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HILLSBORO, OREGON. DECEMBER 21. 1905.
NO. 41
NULLS
be Tried l'ct J Mrch
Term of an :
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MUtci f. Sltb Make IV,.'
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n W. Smith, ttr.
elite I'nivtriity, hii-ci ' U
Fores Oron land wan-a; J
tbe urtiujl take fur revetnioi-.auee
of sale of liquor, te gD p nl
March lroi of Wiit cou
Smith he very Ulwiwi?
puil fovar, and behnalhea . t1
vita of hie rhyiUilans, ' ,"Ja)gKfJanty K
li Dr. McKeni's, thai it WujP H wbe J tbji year
dtoearnua for blm to apart, for tawe year. m
eourt at ihk Urn ,A b. th.i-r' '
aeked for continuance, on tieq
ground that anolltr attorney
would not be a familiar with tbe
Gam a he.
The court granted tbe request
and the Bret week !n tba March
term will brar the celebrated caee
The rae, at now standing, will be
against Mary it Miller, M e C. U.
Wagiir. aa snhrtilute for Dr
Hinw; Walter Berd, eubeiitute
for Jan. Johnson; and Mort Hallett
EXCURSION TO CALIFORNIA
Un.ltr Autpicea of the Oregon Develop
mint Ltagua Ltavee Portland on
Special Train January 13
8'crelary Tom Ricbardron, of tbe
Oieou 1mc1 i incut League, it
very anxhtM ti nt ther-ltta at larse
ihould be well retwnMi'el 011 thii
icureioii. The tmrly, wh'ch will
be coinpoMil rf hulireand gent's
ineo, have Tortlitiid at midnight,
Januiry 13, lWOtt, tt'ipi being made
at Hu-miiiiMito, San Krancino, l'alo
Abo. .wan Jore, i'aro Kobh-e. Banta
llarbiua and loe AngtilcB, Hpocial
ntcrlainnit'nt will be aco rtlod the
imrty at th-eo tniinta. Tbe rate
from Portland will bo tfi3 for one
)wron, which iuclud a three meali
to beitrved on diner between Port
lnl and Sacramento, and Pullman
berth to L01 Angelee, A rate of
$68 will be charged where two peo
ocnupy a double birth. A dit'Onit
of 125 li necerwary on racb ticket
to i-cure rctervalion. Section
tewrvntion will be hell until Da
cember 25lb. Thii ie an excellent
opportunity to visit California, a
the auepicee under which it la given
lnur. a mot enjoyable outing.
Th exoureion is to bn run only
provided that not lr-r than 125
(terHone make tha trip. All com
munication in reference to reeerva
lioiia, and to the trip in general,
ahould be addromod to Mr. Tom
HichardBon, Manager Portland
Cduimerriitl Cluh, Portland, Ore.
THE COUNTY TAX LEVY
The county tax will be lt-vifd for
the coming colleciion at the Janu
ary term of county commiettioneri'
court. By thin time all the special
taxei will have been levied and re
turned to the clerk ro that the ti
taniinmcan be made. Many re
turni are already in 10 far aa city
and Rcbool district tax are concern
ed and 0. K. Deiohman ia busy on
tbe rolls.
Qo to McCormick'a for ichool
tuppliei.
W. C. Jackson, of Glencoe, wai
in the oity Monday.
Candies, confectionery, cigars,
etc, at Fred Adaina.'
John Schmidt, of Laurel, wai in
the oity Tuesday.
Oysters in bulk; stews, frys,
oooktails at Fred D. Adams.'
Fred Goetie, of Blooming, was
to town Tuesday morning.
Greer's is the plaoe to buy timo
thy and all kinds of grass seed,
Born, near Forest Grove, Dectmi
bar 18, 1905, to R. C. Bchofield and
wife, a daughter.
For a good smoke try the Schil
ler or Kxcellenoia rnd you will
try them again and again.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Via, of Forest
Urove, were visitors in tbe county
seat, Friday afternoon.
You can buy paint at Schulmer-
ich Bros, at Portland prices. The
Fall of the year is the proper time
to use it.
J. A. Thornburg, in the flour
mill business at Forest Grove, was
. down to tbe county seat Tuesday
afternoon, greeting hisnaany friends
Frank 8. Grant, a Portland at
torney, and wiio tor recreation edits
thc.rut.Iaa angaucc, The Sena
; tor, was ia toy n Tuesday, on legal
Dnstness,
If you want brick fur any pur
pose, or building Macks for a foun
dation, remember tbat the Oroner
St Rowell Company, of Be hoi Is, can
supply your demands. They have
a fine M of lumber, rough and
drraned, li their yard, and will
meet vmplliion. No that
youf ( f fcinreated, would il
not U 1 Idea loooDtider if
tiling iv-rfnot increase your in
W'VJJ towjpota in the fielda,
tug ptor rtwulu, can be
4iv Y pot', tag in tiling. Lt
ua t
avoid .
'Mtssi
abort
-IIHlaK
a. can aid you to
failure on low landa
tarn bllle for lumber
tnd do not forget
" "qlnh you estimates
v !Vt office sddres
n,R K.D.No 2.
fe4 of flea, dry
nla
i) o n i
Jlbur K. Net
interview in
I thatWarh.
"of fall anwn
larger than
, .1 tree, and
Juich larger
Jiay. i
PrtUd. tlieu
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preoreding year. Mr
Newell thinks tbat the reason for
I tbe increased acreage it the fact
that wheat brari a better piioe.
cooneetad with the fact that, with
the reet the soil hat bad, a belter
yield is being harvested.
Dennis has received bis new
lock of shoes, the Amerioan Gen
tleman and American Lady, tbe
flneet in tbe market. Come in and
ene them. The latest model.
Theee shoes are advertiaed in every
prominent niagatine and newspa
per in tbe world.
Dwlgbl Pomeroy and Thos. Hen
ton, of Leiyille, have couipleUd
banking 750,000 fet-t of logs for the
Spalding Lumber Company, lo be
used at the Oregon City Paper
Mills. The cut represent! tbe
work of about 18 months and the
purchaser will drive tbe logs down
as soon as there is enough water.
For sale: White Rock cockerels,
batched last winter from best eggs
offered by Haiclwood and Bears,
the two leading White Rock breed
ers in tbe Nor lb went. $2 to It.
Rose Mound Farm, llillsboro, Ore ,
R. F. D. 2. Mrs. Ferd Uroner, Pro
prietor.
II. G. Wright was out from Port
land this week, unloading a car
load of granite, consisting of monu
ments for tbe late Congnsaman
Tongue, for Win, Bagley, and one
for the late Mrs. John Good in, of
Glencoe. The freight on the three
from Boston to Hilltboro cost the
nsat little sum of $500.
Andereon & Hon are now doing
businese at Reedville. We carry
all kindsof groceries and dry goods,
hardware, patent medicines; also
Hercules mump powdrr, Pay
highest market price for butter,
eggs and chickens. '
Tbe Insurance company has fully
paid the loss sustained, by the
Farmers' A Merchants' Bank by
reason of the Forest Grove robbery,
and no one save the insurance peo
ple suffer any loss. The bank has
put in another safe, and one that
can not be easily broken into.
No. 3 Hercules Stump blasting
powder for sale; also fuse and caps;
at Portland prices. G. Hager, 8
miles northeast of Uillsboro, on
Hoi brook road, 1) miles southwest
from old Phillips poatomoe. Ad
dress, Uillsboro, R. F. D. 4.
Mrs. F. J. Bailey has received
notice that the Uillsboro Lewis A
Clark Club has been awarded a sil
ver medal fur its exhibit of pre
served fruit. The Club's display
was one of tbe finest at the Fair
and tbe award is very much appre
oiated by the members.
For sale: 3 acres, vis: 1 acre
in strawberries; 1000 bearing grape
vines, different varieties; small
house, furniture, horse and wagon
Will sell for $G50.-G. W. Feigh
ner, Cata Market.
Kitty K. Wilder, of Portland,
has sued L. A. Wilder for divorce,
alleging that the defendant desert
ed her at Lewiston, Idaho, in Ooto
ber, 1904, There are no children
to the union,
We have many artioles appropri
ate for Christmas presents. Our
many customers sav we are from
10 to 15 per cent, cheaper than our
competitors. MoCormiok's musio
and jewelry store.
County Assessor Wilcox ia busy
on the present ownership books,
writing up the changes on the
records so as to get his field books
into shape for the field work next
spring.
Oysters furnished for parties;
served at parlors, any , style; hot
stews, raw, or any way desired.
Neat service. Hot chocolate with
bread or cakes. Hot beef teas.
The heavy rains of tbe firBt of
the week suspended grading along
the line of the Tillamook railroad;
out very few men working.
Call at Fred D. Adams for beet
soft-shell almonds 20 cents per lb.
TP URGE BELLS
Will he Placed ia the Bell
Tower in a Few Day$
CBl'BCH IS PROGRESSING FINELY
The laterler Ssd Exterier is Kictly
'tabbed
Tba Uillsboro Catholic Church bas
received two One large be Us for its
steeple-tower and they will I
rui'ed In a few days, ai'h the rus
t'imary aervicea. Arobbisbop
Cb lll", or his r'prerentative, at
tends to this fnnotion and workmen
are then to hang tba bel's on their
shaft.
The ohurch now ia one of the
finest in the itv, a bm'fsonie new
bell tower having been built this
summer an 1 a coat of pa;nt given
the exterior. Th interior is nice
ly finiibeJ anl the wo-thippers sre
pnnd of their meeting plaoe Un
der Father Bucholxer tbe church
bas prospered finely, and although
over seventy tha priest is still very
active In bis church work.
MRS. MALLORY HERE
Mrs. 8. A. Mallory, of Tacoma,
Wash , arrived the first of tbe week
to attend the trial ot her husband
and Mrs. Willis. She registered at
the Tualatin and went over to the
court bouae, Monday, to make a
call 00 tba husband and woman
who are in tba tolls of the law
She is no tha fight and will, it ia
said, enter no objections to the
prosecution of bar husband.
BETTER LOOKING TOWN
An example of what paint can do
is exemplified in the better appear
ance, generally, of Hlllsbro, this
winter, because paint was generous
ly spread lad summer. Another
year of tbia good work and the city
will present a neat and cleanly
aspwt to tha aye.
COUNTY COURT
i
The County Court met in special
adjourned session last Friday, and
transacted buslneaa in order to cut
down tha work of the January
terra. The tax liat computation
and extensions were let to Max
Crandall and C. E. Deichman,
jointly, and Mr. Deiobman has al
ready commenced work on the
rolls.
The following trsnferipts were
!)asd upon and allowed, with a
ew corrections: ' State cases against
Eugene Hoover, Wnt. Wilson, S A.
Mallory and Lennle Willis, Henry
P. Roberts, and Syndey Brugier.
The' Argus and Independent,
county official papers, were given
tbe delinquent tax list for publica
tion at one prioe lor both papers.
Ths following claims were allow
ed: '
Union Lumber Co, lumber . f4 60
Mr O A Boldrick, Lewie ft Clark la 00
Jemet II Bcwtll, view road. 8 00
Dan Bker " 8 00
Delta Drag Store, relief & aj
Sam Jobnaoo, dlilrlct attorney .... 4 00
RH Greer, juror circuit court.... t 00
It P Koid, wilnei D A 660
Prtd D Sillon, witness Lee cate. . 8 40
Klbrldge Sitton " " ,, 8 40
j W Redd " ' . . 8 40
WFScunlU- " ' " .. t ao
L Freeman " ' " " . . t 60
Herman Schulmerich, witneti .... a 00
M K Corrigaa, Yamhill aheriff . ... 3 00
A C Shuts, tout houst 5 80
H T Bagley, Juttlc fees 17 50
M B Buck " " 7 40
fame K Dickawn, witnes 4 00
George Kccnaa " 380
Dick Keenan M 3 80
Henry tone " 3 00
Time Lee Jr , 3 60
H W Scott " s 00
B Fleiachner " 7 60
MiloBucher 600
H McLaughlin " a 00
B C DendTa " 6 60
C L Dennia " 6 ao
J S Bate ' ..; 7 80
Jno Boyd " 7 80
MrFUltn 887
P W Cronln " 3 ao
RKDailey a 00
Fred Parson " a 20
J A Johueon " 3 ao
L Chowning " 3 80
Walter Johnson " 3 00
Barl Tupper " 4 00
K B Sappingtoa ' a 60
AJHartrampf " ........ 960
M J Hayuea, constable 355
K B HeUchner, witnjuticct. . 3 50
Noah Swop " " ".. 30
Charley Smith " " ".. I 50
John Smith " " ".. I 50
A A Willi- " " 550
WJEtrbrook " " ".. 3 to
MJHaine , " " ".. 650
Mr A A Willi " " ".. 3 So
John Roberta " " ".. 5 60
H T Bagley, juttlce court 8 35
A J Hartrampf, conatable a 00
11 B Mattieaon, witness 4 70
H W Scott " 5 Jo
W F RobertMM " 4 90
T W Sain " 4 vo
Loul Wilcox " 4 90
BW Haines " a 70
John Boyd " 5 30
Bva Weatberred, Sten jnttic ct. . Is 00
J B WilkM, road 3 so
S T LinklaUr, relief , 63 00
Argus and Orsgonian, $3,
J. T. Fletcher, of Forest Grove,
was iu town Monday
Short order restaurant. Adams',
Second atreet, opponile post office .
J. E. Reeves, tbe Cornelius stock
man, waa in town Saturday.
School tablets, pencils, pen and
inks, etc, at McCormick's music
store.
Peter 8pencer, a veteran of tbe
Philippine!, was up from Beaver
ton, Tuesday.
8moke the Schiller and Excel
lencia cigsrs Oregon manufacture.
Call for them.
County CommipMoner Buchanan
was in tbe city from Cornelius,
Tuesday evcn'ng
Are you a smoker? Then call
for the Schiller or Excellencia
Oregon manufacture.
Lavitt Birdsell, of Loutignont
Lake, was in the city tbe first of
ths week.
E. A B rns' new song "A Dt-nr
Little Wtbfoot Girl" now on eale
at McCormick's music store, 25 eta
Boro, Dec. f& 1005, to Mr. and
Mrs. il. Kehrli, of Portland, and
formerly of Bethany, a son.
Will weave carpets and rugs at
my home. Call on or address Mrs
F. W. Barber, Corne'ius, Oregon
Henry Parsons, ot Dilley, was in
town Saturday, having been out on
the Tillamook road for some time.
Largest and best stock of bon
boos and candies in tbe towa. Get
your Christmas supplies at Fred 1)
Adams'.
Adrian Dant, cf Reedville, now
travelling for a hardware wholesale
house, was a welcome caller at this
office Monday.
Before purchasing a piano or or
gan have a talk with K. L. McCor
uiick. For quality and prices he
cannot be beaten,
L L. Long, who bas spent the
summer on the lower river, was in
town the first of the week, a guest
of bis brother, of tbe Argu.
Schulmerich Bros, have ad did a
complete line of stoves to their
stock of hard wai e. Come and have
look at them.
Tbe steel for the Tillamook rail
road reached Portland Sunday, and
tbe first five miles will now be laid
before tbe first of the year.
Don't forget to call at McCor
mick's jewelry store and look over
his Btock before selecting your
Christmas
goods. Prices reaeon-
able.
able preachers, was in town from
Portland, yesterday. Rev. Cline
at one time occupied the M. E
Church in this city.
A reduction in organs at McCor
mick's ruuric store. A $75 KHey
for $65; a $75 Ketey slightly used,
$50; a $0 Carpenter for $4750.
Edison Phonographs and Records.
Thos. W. Henton and wife leave
this week for Bake Oven, Eastern
Oregon, where tbey have a home
stead, and where Henton will try
farming in the bunch grass region
for awhile.
Wanted. A horse, true and
sound, ege, between 5 and 7; must
weigh not less than 1200 pounds.
R. Rasraussen, Beaverton, Ore , R.
2.
E. C. Mulloy was in from South
Tualatin, Monday, and says that
each of the bills at the approaob of
the Jackson Bottom bridge will
have to ba planked Boon or become
almost impassable.
H. J. Sirard, of Cornelius, has
taken a position with the M. Jacobs
Company, and will travel through
Oregon, Washington and Idaho,
commencing the first of the year.
J. E. McNamara, foreman of The
Dalles Chroniole composing rooms,
was in the city over Sunday, en
route to Oregon City, where he is
interested in an estate that iB being
finally administered.
Cornelius will doubtless have a
25-barrell flouring mill in tbe
Bpring, if all signs do not point in
error. They talk of putting in ma
chinery in the old Thompson mill
house, which is one of tbe beet con
structed buildings in the oounty
Their oity iB also talking of having
a dynamo placed in the Baseline
lumber mill to furnish lights.
Clerk Peter Boscow has posted
notices for a sohool meeting of
Uillsboro district, to convene on
the afternoon of December 26, for
the purpose of voting for or against
a nine months' school, and for a
tax to support the same, and also
for a tax to pay off a portion of the
bond debt. As there seems to be
no objection to a nine months
sohool in all probability the tax
will cover this much, aa well as
enough more to pay off one tbou
sand dollars of tbe outstanding
debt, which, every year is growing
less,
0LIV1 CHOWNING IS
FINED THREE HUNDRED
Convicted of Selling Liquor at
Dilley Without License
. A. DICKASOS ACQUITTED FRIDAY
Charged With Injuring Ctw of Jo.
Bucher
After twenty three hours in the
jury box Oliver Chowning was con
victed Friday last of selling liquor,
at Dilley, last spring, without hav
ing a state license. The jury was
oil all nigbt and returned their
V.rdict the next day at about thne
in the afternoon. Chowning ap
peared later and asked for sentence.
Tbe Court fined bim $300 or 150
days in tbe county jail.
Fridiy was consumed by tbe
trial of State versus James E. Dirk-
4S00, of near Vinslands, charged
with wanton and malicious injury
to a co v bekn;ing to Job. Bucher.
It appeared that the cow wss in
Dickt sou's field and that tbe de
fendant wtntout to turn ber out.
He threw an ax at tbe bovine and
when the animal returned home
onsbf ber ankle "do-claws." as a
witiess put it, was neatly severed
Tbe court instructed the jurors that
the act mnet be either malicious or
waitan, in order to convict. The
jury, comprise I of tbe following,
were out about 2 minutes and re
turned a verdict of "Not Guilty:"
J H Collier, Andrew Benson, J
A Bryan, James H Sewell, John W
Corneirus, Geo M Holt, James D
Wtrth, H L Ras-e'l, Geo S Camp
bell, R B Collins, G W Manb, and
hberman Bacon. L
a w-k n 1 1 .
a. u. snyaer, cnarged witn a
like offense, did not appear irt court,
and his case was rf sn.
Drs. F. A. Biley, 8. T. Linkla
ter and W. D Wood were appoint
ed by the court, at tbe reauest of
Attorney S. B. Huston, to examine
into the mental condition of Syd
ney Brugeer, charged with murder
in the first degree.
CHAPMAN WALLAN
Married, in Portland, Deo. 18, 1905,
Mr. Guy Chapman, of Sherwood,
Ore., and Mis Adetba Wallan,
daughttr of T. J. Wallan, of
Scholia.
E W. Dant was up from Reed
ville, Saturday, and made the Ar
gus office a call.
Jacob Reichen, of Phillips, was
in town Friday, and made this of
fice a pleasant call.
C. E. Beckwiih and Max Cran
dall are engaged in examining
Portland's city books.
J. J. M each am was down from
above Mountaindale, Friday and
made this office a pleasant call.
Mrs. C. Lystrop was up from
Reedville, Friday, and reports that
Mr. Lystrop is improving slowly.
Bim, to Mr. and Mrs. Jasper
Williams, of Cornelius, December
16, 1905, a daughter, weight tit
pounds.
The only department store in
Washington County. We can sell
you anything from the largest farm
implement down lo a needle.
Schulmerich Bros.
Oliver Newton, formerly of th's
place, and Dilley, was over from
Vancouver, Wash., the last of the
week, the guest of J. N. Grabel.
Good 20-H. P. Buffalo Pitta en
gine and Niagara grain separator,
3Gx5G, in good repair, for sale or
trade, leaEouab'.e. Inquire of J. C.
Beach, Glencoe, or Hihsboro, R F.
D.3.
Chas. Clark, of Clark, Buchanan
A Crandall, and who has been here
a number of times as expert on the
oounty books, is said to be dying of
tuberoulosis.
MiBS Helen AnderBon, the daugh
ter of 1. S. Anderson and wife, of
Witch Hbz"1, cut her hand on a
nail, Friday, necessitating a bit of
eurgery by Dr. A. B. Bailey.
A publio masquerade ball will be
given in the K. 0. T. M. Hall, at
Greenville, on Christmas night, by
the Maccabees. A pleasant time is
anticipated. Good musio has been
secured and a splendid supper will
be served. Tickets, $1.00; specta
tors, 10 cents.
Frank SueBB, catching for the
Portland basebttll team, was in town
from Cornelius, Friday. He was
with Spokane all of last season,
and after the Spokane league stop
ped he went with McCTedie to Port
land and -from there to Frisco,
where he caught good ball. He will
play with Portland next year pro
vided he can get hia release from
Spokane without any trouble.
First Quality
We provide for the people who have had (enough ex
perience to know that inferior goods are dear at any
price; who have learned that good goods from a first
quality, trustworthy house are always cheaper
really and aggressively cheaper to buy.
We Have Made
For our prescription work, because we do the work ex
actly as it should be done. We pay no one a percent
age to send us prescriptions, and, therefore, it pays
you to bring such work to
BAILEY'S PHARMACY
0. - w au. amciuacuiCUt,8UU il.CWlSC Jl IS 81 ISO. Ik
As the Twig is
The
How ia it with the young people of your household? , Are j
tbey saving money? Have they learned to appreciate tha '
value of the dollar? Are you endeavoring to instill into
their minds correct ideas concerning thrift and economy? 11
Are you seeking the opportunity to "bend the twig?"
Would you like to listen to a plain suggestion? If so, her
it is: . r- .- . 1
Send tbe young folks to our bank with the first spare
dollar that comes into their hands. The next dollar should
bs treated in like manner, and the practice so continued
until a fixed habit of saving has been established. A good
ly bank account will soon result; the young folks will get
an inkling of the ways of business, and, being thus "in
clined" are likely to grow up into straight flw
THE J. W. SHUTE BANlC"
North Side Main St.
CONTRACTOR AKD CUiLDEft
2 Am prepared to give vou figures on any kind
of a building in Washington county. Eighteen
years' practical experience. Address, Hills-
boro, Oregon, R. F. D. No. 1. Pacific States
rnone iso. zox4.
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2f?e Delta
Drug' Store
For Prescriptions,
Family Recipes,
Patent Medicines, .
School Boohs,
Sundries, Etc.
THE DELTA DRUG CO.
WM. TUCttXR. Prop.
CHAS. LAM KIN
We shall keep the best equipped general hardware
store iu Washington County, and solicit your pat
ronage. Stoves, Ranges, Pumps, Builders' Hard
ware, Paints and Oils, Shelf Hardware, Cutlery.
Charter Oak Stoves -Second
St., opp. Band Stand, Hillsboro
D. B. Cooley, of Phillips, was int
. J 11-1 .L-
town Monday, and called at this
office. i
Schulmerich Bros, have received
the Fall shipment of cloaks direct
from New York. Come early aud
get your choice.
Drug Store
a Reputation
Bent
Tree's Inclined"
Hillsboro, Oregon
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COMPANY
Announces to the people of Wash
ton County they have purchased
the Harwdare Stock of A C. Arch- . '
bold, and will continue the busi
ness in the brick, in the old stand.
'Arthur Dailey was in from Lt:
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. Arthur Donelnn, while tr''.-
wood tbe other day, oheppcJ t
of the tendons of his WSj
and Dr. A. B. Bailey jtt t
attend ths wound:! vr. " , ;
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