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y •CAVETTO* CHTftHUSC — r KÌov, January 26, 1951 Committee Reports County Library Study RPRISE BU M S U B S C R IP T IO N P a y a b le BUSINESS OFFICE AND PLANT PHONE BEAVERTON 3321 F a b t k»e*t*d ta B « n n o e - T t a > * t : : VÜW 7 Highway and Short S'. In A d v o w e e A M oBc iah Oouatje* One Tear Publishing Oft. at tier at the P om Office f n t a r o f « t i w t»k by T V » verton. Oi i f — E s ^ r r i u W ui R A TE S Tw o Tear« _ Three Tear* _________ Editor ------New* Editor O ffice Manager IVAN SMITH ----------- JACK Z O O tE R H A V MBA. EDNA BLACK s is rv i S a Month» IN OREGON One Tear NE WS FA F I R O TH E R STATES rUILISHIIS On* Tear ----------------------- ASSOCIATION S3.00 OUR OWN IRON CURTAINS Marilyn Simonson is a student of the Me- North Dakota, high schooL R e ce n tly Mariltn wrote an editorial in her J newspaper on “Our ~ " * high school Own Iron o*y. We draw them around ourselves^ and refuse to open them ADd let the light oi - Û other’s opinion illuminate our little corner. We don’t come out from behind our har- CiTheIJ*mestown, N. D., Son thought well enough of it to ^¿rin t ’it on its editorial nave and we do likewise here. ^ > U r S n m U : - f t « has been a lot of talk ever unce the end of World War II of the Iron Curtain. What is the Iron Curtain? We know t h a t i t is n o t r e a lly a curtain o f iron, but we do know t h a t i t is just a s S t r o n g and just as solid “ It is a barrier built o f jealousy, f e a r a n d hatred that divides the world It is a barrier i s which there are no doors or openings so that anyone can see the other man’s view- point. “ None of us like the Iron Curtain and we t h in k i t should be done away with, but there are more Iron Curtains in the world than the one which separates the Communist na tions from the rest of the wond and we’re the ones who set them up. “T h ere are Iron Curtains in our school, in our towns, and in our community. Like the curtain that divides the world, these cur tains are woven of malice, hatred and j eal- a » . ' « afraid a fr a id we w a might m i«rh t boost b o o s t him because we’re him tOO too far and he will get ahead of us That is what keeps communities, towns, schools and the world from progressing. “ A basketball team c victory if all the players w u i F“ » ; . Neither c a n this w o r ld hope t o w in the \ic- tOr>' o f p e a c e o r “ every man, woman and child does not play the Fame together. “ Let’s s u n in by tearing down the Iron Curtains right here in our own school. With- hítya _ M 2nd Lamb Show In No. Portland Dated May 22 PO RTLAND — Lamb producer*, livestock marketing agencies and packer* are expecting 1000 lamb* to be entered in the Second Annual Pacific International Lamb Show and Sale to be held in North Port land, May 22 The Show which was originated by the Oregon Purebred Sheep 1 • . R_ a L 9 - - - - Í «. h *11** «M 1 w Y A A tt te By K rk E A M<*'*r* W nat a a courty hbcaryT W ho benefit* from aaefa hbrary sem e«’ Should W m . - j - : « County have a county hbrniy* If so. in v t a : form, and how •hcedd t be ndrr r:»-.ered* Maay o f these question* were answered recent:;, by Mis* EJeaaor Stephana Oregon state librarian I I t T I /*C iFT. AY* rier to lend the other guy a helping hand Breeders' Association will be class ified In pens o f 5i 10, 25. and 50 lambs, all breeds com peting with each other. There will be cash awards amounting to more than I«00 00 and special trophies, with entries open to anyone, anywhere, In addition to lamb producers of the Northwest other active Inter- eats include the Portland Union Stockyards. P acific International Livestock Exposition, commission firms and packer interests operat ing at North Portland. Entries close May 19th Judging will begin at 9:90 a. m. on May WHAT IS A Market Review « covering m a t of Washington omm- ty when she aad. ‘ A county lv brary divides coats and multiplies benefits for all concerned.'* Miss Stephen* went on to tell how iO^ o f Oregon's counties are . . , , a ready reaping those b e n e f.j and optainmg thè advir.'ages of large librarie« throughoui amali com- munities and yet d.viding costi to thè great adrantage of all citaens. Miss Stephen# spoke net only as state libraria**, but as one of I t e T ^ r w ! 1 “ =,‘ J br /. . . . ____ the Washington county library siting nowm* wt* k but b* v t *ho,rT’ weakness during the last few days. Cheese markets continue strong, S. COLD STORAGE STOCKS DAIRY PR O D IC T S DROP R-YPIDLT: Cold .torage holding* ■ of dAiry products throughout the nation reached record highs by the end of last summer. Since that tt a ^ * Í » y ^ Ü Redmond and Bend time the out-of-storage movement ^ rnMjLe * surrey of Washington D - II - R _________ has been very heavy. During No county*# resources and needs of u- R q II q H S lI t Q f ir S vember cold storage stocks of dairy arary MrVice, and to make rec * . . ^ products moved out o f storage omm«ndauons and sugge*tiotu for 0 0 0 1 (1 xAr Qrffl>UD faster than a ry time on record. »rob> m so.-T-ior.* • ' problem solution, Other other member* member. This steady out-movement contin- £ « m ciud. m u . Eva forest grove - Male ued weI] into December. The total *y 'e*- “ B * f -h- For: ' a quartet# in many cities and towns holding* o f < cheese for the nation ’ at the end of December amounted COUTtr r^ lon*J Ub~ y’ “ d Mr - Pacific Northwest ir , lim-i., tk. - - J to around 168 million pounds. This u well as Miss Stephens, have had a ual 00 mpetition of »he Oricina! is about 11 per cent higher than a year ago and nearly 50 per cent ext*nsive experience m the organ- An-North w »«t B arter shop s liia d higher than average. Butter on the iration and operation o f county contest February 23 and 24 at Fo-- other hand is down compared to a library systems, est Grove. Oregon year ago. Total holdings at the end This committee has been com Invitations have gone out o f December were around 105 mil- pleting 1U survey and is now ready hundred, o f organization, and lion pound. This, however, contin- *o_^ fr® ._ ° r n _lU. ' J. ttLt*~rtiU throughout the Northwest. ues weU abovi average and is What is true of the Iron Curtain !» North Djkota, to true aUo throughout the Tualat.n Sensible progress and orderly development of this region depends upon co-operation be- tween communities. ----- — all —--------------------- It depends upon destruction of our own pet Iron Curtains. — Ivan Smith ingtoe ty library board is com- ! Hillsboro. Editor's Note: Mr*. M oore* prised o f M ra E A Moore Tigard ch a.n n a*; Sir D D Rutx F orts- j artici* ta the fir*t of a serte-» explaining the needs for and Grove; Mr* Edgar T.— .iwg North benefit* of a county library in Plain*: Mr R E Wiley, Hillsboro ftnd the Honorable J. O. Johnson 1 Washington county. Metayer C o o p e r a t i n g with the board are the Friend* o f the L*- brary. a volunteer organization beaded by Mr. Kenneth Coates W E E K L Y D A IR Y M A R K E T S -— Corvallis—UR. cold storage hold ing* of dairy product# have drop ped sharply during recent months, P L A N T H IR D S P R IN G T O U R according to the weekly dairy mar LEW IS AND CLARK COLLEGE ket review prepared by the OSC ■ Speciali — Third annual spring extension se n ic e from US DA re- tour o f the Lewis and Clark eoi- P®*** and other d ata Government lege choir will take 60 "singing stocks o f butter and cheese are depleted. Butter held Pioneers" on a week * trip down virtually ^ WiUametti aOBtf ^ strong up to the forepart of this .w ^ m.y » Oregon and back through central Oregon. Beginning March 25 in Lebanon, the group will present concerts under direction o f L Stanley Glar- ^ IB Corrmllta Eugene Cottage Grave, R oieb u rf. G fin * j Piss Medford. Ashland. 1C »math FaT« „3 J ; — .’f TT? - f ■» * *'* ■ » » - X wsh.r S Z T Z Z ti .its .nr ns.rky £ large library for periodic « m « . invitation is needed to enter. Quar- and may also draw upon the great- teU m ay receive deU iiB merely by t v___ - --------- - « « writln* * * * HaJUS- * « “ « « > ch» ir- in the state library in Salem, ex- po ^ 13 Forett Grove plained M is. S t.p b.n s. It may be A rrand t o u , o f $1COO in priM reduc, d sh*rp]y compared to a year earlier and are also around 20 to 25 per cent lower than the pre- , W EST B I T T E R HOLD- rounn ft ‘ 1 ™ , rirJ2ta!io°n m° n*y plUJ a ChanCe t0 re<* iV* “ W O V E R Y LO W : On the Pacific m a ^ b e handled - h r o t x ^ e x ‘ , tine “ ** to Coast the cold storage holdings of 22. The show will be held in c o m m u n i t y ' libraries, through ^ fall are am ong the awards for ra . ^ - ..... At D* the twin« barn o f the Pacific In schools and. as has been found which Quartets will vie this vear ^ Ü ' ternational Livestock Exposition practical in many Oregon commun- i n l , d^ n aT ranglm enÍ a« ^ 1“ ^ arou“ d where last year’s Show proved to ,ties, by bookmobile Through book- i ^ S ’ m a S fo“ a s p e c if ^ motion pounds o f butter in be such a successful event. m ohile regular schedules, small £ - Í L ^ o S c í s t fe a t^ in ^ ThOM responsible for the Show schoo] , ibrar„ s may ^ greatly q^ ¡ , ‘ about 70 per cent less than a year and Sale call attention to the el- supplemented, isolated communities During the two-dav festival For- ago. CHEESE STORAGE HOLDINGS lability o f 4 - H: and F F. A. mem- week]y or biweekly vlsiU egt Grovers revive the good old I P O.V (C A S T : Cheese holding, h *1,1 ln competition. Thel* vi, iu bring books re- day# o f the donning handle- on the other hand stepped up dur quested from the central source, bar mustaches, sideburns, derby ing December on the West Coast. PATIENT NOT CARELESS and books too little In demand or hatg and Iong skirts A Gay Nine- Total amount in cold storage at Patience does not mean indif- too ,,e* P*nsi1Ve toJt owner*b'P *n ties ball, parade, and three big the end o f December was nearly fere nee. W e may work and trust *ma11 ,lbrar1«*' wblch may be bor- stAgt sh0ws are planned as part of 8.8 million pounds. This is about ,r/ 1 th s « r . n * s n 1 a / v o r* a n . . . and wait, but we ought not to be rowed from the central source, so thla n a 1 1 o n a 11 y - known quartet 41 per cent higher than a year ago that one purchased book may be roUnd-up Tickets are to be placed Idle or careless while waiting. ear]y ln Feb. at the same time. Big increase oc Gall Hamilton circulated as tile heed for It comes on mai] order ^ curred ln Oregon, while decreases Membership fn the present IVash- ruary occurred In California. Washington also showed a slight increase. Cheese holdings in Oregon amount ed to around 4.2 million pounds at the end o f December. This is al-1 most equal to the holdings in Cal ifornia. CCC STOCKS OF BUTTER AND C H E E S E S O L D B A C K TO T R A D E : Government - owned stor age stocks o f butter and cheese j have been sold back to the trade ! at rapid rates during the past sev- i eral weeks. Government stocks of butter reached their peak late last fall. Total amount purchased by the government for price support purposes amounted to around 166 million pounds. All o f this supply . was practically depleted by the middle o f December. Recently, however, around 4 9 million pounds were offered to the trade, which is reported to be the remainder o f the government supply. This butter is being offered to the highest bidder. These stocks are all in the A rtW R l iv r v t y of Oregon people say* midwest. Cheese purchases for 10% (yet PGE’» av e rag e re torn is eely 6%%) price support purposes during the past year have also all been dis posed o f to the trade. We thought you knew. But when a survey was B E T T E R M ARKETS TREND made o f Oregon people we found that some thought EASIER — CHEESE UP: Butter markets during the past week have electric company profits were as much as 70%. shown a slight lower trend at some The average o f all answers was 19%! The of the W est Coast markets. Drops occurred this week principally at survey also showed that most people considered Los Angeles. Other W est Coast 10% a fair profit for power companies. markets are fairly steady. East ward. however, butter prices have And yet the return to PGE investors over the last dropped around 9 -4 cents at both 5 yean, has averaged much less— only 6 .4 % ! Chicago and New York. Cheese markets, however, con D on ’t be alarmed, we’re not going to tinue strong. West Coast markets increase our profits. We just want you to have advanced from 2 -4 to 3 cents a pound on American Cheddar know the facts. Actually, power company cheese this week. m a SMALLEST C O W B O Y George Havens conducted his “ Round-up for God" last night at the Village Baptist church on Murray road Havens stands four feet, eleven Inches tall and Is billed as the smallest cow boy In show bus iness. Pray God In Geo. N. TAyler Back in Finney’s tima, store keepers locked up at mid-day and met to pray. One winter saw 100 000 converts and a canvass some years later saw a big percent true to God. Pray God In . . God alone c a n move men. He has kept for himself that power. We cannot do it. Our Geo. N. Taylor part is to pray God to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from the power o f Sa tan unto God. Acts 26:18 tells it. Then set to and pray God to bring them on to forgiveness o f sins and to give them an inheritance among these saved by faith in Jesus C hrist List your lost and pray. The saved have been on someone’s prayer list S. W. McChesney Rd., Portland 1, Oregon. This Gospel by newspaper now in 27th year. It spreads as funds come in. This space paid for by a Seattle family. Tim mu . Know! The answer* to everyday insurance problems* By Leonard Adams PROFIT QUESTION; Not long ago I took out some automobile iasur. ance. The agent asked how much my car was used in busi ness and when I told him about half the time” he said we'd just forget about that as it would raise my rate. The pol. icy has been issued but I got to wondering if that mistatement of fact might not affect any settlement the com pany made in caee o f an accident. A N SW E R ; You are absolutely right and should make another and correct application immedi ately. •If you’ll address your own insurance questions to this o f fice, we’ll try to give you the correct answers and there will be no charge or jhligation of any kind. Leonard Adams ’’Personal Insurance Service’’ Phone 3831 Any Time 73 Broadwj ., Beaverton earnings are limited by state law to a THK STATE OF O REG O N REG ULATES PG E At—rmmmtmi facilities “ used and useful” in the public service. The law protect* you in theta three w a y t : 1. It sees that electric rates are reasonable and nondiscrimi- natory, that everybody is treated alike. 2 . It assures that electric service is m aintairei!... . practicable standard. “ reasonable” return on the value o f electric cst 3 . It regulates profits to a “ reasonable” return on the value o f facilities “ used and useful” in the public wrvice. (In the last 5 years, the return on PGE facilities, figured at original cost, less depreciation, has averaged 6 H%.) j , From where I sit... J o e Marsh Average retern ever lasf 5 years eely 6A% About $83,000,000 has been invested in PGE facilities. This money came from thousands o f Right Under Our Nose! investors who expect only a reasonable return. This return has averaged 6 4 % in the last five years. Sometime back, we got word from the Governor, asking if we wanted to use the State Pire In spection Team — a group of experts they send around to communities to inspect public building*. W e *?nt a letter saying: “ O kay! Give us the once-over!” They came down, all right— last week. PORTLAND OBNERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY After the inspection, we got their report. Came out pretty well, all told. Town Hall aad the School v e r t O.K. Post Office just needed more sandburkets. In fact, every* thing got a clean bill of health, ex cept— the Fire Station.’ From where I sit, we volunteer firemen had ju st been too blamed busy keeping everyone else on the — and not realizing our own firehouse wag not up to anuff. Like the man who worries so much about his neighbors— about whether they work hard enough, about whether they can realty a f ford their new car, about their en joying a temperate glass o f beer— that he forgets to take a good crit ical look at him self now and then. Cepyrietu, 1951 , Im trd State* B 'tuert FemaJalúm