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About The Beaverton enterprise. (Beaverton, Or.) 1927-1951 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1950)
BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE— Fndoy, December 8, 1950 Pioneer Land Clearing Job Proved Long, Deal RPAVByO N - ^ y ngRPRISE ROBINSON TACKLED TREMENDOUS TASK HEWING B U SIN E SS O m C E A N D P L A N T P H O N E B E A V E R T O N 232; pw-.t jocatad In Beaverton—Tu alatin Valley H ighw ay and Snort St HOME FROM SITE OF PRESENT-DAY PROGRESS Published Friday o f each week by Tne Pioneer Publishing Co . Inc . at Beaverton. Oregon. Entered u aecond-class m atter at the Post O ffice Beaverton. Oregon ___________________________________ Publisher Manager Editor Aaeociate Editor -O ffice Mgr ___________________ A dvertising STANLEY W NETH ERTO N L E T l'K C K ------------ W A L L T K A IN M RS E D N A B LA C K WM. (BUI- M O O RE - SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mervey S. Kobiuw>n Foyable In Advonce • ents to this day and "it is a re- m arks! • fa c t " w ro:. a h : . apher in 1*12. "that there has never been placed a m ortgage on this prop erty. either by W illiam J. Robinson or any of his children up to this tune." _ A u t A VI ur no man Countie* One Y e a r ------------------------tiu u I h u \ rare ■ - - S3 73 in ree Y e a r s _________________ 5.00 ' l l m o n t h s _____ ____________ 1-30 Any reader who ha« addition al inform ation on names. pla ce« or events covered by Mr It-hinvon are invited to w rite the newspaper In this wav. a more com plet. historical ee rie« will be possibie. W hen R oy L. Davidson, a corre spondent for this newspaper, inter One Y « 52 30 A$SOCrAT0 N view ed H a rry Robinson, grandson o f W illia m J„ upon this place, A d d ress letters to H e rv e y V O TH E R STATES ................ A SS O CI AT I O N m r o i 13 00 m i Year —------ - some nine years ago. H a rry point Robinson, n B eaverton E n te r ed out to him three old barns, prise. B eaverton . O regon. which his grandfather had built upon his claim. Th ey w ere o f S A N T A M AKES IT BETTER colony at Matanuska. It has great mineral W hen W illiam J. Robinson had hewn lumber, pinned together with It’s about this time of year when most of wealth— even yet, after having been worked us are brought face to face with the decision extensively for years. It has timber, both »tahed his claim on Fanno creek 1ob* wooden pegs, like ail other as to whether we should lay low the alleged fo r lumber and for newsprint. It has a di- ,n the *PrtB« of iss2 out where birn* hum by the early settlers myth o f Santa Clause or continue it as a minished supply o f fur-bearing animals. Robinson station now stands, one **d Appeared as sturdy and sub- N IW ÍM M » NATIONAL traditional fiction of the young. Memories of many an adult’s early years will include the cherished faith in a Santa Claus who most generally came into the house by way o f the chimney to reward those o f us who were good. The anticipation of the Christmas Eve visit made the last ten days before Christmas drag on weighted feet. And yet, as a whole, it was a fascinat ing bit o f supposition. Now, with the pace o f life stepped up. the Santa Claus story still strings along. Per haps it is a delusion and only an attempt to recreate the earlier pre-Christmas memories, that there is even any attempt to keep the idea of jolly Saint Nick alive. Merchandisers have taken Santa Claus to their money-making hearts and here again a fresh complication arises A youngster, with the direct and simple faith o f the truest believer, sees these fabulously pot-bellied characters enthroned in a wonderland o f toys and gift-gadgets, holding forth as though they were the lords and masters o f the child’s most delightful world, instead of 9:30 to 5:30 employees devoted to the task o f selling merchandise by an indirect method o f suggestion. Perhaps the disappointments that might arise through such a Santa’s unfulfilled promises is not a serious thing. But, on the other hand, little influences can sometimes effect drastic results. So there are many justifications in telling your offspring, “ Don’t you believe it about Santa Claus.” Yet, such a statement o f heresy would impoverish the adult as well as the child. Maybe there are better things to believe in, but Santa is good enough in his own right. For, you know, there really is a Santa Claus. He is a spirit as much a part o f the Christian civilization as church pews and songbooks. He embodies a generosity o f heart and a concern for those who are less blessed with joy and gladness. His legend is much abused, used to pro mote selfish purposes, distorted and “ inter preted” in a multitude o f ways. Yet the myth o f an heroic Saint Nick in whom small fry. without question, put the utmost o f faitii is robust and well able to stand up under any number o f impositions. Whether the outward expression o f this spirit be the shivering gentleman behind a batch of false whiskers, wearing a somewhat soiled and ill-fitting monkey suit o f red and white or the traditional Santa Claus with flowing beard and flying reindeer charging down from the North Pole for the busiest one night o f the year that might be im agined, he rules significantly during one holiday season a year. Sometimes it seems lamentable that real istic living and inquiry causes the Santa legend to be explained. Much good is accom plished. with the help of it. Too l>ad that we must leave the childish faith in discard.* while we “ explain” that here is no Santa Claus. There is nothing too hypocritical o f old Saint Nick. He always does a noble job in all the stories written and told o f him. Our Christmas season might just be a bit less fascinating without him. On the question, therefore, o f whether or not there is a Santa Claus, you guessed i t ! Our verdict is a resounding “ Yes". W e think the observance of Christ’s hallowed Birth day is translated more deeply throughout our people by such a belief. And you’ll find, even in your own family, that on Christmas Day, the story o f Santa makes it better. • • • ONE MORE BRIGHT STAR In its determined fight for statehood, Alaska has lost another round. This vast northern territory, striving for the stature o f a sovereign state and representation in the halls of Congress, has fallen athwart a determined opposition which listens to no reason. In a radio interview, for instance, Repub lican Senator Rooert Taft seemed to mainly oppose the proposition because it would in crease the number o f possible Democrats in the Senate and House o f Representatives. Elsewhere are contentions that Alaska has no industry but fishing; that it is most ly populated by soldiers on outpost duty; thpt its population is too thin to qualify for statehood. There is nothing said, publicly, o f finan cial interests, o f absentee nature, which might be willing to spend a considerable amount in places o f influence, that such a fact o f Alaska statehood would never be. Consider the situation. Alaska is a territory, famed in gold-rush legend, which has U*«*n called "The 1 Frontier” . It has amazing potentialities but somehow many o f them seldom develop to great proportions. It has oil, vast reserves of it, held by the government and now lieing in the first de- ve)o|fnent stage by the U. S. Navy. It has agricultural lands, as dramatised by the EOlTORiAL IN O R E G O N Alaska also has a strategic place in World- tra ffic airlines and a vigorous air transport system within its widespread boundar.es. There is also the Alaska Railroad and the Alaska Steamship company, one fact that is impressed upon anyone who has sojourned in the northern clime. Alaska could easily support a much larger population, but the Stranglehold that seems upon the Territory makes it difficult to achieve. Development in new Unes o f indus- trv is slow and blamed bv some on the fact ,* . , , , , ? . , . , , of hia flrst ***** *** *° *lash oul a road from the old Oregon city - . . . . . his location so , nd supplies out from Oregon City Then, when he had erected shelter fo r his little fam ily, he went to w ork in a Milwaukie saw- miU to earB money to make his s,art in ° r* * on as we related in ou'I Iast- “ .*biy 7*17 • • WE A R E OF T H E WORLD M generation of Robinsons t- >ccupy the old farm c a m e * or. tne work started by his pioneer father and grandfather not only in conduct o f his private affa irs but also In community enterprise. It was from him that R oy L Davidson, in 1M1, obtained many o f the facts that we have incorporated in this story. k SHOP EARLY Give the Year 'Round Gift day ««ployed. * 7 ^ as af T ! He coop*r>ted ordinary laborer a»<>“ t the mill , with his neighbors, the Fannos. But one day when it was necessary Denneys and others in the develop- to g et a huge log across the stream ment o f a comm unity center about a d the regular drivers had failed Am es Chapel, where Progress now to get the oxen to do the trick, stands and in the establishment of Robinson, during the lunch hour the M cK ay school. The Territory has had a long and intimate wt» l e the drivers were eating. W ith these same neighbors he acquaintanceship with absentee ownership. waJked up to the yoked oxen, gave »-»s instrumental in fretting a road It has no vote in Congress or the election o f them a sim Ple command and with built across the hills to Portland a President. And even its governor is forced ver5r__1,tt!e tr ° 'jble »hot the stick This road was constructed, largely u p o n them, t h e m , in in appointment a p p o in t m e n t b b y th e c h ie f e x - Z Z ' * treanBk p,lac^ Wltb pick shovel and ax. and with- upon " U t iv e in W a s h i n g t o n D C » h e r e it was wanted A fte r that out benefit o f engineering. I t was ecutive u i l \ e in in Washington, v v a s ju n g x o n , D. U . C. L. he wag made an ox driver, and did some distance south o f the ore«en» H e n r y B e n s o n , T e r r i t o r i a l C o m m is s io n e r a great deal o f the haulm*. canyon H ighw ay. The sole idea Of L a b o r , w dio IS a n a c c r e d it e d A la s k a n by It was he who hauled a load o f was to get over the mountain It a ll s t a n d a r d s , d e c la r e s t h a t t h e T e r r i t o r y lumber from Milwaukie down to wag cut Straight aw ay to the hill- m i g h t p e t i t i o n t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s t o w o r k ! Portland to be used in building a top. up one side and down the in b e h a l f o f d e c l a r i n g A l a s k a a n in d e p e n d e n t house on the site of present day other, so steep that it tried the M eier and Frank ■ «tore. mettle o f the strongest oxen. nation W hen he fin ally got riSonev »„ .... n * , , Benson, also a Republican, highlights the * J In later days Robinson traveled willingness o f Alaska to Stand on its own, w?UKh ahead he quit hls i°b at over the Canyon route which, ■ at even in spite o f its nearness to Russia. But cUlnv whlch co* . :...d of 320 acre- „ l° n° Y l the_ " V o f least such a move would be a sorry chapter in the H e bought out ar.o’ her ma wh ^ re ,i*tanc* down the bed o f the • ^ th* 1 *Aey w ere put In place." The pioneer log cabin had long ,u ~ by a better home, which the Robinson^ en- Joyed fo r many years after their farm began to pay dividends, As he prospered W illiam J. Rob- inson reached out to help others H e assisted. in a financial way. some young striving to se- that SO much wealth o f the A laska has been Siphoned off by absentee owners and their Stockholders that there is nothing left for financing new and venturesome endeavors. story o f United States neglect, as shown to this territory which cost about 2c an acre in 1864 and has since returned a thousand fold Its asking price. g . Better for Alaska and for the United States that there be one more bright Star on our flag, for the Land o f the Midnight Sun. ] time to time, until he owned a fine ranch o f one hundred and thirty- five acres, all under a high state of cultivation. In addition to this he was the owner o f twenty acres o f good land elsewhere in the county and tw o residence prop- erties in Portland. Today H a rry Robinson. third had i«o" acres adj^ning "htm and " * * * ! r,Zugh and mucky prop" to clear and w ork the ! f on • ground That was a real job He ,amdv o f* WiI,‘ arT1C' j Long Ploy 33’/2 R P M 45 s Standards SHOP NOW W HILE OUR STOCKS ARE COMPLETE Large Se ection of Classical Records of HALF PRICE WEST SLOPE RECORD & GIFT SHOP 8903 S W Canyon Road - BRoodway 4525 Open Friday Evening T il 9,00 O'clock Pegy J Mortuary W E PEGG Wm SPEARS began COuld w ° rk tr, T af he had don<> *n bui,din* th<* TOad Th e trees had to cut down ani the st**mp* tal*en ®ut- E'T ,0day> W,t* the aid o f powde,r and mach|nery, stump £>« flv * daughters and a son Berilla died at the age o f sixteen: nttie Lenora met her tragic death at the age o f three, as we have just re- tated: Agnes became the w ife of Jam „ W alk er of W ashington "* w a s™ .T e ^ d o u , - unty: VioJ a mar^ d ^ n d°~ pb T h e s it u a t io n in s iv e ly w o r s e n in g in s u ch f a n t a s t i c s id e o f t h e w o r ld K o r e a h a s !>een p r o g r e s - Many or those large fir stumps fo V L ^ n T s a n d e v e n t s a r e h a p p e n in g had roots larger than . man s in , heir old afre contin^ d t o , s e q u e n c e t h a t o n e o n t h is body it. was the common practice regide in the dweninff which her c a n o n ly s h u d d e r t o im - burn thf,m a* p ° » - father built in 18 7 4 sible Brush and tree tops were agine what the end result will be. Raleigh S.. the only son. assisted piled over the stumps and fires bis father in the operation o f the Conflicting views are voiced, one saying we should be calm and not attach too drastic w eek« The fn-e"would creep along an importance to the Iragments o f news an underground root, smoldering that come through to us. The other view in the pitchy sap for weeks seems to introduce US to an all-out war o f There on the claim the Robin- 50 years or more. * »°n children w ere accustomed to Our position, it is plain to see. is perilous. PUy* about the rough We do have a rather academic point to ground among the piles of brush prove. But in doing so, we stand to lose so and and l.he ,,'noIderine much as to make it o f doubtful value. IZ Our reason for first going to Korea v*as ^ e place, ventured too close to a defensible. It seemed for awhile that under roaring brush fire our willingness to take the lead, we had The wind shifted suddenly and succeeded in galvanizing the United Nations before she could get away the into a course of determined action. flames caught her dress and 1 Since our courageous epic o f counter at- about hPr body H er screams tack against Red Korea, it has become more brofuyh’ heJ fHth' r *° ber s‘def ‘n and more ocidcnt that many -nember■ na- flam„. tions o f the L N have lost their first flush ed. E very available home remedy o f enthusiasm. It has become a situation o f was _____ applied to _ no avail and in a American soldiers, marines and sailors bear- few hours she died The work of clearing was slow ing the burden o f the United Nations, with and tedious, but progress was but token assistance from others. and in time the Robinson With the flood-gates o f China's manpower steady, . cracked open and an ever increasing force a™ - aa « t e d am ong the best .n . - ., v. .. r , . . the community That farm has pouring out o f the North, the weight o f remained in thy fK>8ge„ lon of Wll. numliers is pressing heavily against us iiam J Robinson and his descend Here the fantastic faith in the atom lioiiib liegins to thin out and serious doubts o f its effectiveness arise. And we are beginning to re-evaluate the Korean venture, in the light of cold reality. In the United States, grave concern over civilian defense has spurned closer attention The answer« to everyday to this problem. Wide publication is made of Insurance problems* how to survive an atomic bomb. County by By Leonard Adams county and city by city, organizations are lieing set up to handle the multitudinous problems such an attack would occasion. Meanwhile, draft quotas are being liberal ized and the main thought in government and m ilitary circles, as well as in the mil lions o f families o f the United States, is a dreaded war. It seems we have been maneuvered into a Q l'E S TIO M shaky position, far from our source of suj>- a «e caused by my traher cov. ply. Some o f our leaders have sounded o ff ered by mv regular autor- '!e Damage * insurance rather intemperatelv, too. and this adds Property policy* even more weight to our plight. \ N **" Kit; The big question that many are consider ing. these dark days, is whether or not it is cover damage caused by a trail, er and most o f them restrict possible to retire from Korea and save at their coverage to u tility trailers least a piece o f our defenses, there, for use onlv Some new, "broad form on our own homeland, or in a theater less Bodily Injury and Property Damage policies do. however, removed and with some advantage to won cover a;: t y p « o f trailers within in victory. the same limits as your auto, The shoe of internationalism logins to mobile insurance. pinch. And. in such a case, many would prefer to cast it o ff for what has king Uvn • If you 11 address your own our tradition— isolation from the rest o f the insurance questions to this o f world. fice. we'll try to give you the In times o f stress, wp do not always re correct answers and there »*iU gard a situation with cold logic. The truth is. be no ehargr or obligation of any kind. it’s later than isolationism. The modem age has presented us with that reality. Our for- eign policy has sealed our affin ity to the international point o f view, "Personal Insurance Service" However Korea ends, we must accept as Phone 3831 Any Tim e our growing burden the realization that we 73 Broadway. 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