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VOL XXIV
HILLSBORO, OREGON, AUGUST 2:i. 1917
NO. 23
AGRESJO BE SOLD
lislhiintrU That Two Million IM
litrn Will Soon he l.'xpenilrd
HM THOUSAND III'LUIANS CIIMINO
Imlii sii,ii (lniloiik (Iut Stale Wan
Nru-r llfllrf
SlM-riilaii IS.iHM) Hcres above the
Or.vid Bundi nwrvntion sold,
i if iloiii.'. liKH Belgians. Stores,
xfliunln ami churches will be
built on land. Will involve over
?',INKI,()IHI.
Albany sawmill closed until
alter harvest, bi-ciiuso of lulior
Hhoi'tauc.
Bundou Sunm-l Woolen MHIh
have commenced operation.
Fremvnter Thirty to llfty ton
fruit drier to he erected here,
Springfield -Mohawk Lumber
I'u. bus reminied operation.
Klamath Falls - (Construction
of new StrHliorn B U H.ytem has
hr iuuhl a wuve of building pros
perily here hitherto uneipifilcd.
Allegany Klectric power plant
tiiiiv lie eHtablished ut the Golden
Fulls.
Pendleton Many line homes
will hood be erected here. Local
wheat Hold ut t'2, '3 per bushel.
(Cooh I'.ay -government to
expend $f.r. IKK) for improvement
,if roads in Curry county. Short
age of material threatens to de
lay (Coos Hay Shipbuilding plant.
Kiik'erle - Flume for city wuter
plant at Waterville to be com
pleted in Suing. Kxci'lsior fac
tory to install new water wheel.
Grants Pass New court louse
almost ready for orrupimcy.
Lebanon State Highway com
mission awarded contracts for
road and bridge construction for
II7U00.
Ontario-Ontario-Nyssa Irriga
tion Go. installs pump and motor
at cost of $ 10.0(H). Idaho Power
Go is completing new warehouse
here. Van Patten Lumber Go.
building new ollice building and
warehouses. First National Hank
spending $20,000 for improve
ments, t
Bandoiwe-l'rosper shingle mill
being operated. .
INJH1.IC SAI.12
Having sold my farm, I will sell
at the old (Casper Jasper farm, 4
miles north of Forest Grove, on
THURSDAY, SFPTFMHFR 0,
beginning at 10:00 a. m., the fol
lowing described property - 6
milk' cows, llolstein-Jersey
graue, one coming fresh about
date of sale, others fresh this
Fall and Winter; 3 two-year-old
heifers, one fresh about date of
sale, two in October; 2 heifers,
about 1 years old, unbred; 3
yearling heifers; 10 shoats, from
(id to 12.' lbs; brood sow and 7
pigs; (Champion binder, mower
and rake; 10-inch walking plow;
17-toolh harrow; 75-tooth drag
harrow; top buggy; milk cooler;
milk cans; cultivator, almost
new; iron wood rack; gravel bed;
some forks and hay rope; other
articles too numerous to mention.
Free lunch at noon.
""Terms of Sale -All sums under
$10, cash; on all sums over that
amount 12 months' time will be
given, with 8 per cent interest
and approved security. No
property to be removed until
terms of sale are complied with.
x John J. VanLoo, Owner.
J. W". Hughes, Auctioneer.
Geo. Naylor, Clerk.
EXKCUTORS, Administrators, Guardians, Pub
lic Custodians and others liaviug public and
private trusts to perform can render proper
service by flepositiiif? with us.
We Have One of the Best Safe
Deposit Systems in the State
A proper place for valuable papers.
We invite inspection of this department in con
junction with the others. '
An excellent bank for handling all bnuiclies
of bauk business.
SHUTE SAVINGS BANK
PROMPT : CONSERVATIVE : SAVE
Sam Jack iton, owner and pub
lisher of the Portland Jminwl,
better known y his Kastern
Oregon friends us "Sam Jack,"
passed through the city Satur
day, in n machine, enroute for
the coast. Sam hasn't captured
any prizes i-t beauty shows, but
his heart is always in the right
place, and be bus certainly built
up a paper representative of
Oregon's best interests as meas
ured in men. human souls, arid
industry, und even those who
don't like him because, of a little
loo much angularity, take off
th-ir hats to him as a publisher
w ho is at least a whole lot more
than worth while.
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Wanted --Hons of all kinds,
sheep, beef, poultry of all kinds.
C. K. Rogers, lieuverton, Rt.
1, Box 20. Phone llfuyerlon f.'l,
line ;, Will call at any place
designated. 37-lf
Robert Meek and Wni. Jones,
of near North Plains, have en
listed in the U. S. Marines, and
were in Washington, D. G., last
Saturday, for assignment. Meek
is a son of S. A. I. Meek ami
wife, Jones is a son of N. 11.
Jones und w ife, of North Plains.
A telegram was Hcnt to Lt. Don
Long, apprising lum of the fact
that two Washington (County
boys would be in the National
capital on that date.
Order your, wood sawed now
reasonable prices on 14-iuch cut.
and up. Also have 75 cords of
good seasoned wood delivered
and sawed where desired.
Wright & Miller. Phone Hills
boro, K 151. 21-3
No. 23 on the draft list in the
county was Perry Alexandar
Shearer, of Forest Grove -and
ho is passed into the service. At
that Mr. Shearer isn't any worse
olf than some man who had not
No. 23-while No. 13, Thsddeus
Stevenson, was exempted. And
so, after ull, this No. 13 is now
proven to not be so unlucky a
number.
Wanted About 15 good hop
pickers. Apply to the Quick &
Russell Livery, Main St., Hills
boro. 22-4
W. R. Hunt has sued .Emma
Hunt for divorce, alleging that
she ridiculed his business ability;
that she is vain and extravagant;
that she told him she loved an
other, and this with many other
indictments, makes him want
his freedom. They were married
at Salem in I'M).
Geo. Vanderzanden, of Hanks,
was down to the jcounty seat
Saturday, mixing with his
friends.
F. M. Barnes, of McMinnville,
was in the city the last of the
week, he and hia wife being
guests of 15. W. Harnes and fam
ily. Mr. Harnes thinks that
Hillsboro has had a wonderful
improvement since he left here
eight or nine years ago.
Mrs. Hugh Rogers and chil
dren have returned from a vaca
tion at Rockaway beach.
One of the pretty Bights on the
court house square is the moun
tain ash, laden with its red ber
riesthe heaviest yield for many
years. The boughs are so heavy
vith the fruit that they are near
ly breaking.
S. M. Tunstall, of Phillips, was
greeting friends in the city Sat
urday morning.
Will Darety, who as boy and
man has known every "gol-darn-ed"
good fishing hole in McKay
Creek, was in town Saturday,
with a glint in his eye that fore
told a line buck.
Chas. Wescott, of Gaston, was
down to the county seat the last
of the week.
FIGHT ON FOR ROAD
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Number arc Aklng 'Hint Orencn
Citnyon knole be Selected
OThTttS ASKINIi KMIIVII.I I TAMilM
HiiIiis C. tliiliuiin, Mullniimuli Cummin
Dinner, favor Orenco Route iih Best
The State Highway commission
is having a time deciding on the
proper routing of the State High
way between Portland and Hills
biro. The Heaverton-Reedville
road, via Hertha, past Reed vi lie,
to run into Portland via Hertha
and the Terwiliiger boulevard,
has its partisans, and the Orenco
route, via the Canyon road, com
ing past Walker's place, also has
ing past w sixer piace, ;
its supiortersj among wl
Rufus. G. llolman, Poi
horn are
Portland's
county commissioner, and M,
McDonald and nearly all the
Orenco people. The latter route,
they say, is the feasible one, and
misses so many railway crossings,
besides cutting many riht
angles.
just when the State Highway
commission will act no one
knows, but in either event the
matter is one of interest.
The Heaverton-Reedville run
already has much base down,
and this will probably be an ar
gument in favor of it used by
those directly interested in base
expenditures.
Commissioner Hoi man says:
"The most direct and feasible
route to Hillsboro, Forest Grove
and the land beyond is via the
Canyon road at the bead of Jef
ferson street and the Walker
road via Orenco. This road has
no grade crossings, nor bridges
of any consequences, lt has
rock quarries along its route and
enters Hillsboro on its main
street. Incident to the develop
ment of this most direct route to
Hillsboro is the paving of the
Canyon road from the head of
Jefferson street to the county
line."
Attorney Geo. W. Stapleton,
of Portland, was out Monday on
business with probate court.
Geo. W. went to school at. the
old Centerville school house in
the seventies, and still has a
warm place in his heart for old
Washington County.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miltenber
gerand daughter, who have been
at LaGrande the past year or so,
are here, guests of Art Milton
berger and wife and other rela
tives. Mr. Miltenberger expects,
to again take a position in some
newspaper ollice on the press
room end.
Will Gillen water, who was in
the Donelson wreck over on the
Nestucca, was able tu get out on
the streets by last Friday, and
by the first of this week was
again in the harness. He says
that the waters of. the Nestuc
are some cold, and he doesn't
relish being ducked so uncere
moniously. Wilbur K. Newell, formerly of
Gaston, now of Portland, will
assist the member of the board
of food control for Oregon. Mr.
Newell is finely equipped by ex
perience and knowledge of pro
duction to lill the important du
ties to which he has been
appointed, and his many friends
out this way know that he will
make good.
Tom Ritchey, well and favora
bly known in this county for
many years, was in from the
North Plains section, Monday
afternoon. Tom is still full of
the light of-life, and says that
after all adversity has its com
pensations as well as .its liabili
ities. He has been spending the
past few years over in Clark
County, Wn.
Lou Myers, of Chehalem Mt.,
was in the city Monday. He
says he has the finest prospect
for a big crop from his 4J acres
of spuds that he has had at this
season for years. His Winter
wheat looks as though it will go
40 bushels, and he states that
several have threshed oats which
went to the 70 bushel mark.
That's the kind of industrial
news one likes to hear this kind
of a season.
. CATHOLIC CHtlRCII
Third and Fir Streets. City oo
(Summer Schedule)
Sunday Masses, 8:(f0 and 10:00 a,
m.
Haptism, 2:00 o'clock p. m.
Henediction. 7:30 p. m.
Week-day Mass, 8:20 a. in.
K. C. Mulloy, of Laurel, was
in lown Monday.
Mrs. J. Millar, of Reedville,
was a city caller, Saturday.
John Uebel. of above Moun
taindale, was in the city Satur
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McNaw, of
Haeldaie, were city callers Mon
day morning.
Finis L. Brown, of near Lau
rel, was greeting friends in the
city Saturday.
Guy Weisenback, ranching on
the plains to the noith, was in
the city Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Gail Wells, of
Portland, were puests of - rela
tives here over Sunday.
Thos. Hilyeu, of this city, took
his examination Friday for the
Knginccrs' Corps, for the big
war.
Married, August 10. 1917. Ed
ward L. Williams and Violet
Kuhn. both of Hillsboro. at Van
couver, Wash.
Wade Kiliin. with the U. S.
Regulars at Vancouver, was over
Saturday, the guest of his par
ents.'S. C. Kiliin and wife.
Julius Asbahr, 67 South Tuala
tin, was in the city Saturday.
He and Mrs. Asbahr will move
to the city before Fall closes.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Utzinger,
of Astoria, were guests of Mrs.
Utzinger's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Stephens, this week.
G. G. Lunow, of North Plains,
was a Hillsboro caller Monday
morning. Hi3 Winter wheat
went about 25 bushels this sea
son. Dr. R. M. Erwin, wife and
son, started Sunday for a week
at t he Tillamook beaches, making
the trip across the mountains in
his Velie.
Jake Schneider, of Leisyville,
was in town Saturday. His
Winter wheat threshed about 25
bushels to the acre not bad for
an off year.
W. D. Raker, of Buxton, went
out Sunday and landed a 4-prong
hurt;, Ray Emmott and Carl
Olseii were out with him and
hpln lnnH him
A-'
W. G. Hare, Jack Raymond
P.. Peterson and Russell Morgan
went over to the Nehalem, Sun
day, on a deer hunt,! and return
ed with some fresh signs in their
pockets.
Mrs. Minnie Orth, of Forest
Grove, was in the city Saturday.
She anfl her daughters expect to
reside in Hillsboro this Winter,
to take advantage of Hillsboio's
High School.
Frank Holcomb, of Hethany,
was in Monday. He reports
that Fred Herger threshed 48
bushels of wheat to the acre
the best yield so far for old 1917
yet reported.
H. Fairbrother, of Round-Up,
Muscle Shell Co., Mont., - was
here Monday, looking up a loca
tion. He has a daughter resid
ing in Portland.
John McFee, the oldtime ball
player of Laurel, was in the city
Saturday, and Mrs. McFee, who
has been in the Dr. Smith Hos
pital for a week, returned with
him much improved.
Win. Sehulmerieh and family
returned from Bar view, Satur
day. Hill is as fit as a fiddle
and says there's nothing like a
clam diet to make a man feel
like a three-year-oid.
P. N. Vanderzanden, who owns
a ranch at Richfield, Idaho, ar
rived last week, and w'asintovvn,
accompanied by Jock Vanderzan
den, one of the county's best
road supervisors, of Roy.
The Misses Alice and Ruth
Meek, daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. S. A. D. Meek, of Moun
taindale, departed Saturday for
a two weeks visit with Mrs. Ol
ive Riley, their aunt, at Frank,
tin, Lane Co., Oregon.
Mrs. Sylvia Tucker and daugh
ter, Miss Maude, were here Sun
day, guests of the L. A. Longs.
They are from Clarkston, Wash.,
and came down two weeks ago
on a buying trip at Portland and
Seattle. Mrs. Tucker is a sister
of Mrs. Long.
Benton Bowman and wife and
Clarence Barber and family re
turned the past week from a va
cation at Waldport. They left
Fred JOlsen and wife and
Miss Gertha Olsen over at the
Alsea country, expecting them
to return this week.
Frank Beamis, of near Green
ville, was a Hillsboro visitor Sat
urday morning, He and W. H.
Reiling had a great time talking
over boyhood days on old Dairy.
Mr. Beamish has sold his farm
to P. ,N. Vanderzanden, who re
cently returned from Idaho.
CLERK KURATU SHOWS
SIX MONTHS' BUSINESS
Total Receipts Since Last Janu
ary Amount to $363,483.59
DISBL'RSRMICNTS LESS THAN 2-3RDS
Huadmnd Highway and County Schools
(io Hand in Hand in Amount
County Clerk Kuratli, in hia
semi-annual report, gives a
rather lucid expose of where
money is received and disbursed
for the six months ending July
1, 1917, The total receipts reach
$3G3, 4&3.M, while the total dis
bursements for the six months
totalled only $283,877.37. The
county earned over $1,400 inter
est on bank balances.
The statement follows:
Balance, Jan.-l. 1917.1106,200 16
Receipts-
Taxes and penalties .
347,304 05
bees, circuit court-.
Fees, probate court
Fees, county court.
1,071 00
511 00
17 50
204 00
Marriage licenses
Fines 2,360 90
Miscellaneous fees .... 193 5
Refund from County
Fair Fund 43 02
Motor vehicle tax 3,173 40
Sinking fund, school
district No, 7 1.000 00
Recorder's fees... 2,458 00
Sheriff's fees 380 40
Land indemnity 20 00
Sales-rock, gravel, etc 91 20
Forfeited bail 100 00
Trust fund 56 00
Refund, Mooberry est 57 50
High school tuition
from Multnomah Co 99 41
Advance collection of
1917 taxes-. 213 00
Donations to road
districts 723 58
County fair fund 1,354 62
Fines, justice court. . 19 6o
Interest on deposits-. 1,433 50
Miscellaneous receipts 426 72
Miscellaneous sales.. Ill 26
Total receipts $363,483 59
Total receipts and
balance $469,683 75
Disbursements General Fund
Collection of taxes -.. $2,068 07
Roads and highways- 3.808 08
Registration, election 1.796 85
Cattle indemnity 1,673 75
Court house expense 2,392 85
Circuit Court- 2.224 74
Commissioner's Court 1,530 45
Justice Court 162 05
County clerk 3,035 74
County treasurer 595 74
County sheriff 5,060 51
Couuty recorder 1.641 14
" assessor 3,348 30
" purveyor 89 27
Schoool supt 1,643 43
Coroner 73 55
County attorney 78 99
sealer 143 97
Insane 175 00
Health officer 308 20
Fruit inspector 70 90
Indigent soldiers' re
lief 281 61
Widows' pensions 4,1(58 58
Care of poor 3,202 72
Juvenile court. 172 96
Jail , 272 75
Bounty 82 30
War registration exp 94 80
Miscellaneous disb. . . 1,797 36
Disbursements Road Funds
Roads and highways $42,031 00
Bridges 1,548 31
Miscellaneous disbursements by
Co. Treas. and School Supt.
County school tund... $42,356 20
Institute 46 90
High School v940 09
Drainage Dist. No. 7 2 50
School districts 45.348 50
State tax. 40,587 30
Fire patrol 136 88
Cities and towns 14,982 42
Road districts 3.852 61
Trust 50 00
Total disbursements.. $233,877 37
Balance, July 1st- 235.806 38
Total disbursements
and balance $469,683 75
Foultry farm for sale Five
acres, near Hillsboro, between
S. P. and Oregon Electric, all
clear and in cultivation; modern
house, good barn and chicken
house; young orchard and berries,
roses and shrubbery. Chickens,
cow and some tools can be had
with place. Some cash, balance
easy terms.. If interested in
quire at Argus for owner's name
and address. j-dh
Editor J. P. Hurley, of the
Forest Grove News-Times, was
down to the county seat Satur
day, and dropped in for a fra
ternal call.
Money to loan on improved
real estate, principally farms
and choice city property. Kerr
Bros.. Hillsboro, Odd Fellows
Building. . 19tf.
C. B. BUCHANAN & CO., Inc.
Hillsboro, Cornelius and North Plain
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Grain, Hay, Flour, Feed and
GrainBags
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; Hjllsboro, Main 14,
Cornelius, City 1515, North Plain, Main 263.
These Are Hot and Dry
Have Pumping
WE SELL THE
FAIRBANKS
MORSE
ENGINE
Good tor anything on the farm. We have them in
ll2, 3, and 6 horse power.
We Also Have Some Binding Twine
That Is Under Wholesale Price! ,
We have all kinds of Machine and Engine Oil.
We can and do save you money on anything in
the Hardware Line". Call and get our prices.
Long's Hardware
At the old stand on Second St. East of Court House.
Hillsboro Auto Livery.
Feed and Boarding Stable
Prices Reasonable
DA f AND NIGHT SERVICE
2nd & Washington Sts. Phone, Main jS
HOFFMAN'S
For-
GLASSES
GOOD SERVICE
VERY REASON
ABLE PRICES.
Days. A Good Time to
Outfit Installed!
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