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aee)eass I
liillsboro Street Fair"51!
And Live Stock Show
THUUHUAY
BEI'T. 23
FRIDAY
PEPT. 21
SATURDAY
SEPT 25
OLD PAP
mm
He Has His Troubles, but Stands
Firm, as Usual.
CASH AND 0T1IKH I'RKMIUMS
For First and Second Awards for Dairy
Anlmuls and other Livcstoch.
Committee will buy Feed
and have men care for
all Exhibit Animals.
This will bo the
best STREET
Held in
FAIR ever
'0
r
GETS A BLACK HAND LETTER.
L if In Danger if Ha Doesn't Lsavs
Jsricho RiIuhi Trip In Flying Ma
china Named In Hn Honor Six o
Hia Hani Poiaonad.
tOipyriht,
M
n
P
ILln
Agricultural and Horticultural Display
Come iu and sec what Old Washington County can produce.
Arnold's'- Shows
Arnold's show will be here and) every
snuilna; feature possible will be furnished
the public. .Watch locaJ notices In this
FAFEB.I
Everybody Will Be Here
Come and MaKe it Unanimous
By M. QUAD.
VM. by Associated Literary
J'rei
Y Ifrar Wllllaro-Tblngs bare
Wfurrrd here In Jericho dur
lug the pant week that 1
feel I ought to writ yoo
about Eternal vigilance Is tba price
of liberty, and we bar got to bavs
rl-llante by tbe cartload to beat tbe
machination of tbe Insidious enemy.
Ijint Monday afternoon. 1 waa
drawing a gallon of keroaeoe la my
grocery lrt old Mr. Itackabvat whose
aorrowfal history I will write you oat
at length io some other occasion.
stronger entered tbe place and tbe fol
lowing conversation occurred: '
"lo 1 addreaa tbe lion. Pap Pink
bamr "Yon do."
"The father of Jericho, If not of bis
country?"
"Tbe same."
"Formerly postmaster of tbra town,
but bouwed oat by Hoosevell because
be looked like another Plnkbam?"
"That la mostly tbe case."
"Well. Mr. Pink ham. my business
here Is to boy your grocery and bourne
and lot. In rase they are for aale, and
"The president and Old Pap bare
Kt to he separated at any coat of
blood an-1 trrmure or all our schemes
ovist full. Kind out If Old Pap can
swlrn. If h? rsn'l your way la clear.
Tin y will think he waa pulled Into Ibe
rler by a sucker. If your plan sac-r--ila
trlfphotie me In these worda:
ill mutton la cooked?"
Suspacta Political Plot.
In the null on Thursday rooming I
received a letter signed "Black Hand."
It notified rue tbat If I did not leave
Jericho wltbln one week I waa
doomed. Tbe letter waa postmarked
Baltimore, but waa doubtless written
In Washington. Have you any speci
men of the handwriting of Benator
Bailey or Dolllverorthat Michigan fel
ler? The Black Hand orders jour
Old Pap to pull hi freight within
seveo daya. Ioe be pull) Not If ha
la a bounced out postmaster, and they
aay be la! William, you, can see to
what strait , the enemy Is driven.
Wouldn't It be a wise move on your
part to get a shirt of mail and wear It
night and day? Don't ict'tbeu make
you believe tbaVtbe dolls -shirt T
Just aa good. It looks to oe as If tbe
time would oos be bera when both of
ns will bare to carry s" gun. Wouldn't
It be well for ua to begin to practice
oo the draw? '
On Friday afternoon I was stopped
on the street by a stranger wbo want
ed to know if 1 would make a trip In
flying machine be bad Invented and
named "The Plnkbam" In my honor.
In other words, I was to be taken op
about three miles high and damped
oat to strike tb earth a dead ruler. I
simply winked at tbe man and passed
on. LI a aaw tbat 1 twigged and bother
ed me no more. William, don't let no
one cajole you into getting your feet
off tbe solid earth. They art after us
for sure.
Saturday wound up a week of ex-
cltemont by Boding tbat some one bad
poisoned six of my bena. More of tbe
insidious enemy. He falls to bribe,
bluff or scare uie. and be wreaka venge
ance on Innocent hearted bens. Tbe
Idea, William, la to strike us a fell
blow and get tbe country to aaying
tbat our Dolicles are ail wrong and
that Teddy must return four years
bonce. It'a all as clear to me as a
gallon of N. O. inolassesi We bave
got to beat tbe game, and we bave
got to keep our eyes open to do It I
am holding Jericho between my thumb
and finger, and 1 don't care a dnro bow
much she wriggles. You bold Wash
ington tbe same way.
Mrs. Plnkbam says keep on with the
root beer I sent you. It may bring out
a rash, but you wilt feel better for it
If tbe sugar trust solicits my good of
fices to get a letup It will be In vain.
I am not to be sugared.
OLD PAP PIN'KHAM.
One Time Poatmaater.
He Second Annual
Fair
Oregon's DirfrfestSh owl
Portland
Sept. 20-25
1909
Admission 25 cents.
BANK REPORT
6 Hora iUcC3 Daily
National Live Stock Exhibits
Balloon Racing
Chariot Racing
Fascinating: Midway Attractions
FIREWORKS will be the most gorgeous aud magnificent pyrotechnic dis
play tver seen on this Coast. This will interest the whole family,
Reduced Rates On All Roads.
!ATE I
Report of thr.contliiion of tbe Bank of
Slietwoud, at Sherwood, iu the S ate of
,,rrK"Di at the c:oe of businesi 8-pt. 1,
19 9.
Rcaourcca
Ixmiis anil discount) f 34,038 80
llo.uis, ae . unties, rtc 391 47
Dank iii house, furniture and
lixtuirs 6,414 48
Oiuci it-al estate owned... . 990 00
Due from approved reserve
banks 8.994 00
Kxprnars 167
Cili ou band 3 585 91
Total $ 53,581 89
Liabilities
Capital alock paid iu $ 11,500 00
IMvHlrnriS Unpai'l 4 00
Inliviilunl deposits subject to
check .-. 18,317 S5
Dcumnil certificates of depos
it 3.55 4"
Time certificates of IciHK.it... 7,094 00
Savings I e posits 11,887,87
l.l.bhilies othrr than those
above stated 37
1 have citv and eoun.
I Property in all sizes,
fmcre to 1,000. El
P city property in both
. Farnj. lands from
Pracreioas good as
want. 1
McNutt. Msjr.
to Lt. irA
8tog. When Hnnrrv
call on tb. 0 '
stauJant
Fgoodsquarejneal.,,,
Main St ., '.. ,
wro - - o
nndi eome ureal twiaui.
rll was . u. nf
rih,fo'qulnMo)ol4ptjU.
i.. tn rtaaurn tira
8. A. 1) Meek, of (ilerci, was
lo Tuesday. Ill- 12 )aruld son
Robt, bad s narrow tajapt las
'Saturday, a bull bvirj attacked
him wbile ba waa riding UirnURb
tbe yard. Thu boraa ii bawled
over sod the lad (vnt to Ibe ground.
Py this lime the bivii.e was en
raged and alerted iu to dotimui
lion, whfO tbe iwo dogs engaged
bitn, peroiilUog tbe boy 10 get
away.
Ret. L F. B !kn p will preach
hia fare ell aermona at ibe M K
Churob, Sunday, holding servio-w
ai urual. Ue ami hia family will
leave Ijr Medfotd ntxt week.. IUv
Belknap ani family bave tuad
maoy triends wniin aere, sua ai
regret ibeir d-parture.
Edward Beoeon, wbo ran the
oouf-otionery now ODnduoted oy
Mr. Koeber, end whoee tone was
killed by to eleotrio abook July 4,
was here tbe &rn 01 lue wet-a, o-
oompanied by a brother Mr.
Benson has been in coum vym
fornla. and nay the wee'lisr down
there is very warm
Q Viokera, of Cornslius, Wed
nesday sent to th Argut a box oi
Danlap itrawberries, the flavor of
wbiob was somslbing great. They
were raised on tbe Lone Fir fruit
farm, in Cornelius. What do you
know about Oregon strawberries
f radically the first of Ootobei T
Widover living It miles out
from town, wants mlddl-ag''d wo
man, who wants home, to orH for
four email children and keephoupe,
housekeeper to have full ohargtv
Addrses, giving full name, . and
wages sxpeoted-wagea inwt be
nominal. 'x 'ib, Argue, Hillsboro.
, W W. Williams, Mountalndalei
and Illram Smith, of below Orenoo.
L M. Herron, of b'low Tu ilatin,
e a o iuuty seat oa ler Turttday.
L. K. Carslene and wift, of
Urreoville, w re in the oily fatu'
day. J, L. Barngrover.of west of town,
and who has one of the neat plttcte
of lue Kasehne seotion, wae iu town
Tuenday.
Wanted: Girl to asint in light
hoUHewurk in ezchtnge fr buttid
iiid room while alien hug Hillt-ho-roschoil.
Address Agt , Care Ar
gu, Hilltbtiro. 28 f
Mrs. Jane Beok, of FonUtm,
Kan., ie ibe guest of a vera, weeks J
with hr eiater jn-law,. Mrs. J. L
Darugrivtr, of west of town. She
lV'S for . her Kaueas home in
Coluber.
N W. Cbilcott, at1 the foot of
Seventh street, across the B P.
Railway, has pruoee for sale
When you furnish your own boxes
and piok them yourself he charges
a half cent for Petites, and on Cent
per pouud foi Italian. 27 9
John MoCallen, of near ueaar
Mill, waa in town yesterday, ao
ied bv his wife. He is get-
. ,
tin out sale Dins lor an auuuuu ui
bis personal ptopeity.
W. K Piflvn. who has charge of
the titles water and light plant at
Heppner, is down for a few davs
visit, and is a guest at the II V.
Gates home. He ia aocmpanied
by bin wife. ,
J. II Collier, wife and danghtor,
T.nnille. returned Tuesday Jrotxi
a wanks trip to Seattle. Herman
Bays this country looks better than
vflr to him. but admits that Sett-
tie I at it on Portland tor. nueue
and big things. He waa glad to
get home to look after that 1500
eacka of an onion crop.
Total -.53 $M 89
Stule of OreKon, J
Couutv of W ash. niiton, t
I, hied J. Kpcr, Cashier of the
ahove-iiMtiied bank, do solemnly swear
that the aliove st itemeut is true to the
bcit 1 f my knowledge and belief.
Kied J. Kpler, Cashier,
Con cct Attest:
John Coiie.iiiaiiti, L S. McConnell,
Directora,
NibscnlK'il and sworn to betore me
this 17th ilayof Sep eniber, 1909.
A. W. Hall,
Notary Public,
The Schiller and the 0 and Mar
ra tun two 0 en"0 made cigara
Wl.ni y u wntil a smoke, juit ca
for one tr tbe o her They fill the
b 11, ml are ih-aper smokes in
tatt loug tun, than nickel goods.
Mr. and Mrs 0 N Hale and
laiiithttr, Miss Al ee, leave the first
f tlin wttk for Portland, after
niiintii-re 1 it at Males Mineral
(,ring west of town.
Wi I mv $"() u-'r acre for grub
bit g and huroina 20 sores ready
fir plow John Freudenthal. Hills
boro, Or , K. 5, box 5)1). V!S 8U
J. H. Peuzh, of MounlaindaV,
wa in Saturday, navtng just re
turtle 1 from a 60 days hrvel trip
wilh bi3 team, up in ths Cndon
country, where they run big com
bines along with thur threshing
outfits. Ho onme in 1 1 meet hie
parents, Mr and Mrs VV II Paugh,
of II tod Riv-r, who will s ay a
week or so at Mounuindale.
; Carloi Hensloy, who has been
staying in the famous Eureka Flat
wheat bolt, on the Stake River,
above cot lluence with the Co
lumbia. is beta for a visit with his
imrente, H llentley and wife, of
K let HillflKirn. : He is a brother of
J. II Hensley, who operated one of
the transfer witgonB here for several
months. He cavs' that Eureka
Flat is divelopid finely the past
ten years, and tbat walla wana la
now (he finest city in the Iuland
Empire outeide tf Spokane.
a Sitat or iao.000 a ieajl
permit you to ao west and grow op
with the country. Such men as you
are wanted west of the aliaaUslppL
It Is there you will be fully appre
ciated. Please name tbe price for
yoor real eatate and baaloesa."
William, your old pap has got some-
thins besides bran In bis noodle. Tbe
man bad oot done apeaklug wbeo I
waa on to tbe game. It was a move
on the part of our political enemies to
separate us to get me out of Jericho
and then turn ber orer body and soul
to those who wsnt to down as. With
me wsy off west they would Jump on
to you like a rooster on a tater bug.
did not do personal violence to the
man. I simply took urn by tbe ear
and led hloi to tbe door and Jumped
hlui orer a barrel of salt aud told him
to beat It.
Offered 110,000 Job.
Oo Tuesday, aa 1 was gathering a lot
of garden sass to send you. that you
might keep your family expenses down
and know what you were.eatlDg at tbe
earns time, a stranger called me to tbe
fence and after lalklug about buck
wheat, spring lambs and other things
for a few minutes be wauted to know
If 1 would go to Mexico nod superin
tend a big silver mine for him at a
salary of $10,000 a year, lie aald be
had heard of my honesty and general
Integrity and must bave in at aay
price. I bung off until be offered me
salary of S'JO.OOO a year, and then I
closed with blni. Tbat Is 1 grabbed
him to pull hlui over the fence, aud In
his struggles to get away be left most
of bis coat Id my hands.
Do you twig. WilllamT Wanted me
off In Mexico fb a bole Id tbe ground.
where you might call on me In vain
and Jertcbo breaking out In open re
bellion before 1 bad been gone two
daysl I've got a sneaking Idea that
Senator Tillman pu! tbe Job up. but
don't kuow for certain. Don't give
hltn a bint tbat you suspect anything,
but keep yoor eye on aim.
On Wednesday Silas Good heart of
this town, wbo Is the champion trouble
raiser, came to me and eald:
"Pap, there's been bard feelings be
tween us, aDd I doo't want It tbat way
any longer. Let's make up and be
friends."
"But you are down on the president,"
Aiys I.
"Yes, I thought he ought to have
given roe an office for tbe way t yelled
for him, but let tbat go. Mebbe be'll
fix things right blmeby. Let's you'n
me go fishing this afternoon to show
folks here In town that we've .made
up."
I snld I'd go. and t went home to dig
some unit, wnen 1 toio airs, nna-
ham wunt waa op she threw up her
hands and called ont:
"Pap, If you go you will never come
back alive! It's a plot of tbe enemy.
They can't hire you to leave Jericho,
and they are going to assassinate youi
Deprived of your support, what a tbe
president going to do?"
William. Mrs. rinkbatn cannot oniy
tell you what alls you oyer tbe long
distance telephone, but she reads tbe
future when tbe moon la full. It was
full lust week. I llnteued to ber and
then put up a Job ou Silas. I went
Ashing with him. but when be waa
about to elbow me off tbe bank Into a
deep hole I turned on him. When 1
had made blm holler for mercy 1 took
from his person a slungshot, a black
jack, a knife aud a pistol. He had
meant to make sure of your pap. 1
also took from bis pocket a letter he
bad received from Washington. There
was no name signed to It, but 1 have
my suspicions. One paragraph of the
letter read:
BOWSER THE SHARP
Nobody Cart Work a "Con Game'
on Him.
Inc ident, no had repeatedljr warwal- .
Mrs. Ilowwt sbo.it such traOaartk.
Whn ho arrived and got seated at tfce
dinner table she ionocently asked:
-Ik meo ever go around with brass)
Jrwplry trying to mII It for gofclf
"lo ihry!" he exclaimed" ae ho too- i
ed up. "Well, I should rental tbaS i
they did! It's a regular buatness wttk '
Ma of them."
"And what atnrles do they tetir
"Ob, tbey generally get Off ftfmtM0
about a k i k wire or starving cbfldreatr
It's what the potW-o rail the aympsjU ft
dodge." (
"And not n of tbem la honestr :
"Not a living one. Tbe whose SS
ought to be In prlaoo."
"But there most be eases where Sasai
Mies are bard np." persisted Hi. aW.4
ser. 1
"All nonsense. If aay of tbo;tsJlasi
call here yoo doo't want to ts tskasa
In l. anv of thetf stories. Bv slesaVe
It happen lt t9" n
about this matter all of a sMf1','
"Why-why, I Just happenodlol
of It. yoo see." f
He Wants PartieufaVs.' t.
Mr. Bowser leaned back east I
f hr fYr half a minute
with a -Ilumpbr' went oa str aaar i
meal and asked no more questlesmlS t
was not until f bey reached taa sallls)n
room tbat be said:
Now,, madam, telroe all abowt IM
ton have bad a confidence game wsst) I
ed on yon todsy. and I want tbe pssw
tk-ulara." 9
"But be talked like an hoooac sjaas-.f
c h. certainly. He made yo MUefs.
Hack wss white."
-And Is wife la UI."- .
-Tbe osoal tale. What did b taMaVf
to eelir
"This gold breastpin. Bo aW-JaVi
was worth 15 or SO. and he tot as Safs
It for two."
-For two! For two!" exclaimed air.
Bowser a be reached for n. '-"res-,
gave him $2 for this piece of breast
-Un"t It K''dT
"Gold nothing! It'a pwro end 4
adulterated brass, and Is worts aaosjt v
10 cents. By George, but jros sass
bave softening of tbe brats'. TeiAS
In and done for as slick as gteeesf w
"I-I thought It waa gold."
"And yoo think tbe moos la sssfa ft
of green cbeese. He said it was pads 4.
of course, but you needn't have boos X:
ninny eooogh to believe R. Tww iSf '4
dollars for 10 cents- worth of trass I a
Don't talk any more about nay twits n
chickens." -
"I wbb you would take K as
Jeweler and see what h soys," eev Jl
served Mrs. Bowser after a utosaest.
'What! Don't yon belkrto wast
uur
- "But be seemed so hones.- easf
somehow believe be stood and
me In the eye and lied to mo.
the pin seems like gold to mo.".. .. ,
"Taken In and done for by o SWSM
tbat wouldn't fool a baby. 'and yet yos
bate to admit It." be laughed.' "vTsy,"
woman. 1 was on to tbat tsoso boffS-t-
I waa out of knickerbockers. irsessS. j
of a dozen well known cos nmes.-
"And weren't you ever fooled 7 ,
"Me taken In me, Bowser? Not-OS)
your life. 1 have never Co mo wll ike '"'
forty rods of 1L Gold) . Why a csUd-w
could smell tbe brass. And
ACCUSES MAN OF SWINDLING, be bad a sick wlfe-ha! ha! har
"If a Jeweler says it's brass"
Takes Him to Station House For
Sailing Mrs. Bowser Braaatpin Hs
Thouaht Braaa Told to Go Horns
and Lose Sharpness.
By M. QUAD.
Coprrlsht. IftS. by Associated Literary
Preaa-J
RS. BOWSER bad Just cot
ready to, go downtown and
do some shopping when
there waa a ring at the bell
aud she opened tbe door, to And a
strange man on tbe steps. He waa a
worklugman, and be held hi bio band
a little box which be opened; showing
a breastpin, and said:
"Lady, I am out of work and my
wife is 111, aud I want to sell you
tnla article to raise a little money."
"But you should go to a pawn
broker," was the reply.
"He will only loan on It, and tbat
not half IU value. 1 want money for
medicines and food."
"The pin may be brass for all I know,"
said Mrs. Bowser after looking at It.
"Lady, I pledge you my word tbat
It'a solid gold. It was a wedding pres
ent to my wife. It's worth 110, but
you may bave it for three."
"It may have been stolen."
"I ask you If 1 look like a thief f 111
give you my name and address and
you can find out that things are aa
I tell you. Take It for 12, for I most
have money. The doctor baa left a
prescription that I must bave filled."
Mrs. Bowser bad heard so much
about fakers tbat she was afraid, and
yet she bad to admit tbat tbe man
looked what be claimed to be. After
a brief mental struggle she banded
"How can be aay anythlag-
Wby doo't you own up that
been played T Yes, I'll take It
and I'll also tell blm what
wttted wife I have. Ooldt A Sk.
wife!" ,
Makes on Afreet. - -
Mr. Bowser had headed for a ,
ry store wbeo a pedeetriaa
and accosted blm wlthr
"M later, here's a diamond tins; bs
longing to my wife. There's two asaatt "
diamonds, and tbe ring coot 0aV -TM
take $20 for It"
"Urn, am. Maybe yea are tto ksast
that sold my wife a bnostpss for X
today."
"I sold one to a lady
around here. Sbe was very
belp me out, but 1 must have
money."
"You are just tbe chap I wast at ssa. -Takes
walk with mo."
"I wUL"
"It was a gold breastpin, waa ttT f
"For sure."
"And this la a diamond ring?"
"It is, sir."
Mr. Bowser walked the mas into M .
police station and up to the desk eat
said to the sergeant: . f
"Officer, here la a man 1 wast aa : .;
give In charge. He's a swindler."
"Aren't you mUtakenf asked Ota ".
officer. . "I bave knows the 00OQ twa.H
or three years. He'e a hard worker
and out of luck. He waa ssklng as
to buy a breastpin fhla forenooaC .
"But he sold it to my wife, sad KaW
brasa. Tbe diamonds la his ring ar.
only glass." :
The sergeant sent for a
serosa tbe street, and when the
over tbe money and said she would 'had made bis examination and report..
keep the pin simply as security. : When
tbe man had departed It struck ber
to take the pin along and ask' a Jewel-
J
1
Mr. Bowser stood with open OMSta..
and might have remained, sa sssjav
longer bad he not been told. .
"Better run home, now, and try a
lose some of your sharpness oa tsa .
way.!.
Welir asked Mrs, Bowser, as la
arrived. " -.
Fools snd jackasses, the whals
of 'em," bo replied aa bo sat
with a .grant And thars alt aa gst
out of him. , j( i
AMD
WAJit MONET FOR MBDIOINSB
rooD."
er to value it This abe did and was
more than surprised when It waa
nauuea back to ber. with the remark
xea, 111 aoua gold and probably
cost 10. I will give you three for It
tor oiu goto.
There wasn't any doubt aa to what
Mere Nonsao.se. v- -"I
wish," sbe complained, "that ysex..
wouldn't talk so much so use nee ,aa
me." . . -;
i "I didn't know that t talks . sn:
sense to you." .
: "You're, always tellmg dm,, about ...
yourself and what you lav hsss -
lug."-Chlcago Rerd-Herald. - , . '
. - Poor Pasal r
. TommyMamma, wuy have yos fC;
papa's hair in a locket? v .
His Mother To remind mo that ho ,
once had. some, Tommy. Jewelers,. ,
Weekly.- . . .. , . ." '-
. "" . She Never Caught Oa.
"Dearest," she murmured,
afraid vou'll change." .
i "narllnff " ha answered, "TOsUl
find any change about ne."--XttXp.'
! : Another telt.
' Bill I have lust takes
which was Indorsed by my doctor.
Mr. Bowser would aay when ho came lUJUl-What waa It?
home to dinner and was told at q$ "A chKk."-Yoiers Bbitsaiaaa
were In town Tuesday.