HfiLLSBOR
Argus.
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VOL, XXV
HILLSBOKO, OREGON, NOVEMBER 7. L918
NO. 35
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10 MEET ON NOV. I31H
McMinnvillc to Entertain Grow
rn and Their Wivei
'LADIES TO HELP PROGRAM
Secretary Meade Say Seniiion it
to bo Dandy
Secretary Vim Meade, of Orcneo,
semis tint I In fiilliiwlii(( nu
nuiiucciucut, w liii h uill be nf lie
Iciest lo tlir ki-iht;iI public;
"The Western Walnut Associ
ation will con, cue ill Mc.Minu
lillc, Oregon, cduchdny, S
I.'l, ill 10 (i i Kick ii. in., fur ii luu
days' session. Tin- extra liin
rrn of walnuts iiml lilhcrls, iih
wi ll as quality mill prices, have
added tiui In tuir already live or
Kuiii..itiou, itinl tin' coming hr
i.ioii promises In surpass all pre
vious niectilitfs in interest ft ml
V.'ilur In Tow el's.
Many, iirtivi' mill ciif-acd ill
I lir industry will lr present ilh
llir plods In "show" (lie most
hki plieal M jsii( riaii, iiml Ii II
In nt how it was ilniii'. A hard
Mini f.iit program ill not he m nl
lllll IIUW, Ml lllill llstiilllH nf
most v 1 1 1 1 iuli n 'it inn v lir called
up nt any 1 1 1 n -, nr hi I In- I'ro
I'r.iin ('niiiinitli i- may arrangi' at
Ihc lirst Hurling. This cnuniiit-In-
coiisisls of Prof. ('. I.. Lewis,
'(). A. . M. McDonald mid
Kninht I'earcy.
Tlir liuly members of I In- As
sociation will (jive Iheir second
miiiual Tasting Trvout, wliiili
created mi in ii fit inlerest hist
year. Tin- l-imiiiiitlri- in charge
of this friitiin- for Wednesday
v t 1 1 1 1 1 lc . I.'llli, consists of Mrs.
W. W, Lunger, I .i I'ny ( It-; Mis.
Urns. T. Khiiiiu. ilth Sin it.
I'oiil.iml ; Mrs. I'erd (iromr,
Ilillsboro; Mrs. I',. W. Mull lieu s,
Alnilv, anil Mrs. K. I!. I'eery,
president Woman's ('Iuli, uf Me
M 1 1 1 li 1 1 1 1-. Send null for Ihc
Iry out In eillier of the aliuve l i
ilies. At this mi l ling lr. ('. II.
Chapman, of 1 1 ii Oregon Jour
nal, Mill give an interesting Mini
instructive talk mi the mil indus
try ami general mailers. He Ins
done siieeessfnl -'rafting uilli .V
year nlil unnil.
The Mi - M in it illt; Coiiliinrei.il
('Iuli will make this meeting the
big rvelil of the .season. I'.very
IhmIv invited, Itring on your liesl
exhibits.
,1. (', ('onier, I'rcs.,
II. V. Meade, See.
QUITS RANCHING
After VI years of ranching on tin
ride ahove North I'lains, in the
Areade district. .1. ('. Miller has
leased the d.ii to Ihnry Hush
iiiaii, and moved In North I'lains
to reside. Mr. Miller tiled on the
homestead jusl H' ears ago last
Monday, and the tract was then
virgin timber. Today he has ov
er ISO acres cleared, a line prune
orchard, and a paying ranch
when prices are anything like
living. He raised lii,274 11m of
dried primes this season, and
they netted Iittit n idee sum. .1. ('.
was in Monday, and day a that ho
is going to 1 1 1 i t farming and take
it easy for a w hile. He raised a
nice crop of hops, this .season, on
the portion under lease to his
son, Charles, hut. J. C. says there
is no money in hops.
Wauled: I want to liny small
potatoes or oilier ling feed. Will
call for same and bring my own
sacks. Write A. 0. Sellern, Box
2 tn, Hill.shoro.
SUPPOSE you had been a week in
the trenches can you imagine
what it would mean to you to come out
and run into a full-fledged good oljj
American baseball game? The ship
ments of baseballs sent to France would
make a line more than two miles long
if they were laid side by side. The
athletic orders placed by the war work
agencies are the largest in the history
of sport Keep the boys' spirits high
and they will tend to the Kaiser. Get
behind the
UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN
&.& iA I ..-I -- 4 TTm YaJvt
SIIUTE SAVINGS BANK
Ileliry llagg, of It ceil villi-, was
an Argus caller Saturday.
.luliil Cawrse, of Shellliu, was
in town the last of the week.
Win. Keclni, of Orencn, was a
city visitor Monday evening.
Theodore Bernards, of Ver
hooil, was an Arus caller Mon
day,
W. W. Mcllar, of Witch llazel,
was an A runs caller the last of
the week.
I. I',. Kelly, of ahove North
I'lains, has niovi-d to the city for
residence,
Mowers for funerals and other
occasions. Bergen Moral Co.,
HilUoro. 2-tf
S. Hemipiist, of West I'nioii,
called on the family journal the
last of the week. He has a son in
the service,
,1, I.. llarii(jrover, of .latins,
was f-rcctiiifj friends in town l'ri
day iiioruiug.
C. C. .lohanscii, of near Wilcli
Hazel, was mi Arus caller t lie
lirsl of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. I . W. lluekmanii,
of Alnli.i, were Argus callers the
lirst of the week,
J'.. C. and A. C. Mulloy and W.
. llalhiirn, of Laurel, were city
visitors Monday afternoon.
I It'll I V llauer, w hose hrot her
Louis is in the army, was down
from upper Helvetia on Monday.
Itolil, Thompson, whoL is Im i ii
on every w ar drive iluwnTt ("-d.ir
Mill, was a eily caller the lirst of
the week.
lialph linlirie, with the N. 1'.
Lumber Co., of I'orllaml, wan out
to the old county seat Monday af
ternoon. Peter VanAsehe, of South Tu
alatin, and I'.mil Dnyck, of Vcr
hoorl, .were city callers the last
of (he week.
l or Salt Two registered Du-mc-Jcrsey
hriiod sow s, i nch wilh
litter.- H. A. Wilhyei.iiihe, 1 tills
horn, U. ft. Tel. '.'Jltii. 33 5
L. H. Shirley has hccii working
for the Mere, t tic past week. lie
has rcsifjUcd from the Slate Pol
ice, and will try civilian life for a
while.
J.I'. Keller, whose son Walter
is in the navy in I'.iiropeaii waters
with the "chasers", was in from
West 1'iiiou the other day. lie
has two sons afler the scalp of
I he Kaiser.
I'or Sale: l ive pnrcdired Jer
sey heifers fresh in I'chruary and
March; pure hrcd hull, 2 years
old.. T. Hughes, on York place,
near Iteedville; address Heaver
ton, It. . !Ki
W. C. Heatoll, of Seholls, was
in the cily Monday. He has !H)
acres of I'm 1 1 sown grain seeded,
and says that his section has a
hig acreage ready for the drill,
with decent weather.
I'or Sale:' One fiOO-egg Peta
linna iiicuhator and one Buckeye
Colony llrooder No. 18, in At
condition. Will take pullets or
yearling hens in exchange. Ilox
ilii, It. II, tel. .I td'12, Hillshoro. 87
Chester Stewart, of near Tig
aril, was up Monday. Chester is
still feeling the effects of the fall
from the silo, last summer, hut
says he is going to get the kinks
out of him by the time spring
rolls around.
E. I. Kiinttli has his office in
the llill.sboro National Bank
Hiiilding, up-staird, Main St. en
trance. Ileal estate, loans, insur
ance, insurance of autos, etc.,
Conveyancing. Notary l'ublic
Hillshoro. Or. 80-t
Hillshoro, Oregon
Frank S. Brown, of the Siletz,
Taken in Custody, Now in Jail
GEER TAKES 2 TO TOLEDO
Brown Admits He Killed J.J.
Werner on Reservation, Oct. 6
Acting on udviees from Sheriff
Jiert (ieer, of Toledo, Deputy
Sheriff Ward Downs went to
Shcrwimil l-'riil.iv, and nluei d
rank S. lirown and wife under
arrest, charged with the murder
of J. J, Werner, on the Silet.,
October 0. IJriiwn and his wife
eft Silet, nine days In-fore their
capture, driving overland with
cam ami two euws hitched br
um! their wagon. Sheriff (ieer,
of Lincoln County, had know I
Ige thai Mrs. ltrnwii was a twin
sister of Kirk Ilnovcr, of near
Slierwouil, a former wood dealer
of I'orllaml. lie advised Sheriff
Alexander's olliee and Deputy
Downs went down Friday, Sher
iff Alexander hcing ill. He drove
to the Hoover place and found
tlie man and wife there, and
irouht lliein to Ilillsboro. On
.Saturday .Mrs. l!row n admitted
thai her hiisliand had killed Wcr
lier, whom she claimed hnl been
iniliiluiiii; in petty stealing from
the 1'roHii ranch, llrown shot
Werner Iwo limes, tin- first shot
i;ra .iie: the hip and the next en
rin y: the body. He went home
and told the wife, and insisted
lli.it she help him conceal tin
body. This .Mrs. llrown did. La
ir in the day llrown, knowing
he had confessed, went before
Dislriet Attorney K. 1?. Tongue
and made a confession, exonera
ting his wife, saying she knew
nothing of the slaving until he
told her, anil that in helping him
conceal t Ik- lunly she was only
obeying his wishes.
They wrapped the body in a
canvas, tied it tu a lurch pole.
mil tried to drag it to the creek.
He asserts that at the time his
wife helped him drag the body
away sin,' tint not know to a cer
tainty what was in the canvas
sheet. The hodv was found some
lays later hy the authorities, and
lirown's lli'lit pointed towards
im as the perpetrator of the
crime.
Sheriff (jeer came over Satur
lay evening; ami returned Suu
l.iy imnniiifi with his prisoners.
Mrs. ltrnwn is a rather prepos
sessing looking woman ot nhoiil
ts or ,11), and looks rather re-
liiled. She speaks well, and ap
pears in lie greatly liumilialeil
over I In- tragedy. Drown is a
Spanish A incriran war veteran,
iiml had always borne' a good
reputation except Hint he was
known to have a high temper.
Itrown went to Alaska during the
gohl rush, anil it was there that
he met and married the wife.
llrown and Werner had adjoin
ing Home sic mis, ami as w erner
was in the habit of leaving his
ice for two or three weeks at a
time, no one was anxious been use
: was not seen nt his uceustom
i , . i i
eil haunts. i tie two men nan
been enemies fur venrs, and
Itrown had frequently asserted
that if he caught Werner stealing
from the Drown homestead he
would shoot him on sight.
Inasmuch as Mrs. Drown is ne-
A. . , 1 . 1 ,
eessorv ntier ine laci, ami nrown
las confessed, it is not likely
that the wife will be prosecuted.
Sheriff ("ieer left oil Sunday
morning's 8:15 train wilh his
prisoners. As both confessions
dovetail it is conclmlcil that
Itrown tells the straight of th
killing.
CARL II. OLSEN WRITES
Carl II, Olsen, of this city, nnw
with the A. K, 1'., in France,
writes his sister, Miss (lertha:
"Have been in the hospital
about two weeks, but am getting
along O. K. and will he back to
my company n short time.
got hurt on the hiitlle-Held, but
not bad so dun t w orry, I just
had breakfast and feel some bet
ter, anil the sun is so bright it
is urc nice. Was in a hospita
about 1100 miles from hrce, but
they moved us back up here
There are hundreds: of acres of
grapes here, so we get all we
want to eat, and they are certain
ly fine, This is a tine place, al
right, but I want to get back to
mv company as .soon as I am
aide."
Want to Lease: I wish to lease
a farm of from 150 to 200 acres.
all tillable land, close in. Will
pay cash rental or lease on
shares. C. W. Curtis, Ilallston,
Oregon, 8(5
lohn Sinclair, of Jolly Plains,
was in town Friday.
Dry slahwood for sale. C. It.
I bullion, phone 162. .'15
M. L. Haynes, of the Chehaleiu
Ml. district, was in town Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stowell, of
Si holii Id, were in the cily Satur-
lav.
M. II. Ilriggs,of Dilley, was a
it y visitor Saturday. Mr. Hrigg
has a son, Karl, on the French
front.
Isaac Klines, nn oldtime elec
trician, writeH from Taeoma that
this has been a fine year for lum
bering over his way.
For Sale Several head hour's,
bout 150 lbs each. - F. II. Uow l-
bv, Cornelius, Ore., It. 2. I'honi;
ail II 05, Hillshoro. 81 (!
J. M. Kcssler, who has been
arrying mail out of Itanks, on
the rural routes for 1 years.
was a city visitor the last of the
w ei k.
1'ign for Sale Nice pigs for
le, at 3 each. Carl I'fahl,
Cornelius, Route 2. Four miles
south of Cornelius. Telephone.
Cornelius, Hill line, 52. 8 Mi
Horn. Nov. , 1!)1S, to Mr. and
Mrs. K. M. Ward, of West Hills
horo, a daughter. The proud
father is Grocer Ward, and you'll
know him these days by his smile.
Those desiring dry slab wood,
four foot or 10-ineh, four foot fir,
Hi-inch fir, or coal, notify us at
once, t'rompt delivery. II. I.
ehmeller, Tel. 277, res.; office
542. tf
Mrs. J. J. Krehs came over
from Itockaway Friday, called
u-re by the illness of her brother,
Dick Kauuia. Mrs. Krehs and
family and some friends just re
turned from a months auto trip
through California.
Increase your production per
man and save money tnro less
hiring hy using the Moline Uni-
ersal Tractor. See John W un-
Icrlieh, Hillshoro, one door south
of Telephone Central, or at his
Hanks odiee. . 25 tf
1!. I.eis left a sample of his fa
mous Mark Uelieious apple at
the Argus the other day. I.eis
knows how to jm'ow and care for
fruit, and he says that Washing
ton County can produce as pretty
in ami e as llooil, with a better.
bouquet, with proper care of the
orchards.
John Howard, who farmed nt
Seholls a number of years, was
here Saturday and Sunday, greet
ing friends. He now lives in the
Sacramento Valley, Cal., and has
t . . if.
just returned l nun a mp lo .Min
nesota, called to Albany on ac-
ounl of the illness of his mother.
Howard says he is coining back
Oregon in another season or
so. .
For Sale or Rent : Small place,
i, , ii . i
well improved, goon nungaiow,
barn ami outbuildings. Will sell
rops and all farm tools, team.
young mule, lai nog, cow in miiu.
lo'en chickens, hay in barn, nl-
, Mil .1 - I . I 1
so i'ord ear. Jius piaee is locaien
at Oak Park station, 200 yards
from depot, Oregon Electric; 40
minutes ride to Portland. W. A.
Goodman, Hillshoro, Ore., R. -t.
IVI. Hillshoro, 110. 28lf
Norman R. Greer, who lias fin
ished me I'.ugene training camp.
returned the first of the week. lie
Iocs not know just what now he
will do, as the end ot the war is
apidlv approaching. He may
now go to an oiueers trainim
camp; he may enlist and take hi
bailees, and he may await In
call. 1 lie evolution oi tne war sit
, , ,,, i , . . . i .
uation has been so kaleidescopie
that it leaves one in the air.
J. W. Enochs, of North Hills
iiiro, returned Saturday from
Hood River, where he worked
luring apple harvest, lie says
thousands of pickers and packers
were there and earned big mon-
ev. I'.xpeneneeii packers were
furnished from the young worn
en, and one expert girl earned ;!'
. ... i
per day packing the fruit ready
for shipment. J. 'W . says that
Hood River is lively with China
nheasants, the Wds being more
plentiful there than here.
pS'Why be bothered will:
two pairs of glasses ? Cal!
at Washington Hotel, Saturday
November l(i, and have Dr. Low
show you the new Toric invisible
bifocals wilh which you can see
all distances. No split or seam in
the glass to catch the dirt or
strain the eyes. No cement to
blur or come apart. He guaran
tees bis glasses to give satisfac
tion, whether they cost $3 or
more. One charge covers entire
cost of examination, frames, lens
es. When you patronize him you
receive the tnree-lolil service anil
skill of the optician, optometrist
and oculist. Free demonstration.
Scores of Hillshoro references.
'Remember the day and the date.
D
ASKS TOJBE RELIEVED
Newi That He Had Anked De
partment Came as Thunderbolt
SAYS HE WANTS TO RETIRE
Civil Service Commission to Hold
Examination Dec. 11, Portland
Several iieeks il''i I'ostinast-er J.
I.auikin asked the Department
at Washington, 1). C, that he be
relieved from his duties as post
master at Iiillsburo, anil ho quiet
was the action that no one aside
from himself and his iiiime.di.ite
family knew of the request. The
ublic first had cognizance of the
n t when Friday's Washington
li -patches slated lliat a civil ser-
ice examination had bel li called
for on Dee. II. When Postmaster
aiuk in was approached he said
lat he wanted to get out of the
olliee because it was too eiilllillillL'
for him. lie rather intimated that
ic wanted to get back to his old
nisiness of tinsinilhing. His
riemls have noted that ex casion
lly he would a to the old shop
very tew days .'ind tinker around
urn as hi' lias iianl rent on the
iiiililing where his shop was In-
ated ever since he heeaiiii- a post
ollicial, he will be ready t gi t in
to the harness as soon as he de
sires. He says he doesn't want to do
II the work in the tinsmith busi
ness, but just wants to "putter"
iroiind. as he puts it. It has been
iid that a democrat never re-
.signs hut as a matter of fact
u-re is the first man to resign the
Ilillsboro postoflice, now paying
.''00 per annum and that man
i democrat and an unterrified
one, at that. Heres luck, .Inn,
whatever you do. The examina
tion notice follows:
Postmaster Examination
t the request of the Postmaster
ieneral the United States Civil
heuvice Commission has announe-
1 an examination to be held at i
Portland. Ore., on Dee. 11, ISMS,
for the position of postmaster at
Ilillsboro. This olliee has an an
nual compensation of '.2200.
I'o be eligible for this examina
tion an applicant must be "n citi
zen of the 1'nited States, must ac
tually reside within the delivery
of the olliee and have so resided
it the time the present vacancy
occurred.
Applicant must have reached
their twenty-first but nut their
sixty-fifth birthday on the date of
the examination.
Application l'orm 301 and full
information coneeriiinsi the re
quirements of the examination
may he secured from the post
master at the place of vacancy or
from the Civil Service Commis
sion, Washington, D. C Applica
tions should be properly executed
ind filed with the Commission at
Washington, D.C., in time to ar
range for the examination of the
lpplieant.
Mr. l.amkin was appointed to
the olliee in lfU.'l, and assumed
the duties of the poslmn.stership
on Aug. 20, of that year. He has
been one of the first men to arrive
each morning in the business dis
trict since that date, and has pv-
en the position practically all his
time. He was the last man m the
town to close the outer doors
aside from the hotels and confec
tion places, etc. He has made a
good public ollicial, and has had
is small leaves of absence as any
ollicial who bad heretofore held
the place. He succeeded 15. P.
Cornelius. J. C. savs: "I want. a
rest and want to he situated so
I can work when I want to and
rest when I feel like it." I.amkin
is loval to intensity and appre
ates the fact that with all its hor
rors the present war has at last
nn teil t ic north ami south as
nothing else could have done
and be should know, for lie was
in tin V onieiieraie service, in
still likes to carry the stars and
stripes at public gatherings ; nd
owns bis own tlag for such occas
ions. .i s f i - ; II
CARD OF THANKS
I desire to extend my sincere
thanks to all who so kindly ten
dered aid and sympathy during
my bereavement, the death and
obsequies of my father, the late
Chas. Conklin, and especially
thank those who sent the beauti
ful Moral tributes.
Clarence Conklin.
Roscburg. Ore., Nov. 2, UMS.
For Sale 7x10x10 Case Com
pound Steam Engine, traction;
with contractor's fuel hunkers
and new boiler tubes. Fhone,
Hillsboro SR1X5. 88-5
SEVEN organizations with just one
aim to serve that fighting boy of
yours to be with him from the time
he leaves home till he gets back to
back him up and to buck him up -to
do for him the very things that you
would do if you were there.
It's a big job, that It takes all that all
. of us can do, working together shoulder
to shoulder, each organization looking
after the part of the job that it knows best
UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN i
C. B. Buchanan & Co.
Hillsboro, Oregon
HARD SURFACE ROADS
Will soon lead from PortknJ to
the splendid
Beaverton - iteedville
Acreage
Many choice small tracts on sale.
Snlemli'l train service morning and
c wiling into the city. Buy your little
home before the big raise comes.
SHAW-FEAR COMPANY
102 Fourth Street
Res. 411 Rodney Ave.
Let us move you into Portland.
storage.
C. K. ROGERS' TRANSFER
GENERAL HAULING
Long Distance Moving and Heavy Hauling.
WE HAUL ANYTHING
TWO LARGE TRUCKS PROMPT SERVICE
Office with Riverview Auto Transfer, 271 Taylor St. Phones:
Main 5205; A 3110 Also buy cattle, hogs, sheep, etc.
1
W. 0. Donelson
UNDERTAKER
tit
Calls attended night or day.
Chapel and Parlors.
riilltboro. - Oregon
Hoffman
Jeweler and
Optician
The United War Work
Campaign means cheerful
letters from over there.
Give give to the limit.
PORTLAND, OREGON
Phone East 89
No charge for imall
"
Old
Kent t le
s 1 . -.1
Hartford
Th
The Hartford Fire Ins tr
ance Co., is the first andcnly
Co. that offers tarmets.t ro
ducers, buyersandShippersof
live stock absolute frotec
tion against loss of your
stock by death of any ause.
See, Phone or Write lo John
Vanderwal. Airent. 774 rtlh St..
Phone Main 103. HilUboie, J
The fitter the fighter the .
faster the finish. '
Invest in morale through
the United War Work
Campaign.
offman
Jeweler and
Optician