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VO'.. XXIII
HILLSBORO, OREGON, MAY 11, 1916
NO. 8
GARDEN TRACTS CO.
BEH6J0REGL0SED
Judgment Atketl for Nearly For-ly-riv
Thousand Dollar Net
mm thousand dollars attv. n:i!
Trail Wi Buuihl la 1911 by C. It.
Jicofct and AimhUici - Some Sold
Kltner T. Connell tnd Ha.wah J.
Blanchard have Instituted fore
cloHure proceedings against C. II.
Jacobs ai-d the Garden Tracti
Co.. and the amount sued for,
covered by mortgage, amounts
to $U).i25,5i, with interest on
same, and a four thousand dollar
attorney fee. The accrued in
terest is also a part of the com
plaint, and this would run the
amount involved to over $50000,
They also ask that they be given
the Co.'s equity in lands where
' they have been sold and re
leased, and secured by mortgage,
where they have been transfer
red to the plaintiffs as security.
1'ronably one hundred small
tracts have been so sold, and the
slump in realty still leaves the
property remaining excellent se
curity for the debt.
The Garden Tracts la a valuable
piece of real estate, and lays
west of the court house, running
cleur past McKay, or Davis
Creek, clear through to the
Dairy. It has much rich, allu
vial deposit lands, and soma fine
productive upland, together with
some fine sites for small homes.
Had a mill been built on one of
the many sites afforded on the
place the property would all have
been sold long since. The com
pany, however, when it had an
opportunity, held to the highest
terms, and they weM rejected.
Fuilure to pay interest and
principal followed. . and fore
closure was instituted last Thurs
day afternoon.
TWI-NTY YEARS AOO
J
(From The Argus)
a H. B. Sappington was appointed
- c unity treasurer to succeed his
father, the late J. W. Sapping
ton. The case of X. N. Sleeves,
the l'ortland attorney, has been
transferred to this county for
Ariul. He is charged with killing
Geo. W. Sayres, and the trial
.will take place here in July.
Mrs. W. K. Thorne will run
for the county school superin
tendency on ti e populist ticket.
Foliage is very slow in coming
into its own this year. It is not
impossible that the earthquake
and seismic conditions are re
sponsible. Fred Losli and Susan Trachsel
have been granted n.arriage li
l c nse.
A. B. Cadv, of Beaverton, has
been named by the republican
central committee to All the va
cancy on the ticket caused by
the death of nominee J. W. Sap
pington. W. H. Wehrung has been ap
pointed administrator of the
estate of the late Geo. Groner,
.of Scholls.
ri There is considerable excite
Vnent over the alleged result of
the discovery of a silver mine
hack of the Alexander place,
west of Forest Grove.
Cyclone Davis, of Texas, made
several free pilver speeches hero
Money to Loan
On Improved Farms
The Shute Savings Bank
last week.
Many hundreds of dollars will
be lost by onion raisers this year,
owing to the late high water.
Take it all in all crops will be
later thun for many years previous.
R. H. Walker. L. L. Whitcomb
and A. M. Collins were appoint
ed viewers to survey and locate
Koud No. 3115. petition of John
Shute et uls,
Spirella Corsets Not sold in
stores. A question and a sug
gestion. Have you any corset
troubles? If so, let Spirella ser
vice cure them. Over three mil
lion satisfied Spirella. wearers
testify to the ease, comfort and
perfection ot style produced by
Spirellu corsets. any exclusive
designs from which to Belect the
corset best suited to your indi
vidual needs. A Spirella resi
dence corsctiere in this field.
My advice, experience and train
ing are at your service, without
obligation. Appointments by
letter or telephone given prompt
attention. I'hone Main 384.
BeRidence, Fifth and Jacksm,
Hillsboro. Ore. 3-16
Jake Buchele and family, of
Cornelius, departed this week
for I Uigur, Montana, where Mr.
Buchele will engage in farming.
He recently looked over that
state and concluded to buy a
farm and start In raising wheat,
lie thinks he has found the
country for successful grain
growing, and will raise a crop
this year,
On Saturday. May 13. and
every following Saturday,, we
will give absolutely free to one
of our customers one gallon of
ice creim. or $1.00 worth of ci
gars or candy. Customers mak
ing purchases ot 25 cents or
more, on and after Saturday,
May fi. being eligible. Ask us
for particulars. Koeber'a Con
fectionery. 7-8
John Dennis, of Portland, was
out Saturday to greet friends
and lee how things are running
out in old Washington County.
He says the Oregon exhibit has
been opened to the public, and
if there is sufficient interest it
will be kept on display.
The estate of Chas. Jacobson,
the tailor who died In the Che-
nette Bow a few weeks ago. was
appraised Friday. The assets
will reach close to $300 in value,
nearly $200 of it being money.
For sale: Twelve head of high
grade Holstcin cows and heifers,
and 15 Angora goats. C. Van
dermost, Beaverton, Route 3.
One-ha'f mile south of Kinton
school house.
The first strawberries came
into the market last week, the
mostof them being from Cali
fornia. While they were all
right as a starter, there was no
comparison in the California
product to the Oregon berry.
For sale: Team of mares, 6
and 7 years, weight about 3,000.
Will consider smaller team in
trade.-C. F. Grable. 3 miles
south of Hillsboro. Hillsboro,
Ore., Route 5. 7 9
H. G. Surles, a Portland mu
sician, and Mrs. A. Bouiand, of
Portland, were guests at the L.
A. Long home, Sunday.
Gerhard Goetze, of above
Blooming, was in town Satur
day, enroute to Portland.
S. A. D. Meek, of North Plains,
was a county seat visitor Satur
day. E. A. Wolf, of Reedville. was
in town Saturday, on business
with the county clerk.
C. Beglinger, of Newton, was
a city caller Saturday.
CORONER'S JURY HEARS
E FELDT CASE
Find Buxton Woman Came to
Death by Drowning After Faint
WOMAN SU8JRCT TO SINKING. SPELLS
All Quritloa of Foal Play l llmloiltd a
Hrirlif of Tragedy
Coroner Barrett and a jury heard
the evidence in connection with
the death of Mrs. Wm. Feldt, of
above Buxton. The hearing was
held last Thursday afternoon.
and the jury made careful in
quiry into all the circumstances
Suffice to say all suspicion that
Mrs. Feldt came to her death
through suspicious circumstances
was dispelled.
It appeared from the evidence
that Mrs. Feldt was not well,
and that on the Saturday prior
to drowning she had a sinking
spell. Her eighteen year old
daughter had gone to a neigh
bor and Mr. Feldt was afield
when the fatality occurred. The
well in which Mrs. Feldt drown
ed was 22 feet deep.' and it was'
14 feet from the top to the edge
of the water. There were no in
juries inflicted on the body with
the exception of a few abrasions,
that naturally must be sustained
in a fall of this kind.
The jury found that she "came
to her death on the 3rd day of
May, 1916, by drowning in the
well at her late home, caused by
a fainting spell."
The jury: G, W. He wool, E.
B. Whittlsey. E. Paetrick. L W.
House. G. W. Bachen; O. E.
Mills.
Dr. F. A. Bailey made a care
ful autopsy of the body, and
found nothing to indicate unusual
circumstances, and that it was
either suicide or accident, due to
a faint, appears to be settled.
ORCOON ELECTRIC TRAINS
To Portland 65 minutes.
6:32 am
7:18 am
8:28 a ro
9:68 .am
12:43 pm
3:68 ...p m
5:43 ' p m
8:10 .'.pm
9:1)8 (Sat. only) pm
from Portland 65 minutes.
7:54 am
9:20 am
11:25 am
2:12 pm
4:27 pm
6:25 pm
7:13 pm
8:26 (Sat. only) pm
12:25 ara
S. P. & P. E. & E.
All. except the P. R. & N.. trains
are electric and stop at the de
pot on Main Street.
TO PORTLAND
Forest Grove Train 6:50 a. m
McMinnville Train 7:36
Sheridan Train 10:03
Forest Grove Train 12:50 p. m
McMinnville Train 2:15
Forest Grove Train 4:10
Eugene Train 4:55
McMinnville Train 6:40
Forest Grove Train 9:50
FROM PORTLAND
arrives
Eugene Train 8:15 a. m.
McMinnville Train ; 10:03
Forest Grove Train r 11:59
Forest Grove Train 3:14 p. m
Sheridan Train 4:33
McMinnville Train 6:40
Forest Grove Train 7:15
Forest Grove Train 9:00
McMinnville Train 12:15
All trains stop on flag at Sixth
and Main; at North Range and
Fir streets, Sixth and Fir Sts.,
and at Tenth street
Steam Service from old depot at
foot of Second Street
TO PORTLAND
P. R. & N. Train 4:30 p. m.
FROM PORTLAND
P. R. & N. Train 9:15 a. m.
Motor Car Service
To Buxton 12:25 p. m.
To Timber s 4:30
From Timber 9:55 a. m.
From Buxton 2:10 p. m.
For rent: The north half of
the hop yard on the Hawthorne
Place, formerly occupied by John
balzgerber. for particulars, bd
ply to The Hawthorne Estate;
o&i Worcester Building, Port
land. .6-8
US' Dr. Lowe, May 27.
Bulk garden seeds and onion
sets at Greers.
A little more ' hail, Monday
morning, but no damage to gar
den growths.
Go to Bergen's Flower store
for vegetable plants, seeds and
flowers of all kinds.
Home grown, yellow seed corn
for sale. Roy Hays, on Jackson
Bottom. 810
Editor Bray, of Cornelius, was
in town Saturday, on business at
thu court
For sale: House and three
lots in Hillsboro. Or will trad
for cleared acreage, bottom land
or Bwale. near Orenco preferred.
li. Jeibman, Hillsboro, Ore.
Grant Mann, running on the
republican ticket for sheriff, was
a city visitor the last of the
week.
Nursery stock, fine roses, as-
pargus roots, outdoors grown
C ibbage plants, now ready-4 to
8 inches. Morton's Greenhouse.
J. A. Vandehey, of Center-
ville, was in town Saturday, ac
companied by his daughter. J.
A. says that crop seeding has
been very late out his way.
For sale: Twenty-one acres;
12 acres cleared; fine orchard;
good house; new barn; stream;
It It, telephone and milk rome.
One and one-half miles north of
Hfllsboro. Gravel road. Price.
$4.0O0.-M. E. Watson. Hillsbo
ro, Route 1. 5 8
Marriage license was last Sat
urday granted to Miss Rita Ma
crum and Earle O. Buxton, of
Forest Giove; Arthur Thos.
Cuick and Pansy Y. Gibson, of
rureiurvvc vicwiiy.
For Sale Dwarf Essex Rape
seed, finely cleaned, at market
price. Also Barred Plymouth
Kock eggs, O. A. C strain. 75
cents per setting of 15. Also
a few pure bred Jersey cows
with official records. -Wm.Schul-merich,
Hillsboro. Ore. "
Sheriff Reeves is rather dis
gusted over the late Spring, and
says that the lowland farms are
in the "soup" for early cropping
this season. His farm, south of
Cornelius, is all in the bottom.
and his farmer has been unable
to make but little headway.
The Cox Lumber Co.. states
Huffh Rocprs. in Pirnhlishmcr
a camp this Bide of Cochran, and
will cut and ship one hundred
thousand feet of logs daily. The
shipments will be made to Port
land mills. The camn is at the
site of the old Sweeney camp.
Richard Wiley was out from
Portland Sunday, the guest of
his father. W. V., and started
Monday for Denver, Colorado,
where he will enter the employ
of the Columbia Optical Co. His
many friends here know he will
make good.
Hail fell here the last of the
week, and at the summit be
tween here and Tillamook snow
covered the ground. This is one
of the latest storms of this na
ture for years, and it has re
tarded cropping to a considerable
extent even on the plains, where
rain has interfered with plow
ing and seeding.
The Oregonian Sunday pub
lished a facsimile of some pen
work of J. E. Butler, well known
here. The drawing was a free
hand production from a photo
graph, and enlarged several
times. As a work of art it is
something remarkable. J. E.
drew the picture during leisure
minutes and evenings. Mr. But
ler is still in the employ of the
railway company as draughts
man, and turns out some classy
work.
The County Prohibition Con
vention will be held at Forest
Grove, May 16, in the Cong.
Church, opening at one in the
afternoon. The convention will
determine whether or not it will
put out a ticket in the county,
and a new executive committee
will be selected. Prominent
workers of the party will be
present and all members of the
party, and those in sympathy
with it, are invited.
If Forest Grove and Hillsboro
were on a main line their praise
would be sung far and wide,
Generally a railroad runs through
the backyard of a city, revealing
its ram-shackle end to the travel
er. This is because the railway
comes first and the town .grows
away from it Electrification of
the West Side division put the
line through" the hearts of these
two Washington County cities.
and the passer sees civic pride
displayed in handsome buildings
and well-kept grounds. Oregon
ian.
ML rs
WORK FARMER V01ES
Charges Graft on Publishing Road '
No'lcei -Sp ke; Own Gun
OTHER CHARGES SAME AS ARGUS
Pull la Bill For Five Ccaii Per Line on
all Stvc Road Notice
"SkeezickB." belter known as
Lnrry Fernsworth, uses a page
or so of the Banks paper, and a
half page in the North Plains
paper telling about how the Ar
gus "grafts" the county on its
charge for special road meeting
notices. This little detractor of
everything that is not for "Skee
zicks" charged but half rate for
road notice. This far his plaint
is true. - But as to other charges
-"Skeezicks" charges the same
Scents per line that the Argus
charges, as his bills wi'l show.
He makes this charge of S cents
for his taxpayers' notice, for his
equalization notice, and for his
notice to contractors all bills
audited by the county as the
record will show, if anyone will
apply afrthe clerk's office.
The road notice exception is
palpably the one on which Larry
wants to go to the legislature.
This is so pitiful Larry charging
the same price as other newspa
pers for every other service, and
cutting this bill in twain, that it
would not be worthy of mention
excepting that it goes to show
just how much sincerity "Skee
zicks" has in charging graft
This is a sample of Larry's states
manship, pure and simple. Per
haps Larry thought that his
drivel wasn't worth mentioning,
but the record shows just how
much his charge of graft is
worth. Other small papers in
the county charged the regular
price of five cents per line, and
Larry knows it
It i3 with such claptrap that
Larry wishes to get votes. The
Argus is truly sorry for this lit
tle chap.
Larry knows that he has
charged his 5 cents per line on
all other county printing with
which he has been favored. He
simply thought the Argus would
pay no attention to his drivel,
and he would "put one over on
the farmer vote" by crying
graft and robbery.
Statement of L L Moore,
Republican Candidate for
Legislature
To The Repubican Voters of
Washington County, Oregon:
I am not a politician, have never
asked for or held public office. I
have no word to say against any
other candidate. 1 am a . busi
ness man and a member of sev
eral commercial and business or
ganizations and have given busi
ness and industrial conditions a
careful study. I believe that
the future success and prosperity
of Oregon and Washington Coun
ty depends upon the develop
ment of industries and resources.
I believe that every person that
is engaged in business whether
it. be in producing, buying and
selling, agricultural products,
buying and selling of merchan
dise, manufacturing and em
ploying of labor or any other
business pursuit, should give
these conditions careful study.
Let us be fair and' just to busi
ness industries so they may have
a chance to develop and we will
be able to manufacture pur raw
materials here instead of else
where, and in this way give la
bor more employment and better
wages. I consider the State
Legislature m ire of a business
that political organization. Let
us reduce taxation by more busi
ness economy and the abolish
ment or combination of some of
the forty-seven commissions now
existing. These opinions are the
thoughts that have been ex
pressed by a large number of
farmers, manufacturers, mer
chants and laboring men, and if
they meet with your anprova
vote for the candidate who is
best qualified to represent you.
U. L. MOUKE.
Republican Candidate
t'aid adv. for Legislature
Ground bone, grit, shell, egg
food at ureers.
Henry Kamna, of Blooming,
was transacting business in the
city Monday.
A. W. Walker and wife, of
bouth Tualatin, were in town
the last of the week.
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"WITHOUT the consequent rish is
through the universally approved
check-book, -which has become an
earmark of affluence, conservatism
and substance. The men of mark
in your community do business
with their check-book. Are you
one of them?
Ar Per Cent. I tor-oat n , Q w.
American National BanK
main ana Third St:, WZsbvo, Oi
Ruff Lumber
Sized Lumber
$10.00 PER THOUSAND FEET
This
inar and umII Yn cnViiAnt t rlimAH tiA
near future. If you
buy now.
We Carry Trojon
Badger Lumber Co.
Main St. and P. R. & N. Ry. Co's. Tracks.
ABSOLUTELY
Everything in Building Materia
Hillsboro Auto Livery
Feed and Boarding Stable
Prices Seasonable
DAf AND NIGHT SERVICE
2nd & Washington Sts. Phcne, City 17S
DID YOU EVER CONSIDER
That your watch is normally "on the job" 24
hours each day?
That in each 24 hours the balance wheel vi
brates more than 400,000 times?
That a variation of m0M of a minute in each
of these vibrations would cause a variation of
more than 4 minutes a day in the time of
your watch?
BY ACTUAL COUNT
143 distinct parts must be given individual
attention when the average watch is properly
cleaned and oiled.
IF YOU HAVE NOT
Thought of these little details, do so now, and
give us an opportunity to demonstrate the ex
tremely close timing which fine tools, skill
and experience can accomplish with your
watch.
HOFFMAN
Jeweler and Optometrist
....,
And
want to buy right,
Stumping Powder
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