T he H illsboro A rgus
County Official Paper
Devoted to the Intereat*
of Hillsboro, the County
the Stute, the Nution.
HILLSBORO, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, I92S
VOLUME XXXII
Power Company Is
Loser in Rate Case
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I
Tariff Increase for Cornelius
i
and Gaston Set Aside
i Ordinances 60 and 62 Passed
County Court Is Enthusiastic
by Commission
on by Judge Bagley
Over Last Week’s Trip
Tho state public service commis-
INSPECT
OREGON
ROADS I ¡«ion order of July 17 of this year NONE DECLARED INVALID !
M.
P.
Cady,
Hillsboro
Mayor, Lives in Street
Mayor M. P. Cady and fam
ily were living in the street
over the week-end and Clerk
Luce suggests that they be
brought up for squatting on
public property. That they are
living in the street is not a
figure of speech either. Their
home is being moved Siom the
old location on Third an<l Oak
streets to a lot next to the
Cady Motor company garage
and the house was sitting out
in the middle of Third street
for three or four day*
Subscription, $1.50
Add Your Name to the
Larve Subscription List.
No. 26
Hillsboro Business
Contribute to
$1,838 Presented to Washing-
ton County Fair Board
Sale Price la $1000, With $400
1000 Persona Attend Picnic in
for Land and Debt
for Heifer Calf
Spite of Rain
The fair committee of the Hills
GRAND CHAMPION IN 1924 boro chamber of commerce raised PROGRAM IS INTERESTING
$1,838 among business men of the
city and presented it to the Waah-
First Showed at Banka Hog
, ington county fair board. Approx Our Common Task Is to Work
and Dairy Show by An
Together, Says Pacific
imately $2,000 in premium money
' has been appropriated.
tone Vandercoevering
made permanent in a second order
President
given by the commission Saturday.
L.
J.
Merrill
is
chairman
of
the
The county court is very enthusi
An order wax given in circuit
Protest was made to the commis-
The sale of Jennie Dekol Segis chamber fair committee. Other mem
"Co-operation between the farmer
astic over road construction In the , »ion against tho proposed increase court luxt Thursday by Judge Bagley
Walker,
grand champion at the Ore bers of the committee are, Charles and business man is natural and
eastern part of the state and intend | by the patrons of the two towns. declaring Orenco city ordinances No.
gon state fair last year, by J. P. E. Wells, W. G. Hare, Glen Staple should exist,’’ declared Whitney L.
to oil several miles of market road W. G. Hare and L. M. Graham were <10 and 62, providing for the issuance
Vandecoevering of Verboort to the ton, M P. Cady, R. W. Weil and Boise, prominent Portland attorney,
X.
in 11*26. This decision was made attorneys for Cornelius and Gaston. of waterworks extension bonds as ir-
Billiwack Farms of California is one Dr. J. H. Rossman, president, and before the business men and farmer«
following their trip to Eastern Oro- A two-day session was held here by repealable ordinances. This order
and their families at the Washing
of the most important livestock sales W. W. Phillips, secretary.
gon last week, where they made a the service commission during the was given in the case of John 8.
made in this county and is attract-
Part of the money was used to ton County picnic Sunday.
careful study of road building. The second week in July.
Shute vs. John A. McGee, et al.
i n g considerable attention among purchase a two-acre tract adjoining
In spite of the rain approximately
oiling next year will be done on
Bonds No. 1 to 50 under ordi
The Increased water rates were
livestock
men.
1,000
persons attended the picnic
The
cow,
registered
'
Shute
park
to
be
the
permanent
fair
projects that were macadamized In levied by the company on Cornelius nance No. 62 and bonds 40 to 50
Holstein, sold for $1,000 and
' site. Part was used to clear up a some time during the day which in
1‘v’i lini| i',«2S, as it is necessary and Gaston at tho same time the under ordinance No. 60 are declared
heifer calf for $400.
debt incurred by Banks in con- cluded union church services, a
for the macadam to go through the rates were increased in Hillsboro. valid by this order, made following
So Declares M. P. Cady Before
nection with its hog and dairy show. basket lunch and the afternoon pro
OCcial Record High
"setting up" stage.
a
compromise
between
plaintiff
and
Tho two smaller towns protested,
gram.
Rotary Club
Thia cow has an official record of
Mt. Hood Loop First
while Hillsboro made no complaint defendants. Plaintiff and defendants
Co-operation Impresses
I 12,773.7 pounds of milk and 422.3 '
Judge Ward, Commissioners Liver
Speaking of the commission’s or consented that a judgment be ren
Free
Attraction*
LATE
MODELS
WILL
PASS
pounds
of
fat
in
305
days.
She
will
'
Mr.
Boise,
who is chairman of the
more and Hiatt, Market Roud Engi der permanently setting aside tho dered in accordance with the terms
be
four
years
old
in
November.
'
of
the
stipulation
entered
into
be-
Planned
for
Fair
land
s
«
nlemen
‘ committee of the
neer D. C. Jones and State Market proposed increased rates to Cornelius
Donald E. Long, Portland At
Portland chamber of commerce, said
Antone Vandecoevering, a son of |
Road Engineer J. H. Scott left here and Gaston for water service, Mr. i tween them.
J. P. Vandecoevering, raised the cow |
2 _
_
_
he was glad to see such splendid
torney, to Contest Law
Irrepealable Ordinance*
last Monday and wont over tho Mt. I Easter, resident manager of the
from a calf as a calf club heifer and , Wild West Bucking Show En- evidences of co-operation between
in the Court
Heed loop where several different ' Puget Sound Power A Light com-
The order says that Ordinances
farmers and business men of Wash
as a member of the Banks calf club
gaged for Performances
kinds of macadam were used and ' P«ny, stated that the commission's No. 60 and *62 are irrepealuble or
ington
county as exhibited at the
of
which
S.
C.
Inkley
has
been
local
Sept.
23,
24,
25
oiled, They returned late Thursday .order simply stated that the com- dinances until the indebtedness
The present automobile lighting
picnic. He briefly outlined the his
night.
¡pany had
1
failed to Justify the in- authorized and created by each shall law, which goes into effect Septem I leader for the past three years.
tory of business interest in agricul
Showing in the boys’ and girls' ■
They stopped in The Dalles tho crease.
have been fully paid. Plaintiff and ber 1, was upheld in a talk before
A number of free att.actions are
the Rotary club last Thursday noon livestock contests at Banks this cow planned in addition to the industri ture. He said that agriculture was
first night and from there went
In this the company, of course, defendants pay their own costa.
the world’s biggest business and yet
has won two silver trophy cups, ■
on to Heppner Junction where they does not agree and no doubt will
Although the suit of John 8. by M. P. Cady, Hillsboro mayor and
al exhibits at the Washington county it was not organized. There is no
awarded
by
the
Washington
County
inspected the oiled macadam in continue its action in the courts.
I Shute called for an injunction imminent automobile dealer. He Holstein club for the best showing fair, September 23, 24 and 25. Day’s reason why there shold be so many
Engineer Wanzer's division. Engi- ! ■
against the Orenco city officials from said that, the dealers wanted it, by a boy or girl in the Holstein calf Dog and Pony show, consisting of profits added before the commodity
near Baldock met them at Heppner
*
issuing the remainder of the bonds rot from a scir’th standpoint ba* club classes at the Banks Hog and trained dogs, monkeys, goats, etc., reaches the consumer in the opinion
Junction and took them over his divi Two Charged With
' nothing was said in the order declar- from that of safety.
< will put on a free act in addition of Mr. Boise.
He claimed that all motorists who Dairy show.
sion to u small place near Baker
Operating a Still i ing them invalid.
Matador tO the re|fular show’
The
cow
was
sired
by
The speaker praised County Agent
City.
Joseph Loew of the Portland Bet are interested in public safety want Segis Walker Ladd, owned by J. P.
Manville’s Wild West Bucking
Successful oiling is done on clay
ter Business bureau was in the city ed to see the law go tnrough and ; Vandecoevering and A. J. Evers of s*ww has been engaged and this O. T. McWhorter for his efforts in
boosting alfalfa, which he said would
bound macadam. It la allowed to James Shea Is Charged With | Tuesday investigating the Orenco carried out successfully, ’. When asked
j provides real entertainment in this increase the agricultural wealth of
Verboort.
Driving an Automobile
about
the
dimming
he
i
said
that
it
stand for a year in order to give
I bond proposition. He believes that
line. Other free attractions are be- the county. He called attention to
it a complete set, after which it is
While Intoxicated
I the thing to do is to get right was necessary in wet weather and
! ing planned as well as a mammoth the various agencies which were
pul in good shape in spring. When
' down to hard business facta and that the law might possibly be Many Holstein* to
j display of fireworks on the closing helping to work out the farmer’s
amended later to do without any
it is dry and in perfect shape the
‘ night of the fair.
S. C. Reed and A. F. Reed were work the thing out in a way that
surface is broomed off, removing all arrested last Thursday by Sheriff will bring the nursery company into dimming.
be Shown at Fair The Forest Grove Community problems and doing their best to
solve them, such as the Oregon Agri
dust and foreign material. The oil Reeves and Deputy Weckert and are their rightful business condition.
Csdy Invoatigater
band has been engaged as well as the cultural college, the agricultural de
is applied in two coats, cither a down on tho books at Hotel Reeves
Frank W. Keeler, president of
Mayor Cady conducted an inves-
straight coat or oil squegee rock on a charge of operating a still and the Rogue River Water Works com tigation in a local lighting station Silver Trophy Cup Offered to G. A. R. Fife and Drum corps. It partment and the chambers of com
I is also planned to hold dancing each merce.
Boy or Girl Making Beat
coat.
possessing mash and liquor. The of pany, and John A. Roth, vice-pres shortly after the big atory came
night at the auditorium.
He called attention to the find
On an average it will coat approx ficers found 250 gallons on the ident were arrested early yesterday out in the Oregonian last week to
Showing in Club
Prizes aggregating $250 will be ings of the economic conference at
imately $400 per mile for oiling and place wkjch was Just south of Or morning in Portland on technical the effect that the law would be con
I offered in the farm crops, fruit and j O. A. C., wherein it was declared
then an intensive maintenance must enco.
charges of violating the blue-sky tested and he said that the average
Ways and means of assisting with :vegetable division of the Washington that the day of large farms in the
be used. The maintenance work con- ‘ George Carr wax arrested Friday ' law by selling securities without a charges here were got a bit large.
the livestock exhibits at the W ash- e<)Unty fair to be held in Hillsboro i Willamette velley was a thing of
sista of additional oiling or patching by Sheriff Recves and Weckert. He license from the state corporation
The story in the Oregonian said ington county fair, September 23, September 23, 24 and 25.
1 the past.
any holes The maintenance cost is is charged with the theft .of auto commissioner. Keeler is the fiscal that automobile men were taking 24 and 25, were discussed at a meet
Special prizes of $15, $10 and $5
reduced about one-third after oil accessories.
.Mr. Boise said that there was no
’ agent for Orenco and the nursery advantage of the law and a.'cking ing of the Washington County Hol have been provided for the best fa-
is used, according to Engineer Jones, j Gordon Richards was the only
■ anv It was the Rogue River the motorist.
stein club in Hillsboro last Friday dividual farm exhibit. Threshed ' over-production but instead it was
who went over the situation this Saturday night booze arrest at the Water Works company that purchas
unbalanced production.
Mr. Cady taio all of the Liter evening. Holstein breeders are mak
morning thoroughly while taking, park. He was taken Into custody by ed the Orenco bonds from M. Mc- cars, those of the last two or three ing special efforts to get a large grains, corn and potatoes are also
Ban« of Preservation
featured
in
the
premium
list.
the editor for a short inspection of Deputy Estepp.
j Donald. Some Orenco bonds nre years, will pass examination and showing of Holsteins and 24 head
“
A
prosperous
and contented farm
C.
R.
LaFollette
of
Cornelius
is
market road work.
Olaf Nelson and James Shea were 1 said to have been found in Keeler’s will only have to pay the minimum are already pledged for this purpose. in charge of the fruit display at the I home ownership is the basis for the
Surface Superior
charge of 7 itnts unless change«
arrested on the Rex-Tigard road trunk.
A silver trophy cup to the boy or fair and O. T. McWhorter, county ’ preservation of the country,’’ de
A legal side that comes in re h.i.’.' 1 een made since they purchase J girl who makes the best showing agent, is in charge of the farm clared Attorney Boise, who went
He says that this type of sur Sunday on liquor charges. Shea is
with the calf club Holstein is of j crops and vegetables and will assist on to say that as long as this con
facing is superior to hard surface charged with driving while intoxi gard to the change of boundaries at the car.
Donald E. Long, Portland attor fered by the HoLstein club. This Mr. LaFollette with the fruit dis- tinues Bolshevik doctrines will get
for riding qualities and comfort. The cated and Nelson wax with him. ' Orenco is whether or not the people
main point of interest to the tax They ran into a car and wrecked of Orenco will have to pay this year’s ney, plans to seek arrest when the trophy may be seen in the county j pi«y-
no place here.
municipal tax. Assessor Boley is law goes into effect in the hopes agent’s office.
payers is in ille cost, because maca- their machine.
The premium list is now in the
“Community Relationships and the
F. O. Creary was arrested Satur referring this to the district at- of contesting the law and having it
dam can be built and maintained at
. hands of the Argus job printing | Fostering Thereof,” was the subject
thrown out. He holds that it is un
considerable less than the interest day at Forest Grove on a charge of torney.
department and will be rushed thru of an address by Dr. John H.
fair and will be assisted in his case Help Portland Program 1 to completion as soon as possible and Dobbs, president of Pacific univer-
alone on concrete surface of the having liquor in his car.
—
Thomas Ryan, another Portland
same width, declared Mr. Jones.
should be in the hands of the ex- ' sity and recently arrived from Bos
Shipley Asks Damages by
attorney. Mr. Long is the son of Local Business Men to Tell hibitors within a few days.
While on this trip market road
ton, as the first event on the after-
New
Theatre
Will
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Long of t hi'
construction in Union, Umatilla and
A meeting of the county fair ' noon program.
Portlanders About County
Wasco counties were also inspected
Open September 4 Claims Reckless Driving Cause city.
board has been called by Robert I Dr. Dobbs said that the United
and in Wasco county the court
of Accident
Banks, president, for next Wednes-! States was the greatest experiment
The
Hillsboro
chamber
of
com
looked over the system of cost keep
day
afternoon at 2 o’clock.
The new Venetian theatre will
in brotherhood. The university pres
Aloha Resident Is
merce will put on the program for
ing and office record» that nre kept
Bert C. Shipley, local automo
have its opening next Friday, Sep-
ident said that our common task
the
Portland
chamber
Monday,
Sep
by the road master.
Suicide Tuesday tember 14, and a big delegation is
I tembcr 4, with Richard Dix in "The bile denier, has started suit against
■ was to work together and help each
Man Taken up in
Lucky Devil,” Friday and Saturday James Tekoff for $850 on account
other. He urged of all to mould that
expected to go down from here to
Release Wayne Vaught if the work on the new theatre goes of damages to n new Hudson alleged Morris Bluestone, Age 47, Dies help give Washington county a little
Dazed Condition character which would radiate good
! aa per schedule. The work is pro- to have been brought about by
will.
Early Yesterday as Result
good publicity.
O. T. McWhorter will tell the
Rev. W. N. Coffee of Salem was
of Taking Arsenic
Goes Back to Work for Gro 1 greasing rapidly and the theatre is ' reckless driving of Tekoff.
Dr. Miller, Missing from Port
Shipley
better looking every day. "The Ten
.... was driving east Sunday
Portlanders something of the agri
the speaker at the union church
cery Store in Camas
land Since Monday,
Commandments” will start the fol-' at a slow rate of speed and the
culture and horticulture of the coun
services. He is a strong and able
Morris Bluestone. 47, died early
lowing Sunday for a four day run. Tekoff car was coming west. The
Is Found
ty. Bert Maling will talk cannery
«peaker. Rev. Coffee is the district
Wayne Vaught, former Hillsboro "The Iron Horse,” which is just fin-, necident xeport says that there was I Wednesday morning at 2 o’clock at and either Harry Hill or C. T. Rich
elder of the Willamette Va’ley dis
his
home
near
Aloha
as
the
result
boy, who was arrested in Camas ishing a big run in Portland is com- . {- n car
front of the 7™-
Tekoff
— in -----
“ car
ardson will tell about the conden
Dr. Miller, who was reported from trict < f the Free Methodist church.
a few weeks ngo on a charge of ing here soon.
i and that it started to turn off the of having taken arsenic. Tuesday ser. Glen Stapleton will give an Portland as being missing since Others on the service progrotn in
morning
Mr.
Bluestone
left
his
home
embezzlement from the Skaggs store
highway and that Tekoff turned out
outline of the county’s financial Monday from the Hotel Perkins, was cluded Rev. Len Fishback and Rev.
there, was released Wednesday of
to the left at a high rate of speed saying he wns going to Portland. strength.
. picked up by deputies at Jurgen’s George Edwards. The Victory Vaie
Picks up Rides From
He returned late in the afternoon
last week.
and smashed into Shipley.
I camp on the Newberg highway Tues- qua- let of Portland entertained with
Boston
to
Hillsboro
and immediately went to bed, his
Restitution has been made and the
Representative L. M. Hesse o f I day night in a dazed condition. He several delightful numbers in tho
actions later indicating great suf
charges will be dropped, according
—
Scholls
was a county seat visitor i was thought to be drunk at first morn ng as well as in the afternoon.
fering.
A transcontinental trip from Bos- Surplus of Labor Is
to Donald E. Long, former Hills-
‘ but officers soon found that he was O. N. Millikin, leader of the bur d
He told his wife he had taken ■ today.
bobo boy, who is Vaught’s attorney. ton to Hillsboro by the good graces |
at Forest Grove and now a resident
mentally unbalanced.
Reported
Over
State
poison
and
a
Beaverton
physician
A.
Linder
of
near
Linnton,
was
Vaught goes right back to Camas to of traveling xnlcsman and work here
of
Hillsboro gave a cornet solo. The
He
could
give
no
information
con-
was summoned. It is believed de- transacting business in Hillsboro
and there enabled John Haynes to
work for the Model grocery there.
' cerning himself and talked inco- union services were arranged by the
spondency
over
ill
health
was
the
Thursday
and
stopped
at
the
Argus
make it in 32 traveling days, lie Shortage of Hoppickers, Ac
. herently. Investigation of his posses Hillsboro Ministerial association.
cause
suicide,
as he had been
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1--J I office.
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Chamber to Meet
left Boston Juno 11 and arrived here
cording to Report From
Dr. L. W. Hyde was chairman of
sions indicated that his name was
an
epileptic
for
many
years.
The
The Washington County Bankers’ I Dr. R. P. Miller and the pamphlet the afternoon program and Rev. H.
The first monthly meeting of the Saturday night.
Portland and Eugene
family moved to Aloha about six association was entertained nt din-
chamber of commerce following the „lie stopped to work in the harvest
A. Deck gave the invocation.
months ago from W ashington. Be- ner here Tuesday evening by the from Portland yesterday morning
summer vneation will be held Thurs in Kansas. Hayes says that more
solved
the
problem
for
them.
Grove Band Play»
A
surplus
of
labor
is
reported
sides tho widow, Minnie Bluestone,
Plains Commercial bank.
day night, September ¡1. Members of people were inclined to pick him up
Dr. Miller was committed to the
from nearly every section of the he leaves a small daughter. Funer-
The Forest Grove Community band
„
.
,
.
,,
,
„
,
in
the
East
than
in
the
West
where
the Forest Grove chamber of com
,
.
.
, .
Herbert Fisher of Scholls suffered state hospital yesterday.
state, according to a report of the al arrangements have not yet been
kindly played a number of splendid
.,
merce will meet with the local the cities are a considerable dis
“
'
a severe injury at , the
Younger
seasonal
employment
commission
in
selections that were well received.
completed.
Bros.
sawmin
near
Scholl8
Wednes
tance
apart.
He
had
nothing
but
chamber to consider the question of
Consider Fill Paving
The band boys did the playing gratu
praises for the traveling salesmen Portland. The City of Roses reports
the toll road.
day. Fisher was chip-barking in the
The state highway commissioner itously and the committees appreci
increased
calls
for
men
to
do
short
who brought him the most of the
Rev. George Edwards and family woods when his axe slipped, cutting is meeting today in Portland to con
way. The tourists generally are load Jobs about the city. There are also returned last night from a few the right knee open. Dr. MacKay at- sider bids for paving the fill across ate their co-operation. O. N. Mul
Shipley Contest Cancelled
likin is the band leader.
ed
down. He said that some were calls for harvest hands and thresh days visit with their son, Harold, at tended him.
The guessing contest on Hudson-
Dairy creek west of the city. Con
ing help, with a demand for hop
This picnic, which is the second
afraid
to
pick
anyone
up
on
account
Cottage Grove.
Essex cars which wns to have been
A surprise birthday party was crete paving twenty feet wide, seven annual county picnic, is sponsored
pickers.
of
holdups.
Hayes
was
formerly
a
Jack Glascoe takes over tho Ore- given for Miss Margaret Barr at her inches thick in the middle and nine and arranged by the Hillsboro cham
conducted by Bert C. Shipley has
Eugene reports a shortage of
been called off because of the legal member of the Hillsboro post of the hoppickers. Corvallis, McMinnville, gonian agency for Hillsboro Septem home on Second street Wednesday on the outside will be used. A wood ber of commerce and the Hillsboro
American Legion.
side.
Medford, Roseburg, Salem and The ber 1 and all complaints should be evening, During the evening music, guard fence will also be put up.
Grange, acting through their com
given to him. He will make his cards and dancing were enjoyed and
Dalles report a surplus.
munity relations committees.
Dr.
Probate Frudeen Estate
Members from all I. O. 0. F.
dainty refreshments were served.
Mrs. M. T. Calef of South Bend, Hyde is chairman of the chamber
Masrhfield reports a scarcity of headquarters at the Argus office.
A. J. Shaver and O. W. Shaver Those present were: Misses Cecil Ind., is visiting this week at the committee, which is composed of A.
The estate of John Frudeen, lodges in Washington county were skilled loggers. All common labor is
amounting to approximately $25,000, present at the Montezuma lodge employed and more could be placed were arrested at Tigard yesterday Emmott, Helen Connell, Margaret i E. M. Calef home in Hillsboro.
W. Havens and Dr. Charles Lamkin.
has been admitted to probate court. meeting Wednesday evening to make there. The supply and demand is on a charge of drunkenness. They Long, Margaret Tongue, Eva Soren
Judge Calef is again at his desk George Harrow is chairman of the
Mrs. Edna J. Muessing hns been preparations for tho I. O. O. F. about equal at Gresham and La were arrested by Sheriff Reeves and son, Dolores Hare and Margaret in the Justice court office after sev Grange community relations com ■
Barr: Messrs Kenneth Linklater, eral days illness.
Deputy Duley.
named executrix. Four daughters and parade during the Soverign Grand Grande.
mittee.
lodge which meets in Portland the
three sons survive.
Mrs. Emma Bryant, county school Melvel Goodin, Earl Bowman, Ed
Traffic violation caser of the week
last of September. Portland Canton
Mrs. E. C. McKinney, one of superintendent, and her husband, ward McCourt, Rollin Deck, Irvin disposed of in the Justice court by
While working at the H. P. A
Albert Madding sustained a brok No. 1 and a largo number of mem the publishers of the Argus and a Archie Bryant, returned yesterday Johnson and Gerald Barr.
Judge Calef were: H. Hansen, speed H. company sawmill above Moun
bers
of
the
Canton,
paid
a
visit
to veteran Oregon newspaper woman, from a vacation in Southern Orego1.' A family reunion was held Sunday ing $10; William A. Johnson, speed
en collar bone In an accident Sat
taindale last Friday, Y!’»il Wright
urday afternoon while working on the lodge.
is still confined to her home be and report a splendid time. M<s.' ,»t the John McCallen home near ing, $10; J. Fenlates, speeding, $10; was struck by a rrlting log and re
W. V. Lebold of Laurel was in cause of illness. Some improvement Bryant is hack at her office In tie fnrmington, 21 members of the fam Martin Tompkins, speeding, $10; W. ceived a broken eft leg. Wright
the Otto Johnson farm near Hills
Hillsboro on business Wednesday.
boro.
court house.
I Uy being present.
was shown this week.
F. Biddle, speeding, $15.
lives in the MounL.'ndale section.
j temporarily suspending a tariff In-
Eastern Oregon Road Work ■ ‘ crease proposed by the Puget Sound Bonds in Excess of $60,000 Not
Power A Light company in the
Mentioned in Court Order,
la Gone Into Thoroughly
towns of Gaston and Cornelius wax
Although Asked
With Engineers
LIGHTING LAW IS
SAFETY MEASURE