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W lih WMrh I« Cowklned th« IHtl«boro Indem* .Jent
■Illiborv Argus «stab. 1894
Hillsboro Independent «etab. 1873
MrKINNEY A MrKINNKY. I’uhlinhers
Fubltshed Thursday.
Entere,! as second-clas« m atter In ths
postoffir« at Hillsboro, Oregon
W. VKKNK McKINNEY
Editor
MKS. E. C. McKINNKY
Associate Editor
OFFICIAL N EW SPA PER OF W ASHINGTON COUNTY
Selected an Oregon's Best Weekly Newspaper, 1930
Named on All-Am erican Weekly N ewspaper Eleven, 1930
Honorable Mention National Editorial Ass<x*iation Newspaper
Production Contest. 1934-35, and General Excellence. 1935
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M E M B E R O regon S ta te
E d ito ria l A ssociation and
N a tio n a l E d ito ria l Asso­
c ia tio n .
F ir s t A u d ite ,! Paper.
L a rg e s t A B C W eekly
C irc u la tio n in W est.
Wapato Lake
Riding Bicycles
Seriousness of th e bicycle situ a tio n in
H illsboro will p ro b ab ly not be b ro u g h t
hom e to us until som e boy is seriously h u rt
o r p e rh a p s killed. It ta k e s a jo lt of this
kind som etim es to w ak e u s up.
M ayor G a rre tt is g rea tly exercised ov­
e r th is situ a tio n and rig h tly so. He says
th a t h a rd ly a night goes by th a t he does
not see som e boy rid in g a bicycle w ith o u t
lights. N a rro w e scap es a re o fte n e x p e r­
ienced and som e day th e boy on th e bicycle
will be seen too late. T he o th e r n ight the
w rite r cam e upon a boy w o rk in g on his
bicycle in th e stre e t and d id not see him
until alm ost on him. but m a n a g e d to tu rn
out in tim e to avoid strik in g him.
T his co n d itio n is p ro v in g a source of
w orry to city officials, w ho a re try in g to
find som e w ay of solving th e situ a tio n , p e r­
h a p s th ro u g h a m inim um license or r e g ­
u latio n of som e kind. L et's h av e som e s u g ­
gestions.
Possibilities of making t h e Wapato
lake a federal game refuge for building
up the wild life of Oregon are clearly
brought out by an editorial in the Orego­
Returns $204.87
nian, which cites the fact that the situa­
H illsb o ro ’s re tu rn s from C h ristm as seal
tion is made to order now because of the
break in the dikes, which permitted the sale tip until last w eek w ere $201.87 in­
s te a d of $20.87 as erro n e o u sly p rin te d in
waters to rush in. The editorial:
SPEAKING ABOUT WAPATO LAKE
O ver in W ashington county, a little bit south
and east of Gaston, there's an area of about 1000
acres of lowland that floods every w inter to a
depth of a couple of feet or several, and folks
call it Wapato lake. Wapato lake is an established
institution in those parts, as it has been for tim e
out of mind, and the reason for this is there
isn't anyw here to be found a w ater better suited
for the w intering of wild ducks. When the w ater
is up in Wapato lake, where in sum m er the
farm ers had oat fields, all the smooth, bright
expanse of it is speckled w ith birds, and the
drakes in their mating feathers shine and sparkle
across old Wapato. You sort of get so you love
to see them there, like it was old tim es linger­
ing. A band of swans always has w intered on
Wapato lake.
But this year, so they said. Wapato was to
be fixed up for flood control, and by means
of ditches and dikes the people who own the
land fully intended, if possible, to reclaim those
acres of bottom land, so they could get their
crops in earlier, and plant more sorts of crops.
If they w ere successful you'd never again see a
drake redhead glim m ering at you w here Wapato
lake used to be, and the wild swans, birds that
aren't by any means common today, would have
to spend their w inters somewhere else. You
can't rightly find fault w ith the farmers, even
though the waterfow l always have had possession
of the lake in w inter time. They've got to m ake
their land pay. But the other day the dikes
broke and the w ater rushed in again. Still you
can and should feel sorry about it.
Long ago the hunters used to go to Gaston
by train, when the w inter flood w ater was in
Wapato, and get boats from the farm ers and
row’ to the willow patches along the shores,
and put out their wooden canvasback decoys.
She was famous for canvasbacks and redhead
shooting, the lake was, even in a tim e when ducks
w ere everywhere. Of course. Wapato isn't like
that any longer, but still there are thousands
of birds there, come w inter and plenty of T uala­
tin overflow, and you'd travel a good many-
m iles to find another lake like it, or half so
good. The old lake has become a modestly cele­
brated w intering place for ducks, and for that
lonely band of swan. The swan are very w hite
and w onderful w hen seen across Wapato.
The point one is getting at is that it does
seem a shame now that there is so much talk —
yes, and practical action—about restoring the
natu ral resting places of w aterfowl, so your
grandchildren's grandchildren will know w hat
a w ild duck looks like. The point is th a t th e old
W ashington county lake ought to be m ade into
a regular refuge, officially, and kept that way
for all tim e to come. It does seem as though
the federal governm ent ought to be interested.
The project of keeping w ater in the lake through
th e sum m er should be simple enough. It should
be as simple, if not more so. as that of keeping
th e ancient basin empty. Everybody agrees that
w e can’t do too much, w ithin reason, for A m eri­
can waterfow l. It looks as though here is a
chance you might call made to order.
Travel Contest
The Hillsboro Popularity Contests are
sponsored by a group of local business
firms, following a solicitation of the en­
tire business district. Time of entering was
extended so that all might have an equal
opportunity. Entrance as a sponsor was and
is clearly up to the individual desire of
the businessman. Deadline for a sponsor
to enter is tonight (Thursday) at 5 o’clock.
It has the endorsemnt of the Oregon
State Editorial association and the Wash­
ington Press association, based on many
similar contests held in connection with
railroads throughout the country. These
groups do not lightly give their endorse­
ments. Particular attention was given to
the plan of having two contests, one for
girls in Hillsboro and one for girls out­
side of the county seat, so that all would
have an equal opportunity. The trip is
something that any girl would get a great
deal of enjoyment out of and everything
has been done to see that it will be prop­
erly conducted. As an educational trip, it
is unsurpassed, and the nine days will not
have a dull moment.
Right to reject any nomination was
reserved because of the ineligibility rules,
such as age and being a member of a
family of an employe or owner of a store
participating.
The Argus arranged the contests in
the spirit of goodwill and in the good in­
terest of the community and it hopes that
all candidates and sponsors will enter in­
to it in the same manner.
Recovery of funds paid as processing
taxes under the AAA is not at all assured,
according to opinion expressed in New
York. There can be no justification for
their return as in most all cases the tax
was passed on to the consumer and there
is no reason why the processor should re­
ceive these sums. If the funds are to be
returned to anyone they should go back
to the ultimate consumer, but such a task
would be too great and would be impos­
sible of fulfillment.
Ex-President Hoover was pictured in
the metropolitan press as wearing a big,
broad grin when informed of the supreme
court ruling out the AAA.
th e A rgus last w eek. T h e e rr o r w as ty p o ­
g ra p h ic a l. M istakes h a p p e n in th e best of
re g u la te d fam ilies, p a rtic u la rly w ith th e
n u m ero u s c h a n c e s in n e w s p a p e r w ork,
a n d th is one is p a rtic u la rly re g re tte d be­
cau se of th e h a rd w ork put in by th o se in
c h a rg e of th is h u m a n ita ria n w ork.
Governor Martin has issued an order
that has merit from the taxpayer stand­
point. He says that state employes, who
persist in driving state-owned automobiles
for any purpose other than official state
business will be summarily discharged.
Few indeed, can see why those on public
payrolls are any more entitled to free
transportation for other than official busi­
ness than anyone else.
A chamber of commerce can be of
great value in the development of the city,
but it needs the wholehearted co-opera­
tion of all the business interests of the
community. All should put their shoulders
to the wheel.
Public Forum
i
■BABSON and RECOVERY"
Editor A rgus—In a recent issue of th e Argus
there was an interesting article by Roger Babson,
economist, on w hat the year 1936 had in store for
our nation economically.
We all hope Mr. Babson is right w hen he p re­
dicts th e cheerful news that our country w ill con­
tinue on its w ay to recovery. At last it seems that
President Roosevelt's heroic striving to restore pros­
perity is to be crow ned w ith success.
However, tow ard th e latter part of his article
Mr. Babson makes a statem ent th at gives food for
thought, and is not in keeping w ith the spirit of
recovery.
A fter enum erating several plans by w hich the
unem ployed may be taken care of he says he has
another plan w-hich resembles the defunct NRA, but
is sounder, and also much better than the plans
previously mentioned.
This plan is—to quote Mr. Babson, "U nder this
plan, corporations would be given th e option of
paying taxes in cash or in jobs, undoubtedly such
a plan would be an im m ense relief to most busi­
ness organizations."
Think th at over. H ere he suggests th a t instead
of paying taxes for police and fire protection and
for the m aintenance of orderly governm ent and ail
th e services it provides, the corporation would have
th e privilege of adding enough men to its payroll
to cover its taxes, and at the same tim e use those
men to produce a profit for th e corporation.
As Mr. Babson suggests, it certainly would be an
imm ense relief to business organizations.
W ouldn't it be a relief to anybody not to have
to pay taxes and at th e same tim e m ake a profit
out of it? Why w ouldn't it be? Would not th e cor­
poration under th a t plan pay in reality no tru e taxes
at all?
Would it not be securing labor to do constructive
work for th e corporation, w hile at the same time,
since it did not pay taxes, be getting governm ent
service and protection for nothing.
Let's look at it in a different light. W hat if
Mr. Home and Land-owner, would at taxpaying
time, have the privilege of hiring a m an to paint
or shingle his house, or tile his fields instead of
paying taxes? W ouldn't the pow erful money in ter­
ests m ake a noise. And yet that is essentially w hat
Mr. Babson’s plan am ounts to.
If the common man dare suggest anything of
that nature, he would im m ediately be branded as
a dangerous radical. But some people get by.
But after all such a plan as outlined by Mr.
Babson would not aid genuine recovery. It would
not reduce taxes for the average man. On the con­
trary it would increase the burden of those lea^t
able to pay, and exem pt those most capable of p ay ­
ing.
F urtherm ore if such a plan were adopted much
of Roosevelt’s effort to b etter the condition of the
people would be undone.—J. M. SEUS.
Fifteen Years Ago
Argus, Jan u ary 6, 1921—Yeggmen crack safe
of North Plains Commercial bank.
M arshall W. Hahn, eraly M ountaindale resident,
died here December 30.
Henry H arrington, Civil w ar veteran, died here
Jan u ary 4.
A lbert Tozier rings out Ihe old and rings in the
new year at M ethodist church for 49th time.
Heaviest rainfall in years registered.
A. C. Shute becomes m ayor of Hillsboro.
John Jack of near Farm ington fatally injured
when struck by S. P. electric at Witch Hazel cross­
ing.
Thirty Years Ago
Argus, Ja n u ary 18, 1906 - Dr. Jam es Withycombe,
former county resident, announces candidacy for
governor.
Mrs. Dora Nelson installed most excellent chief
of Rathbone Sisters.
O. G. Wilkes ju bilant because independent te le ­
phone system of valley will soon have connection
w ith Portland.
Oregon Kid, owned by E. B. Tongue, w ins P o rt­
land H unt club paper chase.
Oregon Condensed Milk company plant being
enlarged.
P. R. Xc N. orders rails for line as far as Buxton.
Track now out to Bagley hop farm.
H enry H artram pf, who conducted Main street
feed store, died here Saturday.
Public Forum
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Old Age Pension Financing Needs
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Need f o r a d e q u a te fin m ein
o f I p e n sio n, n o t to exceed $30 pei
¡ tile o ld age p e n sio n la w in tin i m o n th to in d iv id u a l ! 70 y e a rs o f
By Robert Ames Bennett
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E d ito r o f A rg u .i In an open lo t ty c o u rt. T h e f o llo w in g sta te m e n t A t th e tim e th is la w was passed no
The checlinheos had now experi­
i p ro v is io n was m a d ,' b v th," le g ls la -
te r. w h ic h I h a v e not seen p u b ­ i is issued ov e r th e ir s ig n itlire s :
T o th e E d ito r o f th e H ills b o r o A r ­ fa r e fo r p ro v id in g fu n d s w it h w h ic h enced Ihe different phases of canoe-
lish e d . u n d e r d a le o f D e c e m b e r 30
ini' davs of paddling through mu»-
1935. and sig n e d l\v T H M c B a in , i gus O n J a n u a ry 31 th e peo ple o f th e p e n sio n s h o u ld bo p a id and th e I keg. a portage, and Ihe running of
't h is state w i l l h a ve th e o p p o r tu n ity e n t ile b u rd e n fe ll on th e p ro p e rty
725 E le c tr ic b u ild in g . P o rtla n d . He
rapids But all proved to lie no
m ake s sta te m e n ts, th a t seem to m e. | o f v o tin g u p o n an ael w h ic h is e n ­ o w n e r. U n d e r th is la w 400 I n d i­ more than n mild wimple of Hie
to be m is le a d in g in ic g a rd to th e I t it le d " A n A c t to P ro v id e S ta te v id u a ls h a ve a p p lie d fo r p e n sio ns difficulties mid hardships th.d foi
O f th is n u m b e r
P E I' a nd its su b sid a rie s, a nd th e j F unds fo r O ld A g e A ssista n ce , A id in tins' c o u n ty
lowed 111 the next two weeks three
N o r th - W e s t
B o n n e v ille
P e o p le 's i to tlie B lin d . A id to D e p e n d e n t .311 pe n sio ns w e re g ra n te d a nd Hit 'm ore rapids had Io he shot and two
a nd o f th e
U t i l i t y D is tr ic t a n d th e ones w h o C h ild r e n and A id fo r th e U n e m ­ a p p lic a tio n s re je c te d
) n u m b e r g ra n te d f iv e p e n sio ns have very hard portages made Between
a re t r y in g to fo rm th is s u p e r-d is ­ p lo y e d . b y Im p o s in g a P riv ile g e
¡tim e s , the canoe was paddled In te l-
t r ic t . to secure p o w e r fro m B o n n e ­ T a x . M ea su re d b y G ross In c o m e liv e n c a n c e lle d a nd 24 p e n s io n e rs niinubly through meandering chair
v ille dam . so th a t th e y can secure j fro m R e ta il Sales o r T a n g ib le P r o p ­ h a ve d ie d , a nd In J a n u a ry . 1936. ncls that twisted and looped and
re c e iv e d
c h e a p e r p o w e r a n d lig h t a n d a t e rty and e tc ." T h is is th e m u c h d is ­ 283 in d iv id u a ls a c tu a lly
split off In blind leads
th e same tim e re c e iv e th e same • p u te d sales ta x . w h ic h th e rece n t p a y m e n t o f th e p e n sio n T h e a v e r ­
Down in the lower country, the
ta x e s th a t he claims th e
p o w e r I sp e cia l session o f th e le g is la tu re r e ­ age p e n sio n in th is c o u n ty is $7 03.
fe rre d to th e p e o ple to be v o te d T h e la w p re c lu d e s a p e n s io n e r fro m pests of black gnats, mosquitoes
c o m p a n ie s pay.
r e c e iv in g a id fro m a n y o th e r source aod stinging flies became worse.
in ttie fir s t tw o p a ra g ra p h s he u p o n at a sp e c ia l e le c tio n .
This statem ent by th e county and th e re c ip ie n t is e x p e c te d to At ttie .same tim e ttie flask of
re fe rs to th e r e g u la tio n o f th e p u b -
¡ g r e a s e and pitch dope began to give
tic u t ilit ie s b y th s ta te p u b lic u t i l - ¡ c o u r t s h o u ld not be construed ns p r o v id e s h e lte r fu e l, c lo th in g , food,
itv commissioner.
i an e n tr y b y the court into an m e d ic in e a n d m e d ic a l a n d d e n ta l out Most of ttie camps w ere on
W e a ll k n o w th a t th e d a ta u p - a rg u m e n t o v e r the political aspects s e rv ic e on $7 08 p e r m o n th . T h e wet ground. For davs ttie party
on w h ic h th e c o m m is s io n e r b a s e s ' o f a sales ta x T li court is prlmar- , q u e s tio n n a tu r a lly arises as to w h y were drenched by a steady drizzle,
h is d e c is io n is fu rn is h e d b y th e i l y
in te re s te d in th e q u e s tio n e f n o t pay a la rg e r pen io n T h e ans- varied only by downpours that kept
u t ilit ie s a n d th a t I l l s d e c is io n is p ro v id in g su ste na n ce fo r the a g e d | w e r to th a t is th a t th e fin a n c ia l Lilith and tier fattier balling the
fin a l. B u t does th e c o m m is s io n e r a nd d e p e n d e n t p e o ple o f th is e o iu i- c o n d itio n o f th e c o u n ty a nd o f th e l canoe.
Several times fog on the water
k n o w h o w m u c h o f th is i- o v e r- ty a nd th e e le c tio n on ttie sates I a v e ra g e ta x p a y e r w i l l n o t p e rm it
a h ig h e r ta x le v y to lie m ade F or [compelled G arth to put ashore
c a p ita liz e d ,
or
in
o th e r w o rd s , ' ta x has a d ir e c t a n d Im m e d ia te ap
1934 $10.000 w is le v ie d fo r th e p a y ­ Without sight, even tils training
w atered stock? We alt know that p lic a tio n to th is p ro b le m .
m e n t o f o ld age p e n sio ns T ilts was could not enable him to follow the
th eir officials are paid high sal­
This act provides that after the in
c re a s e d to $13.000 III 1935 and to right channel. He wns not an In­
aries. and according to the federal p a y m e n t o f a d m in is tr a tiv e expense,
trade commissions report, that they th e n e t re v e n u e d e riv e d fro m th e $24,000 in 1936 /Assuming, th a t th e re dian But between the forced halts
pay thousands of dollars to hold­ sales ta x s h a ll be tr a n s fe r re d to is n o In cre a se in th e n u m b e r o f i lie put in still longer hours of
ing companies n a m e ly tw o p e r c e n t I th e o ld age assistance fu n d , a id to pe n sio ne rs, $24,000 le v ie d fo r th is , paddling.
i l l b a re ly pay a p e n s io n o f
on the first $1.000.000 g ra d u a te d i th e b lin d a n d a id to d e p en d e n t y 57 e a 08 r w
M atters w ere coming to a pinch
o n th to 282 p e n sio ne rs
dow n to 1.6 per cent on all over I children, to be disbursed as other- U n le ss p e th r e m sales
After the first wotting by the rain,
ta x is a d o p te d w e
513 .000.000 of annual gross earnings, wise provided by law At the same can e x p e c t a g ra d u a lly in c re a s in g w hat remained of the meat spoiled
and l 1» per cent in handling bonds. | session of the legislature an act ta x on re a l p ro p e r ty a n d a g ra d u a l It became so flyblown and tainted
notes, etc. iSee utility corporations, I was passed and signed by the gov- d iv e rs io n o f m on e y fro m o t h e r ¡that Lilith threw it away before
No. 35. held before the federal trade ernor, which act was designed to
G arth could prevent the wastage
n d s , such as th e ro a d fu n d to
commission, and filed with the I fit in w ith the social security leg- fu
He decided to give them alt an-
p e n s io n pu rp o se s It is o b v io u s to
secretary of the senate. Ju ly 15, j ¡station of the federal government. e v e ry o n e th a t a m o re a d e q u a te a l­ I other lesson
1931.1
but the effectiveness of this legi
In the fast that followed. Mr.
ust be m ade to th e e ld ­
The farm ers of this state have tation is dependent upon the adop- e lo r w ly a n n c e e e d m
Itanull was the first to fad lltixbv
y in d iv id u a ls .
had some experience with o v er­ tlon by the people of the so-called
A d o p tio n o f th e saies ta x w i l l 'cam e next; t.ilith last of the three.
charges. In my own neighborhood, sales tax.
By the third day they had given
im m e d ia te ly re m o v e fro m p ro p e rty
the Portland G eneral Electric vvant-
A brief survey of the old age in th is c o u n ty a o n e - m ill fa x fo r up alt paddling. On the fourth, they
J pension problem in this county and o ld age pensions. A p o rtio n o f th e lay slumped in the bottom of th,'
finally came down to $800, and we the m anner in which it is now be­ le v y fo r m o th e rs ' p e n s io n s w ill also canoe G arth only tightened his
w ere to turn over the line to them. ing handled will probably make be re m o v e d and it w i l l p re v e n t th e belt .(gain and dipped his paddle
We finally hooked up w ith th e .apparent the necessity of some im p o s itio n u f c o n tin u a lly In c re a s ­ ! in his strong, steady, seemingly
Forest G rove municipal plant for change in the disposition of this in g p ro p e r ty ta xe s fo r these p u r ­ tireless stroke.
less than half the last amount. In duty.
W henever lie found himself near-
poses Its passage w ill d iv id e th e
the Kansas City school district they
At th e present tim e the several b u rd e n o f p a y m e n t o f o ld age p e n ­ ! ing his limit, he headed ashore,
charged nine farm ers $1625 f o r . counties of this state are adminis- sions e q u a lly b e tw e e n th e s ta te and boiled tea. slept, amt then put off
about one and three-quarter miles. ! tering the old age pension law fe d e ra l g o v e rn m e n ts . It w i l l p e r ­ ag a in Ttie fifth day began to draw
The farm ers did part of the work passed by the 1933 legislature. This m it th e p a y m e n t o f a p e n s io n in on the last reserve of his wiry e n ­
and turned the line over to the . law provides for a paym ent of the an a m o u n t w h ic h w i l l p ro v id e a durance Towards noon he made
company, w ith th e understanding
de ce nt s ta n d a rd o f liv in g to d e ­ tlie boggy shore, almost outspent.
that if there w ere any more su b ­ district will not pay any taxes and s e rv in g p e o p le 65 y e a rs o f age o r He dragged out the wolfskin knap­
scribers they would receive a re ­ that we will lose the taxes the o ld e r.
sack anchor, with its load of plati­
bate for each subscriber. T here are utility pays. The public utilities
T iie p it y o f a m a n o r w o m a n num alloy T he girl and the two
more subscribers any they have do not pay any taxes They are o v e r 70 y e a rs o f age a tte m p tin g to men lay In a stupor of starvation lie
not received any rebate yet. Could simply tax collectors. O nre n year p ro v id e fo r th e m s e lv e s fr o m th e himself was so tired that he could
name other instances. On one line when they make up thvir budget p itta n c e w h ic h th e y a re n o w r e ­ not have lifted even Lilith ashore
they charge $3.75, $1.50 and $4 30 they decide that the patrons can c e iv in g is an a rg u m e n t th a t s h o u ld
As lie rested on the west sedges
minimum.
afford to pay one-mill; include it a p p e a l to e v e ry o n e . T h e re m a y be ! he recalled the place ns one of his
In paragraph three McBain insin­ in th eir rates and collect it every m o re e q u ita b le w a y s to ta x th a n j former camp sites. A spruce-cov-
uates that th e directors will re ­ month when they send out their th ro u g h a sales ta x . b u t w it h a 1 ered ridge of higher ground here
sort to questionable methods in bills, and tu rn the proceeds over la rg e n u m b e r o f e ld e r ly p e o ple t r y ­ | thrust wilt into the muskeg The
carrying on their business and says to the cities, counties and state. I in g to s u s ta in lif e on th e n ig g a rd ly I first rem em brnnee brought another.
th ere is no w ay to control them suppose this is wh3t you call in ­ a llo w a n c e w h ic h th e y a re n o w r e ­ Tlie second gave him strength to
but the recall. It would have been direct taxation. We. the people of c e iv in g . it is h a r d ly th e tim e to pull his rifle from the canoe and
a good thing for th? stockholders the state of Oregon pay these taxes th e o riz e on th e e q u itie s o f a sales climb aslant the ridge end There
PEP and its subsidiaries, and the He claims that one com pany paid ta x as opposed to som e o th e r m eans was a berry pntch on the east slope
Ttie fruit would he better than
could have been controlled in the tax bills am ounting to one million o f ra is in g re v e n u e .
sam e way.
two hundred and forty-five thou­
In th e fin a l a n a ly s is th e e n tire nothing He hoped, however, for
In paragraph four McBain again sand dollars ($1.245.318.00). It was p ro b le m is s im m e re d d o w n to th e something more.
uses disparaging language in re f­ collected from their patrons before q u e s tio n o f w h e th e r o r n o t th e
Circling to get the wind In his
erence to th e directors of th e dis­ they paid it.
p ro p e r ty o w n e r w ish e s to c o n tin u e . face, he crept through tlie spruce
trict. Is it any crim e to have lived
Those behind this movement know to p a y a g ra d u a lly in< re a s in g p r o p ­ I thickets until he could poor out on
only two years in a district? In that the electric rates can be ru t e r ty ta x w it h th e e ld e r ly peo ple the open ground of the berry pntch.
exercising the greatest privilege an a great deal lower than they are r e c e iv in g an Inadequate p e n s io n o r j Luck was with him. The old black
American citizen has, and th a t is now and that the district can col­ ¡Whether we w ill adopt th e sales I hear had gone off and left tier rub.
the right to vote, he has to live in lect the same am ount of taxes and ! ta x , r e lie v e p ro p e r ty o f a b u rd e n He rested the rifle barrel on a
the district only th irty days.
tu rn it over in the same way. If a n d p a y a re a so n a b le a d e q u a te p e n ­ spruce branch to get a sure turn.
In another paragraph he says we had the same rates the city of s io n to d e s e rv in g in d iv id u a ls .
That wns the end o f famine
th a t the “succeeding directors do Tacoma has the people of this state
D O N A L D T. T E M P L E T O N , C o u n - Gorged upon the fat, tender meat
not even have to be American citi­ would save over $6.500.000. The ty J u d g e ; J A M E S L E W IS , C o u n ty of the bear rub. even Mr. Hamill
zens." Is that a crime? O ur an ­ residence charge is 50 cents per C o in m i -¡o n e r, a n d II. D. K E R K - rapidly regained strength He was
cestors w ere not A m trican citizens, month minimum. The first 50 kilo­ M A N , C o u n ty C o m m is s io n e r.
still rath er weak, however, when
but they w ere God fearing men w att hours 4 's cents per kilow att;
thev came to the last portage.
and women who came to these the next 500 kilow att hours one B t'R E A l WARNS 01 < ATI II IN
The approach to solid ground was
shores and founded the greatest re-1 cent; the excess >i-cent per kilo-
across a narrow belt of muskeg.
"1 KEF." BEAUTY RACKET
public that has ever existed, and w att h o u r . Commercial lighting I l l y l',.r lla r n l U«-tt«r Busin*«» l l a m a . I n r . l Near the far side of the swamp,
we are proud of them and revere from 3*2 cents down to '-i-cent.
Oregon housewives who have not the m illionaire failed to J u m p
th eir names. Do the officers and Power rate from 2 cents down to been summoned to the front door squarely upon a tussock of nigger-
directors of the power companies I 03 of a cent per kilow att hour. and offered a "free perm anent wave head grass. He slipped and plunged
have to be citizens of the U nited The same can be done here.
certificate" for fifty cents' are a l­ headfirst into a pool.
States? If McBain will secure a
In 1934 the municipal power plant most certain to have this ex p e r­
Huxby was following close be­
copy of the law he will find these of the city of Tacoma paid $145.- ience soon, according to a w arn ­ hind. alert for every move of his
words in Section 22: “C an d id ates1 575 taxes: gave the city $200,545 ing issued by the Portland Better partner. He sprang to grasp the
for the office of said director at free service; set aside for deprecia­ B u s in , ss Bureau.
feet of the sinking man. A heave
such elections m ust be qualified tion $400.053 and gave a net profit
The bureau states this perm anent dragged him out. slimed and sp lu t­
voters of th e state of Oregon—” of $508.190. Their plant cost $23- wave certificate plan, which s ta rt­ tering. Huxby worked over him,
this appertains to the first direc-1 000,000 and at the end of 1934 only ed in New York in 1932 and q uick­ scraping off mud, until Lilith has­
tors. Section 33 governing the se­ owed $7,000,000.
ly spread throughout the East and tened back to help assist her father
lection o f perm anent directors,
In the Tennessee valley the dis­ middle West, he recently started across the rest of the quagmire.
reads; “Said directors shall be q u al­ tricts collect and pat’ the taxes the to operate in Oregon The certifi­ Once on firm ground, the m illion­
ified voters and reside in the sub­ utilities used to pay. Tupelo, Miss., cate plan is sold on a high pressure aire joked about his mishap.
divisions from which they are re ­ a city of 6361 inhabitants, paid the basis by a national syndicate to
"H aven’t had a bath since the
spectively nominated and elected, taxes and met every obligation and a local beauty shop. A crew of last rain," he said. "This one is
and shall have resided in the dis­ cleared $24,874.84 in 1934. Could sales representatives then covers higher class equal to the mud baths
trict continuously for two years tell of many more.
the com m unity selling the ce rtifi­ at Hot Springs. How about my pack
imm ediately preceding the d a t e
One very im portant m atter Mc­ cates for a few cents. O rdinarily t.ilith ’"
of their election as directors.”
Bain does not m ention is that the these sales agents represent th at as
She looked in his foxskln bag.
In another paragraph he says utilities do not pay their bonds a "special advertising offer" they "E verything there. Dad -with some
“there is nothing to keep the d i - 1 when due, but issue re-funding are authorized to issue these ce r­ mud added.”
rectors from w orking every day bonds and take up the old bonds tificates to a selected few who are
G arth had been too far ahead,
in the year at $10 per day ea c h .1 and thus carry an enormous load to receive a free perm anent wave with his heavy pack and canoe, to
How about your own officials, one of interest every year. In our case upon presentation of the certificate see or hear the accident. Mr Ram-
of whom receives nearly $100' we can borrow money for tw enty at the beauty shop.
ill joked again nbout his extra bath
per day and others w h o r e ­ years for th ree per cent on self-
Of course, anyone w illing to when they took to the canoe at the
ceive over $10 per day. Suppose liquidating bonds and at the end of spend fifty cents can receive such far side of Ihe portage. But all the
these directors put in th irty days th a t tim e own th e plant free from a certificate and Ihe catch is that tim e until they reached the evening
a month, and do nothing else but debt.
upon presenting it for redem ption cam p and he started to wash the
attend to the interests of th e dis­
I would lik e to ask th e stock­ the purchasers b arn that they are mud from the leather coat, he did
trict. th a t would only am ount to holders how much th eir stock is required to pay from $2 to $5 for not notice ttial the pistol was miss­
$3600 per year for each director. w orth. I have a neighbor who has such incidentals as hair trim, sham ­ ing.
And let me tell you we have men stock in one of the PEP subsidiar­ poo and wave set before they can
At the announcem ent of the loss.
in this district as capable as any ies, I th in k It is t h e G eneral secure the so-called "free perm a­ Huxby met G arth's gaze with a
man in the United States to attend Electric. Last fall he needed $200; nent wave.”
stare of cold hostility G arth w alk­
to its management, and they would he w ent to his banker and offered
T he Portland Better Business ed up to him, em pty-handed.
not be guilty of running the dis­ this stock as security. He was tu rn ­ Bureau states th at experience in
"If you’ve done w hat I think you
trict into debt and allow any such ed down. He said "How much is other vicinities lias clearly shown have," he said, "I call you for a
organization as the Pearce Co., do my stock w orth?" The banker re ­ that the only one profiting from showdown.”
as they did. The farm ers have o u t­ plied, “Oh, $10 if you can get the these deals is the promoter. Thou­
The engineer’s lips tightened in an
lived the ‘ Gold Brick" era. They $10. He received a letter from the sands of com plaints have been reg­ ironical smile. He put tip his hands.
will run the business of th e dis­ president of th e com pany a few istered in eastern states against this Not to be booled by th e seeming
trict on good, sound business p rin ­ m onths ago stating that they were scheme.
bluff, G arth w ent over Huxby’s ta t­
ciples. I refer you to some organ­ m aking plans to reorganize, but
tered clothes, from coat collar to
izations in this state th a t are run th a t he would have to accept one
moccasins. The pistol was nowhere
by the “Common people” and farm ­ share of stock for tw o of the old
on the engineer.
ers: the Eugene electric and w ater ones. What became of the other
"This is one tim e I'm due to
utilities; the Eugene F ruit G row ers’ h alf of his stock?
apologize." G arth adm itted.
association; the McMinnville light
The law requires th at “the board
"I accept no apology from you,"
and w ater utility; the Mt. Angel use a system of accounting th at
-
1 Huxby replied.
creamery, whose members and of­ shall show the total receipts and
L ilith looked from ofte to the
ficers are all farmers. It does not disbursem ents of the district. Such
other, her own lips tightening.
owe a cent and pays the highest i system shall be determ ination of
. Mr. Rnmill good-humoredly in­
price for b u tterfat in the north- depreciation of the district’s prop-
terposed, as he hung the washed
west. The Forest G rove c o -o p , erty, th e am ortization, net Invest-j
leather coat before the fire: "P ost­
w hich is owned and managed by j ment, rate of retu rn and allocation
pone your fight, boys. We’re still
farmers. It does not owe a rent, i of earnings of such district. There ;
in the muskegs. I’ll build a cockpit
They are now parking the 1935 shall be an annual audit to be '
for you when we get out."
crop of over 3,000.000 pounds, grown m ade by an auditor approved by ,
That won a chuckle from G arth.
by their m em bers They have sold i the hydro-electric commission.”
Huxby smiled with his lips- not
over 70 per cent of the crop, and | A re these officers such good busi- !
with his eyes. As Lilith looked from
are sending it all over the world, i ness men as to w arran t the people |
G arth to him. her eyes narrow ed
w ith "Oregon P runes” stamped on I letting them control the electric
and her lips tightened.
every carton and box. in heavy pow er of the state? Why not come
black type (even those being pack­ out to these hearings, as MrBain
CHAPTER VII
ed for the California Packing cor­ says, and listen to the argum ents
poration and the Dei Monte people), p ut up by each side; study the m at­
The Gaffed Wolf
so th at everyone knows they are ter carefully; sign th e petitions,
Mr Ramill's good-humor over
Oregon prunes and not California when you are asked, to place the
his fall Into the muskeg pool had
prunes.
question on the ballot and then
| not been forced. It was based up-
The people of this district will vote to take the business in your
I o il his feeling of physical wcll-
not stand for any directors that own hands, and vote for men who
I being.
are not honest and capable. The are your neighbors, and who you
Instead of having been broken
present directors are not charging know are honest, capable neighbors Jean Rogers w ith Rex in "Stormy, ’ down by the hard toil and expos­
one cent for their tim e and never and c itiz en s—I. E. LEWTON, ch air­
in double bill at Venetian tonight, ure of the trip and that severe les­
will. They are w orking for the best man of Washington county unit
Friday and S aturday with Rich­ son in the m eaning of famine, he
interest of the proposed district und one of the directors of the
ard E. Byrd's "L ittle America,” had come through it all in evert
and the state of Oregon.
the story of the second Byrd ex ­ better shape than before the start
proposed Northwest Oregon Bon­
McBain goes on to say that the neville Power district.
pedition to the Antarctic.
from th e lost valley. Tho days of
Lovely Heroine
x tn rv n tln n had c o m p le te d N a tu r e 't
m id u p o n Ih e d e g e n e ra te fa ts and
| poisons o f lb s once olieae b o d y
I’ ll. a I- had fo llo w e d th e fea I . o f «
te n d e r b e a r-c u b m eat lie was a g a in
p u ttin g on w e ig h t, h ill it was h a rd
1 m uscle T h e h e a lth y I i I oim I flo o d e d
I tils b ra in w it h a e o n ifo r tiib le g lo w
t li it was not to l>e d a m p e n ,'it by
any a m o u n t o f t o il o r d ls c o iu lo i t
lie was p a d d lin g as v ig o ro u s ly if
not as s k illf u lly as t i l s d a u g h te r,
w hen, m id m o rn in g o f th e t w e n li
fo u rth d a v fro m th e v a lle y . Hie
canoe ne a re d a w o ,« le d p o in t th a t
rose w a ll a lio v e tli,- w a u ip s G u i l t
c a lle d o u t fro m Hie s te rn o f Hie
c a n o r:
" I f y o u w a n t n s u rp ris e , fr ie n d
stm t y o u r eyes w h ile w e ta k e te ll
s tro k e s ."
He k n e w th a t H u x b y W o u ld keep
on sta l in g abend H ui lie g u v . a•.(
r ig h t a b o u t l . l l l l t b and Ite r fa th e r.
A t Ih e e nd o f tlie te n th s tro k e , tin»
g ir l H u n g u p Ite r p a d d le a n d u tte r -
ed a h rte k o f jo y o u s uniu/.einent:
"The river' T tie r iv e r '
C lose u p o n H ie c r y cam e Hie
d e e p -lu n g e d s lio ilt o f tie l fa ttie r:
" B v th e A lm ig h ty . y o u ’v e d u n e tt.
G a rth ' We re o u t "
,
H u x b y c o n tin u e d to 3.ir e f ix e d lv 8 |
ahead at Hie m ig h ty flo o d o f th e
M ac k e n z ie , lie was last to
peak
" G u t o f tlie m uske g s; tin t a lo n g
w a v fro m o u t o f H its d d N o r t h ''
" l. o i i g t»y ca n in ’ o r e v e n b y s te a m ­
er," G at'H i agreed " N o t so fa r.
th o u g h , by a ir passage
W e ra n
m a k e tlie e m e rg e n c y s u p p ly pi -t
b y tw o o r th re e h o u rs ' p a d d lin g
d o w n strea m "
" W h a t o f i t ’ T h a t fe llo w T o b in
to ld us planes n e v e r's to p th e re , u n ­
less fo u l w e a th e r ru n s then» s tu n t
of gas ”
G a rth m et H ie s u d d e n ly a n x io u s
lo o ks o f l. l l t t h u n it tie r fa th e r w it h
a sm ile .
" A l l p ilo ts h a ve o rd e rs to sight
non stop posts in pa ssin g T o b in has
a d is tre s s s ig n a l
T h e r e 'll tie a
p la n e c o m in g so u th fro m H ie A r c ­
tic coast w it h in th re e d a y s p ro b ­
a b ly to m o rro w . Y o u 'll be ly in g in
th e la p o f lu x u r y ut E d m o n to n
within a w e e k o r te n d a y s "
T tie m illio n a ir e fe lt at tlie grease-
and p itc h rnut o f h is m o n th o ld
beard He c h u c k le d " A b a th -out a
b a rb e r' H a n d o v e r th a t last c ig a r .
G a rth H ere's w h e re 1 c e le b ra te
t ic
pened th e g o ld m o u n t,-d i i
a.
tu t off the tip ol the o li
*
H ava n a
and sn a p pe d Ins p a te n t
lig h te r It fa ile d to ( la ir II«' to <• I
it o v e r in to th e w a te r, a n d tu rn e d
to G a rth , w it h an im p a tie n t c o m ­
m and: " G iv e tne a lig h t . ”
" O n ly tw o m utch e s le ft, s ir ."
"E n o u g h to lig h t a c ig a r. Pa i
them over."
In ste a d o f ta k in g o u t tils w a te r ­
p ro o f m u tc h case. G u r t li to o k up
tiis p addle. " T tie r u le is. n e v e r b u rn
y o u r lust m a tc h u n t il y o u h a v e to.
Y o u 'v e th ro w n
away
th a t lit t le
f lin t a nd steel
T h e f ir e d r i l l n
a ll r ig h t in d ry w e a th e r b u t h a rd
to use In w e t."
H u x b y d ip p e d his o w n paddle.
"C o m p on. M r . R a rn lil B y h is ow n
a cco u n t, th re e h o u rs m o re w i l l rid
us o f h im and his in s o le n c e "
" W a it." said t . i l i t h
S h e p o in te d
to tlie b a n k w h e re th e ple a sa nt
green o f y o u n g sp ru ce s s h o w e d
am o n g th e w e a th e re d w h ite tr u n k s
o f f ir i'- k llle d b ir c h tree s
" I f we
h ave so m u c h tim e , w e 'll la n d
th e re a n d c le a n u p ."
-
" B u t w it h H ie post sii n e a r, m y
d e a r L i l i t h ! " I f u x b y p ro te s te d "T h a t
fe llo w T o b in h ud a n y a m o u n t of
4
soap."
" A l l th e m o re reasan. I ' l l n o t
h a ve e ve n a c o m m o n n a v v y see
m e in th is c o n d itio n T lie rag s n u t
tie h e lp e d B u t Hie d i r t ' " G ilt
b u rs t h e r suppressed lo a th in g f> r
a ll th e grease and g rim e
th a t
s m irc h e d
h e rs e lf n nd th e
nun.
" M u d ! s lim e ' ra n c id f a t ' sp o ile d
m e a t' A la n G a rth . 1 k n o w H int I
h u ve to go dressed lik e a squaw .
B u t th is th is f ilt h ! "
He surged the canoe around
shore-w ard with a pow erful sweep
of his paddle.
"N o t
necessary. M iss
R a m ill.
A
scouring with hardwood ashes and
sand will do the work o f soap. W<-
can go In s w e e t.”
They landed where an Ice Jam of
some spring break-up hud gouged
through the muskeg mud at the
end of the ridge nnd left a clear
beach of glacial sand and gravel.
Up over the ten-foot b a n k , O arth
started a fire with one of his tw o ^
rem aining matches.
W
(To b« continued)
f.AWYER WOUI.I) KNOW
He put it up to Jesus—
"What must I do to Inherit e te r­
nal life?" he asked.
"You are a lawyer; w hat does
the law say?" So Jesus put it up
to him.
And th e law yer turned to the
law "Thou shalt love the I-ord
they God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thv
strength, and w ith all thy mind;
and thy neighbor ns thyself." - Luke
10:27.
"Right you are," said Jesus. "Do
this and you live." This means that
with your first breath ns a babe
you are to go on through life, sin ­
less. So walk and you huve eternal
life.
Where does that put us? We did
not so walk. All have sinned and
the wages of sin is death; eternal
separation from God.
Now comes God who w ants you
for himself. No m atter how mangy
or mean you are, he w ants you for
time and all aternity. This Instant,
sitting right w here you are nt tlie
supper table with the folks all
about, God can change (he whole
picture for you. Change it for this
life and eternity.
How?
You broke the law: you earned
the curse. God sent His Son in to
take the curse and set you free.
Now shut your eyes, right whcrit
you are this minute. And down in
your heart of hearts, fell God that
you count yourself d e a r on the
ground that Christ took th e cursa
off of you and died tinder it for
you. I lien tell ihe folks. So nil your
life keep telling it that you have
closed with God on his own term f
and have eternal life. For -"G od
so loved the world that he gave
IBs only begotten Son. that w ho­
soever believeth in Him should not
perish, but have eternal life " John
Ari(l from now on Bible, Bible.
Bible and Pray. Prnv. P ray and
u’r«°uW’i Orr,w' «row , and he that
ha h begun a good w ork In yon
will perform It until th e day nt
Jesus Christ George N. Taylor,
Beaverton - P a i d ndv.
Oily Joe Goas A 'Shoppin’
I wanna buy n hip flask su|t-
ab„o ,or a «'‘fnlem 'n like m 'shelf.”
Sorry, sir, but a q u art size is
tlie largest we have."- Ex.