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LEGAL. N O TIC E BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE— Friday, October 21, 1949 C ALL F O R BIDS All Parties Made Bid For Territorial Printer Plum up in the legislature on September he was able to collect for the job. 6, when the House passed a resolu- When Asahel Bush arrived with tion to have 1000 copies of the the statesman Diant. he was elect- Memorial to Congress printed for ed public printer and the State»- the use of the two houses. The m a became the official paper. But next day the Council refused to j that is part of another story, concur and on September 11, Mr Kinney Representative from Yam- (Continued next week) hill, voiced the attitude of Secre- , tary Pritchette in a resolution that the Secretary of the Territory was the proper authority to contract for the printing of all laws passed by the legislature. The resolution was promptly j tabled. Blaln was elected to super- j intend ll>e printing of the laws and Music by contracted with Robert Moore as Melody Aces was expected When the legislative committee asked for the copy for ; the publisher Pritchette refused to surrender It. Eventually it was secured and printed under Moore’s Admission—74c; (Inc. Tax) imprint. W e do not know whether Sealed bids will be received by ! ^ Betty J. Kindinger, Clerk o f 1 High School Building, Beaverton, Oregon, until November 9th, 1949. LURE OF CALIFORNIA GOLDFIELDS LEFT VOID 8:00 o’clock p.m. Pacific Standard Time for science laboratory equip IN HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS OF V ITA L PERIOD ment as follows: 2 Instructor Desks- 5 ft. long, By H e n e . S. Robinson 30 in. wide, 37 in. high Shel ing to follow a non-partisan course don K-100-W or Hamilton in matters of local government the Any reader who has addition No. L-2100 or equivalent. allotment of public printing was al Information on names, pla 1 Instructor Desk 8 ft. long, a different matter. «* • or events covered by Mr. 30 Inches wide, 37 in. high George L. Curty, who owned the Robinson are invited to write Sheldon K-102-W or Hamil plant of the Free Press was the newspaper. In this way, a ton No. L-2105 or equivalent. serving Democrat and should have more complete historical se- 5 Student multiple purpose the patronage and he got it, in so riee will be possible. tables, physics and chemistry far as Governor Lane and Terri Address letters to Hervey S. combination without chairs torial Secretary Pritchette were by Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation, Robinson, % Beaverton Enter --Sheldon J-126-W or Ham able to give it to him. He printed prise, Beaverton, Oregon. ilton No. L/-2246 or equivalent an instrumentality of the United States Government. the proclamation of the Territoiial (Tops to be similar to Ham Government, the notices of elec (Continued from last week) ilton No. W-132 Harlack. A safe, profitable and convenient way to tion and the call for the legis When we began preparing this Submit quotations for both save or invest money. lature. series on the beginnings of Ore solid stone tops and also fig Election ballots were not pro gon Territory, a century ago, it ures for Hamilton No. W- vided by the boards o f election was with the thought of relating 132 Harlack tops or equiv as is done today. The various par in simple style the story of a per alent). Current Dividend ty caucuses prepared tickets for Bids to include equipment in iod which has been generally neg their nominees, which were dis lected by writers of Oregon his stalled. MEMBER FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK tributed before election, or at the All bids must be in the hands tory. Even In the field of historical polls, and served for ballots. S. R. Featuring of the District Clerk not later than fiction this interesting period has Thurston, the successful candidate 4:00 o’clock p.m. on the after been overlooked. We soon discov was on the “ Mission” ticket in BUTTER FRIED CHICKEN ered a reason for this neglect, a noon of November 8th. Clackamas and Tuality districts, at The Board o f Directors of Bea lack o f available sources of infor least, possibly in all the others. J verton Union High School District mation. With Hot Corn Sticks Printing of these tickets was no i HILLSBORO, OREGON Newspapers were lacking, when No. 10 Joint reserve the right to doubt given to Governor Aber- j BROILED GRADE "A " STEAKS reject any or all bids and to President Polk signed the Organic 'HAVE A YEAR'S INCOME IN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT' nathy who controlled the old Act, creating Oregon Territory, on waive informalities. Coffee Perked at Your Table Accounts Insured to $5,000 "Spectator” press. August 14, 1848, there were three Betty J. Kindinger, Clerk George L. Curry received the Published Oct. 21-28, Nov 4, 1949. newspapers in Oregon. Before Gen eral Joseph Lane, newly appointed patronage of the old ‘‘American” DINNERS $1.50 UP governor of the territory, could party, composed chiefly of Demo, CHICKEN TO GO $1.00 get to Oregon City to set up the crats who were renewing their old manchinery of government not one patty allegiance and drifting to was left. All three had suspended ward a Democratic organization publication and the printers had , in Oregon. J. W. Nesmith was the Owned ond Operated by Andy Flannery departed for the California gold candidate o f this group Formery Operator of the Old Jack Cody's Under date of May 27, 1849, mines along with most of the adult Curry wrote to Nesmith at his PLANT NOW FOR BEST RESULTS N EXT SPRING male population of Oregon. FOR RESERVATIONS CA LL BEAVERTON 4674 Governor Lane found two idle residence In Polk county: “ Here with you have two hundred tick printing plants in Oregon City and Open Dally 5;30 P. M., Sunday 1;00P. M. one at the residence of Rev. John ets. I have retained sufficient, af 1115 N. E. Canyon Road Beaverton ter supplying Lewis and Vancou S. G riffin on the Tualatin Plains Top Size - All Colors No. 1 Size - All Colors near the present site of Hillsboro. ver, for Clackamas.” When the legislature convened a I S I H E H I E H I E I H E i n E H I E I I I E I H E I H E I H E I H E H I E H I E I H E I H E I I I E I H E H I E I H E I H E I I I E I H E I H E I H E The “ Oregon Spectator” , the first newspaper published on the Pa- partisan fight over the matter jjj in cific coast, established in Febru- of printing developed at once, ary, 1846, in the interest of the The legislature claimed the right American provisional government, to K‘ ve its printing to whomsoever 3 For 40c if 75c To $1.25 Do*. s had suspended publication in Feb- it chose. Secretary Pritchette de- LICENSE M-381 LICENSE S-303 ili 1 Do*.................. $1.50 ruary, 1848 when its editor Aaron j clared that he was the party to s E. W ait resigned. George L. Cur employ the printer and that he hi ry’s Oregon Free Press” , rival of would not pay for any printing OFFICE A T CARR USED CAR LOT ¡Ü the "Spectator", started in April, unless he hired it done. (H e in THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL 1848, had been discontinued in tended to give the work to Curry.) 750 N. E Canyon Road The very first act of the House i December of the same year, and 1 DOZ. 75c Rev. J. S. Griffin’s radical and of Representatives after complet Phone 4914 fanatical anti-Brftish and anti- ing its organization was the ap HI Catholic sheet, the Oregon Am pointment of two of its members llj erican and Evangelical Unionist for a Joint committee with the LOANS BORROW had been stopped by the departure council to arrange for the neces KING ALFRED ID of its printer, in September, 1848, sary printing and the council at Up To in Up To once named two from its mem for the California gold fields. 1 Do*.................... 90c bership for the same committee. The latter publication was re vived in May o f 1849 to issue one This committee, when organized 1 0 0 .......................$7.00 ID = number devoted entirely to a ti was headed by Rev. Wilson Biain HI rade against the Hudson’s Bay who was in line for the editorship On Your Salary We Deliver HI of the Spectator when it should company and the Catholic mission On Your Cor or Personal Property aries, blaming them for the W hit renew publication and intended to ÎÜ secure for his employer the print-1 man massacre and then passed Beaverton 3661 ing contracts arising from legis out o f the picture permanently. V \ REFINANCE YOUR PRESENT CONTRACT — BR 7960 So Oregon Territory remained lative action. The committee secured the ÍÜ without a newspaper of any kind = All Applications Strictly Confidential from the date o f Governor Lane’s printing of enough copies of the ill arrival throoughout the period of governor’s message and some mi inauguration o f the new govern nor jobs without much conflict. i H E I I I E I H E I H E H I E H I E I H E H I E I H E I H E I I I E I H E H I E I H E I H E H I E I H E I H E H I E H I E H I E I H E H I E H I E l i V ment until the “ Spectator” re There were virtually no full-time sumed publication on October 4. printers in the territory but Mr. ¿ w A 1849, after the adjournment of the Curry, engaged in other work, could find time and had the ability HAVING A FROZEN FOOD LOCKER legislature, with a new owner, I CUT VOUR Robert Moore, o f Linn City and to set up and print small jobs ir. FOOD BILLS a new editor, Wilson Biain, late his spare time, and Ex-Governor WITH US . . . MEANS A BIG SAVING councilman from Tpality (Wash Abernathy had someone sim il''’ ’ available for the Spectator press ington) county and the choice of the legislature for superintendent for we find references to printing TO YOU work given to Geo. Abernathy. It of state (or territorial) printing. Relying upon scattered reminis seems most probable that the in cences, gleaned from many sourc cidental jobs were divided between es. and upon the correspondence these two men without any con LOOK AT THESE WONDERFUL 8UYS o f Genera! Joseph Lane, Samuel test. On August 27, the House took up R. Thurston. J. W. Nesmith. W il son Biain and other outstanding the consideration of a bill to enact fc Freshly Frozen Limo Beans, Reg 39c Pt. 15c figures in public affairs in 1849. and cause to be published a code Freshly Frozen Diced Carrots, Reg 27c Pt. 10c we are attempting to give you a o f laws. Consideration of this bill ^ human Interest account of the do was continued from time to time Freshly Frozen String Beans, Reg 27c ............... Pt. 12c until September 5, when it was ^ ings of that first legislature. Mr. Blaln, in the first two num- passed and sent to the Council and ^ Freshly Frozen Spinach, Reg 32c Lb. 18c bers of the “ Spectator” under his in due time after several confer- editorshlp describes the legislative ences, it passed that body. ^ Freshly Frozen Pens, Reg 28c ........ . ... Pt. 10c This was the patronage plum for session in some detail. He says: Pt. 7c "The first important business . . . which all were looking. This con ^ Freshly Frozen Grapefruit Juice, Reg 20c of the Assembly was the prepara tract would set a printing establish tion of a memorial to the United ment up in business. It was eagerly States Congress. This matter con- sought by Robert Moore who was slimed the best part o f two weeks j on the point o f purchasing the When this task was accomplish Spectator. Pritchette, who control * SJIW S. W. C L l B RO XI) PO R TLA N D 1. OREGON ed and the memorial placed in the led the funds appropriated by Con . hands of Delegate S. R. Thurston gress for the territory intended to who was awaiting its delivery, the give It to Curry, and friends of assembly adjourned to August 20. Thurston's wished to stave o ff its to allow the members to go home publication until the arrival of a and harvest their crops. Couitney printing plant which he was nego M Walker said o f the activities tiating for in the East with a view * * of those two weeks, from July 16 to establishing a new Democratic paper to claim the printing con to July 28, "no bills have come to final passage, except the memor- tract. This plant with which The Ore ial to Congress and one to author ize the governor to call elections gon Statesman began publication Some hundreds are progressing i did not arrive in Oregon until slowly to final passage.” It is after Thurston's death, which oc- with the progress of one of these i cured on a westbound ship off measures that we shall deal in ’ Acapulco, Mexico, on April 9. 1851. j this article on his way back to Oregon. Asahel The inauguration of the new ! Bush, whom Thurston had secured government called for public print- to he his editor, took over the Co I, 186th Infantry Regiment drills every Monday night, 8 - 10 p m — ing, always regarded In that day paper and made it the recognized Hillsboro Shute Park Rink, South entrance Minimum pay $2 50 for drill as the subject of party patronage organ of Oregon D e m o c r a c y Governor Lane was a Democratic throughout the remainder of the period. 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