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 ___ . .. T eacher at a PT A C onvention.” ... , , . 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 ---------- 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 ____ __ .____ ___ 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. fST^* 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 ANNOUNCES Wholesale and Retail Sales Custom Surfacing All New Sfock ★ WE BUY ROUGH LUMBER Contractors! Compare Our Prices Key Lumber Company G o* GLEAMIh 7 COLORFUL DANCE ROY P. OLSON give* her A LANE! / Terry's Friday Special! Five-Piece Chrome Dinette Set B . 3 Ja » & Sons HARDWARE $ 39.95 Terry's Furniture Co. TH A N K LANE, K E L L Y MOTOR CO. Announces BEAVERTON FURNITURE I NEW REDUCED PRICES ON ROTOTI LLERS t M r v s iiii : FREE! FREE! FREE! Door Prizes For Lucky Customers PP SATURDAY, FREE Biverview Cemetery MAY 21 JUMBO EGGS Drawing at 8 P. M. Ray & Zola's Poultry Mart