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About The Beaverton enterprise. (Beaverton, Or.) 1927-1951 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1950)
BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE— Friday, February 17, 1950 \ vXiL/// Do You Want To Cut Your Federal Taxes? BEAVERTON EN TER PR ISE BU8INKHH O F F IC E A N D P L A N T P H O N E H E A V E K T O N 2321 P la n t lo cated In H eav erto n T u a la tin V alley H ig h w ay a n d S h o rt Mt Efficiency At Less Cost SUBSCRIPTION RATES P u b lish e d F rid a y o f ea ch w eek by T h e P io n e e r P u b lish in g Co., a t B e a v e rto n , O regon. E n te re d a s itecond-class m a tte r a t th e P o st O ffice B e a v e rto n , O regon. E d ito r an d P u b lish e r A sso ciate E d ito r-O ffice Mgr. N n i> E d ito r S T A N L E Y W. N E T H E R T O N M R S E D N A BLACK WALLT K A IN Payable In Advance Want) & M u ltn o m ah C o u n ties O ne Y ear ■ .... - $2.00 T w o Y ear» ------ ---- -------— *3.75 T h re e Y ear* ............ .........— 5.00 Six m o n th s ------------------ — 1.50 IN O K E Q O N Afe*n/n*\ O eec I o Q I l W s ® NAIIONAL VP E R P l l l l t H d S ' M s o i I «Uff I A S S O ÇH A T Í Q N THE RED CROSS JOR The time of March 1 is fast approaching and, as is the usual custom in the United States, an all-out drive will be underway to raise funds for the American Red Cross. Al ready a scurrying search is lx*ing made in all localities for some public spirited citizen or citizens to take the job of leadership for the campaign. Certainly public spirit characterizes one of the utmost values of the American Red Cross. As in the war, when servicemen lien- efited from some sincere gift or service, it is public spirit of the rank and file Red Cross worker that gives meaning and inspir ation to the organization. Like many charity - asking organizations which annually appeal for funds, the Red Cross has listed a pleasing record of accom plishment in line of its charter, for the year ju st passed. Most significant was the region al blood bank, to which little people as well made contributions without parallel in the collection of some 14,011 pints of hlood. There were other services, to lx* sure. They are all listed and are available for the information of anyone desiring to learn more about the accomplishments of the American Red Cross, before they offer funds for its continuation. Any office of the organization will furnish all the details. The Red Cross, it cannot lie denied, has had its problems. Depending to a large ex tent upon public confidence and good will, it has often been under attack by those whom, purportedly, it would serve. Just take the doughboys of the first World War. It’s hard indeed to reconcile some of their statements with the policies of the lied Cross, difficult beyond mention to believe any organization so well-sponsored could fall so short of the job that was to have been done. Perhaps this was the clash of individual wishes with regulations of the organization. Or it might have been some intemperate out burst that rankles in the memory. Suffice it to admit that many a good American cit izen mutters in his beard and grudgingly donates the minimum when the call is out to support the Red Cross institution. In World War 11, this distrust of the Red Cross gained impetus in many quarters, no doubt due to the human equation in the formula. No great sins are alleged. Mostly there was aggravation at -the fact that ex pectations were not justified. In Portland, the Van port flood provided ample and far reaching opportunities for the relief of disaster. The Red Cross was there, without doubt. Rut some flood victims have remarked their disappointment at the ser vices they rendered. One might presume the Red Cross is suf fering from a want of public relations. Such a belief would In* grossly misstated. The organization has one fo the most complete publicity bureaus of any like agency. A shock troop of photographers and writers seem to rise up instantaneously whenever there is a disaster to record by words or picture. Lately, on the heels of its extremely con structive bliHxl bank program, it seemed some headway was l>eing made against the public inertia in support of the Red Cross. Then came the fiasco of the late license seekers. In this community, there have been traces of bitterness as |x»ople read in the daily |»a- |H>rs of the Red Cross wheeling a mobile can teen up along a long line of late license seek ers and serving coffee and doughnuts. Aj>- parentl.v as a publicity stunt it went "pfft!” At the same time, so one complainant says, there was a noighl>orho«xl family, in cluding children, that were in desperate straits and their application for Red Cross relief allegedly fell upon »leaf ears. If the Red Cross might care for a word of advice, before they get too deeply into their campaign for funds to operate during 1950, they would do well to definitely and publicly answer one question: "When* dtx\s the lieti Cross job sta rt........ and end?” • . ^ * TO SAVE COUNTY HOADS The cold weather was a convenient topic of conversation because it was something: th at intruded upon the consciousness of all of us. But don’t think, for an instant, that the story is over or the chapter finally concluded. Regardless of what might lx? in store for us before the middle of April, Washington county is g o in g to lx* affected, on a continu ing basis, by the unusual winter. But the item, this time, is not casual conversation nor even concern over frozen water pipes and cars that refused to respond to the touch of the starter button. The consideration that will lx* with us for many days is financial -in the department of ruads. Briefly, the roads are going to pieces. As had or worse than last year is the story the county court is piecing together. They ask cooperation of the public to try and hold the damage as close as possible to the minimum. Load limits on countv mads have I xxmi cut by one-third, in an attem pt to keep road damage from becoming a serious hazard ( *2.50 IDIIO R iA t O TH EK STA TES O ne Y eur .............. ................... *3.00 174 to traffic. The ixtople, further, are asked to restrain from trucking heavy loads in order to keep vitally needed access roads from being closed entirely. The county court asks that, if feed or fuel supplies must be hauled in, the people do it in two or three loads rather than tax ing the road strength to the full by “sneak ing through” an overloaded truck. Already the county treasury is back by $1 million becaus* of the freeze of 1949. Indications point to a duplicate expenditure for 1950. And there just isn’t money enough to go around, to keep county roads in ex pected repair and also fix the unexpected disrepair because of freezing weather. Cooperation by the public will go far to save county roads. TIGARD LOOKS TO FUTURE The advantages of incorporation are well impressed upon the civic consciousness of many Tigard residents. School taxation, street lighting, road dif ficulties and even an incipient revolt against the shortcomings of its telephone service emphasize the status of being a nobody as far as local government is concerned. The Tigard Businessmen’s Club does a valiant job, trying to act in place of a city government. But the way is hard and the efforts are most unrewarding. With attention being focused on county- city consolidation, the concept of having a city and a place both on the map and in the list of Oregon cities rises up to beckon consideration. Growing pains are common throughout ali of Oregon City. Where Tigard will go is something that requires the thought of all residents looking to the future. Efficiency is necessary to reduce the coat of government. It ii also imperative for our n atio n al p ro s i perity. The Com m ission on th e ¡ Organization of th e E xecutive Branch of the G overnm ent in its j minute survey of th e 1812 F ed eral agencies, boards, and d e p a rtm e n ts, found a sad lack of effective house k eeping. This Com m ission, created by Congress with th e ap p ro v al of President Truman, was headed by i former President Hoover. It has provided a vivid p ictu re of the weaknesses in our p rese n t set-up. and suggested ways of increasing efficiency so that your ta x es may be reduced. Today th o u sa n d s ot tons o t obso lete, u seless reco rd s a re sto red in steel cabinets in expensive offices a t maintenance c h a rg e s of $211 per year each, when they could be k ep t in warehouses at a cost of only $2.16 per year each. In 1028 the Department of Agri culture had about 22,000 employees and spent less than $26 million. In 1948 it had 82,000 employees and ■pent $834 millions of your hard- earned tax dollars. In a single Georgia cotton eounty, 47 employ ees of 7 separate US DA field ser vices were handing out advice. A Washington State county had 184 Department agente and a Maryland eounty had 88 agents advising the hsavily taxed farmers. A Missouri dairyman was Hconfused and irri- tated” when he recently received contradictory advice from five gov ernment agencies on how to ferti lise his fields. These are a few instances of the thousands discovered by the Com mission where elimination of dupli cation would give increased effi ciency and better service at less cost. If all of the recommen dations of the Commission are adopted, the workers of this country would save between three and four billion dollars in taxes annually. If you a re interested in seeing th e se ch a n g es made in your gov e rn m e n t, tell your Congressm an. W rite the Citizens Committee for R e orga niz ation of the Executive K ranch of the Government, 1421 • h estn u t S tre e t. Philadelphia 2. Pennsylvania, for more in f o rm a tion Talk to your friends about it These m u c h -needed reform s cannot tie made into law without vour su p p o rt I Traffic Deaths In Oregon Drop For Third Year O re g o n ’s 1949 tr a f f ic d e a th ra te I w as th e lo w est sin c e a c c u ra te sta - j tis tic s h av e been k ep t. S e c re ta ry of j S ta te E a r l T. N ew b ry an n o u n c ed 1 to d ay . I t w as th e th ir d co n secu tiv e | y e a r a new re c o rd h a s been estab - j lished. T h e tr a f f ic d e a th r a te re p re s e n ts j th e n u m b e r o f p e rso n s k illed p er ! h u n d re d m illion m iles of trav e l, | a n d is used n a tio n a lly as a sta n d - j a rd c o m p a riso n , th e s e c r e ta ry ex- ! p lained. O re g o n ’s r a te d ro p p ed to j 6.4 fro m 1948’s r a te of 7.6. I t is co m p u ted fro m fa ta litie s to ta llin g ] 357 a n d tra v e l e s tim a te d a t ju st o v er fiv e a n d a h a lf billion m iles. P re s id e n t T r u m a n ’s H i g h w a y i S a fe ty C o n fere n ce, called in 1946 In a n e f fo rt to c h e c k th e a la rm in g p o st-w a r rise In tr a f f ic d e a th s, set a s a th r e e -y e a r goal re d u c tio n of th e n a tio n a l r a te fro m 12 to 6 d e a th s p e r h u n d re d m illion m iles. I t w as e s tim a te d su ch a re d u c tio n w ould m e an a n a n n u a l sa v in g of 19.000 lives, 650,000 in ju rie s, an d w ell o v er a b illio n d o lla rs in loss fro m p ro p e rty d am ag e . In th a t y e a r O re g o n ’s d e a th r a te w as 10.6, th e s e c r e ta ry said , su b se q u e n tly d ro p p in g to 8.8 in 1947, 7.6 in 1948, a n d 6.4 in 1949. T he 1949 fig u re fo r th e n a tio n is e sti m a te d a t 7.2. N e w b ry sa id th e re d u ctio n re fle c ts a n o ta b le d ro p in f a ta litie s d e s p ite a slig h t in c re ase in v e h ic u la r tra v e l. E ffe c t o f th e a c h ie v e m e n t m ay be realized by c o n sid e rin g th a t if O re g o n ’s 1946 d e a th r a te h a d a p plied to 1949 tra ffic , th e n u m b e r of v ic tim s w ould h av e been n ea rly 650 in ste a d of th e 357 a c tu a lly k ill ed, th e s e c r e ta ry d e c la re d . T h e sa m e p ro p o rtio n is tr u e o f in ju rie s a n d p ro p e rty d am ag e . Jobless Receive Ciaim Checks On Legal Holidays H illsb o to o ffice of th e S ta te U n em p lo y m e n t C o m p en sa tio n C om m issio n a t 124 S. S econd A venue will be open F e b r u a r y 13 a n d 22 to a c ce p t u n e m p lo y m e n t co m p en sa tio n c laim s only, local m a n a g e r A lvin E lk in s sa id M onday. P re v io u s p ra c tic e h a s been to close th e o ffic es to o b se rv e h o li days, b u t it w a s d ecid ed to m a in ta in a p a rtia l se rv ice th ro u g h th e tw o F e b r u a r y h o lid ay s b ecau se of th e h eav y u n e m p lo y m e n t lo ad th is w in te r. an n o u n c ed th a t it w ill n o t sell d o m e stic ally fo r less th a n th e 1949 s u p p o rt p rice p lu s a 5% p ro fit a n d re a so n a b le s to ra g e c h a rg e . ■‘T h is w ould m a k e th e govern- m e n t p rice a b o u t $4.30, d eliv ered in P o rtla n d . T h e flax m a rk e t in th e fail of I960, th e re fo re , could w ell be b etw e en $3.25 a n d $4 p er b ushel, d eliv ered P o rtla n d . QUALITY CONCRETE PIPE for CULVERT DRAIN SEWER IRRIGATION See Vour Building Material Dealer Portland Concrete. Pipe & Products Co* •5819 S W. Macadam ■ Phone: ATwater 8384 WEBB ELECTRIC CO. Sporting Goods Department— Fred Goetz, Mgr, MAKE YOUR OWN ! COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF GLASS ROD BLANKS _________ ______ .... $10.20 and up Complete Line of Accessories for Making Up a Rod To Your Own Liking STEELHEAD SPINNING TA CKLE HEADQUARTERS We have a large vacant lot for a testing ground. Come in and try your hand at spinning SPINNING REELS $13.50 and up SPINNING RODS $16.50 and up WEBB ELECTRIC CO. YOUR ONE-STOP ELECTRIC SHOP BEacon 4116 1701 S. W. Jefferson St. (Canyon Rood at S. W. 17th Avenue) OPEN A Savings Account PLUM RIPE FOR PICKING The legislative interim committee on coun ty-city consolidation presumes there is a P e titio n s a r e being c irc u la te d wave of definite interest in the eastern part th r o u g h o u t e a s te rn W a sh in g to n of Washington, concerning its deliberations. c o u n ty u rg in g C o n g ressio n al a p Building Trend Perhaps they are right. p ro v al to th e H o o v er C o m m issio n Chief aim, apparently, is to consolidate R e p o rt. Promises Sales Your Savings Are Insured for city and county government for purposes of C itiz en s in te re s te d a r e a s k e d to eliminating duplication of services and ef c o n ta c t p e titio n c irc u la to rs. By Flax Farmers fecting a significant saving to the taxpayer. Safety Up to $5,000.00 N a tio n a l new hom e c o n s tru c tio n Of all the cities and all the counties in the tre n d s, a t an all-tim e h ig h in 1949, i state of Oregon, it appears that Portland SEE US BEFORE BUYING by Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation, is ex p ected to c o n tin u e a t th e sam e ! and Multnomah are the two main agencies an instrumentality of the United States Government. level fo r a t le a st a n o th e r y ea r. As concerned. a re su lt, flax fa rm e rs m ay look It seems like a rather extravagant waste A safe, profitable and convenient way to PAINT fo rw a rd to a n o th e r good y e a r, ac of the legislators’ effort to make a detailed, c o rd in g to L J . V aillan c o u rt. m a n save or invest money. state wide study of a problem that could a g e r o f a P o rtla n d flax seed p ro LINOLEUM l>est be resolved by a determination within c e ssin g p lan t. '/ % “ P ric e of flax se ed d ep en d s la rg e one county. Judging the overtime feature of CARPET ly u p o n th e m a rk e t fo r lin seed oil.” Current Dividend the last state legislature, one might think that the problem should have been solved We Do Our Own Installation h e p o in ts o u t. “ D em an d fo r linseed oil. in tu r n , d ep e n d s upon c o n s tru c MEMBER FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK at that time without requiring the special tio n a c tiv ity a n d g e n e ra l b u sin e ss committee of five to spend most of a sum p ro sp e rity ." mer discussing it. Washington Federal Savings G o v e rn m e n t su p p o rt p rice fo r MODERN Consolidation might have its advantages. 1960 flax seed h a s been lo w ered But not to be ever forgotten is that it has and Loan Association fro m la st y e a r ’s fig u re. V a illa n INTERIORS its defects as well. c o u rt. h o w ev er, ex p e cts th e m a rk e t HILLSBORO, OREGON laying aside the m atter of escaping du p ric e to be co n sid e ra b ly above (West Slope) 'HAVE A YEAR'S INCOME IN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT' s u p p o rt levels. plication of work which might result in a 8911 S. W Canyon Road " N e a rly all s u rp lu s flax se ed .” he Accounts Insured to $5,000 little bit of a lot of service under consolida said , "is now u n d e r g o v e rn m e n t tion, the issue of tax economy might lx' c o n tro l. B u t th e g o v e rn m e n t h as debatable. Consider, for instance, the troubles of Portland already in the m atter of fitting its expenditures to its revenues. Forced by a I budget imbalance, the city council takes I great pains to ix>int out that government Lavender Dusting Powder services will lx* curtailed. With a larger ■ Lotus Cologne area and larger population to serve, would I a Multnomah county-wide Portland lx* able ■ to solve its individual revenue shortcomings and at the same time maintain the equivalent I of fire, police, road and sewer services for I the new territory taken in? The interim committee brings up the I "many suggestions that Tigard and Beaver-i I ton lx* included in future plans for develop I ment of a metropolitan Portland.” Which adds even another angle to the legislative I by Y A R D L E Y effort. I With Tigard and Beaverton in Washing I ton .county, the county-city consolidation would l>e required to accomplish a major I 10 Day Vacation in Hawaii for Two step of gerrymandering. Should it lx* ac I complished with a sharp stroke of political G racious tributes to her People With All Expenses Paid sleight of hand, the wishes of Tigard and I loveliness . . . the lavender Beaverton residents might deserve some (or $1,000 in cash) I consideration. Dusting Powder, refreshing, It’s a trifle wearisome to have continual I and enchontingly fragrant effort directed upon us in the eastern end . . . and the lotus Cologne, I of the county toward consolidating us into flowe--fresh and exotic. It's Portland. The Portland ixvst office has al I W E E K L Y C A S H PR3ZES ready done a lot. having wijxxl out the geo just one of the many gaily I graphical identity of Multnomah. West Slope, FIR ST P R I Z E ........................................ $ i o o boxed Yordley Christmas Glencullen, 1’edar Mill and other commun I gift se’s that can help solve ities. Now. through the super brain trust of SECOND P R I Z E ................................ $ 5 0 I vacationing legislators, machinery of the your gift problems $ 3 . 3 5 THIRD P R I Z E ......................................$ 20 state is being drafted to the cause. I to re i* » prodwtt» tor A c e ric o a -» « /» c '» d in Engtond ond tin ,n*d in '*• U S A Trouble is. most of us live in our present FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH Ino« IX« oMg'«ol En*H»h •c*»v*ee. co«"b'".«9 Ii-p o n m o -d d o n -e i-c m #r*c *nt». communities by choice and have found them I pleasant. Assessed valuation is swelling PRIZES............................. $10 Each I steadily. A substantial base for incorporated On Broodway R. Wallace Boyd cities is ready in mom than one instance. Phone 2311 George 0. Fairchild N O TH IN G TO 3U Y I Can’t those political nlannors ever let us G et a free entry blank alone, with our particular problems, without I trying to force us into the fabric of a cloth from any A PPLIA N CE DEALER, PLUMBER so many of us would reject. I or PORTLAN D G A S & CO K E C O . O FFICE The taxable feature of eastern Washing- ton county is no doubt the object of many I B a r i bos c c .n p le t e n . a n d hints on how to win k>r.g. anticipatory glances. For it heightens PRESCRIPTION STORE I the recognition of a plum rqx* for the pick ing. 2 2 Enter the Exciting Gas Water Heater Contest [Urn 9*i 1 1 1 . \ t % 1 .4 Iv.t M.v. «Ill 4 V ,1 ., . . » V a. 1 a .. 1 a .a GRAND PRIZE aa a .a . . a a a lieam fon Vhamacq *