are reflectin g buyer resis­
each team. At "g o ” the first play­ tance. T ip p in g is even sh ow in g a
er throws the feather as fa r as it 50 per cent drop in som e places.
will go. The second picks it up Future Buying Trends
and throws it. The first team to
T he oil industry, fearful o f price
reach the goal wins.
cuts, would like to hold hack ex ­
H om e
heating
Many games and party pluns for cess production.
all occasions com piled in the R e c ­ oils are plentiful and If there Is
reation
D epartm ent o f
O regon a fu rth er increase in these stocks
State College Extension Service, we m ay expect a cut In price by
m ay be secured from your cou nty next Spring, Gnaoline stock s are
home dem onstration agent.
higher than in 1941. H eavy fuel
Stanley W . Netherton, Publisher
0«ic]o®Nu«s/ÁPEt
P l I U l B I M 4$[st0ÖI»TIM
Thanksgiving Day
Give Thanks,
Give A Parly, Too
oils used in industry and diesel
shipping are in g ood supply. R ou gh
lum ber is in fair supply and m ore
Southern pine is reaching the m ar­
ket. The price o f oak floorin g is
beginning to slide and som e lu m ­
ber dealers
are even
receiving
sales circu lars from their w hole­
sale sources.
C hristm as sales are expected to
be about 30 per cent higher than
in 1945.
M any retailers, though,
are hoping to e ffe ct a clearance
o f their rem aining w ar-tim e goods
in the holiday demand. P rice re­
ductions, as we near D ecem ber 25
will en courage this clearance. Toys
will be m uch m ore plentiful this
year but not those m ade o f steel.
The supply o f small radios is rap­
idly increasing and m ay soon sell
at a “ dim e a dozen.” Between ten
and tw elve billions m ore
were
spent on non-durabls „ :o d s in the
first h alf o f 1946 than would have
been spent in a prew ar year o f
com p arable incom e.
On durable
goods, how ever, less was
spent
than what migHt have been spent
with the sam e in com e in a pre­
war year. It will be Interesting to
see, when there is a m uch greater
supply o f durable good s in the
m arket, w hether the public will
again follow a regular pattern of
spending in relation to the rise
and fall o f Incom e as It did be­
fore the war, o r w hether con su m ­
er buying habits have changed for
good.
Iiow Down From
Hickory Grove
Y ou k n ow sum m in' up things
that can happen to a person, pro
and con, the one reflectin g least
credit is to have it com e out that
you have been taken in —that you
are a sucker. T o be same shows
lack o f alertness, or you have not
been around m u ch —you are still
a green gosling.
I am on this su bject fo r tod ay ’s
essay on a ccou n t there is still
tim e to warn the citizens— like
when Paul R evere rrode up and
down there around Boston.
You
ca n ’t cov er all the fool things that
anybody can do, in one essay, so
I will Just touch on the one item
o f P rojects, and how we have been
taken fo r a ride via same.
I have been reading about sc
m any p rojects like C V P —C a lifor­
nia V alley P ro je ct— that I hauled
out the diction ary to m ake sure.
And to shve you look in g it up, thf
book says, a “ p ro je ct” is som ething
m apped out in the mind a con tri­
vance, a device, plan, schem e—
som ethin tentative, crude, experi­
mental.
I f it was 6-hits we were gam b­
ling on the pea being under a ce r­
tain shell, it would not be so ter­
rible, but allow ing tile Govt, to
dip into our Jeans fo r 100 m illion
and slap it into som e C V A or the
M issouri R iver, like they do it
there on the V olga, it tags us
sm ack-dab 100 per cent sucker.
Y ou rs with the low -dow n,
JO S K R R A .
A t a service to veterans in the
com m unity, this newspaper will
publish a weekly colum n o f ques­
tions m ost frequently asked con ­
tact m en o f the Veterans A dm in­
istration in this area. F or more
detailed inform ation, veterans are
to con tact or write to the nearest
V A con tact unit at 1019 3. W. 10th
Ave., P ortland.
OREGON STATE COLLEGE—
Som e baby o f a student veteran
will reign over H om ecom in g festiv­
ities here N ovem ber 23 instead o f
the traditional cam pus queen, the
com m ittee headed by H arry Bleile,
Glendale, hue announced.
Because so m any o f the 4360
veterans enrolled are m arried and
have youngsters in which they
have the usual pride, it was d«r
cided that a baby show
m uch m ore appropriate this year
than
the
usual
co-ed
beauty
search.
.
V eteran fam ilies will t in t
m it pictures o f their
jo y from which the student home­
com in g com m ittee will plej1 "■
.
nalists. A special com m ittee o
five, including baby specialists and
a doctor will then choose 10 win­
ners by Judging the babies them-
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1 r O Y S
TOYS
As a service to veterans in the
com m unity, this newspaper will
publish a weekly colum n ofn ew s > ■
briefs from the Veterans A dm inis­
tration. F or m ore detailed in for­
mation, veterans ihould con tact or
write to the nearest VA con tact
unit at 1019 S. W. 10th Avenue,
Portland.
Pay Insurance \\ 1th
Term inal Leave Bonds
W ant to ‘‘deposit’’ your term inal
leave b on d ? The Veterans A dm in ­
istration
is
accepting
term inal
leave bonds as payment on N ation­
f l|
al Service and V S. Governm ent
L ife Insurance, it was announced
recently.
Bonds m ay be used to pay prem ­
iums, purchase additional insur­
ance, reinstate lapsed insurance,
for con version to permanent form s
or to repay policy loans made pri­
o r to Ju ly 31, 1946.
In assigning his bond, the veter­
an will receive credit for its face
value, plus interest accru in g up
to the end o f the month in which
the assign m en t is made.
A ssignm ent form s are now avail­
able at all V A offices.
A parade o f the 30 finalists will
be held after th e ju d gin g, while
the top ch am p ion baby will be
presented betw een halves at the
Oregon-O.S.C.
footb a ll
gam e
if
w eather perm its.
L aura Jean H am pton, Pendle­
ton, a senior in hom e econom ics,
is chairm an o f the baby show com ­
m ittee. She says she has $100 in
cash prizes lined up already to
start educational funds for the
winners.
WHO SAID HARD TO GET?
TOYS
NOT AT HOMEBUILDERS SUPPLY
No Crowds and Plenty o f Free Parking Space
B rin g th e K i d d i e . to see O u r S e le c t,o n .
Q u n o t .t.e s o re l . m . t . 4 , b u t w . o re p ro u d
Q u a lity ond V o lu e t
our
FOR THE LITTLE "HOMEBUILDER" AND "HOMEMAKER"
YOU W ILL FIND:
-- -
Real S e w in g Machines
Toy Plastic Dishes
Toy Mixmasters
Toy Ironers
Boats
Trucks
Racing Autos
Airplanes
Tricycles
Wagons
Scooters
Strollers
Hike-bikes
Play-Writers
Guns
Erector Sets
Question o f the W eek
Q I f I use m y entitlem ent to
go to sch ool under G. I. Bill pro­
visions will the m onetary benefits
be deducted from any future b o­
nus?
A. No, that part o f the Service
len’s R eadjustm en t A ct has beer
repealed.
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Homebuilders Supply Co.
Phone, Beaverton 3951
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