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WATCII YOUR DATE YOUR HOME PAPER The date <m *h<- a<ldres» of your paper givvs tiniu of vxpiration. I’ay I ii iidvnnce. $150 and Worlh Itl This paper han the moat thorough circulation in the county, making it the Advertising Beit Medium HILLSBORO, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1928 Lewton Asked Questions In Boley Letter Assessor Publishes Letter Vrt in Politics to County Pupils Vie on Friday In Declamation Bid For Union High Building Is Quite Low Grade Contest Held Here on Figure* Under Estimate* of Primary Opponent Friday Afternoon School Figure* Polling Places Named Jack Barr Wins First To Allow Gymnasium Last Beaverton High Takes Three Board Candidates Enter Into Week of Campaign; Out of Four First Places In terrat al Minimum W. F. Boley, county assessor and candidate for the republican nomi nation to succeed himself, is puli llshing an open letter in this issue of the Argus asking n number questions of his opponent, J. Lewton, of Forest Grove. W.md. re How Mr. Boley asks how Mr. Lewton is going to lower taxes when a cer tain amount has to be raised. He points out that the lower the valu ation, the higher the miliuge must necessarily be to produce the tax. The assessor also asks why Mr. I^-wtun changed his registration from democrat to republican on the day of filing for the nomination, He also ask» on whnt property }lr. Lewton pays taxes, ns he says that records in the assessor'» office fail to show his name as the owner of any property ns far back as 1914. Mr. Boley also asks why the in Terence was made in the Forest Grove paper that the assessor had entered into collusion with the county court for a mill tax for a new court house, and also want* to know why he did not investigate to And out the truth of the case. Candidates are going into the last week of the primary campaign and with interest apparently at a mini mum. Questioning has revealed the fact that people are more interested in the weather and earning a living. No predictions as to the outcome of the primaries in the county can possibly be made, but tho outcome as regards the contest for sheriff, (Continued on page seven) Cliib Show to Be Monday Eve The drarnmic department of the Coffee club will present ii three-act comedy, “When a Feller Needs ii Friend.” nt the Venetian theater Monday night at 8:15 o’clock. Tho play is under the direction of Mrs. H. H. Stannard. The pluy is a story of two young men who are living in “a third floor back” of Mrs. Rehse’s board ing house, and have pawned and sold everything, even their clothes. Tom and his friend invent a story for the benefit of Toni's uncle and aunt- -and then trouble begins, Everybody needs a friend. You will howl. The east of characters follows: Tom. a poor artist—Mrs. S. W. Bentley. Bob, Tom's friend—Mrs. II. R. Morgan. - Jerry, a buddy—Mr». M. Elder. Mrs. Rehse, the boarding house keeper—Mrs. F. Caldwell. Liz, Mrs. Rehse’s {stepdaughter— Mrs. O. Osburn. Aunt Alics-, Tom’* maiden aunt— Mrs. T. C. Reynolds. Uncle Will, Tom’s uncle—Mrs. H. H. Stannard. Elaine, Aunt Alice’» ward—Mrs. F. Sewell. Angela, Bob's sweetheart — Mrs. F. B. Davis. Bing, the handy man—Mrs. W. C. Gifford. J. J. VanKleek Cow Wins Silver Medal On two milkings a day Dairy- like’s Beauty 665045, a heifer in the herd of J. J. Van K leek & Sons of Kinton qualiAcd for n silver meilnl on her Arst lactation. She was started on this test when she was 2 years and 5 months of age, and in tho following 305 days she produced 449.12 pounds of fat and 7,188 pounds of milk. She was with calf 220 days of this time, qualifying for her silver medal in class AAA. For three successive months of her test Beauty produced moro than 53 pounds of butterfat per month. Her milk avernged 0.25 per cent fat for the test. Beauty is by Dairylike'» Gamboge Prince 223537, and out of Clara Gem's Beauty 509598. Coffee Club Meet Postponed a Week Tho meeting of tho Coffee club has been postponed until May 17 on account of tho Muy Day exorcises by the school children. The club will olect oAiecrs ns well as dele gates to the state convention of women's clubs nt Klamath Falls. Hostesses for Thursday afternoon will be Mrs. R. F. Peters, Mrs. M. Elder, and Mrs. J. H. Garrett. Talbert of Beaverton bus entered the race for the repub lican nomination for representative. Dr. Talbert has been a resident of the county 15 years, and fur five years has practiced dentistry at Beaverton. H<- is a member of the American Legion. to Award Friday Night; Contract« VanBrug- in Class A gen Low Bidder Ths county declamation contests were held Friday, the grade con test being held in Hillsboro in the afternoon, and class H high schools at Banks in the evening, and class A high schools at Forest Grove in the evening. Beaverton tool: three first places out of four fur class A high school^ Jack Barr was the only Hillsboro entry tu take Arst place in the grade schools. Bids for the construction of the union high school were lower than anticipated by school officials, and will allow for a gymnasium, it is expected. The board will meet to morrow night at the Shute Saving* bank to awar<^ the contracts. ^The chamber of commerce rooms were filled Monday afternoon when the bids were read by Janies A. Wood, clerk. The low bid on the general contract was submitted by P. J. VanBruggen of Portland, and was $104,983. Sturges and Sturges of Portland were low on the plumb ing, with a bid of $9,317, while Hastorf Lord company submitted the low bid bt $28,943 on heating. Elementary—Humorous «I Division 1—1st, Bobby Osborne, 2nd, Robert Engleke, Cornelius; Beaverton; 3rd, Evelyn Young, Kin- ton. Division 2—1st, Mildred Rock, Local Men Bid Cornelius; 2nd, Millicent Russell, The Morrison Electric company Metzger; 3rd, Ruth Asbury, Beaver- (Continued on page twelve) ton. Marvin, Division 3—1st, Francis Cr.rniel Morri* Good of the Good Aloha-lluber; 2nd, Ronald Sherk, Investment company, real < estate, Sherwood; 3rd, Gilbert Priest, Hills oi Forest Grove, dropped dead boro. •bout 4 p. m. Wednesday, while Declamatory driving his car. Mr. Good com- Division I — 1st, Delbert Burke; plained of slight pain in his i chest Cornelius; 2nd, Doris Sue Abraham, at noon, but went to the office. A Remember the hand that rocked your cradl An interesting illustrated lecture (Continued on page four) few hours later he called Mrs. Good on the treatment of tuberculosis nnd told her that he wasn't feeling was given at the Monday noon «ell, nnd thnt he wns coming home. luncheon of the chamber of com He left the office in his enr, nnd it merce by Dr. Marr Bisaillon. of wns on his wny home thnt he wns Portland, nation-wide authority on stricken. Dr. Guy Via, who wns diseases of the chest, Dr. Bisaillon called, said death was due to heart lived in Hillsboro for a number of trouble and overweight. years as a boy, and his reunion with The state convention of the Busi The widow, Mrs. Gertrude Good, ness «nd Profesaional Women's club old boyhood friends was greatly en two minor children, Dorothy, 11, joyed. will be held May 18, 19 and 20. Louise, 9, two sister», Mr*. Lea Climate has nothing to do with Round trip tickets. Portland to Roae- May of Forest Grove, nnd Mr». Alta the treatment of tuberculosis, the burg will cost $8.95, good until McAlear of Hillsboro, his mother, doctor said, and pointed out that Tuesday of the following week. Mrs. Cynthia, Good, and grand this fact was now recognized by Train No. 11 leaves Portland on mother, Mr». D. N. Morri», survive. specialists throughout the country. The cast of the Hillsboro Post The Argus has secured the ser- Friday morning. May 18, at 8:30, Mr. Good was born September He said that there were no miracles No. 6, American Legion, minstrel vices of Mrs. . Rose Bartlett, home and arrive* at Roseburg at 2:35 p. 29, 1886, in Beaver county, Okla Ray Dillon’s prediction that it or hokus-pokus that would cure the show, will have an escort ef traffic homa, and came to Oregon in 1909. m. The next train leaves Portland police on motorcycles to Gresham would take more than a bunch of economist of the Portland Gas & disease. Coke company, in He married Gertrude Nichols of al 9:30 Friday night and arrives at tenight, where the show is being His charts showed that tubercu conducting a home soldiers to defeat the local team 4:25 Saturday morning. A sleeper I’ .n | (ioivi-, Septi-ini-er 21». 191 1. losis is more prevalent between the presented under the auspices of the service department nt special price may be had on the came true Sunday when the Hills- He was 11 member of the Christian Gresham post. The caravan leaves in the paper each ages of 18 and 24 than at any other church, secretary of the chamber of night train. Any further questions here at 5:15 p. m. The cast will be boro nine made it four victories week. The compe period of life, presumably due to had commerce, and member of the Ro- in regard to the trip may be in costume and blacked up for the straight by winning from the Van- tent advice of Mrs. the tendency to overdue. He said 1 by calling 922. tary club. show find Hillsboro banners will be couver Barracks. 8 to 7. The con- i Bartlett may be that at the rate the disease was de Funeral services will be held Fri- Lena Madesin Phillips of New carried to advertise the city. | test was hectic and ragged. Hills- i had through this creasing it would probably be 60 day afternoon at 2:30. York City, president of the Na- Deputy Sheriffs Virgil Weckert boro put across the necessary runs 1 column at any time. out of 100,000 by 1930. I tional Federation of Business and and Oscar Duley, Constable Fred in the eighth. Dr. Bisaillon is instructor in Bk Any housewife who Professional Women’s clubs, will be Schendel, and Traffic Officer Frank By the victory Hillsboro still is desires to ask ques physical diagnosis at the University I present and will be the speaker at McMahon will form the escort and of Oregon medical school. the banquet the evening of May 20, will be joined on the Terwilliger in the lead and the ruling favorite tions concerning problems about Mrs. J. F. Benn and Mrs. Hoff cooking is requested to send her since they have defeated Oswego, ' the last day of the convention. Miss boulevard by three Portland traffic man entertained with musical num in tie with the locals for first. question to this paper, and in due Phillips is an attorney, and is a policemen. bers. The caravan will go Mace, who hurled so well two time it wbill be answered by Mrs. dynamic speaker and a fearless down Sixth to Salmon, up Salmon weeks ago. complained that his arm Bartlett. leader. to Broadway, down Brdadway to was completely gone, and lasted Hnndbills advocating that all citi- Our readers and their friends are The next regular monthly m«t- zens will go to the polls Friday, ing of the Hillsboro Business and Burnside, over the Burnside bridge, only one inning. A single, a passed requested to send in some of their May 18, and vote in the primary Professional Women’s club will be and south on Grand avenue to Haw ball, and a throw to second allowed j favorite recipes to be printed in election, will be distributed by the . held in the chamber of commerce thorne. one run. In the second Neuen- | this department, for if you know The show was played here last schwander was sent into the box, j a good thing, pass it along. All Hillsboro post of the American Le rooms Monday night. May 21. at Wednesday and Thursday before gion, together with the co-operation I 7.30. At present a card party is lasted four innings and five runs housewives are interested in ex- The Boy Scout Court of Honor of Mrs. Emma Bryant, county school being planned for recreation after record houses, standing room only were made off his delivery. Luke changing recipes and preparing toeing available on both nights. The for the Hillsboro district was held superintendent, the school children, th,, meeting. — Every member is high school auditorium will be used Stangel, first baseman extraordi- I j something new for the family. and the Boy Scouts. I nary, took up the job in the sixth urged to attend. Judging from the large crowds in the Knights of Pythias temple at Gresham. This decision was made by legion ' and heaved for the remaining time, that attended the Argus cooking Tuesday, with R. Frank Peters, A meeting and luncheon was held and allowed but one run. naires Tuesday and speakers urged nt the Den of Sweets Tuesday noon. I school conducted by Mrs. Bartlett, chairman, presiding. The following became second the necessity for everyone exercis j May 1, to elect a secretary in the Meanwhile the home boys were j we feel sure that the ladies will ap- ing the right of suffrage. Th» use I p|ace of Clara LaLande, who re- not twiddling their thumbs, Nos- j preciate an opportunity of having class scouts: Earl Morley, Bill Sor of the ballot was declared a duty I signed. The new secretary is Miss ler’s two-base hit, which almost an expert’s advice available at all enson, Earl Prickett and Craig Hill, of every citizen. j Agnes Wahlgren from Tongue’s of- knocked a board off the fence, and times. More than 350 attended last troop 216, and Donald Bachelar troop 226. Second class merit A resolution from the Grand I Ace. Hoag’s single, netted the first run. Thursday’s class. badges were awarded to the follow Army of the Republic, asking the I - — - Again in the third Nosier bunted ing: Troop 216—Vernon Sahnow, legion post to take over the Me The May Day program will be and took second on an overthrow, personal health; Louis Lomax and morial Day exercises, was read. Ar given at the northeast corner of j Chuck Hoag brought him in with a thur Kroeger was named chairman Clair Denham, leathercraft; Arthur the court yard tomorrow (Friday) | single. of the Americanization committee Wahner, woodworking, Aremanship, afternoon, instead of at the park Paul Gross seemed to have mur- leathercraft: Jack Hill, Aremanship; to fill the vacancy caused by Leon 1 as announced last week, and the I der in his eyes, for he smashed out Davis leaving for Oklahoma. Glenn Stapleton, Aremanship, wood Boys’ and Girls’ club achievement : a homer over the left field fence. Phillip Lesser, 30, of David’s day exhibit will be held across the , The ball was hit so hard it should The legionnaires pledged them Queen Florence I, Mrs. Florence working; Robert Ellingson, Areman selves to work on the cemetery each Hill, last Wednesday Aled suit in street in the I. Long Building. be rolling yet, but sorry to relate, Bennett, of Forest Grove, will reign ship, leathercraft; LeRoy Barker, Second class merit year during the month of May. The Multnomah circuit court for dam Miss Grace Williams will be the apple stopped 75 yards on the over the May Day festival which is leathercraft. badges were awarded the following veterans will work every Monday ages of $10,000 from C. IL Brock- Queen of the May, and her atten- other side. This was the first homer tc be held on the PaciAc university from troop 242 at Cornelius: Dan night from now until Memorial Day. hagen, publisher and one of the dr.nts will be Muriel Smith, Mar- of the year by a local player, and campus tomorrow. The pageant, Grave markers have been placed owners of the Portland Telegram, garet Yantti. Helen Blazer and Gross was the person that offered a Robin Hood, was arranged and di Barrett, Carl Hoffman, Gordon Liv on the graves of nil veterans. The for alleged libel. Dorothy Rood, The following pro- i box of cigars to the first homerun rected by Miss Arline Butler, head ingston, Clifford Mapes, Ross The Lesser charged in his complaint gram will be given: legion is still lending their services hitter. | of the women’s physical education len and Janies VanLom, personal health; Robert Cochrane, Elton Liv in securing government grave that Brockhngen published in the “Hail to Our Queen,” song by department. Hoag smacked out his third single stones. Telegram, under a Hillsboro date the school; selection by high school ingston and Walter Ritthales, Are in the fifth and was forced a^ sec manship. H. L. MncKenzie won the legion line of March 22, a report that he orchestra; Maypole dance by first ond by Gross. Miller singled and First class merit badges were blanket for tho man selling the had pleaded guilty to a chargo in and second grades, Miss Jones and Schulmerich brought Gross in. Dea- given to the following members of greatest number of tickets to the volving a 13-year-old girl. His at Mrs. Mooberry, teachers; “The ville walked, and with the bases troop 216: Orange Phelps, carpen minstrel show. He sold 244 at a torney points out, however, that Eerie 18,” presented by Arst and try, handicraft, automobiling; Jack value of $153.50, and Fred Tram- I/esser is before the court on a second grades. Mrs. Paine, teacher; loaded Zeigler fiied out. The win- 1 ning run was made in the eighth Shipley, Aremanship; Milton John blnv was next with 187, valued at liquor charge, has pleaded not “Ring Merry May Bells,” song by came when Schulmerich tripled and guilty, and the case is pending. son, cycling, pathAnding, automo $109.75. (Continued on page four) in on Delplanche’s single. Albert Borwick was Friday fined biling; Burke Tongue, electricity, Nosier played a bang-up game $1,000 and sentenced to a year in automobiling, Aremanship; Marvin and brought in three runs. Gross . the county jail by Judge Bagley on Robb, personal health, woodwork a charge of contributing to the de- ing; Arvin Robb, personal health, (Continued on page seven) i linquency of a minor girl. He was and Robert Hill, pathAnding, auto paroled for $500. mobiling and Aremanship. Grand jury indictements were Contracts for the operation of waived by H. L. Conger, Albert four county rock crushers during Ridderbusch and Tom Henderson. the year were awarded Thursday by Conger and Ridderbusch pleaded "M.v sales have been tripled over any previous sale the county court. guilty to liquor possession and were and I have changed my mind aboqt newspaper adver The Olson brothers of Cherry Six persons were taken to a Port each fined $500 and handed a six tising.” Grove were successful low bidders A thief was discovered in the following an automo- months’ jail term. Paroles were ex This statement was made to the Argus by J. H. Gar for the Heaton and Laurel jobs. land hospital tended for $150. Tom Henderson Kenneth Hirons home Thursday Tigard early Sunday , bile wreck at They will turn out 2,450 cubic yards rett, proprietor of the C. C. Store, who in a page ad ; on a petty larceny count was fined night by Mr. Hirons’ mother. Mrs. from the Heaton quarry on the morning, according to Sheriff J. E. $100. vertisement in last week’s Argus advertised a sale. It Hirons thought it was Kenneth re basis of 70 cents for the base rock Reeves, who with Deputy Virgil Orders were given in the follow turning home from the drug store, was the first time Mr. Garrett had used newspaper space Weckert, investigated. The car, and 74 cents for the top rock. The ing cases: Emma Berg vs. Clenia A. instead of circulars. He is now convinced of the value but on receiving no response to her total for Heaton was $1,807 nnd which was registered to A. L. Stone, Allen et al; Bank of Sherwood questions turned on the lights and of newspaper advertising over the circular. of Portland, crashed through the Lnurel $2,744. The Jackson Falls liquidation; State Bank of Hubbard caught a glimpse of a burglar as crusher bid amounted to $2,747.70, bridge over Fanno creek and turn vs. W. Hedlind et al; Mr. Garrett said he was very much surprised and Lily V. he dashed out of the house. The and was won by Seth Sandberg of ing turtle, was almost submerged in Mosher, Charles E. Mosher and L. thief had made his entrance through pleased, Ilnndling it through newspaper advertising. Portland. He will crush 3,195 cu- the water. The ear was a cabriolet R Miner vs. Nettie R. Metzger. he said, was less trouble and less expensive. a back window. . bic yards of rock at 86 Cents a yard. roadster, with three poisons in the Judge George Bagley went over The same night entrance was The C. C. Store head said the Argus advertising front seat and three in back. The O. L. Johnson received the award to Tillamook to hold court Monday, gained to the Bruce Shumway home many people into the store that had never been brought, for the Cedar Mills quarry, turning officers did not learn the names of and from there to Astoria to pre next door and $12 in cash taken. ) out 2,700 cubic yards at $1.35. the occupants of the car. seen there before. side at a murder trial. Nothing else was disturbed. i Prominent Man Dies Suddenly MOTHER’S DAY MAY Dr. Bisaillon Speaks Monday Local Women Will Attend B. and P. Meet Legion Cast Will Three Hurlers Give City Boost to At Gresham Show Barracks Nine Mrs. Bartlett to Continue Service Work for Women Vote! Urge of Hillsboro Post Award Honors To Boy Scouts May Exercises In Court Yard Paper Is Sued for Alleged Libel Case P. U. May Day Fete To Be Held Friday Waive Indictments To Speed Up Trials Argus Advertising Given O. K., Results Are Great; Less Trouble, Less Money Crusher Contracts Are Let By Court Car Goes Through Bridge Near Tigard Woman Discovers Thief in Her Home