BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE— Friday, August 4, 1950
Pioneer Agreed To Put Up
Log House At Cost Of $28
RPRISE
TW O ROOM MISSION BUILDING MARKED HUMBLE
BU SIN ESS O F F IC E A N D P L A N T
P H O N E B E A V E R T O N 2321
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all the bundles of wheat there. We
tramped all the wheat out with
oxen. Then carried off all the
straw and made a pile of it. W e
had a big pile of wheat left. To
clean It, father would shake it in
a basket while mother and I. hold­
ing opposite sides of a sheet,
would fan it vigorously to blow
away the chaff."
Any reader wh<> luu iwldltlon-
•1 Information on name«, pla­
ce* or event* covered by Mr.
KoblnHon are Invited to write
the newspaper. In this way, a
more complete historical se­
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Address letters to Hervey S.
itobinaon, % Beaverton Enter­
prise, Beaverton, Oregon.
‘Father took up 320 acres adjoin­
ing, it, so he had a square mile of
land.
thought I was too young, and turn- came as promised, and father was
ed the job down.
made chairman and chief assistant.
“W e lived near a camp of Cal- The thief was atrlpped and hung
apooia Indians. One of the Indians up by his wrists. It was agreed
was an inveterate thief. Father that he should receive 50 lashes,
called a meeting of the white men j The Indian who swung the lash
to decide what to do. He suggested 1 cu* *he flesh at every stroke,
flogging, but the others objected. t\hen 25 laYhes had been laid on,
for fear the Indians would rise up father stopped the whipping. The
against us
j IRdian’8 back was covered with
• "So they sent me up to the chief b‘ood and blood was running down
to tell him about it. The chief bis ,e* 8 The chief had him cut
liked me but when I stated my down- washe,d
and he,f* d nlm
errand he was very doubtful about Pu* on
8 c ° e8’
it. I told him one of his tribe
“He'll be a good Indian now,"
could do the whipping. So he final- he said. He never stole again and
ly consented, set a time and place I knew him for many years after-
and had the thief brought there, ward.”
“The white men and the Indians 1
(Continued next week.)
QUALITY CONCRETE PIPE
for
(Continued from last week)
D A Y OF R A T IO N R E TU R N
daily diet? Will it lie marked enough to show
together and built a mill. Every
in the people themselves?
The psychology o f many businessmen in
Thirty-five years ago, James W. pound of flour that they could turn
DRAIN
CULVERT
There were about four years, at the start Gibson of Reedville gave Fred out found ready sale at $50 a bar­
these times is somewhat confusing. Practi­
rel
in
California.
They
started
cally all o f them know intimately the curse o f the last decade, when meat fo r civilian Lockley the story of his coming to
IRRIGATION
SEWER
o f rationing, price control and a thriving consumers dwindled. A fte r the war, then, Oregon in 1847. His story presents grinding flour in 1850 and began
meat became somewhat more plentiful— and an interesting picture of affairs in shipping it by pack train to the
black market. Yet, by every indication, they
See Your Building Material Dealer
seem hell-bent on bringing about just such a the price went up to such a marked degree this section a century ago; so we Feather river and American river
•lickings. The miners passing our
that steaks became special occasions to fam- give 11 here with 80me editins and place paid us a dollar a pound for
situation.
The local merchant, himself, is of course a ilies o f moderate means and probably the revi8ion<
butter and a dollar a dozen for
James was 14 years old, in N o­
most popular entree became, and still is,
eggs.
hapless victim o f rising prices at his source
vember 1847, when the family ar­
of supply. “ Scare buying” accelerates his hamburger.
Soon I had earned a good bit of
rived at Llnnton. All of its mem­
The American Meat Institute might chal­ bers were sick with typhoid fever gold dust. I used to change my
confusion. And the result o f a variety o f in­
fluences is a general up-pricing of commod­ lenge this view but it seems inescapable that or mountain fever as it was called money and dust for those big eight
the meat-eating habits of the United States in those days. One of the children sided $50 gold slugs. It made me
ities in anticipation o f a higher, general
have changed. 1’erhaps consumption on can­ had died on the raft, coming down feel very rich to pull out a handful
price level.
heavy eight sided slugs and
It is a matter of question as to whether an ned meats suffice to keep up total produc­ the Columbia and was buried at ■
the
Cascades.
!
Pitch
them at a crack or a line on
tion
figures.
But
aside
from
statistics,
the
over-priced market is as advantageous, from
jHipularity
o
f
raw,
red
meat
is
actually
far
The
grandmother
died
shortly
ground,
a profit standpoint, as a more normal mar­
after their arrival at Linnton and
'Whsn I was 18 years old I could
ket. True, as long as there is not an alter­ in advance o f its consumption.
two brothers followed within a few *a*^ jargon as well as English, and
Food
budgets,
aware
o
f
protein
values,
native to which consumers might turn for
days. Two sisters were quite sick. *be lodians asked the agent to
price relief, a bloated markup will only re­ often include cheese and other foods, at the and his father and mother were have me appointed government in-
expense o f fresh meat. Whether this will
sult in boosted gross receipts.
prove, in the long run, a major departure so weak and thin that James did terPreter- I was offered $1500 a
And until there is some disturbance of
.. I the' uTj^ofT'saddfo io rfl"1but"?
present marketing facilities, the old merry- from previous health standards is debatable. Ino* exh^ f ‘ *hem to llv! th
But !t is a trend which will gain in currency, I tmmU .. said Mr Gibson ..We had ^ ------ -------------- ---- ---------
go-round of price increases will go round
and round until price controls and rationing i f the days ahead result in higher and high- almost. no provisions lPft and ^
er prices lor me<it <is well as less and less was ashamed to tell anyone how i © I I S A n d W i n S
again becomes the rule.
Attend this free lecture
poor we were, i felt pretty blue
The case against price control, on a con­ o f it on the table of the American public.
The nation has thrived on a meat diet, and wondered how I could take
By Geo. N. Taylor
sumer level, is conditioned to a large extent
entitled:
by the heritage o f plenty which is accepted Perhaps it will do as well on meat products, care of my two little sisters when
my father and mother died.
rhe crowd pressed in to see Je-
by everyone with the money to pay. Certain­ cheese and other protein sources.
But
for
our
money,
there’s
no
substitute
But
thPy
didn’‘
dip
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tbp
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“ He. Ptu,sed byu High above
"CH RISTIA N S C IE N C E :
ly the black market, which flourished before,
for a rare, juicy, muscle-building T-lwne or
< "« h‘ " “ 1
^
will flourish again, ably suited to serve the
gar's cry to Jesus to show mercy.
THE W AY O F MAN’S
pampered tastes of a nation which has l>een sirlom steak.
< < >
w h,„
j. o. on»™ : Now hear the crowd try to quiet
the fellow— “Shut up, you raggedy
accustomed to the same privilege o f plenty
D ELIVERAN CE FROM EVIL"
N E W Y E A R ’S FIR E W O R K S ?
S blind man". But Jesus stopped,
that its income could afford.
As « paradox, price control theoretically
There have been suggestions on moderniz- relative, who had preceeded him to stood and called
by
ing the current calendar for many years. Oregon, who could help him in the the man. Then
assures everyone a fair proportion o f goods
hearing his plea
available. Yet, while it should safeguard the Many have been the pressures building up in «election of a claim. Mrs. Gibson .
H ER SC H EL P. NUNN, C.S.B.
for sight Jesus
buying power o f those with less income, a favor o f or in opposition to such an idea and remembered that a cousin of hers. I
of Portland, Oregon
hue and cry goes up against rationing and in some circles the arguments can grow to na,ned Tlickpr’ had settled on the tells him — "R e­
an uncomfortable heat if one side or the Tualatin plains, and her husband ceive your sight,
price ceilings because it tends to “ fence in”
> ... m
A member of th* Board of Lectureship of th* First Church
everyone, regardless of purchasing power.
other is pursued to some length.
lous now stand8
of Christ Scientist, Boston, Mess.
your
faith
has
A t the present rate o f developments, ra­
But, Unable to otherwise resolve a con-
Accompanied by his new found healed you. From
tioning will be due to return, reasonably troversial issue, perhaps We might add even relative, Gibson returned to Linn-
that instant the
soon. We must again put up with local price another point for calendar jugglers to con-
ton for his family. They swam
man had sight.
administrators and ration appeal Ixiards. sider.
the oxen across the
Willamette Read it — B IB L E
Though we can but admit that a wartime
Each year, around the Fourth of July, the and went d()Wn to Portland, where — Luke 18:35-43.
economy must have controls for the. pro­ Good Earth ripens. Its grasses turn brown thpv had ,pft the waR°n From
Like the blind
tection o f consumers, few indeed are anxious in the summer heat. Its streams settle down hpre they sent an Indlan w,th a ma n , w e a l s o Geo. N, Taylor
to see them enforced.
to a lesser and lesser flow. Its forests dry cnnop to brlnK ,he family from must have faith, for we too are
The day o f these restrictions will certain­ out with millions o f acres as inflammable aa
™ "¿»rltond. they io.d,d than blind. We cannot see the Kingdom
of God and we are blind to the
ly be speeded with higher market prices and
W
at h
tm
e x t’
w
a* on through
a " d drove
Up a over
narrow
scare buying for hoarding purposes.
vv h
nai
n u
ap
p e e n n s t n
next.
trai,
the timber,
ruts new life God has for us. Have
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In celebration o f a time-honored Declara- and stumps, on what is now w ash - faith. Possess Christ as being God
VICE MEETS ITS M ASTER
tion o f Independence, the American people ington street, and thence, by pres- the Saviour who died for your sins
and new sight will come. Only
Indoor Stating in
Gambling and vice, in Washington county, embark upon an orgy o f celebration which ent King street, over the hills to then can you see your name writ­
Collega Chapel
has very little chance o f success, judging reaches many a climax by the setting o ff o f one side of Council Crest, it took ten in God’s Book of Life. Rev
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( them two days and a half to reach 20:12-15.
from the prompt, decisive action of law o f­ f ir e w o r k s ,
No matter the fire hazard. No matter the the CornelloU8 B,te-
ficers who made a bit of mention in the
1 wl11
f° rRf 4 ,oui' flr8.t.
news for knocking over a club on Barbur jeoj>ardy o f life and limb. Fireworks has be-
Tanth Church of Christ, Scientist
come
as
American
as
apple
pie
or
the
Mon-
supp*T
r
a*
A“
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kerf
house
Boulevard, July 25.
do ,.
L i,,„ n
said James. She had turnip greens
•f Portland, Oregon
The honky-tonk man-trap had been in op­
^ U.e8-
and bacon, buttermilk
and hot S. W . McChesney Rd., Portland 1,
1 here have t>een any numl>er of long- biscuits, and my how good it Oregon. This space paid for by a
eration but four days before the county
Everyone It Cordially Invited
Seattle family.
thinking, sincere people who have argued tasted."
sh eriff led a party of raiders who gathered
The senior Gibson heard that
in equipment and operators o f the joint. In against fireworks, in vain. There have l>een
the interest of decency, the action o f the laws passed to the limit o f authority, trying Harvey Clark, a Congregational
law-men deserves complete approval and to control this annual pastime. Results have missionary on the West Plains,
been outstandingly |x>or. Come law, come whprp Forest Grove is now «u-
commendation o f nearby residents as well
whatever, the great American public will ua,Pd- wantPd some one to build a
a s t host* o f the county.
not
be denied its vicarious thrill of setting bousp 5,0 hp wpnt to thp mission
Subsequent investigation o f those who
and obtained the job.
o ff the wide array o f block-busters and sky­
were removed to the county jail to await
It was a douhle log house, one 11
available.
criminal action has divulged a far from pret­ rockets i that are
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r; ,
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room for a school room and the ,
U o learned a lesson that might well be ,„hor ,„r boarding the children
ty background. Arrests and convictions are
recognized over and over, in the prohibition Mr Gibsons bid was $28. James ;
listed for many crimes, ranging from petty
charges o f disorderly conduct to more se­ ot liquor Under the \ olstead Act, how law helped him cut and haul the logs i
will I k * ignored il people don’t want to accept and carried the mud and sticks for
rious matters o f prostitution, pandering,
it. \\ hy not strike a compromise and let the ,hp chimney. Tahitha Brown w a *
carrying concealed weapons and other
homus americanua have ins fun and thrills? tR*t*H*d ** tMchor and mutr«Mh
crimes.
Come New ^ oar s Eve, there is a great of the hoarding school, and that
For a county which specializes in homes
and sober industry, there is no room for
° f hullabaloo and noise-making to split little $28 log house developed Into
University.
the
frosty
night. When would there lie a Pacific
criminal elements. And for those who make
In the fall of 1848. J. O. Gibson I
531 N.
CANYON ROAD
a plea for tolerance and for overlooking the better time for fireworks?
rented a farm two miles south of
Weather is either rainy and wet or snowy Forest Grove, for two years, from
excesses o f those who Iwiit their gambling
and frozen. Danger of fire would be at a a man who had gone to the gold­
traps with undisguised prostitution, le tte r
MANAGER
they examine their opinions to determine minimum. And the populace, both young a n d ....._
fields It had 20 acres of good , i
old, would probably accept the custom, after cleared plow land, and the familv |
how their words are weighted.
moved onto tt in the spring of|
liet us not overlook the fact that during a time, with remarkable ease.
Perhaps this would serve to wake up the
They planted the entire 20
the raid there were present certain residents
world
and
let
them
know
the
passing
o
f
the
ncr<‘8
o f Washington county who experienced a
cradled the wheat and I
' ’Father
’r"
shocked fear that they might I k 1 held up to old by the fireworks o f the new vear'
raked and bound It." said James
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CYLINDER REBORING
SHOES RELINED and BURNISHED
the light as patrons o f this joint. Surely the
"W e cleared
threshing floor In
HOPE
FOR
RESULTS
lure o f free whiskey, as a come-on to patron­
the middle of the field, and hauled
BRAKE DRUM TURNING
VALVE GRINDING
ize slot machines, dice tables, blackjack
Taxpayers, who wonder what the new
games and the amusements of vice, died $200,000 levy for three years will mean on
VALVE SEAT GRINDING
KING PINS & BUSHINGS FITTED
away at the threat o f exposure.
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reconstruction o f . primary
roads, | ....
are .........
invited
WET HONING (A ll Types)
More power to the alertness o f the I). A. by the county roadmaster to take a trip over
CRANKSHAFT GRINDING (in car)
and sh eriff’s offices, in whose crackdown Cedar Hills Boulevard (from Walker road
CYLINDER HEAD GRINDING
was indicated that vice meets its master in to Sunset highway) and have a look at a
FLYW H EEL & CLUTCH FACING
Washington county.
much-needed job recently completed.
GROUND
CLYINDER HONING
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One o f the worst stretches o f road in the
NO SU B STITU TE FOR S TE A K
Beaverton area, this improvement has l>een
CRANKSHAFT GRINDING
The study o f nutrition is long and fas­ crying to l>e dt>ne for some time. The s|K*ed
cinating. It has become accepted, on the
with which this has Iven accomplished adds
Irnsis o f exhaustive scientific study and re­ further hope to results throughout the en­
search, that we are what we eat.
tire county.
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Nations take ethnic characteristics, we are
told, from their predominant diets. And an
P R A Y E R S FOR PEACE
to finance your auto,
historical habit o f eating builds a heritage
house trailer or light
Across the world, in America, in Japan, in
o f noticeable characteristics.
Asia and in Europe. August 6 will U* ot>-
truck
Payments re­
A country wherein fats and starches are served as Peace Sunday.
duced
used to a great extent might well result in
It happened that five short years ago. an
features far different from a people whose atomic lK>mb was dropped on Hiroshima.
main diet is, on the contrary, fish or veg­ Japan, putting a sharp conclusion to a war
1032 N E. CANYON RD
etables or rice or m l meat.
effort that had embroiled the world in its
On the matter of meat consumption,
most bitter conflict.
Haskell Shopping Center
America rates high. The muscle building
There will lie prayers, sermons and sup­
qualities of this diet, protein, most certainly
Phone Beaverton 4665
plications for peace and for the need o f the
is evidenced by those who eat it to a great
l nited Nations and a world government.
extent.
Meanwhile, almost next door to Hiroshima,
Lie M 383
What will be the result, however, o f a con
PHONE BEAVERTON 4579
there will be anything but peace, unless
tinned scarcity o f meat, per capita, in the some quick c h a fe s a^e made mighty ' ^
"Father and a neighbor went in
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BEAVERTON
AUTOM OTIVE MACHINE SHOP
ROBERT "BOB 'SMITH
(machinist)
p.
Paxson
Finance Co.
LOCATED
Automotive
Supply
531 N. W. CANYON ROAD
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