BE A V E R T O N E N T ER PR ISE — Friday, January 28, 1949
BmmTON.^¿|NTBRPMSE
Marcia Pike Recalled Fury
Of Oregon's Mystery Storm
Assistance With
Income Tax Set
During February
LITTLE V IL L A G E OF BE A V E R T O N W A S IN PATH OF
CARM EN K A Y EASLEY
Carmen Kay Pasley, on Monday,
January 17, joined the family of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pasley at
Emanuel
hospital
in Portland,
the third young lady to be so hon
ored.
The
mother,
whose maiden
name was Ruth Lundgren, re
ports from the hospital that both
are doing well.
The Pasleys own and operate
the Caroltine Apartments on Sec
ond Street, in Beaverton.
DANCE
Kinton Grange
Deputy collectors of the Treas
M u s ic by
ury Department's Internal Re
Johnnie W ashburn's
venue service
w ill come into
1880 BLO W W H IC H BAFFLED S C IE N T IS T S OF D A Y
Published Friday of each week by The Pioneer Publishing Co., at
j eastern Washington
county in
Melody Aces
Beaverton, Oregon. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office
February, to assist taxpayers in
Beaverton, Oregon.
By Hervey 8. Robinson
narrated. She died at Beaverton, preparing federal income tax re
Editor and Publisher
September 30th, 1948 at the age turns for the year 1948.
ST A N LE Y W NETH ERTO N
January
9, 188% dawned a of M years.
Associate Editor-Office Mgr.
On February 18, at the city
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Admission--74c; (Inc. Tax)
News Editor
W M.LY K K T S
hall,
a deputy will be on hand
beautiful winter day.
The sky
A few year» “ Ko the writer of
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Classified
Ads
Bring
Results!
in
Beaverton
to
answer
the
nec
was clear and the weather bal- the8e »e tc h e s
obtained
from
my, even for January in Ore Mrs- Youn« h««’ mother’s collec- essary questions and extend the
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gon. But at ten o'clock a twenty Uon of clippings .assembled In a i official service.
Washington & Multnomah counties
Likewise,
on February 21, a
Member: Oregon New-paper Pub mile wind came up from the Per*°<i of over fifty years. It in representative
o f the Internal
south
which
soon
rose
to
a
gale
eluded
contemporary
accounts
of
One Year - ... ............... — $2.00
lishers' Association
Revenue
office
will
be on hand
historical events in Oregon, the
Two Years ......................... 3.75
E D I T O R I A L ' and then a hurricane.
at the Sherwood city hall.
Three Years ................—...... 6-00 N A T I O N A L
nation and the world.
By
twelve
o’clock
it
had
at
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ASSOCIATION
A ll citizens wishing to take
Six months
................. .... 1-80
Most of the items pertained to
tained a velocity of fifty miles
S "T S
full advantage of the legal ex
Outside Territories
€
Oregon.
Other
favorite
subjects
an hour with occasional gusts
M Í M B Í P
One Year
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Lincoln, Calvin emptions and provisions of the
and spurts of sixty miles.
As were Abraham
the storm grew in intensity most Coolidge. Charles A. Lindberg and j income tax law are invited to
of the men in Portland were in Herbert Hoover. The wives of the make use of the services offer
NEW HOLLAND AUTOMATIC
ed. There is no charge.
the
streets
trying to protect presidents and social life in the
In addition to the two dates
PICK-UP BALING PRESS
their property from destruction White House received consider
listed, tax-form assistance is also
MODEL 76 AUTOMATON"
and
viewing
with
alarm
a
scene
®hle
attention
as
did
the
life
and
It was a charming tale o f childhood which might have had double
available to any taxpayer at the
such
as
never
had
been
witness-
I
works
of
Harriett
Beecher
Stowe.
Manure f o r k , mate
meaning if one were inspired to interpret i t But the enchanting yarn
O! proven design, this modern
We frequently find occasion to branch office of the Collector of
rial bucket and crane
ed before in the memory of the
of the itinerant piper who tootled his way through the town of Ham
Internal
Revenue,
Room
100,
h
l
A
D
Q
A
D
I
I
ettach
m en
efficient
baler
picks
up
hay
irom
UCAKDUKN
U b u mt
, x t te r . avati-
e o lt
white settlers or the oldest In consult this valuable collection.
lin and led the rats to their destruction is well remembered.
Pittock
Block,
comer
of
S.
W.
the
windrow,
bales
and
ties—at
When
we
get
it
organized
and
dians in the Oregon country.
Washington and Ninth Avenue,
Particularly In the Tualatin valley might one long for the touch
the rate o! 250 bales per hour.
The scene was grand and ter analyzed it will rank among the Portland, every day but Satui-
of a Pied Piper. For certainly the problem of rats is one that cannot
most
treasured
items
In
our
work
rible, The creaking of ji,gns
And
the entire baling process is
day until March 4. From Satur
be lightly ignored.
and swaying walls, the crash of ing library.
automatic.
lust hook up the
day, March 5 to March 15 in-
(Continued next week)
The divine purpose of a rat seems certainly open to question. Of ail falling awnings, the rumbling of
■‘Automaton’’ behind your trac
j e l u s i v e , (including
Saturaay
the creatures drawing breath, Mr. R at’s only Justification is his tin roofs,
the wind whistling
tor and you are ready io go.
March 12) assistance will be of
through overhead wires and a- PROPBTIC B IB LE STl D\
ill-temper and mania for wanton destruction.
No extra labor required.
fered at this address.
• Move dirt, load manure, or
Reverend
Arthur
Emerson,
Figures compiled on the waste that can be directly traced to the hove all the roar of the storm
■hovel grain . . . fast. Special,
Deadline for filing returns is
See Us Today for Complete
who has been
leading revival Tuesday, March 15.
rat population are incomplete. Some ten years ago, government esti united in a frightful chorus.
■aparata hydraulic control
Information
Men rushed hither and thither, meetings at the Highway Chapel
leaves tractor hydraulic system
mates on grain and food losses spoke In terms of four million dollars
eager,
uncertain
and fearful. in Beaverton, will lead regular YOUTH W OULD DANCE
free for other Implements. Get
a year. And this was given as an indication, only.
Frightened
women and children classes in prophetic Bible study,
complete Information on this
This damage, of course, represents grain and other products con
That
Youth
would
dance
is
a
peered through the windows af announces Reverend Orville Pou
rugged loader,
taminated, as well as consumed. For, by his nature, a rat will rip
generally accepted axiom. But, in
raid to go out and afraid to lin, pastor of the church.
see It operate!
Oswego, the local Kiwanis have
great holes in food containers, whether in cloth, paper or wood. remain within.
The classes will be concerned,
Just phone us.
an Idea to do something about it.
When faced with the challenge of many sacks of flour or sugar, for
The
gale raged
for barely at the start with the Book of
According to the R E V IEW , the
instance, he will contaminate as many as he is able, without going three hours. Rain, mixed with David
and
will
meet
every
flub partially completed plans, at
to the bother of physically attacking.
snow and sleet
fell in pelting Thursday evening.
a recent meeting, for a dance W. W a sh in g to n at D ennis Av.
There have been instances of rats angrily biting through the floor, sheets. In Portland several hun
Anyone interested is invited to
night for high school age young
houses
were
unroofed. attend.
in one place, and then, next night, chewing another passageway dred
Phone 6291
sters, to be held once a week. Hillsboro
nearby, without going to the trouble of using the hole already Some were completely demolish
This has been voted one of the
ed, Rescue work was hampered FO RM ER RESID ENT
accomplished.
programs for the organization in
OTHER N-H FARM MACHINERY
entfteiy by the
Mrs. W. H. Sheeley was
a 1949.
Rerlous as this temperamental tendency might be, the most alarming or prevented
fury of the storm. Drains were visitor in Beaverton last Wed
Bale Loaders • Husker-Shellers
fact about a rat in the diseases for which he is credited. Bubonic
Various high schools of the
.
inadequate and floods of water
Wood Saws • Feed Grinders
area will be contacted for sug
plague and typhus are but two epidemic disasters In which he often poured through the streets hear nesday.
! W . W a sh in g to n at D e n n is Av.
H y d r a u lic L o a d e r s • Belting
Mr.
and Mrs. Sheeley
and gestions on regularly staging the
llgures.
ing timber and othej- debris into their daughter Carole are now
Corn Shellers • Sizz Weeder
affair.
Music
for
dancing
would
What does that mean to the Tualatin valley? Hardly a resident the river.
Hillsboro
Phone 6291
General Purpose Mixers
residing
at 7701 S. W. Cedar be provided by a record player.
therein but can easily answer that question.
Havoc prevailed in the forests Ave., Portland
having recently A milk bar or coke-facility was
Reports from communities within the valley point out waves or and indes«-ibable damage was sold their home in Beaverton.
also discussed.
the
rats that frequently invade homes as well as business firms. Food done to roads throughout
establishments, particularly those of wooden construction througn state. Immense trees toppled ov
which the rat can chew passageway, are sometimes alarmingly beset er like pins in a bowling alley.
highways and
by families of rats that turn up their rodent noses at traps and allied They blockaded
railroads. Part of the roof of
devices.
the state capitol at Salem was
Rat control is a matter which should concern everyone in the blown
off and, during repairs,
valley. Not only because of their destructiveness but because of the the Supreme Court had to hold
disease these filth-carrying vermin carry, they should be searched out Its sessions in the Senate Cham
bers.
and destroyed.
An easier way not being apparent, it would be a splendid act or
The late Mrs. Marcia Pike,
civic improvement for service clubs and merchants to spearhead a who had recently moved from
Forest Grove to the old Mc-
rat-extermination campaign.
rtri'm,
bordering
some
Wherever a rat can find food and shelter, he will set up head Clurg
timberiand
south
of
Beaverton,
quarters, establish his family and multiply his numbers. A co-opera
related, 'Out there on our farm
tive drive by service organisations and businessmen could well imple
i we witnessed great destruction.
ment extermination by one of the accredited rat control organise-
We
saw proud
powerful
Plant locctndl in Bcaverton-Tualatln Valley Highway and Short St
BUSINESS O FFICE AND P L A N T
January 29
V-,
In Lieu Of
Piper
HEAVY-DUTY
«■
T mtirul LOADER
WALKER
TRACTOR CO.
W ALKER
TRACTOR CO.
tions available.
Thls would seem an admirable improvement of the area,
range rat-control program in lieu of the pled piper of story
■ ■
— ■—
trees — trees
that had
con-
a long- sumed hundreds of
years
in
fame.
their making sway and stagger,
, then crash with
a thunderous
roar to the ground. Our horses
; were
seized
with
quivering
j fright. They qhufed frantically
Since 1920, 21% of the population growth of the entire country has at their halters and snorted with
developed in
the states of Washington, Oregon and California.
helpless fear. Even the dogs and
I f current state and
municipal headaches are of king-size pro- chickens were affected by the
portions, future problems can be safely guessed. For, on the wall, ,e ilo r
**,e stornv
the handwriting ehows.
”Then
alm0!,t >n"‘ antly. the
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storm ceased. It had come un
heralded and departed as mys
teriously as it came. Still be
wildered we stood by the win-
Taxes differ from the weather,
dow.
While, about weather, everyone talks about it but no one seems
A woman was approaching on
horseback. It was Mrs. Down
able to do much to improve it, taxes can be re-scheduled
ing from a neighboring ranch
At the moment, the Oregon state legislature finds Itself In a tangle
and she was half frozen and
of red-tape and confusing policy because of tax laws. With a surplus
beside herself with anxiety over
of $45 million in funds from personal income and corpoiate excise the probable fate of her dairy
taxes stacked up In a corner behind a ’’Keep Out" sign, the harried held turned Jout that morning
legislators are beset with the demund for funds.
to browse in the woods.
The law provides that unless these funds are specifically approp
‘I
made her
come in and j
riated, the state General Fund can obtain an Increase of only 6% fixed her a bowl of hot soup (
year, regardless of need and In spite of surpluses.
Of course, a and some tea while my husband 1
up the search
for her j
simple amendment to the personal and corpoiate income tax laws took
cows. He |found them penned
would make possible available levenues for the future.
in by fnllen trees.
Three had
Because of the present tax set-up. there is an impression abroad
been struck
and lay dead, a
that the state is on the verge of bankruptcy because of its artiflcally
fate shared by large numbers
unbalanced budget. Yet the more critical picture of all is In local of livestock all over the state."
government.
Nothing
remotely
resembling
As the League of Oregon Cities will verify, the increase of Oregon that storm has been known to
population in the last eight years, estimated at 49 2'i or 1,626.000 per occur in Oregon before or since
sons, has laid heavy demand on services and facilities
Schools, The event was discussed by the
streets, sewers, public building and other demands are being made <» scientifically minded for a long
a rising chorus. And at the seme time rising prices and related time but no satisfactory explan
costs have even more greatly aggravated such local government ser ation for its cause was ever dls
covered and no practicable plan
vices as exist.
was suggested for protection ag
Request for local service* are more Insistent than for state ser
ainst a recurrence of such a dis
vices. But 6% limitation on tax rates restricts growth, even In the aster.
face of expanded community wealth. Only by special levies, by single
The remainder of that winter of
elections paid for by each city, are additional funds available.
1880-81 was uneventful hut those
While the legislator* are concerned with worries on a statewide three anxious awesticken hours
ievel. they might well take note of the plight of cities For In lax wer* the topic of conversation for
many a long day.
matters, there Is a local government crisis.
We are saving this story sub
stantially as Mrs. Pike related
It to her daughter. Mrs. Mary E.
Young who published it In this
newspaper In January, 1944, five
years ago.
Mrs. Pike always evidenced a
keen interest in preserving the
story of early days In Oregon,
particularly of people and ev
ents of the ’70s and ’80s when
Beaverton
was a little village
with planked streets and automo
biles were undreamed of
She was born Marcia Doty, in
Bath
Maine, in 1852 letter she
EYES RIGHT!
lived in Iowa and Minnesota. In
Yre you <mre that your K Y I s are RIG H T?
I860 when she was about sixteen
Come In and let tin give them a cheek up
years old. she married Alonzo W
You Can't Be Optimistic I f You Have Misty Optics”
Pike and In 1877 the family came
to
Oregon They settled first at
DR. C. A. PLUMSTEAD
I ’oiest Grove
and three years
OPTOMETRIST
later moved to Beaverton vlcln
US K. Biuw-llnr. HIII s I hi rn, Ore.
Phone 445 or eome In
Ity, shortly before the event just
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Local Government Crisis
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Plenty of hip and shoulder room for 6 Big People.
Yes, a real "Mid-Ship'Ride in the smooth
center- section.
Big Car Visibility? *Picture Windows'all around.
Rear window alone 8 8 % larger.
New "Hydra Coil
Big Car Safety j * LI feguard' Body
Front Springs
of heavy-gauge steel.. !King-Size*
New
Brakes that operate 3 5 %
•Para-Flex'
Rear
easier... lower center of gravity to
hold the road without
Springs
wander, even in a
cross wind.
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try the Feel ?
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