BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE— Friday, Ju ly 8, 1949
\ \.V vili#/,// . /
BUSINESS O FFICE AND P L A N T
Plant lornted in Beaverton—Tualatin Valley Highway and Short St
Published Friday of each week by The Pioneer Publishing Co., at
Beaverton. Oregon Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office
Beaverton, Oregon.
Luelling Family Had Role
Of Importance In Wash. Co.
ther made some remarks, though There was quite a long bank o(
was
I do not remember what he said, it in th e hollow but It
coarse and not
very
slipper/
but he was always very apt in
Hector and John
Steward an<j
his talks. We did not drink any Lavollette GUken were with us
wine
as
we
were
principled and we sang and talked and had
against it but we laughed and a good time.
joked and had a good time. A f
"T h * next day we came down
ter dinner we went up to the to Bear river."
snow and tried to slide on it. j
• Continued next week)
cutting down trees and making
stakes and cross pieces and lay-
ing wagon boards on them. We
had a regular feast, baked beans
and biscuit o f course, roast ante-
i lope, dried fruit, ice cream and
FOUNDERS OF REGION FRUIT INDUSTRY PASSED
the big plum pudding and cake
FOURTH OF JULY WITH CELEBRATION ON TRA IL
from home.
“There were speeches, too. Fa-
By Hervey S. R obinson
were all glad and thankful to get
(Continued From Last W eek)
a drlnk again We camped there
The Luelling name is so inti- ^ d>gthe
<Uy W* nt ° n t0 the
mately associated with th» pio-
S n* ‘
STANLEY W NETH ERTO N ............ ................Editor and Publisher
At Green
river there
were
MRS EDNA BLACK ................. ............. Associate Editor-Office Mgr neer fruit industry at Milwaukie
W ALLY K A IN -------- --------- ------------------------------------ News Editor that the members of this family Mormons with canoes, taking peo-
are seldom remembered in any p*e and ° * ,‘n across. Tw o men
LEE W ESTERM AN
.............. ........... ... .......... Advertising Mgr
other connection. So it happens w°uld be in » canoe, one to pad-
SUBSCRIPTION RATEA— P A Y A B L E IN ADVANCE
that the career of Alfred Luelling dl* a" d one to hold a rope tied
Washington A Multnomah counties
in Washington county is unknown
the oxen s nose and horns,
Member: Oregon Newspaper Pub-
One Year ..... .
to most present day residents al- *°°P®d Hite a halter, but not
Ushers’ Association
Two Y ear* ___
________ 3 75
though he took an active part In aroubd his neck; the knot would
E D I T O R I A L county affairs for a period of six-
Three Years ___
________ 5.00 N A T I O N A L
under his chin. I think they
Six months ____
________ 1.60 I
A S T O O í V T Í 3 N teen years between 1862 and 1878. cHarged 32 a head for taking
Outside Territories
1
Alfred Luelling was born in In- them ov* r
One Year ............................. 12 50 | _ _
diana in 1831. At the age of six ! " W e crossed the river rather
years, he went with his parents
*n the afternoon in steel wa-
to Iowa, where he attended pub- l ^on boxes shaped something like
lie school. His father, Henderson f_lyla*1 *cows. painted a deep blue.
Luelling, was a farmer and nur W e went across very safely.
Vacation time is travel time and tends to center attention on
“ When we came to Ham’s Fork
seryman and Alfred assisted him
hangover from war-time regulation that has carried over to the pres in this work. In 1847, the family we saw a very large Indian vll-
ent. That situation is the transportation tax, first imposed on the c&me to Oregon. Alfred, then 16 j 'age o f tents. The Indian women
grounds that it would tend to eliminate unnecessary travel on heav years old,
drove an ox team, were tanning buffalo hides and
ily wartime-patronized facilities. This amounts to 15% on all rail drawing a wagon containing the an Indian man stood near them.
bus and airline tickets.
famous Traveling Nursery, most W e thought he waa supervising
Apparently the return from this taxation is a sizeable chunk. At of the way across the plains, ar the work. The tents were very
were painted j
any rate, although it can’t have escaped the attention of Congress riving just six months from the white and some
day of their starting, at a point with various figures. W e thought
this considerable tithe on travel continues.
on the Columbia river opposite those were the chiefs’ tents. The
Canadian travel offices, this season, are undergoing quite a rush
Indians were very friendly.
Vancouver.
of business from the United States. Their government has cancelled
"As we went on we came to
Alfred and his father were the
out taxes on travel and, as a result, railroad, bus, airline and mari
founders of the fruit industry in |« beautiful pine grove and there
time travel costa are reduced in proportion. In addition to saving the this region. The traveling nursery we overtook the Louisville corn-
16% tax. a favorable monetary exchange adds from 5% to 7% more. consisted of about 700 grafts o f pany. It had passed us the eve-
Canadian transportation, by such a setup, is also reported as bene- various kinds
of fruit
trees, ning before and was camped for I
fittlng. Even though tickets on Americn trains, planes and ships shrubs, vines, etc, planted in box a half holiday. It was the Fourth
may be obtained, through Canada, miijus the tax, prospective trav es in a wagon. His father settled of July, and they were preparing
elers, too often find it convenient to make use of Canadian travel near Milwaukie in 1848 and A l a fine dinner. One of their par
fred attended school there for ty had shot an antelope and they
services.
had brought some material es
about
two years.
Regardless of the money this tax might bring into the bottomless
At the age of 20, he was mar pecially for this dinner all the
pocket of Uncle Sam, it hangs like a millstone around the neck of
way from home.
the railroads, helping them build up a case for permission to raise ried to Mias Mary E. Campbell,
They asked us to have dinner
daughter
of
Hector
Campbell,
their rates and effectively discouraging passenger trade.
county judge of Clackamas coun with them. We did and stayed
A breakdown of transportation tendencies, as published by the ty and first school teacher at there the rest of the day. W e had
•Transportation Association of America, points out the struggle that Milwaukie. The Campbell family some milk cows with
us and
envelops them, for existence. Aside from private
transportation, had crossed the plain in 1849, one found
some snow in a hollow»
back of the grove. They had
airlines are credited with carrying some 8% of total passengers and hundred years ago this year.
In 1862, Alfred Luelling moved used it to cool their wine, and
are doing so at a loss. Busses, carrying 30%, are considered as oper
ating at a profit. Railroads which haul nearly 60% o f the passen his family to Greenville, Washing we made ice cream with some
gers are credited with having lost some $560 million last year in the ton county, a crossroads commun of It.
The men had made a table by
ity about two miles south of
doing of it.
Banks.
Of all three travel means, the railroads sing the loudest chorus of
In 1866, he was elected county
blues With an average jump of freight rates during the last three
commissioner
of
Washington
years of some 44%, plus the latest temporary 5% boost pending ac
county and in 1874 he was chosen
tion of the ICC on a railroad request of 13%, the rails are losing vol
county clerk and held the office
ume to waterway and highway flrma. Which only goes to illustrate a for two terms. In politics he was
trend toward patronage o f Canadian travel means.
a reformer tn the strictest sense
That portion of the population which enjoys the recognizable ad and somewhat in advance of his
vantages of railroad travel react the same as shippers. I f the tariff times. He took a prominent part
political conventions and in
proves too high, the railroad Is in effect pricing itself out of extra in
the affairs of the local and state
business.
" And the present inequitable transportation tax on travel services grange. He was a staunch sup
proves of no substantial help In encouraging any but the most pri porter of public schools and an
earnest and conscientious
advo
vate means of transportation.
cate o f the temperance cause.
He returned to Clackamas coun
ty in 1878 and lived at Milwaukie
»»ntll he was elected county re
corder of Clackamas county In
It is an alarming thing, te any city, when it 1^ faced with the
1896 While at Milwaukie he was
prospect of bavtng to run its essentia] services on a drastically cur active in the movement for the
tailed budget. And eo, among the other municipal headaches visited initiative and
referendum
and
upon the city fathers of Beaverton is that of trying to amend the ac participated in the organization
tion of a small percentage of the voting population. July 27, in de of the Direct Legislative League
and the Populist party. He was
feating the city budget by a 3 to 2 margin.
This situation, of course, has a lesson in it for any city, water appointed deputy county treasur
district or other branch o f the government, for it might be heralded er in 1898 and In 1900 was elected
as the revolt of downtrodden taxpayers who strike back at a levy be treasurer.
He died in Oregon City Novem
yond the six percent limitation. Whether this is a supposition or a
ber 11. 1904. His wife survived
fact depends upon who’« telling the story.
him and lived at Milwaukie for a
One of the stories offered as justification for defeating the budget,
number of years. She died at the
readily told in many conversations about town, relates an Impatience home of her daughter, Mrs. Giv
at certain city employees. Petitions had been presented, with the us ens at Oroftno, Idaho, August 23.
ual handful of names, and a seething nucleus of "aroused taxpayers’* 1919.
reportedly laid plans and made big talk that they were “ out to get"
In the latter part of her life.
Mrs. Luelling
dictated
to her
the jobs of the Individuals concerned.
Certainly those who pay taxes are justified in protesting the ser daughter a detailed account of her
vices o f any city employee. And. in this case, 77 citizens presented the journey across the plains, includ
majority opinion and knocked the prop« out o f all efforts of the ing the story of a Fourth of July
celebration on the trail just 100
city council to put the city on its feet and meet the future with a
years ago.
better ordered conduct of its business
Like most of the ox-team emi
Now when it comes to putting over an opinion that certain city em grants. the Campbell party ar
ployees are inefficient and a detriment to the welfare of the city
rived at South Pass on the Con
as Is volubly declaimed smashing the city’s budget is an expensive tinental Divide about the first of
way of accomplishment.
July. When they came to the Big
Economy has been the continuous cry, among taxpayers. It was, Sandy river they stopped at noon
in fact, upon the premise the city wanted a bualness-like administra and spent the afternoon prepar
tion that Mayor H. H. Jeffries campaigned and was elected to his ing for the dry drive of 35 miles
over the Sublett cut-off to the
office.
Green river. Food wns cooked
Those uninformed of the legul side of running a city say. "Pooh1
and casks filled with water for
All they have to do is fir# the men In question and call another
the Journey.
election. And the public will approve the budget 100%."
Mrs. Luelling related "W e cook
To put over another budget election necessitates, first, the payment ed beans, bread and dried apple
of budget preparation. Time must be taken In hearing, publication pies. We were pretty well along
and adoption. Election date must be advertised and the Judges and with our cooking when a large
clerk paid. It will be a matter of more bills and needless disburse party of men came up and want
ed us to cook some
ptes for
ment, before ivnother budget can be brought to vote.
When there Ls a concerted demand for economy, it hardly seems de them, which we did It was n
tedious process, as the pies hud
fensible to go all out in a campaign to
discharge certain employ
to be baked one at a time tn the
see by disrupting the city government and causing needless expense
Dutch oven .
in the process. Hot tempers and radical action to put over the op
"A fter aupper we drove until
inion of a numerically small percentage of the taxpayers (as rrpre two o’clock at night, when the
rented by some 77 "N o" votes) seems short-alghted to put it mildly moon set and It got so dark that
And Uir ieaaun in the situation is that other taxpayets who become we stopped until
about
three.
disgruntled over some conduct of a government agency may deter Then we got up. ate our break
mine upon radical means to express themselves. In so doing, it must fast. We had a keg of water with
us and made coffee and went on.
be remembered, the costs come home to roost In oar place, only
"The oxen had no water that
the taxes that are assessed.
night at ail and when we stopped
It is sometimes much more satisfactory to go about a proposition
at noon poor old Berry was sick
open and publicly, without resorting to thoughtless action It is every
We thought he had eaten some
citizen's right to vote ae he sees fit, but in all case«, the costs come poison grass We expected to get
home to rooat!
to Green river about three or
fou- o’clock so we gave all the
water we had left to Berry.
That afternoon was very hot
and we kept going and going up
one hill and down another, think- j
ing every time we got to the top j
of a hill v/e would surely see >
Green river.
"It was dark before we got to
the river, going down a long hill (
F U N E R A L S E R V I C E S FOR ^
and then through a hollow be- j
M O RE THAN 50 YEAR J
HAVE A YEAR'S INCOME
ween two hllla. The oxen were
much excited a» they neared the
water and father and Heetor had
all they could do to drive the |
cow* and went on ahead We
YOU ARE C O R D IA LLY
INVITED
$
to see our complete collection of suits.
I
' coats, dresses and millinery in
w
Of No Substantial Help
BINDING'S DREAM HOUSE
Now
FASHION
HOUSE
1
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
(ANY OTHER DAY BY APPOINTMENT)
(O W N E D AND MANAGED
:
EVENING
I 1
PEGGY SPARKS
BY
APPOINTMENTS
J
1
FORMERLY OF
NEWBERG, OREGON
WELCOMED
FASHION HOUSE
575 M ayfield Riod (Blanding's Dream House)
Near Cedar H ills
CApitol 3118
JULY
Costs Come Home To Roost
ONLY THREE DAYS
*
to open your account at the Washington Federal Savings and earn a full
six months return on our next dividend »late. January 1st. 195«.
WE HAVE JUST PAID OUR
48TH
CONSECUTIVE
SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND W HICH
WAS FIGURED AT
PER
ANNUM
Make Y our Savings Bring You the Best Iteturn Consistent With Safety
Y O U R ACCOUNTS F E D E R A LLY IN SU R E D T O $5.000.00
FINLEYS
J.P. Finley & Son • S.W .4,h at Montgomery • ATwater 2181
Washington Federal Savings
Loan Association
HILLSBORO, OREGON
IN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT'
ACCOUNTS INSURED TO $5,000
Ul