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U BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE— Frirfoy, Jonuory 19, 1951 RPB1SE ELSEWHERE IN OREGON SUBSCRIPTION RATES EVENTS AS SCHEDULED BY OUR CONTEMPORARIES IN SURROUNDING NORTHWEST COMMUNITIES Poyable In Advance SE W ER TE M P E R TA N TR U M approaching county courthouse tax In Nortn Bend a veritable tem election. Wash A Multnomah Counties Present street paving project per tantrum ha* followed the set will be completed as early next ting o f sewer assessments. One Year *2 00 Says the NEW’S, the city council year as the weather will permit. Published Friday of each week by The Pioneer Publiahing Co., Inc., at though the matter was settled * Bad weather put a stop to It and Two Yeais *3.75 Beaverton, Oregon. Entered aa second-class matter at the Post Office couple weeks ago. But property most o f a three-mile section was Beaverton. Oregon. owners had an entirely different treated with a coat of binder oil Three Year« *5 00 to hold it through the winter. concept o f the situation. Six Months *1.50 The town may sell bonds up to The taxpayers brought in a Port Editor IV A N S M I T H land attorney and the brickbats the amount of *160,000. This will .......... Newa Editor W A L L Y K A IN ____ were practically flying before the not pave all the streets in Lake- IN OREGON Office Manager MRS E D N A BLACK evening was over. Old arguments view but it is expected to pave, One Year ____ 92.SC were considerably re-hashed and at curb and gutter nearly three miles \ me juncture, a property owner , more. hreatened an “open season" on O TH E R STATES ! ouncilmen. *100,000 W O RTH OF —0 C f » (< V \ PUBLISHERS One Year *3.00 And the city attorney, after the Forest Grove is looking forward to *100,000 worth of sub zero, al ready under construction. there was no other course for the The NEW S TIM ES announces In the first alarms, o f course, we tend to city than to go right through with ROOM FOR IM PRO VEM EN T Hudson House plans to add to its be pessimistic, perhaps unduly so. Hardly plant in this amount. Education, recognized as the science it is, anyone will question that t a pay-as-you go j the disputed assessment. • • • The structure will measure 80 largely aims at developing the natural in taxation will contribute significantly to F IR E D EPT. IM PR O V E M E N T by 200 feet and almost double the telligence of its people to provide the leader curtailing a topheavy nati ioiuu debt. And a Willamina's smoke eaters make ship of the future. This begins at an age of sales tax at least brings immediate returns. their appointed rounds with im capacity of cold room storage for frozen fruits and vegetables. Com six, in public schools, and actually never The specific bill authorizing such a tax proved equipment, following a pletion of the project is set to stops. is, o f course, not yet passed. Maybe we noted purchase. coincide with the strawberry har To the public at large, therefore, six year The TIM E S explains the hook- vest. should have rugged faith that Congress olds are recognized as at the beginning point. will not deal too harshly with those not too and laddies boast a new aluminum three-section extension ladder and S P L IN T RIG G ING SPRE E Everything builds up to this point. A generously endowed. one of the hoys is building a rack youngster, approaching his sixth year, Tape - twisting and sling - rigging Surely, the national law-makers showed catches the excitement of beginning his mercy and concern for business, in draft for the truck to carry it. rates as popular pastimes in the A new location and description area around Gresham. schooling. And all his playmates share in ing an “ excess profits” tax. Compared to board, electrically operated, just in From the OUTLOOK, it seems the importance of such a step. the 40% income tax and 50% excess profits stalled. shows the kind of fire and that hundreds of residents are tak Consider, then, the frustration visited tax o f World W ar II, the new tax takes where It is being fought. Also ing part in first aid classes con- ; upon a youngster whose sixth birthday falls 47% regular income tax but only 30% ex added is an electric hose drier ducted by two county sheriff re on or after November 16. He is restricted cess profits tax. And other provisions are, which hepls make the local depart- | serve units. from entering school and must wait a full actually, even less drastic than the pre ment one of the best equipped and Atomic injury is one of the fea year, when he is nearly seven, before begin vious excess profits tax. manned for its size in the entire ture items in the instruction. Two Yamhill valley. ning. hours each week for a period of So, we should not be too fearful that • • • Oregon state law reckons the age o f a Congress will put an unbearable burden 9 weeks is devoted to treatment of S T R E E T BOND ELECTIO N youngster as six whose birthday falls on or burns and other injuries resulting upon any o f us. True, there is yet no tan Faced with street headaches, the from atomic explosions. before November 15. And so reckoned, a gible protection against runaway food city of Lakevtew has called for a The program of first aid instruc youngster is entitled to enter grade school. prices, which are translating the meaning bond issue with which to continue tio n to be sure, is just getting The local school board, by law, may relax o f inflation into terms o f meat and eggs paving program at about the underway. The attempt will be this rule or make a regulation o f its own as on the dinner table. But let us be firm in our a half-way mark, by now. made to confine classes to about to the entering o f grade school. The E X A M IN E R tells o f the 25 to 35 persons but this number faith that we all will be expected only to Such a division, to be sure, would not be pay our equitable share o f costs for nation election originally called last Oc has already been exceeded in some quite so harsh, if it were possible for a al defense; that no one will be allowed to tober but delayed because of the districts. BUSINESS OFFICE A N D P L A N T PH O N E B E A V E R TO N 2321 Plant located In Beaverton—Tualatin Valley Highway and Short St. m youngster to begin in January’. But with each grade running a complete year, some “ six year olds” are nearly seven before their education begins. This full year in each grade is not help ful for a youngster who failing to pass the necessary standard, must take a full year’s repetition and so is subject to dis interest and frustration all out of proportion to the benefits he should gain by doing the grade over. How it works out, in many cases, is that there are fewer “ flunks” but, by the same turn of events, the child who needs the extra fundamentals thus advances beyond his com parative development. The latter problem could lie worked out to much greater satisfaction by dividing the year into two semesters. Surely there is un fairness in forcing a youngster to set back an entire year because of his educational maladjustment. And there is even more un fairness in passing such a youngster to a higher grade when he is basically unpre pared for the pending work. For beginners, a system o f I-Q tests Rhould be required, not only for those who are 5V* or 5V * years, but for full six-year olds as well. There are tests now given in the first grade, after the school enrollment, geared to the age level. This could well be liberalized to determine the fitness o f any youngster to begin I*?3 grade schooling. For a more equitable educational liegin- ning, surely there is room for improvement. Wally Kain * * * “ GOOD LUCK B IL L M O O R E !" We take leave, this week, o f a fellow work er whose devotion and loyalty to the task of compiling weekly editions has lieen a con stant factor o f the past year and one-half. Answering the national call to duty, Bill Moore, advertising representative, enters the U. S. Navy. W ith him go the sincere good wishes o f those with whom he has as sociated, within the newspaper organization and the business community as well. Enlistment o f some one who has lieen close to you, in having shared a community task for a good length o f time, brings right to your desk-side the physical attributes of national defense. Bill’s going, to lie sure, leaves an emptiness. But all o f us recognize the urgency and we feel that Bill sallies forth to naval service as a personal repre sentative of all o f us who, this time, remain at home. At the time o f leave-taking, we cannot find words to completely indicate our mean ing. W e can only say, knowing the words are inadequate, “ Good Luck, Bill Moore!” W allv Kain • a s NOW YOU W A V E YOUR H A T ! On various radio programs o f an audience participation nature, an attendant at a given cue holds aloft a card saying “ A P P L A U S E ” . W e wish to discuss a situation and in so doing would like to borrow, in spirit, a device o f radio broadcasting. Nothing seems any closer to the lutsic un derstanding o f Americans than that taxes are always with them, whereever they turn, whatever they do. And under the polio- urged by President Truman, o f a pay-as-you- go rule in national defense, most all o f us expect to share even heavier burdens of tax. The thing that seems so confusing and actually in conflict with the spirit o f such a policy however is the rising clamor for a national sales tax. A sales tax, whether on a local, state or national level, strikes directly and without question at tnose o f a lower income. It is not particularly economical to administer (contrary to general belief). But once start ed. it will become increasingly difficult to conclude. Surely, it will produce new revenue. It also reduces, by so much, the effective returns from lesser incomes. RH U BARB ON THE “ PROM" Seaside is in the midst of a veritable rhubarb in regard to needed repairs (again) of the Prom. The SIGNAL indicates the weigh ty problem. While the city council debates who will pungle up from *5,000 to *7,000 for repairs, the Prom is gradually deteriorating and the longer the Job is delayed, the more It will cost Residents on the Prom, who do not like to put out dough more than anyone else, maintain that the Prom is not a sidewalk in the ordinary sense but rather a city improvement originally built by the city and its maintenance is such a responsibility. The city fathers, caught in the middle with the fringe on top, say other property owners have held that since thev must maintain side walks in front of their property, they certainly hove no intention of maintaining sidewalks for property owners along the Prom. A new theory proposes to asses. Prom property for that part of the cost which can be determined as a normal sidewalk improvement, with the city meeting the balance. This would be about a 50-50 division. Meanwhile, the ocean keeps roll ing in. BUILDS OWN HIGH SCHOOL The Lake Oswego high school building is getting underway and the local parents had a little laugh at an association meeting concern ing Dr. Julio L Bortalazao. whom the city hired as superintendent— of a high school which didn t exist. The R E V IE W reviews the situa tion neatly, reprinting a poem which was used to introduce the doctor. Clincher of the rhyme told 'Of the teacher who raised the money to build himself a place to teach. Meanwhile, at the school site, the excavation for the west wing and gymnasium is reported as finished and with weather holding out, pouring of cement is presently ex pected. BILLS...! BILLS...! BILLS...! CONSOLIDATE YOUR DEBTS Obtain an Auto Loan From the PAXSON FINANCE CO. Then Pay One Payment Per Month Instead of Several. 1032 N. E. Canyon Road - “ Haskell Center“ Beav. 4665 License M-383 • U M M I M M U M wax fat and prosperous at our national emergencies. Yes, dear readers. Now you may stand up. And now you wave your hat! W ally Kain DOCTOR’S PU B LIC SERVICE The controversy over socialized medicine, now somewhat dormant because o f more im portant war measures, is yet a tangible sit uation. While less emphasis seems to be laid on a compulsory health insurance plan, as it is called, the threat o f its enactment still hovers over the head of the American Medical Association. This is an argument which concerns the public at large. Nationwide, statewide, coun tywide and locally, health is a primary con sideration. All the arguments in favor o f socialized medicine start from the point that national welfare is severely jeopardized by an unchecked environment of ill health. And with this, there can be little argument. Doctors o f the land have vigorously de clared their opposition to the idea of health for all through a compulsory government insurance plan. In fact, by their fervent rep resentations, the idea is current in some circles that the main opposition of the med ics is economic; that they rise to their heights, in the garb o f Americanism and Private Enterprise, only because o f a pre occupation that perhaps a national health program will adversely affect the incomes of some. Of course, such a tenet is unthinkable. But having taken steps to establish a posi tion o f opposition, the medical profession might well take further steps to prove to the public their concern with community service. There is a golden opportunity for doctors, even in this county, to counteract any mis conceptions which might have arisen about them. This is in the field o f community ser vice, such as in cooperation with schools, organizations and in other fields, when and where the need arises. Community service, to be sure, does not always have an immediate return. But its long-range effect might well be terrific, not only in its reflections to the profession but to the individual, as well. Do not think, for an instance, that there is restriction in such opportunities for public service. Nor, likewise, that no doctor o f the area has given o f his time and en ergies so selflessly. But it might well be rec ognized that locally and county-wise the full job of community service could lie improved. In any community, there is no one profes sion more respected nor more widely affect ing the public than the medical. And a doc tor’s public service will go far to enhance his professional respect. Wally Kain • • • IN TH E D A Y S A H E A D Many questions have arisen since an nouncement appeared relative to the consol idation o f interests which sees the Pioneer Publishing company with a new set o f own ers. This concern, so spontaneously express ed, is a high compliment to the place that the newspa|>er has won in the respect o f its renders. And for those into whose hands fall the reins o f continuance, it is a value which might well lie carefully nurtured. One thing about a newspaper we might well note at this “ great divide" between the old and the new. is that as a community publication it is far more valuable and sig nificant than the mere people who are re sponsible for its makeup, week after week. The responsibility still remains, whoever the staff memliers who do the work, o f ser vice to the area o f readership. May the standards that nave l*een held aloft un to now 1 h > even better maintained in the days ahead? Wally Kain A new \ est. “THE CRACKER BAKERY OF TOMORROW W ith the opening of the new National Biscuit Company Portland Bakery. Nabisco inaugu rates even better service for our mam friends in the Great Northwest. For this bakery’s 600-foot production line with its giant mixers and battery o f traveling hand ovens represents one o f the greatest achievements in large-scale food production. It's a matter of minutes from fine ingredients to golden-brown crackers and cookies all pack aged and ready to be sped swiftly to your neighborhood food store, where you will bnd them fresher and tastier than ever before. The building has been especially planned for the climatic conditions o f Oregon. Other mod ern features include up-to-date sanitary con struction and equipment and mam facilities for the comfort and convenience o f employees. In every respect, our new hakerv is designed to meet the needs of the people of the North west And we pledge our best efforts to be worthy of your confidence and to fulfill the obli gations we have assumed as the acknowledged leader in the baking held. NABISCO • N A T IO N A L BISCUIT C O M PAN Y gs Of FI TE CF ACKEKS. JNOT f L 1 K l \ALTISES A N D NABISCO SLC. Ì F HONEY GF 1HAMS i