Washington County Fair Special Tabloid Edition
W ith W hich is C om bined the H illsboro In d e p e n d e n t
Volum e 13, No. 29
Democrat State
Candidates in
Çession Here
llillshoro, O regon, T h u rsd ay , S ep tem b er .3, 1936
Proner Use of
Water Helping
Farm Yields
I If y W m F < y ma. C o u n ty A »rent •
wo hundred •.teks of rnarkt
• potatoes ti > th e ucre. th r
«>f sw e t corn to
tlie ae r e
H igh School,
Grades, Open
Here Tuesday
T h i-
Crops Overtlov
Warehouses as
Harvest Closes
(B y Leon 8 . D a v h
—T h re e Sections, 4 1 P ages
Club Program
Main Feature
of County Fair
Decided
im provem ent in
the
ag ricu ltu ral .situation in W ashing­
R e p u b lic a n s H old R a lly w ith
J. W e sle y C la u sen R e p la c e s ton county and indications of con­ D oors O p en T h is M orn in g
lis t o n e w i t h o u t w a t e r , l a d in o
tinued advance., are points noted
S ta le C o m m itte e
lt
c a r r y in g
th r e e
cow s
per
J a c k K illits
as the sum m er closes and the h a r ­
on B ig A r r a y E x h ib its
d u r in g th e
.s u m m e r
m o n th s
vest is n earing com pletion
p r o f i t a b l e c r o p s o f l a d i n o clov* :
R eflection of this condition can
S:
it
unty can d id ates of
e n and de-
w ere rt M ilt
Vacation days a re over this week be seen in th e activity in and
M idnight last night I W ednesday!
the
run.
party met Monday
h it the i r r i g a t i o n tour s in f o r several h u n d red boys and girls about all
of th e grain buying 1 found th e county fan retting b e .
ni*j it w ith the county cen tral com-
ur
last w e e k
of H illsboro vicinity.
w arehousi
in W ashington county hind locked doors a fte r a hectic
• •• .m«l p arty leaders in the
T uesday m orning w ill b ring reg ­ w here grain is stacked
M o t e than 100 people view ed the
In which exhibitors rushed dis­
cha n b er of com m erce to plan the
m ountain
istratio
n
days
for
all
at
both
high
tlC.I 1
lilt ,
fro m
th e use o f
play, in to place, com pleting a pic­
high as the crop rolls to m ai ket.
‘ and county cam paign Ed L.
school
and
g
rad
e
school,
w
ith
the
ter on
he fa: ms of Hubert
In th e Im perial Feed & G rain tu re of a prosperous W ashington
Mt re . county chairm an, presided,
rrens,
•hn T h o rn b u rg h . Mr afternoon off and classes to be fully com pany w arehouse in Hillsboro, county for the visitors w ho w ill
nong the state candidat* .s w ho
den
1 u n T av lo r and Ign. organized and u n d erw ay W ednes­ all bins a re full, and last week 500 a rriv e today and on th e tw o days
;e w e r e
W iB is
M ahoney, can-
R e s u lt:
being o ti­ day.
lD crB o
tons of oats in addition < jverflow ed follow ing.
dida '« fi i U nited S tates senator;
Husses Same
led fro
th e p ro p er use of
G etting underw ay from a sta n d ­
th e big w arehouse and onto th e
I
W K irk p atrick , for congress;
e r on tin e e farm s is m ore or
All uni .n high school busses and ground outside T he bins hold 50.- ing start, short of funds and w ith
AI fr­ ed P Dobson, for atto rn ey gen-
a me lory its th at found stu b ro u tes w ill o p erate T uesday (MX) bushels of grain.
a
w orld of labor ahead of them ,
e t .»1.
and U. S. Burt, for state
n th e county w here on the sam e routes and schedules
O ats and w heat lead th e grain th e county fa ir board, w ith th e
treu ' » n r F ran k McCullough, state
beim irrig ated .
a . last spring, re tu rn in g hom e at beir.g m arketed w ith considerable able assistance of Ed. L. Moore as
rm an, headed the delegation
O u t’Lindiing facts b: •o u Klit out on noon and ri utm ng the reg u lar tim e m alting barely passing through m anager, has assem bled a county
iro n » out of th e county.
fie.NC Visit
are: Fu • irrig atio n th ereafter, 11. W. Barnes, su p e rin ­ H illsboro to eastern m arkets. Two achievem ent ex hibition of c re d it
C a n d id a te * In tr o d u c e d
cars a day averag e has been sh ip ­ to an y county.
ro p er ly ctcvelopcd UTK1 used, is tendent, announced th is w eek.
In addition t o t h e sta te ca n d i­ »’of it utili* in W a-hin gto n county. 1 E arly reg istratio n in th e high p e d from the Im perial and cars to
C lu b W o rk Feature
( (o n tin u r d on p a g e 3, colum n 1)
date*. tin* county candidates w ere
cond if the unit is t o b e a ■
; t n Ucatea claaaes of a b o u t th e
Again, as In past year, the 4-H
in troduced to thoe? present.
u niping j«>b th e purnp equipm ent sam e . ize as last y ear w ith a few
club w ork is the big fe atu re aro u n d
de ¡«ned for th e jo b i t le s s freshm en to register.
u Hough,
f
in his talk, urged
w hich the fair is built. This y e a r
W
.is to do. I )eterrnine th e lift and
tYiat the county quota of cam pagin
Successor
to
Ja
c
k
K
illits.
in
stru
c
­
4-H ex h ib its and contests w ill be
(( on II nur«J on pa»*» 2. »olum n 1)
fund, be raised at once and d e ­
to r l i t y ear in physical education
m ore ex ten siv e than ev er before
clared th at the p arty faced a stiff
w ho has accepted a position in
w ith a noticeable b etterm en t in
fight thts fall to hold the state in
H a w a ii , w ill be J Wesley C lausen
exhibits and displays.
line for a dem ocratic victory. H ow ­
of P o rtlan d , g rad u ate of th e U ni­
G ranges and F arm ers' U nion lo­
ever. he said th at tin re w as little
v ersity of Oregon.
cals girls and boys' 4-H m em bers
doubt that the state w ould again
and
le a d e rs H illsboro business
A nother change is the h irin g of B oys W in J u d g in g E v e n ts
re tu rn a big dem ocratic m ajo rity
m en and in terested persons from
Wesley A F oster to fill th e vacancy
in all offices
all parts of the county, w ith th e
left by Miss E dith Fort. English
D u rin g C o n tests
The m eeting, called at th e re-
county court in co-operation, have
teach' r. w ho resigned this sum m er.
qu e t of the state com m ittee, was
m ade every effort to m ake th e
T his y ear th e d istrict has u n d e r­
in the in terests of un early start S p e c ia l P r iz e s to be G iven
A jud ging record n ever before occasion a successful one.
taken to fu rn ish school books on a
on the fall cam paign and was co n ­
ren tal basis to all students. Last e q u a le d in W a s h in g t o n c o u n t y 4-H
Y esterday afternoon, as th e v a ri­
sidered as the beginning of a fight
W o r k e r s S a tu r d a y
spring stu d en ts w ere given an op­ activ ities has recently been m ade ous e x h ib its began to ta k e shape,
w hich will be continued w ithout
p o rtu n ity to sell books to th e . by th e T u alatin 4-H clubs, rep o rts m any tvho w ere in terested in last
pause until the N ovem bt r election
school, each stu d en t being given ; L. E Francis, assistant county agent. y ear's fa ir expressed th e opinion
l i l y t. E E ra n rU , A « » *t. C o u n t y A i r r n t l
C om m itteem en, n u m b e rs of the
credit to w ard ren tal of th is y e a r’s T his group of boys won all of th e th at e n trie s and ex h ib its this y e a r
T he closing featu re of 4-H a c ­ books.
R epublican clubs and o th er groups
county 4-H ju d g in g contests w hich w ere surpassing th e efforts of a
of th e G O I*, g athered last night tiv ities at th e W ashington county
R ental fee has been set at $2 50 w ere held last w eek. A ugust 25 to y ear ago and th e y e a r befort; th at.
(W ednesday) in the county court fair w ill be th e an nouncem ent of for the y ear for all tex t books ex- 23. inclusive.
D oors open th is m orning for
room to m eet w ith m em bers of the the tw o o u tstanding 4-H boys for c. pt tab lets and w ork books, w hich
In addition to the t ^ 2 ! i .- ,.n,!,12a view
ing of exhibits, w hile various
s ta te com m ittee and state re p u b li­ W ashington county for th e year cannot be used an o th er year.
the livestock, crops, poultry, and 4-H club events w ill
proceed
and th e aw ard in g of special prizes
can leaders.
In addition to th e ren tal fee for rab b it ju d g in g contests. C layton th ro u g h o u t th e day. E n tertain m en t
P lans for the fall cam paign w ere and trophies.
th e books, stu d en ts m ust m ake a N yberg. w ho is a m em ber of this features of th e day w ill all be on
T hese aw ard s w ill be m ade a! deposit of $1 for books and locker! group, was high-point ju d g e in the
com pleted and arran g em en ts m ade
for c o - o p e r a t i o n betw een th e state 3 < clock S atu rd ay afternoon, i n to be re tu rn e d in th? spring, pro- j crops and poultry contests. W ilbur the evening program including the
front of the 4-H ex h ib it building. viding th e books and locker a r e ! N yberg a n d M erle Pennington, pet and bicycle parade, ex hibition
( ( uni tim ed mi p age 3. colum n 21
d rill by th e d rill team of A loha
A w ards to be m ade at -thut tim e in good condition. B arnes said.
m em bers of the T u alatin clubs, tied
(C o n tin u ed on p age 6. "olumn 1)
a re :
C arn atio n
com pany's C alf
S tu d en ts w ho do not use school- for second high-scores in th e liv e ­
M anna tro p h y to th e o u tstanding ow ned books w ill be charged 80 stock ju d g in g contest w hile H e r­
d aity club at th e fair; the S perry cents only for th e deposit, as has b ert L afky and W alter Eanies plac­
g ran d cham pion show m an tro p h y to been d one in th e past.
ed second and third, respectively,
th e w in ter in th e livestock show ­
All s t u d e n t s must rep o rt for as­ in th e p o ultry ju d g in g contest.
m anship contest; the A d rian H orn- signm ents T uesday m orning, B arnes
All fo u r ju d g in g team s w ill re p ­
C o n in iiltrr
M akes
R u le s
f o r ta k e r C hester W hite breed special declared, so th at classes can be resent W ashington county in the
Io th e boy or girl ex h ib itin g the fully organized and u n d er w ay state ju d g in g contest w hich is held
M rrrh a n ts *
Event
best C h ester W hite iu n io r gilt.
W ednesday m orning. N ew com ers to as a p art of th e O regon sta te fair. D efendants in C em etery Suit Lose
by D e fau lt
The D. G. Lilly and W. T P u t­ til? d istrict also m ust be registered
The livestock ju d g in g team w ill
F our gifts of from $25 to $100 nam. J r , Jersey b reed specials to
(C ontinu ed on p a te 2. colum n 5)
be m ade up of C layton N yberg.
each w ill be presented by H illsboro Hie club m em bers ex h ib itin g the
M .rle P ennington and W ilbur N y­
W itnesses in seven investigations
m erch an ts to four persons in a t­ highest scoring grade and p u re ­
berg: th e crops ju d g in g team will have been called by G. R ussell
tendance a t th e fair S atu rd ay night bred Jersey h eifer calf, resp ectiv e­
be C layton Nyberg. M erle P en n in g ­ Morgan, d istrict atto rn ey , to ap-
at 10 o’clock
Selection w ill be ly In addition to th e above special
ton and H erbert Lafky. P o u ltrv pear beginning F riday m orning be-
m ade ju.st previous to th e presen ­ aw ard s will be ribbons aw ard ed by
ju
d g es w ill be C layton N yberg. fore the W ashington county g ran d
tation by a com m ittee of H illsboro th e various breed associations for
(C ontinu rd on p a g e 6. colum n 5)
Comics— a w hole page of them
jury. It is expected th a t th e d e ­
business men.
these breeds and in addition the
lib eratio n s of this body w ill r e ­
Sim ple rules govern th e p resen ­ w in n ers in th e respective classes in — w ill appear in the Argus each
q
u ire at least tw o days.
w
eek
as
an
added
feature.
The
tation and specify that all persons H olstein-F reisian
association
is
The case of th e state h ig h w ay
p articip atin g m ust be presen t; th at aw ard in g a book en titled "H olstein- comic strips, together w ith other
d ep artm en t and m em bers of th e
persons w ill be nam ed from am ong F reisian H istory" to first place! new features, begin in this spe­
P o in ter fam ily against L ucy P o in t­
10 persons selected S atu rd ay night w inners ex h ib itin g H olstein cattle. cial ''F a ir E dition." w hich goes
into many add itio nal homes this
er B russet. C. J. S titt an d M aria
th rough the com m ittee, and th at
w eek as sample copies. Look them I M eetings of H illsboro post. A m er­ H indm an an d
others, t o force
no m erchant or businessm an in
ican Legion, w ill be resum ed T ues­ right of w ay for th e W olf cre e k
Special A w a rd O ffered
over. Comm ents w ill be ap p re­
H illsboro in any way connected
day
night
at
8
o'clock
follow
ing
highw ay th ro u g h th e P o in te r p ri­
Special aw ard is offered to the ciated.
w ith the gifts w ill be allow ed to
the su m m er vacation. C om m ander vate cem etery at Sylvan, was de­
•All ro u n ty o ffic ia l news, all
farm er show ing th e best colt at
participate.
W.
F.
C
yrus
has
announced.
fau lted in circuit court here, ac­
The last ru le governs th e tim e th e county fair S atu rd ay sired bv the latest farm news, eomplete
A report of the R oseburg con­ cording to an o rd er issued A ugust
coverage of local news, neigh­
F C. S c h in e ltz .r stallion
lim it allow ed to ascertain w h eth er t h e
vention
w
ill
be
given
and
plans
31. by Ju d g e R. F ra n k P eters.
borhood happenings from 35 cor-
K 'onlinurU on pnito 2. colum n 51
S chm cltzer announced this week.
■ c pendents, the b i g rlassified , for th e fall and w in ter discussed
When the highw ay com m ission
page, pictures of w orld h ap pen ­ ■ previous to the installation of new failed to reach a settlem ent w ith
officers, w hich w ill be held jointly all the heirs in th e P o in ter estate
ing-. highlights in the w orld's
«C ontinued on p a g e 2. roium n 2)
news, and m any other features j u i t.i th e au x iliary S eptem ber 22.
Tualatin Clubs
Make Record
Ranking Boys
to Get Awards
Ciift Distribution
Saturday Night
Grand Jury Called
for Friday Morning
Comics! Lot’s of
’Em Begin Today
Legion to Resume
Meetings Tuesday
Washington County Boys' 4 -H Clubs
H ave Busy T im e Ahead During Fair
Boys of W ashington county 4-H
clubs will be kep t busy d u rin g the
th ree days of the county fair w hich
opens this m orning (T h u rsd a y ',
according Io the schedule of events
¡fnd th e listing of ex h ib its by flic
various clubs and m em bers.
The boys' program begins this
m orning at 10 o'clock w ith ju d g ­
ing of hogs, crops, p o u ltry and
rabbits, handicraft, forestry and
home beautification. A fter lunch,
b, ginning at 1 o’clock th e team s
w ill judge sheep, and goats w ill
Ue judged at 3 o'clock, co m p let­
ing th e day.
F riday's program begins at f
o'clock in the m orning w ith the
ju d g in g of d airy cattle, including
Jersey», G uernseys, H olstein and
B row n Swiss.
A S how m anship contests begin nt
3 o'clock in the afternoon w ith
sheep, follow ed by hogs and goats,
com pleting th e second day.
S atu rd ay , final day of the fair,
opens for the boys' 4-H at 8:30
o'clock w ith derm n stra tio n s . in ­
cluding livestock, crops and m is­
cellaneous D airy show m anship will
be at 10 a. m. In the aftern o o n at
1 o'clock w ill conic th e cham pion
show m anship contest an d at 2
o'clock th e C alf M anna d airy sh o w ­
ing, w ith the special aw ard s at 3
o'clock, closing th e show.
Location of th e vario u s 4-H e x ­
h ibits follow:
D airy D airy cattle barn, in clu d ­
ing Jersey , G uernsey, H olstein and
Brown Swiss.
Swill Sheep and sw ine barn.
D uroc Jersey , P oland C hina, and
C h ester While.
S heep Sheep and sw ine barn.
H ampshire».
P o u ltry and R abbits
P o u ltry
b uilding W hite L eghorn. B urred
P lym outh Rock and Rhode Island
Reds; W hile Pekin and M allard
ducks: B ronze and W hite H olland
turkeys.
F arm C rops F arm crop b u ild ­
ing. Corn, potatoes, and vegetables.
O th er ex h ib its
4-H building
F orestry, handicraft, hom e b e a u ­
tiful.
may be found re g u la rly in the
Argus, th r county o fficial paper,
which should he in every W ash­
ington ro u n ty home.
A ll non subscribers are invited
to subscribe to the Argus. Join
in (he proverb contest. Cheek up
on the w ant ads. Subscription
rates in W ashington county are
$1.50 for one year. 85c fo r six
months. 50c for three months.
35c for tw o months and 20c by
the month, payable in advaner.
First II dsbington County Fair H eld
in 1854, Reported as Big Success
(By E dith T o ile r W eatherredi
The first m eeting in th is county
for o rganizing an ag ric u ltu ra l so­
ciety and p rep aratio n s for a coun­
ty fair w as held at West T ualatin,
now Forest G rove, «.in May 25. 1854.
| w ith B. G. T u ck er chairm an, and
H enry C. Raym ond, secretary. An
address by H. H. H endricks e x ­
plained th e aim and object of the
m eeting.
S atu rd ay afternoon and night. j Mr. H endricks. T hom as G. N ay-
H illsboro w ill e n te r on th e last va- lor and J- M arsh w ere appointed
cation sp u rt before fall activ ities to p rep are a constitution. T he next
begin.
m eeting w as held on J u n e 10. when
Monday, all day, business houses. ■ p erm an en t organization w as ef-
postoffice and co u rt house w ill be fected.
closed to allow em ployers and em- I T hom as G N aylor w as elected
ployes alik e to celeb rate Labor president. W esley M ulkey, vice-
day.
p resident, an d J. M. K eeler, sccre-
Fishlng trips, b rief trip s to th e I ta ry -tre a su re r. T he board of di-
beach anil o th er recreation places j rectors. A lanson H inm an, Jan ies
will be th e o rd er w ith all w ho Johnson. W. O. G ibson. T hom as J.
W ashington ro u n ty fair, Septem- are leav ing tow n for th at tim e to Di ver. Levi W hitcom b, Jo h n S.
h e r 3-4-5, was an nounce I over the re ,u rn In tim e T uesday
m orning to ! White, and Israel M itchell.
R ichfield n ew spaper of th e air | s e that th e youngsters a re safely I
O c to b e rs . 1854. w as the date set
F rid ay night by Sam Hays.
on th e ir w ay to school.
| for th e first fair. P rem iu m s o ffe r­
Hillsboro Prepart's
for Brief Holiday
ed am ounted to $420. F irst an d
second prem ium s offered for best
conducted farm for dairies, b u t­
ter. cheese, cattle, sheep, sw ine,
field crops, household skill, plow ­
ing m atches and o th er things, an d
best horseback riders, both m en
and w om en.
T he fa ir w as a great success. P eo­
ple cam e from far and near. M any
camped. A ll w ere very en th u siastic
for th e fu tu re success of th is fair.
Y am hill county w as th e first to
organize, in 1853, but did not hold
a fair u n til 1854. Polk and M arion
counties each organized and held
a fair in th e fall of 1854. All fo u r
fairs w ere held in O ctober.
W hen W ashington ro u n ty o r­
ganized and held its fair M ultno­
mah county w as still a p art of
W ashington county. O ne of th e
directo rs of this first fair w as
Thom as J . D ryer, ed ito r of th e
O regonian.
This p ap er had been launched on
( C u n li n u r d on p a g e 2 .
c o lu m n i )