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Stage Company
Increases Fare
By PUC Blessing
F in d in g th a t the O regon Motor
S ta g e s com pany has lost $105,1X7.58
over a 16 m o nths period sta rtin g
J a n u a r y 1, 1949 and th a t present
costs o f operation exceed gross
revenue by $.0137 per mile, the
P ublic Utilities Com m ission o f
ficially gave its blessing to a n in
c re a s e o f fares.
It is expected th a t the com pany
wiil com pile a new ta r r if schedule,
which m u st be filed 10 days in
advance of e ffe ctiv e date, by the
firs t of October. .
T h e com pany exhibits show it
ha s been fig hting a losing battle
a g a in st a d va ncing operation and
labor costs and under the pressures
o f notes payable for such things
as re tro a ctiv e w ages due drivers,
c u r r e n t a cco u n ts and equipment
obligations.
T h e P U C t a k e s th e position,
ju d g in g its order to perm it the
requested chang es in rates, fares,
ch a rg e s, classificatio n s, rules and
regulations governin g the p ra ctice
of the- O regon Motor stages, th a t
present fa re s a re insu fficien t to
produce enough revenue to meet
rising costs of operation.
W ith o u t
a
more
s a tisfa c to ry
op era tin g ration, the stage line’s
continued operation will be jeop-
, ardized. th e com mission holds. T h e
proposed fa re s, deemed ju s t and
reasonable, promise to b rin g gross
revenue more closely in line with
the com p any ’s operational costs.
T h e com p any e stim a tes th a t 6 5 #
of the proposed one-way and round
trip f a r e s will not be a ffe cte d by
th e increase. O f the re m a in in g 35%
a ffected , the com pany expects to
lose ab out 5% of its busin ess b e
cau se of the boost, it says.
T h e ca s e was up for public h e a r
ing on J u n e 29, 1950. E vid e n ce and
testim ony were subm itted by B . W.
Wilson, co m ptro ller o f the c o m
pany. No rep resenta tiv e o f the
public appeared.
Hunting Season Of Earlier
Polio Drive
Names State Day Offered Bounteous Bag
Leader, 1951
EDITOR RECOUNTED RESULTS AS AN
A M A TEU R
DR. HEDLUND TAKES
CHAIRMANSHIP FOR
12TH STRAIGHT YEAR
Dr. E . T. Hedlund
New Y o rk , N. Y.— Dr. E . T . Hed-
lund, fo r the tw elfth consecutive
year, has been appointed Oregon
S t a t e C h a irm an o f the 1951 M arch
o f Dim es, it was disclosed by
B a s il O’Connor, president o f the
N ational F ou nd atio n for In fa n tile
P a r a ly s i s .
I n his role as 1951 M arch of,
D im es S ta te C h airm an, Dr. Hed-
lund will coordinate the work of
city and cou nty cam p aig n d ir e c
tors in Oregon.
P o s tm a s te r of Portland , Oregon,
Dr. Hedlund has long been activ e
in the work of the N ational F o u n
dation, having served in a volun
ta ry ca p a c ity with the polio-fight
ing organization sin ce its e sta b lis h
m ent In 1938. T h e Oregon S ta te
TO MOSCOW — IN IDAHO
Mr. and Mrs. H a r r y Shepard of C h a irm a n was fo rm e rly president
Second St. motored to Moscow, of the S t a t e B o ard of D en tal E x
Idaho, to visit with th e ir daughter, am iners. He is a national o f fic e r
of th e N ational Association o f
a few days la st week.
P o s tm a s te rs , and a life m e m b e r of
th e T u la n e Alumni Association.
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O ffice
and
Display
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Court, P o rtla n d 1, o f f Canyon
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DR. H. A. PUTNAM
C om m e n tin g upon Dr. Hedlund’s
appo intm en t
as
Oregon
State
C h a irm an,
N ational
F ou nd atio n
P res id en t Basil O'Connor said:
“I a m indeed pleased with the
knowledge th a t Dr. Hedlund has
again accepted the ch a irm a n s h ip
of the N ational F o u n d a tio n ’s fu nd
ra is in g drive in Oregon. I am
sure t h a t throug h his effo rts, and
with the cooperation o f the citizens
of Oregon, we will be able to a s
sure the c a re and tr e a t m e n t o f
those whoMook to us for aid when
polio strik es. T h e future o f m any a
boy and girl depends upon the
success of the 1951 M arch of Dimes.
Hospitalization costs a r e high, and
in countless i n s ta n ce s polio pa
tien ts must re m ain in the hos
pital fpr a long period of tim e.”
Dr. Hedlund lives a t 01710 S. W.
R iv erd a le Road, P ortland .
C h iro p ra ctic P h y sician
30 years practice in Portland
I block So. ot Canyon Road on
Hcwett Road-West Slope
Portland phone BEacon 9637
Open eves bv appointment
Speaker Reveals
Health Work In
China Below Par
Mrs. W . P. L e i spoke about 1
health .problems in China, before
the W a s h in g to n C ounty T. B. and
Health Association e xecutiv e board
meeting T h u rs d a y evening O ctober
5th, in the Hillsboro office.
•
CAR WASHING
•
LUBRICATION
•
SIGNAL OIL
PRODUCTS
Mrs. L ei who was born In the
United Sta te s , went to China as a
! child. S h e is a g ra d u a te nurse of
the R o c k e f e ll e r I n s titu te in P e k
ing. S h e did hospital nu rsing in
that part o f China until her return
to the United S t a t e s about f#ur
y ears ago.
We give S&H Green Stamps
Ricke's
Signal Service
N. W. M u rray R d , S unset Hwy.
Beaverton 4605
Mrs. L ei stated th a t a t th a t time
there were few m ore th a n 5000
graduate nurses in all o f China,
and few more were being grad
uated
annually.
In
com parison
with the work done in this coun-
try, the health work In C h ina was
distressingly little. Mrs. Lei illus
trated her talk with a moving pic
tures.
T h e routtne busin ess session of
the group drew tw en ty m em bers
from
Forest
Grove,
Hillsboro,
Aloha, B a rn e s d istrict, B eav erton,
T ig ard and W e s t Slope.
From where I s it... ¿y J o e M arsh
Ought To "Polish Up
Her Traffic Manners!
Spent most of yesterday over at
the Court House. “ Tiny" Fields,
the biggest and fastest-talking of
our three policemen, was holding
forth about his traffic troubles.
“ Women drive just ns good as
men do,” Tiny said, “and just as
bad. For instance— a girl in a con
vertible today. Sh e s ta rte d a three-
block tie-up all by herself.
“ She’s creeping down Main
Street— left hand stuck out and
aort of waving around. Never
turna right or left, never stops.
But, of course, everyone behind
her thinks s h e ’ s signaling about
lo m eth in g. Nobody dares to pass.
When I stop her and ask what s up,
she s m i^ s sweetly and explains
t h a t she's d r y i n g h e r nail p o lu h / ”
From where I sit. that girl’s typi
cal of certain folks who are so
wrapped up in themselves, they
never notice they're not being fair
to others. Our neighbor has a right
to drive in sa fe ty — ju«t a* he has a
right to enjoy a glass of beer. Let's
all respect the other fellow's
rights.
INVITING ALL READERS TO BETTER HIS DAY
By H ervey S. lt<>hiiiM>ii
Any read er who has addition
al Inform ation on nam es, pla
ce s o r even ts covered by Mr.
Robinson are Invited to w rite
the new spaper, in th is way. a
m ore com plete historical *e-
rles will be possible.
Address le tte rs to llprvey ti.
Robinson, % B eav erto n Knter-
prise, B eaverton , Oregon.
D uring the early days before
1850, there were, on the lower W il
lam ette and the Colum bia a nu m
b er o f little towns, each s triving to
becom e the com m e rcial and in
dustrial metropolis o f the territory.
A m ong them were Portland, Mil-
waukie, M ultnom ah City, Linnton,
St. J o h n s and Milton
Milton,
founded
by
C aptains
N a th a n ie l Crosby and T h o m a s A
Sm ith, w as near the Mouth of W i l
lam ette Slough opposite the lower
end o f Suav ies Island, and near
the site of St. Helens. L ik e P o r t
land and St. Helens, it was in
W a s h in g to n county which a t th a t
date extended east to the W illa m
ette and north to the Columbia,
and its citizens needed to cross a
ra n g e of steep hills and the boggy
b eaver-dam country, a trip of 20
miles or m ore to t r a n s a c t business
a t Hillsborough (now Hillsboro)
the co u n ty seat.
C rosby and Sm ith laid out the
town and, in 1851, tan .in adver-
tism en t in th e “O regonian”, o f f e r
ing to give tw o lots to each m a r
ried i?ian an d one to each single
man, who would m ake his home
there and build a house Th e name
Milton was adopted b. m»e o f a
nearby pioneer sawmill. I f the
town were still in existen.-e today,
it would be in Columbia county.
I t was on Monday of the last
week
in
N ovem ber
1851, th a t
j T h o m a s J . D ryer, editor of the
P ortland W e ek ly Oregonian, broke
| away fro m th e drudgery of his
j office and boarded the steamer L ot
W hitcom b, bound for Milton, to
discover for him self whether the
; m arvelous reports he had been
h earing o f the abundance of g am e
a t and n e a r t h a t place were true.
Upon arriv a l he found his friend
Capt. S m ith , one of the proprietors
o f the townsite, snugly housed
fro m the rain, which was falling in
torrents,
and "surrounded with
ev e ry th in g calculated to com fort
the inner m a n ”.
“ A good supper and a com fort-1
able bed,” w rote Mr. D r y e r ,‘‘caused
us to fo rg e t all else, save the a n
ticipated sport o f the morrow. On
Tu esd ay morning, we took a boat,
in com pany with Mr. Veasey, who
kindly volu nteered to ’show us the
ropes’; and w ere soon on the
ground where there were, to say
th e least, thousands of duck#,
geese, b r a n ts and snipes, besides
a few a cre s of sandhill cranes.
" W e pulled off our co a t and
went a t the work of s la u g h te r in
right good earnest. S u ffice to say
t h a t we brought home on T u esd ay
night, forty-fiv e ducks, five b rants,
th ree geese and seven snipes, as
i evidence of the q uantity o f g am e
to be procured by an ordinary
sp ortsm a n in one day at Milton.
" W e ventu re to say that whoever
desires a day's sport will find no
b etter place than Milton, or none
m ore ready and willing to give a
h e a rty welcome than our friends
S m ith and Veasey, the fo rm e r
proverbial for hi> long to m lsm s and
the latter for his liberality in lend
ing his boats and giving in fo r m a
tion to strangers.
" T h o s e who desire fine sport
ca n do no better than to ta k e the
L o t W hitcom b, which runs down
regularly on Mondays and T h u r s
days. stopping at St Helens, where
they will find a first ra te hotel,
kept by Cartland and Atwood, who
are always ready to m a k e the
tra v ele r ‘at hom e’ at th e ir house.
F r o m there it is but one and a
h a l f miles to Milton.
" Y o u will find Capt. Ainsworth
and purser W illiam s o f the Lot
W h itcom b , gentlemen who m ak e
everybody a t ease on board their
boat. W e speak what we k now : go
th e re fo re, ye lovers o f sport, and
try your hand if you heat us, we
will try a g ain .”
Mr. and Mrs H arry S a c k e tt, who
have been living with relativ es in
P ortland while their new home on
Hall St. was being finished moved
into their new home last week.
S 'ats School Support has
REDUCED PROPERTY TAX
Oregon state school support has brought outstanding
benefits to O regon’s schools and Oregon properly
taxpayers. State support has played a vital part in
» pros iding needed equipment and supplying necessary
teachers for Oregon’s surging school population.
It has saved W A S H IN G T O N county property
taxpayers $4,192,418 in the past 7 years
To edu cate W ashington county boys and girls for the past 7 years
requ ired local property ta x es of $7,359,270. In addition, state
school support from income tax sources supplied more th an
$4,192,418 In other words, for every $2 00 raised by local school
d istrict property taxes, another $1.00 has com e from state sources.
School population will double in 10 y e a rs
More state aid is needed to relieve rapidly increasing local
district property taxes.
Mr. Dyer had a day of e x h i l a r a t - ;
ing sport, obtained m a te ria l fo r a
nice little story for his paper, and
got in “plugs fo r several o f his
ad vertising friends and patrons.
Had he crossed the hills to the
beaver-dam m arshes w est o f P o r t
land, he would have found the
g am e as varied and a b u n d a n t
there, but the trip would have
been more difficult.
tyjfw
t ó . Ad«. T in CMId>M i lid C o n n , M rv J m
the Congress
OR YOU
the P resid en t?
A THE
ME X T D O O R ?
is the joint job of 150,000,000 people, it's the biggest job in the world today
—keep in (j it running for liberty and for freedom. And the whole world’s watching to see
whether Americans can do it!
R U N N IN G A M ERICA
today, the people have resigned from running their own countries.
Others have been quick to step in—first with promises of “ security” —and then with whips
and guns—to run things their wag. The evidence is on every front page in the world, every day.
IN MUCH O F THE W O R LD
FREEDOM COMES UNDER ATTACK. The reality of war has
made every American think hard about the things he’s willing to work
and fight for—and freedom leads the list.
But that freedom has been attacked here recently—just
as it has been attacked in other parts of the world. One
of the most serious threats to individual freedom has
been the threat of Government-dominated Compulsory
Health Insurance, falsely presented as a new guarantee
of health "security" for everybody.
THE PEOPLE WEIGH THE FACTS. In the American manner, the
people studied the case for Socialized Medicine—and the case against it.
They found that Government domination of the people’s medical
affairs under Compulsory Health Insurance means lower standards
of medical care, higher payroll taxes, loss of incentive, damage to
research, penalties for the provident, rewards for the improvident.
They found that no country on earth can surpass Amer
ica's leadership in medical care and progress. They
found that able doctors, teachers, nurses and scientists
—working in laboratories where Science, not Politics, is
master—are blazing dramatic new trails to health for
Americans—and for the world.
THE "GRASS ROOTS" SIGNALS CONGRESS. In every com
munity in the Nation, people stood up to be counted on this im
portant issue. Thousands of local women’s clubs, civic groups, farm,
business, religious, taxpayer, medical, educational and patriotic organ
izations spoke out—giving the great United States Congress its
unmistakable Grass Roots signal from home!
And ever watchful, ever sensitive to an alert people,
The Congress saw that signal, and heard the people
speak out, loud and plain. That's democracy in action.
That's the American w ay!
Today among the 1 0 ,000 great organizations on militant public
record against "Compulsory Health Insurance” are:
General Federation of
Women's Clubs
American Farm Bureau
Federation
National Grange
Veterans of Foreign Wars
National Conference of
Catholic Charities
American Protestant
Hospital Association
American Legion
National Association of
Small Business Men
United States Chamber of
Commerce
National Association of
Retail Grocers
National Retail Dry Goods
Association
American Bar Association
• Doctors of this Nation are grateful that the people
refused to be wook H by the fantastic promises of this
un-American excursion into State Socialism, e Doctors
of America are dedicated to serve their fellow citizens
at home and their comrades in uniform, wherever serv
ice to this Nation m ay take them, e And the thing they
stand ready to figlft fo r-to sacrifice for-to die fo r-is
not the alien w ay of life of Socialism, but the prideful
security of a free and self-reliant peoplel
THE VOLUNTARY WAY IS THE AM ERICAN WAYI
• Throughout the Nation, free men and women, working and planning
together, are finding the American answer to every question of medical
service, care and coit. Hundreds of Voluntary Health Insurance Plans are
in healthy competition—sponsored by doctors, insurance companies, hos
pitals, fraternal organizations—by industry, agriculture and labor. • Today
in America—70 million people are protected by Voluntary Health Insur
ance! • Throughout the Nation, families are insuring themselves against
the major costs of illness—at reasonable, budget-basis prices. Voluntary
Health Insurance takes the economic shock out of illness. P rotea your
family now. • For information, ask your doctor—or your insurance man.
An American’» greatest heritage it the right to learn the fact»—and to »peak hi» mind.
Maintained with honor and uned with ninceritg—that right uill guarantee forever that
^ou and Ifcw TUl^hStt Run
PHYSICIANS OF THIS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATE IN PAYING FOR THIS SPACI
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION • NATIONAL EDUCATION CAMPAIGN
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