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W ith Which is ( "nmbined the 11 ill boro Indepei
llillhboro
Independí n t
K Jab h .bed 1873
IIillaboro, Oregon, Thursday, October H, 1936
W inners
Laundry to
Registration (Nub
Complete Tour
of Exposition
Total Larger
Enter New
Over County
Home Soon
Firemen Regiii
Week of Work
Among Citizens
Short Route
Sponsors in
Full Accord
T he P a c ific In te rn a tio n a l L iv e -
F ire p re v e n tio n wo ck in H ills
stock how in P o rtla n d d u rin g 1936
b o ro began S u n d a y w ith th e w o rk
w ilt lo n g lx* a v iv id m e m o ry to
o f in te re s tin g lo c a l re s id e n ts
in
K a th r y n ( ’ a w r e and C la y to n Nv
p re v e n tio n m easure» in f u ll » w in g
berg, w in , th is w< ek w ere in Por i
M onday, u n d e r th e d ire c tio n o f the
land to a tte n d th e P a c ific I n ’ e r-
H iU b o ro
fir e
d p u rtm c rit
w ith
, n a t i o n a l . r gio •
of th e F irs t N.i
W ilb u r D illo n , c ity f ir
m arsh a l,
[ t m iiu l B ank o f P o rtla n d , bee tu «•
d ir e c tin g th e p u b lic ity .
V oters M «y S u rp a ss P e a k of th e ’, b o th l< d all W a h i n i j o i i ( o u n C o m p letio n B u ild in g C lim ax
T e m p e st S u b sid e s A s G rou p s
T h e c a m p a ig n in th»- schools was
ty hoy. and g ir ls in 1 11 d u b lead
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H old M e e tin g w ith
1932 H e r e ; M any Still
I or* h ip and a ch ie ve m e n t T in* hank
i b u tio n o f <pnv tio n n a ire s fo llo w in g
i a w a rd e d 42 free tr ips, w ith h otel
ta lk , by S W M elhu rsh , f ir e ch ie f,
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U n c o u n te d
accom m odations, tra n s p o rta tio n , e x-
and J H G a rre tt, m a y o r M e lh u is h
1 iieh.M* and a great v a rie ty o f en-
poke to th e c h ild re n at D a v id
| tertftlhlYlcnt. to one hoy and one
H ill school and G a rre tt at J u n io r
g ir l fro m 21 O regon c o u n ty 4 II
h ig h school. B o th str< ssed th e ne-
d u b g ro u p
d e c id in g th
winner.?
Ic e s s ity o f p re v e n tin g fire s and the
by to ta lin g th e ir point» o f leader*
m ethods o f p re v e n tio n .
i sh in and a ch ie ve m e n t as sh o w n in
T ue sd a y C h ie f M e lh u is h spoke
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A r r iv in g in P o rtla n d M on d a y,
i p a rix h ia l school. In each case th e
P rogresa G en era l
[th e se 4 II c lu b r o p r e . « n t . it i\ « . w ere
M e th o d s U sed
i H eld in H illsb o ro
j c h ild re n a re su m m o n e d b y a fir e
greeted by (» ra n t H e m p h ill and
! a la rm .
I M i*
B e rth a S in g e r F ir: t N a tio n a l
M o n d a y night, m aterial on fire
C o m p le tio n th is w eek o f a m od* prevention was distrib u ted to all
All is q u iet on th e w estern sea
W a s h in g to n c o u n ty
v o te r n gi.s- B ank e m ployees w h o w e re »pecial
h â tio n s a p p a re n tly are re a ch in g out chaperone» fo r th e g ro u p d u rin g • •in new' b u ild in g on W a sh in g to n houses in H illsboro by firem en roads.
tre e t to house th e H orne L a u n d ry riding fire tru ck s decorated w ith
A fter an a p p aren t tem pest, it wa
t«» e q u al th e u n u sua l re g is tra tio n 1 th e ir stay in P o rtla n d A v is it to
o f 1932. .t c c o r d t n g
t <
fir e p re v e n tio n signs, T hroughout discovered th at harm ony prevails
i n c o m p l e t e J the P a c ific In te rn a tio n a l L iv e s to c k <>f H ills b o ro , c lim a x e s a busy b u ild -
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creek-W ilson riv e r road projects,
Luce.
o u n ty ( I n k
Ite g r ti a llo n s d a y 's e n te rta in m e n t fo llo w e d by at- I a n y o th e r lik e p e rio d in th e h is-
| T here n ever has been a rift, it
d c d w it h u ru s h S a tu r d u y n ig h t i tendance at th e 4 II c lu b b a n qu e t i lo r y o f the c ity .
T h e H om e L a u n d ry , one o f th re e
was decided.
The co u n t W edtn »(lay disclosed held in Penney h a ll on the e x p o s i
1687 new d e m o iia tic voter» re g is tio n g ro u n d s T h e re m a in d e r o f the 1 ow n e d by th re e b ro th e rs , w ill be
D ecision to this effect was a r
te re d a» c o m p a re d to 930 r e p u b li e ve n in g th e b a n k » 4-H d u b guests I m oved o v e r th e w e e k-e n d fro m the
I rived at w hen all factions mot
cans and 65 m iscelhm eous
T o ta l i p a rtic ip a te d In th e Boy»’ a m i f i n is* o ld q u a rte r» on S o u th Second a v
last w eek w ith E
J. G riffith,
re g is tra tio n w h e n th e b o o k* w ere 4 II L iv e s to c k pa ra d e in the e x enue in th»* F a rm e r» ' U n io n b u ild
ad m in istrato r of WPA for O rigon.
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ing. to th e m w q u a rte r» , R H
d o s e d h fo re the p rim a r y was 17.-
T he m eeting was for the purpose of
W in d is h a r o f M c M in n v ille , m a n
292 v o te rs
. co m p a re d to 18,927 horse show.
ironing out difficulties. Everybody
ager,
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T
uesday.
v o te rs re g is te re d i l l 1932. peak o f
E n te rta in m e n t d u rin g th e n v i.d t
wa.- in agreem ent, and ap p aren tly
regH tr a tio n in th is c o u n ty ( >f th is in c lu d e d a to u r o f th e head o ffic e
N« w M achinery Added
Ih e ie w ere no m isunderstandings.
i eg i s tra in ,n 13 017 w e re re p u b lic a n s of T h e F irs t N a tio n a l B a n k o f
E n tire m ove is e xp e cte d trf be
C hanges M ade
and 5141 w e ie dem ocrat».
P o rtla n d e a rly T ue sd a y m o rn in g , m ade w ith o u t in te r r u p tin g s< rv ic e
Tw o changes in th e present w ork
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Firm R ep o rts plans w ere proposed and adopted.
II« w t v e r. in c o m p a rin g re g is tra - to u rs o f P o rtla n d , a ban qu e t w it h a n u m b e r o f n e w m achines, a lre a d y R eal E sta te
L. G. A pperson. city engineer of
F irs t N a tin a l B a n k
o ffic e rs
as is in place, in c lu d in g a d e o d o riz e r
lo li • to d a te w ith the 4 , »tai re g l
T o ta l o f $ 5 0 ,0 0 0
P ortland, on whom th e supervision
(ra tio n o f last s p rin g , it m ust be hosts on T uesday ( v e ilin g , and an in th e d ry c le a n in g roo m , a new’,
| of both roads had been unloaded,
re m e m b e re d
th a t th e d e m o c ra tic e ve n in g at one o f P o rtla n d* s fin e st m od e rn press r a nd a ne w » h a cker
i was w ith d raw n
from the Wolf
to ta ls re p ro .ent a la rg e p e rcentage theatre» A fa re w e ll lu n ch e on was on th e flo o r aw aitin g a b e lt to th e
C ontinuation of exten siv e real •creek project and his tim e lim ited
p o w e r shaft T h e o th e r m a c h in e ry estate sales in the H illsboro te r r i
• f votes c h a n g in g fro m re p u b lic a n g ive n W edne day.
to the Wilson riv e r only.
w ill com e fro m th e o ld la u n d ry . tory is indicated this week in the
l o th e d e m o c ra tic side T h is changes
S tate highw ay com m ission w as
T h e ne w la u n d ry w ill be f u lly m onthly rep o rt of sales ju s t issued
the c o m p a ra tiv e to ta l by tw o votes
invited to place an engineer in
p o w e rs ! w ith e le c tric m o to r» r e by W G. Ide. H illsboro real estate I chs
each tim e a s w itc h 1» m ade H eavy
of W olf creek and the m a t
p la c in g th e o ld steam e n g in e used m an. All but four of th e ru ra l sales
i egistr all* n in v a rio u s p a rts o f th e
’ ”
in th e o th e r p la n t. A new’ b o ile r, w ere to im m igrants from other te r was tak en u n d er consideration
c o u n ty w h e re re g is tra tio n office»
If
tlie
engineer
is not provided, full
h o w e ve r, has
been
in s ta lle d to states. T hree tow n sales also w ere
ire m a in ta in e d , s t ill m u»t be c o u n t
supervision may possibly be left
ed
fu rn is h steam and hot w a te r.
reported.
in the hands of WPA.
r
R e g is tra tio n to ta ls
p re vio u s
to
D o ig n o f th e b u ild in g is by R
T otal value of all p roperty sold
Second move is to w ard th e e sta b
th e M a y p rim a ry gave the r e p u b
H
W in d is h a r
and is
p a tte rn e d am ounted to $48.500 for the m onth
licans 10 779 voters, th e d e m o n ats
a fte r ’ he one in use in M c M in n and the largest sale w as 220 acres, lishm ent of w ork cam ps on Wolf
v ille C o m p h te glass sides w ith th e th e o thers averaging about 20 acres. creek road before th e w in te r rains
6102. a n d 411 re g is te re d
w ith
m in o r ity p a rtie s
e x c e p tio n o f a p o rtio n o f th e low A good record of sa lts also was arrive, m aking it possible to elim
inate tran sp o rtatio n for the men
er and u p p r w a lls, gives th e h a rd m ade in A ugust, Ide said.
B o th p a rtie s are w o r k in g h a rd
each day to and from the jobs. R
to p io d u e e a big vo te N o ve m b e r S ta n d in g C o m m it t e e s
f o r w h ite p la s te r fin is h an o p p o r tu n ity
A mong the farm sales listed is H. Baldock. state highw ay engineer,
3. w ith th e r u lt th a t th e p a rty
to a id th e s itu a tio n by m a x im u m one of 220 acres by the C om m er
told the m eeting that if the w ork
lin e s an* b e in g harpl.v d ra w n b o th
N ew Y ear A p p o in te d
re fle c tio n o f n a tu r a l lig h t.
cial N ational bank to A. R. H am
ns to n a tio n a l
A t p resent th e re are 10 em ployes, m ond. Siam ; R W. Baker. 80 acres was com pleted w ith dispatch, cam ps
state and c o u n ty
tic k e t*
R epor
w h ile J A W in d is h a r handles th e to C harles Sellers. H illsboro: A u w ould be necessary.
in d ic u tc th a t th e
E stablishm ent of the W olf C reek
N ew
o ffic e rs o f th e H ills b o ro d ry c le a n in g h im s e lf L a te r, i f b u si- gust W alton. 10 acres to H arry A n
d e m o c ra tic v o t w ill re g is te r s tro n g -
ly fro m th e to p to th e b o tto m o f C h a m b e r o f C o m m e rce to o k o ve r iK • s w a rra n ts , th e b ro th e rs e xp e ct derson. S outh D akota: B. M K e t cam p w ill follow th e graveling of
th e W estim ber CCC road w hich
t In - t ic k c t w b ile th e re p u b lic a n s then- d u tie s at th e d in n e r me tin g to e xp a n d th e p a y ro ll.
tering. 17 acres to E lm er G olden,
1 M o n d a y n ig h t, w h ic h m a rk e d th e
w ill he so m ew hat p lit
C o m p le tio n o f th e la u n d ry m a rk s U tah; O. M. T aylor, 22H acres, connects w ith th e Lyons C o n stru c
1 b e g in n in g o f the season*» a c tiv itie s tie* fir s t n e w in d u s tria l o r c o m I lyde C arey. U tah; Ida H inm an to tion com pany p ro ject w est of w here
lle m c c r a ts M e e t
thcr WPA crew s a re now w orking.
o rg a n iz a tio n m e rc ia l
D e m o c ra tic c o u n ty co m m itte e m e n , hv th e lo ca l c iv ic
b u ild in g
to
be e rected E lva llow ey. South D akota.
20 .
< i m m itte e w o im n. frie n d » and s u p P a u l L P a tte r>u n succeeded H 1. h re fo r some ’ itne. a lth o u g h th e re acres: R. D. I.aw son. 30 acres to f ’’♦•"Mi,while ap plication for $1,139.-
p o rte r* o f th e p a t t y in la rg e n u m M a e K e n zie as p re sid e n t. H o w a rd has been c o n s id e ra b le re m o d e lin g Jam es Peck. E astern O regon; H er 800 for the W olf creek road project
b e r* g a the re d T h u rs d a y n ig h t in H a d le y becomes v ic e -p re s id e n t in o f to ri and w arehouses u n d e rw a y m an Erahtn. five acres to H. C a r has been sent forw ard to W ashing
ton for approval and as soon as
(Con I in tied < m , i>aar 4. -n lu m n 1»
place o f P a tte rso n and .1 L Searcy a ll s p rin g and sum m er.
rick. P ortland; M ary H unter, 10 this approval is received, co n stru c
is th e new tic a u re i C 'I' R ic h
(C o n tin u ed on page 7, ro lu m n I )
M ore B u ild in g E x p ec te d
tion of the cam ps w ill begin, it is
ardson begins his »eeond th re -y e a r
H o n i • b u ild in g .
h o w e v e r, has
understood W ith th e application
te rm as a d ir e c to r and h o ld o v e r be» n m a k in g e x c e lle n t stride», p ro
also is $249.851 for continuation of
d ire c to rs are G eorge S e lfrid g e and v id in g »orne o u tle t fo r th e v a s tly
th e W ilson riv e r road.
(M orris W e il
o v e rc ro w d e d
c o n d itio n s
e x is tin g
In announcing th ese applications
S ta n d in g co m m itte e as a n n ounced here fo r th e last tw o ye a rs o r
for allotm ents, G riffith pointed out
by P re s id e n t P a tte rs o n are as f o l m ore.
to those atten d in g th e conference
lows:
In c o n n e ctio n w ith th e c o n s tru e -,
that any question of even division
R e ta il tra d e C C W ebber, c h a ir tio n o f homes. J. M. Person o f the
of funds betw een the W olf creek
P A A n d e rson .la ke W e il, W a sh in g to n S a vin g s and L o a n as
A n n u a l F o r g e t-M e-N o t S a le man.
and W ilson highw ays w ould be
R alph W ilso n , T o m
W entz. F red so cia tio n . p o in ts o u t th a t th e houses
E n g c ld in g e r. N ye B ris to l. G eorge c o n s tru c te d d u rin g the s p rin g and K ro cg er
N a m ed C h airm an settled, as each w ould have its full
O c to b e r 16 to 17
allotm ent.
S e lfrid g e
G eorge Fischer. L e s te r su m m e r are o ccu p ie d by t h e ir o w n
P lans a re also in offing for the
o f A r m istic e D a y
Ire la n d . V . W G a rd n e r. Joe Coe. ers. w h ile c o n s tru c tio n to re lie v e
estab lish m en t of a w ork cam p
A n n u a l »ale o f forget-m e-not» by Z J. Rigg<
th e re n ta l s itu a tio n is not e xp e cte d
across th e sum m it of the m ountains
C o m m u n ity re la tio n - Ja ck R ush- to b e g in u n t il n e xt ye a r. A t th a t
Hie
W a s h in g to n
c o u n ty c h a p te r,
Discussion of plans for A rm is on th e W ilson riv e r survey. T his
D isa b le d A m e ric a n V teran» o f th e low c h a irm a n . II A K u r a tli. Wil- tim e . P erson says, he e xp e cts a d e
C yrus. R R E aster, L T M< cid e d b u ild in g boom in houses and tice Day. N ovem ber 11; re p o rts , cam p w ould enable men w orking
W o rld w a i w ill be h e ld O cto b e r
from retirin g officers and new this w in ter to continue the c le a r
16 and 17.
11 it was a n n ou n ce d th is Pheeters, F re d B retth au er.
a p a rtm e n ts fo r re n ta l and sp e cu
co m m ittee reports, w ill be features ; ing of right-of-w ay into Tillam ook
A g r ic u ltu r e Fai l D o nclson. c h a ir la tio n .
week.
county to connect w ith th e T illa-
F ra n k S ch n e id e r.
R a I p h
F unds co lle c te d in th e sale are man.
C h e ck o f th e u t ilit y co m p a n ie s I of th e first fall business m eeting |
(C o n tinued on page 2. colum n 4)
u d fo r th e r e lie f o f ve te ra n s d is K i itz. Jo h n W in n e r L F F ra n cis o f H ill- b o ro show’ a decid e d tre n d of H illsboro Post in V eterans' hall
next T uesday night
In d u s tr ia l A I
H o ffm a n ,
c h a ir
ab le d m the W o rld w a r. T h e m ern-
( ( u n lin u rd on p a re 4, colum n 1)
P lans for A rm istice day w ere
b c is h ip is lim ite d to those d isa b le d man. S E F a y ra in . B. E M a tin g ,
launched at a m eeting of th e e x
in th e s e rv ic e b e fo re N o v e m b e r 11. A r t h u r K ro c g e r. Ja ke M o h r, J W.
ecu tiv e com m ittee at w hich com
1918. and w ho w e re w o u n d ed , gas- K e lle y .
H ig h w a y E A G r if f it h , c h a ir
m ittee chairm en w ere nam ed. A r
: cd o r d is a b le d by reason o f .serv
th u r K roeger is chairm an of the
S c h u lim ric h , W. G.
ice.
» j man. E d w a rd
W
B a rn e y
day for th e A rm istice program |
T h e fo llo w in g p ro c la m a tio n has lde. J
M u n ic ip a l R e la tio n s M II S te v
w hich will include the usual Legion
been issued by M a y o r G a rre tt:
enson.
ch
a
irm
a
n
.
G
eorge
McCiee,
dance
in th? auditorium . M em bers -
“ I. J H G a rre tt, m a y o r o f the
A
l
Busch.
of
his com m ittee include Paul
c ity o f H ills b o ro . O regon, do h e re
S chools R ic h a rd E W ile y , c h a ir
P atterson. S tanley H ubbard and B. H illsb o r o R eal E sta te M an
in d ts ig n a te O c to b e r 16 and 17.
1936. as F o rg e t-M e -N o t day» fo r man. H e rb e rt A. D ic k . L E M c J. D. F o ste r , 7 5 , W a lk s Into M G oodm an.
F lo o d A p p r a ise r
No! all com m ittees have been r e
Hie b e n e fit o f .ill D isa b le d V e te ra n s D o w e ll.
A u to on B a se lin e
P u b lic A ffa ir s b o a rd o f d ir c e
placed. th e chairm an alone be
i f th e W o rld W a r It is m y h e a rty
l i o n lin u rri tin pi»««* ft, colum n 5»
ing appointed in some cases. C h a ir
w is h th a t th e c ity o ffic ia ls and th e
W. G. Ide. H illsboro real estate
m en and m em bers follow:
p u b lic in g e n e ra l re n d e r a ll possi- 1
deal; r. T hursday received notice
J.
D.
F
oster.
75.
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est
Base
(C n n tin u rd on pane 7, colum n 2 )
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hie assistanc:* fo r t h i s
w o r th y J a n n u n C o m p an y G iven
of
his appointm ent as a m em ber
lin e street, s tru c k
by an a u to
cause, a> these men gave up then-
of th e B onneville overflow land a p
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praisal com m ittee
H e rep o rted
A M. Jannsen D r illin g co m p a n y street at th e A d v e n tis t c h u rc h on
th e ir d is a b ilitie s in c u rre d in d e
T uesday on th e job and w ill r e
o f R e e d v ille was M o n d a y a w a rd e d West Ba e lin e last W ednesday n ig h t
fense o f th e irs and o u r c o u n try .
sum e w ork on O ctober 28.
* T o th
people o f H ills b o ro . I tlie con tract fo r d r illin g I st holes about 7 o’clo ck, is In Jones hos
Ide w ill assist in fixing the value
w ish th a t these tw o days he made lo r th e new sta le c a p ito l b u ild in g , p ita l in a se riou s c o n d itio n He s u f
T h rills of a Z eppelin trip across of p ro p erty to be flooded w hen
a
re a l
F o rg e t-M e -N o t to
show .lannsen states th a t his c o m p a n y fe re d a c o m p o u n d fr a c tu r e o f his
I t l i e storm y A tlantic ocean w ill be B onneville dam is com pleted. The
these hoys th a t w e a re » t ill w ith has m o re w o r k lin e d up n o w th a n teg and shock
T h e ear was d riv e n b y T. M. i related to m em bers of the H illsboro w ork is expected to req u ire som e
th e m th e same ns th e y w e re fo r us a t a n y p re v io u s tim e in th e last
W ilk in s , 31. H ills b o ro ro u te 4 Re C h am b er of C om m erce atten d in g time. T he w ork is u n d er th e d ire c
in 1917-18.*’
fiv e years.
p o rt. m ade b y state p o lice fo llo w ' tlie luncheon next M onday noon, it tion ef the arm y engineers.
in g tb o a ccid e n t, discloses th a t Fos ¡w as announced th is w eek by Ed L. 1 W ednesday Ido loft H illsboro on
te r was a tte m p tin g to cross th e Moore, secretary.
a 15-day business trip w hich will
stree t fro m tile n o rth to th e so u th | T he speaker is to be Reese Bates take him to O m aha. Neb ; Chicago,
side and cam e in to the p a th o f th e o f Bates' G arage in P ortland, who W ichita, K a n . and D enver.
W ilk in s ear fro m b e h in d a n o th e r , last su m m er m ade a trip to G er-
m a ch in e west bound.
’ m any and hack via the Z eppelin
T he W ilk in s ear sto p pe d alm ost I airsh ip H indenberg. On the trip the
w
ithin
a ear le n g th , th e re p o rt said , sliii)
encountered
bad
w eather
I lly I . r o ll S. D avis)
D< c c in b e r 12, 1909. th ■ m in u te s
W ilk in s d e cla re d th a t w h ile hi did wjiieh gave th e passengers plenty
D iscussion o f c ity p a rtic ip a tio n in o f th e c ity c o u n c il re ve a l th a t tin
not see F oster a» he cam e onto th ? I of th rills Bates is rep o rted to giv?
llt ilit le - . In m g s to lig h t Hint H ills c o u n c il
m et and In s tru c te d
the
(C o n tin u ed on page .
column 2i
a graphic description of his jottr-
P E P electric show and conking
b o ro o.ice e ld e r, d th e re a lm o f w a te r and lig h t c o m m itte e to c o n
’ nev. ,
school will open T uesday night in
p u b lic o w n e rs h ip and em erged w ith ta c t G ates as to the possible p u r
H.
L.
M
aeK
enzie
w
ill
be
c
h
a
ir
the G range hall in Aloha, it
chase o f Hi ■ p la n t. T h is c o m m itte e
a scorched p o c k e tb o o k.
m an of the program .
was announced this w eek by Ralph
S earch o f th e re co rd s reve a ls in e lu d o d E. C. B ro w n . W J B e n
O ctober 19. R epresentative Jam es Easter, m anager of th e H illsboro
th a t a g ita tio n fo r p u b lic o w n e r son. J P. T atn ie sie . E A
B a ile y
W . Mott . will
. be luncheon sp eak er | ()ffjcc ti , c show includes all m an
was m a y o r and Jo h n N o rth ro p , the
s h ip o f w a le r and lig h ts in H ills
at ttie i hambei'. giving a n o n -p a rtis ner of electric appliances, a motion
b o ro began w ith III • p roposal m ade o th e r co m m issio n e r. Ile n to u B o w
Im m e d ia te purchase o f 3990 tons an talk on the accom plishm ents of
picture comedy, and a scenic film
Ju n e 2. 1891. by H. V G ales, th a t m an was re c o rd e r and S. E v e ritt, o f P a c ific coast sta n d a rd prunes, in
th e last session of congress.
of O regon. A featu re of th e p ro
a fra n c h is e he g iv e n h im f o r a treasu rer.
a d d itio n to tlie 5999 to n s o f .sub
gram is W ayne Nickeson, H illsboro
I in v e r p la n t and w a te r w o rk s . A
p ru n e s lo
he
h a n dled
T tie n e x t in c lin g d e a lin g w ith s ta n d a rd
b anjo p layer and w in n er of the
c o m m itte e in c lu d in g J. C. Hare, the m a lt r was F e b ru a ry 20. 1901, th ro u g h a d iv e rs io n p ro g ra m , lias j
Legion am ateu r contest last spring.
J o h n M iln e and G eorge II. W ilc o x and was fo r th e pu rp o se o f p u r In en a u th o riz . d b v S e c re ta ry o f
T
he cooking school w ill be held
was nam ed to in ve s tig a te .
chase o f e x te n s io n o f fra n ch ise . A g r ic u ltu r e W a lla ce G f th e ne w
W ednesday m orning.
J im ■ 23 o f th a t same y e a r, th e T he p roposal lo e xte n d th e f r a n purchase. 2199 tons w ill be b o u gh t
Last T hursday night th? show
council held a m ee tin g , heard th e chise was on th e p ro p o s itio n th a t in C a lifo r n ia and «99 tons in the
Last chance to file answers in
was presented in L aurel hall w ith
re p o rt o f th e c o m m itte e , and a p th ? c ity gel are light-s fo r $7 p e r Pacific northw est.
the Argus pro verb p rize eonlest
p ro v e d th e p roposal W N. lia n a 'll m o n th each and fo u r e x tra fir e
T h e purchases w ill he m ade fro m
w ill he 5 p. m. today (Thursday) I nearly 70 persons attending. F riday
was elected e ily a tto rn e y at th is h y d ra n ts . M a rc h 5, th e c o u n c il was p a cke rs w h o agree lo b u y an q u a l
w hen the o ffire closes for the 'th e cooking school a ttracted a large
crow d of women.
me tin g and a u th o riz e d to d ra w a in fo rm e d th a t G ates w o u ld n o t a c q u a n tity o f unprocessed 193« cro p
day. Answers placed in (lie m ail
c o n tra c t
A n o rd in a n c e
g ra n tin g cept these term s.
p ru n e s fro m g ro w e rs “ at
prices
and postmarked by that lim e
r ig h t- o f-w a y also w as g ra n te d that
w ill lie honored, the judges have
M ay 7. 1901. the c o u n c il again nul less Ilia n a 3 1 -eent basis ’ Thcs?
P erso n L e a v e s T o n ig h t
same m on th .
derided.
m c l and m ade s t ill a n o th e r p ro p sta n d a rd p ru n e s w ill he d is trib u te d
fo r N ew Y ork M e e tin g
T in 1 lig h t and w a le r p la n t was o s itio n T liis one w o u ld e x te n d th e to fa m ilie s on re li I’ ro lls and w ill
A ll f ix p ielm es representing
eonstt lif t e d and H ills b o r o was g iv lia n e h is o
J. M. Person, m anager of the
some p ro verb have been puli
p ro v id in g G ates w o u ld th u s be rem o ve d fro m n o rm a l trad e
en street lam ps and fir e p ro te c tio n m a in ta in 13 are lig h ts fr o m d u sk channels, a c c o rd in g to A A A a n lisiied over a period of six weeks i W ashington S avings At Loan assoei-
in a ll p a rts o f th e to w n
to m id n ig h t and in s ta ll tw o m ore n o u n ce m e n t. T h e 5999 tons o f su b and the w hole series published latio n and the T u alatin V alley Eed-
C ity reco rd s fa il Io disclose any h y d ra n ts . I f th e e ily sh o u ld fa il to sta n d a rd p ru n e s w ill be d iv e rte d to
in a special advertisem ent in the I oral S avings X- Loan association,
m ore a g ita tio n fo r o w n e rs h ip a ft r p u re fla se th e p la n t o r re n e w the b y -p ro d u c ts o r e x p o rt trade.
Argus ol’ O ctober I. Prizes are
leaves tonight (Thursday* to atten d
th at until 1999. although Hie eit.v franchise at th e end of five years,
The- ' tw o steps h av e been taken $5 first; $3 second and $2 third, the N ational S av in g , and Loan co n
had spent $19.991) in prom otion of p w ould forfeit th e »10.000 invest- by tlie A A A at the request of p ru n e judged oil neatness, preparation, vention in New York City. He w ill
tlie p lant and the co n tract gave m o n t in the plant.
grow ers w ho say th at they w ill rorreetness and in ease of lie on be gone tw o w eeks and w ill visit
them the right of purchase of th e . A gain on Ju n e I th e council met do much
to stabiliz.e th e p ru n e the tim e in w hich the entry was | W ashington. D. C.. Boston and
o th er half on certain term s.
I
tc ,.n iin u i'd <>n p a te 2, colum n l )
filed.
| P hiladelphia.
m ark et th is year.
Erect Many Homes
Demos I lokl Meeting
g u s
369 New Families—
H illsboro A rgus E stablished 1894
Warring Factions in Truce
Legion to H ear
Autum n Plans
Ide Named to
Federal J o b
Aged Resident
Struck by Car
Zeppelin Traveler
Speaker October 12
Hillsboro's Pocketbook Suffers l l 7ben
First Experiment Alacie in Ownership
PEP Electric Show
Scheduled at Aloha
Government Plans
Prune Purchases •
Proverb Contest
Closes Tonight
Citizens Ask
City’s Aid to
Open Street
R eq u ests
C le a r in g
fo r R a ilw a y C ro ssin g
on T hird A v e n u e
Wine Store Planned
P o r tla n d e r
Seeks
P r o p e r ty
fo r A u to C am p
Proposed im provem ents and ad-
' ditional business firm s in H illsboro
occupied th e spotlight a t the reg
ular council m eeting T uesday night.
P roposed im provem ents a re re p
resented in tw o petitions by c iti
zens. on? seeking stre e t im prove
m ents, on N orth F o u rth avenue,
• north from W est Jackson street,
, and an o th er a p edestrian crossing
over the railw ay tra c k s on T h ird
avenue.
Sale of Farms
Continues Here
Says Realtors
War Disabled
to Sell Token
Two Sections, Fourteen Pagel
P e titio n
Plan for Work Camp
New Officers
of Civic Bodv
Assume Duties
Added as New Paid-in-Advance
Ar< us Subscribers from
Jan. 1 to Sept. 30
W a n t Street
D espite a 15-day truce b e tw e .n m aritim e unions and shippers, the west
coast w as tense, fearing in d u strial strife, a fte r contacts betw een union
w orkers and em ploye; s expired. D isagreem ent cam e w hen shippers
announced plans to h ire w orkers from th e docks instead of at th e
h irin g halls. Men and the w aterfro n t at San Francisco pictured above.
Truck Owners
Union District
Attend Freight
Budget Shows
Rates Hearing
S m all percentage of W ashington
county freight tru c k ow ners a t
ten d ed th e m otor tran sp o rt ra te
h earin g held in H illsboro F rid ay
and SM Urday by rep resen tativ es of
the public u tilities comm ission u n
der th e direction of E dw ard A
I andis. su p erin ten d e n t of tra n sp o r
tation.
The h earin g is one or 25 being
held in all parts of O regon to
g ath er inform ation from w hich u n
iform rates w ill be established for
all classes of freight tran sp o rtatio n
by m otor vehicle. Landis said at
th e opening of th e hearing.
W ith the close of the m eeting
in H illsboro S aturday, b u t tw o
m ere hearings rem ained, th e n ext
being in P o rtlan d beginning O cto
ber «. and th e last one scheduled
for Salem .
T ruckm en c f W ashington county
to th? n u m b er of approxim ately
20. testified as to the am ount of
freig h t w hich they hauled and the
rates w hich they charged. C onsid
erab le discrepancy is said to have
been found am ong the tru ck s w hich
tra n sp o rt m ilk, the sh o rter haul re
ceiving as m uch m oney as th e
longer haul.
Most un ifo rm ity of rates d u ring
th e investigation, was found in
eastern O regon w hile the greatest
differen ce is found am ong the m ilk
h au lers and farm tru ck ow ners
op eratin g freight tran sp o rt lines in
addition to th e ir farm operations.
Im m ediately on the com pletion
of th e hearings, the d ep artm en t of
m otor freight of th e u tilities com
mission w ill begin prep aratio n s of
ta riffs to fit the various districts.
L andis said. These schedules p ro b
ably w ill be ready in M arch for
d istrib u tio n A pril 1. The expense
of keeping the tariffs m odern w ill
be carried by the purchase of each
tru c k o p erato r of a set of tariffs.
L andis pointed out.
More Expense
H igh S ch o o l D e b ts D e c r e a se
O v er P a st Y e a r
N orth F o u rth avenue residents
' asked street grading, surfacing and
curbing. T he council agreed
to
m ake a 20-foot graveled stre e t w ith-
i out curb, th e cost to be assessed
against th e p ro p erty and th e labor
to be done by a WPA project.
P etitioners on M aple street and
along the railw ay track s on T h ird
avenue, petitioned th e council to
have the stre e t cleared at th e
G arth o fn er mill, d eclaring th at the
• S outhern Pacific had prom ised a
| crossing as soon as th e street w as
clear. C em ent sidew alks w ere con
stru cted this sum m er south of th e
track, th e petition stated, but the
track s presen ted an obstacle to
good w alking.
E. R. V enable of P ortland, sp e a k
ing before th e council, asked p e r
mission to construct an auto cam p
inside th e city lim its across from
th e city park. B ecause of th e zon
ing ordinance h e w as inform ed
th a t a cam p in th a t d istrict w as
prohibited unless t h e
resid en ts
w ould consent.
The city offered him a half-acre
tra c t along th e highw ay w est of
tow n and he agreed th a t this w ould
be suitable, providing th e price
i was reasonable. T he ap p raisem ent
'^committee of th e council w as in-
, structcd to view th e p ro p erty and
. set a price.
. L icense for a w ine sto re w a s
granted W aldo W. Fuegy of T illa-
i mook. w ho expects to open his
place in the U ppenkam p building
on Second avenue. He sta te d to
the council th a t he recently sold
his grocery sto re in T illam ook.
Fuegy is a form er resident of th is
Increase in expenses of $2300 is
prom ised in th e u n io n high school
budget prepared by th e budget
com m ittee last W ednesday night
and published for the first tim e in
the A rgus this w eek. E xpense in
(C o n tin u ed on p ace 3, colum n 4)
the budget a y e a r ago w as e sti
m ated at $72.900 as com pared to
$75.290 estim ated needs for the
y e a r to come.
Increases in b u d g eted expense
this y ear a re due to increase in e n
rollm ent of n early 50 students; r e
m odeling of th e au d ito riu m to
m ak e it possible to h ear speakers
on th e stage, and new sew er con-1
nections and connection rentals. V oters A s k e d to D isc u ssio n
Cost of the au d ito riu m w as $1.500
and $500 is asked for the sew er
H e r e O c to b e r 12
w ork, m em bers of the board point
out.
R eduction from S145.800 to $124.-
Public m eeting for the discussion
800 in th e total deb t of the d istrict j of various proposed laws to be
is show n w ith th e w arran t debt voted on at th e election N ovem ber
$21.300 as com pared to $27.300 a 3. w ill be held in th e court room
y ear ago and th e bonded debt $103.- a t th e county co u rt house a t 8
500 as com pared to $118.500 a vear p. m. Monday, it w as announced
ago.
this w eek by H. R. Findley of
O f th e total budget. $24.800 is C edar Mill, p resid en t of the T ax
provided for debt serv ice w hich League.
allow s $16.000 for p aym ent of p rin
S everal of these proposed laws,
cipal on bonds; $3000 fo r principal F indley points out may m ean m ore
on w arran ts: $4800 for in terest on taxes if passed. One of these laws
bends and $1000 for w a rra n t in te r- , is p a rticu larly dangerous, he said,
est.
an d w ill be fully discussed by com
The am ount to be raised by tax p eten t speakers. Good speakers also
this y ear is $58.810 as com pared to w ill be provided to discuss th e
(C o n tin u e d on pajre 7, colum n I )
other m easures.
O ne sp eak er on th e program is
A rth u r Foster, form er N orth Da
kota farm er, w ho w ill discuss the
state bank of N orth D akota and the
proposed law in Oregon. E lbert
Bede. C ottage G rove n ew sp ap er
E vangelist Flovd Ross spoke at man. is scheduled to discuss the
the R otary club luncheon T hursday pow er bill, and E. J. M cA lear of
on "A rchitects of Men." He said H illsboro the tax lim itation bill.
that if ever th ere w as a tim e w hen
The question of com pulsory m il
the lives of youth needed to be itary train in g w ill be discussed by
m oulded it w as now. C. H. Nosier P aul L. P atterson, A m erican Legion
was chairm an.
speaker nam ed to discuss th is pro
T cm S tretcher. H ilhi student body posed law and its effect in states
president,
was
present
as
th
e
stu
w here it has been passed, a ’ld the
M em bers of H eadquarters C om
pany, 2nd B attalion. N ational G uard, dent body rep resen tativ e at the probable effect in O regon if passed
R
otary
meetings.
here.
w .r e guests W ednesday night of
the local post. V eterans of Foreign
Wars, at a special show ing of
W orld W ar met ion pictures p re
sented by M ajor Sandy of P o rt
land.
In addition to the guard unit, I
J a k e Weil, com m ander of H illsboro
Post. A m erican Legion, and Hugh
R esolutions favoring full tim e vert into cash w hat m ight o th e r
Rogers, state com m ander of th e
Spanish W ar veterans, also w ere I hom e dem onstration w ork in W ash w ise rust out in th e barn y ard . An
guests w ith others from the legion. ington county w ere passed at the auction w ill be held each m ark et
D isabled A m erican W ar veteran s county m eeting of the F arm ers' day. but w ill in no w ay p rev en t
and a portion of the w inning drum Union here S atu rd ay at th e V eter trad e and b a rte r betw een farm ers,
and bugle corps o f th e V terans ans' hall. C om m ittee to sponsor this and w ill be open to all county
of F oreign Wars M ilitary O rd er of includes Mrs. Jo h n K am na of farm ers.
Blooming. W alter O rr of L aurel-
Cooties.
Scholls and Mrs. Pern P atton of
S everal selections by th e bugle G aston.
corps preceded the stiow ing of th e ,
pictures. Follow ing th? pictures, th e ; B enefits of the w ork as done on
m em bers of the post and visitors 1 a h alf-tim e basis this y ear w ere
enjoyed a lunch and sp eak in g in cited by Mesdamcs G eorge L ew el
M em bers of Legion posts of W ash
the social room s above th e m eeting I len. John K am na and Jo h n Plass.
N ine units are now w orking and ington county w ill g a th e r F riday
hall.
five o th er com m unities a rc solicit
AU speakers from the various I ing m em bership The w ork includes night, O ctober 9. in Sherw ood for
e th e r vet . ran organizations, pointed I hom e m anagem ent, supervised rec the re g u lar m eeting of the W ash
out th a t every effort w as being j reation, p aren t education, 4-H club ington C ounty Jam boree.
m ade to bring tlie activities of the I wi rk for g irls and m any o th er ben- ' O fficers will be selected and in-
d ifferen t organizations into c lo srr I efits.
stalled and th e program for the
harm ony for a common program .
E sta b lish m e n t of a m ark et in con- .v pa r form ulated All m em bers of
Rogers, in hi- talk, declared that neetion w ith tlie w arehouse w as th e Legion and A u x iliary a re in-
his organization w as leading a also favored. It is to be know n as vited to attend. An interesting
m ovem ent to bring the com m and "Farm Union M arket Day" and w ill i program has_ been prepared, ac-
ers i f th e various o th er v eteran s' be held the first S atu rd ay of the cording to E arl Riser, who made
groups into a m eeting to be held m onth in th e forenoon. The plan an n o uncem ent of th e m eeting this
som etim e in the r e a r future, at is to give the farm er the oppor- w eek.
w hich plans w ill be discussed for I tu n ity of disposing of such things
S herw ood post and u n it officers
a jo in t program of all v eteran s' ' as he no longer needs, but m ight w ill be jo in tly installed d u rin g the
groups.
I be of use to som eone else, and cop- evening.
Laws Subject
Meeting H ere
Evangelist Talks
at Rotary Session
VFW Host to Guard
at Special Meeting
County Home Demonstration kFork
Gets Approval o f Farmers Union
Legion, Auxiliary
Meeting October 9