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BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE— Fr.dav Mov 1.1 1040 A. A. Durham Has Notable Place In Tualatin History B e a v e r t o n e n t e r p r i s e — Fr.doy, M0y 27, 1949 BUSINESS O FFICE AND P L A N T in Beaverton-Tualatin Valley Highway and Short St P la n t located Published Friday of each week by The Pioneer Publishing Co., at Beaverton, Oregon. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office Beaverton, Oregon. ir V «TA STI UR8 E D N A W k l.T .V T «7 Editor and Publisher . Associate Editor-Office Mgr News Editor V E T H E R T O N R I.A C K Greater Zeal In Government Can Give It Strength ....... K A IN ’ A dvertisin g W P S T P R M A N ’ Six months NATIONAL 150 v i / ESTABLISHMENTS OPERATING IN YEAR OF 1873 By Hervey S. Robinson (Continued from last week) oxen, a good supply of provisions and a gun which he knew well how to use. For some time they traveled with a large company of emi grants but delays were frequent and Mr. Durham became dissatis fied. One day while the caravan was encamped, he hitched up his own team, climbed into the wag on and said, "I started for Ore gon and I am going” . He then pulled out from the train follow ed by several others. They were obliged to ford ev ery river they came to, except two, but arrived safely in Ore gon City, October 1, 1847. Locat ing there, he built a large saw mill on the Clackamas river which furnished good water pow er. At first he owned a one-fourth interest in the mill. In 1848 gold was discovered in California and excitement ran high. Like most of the adult male citizens of Oregon. Mr. Durham went to the gold fields. He travelled overland to Califor- The first Oregon Gazeteer, published in 1873, describes Tual atin as a post office 12 miles southeast of Hillsboro. Only two business houses were l.sted: W il liam Greenwood, blacksmtih and A. A. Durham, general merchan dise. Greenwood was the village blacksmith at Tualatin for many years and served as postmaster for over three years following the death of William Thompson in September, 1874. Albert Alonzo Durham figured prominently in the early history of the Tualatin vicinity. He was born in New York state in 1814 of st'urdy New England stock. His grandfather and two great- uncles were soldiers in the Con tinental Army while three other Durhams of a southern branch of the family fought for King George in the Revolutionary War. In 1825, young Alonzo was at Flat Rock, New York on the banks of the Erie Canal and 1 watched the first canal boat come through with General La- Fayette and other distinguished M gr. SI list R I1 T IO N RATES— P A Y A B L E IN ADVANCE Washington & Multnomah counties Member: Oregon Newapa One Year ------------------------- *2.00 Ushers Associati«» Z ? ° Y vars OREGON GAZETEER LISTS ONLY TWO BUSINESS EDIK A S S O Cil Outside Territorio* Spirit Of Memorial Day As we pause in our usual routine, May 30, to pay honor to the war dead and to keep the spirit of this day of commemoration, well might we assess the custom of eulogising those who laid down their lives for the defense and glory of our nation. How often it seems that the nation's fallen warriors are like the pioneers of our national history. They had gone to battle with a more or less constant ideal before them—that of self-preservation. They underwent physical and spiritual torture. But they were caught up with a force that was greater than self and their supreme sacri fice was made with whole-ljearted spirit and devotion. The wars of each succeeding generation seem to have taken the national interest a little further afield. The soil of foreign lands has been tinted with the blood of American soldiers as they laid down their lives in the nation's interest. And so, like pioneers, they have gone on to practically encompass the globe and leave few untrod battlefields to remain. In contrast to the simple faith which the grass-covered final resting place of these fallen war heroes personify, the military dead of the nation are nevertheless symbols of destruction and negation. But for the inability o f nations to resolve their diffferences and live in harmony, these men and women need not have died in battle. And the appalling destruction of material wealth w’hich the list of wars occasion, might have been denied. How furtive the glory. How unyielding the consequence. How unforgettable the dread and sorrow. May ‘.he prayeis for peace and brotherhood be full and extended, in the spirit of Memorl&l Day, 1949. and he sold out to the Oregon Iron and Steel company. He moved a short distance west in to Washington County and built a sawmill and flour mill gn Fan- no Creek. These mills were operated by water power and for a number of years the place was known as Durham Mills. When the Oregon Electric Railway was built the station at this point was called Durham. Here he and his young est son, Silas A., after him con ducted a prosperous business for many years. Mr. Durham also operated a 320 acre farm in this location. In 1860 he represented his district in the state legislature. He en gaged actively in business and community affairs until his death in 1901, at the age of 86 years. His son, Silas A., after receiv ing his education in Portland high school and Pacific Univer sity in Forest Grove remained at Durham Mills where he engaged in the manufacture of flour and lumber. He married Miss Ella C Bryant, daughter of Charles W Bryant, a neighbor who came to the vicinity in 1852. He was an active Republican from the time he became a voter and in 1890 was elected by his party to the State Legislature. During his first term he served on the important committees on corporations and Indian Affairs. He was re-elected in 1892. He operated a 300 acre farm in the Durham vicinity where he raised grain and hops. His death occur red in 1898. The older son. George H.. who crossed the plains with his father, graduated from Pacific Univer sity and studied law with Judge Lansing Stout in Portland. He became a well known law yer, served as district attorney for Multnomah County from 1872 to 1874 and practiced very suc cessfully first in Portland and later in Josephine County. He died about 1928. Richard L. was educated at Portland Academy and Willamette University. He went to Portland in 1876 was employed in the County Clerk’s office for five years and in the City Auditor’s office for six years. In 1882 he went into the banking business. He was succes sively teller and cashier of the Portland Savings Bank, cashier and vice president of Commercial National Bank and vice president of the Merchant's National Bank, which position he held at the time of his death in 1916. (T o be continued) BY PIECE OR CARLOAD Key Lumber Company, Beaverton ANNOUNCES Wholesale and Retail Sales Custom Surfacing All New Stock WE BUY ROUGH LUMBER Contractors! Compare Our Prices CVA Issue Controversy Key Lumber Company The battle lines in behalf of a Columbia River authority are being more deeply drawn, week by week. Argumentative values have been somewhat clouded. I f you are "for CVA", you either want an efficient, overall development of natural resource potentials or you ere swayed by the siren song of a socialistic persuasion- depending on who gives the appraisal. Let us look at the entire problem without heat and fervor. CVA in the first place, would be patterned after TVA, with a sig niflcant difference. The Columbia Valley far outstrips the Tennessee valley in potential strength. Where the TV A has made progress in Improving the wealth of Its domain, a CVA, with comparable success, would make immeasurably greater gnlns. As to the scope of TVA, there can be no question but that Its ad ministration has materially bettered the living standards of residents in its valleys. And during the recent World War, its strength was one of the strengths that brought America to victory. Whether or not there could be a comparable material betterment or similar productive strength from the Tennessee valley area un der the guidance of another administration than TV A is a point for careful consideration. There have been reams of copy put out, depicting TV A as a mon strous governmental bureaucracy which exercises dire restriction on the lives and fortunes of the populace. There have been less telling dispatches in criticism of its basic justification the industrial and electrification development it has occasioned. There seems to be some degree of unanimity in a belief that com prehensive development of power potentials are without argument, whether it be in the TVA, MVA or CVA. The billions of energy units going to waste because our rivers are not fully harnessed ED ITO R'S NOTE: might well add comfort and convenience to the population as well What is so frequently over as encourage a wide industrial basis for economic development and looked is that government is not prosperity. the basic value. The basic value Present picture In the Columbia River area is complicated by over in the Individual, his mental, mor lapping bureaus and departments, all concerned with some phase of al and spiritual "sides". the overall picture but. In total, piling up a staggering financial Rather than urging us to in load for the administrative results. ject religion Into our government By giving the control or the authority of the far-reaching area to wouldn't It be more to the point a single agency, there would be streamlined administration at a for us to personally and individ noticeable saving in cost. Apparenty, judging the experience of TVA, ually readjust our ethical values? Whether by specific, dogmntlc there would also be more widespread efficiency. observance of the physical aspects But the burning question Is what it would do to the area where its of any particular religious creed influence would dominate. or the wider conformity to Chris Despite all the paeans of praise we might sing to honor private tian principles, we might indiv enterprise and our system of government, in the debate raging about idually be stronger an«l better in CVA the shortcomings of both are prominent. our own lives. I f private enterprise were capable of spurring the development of And from here, the sort of that would evolve the Columbia Valley area, that maximum of benefits which it pro government tnlses might now be a reality. The demands for industrial electricity, for instance, would not be left unanswered. With the task transferred to the federal government, and the many departments and bureaus drafted to do the work the magnitude of the task was eloquently noted. But In the process of doing the Job. the overlapping governmental agencies have woven a network of bureaucratic red tape about the entire concept until now the cry Is for a single super-agency tt> direct the development. So It remains that opponents to CVA have their strongest means In stressing the fear of a regional dictatorship. To have the gov ernment rule, not by laws but by agency directives, would limit the Editor, enjoyment of basic American rights. To have the government figur It has been a pleasure to con atively peer over the shoulder of everyone, to limit fields of endea tinue receiving the Enterprise vor or to proscribe the right of tree speech, free press, free assembly each week since leaving our for or other ordained prerogatives in the pursuit of happiness is an al mer parish last November To arming proposition. read the names of our friends Thera can be no question that the Columbia River Valley should ^ and acquaintances tn the news be developed more widely. It Is only whether or not. In so doing, the 1 from time to time and to note residents of the region would be surrendering their determinations i how Beaverton succeeds In mak and their intrinsic rights to a super-agency that, to us. seems the ing victories out of defeats in a ¡civic way causes us to rejoice. I aslo CVA issue controversy. May I take this opportunity to extend my personal rongratola tlons to the members o f Beaver MOTHER'S FUNCTIONS C L 4 M O I’T IN O ton Ktwanls and anyone In par The Tanda Camp Fire group Mr. and Mrs Frank Mernam wlth ticular who cooperate«l in the ef had a tea for the mothers May then children Kay and Knth went fort to provide a real means of 4 at the Beaverton city hall, ex clamming down at Gearhart Thurs mobility for Earle Morris of Coo plaining what the girta were doing per Mountain. and had done to the mothers on «lay morning They were back with All criticisms notwithstanding Nay 4 ^ thelr quota by 10 30, They re- from where I alt I view this a* On May .1 the group helped dec ported lots of clams and lots of Christianity In action More pow orate for a mother-daughter ban people dlgging them. as eure evi er to you' quet to be held that nigtit in the dente Mr. and Mrs. la s r r n c t G r»*' Sincerely yours, grade school cafeteria No business had a big clant dlnner with them Everett L. 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AU operations are coo- tro lle d a u to m a tica lly with one dial setting Phone us a i.J make arrange ment* to w e the I-aundromat wash a load ot your doth«. No lint trap. Wash aud rinse waters keep interior sparkling clean. IN STALLS A N ) W rltR E I D O N T BE DISAPPOINTED! N o b o l t i ng to the Fl oor . . . No V i br at io n I IT S FK E E I Open Mondoy and Friday Evenings Until 9 P M Term* Gladly Beaverton ON BROADWAY "Never Knowingly l ndrisold' Phones Beaverton 4002, CApital 2380
