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HILLSBOR
VOL. XXIV
.HILLSBORO, OREGON, OCTOHKR 25. 1917
NO. 32
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LAol UilNHNGtNI b'UtS
10 CAP LEWIS NOV. 2
Sheriff Appli-gals Receives VVoid
f Lnlrnliilnif I runt (leu. While
SIVLN MI:N WILL I'll L TIIR QUOTA
Mi' il (Muni Kti(irl l llillnloro on Nov. I
and Id (rain Mcxl flay
Sh'Till Applcgale received tele
.graphic orders from Adj. Gen.
While (hat th remaining seven
nu n who will fii tho Washing
(on County war quota must Hi
li'.tiu ai lliilshoro. Nov. 2, fir
Aiiii-i i.in Luke, Camp Lewis,
l iii i i.' are lilri-iiiiy 31 of the coun
ty' number al the training
camp, and seven more will fill
tin' first selective draft.
There are ten available men,
and only nix gws fr()tn here, the
seventh, Leslie Sears Uobinsorb
going from Sand I'oint, Idaho,
where ho has been at work.
All the men yet on the list as
enrtihed will be notillud to ap
pear here so as to have alter
nates in case of failures to report.
If Leo J. Gray, of Orenco. comes
t the scratch in all likelihood he
will he Bent on to the camp with
out a military investigation. lie
hurt never received word yet, as
hi mail notifying him to report
nt tho limt shipment was return
ed from the Orcnco postoffice.
The ten men certified, aiid who
will be noli lied are;
Leslie Sours Itobinaon, Sand
I'oint, Idaho; Waldemar Prahl,
Hilliiboro; Harry Hansen. Beth
any; Ohas. Schmidlin, Buxton;
A.F. Beringer, Tualatin; Stephen
Kemper, Forest drove; J. U.S.
Brandnw, Hillsboro; Kdw. Henry
Kaufman, iiillsboro, Routt 1;
Lawrence J. Bacon, Cornelius,
and Henry Vandecocverir.fr, For
est Grove, iioute 2. '
i tin ciiiivrolet
Chevrolet "490"--Cheapest equip
ped car in the world. Touring,
$713; roadster. $700.
Chevrolet The product of ex
perience. Chevrolet -The car that makes
Oregon roads level.
Chevrolet Hills are no obsta
cle. Chevrolet The car that one
can enjoy a trip in to Portland
and return, on high gear.
Chevrolet Cars are all round
good cars. They are mechani
cally sound, and they answer
ever.; demand of the owner.
Wiles & Sohler, Forest Grove,
County distributors.
PUBLIC SALE
The undersigned will sell at auc
tion sa'e at her home at 1330
Baseline, between Third and
Fourth Street, Iiillsboro, at two
p. m , on
THURSDAY, NOV. 1
Two kitchen ranges, heating
stove, dresser, 2 iron bedsteads,
lo'ding bod, sanitary couch, 4
rockers, 8 chairs, 2 kitchen cup
boards, 3 tables, commode, 3
center tables, sewing machine,
carpet sweeper, linoleum, car
pets, rugs, lot of dishes, fruit
jars and canned fruit, curtains,
window shades, d zen chickens,
cut tain stretchers, flatirons,
many nice picture frames, lot of
garden tools and many other ar
ticles. Terms of sale -cash.
Mrs. R. C. Baldra, Owner.
J. C. Kuratli, Auctioneer.
A. Hendler. of North Tualatin
I'lainB, was in town Friday.
Roy MeKnight. of Meek Plains,
was in town Friday, getting bills
for bis auction Bale.
Ounce at Helvetia Hall, Satur
day night, Oct. 27. Sneed'B or
chcatra. Feuerstein Uros..Mgrs,
A. K. Scott, of Forest Grove,
crstwhilo rancher and o'.dtime
newBpaper man, was in the city
rnday.
For Bale; Two year old Jersey
heifer, tubercular tested, due to
freshen October 20. -Theo. Van
Grunsven, Cornelius, Or. 32
10. VV. Haines, of Groveland.
was In Monday. He says that
tlio simple life beats the city
living, and he never felt better
in his life.
Wanted: Beef, pork, mutton,
veal, etc., and pay the highest
market prkc for same. Will call
any place. T. A. Miller. Bea
verton, Route 4; Tel. Beaverton,
3 on line 3. 37 pd tf
A. it. Hint, of Scholia, was up
Saturday evening, after a Btren
uoua time at the Scholls Grange
rair. A. B. has seeded 40 acres
of grain even if old Pluvius has
Married, at the home of Mr.
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nmi jui a. j, ii. iukkb, in won
city, Wednesday. Oct. 17, 1917.
Miss Frances Davis and Charles
A. Barrett, of Middlelon, Kev.A.
Aatleford. of Sherwood, officiat
ing.
Macadam is being laid in front
of the Linton place, which is
about two miles northeast of
town. This road was one of the
bad places in the road leading to
Orenco last year, and many was
the team held up for hours.
Surveyor A. Morrill has beenA
surveying the routes into Port
land for the purposes of placing
them all before the highway
commission when they again
take up the question of routing
the big highway through Wash
ington County.
N. C. Zumwalt. of Endicott,
Wn., arrived hers last week for
an extended visit with the fami
lies of his brother, L. S, Zum
walt. and nephew, Grant Zum
walt. The visitor was a former
Pol k County man, but went to
Spokane in the palmy days when
Spokane was Spokane with a
vengeance.
J. W. Connell and the Argus
reporter made a trip to the Ne
halem, Sunday. Otto Brose, the
Timber road supervisor, haa ac
complished wonders it road af
fairs up that way, the past few
years. A rock road runs clear
through from Timber to Vernon
ia, and in a short time perhaps
a year or so more, there will be
rock roads clear from Gales
Creek to Timber. Nehalem is
the home of the perfect spud
and Peter Bergeraon has 14 acres
of the finest of the fine. Every
Nehalemite knows Connell, C. E.
Wells, Fred Sewell and Jeonard
Brown, Hillsboro's fishermen.
A chimney fire at the home of
T. II. Tongue Jr. was the cause
of a firo alarm Sunday evening,
about 9 o'clock. The department
responded to the minute, but
there was no necessity of turn
ing on tho water. The blaze
kept up for several minutes, but
no lire caught the roof. Driver
Koontz wishes that any one send
ing in an alarm would remain at
the point of the sending bo as to
direct the department when it
arrives. The alarm came in
Sunday from Fifth and Main,
two blocks away, and the driver
was forced to ask questions af
ter arriving. Had the one mak
ing the alarm remained there it
would have meant a saving of
time.
LEVEN YEAR OLD 6IV?
HIES LETTER ON TRIP
Wat Olven Trip to State fVr Be-
cttre of Work In Sewing Project
TELLS MOW IT ALL HAPPLNLD
Lltlle Nalive Daughter Early Breaks Inlo
Ibe Bif Game of Life
The little eleven year old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hoard,
of Iiillsboro, was given a prize
for her sewing in the recent
school contest She writes a
letter for the press, telling of
how she felt when the prize was
awarded, and tells how she visit
ed the big State Fair. Her let
ter follows:
"One afternoon about half past
three Mr. Frost called us up over
the phone and told me that I
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EXECUTORS, Administrators, Guardians, Pub
lic Custodians and others having public and
private trusts to perform can render proper
service by depositing 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 btnk for handling all branches
of Vank business.
SHUTE SAVINGS BANK
PROMPT : CONSERVATIVE : SAVE
had won first prize in the sewing
project I was so surprised and
happy that I could hardly keep
ray feet on the floor. I was to
go Tuesday on the 4 o'clock car.
Wo arrived at Salem at 6:40. At
the Oregon Electric there was a
matron who told us how to get
to the fair grounds.
When we arrived at the gates
Sapa was allowed to go to see if
e could find Mr. Carleton who
was to take charge of the boys
and girls who were members of
the Industrial Club camp. Papa
could not hnd him, but be found
another man who took us to the
camp and put me in care of ma
tron8 Miss Clark. Mrs. Marris
and Mrs. Harrington.
"There were two tents for the
boys and one large one for the
girls and another large tent for
the mess tent with two long din-
f L 1 iL.l x I H .1 i
nn laoies mat seaiea an me Doys
and girls. We had to sit a boy
and a girl.
' While in camp we met our
nstructors -Mr. Seymour and
Miss Helen Cowgill from the O.
a. u Air. unurenm visited us
at the camp and talked to us also
Governor Withycombe who shook
hands with us and told me that
Washington County was his home
county and that he had lots of
fnend3 in Iiillsboro.
"Every morning the boys
would go out and pick up all the wag. lguia.
papers off of the grounds before
any of the visitors came. The
first morning they did it they1
got ten dollars. Mr. Carleton
asked them how they were to
spend it so they said "We will
hire a truck and take the boys
and girls to the capitol building."
We went all through it and
around the grounds, around by
the penitentiary and asylum.
The boys still had some money
left so they treated us all to
some ice cream and cake for the
last meal we had in camp. I had
a very nice time, and enjoyed
the fair. Every one was so kind
to us. Saturday afternoon we
were taken to the depot and put
in care of Mrs. Frost who
brought us safely home.
Alice E. Hoard."
ustave Krause, of South Tua
was in tho county Beat the
first of the week.
Pete Borchers. of Sherwood,
was up to the city on business
Monday morning.
W. P. Atkinson, ex-city mar
shal of Iiillsboro, was out the
last of the week, greeting friend?.
For sale: Four foot ash wood,
seasoned, at $5 per cord, deliver
ed. Fred Rood, Iiillsboro; phone
Main 157. 32
Mrs. Frank Shogren, ot Port
land, was here last week, a guest
ot her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Thos. Ghen.
For sale: Thirty head of six
weeks old Berkshire pigs, at $5
each. Henry Behrmann, Corne
lius, Route 2. 32
O. A. C. had 1726 students at
the eighth day of the school ses
sion, this rail precisely the
same as last year at the eight
day.
Money to loan on improved
real estate, principally farms
and choice city property. Kerr
tiros., Hillsboro, Odd Fellows
Building. 19tf.
Alex Gordon, of North Plains,
was an Argus caller Saturday.
Alex has been a reader of the
Argus since its initial number
was turned out in 1894.
Agent J. W. Cave, who ex
pected to receive Oregonians at
7 a. m , hereafter, Btates that
the arrangement with the auto
service has been cancelled and
there will be no change in the
time or manner of receiving the
I morning daily.
"Bob" Greer, with the caval
ry, Oregon Troop, writes from
Camp Greene that his company
goes into the artillery. Ronald
Vaught is back in the tar-heel
state, at the Charlotte Camp,
and writes that the boys are as
busy as possible.
Potato growers are now dig
ging their crop all over the low
lands, and the yield is not so bad
after all. The acreage is pretty
fair , this year as compared to
last being a trifle larger. The
output however, will be no
greater than in 1916. : .
Did you know that enlisted
men can take up homesteads and
that the government will allow
service time on them? We can
locate soldier boys on some fine
homesteads in Central Oregon.
A few left of 160 acres each.
Wm. B. Delsman, Box 206.
Hillsboro, Ore., Telephone City
102. 9tf
Notwithstanding the dry Fall
hundreds have turned over a big
acreage of late plowing for Win
ter sown grain, and here and
there some have seeded wheat.
Land has turned up rather lumpy
but those who have had long: ex
perience in farming here jsay
that the best crops they ever had
were from grain seeded on dry
plowed soil.
Chas. Adams, who ha3 been at
Hanover. Mont, all Summer, re
turned the last of the week to
see his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Q. Adams. He will remain here
this Winter, and probably work
in Portland. Chas. says that
Montana's wheat crop only aver
aged about 10 bushels to the acre
this season, as against a usual
average yield of over 35 bushels.
He states that capenters up
there get 80 cents an hour with
time and half for overtime. He
reports a cold wave sweeping
the Montana region just as he
J. C. Buchanan, of Forest
Grove, was in .town Monday.
He says the city of Forest Grove
is now connecting up that little
piece of road with the boulevard
-the stretch running from the
S. P. track to Baseline.
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
GOV. WEST VISITS
AND LEAVES MONEY
Ex-ilovernor Seet Fruition of Hit
Light, A ding Senator Chamberlin
LCMorc
fNavy, wi
tford Long, of the U. S.
rites that he is now on
the Atlantic seaboard. His ship
put in to Philadelphia on the 14th,
and he writes that if he can set
iberty leave a few days he will
go to charlotte, w. u., and visit
the Hillsboro boys there. He
states that the locks through the
Panama canal lifted them 85
feet, and when he went through
Gatun he passed three French
vessels and one American. Colon,
he writes, is the only real type
of a Spanish city, and it was
well worth while to note the dis
tinction. The vessel coaled there
before sailing out to the Cuban
sealane.
Miss Fern Hobbs, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hobbs, of
James, was here Saturday. Miss
Hobbs has been working on the
tax and delinquencies of the O.
& C. grant lands, reverted to the
government and she has given
the matter six months time.
Miss Hobbs is admitted to the
practice of law in the state - but
says she is aggravated at the
destiny that made her a woman
when she wants to get into the
war.- She successfully raided
and closed Copperfield, but says
were she a man she would like to
get into a fight where some one
would fight back like Mr. Jiggs'
friend.
WE GET OVER FOURTEEN THOUSAND
Cime out Last Thursday to Oel Total
Payi Over Cash Saturday
The last chapter of the big O, &
C. land reversion of title came to
a close the past week, when Gov.
West came to Washington Coun
ty last Thursday evening to pay
the county the neat little sum of
$14,293 24. the payment of 1913.
1914 and 1915 tax on the grant
lands taxed in this county and
not paid by the railroad com
pany. The title is now vested in
the government and the lands
and timber are to be Bold, the
railway company to get its $2.50
equity per acre. It is all settled,
the court of last resort the U.
S. Supreme Court having de
cided the validity of the law.
When the land conference met
in iaiem in iai& it was found
that the body was packed with
railway sympathizers. Governor
West was present and he was
for reversion. With him were
the Hillsboro delegation -Senator
Wood, Long, of the Argus, and
the late Senator Barrett. Sena
tor Chamberlin had already made
draft of proposed law, and it
was practically the same as was
passed. Seeing that it could
serve no good purpose by intro
ducing a resolution endorsing it
at the meeting, with its anti
sentiment it was not brought
from under cover. Later the
Senator secured the legislation.
The outcome is gratifying to
the delegation and to the Sena
tor and the ex-governor.
The payment embraces the
following accounts of tax:
1913
Tax $4383.96
Interest 932.32
Penalty 438.39
Total
.$575466
1914
Tax $370438
Interest 343.27
Penalty 370.43
Total .....$4415.08
1915
Tax $4068.75
Interest 5L75
Total $4120.50
Grand total Daid over. $14293.
24.
The Sheriff's office had their
receipts written Saturday and
Miss Fern Hobbs turned over the
bigtiraft at 1 p. m. This means
that. Sheriff Applegate has the
record of collecting in one year
more delinquent tax than any
county sheriff in an entire term.
CRESCENT TO BE DISMANTLED
The Crescent Theatre, owned by
A. C. Shute, and built 10 years
next February, will be disman
tled by the owner in the very
near future. Mr. Shute says the
structure has never paid a divi
dend. Lumber has gone up,
copper wire has advanced might
ily, and he is going to tear the
structure down, dispose of the
copper, the lumber, and the fix
tures. Hillsboro will no longer
be the pose as having the finest
little theatre in the Willamette
Valley with one or two excep
tions. The raise in lumber will almost
pay for the dismantling the
building, as all ot the material,
aside from the shingles, can be
used for building purposes. The
joist and timbers are as good as
ever and the square timbers as
good as the day they were laid.
The building was put up by
Contractor T. P. Goodin. The
house was too big for the city's
population, and even when the
Christian was produced here
and this was the best play ever
put on in the city the promoters
had hard sledding to make the
affair pay. For some time it
was used as a motion picture
house but even that became bad
business because another opened
in the up-town district For the
past few years it has been prin
cipally used as a mass meeting
place, and for Memorial and Dec
oration Day exercises.
Max Bissailon, well known
here in the early nineties as a
small lad, is now one of Uncle
Sam's aviators, and soon leaves
for France to join the escadrille
U. S. A. It is said that he is
developing into a fine flyer.
C. B. BUCHANAN & CO., Inc.
Hillsboro, Cornelius and North Plains
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in r
Grain, Hay, Flour, Feed and
Grain Bags
Car-lot shipper of POTATOES and
ONIONS. Grain chopped or
roiled 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.
EAST Via
California
Is a pleasant winter route. Travel in comfort
through a land where it is always summer.
There's San Francisco, San Jose, Del
Monte, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Santa
Barbara, Los Angeles, Long Beach,
Venice and many other charming re
sorts, and much beautiful scenery
enroute.
Three Daily Trains
Portland to San Francisco. Standard
and tourist sleepers, dining cars, solid
steel equipment. Particularly attrac
tive at this season of the year.
Ask your local agent for particulars
JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent
Portland, Oregon. '
Southern Pacific Lines
Hillsboro Auto Livery
Feed and Boarding Stable
Prices Reasonable
, DA If AND NIGHT SERVICE
2nd & Washington Sts. " Phone, Main jS
HOFFMANN
For-
GLASSES
GOOD SERVICE
VERY REASON
ABLE PRICES.
Argus and Daily Oregonian TcmT $6