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VOL. XXIV
HILLSHORO, OREGON, DECEMBER 27, 1917
NO. 41
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COUNTY CITIZENS VOTE
AGAINST ROAD CHANG
Bucket Meeting Turned Into
Road Meeting Saturday
SUSTAIN COMMISSIONS ACT
Spirited Contest Over Resolution
Submitted to Session
liiimcilliilcly alter the I.ihIkiI
incetiiiK adjourned Saturday, M
McPonnltl, President of tin
Washington County (ioiiil ItumU
Axocliitioil, n hk I'd tin- butly re
solve llielf lulu a l'ihxI ruiiil
mri-liii. There wax no objection
iiiul fur over an liniir there was n
hi n iiikiiin hi'xhIoii. II, V. Mt'tnlr,
if Orcnco, M'crctnry of (In- nnw
iitioii, wrote the record of (In
transactions. Mr. Mi Diiiiald nsk
s-d nil present to join tin; nitniti'iii-
t ion iiiul work for -rmnn-ut
rotnls, lie then tippimcd tin- Ilea
vi rion Iti i ilvlllc route (.elected
hy 1 Pacific Highway Commis
Mini, nml claimed that it menu!
too much cxpciiNC to llir taxpay
ers ami asked a vott: of opposi
tiou to llmt route, nml a favoring
f the Orrtuo-Walker route.
A resolution Ma rend, nnkliif
for the first ordrr of tin- comiiiiH
sion, to adopt the Orenco-Wnlkcr
route, a against I ln Heave rlon
Itccdvillo selection. It i))- llighaiii,
if Alolin, wan on hi feet nt once,
opposing the procedure. Judge J.
W. (ioodiii, of North Plains, Mov
ed tlic adoption of tin' resolution,
nml when the iiirHtioti was put
Mr. lligham tlrclnml to adopt thr
ri'Hiilulioii wax to invite delay nml
lend confusion. He said tin- roiitr
selected the best of the two,
nml llmt it would olivinte the ne
cessity of raising the tonnage sev
eral hiiiulred feet, traveling eneh
way, lie said the exact fif n rt-
showed llmt the summit of the
Jlenvrrton Heedville route, nl
Itcrllm, showed an altitude of luit
II 20 feet, and this turn lit n lower
hi n lulu Portland limn the ('nil
yon road, by atent 255 feet.
lligham elnlined that lieentiHe
Deavertoii hnd ovrr a mile in the
rity limit the state would lie unv
eil 2.17 mile of hard surface nn
rompared with the Oreneo route,
(ieo. Harrow asked whieh way
the road would get Into I'orllmul
and lligham answered the "Slnvin
route," with the change now lur
ing made by Multnomah, giving
a better grade." The grnile, he
said, would be much lirllrr In any
event than the Canyon grade. Irn
P.. I'urilin Nil Id that if the rcsoltl
tion wax to Met aside the deeisiun
of the State Commission he was
opposed to it. '
J. V. llailcy, of Reedville, op
posed the motion and talked for
iU defeat. He and I'urilin Niiid
if we squabbled over the road, af
ter it wan nettled that we would
,be like Yamhill County, and gi t
no road next year, the commis
sion wailing until the qunrrel was
Mettled.
About thin time there was great
disorder mid Dr. F.rwln jumped
into the breach and exhorted
them to talk, breathe, think, and
hcconirt member! of, the Red
Cross. When quiet wax restored
McDonald again eliampioued the
Oreneo, route and condemned the
rounty court for not supporting
Unit particular survey. Nyberg
of Tualatin, followed with a plea
for the. at ate commission's selec
tion and Krwin again fired a 42
cciitinieter gun for the Red Cross.
Ny berg's Idea wns that the South
eastern ''.portion of the county
would be better nerved in getting
to Hillsboro by the Uecavcrton
way. Ja'k Vnnderr.andeh oppos
ed the resolution in ail Impassion-
EXECUTORS Administrators, Guardians, Pub
US Custodiaus aud others having public and
private trusts to perform can render proper
service by depositing with us.
We Haye One of the Best Safe
Deposit Systems in the State
A proper place for valuable papers.
We iuvite inspection ot this department in con
junction with the others.
An excellent bank for handling all branches
of bank business.
SHUTE SAVINGS BANK
PROMPT : CONSERVATIVE : SAVE
eil talk, nml said llmt the route
selected wns far I he superior,
. Wmle (hereupon took the
Hour m ml f u riiinliril home 1 1 v ro
H i Utiles. I lias. J. Herbs,
llnnlis, also npposiil the resulu
lion. I M. (iriihfini, of the (irov
stntiit (hat lieiison told him th
.-nt v in ruaii uouiii ne lianl sur
faced and with the new ihang
11 would make it niiIi iiiIiiI rout
into i'ortlaiid.
H. J'iiIhiIs, of West Union, fav
oreil the resolution, and said tin
Orrneo people were not able t
hire lawyers, and therefore wen
turned down,
M. 1'. Only made some re
marks in favor of the Itei dvill
route.
Jack Kavnard, Laurel, said In
look ofT his hat to McDonald for
his lu;hl, but didn't think the res
.iliilioil should Pass. U m. Sclm
nn ru n, ior t years a laruier
ii .
lid he opiiosed the liiensure in
trodiiccd, objecliiig to use of thr
canyon road, (iuild, of Sclmlls
said to leave it to the commission
lo setlle. J. I). Downing, of be
low llenverlon, said the comiiiis
lon hail selected absolulelv till
best road. J. V. Ilailcy moved to
ny the motion mi (he table. Hi
wns declared out of order inn
Ihe million to adonl was iut.
I here was a roar of noes am
.
ii i s hvcn. in call tor a
lauding vote there was nl I
2(10 against and 25 for.
Ami the mcctiiitf then adjourn
d for the snood time.
Hanks realised Inst Saturday
hat rnilwny congestion meant.
There was a large crowd ready
lo lake me uasnliue enr down.
mil when the car was loaded to
the uiinnls there were about .'10
eft to cool llieir heels. Tin: train
made another trip but the belated
ones did not arrive until after tin
Midget had been voted on and the
nssemiuv wns in the tliroes nl a
entcd road session.
For Sale: Four young cows,
jnulc Jerseys and grade IIol-
sleins, all just fresh, giving good
llow. --Win. M. Hughes, 1 mile
South of Julie's, 2Ui miles S. V.
of Hillsboro, via l.onir Undue.
Dairy ( reck, Rase Line. 41-8
Hubert Rernards, of McMinu-
I'llle, was a Hillsboro visitor the
ast of the week. He says that
Mc.Miiiuvillc's young men are al
most nil in the service, and he
lou't know just how the farmers
ire goinir to uet niouir nnotlicr
car if this thing keeps up. 1 1 it -
icrt thinks there are many of the
Ider fellows w ho can yet make
hand at the plow and in the
harvest fields, however.
Henry Miller, a son of Mrs.
Ouistniitiuc Miller, ucciilc nlnlly
got his left hand into mi ensilage
cutter last week and Dr. J. ().
Ilobb was obliged to amputate it.
All of the fingers mid the thumb
are gone. The young man has
been making his home with his
uncles, the llcllebuycke brothers,
lie is aged about 15 years, and
was an industrious young fellow.
He lives this side of Fnriuiugtou.
Mr. ami Mrs. Gail W. Wells,
of Portland, came out to spend
Christmas with relatives. Mr.
Wells is working in the electric
light department 'of one of the
big shipyards in Portland.
lion. Ira Purdin, of Forest
drove, was down with the budget
voters last Saturday. Ira says he
must get around once in a while
nml keep Ihe rust from forming.
Wanted: Some one to bring
llieir clothes to the O'ly Cleaning
& Pressing Works. We clean niiv
Ihiug. Cull Illne 2!U.
J. F. Oirslens, of Ranks, and
II. C. Oirslens, of Christie, were
cily callers Saturday.
ES
Two Hundred and Seventy Tax
Payers Fixed Tax Saturday
GRAHAM, GROVE, PRESIDED
Over Four Hundred Thousand
Dollars Appropriated
It took just twenty minutes by
Ihe clock tor 270 taxpayers to or
gnni,e ami puss the Washington
i utility tax budget at the court
house last Saturday forenoon
i i i.' i .i 1 1 ,,
ir. iv. i.rwin oi mc iinisiioro
Club called the meeting to order
asked nil to become members of
the Red Cross in the big Christ
mas drive, explained the objects
of the meeting and turned the
meeting over to County Judge 1).
II. Heasoncr. The Court dialed
that the county board hnd esti
mated the budget in accordance
with the statute provided. County
v lerk Jt. A. Kuratli thereupon
read the budget as published, and
fudge Iteasoner asked L. M. (Jra
hnm to preside over the session
D. II. Cooley, of Laurel, moved
. i . ..i ... p .
uie niiopuon oi me liiidiU't as
read. 'This received a dozen see
onds, and the question was put
without debate. The vote was al
most unanimous, there being but
six or seven negatives. A motion
o adjourn followed, which was
nrried and twenty minutes of
lime had fixed the 1918 tax levy.
The levy follows:
Sheriffs Office
Salary Sheriff i
1.800.00
1 ,200.00
2,700.00
Salary Deputy Sheriff
xpenses
Tax Collections 1,700.00
S t a in p s, Stationery
mid printing 1,100.00
Hoard of Prisoners and
Jail Expenses 1,087.00
Total
Expenses War
$ 11,587.70
Itegis-
tration Hoard
(500.00
Total $10,187.70
County Clerk's Office
Salary Clerk $ 1,800.00
Salary Deputy ( lerk 1,200.00
Vecoiintant and Sten
ographer 1)00.00
Stenographer and Rec
ord riter 720.00
Stationery and Sup
plies . 780.00
Total
6,370.00
R egistrntions
and
F.l-
cctions (5,000.00
Total k. .fll,:)70.00
Recorder's Office
alary Reeorder $ 1,200.00
ilary Deputy
1)00.00
720.00
150.00
15.00
60.00
5.00
120.00
5.00
35.00
6.00
25.00
alary Assistant
Dep
uty
Record Hooks (fl)
Typewriter Ribbons
.Stationery
Title Registration Sup
plies ...
Postage Stamps
Ink
Rcpnir Work on Maeh-
Siindries
Three Sets of Canvas
Covers for Hooks
Total $ 3,2:10.00
Treasurer's Office
Salary County Treeas-
urer $ D00.00
lerk Hire 250.00
Stationery, Etc. 160.00
Total $ 1,300.00
Surveyors's Office
.xpenscs, n u p p I les,
ete if 300.00
Assessor's Office
Salary Assessor $ 1,200.00
Salary Dep. Assessor... "00.00
tending Tax Rolls.. 364.00
'opying Feld Men s
Slips, Index, ete. 310.00
opying Tux Rolls. 505.00
Salaries Field Deputies l,7t!0.00
Stationery & Printing... 4(i5.00
Ollice Supplies 75.00
Total $ 6.i(i!).00
County Court and Commissioners
Salary County Judge...? 1,200.00
Estimated Salary I om-
missioner
(iOO.OO
(iOO.OO
350.00
350.00
250.00
300.00
60.00
Estimated Salary Com
missioner
Expenses of Commis
sioner
Expenses
of Commis
of County
sinner
Expenses
Judge
Clerical Help
Stationery & Stamps...
'Total $ 3,700.00
Court House Expense
Janitor's Salaries,
Fuel, Light, Repairs,
ete ...$ 4.800.00
Circuit Court: Wit
nesses, Jurors, Hail-
itt's, Reporters, ete... 8,600.00
Juvenile Court C00.0..
Justice Courts G00.00
Coroner's Ollice 800.00
Insane 400.00
School Superintendent's Office
Salary School Supt 1,200.00
Postage 325.00
Express, Freight and
Drayage .'10.00
Traveling Expenses 200.00
Printing and Station
ery 175.00
Telephone 20.00
Illank Hooks .'10.00
Truant Ollieer - 150.00
Library Fund 814.00
Teachers' Exam ina-
tions 24.00
Eighth Grade Examin
ations 150.00
Furniture and Repairs 60.00
Clerk Hire 720.00
Industrial and Conser
vation Work, and
Fair 100.00
Institutes 250.00
School Levy at $8 per
capita (35,108.00
High School Tuition 14,010.00
Total
.$84,010.10
..$ 7,000.00
484.00
Widows' Pensions
Health Officer
Local Registrars
of
Ilirths and Deaths
140.00
200.00
8,000.00
1,000.00
800.00
800.00
Fruit Inspector .
Care of Poor and Poor
Farm
Indigent Soldiers' Re
lief Fund
Tax Rebates
Houutics
District Scaler of
Wieghts and Meas
ures 303.40
Street and Sewer Aas-
scssmcnts (City of
Hillsboro) 1,409.99
Deputy Road Masters,
Patrolmen and As
sistants 9,000.00
Veterinary Surgeon &
Stock Inspectors 250.00
County Agricultural
Agent 1,500.00
Cattle Indemnity 2,000.00
Misc. and Unforscen
Contingencies 0,500.00
dvertjsing and Pub
lishing County
Court Proceedings 1,000.00
u d i t i n g County
Hooks 400.00
Vilvertisinar D e 1 i n -
quent Tax List 800.00
ounty Fair Appropri
ation 200.00
State
Fair
Appropria-
lion ,
200.00
Land Products
Show
Appropriation .
200.00
At-
Expenses District
tornev's Ollice
Estiir
for
Conn
oun
oad
Tr
To
Spec!
Impri
Ro.
Fet
mil
0111
Dis
one
Dis.
Impri
Hot
Lai
mil
Impri
Rot
Xo
Sta
am
Impri
Roiii j.o...l'ore.st u.
BaMs; Bitumen
Boin; Macadam
improvement County
Head No...I'orest G.
Gales Creek ; Bitu
men Bound Macad
am Improvement County
Road Xo...HilIsboro
Cedar Mills Road,
Standard Macad
am 6,000.00
(3,000.00
6,000.00
Total
..$429,705.67
Estimated Fees and
Fines from Clerk's
and Recorder's offi
ces $ 9,000.00
Interest on Deposits . 3.000.00
Special School, City and Road
Taxes to be levied, not ready for
publication.
Sergeant Carl H. Olsen, of
Camp Lewis, eante over the first
of the week to visit home folks.
For Sale: Several cows, fresh
soon ; also some fine pitrs, two
months old. Frank Greener,
Hillsboro, R. 5. 39-41
Richard Beamish, who farmed
the Council place, north of town,
for many years, now located on
a ranch near Cedar Mill, was up
to the city Saturday, greeting old
time friends.
FIFTYJflORE SHIPS
Laborers and Carpenters Get a
Raise after Jan. 1
SPRUCE, $85 PER THOUSAND
Siletz Railway Starts First Run
New Year's
Portland will get fifty new ship
contracts after Jan. 1, and the
workers In the yards will get an
increase in pay.
Silvcrton Prospects favora
ble for continuance of the lumber
business here throughout the
winter.
Portland bank deposits Xov.
20 were $83,706,898.89, an in
crease of $18,130,004.75 over the
same period in 1916.
Brow nsville Several blocks of
new sidewalks to be laid here.
Baker completes a $140,000
high school building.
North Bend will celebrate the
launching of first U. S. vessel
here.
Waldport Barnes cannery
catch so far this season is 6000
cases.
Bull Run Cedar Creek Lum
ber Co. moving mill here from
Sandy.
Coquille Telephone line be
tween McKinley and Coquille
Valley 'completed.
Marshfield Council calling for
bids for street improvements.
Stanfield A modern concrete
garage to be erected here.
Springfield Planing mill here
completes new dry kiln.
Sandy furnishing lumber for
bowsprits and masts for ships.
Corrallis Benton county de
sires new jail to cost $15,000.
Milton New fruit warehouse
and dryer to be built here.
McMinnrille New pipe line
to be completed by Jan. 1.
Sheridan Yamhill Milling Co.
working night and day to fill
government order.
Monmouth Local creamery to
make cheese.
Josephine county's handsome
new court house completed and
dedicated.
Oregon City Hawley Pulp &
Paper Co. here grinding wood
pulp.
North Bend State Highway
Commission buys a second-hand
paving plant. Cost $13,500.
w aukie The Oceanic Ship
itg Co. incorporated for
)00. To construct wooden
here.
idon Milk condenser here
d.
erson Seven tons walnuts
n 14 acres here,
sb field Site chosen for a
i0 armory.
dleton Extensive im
nents being made at the
ton Roller Mills, amount-
$10,000.
petitionee Valley & Si-
xilroad starts operations on
as common carrier be
here and Valsetz, Ore.
land The government to
se, in carload lots, proper
spruce wherever there is a
d, at $85 a thousand. In-
Sils and groups msy engage
industry.
and Mrs. Boyd K. Long, of
oy, Wnsh., arrived the first
week for ft holiday visit
Ir. and Mrs. L. A. Long. B.
.. ,1 brakeman on the Pomer-
oy-Starbuck run, and says that
the rail lines are very busy up his
way. Incidentally, he made the
trip dawn in order to -meet his
brother, Lieut. D. E. Long, who
soon goes to France with the
110th Artillery.
For Sale: Fine registered Jer
sey bull, 20 months old, out of
famous Carey herd. Fine forma
tion and comes from great pro
ducing dam. Oral Gardner, of
near Mountaindale, address
Banks, Route 8, tel. North Plains
9F12. 41-8
Horses For Sale: As I have
four horses and not half enough
work for two, I will give a bar
gain to some one that is in need
of a team. Some are coming four
years, others older. R. M. Kyle,
2 miles north of Cedarvillc, IV2
miles east of Bethany, P. O. Port
land, Ore., R. 2, box 100. 41-3
Lost: Four head of Holstcin
heifers. About two years old and
over; some have just rings in
their ears, nnd some just have
them cut. Some also have horns.
Reward. J. J. Havlik, Scappoose,
Ore. . 41-3
Thos. Nisscn, who spent all
summer in the East, visiting in
Iowa and Nebraska, was in town
Saturday. He says that Scholls
roads are not so worse, after all.
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.
Cost Is Little More
to go East through
California
Attractions offered:
Sacred summits of the Siskiyous,
Mt. Shasta, San Francisco, the
cosmopolitan, the Old Missions,
Del Monte, Santa Barbara, 100
miles along the seashore, Los An
geles, Sunny Southern California,
the Apache Trail, and the border
camps.
stopovers permitted at various
places.
FOUR TRAINS A DAYFROM
PORTLAND
Inquire at any S. P. agency or
address JOHN M. SCOTT Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Portland,
Oregon.
Southern Pacific Lines
Hillsboro Auto Livery
Feed and Boarding Stable
Prices Seasonable
DAf AND NIGHT SERVICE
2nd & Washington Sts. Phcne, Main 7$
We wish all our Patrons and all Hillsboro a
HAPPY
NEW YEAR
By Prompt Work and Proper Prices
we will help to make it Prosperous.
Come In and
See What We
HOFFMAN
Jeweler
Main Street
Argus and Daily
Look Around
Have to Offer
and Optician
Hillsboro, Oregon
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Oregonian ToSr $6
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