Early Copy-
Celebrate—
Makes for Fewer Mistakes
and Better Service
TI»' Fourth of July mid
Honiccotiiinir Her»'
W ith Which is Combined the Hillsboro Independent
Volume
IlillHboro, Oregon, Thursday, June 13, 1935
12. N o. 17
State Capitol County Girls
N ew s L etter
Enter Race
for Goddess
Many Laws Go Into
(Classified
Page,. 'c Movie
Tickets Offered
Second Part
County Tax
Annual District
School Meetings
Set for Monday
Elementary school districts in
Hillsboro and other jrarts of Wash
ington county will hold their a n
nual school meetings Monday a ft
ernoon In addition, a director to
represent zone two on the non-
high school district board will be
elected by legal voters in the are*
involved.
Business scheduled for the local
session will include the election of
one director for a term of three
l years and the reading of the clerk’s
1 annual report Polls for voting on
1 the director will be open from 2
p. m. until 7 p m A. J. H artram pf,
retiring director, has been nom
inated by petition for re-election
William A Sahnow of Center-
1 vllle, present incum bent, is the
only candidate for re-election to
the non-high school district board
Law covering the election was
changed by the legislature this
year so that only residents in the
zone to be represented will vote
for the director. As a result non-
high school board ballots will be
cast in the Cornelius, Centerville.
Boy, Academy, Buck Heaven, Iowa
Hill, Blooming and W hitmore dis
tricts following the annual m eet
ing.
Hillsboro union high school dis
trict annual meeting will be held
at the Hilhi auditorium on June
24 John W Kamna Jr., of F arm
ington will complete his term of
office on that date and is a candi
date for re-election.
Do you read the Argus classified
and display advertisem ents th o r
oughly each w eek9 W hether you
do or not. start the habit this week
and, in addition to the savings
that you will be able to make on
Effect; ( ’hange« in
your purchases, you »tand a good
List of C a n d id a te * E n te re d chance to receive u free ticket to N o R e b a te A llo w e d T h ir d
T raffic Interest.
the Venetian theatre
Q u a rte r A f t e r S a tu rd a y ;
N o w T o ta l* T w e n ly -F iv e ;
Beginning with this issue the
nume»
of
four
Argu»
subscribers.
R e c e ip t* Show G a in
M o re A n tic ip a te d
AI.EM Residents o t O f non
I selected ut random, will lx* found
must wulch their step u little
hidden in the classified and display
mure closely from now on lest
advertisem ents each week Read
they unw ittingly transgress some
each ad carefully If you find your
one or mure of the more than 300
name with the word "ticket” printed
new legislative acts w hich went
after it. clip out the advertisem ent,
Into effect this week, «0 duys u tt
bring it to the Argus office be-
er sine die adjournm ent of the E v e n t* A nn o un ced
Moose, I fore 5 p m Saturday and receive P re p a ra tio n * fo r A u c tio n by
session
your free theatre ticket The only
C ou n ty N o w B eing M a d e
O d d F e llo w *, K e b e k a h *
While most of these acts Involve
restriction in that the tickets will
only m inor am endm ent to old luws,
not be transferable
many of them being merely correc
Saturday will be the final date
Dimes und qu arters invested in
I a»t o f ( uridlduten fo r GcMidcn*
tive In nature there are u number
Argus classified advertising have for payment of the second quarter
of new laws that orc deserving o f L ib e rty ut the annual "H a p py always paid big dividends and ev of the 1935 county taxes w ithout
D ays" cele b ra tio n , to be conducted
of more thun pussing mention.
ery effort is made to increase the interest and nu rebate will be al
For liutunee there Is the change ut Shute p a rk J u ly 2, 3 and 4 by results that may be obtained C oin lowed on the third quarter after
In the traffic luw which gives the locul firem en, wu» »w elled this cident with the Venetian theatre that date, according to Miss Gladys
right of way at Intersections to week by th e n o m in a tio n o f IB u<l* ticket offer, the "New and G reat- , Eisner, deputy in charge of tax
the vehicle on the right Instead of d itto n a l utrl», b rin g in g the present e r
Washington County Market collection; T axpayers are asked to
Ute one first on the scene as has to ta l to 25 A few m ore nspirunts Place” makes its uppearunce this bring their first quarter receipts
been the case for the past two are expected before th e c I omux week
to facilitate transactions.
years Then there Is the "fair date n e xt Tuesday.
Rebates of tw o per cent on the
Type used in the advertisem ents
Selection o f the lu c k y g ir l i*
trade act" which prohibits the
third qu arter and four per cent on
salt* of trude m arked article* at scheduled fo r the evening o f June now corresponds w ith that used the fourth qu arter will be allowed
cut rules and the amendm ent to 29 at tlie a u d ito riu m The Goddess in the regular news columns of if payments are made on or be
the electrical code which requires o f L ib e rty and fo u r attendant» w ill the Argus to facilitate reading fore Saturday night. A fter that
all dealers In electrical appli be chosen and a m ethod o f »elec Classifications for the various items date u two per cent rebate will be
ances to register with the bureuu tio n , s im ila r to that used last year, have been revised to ussist the allowed on the fourth quarter if
of labor and to confine th eir ware* lias been devi»ed so that e ve ry ca n reader in finding articles of p ar paid before Septem ber 15 The final
to only such product* us conform d id a te w ill huve a fun und equal ticular interest. In uddition a series paym ent on the 1935 tax will be
to the requirem ents of the state chance The w in n in g contestant w ill of pointers on w riting classified* payable December 15.
electrical code Employers of la ' have a fa ir and equal chance The is now being run in each issue.
Receipts Gain
Hundreds of Washington county
bor muy find them selves faced with w in n in g contestant w ill receive a
Tax receipts to date this year are
♦ a
natty if they fell to W thoti com plete costume and attendant» residents place their notices to
buy. sell or trade in the classified approxim ately five per cent ahead
employes prom ptly upon th eir re w ill be g ive n a dress each
columns of the Argus. Glance of paym ents at this time last year
Candidate* Listed
lease from service either by dis
on the 1934 roll. Miss Eisner states
charge or resignation
C om plete list o f candidates no m through the page, note the savings
$388,102 40 has been col-
While the old age assistance act. inated to date by the va riou s o r that may be made and then try an Total of 8 fa
i ' i,i m u i. iil n t a to M a n y
advertisem ent yourself Big result*
R eceive
S e n te n c e *
appropriating $1 .tMXI.OtXI for old age ganization* are u» follow»:
tal
of
$919,030
90 or approxim ately
G lo ria C o u lte r, H i 11»boro B u xi may be obtained at little cost
pensions In co-operation w ith the
B
efo
re
Local
Judges
42
per
cent
Last
year
the
percent
Profes.sonal W om en’» clu b
counties and the federul govern ne»»
age was 37 per cent. $387.177.49
M a rg a ie t («reenawuld. W ashing
ment Is now effective, operation of
having been paid out of $983,315.91
the act is contingent upon the en ton C o u n ty Moose lodge
Four indictm ents against five per
due.
Helen Hut»chman, L a u re l Ladies’
actm ent of the federal old age se
That the fifth payment under the sons were reported Friday by the
< lob
curity bill.
county
grand Jury. William J. Fitz-
installm ent plan for delinquent
R uth Kaynard, Hillsboro union
The forestry ucquistion a c t.
taxes for 1930 and prior years will laff of Portland route 8 and Lydia
high
school
senior».
which was bitterly opposed by
be payable Ju ly 1 was announced Johnson Saunders of Portland were
A u th e lv u Cox, H ills b o ro Kebekah
county courts because of fear of
ordered held on m orals charges.
by Miss Eisner.
lodge.
th> loss of tux revenues. Is among
William M cFarland of Scholls was
Dorothy Cox. Hillsboro A m eri S earcy to T a k e C a s h ie r Post
Sheriff sale of properties in indicted for disorderly conduct near
the new laws becoming effective
volved in the recent foreclosure of a public highway and Alvin Wil
this week This perm its the fed can Legion auxiliary.
at C o m m e rc ia l N a tio n a l
M a rjo rie Sew ell. H ills b o ro C o f
tax delinquency certificates for the son of Portland was indicted on a
erul governm ent to acquire tim ber
years 1930 and prior came to a larceny charge. One report was
lund now in prlvute ow nership a d fee club.
France»
Fields,
H
ills
b
o
ro
W
om
close
Monday w ith approxim ately
jacent to national forest*.
J L. Searcy, formerly in charge 815 tracts still unsold Im m ediate kept secret by the sheriff. The
an's B e lie f Corps
grand jury will convene again
Among other new laws becoming
of
the
Shute
Savings
bank
liquida
Mabel Nelson. Kansas City F arm
steps are being taken by th e coun
effective this week Is one ex ten d er»’ Union
tion. will become cashier of the ty court to appraise the rem aining July 2.
Alleged to have been involved
ing the fire season to October 15,
G leneva B randaw . H ills b o ro V e t Commercial National bank here properties and re-advertise them
in the theft of a radio and a sack
prohibiting the paym ent of money eran»' Foreign Wars a u x ilia ry .
Monduy morning, replacing Alf O for the required county sale
of potatoes from the C R Gibson
lor circulating Initiative, referen
Johnson, who has taken a sim ilar
G ludy» Sollers, A loha Grange*
Following the appraisal of unsold
dum and recall petitions; provid
M in e rva F u lle r, H ills b o ro D augh position with the Forest Grove properties, the county court will home at Hillside recently, six berry
pickers appeared before Circuit
ing for non-partisan election of ters o f U nion Veterans
National bunk
county s c h o o l superintendent*,
Searcy was assigned to the local set minimum prices and advertise Judge Peters Friday and plead
IX iro th y Boy. Cedar M ill F a rm
liquidation in Septem ber. 1933. and the tracts for sale on a date to be guilty t o disorderly c o n d u c t
creating the Oregon Star Bur for ers’ Union.
set later. Bidders at the coming
the regulation of the practice of
Naydeane Patterson. H illsb o ro has done creditable work in hand sale will be required to offer the charges. Raymond L. Tillotson of
St. Helens and Charles R uffner of
ling the affairs of the defunct Shute
law
P y th ia n Sisters
minim um price or better Parcels
«
A num ber of the new acts p ro
Betty Altishin. Hazeldale Com Savings bunk. He Iwd been deputy of land left after this auction will Santa Barbara. Cal., received sen
tences of six months in the county
state superintendent of bunks for
vide am endm ents to the Workmen s m unity club
be taken over by the county and /ail on the charge. Postponed sen
G e rtru d e M cLaren. H i l l s b o r o nearly four years and had con sold at private sale.
Compensation uct Under one of
tences w ere meted out to Harry
these an emjgoye Is deprived of lodge Koval N eighbors o f A m erica. ducted liquidations at Joseph and
Successful bidders at the county
C rystal Naught. Hillsboro K N. S u'h erlin prior to coming to Hills sale will pay the purchase price in Hill of Santa Barbara. Cal.. Fred
the right to reject the uct If his
Cooley of St. Helens. G ordon Adams
boro.
employer has accepted It» provi A
Transfer by Johnson to the F or cash or may take advantage of the and Mary Sm ith of Vancouver,
Roberts Robinson, Hillsboro K
sions Another of these amendment*
contract
payment
plan
provided
by
est Grove National bank comes a ft
Wash.
permits the Industrial Accident N A
«Continued on pair, 3, column 3 1
Adams also plead guilty to a
Jeunne T a ylo r, H ills b o ro R N A er six and a half years of service
commission to term inate the cov
charge
of driving w hile drunk and
with
the
local
institution.
Before
D oris Heaton. Scholls co m m u n ity.
erage of u non-huzurdous occupa
was sentenced to 60 days in the
Leona Russell, Laurel - Sc h o i Is coming here he was connected with
tion when its contribution to the
county jail Tillotson and Ruffner
a bond and investm ent house in
F arm ers’ Union
fund is In default.
were arraigned on larceny charges,
He plans to move to
T illie H offm a n . C o rne lius F ire Portland
Two of the most Im portant acts
plead guilty and received post
Forest Grove w ith his family as
of the last session do not become D epartm ent
poned sentences.
M arg a re t Batchelder, West U n io n soon as he can locate a suitable
effective until July 1. One of these
Postponed sentence was meted
house
IS the so-called safety responsibil F a rm e r*’ U nion
Prnminrnt Granger Die* at llonir out to William McFarland of Scholls
Johnson
has
been
active
in
com
Evelyn Schulmerich, H ills b o ro
ity uct requiring motorists involved
Monday After Long Illness
Monday when he plead guilty Mon
munity affairs, serving at the pres
In traffic accidents to pay any F ire D epartm ent
day io an indictm ent charging dis
Helen Wick. Hillsboro Chamber ent tim e as master of the Tuality
damage judgm ent securer! against
Masonic lodge, treasurer of the
George Leland Woodworth. 68. orderly conduct near a public high
them before they can again op o f Commerce.
Miss C rysta l N aught o f H ills b o ro cham ber of commerce, and director prom inent Hillsboro G ranger and way.
erate an automobile. The other in
Assault and battery c h a r g e
of the local C redit Bureaus. Inc.,
volves an am endm ent to the gaso is the champion ticket-seller of branch. He also headed the "Dawn Mason, died at his home here Mon against Lew Elvin C ornell of Hu
(C ontinued on png* 10, colum n 1)
day
evening
after
a
long
illness
line tax refund uct requiring mo
to Dusk" Boy Sout financial drive Funeral services will be held at 2 ber were dismissed Saturday upon
torists who plan to upply for tax
last Thursday.
p. m. today (Thursday! from the motion of the district attorney Lack
refunds to first secure a perm it
E. T. Pierce, deputy state super Methodist Episcopal church w ith of evidence was given as the rea
at un investm ent of 50 cent*
intendent of banks, who is now the Masonic order and Grange par son for asking dismissal of the
• • *
conducting the liquidation of the ticipating. Interm ent will be at the charge.
All sections of the state are re p
T entative circuit court trial cal
Bank of Beaverton, will take over F ir Lawn cemetery.
resented on the new textbook com
for the period beginning this
the Shute Savings bank work in
Mr W oodworth was born a t endar
mission nuined this week by the County Group Prepared to Form addition to his present duties. C learw
Saturday
and continuing until June
ater,
Minn..
July
22.
1866.
State Board of Education. The
Schedule of the dates on which he and came to Hillsboro in 1920 He 28 was released this w eek as fol-
Area If Others Not Ready
(C ontinued on pajre 10. colum n 5)
members are E. H Hedrick, city
will be in Hillsboro will be an was m arried in 1900 to Miss Ida
school superintendent, M ed fo rd ,
nounced later.
May
Dewey.
W
ashington
county
will
continue
’ Boy L. Skeen, eastern Oregon N or
Since coming to Oregon. Mr.
mal school, LaGrundc, Bex l ’ut- preparations for form ation of a
Woodworth had been active in
num, city school superintendent. separate people’s power district if A m s c h e r G iv e n C o n tra c t
fo r C o u n ty School A u d it Masonic and G range work, serv
Albany; Mrs Mary L. Fulkerson, delegates at the northw estern O re
county school superintendent. S a gon conference here next T hurs
Contract for conducting the nn- ing several term s as m aster of the
day
do
not
take
action
for
im
lem, mid A. C. Hampton, city school
nual school audit in Washington Hillsboro G range and also as mas
superintendent, Astoria
Retiring m ediate organization, according to county w a s aw arded to A. L. ter of the Pomona G range of Wash .Annual Meeting of G roup Planned
a
decision
reached
here
Friday
members of the commission include
Amacher Monday by the district ington county. He also served as
at Shute Park on June 23
It It T urner of Dallas and Austin night by county proponents of the boundary board. H arry It. Morgan county fair manager. He w a s
luindreth of Pendleton, both of program. The local group unof had previously received the con- « active in the Methodist church, of
A nnual reunion of the W ashing
whom served for eight years, and ficially favored the super-district tract for the work b u t asked to be I which he was a life long member
Dr Nelson L. Bossing of the Uni- I plan but desires to take prompt released as he is now employed 1 While at C learw ater he served for ton County Pioneer and Native
and Daughters association
versity of Oregon, who served four action to be ready for cheap elec- with the stale auditing departm ent a tim e as county school superin Sons
will be held at Shute park June
i<’«Yn»lnn«aa nu n«**# I' column fii
ten d en t
year*.
23, according to I,. E. Wilkes, pres
• • •
He is survived by his widow.
All persons interested in
Mrs. Ida May Woodworth; five ident.
The political prognosticators con
keeping alive the history a n d
brothers. Winn Woodworth, of A r traditions
tinue to speculate on the date for
Oregon pioneers
kansas. Frank Woodworth of Louis are invited of to the
the special session, guesses rung-1
be present and take
iana,
Charles
Woodworth
of
San
Ing from as early us July 8 to us ,
in the program.
Diego, Cal., Lyle of San Francisco. part
late as next January. Governor
F. L. Brown of Laurel, vice-
Cal.;
and
Ernest
of
Minnesota;
and
M artin refuses to discuss the m at
Interest in the elimination to u rn Union loop and Is favored to rep one sister, Mrs. Belle C ater of president. w ill be in charge of the
ter, his only comment on the
program. Addresses by descendants
resent th at league.
Minnesota.
speculations being thnt he enjoys am ents to select teams which will
early pioneers will include Miss
Keen competition betw een lead
Funeral arrangem ents w ere made I of
compete In the two free baseball
i ru lin g the newspapers, too.
Dulcina Brown of Portland, daugh-
games scheduled here Ju ly 3 and ers in the four leagues to be rep by Young's F uneral Home.
I ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Brown of
Hillsboro a n d great-great-grand-
4 during the "Happy Days" cele resented in the free "H appy Days"
games has existed all through the
1 daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs.
bration will reach its peak S un season
and has brought out a good
! Clark (Tabitha! Brown, founders
day, the final day on which the brand of
in the county. As
of Pacific university a t Forest
squads can qualify Valuable cash a result, baseball
fans
are
anticipating
two
Grove. Miss Brown has traveled
Floyd M erly, K Inton corn club and m erchandise prizes have been bang-up ball games on July 3 and
extensively and is a forceful speak
Fire of uncertain origin destroyed er.
leader, was elected v ice-p resid en t; offered for the two games and 4.
funs
will
be
out
in
force
Sunday
the
conveyor
and
a
quantity
of
of the Washington County Local
O ther speakers w ill include T.
slab wood at the P erry Lumber com
* Leaders' association during a m eet to root for their favorite in the
Wilkes of Corvallis, brother of
pany sawmill at North Plains early S.
ing of the group at the court house four leagues.
Thursday morning. A fter the blaze L. E. Wilkes of this city and a
Thursday. B lerly fills the vacancy j Situation in the Tualatin Valley
of the late Mr. and Mrs.
was believed to have been ex- grandson
left by the resignation of D. M league is particularly tense for this
Wilkes, early pioneers. Fea
tinquished, a slight explosion oc Payton
week with Forest Grove and Ver-
McDougall.
tures
of
the
program will
in the saw dust pile about be selections musical
Last Sunday in July as a perma- ' boort tied for the honor of being
by the popular Buck
Democrats of the county will curred
10:15
a.
m
and
the
whole
pile
was
nent date for the county 4-H pic- j top county team in the loop. Added gather in force tonight (Thursday!
“Buckaroos," old-tim e vio
burned. Los* was estim ated at Heaven
nic was selected by the leaders to this is the fact that the two con
lin music and assembly singing.
at
Sherwood
to
hear
C
arl
Donaugh.
about
$250
tenders
are
scheduled
to
clash
S
un
The picnic will be held this year
Program num bers w ill be added
Flames from the sawdust fire
on July 28 nt Halm Grove. Further day and both teams are pulling for federal district attorney, who is
Visitors are asked to bring well-
leaped
nearly
30
feet
into
the
air
details of the picnic will be a n th e July 4 game.
scheduled to speak at a chicken
filled baskets. Coffee and cream
and a heavy black smoke poured | will be furnished free. D inner is
nounced later.
Possibility of n three-w ay tie in dinner to be served at 7 o'clock.
up from the pile Workmen near
There was a short discussion of the Sunset league between Aloha,
Prom inent m em bers of the party the blaze reported that they de scheduled for 12:30 p. m. and the
the 4-H club sum m er school and T ualatin and Laurel ns a result of
i program at 2 p. m.
in
other
counties
and
notable
P
ort-
scholarships.
games this Sunday gives rabid lnnders have been invited. Special tected no odor of coal oil or gaso
line,
according
to
Deputy
Johnson
fans plenty of cause for excitement. Invitations have been issued to
Aloha now leads the league, but women democrats of the county W who investigated. The early m orn L e T o u rn e a u R e w a rd
Mooae F in a n c e * P riz e *
ing fire was put out by neighbors
R e vo ked on F rid a y
w ith D a n c e on J u n e 22 a loss to Tualntin Sunday would P. Fiske of Sherwood, chairm an of and w orkers at the mill, while the
put the tw o teams in a tie. Laurel the dem ocratic central committee,
Reward of $500 offered for in
County Moose lodge is planning also
Hillsboro f i r e departm ent r e formation regarding the w here
a good chance to get into
a dance and public wedding nt the the has
sponded to the call later in the day. abouts of H arlan LeTourneau, P ort
race by trouncing Hillsboro. is in charge.
Shute park auditorium on the eve The top team in this league will
Tim ber fires which w ere b u rn land mechanic who disappeared
ning of Ju n e 22 to raise funds to m eet the leader in the Tualatin
ing near Meacham's and near the •December 21, 1934, in the hills
finance prizes in events to be Valley league for the county cham L o c a l F ire m e n A tte n d
Howitt-Dixon mill on Pum pkin back of Gales Creek, was revoked
sponsored by the lodge at t h e pionship on July 4 at Shute park.
C o rv a llis C o n ven tio n Ridge were brought under control Friday by R. G. LeTourneau, fath
"Happy Days" celebration. The lo
Three members of the local fire Friday when CCC men and w ork er of the missing young man. Men
G arden Home has a good lead
cal "Moose Revelers" orchestra will
departm
ent attended the annual ers w ere assisted by cool weather. from the CCC camps and others
in
the
W
ashington
County
league
provide the music.
and is practically conceded a fa firem en's convention at Corvallis The Meacham fire broke out In under the direction of Cecil Kyle,
vored spot In the July 3 game b e Wednesday. Hillsboro representa logged over land south of S her district fire warden, combed the
Palm Get* Neon Sign
an's mill a week ago Saturday area unsuccessfully f o r several
New neon electric sign was In tween leaders in the W ashington tives w ere S. W. Melhuish, fire m
and the Pum pkin Ridge b l a z e weeks after the disappearance was
stalled nt the Palm D ru g sto re here C ounty and Farm Union leagues. chief, W ilbur Dillon, fire marshal, started
reported.
last Thursday.
Cedar Mill Is ahead in the Farm and Charles Douglass.
Saturday.
Il Y
A
1.
L IN B B IO 1
Due June 15
S
Sheriff Sale Closed
Deadline on Tuesday
Jurors Indict
Five Persons
Staff Change
Made at Bank
George Woodworth
Rites Held Today
State Power Meet
Set Here Thursday
Pioneers of County
to Conduct Reunion
Contestants for "Happy Days
Ball Games Determined Sunday
Floyd Bicrly Heads
4-H Leaders’ Group
North Plains Mill
Hit by Two Fires
Democrats Meet
Sherwood Tonight
Ten Pages This W eek
County Rally
Re-elected
Three Road
of Towsend
Jobs Sought
Clubs Slated
Local G ro u p * P la n
for C ounty
M e e tin g
H ig h w a y Im p ro v e m e n t* and
at S hute P a rk S u n d ay;
B rid g e P la n S u b m itted
P icnic S cheduled
T o ta l $ 4 1 4 ,0 7 1
Ralph Clyde Speaker
Projects A pproved
F u tu re of O ld A g e Pension
In itia tiv e on R iv e r P ro g ra m
P ro g ra m to be T a lk e d
L e ft to D ra in a g e Body
Ralph L. Clyde, Portland com
missioner. will be the headline
speaker at the Washington county
Townsend club rally and picnic at
Shute park here Sunday afternoon.
A pot luck dinner is scheduled for
1:30 p. m. and the speaking pro
gram will begin at 3 p. m. in the
auditorium.
Delegations from the six county
Townsend clubs at Hillsboro, F or
est Grove. Tigard, Sherwood, Beav
erton and Cedar Mill will attend
as will groups from other clubs in
the Portland and Vancouver areas
Preparations are being made to
accommodate between 3000 and 4000
persons.
Commissioner Clyde has been an
ardent advocate of old age pensions
for many years and waged an ac
tive campaign for such legislation
when he served in the state legis
lature and on the old Portland city
council. His speech here Sunday.
“W here Do We Go From Here."
will constitute a sum mary of the
past, present and future of the
Townsend movement.
Rapid Growth Cited
That the grow th of the Townsend
program is one of the most rapid
experienced in this country was
the declaration of Commissioner
Clyde during his conference here
with Rev. R. L. Putnam and Rob
ert Kelly, president and secretary,
respectively, of the local club En
thusiasm of Oregon. Washington
and California residents in t h e
movement is indicated by the fact
that these areas contributed more
than any others to the recent con
gressional delegation. Clyde stated.
C. E. Hansen of Portland. Oregon
manager, plans to attend the rally
and picnic here Sunday. Musical
program will be provided by Paul
K. Hutchinson, Portland baritone.
Hillsboro club w ill furnish cof
fee for the crowd and visitors are
requested to bring their own dishes
and cups Public address system
for the event will be loaned by
Koeber's orchestra.
Committee chairm en appointed
for the event include Dr Henry-
Young. reception. Mrs Percy Long,
picnic dinner. M. L Berdan, ac
commodations for speaker; and G.
N Taggart, transportation. All eld
erly persons wishing transporta
tion to the park grounds are re
quested to meet at 1 p. m. at the
local Christian church, w here cars
will be w aiting for them.
Applications for two Washington
county road projects and one bridge
job. totaling $414.071. were throw n
into the W illamette Valley de
velopment hopper Tuesday night
by the county planning commis
sion. In addition, the group decided
to leave the initiative in organiz
ing an im provem ent district for
the Tualatin river flood control
program to the Tualatin Valley
Drainage & Flood Control associa
tion.
First of the projects subm itted
by the county court and approved
by the planning commission Tues
day night called for the crushing
and delivery of 100,000 cubic yards
of rock to county roads at a cost
estim ated at $213.655. Estimate for
labor on the job was set at $107,-
850, or an average of 95 men for
a period of 11 months. Rock would
be obtained from the Laurel, D ur
ham, Jackson and Hazeldale q u ar
ries, according to the application.
Oiling Proposed
— Pictures courteay Selitpnan Studio.
H. L. MacKenzie. local Ford dealer,
and P. L. Patterson, attorney,
named president and vice-presi
dent, respectively, of the cham
ber of commerce.
Chamber Heads
Named Monday
M a c K e n z ie ,
P a tte rs o n ,
frid g e , Scearce
Sel
E lected
Second job subm itted was for
oiling approximately 93.8 miles of
county prim ary roads. Estimate of
the probable cost of the work was
set at $187.513 88. $63.(»tl of which
would go for direct labor A pprox
im ately 150 men would be em
ployed for a period of two months.
Twelve prim ary roads were se
lected for benefits from the oiling
project, nearly all of w hich a re
located in the northern and w est
ern part of the county Highways
in the south and eastern portions
have already been improved as
state prim ary and secondary high
ways or oiled by the county, ac
cording to J W Barney, county
engineer.
Roads selected were as follows:
Forest Grove through Gales Creek
to north county line, 23.5 miles;
Multnomah county line. C e d a r
Mill. West Union to Mountaindale.
1if .8 miles. Hillsboro to Orenco and
north to the county line in C orne
lius Pass, 9.8 miles; River road. 8
miles; Hillsboro north to Jackson
school. 5.4 miles; Beaverton north
to Orenco, 6 miles; Forest Grove
to Kansas City. 7.3 miles; Corne
lius to Banks road via C enterville
and Verboort, 4 miles; Reedville
north to Orenco, 3 miles; Tualatin
to Sherwood, 4 miles; Aloha south
to Farm ington road, 15 miles; and
Midway to Campbell bridge via
Laurel, 3.5 miles.
Smallest project of the three was
to replace a wooden bridge at
Glenwood w ith a steel and con
crete structure H4 feet long. Cost
on this job was estim ated at $12,-
903 and would give employment
to 20 men for three months. Cost
H. L. MacKenzie and P. L. P at
terson w ere unanimously re-elected
president and vice - president, re
spectively, of the Hillsboro Cham
ber of Commerce at a dinner Mon
day night.
R. J. Scearce was unanimously
elected treasurer to succeed Alf O.
Johnson, who is resigning because
of his removal to Forest Grove.
George Selfridge was the unani
mous choice for director for a
three-year term to succeed L. J.
Rushlow. C arryover members of
the board are C. T. Richardson for
sne year and Morris Weil for two
years.
A presentation of gifts was made
in appreciation of the fine spirit
of service shown by A nn Peters,
Anna Leider. Evelyn H aworth and
Norma Hammer, school girls, who
have w aited on the tables during
the year. Vice-president Patterson
(Continued on p a ss 111. e o in m n ll
Hillsboro 1 nit Entrains Tuesday made the presentation on behalf
of the members.
for Training at Fort Lewis
Co-operation w ith other cham
bers of commerce and g r o u p s
Local contingent of n a t i o n a l throughout the state in placing a n ,
guardsmen entrained at the South Oregon exhibit at the California
ern Pacific station here at 9 a. m. Pacific International Exposition at
Tuesday for Fort Lewis. Wash., to , San Diego was pledged. The board
participate in one of the greatest of directors was instructed to make Two Special Teachers Hired for
peace time maneuvers in the west a subscription w ithin means of the
Hilhi. Grade Sehool Cearses
since the World war. The Hillsboro organization.
troops, under the command of Lt.
Full physical education course
A telegram urging President
A rthur Kroeger, w ill be gone for
Roosevelt to give his support to the will be provided for students at
two weeks.
the
Hillsboro union high school and
development of the flax industry
The Hillsboro unit, making up in Oregon was ordered sent.
local elem entary schools next year,
the headquarters company, second
Plans for calling a representa according to action taken by the
battalion. 162nd infantry, arrived
two district boards. Miss B arbara
at F ort Lewis at 3 p. m. Tuesday tive of a lighting firm here in the Potts and Jack Killits. both Pacific
on a special train carrying troops fall to speak on the proposition of university graduates, have b e e n
from Dallas. Corvallis, McMinnville an improved street lighting system hired to conduct the work.
and Forest Grove At the camp the in Hillsboro were left w ith Secre
Under the tentative plan adopted.
41st division w ill be assembled as tary Ed. L. Moore.
Im perial restaurant w a s a n - ' Miss Potts will serve at the high
a unit for the first tim e since its
retu rn from France in 1919 and nounced as a new mem ber of the school during the first four m orn
ings of the week and at the grade
w ill include m ore than 7000 men chamber of commerce.
schools in the afternoon and all-day
and 600 officers from Oregon, Wash
Friday. Killits’ schedule lor the
ington. Idaho and Montana.
C a n n e ry Reaches P e a k
week will be just the reverse of
L etters from Lt. Kroeger. re la t
o f Local P ea Season that proposed for Miss Potts-
ing the progress and activities of
While both district boards ap
Peak of the pea season w a s
the local citizen soldiers, w ill be
published in the next two issues of reached this week at the Ray-Mal- proved the selection of the two new
ing cannery here and approxim ate teachers, the elem entary school dis
the Argus.
ly 600 persons are employed in trict will pay Miss Potts' salary
three shifts. The season on local and the Hilhi district will handle
peas is expected to continue about the salary for Killits.
N either of the two local schools
another week. The concern is
I tapering off on handling straw- have had full physical education
I berries, asparagus and spinach.
facilities for several years.
Mrs. Louise Thiel and Miss Elsa
Richart, both of Portland, suffered
m inor cuts and bruises Thursday
evening when the car in which they
w ere riding was involved in an
accident on the East Side highway
near the Tualatin river bridge. The
accident was reported by Albert
(B z Wm. F. Cyru«. County Asent!
| for something else that does not
W. Thompson of Portland.
C herry fruit flies are beginning mean that such early spray ap-
Michael O'Sullivan and Joe Craig, I to emerge. Shortly after these ad- plications would be of the slight -
both of Beaverton route 1, came ult flies are out they begin to lay est benefit in controlling the cherry
out second best Thursday m orn eggs and deposit them on the skin I fruit fly.
go far as any definite accurate
ing when their motorcycle collided of the fruit. This egg hatches into
with a cow near Hazeldale. O 'Sulli
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" » » " ') •>-
van reported that he attem pted to
frUit.
fective
control
for
this
insect pest
pass a herd of cows at the side of
the road and th at one of the
For a control all varieties of >» the poison bait spray applied
anim als ran out into th e road in cherries should be sprayed at once, when the adult flies first emerge
front of his motorcycle. The two If the cherries are planted in o r - , from the gTound. A dditional spray-
men suffered sprains and bruises. chards or around other trees, these .
. . .
,
-
a‘ ,ntery«ls
G ary L. Davis of Buxton was interplantings, regardless of w h eth -, m «s a^e
’ IfW? h i . “ " „ v i*
the driver of the car which struck er they are fruit trees, shrubs or a
X T n n l i t i it
not L n v
A rthur Gray of C arnation near the fence row should be sprayed. If it |
rains
after
the
spray
is
put
on
ProPe
r'-v
applied,
1 ’ not e° n|f
Masonic home a week ago Tues
day evening, a belated accident re them, the spray should be re- ,o make th e fru lt mesgy-
port filed this week w ith the sher peated.
Spray used is a poison bait pre- S a fe w a y Store F ro n t
iff revealed. The first report to the
sheriff indicated that G. E. Beers pared at the rate of one-ha If pound
R em o d eled T h i* W e e k
of Buxton, owner of the machine, of lead arsenate, tw o quarts of
„ a
A
, „ llt .
. .
Safeway store in Hillsboro is be-
had been driving at the time of molasses and 10 gallons of water.
No attem pt should be uade to get in8 remodeled this week to provide
the accident.
this on the fruit, all that is needed npen front facilities The work is
is a light sprinkle of the sweet being done by Mohr Bros,
C o u n ty B u ild e r G ro u p
poisop bait on the leaves of the
Less Meetings Planned
to M e e t M o n d a y N ig h t trees or shrubs to w hich it is ap-1
Legionnaires
decided Tuesday
Washington County Builders' E x plied.
change will meet a t 8 p. m. Mon- i Spraying cherry trees for the night to hold only one meeting a
day in the old G range hall at Hills control of cherry fruit fly prior month in July and August. The
boro. Wage scales for the county to the present tim e did no good meetings will be held the second
and the federal housing program and regardless of how thoroughly Tuesday of each month. Next m eet
a tree might have been sprayed ing will be Ju n e 25.
w ill be discussed.
Local Guard Troop
Attends Maneuvers
City Schools Offer
Physical Education
Four Persons Hurt
in Auto Accidents
Prompt Action in Spraying
for Cherry Fruit Fly Urged