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BIA VERTON ENTERPRISE Fridcy, September 1, 1950 Beaverton Millstones Hod Role In Flouring Industry RFRISE OATMEAL GRINDING PROVED PROFITABLE WHEN BUSINESS O F F IC E A N D P L A N T PHONE BEAVERTO N 2321 PUUit located ip Beaverton—Tualatin Valley Highway and Short St. SUBSCRIPTION RATES I ASSOCIATION EDITORIAL • # W E W OULD LOSE A L L The dislocations of a war-time economy are not the most highly desired. Taking a vast percentage of young men from homes and communities for the physical act of combat, war levies a heavy burden on the hearts of a populace. Anxieties, frustrations and worries accumulate with each succeed ing draft of men. On the home front, practically every phase o f living undergoes change and restriction under the needs o f war-making. Rationing, shortages and always-present seeking for personal advantage weakens and dilutes the moral fibre o f the nation. And so, trembling at the very brink of a devasting World War III, we must try to assess our values, to determine if the course upon which we are embarked might permit a turning off. Well might we reason the thing out, perhaps to even condition our re sponses to peace petitions and calls to pacif icism. There is little mistake that Am erica’s th ie f antagonist is Russia. Our government accepts this tenet. The man in the street re signs himself to the fact. It would seem, as a starting point, that behind the cautious moves and countermoves, the bombast and the reply, the argument and the theory, that these two greatest nations o f the present era are but sparring for advantage before unleashing upon each other the full fury of national resources and hatred. Many say that the cost o f a war o f com- parably greater intensity than was World W ar II over World War I would be more than our economy could stand. Rut. on the other hand, is there any price which would be too much for the liberties and the free doms which are the heritage o f the United States? Those who feel they have had a bad time under capitalism and so agitate for socialism or communism, might well consider their probable lot under a dictatorship o f the pre- letariat. In such a system, agitators find themselves the principal characters in a one way trip to slave lal>or camps or to “ liquida tion” , as it is so neatly put. \\ ell might the shucks 1‘aJi from the eyes o f those so obsessed. Well might we all try to realize that it is our way o f life, our priceless climate o f citizenship (though which ?/undedr°attack ^ ^ U workin,r) S2-50 Recently we told some o f the experiences of Lawrence Hall and his family, enroute to Oregon. N E IG H B O R L Y R E L A T IO N S Washington county is shadowed by a ser- ious poliomyelitis threat, this year, with the eighth case o f the disease equalling all cases o f 1949. What the final total for the year will be is enough to bring shudders to all. Likewise nearing a degree of crisis are National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis funds, obtained through the March of Dimes campaign, which are being rapidly depleted by more and more demands for help in treat ment. W’ashington county, for instance is one o f five who have leaned on national funds, requiring a total o f $4850 so far. National polio has increased and in the ________ ___ t __ _____ ^ state o f ____ Oregon, for example, incidence of the disease is about 30% above that of the ------ .................. previous year. While this is a matter of concern to all, there is strong counsel against fear. No ad vantage will come from any of us losing our sense o f proportions, should the disease strike in either the neighborhood or the home. Preventive measures, in which not too great faith can be justified, might avoid the disease or, at least, somewhat allay its se verity. Over-fatigue and sudden chilling should be carefully patrolled. Adequate rest and sleep, strict fundamental rules of clean liness and avoiding utensils, toys and imple ments belonging to other children are sug gested. What seems more sensible, however, is a routine daily check-up of youngsters for e a r ly n o tice of such symptoms as headaches, nausea, muscle — m „ « e l e soreness « . r e n e w and anrt fever. feve r. In any neighborhood, each family should accept the responsibility o f detecting any indications o f polio among youngster-mem bers and as well cooperate in not spreading the disease. Children who are coming down with polio should not be allowed to mingle with unin fected youngsters. Since medical science ad mits the definite causes o f poliomyelitis are not known, there need be no denying that a first step on a developing case must be isolated from contacting others. A ll we can do— and this must we do— is to watch carefully after youngsters— and adults, too— who might be beginning victims o f the affliction. Late summer and fall are considered the worst for polio outbreaks. Let’s pray they are held to a minimum. I Any reader who hsa addition al Information os uumv, pi*, res or etrnts cohered by Mr. Robinoo* are invited to write the newspaper. In this way, a more complete historical se ries will be possible. .Address tetters to Hervey S. Robinson, Beaverton Enter prise. Beaverton. Oregon. O TH ER STATES One Year ......... — . IAC t i v f WORST TIM E FOR POLIO • Wash A Muitnomah Counties One Year -------------------- $2.00 Two Y e a r * ----------------------------------------- S3 73 ihree Years ------------------ A00 Six months ----- . L50 IN OREGON One Year-------------------- „ A V rO C fA T g N P UB L I S HE R S By Hervey g. Robinson Payable In Advaoca . Publisher _____________________. Manager _____________________ Editor Associate Editor-Of flee Mgr. ________ Advertising NATIONAL FROM BOZEMAN. MONT. Mr. and Mrs. John Tarka of Bozeman. Montana visited last prairie lsnd at the junction of the week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. two trails described above. He Geo. Althisin. bought a squatter's right to the V IS ITIN G SISTE R claim and agreed to give 300 bush Mrs. Howard Aldrich o f San els o f wheat for the place. Wheat, Francisco, Calif., is here visiting at that time, was worth about $1 a her sister and family. Mr. and bushel, making the price of the Mrs. C. R. Little. claim equivalent to $300. B E R N A R D JOSEPH JR. I 184k, Lawrence Hall went to Born to Mr and Mrg ^ PIONEER INSTALLED OLD FRENCH STONE BURRS Published Friday of each week by Tne Pioneer Publishing Co., Inc., at Beaverton, Oregon. Entered aa eecond-claas matter at the Poet Office Beaverton, Oregon S T A N LE Y W. N E T H E R T O N L E TU R C K ___ _______ ____ W A L L Y K A L N ______________ MRS ED N A BLACK V M . <BM) MOORE j first oatmeal in Oregon are now in the possession of M. S. Shrock of Milwaukie. They may be seen standing beside the driveway to his feedmill, a treasured relic of the pioneer flouring industry. (T o be continued) ^ Althisin Aug. 16. a son. at SL Vin fore leaving tried to settle the cent hospital. The baby has been balance due on hia claim of the named Bernard Jose h Jr price of wheat at the time when the deal pas made. But his cred itor insisted upon the current value of 300 bushels of wheat, amounting to $1500. Finally, however, he con sented to accept $300 in settlement of the account. Several other members o f Law rence Hall's train settled in the same vicinity, among them the family o f Benjamin Cornelius. There were ten children in that family, several of whom had reach ed adult age and each preempted land Lawrence Hall also had a BRICK Face - Common - Roman Fireplace Dampers, Etc. PROVEN DEPENDABLE Ask Your Contractor Sylvan Brick Co. O ffice and Display Room Located at 5437 S. W. Canyon Court, Portland 1, o ff Canyon Highway near Sylvan. Ph CApitol 1909 Whenever we move into a new neighbor- ^ ^ r o T v ln c l^ ^ ih ^ l hood, it is to realize in little neighborhoods they had stopped to pay their re which dot a community, a city, a state or the gpecta to ^ John McLaughlin. nation, there always unfolds the pattern o f who had furnished the bateau our democracy. which brought them down the Co- We cannot choose all o f our neighbors, lumbia from u »« Cascades, any more than a citizen can select an d From Vancouver the party reject his fellow citizens. W ith the ex- proceeded with the boat down to ception Of those areas winch draw lines of Unnton- on the left bank of the prejudice, the makeup of any neighborhood " ear the Peter head Burnett ° f Suavies d'd ,lkewise' where and and y these two who families became is drawn from a haphazard blueprint. M. M. McCarver had laid out a owners of a very considerable part There is hardly anyone who can remain town about two years before, at Of that area, fully aloof from "the folks next door” and W hat they believed to be the head It came to be called Cornelius yet be happily situated. Our sorrows, our ot navigation for ocean-going ves- Plains. The pass through the Wil- needs and our little minor triumphs are sel* on th* Columbia. They had lamette Hills on the road to Scap- sharpened by the sympathy, the help and marked off town-lots for sale and poose and st. Helen s was known the understanding o f those who share the ° pen,fd * r,°*? to the ~ ttUrnent5 " Cornelius Pass and the Old hlrvlr w ith 1 1 « on the Tua,atin Plains. There thev unloaded the boat Naturally, we realize neighborliness is not and pitched their , ent d the midgt a one-way trip. As we may not expect a 0f the group o f six or eight log friendly response from anyone whom we houses that constituted the new “ high-hat” or snub, neither do we long con- town. Here they camped for a tinue friendly overtures unless there is a week, while Lawrence Hall set out like return. ion tor the Claim of his former Tolerance is a vital ingredient o f Democ- schoolmate David Hill. who had racy. It is also priceless in establishing and written to bim about the wonder- extending neighborly relations. Maybe there are mannerisms of our neighbors which do n ot ro m n u rp w ith o u r ow n I t w ill lit t le l>ene- nOl Compare W llfl our own. I t W ill U lu e Dene fit us to look askance at such traits when something about ourselves or our children m iffh t l>e as annoying to others. Give and take is a process o f normal American living. One’s personality develops outflowing traces in due nrODortion to the * d e ^ of a S r otance th at ^ X l d e re la tio n s "llma,e and opportunity Hm . was *he trappers trail became Cornelius Fass Road, as It ia called today. There grew up a considerable settlement on Lawrence Hall’s claim. A postoffice was established there in 1854, according to the records o f the Postoffice Depart ment. It was called Oseola (var- iously spelled 1 , with Lawrence Hall as Postmaster Sometime later the ,waa ” !,oca' ed V _____ Willia™ CHOOSE RICH LOOKING KNOTTY PINE TO ENHANCE THE BEAUTY OF YOUR HOME IN THE LIVING ROOM, DINING ROOM, BEDROOMS, OR DEN. liv,n8 uP°n a claim. M r- B alk ar as postmaster Which now bear* It was somewhere hereabout hig name ig now located ,n the that an early grist min. run by an midgt of a 8ett|ement composed of retired American trappers from the Rocky Mountains, with their Indian wives and half-breed fam- _ _ ‘ lies. some •independent Protestant m is s lo n a r l.. and a considerable f former Hudson's Bav overshot watermill was located. either by Lawrence Hall or by Josiah Hall who came from Mis- *°uri In 1852 and took a claim o4irtininn that T n n > t > U o l l adjoining that o f Lawrence Hall upon the W a lker Road. Here the ear*y settlers used to take their degree OI acceptance inai SOCiaDle relations improve with reciprocity. Dignity depends fJ onr™ r froum the Rp* wheat for grinding This min was upon it. Sensitivities are not belabored, River country abandoned sometime later, and in either, when such a procedure is adopted. 1872 was purchased by John Milne, . , , 1 . • ... The latter nad been induced by * & neighborhood is SO like H nation of g jr George Simpson, Governor of a Scotchman, who removed the old Conflicting interests, talents and back- the Company, to attempt a settle- stone burrs, of French make grounds. There is no need for a neighbor- ment at Nisquaiiy and. finding the brought around The Horn, and in stalled in a mill that he was build hood being an unhappy place if there is locauon unsuitable had joined the ing at Hillsboro. good will and determination to work towards American trappers' settlement on Milne soon proved that Oregon a feeling o f good will. the Tualatin Plains Here they oats were Ideal for making oat That there are neighborhoods where ill- for sale to shlppirg at the river meal He founded the oatmeal In will, suspicions, rumor-mongenng and dis- at Unnton. Oregon city or dustry on the Pacific Coast and criminations are present must not be over- Vancouver or to be made into flour made money enough In a short looked. Sometimes there will be a fam ily at the grist mill which were oper- time to build a larger mill where he made a fortune. newly arrived whose accent is different from ating on nearby streams, The old millstones from Beaver- j those already settled. Or perhaps a family The road wai a poor pne, over a ton vicinity, which produced the is not accustomed to friendliess and is under mountain and through a dense the pressures o f a sense of inferiority, shy- (»rest, barely passable for wagons, ness or o f doubt. K crossed the Willamette Hills on about the route now followed by In the usual , American | SH ) e . doing ^ Springville road. It came out Bv w Taylor things we are not always mindful of others upon The ^ rthfrn extremlty of the B> ° * ° * Ta>h,r nor luily considerate. How many of us stop plains which John Work of the The loK8er who 881 next at the to weigh the circumstances of a fam ily Hudson's Bay Company had de- Bil|y Graham meeting told how the whom we consider stand-offish ? Perhaps an scribed so enthusiastically when he < ^ r‘»tlan men in the camp had intelligent examination o f reasons might en- crossed them some twenty years talke<t to t ° r a year before he courage us to be more lenient in our own before. turned to Christ— i sucked a viewpoints and help an unhappy neighijor "The cout,try on **tUn* out of whlak*y bottle rom the time feel more a part o f a neighborhood. the woodH" *a‘d Mr Work- ‘haa '* 8UCk,nK " mllk bottle and THE AVERAGE COST FOR A ROOM 1CTX12' WITH 8' CEILING WOULD BE ONLY $60 ASK ABOUT OUR CREDIT PLAN W. J. McCREADY LUM BER COM PANY F. D. PECK, Mgr. PHONE 3821 BEAVERTON, OREGON Our best salesmen are our satisfied customers Will God Be Mad? _ _ A .• j HAD RIGHT IDEA ♦ 7 1WW7 ry f STATE FA IS EPTEMBER 4 thru 10 ^ . beautiful appearance. It Is a w’as drunk a lot continuation of7>am. which com- Df the time but mence here and extend to the j could quit drink southward, separated by narrow strips of timber, bounded on the u* cast by strips of woodland, which c°uld not quit °ccupy the hanks of the Wiliam- So the man told e,te' and t0 the we8,ward by the ¡t and would God Klllvmau* «Tillamook) Mountain, be mad if he The “ soil loam -- turned ‘ Christian n “ is “ a rich blackish ----- covered with grass and other and then smoked? berry With T T 1* now Wh‘C h ,.“ 7 furnished plants, well fine fruit Not a Stone and scarcely a shrub to Interrupt the progress of the plow, which might be used in many places almost as easily as In a stubble field.” Following the old fur traders- tn,il " lon,: 1S? 7, banka °f ROCk STARTS LABOR DAY * P R I Z I LIVESTOCK ON EX H IB ITIO N * 4 - H l FFA STATE CHAM PIONSHIPS * RODEO A HORSE SHOW EVERY NIGHT * HORSE RACING DAILY * FREE MIDWAY ATTRACTIONS T k * wa« « • » between 8ald that him a n d God * ¥ Then the fellow Ge». X. Taylor added—"One day I kneeled and prayed and when I came to my feet, the whiskey and the cigarette urge had both left me.” * A dm ission 50c Fir8t Chrt8t took the man'8 "'t»8 Was Cr,ok to th<1 vicinity of Orenco and became the sinner and died La- Hall crossed another trail, the fu- for him. Then Christ came from l>e- tl*re Walker Road, near its June- the grave to indwell the man with has tion wl,h th,i future Cornell Road, new life. And what have you let the northwe8t of present Beaverton. In Christ do for you? an area not yat settled. In due ^ time he arrived at David Hill's S ' ^ , ni‘® the l)as,c u' ea *s commemorate place In "Rocky Mountain Retreat" j S. W. McChesney Rd., PorUand 1, ^-abor by one day o f observation, it has as the Mountain Men who settled Oregon. This space paid for by a I Rruwa to b e a time dedicated to a last there had named it. Here he was Seattle family. v*cation lung into the color-deepening ways cordially welcomed by his former an(T* byways of the land. schoolmate. David Hill, since his arrival In ■ Just before- kn« U o f summer, with the trees not yet blazened in their shades o f red, Oregon, in 1842, had become a man yellow, orange and brown, this is a time of of consequence in the new country deep satisfaction. The holiday will be well i At th<> ChamP<>«*s meeting, rm May enjoyed. 1S43. he had been elected as one lu GREAT . . . » How we rail and condemn nations which cannot get along with each other, short of W,ll or threats Ot war. How we credit other goxernments with evil motives, all the time picturing OUr own acts as inspired by an un- delta table gtnidness! How we forget, in in- ternational dealings, how the keynote o f peace and amity l>etween nations is compar- aide to the W y people, in a neighborhood, get along import- ... It is r well that i i i we take i T. note o f . l the , , c rriipui i n®‘RhlMlr|y relations and contribute our full share for their enhancement. Start inir tho -OREGON'S (Fed. Tax Inc.) ine nrst state Of the union to estal)lish IK>r Day as a legal holiday. Since that ginning some t>3 years ago, this day been adopted by all o f the 48 states o f Union. C H ILD R EN 12 a n d U n d a r F R EE SA LIFE M A G A R N E 10LD HIS STORY! It seems to us, certainly, that the state of nin<* on ,h* ,esl8latlv,‘ had noble inspiration and the right idea i i named and as °" one Ju,y 5> 1M 3 he mem was of the three starting Labor Day. ber executive committee who ex ercised the powers o f governor in the new provisional government, He had represented Tualatin dis- I trlct In the legislative assembly in W ITN E SS A T CO U N TY F A IR Don’t forget the fair, is one o f the ix>i>- ular warnings o f the year. Forget the fair, indeed- I f the general public gives no thought o f a fair until prod- ded into it shortly before opening date the fate o f any fair is destined for short- and a*aln ln th8 i,r*t l^gisia- ture under the reorganized pro- vt"lonal *°ve m i«en t »" is45. W,t- to a *ner h‘* dep* r ture Pom I.lnnton. Ij»wrence Hall was back at that place, accom panied by Mr. Hill with an ox . team and wagon to take the Hall <lir IS an expression o f an area, exhil)- family and their personal effects iting the agricultural, horticultural and *° Dili’s East Tualatin claim. handiwork accomplishments o f the year. It n wa* >a«- *" »»>- fal1 '»ben the there ¿ ,, war with Russia, ami our * . Should . , , - -— . ---- -—.............. faint hearts would quell the thought, we ^ * * * a basic nr«Vi«cf the ^ H‘n < ," hiidren ’.‘a,' d many and is certainly ,hat Hal1 and the down-to-CArth culture. »Jeep in his cabin. The men folks w°, nU ?0t a n0rd* i° ' f 86 F or’ in Io8in* ' we would lose all, without recourse. 0h ye*- that’s what you’ll witness when- ever vou take in a countv fnie 7 n ,r- ¿n a ,,nt Mr Ha 1 *°°" *ocat*d a cU,m - on Tualatin Plains, on the rich BILLY GRAHAM j ^ M o n d ay, S ep t. 4 , 3 p.m. GIANT LABOR DAY RALLY M U LT N O M A H STAD IUM - P O R T L A N D GRADY WILSON-CLIFF BARROWS-BEVERLY SHEA 1RILLED OVER HALF-MILLION IN PORTLAND ALREADY!
