The Beaverton enterprise., April 22, 1949, Image 2

William Watson. Scotchmen who i
had come with the imported stock
BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE— Friday, April 22, 1949
— Life of Reedville Patron
EIPRISE ^eoc*s
Horatio Alger
Oregon Joins In
Gov't. Announce
of James Withycombe who later j Honor to Savings Support Program
,0,"”
r the Oregonian of Bond Volunteers For Milk Price
A writer
in 0
( * ‘ °*>er ». 1*75. ..gning himself
rtOV9roor Doublm, U cK ay of
An additions.! program to sup­
“ Norval" goes into ecstacies over ' Oregon
ioined
with the Oov- port the price of milk was an­
AND ACHIEVED FAME AS LEADER OF DEVELOPMENT the many attractions at Reed- ernort of 47 other States on Tues; nounced this week by the USDA.
ville/- He starts hi. article by de- day> Apri,
19 in honor,
the according to this week's D A IR Y
Published Friday of each week by The Pioneer Publishing Co., at
By Hervey 8. Robinson
Beaverton. Oregon Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office
profitable and made a fortune for senbing the introduction of rape. Minut#- Men an<J Women of m 9 R E VIEW , prepared by the OSC
Beaverton, Oregon.
each of Its promoters.
(Continued from last week)
plant “ heretofore unknown in tboai volunteers ’-ho %»omote ! extension service from USDA re-
Nathan
Robinson
and
his
young
I
° ther
opportunities presented ( Oregon but widely used In Great and sell U. S. Savings Bonds in P°rts and other data. This pro-
.................Editor and Publisher
S T A N LE Y W N ETH ERTO N
wife came to Oregon in 1847, and ttaAiaelve* and soon Simeon Reed Britain and the Australian colon- this State.
gram will apply to milk going In­
.. Associate Editor-Office Mgr
MRS EDNA BI-AUK
ies as cheap feed, unsurpassed for
uses during
The T r e a s u r y
Department to manufacturing
News Editor settled on a claim in Washington own*d railroads, mines, business
W A L L Y K A IN
county, at the present site of Reed- blocka hote1» «nd dw* 11,ng hoU8e* the production of wool and mutton selected April 19 for this event 1949. The support price will be at
| throughout the west—whole towns of high quality."
as it is Patriots' Day, anniversary the national average of 90 per­
SUBSCRIPTION RATES— PAY ABLE IN ADVANCE
V ' _ ..
. I in fact.
of the parity
equivalent
Reed's
experiments
are
described
of
the battles of Lexington and cent
Mr. Robinson was a carpenter
. .
, . , .
Washington A Multnomah counties
..
.
With all h»s success in big bus- in detail with remarkable results
Member: Oregon Newspaper Pub­ and a very good one. About
milk.
Concord in 1775 which set off the price for manufacturing
1852
,
One Year _____ —--------- ------- 12.00
u
.,
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...
. ineas, however, he remained at in high production and in fattening spark that flamed into the Rev- The parity equivalent price has
lishers Association
he built on his claim the historic . . .
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,
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S.75
Two Years
*
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. heart a farmer and breeder of live- sheep and hogs at a cost of 374 j olutionary War.
been determined as being 88 5
NAT I ONAL EDI T ORI AL “ butiding.
since known as the Reed ; gtock
Three Years
500
percent of the U. S. average par­
cents per acre for seed.
, — .......
Rped hjuJ
a s T o o i I a t ic ^ n farmhouse, which became known ' The ^
Six months
150
ity price
of all milk sold by
The writer then turns his atten­
as one of the show-places of the #hju#d ,B Waahlngton county was
Outside Territories
farmers at wholesale to plants
tion to the stock, the Shorthorn
One Year
*2 .VI
new Oregon county.
in a region well suited for stock
and dealers.
herd headed by “that very grand
He is also believed to have built
' raising. In early days it had a f­
The support program will
be
and conquering bull. Lord of the
the West Union Baptist church,
forded rich pasturing for the hor-
carried out by the USDA in pur­
Valley", the Cotswold and Leices­
about five miles north of his claim,
ses and cattle of Tom McKay and
chasing nonfat dry milk solids
ter sheep and the fine Berkshire
another famous example of early
the Hudson's Bay Company. Then
when necessary. Spray type non­
hogs.
Then
the
horses,
"the
gallant
Oregon
architecture.
Both
build­
The postoffice department is out to increase mailing rates for week­
the retired American trappers in
Mrs. H H. Stannard. Washing- fat solids of extra grade quality
young Marquise, the Achilles of
ings
are
still
in
a
good
state
of
|
ly newspapers. Such a campaign is in full swing in Congress and its
the North Plains country had used
Oregon draft horses", a splendid , ,on county chairman for the cur- will be purchased at 12.25 cents
preservation after nearly one hun- |
f*or~ s ^ k "r a is in g "
effects may well be far-reaching.
Scotch Cyldsdale stallion. On his rent campai<?n of the American a pound. Roller type solids are
dred years.
What somehow nettles those who arc doing a Job of public service
He built a little school house on
In Partnership with W. S. Ladd, stock we will have exactly the de^ CanCer ®oc'et^' was advised t<v priced at 11 cents a pound. These
the society allocated prices apply to purchases made
against mounting odds of a seemingly never-ending parade of mount­ hi. claim and the children for
acquired a number of valu- scription of horses required by the day that
ing costs Is the reason for it all.
miies around came to attend the ilbl* ,WB“ ^
Reedville property Oregon farmer.” Then he pays his $3,200.000 to various cancer re- before September 1. A fter Sep­
I H the tember 1 prices are increased a
Spokesmen for the postal department .in numerous appearances, old
__ ___________________________
Nathan Robinson school. _______
From " a" enlarged by the purchase of respects to the beautiful Autocrat. ff_a^
? ° } ecta t.h/ ° UghoUt
United States in 1948
1,000
acres
of
adjacent
half cent a pound.
have continuously offered their laments and generalities that the .l8 far ra>t as present St. Mary'*-j a_U*
looks gay and springy—trot all
Mrs. Stannard
was informed
This program is to supplement
G riffith s three
children |ffround from Dr J - Hawthorn over." Who "will doubtless be the
postoffice finances are In the red. Why is this so? There is the ques­ John
that
the
research
allocations the butter
purchasing program
walked in 1853 and from two of Portland which he had stocked sire of many valuable colts next
tion.
from funds raised by the society which was announced on Febru-
with two carloads o f
imported year in Oregon.
miles
south
came
the
A.
J.
Mas­
Contrary to the usual procedure in the presentation of a proposition
, . .._ ' . ...
.
in 1948 were completed recently arv s
Shorthorn cattle. Another farm of
He adds “ Reedville assumes its
.
,
arY
the postoffice presents no graphs, no charts, no lists of costs and ter's children.
when 205 applications for grants
The two support programs both
We do not know if Nathan 3000 acres was acquirel at Broad- usual tidy appearance. Everything
revenues to indicate the factual picture.
.
,
,
,
in-aid and
45 applications for have seasonal price differentials.
taught the school himself but it mead in Polk and Yamhill coun­ has a place and everything must . . . . .
K i
j
,
fellowships were approved.
How does the poatoffice department know that a boost of 500 to
ties.
This
is to encourage
normal
be in its place.''
Is not unlikely, as it was quite a
Details
of
the grants-in-aid storaee of dairy products during
7Q 0 percent will be enough to meet the financial contingencies of its common practice for men engaged
These farms were stocked with
"Representatives of all the var-
books? I f It wants to come out of the red, why doesn't it find out in other activities in the summer I ^'ne 'mPorted horses, sheep, cattle lous breeds from Reedville will have not been publicly announced the flush season in spring and
as yet, she said, but indications summer. These storage products
first, where the deficit begins.
to teach school during the winter and hog8' The management of the be a* the state fair." he adds. I
_
.
and
' arm* devo,vad principally upon ' am glad t0 learn that a good deal a™
0 r * gon d en tists are then used In the fall
A newspaper, preparing copies for mailing, customarily sorts them months.
will participate
winter. By encouraging commer­
To his accomplishments as car-
ed' At Reedville beside fine Qf competition is expected from
so as to facilitate delivery Every route, for Instance, 16 separated In
Oregon's quota in the society’s
any study of mailing oosts, has this one Illustrative factor been rec- penter and farmer. Mr Robinson dairy and beef cattle, sheep and British Columbia. Let them come campaign this month is $130,145. cial storage the programs are
j expected to stabilize the
dairy
hogs. Reed kept a stable of fine Welcome th e m - I do not fear the
added that of orchards.
ognised?
trotting horses.
result I shall exnect to see the ™ d WashinSton county has been marketa Thls la alded by pre_
"In
1854,".
says
an
old
newspa­
We find the postoffice department a real “ Johnny on the Spot''
He built and maintained
the
blue ribbon flaunting on the faces aaked to raise $2,694 00,_ venting drastic declines in but-
whenever it comes to requests for notices and other publicity. Hardly per clipping in the Oregon Histor­
,.f the Reedville Shorthorns. there W e shall deal with the earlv terfat and
manufacturlng
milk
ical Society's collection. "Thomas year around a covered half mile
a newspaper which, each week, is not deluged with handouts which
Pritchard was making pre>se>nts of track on which to tram them
With the coming of the railroad history of that town in our next prlcM durin?
h“ vy brod" c,n*
the department heads expect to be printed prominently—for free.
the
su p e rin te n d s
at
Reedville Farm became a station installment
seasons.
and subsequent shan»
apples that were pronounced at Among
Have you ever seen a notice of bids, for instance, printed in anyway that time to be the finest that Reedville were George Gammie and and a town began to grow up
.continued next week)
pHce ris* !' dur,nfr nr’ onths of ,ow
production.
else but scot-free?
had ever been seen anywhere. 16 __________ ___ ________________
As to what further pressures on today's free press will mean, con- ; ¡ncbes in circumference. 29 ounces
aider the situation carefully
in weight, so that only 15 of them
The world, today, is well aware of iron curtains and the heavy filler! a half bushel measure. These
hand of censorship. People, by one belief, should be given full and were raised by Nathan Robinson—
three years
unbiased information, freely and without coloration. Yet, on the o th - ; on trees of only
er hand, there Is the pressures of censorship and restrictions that growth. He shipped these to San
operates to the contrary of the first idea.
Francisco and so far as can be
Every financial demand added on a small newspaper concern is j ,ear" ed th's
shipment
of the kind on record" 'note The
another hurdle to be mounted. Such a proposal as Is now being foist-
| Luelling orchards at
Milwaukie
ed on the nation is an even greater price for the privilege of doing, had made a stna„ . 9hlpiilent in
a public service.
11353 ,
To the mall moguls prosecuting this drive to make it even harder j About 1860 Simon G. Reed pur-
to put out a small town newspaper, may we comment, “Et tu, Post- chased the Nathan Robinson farm
master!"
and it became known as Reedville
Farm Simon B. Reed was at that
time a member of the new firm,
Ladd. Reed and Company of Port­
land. just beginning a career as
one of the founders of Portland
and one of the great captains of
industry on the Pacific Slope.
His story reads like a novel by
Horatio
Alger. From clerk in a
wholesale dry goods store in Bos­
ton at $75 a year, he went to
East Abington. his childhood home,
to work as a cutter in a shoe fac­
tory. He became very proficient
at this work and was paid by the
piece but soon became dissatisfied.
One day he threw down his knife J
and exclaimed to his fellow work­
ers. "I'm quitting to work for my­
by Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation,
self." So he went to Ijuincy and
on instrumentality of the Unrted States Government.
went Into the flour and grain bus­
iness.
A safe, profitable ond convenient way to
He was then 20 years old and a
•ave or invest moaey.
handsome young man He wooed
and won Amanda Wood, one of
the belles of Quincy, the 18 year
old daughter of Henry Wood, a
Carrant Dividend
leading cititen The wedding took
place on Oct. 17. 1850 The marri­
MEMBER FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK
age proved a fortunate one and
the advice and assistance of his
wife contributed largely to Reed's
later success
The business at Quincy did not
thrive In the spring of 1852 Reed
HILLSBORO, OREGON
sold out his interests and left for
California
Mrs. Reed
remained
'HAVE A YEAR'S INCOME IN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT
with her parents until he should
Accounts Insured to $5,000
establish himself in business in |
the west He reached San Francis­
co via the Isthmus of Panama
and remained there until after the
i"
i* - Call a
a
»P— *« try a *1
Behind the scenes o f last winter's critical power shortage II
big Sacramento fire of that year
p m ate and municipal power companies and the Bonneville
He then came to Oregon, expect- j
Power Administration deseloped a system o f cooperation which
ing to buy lumber He failed to 1
Th#s« Art the Pow*r Pool Members
secure any lumber but bought a
produced enough “ extra” power to equal another Bonneville
P ortland G emmai . E licth ic C ompany
lot of flour, which he took to San
dam. Except for the work, o f the Northwest Power Pool, the
Portland. Oregon
Francisco and sold at a good pro­
electrical system* in the Northwest might ha\e collapsed.
P acific Powt* A L ight C ompany
fit. The this in his financial affairs
Here's how it w ork s: The pool interconnects electric systems
Portland. Oregon
had turned
in Oregon. Washington. Idaho, Utah, Montana and British
M
ountain
S tates P owe * C ompany
He returned to Oregon in 1853
Columbia. In such a large region there are differences o f time
Albany. Oregon
and went Into the commission bus
/one. weather, stream flows and other factors which produce
W ashington W ate * P owe « C ompany
Inaaa buy ing onion» potatoes and '
Spokane. Washington
variations both in power demand and in the output o f generat­
other produce, first at Rainlsr and
P v g it S c in o P owe * A L ight C ompany
later at Portland, for the San
ing plants, area to area. An area that is “ short” at one time
Seattle. Washington
Francisco market In 1854. he sent '
can draw upon the temporary “ surplus” o f another area.
C ity oe S eattle D epartment of L ighting
for his wlfs and Mr» Resd brave- |
Later on. the situation may be completely reversed, and
Seattle. Washington
ly set out upon a trip such as few '
power will flow back the other way.
C m or T acoma L ig h t D ivision
women attempted in those days
B> joining resources and coordinating the operation o f
Tacoma. Washington
By ship, she went to the Isth­
all generating plants u. the Northwest, power pool engineers
I daho P ower C ompany
mus of Panama and crossed it
Boise. Idaho
are able to utilize up to 600.000 k U on vm o f poner that *o%tld
on horseback Another sbip brought i
U tah P owe * C ompany
po to narre it the member systems »e re isolated’ That's more
her to San Francisco where her
Salt Lake City, Utah
husband met her and escorted her
power than Bonneville dam produces!
M
ontana P owe * C ompany
on the last lap ot her journey
The Northwest was short o f power last winter, and condi­
Butte. Montana
to Portland Here he installed his
tions will cootinue critical for several years to come The
BatTiSH
Coi
v mm a E lectric C o . L td .
bride in a little house as good as
power pool is one o f the measures taken bv electrical systems
Vancouver. B C.
any In that place and time but i
to meet the emergency while new dams and powerhouse are
B o n n im eli P owe * A dministration
* YAM L S 0 V - - F E R HALF TM6 PfUCE OF WHAT T h £M
far Inferior to her former home
being rushed to completion.
FA N C Y PLU M BEAS WOULD C m AAG«, 1 FIX ED IT SO
at Quincy.
IT WON'T DRIP ON YOUR FLO O R NO WORE / *
la leaps and bounds the fortunes
Plant located
in Heaverton-Tualatln Valley Highway and Short St
BUSINESS OFFICE AND P L A N T
SIMEON G. REED CAME WEST TO RECOUP FORTUNES
Cancer Soc. Asks
$2,694 In Funds
Of Wash. County
"Et Tu, Postmaster!
OPEN A
Savings Account
Your Savings Are Insured for
Safety Up to $5,000.00
2 >/ 4 %
Washington Federal Savings
and Loan Association
POW ER POOL
combats shortage with "another Bonneville”
For fxpart Workmanship—Qualify Materials—
Careful Supervision—Thorough Inspection—Caff
BEAVER PLUMBING C O . Inc.
First and Main Sts., Beaverton
Phone 4346
of the Reed» advanced with those 1
of Dsrtland and the northwest In j
association with W S Ladd. John
C.
Ainsworth
and
Robert R
Thompson, industrial giants of the
nee country. Simeon Reed partic j
: pa ted In the forming of the Ore­
'
gon Railway and Navigation com
pany, whioh
proved immensely
Bonneville P o w e r D is t rib u t o r
P O R T LA N D G E N E R A L ELECTRIC CO M PAN Y
a