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VOL. XXIV
HILLSBORO, OREGON, MARCH 7, 1918
NO. 51
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Circuit Court for March Opened
nt Court I loute Monthly Morning
GRAND JURY TO RETURN
One Criminal Cms on Trial r
Chnrgrd With Pointing Firearm
Circuit court opened Monday
morning Willi llic ftillow injur jiir
trs reporting fur service: .las.
Devlin, I. I. I.illignrd, John I'M.v.
I. !, 1 ten lot i , Win. Jackson, .Inn.
Foote, Frank C.If.ll, II. V.
Meade, Calvin Wvhlcr, II. 'I'.
Huton, It. A. TwIsh, I'.. ('. Wet
i l, Howard ltrouku, S. I.. Car
I V I . , John K. Davis, Andrew
S.'iiiillilmnii, Stephen llullock, W,
A. Vcrhoort. Alfred .1. Dy.lc, No
till .1, Maker, Ahho Pcterx, (iui
lav Crnhhorn, M. II. Ilriggs, Unh
I II Thompson.
I'ln following were drawn nil
I In grand jurv: I'. lleaton,
II. V. Meade, H. A. Twin. l'.iU.
('. Wetzel, Andrew G. Sand
I. loom, S. II. Hullock nml Alfred
.1. Dyslc. After .Finite Jlagtcv
instructed them nt l their tin
tie, lie excused them for two
weeks, when they will lie-in their
investigation. Joseph Down
wan appointed ni the grand jury
ImililT, II. H. Collin wax up
pointed court ImililT.
John F.dy, juror, wan excused
for the term.
The ease of State v. Adolph
Schmidt, charged w ith pointing a
lireariu al I'eter Itorchcru, coin
meneeil trial Tuesday, llorehers
hail rented a piece of onion lain!
from a Mr, Stubbs, ami so had
Silmii.lt. Sehmitlt built a gale
which led to the tract leased hy
Sehiuidl. anil it m-cmi Sluhhs had
to 1.1 llorchcrx lie coiul go across
and whether or not Schmidt had
acquiesced, the fact remained
when Hordicm went to the gate
one day he found it wind
uiiainst him. When he tried to
cut the wire Schmidt ordered him
to stop, and Horchcr testilied
that S.luui.lt told him if he did
lint he "would get a allot." II
Maid that Schmidt pulled n gun on
linn, ami then went w here lie was
and struck nt him over the fence
lie said he then went nway, and
the arrest followed.
District Attorney Tongue hnn
died the ease against Schmidt,
and Win. (i. Hare assisted a I'ort
land attorney in the ih feiisc,
The jury: Abho Peters M. II.
Ilriggs, .Ian. Devlin, Win. A. Vcr
boorl. J. II. Foote, (lustav Grab
horn, Auk. Tews, Wm. Jackson,
Jos. Kerr, Iloht. Tliompson. John
Y. Davis, John Horland.
The case came under the new
law on pointing firearms, over
which there has hcen considcra
Me talk among nttorneys. The
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.laeoli Michel, who was in the
Franco Prussian wnr, was out
from Portland, Monday. Mr.
Michel is a Swiss by birth and
worked for the Germans as an
ailisau. He Maya that he wants
to see Hie Kaiser beaten, and that
if he is nut defeated, it will mean
a military form of government
lu re for many years.
Wanted A loan of $2,800
from private party. First mort
main' : good Hcenrilv. Address
i. P.. care of
boro.
Win. McQuillan returned last
week from n two months' slay
with relatives in California. .Me
comes hack looking as "lit as a
fiddle."
Ceo. I'',. Ileedle, former Depu
ty Insurance Commissioner of the
Stale of Wisconsin, has entered
.nil in circuit court against llie
Stondall Land tt Timber Com
pany for a commission on sale of
limber land over in Lincoln conn
ly. The plaintiff says that he en
tered Into all agreement with the
firm several yearn ago to act as
I heir agent for the sale of !I!K)
million feel of timber ill the coast
count V, and he was to receive 0
per rent commission on the sale.
lie says he had the sale practic
ally consummated and then when
all was ready to go through the
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company kicked out ami wouin
not sell, lie asks for .i v,rio.
villi six per cent, interest since
111 IK This will run the claim up
i i ou r 12,000 ami is worm
ighting for. Beeillc says he re
iincd his Wisconsin position In
order to put the "le of the land
hrough, and tame to Salem ami
.ok up residence there for the
Chance to Enlist as Volunteer
Closet Tomorrow Evening
purpose of landing the
pre
leal.
Hishop Scllcw Ilereliishop
iVnltcr A. Sellew, of Jamestown,
N'cw York, who held the Oregon
Annual Conference of the Free
Methodist Church here last May,
i, ill speak on the subject of
Christian F.dueation, in the Free
Methodist Church, Fifth and Oak
Sis., on Wednesday evening,
March 13. Those who met the
I'.ishop on his former visit here
villi be pleased to have the privi
lege of hearing him again. All
are Invited to attend. Don't for
Ki t Hie date -March 1.1.
D. M. Mcl.nchlan, with the S.
I', motive power, was here Mon
day, looking over engines and
rolling stock. Mc had a bunch
of those oldtimc Chinese matches
with him Hie first seen here for
these many years. Dan said it
vwis a mailer of no choice w hen
he got them-- but observed thai
n consistent smoker could use up
i third of his life time lighting a
pipe or cigars.
Clerk Kuralli, since Jan. 1, up
Id yesterday, hail issued 18 com
bination hunter's and angler's li
censes: nine hunter s licenses,
and but teve. fishing licenses
l i s i oes not include the licenses
issued to veterans and pioneers.
Wm. It. Stephens, of Dilley
was n caller nt the county seat
Tuesday.
PUBLIC SALE
the Argus, llills-01-1
1 w ill sell nt public auction nt the
old Clms. Shore v farm, l' miles
west and 1 mile north of Moun
tundnle; 2l' miles cast and 1 V
miles north of Ibuiks. beginning
al 10 o'clock A. M.,
SATl'HDAV, .MARCH HI,
Five head of horses team, 7 nni
10 years, weight 2900; team, I
and'o years, weight 2.100; sorre
Imrse. ueiuht 1200: 8 head of
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milk cows, 7 giving milk, 1 com
In fresh in April; 2 lN-inouiiis-old
heifersall tuberculin test
ed; double-sealed canopy-to
hack, good ns new; tmggy; ex
press wagon; ,1I',-inch wagon, in
good shape; 2 horse cultivator
1 horse power gasoline engine
Imv cutter and belt: 125 feet of
1 ineh hav nine: harpoon fork
ami car; 3 sets double work liar
ne-is; single harness; 10 10 gal
Ion milk cans; spray pump, gar
ilen hose, chilled plow, lorns
hoes, and some household goods;
2 dozen While Leghorn hens.
Lunch at noon.
Terms--$10 and under, cash;
over $10, sl months' time, at 8
per cent, bankoble nolo. Tw o per
cent off for cash on nil stiins over
$11.
U. II. Frost, Owner.
J. W. Hughes, Auclioneer.
W. O. (luloway, Clerk.
DRAFT WILL FOLLOW SOON
The, March snow and M uch
jury marched in logi uu r. .Holi
day morning.
Mr. and .Mrs. A. L. Stephens,
of nhoert Hanks, were Hillslioro
visitors Saturday morning.
P. I. Lillignrd, of Laurel, was a
city visitor Monday. P. I. has a
son in the Lniteil States .Vivy.
('has. Williams, of above (i.-is
ton. was down to the cilv Mou-
If Oregon' Quota of 100 it Not ly Kr''t'"K friends.
Filled, Then Requisition Follow
Jr.
rc von an expert automobile or
motor truck driver? I hen vol
unteer Immediately and avoid be
ing drafted, for the army needs
von.
Oregon must furnish 100 vol
unteer chuufjeurs or automobile
I .nick drivers for the army by
Friday, March H, or that number
of men qualified for such service
w ill be immediately inducted into
rvicc by the various local
boards, acting under rush orders
from the War Department.
(ieneral Pershing, in France,
Iris cabled for n large number of
.killed chauffeurs to drive motor
trucks. He must have them right
aw ny. The need is so urgent that
the War Department has an
nounced that unless the required
number volunteer by March 8,
they will be drafted from the
available men in Class One
.lis-
ami
Attorney '1'hos. II. Tou.ni
returned Sunday from a bus
trip to San Franei ,co.
Tbos. Nissi ii has been
charged from the: hospital.
h is returned to Seholls.
L. (i. Wcidewitsch. of ( ornc-
lius, was in the city Tuesday, en
routc to llcttvcrtun.
K. J. Johnson, the bee raiser.
was in the city the last of tin-week.
J. (J. Johnson, of below Witch
Hazel, was in town the first of
the week.
Dance, at Moos.; Hall, St. Pat
rick's Eve, Saturday night.
March 10. Remember the ' wear
ing of the green."
F.rwin Rilter, of Uethanv, wa
up to the city Monday on Ihisi
ness for the insurance association
of which he is secretary.
For Sale: Several head of old
Several fine
Nine are Declared Fit for Spec-
il Service and May be Called
M,,..,n, mod... (,. be raised ""1 J'0""K orses. rcvera
either hv volunteers or draft, has young mares, three and lour year
i
been set nt 100 men.
The men accepted ns volun
ers will be inducted intothe avi
ation section of the Signal Corps,
ami sent to Kclley Field, San An
tonio, Texas, preparatory to go
inif to France.
Following are instructions
from the War Department to lo-
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eat urail iionrus rei.une u uiese
men :
"Hoards may accept applicants
for voluntary induction who fully
possess the required physical and
technical qualifications. If the
alls have not been tilled by
March 8 hv voluntary induction.
the boards will immediately in
bu t a Hulllcicnt number of quali
fied men to fill the respective nl
olds.
3.
T. R.
Davis, Hillsboro, R.
60-52
J. W. fiooilin, of North 1'laiiis.
was over to the county seal Tucs-
lav, greeting friends. H. states
that be may soon file for county
judge and enter the primary race.
Wanted nt once: Millwrights
and carpenters, large construc
tion job, three to four months
work for steady men at good
wages. Buehner Lumber Co.,
North End, Coos IJny, Ore. 49-52
Marriage license has hem
granted Roebling Muir ami .Ma
rion B. Firman. Muir is from
Portland, and the prospective
bride is from Ouston, a daughter
of W. A. Firman.
E. I. Kuratli has bis office in
lotmcnts by selecting from Class
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Due qualiliea men in sequence oi ,1(J II;,!,,,,.,, National Hank li
order number.
Volunteer now, and escape the
dratl. lucre is siui nine io no u
Friday.
EXECUTORS, Administrators, Guardians, Pub
lic Custodians and others having public and
private trusts to pcrft rtn 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 bank for handling all branches
of bank business.
NEW ORENCO ROAD
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ie committee on me iinisooro-
O.cneo road, via Orciico. is send-
in out the following letter to
subscribers to the fund, ami it is
self-explanatory :
March 2, 1918.
Denr Sir:
As contributor to a fund to
oiien up the Ureneo cut-on wmcn
will shorten nml straighten the
llill.sboro-Portlnml road hy way
of both the Canyon and Cornell
mails into the cilv. we are
leased to tell you that complete
nrrniitfcmcnli have been cITucteil
with the County Court of Wash
iitrton County in which they
agree to grade, macadamize and
put in tie bridge across Hock
creek nt the earliest date that
construction work can be carried
on, with the understanding that
ie committee having this work
in charge secure the right-of way
ne.-oss three pieces of property
on the East and namely, Killner.
linker nml Schumacher, where
the new road connects with the
Hillsboro road; in addition there
s the expense incurred in survey
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nir. together witn legal worn.
When completed, this will tic
it .i .... .
0110 Ot Uiosi coiisi nil an e
pieces of work in the county in
some time .shortening this main
road between Hillsboro and Port
land over one-half mil
Since the Count v Court has
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agreed to laKC over an me- wmiv
we will not need the labor sub
sii ibeu, nut ns n ni n ipim tv. ,r,ze winners; won an prizes
more money than was eontribu- at ,Qi7 gtat;e Fa;r nn,l io prizes
ted in cash and labor, we trust all nt Washington Co. Fair. Eggs
who donated will pay in cash nt $j B0 per getting of 15. m
once, so that me worn may pro- Tumier. Box 193. Hillsboro, Ure
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SHUTE SAVINGS BANK
PROMPT : CONSERVATIVE : SAVE
Loans your money, insures your
buildings, rents your houses, buys
and sells your property, makes
collections. Notary Public.
Also speuks German and Swiss.
Mrs. Klntcr A. Johnson rclurn-
d to her home in Chehalis. Wu..
Tuesday, after a two wcck.s viit
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. John
son soon leave for N.impa, Idaho.
where be will work on installing
n tug coiutenserv.
Miss Florence Sahl. of Taco
. , . p t i -1
ma, was the puest oi .uiss .on
dred Baldwin last week, return
ing home Sunday. Ualph Davis
son, of Tacoma, was also a guest
of the llaldwin and l'uimott fain
lies. He is in the navy, and is at
Present stationed in Southern
California.
For Sale or Exchange Nine
room house in nice residence uis
trict' of Ashland. Oregon. Also
business block consisting of three
stores below with apartments
above, all bringing in nice in
come. Will take city or farm
nroncrtv near Hillsboro. Write
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Box 66, Hillsboro, Ure. 4S)
Ira Mills, of li.mks, w as down
to the county seat Saturday, on
business nt the court house. Ira
works nt the mill and puts in his
extra time tramming moles a ml
gophers. Since February 13 h
has caught HI gophers ami
moles, nml the bounty has paii
him nearly thirteen dollar
Single Comb White Minorca
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eggs tor sale lor natciung. rrom
pens that score nbove 90. My
birds are very large a new
strain called the American Beau-
Ten Men Fit for Service Declare
Doctor, After Examination
..A. FERNSWORTH ALSO FIT
K. turns from the Portland Medi
al Advisory Board show the fol
wing appeals decided:
Declared fit Robert A. Lev-
iek, Walter Cioiino, Jacob Bany,
ohn Neumann, Iloht. C. Funs-
ton, Harry (. Boge, Felix Simon
Jr., Roy K. Walters, Will II. Cor-
lius and William Arthur Knox.
Fit for Special Service Chas.
Victor, brukeman ; Henry Clay
annoy, sailor; Roy Hunter
Hughes, agricultural; Willi Ded-
icks, teamster; Hugh Weik, con
eiisery; Sydney Westfall, team
ster: John llolznagel. spruce di-
ision ; Ernest Hint., spruce di
ision ; Rudolph Lampreeht,
I. nek driver; Geo. Bruington,
jocial work; Herman Luck,
mice; Alfred J. Hutchins,
a mster.
Declared Physically Unfit
'alter R. H.ivden, Joe SimiaskI,
Win. Kirschbaum.
A local board in another state
l -elares L. A, Fernsworth as fit.
The Portland Board is in all
'.ses confirming the decision of
lie Hillsboro examining board of
I'lvsieians, Dr. W. D. Wood and
Dr. F. A. liailcv.
file board at Portland decided
l! at the follow ing would be fit
f. r service when thev had been
i red of hernia Geo. C. Leon
d and Fred Gombert. Walter
I. Chambers was declared fit
icn he has his teeth fixed, but
t until then. Whether or not
I 'neb: Sam will pay the dental
nil will be a matter of necessity
ot man power.
FRIENDS WANT HIM
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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.
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HATCHING EGGS f
Single Comb White Leghorn. From good laying (train, mated to 1
cockerel from J. A. Hanton't tock who had winning pen at All
Northwest laying contest at Pullman, Wash., 1916-17.
$1.50 for 15. $7.00 per 100. H. E. Thompson,
HiHsboro, Ore.. R. 4, Box 14. Phone 115.
I
huire petition., bearing over 100
.i 'liatnres from men of all polit
. il affiliation, was presented to
Win. (!. Hare, the first of the
week, asking him to run for the
iisluture. The petition was cir-
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culateil lor a lew niiniucs oiny,
mil then taken to Mr. Hare, who
uill consider running. If he
Jionld become a candidate be
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will Hie direct ami not circulate
petitions.
Mr. Hare has served one term
in the lower nouse una nns n
knowledge of the needs of the
t.ite. He has broad views on
legislation and knows how to pre-
nl them. His law business is
i ! . 1 1. . . 1. : .
now m sucn snape mai ins pin
ners, Messrs. Mc.Vlear and Pe
ters, can take care of things for a
10-day stretch, and if urging will
do any good. W. C. will have to
run and that's all there is to it.
HARD SURFACE ROADS
Will soon lead from Portland to
the splendid
Beaverton - Reedvilte
Acreage
BENJAMIN BIRDSELL
Man' choice small tracts on sale.
Splendid train service morning and
evening into the city. Buy your little
home before the big raise comes.
SHAW-FEAR COMPANY
102 Fourth Street
PORTLAND, OREGON
eeed nt nn early date. Your con
tribution was ir 8.00. ill you
kindlv remit same to Mr. II. V.
Meade, See-Trens., Oreneo.
Thanking yon for your assist
ance nnd co-operation, wc are
Yours very truly,
J. C. Uechen,
Frank Imbrie, ,
It. Puboks,
John Traehscl,
Andrew Egginian,
Committee,
49-tf
Denny, of Whitford Stn-
Tiano for sale. Call or write
H20 Base Line, near Fourth St.,
Hillsboro, Or. 50-82
W. A. Hermens, of Verboort,
n ni the. city, lriday, (laying
taxes nnd remembering, the fain
il v journal. He says that the
winter wheat is looking fine out
his way.
A. V
tion, below Heavcrton, was in the
city Tuesday, on probate busi
ness. He was appointed adminis
trator of the estate of his late
wife, who held 40 acres of land
at Whitford. -Mr. Denny and his
two sons are the heirs. P. (1.
Hettendorf, J. J. Conaway and 1!.
V. Lawrence were appointed appraisers.
J. J. Krehs, of Itockawny, left
for home the first of the week.
after a few days visit with rela
tives nnd friends. He is the same
old J. J., and still enjoys life and
a good laugh and .says that he
knows a recipe for a kill-gloom
that has no equal. Jake says:
"Just go to a vaudeville show
with C. lilascr and John Kanina.
nnd you'll never forget it."
lKnjamin Uirdsell, well known
here and at Forest Grove, died at
the home of his daughter Mrs. E.
L. McCormiek, in Hillsboro, Ore.,
March ", 191 S . at 8 in the morn
inu, after an illness covering a
period of several months. Mr.
Hirdsell was a man of affairs and
notwithstanding his 80 years was
keenly alive to public nnd world
events. He was a man of w orth
and his word was as good as his
bond. He was born at Port Dover
in the Province of Ontario,. Can
ada, April 7, 1838, and moved to
Winneshiek Co.. Iowa with his
parents in 1851. Ten years
later he was married to Miss Ma-
ry Unit, .uareu zt, loui, at i.c
corah. Iowa, the wife passing in
this city, Oct. U, 1915. They
came to Oregon in January, 1891
and first settled in Hillsboro. In
UJO t they moved to Portlnnd.and
later they moved to Forest Grove
where they lived until the Spring
of 1908. when thev returned to
Hillsboro. Last year Mr. Bird
sell made a trip back to bis boy
hood homes, visiting in Ontario,
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Iowa. He went East with
the firm conviction that it would
be his last trip to old scenes.
The funeral took place this af
temon nt the E. L. McCormiek
home and interment was in the
local cemetery, under the auspic
es of the Masonic Lodge, of this
city.
The surviving children nre:
Mrs. Katherinc Lee, of JJoisc
Idaho: Mrs. Agnes Savitz. Qua
kertown. Pa.; J. P. Hirdsell, F.n
terprise, Ore.; Mrs. E. L. McCor
miek. Hillsboro; Mrs. John Den
'Portland, formerly of this
city: Curtis Pirdsell, Hillsboro
,nit Leavitl Hirdsell, of Alberta
Canada,
Hillsboro Auto Livery
Feed and Boarding Stable
Prices Reasonable
DA Y AND NIGHT SERVICE
2nd & Washington Sts. Phrne, Main j5
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 Look Around
See What We Have to Offer
Jeweler and Optician )
Main Street Hillsboro, Oregon
Argus and Daily Oregonian STcm, $6