SYLVAN NEWS (From the Chronicle correspondent) This is a joint district of one section in Multnomah county and part of sections one and seven in Washington county. Sylvan is three miles west of Portland, two miles from Portland Height and one mile from Mount Zion, which name has been established sine "58. A great many get mixed on account of this place being erroneously called Zion Town. Letters often come here directed to Zion Town. Sylvan is the correct name of this postoffice, which name was given it by order of the citizens 3 1/2 years ago. We were obliged to select a name which would not conflict with any other office in the state, and so Sylvan was chosen. The oldest settler in this neighborhood is N.B. Jones, who has a father lying in our little cemetery, who with his son came here in the '50s. N.B. is known by the neighbors as "the mayor," and when he comes out in his tall hat, he towers up pretty well. Messrs. E. and J. Galley comes next in the line of long residents, and then J.H. Gove, who is mourning over the terrible death of his unfortunate son in Portland last week. We are a few feet above you folks in Beaverton, and enjoy better roads at present, but by the way the reports shake us lately you will soon be able to raise yourselves out of the mud in great shape. We have one general merchandise store, a barber shop, meat market, hotel and saloon. D. W. Prince is postmaster and merchant, James Reeves runs the Mansion House and barroom and Harvey Huntington cuts up meat, dissects calves and sells sausage for the appreciative public. We need a blacksmith shop, and there is a good opening here for a smith of the right sort. We have three mails a week and expect to get a daily mail soon. We have a good school of about 100 pupils, with C.E. Hedge as principal, and one assistant. We are talking of building a four-room schoolhouse for a graded school. We are one-half mile from Barnes Heights electric line with five cents fare to First street, Portland. A number of fine residences will be built on the Barnes road the coming summer. There are many fine views from some of the high points in our neighborhood. Overlooking the western valley we see Beaverton, Hillsboro and Forest Grove, with their fine buildings and productive farms nestling in the lowlands with stately fir groves as a background, thus making a panoramic view grand to behold. Then to the northeast we get a beautiful view of the city of Portland, and far beyond is the majestic Columbia glimmering in the sun, and the little city of Vancouver resting in the lap of the foothills of the Cascade range, all of which makes a fairy picture hard to portray. One has only to take a ride around the boulevard to witness this picture, which will well repay him for his trouble. ................................. Next time - News from Cedar Mill