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Volutili* 13, No. 5
K llls lio ru In d e p e n d e n t K eteh lished 1H7J«
Republicans
To W a sh in g to n
D e c la re
M ay
S e lv e s
Sign ed C o n tra c ts
File
to J a n u a ry
A llo tm e n t to B rin g 13 C ents
T h ro w s
F ia t In to K in g
M o rt p o litic a l glances have been
turne d on the o ffic e to be vacated
the firs t o f tile yea r by Edw. C.
Luc . county c le rk , than any other
n l six vucnneles To date fo u r f il-
lugs have been made fo r the re-
nomination, i n c l u d i n g
H ubert K e lly . E d w in G raham , W
A T u p p e r and J M, S tre tch e r of
Scholls.
R epublican offices arc w e ll re p
resented w iy i the exce ptio n o f .state
11 pi esentative w h ich s t ill lacks a
candidate. Dem ocrats. nt a m eet
ing F rid a y nigh t, are rep orted to
have com pleted th e ir tic k e t w ith
tile exception o f c le rk .
F ilin g ( loses M arch 30
D em ocrats m entioned fo r t h e
v a i io n s
o ffic e s
in clu d e D r. G uy
V ia of F o r e s t G ro ve fo r re p re
sentative. M K Abraham , another
F o rest G rove man. to oppose John
C o nn ell fo r .sheriff, a n d A lb e rt
K< m iner o f B ea verton fo r d is tric t
a tto rn e y F ilin g s urc expected be-
fore the tune e xp ire s M a rch 30.
A n o th e r p rim a ry race was a
. s p ie d this week w hen Paul 1, P a t
t i I-o n . H ills b o ro a tto rn e y, w ho is
seeking the n o m in a tio n fo r dls-
liie t atto rn e y in opposition to G.
Hu e ll M organ. Incum bent, file d on
the re p u b lica n tic k e t.
Patterson came to W ashington
cou nty in 1820 and served as dep
u ty d is tric t u ttu rn o y un de r E ll
Tongue fu r six and o n e -h a lf years.
Since le avin g thu t o ffic e he lias
been in p riv a te p ra ctice in H ills
boro lie is now actin g as c ity a t
to rn e y fo r H ills b o ro
Beaverton,
Hank
Gaston und Sherwood.
P a tte rso n w as e d u cated in the
(('t>lt t lltueri (in p a irr 3.
C om pliance
Per
re tu m n | )
W PA, »Sanitary
Work Success
K enneth I.in k la te r. son o f the late
lit and Mi i. 8 T. i.in k la te r, b ft
T hursd ay fo r W ashington. D C..
to accept ap po intm en t as special
fie ld ugent o f the d iv is io n of in
vestig atio n of the W orks Progress
A d m in is tra tio n He is to w o rk in
und out of W ashington i.in k la te r,
a graduate o f the H ills b o ro schools
and an honor graduate in la w at
the U n iv e rs ity of Oregon, is a
nephew o f M r. and Mrs. B. W.
Barnes.
Grade School
H oop Tossers
in Tournament
Annual
B a s k e tb a ll
Opened
C ontest
W ednesday
Plan in the an nu al W ashington
county
grade school
ba sketba ll
too urna ine nt began here yesterduy
aftern oon 1 Wednesday i in the union
high school a u d ito riu m . P lay doses
F rida y n ig h t w itfi the d e te rm in a
tio n o f the cou nty cham pionship.
Play begun at 1:30. U n ion won
from W itch Hazel 16 to 14 M u llo y
fo rfe ite d to OrCnco. T im b e r won
from
W atts 36-9 R c e d v illc won
26-8 fro n i Gaston F a ilu re of M u l-
loy set the schedule ahead.
Play in B class school was s ta r t
ed when G aston met H e e d ville at
4 p. m . N ig h t games began w ith
Sherw ood p la y in g T u a la tin at 7
o'clock, fo llo w e d by T ig a rd a n d
SI. M a ry 's a t 7:50 and H ills b o ro and
B eaverton at 8.(0 p. in., bo th in A
class.
B ushel
B e n e fit paym ents on the 1036
w heat cro p w ill be made to those
farm ers in W ashington cou nty w ho
i signed a p p lica tio n s fo r 1036-1939
w heat contracts according to w o rd
received fro m the a g ric u ltu ra l a d
ju s tm e n t a d m in is tra tio n , says W
F. C yrus, cou nty agent.
T his paym ent w ill be made to
those fa rm e rs w h o had signed such
ap p lica tio n s and had placed them
on file p rio r to Ja n u a ry 6 and
w h o were in substantial c o m p li
ance under the term s of the new
wheat co n tra ct at th a t tim e. O n ly
one 1936 puym ent w ill be made
und the am ount of th is has not yet
been determ ined
The second nay o f the schedule
w ill open at 1:30 p. m. t o d a y ,
when Bunks and Gales C reek meet
in a m ixe d C and B class. Resum
in g A class play 2:20 p m „ F o r
est G ro ve w i ll meet A lo h a -H u b e r,
w h ich w ill conclude the p r e lim in
S u p c rviso r R e p o r t s M a n y aries.
S e m i-fin a ls w ill begin at 3:10 p.
Persons C o -o p e ra tin g
m. when the w in n e r o f the T ig a rd -
St. M a ry's d i s h meets the w in n e r
o f the H ills b o ro -B e a v e rto n game,
The sa n ita tio n p ro je ct, in o jie r- i A t 4 p. m. w in n e r o f the O renco-
atlo n over W ashington cou nty since | C a rlto n class w ill m eet th e w in n e r
last Dei em ber un d e r W PA and in the T im b e r-W a tts m ix .
(C o n lin u r d on page * , ro lu m n 21
sponsored by the state board of
Class B cha m pionsh ip w ill be
health, is acco m plishing co n sid e r gin at 7 p. in. w ith the w in n e r of
able in the w ay o f c o rre c tin g un- the G a sto n -R e e d ville session meet
san ila i v conditions, acco rding to O. in g S he rw o od o r T u a la tin . This
F. A nderson o f O renco, p ro je ct w ill be fo llo w e d by a se m i-fin a l
sup ervisor.
clash between the w in n e r o f the
U p to date (Mt o f th e farm s and U n io n -W itc h Hazel game and the
schools surveyed have a p plied fo r w in n e r in the clash between Banks
a ¿¡stance in c o rre c tin g u n s a n ita ry and Gales Creek.
co n d itio n s und crew s have com
C h a m p io n sh ip in the A d iv is io n M a n y W P A W o r k m e n E m
pleted the w o rk, A nderson suid
w ill be de te rm in e d at 8:40 p. m.
th is week.
p lo y e d on W ils o n R o ute
w hen the w in n e r o f th e Forest
S ix ty m ore requests are on file
G ro ve -A lo h a H u be r m atch meets
to be acted on um l an othe r batch o f
the w in n e r o f the s e m i-fin a l e lim
8 to HI a p p lica tio n s is expected at inations.
A c tu a l co n stru ctio n o f the W il-
any tim e. S ixteen school d is tric ts
C h a m p io n sh ip in C class w ill be | son r iv e r and the W o lf creek short
have em ployed p ro je c t w o rk m e n d e term in ed at 7:30 p. nt. F rid a y to cuts to the sea, begun th is week
to rem edy u n s a n ita ry conditions,
be fo llo w e d by the game fo r the w hen men began re p o rtin g at the
A nderson said.
S ylva n end o f the W o lf creek ro u te
co u n ty c h im p io n s h ip .
M a te ria ls fo r the w o rk, A n d e r
and at the G len w o od section of
son points out, cost b u t $15 w h ile
W ilson riv e r.
a ll labor, both s k ille d and u n s k ill
W ednesday (ye ste rd a y) 60 men
ed. is supplied by the fed eral g o v
w ere s w in g in g axes at S ylva n and
ern m en t th ro u g h W PA.
211 at G lenw ood. M ore m en w i ll
he added fro m tim e to tim e as they
C o rre c tio n o f u n sa n ita ry c o n d i
tions on school p ro p e rty th ro u g h
Judge D onald E. L o ng has re are a va ila b le , acco rding to Herm an
K
e rkm a n , cou nty com m issioner.
out the ru ra l sections, is being signed as m u n ic ip a l ju d g e in P o rt
M peh o f the c le a rin g on t h e
p a rtic u la rly
urged by th e state land to la k e e ffe ct M arch 30.
board o f health. Inspections and
He has announced his candidacy W ilso n r iv e r ro u te w i ll be accom
estim ates can be had by any o f the fo r the c ir c u it bench in M u ltn o p lishe d w ith tra c to rs and heavy
school boards by a p p ly in g to A n mah cou nty, d e pa rtm e nt No. 11. m ach in ery, m o v in g d irt, stum ps and
derson. w ho can he reached th ro u g h w h ich is the co u rt o f dom estic re brush in to a road grade as ra p id ly
as possible. W hen the m oney a l
the W PA o ffice in the co u rt house. lations and ju v e n ile court.
located to the w o rk has been used,
the rig h t-o f-w a y cleared w i ll also
be graded and re a d y to receive
ro ck p re lim in a ry to p a vin g o r any
typ e o f surface selected by t h e
state h ig h w a y com m ission.
A t present the w o rk is un d e r
the d ire c tio n o f C ity E ngin eer A p -
person of P o rtla n d , but it is u n d e r
P ro o f that H ills b o ro co m m u n ity I increased
fro m
$53,239,414,116 on stood th a t the re is some fe e lin g
Is w e ll up the road to p ro s p e rity M arch I, 1935, to $70,663,977.15 on am ong P o rtla n d W P A o ffic ia ls that
can be seen in the rep ort o f the
the re s p o n s ib ility fo r t h e e n tire
C o m m ercia l N a tion al Bank else M arch 4 o f th is year, a g ro w th of deal should be placed in the hands
I m ore than 33i;t per cent in one o f W P A engineers.
w here in the Argus th is week
The rep ort, dated M arch 4. shows 1 year's tim e.
F irs t men called in bo th crew s
Increase in deposits d u rin g the Inst
B ran ch b a n k in g lo o k on m ore are fro m P o rtla n d . L a te r, as men
tw o years o f n e arly h a lf a m illio n
period, become a v a ila b le in W ashington
d o lla rs and an increase o f n e arly v ig o r also (lu rin g t h i s
c o u n ty th ro u g h co m p le tio n o f o th
i branches o f T he F irs t N a tion al e r projects, crew s fro m th is cou n
$50,(11)11 since N ovem ber 1.
Com parisons show $832,895.38 on B ank o f P o rtla n d in crea sing fro m ty w ill be added to la bo r taken
deposit M arch 4, 1933, as com pared j 18 to 28, th is g ro w th a cco u n tin g fo r fro m the city.
Io the present fig u re s o f $1,311,-
a p p ro x im a te ly 50 per cent o f the
994 08 A year ago deposils a m o u n t
ed to $1,191,286.53 or an increase of increase in deposits. Business con
$120,707.55 d u rin g the ye a r ju s t ditions, as gauged by the volum e
closed.
uf bank deposits, a r c ob vio u sly
Deposits, however, increased n e ar
g re a tly im p ro ve d in O regon. C om
A lt
appeal fro m a decision in
ly tw ic e as fast d u rin g the e a rly m u n itie s outside o f P o rtla n d now
p a ri o f the year as the y did d u rin g served by The F irs t N a tio n a l in c ir c u it cou rt by Jud ge R. F ra n k
I he last part and the firs t o f this, clude A lb a n y. A storia . Bend, C o n Peters, is being take n in the ease
th<- figu res show, due Io the fuel don, E nterprise, Gresham. H eppner, of W ing vs. P a rro tt, according to
I hat crops were being m arketed H illsb o ro ,
LaG rande,
L a ke vie w , W a lte r C. H u ti’ hinson, a tto rn e y fo r
and m ore persons w ere em ployed M edford. N o rth Bend, Nyssa. Pen P a rro tt. The ease was to quiet
d u rin g Ihe sum m er and fa ll.
delton, Salem. Stayton, The Dalles, t itle in p ro p e rty a cq uired in lu x
Loans and discounts d u rin g the T illa m o o k , U n io n and W oodburn. sale last spring.
perio d ju s t closed m ore Ilia n kept |
Ju d g e Peters ru le d that the tax
pace w ith deposits. Ihe records
sale was de fective in th a l the b ill
C
onfect
lo
tte
ry
Sold
■how Loans M arch I were $541.-
o f costs was no, p ro p e rly file d and
"W ilm a 's
Place,” > co n fe ctio n e ry Din, the w h ole of Die p ro p e rly hud
188.08 as com pared Io $490,003 52 on
shop on T h ird avenue, was p u r been offered fo r sale and not a
N o vem b er I.
Trem endous g ro w th of Ih i' F irst chased last week by F. L. D avis of p o rtio n s u ffic ie n t
to cove r the
N a tio n a l Bank o f P o rtla n d d u rin g H illsb o ro . M rs. W ilm a Cady w ill am ount o f tax due.
the past tw e lv e m onths is revealed assist in c o n d u ctin g the business
B rie f in the case is un d e r p re p
by the M arch 4 fln a n c i* ! state fo rm e rly ow ned by J. H. Fair- a ra tio n now , H u tch in so n said M o n
day.
ment of thal institutaiun. Deposits weather.
✓
’• Crews Begin
Sea Highway
Judge D. E. Long
Bencli Candidate
J
Gaston Youth
May be Victim
Hit, Run Car
.Must Comply
T h is announcem ent means th a t
those farm ers w h o signed these
ap p lica tio n s p rio r to the date m en
tion ed and w ho had seeded some-
w here between th e ir m in im u m and
m a xim u m acreuge p rio r to that
date and w h o have le ft out th e ir
necessary am ount o f contracted
acres w ill be e lig ib le fo r th is pay-
m ent.
A cco rd in g to the announcem ent,
a che ck-up to de te rm in e w h ethe r
o r not a con tra ct signer was in
com pliance on J a n u a ry 6 w ill be
made. T h is means th a t it w ill be
necessary fo r the con tra ct signer
to show his contracted acres when
com pliance is checked. T h is a n
nouncem ent also carries the state
m ent that the last paym ent on the
1935 crop w ill be 13 cents per
bushel less a d m in is tra tiv e costs
w h ic h w i ll am ount to p ro b a b ly
around 1 >4 cents. T h is paym ent of
13 cents per bushel refers, o f
course, to the bushels in the a llo t
m ent
W h ile the new a g ric u ltu ra l p ro
gram has received the a p pro val o f
congress and the president, i t is
s t ill in com p lete in so fa r as its
a p p lic a tio n to the local situ a tio n is
concerned. T h is is term ed the "S o il
C o nse rvation and Dom estic A llo t-
’ m en t A c t” ,
B rie fly , it pro vid es fo r a te m p o r
a ry program to be in e ffe ct d u rin g
1936 and 1937, w h ic h carries w ith it
aid in the fo rm o f paym ents d ire c t
to in d iv id u a l fa rm e rs to assist v o l
u n ta ry action by the m w h ich is de
signed to accom plish so il conser
v a tio n purposes.
The act proposes to classify crops
g ro w n in to tw o groups; nam ely,
soil conserving crops w ill receive,
Upward Trend in Business
Slunvn in Banks’ Statement
Attorney Prepares
Tax Case Appeal
bottom began T u e s d a y
w hen th e huge electro
pum ps at the n o rth end o f the lake
were set in m otion.
The pumps, ru n n in g n ig h t abd
day. l i f t 240,000 gallons o f w a te r
an h o ur over the dikes to d ra in
in to the T u a la tin riv e r. A t the end
of a week the w a te r is expected
to be o ff the ground and another
tw o weeks w ill be re q u ire d to
com plete the sub-surface drainage
to a p o in t where w o rk can begin
The la ke bed is to be used fo r
ra isin g vegetables fo r m a rke t and
it is expected th a t the enterprise
w ill be developed in to one of the
largest p ro je cts o f its k in d in the
j northw est.
i Reports fro m Gaston in dica te th a t
a large nu m be r o f Japanese la b o r
ers are being im p orted to c a rry dn
the w o rk The com pany is p la n
ning, and w i ll soon begin, con
s tru c tio n o f fro m 15 to 20 houses
to accom m odate the crews.
The houses w ill be constructed
at the G aston corner o f the lake
( C o n tin a r d on pace 7, ro lu m n 4)
6
Haul
p ub lican
m orning
P rio r
Check
P a tte rs o n
P rep ara tions fo r t h e sum m er j
w o rk in the developm ent of W ap i-
M o n e y Goes to R aisers W h o
A n o th e r
M organ is Opposed
L.
L a ke C o m p a n y
P um ps L iftin g
F lo o d W a t e r s
Wheat Crop
Farmers will
Get Pay lA lV 'll. t ,
Focus Eyes
on Clerkship
Content ;
H illsboro, O regon, T h u rsd ay , M arch I«, 1936
i
Court Grants
Mill A ssets
to Creditors
U n ite d
on
R a ilw a y s
S h e rm a n
'
'
S h e r if f Probes Case
Tw o Section«, F o u rte e n Paget
W inners of Free Trips South
Foreclose
C o n s tru ctio n
B eg in
E q u ip m e n t
B u y in g
N e w In v e s tig a tin g B o dy W i ll
G o v e rn m e n t
R e p o rt
in
A p r il
fro m
S ub stantia tion o f claim s aggre
ga ting m ore than $228,844 was g iv
en In c irc u it c o u rt T hursd ay wnen
Judge K F ra n k Peters issued three
decrees in actions bro u g h t by the
U n ite d R a ilw ays and W. C. C h ris
tensen and L. J. M e r r ill against E.
J Sherm an, th e E J. Sherm an L o g
gin g com pany, the D a iry C reek
Logging com pany and subsidiaries.
The decrees d ire c t foreclosu re of
liens upon p ro p e rty ow ned b y the
various u n its o f the Sherm an lo g
g in g interests.
The m ill, above
M ountaindale, has been in opera
tio n fo r a nu m b e r o f years, get
tin g in to d ific u lty w ith the slum p
in lu m b e r prices d u rin g the e a rly
years o f the depression.
Largest o f th e liens foreclosed
was against the lo gg ing ra ilw a y s
and equipm ent The mortgage, held
by U n ited R ailw ays, am ounted to
$162,000 w ith in te re st at six per
cent fro m Novem ber, 1928 A n o th e r
lie n held by the U n ite d R a ilw a ys
was fo r $36,396 secured by fo u r
m iles o f lo g g in g road, in c lu d in g
a ll steel, trestles, r ig h t o f w a y sid
ings and s im ila r equipm ent.
The action bro u g h t by C h ris te n
sen and M e r r il as trustees, asked
foreclosure on the m ill and e q u ip
m ent w h ic h was se c u rity f o r a
loan a m o u n tin g to $30,448.
A ll decrees w ere b y d e fa u lt
th ro u g h fa ilu re o f the defendants
to answ er com plaints.
Selection of grand ju ro rs fo r the
new c irc u it c o u rt term was com
pleted M onday in Judge R. F ra n k
Peters court. The ju r y w i ll re p o rt
fo r d u ty a fte r th e fir s t o f ne xt
m onth. J u ro rs are M a th ie w Ryan,
A r th u r J. H anley. Jerom e O. Boge.
C laude C Cook, R obert B. M e d ill,
W H R e illn g and Ted C. Jensen.
H e llin g was named forem an.
The case o f
H e intz vs. Ferd
G roner, et al. in w h ic h Adam
H eintz, a m in o r, i f suing G ro n e r
W alnut corqpany fo r false arrest,
was continued w hen the a tto rn e y
Miss Lorraine Chase
Miss Helen Sahlfeld
These tw o girls, w inne rs in the H ills b o ro M erchants' P o p u la rity con-
ests, w ill leave Sunday on the nine -day a ll free tr ip to C a lifo rn ia
and O ld M exico along w ith oth er w inne rs fro m Oregon, W ashington
and A laska Miss Chase won in the v o tin g fo r g irls in H illsb o ro and
M iss S a h lfe ld in the d iv is io n fo r g irls outside of H illsb oro .
Contest Winners to Start
California Trip Sunday
A ll a b o a rd fo r th e sunny so u th !
T he tw o w inners in th e H illsboro M e rc h a n ts’ P o p u la rity
contests. M isses L o rra in e C hase of H illsboro an d H elen
S a h lfe ld of H illsboro ro u te 5, w ill leave fro m th e U nion
d e p o t in P o rtla n d a t 8 :4 0 a. m. S u n d ay on a nine-day
a ll-fre e trip to C a lifo rn ia a n d Old M exico.
T im e Changed
L e a v in g tim e was changed be
cause w eather con ditions made it
possible fo r a change in sa ilin g
tim e o f A laska w inners, w h o are
to a rriv e in Seattle F rid a y. The
lu c k y g irls in W ashington con
tests w ill assemble in Seattle and
leave the re S atu rday n ig h t. Oregon
w in n e rs jo in th e gro up at R irtla n d
Sunday m orn ing . F o rty -fiv e g irts
w ill be in the pa rty, w h ic h Is
sponsored by the Oregon State W in n e rs in R a d io P ro g ra m
E d ito ria l association and the W ash
on A i r T o n ig h t
in g to n Press association.
W ashington and Alaska g irls w ill
W ith fe w seats in th e V enetian
leave Seattle at 11:30 p. m., a rriv e
in P o rtla n d at 6:30 a m. Sunday. th e a tre vacant. H illsboro Post, A m -
p
« s ^ te ^ % rs t^ t^ tr K
T he p a rty w i ll le a v e . P o rtla n d on
the "K la m a th ” at 8:40 a. m. fro m .
.
th e u n io n depot. The scenic jo u r - 1° an en thusiastic audience. O n ly
ne y th ro u g h S ou thern O regon w ill one o f the 18 num bers fa ile d to
be made in d a y lig h t hours, passing ! appear.
b e a u tifu l M ou nt Shasta at dusk.
W inners w ere W ayne Nickeson,
M onday—A ll meals in th e d in e r | banjoist. sponsored by the H ills -
en ro u te to Los Angeles and San boro R o ta ry club, firs t; L a V e lle
Diego—d o w n th e Coast L in e f a r- Jackson, accordionist, H i l l s b o r o
r iv in g in Los Angeles late evening, h ig h school student o f N o rth Plains,
’ The sleepers w ill be tra n s fe rre d to second; R u th Boyles, v io lin is t, F o r-
the tra c k s o f the Santa Fe.
est G rove, th ird : Mrs. R obert W ar-
Tuesday—A r r iv e San Diego 5 a. ! rens, ha rpist. Forest G rove star
m. E a rly bre afkast w ill be taken ! route, fo u rth , and D ale B aker,
at the San D iego hotel, the n a ! P a cific
U n iv e rs ity singer, f if th ,
rid e ove r to Coronado Beach and j Cash prizes to ta lin g $35 w ere dis-
do w n to T ia Juana. M exico, fo r I trib u te d am ong the contestants,
lu n c h at Caesar's. R e tu rn to San ! Contest w in n e rs w i ll broadcast
’ D iego m id -afte rno on, going d ire c t T hursd ay n ig h t in a 15-m inute p ro
to the E xpo sitio n grounds— balance gram over K G W fro m 9:15 to 9:30.
j a fte rn o o n and eve ning w ill be spent The event is th ro u g h he courtesy
I on the grounds o f th is m a g n ifice n t o f KG W . th is statio n a rra n g in g a
i show. D in n e r at Cafe o f the W orld . special p ro gra m fe a tu rin g the w in
(C o n tin u e d on p a r e 6. colum n a)
ners.
N um bers m issing fro m the o rig
in a l
program
in clu d e d
Roberta
W hatley.
B eaverton
h ig h school
vocalist, and the E w e r trip le ts of
[
Aloha. B oth num bers dropped fro m
the program a fte r th e close of
entries.
A pp e a rin g
in
place o f these
num bers was a vocal solo by Edna
R eso lu tion
C ritic iz e s
V o te S teinke o f H illsb o ro , w h o was w e ll
received b y the audience, and Tom
on Sales T a x , S a la ry
Stretcher, Scholls you th, w h o gave
Legion Contest
Proves Big Hit;
Crowd Attends
Local Grange
Opp oses Solons
(C o n tin u e d on p ave 5,
ro lu m n 3)
H ills b o ro G range S atu rday passed
a re so lu tio n c ritic iz in g m em bers of
the legislature, w ho voted fo r the
sales ta x and the m easure fo r in
creasing le g is la tiv e salaries.
O p
Co-operation o f the people in the
po sitio n was voiced to the senate
b ill No. 1632. the “ W ater C a rrie rs rem oval of o ld house num bers is
b ill," w h ic h w o u ld give the in te r asked by M a yo r J. H. G a rre t,.
"The fact tha t there are tw o sets
state com m erce com m ission power
to
raise rates on the w a te rw a ys o f house num bers, the old and new,
O R E N C O - F o u rth an nu al achieve
A p p lic a tio n s f o r
p u b lic w o rks m ent program o f the O renco-S hutc and h u rt fa rm e ffo rts fo r cheaper confuses m any people w ho are new
in the co m m u n ity." stated the m a y
p ro je cts s t ill w ill be accepted by C a lf club was held M a rch 5 at the tra n sp o rta tio n .
T he grange is p u ttin g on a play, or. "W hen the new' num bers were
the state o ffic e of P W A. according home of M r. and Mrs. J. J. B radley.
L. E. Francis, cou nty c lu b leader, "M r. and M rs.." a continuous m us p u t up the residents w ere asked
to a le tte r received th is week by
to leave the old ones six m onths
H erm an K e rkm a n . co u n tv com m is presented aw ards as fo llo w s: J im ica l play. A p r il 2.
R esolution
ory the legislators, and then rem ove them . M any have
sioner, fro m C. C. H o ckley. P W A m ie Ensley, s ix-ye a r c e rtific a te :
N orm an B rad le y. L o rra in e Ren- signed by H. I. Patten and Ida H o r- not done it and it w o u ld be ap
engineer in P ortla nd .
preciated by the c ity cou ncil if
Rennells, fiv e -y e a r necker. is as fo llo w s:
A p p lic a tio n fo r the projects w ill nells, Robert
"W hereas, the electors o f the state people w o u ld now rem ove the old
be given f u ll consideration, and if pins; E lva B rad le y, fo u r-y e a r c e r o f O regon have, b y o v e rw h e lm in g num bers."
acceptable given a p p ro va l w ith the tific a te ; P aul Rennells, tw o -y e a r m a jo ritie s , repeatedly voted do w n i
un de rsta n d in g that the a d m in is tra ce rtifica te .
M r. F rancis showed tw o movies. a ll sales tax b ills and a ll b ills fo r
tio n in W ashington has no funds
changing the c o n s titu tio n o f the I
(C o n tin u e d on page 6. ro lu m n I )
a t present but w ill a llo t funds at
state concerning the salaries o f the
some la te r date i f available.
le g isla tive bodies and. W hereas n o t
"N o assurance can b e given ,"
w ith s ta n d in g these facts they again I
H o ckley said, "th a t fa vo ra b le ac
trie d to burden the people w ith
tio n w ill be taken or funds a llo ca t
these measures, they com p le te ly j
ed M ay I repeat that th is is an e f
disregard the wishes o f the people [
A fte r lapsing fo r one m onth, Ja n
fo rt to he lp you get ready in case
W ith com m unicable disease w e ll in these m atters. T hey caused the i uary, fo r the firs t tim e in n e arly
o f the a v a ila b ility o f fun ds In the in hand, co u n ty he alth o ffic ia ls
( ( o n lin u rd on page ( , c o l u m n * )
tw o years, H ills b o ro Boy Scout
near fu tu re fo r th is purpose."
feel that danger o f any epidem ic,
troops came back strong in Feb
------------------------------------------------------ --- e ith e r o f scarlet feve r o r measles,
ru a ry to la te highest in the P o rt
is passed, Miss M arg are t D ixon,
land area council, according to re
co u n ty nurse, said Wednesday.
po rt fro m the headquarters. The
One new case o f scarlet feve r
H ills b o ro ra tin g was 77.2 pe r cent,
was found in the Sherw ood d is tric t |
over tw o points above the next dis
and n o th in g new l ia s developed in
A reso ltuion
p ro te s tin g the fact tr ic t and passed the m e tro p o lita n
H ills b o ro o r the L a u re l co m m u tha t no a p p ro p ria tio n has b e e n d is tric t by fo u r points.
n ity . Three cases are un de r q u a r made fo r the cou nty was passed by
Emphasis d u rin g the past m onth
a n tin e at L a u re l and one in the the L a u re l-S ch o lls F arm ers' U nion on the p a r, o f a ll fiv e un its in the
B ethany d is tric t, a ll cases of tw o T h u rsd a y n ig h t. C o m m itte e in c lu d d is tric t has been tow ards the Boy
weeks' standing. A p p a re n tly the ed G ra n t Dodge, B. G. Boge and Scout C ircus to be held at the
cases were discovered in tim e to G ustave Krause. The reso lu tion:
P acific In te rn a tio n a l E x p o s it io n
prevent fu rth e r spread in these
"T o the H onorable C o u n ty C o urt: b u ild in g in N o rth P ortla nd , when
The p o litic a l g u n s a r e
com m unities. M iss D ix o n said.
Whereas, it has been b ro u g h t to the 5000 scouts fro m W ashington,
bo om ing W ith electio n only
Las, week, a statem ent made by o u r a tte n tio n that the co u n ty cou rt Y a m h ill, Clackam as
eight m onths aw ay, a d m in
M ultn om a h.
Miss D ixon was m is in te rp re te d and has this year failed, refused, or Colum bia. Clatsop. T illa m o o k , Hood
is tra tio n o f Die b ig r e lie f fund
made to read tha t eases of measles ueglected to m ake any a p p ro p ria R iver. Wasco, and Sherm an cou n
ran ks as the one m a jo r bat-
scale in a m anner s im ila r to scar tio n to support o u r an nu al cou nty ties in Oregon, and C la rk . C o w
tle fro n t o f Ihe 1936 campaign
let fever. T h is is no, (rue . Miss fa ir, and whereas, it is an a p p ro litz. Skam ania, W a hkiaku m , a n d
The W ashington L e tte r on
D ix o n said, as the skin peels in p ria tio n in w h ich w e are v ita lly K lic k ita t counties in W ashington
page 2. second section, brings
a d is tin c tiv e m anner in cases re concerned, and fo r the fu rth e r rea m in e together oil A p r il 3 and 4
you a ll Die latest develop
cove rin g from scarlet fever.
son tha t we. the farm ers o f the fo r ¿i gig a n tic d e m on stra tion of
ments in the p re sid entia l race
Few er eases o f measles w ere re cou nty are the p rin c ip a l taxpayers: scouting a c tiv itie s and e n te rta in
d ire ct fro m the nation s ca p i
ported
this
week
than
last
a
lth
ou
gh
Therefore, we
the m em bers of ment.
tal. Be sure to read th is new
an increase in th is disease is e x L a u re l-S ch o lls local of the F a rm
and In fo rm a tiv e fea tu re e v
The sixte cn -a ct pro gra m w ill last
pected
in
the
west
end
o
f
the
co
u
n
ers' U nion desire Io reg ister our n e arly three hours and hundreds
e ry week.
ty, w here o n ly a few cases have protest for said a ttitu d e and ac o f boys w ill engage in each act.
been rep orted up to date.
t io n . '
The o u tsta n d in g fe a tu re
o f th«
I
Removal of Old
Numbers Urged
PWA Asks County
to Prepare Projects
+ ---------
to
C ity
L an d
Offices
E n g in e e r
H e re
B o u ld e r D a m
Loose ends in the co n stru ctio n
o f H illsb o ro 's new sewer system
and disposal p la n t seemed draw n
closer together this week w ith the
h irin g o f the fir s t crew by K e rn &
K ibbe, contractors w ho w ill b u ild
the sewers. W o rk is expected to
¡ begin at once.
C o nstructio n
o f the
disposal
p la n t aw aits d e tails in connection
w ith purchase o f land fo r the site
w h ich w ill be concluded th is week,
; opening the w ay fo r Oscar Q u tlr r
& Son. w h o have a sub co n tra ct
fo r excavation. The re m a in d e r of
the w o rk w ill be by W arren N o rth
west Incorporated, contractors.
La b o r H ire d
In te rv ie w s fo r laborers, w h o w 'll
be em ployed b y K e rn & K ibbe.
w ere conducted Tuesday m o rn in g
at the c ity h a ll by Sam L in d , super
viso r fo r the contractors and A. G.
Johnson, placem ent man fro m t ie
o ffic e of the na tio n a l re -e m p lo y
m ent service in P ortla nd . A ll la b o r
ers em ployed w ill be selected fro m
lis ts supplied by the e m p lo ym e nt
service and none w ill be h ire d w ho
have not been registered.
F irs t crews, it is understood, w i ll
be made up o f laborers, both s k ill
ed and u n s k ille d , d ra w n fro m the
persons w h o have been c e rtifie d fo r
re lie f and have been em ployed o r
are e lig ib le to e m p lo ym e n t cm
W PA. H ow ever, la b o r is un d e r con
tr o l o f P W A and when the lists of
r e lie f cases have been exhausted,
o th e r unm eployed can be draw n.
K e rn & K ib b e aiso have estab
lished an o ffice in H illsb o ro , hav-
f ^ ^ e d T
d7 " <y
Th‘rd stree‘'
James Reed. P W A engineer, has
established office s upstairs in the
c ity h a ll and expects to be here as
long as co n stru ctio n is un de rw ay.
H is duties in clu d e sup ervision of
w o rk as re la tin g to governm ent
rules and re g ulation s concerning
I
(C o n tin u e d on pave 3, colum n 4)
Tax Payments
Forge Ahead
T o ta l E x ce e d in g Y e a r A g o ;
R e b a te is S p u r
S pu rred by a rebate o f three
per cent fo r pro m p t paym ent o f
taxes in fu ll, and lesser rebates fo r
in te rm e d ia te quarters, W ashingt m
cou nty taxp ayers poured a stream
o f cash in to the tax co lle ctio n o f
fice d u rin g t h e days preceding
M arch 15, when taxes became due
and payable w ith penalty.
W ith ta x m a il s t ill uncheck?d
fro m S atu rday n ig h t to date, cash
co lle ctio n at the tax o ffic e Tues
day n ig h t totaled $317.756.91, ac
co rd in g to Miss G ladys Eisner, t ix
deputy. C o lle ction s last year to t re
deadline o f M a rch 15 am ounted to
$279,932.52.
H ow m uch m oney was re p re
sented in the flo o d o f m a il u n tc -
counted fo r between S atu rday n ig h t
and th is date, could not p o s s itly
be estim ated. M iss Eisner said. C o l
lections appeared to be made this
year w ith considerable m ore a la c /i-
ty as a re su lt o f be tte r econom ic
conditions, she declared.
The e x tra rebate b ro u g h t a great
m any m ore f u ll tax paym ents tha n
w ere made last year, Miss Elsr.er
said. C lerks s t ill w e re busy p ie
p a rin g tax statem ents W ednesday
w ith a considerable tr ic k le o f ta x
payers s till m a kin g paym ents.
Local Scouts Again at Top;
Prepare for Circus in April
Health Authorities
See Improvement
Relief
O n c e;
Establishing
I, Heynderickx
Club Leader
C a m p a ig n 's
M a in Issu e —
at
E x p e c te d
Grand Jury Drawn
I
I S tru c k by w h at he declared was
' a h it and ru n d riv e r, Joe M c B u r
ney. 11 years old, Gaston ro u te 2.
was re co ve rin g fro m cuts a n d
bruises sustained S atu rday m o rn
ing along the road between Gaston
and his home near La ure lw o od . The
boy is the son o f M r. and Mrs. Joe
M cB urn ey.
Young M cB u rn e y was fou nd ly -
in g unconscious in the w reckagc
of his b ic y c le s h o rtly
a fte r 11
o'clo ck by B la ir B ro w n m anager
of the fa rm com pany w h ic h is op
e ra tin g W apato lake, acco rding to
s h e riff's rep orts B ro w n too k the
c h ild home and la te r the fa m ily
took h im to M c M in n v ille , w here
he was placed un d e r a d o c to r’s
care
When he firs t regained conscious
ness. he declared th a t he fe ll fro m
his bicycle, but la te r to ld o f a
green C h e vro le t coupe o f l a t e
model, w h ic h he saw speeding to
w a rd h im around a curve. The car
was w e a vin g in the road, he said,
and he cou ld o n ly rem em ber see
in g the ra d ia to r com ing at him
( (.'•n tin u r d on page 6, ro lu m n 5)
about 10 feet away. W hat happen
ed a fte r th a t he could not re m e m
ber. D e p u ty S h e riff D ic k Busch,
w ho investigated, ra th e r doubts th
the car s tru c k the boy o r t h e
bicycle. T h e in ve stig a tio n , he said,
d id not reve al any serious bruises
on the c h ild except on the head,
w here he a p p a re n tly stru c k the
road in fa llin g .
H ea d s C o u n ty B o d y ; M e e t
The fra m e o f the bicycle did not
H e ld H o n o r M e m b e rs
g ive evidence o f being s tru ck, a l
though the fro n t wheel and forks
w ere fo u n d about 75 feet fa rth e r
C ecil H e yn d e rickx. leader o f the
dow n the road
u__u in the d ire . c tio n , in V e rb o o rt 4-H d a iry , sheep and
Th .ChfJrire bh \ hahd i <?Cn ’ r a v c ll"8 - p o u ltry clubs, was elected president
The
Thn fo rk s had bro ken fro m the I o f the local leaders' association at
fra m e of the w heel at the jo in t, the opening m eeting o f the yea r
and disclosed an old break w h ich he ld in the c o u rt house M onday
had been held tog ether b y o n ly a evening, according to L . E. F ra n -
sm all s t r ip o f m etal.
cis, assistant co u n ty agent. T h ir ty
In M c M in n v ille , the boy ap pa r clu b leaders o f the co u n ty w e re
e n tly was s u ffe rin g fro m ' concus present.
sion and shock as he relapsed in to
O th e r o ffice rs elected w ere vice -
unconsciousness at in te rv a ls a ll day, president, M rs. F. S. Reed, Reed-
D e p u ty Busch reported.
v ille ; secretary, M rs. E. M . B o w
F ra n k F u ra ka w a o f Banks F rid a y man, H illsb o ro ; treasurer, O. B.
re p o rte d the th e ft o f a c u ltiv a to r K raus, cou nty school s u p e rin te n d
fro m his fa rm , and A lb e rt Erickson ent; e xe cu tive co m m ittee -at-la rge.
o f near Forest G rove reported to Joh n Schm eltzer, o f th e Chehalem
co m m u n ity
and M rs.
S h e riff C o n n e ll the loss o f a w a lle t M o u n ta in
w ith his d riv e r's license and $53 F ra n k C onnell, Route 1, H illsb o ro .
F o llo w in g the election o f o ffice rs
in cu rre n cy.
the re was a general discussion o f
c lu b organization, scholarships to
th e 4-H sum m er school, cou nty
and state fairs.
I
Men Selected
for Crews on
Sewer Lines
L o g g in g
Railroad Lien Largest
F ound Unconscious in R o a d ;
Hillehor«« A r r u n E etab lU h ed 1894
Protest Lack of
Fair Appropriation
show w ill be the grand e n try p a r
ade of the e n tire m em bership, led
by tw o scout d ru m and bugle corp«
and the massed colors. M usic fo r
the show w ill be fu rn ish e d by th e
Seventh U n ite d States In fa n tr y
band fro m V ancouver Barracks.
H ills b o ro troops arc engaged il l
the fo llo w in g acts in a d d itio n to
the grand e n try :
T ro o p 216 o f
H illsb o ro , tre k c a r, cam ping: T ro o p
219 of A loha, fir s t aid; T ro o p 228
o f H illsb o ro , firs t aid; T ro o p 247
o f Aloha, b ridg e; Sea Scout R a in
bow. boat d r i ll w ith 24-foot w h a le
boat.
F M. Coon has been ap po inte d
scoutm aster o f the troop at A loha,
acco rding to announcem ent by £ d
M cE lro y, ch a irm a n o f th e tro o p
com m ittee. T h is means a ll H ills -
boro d is tr ic t troops are f u lly o f
ficered.
A steady increase in m em bers in
a ll the troop s o f the d is tric t, es
p e c ia lly those o f the three H ills
boro u n its has been e vid e n t d u r
in g the past m on th and by the end
of M ay it is expected th a t a ll threo
o f these tro o p * w ill be f u ll w ith
ove r lu u scouts in the arty Unuta.