í •> A I lapp« o New Year The Leader HILLSBORO, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27 Farmer Hangs Self Saturday Due To Health Budget Given O. K. At Meet Of Taxpayers Henry J. Christensen Long Resident of County Assistant Agent And Leader For Clubs Approved Not Found I ill Sunday Health Nurse Attacked Funeral Wednesday; Coroner Sewell Investigatei Suicide Case Fireworks Enliven Annual Ses­ sion at Court House; New Building Viewed The county budget for 1929 waa approved in every detail as pre­ sented t«j the taxpayers at the an­ nual meeting Saturday morning by the budget committee, which in­ cludes Thomas Connell, of Hills­ boro, chairman, J. E. Morback of Sherwood, J. A. Thornburgh of Sorest Grove, and Judge E. J. Ward and Commissioners F. W. Liver­ more and J. M. Hiatt. There were plenty of fireworks throughout the meeting, it starting off with a contest for presiding offi- wr- ,,When Jue) and interment was in the Lone Fir cemetery in Portlnnd. Mr. Christensen was born in Den­ mark and came to the United States 42 years ago. He i* survived by the widow anil the following sons: Carl J,, Sewell station; Chris and Victor, Mason Hill, and George, Aberdeen, Wash. .Mr. Christensen had never been ill before and the fact that he had reached a position financially where he could rest a little and then to suffer ill health, made him despond ent. He had la-cn doctoring for a month. More than 200 neighbors were in the searching party for Mr. Chris tenaan Sunday morning Objections Send Governor .4 Gift Package Of Chehalem Spuds Reiter To Be A gift package of Chehalem Mountain Burbank potatoes was for­ warded Saturday to Governor 1. M. Pattai on, .it Salem, by the < ba halrrn Mountain 4 H Burbank club of Sherwood. The Chehalem Moun­ tain club wa« organized four years ago and is made up of boys anil girls specializing in the production of Burbank ms * toward this fund. /-------------------- For Sale—Four young milk cows; all high testers; 3 Jer­ seys and a Guernsey.—O. M. Burbank, 3 blocks south of S. 1’. depot in Cornelius. 37 Sells Cows on First Advertisement Mr. Burbank of Cornelius is sold on the pulling power of Argus classified advertising. A four-line ad, costing 40 cents, sold the cows the first day. A year Ago, he said, a small nd sold five cows for him the first day. Classified nds in the Argus bring results and the cost is small. Have you something to sell? Let the All'll • ! I H for you. “Read the lids—It pays!" >■ Succeeded By George McGee +++♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ loan Association EARLY COPY AGAIN NEXT WEEK PLEASE! Has Big Increase ♦ correspond­ * . During The Year ♦ ♦ ence All and romnuug, advertising should be + The assets of the Washington i Savir gs A Loan association at Hills­ boro ,.«••«• nearly doubled the past Council Makes Decision year, according to J. M. Person, gen­ eral manager. Assets last January At Meeting Friday were $124,000 and they now total $210,000. The association now holds first mortgages on improved real «■state, which is appraised at over $500.000. Mr. Person described it as “th«' best and biggest year.” II«' states that while home build­ Engineer Well Known Locally ing Igi been slow the past few months then' is now a growing de­ Because of Service to mand for new homes ami he believes County, City construction will become fairly ac- tive by spring. Th«' association is declaring Georg«' McGee, former county sur­ annual seven per cent dividend its for veyor, will take over the duties of the period ending December 31 and ___ city engineer and manager the first it will also add a substantial amount of the year and fill the vacancy to th«' reserve fund. Dividend checks caused by the resignation of C. G. will be mailed January 2. Officers and directors of the as­ Reiter, who leaves at one«' to be­ come th«' first city manager of Bend. sociation are George G. Hancock, Thia decision was reached at a spe­ E. I.. Johnson, Dr. J. O. Robb. J. M. cial meeting of th«' new city council Person, D. D. Bump, George T. Mc- , Grath anti J. II. Shearer. Friday evening. Work The First Title M ¡•ting While failure to adopt the charter amendment waiving residential re­ quirements might possibly prevent the use of title of manager, Mr. McGee will be engineer and perform th«- other duties of th«- manager. This same plan was followed with Mr. Reiter, who first acted as en­ gineer exclusively and other duties were added until th«' formal ap­ pointment of manager was made. Mr. McGee, a graduate of Penn­ sylvania State college, came to Hillsboro in 1911 and served HS deputy surveyor under the late A. A. Morrill. He was later elected to th<> office two terms and after that served as city engineer of Hillsboro, Cornelius nnd Vernonia. He has been in the logging business and later was in business in Portland, but since th«' recent death of Mrs. McGee he has lived at th«> home of his father-in-law, Frank Chalmers, I near Schefflin. Mr. McGee served overseas with the 23rd engineers. Minimum S.il.iry Is Plan Of Sheriffs The sheriffs of the state in con- vention in Portland last week adopted a resolution whereby the salaries of sheriffs are to be fixed according to classification of coun­ ties, the minimum salary to be $2,400 annually. The district attorneys went on record favoring the establishment of an intermediate penal institution. They also favored more stringent laws in prosecuting "bad check" cases. Help Is Given Needy Families Santa Claus visited 23 families in Hillsboro through the efforts of the associated organizations in the Com­ munity Christmas tree fund. This is the greatest number of families given a hand since the establi.-h- ment of the organization several years ago. _ The response to the appeal for aid was not as great as last year, ac­ cording to Mrs. Harvey Batchelar, vice-president of the Needlecraft club, which had charge of the ar­ rangements and distribution. The quality, however, was better than in previous years. New underwear and stockings were included in the boxes going to homes where there were children. A total of $69.75 was turned in to the treasurer, Mrs. E. C. McKinney. Some of the organizations making pledges had not turned in their do- nations at the time of going to press. Clothing and fruit were turned in at the Veterans’ hall the latter part of the week and representatives of the women’s organizations were pres­ ent to receive it and prepare the Christmas packages. Members of the Rotary club assisted by the Boy Scouts made the deliveries. Organizations co-operating were the Needlecraft, Women's Relief Corps, Women’s Service club, Coffee club. Business and Professional Wo­ men's club, Ix'gion Auxiliary, Amer­ ican Legion, Rotary club and the chamber of commerce. Business Block Is McWhorter Moving Bought By C. Wells To New Structure The Morris building on the north­ east corner of Second and Main streets has been sold to Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Wells through the Oregon Farms company for a con­ sideration said to be in excess of y $20,000. County Agent O. T. McWhorter started moving his office from the Commercial National bank annex to the ground floor of the new court house Monday and by the first of the year will be settled in his new quarters. ♦ + ♦ ♦ « ♦ ♦ + ♦♦ *♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦ in the Argus office a day early next week on account of Tuesday being New Year’s. The Argus, along with other Hillsboro business houses, will be closed on Tuesday in order that the office and mechanical force may celebrate the com­ ing of the new year. The correspondence and ad­ vertising must be in the office by * p. m. Monday and all others having news or adver­ tising are asked to have the copy in as early as possible. As soon as you hear a news item phone 261 and ask for Mrs. McKinney, the local editor. + + + + + + + + + + + + + Agriculture In County Taking a Strong Trend +♦ ♦ To Intensified Farms Frequent James Jackson of near Orenco had the floor frequently on objec- tions on various items throughout the session. He was on his feet so many times that some thought it was chronic; and some good na- tured stories were passed back and forth as criticisms. Mr. Jackson at the start of the meeting called at­ tention to the decrease of more than $800,000 in the assessed valu­ ation which would bring about an increase in the millage. Objection was first voiced to the increase of $20 per month for a deputy county school superintendent, and it was followed by a motion to cut it down to the 1928 salary. N. A. Frost, superintendent-elect, point­ ed out that an experienced assistant such as he had selected was well worth the increase. The vote gave a slight majority for the increase. Dan Burkhalter asked if it were true that the school superintendent was receiving a salary from two differ­ ent sources, for teaching at the Thatcher school and as superintend­ ent. A man in the audience ex­ plained that shs was taking the place of a teacher that was ill. Objects to Talk When the county health nurse item was read by Clerk E. C. Luce, Ervin Burkhalter moved that it be ' stricken from the budget. , . , — ---------- H. P. Strickler, prominent farmer in the Bulb Growing Grows to Important Dimensions Locally; Sherwood district, arose to the de­ Straight Grain and Hay Farmer Crowded Hardest The fense of the nurse and said that if she did as much to help other dis­ Past Few Years; Nut Culture Increasing, It Offers Profit­ tricts as in his district that she was surely doing good work. When C. able Sideline; More Cows Needed. H. Nosier, local superintendent of schools, attempted to explain the The annual eight to ten million dollar agricultural income comprehensive health program in county, Mr. --------- Jackson objected of Washington county is gradually taking on intensified and Coos ’ + + + + + + ♦ ♦ + ♦ + + specialized forms both as a major enterprise and as a side t"xnaw groUiWr. 'znlk—“ taxpayer. Mrs. Grace Richmond, line to the established agricultural practices of the county. health nurse, told in detail of th« (Continued on Pa?e Three) Among the newer ventures is that of raising daffodil bulbs. Washington county, it is said, has the largest planting of daffodils by any one firm in Oregon on the farm of Robert Mrs. Daniel Baker | Warrens at Forest Grove where 1,000,000 daffodil bulbs + 4- ♦ ' Former Local Boy Praised By Press For Real Bravery Alfred Hansen have been planned by William The Martin and Robert Warrens, greater part of these are of the Golden Spur variety, followed by King Alfred in numbers. Is Taken By Death Mrs. Daniel Baker, 83, an early resident of the county, died Monday Capital Required G. Russell Morgan, Coquille at-, at her home between Forest Grove torney and former Hillsboro boy, The growing of daffodils requires and Cornelius. Funeral services were played an important part in the cap­ capital of $3,000.00 to $6.000.00 or held from the chapel of the Forest ture of bank bandits in the Coos more per acre to operate. Grove Undertaking company Wed­ county town last week. Mr. Morgan Alfreil Hansen, Progress black­ The cost of growing daffodils and nesday with Dr. O. H. Holmes offi­ and his mother, Mrs. Henrietta smith, was found guilty on a larceny­ Morgan, arrived here Saturday to charge by a jury in circuit court the technical knowledge required ciating. Interment was in the For­ spend Christmas at the Alfred Friday and was sentenced Saturday makes this venture a highly spe­ est View cemetery. Mary Ann Darland was born De­ Morgan home. Mrs. Morgan will re­ by Judge George R. Bagley to serve cialized one but it is believed that the industry is only in its infancy in cember 16, 1845, in Illinois. She wsa main for several weeks. an indeterminate term of not more i this county because of the high married to Daniel Baker, December The Coquille Valley Sentinel says than two years in the state prison. 21. 1867, at Sublimity, Oregon. They that prompt action on the part of Hansen was arrested by Sheriff J. I quality of bulbs produced. There are those who are growing had lived in this county throughout Morgan and others prevented rob­ E. Reeves following the theft of a bulbous Dutch Iris, Regal lilies, tu­ their married life and during that bery, and resulted in the death of calf at Kinton. lips, gladiolus and various flowering time had lived in only two houses« one bandit and capture of the other. ! Mrs. Baker is survived by the Members of the jury were Homer bulbs. The climate, the soil and the It was the shots of Morgan, who was ' near the scene of the robbery, that R. Emmott, Edward Meier, B. Ort- I excellent quality of bulbs produced widower and the following sons and daughters: Harry C. Baker, Gas­ steered the bandits into a pocket man, Albert Bunning. Fred Pearson, I argue for an expansion of bulb ton; F. A. Baker, Stanfield; Mrs. in the hills where they were quickly Gordon Fisk, F. G. Brown, Thomas growing locally. W. N. Sears, Forest Grove; L. H. surrounded. The bandits abandoned Bradley, William Clapshaw, Kirk Mannetti stock used in the pro­ their car in the driveway to the I Hoover. Edward B. Catching and pagation of roses is grown in quan- Baker, Carlton; Mrs. E. B. Scofield, Hansen was taken to titles. W. J. Enschede near Hills­ Yamhill; Mrs. H. R. Reed, Van­ Morgan home when they took to the Allen Day. hills. A shot by A. N. Gould ended Salem Wednesday by Deputy Fred boro had the largest planting, a mil­ couver, Wash.; Miss Incy Baker and D. M. Baker of Portland; Mrs. Eu­ the career of the bandit, Marion Schendel. lion cuttings, this past year and this Lou Boyd was Wednesday given covered nearly ten acres. The rooted gene Atkinson, Sand Lake, and Mrs. Rube, murderer and escaped bank j robber. the usual $500 fine and six months cuttings are sold to the eastern Arthur Groth. Vancouver, Wash. The following brothers and sisters The Coquille paper editorially I jail term. He was paroled provided trade mostly and are used in lieu of survive: James Darland, Idaho; says that among others Mr. Morgan he should serve 30 days and pay Mannetti stocks formerly imported George Darland, Gridley, Cal., stands out prominently in frustrat­ the $500 fine. Robert Schmidt last from Europe. Charles Darland, ______ Salem ; _______ Loretta ing the robbery by opening fire as Thursday was found guilty of a Uut Culture Increasing Stice, Colby, Wash.; Sarah Jones th«> thugs reached their car, and then booze charge and given the $500 There are approximately 1,400 and Harriet Bryson, Salem. ran a block ami so confused th«' fine and six months jail term. A fleeing men, with his shotgun dis-’ parole was extended provided he acres of English walnuts in the charges that they drove a block served 60 days and paid $100. Sen­ county, and 1501 acres of filberts. beyond the city hall where they had tence was postponed on E. J. The walnut growers are planting on intended to turn south, and were Thompson on four liquor indict­ the rich hill land of the county, | while the filbert growers are using thus forced into a cul-de-sac at the ments. both hill and valley soil. John eastern edge of the town. Mr. A suit for money involving a (Continuel) on Page Three) Morgan and a deputy sheriff walked grading contract was tried before a Mrs. S. C. Wilson of Chehalem up to the younger bandit and ar­ jury in court yesterday. The suit Mountain suffered a fractured left rested him, not knowing that his pal was Bjork vs. Sherman Lumber Co. arm when she jumped from a skid- lay dead in th«> road above and that Judgment was Wednesday given the younger was the only one left. ding automobile on the Newberg the Commercial National bank Fred McNelly, another former against the Mungers’ Laundry com- Renorted At Grove to highway Sunday. She was 1 the Joneg hospital here brought where Hillsboro man, also was one of the pany. It was ordered that the posse hunting for the bandits. _____ attendants said the arm was cracked laundry be sold to satisfy the judg- and that she was badly bruised. ment. The first death from influenza in The jury last night returned a verdict in favor of the defendant in the county occurred Thursday near the case of Bjork vs. E. J. Sherman Forest Grove, when Ella Doris Van-! Lumber company. Loo, 2-year-old daughter of Mr. anti Orders given are as follows: Union Mrs. William F. VanLoo, died. She Central Life Insurance company vs. was born November 22, 1926. Fun­ A reduction in rate schedules hns John Russell et al; State vs. Wil- eral services were held Saturday been announced by the Portland I liam P. Freeman et al; Commercial from the St. Anthony Catholic Ed Reiben of near Banks wan Gas & Coke company. The cut will I corporation vs. Alfred Hansen; Fred church^at Forest Grove with Rev. elected president of the Washington reduce the company’s revenues about C. Feldschau vs. Clatsop county; Father * Boesch - fficiating. 1 Inter- County Guernsey Breeders’ associa­ 960,000 a year and will benefit Credit Service company vs. M. O. ment was in the Visitation cemetery tion at the annual meeting in the customers who use large quantities Galbreath; Union Central Life In­ at Verboort. She is survived by the i Hillsboro chamber of commerce of gas. Hillsboro, Forest Grove, surance company vs. E. G. Heaton parents, five brothers and two sis-' rooms. Sam Hulit of Hillsboro is Cornelius, Orenco and Beaverton et al. Al Newman was granted a ters. ~ Robert E. Burns of Forest vice-president and Carl Bechen of are effected by the rate decrease. parole. Grove was the undertaken in charge. Orenco is secretary-treasurer. I Gets Pen Term Woman Injured In Jump From Machine Influenza Death Is Rate Cut Announced By The Gas Company Guernsey Breeders Choose Their Heads