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VOL. XXVI
IIILLSHORO, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 11, 1919
NO. 27
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f. E. REEVES GETS
Elk' Car Disposed of on Main
Street, Last Saturday
BIG CROWD SEES EVENT
Fifth Number Drawn Contained
the Winning Number
K. 1'.. Breves, electrician with the
1'rrkiu Milieu force, was the
lucky mnii to get the chumy Ov
erland Sedan given away by the
KlkV committee,, lust Saturday
afternoon, oil Main Street. There
i a gooti sized crowd nt the ti
lint, and (iiile a nuiuhcr of tick
et were deposed of prior to the
wile.
Little Helen Primmer, daugh
ter of 1. I Praiigcr, drew tlie
ticket which corn-Mpoiidcd to the
one held by Mr. Reeves the fifth
tlntw being the favored panic
board. Hi even wait present when
the award wan mm tc and after
gMng the little girl it leu dollar
note, drove bin coveted prize
aw ay.
The ear was a beautiful one
and wax bought by the Klk early
In July to be used in connection
with the Salvation Army drive.
In cne of a Mirpltu the excess
was to go to the Salvation Fund,
but, like the cure to the apple,
there Isn't going to be any mir
plus, n nales were very alow. A
the Klk eontributed over f.tOO
to the drive, atiile from the per
Hounl donations, thev are not
feeling dowuhenrted. Sum Weil
wan the chnirmrn of the romuiil
tee. The winner of the ear had
jmt nold hit Ford -a day or no
prior to the drawing, and he
stood iti need of a machine.
The lucky ticket bore the num
ber 1 000 11.
MRS. LAHA1E
Mm. Margaret Chantal Lallaie,
wife of Ferdinand l.allaie, of
Verbooi t, died Sept. (I, HU!. S'.e
wan born ill Quebec, Canada,
Feb. 10. 1852, and came to the
United Staten in I MHO, and to Or
egon In I8!4, nettling in Verbourt
ill 1907. She wan married to Mr.
Lallaie in Canada, in 1878, 'at
Ottawa. She l survived by the
husband and following children:
Mm. Dora Reifenratli. (iastoit;
Koma l.allaie, Kelso, Wn.; Mrs.
Jan, II. Davin, North Plains;
Mm. lliram Davin, llravcrtoii;
Onear, Timber; F. P. I.nllaie, a
Chief Mate in the V. S. Navy,
ntntioned out of New London,
Conn. j Anion, Timber, ami Mm,
Lawrence Vandehcy, of Galen
Creek.
The funeral took place from
the Vcrboort church .ind inter
ment wan In the local cemetery.
HYDE SURGEON GENERAL
Dr. L. W. Hyde was last week
elected Surgeon General at the
National F.neampmeut of Span
ish War Veteran, held in San
Francisco. The honor In a big
one anil a splendid notice of the
Pacific Northwest. It will be re
membered that the Second Ore
gon did valiant work in the Phil
ippine engagements, and Oregon
wan entitled to recognition.
For Sale at a bargain, If taken
at once 1010 Hupmoblle, just
overhauled and painted. A anap.
Inquire at Service Garage. 87
Service...
The standard of service a bank renders to IU
customers in particular and the community in
general may be fairly measured by its degree of
success.
The confidence which this bank enjoys is tha
resultant of twenty-eight years of substantial
banking ser.vice to the people of this community.
We invite your banking business, both com
mercial and savings account!), on the record of
our high standard of service.
Assets over $800,000.
SHUTE SAVINGS BANK
PROMPT : CONSERVATIVE : SAVE
V. N. Ilathorn, of Laurel, wan
a city visitor Saturday,
It, It. Ilrowii, of Cornelius, wan
n city caller Tuesday,
Going to fix up the home a Ut?
Good idea. See the C. C. Store
for wall paper. 8 5-J 7
Mr, and Mm, J. V. Vandervel
dell, of Uoy, panned through town
Tuesday, ru route to Portland.
Mm. Win, C'onlce and daugh
ter, Minn Lorcne, of ltoneburg,
were guest of Ilillsboro friends
Monday,
Ford for Sab 10 17-8 Ford, in
good condition, (iood rubber.
II. F, Gclvin, Oreneo. Phone
181128. 27 2')
John Neep, of Cornelius, wan
ill town Tuesday. John reached
his 77th birthday yesterday, and
he still gets around like a colt.
The Ilillsboro Commercial
Illdg. Assn. has been improving
the F.ant upstairs floor of the
building to give more office room
for Dr. Robb and Dr. Wiley.
For .tab Twenty-six head of
grade Shropshire and Colswohl
sheep ami lambs.- Mike Sturm
Sr., Cornelius, U. 2. Tel. Corne
lius 5-1-5. 27-2!)
Jack liinsner, of South Tuala
tin, was a county scat visitor
Tuesday. He still ban bin thresh
ing untouched, and in keeping an
alixioun eye on the weathir.
Corporal Clyde C. Hryant, son
of Mr. and Mm. C. M Hryant,
has landed in New York from
Germany, where he was with the
Army of Occupation.
All persons i wing bills to the
undersigned ill please cell ami
settle or send n checks .'. oni e,
Hishup Hros., Ilillsboro, lire,
R. 1, formerly of Banks, R. 3,
above Mountnindale. 24-27
The state highway Is now open
from the city park ball ground
corner to Recdville, and thin week
the line will be open an far east
an Aloha. This w ill help some if
the roail to the old highway in in
any kind of shape.
It. S. Stockton, of Hydro, Okla.,
arrived the last of the week for a
visit with his daughter, Mm. I..
T. McPhcclcrs, bin daughter-in-law,
Mm. Stockton, of thin city,
and his .son, Green Stockton, of
Portl.'nd. This in bin first trip to
Oregon,
For Sale Late 1918 touring
car, all new tires, good running
order, for quick sale, $H00 cash;
also Vulcan gas range in tine
shape; set team breeching har
ness; spring wagon, good repair.
Impure 1820 R. R. St., or tel
ephone Hillnboro 150. 27-2S
According to the Ben-erton
Times the Tile Factory at th..t
place is being dismantled and the
machinery shipped to various suc
tions of the Missippi Valley. The
building in soon to be salvaged
and the Industry pass for all
time. Beaverton naturally re
grets seeing the institution lost to
the town.
The rains the last of the week
played havoc with the road lead
ing into the city from the West,
between Baseline and Washing
ton, along the Tillamook line, and
many a motor truck was stuck on
the detour. By Sunday noon the
road had dried enough to negoti
ate, but by Monday night it was
again a mens of goo, w ith the
motors whirling the w heels with
out any headway. Meanwhile
travelers are praying for a spell
of decent w,eather In order to
make getting into the town pos
sible without the use of profanity
or prayer.
NORTH COUNTY 10 BE
BENEFITTED BY R. R.
Logging Road to be Standard
Guage From Wilkesboro
TAPS NEHALEM VALLEY
Will Reach Rich Agricultural
Sections and Timber
Extension of the. United Hallways
into the great tract of timber
bought by tin: Fcclca group in
North western Oregon, coupled
with transfer of the mam olliecs
of this group in Portland, is u
matter of significance for Oregon
This line will tap the agricultural
district above Buxton and extend
into tin- richest farm belt of the
Ni linli in.
.Marshficld Mountain States
Power Company to supply 40 h,
p. for the operation of refriger
ating machine for Ice it Cold
Storage Company. Negotiations
are under way for electric ven
eer plant recently completed and
new sawmill at .Marsliin l.l.
Dallas gets a large wholesale
grocery warehouse.
(ilenbrook, west of .Monroe, to
have 125,000 feet per day saw
mill with logging road of stand
ard guage into timber on the Al
sca river.
Forestry service has sold 850,-
000,000 ft. timber at Dee to Ore
gon Lumber Co.
Portland alcr! ship workers
ask wage raise of 8 cents iter
hour.
Western fruit growers are gel-
ting rich this vcar. One straw
berry rancher cleared more than
.'1000 from six acres, and expects
to clear twice that next year,
when his plantation gets into full
bearing.
Albany Red Crown Mills en
larging plant. Now receiving
0000 bushels wheat daily.
Freewater80 acre dairy farm
sells for $1000 per acre.
Benton county, to ship .15,000
boxe of apples oon.
Roseburg One carload dried
loganberries brings $13,000.
Helix lets $18,712.20 contract
for paving eight blocks.
Hard surface of Albaiiy-Jt-lfcr-son
road to be laid.
Albany Cunning plant to be
gin operations immediately.
Manhcld will erect if:l500
school building.
Bank of Echo to erect home to
meet demands of business.
Coos Bay section reports great
industrial activity.
Cherry crop of The Dalles and
vicinity 1000 tons, brings $ 1 !(!,
titi 5.
St. Helens Work rushed on
$91)00 contract for street jiaving.
Astoria $150,000 apartment
house going up.
Portland building permits ,-for
August, $982,220. August, l!US,
$021,305.
Oregon rural mail carriers will
buy household necessities on a
co-operative plan and reduce the
high cost of living twenty-live per
cent.
Oregon City wild blackberry
harvest large at 8 cents a pound.
Portland starting campaign for
$250,000 hospital building.
State and local aid will build
highway from Redmond to Bend,
$235,000.
Portland New paper com
pany builds $20,000 warehouse.
Oregon City will vote on $35,
000 school bonds.
Salem Prison warden's report
shows that the state will harvest
about 100 tons of Hax from t03
acres. Warden Sleiner opposes
using convicts in the llax indus
try. Loganberry tips and strawber
ry plants in great demand. Are
profitable by-product for berry
growers.
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Sunday services, Masses at 8
and 10:30. Week days, Mass at
8 :20. J. T. Costelloe, Rector.
Uncle Billy Wolf, who has seen
79 Summers and as many Win
ters, is carrying the mail to and
from tin.' Tillamook line while
Mr. Riggs is convalescing from
his accident. At that Billy is some
active bov and gets around ns
lively as the next onof.
Cut-rate price on close-in
choice residence lots. These 23
lots range in price from $200 and
up to $1,000. Every lot a bar
gain. Many have walks, shade
and fruit trees. Only 2 and 8
blocks from business district in
Hillboro. For particular call up
841, or addres P. O. Box 128,
Ilillsb oro, Ore. 27tf
It. Ilorneeker, of Route 5, was
an Argus caller Tin ".day.
Otto Tullcr, of near Bethany,
was an Argus caller Tuesday.
Flower for funerals and other
occasions. Bergen Floral Co,
Ilillsboro. 32 tf
Trainman Beckett has joined
the auto rank, having purchased
a new Buick from the Ilartranipfs
Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, who
recently sold out of the restau
rant, have gone to McCready
Springs for a vacation.
Vegetable and flowering plants
now ready at Mueller's Green
house, 12th and Oak. By mail or
on call. Telephone 16R7. 6tf
' I. H. Ki lly, who has In en suf
fering from rheumatism, depart
ed Tuesday morning for Ship
herd Springs for a fortnight.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Reynolds,
who have been living near Kl
nioniea since their return fnjm
California, have moved into the
Harry MeLachlan cottage.
Am through threshing, and
have three or four hundred emp
ty grain sacks for sale. F.d. L.
Nay lor, Forest Grove, Oregon.
Phone 01S5. 20 tf
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Anderson
and Mrs. Ludemia Anderson re
turned from the coast the last of
the week, making the trip home
via Astoria.
Regular Sunday services at the
Baptist Church; preaching morn
ing and evening; Sunday School
at 10 a. m. A cordial invitation
is extended to all. Thursday eve
ning meeting is important.
David Kuratli anil wife came
over from Tillamook,, the first of
the week. Dave returned Wci
nesday and Mrs. Kuratli will re
turn Saturday, so as to start the
little daughter to school next
w c-k.
E. I. Kuratli has his oflice in
the Ilillsboro National Bank
Huildin?, upstairs, Main St. en
trance. Real estate, loans, insur
ance, insurance of autos, etc.j
conveyancing. Notary public.
Ilillsboro, Ore. 30 tf
O. C. Rciter, of Pittsburg, P i..
departed for home Tuesday eve
ning, after a few weeks' visit
with his son, C. G. Bciter. R. C.
Rciter, of Portland, was also a
truest at the C. G. Reiters the p.t-t
week.
John A. Thornburgh, who is
Inning his bops picked on his
Scwcll ranch, is some busy man
these days, and between watch
ing the weather and crossing the
Held at North Range is as busy
as they find them.
Only monument dealers in
Washington County. Drop 'is n
card, and we will show you our
samples. Write, or call on us, at
1303 Main St., Ilillsboro. Ore
gon Monument Works, Hiilsboro,
Oregon. 40-tf
It is thought by officials that
Chester Clark, the Beaverton
hank robber, was one of the trio
which tried to rob the Munta villa
bank a few days ago. Clark has
not been seen since be escaped
from the Oregon penitentiary,
and many think he is yet in the
valley, as he had no means
make a getaway.
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PUBLIC SALE
We will sell at public .sale at our
farm, half mile East and a half
mile South of Cornelius, on th
Irmler farm, at 10 a. in., on
SATURDAY, SEPT. 27,
Fifteen bead of dairy cows, none
over 7 years, four to be fresh by
time of sale; balance to freshen
in October and November. This
is an exceptionally good herd.
Team sorrel geldings, 0 and 7
years, weight about 8,000; team
7 years old, weigh about 2,750;
horse, 5 years, about 1400; sin
gle driving horse ; binder, mower,
rake, tedder, spriugtooth harrow,
disc harrow, 90-tooth drag har
row, iron roller, drill, two garden
cultivators, 4 14-inch steel beam
John Deere walking plows; truck
wagon, 3'j inch wagon with bed,
cart, buckboard, fan mill, plat
form scales, two hayracks, 8 sets
did breeching harness, set single
Harness, 10 ten-gal milk cans,
hayfork with steel cable 190 feet
long, blacksmith vise and set of
dies, some household furniture
and all tools found on well regu
luted fa'rm, including forks, h"V
els, hoes, pitchforks, axes, log
chains, etc., ten dozen hens, num
ber of geese.
Lunch nt noon.
Terms of Sale Under $20.
cash; $20 and over, six months'
time, approved note, nt 8 per
cent.
Irmler Reynolds, Owners.
J. W. Hughes, Auctioneer.
Frank Sholes, Clerk.
L
SEPTEMBER 18 AND 13
Supt. Frost Expects Big Attend
ance as Interest in Manifest
FRIDAY TO BE THE BIG DAY
Big Parade Will Form on 19th,
High School Grounds, at 10:30
Preparations are well under way
for the Washington County
School Fair, which will be held
at Ilillsboro, on Thursday and
Friday, Sept. 18 and 19, on the
Court House spuare. The main
tent is 30x100 feet, the poultry
and stock tent, 20x04, and a
demonstration tent, will make
the cover for the event. The
poultry exhibit coops belonging
to the scliolo.n were destroyed in
the Forest Grove fire, and ten
new 5-scetion coops have been
ordered so that the chickens and
rabbits will have comfortable and
attractive covers. A considera
ble number of enterprising
schools have already made reser
vations for booths.
The exhibits will be in place
Thursday morning, Sept. 18, and
the judging will be made and
ribbons awarded that afternoon.
The big day is Friday, the 19th
A parade in which various
schools will illustrate industries
and historical events will form at
the High School grounds, three
blocks North of the Hotel Wash
ington, at 10:30 a. m., and pass
through the principal streets,
disbanding at the court bouse
stpiare.
About $200 in prizes will be
(warded to the schools taking
part in this demonstration.
The afternoon will be taken up
with demonstrations bv the cook-
nig,, canning ana sewing ciuos.
The boys and girls will also try
their skill in a contest of judging
pigs, calves and sheep.
A majority of the schools will
close on Friday, Sept. 19, to per
mit the students to attend the
Fair iu a body. No pupil will be
ounted absent from school on
the day he attends school fair.
N. A. Frost, Supt.
PUBLIC SALE
We will sell at public sale on our
farm. 4V miles southwest of Be
vertou, and one mile north uf the
Scholia Ferry road, on Cooper
Mountain, at 10 o'clock a. in., oa
THURSDAY, SEPT. 18,
Team bay horses, 12 years, 1860
each; 4 cows, two Guernseys, a
ilolstciu and a Jersey, all giving
good tiow; 2 Holstein heifers, 2
years old; hack, wood wagon,
light farm wagon, mower, rake,
cultivator, 12-inch plow, ateel
lever harrow, disc, com cutter,
feed cutter, stump puller with 70
ft cable, stump jack, clover seed
er, corn planter, cream separator,
10-gallou milk can, 5-galiou milk
can, 20 -gal churn, 25-gallon iron
kettle, grindstone, spray pump,
set work harness, two wagon
springs, organ, axes, forks, farm
tools, and numerous other arti
cles. Lunch at noon.
Terms Under $20, cash; $20
and over 6 months' bankable note
at 8 per cent. Two per cent off
on cash over $20.
A. and G. Reusser, Owners.
J. C. Kuratli, Auctioneer.
John Venderwal, Clerk.
William Pubols, of this city,
returned the last of the week, af
ter spending the harvest in the
Pendleton country. He says that
the crops around the Roundup
City were fine this year, and the
greater portion is already mar
keted. Vulcanising, Half-Soling, Be
Treading, etc., done at the Foster
Tire Shop, between Third and
Fourth, on Main St Hiilsboro.
We have a full-equipped shop,
and guarantee our work to be of
the beat. 85 117
"Dad" W. S. Tilton was a call
er the other day and remembered
the religiuo.: weekly for anolhc"
year. He has taken the Argus
for a quarter of a 'century, and it
followed him when lie lived ' in
New Zealand, away bark in the
dark ages.
Any youim man who wishes to
make a trip to England and re
turn in the merchant marine can
be placed in a position to do so
by sec ing Dr. L. W. Hyde. The
pay is $)0 per month, and return
fare from New York to the coast
in rase the vessel does not come
back to Pacific waters.
C. B. BUCHANAN & CO.
(Incorporated)
HilUboro, Cornelius and North Plains
Wholesale and Retail Dealer In
Grain, Hay, Flour, Feed and
Grain Bags
Car-lot skipper ef POTATOES and
ONIONS. Grain chopped or
f rolled at any time
Lumber, Shingles and Lath
AT CORNELIUS
Beaver State Flour
Tke Best Flour at the Lowest Prices.
Telephones; HilUboro, Main 14,
Cornelius, City ,15 15, North Plain, Main 263.
J. A. Thraburgh,
PraaManL
D. X. Cheney,
Assistant Cashiar
John . Bailey,
Vice President
U. . Ferrin
Assistant Cashier
FOREST GROVE NATIONAL
RANK
FOREST GROVE, ORE.
RESOURCES
Loans
U. S. Bands-
..$575,636.89
- 172,946.13
Other Boads 28,599.60
Baakiag House- 18,575.88
Other real estate 6,180.00
Stack in Fed. Re
serve Bank 1,800.00
Cash and due from '
Banks 197,907.44
Total $801,885.84
ONLY BOLL OF HONOR BANK IN WASHINGTON
COUNTY
INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS
SEPTEMBER
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We Have the Neatest and Most Complete Stock of
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In the City of Hiilsboro. We do repair
work in first-class work and our charges
are always reasonable
IFYOUR EYES ARE .TROUBLING
YOU, LET US FIT YOU TO GLASSES
SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT.
HOFFMAN
Jeweler and Optician
Main Street Hiilsboro, Oregon
W. W. MeEldowney,
Cashier.
E. P BurliiiKham
S. G. H ughea
LIABILITIES
Capital $25,000.00
Surplus 60,445.11
Circulation 25,000.00
Deposits 701,140.23
Total
.$801,585.81
Victrolas, $25 to $40
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