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VOLUME XXXIV
HILLSBORO, OREGON,
Banks of City
Successful in
Bid for Bonds
TRAVERSE
1 0,0 2 4
MILES
Oregon Roads Far Above the
Average; See Coolidge and
His 10-Galion Hat
The prosperity of the country, the
great concentration of wealth, is in
the manufacturing east, and thin is
in evidence by the time one enters
Ohio. Thia is the general conclu­
sion reached by Charles E. Weils,
local telephone head, who with Mrs.
Welle and children, James, Howard,
and Annamae, returned Thursday
front a two and a huif month*' mo­
tor trip to the east in which they
covered 10,024 miles.
Lack Organisation
Thia Mr. Welle says boils down
to the fact that manufacturers, pro­
tected from foreign competition,
are manufacturing pnly such quan­
tities ae their knowledge of the
country warrants and at prices that
insure a fair profit over their man­
ufacturing coat, while the agricul­
tural intercats of tho country are
lacking both protection from the
competition and, what ia perhaps
more important, lacking the organi­
zation or means to gain the knowl­
edge and intelligence to fit their
market to consumption. Mr. Wells
points out that this ia particularly
noticeable after passing the .Missis­
sippi and coming into Iowa, which
is probably the richest agricultural
state in the union, and yet there have
been scores of bank failures. If
the farmers had been able to main­
tain the prices as manufacturers
have been able to do present condi­
tions wouldn't have existed.
In gencrnl the roads on the trip
were better than expected and Ore­
gon roads are far above the aver­
age, according to Mr. Wells, who
says that moat western states have
improved through roads, but very
few have reached the perfection o(
construction that exists in Oregon,
particularly the oil-bound macadam,
which ia just as good as bitulilhic.
Would Draft Cool.dga
That an organized effort will be
made by the old guard of the re­
publican party to draft Coolidge for
the nomination in 1928 is the
opinion of Mr. Wells. Ex-Governor i
Lowden of Illinois is popular in the
middle west because of tho opinion
that he ia a big man and favorable
to the agriculture interests of the i
country. Mr. Wells says thrf jirob-i
lem of today ia that of finding some '
means of putting agricultural in­
terests on the same basis as that {
enjoyed by the manufacturing and
business interests of the country.
The Wells party left here June 5
and visited California, Nevada,
southern Utah, and northern Ari­
zona. The Grand Canyon and Zion
park were inspected and the local
telephone man expressed the opinion
that there is more real scenery in
southern Utah and northern Ari­
zona than there is in any like area
in the whole country. The Kaibab
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Tho Shute Savings bunk and the
Commercial National bank were the
successful bidders for the $30,000
issue of 5 per cent bonds being put
on the market September 1 by the
City of Hillsboro. The award was
mude by the council In special ses­
sion lust Thursday afternoon. These
two banks submitted a joint bid of
$ 1,005 for every $1,000 issued, and
they also offered to furnish the
bonds.
Out of five bids submitted at the
council Tuc.duy night
last week
the bids of the local banks and the
Lumberman's Trust company of
Portland were held up for further
consideration. The Portland con­
cern bid $1,007.11.
,
The council at the special session
ulso paswd a resolution of inten­
tion to improve Lincoln street from
First to North Range. This had
been held up previously because the
council held to the opinion thut this
improvement should go down to
grade und have curbs put in. The
necessary signers to the further im­
provement were secured.
Objec­
tions to the improvement will be
heard at the regular meeting of the
council September 6.
RETIRES AFTER 24
YEARS OF SERVICE
L.
E.
Wilkes in Government
Engineering in Northwest
Long Period
L. E. Wilkes nrrived home Sun­
day and will take life easy from
now on, as he has been by law re­
tired from his duties as cadastral
engineer in the United States gov­
ernment employ, receiving an an­
nuity. For the past 24 years Mr.
Wilkes has been doing office work
in the winter and original rectangu­
lar surveying of * land in summer
for the government.
According to by-laws passed in
11*20 and amended in 1926, super-
anuated employes were retired at
70 years of age; others with more
strenuous work at 65, and those
having the most strenuous and dan­
gerous work at»62 years of age. Mr.
Wilkes automatically comes under
this list.
Mr. Wilkes has been surveying
between Roseburg and Crater Lake
for the past three months, making
the first survey, which was rough
and heavy work. Norman D. Price,
who worked under Mr. Wilkes in
1914-1915, and later had a similar
position, has been named as Mr.
Wilkes' successor and has taken
over the Roseburg-Crater Lake sur­
vey. Stephen Cox, who accompanied
Mr. Wilkes from here, is still with
the crew.
Mr. Wilkes has made important
surveys in Montana, southern Idaho,
Washington, California, Arizona and
Oregon., He expects to do local
work in the future.
Touring the World Has Convinced
Ferd Groner That Washington
County Is the Best Place to Live
•
(Edward C. Robbins)
“rpOURING the world has con-
X vinced me all the more that
the Tualatin valley is the best place
of any in which to live," declared
Ferd Groner, in continuing his dis­
cussion from last week. This king
of the grafted Franquette walnut
in the Scholls community has, in
the language of the Intelligentia, be­
come "a gentleman of leisure” after
nearly a lifetime spent in making
tho walnut a successful Washing­
ton county crop.
Since making his initial success a
few years ago, Mr. Groner, accom­
panied by his wife, hns toured most
of the North American continent,
South America, and the greater pnrt
of southern and western Europe.
These tours he describes in this in­
terview.
Last January, February nnd
March Mr. and Mrs. Groner sailed
on a tour of the Mediterranean sen.
“We sailed from New York harbor,”
he began in describing his voyage
recently. “Inside the Rock of Gib­
raltar we visited points along the
coast of northern Africa, all famous
in ancient history. Tunis, Alexan­
dra, Cairo nnd Luxor were among
the interesting points we visited. In
one of the museums wo saw tho
solid gold sarcofagus which for lit­
erally thousands of yearH held the
Play Outfield
At Los Angeles
Wes Schulmerich has signed a Important Session Called for
contract
to play outfield for the Los
Start September 6
Friday Evening
Angeles team of the Pacific Coast
league, according to u letter re­
STUDENT COST HERE LOW ceived Wednesday by his parents, EDUCATION IS STRESSED
Mr. and Mrs. William Schulmerich
of
this city. He was to leave Clark,
Tuition Bill to Multnomah
Building for Boys* and Girls’
Montana, for the south this morning
County $13,614.39; Tigard
Club Work Nearing
to report to the Angels.
Wes has been playing outfield for
Looks for 200
Completion
the Clark team in the Mines league
The Washington County Fair
The majority of schools in Wash­ and his team won the pennant. The
local athlete led the league in home board will meet Friday night in the
ington county will open their doors runs with eight, and also stood at
office of Mrs. Emma Bryant, county
for the full term Monday, Septem­ the bead of the batting column with school superintendent, and secretary
ber 12, although many will start an average of .398.
of the board, to discuss problems of
Tuusday, September 6, according to
Schulmerich was a star athlete at i paramount importance to the third
records in the office of Mrs. Emma O. A. C. for four years, graduating ' annual county fair in Hillsboro,
liryunt, county school superinten­ from that institution in June. He , September 22, 23 and 24. W. N.
dent.
was three year letterman in foot­ Hathorn is president of the board,
The schools opening September 6, ball and baseball at the college and and Mrs, Bryant is secretary. Rob-
according to information at the su­ was captain of the baseball team his I ert Banks of Banks, and C. D. Min­
perintendent's office, include Banka, senior year. The big fellow re­ ton of Forest Grove are the other
Johnson, Manning, Durhnm, Ton- j ceived All-American mention as full­ members of the fair board, abd
quin, Kinton, Buxton, Raleigh and < back.
Finis L. Brown of Laurel is man­
Tigard union high school. This year ,
ager.
will be the first that the Tigard ‘
Manager Return*
union high school has been in oper-!
Manager Brown, who just return­
ation. Other opening dates are
ed from a vacation trip through
September 19 and 26 and October 3.
southern Oregon, is stressing the
educational side of the fair. The
Clackamas Cost High
: boys’ and girls’ club work will have
The student per capita cost per
I a building to itself this year. The
day in the Hillsboro union high
school for 1926-27 was the lowest Veterans Seek Co-operation of ■ new structure is about ready for
the opening date and it will also
Other Organizations of
in the county. Assistant Superin­
house the floral exhibits.
tendent Archie Bryant pointed this
the City
"While all of us demand a cer­
out Tuesday after receiving a state­
tain amount of amusement and ex­
ment from the superintendent of
Irt the belief that organizations citement, let us not forget that our
schools in Clacamas county. The
statement for union high district of the city overlooked the offer of county fair is an educational prop­
No. 3 of Clackamas county was for Hillsboro post of the American Le­ osition, and if we can get the young
gion to take care of the cleanup of people of our county interested in
$1.05.
the Masonic and Odd Fellow ceme­ that way, our fair will grow from
The day per student in this coun­
teries during the month of May, year to year,” declared Br. Brown.
ty for the various high schools fol­
which is the hardest because of its “We hope that the people of the
lows: Hillsboro, 56c; Banks, 61c;
coming just before Memorial Day, county will set the fair dates aside
Tualatin, 81c; Forest Grove, 60c;
and because it gets all the first as a vacation time so that everyone
Beaverton, 73c; and Gaston, 74c. growth of grass and weeds, the
can get together for a profitable
The Portland figure is 69c. Wash­
veterans in regular session Tuesday and enjoyable time.
ington county's tuition bill to Mult­
night voted to send letters of their
“The money being spent for the
nomah county is $13,614.39, accord­
offer to the other fraternal and amusements and free attractions
ing to Mr. Bryant.
civic organizations in the city.
will, as far as possible, be paid to
W. C. Gaunt, principal of the Ti­
The legion boys will take care of our own local people for athletic
gard union high, in a letter to the this month each year if the other contests, thus encouraging good
superintendent, says that a regis­ organizations will take a month clean sports in our community.”
tration of 200 ia expected and that each. They plan to do this in or­
300 could be registered, but for1 der to relieve the cemetery associa­
lack of room. He pledged co­ tion from using any of the money
operation to the county head during raised by popular subscription until
the year.
the interest from this money will
take care of the work.
Although the veterans feel that
there are other organizations more
vitally interested in the cemeteries
Dad Watson in his announcement
and that the lot owners should be this week of his fall opening at the
willing to contribute substantial . Shute park auditorium, says that
sums toward the upkeep of the I there will be old time dancing, mu-
cemetery, they contend that the sic and hospitality. The opening
Two Hillsboro people, Miss Edith present . condition is not what it , date is Saturday evening, Septem-
Royston and W. K. Arnold, had a should be, and that some one should iber 3.
Mayor Cady and City Manager C.
scare in an aeroplane at Rockaway have enough pride in the final rest­
Sunday, when a wheel of the plane ing place of the city's dead to do G. Reiter and the city council have
invited the city officials of every
broke just as the pilot, Jimmy Rine­ the work.
Active steps are being taken by i other city in the county to be pres­
hart, of Portland, started to take
the veterans for the organization of ent at the opening. Mayor George
off.
The pilot had to go on up in or­ a comic drill team and stunt. Ar­ L. Baker and the city commission­
der to miss other logs and just miss­ thur Kroeger and Clark Gardner ers of Portland have also been in­
ed the ocean by a few feet. The volunteered to put on the program vited.
Every newspaper in the county
Oregonian Monday said that Rine­ at the post meeting September 13,
hart effected a safe landing despite and Morris and Jake Weil will have has congratulated the administration
the handicap, though he tore off charge of the entertainment the for endorsing the Dad Watson
first meeting in October.
movement for the revival of old
much of his landing gear.
Legionnaire H. L. MacKenzie ar­ time customs.
ranged for the Lentz Broz, to have
a radio at the hall for the veteran*
to hear the fight returns.
leoioncont S es
CEMETERY EFFORTS
Official pictures of the Dempsey-
Sharkey fight will be shown at the
Venetian theater tomorrow evening,
Saturday afternoon and evening.
The picture shows the disputed
knockout blow in slow motion so
that everyone may come to their
own conclusion as to whether or
not it was a foul.
The film is Tex Rickard's own
and is unusually close and clear. All
theaters in the state are clamoring
for an early showing and Mr. Phelps
is fortunate in getting them here at
this time.
The pictures were shown before
the state officials in Salem and were
enthusiastically received.
Mrs. McPheeters
Hurt Last Night
Ray Conway, publicity manager
for the Oregon State Motor asso­
ciation, and well known mountain
climber, addressed the Rotary club
members here Thursday. Dr. D. E.
Wiley acted as chairman.
Mr. Conway pointed out that the
Tualatin valley is rich in agricul­
ture and Indian lore. He said that
we were living in a story-book land.
All that the Oregonians have been
showing tourists is the picture. The
speaker declared that it was the
story behind the scenery that in­
terests and holds the attention.
“Show them the text in addition
to allowing them to see the pic­
tures,” declared the mountain
climber.
SHERIFF, DEPUTY
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Dust of Pursued Car Causes
Car of Sheriff to Crash
on Curve
The driver of an automobile that
was being pursued by Sheriff J. E.
Reeves and Deputy Oscar Duley in
the sheriff’s car Tuesday, adopted
war time navy smoke screen meth­
ods and threw up a dust screen that
resulted in a narrow escape for the
sheriff and deputy and enabled the
pursued automobile to make a get­
away.
The sheriff and Duley were. driv­
ing toward Laurel when they no­
ticed the car, and their suspicions
were aroused by the appearance of
one of the men, who appeared to be
drunk. There were two women in
the car. The sheriff started follow­
ing and the other car increased its
speed and cut across from the Burk­
halter place to the Rood road, thence
north toward the county hospital
and then back down on the river
road, where the cars attained a
speed of from 50 to 60 miles an
hour. A group of prisoners work­
ing on the road under the direction
of Deputy Sheriff Bert Fleischauer
was scattered by the cars.
The dust from the pursued car,
which was a big Marmon, prevented
the sheriff from seeing a curve
ahead, and he went into it at 55
miles an hour with the result that
the sheriff’s car, which was on the
crown of the road, couldn’t make
it and crashed against the bank and
over on its side near the old Farm­
ington church.
The two officers were shocked and
bruised, but otherwise are apparent­
ly none the worse for their experi­
ence, which might have proved se­
rious. The dust was such that the
officers were unable to get the li­
cense number. The chase covered
abqpt ten miles distance.
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Death
Car
Driver
Absolved
From All Blame
MANY ACCIDENTS OCCUR
Driver of Machine in Wreck
at Rippling Waters Is
Under Arrest
Adam Keto, 39, ranch hand for
A. Laaman on the Durham road,
was fatally injured at Tigard on
Thursday night when he was struck
by an automobile driven by F. J.
Hambach of Tigard. The injured
man was brought to the county hos­
pital here by Sheriff J. E. Reeves,
and died at 8 o’clock the next
morning.
The body was taken in charge by
Coroner George J. Limber, who
says that there will be no inquest,
and that no one is to blame.
Conatable Watching
Eye witnesses to the accident say
that Keto was drunk, was taking up
much of the highway, and had nar­
rowly escaped being struck by sev­
eral other cars. Constable N. J.
Carter of Tigard told the county
officers that he had been watching
the man with the idea that he
might have a still, and would fol­
low him.
Mr. Hambach in his report says
that the victim was “drunk or never
would have happened.” The report
in the sheriff’s office goes on to
say that the man stepped out from
behind another car in the middle of
the highway at the Tigard school.
“Dimmed my lights for another car
to pass, and he stepped out from
behind it.”
Ira Butterworth of this city re­
ceived cuts about the head and face
and a fractured nose when his auto­
mobile left the highway in the fog
near St. Helens early Monday morn­
ing and hit a telephone pole.
Three persons received slight in­
juries when an automobile driven by
George Kaady, 6628 53rd avenue,
Portland, sideswiped against a car
driven by H. H. VanSlyke of Wes-
timber at Rippling Waters Sunday
evening. In his report to the sheriff
VanSlyke charges reckless driving.
S. Faroh was cut about the head,
face and knees, Mary Kaady was
cut about the nose, and George
Kaady was cut on the fingers, legs
and shoulders.
George Kaady walked into jail
here yesterday afternoon.
Van­
Slyke swore out a warrant charg­
ing liquor law violation and when
Kaady came into the sheriff's office
to find out why his car was being
held at Forest Grove, Deputy Sheriff
Virgil Weckert put him under ar­
rest.
Mrs. V. Dean suffered a bruised
shoulder and an injured back when
a car driven by C. Y. Dean collided
with one driven by Bertha McFar­
land near the Six Corners on the
Newberg highway Monday.
Hillsboro Club
Wins Match From
Grove 18 to 9
Rock Saturday
Logger Buried
Forged Travelers’
Under Pile of
Check Passed Here
Pictures of Big
Fight Are Coming
of King Tutankhamen, whose
was discovered a few years
It contained 960 pounds of
gold.
• “Yes, we visited the tomb of
King Tut itself. Many of the rooms
are yet unexplored. Researchers
and archeologists are studying the
remains and ancient Egyptian docu­
ments found within the walls. It is
said that many of the facts to be
brought out Will revolutionize parts
of ancient history. In all we spent
two days in the Nilo valley. In the
land of the tombs of the old Egyp­
tian pharos we visited perhaps a
Mrs. L. T. McPheeters, wife of L.
half dozen of the masterpieces of
ancient engineering of the Nile. The T. McPheeters, vice-president of the
skill of some of those engineers and Shute Savings bank, suffered a
embalmers is now a lost art. I mangled loft hand and body bruises
only wish we could have spent more ; last night when the automobilo she
time in this interesting spot and j was driving Bkidded and overturned
less time at some of the other on tho Beaverton-Bertha road near
Bertha. Mrs. McPheeters was taken
points.
“In tho lands of Bible stories our to the Good Samaritan hospital,
tour took us to tho Island of Malt where it was necessary to amputate
where Paul was shipwrecked. It1 part of the hand.
was mighty interesting to visit the
Mrs. McPheeters, accompanied by
holy lands in the vicinity of Jeru­ Mrs. J. L. McPheeters and son, of
salem. At Constantinople our party San Francisco, and Robert Hill, son
struck a bit of hard luck because of Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Hill, of this
we ran into a bad winter of snow city, were returning from a trip
and cold weather. In fact through­ around the Mt. Hood loop.
out the whole of Europe it was re­
Several other cars and trucks
garded as the coldest winter in skidded and went over at the same
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place.
body
tomb
ago.
pure
September 3 Is
Date Selected
By Dad Watson
Hillsboro Folk
Have Aeroplane
Scare at Beach
No. 26
Is
RANCH HAND DRUNK
FAIR BOARD WORKS Mountaineer
Rotary Speaker
HARD ONPRODLEMS
FATAEEY INJURED
Here Thursday
Few County Institutions Will
C. E. Writs Says Agriculture
Is Nation's Problem
MANY SCHOOLS TÜ
OPEN ON SEPT. 12
THURSDAY. AUGUST 28. 1927.
Lesters Have Bad
Accident Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lester
of the Imperial Cafe had an acci­
dent Sunday which came near be­
ing a fatal one. While driving to
Newport Sunday afternoon, about
six miles beyond Toledo, they met
another car on a curve, when a
third car tried to pass the car they
were meeting. Mr. Lester Was driv­
ing down grade and to avoid a col­
lision he turned . into the bank,
where the radiator crashed into a
post, holding it for a few seconds.
Then the post gave away and the
car turned completely over and
rolled down an embankment of
about six feet Mr. and Mrs. Les­
ter were imprisoned in the car and
were quite severely bruised and
shaken up. The car was badly dam­
aged.
Mr. IIopp, a lumberman of Toledo,
and a one-armed man, was the
driver of the car which attempted
to pass.
Booze Causes the
Arrest of Three
Orio Sutton was arrested at Bea­
verton Saturday by Sheriff J. E.
Reeves and Deputies Duley, Hickox,
Weckert nnd Hathorn, on a booze
charge. Officers say that Sutton
hid some booze away and arrested
him on his return.
Fred Cummings nnd Fred Schroe­
der were arrested at Manning Sat­
urday on booze charges by Deputies
Duley and Hathorn.
A forged travelers’ check on the
First National bank of Denver, Col.,
for $15, was passed on Lester Ire­
land & Co., last week. That it was
a finished piece of work is evi­
denced by the fact that Mr. Ireland
says this is the first check passed
on him in 17 years.
The check was signed by Frank
Parker, who wrote his address on
the back as 129 North Concord
street, Denver. H. A. Deck, a mem­
ber of the firm of Lester Ireland &
Co., returned Monday from Bend,
and says that a similar case hap­
pened over there recently.
The
postage fees for sending the check
around amounted to $5.25.
Swiss Engineer Is
Visitor in County
Frank Miller, a civil engineer
from Zug, Switzerland, was being
introduced in Hillsboro Tuesday by
E. I. Kuratli, who showed him
through the Ray-Maling cannery.
Mr. Miller was here several years
ago, and makes periodic trips around
the world.
He expressed the opinion that
thero would be a number of families
move here after he returned to tell
then: about tho country. Mr. Mil­
ler is very enthusiastic over this sec­
tion and says that it is Very much
like Switzerland.
Mr. Miller has been the guest of
J. J. Nusbaumer at Helvetia for
tho past two weeks, and will leave
Saturday for Sacramento, .Cal., to
visit a son. A nephew, Joe Miller,
lives ai Mountaindale.
Captai» B. M. Goodman’s Hills­
Hailn^r Carlson, a logger about
30 years of age, was killed instant­ boro Rotary club team won the first
ly early Saturday afternoon at golf match from the Forest Grove
Cochran, when he was buried under
Rotarians Friday night at Forest
a pile of rock and dirt. The body
'
was turned over to Coroner George Hills 18 to 9.
Individual scores: Garret beat
J. Limber, but no inquest will be
held. Funeral services were con­ Miller, 6-1; Dr. Mills beat Goodman,
ducted from the Limber parlors on 4-3; Walker beat Schultz, 3-2; Wat­
Tuesday morning, with Rev. L. C. rous beat Person, 4-3; Thornburg
Poor officiating. Interment was in beat McKinney, 4-1; Parsons beat
the Odd Fellows cemetery.
Hawk, 5-2; Stapleton beat Fendall,
Carlson was a powder man for 4-3; Phelps beat Frank, 5-1; Littler
the Blue Lake Logging company, beat Weil, 7-1; Cady beat Todd,
and had gone up on a bank about 4-3; Ireland beat Dyer, 6-2; PeterH
40 feet high to shoot a stump. The beat Busch, 5-3; Armes beat Bell,
stump slid off the bank, causing him 3-1; Moore beat Minton, 4-3. Th«
to slide down with the stump, dirt low medal score was turned in by
and rock. He was completely cov­ J. IL Garrett, who shot a 42, which
ered with rock and dirt to the depth is a very good score for the new
of several feet. It took 20 men, course. The Rotarians and their
working 40 minutes, to dig him out. ladies enjoyed a dinner served by
He was sitting bent down in a Mrs. Martin at the club house after
cramped position when found.
the play.
lift record gave the address of a
William Martin, manager, is mak«
brother, but all efforts to find him . ing some changes on holes 6 and 7.
have been unsuccessful.
The changes were approved by Dr«
Mills, who is chairman of the greens
committee and supervises the main-
1 tenance of the course.
Verne McKinney, chairman of the
“A history of Washington County membership committee, reports about
and the Tualatin Valley,” has just 20 new members in the last week.
been completed by Edward C. Rob­ The charter membership closes on
bins, Telegram correspondent and September 1 and many are signing
feature writer on the Argus. Rob­ up in order to take advantage of
bins is a graduate student in the the special privileges accorded tha
Portland center of the University of charter members.
Oregon extension division. It is be­
Light showers the last few day»
lieved to be the first history of the have been of real value to the golf
community ever compiled.
I course.
Robbins Writes a
History of County