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VOL. XXVI
HILLSBORO, OREGON, AUGUST 28. 1919
NO. 25
HILLSB
BANKS ON EVE OF
Big Mill Goes in Near Town, and
Now High School ii to bo Built
MILL STARTS OCTOBER 1ST
Washington County Bank Take
Entire Iue of II. S. Bond
M(inl.iiniry Turner, of Hank,
wiih in the rlly Monday, feeling
mighty ((nod over the future pros
pect of Haulm. He tell the Ar
gun tlmt the frame work Is now
practically completed for the big
Murphy mill, two mile went of
liniiku, unit tlmt tin- company ha
it live mile of railway graded.
They x p-t to uliirt cutting
iilmut October 1, and the payroll
of course- will tie a Nubhtantial
help to the city of Went Dairy,
lie xii vh tlmt four grading
finiH will Niton he working on
the construction for the Vilkc
I1010 Nclmk-m railway, and a ear
IiihiI of Utah mule arrived there
the other dny for camp line in
Krtliiim the rond hed ready for
the rails.
' ll.nikt will build n $'25,000
Hi)(h Sehool," xaiil Mr. Turner,
"and the vole ngninst it wa neg
liihle. The Washington County
Hunk took the entire houd issue,
which carrie Nix cr cent inter
est, and the hanking house paid
n premium for the bond. We
feci that Hank ha a hright fu
ture before it, and a lot of u are
not sorry that we stayed with the
town when the outlook wan not
10 bright."
The boilers for the Murphy
mill have arrived, and the ma
chinery for cutting in now on the
way to installation. It ha been
hard to get mill machinery these
day of rnormoim demand, and
this ha delayed mill construc
tion materially.
Mr. Turner nays that the Hank
Hop Co., In which he and John
Carslens are associated, will have
SO acre of prime crop this year,
but that the day of putting them
iiilo the hale at a total cost of 0
or 10 cent per pound In gone
forever.
Wanted: Ueef rattle, hog and j
shrrp. Will pay bent price for
good tuff. Phone Bcaverton. I
Mail add rem, W. W. Mellar, j
Iteedville, Oregon. 85-85 j
Dr. I.. W. Hyde and L. P.
Shirley, Spanish War Veterans,
leave the last of the week for
Sun Francisco, where they will
represent Scout Harrington
Camp, of Hillsboro, a delegate
to the National Convention of
Spanish War Veteran. Dr. Hyde
goes as Senior Commander of the
Camp and Shirley was elected a
delegate at a red-nt convention.
The two will travel together. ;
The. San Francisco army and ,
civil officers have been making n !
fruitless search for George Rei
ser, aged 29 years, who has been
missing since July 8. He be
longed to II Company, fi.lrd Inf.,
and was discharged from the Lct
terman Hospital as cured, and
bought a ticket for Hillsboro. His
nearest relative I Fred Reiser, of
Sherwood, R. 4. lie was Inst
seen at the San Francisco Ferry
lluihling, and from that date the
oilier rs have been unable to get
any trace of him. Reiser carried
a eonsiderble amount of back
pay with him when he left the
hospital at San Francisco.
Service...
The standard of service n. bank renders to ill
customers in particular and the community in
general may be fairly measured by its degree of
success.
The confidence which this bank enjoys is the
resultant " of twenty-eight years of substantial
banking ser.vlce to the people of this community.
Vc Invite your banking business, both com
mercial and savings accounts, on the record of
our high standard of service.
Assets over $800,000.
SHUTE SAVINGS BANK
PROMPT : CONSERVATIVE : SAVE
John Huge, of Farmington, was
a city caller the first of the week.
Julius Schocnherg, of North
rialiiN, was over Monday on
business.
M i K in Slinttuck, of ncar.Oren
co, was in the city Monday morn
ing. For Sale Thirty head of. pigs,
six weeks old September 16.
Henry Voclkcr Jr., Cornelius, R.
2. 26-87
S. I,. Hollenbeck, of the pio
neeragr in prune growing In hi
section, was down from above
Moiintninilale Monday morning.
Mrs. J. T. Hummer, of Ital
slun, Okla., arrived here a few
days ago for no extended visit
with her daughter, Mr. Rebecca
Wilkes.
For Sale at a bargain, if taken
at oiu-e 1915 Hupmobilc, just
overhauled and painted. A snap.
Inquire at Service Garage. 27
It. II. Doughty, of south of Hu
ber, right up against the base of
Cooper Mountain, was in the city
the Inst of the week. R. It. is
feeling prctly good over a yield
of AH 4 bushels of Fall wheat on
twelve acres over 48 bushels
per.
It. S. Tillman, of two and a
half mill's southwest of the city,
raised some I lolling Mob weet
corn this year that is Borne pro
ducer. One car which lie brought
to the Argus had fourteen car in
one cluster.
P.. I. Kuratli has his olliec in
(he Hillsboro National ltank
Iluililing, upstairs, Main St. en
trance. Ileal estate, loans, insur
ance, insurance of autos, etc.,.
conveyancing. Notary public.
Hillsboro, Ore. JlO-t f
Walter ZeUman, now at Klam
ath Falls, writes the Argu for
another year of reading, and in
cidentally says: "We could not
gel along without the good week
ly which brings us new from
Washington County. This is a
great country, the finest going for
rnising alfalfa, and for hunting
and fishing, it can't be beaten."
I have cash buyer for im
proved Washington County
If your properly is for sale, write
me full detail and location, as I
prefer to inspect it before bring
ing buyers out. Especially want
forms from 40 to 80 acres. I).
MeChesney, 8041j Oak St., Port
land. " 24 20
John MeClaran, Jas. Churchill,
of upper (iales, and Win. Bagley
Jr., of near Watts, were down
Monday, with a delegation to see
the county court about road im
provement up the Forest Grovo
Gales Creek road, asking for ro
licf this Fall, as they say they
are going to be practically ma
rooned unless something Is done.
Shortage of labor ha caused
'nothing to be done up that way,
but now- that harvest is over up
there the delegation thinks that
farmers can be hired for road
work without much trouble.
John Dennett, who is awaiting
a possible parole in order to go
l.nst and join his wife and child,
is one of the best prisoners the
county bnstile has had for many
moons, licmu'tt is a good work
man ami he has varnished all the
furniture in several offices, and is
still hard at work. He is quite
an artist with the varnish brush
and his middle name is work. He
keeps the jail clean and has given
it a thorough renovation, and the
way he makes the prisoners keep
it clean or .shuts them off the bill
of fare is diplomatic In the ex
trcnie.
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Ml MIL LINE
Now Started From North Wash
ington County
TO TAP BIG TIMBER BELT
What Oregon is Doing, and Signs
of the Timet
Klamath Falls
-Many new build-
big going up.
Silverton cannery running
full
Capacity.
St. Helens Work soon to be
gin on $10,000 building.
I.akeview to have new hotel.
Bend to have new paved
streets.
Portland Road contracts in
volving !00,000 nwanlcd.
Dayton Contract let for pav
ing J erry Mreet.
Bend to begin work on $0000
fish ladders in Deschutes.
Jefferson to have new cannery.
Albany 21,000 lbs. milk de
livered to Scio condciiserv daily.
Work to begin immediately on
Marshficld armory.
Yoncalhi -$!7,920 contract let
for road work in this section.
Sheridan to have packing plant
in near future. ,
St. Helens Lumber Co. to have
$40,000- i in prove men ts.
Suthcrliu Fruit Products Co.
will handle 150 tons pears this
season.
Oakland 1S!)(! acres land sold
for consideration of $47,400.
Prairie City -Work progress
ing on highway from here to
John Dav.
Oregon City Work on new
fish ladder over falls being start
ed, i
Reports show great industrial
activity in loos Hav section.
Portland 87 Idaho hogs bring
$.'1700 in local market, highest
price ever pant for pork in the
Northwest.
Klamath
Falls Roundless
Klamath lands; $100
wealth in
crops
per
of
acre common; $800
vegetables on single
worth
acre.
Klamath Falls-New $60,000
opera house assured here.
Albee having building boom as
result of work started on Teel
project.
Corvallis 2-story brick block
to go up here, 50x100 feet.
Echo $109,000 worth of al
falfa sold from ten Butter Creek
ranches.
Klamath Falls Puilding op
erations here for year will aggre
gate $1,000,000.
Canyon City New school
buildings planned.
Douglas county reports record
loganberry crop .'t1, acres
brings $2370.
Portland 85 miles railroad to
be built into Washington and
Columbia counties to tap a largo
tract timber. Involves expendi
ture of $2,000,000.
GALES ROAD WORK
As a result of a conference be
tween about fifteen Gales Creek
taxpayers Monday morning, the
county court has authorized John
MeClaren to start working at
road improvement between For
est Grove and upper Gales. The
money will be expended where it
is needed the most, or where it
can best be utilized and the
Lord knows much of it needs
some improvement. There is
about $1500 of a fund to improve
the road aside from the $2500
voted at the budget meeting.
It is not yet decided whether
or not any of the budget money
will be expended on the road be
tween the top of the hill in the
city of Forest Grove and the foot
of the Buxton hill, the stretch of
road being in rather bad shape.
MeClaren will start work haul
ing gravel as soon as he can mus
ter men and teams, and this will
be pronto, as harvest days are
over in the valley of Gales. Ate
says it is cither get the road in
shape or a state of "maroon"
next Winter.
LADD & REED FARM
The Lndd & Reed Farm, of Recd
ville, has a fine showing this year
under the supervision of W. II.
McEldowney, Two hundred acres
of Fall wheat yielded an average
of ti bushels; "u acres of Fall
oats turned out 59 bushels per
acre, and 59 acres of Spring oats
went 7(1 bushels per. For a big
farm yield with so extensive an
acreage this is a pretty fine re-
salt.
Sam and Abe Sipp came down
from Mountaindalc- Monday.
Win. Raynard, of Scholls, was
greeting friends in town the first
of the week.
Ni ls Hansen and son, Jesse, of
Bethany, were, city callers the
last of the. week.
F. V.. O'Ronrke, of above
Moiiiitaimlnle, was a city visitor
the last of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. B. V.Bnrnes and
sou, Warren, made a trip to Rain
ier park the past week, and will
return the Just of this week.
Lost A Goodrich tire, on rim,
somewhere on Hillsboro R. 1,
Sat unlay, Aug. 2Nrd. Finder
please leave at Argus office, or
notify A. J. MSltenberjrer, Hills
boro, Ore. Phone 2104. A neat
reward will be forthcoming.
W. F. Magill, formerly with
the Garden Tracts company that
platted' the Garden Tracts Addi
tion west of Hillsboro, was out
Monday, greeting is oldtime
friends and transacting business
at the court house.
Judge II. (). Stevenson, of
Gales Creek, was ill the city Mon
day, down on road matters. The
Judtre lives up on one of the fin
est eminences in the county, and
his place is a landscape beauty.
For orchard land it is hard to
beat, and he can raise anything
from a beau to a buck deer.
The Central Church of Christ,
corner Third and Baseline Sts.,
B. F. Clay, Minister. Residence,
1020 Third St. Services as fol
lows Bible Sehool, 10 a. m., Dr.
K. T. Helms, Supt. ; preaching at
II M. in. and 8 p. ni.; mid week
prayer meeting, Thursday, at 8
p. in You arc cordially invited
to attend these services.
Marriage licenses Harry V.
I'.lianiler and Manche Spuilin, of
Bcaverton; Paul H. Riblct and
Florence L. Fischer; Harold R.
W. Benjamin and Georgiana Kas
si. Forest Grove, and Frank W.
15r.iiul.iw and Charlotte Anna
Ncukircli, of above Blooming.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Steeples,
of near Puyallup, Vn., were here
the first of the week, renewing
old acquaintances. Mr. Steeples
was raised near the Rock Creek
bridge, below Newton, and spent
his boyhood and early manhood
here. His visit is the first for ten
years, and he says that he hardly
knew the town.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Bailey,
of near Tigard, were out to Hills
boro the last of the week. Mr.
Bailey put in the steam heat plant
in ttie court house abont a quar
ter of a century ago", and has not
visited the place since. He
thinks the county seat is O. K.
Mr. Bailey is with the United
States National Bank in Portland.
New eases filed in probate
Estate of Henry Borchers, who
died March 15, aged 88 years; es
tate valued at $1,000; heir is a
duiightcr, Mrs. J. P. Borchers;
E. G. Ilagey named as adminis
trator. Estate of Frank J. Wil
liams, who died August 17; es
tate near Hillsboro, valued at
$13,000; Elmer and Ralph Wil
liams named as administrators;
widow and two sons heirs. Es
tate Silas P. Reed, who died Au
gust IS; estate valued at $1,000;
proerty left to Pentecostal As
sembly, of Cornelius, with J. N.
Hoffman named as executor.
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
To the Taxpayers of Washington
County, Oregon :
Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Equalization of Wash
ington County, Oregon, will meet
on Monday, September 8, 1919,
at the Court House, in Hillsboro,
in Washington County, that be
ing the. second Monday in Sep
tember, and the time and place
provided by law to publicly ex
amine the assessment rolls of
said County for 1919, and cor
rect all errors in valuation and
description or quantities of land,
lots or other properties, and it is
the duty of all persons interested
to appear at the time and place
appointed, and if it shall appear
to the Board of Equalization that
there are any lands, lots or other
property assessed twice or in the
name of a person or persons not
the owner of the same or assess
ed under or beyond its value or
any lots, lands or other proper
ties not assessed said Board of
Equalization shall make the
proper correction.
The Board will remain in ses
sion for one month from Sept. 8,
1919.
W. F. Boley,
Assessor of Washington Coun
ty, Oregon.
Hillsboro, Ore., Aug. 4, 1910.
JERSEYS1SHIPPED
Sent by Express to British Col
umbia by George Biersdorf
BREEDER LOSES FINE BULL
Three Losses to Jersey Herd
Yet Ahead of the Game He Says
(ieorge Biersdorf, the Jersey cat
tle breeder of North Tualatin
Plains, Monday shipped two fine
registered Jersey cows to a Brit
ish Columbia breeder, the two
tovines being sent by Wells
I'argo express. It is estimated
that the express charges-will be
around $1,000. The cows left
here on the ten o'clock morning
S. P. train and reached B. C. at 8
o'clock Tuesday morning. For
one of the cows Mr. Biersdorf
received $700, and for the other
$(100 receiving the neat sum of
$1,300 for the twain.
They are finely bred animals
and have been great producers.
The train crew ran the express
ear ahead to Third Street, where
they were loaded into the coach
from Walter Eichler's bin auto
truck. Mr. Biersdorf last Friday
lost a valuable Jersey bull, Pop-j
py's St. Mawes, for which he I
paid $1,600 when he was a
youngster of 18 months. Mr.
Biersdorf would not have taken j
less than five thousand for the i
animal, as he was one of the best
bred sires on the coast. Mr.
Biersdorf says that he feels that
he is ahead of the game anyway,
as he will have twenty young
sters as his descendants coming
on within the next season.
Biersdorf is gaining a fine rec
ord as a Jersey breeder, and his
herd is selected for producing
and best strains, and he says that
the dairy business from register
ed breeding lines is yet in its in
fancy in this section.
Mr. Biersdorf went to St. Joe
Monday afternoon and bought
Poppy's St. Mawes No. 115, 484,
a full brother to the sire he lost,
and the fellow is a fine one. W.
A. Forrest, the former owner,
bought him at the recent Carey
sale for $1775. Mr. Biersdorf
Tuesday sold six more of his reg
istered Jersey cows, reserving
their calves. For the six he re
ceived $2200.
Biersdorf says that it costs but
little more to raise one of the
best and then when a sale comes
along you get your money back
and some profit. He thinks that
ten years hence the Jersey cattle
business will have reached great
proportions in the West, and that
acclimated stock will sell for bet
ter prices than the same strains
raised in the East.
And, by the way, if you want
to see a model dairy barn for ar
rangement and equipment, go out
and sec the Biersdorf dairy.
For Sale Good fresh milk
cow, $S5 ; thrifty weanling pigs,
delivery Sept. 23. order now, $10
each. A. C. Sellers, lVj miles
northeast of High School. 26
MRS. BEATRICE BOWMAN
Mrs. Beatrice Bowman died at
the home of her sister, Mrs. J. H.
Garrett. Thursday evening, Au
gust 21, 1919, after an extended
illness. She was aged 88 years,
and was born near Stockton, Cal.
She is survived by a son, Carle
ton, aged 16; her father, M. M.
Brierly, of Hoskins, Ore., and
the following sisters and broth
ers Mrs. J. H. Garrett and Mrs.
Win. Bowman, Hillsboro; Mrs.
Boyce, of Hood River, and Geo.
Brierly, Assessor of Grant Coun
ty. Her mother died in 1917.
The funeral took place Sun
day from the Donelson Undertak
ing Parlors, Rev. B. F. Clay con
ducting the service. Interment
w as in the Odd Fellows cemetery.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to extend our sincere
thanks to the many kind friends
and neighbors who so kindly as
sisted in aid and sympathy dur
ing our bereavement, the death
and obsequies of the late husband
and father, Frank J. Williams,
and we return especial thanks to
the Knisrhts of Pythias and Pyth
ian Sisters for their assistance at
the obsequies.
Mrs. Maud Williams,
Elmer Williams,
Ralph Williams.
Forest Grove, Ore., Aug. 95,
1919.
G. B. BUCHANAN & CO.
(Incorporated)
Hillsboro, Cornelius airl North Plains
Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
Grain, Hay, Flour, Feed and
Grain Bags
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Lumber, Shingles and Lath
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The Best Flour at the Lowest Prices.
Telephones; Hillsboro, Main 14,
Cornelius, City 1515, f4rth Plain, Main 263.
J. A. Thornbursjh,
President.
D. R. Cheney,
Assistant Cashier
John E. Bailey,
Vice President
H. E. Ferrin
Assistant Cashier
FQRESTGflQVE NATIONAL
FOREST GROVE, ORE.
RESOURCES
Loans $178,016.89
U. S. Bonds 172,846 18
Other Bonds 28,899.60
Banking He use- 18,576. 8S
Other real estate 6,120.00
Stack in Fed. Re
serve Bank 1,800.00
Cash and due from
Banks 197,907.44
Total $891,585.84
ONLY ROLL OF HONOR BANK IN WASHINGTON
COUNTY
INTEREST PAID
Rex
ONE CENT
SALE
AUGUST 28, 29 and 30
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work in first-class work and our charges
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IF YOUR EYES ARE TROUBLING
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SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT.
HOFFM Aim
Jeweler and Optician
Mln Street Hillsboro, Oregon
wacrrs
W. VV. McEldowney,
Cashier.
E. F BurliughHm
S. G. Hughes
LIABILITIES
Capital $25,000.03
Surplus 80,445.11
Circulation 25,000.00
Deposits 701,140.23
Total $801,535.5 i
ON SAVINGS
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