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HILLSBORO, OREGON, NOVEMBER 30, 1911.
NO. 38
PACIFIC STATES QUITS
THE TELEPHONE FIELD
Alter Vrr of Keen Competition
the "l"lt 1'cllow" Surrender
indi!ii:ni)i:nt h-ople buy svsti:m
Hcrnllf Will b Under One Mannitc-mt-nl
and One Switch Board
The l'acifie States Telephone
Company nftS W)'1 "'"shoro
system to the Washington Conn
ty Independent Telephone Co.,
and henceforward there will be
but one system Kd. Schulmer
ich is the holding trustee of the
new concern. For many years
there has been keen rivalry lie
tweeii the two systems, but the
Independent company early knew
the value of putting farmers'
lines established, thus making
the system in the city more val
uable and more a necessity to the
business element,
Kates will be adjusted so that
in reality nulweribera who have
both telephones get the service
uonie cheaper than under the old
regime.
The Independent system as
first represented in Hillsltoro
was a line run into the Schul
merich Ulock by the Scholia peo
ple. Scholia had a little system,
ami wanted an outlet. The
Schulmerich Btore instrument
gave them communication with
the county seat. 0. G. Wilkes
and F. S. Olsen then concluded
to establish a system, and met
with fair success. Wilkes later
bought the Olsen interest, and
sold a half interest to Geo. Stev
ens. The. lines were then ex
tended until the system was
much larger than the Bell line.
Grant Hughes connected from
Forest Grove, the line was put
into Portland via Cedar Mill
and with the ad vent of the Home
System, in Portland, the county
Independent furnished nearly 2,
(XX) telephones with direct con
nection with Portland.
The Pacillc States was estab
lished in Hillsboro away back in
the early nineties, and the cen
tral was first place in the old
Brock & Sels drugstore, in the
Link later brick, where the Delta
is now dispensing.
The new regime begins Decem
ber 1, and the Hughes line, of
Forest Grove, takes over the
Bell lines in that city.
SEWRK OKDEREI) PAID
The city council last Thursday
eve ordered warrants drawn in
full payment of storm and sani
tary sewer. The original esti
mated cost of the dual system
was $83,2(58.82, while the actual
cost was but $03,416.20. The en
gineering fees and incidental ex
penses ran to $4, 43!). Oft, making
a total expense of $G7, 851.2(5.
This leaves the sum of $13,414.(52
to rebate back to property own
ers on their assessments-a not
small item. The storm sewer
costs $28,913.34, as against the
original contract price of $28,
273.50, the excess being occa
sioned by the fact; that 400 feet
of extra fine concrete pipe was
laid in the Lightfoot property.
The sanitary sewer original esti
mate was $47,515.27; the original
contract was $35,340.28, and the
actual money paid for its com
pletion was $34,501.8(5.
This is a pretty good record,
considering that it cost the city
$2,000 for investigation by the
buyers, before they would accept
the paper.
OREGON ELECTRIC
Tbe achedule of departure nnl arrival
of OreKon Electric Car for Portland
follows:
FOR PORTLAND
FROM PORTLAND
6 35 a m 7 50 a m
8 45 "i 9 25 " 111
10 50 a tn 11 47 a m
1 25 p ui a 12 p m
.1 40 p m 4 37 P 111
6 26 p in 7 co p m
H so p ru 9 33 p m
10 08 p m , ia 35 a m
Notice to Apple Tree Planers
We have for sale for 1911 Fall
planting, the following:
Newtowns. Snitzenburcs. Ar
kansas Blacks. Winter Bananas,
Johnathans, Golden Ortley, and
other choice varllies 3 to 4 ft.
8c each; from 4 to 6 ft, 124c
each. For large orders write
for special prices. I. 0. Nea-
leigh, Sherwood, Ore., K 4; J. 1.
Nealeigh, Hood River, Ore.,
Nursery at Scholls, Ore.
Argus and Oregonian, $2.25.
1 he Development league last
Friday night had a fairly well at
tended meeting at their rooms in
the Heidel Mock. Aside from
routine business the League was
undressed oy u. VV. K m'.
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Portland.
Ins c
ompany, the
"World Keepfresh Co.. "of port
land, has plants at Mt. Angel
and Salem, and they have a pro
cess of cvaMration that means a
great deal to Oregon when it is
fully established. Mr. King
Stated that it would take about
$10,000 to put a plant in UillHlio
ro. and the industries committee
hus the matter under considera
tion. The "Keenfresh" id i
the (Miming method of taking
care of fruits and vegetables. It
is processed in some manner,
and then stored, and it will keep
for vears. An ovi'riiiirlit u(ilili,.ri
of water will put it back to where
it was before the moisture was
extracted without losing any of
its pristine flavor, or any of its
nuiruive qualities. Mr. King
thought that a $10,000 plant
would take cure of nil the fruit
and vegetables in this immediate
section. He was introduced by
Geo. Anderson, a Hillslioro resi
dent, well known here, and who
has taken service with the com
pany. Road District No 9A of (!..
ton, hits issued a call for a road
meetinir to vote for or iiL'ninst. si
special road tax for permanent
improvement. A not more than
tenmi tax wil be voted on.
Gaston has for several venrsheen
awake to the importance of rock
roads, and has made more nro-
gress along these lines than any
1 1' x . . I
roan msiricis in me county.
Begin now. A savings ac
count with the Hillsboro Nation
al Bank, a government institu
tion, earns you four per cent, in
terest. You will be surprised
how your money will earn you
money - and it is always safe.
It is wonderful what 150 or
200 feet in elevation will do for a
section. Sunday in Washington
County was a clear, bright day,
while in Portland, twenty miles
distant, there was a fog until
noon, and then there was very
little sunshine the balance of the
lav. Hillsboro's elevation is a
trifle over 200 feet, while Port
land is just above high tide ef
fect.
Remember that the Hillsboro
National Savings Bank is under
government supervision, which
insues you the best of protection.
One dollar opens an account.
4 per cent, paid on savings.
C. O. Koe. the Forest Grove
furniture man. was down to the
city Monday, answering a sum
mons as a luror in circuit court.
C. O. says that he is very much
pleased to see forest urove and
Mil shorn awakening to the ne
cessity of public improvements.
District Attorney 10. B. Tongue
ami his deputy, Thos. II. Jr., are
having plenty to occupy their
time these days, getting ready
for the criminal docket. The
Grand Jury will perhaps have
three or four weeks of state in
vestigation.
The huge steel rails brought
out by the Oregon Electric to be
placed on Washington btreet are
the largest ever brought to this
section of the West Side, con
sidering length. Many of them
are over 50 feet in length.
Fountain oen found.- A fine
fountain oen was found on the
street Monday, by J. H. Morton,
of Hidgegeld, Wash. The tinder
left it at this ofhee and the loser
nnn hnvp siime bv nroving prop
erty and paying for advertise
ment.
Money to loan on farm or oth
er property, on approved securi
ty. We also sell real estate.
Kuratli Brothers, Main Street,
between First and Second. 20tf
Gus Klier, of near Laurel, was
in Snt.nrrlav. Since Mr. Klier
bought the Bulling farm one of
fha host, in that section he has
mil- nn n fine harn. ana tne
other day moved into a newiy
completed handsome residence.
pub w - - - - - f
Good paying restaurant, with
lodging house in connection, for
fan at fl bargain. Do not
want to sell. Inquire of Kuratli
Bros,
' A. E. Cameron and wife, of
Yamhill, where Mr. Cameron re
cently bought a 22-acre place,
the citv Saturday. Mr.
Pomomti ia one of the progres-
sivfi noultrv men of the West
Side section.
aw nit it's worth while to
live in a town where there are
never any epidemics 01 typnoia,
Hinhtheria. and scarlet fever.
Born at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Jas. Shannon, Forest uroye,
Nov. 20. 1911, to Mr. ana Mrs
ni MotaLor of Seatt e. a
daughter.
LIVELY SESSION AT
HE COUNCIL CHAMBER
Mayor Bajcley Asks (or a New
Contract and Franchise
MANAdRR WELCH DENIES BAD FAITH
Ann-en, However, to Coiwldcr Matters,
After Mayor Talks
There was a lively session at the
city council last Thursday eve
ning, and as a result there is
likely to be a new water and
ight franchise under which the
Washington-Oregon Corporation
will operate in this city. Mana
ger Welch and histtorney, Mr.
Sawyer, were present upon invi
tation, and Mayor Bagley asked
Councilman Boscow to take the
chair while he outlined what the
city wanted. He stated that the
company had not lived up to its
agi cement to have a sufficient
water supply, extend mains, and
make other improvements under
the contract, and that the fran
chise was invalidated by May 27,
the date these things were to
have been performed. He said
that a new agreement and fran
chise was therefore due. Mr.
Welch held that the water sup
ply had not been short, and
stated that his company had done
all that could reasonably be ex
pected, and intimated that it was
up to the city.
Mayor Bagley responded by
saying that it was notorious that
the franchise had been violated
by non-performance of contract,
and that on May 27 there was no
franchise in operation. He told
Mr. Welch that the city council
had agreed as a unit, and that if
the company did not see fit to
enter into a new contract others
would, and the city could fight
the case in the courts as long as
the coriwration; that the city
was bound to protect the inter
ests of consumers; that there
must be another 1,000 gallons of
water in the minimum of $1 to
consumers; that arc lights must
come down to $4 instead of $4.50;
that extensions must be made
without a guarantee from the
city; and that there must be an
adequate water supply as well as
a better lightingservice. Welch
said he would agree to this if the
city would give them a fifty year
franchise and revise the charter
to permit it. The Mayor told
Mr. Welch that it was up to the
comoration to do as it saw fit-
that the city would stick to what
he had outlined, and would con
sider nothing else. With this
Mr. Welch agreed to confer with
the mayor and council, within
two weeks.
12,000 SMALL TROUT
County Clerk Bailey Monday
mominff received from the tson-
npville Hatcherv 12.000 small fry
of spotted trout, and at once
planted them in the waters 01
Mckav and tributaries ot Dairy
Creek, near his property, north
west of town. Out 01 the entire
shinmont there were but four of
tha lirrlo fpllowa which were any
ways groggy, and this brands
thp consignment as remarkable
Thf voune-sters wi II attain tne
length of five inches, next bum
mrr and if thev are not molest
rl rhfrr will be all kinds ot SDOt
ted beauties in this section after
nnnther vear. as thev will spawn
novt season. Clerk Bailev savs
f people are careful about throw-
mr the vountrsters uacK in me
water next Spring not many win
be sacrificed, as they are very
ll!lvl V
Th 9 was nrobab v the largest
catch of fish ever enjoyed by
the County Clerk, and he does
not consider that he will ever
hnvfl time to duI them all out
after they are grown, to say no
thing of their descendants.
Notice of Road District Meeting
1-.nktr aliran Mult. A (Uatf-lnt. rntlll
mooting Ih hereby called, to lie held at the
Hill Sohool Honaeiii Komi District No.
24, Washington County, Oregon, on the
18th tiny ot iJeoeiiuter, uiu,iuwuc
p. in., to determine the extent of im
provement to be made on any county
' ... . imrtinll thnrflof. Ill saill
road tiiNtrlot, and to levy a special tax to
defray the expense thereof, not to exceed
10 nulla 011 me uimw, " it (.
sonal taxable property in said road dm
' lia'ted this 27th day of November, lull.
J. A nuiliunil,
Supervisor of Hoad District No. 24,
... f.; i.... n.t.it.lir llroiyiin.
() M Hrimni, It V Walker, O 3 Carstena,
J Kopplln, Ohas Holt, M J Crunlcan, W
K Newell, v u unrimunu, ,inui i"i
A L Hill, J W rruonnru, aj u rnscv.
J. J. Mays and wife, of North
Plains, are having a spienaia vis
it, back in Ohio, where Mrs.
Mays' relatives reside.
Casper Jasper, of Verboort.
was in town Saturday.
J. T. Morrison, of near Farm-
ngton, was in the city Monday.
J. A. Zimmerman, of Roseland
j'arm. was up from near Farm
ngton, Monday.
The Gypsy Smith meetings
have closed in Portland, with
several thousand conversions.
Fred Grogg, of above North
'lams, was in the "city Saturday.
on legal business.
License to wed was on Monday
granted to Edward Schlegel and
Miss Lura Williams.
With a little east wind, such
as prevailed Sunday night and
Monday it would be Hooray
or the iake and the skates."
Edward S. Schlegel andOrville
Vickett, of the Banks section,
were in the city Monday morn-
ng, callers at the court house.
For repairs of sewing ma
chines, bicycles, guns, etc., go
to the Wilkes Auto and Garage
Company. 3-tf
Jos. Hickenbottom, of beyond
Shady Brook, and who also spends
some time on his Vernonia ranch,
was in town Monday.
All kinds of repairing done at
the new Hillsboro Gun and Sport-
ng goods Store, opposite court
house, Main Street.
C. Jack Jr., John M. Wall and
the Argus reporter attended the
breakfast given the Multnomah
5ar Association at the Hotel
'ortland, Sunday, by the Port-
and Press Club.
John Goodin, a former Glencoe
resident, Was out from Monta
villa, Saturday, spending the day
n greeting friends and acquaint
ances. M r. uoodin is well known
all over the county.
Lester Campbell, of Scholls,
and J. C. Campbell, of Knappa,
a brother, were in town Monday.
The visitor has sold out at Knap
pa, and is enroute to California
for the Winter.
For Sale; Limited number of
drake ducks. Pure Indian Run
ners from best stock. Bent lay
ers. Address Chas. Cowgill,
lillsboro, Ore., Route 1, Box 25.
Pacific States Telephone, Glen
coe, 259. 38-40
Jas. Lee, of Patton Valley,
was in town Saturday. Mr. Lee
ost the end of a finger, and had
the member badly crushed, while
working in a sawmill several
days ago. He fears that ampu
tation may be necessary.
For sale or trade: Twelve
acres, 2 J miles southeast of Hills
boro; also a house and 2 J acres
at McMinnville. Will sell at a
bargain, or trade for Hillsboro
residence property, close in. C.
F. Bunsen, Hillsboro, Ore.
W. A. Tupper, secretary of the
Civil Service commission of the
city of Portland, was out to
Hillsboro over Sunday, a guest
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs,
AVm. Tupper. W. A. is pleased
to see Hillsboro doing so nicely
in public improvements.
Ben Dooley, the premier black
smith of the Banks section, was
down to the city Monday morn
ing, responding to a jury call-
He has been indisposed for sev
eral months, and says he is tak
ing things rather easily these
days. He is putting in a ma
chine shop at Banks.
See our dishes for our custom
ers. wnen you expend $iuu
with us you get a fine dining
room set of dishes. Call for
cards and have the amount of
your purchases punched each time
you buy. When you buy that
amount you get the dishes, or
you have a dandy game and fish
set. himmott Bros
Robt. Logan, of Alliance, Neb.,
arrived in the city the last of
the week, and is the guest of
Geo. Kirkwood and W. O. Donel
son and family. Mr. Logan is
an oldtime locomotive engineer
but has laid aside railroading for
some years. He expects to have
a thorough look at the Oregon
country before returning. Mr.
Logan was in Seattle at the time
of the flood, and says great havoc
was resultant from the big storm.
Theodore Pointer, pioneer of
1850, was in town Saturday.
from his home on Portland moun
tain, where his father settled 61
vears ago. Mt. romter says
that his father traded a span of
mules for a squatter s right on
570 acres, which he then entered
as a donation land claim. The
property where Mr. Pointer re
sides overlooks a great deal of
territory, and in the 60 years he
has resided there, he has seen a
city of a quarter of a million ex
pand from one or two buildings
on one side of the mountain, and
a prosperous county developed
1 to the west.
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Sets Aside a Territory That Will
Reclaim Over 1,000 Acres
LP IN THE LOt'SIGNONT DISTRICT
Denied the Enlarged Territory Petition,
Owing to Objections
The county court met last Satur
day and allowed the formation of
a new drainage district that will
tap Lousignont Lake, and drain
a broad expanse of territory, so
that fully 1,000 acres of rich
land can be cultivated. At pres
ent this land is covered with wa
ter at a time of the year that it
can not be farmed. The drain
age proposition win reclaim a
vast tract, and add much to the
production of the territory. The
district was formed on original
lines, and not on the last petition,
as there was too much objection
to the new scope asked.
Commissioner Nyberg was ap
pointed to see what improve
ment was needed on the Reed-ville-Beaverton
road, near Wheel
er, and have the same put in
shape at once.
Wheeler precinct was formed,
upon petition ot K. A. Caples
and others, of Wheeler, and the
boundary lines are:
WHEELER PRECINCT
Commencing at the N. E. corner
of Sec. 6 T 1 S R 1 W. Gray Oak
track on Base Line, and run
ning thence west 2 miles, to
Peck place; thence south three
miles, thence west 1 mile, thence
south 3 miles to the south
west corner of Section 35 T
1 S R 2 W, thence east 1 mile,
thence North 1 mile, thence East
two miles, thence North 5 miles
to the place of beginning.
JIMMOCK BURSTON SAID
There was once a man in this
here town who was so scrappy
that he fought himself in his
ooking glass one morning before
he was wide awake.
Some fellers perceed on the
ine of "Be sure you are right
and then let some one else go
ahead.
bo shines a good deed in a
knotty world," said the feller
who bought a piece of logged-off
lands and started to carve out
home.
If every feller thought the
same as every other feller there
would be a tumble right over Si
Jenks' wife -even if she is the
humliest woman in the county.
The older I grow the less I
blame sum men for their short
comingshaving cum to the con
clusion that they are like skunks,
and caint help it
Alex Gordon, of near North
Plains, was in town Monday.
Thos. Murphy, of above Moun-
taindale, was in town Monday.
C. W. Garrison, of Portland,
was out to the city Monday
morning.
Note the advertisement of the
Washington-Oregon Corporation
in another column.
John H. Keating, the Portland
song writer, was in town Mon
day, on business at circuit court
Geo. Biersdorf and wife were
in from North Tualatin , Plains,
Monday.
For sale on very easy terms
a modern seven room house. C.
Rhoades, Ninth & Washington,
Hillsboro, Ore. 34tf
Charles Fry has taken over the
Beaverton Reporter, and is try
ing to make the old town sizzle
with things doing.
Jacob Schneider was in from
Leisyville, the last of the week.
He is getting ready for that new
hopyard that he is expecting to
get a baby crop from next year.
Virgil Massey, of Cornelius,
was in town the last of the week,
getting up papers of incorpora
tion for the Cornelius Tribune.
Get your coffee at Greer's, so
it will be ground by an electric
coffee mill. A dish free with
every 3 lbs of coffee. 35-8
The primaries will be held next
April for the general election in
November. The political caul
dron will soon commence to steam
up a little.
Thos. Withycombe, of Port
land, was out Monday. Withy
combe is now interested in the
walnut business, and hopes some
day to see this a great industry
in Washington County.
The Quality
The place where you are always sure of
drugs of absolute purity and Highest
Quality, prepared by competent pharma
cists who take pride in the accuracy of
their work
EXCLUSIVE
Rexall
The Delta
HILLSBORO, ORE.
J. A. THORNBURGH J. E. BAILEY W. W. MCELDOWNEY
President Vice-President Caahier
H. E. Ferrin, Ass't Cashier
Forest Grove
NATIONAL BANK
FOREST GROVE. ORE.
Statement of Condition on Friday, September 1, 1911.
Capital and Surplus $50000
Loans - $269,529.20
U.S. Bonds (at par) 25,000.00
uther Bonds 67.160.00
Banking House 18,000.00
Cash and due from
Banks and U. S
Treasurer
122,521.90
$502,211.10
Ilosorvo 3
DIRECTORS
Thos. C. Todd John E. Bailey J. W. Tuqua
Wilber W. McEldowney J. A. Thornburtf
SPECIAL PRICES
-ON-
Eugs, Linoleum,
Matting,
Dressers,
Furniture of all
kinds
We Lead, the Rest Follow
Chas. 0. Roe &
Silver MesK Bags
I Am Offering a Value
that the season has not matched in these
smart and convenient bags. A fine, soft
ring mesh, lined with white kid, which
is shirred to the heavy square frame of
etched and embossed designs, and there
is a long chain to slip over the wrist.
Workmanship and finish are especially
dainty. Ask to see them.
LAUREL M.
Drng Store j
AGENTS FOR
Remedies
Candies and
Stationery
Drug Store
Capital
$25,000.00
25,000.00
4.00455
25,000.00
423,206.55
Surplus
Undivided Profits
Circulation
Deposits
$502,211.10
4 Per Ooxxt.
Co.
Pioneer Furniture
Dedlers
FOREST GROVE, ORE.
IIOYT
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
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