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VOL. XXV
HILLSBORO, OREGON, APRIL 25, 1918
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SIX MODERN SHIPS
ONE WEEK'S RECORD
Portland Hill Stritlo That it a
Record Breaker
MANY FROM HERE WORK
Oregon Never Before Had
Known Such Activity
It i tNtlnmtPil that Washliigt.ui
(Nullity Imit ovrr 200 mm work
ing nl tlur Portland nltipyn r)i.
April VJ. Portland, HNOO tout
Ntt-aiimhip Vrtgitr, built by
(oliniihia Hivrr .Shlphuililing
Corporation, clinked i by gv
rrimii'iit insjiri torn nml gmr
conipht in rvrry detail, ft rut
htccl hip yet laid down to fulfill
r-iiircmcntt without itilditinn.il
ins)ii'tioim.
Hood ltinr-l'ntifii' I'owrr Ik
I.lnlit Co. hi in Columbia villi
cnbb' liiingiiig Whiti Salmon
powrr to Oregon ido completing
improvement htartrd bint Sum
nut Mini iiiHuriug continuous rr
vice. Ajitorin Crown Willamette
I'nprr Co. rxtriiding Me(reger
Malum rnilrot Into Young
river district for upruor.
Oregon eluitni the record for
gniilmt aprrtl In lauiirhlng
hliipi uiuler government t out mi l
Ijiiio county farmers pliintiiig
light for fear of labor (diortage.
April 1(1 to 81, buy between
1(1 ami 21 will be enrolled for
farm labor.
Portland Six modern shl
biuiirlted lieru lant week.
With the freedom from hbor
troubleii nml Kufficient nun, IV
cifie coast shipyard are break
ing all shipbuilding records.
Willi equitable legislation fof
American ahip owners, this
grent industry should thrive nf
ter the war.
Salem Salaries State em
ployer raised $85,000 a year.
Portland Federal labor of
ficinl report that work nt good
wage goc begging whilr :I000
idle men liy past the jolN offer
ed. Toledo The, TIiomcii llin
ilriiksin Lumber Co. cutting
railroad lumber for use on new
railroad to spruce belt. Mill to
put on two shift iiuiiiedintely.
Brownsville Canning Co. re
ceive biggest order. l'ropcets
for most successful season in his
tory bright and figures j.how
scope of work.
Silvrrtou After having sus
pended business for several
months pending construction of
more railroad into logging
camps and numerous improve
ments at mill, Silver Falls Tim
ber Co. resume work April 15.
Toledo Construction work
on railroad from here to Lower
SilcU begun.
Tidewater A new industry
started. Dryer established for
drying Fox Glove leave.
Went Ynqulna Brewer mill
operating full time. Capacity of
plant 35000 fret per day.
The Dalles Co-operation I'.le
vator Co. lets contract for con
struction of a 00,000 bushel con
crete grain elevator, cost $25000.
A. W. Walker, of South Tua
latin, was in Friday, greeting
friends.
Corn I Corn I Seed corn for
dried in hophouse. For sale in
lota to suit Zlna Wood. 4!Hf
Frank Greener, below Hoods,
was in town Friday evening,
Frank has put in lots of crop
this year, and snys that things
arc looking fine.
John A. Chapman, of Middle
ton, was up to the city Saturday
M. Sturm Jr., of above Bloom
Ing, was greeting friends in town
Saturday.
Ill lion auto tircH, fully guar
antccd 7500 miles. llillsboro
Mercantile. -7
J. II. Downing, of below ilea
verton, was up to the city Satur
i day on legal business.
; For Sab- - (iooil team and wa
goo; also tomato and cabbagi
plants. A. T. St ration, Corne
lius, Ore. 5 7
C. M. Johnson, of Portland
mid Claude Johnson, his son, c I
Farmiiiulou, were in the city
Saturday.
F. M. lleldel ami wife, of
Portland, were out Saturday.
meeting with friuidi and trans
acting business.
K. . Hagey, who held down
Ihe peace officer proposition id
Sherwood for tnanv years, was
up to the county sent Saturday
Lou 1. Shirley, with the Stale
Guard, has recently been pro
moted to the State Police, nnd is
now In uniform. Lou is an old
Spanish war vet, and knows how
to handle himself.
For Sale Two well matched
black colts, mare and horse, '.'
year old, 1200 lbs each; Per
kins' colts. John Sundquisl.
Ilanki, Ore., Route .1. Box II"
Phone, 4FII, North Plains cen
tral. 40
TIiok. McParlaud, of Iluxtou.
was down to the city Friday,
shaking hands with his county
seat friends. Tom is one of the
original Vulcan of the North
county, and ha hammered in n
in that section for many years.
Single Comb White Minorca
rgga for sale for hatching. From
pen that score above DO. My
birda are very large a new
strain railed the American Beau
ty; prke winner; won all prizes
at 1917 State Fair, and 10 prixca
at Washington Co. Fair. Kggs
$1.60 per getting of 15. Win.
Tupper, llox 193, Hlllsboro, Ore
gon. 49-tf
Jas. II. Jack and daughter,
Cecil, of Washougal, wen- hi re
Saturday and Sunday, visiting
relatives ami friends in I dishorn
and at Seholls. Mr. Jack is in
charge of the Washougal Gram
mar Schools, ami is making good
over in the Kvcrgrcen stale.
Mrs. Jack anil the other children
arc at present sojourning nt Cor
vallis, The roof of the home of It. K.
Shull, of near Orciico, caught
fire last Friday and but for the
opportune coming along of
Judge D. B. Heasoner, might
have been a total loss. He climb
ed to the roof and Mrs. Shull
passed several buckets of water
to him and the fire was soon ex
tinguished. Mr. Shull thinks the
house would have been burned,
but for the Court coming along
when he did. The Judge received
a nice letter of thanks from Ihe
Shulls, Monday.
J. II. Weseott, of Gaston, was
in town Monday. Harry is now
footloose, having sold his Gaston
hardware store to Carl llros
Irom, of Cherry Grove, who w ill
move his Cherry Grove slock to
that city and merge the two
stocks. Harry has 11 acres in
bearing prunes nnd (i acres in
apples bearing, with 5 acres of
young orchard coining on. His
orchards are two miles Ibis side
of Gaston, and they alone can
keep a man busy for n while.
He says he is going to be open
to fishing and hunting engage
menf from now on,
PATRIOTIC LEAGUE
Jury to Sit on People Accused of
Disloyal Statements
PLEDGE IS IRON CLAD ONE
Fund Solicitation Must Pass Cen
son Before Getting Support
EXECUTORS, Administrators, Guardians, Pub
lie Custodians oud others having public and
private trusts to perforin 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 bai.k business.
SHUTE SAVINGS BANK
PROMPT : CONSERVATIVE : SAVE
Pursuant to a call issued by ('.
II. Buchanan, il. 'I. Baglev and
Mavor John M. Wall, commit
tec, practically 100. people met
al (he llillshoro Club rooms
Saturday afternoon, to consider
the advisability of cittablishiiig a
jury in the county lor the hear
ing of people accused of sedi
tious or disloyal statements.
1 lie meet m was called to order
by Mayor Wall, who stated Un
purposed of the gathering. I in
mediately after the patriotic
League was called to order by
President Simpson, of the Grove.
Mr. Simpson stated that he
wished to resign as lie only went
on as the official of the prelimi
nary organization.
A committee consisting of M.
McDonald, II. T. Jiagley, Mr.
McAdoo, of the Sherwood News,
Mr. Peterson and L. M. Graham
were named to recommend nom
inations for the officers of the
newly organized League. While
deliberating a resolution was
adopted as follows, for the pre
amble ami declaration of the
League, anil membership pledge:
"Believing that the support
and preservation of this great
and beloved nation during time
of war is the first, highest, ami
most sacred duly of every eili
zen and inhabitant thereof, 1
make this solemn pledge
First: I will freely and glad
ly contribute my just proportion
of my time, services and means
needed to win this war regard
less of the personal sacrifice il
may involve.
Second: I will not discredit.
impede, or obstruct by deed or
word any governmental action
or policy promulgated by the
government in the prosecution
of this war.
Third: I will scrupulously
refrain from carelessly or
wrongfully accusing anyone of
lislovaltv, sedition or "slacker,"
but on the other hand, I will, nf
ter a thorough examination and
guilt established, refuse to recog
nize, support, patronize, either
socially, politically or in busi
ness, any person, no matter what
lis or her standing may be, who
Iocs not give to this govcruinenl
lis or her full, earnest and
icarty support."
N. A. rrost, school superin
tendent, addressed the meeting '
oncerning child labor and other
problems; and ('. K. Wills on
food administration and other
items. Mr. Wells also introduced
a resolution tendering thanks to
Ihe school children and teachers
for their work in circulating lit-
raturc and other .services. Many
of the school districts were re
ported to be 100 per cent, grade
in these services.
i'hi' nominating committee re
ported the names of C. li. Buch
anan for chairman; J. A. Thorn-
uirgh, vice-chairman, and W.
Mahoii, secretary-treasurer. Mr.
Buchanan declined, saying that
he was unable to lake the office
as he was awav Irom home so
much. Mr. Thoriihurith. of For-
st Grove, on motion was dc
lared elected chairman, and Mr.
Buchanan was elected vice-chair
man. Mr. Mahon was named as
secretary-treasurer.
The membership pledge will
be printed on the subscription
list and each member will sipi
it. The League has representa
tives in every school district,
and it will be enlarged so as to
give it the greatest possible
strength. The adoption of this
program will do much to stop
discreditable rumors that find
llieir way inlo circulation as well
as to gather evidence and net up
on disloyalty anil sedition. The
county League will report to the
Slate League on all executive action.
FARM STOCK FINE
Farmers' teams are looking fine
this Spring notwithstanding the
hard work of cropping. The cool
weather has been so continuous
that horseflesh has melted but
little, and they have stood up to
the heavy work in fine shape.
Last Friday and Saturday cul
down the flesh a little, but they
were .so well toughened that
they wound up Saturday night
feeling like colts.
Bulk garden seeds at Greer's,
John Parsons, of near Ccnter-
ville, was in the city Saturday
afternoou.
Herb Matteson, the deerslay-
cr, of (iaston, wa down to the
city Saturday.
Geo. Jack, of Farmington, and
Fred Goctze, of Blooming, were
on Hlllsboro streets Friday.
It. B. Porter, of North Forest
Grove, wa greeting friends in
Ihe county seat Saturday eve
"ing.
Hon. Ira K. Purdin, of Forest
Grove, was down to the city,
Saturday, attending the Patriot
ic League meeting.
Mrs. Jas. Miltenberger return
ed to her home in La Pine, the
last of the week, after several
weeks' visit with her parents,
Mr. and Mr. W m. Tupper.
Cornelius ha been talking of
installing a sewer system, but
Ihe labor situation is such that
it will hardly tackle the enter
prise this year.
The weather bureau says that
the deficiency in rainfall, up to
Monday morning, wa 2.42 inch
es since last September. One
would hardly think that we are
short on precipitation, but we
must believe the Federal guage.
E. I. Kuratli has his office in
the Hillsboro National Bank Bid.
Loans your money, insures your
building, rents your houses, buys
and sells your property, makes
collections. Notary Public.
Also speaks German and Swiss.
Quite a number of Hillsboro-
itcs went to Portland Monday,
to bear Big Bill Hart talk on the
Liberty Bond issue. The favorite
screen artist makes quite an in
teresting talk, and can work his
tongue as well as he can ride a
bucking broncho.
Fishermen were out in droves
Sunday after the trout which in
habit county streams. At least
fifty machines came out from
Portland, and every stream was
lousy with rods and reels. No
great catches were made, al
though some had well-filled baskets.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd K. Long,
of Portland, were guests at the
L. A. Long home, Sunday. B.
K. is now switching for the
Southern Pacific in Portland.
He states that the P. R. & N.
branch sends in more loads than
any of the small branch lines
tributary to Portland.
Milk still continues to come
here from Yamhill County since
the shut-down of the Yamhill
county condensers. Every morn
ing over a hundred cans are
taken off the ten o'clock train,
and it means much handling here
and at the condenser. Three
cars were stuck on the condenser
spur the last of the week for
foreign shipment.
Peter Huffman, the Bacona
sawmill man, was in Saturday.
He started his mill Monday, cut
ting on local orders, and says
that he will have only enough
timber in his present location to
run a couple of months, and he
will then either move or shut
down. He thinks he will sell an
interest in it, and take it a little
easy for a while if he can get the
right price. Otherwise he will
shut down when he exhausts his
timber supply.
A hundred or more Hillsboro-
ites who saw Big Dell Blancett
ride at the Pendleton Roundup
will regret to hear that the old
prize winner lost his life in
France the other day. Blancett
tried to join the American cav
alry when Pendleton formed the
troop last year. The surgeon
turned him down and he hiked
to Canada to get into the game.
Notwithstanding his physical
disability, which was not seri
ous, he was taken, and last
week, while serving with the Ca
nucks, was taken off by a Boche
bullet. Mrs. Blancett has been
living up at Independence this
Winter.
Mrs. Bessie Van Antwerp, of
Forest Grove, has filed a ease in
probate asking that II. T. Bux
ton be appointed administrator
of the estate of Earl Ott, and
that Earl Ott be declared de
ceased, as he has not been heard
of for seven years, the statutory
time for such declaration when
not heard of or from. II. D.
Ott, father of Earl, died at the
Grove, Dee. 2, 1917, and left an
estate, $1,000 of which would
have gone to Earl, and as noth
ing has been heard of the young
man the Enoch Arden period,
the sister, and a brother, Guy.of
Portland, are the claimants of
the share of the property. Earl
Olt's last known post office ad
dress was Miles City, Montana.
THIS SHOULD INTEREST
EVERY HOUSEWIFE
Dean Milan Offers Two Recipes
for War Breads
COOKS ASKED TO TRY 'EM
Those Who Have Tried Say It
is "Larrupin' " Good
O. A. C. Corvallis, April 21.
Whether in jest or earnest many
husbands have been reported as
finding fault with their wife's
conservation measures as applied
to the family food. Since tin
work of preparing the foods
without some of the standard
ingredients has not always been
understood, results have not al
ways been promising, iillioiit
help, it is as difficult for a
housewife to make bread with
out wheat as it was for the chil
dren of Israel to make bricks
without straw.
All such housewives now have
the opportunity to get the bene
fit of the experimental work
done by their State College if
the editor of their paper allows
this to get by in which some
excellent wheatless war breads
were developed. Here are two
recommended by Dean Milan as
being adapted to average home
conditions, and as being satis
factory conservation food:
Steamed Rice Bread Vt cup
corn meal,, cup rice flour,
2-8 cup oat flour, 1 teaspoon
salt, 1 teaspoon soda, 1-3 cup
molasses, 1 cup sour milk.
Mix dry ingredients. Mix mo
lasses and sour milk. Combine,
put in a greased mole and steam
two hours. Make one loaf.
Oat F'lour Muffins 8' cups
oat flour, 112 cups milk, 4 table
spoons corn syrup, 8 teaspoons
baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt,
2 tablespoons crisco, 2 eggs,
beat whites light.
CAT IS CAUSE OF FIRE
The house of Mrs. Blake, of
North Plains, burned last Friday
morning, together with two
thirds of the household goods.
The blaze took place early in
the morning, while it was yet
scarcely light enough to see.
John Vanderwal, agent for the
Pacific Stas, settled and ad
justd the loss at $899.25.
Mrs. Blake, who sleeps in the
lower story, heard a cat making
a fuss upstairs. She lighted the
lamp and started up the stair
way, when she noticed that the
lamp was getting warm. As she
gained the top of the steps she
saw that the oil was burning in
the receptacle and she hastened
to the window. Before she could
throw the light outside it ex
ploded, setting fire to her cloth
ing and to the rugs and bed.
She succeeded in extinguishing
the fire which was burning her i
clothes and by this time flames
had gained such headway that it
was impossible to save anything
in the upper story. She succeed
ed, with help, in getting out
about one-ihird of the household
goods on the lower floor.
Mrs. Mollie Cat, with a family
of kittens, just brought into the
world, came out of the holaeaust
safely, and will have a story to
tell her grandchildren for many
generations of their nine lives.
W. H, ADKINS
W. II. Adkins, of Gales Creek,
died April 18, and was buried
at Gales Creek, Saturday after
noon. He was aged 73 years,
lacking a month. He is survived
by seven children:
Mrs. T. J. Hoar, of Seav-iew,
Wash.; Mrs. M. O. McFarlaiid,
Kalispel, Mont.; Joshua, Gales
Creek; John, of The Dalles;
Mrs. Minnie Blodgett, of Seattle,
Wash.; Charles, who is in the
service at Seattle, Wash., and
Mrs. Lena Guest, of Staples.
Minn. There are also nine grand
children a'nd four great grand
children.
Mr. Adkins came to Oregon
from Missouri in 1 8 S t , and set
tled on Gales, where he has con
tinuously resided.
For Sale Cheap Three tons
lime for fertiliser. Zina Wood,
Hillsboro. 49tf
Julius Schoenberg and Geo.
Bantz Sr. were in from North
Plains, Saturday.
Jos. Robinson, of Farmington,
was up Saturday, telling the Ar
gus that the Winter grain is
looking fine down his way, our
that Spring sowing is a little
late.
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.
Srnttii
H k Wig
WE HAVE IT!
Everything in
Kodaks
AND SUPPLIES
WE DEVELOP AND PRINT
THE DELTA
HARD SURFACE ROADS
Will soon lead from Portland to
the splendid
Beavcrton - Reedville
Acreage...
Many 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
Hillsboro Auto Livery
Feed and Boarding Stable
Prices Reasonable
DA Y AND NIGHT SERVICE
2nd & Washington Sts. Phone, Main 76
We Have the Neatest and Most Complete Stock of
JEWELRY and
SUNDRIES ...
In the City of Hillsboro. We do repair
work in first-class work and our charges
are always reasonable ::::::
IF YOUR EYES ARE TROUBLING
YOU, LET US FIT YOU TO GLASSES
SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT.
HOFFMAN
Jeweler and Optician
Main Street Hillsboro, Oregon )