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B EA V ER TO N EN T ER P R ISE— Friday, January 27. 1950 BUSINESS OFFICE AND P L A N T PH O NE BEAVERTO N 2321 Plant located In Beaverton—Tualatin Valley Highway and Short St ---— - --■ ' —' ~ I --- ' " " ' " Oregon Receives Do You Want To Cut Over $2 Million Your Federal Taxes? In Federal Funds Oregon w ill reecive a total of $2.7&3.«»9 as its share of the Federal Aid highway approp'ia- tion to be distributed to the states for im provim ent o f high m natlonal for(w U durl * he Slash (Jovem m ent (À>st . See the . _ S U B SC R IP T IO N R A TES U your personal or business M - Published Friday of each week by The Pioneer Publishing Co., at pï " e* go up and your meome and Beaverton, Oregon. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office Poyable In Advance efficiency come down this year at y e m r Beaverton, Oregon. the same rate as that o f the Fed- ' _ . ' _ _ Wash <k Multnonun Counties era! Government, you will be in the . ¡¿ I " # _______the basis o f information received One Year $2 00 hands o f the sheriff at an early _________Editor and Publisher STAN LE Y W. NETHERTON Two Sear» by the Oregon State Motor associa $3 75 date. Associate Editor-Office Mgr. MRS EDNA BLACK --------- Three Years ........... 500 tion, an affiliate of the American . . N e w * Editor Workers, farmers, and business W ALLY K A IN - ....... ............ Six months ___ _____ _ 1.50 Automobile association. men from Maine to California know this. The answer is in the Report . aPPr°P ™ ti°n is authorized IN OREGON NATIONAL IDlIOaiAi One Year $2.50 o f the Commission on the Organr- by the Federal Aid Highway Act A s T o Cd À T i o N 0 1 i t’oNja l W stn PI I »tion o f the Executive Branch of »f 1948. which provides for the O TH E R STATES 'Ti - T ^ the Federal Government Th>. ?i.tribution of $20 000.000 among mill One Year —.... ................. $3.00 '• f T a A twelve-man, bi-parti«anCommission the states for national forest high was unanimously created by Con w ays In each o f .the fiscal years gress with the approval of the l&oO'and 1951.” Dr McDaniel said ADVANC E IN TB CONTROL it chose you or one o f yours as a victim in President At the suggestion of Mr. "The apportionment of funds is 1950. Truman, form er President Hoover made on the baais o f ar«a a " d the Striving to secure a more valuable survey Polio; has been somewhat dramatized. But pattern as a means o f counteracting tuber the lines are not too broadly drawn. Without was made its Chairman and Sec re- vaIu? of the Iand ° » n * d by the U ry o f State Dean Acheson. Vice federaI government within the na- culosis in Washington county, public health The late president tional forests in each state. The prompt and proper treatment, its effects are Chairman. officials are considering a new approach devastating. And the process o f treatment Franklin D. Roosevelt long had ad- money will be available beginning with the mobile X-ray unit. is specialized and expensive, requiring iron vocated such a reorganization o f Ju'y 1. 1950." The motor club official said that History of new cases which have been re lungs or respirators practically at the outset. the government. There is a two-fold purpose natoinal forest highways are se- ported to the county show that the yearly Perhaps you might note a tone o f urgency x-ray visits to communities do not uncover in appeals for contributions into the Nation behind the effort to reorganize the '^ te d for improvement on the Executive Branch o f the Govern basis of joint recommendations the proportion of cases they should. By far al Infantile Paralysis Foundation funds. ment: One— the elimination o f in made by state highway depart the majority of them are discovered inde There’s a reason. Let your dimes march too, efficiency caused by overlapping ments, the Forest Service of the pendent of the publicized mobile unit cam in the fight against the pain of polio. and duplication; two— this should Department of Agriculture and * * + paigns. lead to a reduction o f your taxes. the Bureau of Public Roads. Surely this is a radical departure from a I f our Government can save from "The approved forest highway IF D E L IV E R IE S STOP three to four billion dollars a year system pattern which has found response from comprises about 23.250 Just as we had hit upon the marvels of by more efficient methods o f con miles. During the past fiscal year many people. The idea of annually under going a chest x-ray has appealed to many in self-hypnosis, whereby it was only neces ducting our business, failure to act improvements were completed on 232 miles of the system at a cost sary to step outside in the invigorating, take is stupid short-sightedness. the various communities of the county. But Action, however, depends upon of $8.101,568. Projects under con a deep breath and say “ How wonderful this the truth o f the surveys is that there are cold air seems,” the thaw came. The down- the President and Congress. The striction at the end of the fiscal too many whom they do not touch. President has already submitted a fall o f ice crystals that stuck to windshields number o f reorganization recom year amounted to 521 miles, to cost A vigorous educational campaign is called about $23,942.000. An additional 861 and crusted over the already fallen snow,! mendations. The Congress has miles had been programmed at an for, to so radically change the approach to TB control. Paid for by Christmas seal pur was the forerunner o f a raise in temperature adopted several o f these, most im estimated cost of $33,266,566.” and the inevitable rain. portant having to do with the chases, the mobile unit is a tangible evidence housekeeping o f the armed forces, Whether or not the weather will continue o f such contributions. Therefore, a definite which save the taxpayer more than in this vein until these fragile words reach 1 repercussion may lie felt among the public $500,000,000 a year. But these are print is open to question, of course. But a I who supports the Christmas seal campaign. first steps. There will be more thought o f the troubles many o f us experi-| only ahead if Congress is made to realize Public health officials, in conference with enced last winter is well worth remembering Mr. and Mrs. Taxpayer want more the state department of health and Oregon now. before such a condition might rejjeat tax-saving economies. Congressmen as well as Washington county TB associa itself. M ULTNO M AH COLLEGE, Port and Senators will vote fo r just so tions, declare their dissatisfaction at results land (Special) Local Beaverton Last year's unusual winter snows ran o ff many o f the Commission's recom- o f mobile x-ray surveys. Their interest, they in a veritable quagmire o f mud which was mendation as you. their eonsti- Btudents registered at the Multno- point out, is control of the disease by the mah colle8e radio school were am- in no way improved by a steady downpour tuents, demand. quickest and most effective means. What can you, as an individual, . ong ,ho<ie who successfully com- o f rain which, it seemed, would never stop. do about it? The answer is to write pleted work during the past term The new idea is for a concentrated pro We ex|>erienced a condition of isolation your Congressman and Senators. and started more advanced study. gram in one area of the county. Tentative which was on the pattern o f neighborhood Tell them you want the Recommen All those registered are seeking plans center in Forest Grove, with probable by neighliorhood within almost all commun dations o f the Commission on the their first class radio-telephone time in April. ities. The hardiest o f drivers managed to Organization o f the Executive operators licenses. A one or two week survey will be made in negotiate passage to and from their homes Branch o f the Federal Government Those who successfully com the hopes o f obtaining a more complete pic but by far the m ajority made their way made the law o f the land. Join pleted their first term of training ture of the disease incidence. Capacity of the non-partisan Citizens Commit included: George W. Bates, son of about by shanks mare. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Bates of equipment will allow an average o f 400 to When the roads started to falling apart, tee set up to obtain the necessary 500 x-rays each day and vigorous recruit however, there hovered over many a house action to make the Commission's 8250 s w Canyon Lane; Warren raport work. W rite to the Citizens J- Davis, son of Mr. William J. ment will take among organizations of every hold the dread threat o f an abrupt end of nature as well as industries. Next year, an milk, grocery and fuel deliveries. Hoads were Committee for Reorganization o f Bosley, Rt. 2. Box 641, Beaverton; the Executive Branch o f the Gov- Alvie L. Minnick, 5224 N. E 60th. other area will be worked. declared closed to heavy traffic and it took enunent, 1421 Chestnut Street, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanly F. Min- Most new cases develop lietween the ages a deal o f ingenuity and intrepidity to keep t Philadelphia 2, Pennslyvania, for nick of 90 S. W. Stott St., Beaver- of 15 years and 45 years therefore, the re *8ome of the home fires burning., more iniormat***n about the Com- j ton and Max E. Coyne, Rt. 3. Box cruitment will be aimed at those above‘ the Such a condition, so far, hasn’t impressed mission Report. Tell your neigh- j 573, Beaverton Make speeches! ‘ -------- minimum age. itself upon us. But with the probability that bons about i t Make your representatives ia m. ■ ■ • The idea o f concentrated chest surveys is ~~ J ^ PaxAon finance Co. fo r °" PaiMSUEIl 4^S0i AUTO LOANS PAYM EN TS CO N TRACTS R ED U C ED R E F IN A N C E D 1032 N Phone B eav Road 4665 M -383 MARSHFIELD -fcr HAND MADE LOGGER BOOTS WORKERS UNION UNlON^M STAMP F.SJ284 FOR O VER 3 0 YEARS NONE BETTER Sizes 5 to 12 - W id th C to EEE P la in Toe or La c e To e - A n y H eig h t. Best M a te ria ls and W o rk m a n sh ip , Properly Fitted a t F acto ry L is t P rice MARSHFIELD SHOE FACTORY 3 2 7 S W . Je ffe rso n , Po rtland , Oregon (A cro ss From La b o r T em p le ) D O W N TO W N A G EN C Y SEMLER SHOE STORE Fir PrOdUCTIOII To Higher Total Jupiter Pluvius may soon win out in the Washington act-now! battle o f which element to be upermost in the weather, we may well expect to need a pontoon to get about on our daily travels. PO R TLAN D , OREGON, January Use o f county roads may be prohibited 19— For the fourth consecutive year over night, if conditions approach those of a since the end of World W ar II, year ago. Certainly, last year’s traffic on Douglas fir sawmills have shown a these roads when they were soft and mushy gain in lumber production over contributed much to the dilapidated condi the previous year, according to tions that even yet are not entirely repaired. H. V. Simpson, executive vice pres OUT CANYON ROAD ident of the West Coast Lumber Should a road restriction be imposed, rural 8 Minute« From Port tontf men's Association. residents particularly might feel the pinch i 1 I* • East of Beaverton West Coast mills in 1949 produced o f livestock and poultry feed or fuel oil • B A Ñ O - E T ROOM 9 59 billion board feet, Simpson shortages. Cutting o ff of deliveries brings • A M E R IC A N r O Q Q .. th y said. The relatively small, compact A C H IM E S E 1 about a real crisis for those who are not L E T Y O U R D IM E S M A R C H Douglas fir region o f western fc * f prepared. V I N I th # B e a u t if u l Washington and Oregon maintain C H IN A L A N T E R N As a word o f advice, we might suggest LO U N O r ed Its leadership as the nation’s Pain is a universal language, well-under — . — you take a look at your fuel supplies liefore Î \ most important lumber producing stood by all who have suffered it. For the O PET • *» the roads get any worse. It would lie a good W f r k i : >» section and accounted for 28<T of rest of the month, during the drive for funds 4 r. M l V f. idea to keep your oil barrel above the half the nation's total lumber cut. • * r U > e . : i P . M . r i % M . j ! to treat the pain-wracked victims of infan way mark and any other supplies that are The lumber leader said shipments O . l r t to T a k t 0 tile paralysis, most o f us have reason to low should lie replenished at once. Irv i F zr R é s e rv a » en» of Douglas fir. West Coast hem C ' * C o m m e rce ° $ fC t know just how significant our contributions K Ll o v c rt o 4G 26 lock, Western Red cedar and Sitka You’ll feel a lot happier then, if deliveries become when translated to terms of relief spruce lumber from this region stop. during 1949 totaled 9.868 billion for those held in the vise of polio. • • • board feet, a gain over the previous The polio foundation has become an ac CHOICE OF C A N D ID A TE S I year of 680 million feet. Orders for cepted part o f the national pattern. O f all The Democratic party, in the pending these four fine woods, as West causes which seek funds, none has a more ' Coast lumbermen designate these primaries, Rives the promise of a little pol dramatic appeal than the March of Dimes. top commercial species, reached itical action, what with the adoption o f a There are some well-publicized events in streamlined platform fully endorsing the 9.95 billion board feet In 1949. ex- communities, such as parties, dances and principles o f President Truman’s Fair Deal ! ceedlng orders for 1948 by 1.1 btl- I lion board feet. other social functions benefitting the March program. A forthright statement, it clearly The weekly average of West o f Dimes. But the hard core o f public sup defines the standards by which it solicits S U P R E M E Coast lumber production In Decem port is in the amount individually given to votes throughout the state. ber was 184.427,000 b.f. or 115 .BT- the fight against polio. The most interesting development in this of the 1943-1948 average. Orders Infantile paralysis is a dread disease which declaration, however, came about even be averaged 174.991.000 b.f.; Shipments is potentially a heartless crippler. Treatment fore the state central committee, acting un 187.113.000 b.f. ; Weekly averages o f the disease is far more expensive than • Let Ut for November were; Production der the spur o f state senator Richard L. 193.626.000 (121 A f/t of the 1943-1948 the average family can afford. Thus the Neuberger, jxdished up its ideas for submis Winterixe Your Cor average); Orders 204.170.000 b.f.. idea of a foundation to carry on constant sion to the voters. Shipments 214,475,000 b.f. research and at the same time make possible By the turn of the old year into the new, 0 Complete Fifty-two weeks of 1949 cumula- : treatment o f immediate |M>lio cases take the L. T. Ward, publisher o f the Benton County Automotive Repair tive production 9.594.981,000 b.f.: form of broad national insurance whose Times, at Philomath, had already tossed his Fifty-two weeks of 1948. 9,406,104 - costs are borne directly by the people them fedora into the ring as an avowed candidate 000 b.f ; Fifty-two weeks of 1947, selves. for U. S. Representative from the First Con 8.962.268.000. Anyone may contact the disease. But gressional District. Orders for Fifty-two weeks of when the diagnosis is made and the awful Ward makes no bones about his distrust 1949 breakdown as follows: Rail j fact can la* no longer denied, the black pall 6.999.382.000 b.f.; Truck 446.T33.000 and disbelief in the welfare state and other b.f.; Domestic Cargo 1.516.742,000 j o f despair does not seem so abjectly hope sacred cows o f the Democratic party. He 3 5 5 N W C a n yo n Road b.f.; Export 322.657 000 b.f. Local] less. The National Infantile Paralysis Foun opposes CVA, is antagonistic to wholeheart 667.640.000 b.f. dation establishes a tangible means o f com ed endorsement (if the Brannan Farm plan Phone 4474 The Industry's unfilled order file batting the desperation that accompanies and calls for a return to the basic ideals of Beaverton Oregon stood at 520 346 000 b.f at the end i the disease. the Democratic party before it sallied forth of December. Gross Stocks at 658 - 1 This year the need is crucial. A fter four as the savior o f the nation and the world. 654.000 continuous years o f epidemics, polio funds Ward does not represent himself as a are at a critical low. Research, in which Kepublocrat or any other half-this and half- rests the hope o f preventing the disease, is that. He says he is. flatly, a Democrat who going on apace. But it likewise has required wishes to follow the tenets o f the Demo a flow o f funds for the good it has accom cratic party divorced o f its championship of plished. social reform. He seems to believe that peo Care o f patients in the year just passed ple want to think for themselves, without required over $3 million, o f which a substan having to depend upon bureaucratic dictums CU LV ERT D RA IN tial amount went for victims in Oregon. 325 handed down from “ on high.” o f them new cases and a large number of Whether or not Ward will make an im IR R IG A T IO N SEW ER carryover patients who still require care and pression upon the electorate of a state which treatment. stubbornly clings to Republican favoritism See Y o u r B u ild in g M a te n o l D ealer It is not surprising, under a heavy de will only l*> told when the final vote tabu mand, that funds are depleted and that an lation is made. urgent ap|>eal is made for all to give as What seems most important is that the much as they can possibly sjwre. For this voters will have a chance to express them- fund is not an intangible charity. It is hard- soh’os by a choice of candidates, be they sense insurance against the despairs and Republican, Democrat or Truman Fair Deal dislocations the disease might cause, should ers. C an yo n " H a s k e ll Shopping C e n te r" Students Finish First Half Study Of Radio Course not entirely new. In Portland, for instance, they have been focused on the industrial population, in a search for first contact with the disease. And using the same general idea, the new program will intensify x-rays by areas in the county. The expense of maintaining and operating a mobile x-ray unit is only justified by the degree of results which obtain. Perhaps, with a new approach to the problem which is now unsatisfactorily dealt with, there will be a definite advance in tuberculosis control. • • « E 3 2 6 S W . W a sh in g to n Street *mrmyiWMmsn P e y y J -Mortuary. W E. PEGG Wm. 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