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The Big Show Is On
W ashington co u n ty ’s big fa ir is on and
it prom ises to be one of th e best ever held.
T h e re a re plenty of special events, to ­
g e th e r w ith displays, th a t will be e d u c a ­
tio n al to every resid e n t of the county. A t­
te n d a n c e should be a p leasu re and. re ­
m em ber. th e m ore th e m errier. Big crow ds
m ak e fo r a m ore en jo y ab le event.
N ever before has th e re been such co­
o p e ra tio n as has been ex h ib ited this y e a r
anil its a u g u rs well fo r th e success ot the
fa ir. H illsboro business houses a re clos­
in g fo r a few hours F rid a y a fte rn o o n and
a n in te restin g p ro g ram has been a rra n g e d .
A g ric u ltu ra l o rg an iz atio n s in the county
a re giving every possible assistance and
a re p lan n in g big doings th a t are sure to
in te re st all. Local service gro u p s a re h a v ­
ing a big h a n d in a rra n g in g fo r such
events as th e c h ild re n 's pet p a ra d e , th e
h istorical p a g e a n t of W ashington county
a n d th e “ m u tt” dog show . B usiness firm s
a re having a ttra c tiv e exhibits th a t will
a d d g re a tly to th e interest.
C o-operation of W ashington county
people can best be show n by a tte n d an c e .
T hey will enjoy it.
W ith lots of new people se ttlin g in the
valley, a special e ffo rt should be m ade
by th e ir new neighbors to invite them to
a tte n d th e show ing and enjoy the good
tim es. As a special aid to these new cow ers
th e A rgus has a rra n g e d fo r a reg istra tio n
book at its booth an d in this w ay they m ay
possibly com e in co n tact w ith old friends.
It will be a sp len d id o p p o rtu n ity to
m eet old frien d s an d m ake new ones.
School Days
“ Good old golden school d a y s” are
w ith us a g a in w ith th e ir bustle and ac­
tivity fo r pupils and tea c h e rs. It is old
s tu ff and pupils m ay not believe it, but
these days a re th e h ap p iest of one’s life
— hap p y and c a re fre e . They a re d ays of
golden o p p o rtu n ities of w hich every boy
a n d girl should m ake th e most. T hey are
th e fo u n d atio n fo r la te r y e a rs of useful­
ness to one's self and th e com m unity.
T his country h as a school system of
w hich it m ay well be proud and it d e­
serves the su p p o rt and en co u rg em en t of
all citizens. The p re p a ra tio n of our youth
fo r th e fu tu re is our g re a te st responsibility
and it should not be .h irk e d .
E ducation is an asset th a t business d e­
pression or o th e r failu re s c an n o t ta k e
a w ay from us, a w orthw hile objective for
everyone, rich or poor.
Labor Day
L abor d ay will be observed here .Mon­
d a y by H illsboro business firm s as usual
w ith a g e n e ra l closing of business. A rgus
em ployes will enjoy th e day as a holiday
a n d th e p a p e r will not be d istrib u ted over
th e county until F rid a y m orning. It is
fittin g th a t th e nation pause in trib u te to
t h e ' w orkm en , w hose loyalty and h ard
w o rk in .so m any instances have had so
m uch to do w ith th e in d u strial progress
of th e g re a te s t co u n try on th e e a rth .
G leaning up and p a in tin g of th e co u n ­
ty fa ir b u ild in g and g ro u n d s will a d d a
g r e a t d eal to th e a ttra c tiv e n e ss of the fair.
T his, to g e th e r w ith the b eau tifu lly a r ­
ra n g e d S h u te p a rk , will m ake a tte n d a n c e
jh o re e n jo y a b le to all. W e ’ll m eet you
th e r e .
'I'hui day. Se pi e mi u t 3, 1936
HILLSBORO. A lU Jl’S. HILLSBORO. OREGON
Try It
A net h er proverb contest is on and ev­
eryone iias an eq u al c h a in e iu r ¡in- tliiei
cash prizes o ffe red for those tu rn in g in
the g re a te st num ber of correct answ ers,
rep re sen te d by the cartoons. For those
who did not sta rt in w ith the first one.
both a re p rin ted this w eek in a large a d ­
vertisem ent in a n o th e r part of the paper.
Save and tu rn th em all in at the finish
of th e contest.
Scores of people had lots of fun out of
it last tim e and it proved so p o p u lar that
th e A rgus p u b lish ers decided to go a h ead
w ith a n o th e r. Those p a rtic ip a tin g must
tu rn in a y e a r ’s subscription lo r th e m ­
selves or a new one for some o th e r person.
T hese su b scriptions m ust be paid d u rin g
th e contest.
W hy not g a th e r thu fam ily around and
have th em all help in w inning a p rize?
A Fine Place to Trade
H illsboro is one of th e fin est tra d in g
c e n te rs in th e W illa m e tte valley and th e
stores and service institu tio n s a re com ­
p a ra b le w ith those in tow ns m uch larg er.
T he people, who o p e ra te and w ork in
th ese places of business, are y our neigh-
hoi's and your friends. They are ta x p a y e rs
and s u p p o rte rs of all local activities. It
will pay you to tra d e w ith th em because
th e d o lla r sent aw ay seldom re tu rn s to
you.
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Other Editors Say
Pity the President
P ity th e m an w ho becom es presid en t of th e
U n ited S tates. It is a te rrific job. A nyone w ho has
th e pow er to u n d erstan d , even very rem otely w hat
an enorm ous jo b it is and th e trem en d o u s resp o n ­
sibility. coupled With th e im m ensity of th e p ressu re
th a t is bro u g h t to b ear by in terests so vast th at it
staggers th e im agination, can view in some sm all
m easu re ju st w hat is req u ired . P ity th a t m an. all
th e m ore, if he lacks m ental fibre of th e highest
order: if he lacks th e ab ility to look th e arro g an tly
in tren ch ed p ow erful in the eye and tell them to go
to hades The m an w ho can do th at m ust needs
have pow er and courage beyond th e capacity of the
ord in ary m an to u n d erstan d . A m erica has had p iti­
fully few p resid en ts w ho could do th at. T hey incur
h atred s in high places beyond m easure and dig th e
pits for th eir own ru in .—S h erid an Sun.
F ath er Coughlin, ad dressing th e convention of
his N ational Union for Social Ju stic e after it had
v oted to back th e L em ke candidacy for president,
declared th at if he could not d eliv er 9.000.000 votes
for th e can d id ate he w ould be th ro u g h w ith th e
rad io forever. M illions of people w ill now hope th a t
he can be held to th a t prom ise a fter N ovem ber —
A storia A storian-B udget.
A fellow says taxes are worse than death—you
can only die once.—Ex.
Our Yesterdays
F ifte e n Y ears Ago
A rgus, S ep tem b er 1, 1921- M arc P eter, Sw iss
am bassador. visits H ilL boro T h u rsd ay w ith d eleg a­
tion of Sw iss people.
O1 Sol M an u factu rin g com pany. Dr F T Heims,
president, and F. J. Sew ell, secretary, m akes a u to ­
m obile polish.
Colonel G eorge A. W hite speaks at A m erican
Legion m eeting h ere Tuesday.
Mrs. Rebecca A. W hitm ore dies h ere A ugust 29.
E J. M cA lear nam ed atto rn ey for W ashington
county for state bonus comm ission.
C arn atio n increases m ilk from $1 80 to »1.95
W illard N ew ton falls w hile "p lay in g h o rse”
and b reak s arm .
Mi- . D avid K eene stru ck anil k illed by au to m o ­
bile at F orest G ro v e T uesday.
.J. B. P h illip s farm of BO acres south o t C o rn e­
lius sold to M. C. B u rrll of C asper. Wyo. L ester
Irelan d IflO-acre place above N orth P lain s bought
by W. S tahl.
Thirty Years Ago
Argus, A ugust 30, 1900 J. L. H enderson, fo r­
m er H illsboro School principal, loses to .1 J Byrnes,
sw im m ing in stru cto r, in sw im m ing race from O regon
C ity to T h e Oaks.
O regon N u rsery com pany pulls out or Salem .
T eam s shipped to H illsboro to th e new purchase.
C om pany em ploys about 300 men.
Jo h n F. L afferty, 73, C iv il w ar v eteran , dies at
G ales C ity A ugust 24.
G eorge M organ has crew of men ex cav atin g for
th e log pit at th e mill site, South T h ird street.
Bert W hite th re sh in g m achine b u rn s in Patton
valley S unday, w hile th e m achine belonging to
C h arles S p ierin g bu rn ed M onday n ear F orest G rove.
M rs Moses H. McCoy died a t G ales C reek A u ­
g ust 211.
J. F. C arsten s of B unks rep o rts th a t b ear a re
p len tifu l above Banks.
Dr. R ichard S andford, pioneer physician, dies
at G lencoe A ugust 29. He had practiced m edicine
60 y ears and w as an In d ian w ar veteran.
L aw rence S. M cConnell, postm aster; A rth u r Hall,
m erch an t: and F red J. E plcr, incorporator.; of Hank
of Sherw ood.
Mrs. ■ G ertrude Kcrsten, 69. died a t hom e o f
d au g h ter. Mrs. Joseph Moore, S atu rd ay .
O pening of local school; delayed un til S ep tem ­
b er 24 on account of th e hop s; ason.
ure well on the road to w ard «.•»•
aim ing o u r rig h tfu l place."
T he govci’iwn found tim e to p ro ­
claim the week of S ep tem b er i> as
Air week, saying atten tio n of tin*
en tire
v-oiilii I»«* dev*dcd
(By A. ! t.lndberk!
ALEM G overnor M artin Is sup- to air progress from S ep tem b er 1
post'd to t><* ihi vacation. but tO b>
fter a to u r of the T illam ook
tin i v s sv.irvvls a day when hv i h u A
w here a S-IO.IMH) (MM> forest
baft in bin office or traveling fii«* m . raged
in 1933. t h e governor
around the state
•aid o n e -th ird of the loss w ould be
T his week hv w ent to A storia for . salvaged.
the coronation of the queen of I
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the 25th ann u al A storia regi tta. and , T his is "gam bling'' m onth in the
to T he D alle’s for thv Old Fort com t • T he suprem e court S e p ­
D alles frolic honoring men who) tem ber B w ill h e a r arg u m en ts in
obtained B onneville dam. G overnor the i .i » of the state versus M. P.
M artin, w hen a rep resen tativ e in | Schweinlcr.
ex M arshfield
d a rt
congress. w orked w ith S enator M g garni» proprietor, convicted in Coos
N.iry in Interesting
President county circu it court of o p eratin g a
Roosevelt in the hydro-electric and lottery Thu court may alt cn banc
navigation project on the ( ’««him in th r im p o itan t < a • w inch wi".
bia rtver.
decide the exact m eaning of tr
T he governor proclaim ed Sept , w ord "lottery." and settle th e con­
3-5 as A storia days throughout th r stitu tio n ality of the law passed by
state in celeb ratio n of the 125th th • legislature la t y ear allow ing
an n iv ersary of the first perm an 1 gam es of skill to he licensed T he
ent settlem ent in O regon te rrito ry 1 court's decision will be state-w id e
"It is fitting th at o u r citizen in effect
should recognize th e sig n lficin c
On S< ptem ber 17. o p erato rs of
of this an n iv ersary and realize tin* m arble board and pin-hall games
national im portance of the early , w ill go into M arlon county circu it
history of Oregon.'* th e governor court to seek an inju n ctio n against
said.
seizu re or destru ctio n of the nickel-
In a busy w eek, th e governor in -th c slot m achines
On S eptem ber 21. m otion p ictu re
w ent to P ortland for innum erable
meetings w ith business m en in te r­ th eatres w ill fighl to retain th e ir
ested m developing the flax in d u s­ "hank night" aw ards B oth cases
try. M artin even had to forego w ill he of state-w id e im portance.
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taking his grandson. D ickie Pyne
of B rem erton. W a sh . to a circus
Marion county m ay vote on lo­
because he had to go a fter m ore cal option at th e N ovem ber g en­
money for the th ree W illam ette' eral election C h urchm en a re c ir ­
' valley co-operative flax and scutch cu latin g petitions for a vote to r e ­
j ing plants.
store prohibitum . T he city of S a ­
T he governor closed m ore forest lem w ould not be affected by tin*
areas on the recoinm ndation of dry Issue W oodburn w ill also vote
S tate F orester J. W Ferguson u n ­ on local option.
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til v irtu ally the e n tu e state's tim ­
bered areas w ere padlocked against
T he state planning board w ill r e ­
• fire
port this fall on th e s ta te s
M artin
delegated
Charles F for a new $1.000 000 office b u l g ­
S trick lin , state engineer, as O re- ing and a $500.000 library. G o v er­
Mi
repi . aotatl • ■ kt the Up nor M artin will subm it th e rep o rt
S tream E ngineering co n ference in to the legislature in Ja n u a ry w ith ­
Washington. D. C . Sept. 22 and 23. out recom m endation Th«» execu-
I because of th e interest in ru ral tiv e recently asked th e hoard to
electrification
in the state.
m ake th e survey.
T he governor's most significant
In her biennial rep o rt to G ov­
I" " ii" U L ''i’H irii! c a t t i f at th e Till.i- ern o r M arlin,
H arriet C
Long,
I mook county fair w hen he rapped state
librarian, pointed out the
non-producers "w ho too freq u en tly need of a separutc stru c tu re to
¡endeavor to create ‘Urns* th at lead house O regon's 355,354 volum es,
i up blind alleys'" and said th at w hich are stored in th e basem ent
O regon’s fu tu re lies in th e way and any other av ailab le space in
men m eet flu* challenge of u tiliz­ th e su p rem e court building
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ing th e s ta te ’s n a tu ra l resources.
D espite an appeal by M orton
"T he outlook for O regon and
O regon's farm ers is b rig h te r than T om pkins, ch airm an of th e legis­
of th e
state
it has been for m any a decade.” lative com m ittee
the governor declared. "Xhat p ro ­ grange, the state d e p a rtm e n t of
gress and developm ent so essential a g ricu ltu re isn't going to put th e
to continued prosperity and grow th 1935 ag ricu ltu ral m a rk etin g act in ­
m ust be u n d er sound, p ro g rcsiiv e to effect unless KM) fa rm ers pe­
and energetic leadership of men tition In accordance w ith law.
and women who serve the best in- The grange leader said he w anted
tererTts of th e state. It m ust not be the act. successor to th e uncon­
under those non-producing figures stitu tio n al AAA. tested by the
w ho advocate all m anner of ‘isms' state su p rem e court before th e n ext
as pseudo short-cuts, but in e f­ session of the legislature So few
fect a rc at th e expense of th e farm ers a tten d ed a In uring cidlgfl
by Solon T W hite, state d ire c to r
general w elfare.
‘ When a progressive and ag g res­ of ag ricu ltu re, th at he decided not
sive type of leadership is d e v e l­ to invoke the law . The b u tte r in ­
oped. O regon need stan d .second to d u stry already has a ease in court
none. O regon can tak e lead ersh ip in M ultnom ah county that may s e t­
herself am ong th e states of this tle the AMA's fate. W hite pointed
union and I feel certain th at we
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on Busy Vacation
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Drouth Relief Dims All Other
Campaign Factors in Midwest
W A S H IN G T O N .—Some Idea of
’ ’ the (jolittcnl repercussions
that may follow the charring
drouth of the middlewcst Is fu r­
nished by official estimates that
more than 2,000,000 people on
farms and In farm communities
i w ill need direct federal relief be­
fore winter.
The Resettlement Administra­
tion, only agency authorized to
make cash giants, predicts that
more than 500,000 heads of fam­
ilies on farms and in small towns
• dependent on farms w ill need
help.
This means that. If outdoor
projects of tho Works Progress
Administration nro discontinued
because of unfavorable weather,
KA’s $85,000,000 rehabilitation
fund may be insufficient to meet
the drouth emergency.
Almost 100,000 destitute farm ­
ers are working now on WPA
prolecls. If RA is forced to take
over support of these men nnd
their families nfter winter sets
In. the monthly outlay would op-
p r o x i m n t e $9,000,000—much
more than now is available to
RA each month.
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XTANY relief authorities ques­
tioned the Resettlement Ad­
m inistration’s ability to carry the
load it forecast for itself weeks
ago. This burden was Just about
half of that which RA now faces.
And use of available funds to
meet the drouth emergency
would halt most of the activity
in regular RA rehabilitation and
land utilization programs.
The last federal relief appro­
priation made available 15 per
rent of other earmarked amounts
for needs sueh ns the drouth has
brought. But It is believed these
amounts w ill prove of little help
In caring for the penniless farm­
ers nnd their dependents.
Tho tcrrifflc crop destruction
wrought by drouth Is best Illus­
trated by figures from the Da­
kotas. A WPA report from Bis­
marck predicts that 75 per cent
of tho population of both states
W ill be o n i i l i e f by fall. Almost
700,000 people live in each state.
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TJAD crops usually are n handi­
cap to the party holding tho
reins of government. It Is u po­
litical axiom that economic m ls-l^
fortunes almost always nre laid
at tho feet of those who nro
running things.
Tho Democrats w ill, no doubt,
answer predictions that tho
drouth w ill hurt their November
chances by pointing to the 1934
congressional elections. That year
tho Democrats increased their
congressional m ajority right on
the heels of a drouth which tho
Agriculture Department called
the worst the United States ever
experienced.
And the Republicans may bo
expected to come back with tho
assertions that tho net Demo­
cratic gain of seven seats in tho
I louse of Representatives camo
mostly from tho east nnd that
the Q. O. p. gained seven seals
In four midwestern grain states
w hirl,, of course, were most
aile( ted by heat and lack of rain.
The eastern voters have turned
against th e New Deal since 1931 >
tho Republicans w ill tell you.
But leaders of bolli parties, de­
spite (heir optimistic chortllngs,
are neee n rily very much in I lie
dark about political reaction Io
tlie drouth and to drouth relief,
for (he campaign is just entering
the all-im portant stretch drive.