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BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE
Friday, August 13, 1948
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Now The People's Turn
I t is one th in g to * t e an econom ic 111. B u t it is a n o th e r th in g
to realize th e scope th a t is enco m p assed in tr y in g to c u re th a t ill-
D em o crats. R ep u b lic an s - n d P ro g re ssiv e s all o ffe r v ersio n s of th e
m agic tou ch w hich will re s to re to som e s a n ity th e p rese n t u n re ®*“" '
able prices ch a rg ed for e v e ry th in g fro m w eekly m a g az m es to food»
to w ash in g m ach in es to au to m o b ile s ad in fin a tu m . P a r tis a n s of th e se
p olitcial oi g am zatio n s. o f course, look to th e ir self-ch o sen v ehicles
of le a d e rsh ip to help th e m plot a co u rse a ro u n d o b sta cles in p u b lic
m a tte rs w hich politics m ig h t influence.
W h e th e r p a rtis a n s o r n o t of a po litical p a rty w h ich h a s been elected
to n a tio n a l pow er, th e b ro ad m ass of A m eric an citiz en s look, an d
rig h tly so. to n a tio n a l le a d e rs in su ch an im p a sse a s a p p e a rs th ro u g h
th e co n tin u in g sw ell of prices .a g a in st all law s o f econom ics. T o th e
W h ite H ouse an d to C ongress, we rig h tly a d d ie s s a n a p p e a l fo r re­
lief from a b u rd en so m e Influence w hich so r e d u c e , incom e th a t soon
th e re will not be enough of th e la tte r to go a ro u n d , in th e s a tisfy in g of
th e n e c e ssa ry needs of fam ily su sten an c e.
H ow ca n th e snow ball of In flatio n be h a lte d , a n d w h ittle d d ow n to
som e d eg re e of sa n ity ?
T h e re is a problem th a t h a s occu p ied
p erie n ce of OPA an d its re stric tio n s on
fondly p a rtic u la rly d u rin g its perio d of
la st w orld w ar, w hen all w ere clam o rin g
th e th o u g h ts of all. T h e ex ­
p rice is n o t re m e m b e re d too
c o n tro l a f te r th e en d of th e
fo r a " r e tu r n to n o rm a lc y .
The
n ew co n c ern
re p r e s e n ts
a b o u t f o u r large-size n e w sp a p e r
firm s th a t h a v e b an d ed to g e th e r
in th e p u rc h a s e of th e ir m o st c r it­
ical Ite m o f su p p ly —n e w sp rin t.
T h e fu ll Im p a c t of th is b u sin e ss
d ea l, w h ile
i t solves a c ru c ia l
p ro b lem fo r th e new o w n ers, w ill
fa ll w ith o u t so fte n in g u p o n th e
h e a d s of sm a lle r n e w sp a p e rs w ho
w ere re p re s e n te d on th e b a c k lo g
list of o r d e r s of th e now e x tin c t
firm , th e te rm in a tio n of w h ich
o rd e rs w a s p a r t of th e tr a n s f e r
n eg o tia tio n s.
POSTAL PA Y O FF
B e tte r th in g s a r e loom ing fo r
post o ffice p a tro n s of G re sh am ,
follow ing th e to ta lin g up of re v ­
en u es fo r th e firs t six m o n th s
of th e y e a r.
If th e ste a d y clim b of re c e ip ts
c o n tin u e fo r th e r e s t of 1948, say s
th e O U TLO O K ,
th e p o st o ffice
sh o u ld m ove fro m a 2nd to a 3rd
b ra c k e t w ith in th e f ir s t class p o s­
! H O P E S B E T T E « THAN
ta l classificatio n .
R ev en u e c re d ite d by J u ly 1 w as M IL L IO N
T h e c ity h a ll a t H illsb o ro h o p es
$28,324.59, ex ceed in g th e fig u re s
of a sim ila r p erio d in 1947 by a l­ fo r b e tte r th a n $1 m illio n in b u ild ­
d u rin g
1948,
m o st $3,670. B u sin ess a t th is clip, in g c o n s tru c tio n
d e c la re s th e p o stm a ste r, sh o u ld re ­ w h ich w ill be a re c o rd fo r th e
q u ire, n o rm ally 41 p o p u la tio n of co u n ty se a t.
N u m b e r o f p e rm its fo r J u ly ,
som e 6 , 000 .
T o e n te r th e th ird b ra c k e t of its h o w ev er, fell below th e a v e ra g e
p re se n t c la ssific a tio n , a p o st o f­ of th e p re v io u s six m o n th s ev en
fice m u st do a t le a st $60,000 w o rth th o u g h a n ew $80 th o u s a n d f ire
h a ll b o o sts v alu es fo r th e m o n th
of b u sin ess in a c a le n d a r y ear.
In 1940, G re sh a m w as a w a rd e d to o v e r $105 th o u sa n d , c o m p a re d
firs t class o ffice d e s ig n a tio n w hen to th e J u ly a v e ra g e in 1947 of
its rev en u e exceeded $40,000. I t a b o u t $86 th o u sa n d .
L ast
y e a r ’s firs t-s e v e n -m o n th s
ste p p e d up in to th e seco n d b r a c k ­
et, as p re se n tly o ccupied, in 1947, fig u re p a sse d $485 th o u s a n d w h ile
w ith b u sin ess to ta lin g o v e r $56,000. fo r th e s a m e p eriod in 1948, th e
P o s ta l b o o ste rs a re b a n k in g on a to ta l so f a r ac co m p lish e d is o v er
n o rm a l C h ristm a s h o lid ay to p u t $775 th o u sa n d .
th e m o v er th e
re q u ire d fig u re .
C E N T R A L SCH O O L PLA N
L a s t y e a r d u rin g C h ristm a s, re c ­
O u t of F o re s t G rove co m es w o rd
e ip ts h it o v er $ 10 , 000 .
of a p ro m ise d issu e on th e b allo t
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in W a s h in g to n co u n ty , le a d in g to ­
T IK E S TO O T O U G H
w a rd th e p o ssib ility of a c o u n ty
In th e o ffices of th e s ta te b o ard
u n it p la n fo r th e o p e ra tio n of
of fo re s try ,in S alem , o n e of th e
schools.
y a r n s m u ch ch u c k le d o v er on one
As d e ta ile d in th e N E W S T IM E S
h a n d a n d a n g rily d isc u sse d on
b a c k e rs of th e p lan h o p ed to h a v e
th e o th e r d e a ls w ith th e s a b o ta g e
th e m e a s u re rea d y in tim e fo r
of a p a tro l g r a d e r by a p o rcu p in e ,
th e N o v e m b e r g e n e ra l elec tio n b u t
in th e n o r th e a s te rn e n d of th e
o ffic ia l ad v ic e h as sw ay ed th e m
s ta te .
to th e id e a of w a itin g u n til th e
I t seem s .acc o rd in g to r e p o r t by
e le c tio n
of
A pril, w h en
ru ra l
th e b o a rd ’s F O R E S T LO G, th a t
sch o o l b u d g e ts a r e s u b m itte d to
th e o p e ra to rs of th e ro a d -m a k in g
th e v o te rs. S u ch a sc h e d u le w as
m a c h in e p a rk e d th e v eh icle alo n g ­
o ffe re d w ith th e id e a of p ro v id ­
sid e a fo re st se rv ic e r o a d w h ile
in g m o re tim e in w h ich to p re s e n t
th e y a tte n d e d a 3-day f ire school
th e issu e to th e public.
a t a n e a rb y g u a r d sta tio n .
U pon th e ir r e tu r n to th e g ra d e r,
th e y fo u n d th a t p o rc u p in e s h ad
re a lly g o n e to w o rk .
T h ey h ad e a te n th e fa n belt.
B o th u p p e r a n d lo w er r a d ia to r
h o se co n n e ctio n s. I n s u la tio n on ev ­
e ry w ire w ith in re a c h . B a tte ry
cab les, w ires fro m s p a r k p lu g s to
d is trib u to r, h o rn w ires a n d ev ery
In d iv id u a l tyire h a d been n e a tly
a n d co m p letely sh o rn of o u tsid e
cover.
B u t th e re w as one b it o f ru b b e r
th a t slow ed th e p o rk ie s dow n. T h e
tir e s w ere s till in ta c t. A p p a re n
th e y w ere too to u g h .
Big busin ess an d m an y of its p o litical sp o k e sm en s p e a rh e a d e d th e
d riv e to kill OPA. W h a t glow ing p ic tu re s w ere p a in te d by th e w o rd s
of these sp okesm en, ask in g only fo r a r e tu r n to th e eco n o m ic p ro v ­
ince ru led by the law s of S upply an d D em an d !
I t se em e d su ch a
sim ple th in g . S trik e th e sh a ck le s of g o v e rn m e n t c o n tro l a n d p rices,
of th e ir ow n accord, w ould re a d ju s t th e m se lv e s d o w n w a rd as a r e ­
s u lt of co m p etitiv e tra d e !
Yes, we all know w h a t h a s h ap p e n ed . W e don t need fan c y ta b le s
fro m th e D e p a rtm e n t of L ab o r, n o r d e ta ile d ta b u la tio n of p rice
indices before a n d a f te r the dem ise of O PA . J u s t ta k e te n d o lla is
to an y com m u n ity g ro c e r an d try to buy e n o u g h s ta p le s to la st a fa m ­
ily of fo u r fo r one w eek. T h e a n s w e r is in th e sm all ch a n g e, if an y ,
you receive—a n d th e q u a n tity of g ro c e rie s w h ich , u n d e r one a rm , you
c a r ry o u t of th e sto re.
F o r solution, th e re u rise s a cla m o r to re-im p o se p rice co n tro ls. P ric e
co n tro ls a t to d a y ’s m a rk e t level, w hich h a s so f a r o u tru n th e a v e ra g e
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w age level? T h is w ould seem to be so lid ify in g prices fo r a n in ­ A T H L E T IC A C R E S
d e fin ite period, re g a rd le ss of w h a t m ig h t o th e rw ise h ap p e n to eco n ­
W h en St. H ele n s g o es a b o u t th e
om ic co n d itio n s of th e co u n try .
m a tte r of p la n n in g a new school
P ric e c o n tro ls c u t b ack to O PA tim es m ig h t b rin g som e relief to a th le tic field, it d o e s n 't h old th e
co n su m ers. B ut, how fa ir w ould su ch tr e a tm e n t be fo r m e rc h a n ts in h o rses.
A re c e n t v o te
by sa id school
th e c o m m u n ity ?
M e rc h a n ts w ho paid A u g u st 1948 p ric e s fo r th e
d ire c to rs a p p ro v e d th e a c q u isitio n
sto c k on th e ir shelves sho u ld n o t be fo rced to sell th e m to th e p u b lic
of som e 18.9 ac res, on th e site of
a t a loss a n d so be le g isla ted o u t of b u sin ess. Yet, th e d e te rm in a tio n
a n old g o lf co u rse, fo r f u tu r e use
of w ag e -e arn ers, p a rtic u la rly , th a t th is in fla tio n be h a lte d m u st be a s a n a th le tic field, re p o rts th e
expressed.
S E N T IN E L M IST.
Im m e d ia te ste p s to w a rd dev elo p ­
L a s t S a tu rd a y , in th e b eg in n in g of a p u b lic -sp irited d e m a n d by
housew ives, the effe c ts of co n su m e r re sis ita n c e w as fe lt oy b u tc h e r in g th e field w ill n o t be ta k e n .
shops in th e E a s t T u a la tin valley. T h e o n e-tim e e ffe c tiv e n e ss of IBut th e sch o o l b o ard , c itin g th e
such a m ovem ent p ro b ab ly did n o t p u t uny b u tc h e rs o u t o f b u sin ess, ex p e cted c o n tin u a tio n of p o p u la ­
tio n g ro w th , h o p es th a t a fully
th o u g h som e a d m it th ey m ig h t as w ell h av e sta y e d ho m e fo r all th e
a d e q u a te a th le tic in s ta lla tio n c a n
m e a t th e y sold.
e v e n tu a lly be m ad e a t th is site.
By a lo n g -ran g e c a m p a ig n , of course, th is id ea goes r ig h t to th e
T h e re is a p o ssib ility , of co u rse,
point. B u t c o n su m er re sis ta n c e w ill n o t be n o ted , to a n y effec tiv e th a t th e zo o m in g g ro w th of th e
degree, u n til th e b a ttle h a s e x te n d e d deep w ith in ev e ry h o u sehold.. c o m m u n ity if it g e ts to th a t —
Peoole m u st say, flatly a n d w ith o u t fu d g in g , th a t th e y w ill n o t pay m ig h t re q u ire th e s ite fo r a n o th e r
school. B u t th e school d ire c to rs
m ore th a n 60 c e n ts a pound fo r m e a t an d th e n c a rry th r o u g h a t th e
cro ss th e ir fin g e rs on th a t score
m e at c o u n te r—before th e c o m m u n ity b u tc h er, h im self, w ill be able
a n d sa y th a t a th le tic a c re s alo n e
to p u rc h a se m e at a t su c h a p rice th a t he ca n o ffe r 60 c e n t ceiling e n c o u ra g e th e ir d ecisio n to buy
m eat to h is cu sto m e rs.
th e land.
A long w ith th e fa v o ra b le nod
T he w ay o u t of th is ju n g le of in fla te d p rice s m ig h t be a n im p o si­
th is p u rc h a se , th e b o ard
tion of p rice co n tro ls on w holesale so u rces of su p p ly a n d th e n let g iv e n
th e econom ic law s of S upply a n d D em an d in a c o m p e titiv e m a rk e t lik e w ise d isp o sed of a school b u ild ­
in g a n d p ro p e rty w hich it a c q u ire d
o p e ra te to w a rd m o re rea so n ab le p rice schedules.
in a c o n so lid a tio n little o v er a
By su ch a plan, m e rc h a n ts a n d b u tc h e rs of a c o m m u n ity w ouiu y e a r p rev io u sly . S e v e n th D ay A d ­
n o t be forced to p ass h ig h p rice s on to th e co n su m in g p u b lic b u t v e n tis t c h u rc h b o u g h t th e school
to decide fo r th e m se lv es w h a t m a rg in of p ro fit w ould be ta k e n fo r p la n t fo r so m e $3,000, fo r u*e as a
th e ir m e rc h a n d isin g services. A nd u n d er su ch a p ric e -c o n tro l se tu p , new lo catio n fo r th e ir ow n school
co n su m e r re sis ita n c e w ould really be th e d ecid in g f a c to r a s to th e w hich th e y a re o p e ra tin g n earb y .
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p rice s th a t rule th e g ro c e rs ’ shelves an d b u tc h e rs' m e a t c o u n te rs
P U L I’ S Q U E E Z E D O U T
T he people, th e o rd in a ry Mr, Jo h n P u b lic, w hose p u rc h a s e s of
The
w o rd " p u lp ”
h as
been
e x tra v a g a n tly priced n ecessities of life a c tu a lly k eep h ig h p ric e s in sq u eezed o u t of th e id e n tify in g
effec t, h av e a w eapon of s ta rtlin g pow er .if th e y w o u ld ch o o se to n o m e n c la tu re fo r a larg e -scale op
use It. T h a t pow er is a s tu b b o rn re fu sa l to m a in ta in th is fa n ta s y e ra tio n a t O reg o n C ity, w hich had
o f u n re a so n a b le prices by a b s ta in in g fro m b u y in g o th e r th a n th e su p p lied a n u m b e r of n e w sp a p e rs
on th e P a c ific C o ast w ith a d eg re e
b a re s t m tn im u m s d u rin g a d erisiv e b a ttle to o v erco m e in fla tio n .
of th e ir n e w sp rin t re q u ire m e n ts.
T h e p o litic ia n s have h ad am ple tim e to c o n tro l h ig h p rices. Now
U n d e r a liq u id atio n , d escrib ed
it is th e tu r n of th e people them selv es.
by th e B A N N E R C O U R IE R , th e
P u b lis h e rs ’ P a p e r co m p an y h as
ta k e n u p its o p tio n of la st A pril
a n d ta k e n o v er all p ro p e rtie s of
A N Y TIME
AN Y WHERE
th e H aw ley P u lp a n d P a p e r co m ­
PHONE
BEAVERTON
p an y , w ritin g a d e fin ite p erio d to
th e o rig in a l f ir m ’s 40 y e a rs of p a ­
p e rm a k in g .
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U n d e r th e c e n tra liz e d plan, all
sc h o o ls In th e co u n ty , ex cep t dis­
tr ic ts o f th e f ir s t class, union high
sch o o ls d is tric ts c o n ta in in g dis­
tr ic ts o f th e f ir s t cla ss an d u nion
h ig h sch o o ls w ith jo in t d istric ts,
w o u ld com e u n d e r one a d m in is­
tr a tiv e h ead .
T h e re p o r t in te r p r e ts th e p lan
to m e a n th a t B a n k s u n io n h igh
school, T ig a rd u n io n h ig h school
a n d a ll g r a d e sch o o ls w ith th e ex­
c e p tio n o f H illsb o ro , B e a v e rto n
a n d F o re s t G rove,
w ould to m e
w ith in th e scope o f th e u n it se t­
up.
C o u n ty s u p e rin te n d e n t of schools
is sa id to h av e ex p re ssed an o p in ­
ion t h a t th e p ro p o sal h a s d efin ite
m e rit a n d sh o u ld be th e su b je c t of
a co u n ty -w id e s tu d y b efo re callin g
a vote.
Carpenters Keep
Busy With Job Of
OSC Construction
P h y s ic a l p la n t cre w s h e re a re
ex p e rie n c in g th e ir b u sie st su m m e r
In c o n s tru c tio n a n d r e p a ir w ork,
w ield in g h a m m e rs a n d sa w s w h ile
c la sse s in th e p o st su m m e r session
c a r ry on w ith a n e n ro llm e n t close
to 800.
A m o n g m a jo r im p ro v e m e n t pro­
je c ts a r e re b u ild in g of th e th ir d
flo o r of B e n to n h a ll to p ro v id e
m o d e rn q u a r te r s fo r th e d e p a r t­
m e n t of m u sic, re ro o fin g of t h e 1
m e n ’s sw im m in g pool In th e g y m - '
n a s iu m ; a n d re m o d e lin g th e in te r ­
io r of th e old m u se u m b u ild in g to
p ro v id e a sm a ll a u d ito riu m se a tin g
N ew c o n s tru c tio n In clu d es com ­
p le tio n o f a se rie s of ste e l-a lu ­
m in u m b u ild in g s fo r ex p a n sio n of
th e in d u s tria l a r ts shops, a n d co n ­
s tr u c tio n o f a n ew b eef b a rn an d
o th e r re la te d co lleg e fa rm b u ild ­
ings. M ean w h ile c o n tra c to r s a r e
c o m p le tin g th e n ew d o rm ito ry fo r
w om en, th e e le c tric a l e n g in e e rin g
b u ild in g , a n d a r e w ell s ta r te d on
th e p av ilio n .
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Construction Layout
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Phone Scholia 8361
Rt. 1, Box 705, Beaverton, Ora.
5 Miles West of Progress
•‘F o r Fine Floors"
WEST SIDE FLOOR COMPANY
LAYING — SANDING — REFINISHING
603 N. \V. 22nd Ave., P o rtla n d 10, O reg o n
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one may expect to live longer, and better.
it’s our climate o f mild winters and cool,
“air conditioned" summers. Perhaps, be­
cause we live in a natural playground, we
take more time away from the tensions of
everyday work. Our guess is that, in an
Eden like Oregon, people just "natcherk"
AS THIS REGION GROWS SO GROWS PG i
Healthy people mean a healthy growing
state. PGE expects Oregon to grow and
is confidently carrying on a consistent
program of expansion in electric power
facilities and sen ice. Seven million dollars
sties say the
in the nation. Maternal mortality is be-
¡ 0 * the national average. Still other tig-
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the average United States citizen. Perhaps
are being spent by PGE this year for
new construction. PGE likes to feel, too,
that idbor-saving electric service contrib­
utes to the happiness and health o f
Oregon citizens.
* V. S. death rate per 1.000 population is
101 Oregon's is only 9.3.
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PA1CELS - MESSENGER SERVICE - In u em ergency
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average. Infant mortality is the lowest
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life span in Oregon is better than the U. S.
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