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Attorney General llrown has is
sued hi) opinion saying that any
person who letfally manufactured
wine prior to Jan. 1, 191C, can
ship the same out of the state
provided it does not RO into dry
territory. If this opinion holdB
Kood then those wine makers
who manufactured wine prior to
Jan. 1. 191f, can ship their
product out to California and be
within the law. Thin would he
Kood news to several winemakers
in Washington County, one of
whom is Fred Stetler. the veter
an wine maker of alwve Moun
taindale. The diHpatch rarryinji the At
torney (ieneral's opinion from
Salem says:
"Intoxicating liquor may be
shipped out of Orejjon under the
lone-dry law without rendering
either shipper or carrier liable to
punishment, providing the liquor
was legally manufactured and
owned before Jan. 1. 1916. Li
quor may bo shipped only to wet
Hlates and for lawful purposes
under the new rutin. The at
torney general held that the
people by enacting a bone dry
law built a wall around Oregon
to exclude importation of intoxi
cating liquor, and not to keep li
quor in Oregon from beinn ship
ped out
WILL IH-l l) VOID
Judire Keasoner handed down a
decision in probate last week
declaring the will of Joseph Mil
ler void. The reasons were that
the instrument was too uncer
tain to make a probable disposi
tion and that its ambiguity itselt
was such as to render it invalid.
The eBtate. which amounts to
alMHit $1000, will RO to the
widow and children and will now
iro to probate. The heirs are
Mrs. Miller, widow; children.
Dora Fisher, Emil, Jacob and
Custaf Miller, Katie Hart and
Lena Miller. The home of the
Millers is above North l'lains.
IHTATO HI-LWOWM HULLHTIN
It's ready now, the potato eel
worm bulletin, and you may get
your copy at once by sending to
the 0. A. C. Extension Service,
Corvallis. for it. A?k for Potato
Eelworm Bulletin No. 198. It
will show you how to identify
eelworm infested potatoes and
also the n'ecessity for preventing
the spread of the eelworm pest.
This pest far outranks either the
tuber moth or the Colorado pota
to beetle, and when once estab
lished in the soil is pretty nearly
there for keeps. Growers are
urjred to examine their potatoes
closely for thia pest and to dis
card all potatoes that show ,.ar.y
indications of infestation,,,. Th
bulletin tells how to detect the
eelworms when present, and
every Washington County pota
to grower can Ret one.
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 of style, produced by
Spirella corsets. Many exclusive
designs from which to select the
corset best suited to your indi
vidual needs. A Spirella resi
dence corsetier in this field.
My advice, experience and train
ing are at your service, without
obligation. Appointments by
letter or telephone given prompt
attention.- telephone Main J84.
Residence, Fifth and Jackson,
Hillsboro. Ore. fil-ll
Telephone and telegraph were
kept busy last Friday, all night,
the state commander of the O.
N. 0. having called all the
Guard. The Hillsboro central
had its quota of calls and the
boyB from this county left on the
morning trains. The State
Guard will be mobilized to take
care of means of communication
and will possibly be taken buck
to the Mexican border in case of
war.
I). H. Cooley came in from
near Laurel, Monday, and says
that while one swallow doesn't
make a Spring a thousand
should. He states that he saw
more than a thousand coming in,
and if Spring isn't about ready
to break it is out of the swallow
line.
The Boosters' Ticket was nom
inated at Cornelius last week,
the nominees being F. H. Sholes.
mayor; Geo. H. Wilcox, recorder;
Alphonse Hendricks, treasurer;
Aug. Irmler and Lester Moober
ry, council. The new ticket
stands for street improvement,
and the nominee for Mayor says
he doesn't want the vote of any
person who is not for progress.
We have appointed Thomas
Carmichael. of Gaston, Ore., as
our agent for Washington and
Yamhill counties. Anyone in
i terested may call and see our
mechanical milker at his barn at
Gaston. -Hinman Milking Ma
chine Co , Oneida. N. Y. 2-4
Geo. McGee recently com
pleted a map of the proposed
highway from Beaverton east to
the Multnomah line. The road
is almost as straight as the crow
flies and measures about 2 5 8
miles in length. The county
paid $2,050 in damages in full,
for the right of way.
For Hatching -Eggs from the
American Beauty S. C. White
Minorcas, at $1.50 per setting of
15. Hens are largest type in
Oregon, beautiful birds and
prize winners. Consistent lay
ers. -Wm. Tupper, 1009 Fir St..
Hillsboro. 46-5
The state case against Lyda
has been postponed again, after
the date of trial was set for
April. Circumstances have
arisen which made postpone
ment imperative, but the reason
is r.ot being made public.
For sale: Twenty-one acres,
11 miles north of Hillsboro, 15
acres cleared; good buildings; or
chard; mail and milk routes; tel
ephone; rock road; creek. M. E.
Watson, Hillsboro, 11 1. 2
Chaa. Hickethier, of Cedar
Mill, was in town Saturday.
Four-foot fir wood for sale.
Tel. Faim S4.
The estate of the late Helen C.
Jennings, killed by Bennett
Thompson, h KMV ' 1910,'. ttas I
been ctostd or record,, the, son.
I). V., only heir, has received
the property in fee simple. The
estate amounted to $8,274 net.
For Sale -One 2 3 8 Studeba
ker wagon, almost new; one 60
tooth 2 section harrow; 3 section
land roller; Osborne mower and
rake. J. Horstman, East of the
City Bark, Hillsboro. 52-2
$50,000.00
to loan on improved
farm mortgages.
Call and talk it over
with us if interested.
SHUTE SAVINGS BANK
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Ten Million Feet of Lumber to go
In Structure
WMINNVIIXn TO SHI.L WATCH BONOS
Car
Shortage Reduced In 400
Maximum Reached
Since
The Oregon Electric will this
Spring start construction of the
railroad bridge at Wilsonville,
across the Willamette. Ten mil
lion feet of lumber will be used
to replace the old structure,
which has stood eight years.
Coos Bay - Standard Oil Co.
plans $80,000 expenditure for
storage tanks and equipment
here to handle this territory.
Corvallis- Southern Pacific Co.
wishes to make $60,000 improve
ment herefranchise pending,
Marshfield -100.000 ton coal
order bid on by local mine oper
ator. S. P. Co. to put in steel
draw bridge at Coal Bank Inlet.
Relaying Myrtle Point line with
80 pound steel.
Port Orford-rorty pounds of
ambergris found on beach, part
sold at $14 an ounce.
Sublimity to have cheese fac
tory.
Portland and Corvallis are talk
ing municipal Light & power
plant.
Pendleton North Main btreet
to be improved with 18 foot
bitulithic drive at cost of $86000.
Portland Federal commission
to investigate power site on
Columbia river for government
nitrate plant. Gambrinus Brew
ery plant to be utilized by large
milk, cream and buttersyndicate.
Oregon City -$10,000 hospital
to be erected here. Government
engineers will resume their an
nual Summer diversion of "fixing
up the locks and canal."
Sodaville Eugene man to
build hotel here.
Koseburg -$22,500 hospital to
be erected here. S. P. Co. has
cut car shortage from 2837 cars
needed Nov. 25 to 415 cars on
Mar. 22.
Salem Oregon PacKing Co.
will surpass 200 carload output
of 1916. State Highway Engi-
neer has plans for three wooden
ift bridges for Coos county, and
a concrete arch bridge at Moody
over Des Chutes.
Eugene -Philadelphia firm of
fers $840 a ton for long Oregon
(lax fibre. Fruit growers to
build addition to association
building.
McMinnville has voted $90,000
bonds to improve city water
works.
Ashland to Klamath Falls high
way to be built by state.
Medford Sale of Blue Ledge
Mine for $750,000 to Salt Lake
capitalists reported.
Ashland gets ice and cold
storage plant with 10.000,000 lbs.
capacity.
Linnton Contract let for
$180,923 to finish highway to
Columbia county line in bitulithic.
KNIGHTS ENTHRTAIN
'f'omt Grove Knights of Py
thias Saturday r'pht were hosts
to 250 Pythiana from thlasJec4pj
of the stale, Portland and Vanf j
couver. lvanhoe Lodge, of Port'
land, sent out its crack team to
confer the Knight rank on 21
candidates. Vancouver's Uni
form Rank. 25 strong, came and
50 Dokies in uniform. Hillsbo
ro's company, F. J. Sewell in
charge, were also in the parade.
The boys were through with the
work about 12:30 and were seat
ed to a delightful banquet pre
pared by the ladies. E. D. Cur
tis, well known here in years
gone by, was present. Gus
Mosier, president of the state
senate at the last session, was in
attendance. J. W. Hughes, C.
O. Staley and Jake Buxton were
given their quarter century jewel,
Vice Grand Chancellor Crouch
making the presentation. One
of the pretty incidents of the
evening was the perfect drill on
the streets by the 1). O. O. K.
and the Vancouver Uniform
RanJc.
Money to loan at 5J per cent.
Monthly payments. E. M. Ca
lef, Hillsboro. Ore. 24-tf
Antone Pautmeyer and Frank
Hillecke, of near Farmington,
were county seat visitors Mon
day evening.
For sale: Sorrel horse, about
900 lbs.; gentle to ride; works
single or double; in good work
ing condition, shod with new
shoes. Price, $16 cash. Chas,
Colby, Beaverton, Or. 2
Try the Argus for one year.
M. J. B. coffee at Greer's.
Victor Brown, of Forest Grove,
was in town Monday.
S. A. I). Meek, of North Plains,
was over to the city Monday
morning.
Fiye feet of Bnow at Cochran
last week some stress for the
loggers.
Wm. Cop, of near Banks, was
transacting business at the court
house Monday.
Geo. Hantz Sr., of Shady
Brook, was in the city Monday,
greeting friends.
Harland Kelley and wife, of
above North Plains were city
visitors the first of the week.
Henry Challacombe. of Corne
lius, was down Monday, taking
receipts for taxes.
Glen Stapleton, cashier of the
Gaston State Bank, was in town
Friday.
"Bob Ingersoll and Billy Sun
day" reads like fiction, in Pear
son's Magazine for April. For
sale at Handy's 15-c store. 4
Frank Montgomery, with the
S. P. Co., ca.ne down from Al
bany to spend Sunday with his
wife, who is visiting at the Edw.
Moore home.
Nathan Noland, of Cornelius,
was in town the first of the
week. He is just recovering
from a critical illness.
Thousands of flags were worn
this week. Patriotic week, set
by Gov. Withycombe, appears to
have struck a popular chord.
For sale: Good, gentle, red
Jersey family cow. First-class
milk. -Mrs. M. B. Bottorff. 2
miles east of Hillsboro, on Base
line road. 2
Wm. Hurley, of Virginia Place,
transacted business in the city
Monday mornine. He recently
sold his place to W. F. Keesee.
Carl Wohlschlegel and Miss
EvalindaHutchen, of theScholls
Laurel section, were united in
marriage by Judge Reasoner. in
this city. March 26, 1917.
J. Moline, of Reedville, was in
town the first of the week. He
is waiting good weather to get
at some of the bad highways
down in his section.
M. McDonald, of the Oregon
Nursery, wa3 in town Friday.
He says that Orenco is getting
enthusiastic on the good roads
question.
Single Comb Rhode Island Red,
S. C. White Leghorn and Brown
Leghorn eggs for hatching pur
poses. $1 for 15. R. H. Greer.
Hillsboro. 50-6
Fred Goetze and J. N. Loudon,
of above Blooming, were in the
city Saturday. They report the
roads as something that are
taboo out their way.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wallace,
who have been in Los Angeles
the past five months, returned
Friday. Earl will stay on the
farm this Summer.
George Sigler, of Hillsboro,
and Mrs. Frances E. Grier, of
Philomath, were united in mar
rage at Vancouver, Wash., March
23. 1917. They will reside in
East Hillsboro.
Over an inch of rain fell in
this county from 5 o'clock in the
morning until 5 p. m.. last Fri
day, The rain was accompanied
ly 40 mile gale the greater
part of IU day.
Bernstorff, the Man uf Peace,
written by an English-Ameriii
friend, and "Standing Behiha
the President," timely and truth
ful, in Pearson's Magazine for
April, at Handy's 15-c store. 4
Born. March 19, 1917. at Win-
nemucca, Nev., a daughter, to P.
Egoscue and wite. The arrival
is a grandchild of Mr. and Mrs.
H. B. Luce, of Lincoln County,
and a niece of Edw. C. Luce,
former county clerk.
Claude Smith, of Forest Grove.
came down Monday morning to
lay a floor in Scout Harrington
and Gen. Ransom Post lodge
room, in the third story of the
court house, where the two have
their meeting place.
For sale: Dairy and stock
ranch of 300 acres with 75 cows
and young stock, horses, and
fully equipped. Will take small
er ranch up to $10,000, as part
payment. If interested address
P. O. Box 112, Hillsboro. Ore
gon. 40tf
The grosbeaks visited Hillsbo
ro Saturday, and the court yard
was full of the feathered fellows.
Thousands of them have Winter
ed for years this side of Beaver
ton, and they generally make a
call to the county seat along
about the middle of March being
a little late this season.
ENTIRE STATE GUARD
CALLED OUT MONDAY
Vaught, Alberts, Ed son and Rus
sell (Jet Word First of the Week
TAKE TIVIE BV THE FORELOCK
Bif Bridies and Public Works are to bl
Guarded Until Mobilized
The Oregon National Guard was
called the first of the week, and
by Monday morning the Hillsbo
ro members of the regiment
were notified to report at the
armory in Portland. The entire
guard is to be mobilized this
week and while this is going on
all big railway and public bridges,
as well as public buildings, docks,
shipyards, etc., are to be guard
ed. The regiments will go into
active training at once and be
ready for placement.
Ronald Vaught. Guy Edson,
Jos. Alberts and Atha Russell
were called Monday morning a
provost being sent out from
Portland.
The navy is recruiting from
Oregon's young men, and several
thousand expect to leave the
state by the last of the week,
either for Bremerton or the yard
at San Francisco. Roscoe Black
has already enlisted at Mare
Island.
Young Wenger and Rutsch
mann, of North Plains, reported
to the Guard at Portland, last
Saturday, and by this time all
enlisted men from Washington
County are in uniform.
A detachment is expected to
guard the railway bridges be
tween here at Tillamook to keep
the line open. Every move is
being made to keep means of
communication open at all points
in the Northwest so as to have
no delay in moving troops or
batteries in case of war.
w. o. w.
Regular meetings of Camp SOO,
Woodmen of the World, in the
Moose Hall, every first and third
Thursdays. All Woodmen are
invited to attend.
Come out Neighbors and help
boost our Camp.
Rov E. Heater, Consul Com.
J. H. Ray. Clerk. tf
E. I. Kuratli has his office in
the Hillsboro National . Bank
Bldg. Loans your money, in
sures your buildings, rents your
houses, buys and sells your prop
erty, makes collections. Notary
Public Also speaks German
and Swiss. 42tf
Hon. Ira E. Purdin, of Forest
Grove, was down to the county
seat Saturday, paying taxes. Mr.
Purdin reports a very good stock
sale a few weeks ago.
Next Sunday the season for
catching six inch trout opens
and local sportsmen are now not
so careful in their watch for the
warden.
Geo. B Zimmerman, of beyond
North Plains, was in town Sat
urday, enroute to the Pythian
demonstration at Forest Grove.
Louis Sagert, of Tualatin, was
in town Saturday, on business at
the clerk's office.
. G. A. Plieth, one of the old
timers of the Tigard section, was
j,1 to the pity Saturday, greeting
friends.
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Sep Sax was up iram J he Tua
latin country the last of ib
week.
Ray Emmott, of this city,
shipped a carload of cattle into
Portland last week.
W. N. Hathom, of Laurel, was
transacting business at the sher
iff's office Friday.
John Meurer. of nearQuatama,
was in town Friday, on business
at the clerk's office.
C. C. Whitmore, of Laurel,
was in town Monday, on busi
ness at the sheriff s office.
Ervin Burkhalter and wife, of
South Tualatin, were city callers
Saturday.
Frank Wallace, of Farming'
ton, was a county seat visitor
Saturday.
B. Fleisschauer. of Gaston,
was in town Saturday.
Wm. Waibel, of Meek Plains,
was in town Monday.
John Handel, of Cedar Mill,
was in town the last of the week
L. J. Francis, of Tualatin,
was in town Friday afternoon.
Peter Almquist. of Portland,
was out Saturday.
C. B. BUCHANAN & CO, Inc.
Hillsboro, Cornelius and North Plains
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Grain, Hay, Flour, Feed and
Grain Bags
Car-lot shipper of POTATOES and
ONIONS. Grain chopped or
rolled at any time
Lumber, Shingles and .Lath
At Cornelius
Beaver State Flour
The Best Flour at the Lowest Prices.
Telephones; Hillsboro, Main 14,
Cornelius, City 1515, North Plain, Main 263.
Spray Time is Here
We have a full stock of
Spray Material
Spray Pumps
Spray Nozzles
Spray Hose
Pruning Saws
Pruning Shears
Grafting Wax
at the lowest prices
Long's Hardware
At the old stand onJSecond St'East of 'Court House.
Hillsboro Auto Livery
Feed and Boarding Stable
Prices Reasonable
DA Y AND NIGHT SERVICE
2nd & Washington Sts. nlKne, City 17 S
For-
GLASSES
GOOD SERVICE
VERY REASON
ABLE PRICES.