The Beaverton enterprise., April 21, 1950, Image 2

BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE— Friday, April 21, 1950
Death Bed Accusation Did
Not Pin
On Suspect
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ing the statement himself.
At the second trial, May 14 to
19, Davey was aquitted and the
identity of the murderer became
an unsolved mystery.
(Continued next week»
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There was also testimony that
Assistant District Attorney Hall in
taking Jones’ dying statements,
asked Jones, “ was it Davey who
»truck you” and the deceased ra-
; plied that it was, instead of mak­
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the jury disagreed. 10 to 2 in favor
of acquittal. The defense maintain­
ed that Jones was mentally unbal­
anced when he accused Davey of
having assaulted him and was not \
in a condition to state positively
who was his assailant.
Testimony was introduced tend- I
ing to show that, prior to his
death, Jones had* at different
times, accused Charles Westaway.
George Jenne, A. Peterson and
Charles Slavin, all highly respected
young men living near Zion Town
o f committing the assault.
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The long-range effect o f this trend is
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(Continued from last week)
noted by organized baseball, at least to
Whether it’s for an ultimate good or evil,
tome degree. The Babe Ruths, the Tris When R. J. Aiken found his old
the trend in education is in the direction of
Speakers, the legion o f other baseball friend and neighbor, beaten, bloody
federal control.
Perhaps present plans call for only a mild greats, to be sure, earned their acquaint­ dnd semi-conscious in his effbin at
control, offering all the undeniable l>enefits anceship with regulation baseball at a ten­ Ziontown on the morning of Jan­
carefully put forth. Yet again, it is a situa­ der age. And from this fact stems a contin­ uary 18. 1894, he listened to the
tion filled with pitfalls and deserving o f se­ uing interest in the efforts to reach young­ old man’s story of the assault and
sters sooner than high school and college began making preparations to
rious, thoughtful consideration.
wash his face, which was covered
The biggest burden on all levels o f educa­ age with baseball enthusiasm.
with dried blood from two great
tion is financial. This holds true on the ele­
In the Tualatin Valley, this summer will gashes in his head. But Jones stop­
mentary level, the high school level, the col­ see an upsurge in Bee Wee, Cub and Junior ped him and told him to go get
lege and university level and the specialized Legion ball. The latter is well established him some whiskey
schooling level.
and the other two are rapidly becoming es
Going over to L a ity Murphey’s
In the matter, of educational program, tablished in the area..
saloon, Aiken spread the alarm.
there is admittedly merit in the proposition
Anyone who has enjoyed a spectator but for somi’ reason did not buy |
o f making available, even encouraging wide viewpoint at a sandlot baseball game will the liquor there. He and Murphy
participation in as complete an education as welcome the addition o f the youthful play- ' ' ent a^ross ‘ he streen to Leper
it is possible to provide. Upon the shoulders ers to the baseball picture o f this area. ?™‘ he,rh*
7" / V f"
of the young rests the destiny o f the future. Community interest has already come forth Jone-s (.abin. acconlpaniPd by Dan I
Regardless of the individual l»eginnings to help bolster the 1’ee Wee and Cub pro­
of Tomorrow’s citizenry, the inescapable grams, with financial supi>ort for uniforms Leper.
A c c o r d i n g to Aiken's story
fact is that when they move into maturity
A summertime program of baseball will Charles Davey soon after came
they must somehow be prepared to cope
with the increasingly complex problems of add needed recreational outlet for the young into the cabin and, in the presence
generation . . . and the older generation °f several persons, Jones accused
government, business and living.
will be treated with the incomparable enjoy- bim
being his assailant and
Proponents of federally-aided education
demanded his keys, which he i
ment
o
f
sandlot
baseball.
offer generous use of U. S. money as the
; claimed Davey had taken.
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fairest and most reliable method o f raising
This does not accord exactly
with the facts, as brought out
the national standards of our schools. And
MOLES MUST B A Y PRICE
I later. It appears that Davey was i
looking at just this one phase of education,
not in town early that morning.
the financial phase, such an answer seems
W’hen a proud family gardener awakes He had gone to Leper's saloon on
rightly progressive.
some beautiful sunshiny morning and finds I t‘^e
evening with the
Whatever other decision might be made that Ills spacious lawn shows eruptions o f 2.V. which Jones had given him
for our local, state or national school sys­ molts, tlie sensation he experiences is a to treat the boys” , and purchased
tems, there must be no impairment of ed­ combination of anger, liewilderment and four glasses i^f beer and a pack of
ucational opportunity. And we must recog­ anguish.
cigarettes.
nize, without trying to deceive ourselves,
Nothing so unravels the hopes and antic
These weie distributed as direct-
that the advantages o f schooling must not ipations of a part-time grouildkeeper as to ! ed and he loitered about the place
be denied the young, whether on the basis see such destructive marks as a mole oc- until “ bout 10 30. then mounted his
o f economic, racial or religious background. CHsionS.
j borse and returned to his home at
Federal aid to education is not without
The mole, w hen you look at -him scienti- Shattuck 8 station
its disadvantages. Not, to In* sure, because fically, is really a sensitive soul. He cringes
The next morning he arose, put
federal money would not spend as readily
from the light and, on the word o f those on the samo ('lo,he9 he bad worn
and as satisfactorily as that grubbed pain­ who have been able to survey him analytic- *he day before *nd '*ft for Zlon
fully from the pockets of local property
ally and without prejudice, sometimes ful- h° " n
k* .ouj.
n m* ° Ff eav' n*
owners. But federal aid, many fear, is the
fills a function o f Nature.
.mall
change and, according to his
forerunner of federal control.
The volcano-like eruptions that mark the j statement and hers, having none,
Federal control would o ffer to the political
wandering
of this underground creature de- she gave him *P $3 gold piece. He
party in power a dangerous opjKirtunitT to
fine his
main travel routes. The dirt that went to town and returned about
ride herd on the educational development of
arises is from underground workings where noon wlth the change
the Future’s generation. As self-perpetna­
He must have heard of the rob­
tion has long been a secret hope o f all polit­ the soil is too compact to lie pushed aside bery there, for everybody was talk-
to
allow
unhindered
passage
ways.
ical dreamers, would it lie human to expect
Nature, wild-life experts |K>int out, pat- ,n* about it; but aPP»rentiy he
any party in power to turn down the op­
terned the mole for the job o f drainage and dld not vi,it Jones cabin until his
portunity to say what would and what
soil
evolution . By working their way return in the afternoon. When he
would not l>e allowed in the halls o f public
came home he changed his clothes,
through the soil, carrying organic matter rode back to Zion Town and, as he
learning ?
America has fought long and hard for its from the surface down and bringing up says, first heard of the assault.
present system of government and must subsoil, moles carry on a slow natural pro- visited the old mans* cabin and was
there accused by him of having
continue its vigilance that such hard-won cess o f cultivator and soil worker.
Furthermore,
by
their
consumption
o
f
committed
it.
gains are not eaten away under the press­
There were two or three ac-
ing need of money to finance school budgets. cutworms, white grubs and other harmful
There is one part o f the educational pic­ iMeets, they prove o f decided Benefit. But counts of the latter incident, which
ture. on the college level particularly, which along alnnit this station, their contributions I Placed u on ,he afternoon of the
*1Sth When Davey arrived at Jones
is not subject to many o f the present as­ to land development end.
saults of federal money. That is the numer­
hrom the home gardeners point of view. Portland dr<.,„ n)? tbe old mans
ous private colleges, such as Pacific Univer­ their ruination ol lawns and seed beds puts wounds.
sity and Lewis and Clark College in the the hex on anything good which might be
A number of people were in the
Tualatin Valley area.
offered in their defense. An example o f how room. Pavev came and stood near
These private schools have problems of home gardeners feel about these animals the physician on the left side
such magnitude, in comparison to land-grant
was recently given in East Portland.
the patient. Jones’ loft eye was
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and state schools, that it is amazing how
A gardener there, seeing his lawn com closed but some one on that side
they continue to operate against the com­ pletely
ruined, rigged
up a complicated si,oke *° htm and he turned his
petition of other institutions.
trapping system, complete with black pow- h,,ad Al ,hal m o m e n t he c a u g h t
Operate they do. The academic standards der and an electric trigger device which he
of DV * y and r*c **niled !" m
o f small, privately-endowed colleges, on the installed. I he next day or so. it sounded like nl|iht
average, art' high and vigorous. Graduates the advent o f the atomic age. with explo­
He cried out. "Give me my keys’ "
of such schools, going into the business sions all over the lawn further completing
"What k ey s'" asked Davey.
world, find themseKes at no disadvantage the mole’s destruction. Maybe the entire
"W hy those you took from me
whatever. In fact, the opposite result often
mole population was not annihilated. But last night, when you gave me the
Other Sizes
seems to hold.
was the reply, “Give
the gardener no doubt felt a real satisfac- twating?
Although tuition rates are higher and the tion in paying back the damage originally ,hem to m,> 1 want to
in*° m>'
problems of budgets and revenue are com­ done.
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parably insurmountable, the small schools
Moles have a hearty appetite for bulbs nothintJ ani, waIk, d out He w, nt
go ahead with curricula plans and make a
and roots. They will travel along an entire over to Leper»- ,„ioon and re
contribution to the national scene that is
row Ot seed corn. lor instance, heaving out marked that he felt very much
vital and significant.
the plants and injuring plant roots. Fur- hurt that the old man should ac-
Freedom of education, which private col­ thermore, plant pests and diseases spread fuse him; that he was going to
leges strengthen, is one of the moat impor- from infected healthy plants by the mole’s chahg* h** clothe« and go to Port-1
tant bulwarks in the nation. Standing along­ activity.
land to try and straighten matters
side the bill o f rights, the traditional rights
In scratching or eating infected bull* or
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o f free speech, free press and freedom of
religion, the right to a comprehensive edu­ roots, then going to healthy plants, animals
News of the crime and o? j
O M A T iS T ET I R r V M U f . IO N S ' ° F M O T O R IS T S AS A M ER ICA S
cation without shackles imposed by politics, ay spread disease organisms. As one mole Davev's »ires» created great ex­
may
travel
as
far
as
100
yards
in
a
day.
other partisanships must be safeguarded.
citement in Zion Town and the
• 1 3 % MORE M ILEAGE Because It’s Made W ith Exclusive N ew Plus-
through loose soil, it well nullifies disease surrounding country, and opinion i
There is an inspiring service that private
Mileage Tread Rubber.
control
in
hull»
plots.
was much divided over the correct
schools and colleges perform. By the tan­
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The advancing tide o f Civilization, w i t h n,;"' ° f -Tone*- identification
• MORE NON-SKID SAFETY Because Iu Full W idth 8-Rib Tread Has
gible demonstration o f o[H'rating effectively
The assertion was openly made
and constructively without the problem-dis­ Man’s dependence turning broadly to th e
3.4S6 Sharp-Edged Angles to G ive Greater Protection Against Skidding
1
counting Ivacklog o f federal funds, small col­ soil for his sustenance and prosperity, has ,ha* r>avey had been "framed", and
• GREA TER B L O W O U T P R O TE C T IO N . . . N ew E xclu sive Rubb er
mantled thi sensitive little mole wi t h th e ,hat 8omp of J°oes near neighbors &
leges serve as a shining example of what
Kesrnous-PIasttc Gum-Dtppmg Eliminates Internal Heat.
robe* o f defamation. Mr. Mole goes along, were the guilty parties. One man
can lie done.
f
minding his own business and not bothering asserted that Davey was innocent ■
• STRONGER Because It ’s Built W ith a N ew All-Rayon Cord Body
and that two or more men had
other small animals. His industry cannot l»e
S A N D L O T B A S E B A LL
done the deed but he produced no
Spring and l*asel»all an» as American as denied for he constructs veritable networks evidence to support his claim
ham and eggs or apple pie and cheese. And of tunnels and underground galleries which,
Seven days after the beating and
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the urge to take a swing at the horsehide incidentally, are often used by other under­ robbery. Jones died Shortly befo'e
ground inhabitants, such as snakes, mice, his death he gave an Ante-mor’ err.
is not confined to any age or station.
statement to Deputy District At­
Coming up this summer, when the bud­ shrews or weasels.
What hd * the reward» o f his industry? torney Hall, in which according to
ding basela'll feeling erupts in the form of
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Hall’s testimony he stated positive­
teams, leagues and rabid ball fans, is a Traps, poison and black powrdcr attacks!
ly that Davev was his assailant
strengthened activity in Pee Wee and Cub
There are traps that feature harpoon
On the strength of this state­
methods, diamond jaws, scissors jaws and ment a coroner's iurv rendered 1
league teams.
The age o f the Pee Wee players is twelve choker loops For baiting, big fat, juicy their verdict that Jonesi came to
years or younger while the Culis ari' RI ami
angleworms are steeped in a solution of his death "of wounds inflicted
death-dealing thallium sulfate or similar January 17. by a club or other
14 years o f age.
Sandlot baseball has lieen tending to con­ poison and dropped into the runway with blunt Instrument held in the hard«
the voracious appetite o f the animal for of (Tinrlri Datei according to t r
vert to softball playing, o f recent years. The
ante-motem statement bv the d~
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popularity o f the latter sport is attested by such delicacies accomplishing the job.
and *he rrsnd i-iry
‘
the growth o f leagues and regional playoffs,
Poetically the whole deal seems unjust. ceased".
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gaining high ascendency, in the public’s But the mole must pay the price for his in­ D » - f v fivsr for trial
Tw o triait w rrr hold
At thr
mind
dustry !
first ont February 2 * to March Í
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