The Beaverton enterprise., January 21, 1949, Image 2

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People Must Have Housing
T o m any, it m ust have been a sh ock to learn , from Salem , th a t a
leg isla tiv e com m ittee on housing had recom m ended to G ov ern or
D ou glas M cK ay th a t he s ta r t the m ach in ery fo r s ta te co n stru ctio n of
hou sing unifs in the évent th a t p rivate building failed to m eet O re­
g on 's risin g dem and.
M ost o f us a re accu stom ed to th e e n tra n c e o f the fed eral g o v ern ­
m en t into housing. A lthough U n cle S a m 's scope is nationw id e, th e
hou sing problem tends to be regard ed in th e sam e light a s civ il
rig h ts, a n ti-in fla tio n and o th er d eslreable yet in tan g ib le m a tters, a s
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A R E B O R N P O N Y E X P R E S S s ta rte d its o f­
fic ia l ta s k o f d eliv erin g m ail, fro m P o rtla n d to
C o rvallis, Ja n u a r y 10, the first highw ay post o ffic e
to be op erated in th e e n tire N orth w est, a cco rd in g
to D onald Je n k in s , a ctin g p o stm aster, a t B e a v e r­
to n , firs t in co rp o rated city a t w hich th e m ail bus
ca lls.
A cco rd in g to Je n k in s , th is new m an n er o f de­
liv erin g m all w ill re su lt In Im proved serv ice alo n g
its rou te. A d d itio n al su rveys a r e b ein g
m ad e
th ro u g h o u t the s ta te , looking tow ard a d d itio n al
H H U
h h h H h b o t h h b b h i .
highw ay post o ffic e s o u t o f P o rtla n d and o th er
points in th e N orth w est.
A t B ea v erto n , Su n d ay d elivery and ou t-going
m ail serv ice will be added. Je n k in s adds. T h e only
post o ffic e betw een M cM innv ille and P o rtla n d to
do so, B e a v e rto n o ffic e w ill d isp atch m all to P o r t­
land on Su n d ay evenings.
T h e new schedule will a lso allow 3 :3 0 p.m. m ail­
ing ou t o f B ea v erto n , in stead o f th e p resen t 5
p.m. d ead line. A rriv al in th e m o rn in g, out o f
P o rtlan d , has now been ad v an ced to 8 :3 0 a.m .
SEA RC H FO R
PA G E BO Y
V o ters in L a G rand e and U n­
ion cou nty w ere ch u ck lin g over
a release received fro m th e S a ­
lem leg islatu re, sh o rtly a fte r the
1 s ta r t o f th e c u rre n t session.
I t seem s th a t an elderly legis­
la to r w as in q u ite a la th e r over
his need o f a page bay, re lates
th e E a s te r n O regon ^ R E V IE W ,
j Sp ying a fre sh ly handsom e young
m an, he began to m ake his in­
te n tio n s know n when a fellow
leg islato r b lu rted ou t th e h orrib le
tru th .
In ste ad o f a b rig h t young m an
looking fo r a tem p o rary jo b, it
happened
th a t
the
le g isla to r’s
w ould-be-page w as th e rep resen ­
tativ e from U nion county.
A t 26 y e a rs o f age, he is not
only the you ngest in the leg isla-
tive body, he is also believed to
be th e youngest in th e h isto ry
o f th e sta te .
HONORS M O TH ER
M rs. Ja m e s B ro a d en te rtain ed
at h e r hom e Ja n u a r y 6 in honor
o f h er m o th er, M rs. C u m m ings’
70th
b irth d ay.
R e la tiv e s
w ere
th e re
fro m N ew berg, P o rtla n d .
and B eav erto n .
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ELSEW HERE IN OREGON
tions co m p a ra tiv e ly
th a t m uch
w orse.
B u t if th is
m a rk seem s bad, |
ju s t co n sid er 1888. J u s t con sid er
EVENTS AS CHRONICLED BY OUR CONTEMPORARIES it, the a r tic le ad vises, becau se
consid ered nationally.
by th is tim e th e » -'• • r’s hands
W h en the focu s Is localised, how ever, i t ’s enough to s ta rt a person
IN SURROUNDING NORTHWEST COMMUNITIES
had becom e so num b in cold con ­
th in k in g . C onfusion and ch an g in g sta n d a rd s have sh ifted values until
tem p lation th a t he could h it the
V O LU N TEER BROW N OUT
th e w in ters o f 1930. 1916 and 1888 keys no longer.
th e re is required a serious ta k in g o f sto ck .
T a k in g
to h e a rt th e c ritic a l w ere
re a lly
som ething
about
• • e
C e rta in ly , if such a recom m end ation on housing were to be fo l­ pow er sh o rta g e o f th e N orth w est
w hich to com plain.
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lowed. th e re would arise throughout th e s ta te a larg e hue and cry , a re a , citiz en s o f G resh am volun­
In 1930, th e acco u n t points out,
d ecry in g it as an en cro ach m en t on p riv a te en te rp rise. G ov ern m en t ta rily moved to abid e by a vol­ th e
T h e lesson th e p ain t is a d an­
m e rcu ry
slid to m inus 4
In housing, statew id e, would line up w ith g o v ern m en t in fin a n c in g u n tee r brow nout w h ich,
in its C h u n ks o f ice h a lf th e size o f a gerous th in g to have n ear a stove
(a s, fo r in sta n ce, the sta te Q I loan p ro g ram ) and o th er d ep a rtu res firs t night o f ap p licatio n , cou nted house
(v ery
sm all
house,
of was brou ght hom e w ith lam en ted
“co n sid era b le" in the lessened tax co u rse ) w ere cruising, th e C olum ­ fo rce to a m an n e a r O regon City.
fro m th e pre-New Deal philosophy of g o v ern m en t’s role.
of
k ilo w a tts fo r th e P o rtla n d - b ia and a huge field o f snow -ice
T h e m an,
say s th e B A N N E R
M aybe it isn't right fo r the s ta te to step in and s ta r t a hou sing M ultnom ah cou n ty area
cov ered th e riv e r’s su rfa ce , from C O U R IE R , w as w o rk in g alon e on
program . B u t the s ta rtlin g fa c t o f the proposal is th e a ccep ted in­
As Illu strated by the O U T L O O K sh ore to shore.
a
p artially -co m p leted one
story
o ffic e s
doused th e ir
F ir e
a b ility o f the private building Ind ustry to provide the needed hou sing dow ntow n
T h e re w as 20 in ch es of snow house, p ain tin g it ou tsid e.
lig h ts a t 5 p.m. and c ity lig h ts on th e ground . All the m ills up broke out w hen, as th e fire de­
fa c ilitie s .
w ere not tu rned on until 6 :3 0 p.m. and down th e riv er w ere closed. p a rtm en t w as advised, th e ’a ir ­
Are p riv ate build ers unable to cope w ith the req u irem en t o f the
end o f peak dem and period. All L ittle tow ns w ere isolated and so tig h t’’ stove exploded on the in­
people fo r housing of m oderate c o s t? T h a t is th e h e a rt of th e e n ­ u n n ecessa ry
lig h ts w ere tu rned d esp erate
th a t the co a st guard side of th e building.
tire proposal.
off.
S e v e ral c a n s o f p ain t alo n g ­
even s e n t a cu tte r in on re lie f
C ity
serv ice
clubs
and the m ission.
I t is easy to condem n c o n tra c to rs b ecau se o f th e p rices they ch a rg e
side the stov e b u rst into flam e
o r th e co n stru ctio n they put up. B u t it is a n o th er th in g to c a ll th e ir C h am b er of C om m erce in stitu ted
situ atio n could
W arm ed up to his ta sk , the and b efo re th e
re p re sen ta tiv es to g eth er, explain the urg en cy o f housing (a s If th is th e drive and it spread rapidly. s to ry -te lle r looked a little deeper be b rou gh t un der co n tro l, the
the
dow ntow n in to h is m em ory and cam e up in te rio r o f th e build in g w as gut- j
w eren ’t w ell-enough know n! and tell th em to use the m uch touted F o r 1H hours,
a re a w as alm ost
In to ta l d a rk ­ w ith th e fa c t th a t in 1916 the ted.
A m erican ingenuity fo r a solution w hich will be s a tisfa c to ry in every
ness.
D am age and the o b je c t lesson
te m p e ra tu re hit a record low o f
w ay.
N earby
co m m u n ities.
w here 12 below zero, w ith o th er condi- am ounted to ab ou t $4,000.
I f n othing else, the leg isla to rs' proposal m ig h t well be reg ard ed as word of th e G resh am move q u ick ­
a ch a lle n g e to p rivate builders of th e s ta te to Ju stify the rig h t oi ly spread , responded to th e sam e
plea by Jo in in g the ju lce -sa v ln g
p rivate en terp rise.
NOW
COMES
THE
LEADER
WI T H
parade. P o rtlan d G en eral E le c tr ic
T h e people m ust have housing, reg ard less o f who provides it!
announced
th a t th is e ffo rt
w as
w ithout doubt o f con sid erab le im ­
p o rtan ce In a 5,000 k ilo w att re­
duction in pow er dem and from
th e top use o f 393,000 kw on th e
previous evening.
P ow er o ffic ia ls fe a r a ch a in re­
T h e coin collection boxes for th e M arch o f D im es hav e been out actio n If production fa c ilitie s are
fo r a b o u t‘ a week now, and it’s an old sto ry th a t we ou ght to dig overtaxed . T h is would o ccu r with
down every tim e we pass one rn d leave a dim e or tw o to put the overload ing o f one phase o f the
m a rch b ack into feet th a t are tw isted and h elp less b eca u se o f In fa n ­ N orthw est power pool netw o rk to
b reak down tran sm issio n w hich,
tile p araly sis.
in tu rn, would build up enough of
I t is an old story , too. th is it is by th is m e a n s alone th a t funds an overload to put the e n tire
a re collected as a fig h tin g reserv e to pit a g a in st th e ra v a g es of pol­ system out o f com m ission .
iom y elitis epid em ic, w h erev er it should ap p ear.
S u ch an e v en t would req u ire
fro m 3 to 4 hours, m inim um , to
Y es, an old sto ry Indeed.
c o rre c t and possibly m uch longer
B u t th e old story would ta k e on a s ta rtlin g , aw esom e new ness if
b efo re serv ice could be restored
one o f your own would fa c e th e to rtu re-ra ck ed h ou rs on a hospital
throughout the tra n sm issio n a r ­
bed th a t is th e lot o f so m an y polio s u ffe re rs.
ea.
T h en , you would realize th a t th is M arch o f D im es is not a flock
T h e P o rtlan d area, w ith a g e n ­
o f hokey-pokey. T h e n you would say to y ou rselves, you r frie n d s and e ra tin g ca p a city of 260,000 k ilo ­
your n eig h b ors th a t th is Is a good cau se. And you would feel an w a tts and a d ally peak dem and
im p a tien ce a t
th o se who passively note th e c o n ta in e rs and w alk o f 400,000 kw. av erag e, would he
p a rtic u la rly hard hit in such a
aw ay, jin g lin g th e loose coin s th a t th ey d id n’t give.
case.
Tk« Stylelin« De Luxe
B eca u se o f the M arch o f D im es and the N a tio n a l In fa n tile P a ra ly ­
(O L D , CO LD ST O R Y
sis F ou n d atio n , p a re n ts need not w alk In fe a r th a t th e ir own ch ild ­
H ad S t. H elens re sid e n ts co n ­
ren m ust s u ffe r help lessly should the d isease s trik e th em . Grow nups, cluded th a t the 1948-49 cold spell
too. need not th in k th a t a ch a n ce polio in fe ctio n m ig h t lay them low w as the w orst on record , they
and end. fo r p ra c tic a l purposes, th e ir u sefu ln ess In the y e a rs that w ere re ce n tly d isen ch an ted o f the
belief.
lem a in .
A ccording to a su m m ary pub­
W h a te v e r the ra ce , w h atev er th e creed, th e color, th e social po­
s it io n . the th re a t o f polio m ight ch an g e to s ta r k re a lity . And w h at­ lished by the S E N T I N E L M IS T
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ev er th e ra ce , creed , color or social position, th e polio fo u nd ation is
ready to sw ing in to actio n w ith all the s c ie n tific , sp iritu a l and fin ­
a n c ia l m ea n s a t Us com m and when th e d isease strik e s .
T h e found ation 1s estab lish ed and fu n ctio n in g by one reason th a t
th e A m erican public recog n ises th e need fo r it and sup p orts it w ith
m oney, one o f the m ost e ffe c tiv e m odern w eapons.
T h e purpose o f th e
polio o rg a n isa tio n is to
m a rsh a l sc ie n tific
s tre n g th to find c a u se s and cu res o f the p o liom y elitis in fe ctio n and.
in the m ean tim e, to a llev ia te pain, s u ffe rin g and h ard sh ip as fa r as
possible.
In O regon, polio Incidence h as alm ost doubled in 1948. over 1947
T ra n s la te d Into th s p arlor o f your own hom e, th is in d ica te s the neea
of tw ice w hat d on ation s were m ade to th e M arch o f D im es, la st
year. It a lso m eans th e rs is tw ice the ch a n ce th a t in fa n tile p araly sis
m ig h t ta k e you o r one o f your fam ily along a to rtu ro u s tra il w here
th e only a s s is ta n c e Is fro m the N ation al In fa n tile P a ra ly s is F o u n d a­
tion.
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