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Happy
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Happy
New Year
W ith Which is Combined the Hillsboro Independent
V olum e 42. No. 45
S ta te C a p ita l
N e w s L e tt e r
BY
A.
L. L IN D B K C K
Strong Stand Tukcn for
Oregon Products by
Governor Martin
C A L E M O regon arch itect« an d
O regon m aterial« for th e new
O regon c a p ital 1« th e ch allen g e
w hich G overnor M urlin has th ro w n
.•do tin’ fai e of th e cupitol recon-
itru ctio n eonunisslon.
The g ovennn com m en t to S alem
new spaperm en was pro m p ted by
reports th a t o u t-o f-state architect«
would be asked to com pote for th e
honor of designing th e new stale
house.
"T here a re plenty of b rain s rig h t
h ere in O regon to design and su p e r
vise the new cupitol w ith o u t going
to some o th er state to find un
arch itect," th e g o vern o r declared.
"O regon also has plen ty of b u ild
ing m aterials such us m arble, build-
. ing tone, woods of all k in d s Lie
W iliest tile w orld affords. T h ere is
in i ju stificatio n w h atev er for goiu :
outside tile state to buy an y th in g
we can p roduce ourselves.
" I ls high tim e we O regonians
w ere w aking up to the fact th at we
live in a state rich in n a tu ra l r e
source« of uli kinds an d 1 feci th a t
now is th e tim e to m uke a sta rt
to w ard a p rogram of ed ucation
th a t w ill not only sell O regon to its
owtt»ciUzen« but to th e rest of th e
w orld.
"O regon has been a du m p in g
ground for th e su rro u n d in g stutes
long enough m uch too lung, 111
fact. A» for inyself I propose to
use w hat in flu en ce 1 have in d e
veloping th e w o n d erfu l resources
God bus given to us. an d I'm going
to sta rt in by doing w hut 1 c m
to give state business to O regon
m erch an ts and m a n u fa c tu re rs w hose
payrolls su p p o rt O regon fam ilies
and w hose tuxes su p p o rt th e state
und its nu m ero u s subdivisions."
• • •
P atro n s of th e 193(1 S ta te F a ir
w ill pay "fo u r bits" to get Into Lie
grounds instead* c f “tw o b its” as
has been th e case th e past few
years th e state board of a g ric u ltu re
// decided ut its m eeting h ere S u tu r-
day. Increase in tile adm ission price
w as ju stified on the gro u n d th a t
the low er adm ission did not p ro
vide sufficient rev e n u e to su p p o rt
th e kind of a fa ir th e people ex p ect
and a re en title d to. S ince th e next
fair w ill m a rk the D iam ond Ju b ile e
of the state*« big u g ricu ltu ru l and
in d u strial e x h ib itio n it is proposed
to m uke It the best in th e histo ry
of th e in stitu tio n w ith a large n u m
ber of high class v au d e v ille acts,
aftern o o n and night, free to those
w ho pay th e ir w ay th ro u g h th e
turn, tiles. T he board decided to
open the fair on L ab o r duy, M on
day, S ep tem b er 7. und to close Lie
show on th e follow ing S unday.
•J
• e •
L e t w eek th is w rite r in tim ated
based upon house ru m o rs th a t O t
to H artw ig m ight not be re a p p o in t
ed to th e in d u stria l accid en t co m
m ission. Also, th at Ja c k A llen, w ho
re lin q u ish e d his seat in th e state
sen ate som e six or e ig h t m onth.:
ago to becom e state liq u o r a d m in
istrato r. m ight re tire from public
lift* along about th e first of the
new y e a r to dev o te his tim e again
to his p riv a te in te re sts ut P e n d le
ton.
T his w eek's b udget of w h isp er-
• ings from old D am e H um or lias it
th a t if and w hen H artw ig is r e
placed it w ill be by one J C. Joy.
P o rtla n d dem ocrat, an d th at O tt i
R unte, now chief in sp ecto r for th e
state liq u o r a d m in istratio n , is s la t
ed to succeed A lien as ad m in is
tra to r if and w hen he step s ou t of
th e picture.
’ O pposition to H artw ig, a highly
po p u lar and co m p eten t m em b er of
the accident com m ission, is u n d e r
stood to be e n tire ly p artisan . D em
ocratic p artisa n s a re k now n to
have been clam o rin g for som e tim e
for a second m em ber on th e com
m ission. w hich is now d o m in an tly
republican, and H artw ig ju s t h a p
pens to be th e m em b er w hose term
is ex p irin g a t this tim e ra th e r th an
T. M orris D unne, th e o th e r re p u b li
can m em ber, w hose te rm co n tin
ues u n til J a n u a ry 2, 1937, unless lie
should be rem oved for cause. H a rt
w ig is said to be e n tire ly satisfac
to ry to both em ployers an d e m
ployees, m an y of w hom a re know n
to b e u rging th e g o v ern o r to re a p
point him . He w as fo rm erly an in
flu en tial lab o r lead e r in th e state
and is lab o r's re p re se n ta tiv e on th e
board. S pecu latio n as to his pos
s ib le re tire m e n t is based largely
¿Upon th e fact th a t th e g o v ern o r
Thus not y e t announced his rc-ap -
jiointm ent, w hich, in th e o rd in ary
(C o n tin u e d on pn g r A,
colum n I )
Oregonian Editor
Talks at Rotary
P alm er Hoyt, m an ag in g ed ito r of
th e O regonian, urged th e co -o p era
tion of all in selling O regon, a
trem en d o u sly saleable state, in a
talk before th e R otary clu b T h u rs
day noon. If effo rts a re put. fo rth
to brin g tho u san d s of to u rists here,
(be m a ile r of in d u stry and settlers
w ill tak e r a r e of itself, he said.
H oyt praised the q u a lity of the
local new spaper, th e A rgus, saying
it w as considered one of th e best
w eekly new sp ap ers in th e state ami
that It. had an estim ab le n atio n al
ri putalion.
H illsboro H ofnrlans a re in an a t
ten d an ce contest w ith M cM innville
from N ovem ber to May. T he local
/ c l u b led in N ovem ber 93 I p er cent
Io 84.05. T he group stan d s elev e n th
in th e d istrict in atten d an ce.
P ast D istrict G o v ern o r H e rb c r’
H arris of C alifornia w ill speak J a n
u ary 2.
IlilUlHiro Independent Establiahed 1M73
H illsboro, O reg o n , T h u rsd a y , D ecem ber 26, 1935
Small Potato ' Ì S / X r Registration
on New School foj. Election
Grower Hit
Ends Soon
by New Act
V oters of n in e school d istrict
in S herw ood and vicin ity w ill vote
Ja n u a ry II on th e form ation of a
union high school d istrict w ith
b u ild in g s in Sherw ood. T he vote
w as o rd ered by th e school b o u n d ary
board at a m eetin g S atu rd ay , w hen
A ll Producer* M ust R egister it w as discovered th at a protest
had been filed against th e petition
| ask in g th e bourd to set up th e d is
for E stab lish m en t of
trict.
S a les Q uota
T h e p ro test petitio n was signed
by m an y p a tro n s of th e H oodview
I school, w hich is a jo in t district w ith
C lackam as, (J B K raus. su|M-rjn-
te n d e n t said. P atro n s of th e oth er
d istricts, how ever, are rep o rted as
fav o rab le to th e school.
U nder th e law, a m ajo rity of the
S tate M ay G row N early 4
I d istricts, and a m ajo rity of th e
v o ters in all th e districts, m ust fav
M illion B u sh els
o r th e m easu re before it can carry .
In th is case five d istricts m ust
Potuto grow ers, w h eth er th ey sell ag re e as a m ajo rity and in addl-
one sack o r 1000 sacks, com e u n d er ! tion th e re also m ust be a m ajo rity
tile provisions of th e p otato act. a c of till- v o t e r s in I hi- n o n - ill ’
K rau s also culled a tten tio n of
co rd in g to an n o u n cem en ts from
W ashington. D. C., says county : v o ters to th e law g overning per-
agent, W F. C yrus. T ru e, ttiere is ; sons e n title d to vote, as only pi r-
un ex em p tio n , w inch a t th e p re s I sons w hose n am es a p p ear on the
en t tim e urnounts to 50 bushels, but | last assessm ent roll can vote legally
th is ex em p tio n d<X‘S not m ean th at on th e estab lish m en t of th e dis-
a g ro w er p ro d u cin g th u t q u a n tity ; tric t und co n stru ctio n of th e school.
or less w ill not need to ap p ly for In th e election of officers th ere are
a sales q uota, he says. A ccording no p ro p e rty qualificatio n s, ail p a
to th e p o tato uet any ind iv id u al, tro n s of th e d istric ts being allow ed
( ('o n lin u r d on p a g r 7, ro lu m n 3)
w ho grow s an d sells potatoes, will
need to h iv e a stam p on ev ery
p ack ag e of tu b e rs th at he sells.
T hese stam ps can be o b tain ed by
th e g ro w er w ho accepts Ills d esig
n ated q u o ta free of charge. F or Lie
g ro w er w h o does not h av e a sules
q u o ta, stam p s w ill cost him 75c per
100 pounds of potatoes.
D etails p e rta in in g to tile pro g ram
and th e m a n n e r of ap p ly in g for, U n cle Sam , T hrough W P A ,
p ro v in g an d estab lish in g sales q u o
H as H olid ay P ayd ay
tas a re b eing ex p lain ed a t a serie ,
of m eetings b eing h eld at severul
p o in ts in th e co u n ty th is w eek und
Y our U ncle Sam played S anta
M onday.
C laus th is w eek to 358 fam ilies in
M eetin gs S eh rd u lril
W ashington co u n ty w hen checks
T h u rsd ay aftern o o n g ro w ers in for w o rk p erfo rm ed on WPA pro-
th e south c e n tra l p a rt of th e co u n , jects w ere d is trib u te d M unday to
ty m eet at L au rel, F rid ay aftern o o n l ill p a rts of th e county. A few
th e n o rth e a ste rn p a rt of th e county w o rk e rs had p rev io u sly received
m eets in th e C ed ar Mill G runge checks and a few had not com -
hall und on S a tu rd a y aftern o o n th e p leted th e tw o w eeks em ploym ent
S h erw o o d sectio n m eets in th e S h e r e n titlin g th em to d raw pay.
wood city hall. O n M onday th e re
F or n early 400 o th e r fam ilies in
w ill be tw o m eetings, one at H anks th e co u n ty on th e local relief rolls,
at 9 30 a. in. in th e Royal N eig h th e re w as o n ly such C h ristm as
bors hall an d a n o th e r at 1:30 in th e ch eer as m ight be b ro u g h t them
aftern o o n in th e K intun G ran g e th ro u g h odd jo b s or m eager aid
hall.
fu rn ish ed by th e co u n ty relief u n -
S ales q u o tas a re estab lish ed for ' it. W ith till' ex cep tio n of a p p ro x i
each in d iv id u al grow er, using th e m ately 140 of th e to tal th e m ajo r -
am o u n t of his sales as th e basis for ' tty ap p lied fo r relief a fte r th e
su ch a quota In m ak in g a p p lic a d ead lin e set for certificatio n to
tion, th e g ro w er gives his s ta te WPA em ploym ent.
O f th e m ore th a n 600 persons
m en t of his sales for th e y ears
of 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1935 to g eth er certified as elig ib le to w ork, all
w ith his p ro d u ctio n for th e sam e have been called to em p lo y m cn '
period. He th en has th e p riv ileg e of ex cep t th e 140 for w hom th e re a re
ex ercisin g any one of eight optio n ! at , »resent no jobs av ailable, th o u g h
in estab lish in g his q uota T he g ro w p ro jects en o u g h h av e been su b m it
e r m ay select an y one of th e eight ted to th e w orks a d m in istratio n in
o ptions th at is m ost ad v an tag eo u s P o rtlan d to su p p ly em p lo y m en t for
to him an d is ex p ected to produce tw ice th is n um ber.
P ersons, w ho had been on th e
ev id en ce su p p o rtin g Ins sales claim
A sales q u o ta for th e s ta te of I relief ro lls last sp rin g and w ho
O regon
has alre a d y
been set. found tem p o rary jobs, th ro u g h o u t
am o u n tin g to 3,953,000 b u sh els a n th e su m m er or th e first m onths of
n u ally . C o u n ty q u o ta w ill not be su m m er, w ere not elig ib le to c e r
set u n til th e ap p licatio n s for q u o tificatio n for em ploym ent and w ere
tas a re all tu rm x l in. W hen these not p erm itted to re -reg ister for
a rc all totaled, th e state b o ard w ill w ork u n d e r th e new setup.
T hese fam ilies now m ust be c a r
th en proceed to set th e co u n ty
q uota. T he co u n ty b o ard w ill set ed for by th e co u n ty relief o r by
p riv ate c h a rity as all federal funds
(C o n tin u e d on page 7, ro lu m n 3)
for th is p u rp o se h av e been w ith
d raw n , officials d eclare.
T o date, K. E T illotsnn. W PA
e n g in ee r for th is county, rep o rts
th a t five p ro jects have been com
p leted and one o rd ered closed.
T h is one is th e sew ing p roject
Hillsboro A rcus Established 1894
Local Produce
'V
Now Found on
Nation's NI en us
Highlights of
Roger Babson’s 1936 Outlook
Tw o Sections, T w elve P ag es
Babson Has
Optimistic
1936 Views
D elicacies for C h ristm as feasts
B usiness: T en p e r c e n t g ain fo r y ear.
from th e o rch ard s an d farm s of
W ashington co u n ty w ill e n te r into
E lectio n s: No o b sta c le to reco v ery .
m enus in all p a rts of th e U nited
S tates and m any foreign co u n tries
B u ild in g : B eg inning of boom.
this y e a r an d th e re is a w ide v a ri
ety to select from , e ith e r fresh
L a b o r: M ore “ H e lp W a n te d ” signs.
Clerk to K eep E xtra H ours from th e R ay-M aling froster, or
S u b sta n tia l G ains in M ost
canned
from
th
e
c
a
n
n
e
ry
u
n
it
of
S
to c k s: Bull m a rk e t not over.
D uring Last M inute
the sam e com pany.
Lines P red icted in
F a rm P ric e s: S p o tty b u t to ta l incom e hig h er.
V o te rs’ Rush
C om plete figures, released this
A n n u a l O utlook
w eek by th e com pany, show a
R eal E s ta te : A ctive y e a r— R ents higher.
total of 14,166 to n s of p roducts, or
28 332.000 pounds p u rch ased from
B u d g e t:
Tw o billion d o lla r d eficit.
W ashington co u n ty p ro d u cers a t a
cost of $520.?49 33. T he larg est to n
B onds: H ig h -g ra d e s a t ceiling.
nage w as in p ears of w hich 3.543
tons
w
ere
packed.
C
orn
am
ounted
R
etail T r a d e : B est sa le s in five y ears.
S even C ounty O ffic e s M ust
to 2.990 tons and re q u ire d 2.661
E lection No O b sta cle R e
A d v e rtisin g : M ost p ro fita b le in y ears.
acres of fe rtile land fo r p ro d u ctio n
be F illed in 1936
co v ery , is B elief
W ashington co u n ty w as b en efit-
Living C osts: M ild rise — Food bills dow n.
ted th ro u g h th e em p lo y m en t at
W ashington co u n ty v o ters w ill th e peak season in e arly su m m er of ! i
S u m m a ry : P ro s p e rity by 1937.
(By R oger B abson)
begin elections e arly th is y e a r 1192 m en an d w om en w h ile th e
BABSON PA RK . F lorida, Dec. 27
w hen th ey go to th e polls J a n u a ry payroll of th e in stitu tio n am ounted
—I am bullish on businessf or 1936.
31 to vote on a n u m b er of re fe rre d to $262,787.07 fo r th e y ear. W hile
N ot on an y y ea r-e n d since th e late
law s passed by the special session not all em ployes w o rk ed steadily
tw e n tie s have I felt su rer th an I
of th e leg islatu re. W hether or not th ro u g h o u t th e e n tire season, in
do today th a t plans could be laid
th e sta te p rim aries follow closely com es w ere p ro v id ed w hich o th e r
on th e basis of b e tte r business d u r
on th e heels of the special election, w ise m ight not have been possible,
ing th e com ing tw elv e m onths. Re-
depends on th e a ttitu d e of the v o t it is pointed out.
I g ard less of the elections, th e tid e ct
ers in Ja n u a ry .
T ra n slated in to cases, th e to tal
i business is ru n n in g in and noth in g
F irst of th e law s, an d one w hich canned pack for th e season am o u n t
: can stop it. W hen we check up on
m akes a d ra stic chan g e in election ed to 447,179, w hile 164,570 cases
1 th is forecast n e x t D ecem ber, I am
procecB ure, is th a t w hich proposes w ere pack ed by th e B irds-eye
Fred
E
n
g
eld
in
g
ers
Second
I convinced th a t w e shall fin d sa tis
C h ild ren of H illsboro and s u r
to change th e p rim a ry election q uick frosted process. In ad d itio n
facto ry gains in jobs, wages, sales
from M ly to S eptem ber. If th e v o t to this, 1503 b a rre ls of stra w b e rrie s ro u n d in g te rrito ry ex p erien ced a
in A n n u a l C ontest
an d ad v ertisin g , stocks, fa rm in
ers favor this law , p ro sp ectiv e c a n w ere cold packed, w hich am ounts •g ala d ay S a tu rd a y w ith a d o u b le
come, earn in g s an d dividends.
dose of S an ta C laus, gifts, an d a
d id ates need not w o rry ab o u t n o m to 75,150 gallons of th is fru it.
p u p p e t show. T he p u p p et show ,
Ten P e r Cent Gain
inations fo r som e tim e.
Mr. an d Mrs. Jo h n G ard n er, w in-
In ad d itio n to th e payroll, o v e r p resen ted by th e S hell Oil com pany
This, of course, w ould be b u t a
Sales Tax Up
head for tax es an d o th e r expenses from its tra v e lin g th e a te r tru ck , of th e 1934 a n n u al R o tary club
co n tin u atio n of th e c u rre n t tren d .
A n o th er law to be v o ted on is in p la n t o p eratio n and p rice paid w as h eld on th e fro n t steps of th e C hristm as lig h tin g contest, w as a d B usiness has been m oving stead ily
ju d g ed first place th is y e a r by the
one w hich proposes to increase th e th e p roducer, th e com pany used court
house.
S e v e ra l
h u n d re d
fo rw ard d u rin g m ost of th is y e a r—
pay of legislators, w h ile a th ird 16.088 bags of sugar. 205.425 bags of , y o u n g sters w ere on hand. A fter th e G arden clu b com m ittee in charge. th e pace q u ick en in g as th e holidays
T he F re d E n geldinger hom e on
one w ould im pose a sales ta x for salt an d 153 carlo ad s of cans.
show th e S hell S an ta C laus passed B aseline w as given second prize ap p ro ach ed . T he im m ed iate o u t
th e purpose of p aying old age p e n
N um erous im p ro v em en ts
have 5 out can d y to all youngsters.
and th e H en ry Y oung F u n e ra l H ome look is satisfactory an d I forecast
sions u n d er th e social secu rity act been m ad e in and aro u n d th e plant,
W ith th e S h ell show , and a p p a r at S ix th an d W ashington streets, ab o u t an 8 p e r cen t gain fo r th e
passed by th e last leg islatu re.
chief of w hich is th e in stallatio n en tly fe a tu rin g th e p rogram from th ird . P rizes w ere $6 fo r first; $5, first h alf of 1936 o v er th e sam e
P ersons w ishing to vote on these of an au to m atic sp rin k le r system th e y o u n g sters stan d p o in t, w ere second, an d $4, th ird .
perio d of 1935.
m easures m ust be reg istered w ith th ro u g h o u t all th e buildings, r e tw o p enguins on ro lle r skates. T he
T h e second h a lf depends on pro
G
ard
n
ers
w
on
th
e
contest
last
d
ucing
th
e
fire
hazard.
W
est
of
the
th e county c lerk not la te r th a n D e
S hell em ployes u n d e r th e m asks y e a r also. U n til th is y e a r th e p re g ress in th e autom obile an d b u ild
m
ain
building,
a
60
x
150
foot
cem ber 31 at w hich tim e th e books
w ere e x p e rt sk a te rs and offered vious w in n e rs have been ineligible ing industries. H ence, th e closing
(C o n tin u e d on pace 4, ro lu m n H)
a re closed, Ed C. l.uce, clerk, p o in t
m onths m ay re g iste r sp ectacu lar
co n sid erab le en te rta in m e n t.
to p articip ate, b u t th o se in ’charg e
ed out this w eek O nly persons noi
In th e afternoon, th e H illsboro this y e a r opened th e contest to e v g ain s or th e y m ay be only m o d e r
reg istered o r w ho hav e m oved
ately b e tte r th a n th e ta il-e n d of
S an ta C laus again m et a crow d es- eryone.
from one p recinct to a n o th e r m ust
th is year. F o r th e e n tire tw elv e
• tim ated at 800 c h ild re n a t th e corn-
T
he
G
a
rd
n
e
r
lig
h
tin
g
w
as
i
n
reg ister.
1 e r of th e co u rt house law n w h e re strin g s of colored lights in p ro fu m onths, my forecast is an av erag e
In o rd e r th a t none w ill be left
bags of candy w ere passed out. T he sion across th e fro n t of th e house, in crease of 10 p er cen t o v er 1935.
out by reason of being u n ab le to
tre a t fu rn ish ed th ro u g h th e c h a m and in sh ru b b e ry on th e front. So by n ext C h ristm as g en eral b u si
reach th e co u rth o u se before closing
ber of com m erce a n d th e re ta il E n g eld in g er’s hom e w as illu m in ated ness, as m easu red by th e Babson
tim e betw een now and T uesday
i trad es co m m ittee is an a n n u al a f w ith w re a th s and lights in all front c h art, should be hugging th e "X Y "
n o rm al line an d h eading in to a n
night, Luce and his assistan ts w ill
fair. S om e 1800 bags of candy w ere
keep th e office open from 7 to 9 O ffic ia ls E x on erate Y outh in n ecessary to supply ch ild re n on th e w indow s in addition to th e illu m o th e r period of p rosperity.
in
atio
n
on
th
e
fro
n
t
of
th
e
house
My optim ism is based larg ely on
o'clock th e last tw o days of th e
tw o S atu rd ay s.
an d sh ru b b ery . A t th e Y oung place,
C h risten sen D ea th
m onth. H ow ever, L uce w arn s th a t
D u rin g th e last few days befo re lig h ts had been stru n g across th e th e beginning of a j»oom in the
those w ho can m ust re g iste r a s
I C hristm as. H illsboro stores ex p e ri- fro n t an d over and th ro u g h th e h eav y in d u stries n ex t y ear. Up
e arly as possible to in su re rap id
; enced a big ru sh fo r last m in u te huge h o lly w hich stands in one th ro u g h mtd-1935. o u r reco v ery wa3
P
a
u
l
C.
W
ilson.
19.
B
eav
erto
n
d u e p rin cip ally to re v iv a l in the
re g istra tio n at th e la st m inute.
gifts. S a tu rd a y n ig h t th e stores r e corner.
tru
c
k
d
riv
e
r
h
eld
follow
ing
th
e
co n su m er goods and m otor in d u s
m ained open u n til all shoppers h a d
P ersons not re g iste re d
by 9
d eath of A n d rew C h risten sen . 65, ! bee nsatisfied. C h ristm as eve. stre e ts
In ad d itio n to th e w in n ers th e re tries. T hese lines alone w ere able
o'clock D ecem ber 31, cannot vote T h u rsd ay evening, w as allow ed his
u n d er th e O regon law, w hich se v freedom a fte r re la tin g his sto ry lo w ere th ro n g ed u n til late in th e w ere m any o th e r hom es over th e to push to ta l business ju s t so far
eral y ears ago fo rb ad e th e sw e a r C oroner F. J. S ew ell an d G. R u s ev en in g w ith shoppers h u rry in g to city illu m in ated for th e contest, i n an d no fu rth e r. A d ditional gains
fu lfill last m in u te needs, k eeping clu d in g th e Mrs. C. E. D eichm an w a ite d on th e slo w -startin g , b u t
ing in of votes.
sell M organ, d istric t atto rn ey . T he clerk s on th e hop.
hom e on B aseline and th e E lm er potent, d u ra b le goods in d u stries
U p to d a te in te re st in th e r e tru c k d riv e n by W ilson stru ck
A t th e close of th e day, stocks Jo h n so n resid en ce on n o rth T hird as re p re se n te d by building. It is
ferred law s has not been great, C h risten sen , sn u ffin g out h is life
w ere n e a rly d ep leted in all lin es avenue. A t th e D eichm an home, h e re th a t th e u n em p lo y m en t p ro b
th o u gh th e re seem s to be an in stan tly , according to rep o rts.
re
la te d to C h ristm as trad e, an d besides th e strin g s of colored lights lem has been m ost severe. B eg in
u n d erto n e of d isap p ro v al of th e
T he accid en t took p lace on th e m erch an ts d eclared th a t th e h o li an d w indow lighting, a tw in k lin g ning last su m m er obsolescence an d
sales tax, w hich has been voted C anyon ro ad w ith in ab o u t 200 feet
d ay season h ad been one of th e s ta r had been placed in one c o r d epreciation, low in te re st rates, r is
dow n on o th e r occasions.
of th e C h risten sen hom e w h e r. best ex p erien ced in re cen t years.
n e r of th e porch. T he w o rk w as by in g rents, stab ilizatin g real estate
S hould th e change in th e p r i C histensen w as re tu rn in g from a
v alu es an d re tu rn in g confidence
Good C h ristm as d in n e rs m ust E d w ard H urd.
m ary law carry , v o ters w ill escape trip to th e W est Slope se rv ice sta have been served in th e co m m u n
fin a lly sta rte d th e b u ild in g ball
E
lm
er
Jo
h
n
so
n
this
y
ear,
in
a
d
d
i
( C a n tin u r d <>n page 7, colum n 2 )
tion, w h e re h e h ad been to p u r ity as food stocks in th e gro cery tion to his e x te n iv e y a rd lighting rolling. It w ill gain m om entum in
chase a gallon of kerosene.
stores a n d m a rk e ts d w in d led r a p w hich o u tlin es the house an d s h ru b th e m onths to com e and it w ill be
A ccording to a re p o rt m ad e bv idly T uesday.
bery. add ed a S an ta C laus to th e th e strongest force w o rk in g to w ard
a M ultnom ah county d e p u ty sh e r
y a rd group. T h e S anta C laus, how p ro sp e rity in th e N ew Y ear.
iff, w ho a rriv e d soon a fte r th e ac
E lection No O bstacle
ever. w as not ra in pro o f an d w as
cident, th e tim e w as a few m inutes
M any people—even th o se w ho
ta k e n inside w hen t h e w e a th e r
past six o'clock an d q u ite d ark . The
sh a re m y optim ism co n cern in g th e
changed.
m an, he re p o rted , w as d ressed in
O th er colorful spots w e re at th e heav y in d u stries—a re w o rried over
P o rtlan d
O ffice,
PW A ,
P u ts d a rk clothing, alth o u g h th e v is ib il
hom es of A rt R eiling. C. L. W alker, th e effect of th e elections on busi-
ity w as clear. W ilson d eclared th a ’
(C o n tin u e d on page H, colum n 2 )
F inal OK on P la n s
C. T. R ichardson and H a rry M or
he w as u n a b le to see C h risten sen
gan. T he city h all lig h tin g w as giv
P
re
sid
e
n
t
P
u
tn
a
m
E
x
p
lain
s
C
on
u n til he w as w ith in 30 o r 40 feet
en hono rab le m ention.
C o n tracts for th e co n stru ctio n of of him .
te n t of M cG ro arty B ill
G ard en clu b judge« w e re Mrs.
a sew age disposal p la n t in H ills
C h risten sen , W ilson to ld th e d is
G eorge M cG rath, Mrs. B lanche
boro and for th e c o n stru ctio n of tric t atto rn e y , w as w a lk in g n ear
S em i-an n u al m eetin g of th e local ; B ride and Mrs. E lm er Johnson.
new sew ers in p a rts of H illsboro th e yellow line in th e c e n te r of th e T ow
nsend club w ill be a t th e M eth- |
((« » n tin u rd on page 6. ro lu m n 3)
not now served, have been sig n h ig h w ay and as he ap p ro ach ed him
N in e T eachers C e rtifie d fo B egin
odist ch u rch J a n u a r y 13, w ith po’
ed
and
tu
rn
e
d
over
to
C.
C.
H
ock
Ju d g e P eters C ites S elf P ity as
to pass on th e left side, C h ris te n
W o rk in C o u n ty T h u rsd ay
ley, P o rtlan d , PW A en g in e e r for sen a p p eared to chan g e his course luck fello w sh ip d in n e r a t 7 p. m.. j
G re a te st P itfa ll fu r A nyone
O regon, according to G eorge M c T he c o rn e r of th e tru c k « tr u c k th e an d e v ery o n e is ask ed to b rin g a !
co vered dish, sandw iches, etc. M rs.
N ine W ashington co u n ty teaehei.-
Gee, city m anager.
m an.
A rth u r P alm er, ch a irm a n of th e
h nve been a p p ro v ed for th e WPA
A n n u al fa th e rs and sons lu n c h
T his clears all d e tails w ith th e
T he accident re p o rt re la te d that d in n e r com m ittee, w ill hav e c h arg e
ed u catio n al pro g ram , w hich is b e
A lb ert T ozier a n d M rs. E d ith eon of the H illsboro R o tary club
g
o
v
ern
m
en
t
as
fa
r
as
th
e
city
is
th e body w as th ro w n a p p ro x im a te of all a rran g em en ts. C offee is to be T ozier W eath erred of C ham poeg w as heM to d ay (T h u rsd ay ) a t th e
L ack of PU C p lates on trucks,
g in n in g in th is co u n ty T h u rsd ay .
concerned. T he c o n tracts h av e r e
V aried su b jects w ill be tau g h t and b ro u g h t fines to th re e tru ck o w n ceived official a p p ro v al and n o th ly 35 feet and th e tru c k trav eled fu rn ish e d by th e club. O fficers fo r w ill be h ere w ith in th e n e x t few V eteran s- hall w ith Ju d g e R. F ra n k
(C o n tin u e d on page 7, ro lu m n 2)
th e n e x t six m onths a re to be elect- i days to assist w ith th e organization P e te rs as speaker. He adv ised th e
any person o v er IB y e a rs of age is ers o v er th e w eek -en d , according ing m ore rem ain s fo r city officials
, ed.
to reco rd s in A. W. H aven's ju stice
of th e ir histo rical collection, given fa th e rs to be th e k in d of a fa th e r
elig ib le to a tte n d th e classes.
to
do
in
connection
w
ith
th
e
fe
d
e
r
All T ow nsend clubs a rc asked to 1 to W ashington county, w hich w as th a t w ill in sp ire th e ir sons and
Success of th e classes an d em court. T hose fined w ere Tony Jam es
al
g
ran
t.
rep o rt th e ir com plete en ro lln ie n i th e ir hom e an d th a t of th e ir fam com m and th e ir resp ect and th e sons
p loym ent of th e teac h ers u n d e r Lie Z im m erm an. W estim bcr: P leasan t
O fficial w ord from W ashington
J a n u a ry 1. A special cam paign fo r ily.
p ro g ram , d ep en d s on th e n u m b er R ay Stock. F o rest G ro v e ro u te 1.
w ere advised to ho n o r th e ir fa th e rs
new m em b ers re c e n tly has ad ded to
en ro lled an d th e In terest show n in and G eorge C lifford Wilson of G ales co n cerning funds to begin w ork is
“Am leav in g all of J a n u a r y free an d m others.
th e local m em bership. O ne m em to help p u t H illsboro on th e m ap
th e classes, acco rd in g to O. B. C reek. S tock and W ilson had $10 ex p ected by th e P o rtla n d office
Ju d g e P e te rs deplored th e fact
ber, Mr. R ochester, secu red 28 new as th e histo rical c en te r of the state,” th a t so m any boys in th e ir teen s
K raus, su p e rin te n d e n t, w ho is in fines su sp en d ed on prom ise to p ro PWA. by th e first of th e y e a r and
cu re p lates w h ile Z im m erm an paid co n stru ctio n w ill begin as soon as R elief C h a irm a n D eclares P ersons m em bers last w eek. E v ery citizen w rites Mrs. W eath erred .
charge.
and e arly tw e n tie s cam e b efo re th e
of v o tin g ag e is u rg ed to re g ister
on P ro jects Not C h a rity
M r. T ozier w ill also be glad to courts, saying th a t in m ost cases it
T each ers in clu d e C arl E. B e r- h alf of his fine p ro v id in g h e also funds a re av ailab le for labor p a y
(C o n tin u e d on page 4, colum n 4)
rolls and m aterials, M cG ee slid .
receive any h isto rical artic le s th a t w as d ue to b ro k en hom es, b eing
gren, Aloha, w ho w ill teach m usic p ro cu red licenses.
W illiam F E b ert of F orest G rove
W ashington county people m a y le ft alone w ith o u t p are n ts an d to
it A loha: E ugene F a n tc tti of S h e r
C o n tracto rs concerned w ith the
C onfusion, w hich has a rise n in
w ish to c o n trib u te. S ev eral have e x o v e r-in d u ig e n t p aren ts. He told
wood, w ho w ill hnvc a class th ere w as in a h u rry to pass th ro u g h co n stru ctio n a re read y to m ove in connection w ith w o rk m en em p lo y
pressed a d esire to give a rticles of th e boys p re se n t th e y w ere fo r
in B ible an d A m erican izatio n ; Mrs. H illsboro w ith his tru c k an d w as m achinery and m a terials on a day 's ed on W PA projects, seem s to have
p ioneer days to th is collection, tu n a te in h av in g th e com p an io n
P. O. F u rlie of F o rest G rove, w ho picked u p by a state p atro lm an notice an d it is not ex p ected tha* caused co n sid erab le m isu n d e rsta n d
w hich is to hav e p e rm an en t hous sh ip and ad v ice of fathers. N eces
w ill con d u ct classes in F o rest G rove n e a r th e city p ark . He w as fined a n y delay w ill be e x p erien ced in ; ing, R. W. Weil, ch a irm a n of the
ing in th e co u rt house.
in sp in n in g and w eaving: Mrs. N ina $7 fo r speeding, w h ile L elan d F. g ettin g w ork started .
sity for h av in g stro n g a n d h ealth y
county re lie f com m ittee, said T h u rs
F
ifty
-o
n
e
em
ployes
of
th
e
C
a
r
A m eeting of th e d ire c to rs of bodies to house stro n g m inds, w as
H olbrook of T u alatin , w ith classes L am b e rt of G aston w as fined $10
M eanw hile idle lab o rers, u n ab le day. T he confusion not only exists n atio n M ilk com pany p lan t in H ills
th e W ashington C ounty M useum
in th a t v icin ity in A m ericanization, for fa ilu re to sto p his au tom obile
i to get w ork w ith th e em ergency w ith th e av erag e citizen, blit also boro receiv ed C h ristm as gifts w hen and H istorical society w ill be held stressed by Ju d g e P eters. O ne thing,
on e n te rin g an a rte ria l highw ay.
(Continued on pose 7. rolumn 21 ___
he said, th a t w ill p u t you dow n
am ong th e persons so re c e n tly on th e com pany played S an ta C lans
co n stru ctio n program u n d e r PW A th e relief rolls. W eil p o in ted out.
a t 2 p. m . Ja n u a ry 4 a t th e co u rt q u ic k e r th a n a n y th in g else Is self
ju
s
t
befo
re
th
e
holiday,
acco
rd
in
g
a re an x io u sly a w aitin g w ord th a;
(C o n tin u e d on p ave 4, colum n 3>
house.
“We w a n t it d istin ctly u n d e r
co n tracto rs a re h irin g m en. S elec stood." Weil declared, "th a t ru lin g s to C. T. R ichardson, m anager. T w o
others,
w
ho
w
ere
not
w
orking,
also
tion of lists fo r em p lo y m en t w ill from W ashington specifically state
com e from th e H illsboro office of that persons em ployed on W PA w ere rem em bered.
T he com pany is closing th e y e a r
th e state em p lo y m en t service.
p ro jects a re not in an y sense con w ith on e of th e best seasons since
nected w ith re lie f or ch arity .
business tu m b led five y e a rs ago,
O REG ON ST A T E C O LLEG E, C o r for m ak in g th e a n n u al farm in v en
"W hen these perso n s w ere tu rn ed w ith th e price of m ilk n e a rly back
v allis O p ening th e 1936 O regon to ry an d net w o rth record a re g iv
over to W PA, th e resp o n sib ility of to th e 1930 lev el of $1.65. T he price
farm in v en to ry canipagin, th e O. S. en in th e c irc u la r w hich is th e D e
C hristm as celebration, w h i c h w as necessary Tor D eputy H arry
(C o n tin u e d on p a — I , ro lu m n 5)
for th e first p a rt of D ecem ber w as sta rte d in th e hobo ju n g le s n ear Jo h n so n to place him in a cell.
C. ex ten sio n serv ice lia s ju st Issued cem b er issue of th e O regon A g ri
$1.55.
M
ilk
prices
declined
stead
ily
in its m o n th ly a g ric u ltu ra l situ atio n c u ltu ra l S itu atio n report.
th e C arn atio n condenser, ended in
In the cell he m anaged to find
from 1930 to 1933 w hen th e com th e co u n ty ja il for at least tw o of a m atch and set fire to his m a t
P re p a ra tio n s to in crease t h e
Tlie section on th e tre n d of farm
re p o rt c u rre n t in fo rm atio n on farm
pany
w
as
paying
$1.00
p
er
h
u
n
d
red
.
in v en to ries, cred it sta te m e n ts and ' prices, dem an d and costs, indicate cap acity an d m odernize th e e q u ip
th e celeb ran ts. O ne of them was tre ss and b lan k ets and D eputy
D u rin g the last y e a r the com pany a rre ste d by S h eriff Jo h n C onnell Jo h n so n w as called again to ad m in
farm o p eratio n budget plans. The I hat farm prices in O regon hav< m en t of Jack so n q u a rry , seven
has
in
stalled
one
of
th
e
best
s
te
r
eig h t-p ag e c irc u la r also reveal.! ' m ade som e fu rth e r g en eral ad v an ce m iles n o rth e a st of H illsboro a rc
for larcen y and the o th er by O. O is te r to H oppe. T his tim e th e man
ilization u n its in the U nited S tates F reem an, chief of police, fo r being w as tak en o u t of th e cell, strip p ed
A lbert T ozier of n e a r C ham -
th at th e O regon firin p rice s itu d u rin g th e past few weeks, il- u n d e r w ay lo be com pleted in th e
R
ichardson
said.
T
his
m
achine
has
poeg,
w
elt
know
n
O
regon
h
is
atio n is co n tin u in g Io im p ro v e even j though th e general level of farm n e x t m onth read y for th e sp rin g
and re tu rn e d to th e cell in h i s
d ru n k and disorderly.
to ria n an d collectpr. w ill rin g the a cap acity of b etw een 20,000 an d
faster th an in th e c o u n try as a i prices in th e w hole co u n try has run, according fo H erm an K crk -
He rem ain ed
F ra n k C ronin, 42. S an Francisco, b irth d a y clothes.
23.000
pounds
of
m
ilk
an
hour.
A
d
d
old
y
e
a
r
out
and
th
e
new
y
e
a
r
whole.
stood p ractically unchanged. Thi., man, com m issioner. T he present
w as id en tified by th re e persons as harm less though not quiet.
ed
to
o
th
e
r
m
odern
m
ach
in
ery
in
in
for
th
e
six
ty
-fo
u
rth
co
n
secu
L isted In th e c irc u la r a re m any has resu lted in red u cin g th e d is m ach in ery w as in stalled in 1911
a m an w ho sm ashed th e w indow of
F a th e r O’K eefe of B eaverton r e
stalled *in re cen t years, th e local th e E, A. S hu m an g ro cery sto re on po rted T h u rsd ay th a t tw o tires,
tiv e y e a r at th e M ethodist ch u rch
farm m an ag e m en t b u lletin s w hich p a rity b etw een the farm price level and p robably has h an d led m ore
C
a
rn
a
tio
n
p
la
n
t
now
is
one
of
th
e
at
m
idnight
T
uesday.
He
w
ill
be
a re av ailab le from co u n ty agents, in O regon an d th a t of th e w hole rock th an a n y o th e r q u a rry in the
South F irst a v e n u e n e a r th e ra il tu b es and rim s had been tak en from
best e q u ip p ed in th e nation.
accom panied by his sister, M rs.
county.
as w ell as farm reco rd books, fari.1 co u n try .
way tra c k s and lem o v ed canned his garage, and also th e th e ft of
E
dith
T
ozier
W
eath
erred
.
Mr.
p rice outlook in fo rm atio n and m a r
F arm prices in th e c o u n try as
P lan s call for co n stru ctio n of new
goods and a box of candy. He is sm all sum s of m oney from th e
T
ozier
has
tra
v
e
le
d
g
reat
d
is
held on a larcen y w a rra n t. T he church. All autom obile tools w e re
ket re p o rts th a t a re a v ailab le by a w hole have h e rn ra th e r high in b u n k e rs 75 feet fu rth e r in to th e
C on crete C onstruction
tan ces in o rd e r th a t he m ig h t be
relatio n lo th e pu rch asin g pow er q u a rry th an th e present site and
m ail and radio.
m an w as in to x icated , th e sh eriff ta k e n from th e St. M ary's of th e
C
o
m
p
leted
at
G
len
w
o
o
d
present
to
co
n
tin
u
e
th
e
tra
d
itio
n
of
consum
ers,
ow
ing
to
reduced
in
stallatio
n
of
new
b
re
a
k
e
rs
and
W illi n atio n al farm in v en to ry
said.
V alley garage.
of
his
rin
g
in
g
th
e
bell.
su
p
p
lies
of
farm
pro
d
u
cts
in
the
screens. Cost of th e w ork, w hich
W ork on G lenw ood b rid g e over
w eek com ing ju st a fte r New Y ear' .
Jo sep h R. H oppe of M arshfield,
Passage of bad checks at B eav er
T
he
p
rogram
is
in
c
h
arg
e
of
G
ales
creek
w
ill
stop
th
is
w
eek
dro
u
g
h
t
areas.
C
o
n
seq
u
en
tly
th
e
im
em
ploys
e
ig
h
t
m
en,
w
ill
be
n
e
a
rly
It js tim e to get th e 1935 farm
an o th er of th e ju n g le celebrants, ton w as rep o rted T h u rsd ay to S h e r
the
K
ing's
D
au
g
h
ters
class
of
the
pro
v
em
en
t
in
d
em
and,
as
factory
$5000,
the
com
m
issioners
said.
a
w
aitin
g
th
e
a
rriv
a
l
of
steel
so
m
e
continued his celeb ratio n a fte r C hief iff J. W. C onnell B row n's B eav er
reco rd s rin sed u p and new ones
ch u rc h school. T he p rogram w ill tim e in J a n u a ry , according to J. F reem an a rre s te d him for annoying ton P harm acy took a >6 cheek,
II is exp ected th a t th e ra p a c ity
sta rte d , say th e ex ten sio n a g ric u lt p ay ro lls increase, is show ing m ore
begin
at
9:30
and
close
w
ith
a
W.
B
arney,
h
ighw
ay
engineer.
P
o
u
r
effect
on
farm
prices
in
O
regon
o
f
the
plant
w
ill
he
increased
from
u ra l econom ists. C ounty a g ric u ltu r
resid en ts in th e south p a rt of the w hich later proved w orthless, tu r n
al ag en ts a re p rep ared to assist any Ilian in (lie c o u n try gen erally . H ere 135 y a rd s d ally cap acity to n early w o rsh ip serv ice follow ed by the ing of co n crete w ork w ill be com city.
ed over $3 in m erchandise and U
rin
g
in
g
of
th
e
bell
b
y
Mr.
Tozier,
pleted
this
w
eek.
B
arney
said.
T
he
200
yards.
P
lan
s
also
a
re
being
Placed in th e co u n ty jail, but in change T he check w as pay ab le
farm er w ho needs help, e ith e r lo th e su p p ly of farm pro d u cts w as
it
the
s
tro
k
e
of
tw
elve.
Mrs.
b
rid
g
e
is
a
W
PA
p
ro
ject
an
d
w
ill
not
c
u
rta
ile
d
m
uch
by
dro
u
g
h
t
and
m
ade
to
bore
Into
the
rock
for
a
allow
ed
th
e
freedom
of
th
e
c
o
rri
o b tain satisfacto ry reco rd books
to Fay Allen and bore the sig n a
E d y th T ozier W e ath erred w ill cost $12.798. A fter th e steel is laid dors, H oppe persisted in m aking a 1 tu re of Mrs A. B W right A worth-
an d form s o r in g ettin g his records prices have n e v er been far nut of large b last to fu rn ish m a te ria l for
speak.
a
concrete
deck
w
ill
be
poured.
th e y e a r's w ork.
football of th e g arb ag e can an d it
<Continue on peg* 4, <«!«««
sta rte d . S om e leco n in ieiid ed form., lin e w ith d em an d conditions.
Heavy Tax Levied
Will
Decide
Laws
Normal Times Near
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Santa's Double
Gardners Win
Visit S a tu rd a y
Light Contest
Thrills Children
Workers Get
Xmas Checks
Truck Driver
Given Freedom
Sewer Contracts
Receive Approval
Semi-Annual Meet
Townsendites Set
Adult Educational
Program to Start
Rotary Club Holds
Father, Son Meet
Chance to Give
Relics Presented
Patrolmen Seeking
Improper Licenses
Vi PA Workmen
in Private Employ
Carnation Company
Plays Santa Claus
Oregon Farm Prices Leading
Nation in Speed of Recovery
Christmas Celebration Local
Hobo Jungles Leads to Jail
County Improving
Jackson Crusher
Tozier to Ring
in the New Year