The
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JnlILLSBR0
VOL. XI.
H1LLSBOKO, OREGON. OCT. 13. 1904.
NO. 31
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Siiy There can bi no (loin
promise VVilh Jnp in
JU'S MIST HE DKIVEN FROM ASIA
8a)a Thai Govet omrnt Mint tit 1 r In
vadtis Fioui Aula
The leading ailinliiHlriiil n pajier
in Uuai-ia eaye that there muitt In)
lui iiPNCrt lerma Aim Japan until
lht country' troops lire
Arthur Cutik ' in. editor of the
; (irani paw Journal, haa ln-eu fined
$250 for lilwlling Rnpie Mutative It.
li. Smith, elected to tlio legislature
,oii the demorralio ticket 1mI June
jCunkliii will appeal, and Hinitli i
I now to kItI apapir h'nmwlf, jut
I to get acquainted with the libel
alattitea.
Rtiria and (ierinany are retort
d to have made a aecrnt agreement
whereby Germany givs certain
gnaranteea to Kmiror Nicholas re
Harding the Grriuan frontier which
wilt tnable Kuaxia lo withdraw
tro.H in Kuseia-Poland and dis
patch them to the Far Kant.
Thomas Ilrown, sged 22 years,
wita fatally shot at Oaketdale.
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(IrlvCI)' """KWMi, imnujr iiiumin, it
! Iir.. nit I . w i a lfntir nf ft tMnnur
outi.f Aia. Kuri)ialklnirlrt'ii?tli-'tiri, ,,
niug every possible lioeiilnn in , , . ' , ,
, " ' i ... i "0 burglars were recently sen-
and around lie laa and Miikd.'n, tl)II0rj t0 thirty-five years liupris
and la raprcting to give the Jap joninenl hy a Montana court.
aneae hatiie wIhmi they make an
advance.
The Uuraiiin gnverrimuit will
nut conaUler pence overtures from
the ouUido, iin'iimlU-r what Jaan
may do. A the honora il war are
vtl with Japan tint cation will
hardly bn I lift Hiat to commit itaill
to a p-ace policy,
i'trt Aithnr still l.o'd out, and
thrrtt U no immediate h pruheu
tlin that Stoeaael wilt mii render.
A
tarn of J. C- Iluchanan, near
CorncliuH, llurnH in the Niht
BIT EIGHT HUNDRED INSURANCE
Three
wan
lb Battle thin N-l-ie-ki,
launch at Seattle, Friday.
Tim It'Hvrr Hill coul mine, in
('mm intuit)', U alhe, and the u.ii.e
may ha a total Ima.
I.ale adviaes nay the Husaian
Ar.ny ia to take
march to victory at any coel.
Thi Japa captured a Hritiali
steamer biund fur Port Arthtr,
with cullle t nd Hour, Friday.
Tliotuaa K. Wataun, populist
LOCAL and COUNTY
Tim higheat market price paid
(or butter ami egg" at Urecr a.
Newton Morgan, of Portland,
vUited friend in llillcboro Sunday
Willii Ireland spent a few dayr
in The Dallea the first of the week.
Missis I.ura Cornelius and Ida
Itiirre'.t vixiled with the family of
Mayor II. P.Cornelius over Sunday
Mr. and Mra. T. C. Wadaworth,
of Portland, aere nut Sm.tlav. Mr
Vadnh israeliler for the Amer
ican True Foundi ri' Comjiany, of
that city.
We carry the awellett line ol
nl m ' - . . i a : .1 i
1 1, .f(..ii;u- m. I geniiemon a ami lauiee urra anuoa
to i jounu in iiib town, ionie
and nee theui, at Dennis'.
Dr. Jame Withyooinhe, (f thin
county, and who ia Vice Director of
the Corvallia Agricultural Loliega
iilli n In! a UriHir inatlluta at Ln
iioiiiinie fur President madu puu'l0'terpiiHn. hat efk.
It 1 14 1 In rxt at it am M K.al n t .1 u 1
' I The floeat line of Fall akirla ever
The CapU.n of the Willamette? i,ri1Ki,t 0 the county ia now in al
river ooai, loiumia, ay uio river j W-hrllllB & Hon. Drop in am
ia luaer than hiatory of the atage
of water chronlclea,
Portland chemiati are aoking
2.riO to eiamine the atoinach of
;ho infant found dead in a Irl.r
acope grip al tho Union depot.
Druggiat Hoth, of Cortland, went
lo tUletu the other day and lout
'2.000 on a fake Amt race, lie will
tie them. The latent patterna, and
at pncea that will aell them.
t'haa. P. Perkins and Mia Kllen
(i. Thomaa, of eaat Vanhington
dimly, were given a licenae ta wed
hv the MiiUni'intli county clerk
Sittifday.
lUv. II. Oberg, well known here
a m . k kar
na nrmer paator oi me m r
try toga Ida money back In the church, waa Umlcred a big ovation
courts.
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liorars Lost in the Flames
Forty Taaa ef Kay
C. Ituchanan, the Cornelius bop
grower, loal ins barn and Ha con
tents KtiJay morning about 2:30,
with a Joes of about $3,000. Buch
anan waa at ilia barn about 11 the
evening before, and everything was
quiet. About 2:30 he wss awaken
sd and tie building was then
nearly consumed. Three head
horses were burned to death, 40
tons of hay and 400 bushels of oats,
2 buggies, and all of Mr. Buchan
an's farm machinery went up in
stnoka. One horse made bis ec
oa from the buttling structure,
bis baiter having burn.d loose.
Mr. Buchanan eays he is at a
loss lo know what started the fire,
unless tome one ciawl d into the
ham Ui sleep and lighted a match.
The blase first stKHed up in tht
bay-at halt that is the theory.
Tlx re waa (800 iosuiauce. The
lnes ia a aevire one. but had tbeie
leen a wind other buildinji must
hive burned.
A. C. HALL'S BARN BURNS.
I hy the membtirs ot Trinity Church
Sunday it was reported that the Portland, Hntuiday evening.
Itueaians had taken a atrongly fcr- The fnllowins unclaimed letters
titled' poaiiion at liantsiaputa,; j t(ie Hii,boro otlice will beae.it
driving the Japa beforo them ilh j to lh8 j.j 0,ioa oct0tWr 22,
Sunday night about midnight the
biro of A. C. Hall, one mile rant of
Sherwood, waa entirely destroyed
hy fire together with all its cm-
lent a. liall is an onion grower
and prosperous farmer and bad juat
Untuned storing his large crop of
onions, hay, grain aud apples for
winter use. Claua Uorcher, a
neighbor, also bad about 500 sacks
of oniona temporarily stored in the
barn and these, too, were destroyed
The hories and wagon were re
moved hut nothing else could tie
saved. The fite ia supposed to
have been of incendiary origin and
the entire loss is estimated at $4000,
with but $SO0 insurance.
Hall for many years served as
Clerk of the Sherwood school dis
trict and ia a brother of the late J.
C. Hall, formerly County Surveyor.
Argus and Oregonian, $2.00.
Will Joos, of Olencoe, was in
town Saturday.
8am Moon, the Centerville dairy
man, was in the city raturuay.
O. E. Kdson, the Dairy Creek
Mills j r iprietor, wis in town Saturday.
Mra. Libbie Cooklin was last
we k the guest of her mother, Mrs.
Ann Freeman.
Misa Trella Ford, of Portland, a
daughter ot II. P. Ford, waa the
gueat of Mra. John Connell the Gret
of the week.
Win, Ingram and sons, and John
fioje, oi Farmington, came back
from Buck Mountain Saturday,
with a deer.
Frank Peters, of this city, has
been elected president of the senior
clafH at Pacific, and Mian Lottie
Peters, bis sister, has been elected
o'sms treasurer.
A. Rutten, the creamery man,
hss returned from a trip to the old
country and hai again started to
operate the Centervdle creamery,
with a good patronage.
ice wet season is due, ana re
member that John Dmnis has the
lineal lineof umbrellasover brought
io the city, with price in reach of
all. Umbrellas for children. Cal
and Bee tiirm.
Captain 0 V. Holm, of the
Nineteenth U. S Infant y, Vancou
ver, was in the nty Sunday, the
guest of Cpt. F. J. Hiiley Cipt.
Helm waa in command at Cebu
when the Dr. w as iti the Philippine
service.
You must have groceries why
not drop in and see our staple
linos, the finest ever brought to the
city. We buy nothing but the
best, and that il whit you want.
Fruits in season. John Dennis.
A ROYAL MUSICAL
Will be Given on Evenings of
October 21 anil 22
I'NDERDIRECTION 0PM E.ROBINSON
A Biblical SUry ef Religion Interest,
Depleting Wrong, Lsve and Retribution
A chorus of about fifty voices, un
der the direction of Martin E. Rob
inson, of Chicago, will be given by
local vocal talent at the Opera
House, on the evenings of Friday
and Saturday, October 21 and 22.
There will be many beautiful pic
tures formed of young women, rep
resenting Orientalism as it eziated
during Scriptural times, and the
singing will be the beet Hillsboro
has heard for years. The Contata,
Queen Eether, is is reprear ntative
of the reign ot King Ahasuerus, the
In Omnia Par&tus"
Is our motto, and we live tip to it. Anything
you need in the drug line, can be had at our
store, and that, too, of the best grade, at cus
tomary prices. Mail orders promptly filled.
Prescriptions and family recipes a specialty.
&f)e Delta Drug Store
Main Street, Hillsboro, Oregon
hiavy lower.
The funeral of the late Hmry C
unleHM oall-d for: A. K liot, Klixa
Hudson, Mrs Fleck, Mr. A. K
Payne, Postmaster (lenrrul, was ! 1 Vpar, r una Hlack.
held at Milwaukee, Sunday nrter-j fjeo. Daiety wis down from
noon. The remain! were interred lr,i.ni.e the firet of the aeek, and
iu Form Home oemetery. j ,lv B t,Bt falir ia getting along
The Columbia Pari Stockyards , nicely. 1! expect lo let out aud
Coitiiiaiiv. a i.ew inociri.onuioii will "catch asiriimof trout some of tlwee
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iiuya Juki na soon as ine taw aiopa
I lliu reft id the lUhermen.
i hooao a site in Portland this week
for a packing plant and expend
-iftOOOO, of its rapital for build
ing. Six employes of the (irand Trunk
Railway wi re sullioati'd to death in
a tunnel near Port Huron, Midi ,
by era I gas last Sunday. A ooI
truiu bmktt in two while pasting
through the tunnel.
John Pope, a real ealalo man
shot himeelf through tlm head,
Saturday, nar North Yakima
Temporary insanity canned by
brooding over htifunens troubles' i
supposed to have been the cause.
The peoples' parly has fi'ul an
Oregon electoral ticket with the
secretary of slate, as follows: h
II. MoMahaon, Salem ;T. IC. Phtdpa,
Malhenr; Dr. J. L Hill, Albany;
and C, F. Huhmitlein, Woodburn.
A Rang of men hi tf cupped M,
Kellcy, at Kelson, Wash , last week ;
tvinu him to a tree, whera he re
mained four days, being found un
conscious. Kelley was soon to
have married a girl altondiug
M'.hool at Ellensburg.
The big auto race on Long Is
land, Saturday, was won hy Ooo.
H all), driving a French fll) horBe
power machine. Geo A mils, a
New York millionaire, was fatally
wounded umi bis driver immediate
ly kill d as a mult of an accident,
District Attorney Harrison Allen
bus bet n asked by the Fiah Com
mission to Btart a suit to dtoido the
question of a boundary hetween the
states of Oregon and Washington,
so that criminal action may ho
properly brought by Oregon, in
. cases, of violation of the llnbing
laws.
The LrvFollette mon in Wiscon
sin threaten to holt Roosevelt un
less the stalwarts pull off their
fight against LaFollotte'a ticket.
The stalwart have placod, Gan.
Schofleld in nomination for bvor-
nor against LiFollette, the regular
nominee, republican, and this gives
Gto. W. Peck, democratic, a chance
for election, and the stale may go
for Parker,
Jos. Honks, of ineiamK waa
don Mindav, having his hand
treated bv Dr. Link later. 8ome
time ago Mr. Hooks ran a sliver in
the mi-mher, and blood poison re-
rulted. For a liino it looked as
though amputation might be neces-
faiy.
TIiibh hiving jewelry, aatchfB
and clocks to be. repaiied should
tako them to E L. McCormick's
new imvelrv store where you will be
taken caie of properly and prompt
ly. All work iMiarantetu. Mam
hi --cei optxtfile Delta Drug store,
llilUhorx, Ore.
fioome Meaoham, formerly ot
Glencoe and Motintaindale, and
who I at nrexeut in Portland, waa
last week badly kicked byaborse
in a stable in that city, and was
taken to thoGoud Samaritan hoa
pitnl, where he is under the care of
physicians. Roth of his legs were
badly injured, but just how much
can not be learned.
Mr. Carl T. Moe and Miss Benlah
Blood. b;th of whom have been
residents of this city for the last
few voars. were married in Port
lard, Sunday, at the residence of
the patents of the groom. Mr
Moe is a well known painter and
decorator, and tbe bride is a friend
of Mr. and Mrs. Marlin, who reside
south of town. The Argue wishes
them much happiness.
If vou contemplate building
barn, a house, or outbuildings, re
member that Groner & Rowel
have a large yard of rough and
dressed lumber at their mill at
SohollH. Figures cheerfully given
on estimates. We deliver lumber
everywhere if quantity 1b sufficient
to make a load. If you are going
tn build, dron us a card. Sales
vnrd at Sflhnlls. nine mil! south
oust of Hillnboro. We aleo have a
ni. A Hue of drain tile: also build
blocks fur foundations and for
collars. Find a line lot of brick.
Call us up on the Independent
telephone.
J Rec'or, formerly superin
tendent of the Hillsboro electric
ight and water plant, but now in
rbarge of the plant at McMinnville,
was married at the latter place,
yesterday evening to Miss Eva
Hambieo, the ceremony taking
lacs at the home of the bride s
parent. Robert P. Wirtx, of -For
mic : rove, acted best man. Those
attending the wedding from here,
sere: T. R Imhrie and daughter,
Mrs. J. C. Umkin, W. W. and
Miss Efctella Boscow.
Joe ia a good fellow and The Ar
gus joins bin many friends in ex
tending congratulations.
RECTOR -HEMBREE.
Ibrtnan and Wiu. Schulmerich
Rd. Rose, II. Whitrnore and Dan
Burkhalter, who went over on Wil
son river last weea, returned &un
dav with a big bear and three deer,
The bear was a monster, and would
dress about 300 pounds. He was
run out by Herman, but Dan Burk
htlter, who had never Killed any
bis (tame, brought him down with
a shot through the heart. Dan was
watching a runaway when his bar
ship came along, and he prcoeeded
to bore htm wild an me Bang iroiu
of an i Id frontiers-man After
throwing 12 itnks at the b"ar, to
make sure ha was dead, and tilling
his ritla magaxine, Dan went up to
close quarters and held a post mor
tem on the carcass. Although he
was watching a runaway and a
dter might coma along any minute,
as the other boys were- sanding
them diwn that way, Dan put up
his rifle and commenced to skin
bis f aine. Adeerpa'Bdd by while
Dan waa atill pulling the bark from
the bear, and he lost the ohance to
bring it down, an act which he had
solemnly sworn to accomplish when
he leiu The boys came niicd with
deer and bear meat and Dan was
so swollen with his success that he
Wits obliged to buy a Bull 42 in the
waist and take on a number 12
pair of boots. The boys tell a good
one on Burkhalter. A deer waa
killed ono day, but not brought in,
except the liver. Dan was told
that this waa a bear's liver, and he
triid t be gams and eat some of it.
He took a mouthful and then spit
it out. After ha killed the bear he
suddenly discovered that bear liver
was good and insisted on eating
nothing else but bfar meat as long
as they were in camp.
A Ireah lot of bulk pickles both
sour and iweet at Greer's.
Pacific University Saturday beat
the Hill Military eleven at foot 1 all
on the campus 'groumls, bv a snore
of 22 lo 5. Philbrcok. 'Pacific's
captain. sullVred fracture of the
collar bone, and will be nut of the
game the rest of the season
Mrs. Eliza Williams, who has
ben spending the Summer with
hr sister, Mrs. II. V. Howard, of
Wilbur, Wash., will return to her
home in HilUboro next Saturday.
Mrs. Williams writes her daughter,
Mr. J. W. Sewell, that her heslth
is much better than when she left
here.
While ploying with a son of
Frank Pauli last Monday, the 10
year old son of Anson Braughton,
of South Hillsboro met with a pain
ful accident which resulted in the
loss of the index finger of tha right
hand at the first joint. The boys
were n'aying and Pauli'sson struck
young Rrauiihton with an ax. The
remaining lingers was siso badly
lacerated. Dr. A B. Bailey dress
ed the woundod members and the
young man is doing nicely.
Saturday last sevenly-five feet of
tha south end of the Scholia bridge
was destroyed by fire, the part burn
ed being two bents of the new and
two of the old structure. W. W.
Crowther, who has a farm close hy,
wits burning sn old stump on a
clearing and tbe fire was carried
from the stump to bridge by an ap
proach from Mr. Crowther's field.
By hard fightirg the main structure
was faved. Judee Rood, last Tues
dsy, dispatched contractor Dailey
mid a ct ew to rebuild the tortion
destroyed and it will be but a short
time until the road is again open
tor travel.
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HILLSBORO FEED STORE
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Dealer in Flour, Chop, Mill Feed, Baled Hay, Stock
Salt, Stock and Poultry Food, Seeds,Bee Supplies,etc.
A Stock of lime and Shingles on Hand
We buy Chickens and Fresh Eggs, and pay the
highest market price.
We deliver to all parts of the city. .
J, W. Hartrampf Hillsboro,
Cor. Third aad Main Sts.,
- Oregon
Martin F.. Robinson, Director
husband of Esther, and is one of
the finest in opera, and that it will
be well received here, goes without
saying. Tbe cantata is to be given
un ier the auspices of tbe ftp worth
League of the M. E. Church and
the Christian Endeavor of tbe
Congregational Church. The cast
of characters is as follows:
Esther, the Queen. ..-Miss Lui Waggner
Ahasuerus, the King Chas. Lauikin
Hawaii, the Premier. Fred Vrooman
Zeresh, Haman's wife Stella Boscow
MorJecai, the Jew Dr. A. B. Bailey
Monlecai's Sister Jennie Greer
Prophetess , Eulah Hoyt
High Priest John M. Brown
lk-Kai Gilbert Tilbury
MeUian Princess Arab Hoyt
Persian Princess Lucy Humphreys
Scribe H." A. Hinshaw
Haman's Child
Captain King's Guard.. L. M. Hoyt
King's Pages...Grace Kalian), Grace Bath
ljueen'a Pages.
:..Bvrtle Sabiu ami Mabel Gilbert
Queen's Maiils...Mrs. J. M. Brown, Rose
Bowser, Stella mouryana Irene ouug
King's Maidens.. ....Anna Chalmers, Eva
Weatlierml, l. race KODinson, raye
Corwin, Maude Wilson, Jennie Til
bury and ltertha Patterson.
Accompanist - Jennie Thome
s.
SHOLES,
PKCtlOfNT
EDW. SCHULMESICH,
VKf Pmuomt
GEO. SCHUtMESICH,
CisHica
W. R Barrett recently ran acrofs
some old almanacs, for the year
18G7. puhlifdisd in Portland by S.
J. McCormic, and they contain a
vast fund ot information relative to
the Oregon of that day.; For in
stance, Oregon in 5 months in 1806
'hiiiDed two and one-half million!
in gold through Wells-Far; there
were but 22 counties in the state;
land was worth from 15 to $15 per
acre: farm laborer! received from
$25 to $40 per month; Marion
county bad 9,000 population,
Washinnton county nau havi, ana
Multnomah, embracing the present
Portland, had but 7.UUU. Wash
inston county then had 14,224
acres in cultivation; Hyer Jackson,
now deceased, was county judge,
Thos. Tucker, and A. Luelling,
OMnmiBsioners, Jesse C. Moore, of
Greenville, was sheriff, John
Scott waBassefBor, Leonidas Patter
con, deceased, was treasurer, O. Q.
Hardpenning was school superin
tendent, W. E. Smith, deceaBed,
was surveyor, and the late Joa. L.
Meek, formeily U. S. Marshal, was
the coroner. E. D. Shattuck was
Fruit Drier and Cider Mill.
Hillsboro Commercial Bank
Capital Stock Paid, $25,000.00
Equipped with the best burglar-proof lafe and fire
proof vault. Members of American Bankers' Associa
tion. Also carry insurance against burglary and day
hold-ups. Every p ecaution taken to make mor ey and
valuables secure. We invite the public to visit our
bankirg hot Be ard investigate cur rxe hedr of btsi
ncsa. Large and small depositors alike will always
receive prompt, courfeouB, careful attention. Drafts
bought and sold; collections given prompt attention.
Maay ( taaa aw Rami Erntnt awt Cawaf StirHy.
Wm. Bagley
John Connell
Main Street,
Director:
C. S Russell
A. S. Sholes
Geo Schulmerich
Edw,
Schulmerich
Geo. Bagley
Hillsboro, Oregon
L II Atwater is operating the
fruit drier on the Humphreys'
place, now owned by Mr. Bates,
and he will dry fruit for custom.
Any one desiring to have apples or
pears dried should see him at once,
and get in their ordr. tie is also
running a cider mill in connection,
and his figures are reasonable.
Remember the place Humphrey!
plaoe, Seventh street, one street
south of Baseline.
then chief jvutice, and he held
court here, Multnomah Clacka
mas, Clatfop and Columbia coun
ties. The late Col. Cornelius wtfs
senator and Geo. C. Day and A.
Hinman were represen'ativee. H.
W. Corbett was U S. Senator for
Oregon. D. M. 0. Ganlt was then
a notary public at Jacksonville.
Waahinston countv then had 824
voters.
A business man of Mountain
Home, Idaho, hss bought out P. P.
Reed's interest in tbe Nelson &
Reed sawmill, on the ridge beyond
Glencoe, and will hereafter be as
sociated with- Mr.. Nelson. The
firm has bought a lot of new tim
ber in that finest of belts, and they
will have several vear's run with
out interruption. They took out a
fine new moulder, Saturday, and it
is the finest in the northwest. As
they have a fine steam kiln in oper
ation they will soon be fixed in fine
T. I shape for the saw m 11 business.
Cleve S. Silver, who had a donr
tion claim on the Chehalem Moun
tain, many years ago, who is known
to many old pioneers here, will cel
ebrate his 90th birthday in Port
land this week. Silver was justice
(f the peace when Andrew J. Mas
ters, of Reedville. and a pioneer,
ws killed hy J. H. MoMillan, yet
alive, and recently married, and
Mr. Silver bound MoMillan over to
appear before the grand jury.
Bartholomew Kertson, Mr. and
Mrs. H. li Rusiell, of Gaston, and
W. C. KertBon, of Forest Grove,
transacted legal business here last
Monday.
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CUAATIrVISl CTACAM nrTAOTD I ?
OIIUU I I 111 Ol-AVJSll VJV, I VULIl I
We carry a fine line of single and double barrel shot-
f guns, which we are selling at marvellously low prices. ?
X All 1 z I I I J J -UaIIh mm
ixu Kinas oi ammuuiuou. .uuaucu sucus uu uauu.
WE CAN LOAD THE SHELLS FOR YOU
We also carrv a complete line of phonographs, with
records, and all kinds of
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VIOLINS, BANJOS, AND ALL STRINGED INSTRUMENTS j
We have the best equipped bicycle repair shop in J
Washington County. Charges reasonable, and
work speedily turned out.
; F. R. DAILEY, Main St., East of I. 0. 0. F. Bldg. Hillsboro J
"AS SOLID AS GIBRALTAR"
Is very aptly applied to financial
institution! that are reliable, and
hat justly have the confidence of
the community. This means the
oldest and strongest bank in
Washington County.
THE J. W. SHUTE BANK S
This bank furnishes a secure depos
itory for your money. Loans made
on acceptable Becuritv in any
amount from $10 to $100,000 Ex
change to any part ot the world
We sell bank money orders, con
veying your money cheaper than
the U. S Government. Collections
promptly attended.
North Side Main St.
Hillsboro, Oregon