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NO. 35
VOL. XXIV
HILLSBORO, OREGON, NOVEMBER 15. 1917
TER FORJAMLl
Mm. A. (I. Wllklnit Lonei Suit In
Circuit Court
Jl KV I INtJS (ilKL OWNS Till! AUTO
Daiijihlrr, Mr. Dun (lalbrcalh, Say
(iili Wait Oulriiilil
Mr. A. (i. Wilkins, of Tualatin,
InHt Hit suit in circuit court,
Monday, wherein Hhe mied her
Mmulitrr, Mrs. Don Cullireath,
for tlnf return of a Maxwell auto
in ibiiti. The dautthtr contested
the claim on tin? KrouinU that
the mother made her a present
tf the machine. A brother of
the (i. fendar.t, Jesse Smith, went
on tln Mtund and swore that he
Hold the machine to his mother,
Mrs. Wilkins, and that she told
hitn alio was buying it to present
the daughter. Mrs. Wilkins. in
her complaint swore that she
left the machine with the daugh
ter only temporarily, and on
June 15 made a demand for its
return, which was refused. Sho
then brought suit, asking for the
machine, or $700, together with
JlOi) damages. The jury eyi
dentiy believed the daughter's
htory, for the verdict was unan
imous, that the machine belong
ed to Mrs. (Jalbreath. The jury:
J. K. Bennett. W. II. Cash. Sam
Kunz. C I). Hundley. W. C.
Ihircty. S. J. Thompson, Wm.
Mtierjergen. 0. Hehse. W. S.
l'.aiU-y, Them. Gheen, Geo. Wann
and Leonard Deleve. During
the interim of the date of the
nift and it demanded return the
mother married again, and the
husband was an interested spec
tator at the wifu's lawsuit.
Other court cases -
I). F. Newman lost out when
he sued Fred Wright for $100 for
breach of contract, alleging he
had hired out tora year and that
Wright had violated the contract
bv refusing to let him work.
V right handled his ovn case and
won out. The jury: Cash, Hen
nelt, Kunz. Darety. S. C. Inkley,
Thompson, Jamison, Deleye,
Meierjergen, Hundley, Tannock
und Kehse.
J. A. Sparks, Sherwood, plead
ed guilty to non-support of his
wife and hfantson. The court
a ispcnded sentence and decreed
that Sparks must pay $25 month
ly for their support, deed the
wife 20 acres and pay ott" a mort
gage on the little place. Dofore
Sparks left jail he put ar bond of
$200. with his father as surety,
to make gojd the order of the
court.
.i:) J. (1RAY IN ARMY
When Loo J. Gray was taken to
Vancouver, Wash., and surren
dered to the commandant. Mrs.
Gray followed up to see what she
could do for her husband. It
developed that Mrs. Gray was
the prime cause of the husband
not showing up to entrain for
Camp Lewis. The Commandant
Boon discovered the state of
affairs, and after reprinanding
Gray told hitn he was going to
send him over to American Lake.
So Givy escapes a term in Federal
prison. Mrs. Gray told the com
mandant that Gray was ruptured,
but the examining surgeons fail
ed to find this to be a fact.
For Kent Modern bungalow
al 7'1" W. Oak St. ; also several
eonls of wood for sale to renter.
I'lione City 704. 35tf
Geo. Long, of Cornelius, was in
HillHboro Saturday.
J. W. Marsh, ot Centerville,
was in town Saturday evening.
Horn. Nov. 3, 1917. to Percy
C. Samsel and wife, Scholia, a
son.
Geo. Hidwell. of near Laurel,
was over to the city the last of
the week.
C. L. Leedy and D. II DeGross
were up from Sherwood, Satur
day, greeting friends.
Miles l'urdin, of Portland, came
out Saturday and spent the day
visiting his mother and greeting
friends.
F. M. Ileidel and Chns. M.
Johnson, now living in 1'ortland,
were out to HillHboro, Saturday,
greeting friends.
Money to loan on improred
real estate, , principally farms
and choice city property. Kerr
Bros., Hillsboro, Odd Fellows
Huilding. 19tf.
J. A. Johnson, who lives in
one ot the really fertile sections
on the Names road, below Cedar
Mill, was up to the city Tuesday
morning.
Herbert lee, of Wheeler, came
over Friday to have Uncle Sam's
examining physicians tell him
whether or not he is a fit fellow to
take arms against Germany.
Fiske, at Cornelius, has team
of bay 5-year-old horses, weigh t
3200 lbs, sound; registered Duroc
Jersey sow, 1 year old; 3 shoaU,
weight 80 pounds each, for
sale. 35tf
Kvan Raines, of Forest Grove,
with Capt Sellwood's Field Am
bulance Co., at American Lake,
was over Sunday, a guest of his
mother, Mrs. R B. Sappington,
of Forest Grove.
K. I. Kuratli has his office in
the Hillsboro National Bank
Hldg. 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. 42 tf
U. Lee Soars, of Hillsboro,
Archie Ixwkman. of South Hills
boro, and Louis Hohman, of Cor
nelius, have returned from a
bean-threshing expedition over
in Marion County. They helped
thresh 1.000 acres of the product
and reported rather light crops.
Robt. Robinson, of Farming-
ton, was up rndiy. He says
that he has never seen so much
dry weather in the Fall since he
has been in the state and he
came here when Mt. Hood was
just pushing its peak up to have
a look at the Columbia gorge.
Sergeant Carl H. Olsen came
over from Camp Lewi3, Sunday.
and visited his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Olsen. and sister. Miss
Gertha. Carl looks fine and lays
that the machine gun company
in which he is serving as the
Mess Sergeant, is one of the best
at the Barracks. He says that
Harry Hansen, of Bethany, and
Geo. Kngledinger, of Hillsboro,
were sent East to New York a
few days ago
Bartlett LaRue, formerly of
Scholls. aged 24 years, is at pres
ent in France with the 10th En
gineers of Lumber Jacks. He
writes hia parents at Woodland,
Wash., that he was 23 days at
sea, and that he stopped a few
aays in England before crossing
over. He reports many wounded
Boldiers in England. Can't buy
a meal over 30 cents in price
The girls run the street cars in
Memo England, and there are
few motor cars, many riding
bicycles Cecil Hughes, another
Washington County boy, of near
Dilley. is also in France with a
company of engineers.
Sixteen Declared l it for Service
by the Examining I'hyaiclans
JAS. H. MC0BSEN A HNE SPECIMEN
Surjcon Siyi he Waa FlnenI of
l ine" of all the LU1 ol Men
EIGHTEEN APPEAR FOR
E)
the
Eighteen appeared for examina
tion before the war board last
Friday, six of the call not report-
ing. Two or tnese were Japan
ese, and probably failed to
receive the notice. One of the
v-t. . m .... ..i
six, U. IS. Morrow, iormeny oi
North Plains, left some weeks
ago, stating that he was about
to join the army in the capacity
of an engineer, and ht is proba-
bly now in service.
Of the eighteen examined, but
two were unfit, and they were
Wm. F. Miller, with hearing of
iioth ears deficient, and Herman
Koehnke, of near Blooming, de
ficient
Those not reporting were O.
B. Morrow. J. N. Satfos. J. E.
Stewart. Lawrence bchoess, 11.
C. Sawickas and K. Higashi.
The men declared to be ht for
service were Wilbur L Thomas.
Sam Phillips. Carl Hehberg. E.
E. Burnworth, Jas. H. Jacobsen,
11 L. Putnam. Wm. M. John
ston, Alfred Green berg. H. F.
Eliander. Hugh Johnson, Jos.
Crawford, Herbert D. Lees. J.
F. Horn. A. E. Murrow, Virgil
Hulseand Walter Willis.
Those filing claims for exemp
tion from service were-
Student of Divinity. Virgil
Hulse.
Infirm parents. H. r. Lliander.
Dependent wife, II. I). Lees,
Sam Phillips.
Wife and one child. W. 1. Wil
lis. Jos. Crawford, J. 1. Horn,
Carl II. Hehberg.
Wife and two children, wm.
M. Johnston. II L. Putnam,
Huch Johnson. Putnam also
asks exemption on grounds
being a minister.
of
RUTH MABGARET RAYNARD
Ruth Margaret Raynard, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wi Kay
nard. won the first prize in Eu
cenica at the Grange Fair, at
Scholls. in the recent contest,
The little lady is 10 months old,
and is the only child of their
twelve years of married life.
She scored 97.5 points out of a
possible hundred. Ruth Marga
ret is a grand-daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. Raynard, of near
Scholls, and is a niece of F. M.
Crabtree, of Laurel.
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private trusts to perform can render proper
service by depositing with us.
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A proper place for valuable papers.
Wc invite inspection of this department in con
junction with the others.
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of bank business.
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A fine two-point buck deer crash
ed into the district school fence a
mile from Gales City, Monday,
at the noon hour, and the veni
son's neck was broken. Miss
Helen Miller, the teacher, noti
fied thel State Game Warden
to authorize its Tremoyal. The
deer made its fatal visit at
the noon hour, when the children
were playing on the school
grounds. The District is No. 65.
It is thought that the deer had
been chased by a cougar.
Mrs. Emma Wilkinson
gon City, was in town
Born, to Fred Jesse and wife.
of Banks. R. 3. Nov. 13, 1917, a
boy,
J. II. Wescott, of Gaston, wag
down to the city the first of the
week.
Bethany Feed Roller, runs
every Saturday, farmers laKt
notice. jUii
W. S. Willis and wife, of
Thatcher, were HillBboro visitors
Saturday.
F. L. Brown and Lee Hathorn,
of Laurel, were city callers Sat
urday morning.
Adna E. Murrow came op from
Southern Oregon for medical ex
amination before the war board
last Friday.
Henry Wahl, of Forest Grove,
and Itose Maitland, of Gaston,
were married in Vancouver the
first of the week.
Andrew Kostur. of above Bux
ton, was a city caller Friday. He
reports the potato crop not as
good as last year.
Connell & Collier have shipped
out several carloads of beans this
Fall, and they report the market
agging just at this time.
Loui Myers, of Chehalem Moun
tain, came in baturday. lie has
about 4i acres in potatoes this
year, but says the yield is not up
to stand? rd.
Harvey Keenon. of near North
Plains, was in town Tuesday.
He says he is now digging his
potatoes and the crop is very
good up in the hill sections.
For Sale Bay horse, 8 years
old, weighs 1400 lb3, sound and
true. -Inquire of J. O. Leedy.
Beaverton. Oregon, Route 3.
Phone, Scholia Central. 51 on
Line 20. 35-7
Mrs. John Klink. of East Hills
boro. is nicely recovering from
an operation, performed by Dr.
E. H. Smith. Mrs. J. C. O'Gon
ner, ot Reedville, is al9o con
valescing after an operation by
Dr. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Imbrie and
daughters. Misses Clare and
Madge, and Mrs. Letitia bmith,
of Port'and. returned rriday
from an extended stay in San
Francisco, where they visited
with Robt Imbrie, in the U. S
Navy. He is still aboard ship at
Frisco, and does not as yet know
whether he will go to the Atlan
tic service, or stay in Pacific
waters.
Mrs. F. Greenberg. of near
Beaverton, was in the city Sat
urday, coming to the county seat
to perfect exemption papers in
behalf of her son, examined Fri
day for army service. Mrs.
Greenberg has one son in the
Navy, at Mare Island, and she
wants the other to remain with
her 89 he is the whole support of
her farm from a standpoint of
labor. The claim will go before
the Portland board.
Fuel Administrator Fred J.
Holmes has appointed the fol
lowing to loom up the tuel sup
ply for this county A. R. Eng
land. Hillsboro; Frank Sholes
Cornelius; S. G. Hughes. Forest
Grove: Chas. Wescott, Gaston;
W. O. Galoway, Banks; Elmer
Mavs. North Plains; C. E. fledge
Beaverton; H. V. Meade, Orenco,
and I). H. Stowell, Buxton
They w ill assist the administrator
after getting a line on the avail
able supply.
Wm. Gotleib and Roy Mc
Knight, of north of town, went
to Portland. Tuesday, for exami
nation in the aviation corps, U.
S. Army. Gotleib will . be ex
amined for flying, and if he
passes, he will be sent to onejofK.
the aviation fields at once. WmT
says thai he wants to get into
the big war and he knows of ino
thing that he would like better
than to be in the air. McKnight
will try for the signal corps.
Both are members of the Pythian
Lodge and their fellow members
wish them success in their exams.
MPACIHC COAST IDS
y
Thirty Thousand Additional Need
ed fnr Future Ship Work
iunk clearings big despite strike
Oregon Will Supply Spruce lor the Bit
Air Fleet
Pacific coast shipyards need 30,
000 additional mechanics, princi
pally wood and steel workers
w ho will command good wages
and steady work.
Portland Despite fact that
shipyards were closed during
most of month, total bank clear
ings for October were $108,442,
951. Largeat previous clearings
for any month were those of
October. 1916. when they totalled
$79,605,993.
Portland city council raising
salaries all around means higher
taxes.
County assessors return valua
tions showing increase of $4b.-
82 034 in state assessment over
1916.
Work on $30,000 Southern Pa-
cihc station building begun at
Salem.
North Yakima Large ship
ment of apples going forward in
freight cars.
Portland to get branch Acorn
stove aad range factory.
North Bend-$200.000 to be
expended for additions to Bueh-
ner sawmill.
Gardiner New mill here to be
ready for operation soon.
Coos Bay-southern Oregon
mill at Empire, which has been
idle many years will be started
in a few months.
Oregon to supply 4,500,000 feet
of spruce for airplanes; 67 mills
get allotment.
Mollala -$100,000 pottery plant
to be established.
Milwaukie $100,000 shipbuild
ing company organized plan to
establish industry here:
Gresham -5000 one-gallon cans
sauer kraut output of local can
nerv in one day.
Oregon vards seem assured of
further government orders for
modern ships.
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
Unclaimed Letters
List of unclaimed letters for the
week ending Nov. 10, 1917
L. Ij. Billington, Tony Ber
nard, Mrs. Debonner, (foreign;)
W. W. Koester, Allva Longmore,
Mrs. Mabel Martin, R. W. My
era. Miss Viola O'Connor, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Whitney, Mrs.
Catherine Chidester.
J. C. Lamkin, Postmaster.
6:50 a.
7:36
10:03
12:50 p.
2:16
3:55
4:45
6:40
9:50
m
m
m.
p. m
Forest Grove Train
McMinnville Train
Sheridan Train
Forest Grpve Train
McMinnville Train
Forest Grove Train
Eugene Train
McMinnville Train
Forest Grove Train
FROM PORTLAND
arrives
Eueene Train
McMinnville Train
Forest Grove Train
Forest Grove Train
Sheridan Train
Forest Grove Train
McMinnville Train
Forest Grove Train
McMinnville Train
All trains stop on flag at Sixth
and Main: at North Range and
Fir streets. Sixth and fir bts.
.and at Tenth street.
team Service from old depot at
foot of Second Street
TO PORTLAND
& N. Train 4:05 p.
FROM PORTLAND
R. & N. Train 9:53 a.
Motor Car Service
To Buxton 12:25 p.
To Timber 4:20
From Timber 9:55 a.
From Buxton 2:10 p.
8:15 a.
10:13
11:59
3:14
4:33
6:40
7:15
9:00
12:15
R.
C. C. Johannessen, of near
Beaverton, was a Hillsboro visi
tor, Tuesday.
Frank M. Nelson, of Nelson,
Nebraska, was picked up by
Sheriff Applegate, Friday, and
lodged in jail awaiting extradi
tion on a charge of attacking a
feeble-minded 11-year-old girl at
the Nebraska home, some time
during the month of September.
Nelson was working on the S. P.
section, and he is aged about 50
years. He is the hetd of a fam
ily, and the town is named after
his people, who are influential
members of the community.
Nelson had a letter from a son,
showing that the family had hid
den his whereabouts from the
Nebraska officers. Sheriff Ap
plegate caught Nelson ky means
of a decoy letter. Tha Nelson
sheriff departed last Saturday
with extradition, and arrived
here and started East with his
prisoner.
Born, to Fred Dancer and wife,
of Helvetia. Nov. 8. 191V,
daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Crawford, of
Portland, were out bunday,
guests of relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Stewart
visited the past week with their
daughter at Mt. Angel.
Dance Yourself and ladies are
invited to attend the dance given
at Orenco, Saturday night, Nov,
17.
Otto Kirstun and Martha Zilke
1 ' Ik T
were united in marriage ixov,
1917. Judge D. B. Reasoner ofh.
ciating.
To Trade. 160 acres cut-over
land three miles from buxtoa,
Suitable for dairy and sheep
ranch. Want Hillsboro residence
and acres. Money to loan on
Hillshoro real estate. Longtime
A. W. McCormack. 703 Oak
street. 35-tf
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