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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
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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
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were considerably re-hashed and at curb and gutter nearly three miles
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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“ 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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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gations we have assumed as the acknowledged
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