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
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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
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pï " e* go up and your meome and
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efficiency come down this year at y e m r
Beaverton, Oregon.
the same rate as that o f the Fed- ' _ .
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era! Government, you will be in the .
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STAN LE Y W. NETHERTON
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by the Oregon State Motor associa
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date.
Associate Editor-Office Mgr.
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Workers, farmers, and business
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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
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the
Federal Government
Th>. ?i.tribution of $20 000.000 among
mill
One Year —.... ................. $3.00
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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
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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
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minimum age.
itself upon us. But with the probability that bons about i t
Make
your
representatives
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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
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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
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9 59 billion board feet, Simpson
shortages. Cutting o ff of deliveries brings
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th y
said. The relatively small, compact
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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
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you take a look at your fuel supplies liefore
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most important lumber producing
stood by all who have suffered it. For the
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the roads get any worse. It would lie a good
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section and accounted for 28<T of
rest of the month, during the drive for funds
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idea to keep your oil barrel above the half
the nation's total lumber cut.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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