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VOL. XV.
II ILLS BOKO, OREGON. DEC. 31, 1908.
NO. 4'3
j etrAL utnllwi
lCj Mil mD CUAKDIAS
, Uiial Delltft la Weilib
i.B.OuJs'lii'k. jdned by Cbae.
al" to iu"ltn
. ..... .f f .i.
ItMBtb I'urwr, en elderly woman,
l8Jldot"f b ' 0f
lb liaverloti union king
it,purr recently made a will,
ln Johiiwm lr legatee
bt Uur waa HI, end became 1
mm, runnitii away, end doing
tbIiK that nhowtHl for the
Wing 1 1 t the eat tint In lier
il miml. During her time
oind one of b.r tin
Wehich was In hl ctiatmly
Q lwk ot I Mint Minify, end die
Wi llikt be wee nle legate
U L. ...I at. .!. (.,)
tht Jobnaon had entered
rwptaule, at.d the bit) her at
ny, H T. iURty, ouet Johtieon
tbe place, ami ela proceeded
kit Ouderklrk, who twupied
r bouM of here, not turd tr
. . i
w, r, rimer maua a nw
illdiit)!mrUiiK Johnson, end the
it tai brought at once H their
ttntion atend. then the tld
ill it gtkviJ, ami if ltrytHl
H. T. Hiley, a tainted by a
U.li attorney lor Mrs roreer.
Cbu J. Hchnabel ia pounl
Oadorkirk ami Jtbnon. Th
hu bi t one day In enurt, end
ba cuiilti'lr.l nil Monday
if Purwr it tlill too lit to I in
ft,
ilLUHOKO TIMS TABLK
l a f
1'etV thenew echodutethe paamn-
l. . . I i . . ... VI. II I .
trams in ami oui oi nuiiMn
te ml leave aa followa:
Un (w I'ntiUuil
CtMtilO! IH I,
M ...
Ufof Litful
wait Gmvt Wl ......
I irtm Ifom I'nittanil -
XmnWit Uvnland..,. K:4 a. m
Croe Iak-hI v '
kit Ciuvt Uft-al , , , . . t 07 p. m,
tti4a IMjrt 5 p. w
lrH Ciott Ut 6 47 p. 111.
MRS. CKO. KIRKWOOO
6 Tu a, in,
9 if a. ui.
to 4i a. m,
J 4 P. .
4 .)p. m.
In. Jnt 8mirot.rvill KirltwiwJ,
MhofOfo. Klrkwxl.di.l at Kar-
I0rv, Dro. 21, IIHW. Hhe w
in UotliMar. BiiUfabir. Hcot
atd, Ptbruary 2U, 1HW, and wat
M'rinl to (iwiraa KlrkwmMl, Nov.
X ISM Kur cbildren wera lrn
tbt union, nns of whom, s Uugh-
i Mrt W. (. Doualton. inournt
lot. Th ytar of their roar
N tlmy cam to America, anil
tax to Oratfon in ISUlwUlion at
forni Ornve, where thy nava
"wit reaitiaj Th9 raroaina wera
Mn to tlm l',irll
riDclnaralinn.
Ughter, kiul id
IM Jmm and KrTlToflpTon.
""Ivahur,
DMemml naa k wmnun of atrnna
0,gritT and ifrnnroaehahln fbar-
fMml had rainv friend both
1" Ulllahnro and Korent (hove
f buihand baa the aymyathy ol
) rge pircla of friemla
Abraham 7.
'"i wa in town Salurday.
Prwih now for ala. Will trade
gnli.-J, T. Killen. Hank,
"gun. 42tf
Jlo Iverem. who mwnMy
V(I to Hi. Jnhna frnm nnar thin
lJi aa in town Tueiday. t
Harry Oulld. with Hohillor. wap
IBI Sunday, the gueit of hie par
ot.Mr. and Mra. a. G, Guild... ;
y A. Marllo, of touth of the
'y. was in town Saturday, anil
'"d on the Argua.
Frank Wall an nillk fKa nAuurn.
nt .work at Hammond, wao in
oily lo epend Chriatmai with
'ii family.
Mre. T. P. Buihard will do plain
?w'njt at her reeidenoe, corner
f"un and Jaokaon Btreeta, Hills
pro. 42 6
I Al, MoCnmaay, the Mountalndale
Jwmll njln( WM j Tueaday eve
?. Hit mm u thut down lor
MolbUye.
IMarahal W. P. AlklnBon lays
CmI 11,9 ,lar olty mftrBha1'
rni0 he has carried for eight
r-art uarl iAtata tftke the post
January 1,
I 'A full uuartar hlonk. one block
Ck m I8B0n just the plane
"a your home. Can't be uu
"" in the city for iH050.-0on
MnabrleCo.
HilUUiro Arua, $1 .V (.r ,r.
Walli-r Zuerclmr, n( nnar VmUt
Mill, Ma in town Mtiii.lay.
Mia Oua Koord viil-l with
lrind in I'orllaml, over Cbiiet
mat. Money to loan on real tat.
Teruu rvaxiitiabla. Apply In K u
ratli Hroa , IlilM.,,, or. 'il tf
Mr and Mr I'. M Jackaon via-Ui-d
Cbriatiii.a with Oiivi-r MoIiiik
and wife, .f I'ortlami.
Mr. and Mra. Kd. Kvereat, of Ht.
John, wera gurala at the J. It
Wtlkaa bom ilm fircl o! the wi-fk.
For llrcul ((iaiit owdT, Uiw
and rapa, ae Chaa. H. itrailUy,
near Newton etation. I'bora ii'J,
I'acific HtaUa. 42 5
KreJ Z.lly and wif, of Portland
ej enl Cbriatmaa with T. H Iml.rie
and family,
K. MoCormirk, with tba Orenon
Nureery, waa a cutiuty at visitor
Haturday,
Aba (irnaann, of northxaat of
Weal Unioti, wa iu tb city Mon
day morninft
II. L. Flint, ol nnar K boll, u
in loan Haturday, aud panaxd the
tima of tba day with the Argua.
Andrew Wann, with the atraat
cleaning department, ol I'ortland,
aa mil Hunday evening, the gutwt
of relativea arl fricndn.
Wiufiolil McMurphy and l.ura
Horden were married iirceinlier 27.
I'HJH, at the bma ol Mre. Alma
Haelya, Uov, I.aDow ofticiating.
Tbi. K. Comaliiia, cd Halero,
wat in ths city laat week, bnikiny
altar tba aale of tome horaa that
ha and Kred Conmliua brought
d.wn from Kaalern Oregon.
J.ilin Miliar, wild and children,
were out from Monlavilla, Chriit
tuaa, gura'a of Orandtna HtHun
iiroan and family.
Tba (ironer Howall Co. dwira to
ray that they are out of all aiti-i of
drain til". eirpt 10 and 12 inch .
On the I7tb of thia month, bow
aver, they will have a full eupply
nf alt ait-n. I'houa be'orj you
oome lor tile.
N. Womer and Frank Atklna, of
near Laurel, were in tba city Mon
day. Mr Womer teye that Win
ter grain b looking fine thit tea
eon, and there it no anow on the
Chehalnm mountaina.
Dr J. 8. Hiehop, who baa lately
returned from a omirae of aludy in
hoepttala and aanatoriuma in the
Keel, ia now prepared to give the
bwl midern home treatment for
tuberculoma. Oflice In the Temple
ton Mock, Koreet drove, Or. 3hl
A lot 100200 feet on Waahing-
ton etreet. In heait of city, fair
hmiaa. for 11300 Thia properly ie
ilr worth llSOrt today. Moet
be aold iiuick. Connell lmbrie
Co.
Foreel Grove, Monday, by a vote
nf Hi l .1:1 dm'idml to build HI-.
500 tchool bouce. The eite and
grtiunda will enon ba selected and
1 1,- hiiildinff will be modern in
averv reeoect. The old building ie
to he maintained for the interraedi
ate grade.
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I'orntcr W'aMilnnton Oiunly
Clcik in Vaudeville
PUYS Wiril BEIT CO. OS KOAU
Patti
at
ibi Wrrk tt Ibe Orplitain,
I'ertlaad
KugeneC. Hughee, raised at Iforeat
(Jrove, and who wat elected county
clerk in IHMH. and terved two
leruia, after which be waa engaged
for a year or bo in the mercantile
bueinem in thia city, it now with
one of Lohan a 1112 tiroducliont.
and ha playa at the Orpheum, in
I'ortland, all thia week.
Ilughea Uft Hilleboro about H
yeara ago, and went to New York
After being in Ibe Kant eeveral
year he married the leading lady
in a theatrical company, and he
ban b-en at the vaudeville butineaa
ever aiuce.
Hughee waa ii'ieeeaned of a great
dal of ability, and made a good
county clnrk. Ibe lutuntt tn
him be engaged in Hillrboro
faili, liowever, and llugh-a .'eft
for the Kat. Hit whertab.iuta
were unknown for toma jeart,
when linally it waa learned that he
waa on the etage in London and
New York City. When the big
circuit waa mada he and bli wife
eecured an engagement and the
company rolled into I'ortland the
lat of lhwek. Many aehing'
ion Cmnty people attended iheOr-
pheum ibi week to tee Hughet in
hie new n la
Tuend ty'a Oregonitn ey:
Mr. " I Mrt. Crtir Uuifhri. tlie for
mer an Ort-Kon bciy, hy the wr, who
wai I'oimt t'lerk nf Waabinktim Coun
v in tint) iroiie by, before he Ixrame a
big 1 t l on tbc vauileville iitKe. Kive a
In la rum. comeily ultetch callea "Mip-
nrfMinit the Prew," which i calculated
tn nuke a vraven iinKe amile and the
ntirnial liumau being laugh outright and
often. Mr. and Mr Hughe aeem to
have realued the very eenr of comedy
and their nlorti are calculated to route
the entlnuuim Ol the moat exarttng
andlence.
PUBLIC SALE
The undereigned will aell at public
aale on the Newton Womer farm, 2
mihi aoutheaet of Laurel, and
mile! aouthweet of Bcboll, at 10
o'clock a. m.. on
MONDAY, JANUARY 4
Tlirre vear old aorrcl horac. 1000 lbs
t vear old mare, I650 aluioiil full
blooded lVrcherou; J year old black
horae, 1450 Iba.; mare, 1 100 IIh.; 10 head
of good milk cows, aonie lirsn in reoru
:id March tent from 4.50 to s pel
iftit:s choice heifera, t yr. old; Aler
,lrrn l'olandrr bull. vearliiiH Jersey bull
calves, u tlioats, steel farm
truck, inch. Mitchell wagon, a aeatecl
hurU bm-uv. Uel plow, chilled plow
reversible disc, steel lever harrow, dou
b!c shovel cultivators, shovel plow, ho
..rra. j tons of oats. Ai ton of chopper
oitts, 10 tons of hay, about 1500 cedar
noat. household furniture and otlierar
tulei too nnnieroua to mention.
at noon, .
Teiinl pC,3lrSLianAk.t
l.unch
Peter Jacobean, of Ienoi, waa in
the city Tueaday afternoon.
C. Viohl, of near Oak Park, weet
of town, wat in the city Tutaday.
Geo. Zataman, of North Plaint,
wat in town Monday, and called on
the Argut.
II. II. Hall, one of Shady Brook's
pioneen, wat in the county teat
Tueaday.
W. T. Hiatt and KUie Fray were
wedded at Bherwood, Cbriatouai,
J. 0. Bmock, Justice, officiating.
W. H. McCortuick, of near Lau
rel, waa in Tueaday, the gueet of
bit aon, K. L. McCortuick.
W. W. McKlroy, a civil engineer,
and who hat worked with hit boat
n Montana, waa in town Tueeday
the gueet of L. E. Wilkea.
John Berrie, the oldtime engi
near, now reaming at norm 1 am
bill, wat an Argut caller last Sat
urday.
II. K. McKinney and titter, Mite
Sueie, and Mitt Julia Cooaway, of
Portland, epent Cbriatmaa at the
home of Mrt. hmina McKinoey
David Wenger. of Helvetia, and
who wat road supervisor in that
section for yean, wat tn town the
ortt of the week.
Geo. W. Kelly, who ia making a
specially of walnut raieing, up in
the Yioelaodt eectiont, waa in tba
city Tueaday.
II. A. Hinthaw, general freight
agent of the Southern Pacific lioet
in Oregon, wat in town Saturday,
greeting the frienda he made while
local agent at thit place.
Duck shooting waa at ite zenith
Sunday, and all the local eporle
were out banging away at the
feathered table decorationt. All
report fairly good luck.
Auditor Duucin, of Whitman
County, Wash , baa been a Hills
boro visitor over the Holidays. He
ia looking for investment in wild
land", out in the mountain districts,
Peter Yandehey wat in from
Verboort, Saturday, en route to Port
land to visit hit brother, J. A , of
Glencoe, wbo hat been in the hot
pital with pneumonia, but who is
now on the mend.
Robt. 0 Stevenson, state game
warden, wat in town Saturday, and
made the Argue office a pleasant
call. "Bob" eayt he it having but
little trouble over the district these
daya.
'Madame Norelli, well known as
the wife of Dr. Ernest Barton, has
returned from the East, where the
hat had a year of triumphal sing
iog with the big stare. Mrt. Bar
ton was for yeara musical instruct
or at Pacifio University.
It is said "A Prophet ia without
honor in hie own country," yet the
man who buys this three acre tract
with 6ne house and barn, and all
kinds of fruit, will be honored for
his wisdom. See Coonell-lmbrie
at to price.
Mrt. Grace Black, wife of Chas
Black, husband and wife formerly
of Hillsboro, came up from Los
Angeles the last of the week, for
short visit with her parents. S. D
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Oregon Agricultural Exert is
After Fact
ASKS ALL ABOUT OCR BIS PRfJITI
Will Alas aetd ant leftraitiea te all
Wba Hay With it
If ANT DATA ABOUT
POULTRY RAISING
See Our Full Assortment
WaahiDgton County farmers are re
ceiving a circular from James Dry-
den, of the Oregon Agricultural
College, which askt questions about
poultry raising, egg production, etc
The state is importing eggs from
the east, and the college directors
want to ascertain the trouble, if it
it possible, in order to change this
to an export basis.
The Argus advteee all wbo get
the queries to answer them, as
they will then receive valuable in
formation as to poultry raising for
beH results. The questions are:
1 What la the size of your farm'
a How man lavinir hena do on keen'
3 Wbat breed do you aeepr
4 How do you house the fowls?
5 Are they confined in yards?
6 Do they have free range on the
farm,'
7 Deacribe method of feeding?
K Wbat animal food, if any, do yon
feed?
0 What ia the annual cost of food per
fowl?
10 How many eggs are laid per fowl
during the year?
t How many years do you keep
rcur laying beni.'
II What has been your experience
with incabatora, II any?
it Do the incubator cbickt do aa well
as the ben-hatched chicks?
14 What was tbe lowest price re
ceived for youregge and poultry in 1908.'
The highest?
15 Do you ship any to city markets.' I
16 Do you co-operate with your
neighbors in shipping? wny?
17 Is tbe poultry looked alter by tbe
men or women !
18 What ia the average death rate
among the fowls and what ta chief cauac?
19 What la the hardest problem in
poultry-keeping?
20 Do ycu consider poultry-keeping
profitable on the farm?
a 1 To wbat extent do you tbtuk tar-
men should engage in poultry keeping? I
32 110 you raise inrzeysr now many 1
each year?
23 What per cent u turkeya hatched
do you raise?
24 What is principal cause ol losses
in turkeya?
25 Are you interested in a home-
reading course in poultry culture?
BIDS WANTED
a goouly iurrLY .
, - V '- 1
cf toilet aida ia ait absolute necewity at
thia reaort especially. Whether yoo stay
at home or go away you need them juat .
the same. That thia pharmacy ia the
best place to obtain them any owe anil ,
tell you who baa once used
Our ToiUt'AteU and Artielwsi." .
They are the kind that especially ap
peal to women of refinement. Vor that
reason we invite yow to secure your
aupply here, knowing you will be mora
than satisfied.
Hillsboro Pharmacy
BE AVERTON REEDVILLE
ACREAGE
THE PASADENA OF OLD OREGON
BEAVERTON-REF.DVILLE ACREAGE ALDRICH ACREAGE
ALTON ACREAGE ANDREWS ACREAGE KIXXESWOOD
Sealed bide for the clearing of one
acre of land, same being school
yard of DiBt. 84 it, will be re
ceived up to Jan. 15. 1909, by the
undersigned. School board reserves
the right to reject any or all bids.
For particulars call on or write to
Henry J. Christeneen, Hillsboro,
Ore., R. 3 42 3
OREGON ELECTRIC SCHEDULE
All in Washington County, Oregon, and all within tbe'ten-mile circle
of the City of Portland, Soil of the very best; no rock or gravel,
aidebills or white lands to battle against. Good graded roads to ev
ery tract. Most of the above tracts all cleared and in high state of
cultivation. All suitable for raiting grains, grasses, fruits and vege
table!, and if intending purchasers will only call at our office and se
cure a round-trip ticket to the tracts we will show you what the soil
will raise. We will also show you a i-a year old winter apple trees
that will compare favorably with 5 year old trees in other parts that
have been advertised aa great apple lands.
We are selling this property at the remarkable price of
$75 TO $150 per Acre, Stump and Tim
ber Land, and $150 and $250 per acre
for Cleared Land.
Small Cash Payment, Balance to Suit Purchaser.
We also have a large list of fine farma at prices that will interest you.
Shaw-Fear Company
245 1-2 StarK St. Portland, Oregon
leaves Hillsboro
7 5 a uw,
rmrfrrnifTirrTnrornaTtal 'shrubs
and vines for tale cheap, laiao
have a lot of rosea, bulb, tenon aa
narciestia, peonaa, etc,) and green
house plant. Will soon have an
abundance of blooms. Mrs. Agnes
Campbell, comer Seventh and Fir
8ts., Hillsboro. Phone, Independ
ent 1IM. 'u
A vlait to the Southern Pacific
depot demonstrate that tbe travel
over that line out of Hillsboro s
not nearly so great eince ine au-
vent of the Oregon iweoinu. u
has been a loss of perhapa (.5 per
cent, in the travel. v i.
about it Agent Vickers, use .on..
11 i wri ip had "nothing to
aav " 'We're taking in lota of
.h . he said, and that was all ne
would venture.
rr.... TMnW onndliotor On the
ni. n.AA local, was "mobbed"
... nu.i.im.i Kva. aa the 0W
train pulled out of Portland, by
-! .. Ant) AI whom was Chas J
Schnabel, a Portland attorney. The
oonduotor was presenieu wi. -One
lantern, euitably engraved, and
k-waaman was presented witt)
. naie nf alovee; The conductor
was voted the most accommodating
man on the Weet Hide train aery..
it t hi. Si. and wife, of Port
land', were out Sunday, guests of
af.-'itnir. ltlair. of North Hinsno
'u. ruu ia atill on the oom-
r tha Orenonian. He
Pr",:", . a,nerience with
two holdup artists, and says that
be happened to nave out
",lVu . tha time, and stood
the two blRhwaymen oil unti he
1 ....Au, a oht. when they
unceremoniously departed. Alter
.u.. RUIr bouaht cartridges with
his 15 cents, and when Summer
comes he win Duy me uu.
r,"VwTief;
C Kuralli, Auctioneer,
, JAMES J. CROSLBY
James Jesse Croaley, aged 52 yeare,
died at bis home in Foreat Grove
December 26, the cause of death be
ing tuberculosis. Mr. Croeley was
horn at Macuuew, in , ana enme
to Oreiton 35 years ago. A wife
atd the following children survive
him: Percy Uoy, Uiyde LeBter,
Ferrin Carey, William Henry,
K Ina May, Ruth Leavie and Jesse
A via Croeley. all of Forest Grove.
Of hisimmedt-ite family the folio
ine brother and sisters: Harry
n mains. Taocma. Wash ; Mrs. A
T rviioa. Portland; Mrs. Charles
Bell, Seattle, Wash ; Mies wuua
Croeley, Taoouaa.
interment toot: piece raonuay,
in the Nay lor cemetery.
A NEW DEPOT
The following letter will explain
itself, and was received last week:
L, A. Long,
Secretary Board of Trade,
Hillsboro, Oregon.
Dear Sir: I am in receipt of
your letter of recent date in regard
m iraDrovement of our depot faoill
ties at Hillsboro. This matter
will receive due consideration at
our hands.
Yours Truly,
J. P. O'Brien
Mr. O'Brien is Superintendent of
the Harriman lines in uregoa.
tiKiiben Foster, a Portland ac
oountant, and formerly with the P,
R fi N., C. K. Lytie general man
.or tn the earlv.dava of the rail
wav. was out Sunday, the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Bagley.
The Oregon Electric runs six cara each
way daily. The 8:55 a. m. ana 145 p. tn.
trams nut nf Hillshnrn connect nrouiDtlv
with Salem cars at Garden Home. he
Hillsboro-Fortland timetable follows:
Arrives Portland
8 30 a m
, 10 00 a tn
..12 15 p tn
V, 1 5 P m
nrn 500 cm
6 ij p m 7 ao p m
.eaves Portland Arrives Hillsboro
7 00 a m 8 05 a m
, 8 ss a m toco a m
10 25 a m it 30 a m
; 1 30 p m -a 35 P nt
4 10 pm 5 5 P m
5 30 p m -. 6 35 P
I
Harvev Miller, who is a son 0!
ohn Miller, and who ia attending
chool at Whitman College, Walla
Valla, Wash., was here Tuesday,
be guest of his grandmother, Mrs
'usan Brown.
Mrs Tannock, who. lived for
ears near Glencoe, but now re
idiog in Portland, accompanied
y her eons, visited CnristmaB with
drs. Jane Smith, of South Hille-
oro.
Chief Engineer Geo. L Davis, of
the P. R. & N. was in tbe city
Tuesday, returning from a trip over
the construction work above cux
ton.
Mrs. Amanda Purdin, wife of the
late Hugh Purdin, accompanied by
her daughter, Miss Beside, visited
with her mother, Mrs. w. k. car
relt, over Christmas.
Connell-Imbrie Land Co. have
'jqneummated the following trans
fers: 8. B. Huston to K. u. uar
rampf, house and lot opposite the
Murt house; L. M. Tompkins to J.
Sensley, house and lot; ueo. a
Srown to K. C. Grooe, 10 acres
nd south of town; Phil. Muter
a L. C. Waibel, houee and lot 99x
200; Frank Fessler to L. M. Tomp
tins, house and lot 99x99; B. Bu
dl to Fred Ennis, house and lot
10x198; R. P. Simon to Mrs. Dan
3urkhalter. comer First and Oak
treets. lot 90x198: G. A. fatterson
0 W. 0. Donelsoo, undertaking
business.
THE COST OF LIVING
Is more Easily Adjusted by the Use of a
Checking Account. From Month to
Month you Have an Exact Record of all
Monty Received and all Money paid out
Pay by Check; Get a Receipt
The endorsement upon the back of your ,
check is proof that the party received the
amount of the check.
Start Today to Pay by Check. Your Ac
count is Earnestly Solicited. Start now.
Cornelius State Bank, Cornelius, Ore,
THE DELTA DRUG STORE
Dealers in Pure Drugs
and Medicines
We also carry a complete
line of fine sundries.
If we do not have what
you want In stock, we will
cheerfully get it for you.
Having been appointed
publishers' agents, we are
now prepared to supply all
your wants in the School
Book line. , t
We also have a full line
of tablets, pencils, slates, etc.
School Books will be seld. tor
Cask Onlv. Positively wrtnH.
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