The Beaverton enterprise., May 20, 1949, Image 12

BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE— Fridov Mav 1.3
Shetlands Show
Heels To Heavy
that nearly a m onth w as required
to get back to Moore's Mill.
The next job w as *o get the
H oosier around th e dam. T his
w as su cc essfu lly
accom plished
T _ _ ,. ,
and after running from the dam • • • w U R r U I I I B Q l l l
The last m eetin g of the B ea ­
ju st below Joseph A. F ield's farm
C A LIFO R N IA GOLD RUSH C O M P LET ELY A LTERED
one and a h alf m les. the H oosier
N ew ell, B eaverton
high
verton grade school
P.T.A. for
the school year o f 1948-49 w as
dropped into the W illam ette stern »«nior‘ U »bowing her Shetland
ST Y LE OF A G R IC U LT U R A L M ETHODS IN OREGON
15 feet. *u h o r 9 # team in th e sam e arena
held in the school gym T u esday
first. a fall of about
evening. May 17.
w ithout dam age and ran a g a i n w ith a Percheron six-horse team
in the Shrine rodeo at the Pac-
The m eeting w as presided over
B y H«rvey S. R obinson
P la in s and in the Yam hill V al­ in the Y am hill.
'
by Mrs. Charles Drew. The P.T.A.
ley.
H
ere
the
soil
w
as
rich
and
The river w as even tu ally clear­ ific In tern ational E xposition lo­
(C ontinued from last w eek)
cation th is week.
voted to purchase a new stove
the introduction of im proved m a­ ed for navigation
and a steam
A fter the discovery of gold in ch in ery and m ethods soon made
“It is m ore for a laugh than
and refrigerator for th e cafeteria
flatboat. the Y am hill, w as built
C alifornia
conditions
changed th ese valleys the principal source j at Canem ah
an yth ing
else,” she
sAys.
ex­
of the new C. E. Mason School.
in 1860 for the Tu-
p lain ing that the S hetlan ds w eigh
Mrs. Esther Peer, new principal very rapidly in O regon. Most of of w h eat and other farm products | alatin run
using
th e engine
w hile the P er­
o f the C. E. Mason school and a th e ab le bodied m en left their w hich m ust
be transported to | fr0m th e an cien t H oosier. Being 200-300 pounds,
i
fa
m
ilies
on
their
claim
s
and
h
as­
delegate of the B eaverton unit
river ports at St. H elens. Linnton j 0f ligh t draft she could run al- cherons w eigh 1500-2000 pounds.
R ita has en tered her ponies in
to th e state PTA
C onvention tened to seek their fortunes in M ilw aukie, Portland
or Oregon m ost an yw h ere at an y tim e. Cap­
several
show s, although none as
gave a talk on “Im p ression s o f a th e gold fields. Those w ho re-' C ity for shipm ent.
tain Joseph K ellogg, one o f her
rnained prospered im m ensely pro - 1 ___
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T eacher at a PT A C onvention.”
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I T ransportation w as the greatest ow ners w as soon m aking -egu lar b ig as th is one. L ast sum m er sh e
..
,
Mrs. C harles R unes, secretary, d u cin g lumber, flour and other I i problem
. E arly attem p ts at road runs up the stream
a s far as participated in the P ortland P os­
se show a t Gresham , the C ow litz
also gave a report on th e con ­ su pp lies for the C alifornia m arket 1 b uilding were not very su
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ccess­ Hillsboro.
at fabulous prices. The g rea test
C ounty S h eriff show , the Clats-
vention.
ful. T he roads w ere rough and
The boat schedule w as very im ­ k an ie C ounty P osse sh ow at St.
Mrs.
R L. D uatan,
C ounty dem and w as for lum ber and flour. steep in sum m er and alm ost im ­
portant to T u alatin V alley people H elens, th e St. Paul R odeo and
Council P.T.A. p resident installed M ills w ere built w herever w ater passib le in w inter. D uring the
for It w as the only w ay to get the D e s c h u te s . C ounty
fair at
the officers for th e co m in g year: pow er w as available and ran day long rainy seasons, the mud w as
th em selv es and their produce to R edm ond.
and
n
igh
t
to
suppdy
the
m
arket.
Mrs. Charles D rew,
president;
hub d eep and eigh t or ten m iles
d uring the w et w in ter
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Four
trophies
and ______
several blue
T he prim itive farm ing m ethods w as a good days travel w ith a m arket
Mrs. J. O. H olem an,
first v ic e
m
onths
w
hen
th
e
so
called
roads
|
ribbons
are
am
ong
her awards,
president, Mr. A. M. Byrd, second o f the pioneer gave w ay to in­ loaded w agon.
Beaverton, Oregon
Phone 4576
were m ere m uddy ditches. T he i R ita w ill tak e part in fourteen
vice president; Mrs. Eva R unes, creased acreage and mddern im ­
A com p lain t from H illsborough Y am hill w as o f such slight draft shows. She lives at route 2, box
recording secretary; Mrs. C harles plem en ts. The early Oregon far­
(H illsboro now ) in 1851 describes that C aptain
K ellogg
im plied 356 Portland 10.
had
depended
largely upon
Hulings, corresponding secretary; m ers
the road situ ation . "H auling can that she m ig h t even be able to | ------------
as hunters to provide
Mrs. N eum an W ard.
treasurer; th eir sk ill
on ly be done during the dry w ea­ run a fter a very h eavy dew.
B IB L K CHURCH
a living for their fam ilies. T hey
Mrs. A M. Byrd, h istorian .
th er in sum m er and ligh t loads
T u alatin w as, o f course, a stop
settled
upon som e
A tten d an ce a t the H azeldale
A report w as m ade
by Mrs. g en era lly
only can be taken at b est.” The on the T u alatin R iver route. It
o f w ater and
claim ed
Bible Church Sunday School was
Payne about th e H osp itality com ­ stream
farm ers w ere com pelled to resort w as called
B ridgeport
on the 68 w ith an offerin
______ g ________
o f $18.54. ____
Mr.
m ittee. Room prizes for the en ­ large tra cts of land w ell supplied
to th e rivers to transport their steam boat schedu le
because
1*
W
illiam
s
and
P
am
ala
Garvin cel
w
ith
gam
e.
tire year w ere read. The prize
produce.
w as th e point w here th e first free | ebrated th eir birthdays.
T here w as no in centive to cu l­
each month w as $1.50 w hich the
bridge w as built across the Tual-
At
first
the
farm
ers
took
their
tiv
a
te
a
large
num
ber
(ft
acres
T he
b asem en t
w as decorated
rooms used to buy som e piece
atin
w hen the B oon e’s Ferry w ith flow ers presented
to the
o f equipm ent for their use and and farm products were gen erally grain in sm all row boats to Ore­
Road w as cut through but the Sunday School by th e Beaverton
enjoym ent.
In Septem ber the lim ited to what w as actu ally re­ gon C ity to be ground and lum ­
p o sto ffice retained the old nam e P harm acy w ho held open house
prize w as won by Mrs. C arlson’s quired for the support of the far­ berm en rafted their logs to saw ­
of Tifalatin.
m
ills
‘
at
Oregon
City,
O
sw
ego,
m
er
h
im
self
and
his
im
m
ediate
Saturday in Beaverton.
second grade room w hich bought
(C o n tin u ed nex t w eek)
a view m aster. In O ctober: Mrs. fam ily and the acreage under cul­ M ilw aukie and other grow in g in ­
on th e W illa­
There d ustrial cen ters
B o u rq u in ’s 6 th grade room bought tivation w as in sign ifican t.
no roads at first, except m ette.
FOR
a phonograph record. T here w as w ere
B y the tim e John S w eek arriv­
such as the farm er constructed
n o m e e tin g in N ovem ber.
BETTER USED CARS
In D ecem ber Mrs. L yn ch ’s 4th for h im self and the rivers, es­ ed in T ualatin in Septem ber, 1851.
LA U R EL CO M M U N ITY
land
ad
jacen
t
to
the
W
illam
ette
p
ecially
the
W
illam
ette
and
its
grade cla ss bought a phonograph
Phone
side w as
all
record. N o m eetin g in January. trib utaries becam e the h ighw ays R iv er on eith er
H A LL
ta k en and th e region w as rap­
In February
Mrs.
Bourquin's o f the early settlers.
idly
becom
in
g
industrialized.
The
U nder th e provisional govern­
room boqght a g o ld fish and bowl;
SA TU RD A Y, M A Y 21
Beaverton 4951
th a t he could se­
I
March, Mrs. N elso n ’s 4th grade m ent all the available land adja n earest land
cu
re
for
h
is
claim
w
as
on
the
Tu­
room bought a View'm aster; Ap­ cent to th e eastern bank of thi
Bradford-Streitwieser
9;00 O'clock
V e lv e t
ril Mrs. H erm an’s room bought a W illa m ette w as soon taken and a la tin som e ten m iles above its
Bwick
Dealers
book and the May m eetin g room se ttlem en t began on the T u alatin ( m outh, seven m iles from Oregon
Everybody Welcome
C ity
and ten and a h a lf m iles
330 E. L incoln
H illsboro
award also went to Mrs. H erm an.
from P ortland. T h is w as a s close
Admission 75c
P hon e 4431
The m eetin g w as turned over
as he could g et to the left bank
15 Lovely Pastel Color*
to Mrs. H olem an, program chair­
of the W illam ette.
man who first Introduced Mrs.
and
H is n earest neighbor w as Zin­
M
axine
Cady
B
arnes
w
ho
played
Black
and
White.
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A i k For Froe Color Card
n ias Brown, a m ile and a h a lf to
loro piano num bers.
t h e . east. Brown had a ferry ac­
Mr. Errol H assell w as next in­
ross the T u alatin on a trail lead­
troduced. He explained and dem ­
in g from
P ortland to a ferry
onstrated audio-visual aids equip­
w hich A lphonzo Boone and his
m ent w hich is being used in the
rdB *
■- "* ’'¿ v
son J esse had estab lish ed across
Beaverton school.
the W illam ette at present W il-
R efresh m en ts
of Ice cream ,
son ville, six m iles further south.
cook ies and co ffee were served in
F iv e m iles n orth east of S w eek ’s
the ca feteria at the conclusion of
location A lbert D urham had laid
the m eeting.
out the tow n of O sw ego and built
VANCOUVER V ISIT
a saw m ill at the m outh o f S uck ­
Mrs.
John
Peddrson
and
er Creek, w here he w as doing a
grandson
T erry sp en t
a few
large b usiness.
days w ith Mrs. P ed erson ’s fa ­
Six m iles below B row n ’s F erry
ther, J a m es L yons at V ancouver,
PHONE *911
A LO H A , ORE.
Jam es Moore had a ferry and a
W ash.
dam a cross the T ualatin. He w as
Ch#»t N o 2 3 0 0 B ig 4 B # J O O C
op eratin g a saw m ill and a grist
W a terfa ll O o tig n in W ol * 4 / * *
nut T ra y In c lu d a *
m ill w ith liberal patronage from
the upper Tualatir^ cou n try and
just ea st o f him Ja m es D. M iller
Highest Honors Go to LANI
who later b ecam e prom inent in
Easy Terms
The only pre**ur*-)e»te<f '*
steam boat a ffa ir s w as d evelopin g
Aroma-Tight Cedar Chest in '
a fruit farm
on h is d on ation
the world. B eautiful. , .
claim ahd w a itin g im p atien tly for
the tim e w hen he could prove up
fragrant ..p ra ctica l! It’s tho
and d evote h is tim e to river nav­
gift that starts the hom e.
Beaverton 4703
2286 N E Canyon Road
igation.
for dovQhtor, i w t h ' o r t , mothor, wilo—
S ix years later, in 1858, Cap­
Tho gift itie’ll chorith all hor lifo I
tain Cris S w eitzer and C aptain
G eorge H. P ea se
bought the
steam er H oosier and put it on
the T u alatin R iv er to open up
navigation to H illsboro and F or­
est Grove.
S everal trips were
C ed ar H ope Chest
m ade to H arris B rid ge about 8
GUARANTIED MOTH « O U C T IO N J
m iles below H illsb oro
b rin g in g
loads of w h eat down to M oore’s
mill.
T E R M S O F C O U R SE!
Tlw* Beaverton IMiarmaey
"There w as a dam a cross the
river at M oore’s m ill.” said Mr.
fio
attend
thank «»nr frien d* and gu«**t* w
Miller in h is m em oirs published
in the O regon H istorical Quar­
ed the f«»rinal op en in g la*t Sa tu rila ),
terly in 1930. six teen years after
C Apital 2380
Beaverton 4002
his d eath .” and th e H oosier had
Open Mon. and Fri. E venings
and the many w«,ll-wi*lu*r* » h o w err
to run above the dam. but ow ing
lo d rifts and jam s above H arris
bridge it could not go an y far­
nnuM r to conn* hut who exp m m eil their
ther up stream .
"Captains P ea se and S w eitzer
»entintent* thru eard* o r (lo n er*.
A price that any home gardener can afford to pay
took a con tract to clea r the d rifts
and logs so th e river could be
Immediate Delivery
—
Free Demonstration
navigated
to or near F orest
Grove for th e sum of $1500 five
The true ideal ot
Phone Beaverton 2701
hundred to be paid w hen *he
our service is never
steam er blew the w h istle at or
measured in terms
near H illsb oro"
in_ ^ Remember1 Before buying a garden tractor check our J
ol price, but rather
'Miller bought a one third in-
in the full measure
teie st in the H oosier then ly in g k
NEW PRICES
ol giving oui cam
near M m ue’s Mill in the Tuala- t
o u r «‘«»111111111111) ¡¿row* *o ni
piste facilities
tin and took ch a rg e of th e job
o f clearing the river. H e started
alike to all .. to
in October, 1858 and b efore the
avery family
m iddle o f D ecem b er had cut thru
I«» liti» *t«»rr
num erous jam s and got about as
far as H illsboro.
T h r m o rtu a ry
He says, "I then b lew the w h is­
th a t t r r i « to
tle but saw no m oney com in g as
u r i! u h m you
agreed upon. I kept on go in g up
u r n ! to m uch.
until about D ecem ber 24 w hen 1
stopped a few m iles below the
end o f our con tract. I left the
men w ith *he boat and m ade a
trip down hom e to see m y part­
ners about pay, for th e m en had
1 w «i>«r MoarcoM«
received no m oney on the con ­
tract."
W hen th e partners got together
On Broadway
R. Wallace Boyd
they decided
to quit th e Job.
Phone 2311
George 0. Fairchild
take the H oosier into the W illa ­
m ette and run on the old Y am ­
hill route M iller returned to the
W EST E N D
boat and about J an u ary 1. 1858
started
back
tow ard
H arris’
SKI I WOOD HKlIMaK
bridge
CREMATORIUM
•
•
It had been rainin g hard for
PRESCRIPTION
STORE
MAUSOLEUM
several days and the w ater had
risen about ten feet. The risin g
C E M E T EIT
water had .ca u sed rock heaps that
( nntplete trin e rA I S e rvice in Ness hail been cut through to fill up
On Canyon Rd Highway at RaMrood Crossing, Beaverton
l ulh.-sir.il t hnpel ni No E x t r a C o v and new d rifts to form .
The
I« * rwnriernMVe nnnoct drift had to be loosened and m w h
• tt*n with asset* of over $800.000 of it kept ahead o f the boat so
BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE— Friday, May 20, 1949
"BY PIECE OR CARLOAD
Beaverton PTA
Holds Last Meet
Of School Year
Steamboats Nearly Changed
Name of Stop at Tualatin
Key Lumber Company, Beaverton
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I
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