Pápe T w 5 nTLLSB O R Ö 3Rlilsbonü{¿\r u us Red Cross Roll Call WHh W h irh la Comhine4 the HilUbero Independen! HíJIaburo A rru a , 1994 M il laboro Independent, 1878 M c K IN N E Y A M c K IN N E Y . Pubtishera PubliaheU Thuraday — Entere«! as aecond-rlaaa m atter In tha poatoffir» at Hilhboru. O m ron W V E R N E M c K IN N E Y Editor O F F IC IA L Sal act ad Named on Honorable Production M RS E. C. M c K IN N E Y A «neciata Editor N E W S P A P E R O F W A S H IN G T O N C O U N T Y as Oregon’a Beat Weekly Newaaper. 1980-36 A ll-A m erican Weekly Newspaper Eleven. 1930 Mention N ational Editorial Assn. Newspaper Contest. 1984-33; General Excellence. 1935 Third place «»inner in tw a national newspaper fantasia in 1937— General Excellence and Heat Editorial P are for weekly newspapers with rlrrulationa over 1,000. Habar ripti on Ratea S trictly Caah in A4«anca I ’ar year 12 00 ils ntoniha ........... 1.15 . .05 Oataide «>ret«>n In other otates $2.30 Foreign count ri w $3 50 Member: Oregon State Editorial A ss o c iatio n and N atiooal Editorial Association. First Audited Taper. Largest ABC Weekly Circulation in W e n . Support the Schools People of school d istrict No. 7 should w ithout question m ain tain the sta n d a rd s of the local g ra d e school system by casting an a f ­ firm ativ e vote in the special school election a t the B. W . B arnes ju n io r high school F rid ay afternoon. N eces­ sary ad d itio n al ex p en d itu res have m ade it necessary to exceed th e six p er cent lim itation law. U nder th e term s of this law. any p ro p erty tax levies exceeding the lim itation m ust be refe rre d to a p o p u lar vote. This increase in th e sum req u ired fo r the su p p o rt of th e local g ra d e schools is due to th e follow ing r e a ­ sons : Two a d d itio n al tea c h e rs h ad to be em ployed to h an d le th e in cre as­ ing num ber of pupils. T eachers, last year, had too heavy a te a c h in g load to do ju stice to th e children an d this y e a r th e enrollm ent is even g re a te r. H ealth and safety of th e school children m ade it incum bent upon th e b o ard to m ake extensive re p a irs and rep lacem en ts to t h e h e a tin g equipm ent, w hich was found fau lty . Safety ap p lian ces w ere in stalled in th e h e a tin g equipm ent. Due to th e desire to keep costs down as low’ as possible extensive roof re p a irs w ere d elay ed as long as possible. This y e a r th e b o a rd was faced w ith th e absolute necessity of m aking re p a irs now’ or be fac e d w ith g re a te r b uilding m ain ten an ce costs later. W ith th e depression, sa la rie s of tea c h e rs w ere red u c e d to rock bot­ tom , a n d it h as been necessary to m ake increases a ll a lo n g th e line. F a ilu re to pay w ages co m p a rab le w’ith schools in like d istricts w ould even tu ally resu lt in low ering t h e s ta n d a rd s of th e fac u lty . Textbook ou tlay h a d to be in­ creased by $500 o v er last y e a r. O th ­ e r increases p rovided fo r w iring of David Hill school to provide decent lig h tin g on days w h en it is req u ired , sew er p ro je c t costs an d new’ fu rn i­ ture, equ ip m en t a n d replacem ents. All of th ese e x p e n d itu re s w ere necessary fo r p ro p e r m aintenance and keep in g o u r g ra d e schools up to sta n d a rd . T here should be no ques­ tion ab o u t a fa v o ra b le vote w hen it com es to p ro p e r su p p o rt of t h e schools in w hich our ch ild ren are educated. V e te ra n s’ groups of th e city are brew ing a real p a trio tic observance h ere fo r th e ce le b ra tio n of A rm is­ tice day, one of th e g ra n d e st days in th e history of th is nation fo r m il­ lions of A m erican m en and wom en. A p a ra d e and p ro g ra m a re being a rra n g e d by th e A m erican Legion and V eterans of F oreign W ars, a fo o tb all gam e betw een H ilhi and T ig ard will be a fe a tu re of th e a f t­ ernoon and th e legionnaires are lay­ ing plans fo r a g a la evening c e le b ra ­ tion to recall th e “ d ays of 1918.” T his is an occasion w hen th e people of th e com m unity should join han d in hand w ith th e W orld w ar v e te r­ ans. St. H elens is en th u siastically go­ ing a fte r a sw im m ing pool fo r th e ben efit of its youngsters, old a n d young. A p p ro x im ately $10,000 has been pledged and of th is sum $5000 has been paid in cash. Com m ittee m em bers have found all pledges contacted paid in fu ll and some have upped th e p ay m en t over th e ir origi­ nal pledge. One larg e business con­ cern gave $2000. Most of th e cities around us now have or a re on the w ay to having sw im m in g p o o ls. W hen will th e people of th is com ­ m unity be able to enjoy a pool? W e hope th a t enough in te rest and spirit can be stirre d up to m ake th is pos­ sible in a n o th e r year. It is th e h e ig h t of som ething or o th e r w hen th e fa ir-h a ire d boy of th e U nited A utom obile W orkers, H o m e r M artin, w ho engineered th e obnoxious sitdow n strikes i n t h e a u to m o b ile in d u stry early this y ear, is p ic k e te d by d isc h a rg ed union or­ g a n iz e rs. C. C. Hockley, state director of the PWA, has been named to head the regional office in the consoli­ dated offices of Oregon, Washing­ ton and Idaho. Hockley has done a fine job and his appointment was an exceilent recognition of his services. Church Services N ational Red Cross M em bership Roll Call will sta rt on Arm istice day a n d carry on until Thanksgiving, giving am ple tim e to tak e the p riv ­ ilege of jo in in g in this great h u m an ­ ita ria n work. Everybody should be p roud to w ear a Red Cross button, th u s telling the w orld th a t they have a p a rt in this work. All roll call solicitors a re vo lu n teer w orkers, and w ith lim ited tim e they are asking everyone to be ready to give them a defin ite a n sw er w hen they call in o rd e r to elim inate second ami th ird calls. Join th e Red Cross. Senator to Retire T hings One R em em bers E v er so often som eone w ill cuss C ali­ fornia for blow ing its own horn too loudly. T hen they w ill sit back and ad m ire th e state f r th e w ay it does things. M aybe it’s th e sunshine, m aybe it's th e rom ance, m aybe it's th e ir d are-devil pioneer sp irit. B ut w h atev er it is. they do things in a big w ay dow n there. A nd now th e y 're going to have an o th er W orld's F a ir in 1939. on "Treasure Island " T h ere they go again, g ettin g ju s t th e right nam e for a new island th ey have actually b u ilt to hold th e fair. As I gaze out of one of th e most sig h tlv w indow s in th e w orld in a room in th e M ark H opkins hotel, overlooking th e tw o g reatest bridges in th e w orld across San Francisco bay. "T reasu re Island." and an u nsurpassed p an o ram a of m o u n tain s and w ater and a w hole fleet of b attlships. I couldn't h elp b u t think. "W hat a b unch of go-getters you C alifo rn ian s are. O ne has to ta lk about you in o rd e r th a t th e rest of th e w o rld m ay com e and enjoy som e of th e things vou have "—R M. HOFER. O regon's T raffic D eaths A Series of W’eekly A rticles on the P ro b lem of H ighw ay S afety by E arl Snell. S ecretary of S tate "Slow dow n at sun dow n" is advice th at can w ell be heeded b y th e carefu l driver. T h e nation's reco rd of a fte r d a rk d riv in g is a w arn in g to all m otor v eh icle operators. T hro u g h o u t th e n atio n it is estim ated th a t about tw e n ty p er cen t of th e trav el is at night. Yet th ree-fifth s of th e fatal accidents occur d u rin g th e h o u rs of darkness. As th e d en sity of traffic decreases, speeds g en erally increase. O ne out o f every fo rty - fiv e d ay -tim e in ju rie s re su lts in death, -is com pared w ith one d e a th out of ev ery tw e n ­ ty -e ig h t in ju re d in n ig h t tra ffic accidents. C arefu lly com piled d ata fro m seven states also show s th a t th e six h o u rs of d ark n ess b efo re m id n ig h t account fo r a to tal of 52 p er cent of th e fa ta l p ed estria n accidents. A gain w e a re a t th e tim e of y e a r w hen d riv in g becomes th e m ost d ifficu lt, an d th e o rd in ary hazards of tra ffic w ill be increased by w et and slip p ery pavem ents, fog. and o th ­ e r handicaps in cid en tal to w in te r driving. N ig h t d riv in g in p a rtic u la r re q u ire s a d d itio n ­ al care an d caution in u n fav o rab le w eath er. W et p av em en t an d g larin g h ead lig h ts consti­ tu te a dead ly com bination, p a rtic u la rly at dusk, a n d all of these elem ents m u st b e con­ sid ered in m o to r v ehicle op eratio n fo r th e n e x t few m onths. G ive carefu l co n sid eratio n to all co n d i­ tions u n d er w hich you a re driving, an d re g ­ u late th e speed of y o u r c ar accordingly. H elp elim in ate O regon's traffic d eaths. Our Yesterdays Fifteen Years Ago A rgus, O ctober 26. 1922—Ju d g e R udolph C randall, cav alry cap tain in C ivil w ar. dies h ere O ctober 24. S erv ed eight y ears as co u n ty judge, five as assessor an d tw o as tre a su re r. By th e tim e th e season closes th e R ay- M aling can n ery w ill h av e p aid out $100,000 fo r labor. Mrs. H elena H u n tem an n d ies at C o rn e­ lius. S. P b u ild in g ro u n d house at T im b er for housing locom otives d u rin g w in te r season. C o unty w ill soon have road b etw een Or- enco and P h illip s rocked. T ig ard com m unity fa ir S a tu rd a y big su c ­ cess. H ilhi b eats F o rest G rove 6 to 0 in th ird v icto ry of season. Isadore V and erzan d en of N orth F orest G rove dies O ctober 23. C ity b u dget co m m ittee in clu d in g E. L. Johnson, C. E. W ells, T. M. K err. W. W. Bos- cow, C. B. B uchanan and J. F. G ard n er sets needs of city fo r 1923 a t $19.196 07. T ax will be ab o u t six p er cen t Increase o v er last year. H. J. A dam s and J. L. F irst lease W iley auto b u ild in g a t Second and W ashington and will in stall re p a ir shop. T hey w ill han d le O ldsm obile cars. Thirty Years Ago A rgus. O ctober 24. 1907—By th e end of the y ear co u n ty m ills w ill have c u t 100 m il­ lion feet of lum ber, m ean in g a gross incom e of o v er $1.000.000 C u t larg est in history. Jaco b G riffith. P. R. & N. conductor, in ­ ju re d in tra in accid en t n e a r B u xton M onday. P eter V an derzanden of Roy suffers co n ­ cussion of b rain in ru n a w a y accident. Seven H onolulu girls, ch ap ero n ed by Mrs. E dyth T ozier W eatherred. visit city F rid ay and a re given recep tio n a t C rescent th eatre. F o rty p u p ils from co u n ty a tte n d O regon A g ricu ltu ral college. C ounty eq u alizatio n b o ard com posed of Assessor Wilcox, Ju d g e G oodin and C lerk G odm an to raise assessm ent of S ou th ern P a ­ cific to $25.000 p er m ile. F red M. Z illy of P o rtlan d and Edna May Im b rie of H illsboro m a rrie d O ctober 19. IT 1 1. L S F O R O . O R E G O N LIFE IS FUNNY THAT WAV Ciinxrvtatiun.il Church October 31 10 a. m. church school. P rof Stallev. su p erin ten d ­ ent At 11. m orning w orship w ith •ernnin A Personal God '.hem. H ark. H ark My Soul ley 7 p m Y oung p e o p le s mi; supervised by Mrs Yount T A rth u r Ounguti. QA0 i SAFRA i O OF GETTING. T û t J W A H T TO C O I O A fo o tb all in tmis .; k a in i f WHAT C O WANT — P N C J tO N iA M ter. l oursquare Gospel Church O ctober 31. 9:45 a m Sunday At li school, classes for all i M o rn in g w o rs h ip 5:45 p in. C in ­ saders p ray er m eeting. ti 15 p m C ru sad er s. rvice. W anda P ark president 7 1.» p. m E vangelistic service T uesd.n evening at 7 45. p rayer m eeting. Friday 7 43 p m . special praise service A special delegation from C olum bia City F o u rsq uare church w ill atten d the service Friday U. S. S e n a to r F re d erick S teiw er has announced th a t he w ill not be a c a n d id a te to succeed him self next y ear. W ith his retire m e n t S teiw er will have served w ith honor and ability in th e sen ate to r 12 years. R egardless of w h e th e r or not one ag re e d w ith him on m any occasions, you could not help but ad m ire him fo r fearlessly s ta tin g his stan d on questions w hen th e easiest r o a d w ould have been to rid e along w ith th e p o p u lar wave. This is a tra it too o ften lack in g in our politicians^ Other Editors ARGUS. Suiuliiy. O ctober *4 British soldier killed, five A m eri­ cans and o th er foreigners e n d a n ­ gered w hen Japanese plan«* swoops dow n at edge «»I in tern atio n al sot tlem tm t at Shanghai New crop control program p ro ­ posed b> ad m inistration may cost a billion d«illars N ahon being sen id le d by federal 1 agents for poison ‘ 'elixir." new liquid m edicine nam ed elix ir o I . ulfandamid«*. w hich already has caused 36 verified deaths. French p rem ier w arns w orld Franc« ready to defend interests w ith force M oscou. Russia, reports death se n te n c e s for 14 persons convicteil sa b o tag e o f soviet agriculture. A F of 1. refuses to recognize la b o r b o a rd ru lin g g iving C I O | ju risd ictio n over P ortland saw - ' l ig h t e r b o y co tt p lan n e d . Monday. O ctober 23 F of 1. am i C 1 O. m aking ess m effo rts ut peace confer- ¡ tt . i > are to have in W ash in g to n . a im s M ott, c o n g re ssm a n com plete charge of th e m eeting, in ­ cluding th e song service, m usical program , and speaking. Rev Mc­ Kean w ill speak. T he C rusade a re holding an unusual service Sunday at 6 15. T here w ill be a scrip tu re spelling bee over Psalms 1-15 —J W illiam C arm am . pastor. from first district, being sponsored for -enat** seat now livid by F re d e ric k S teiw er A F of I. group holds riding giving P I O bargaining au thority o \« r P ortland saw m ills lugh-hand ed act. Saw m ills take no action to open A F of 1. plans d riv e on w aterfro n t for longshorem en Sensational new «hug cures 11 persons w ith strcptócoccus m en ­ ingitis. Tualatin Plains Presbvtrrlan Church B ible school at 10 a. m.: preach ­ ing service at 11 a. m ; C hristian E ndeavor at 7:43 p m. M issionary m eeting the last W ednesday of each m onth. A ll a re cordially welcome. —J. F. kiibson, m inister. tf ¡ I . , T u esd ay , O c to b er 26 F irst C hurch of C hrist. S cientist S ervices are held every Sunday at 11 a. m : W ednesday evening services at 8 o'clock; S unday school at 11 a. m. P upils up to th e age of 20 years a re w elcom ed. Free read in g room open on W ednesdays and S atu rd ay s from 2 until 4 p. m. S unday's topic, "E v erlastin g P u n ­ ishm ent." S even th-day A dventist C hurch S ervices a re held each S abbath (S atu rd ay ) as follow s: S abbath school, 9:45 a. m.: p reaching service at 11; young people's m eeting a t 2:30 p. m. P ra y e r m eeting T h u rs­ day ev ening at 8 o'clock. V isitors a re w elcom e at any service.—Dr. W alter H untington, pastor. tf Thursday, O rfohrr 28, 1937 C h o ir practice. W ednesday. 8 p. m. M id-w eek serv ice T hursday 7:30 p. m. A d ifferen t lead er and topic each w eek M em bers and friends in v ited to atten d Farm ington m e e t­ ing as often as possible.—R L. P u t­ nam . pastor. Highlights in the Week’s ^Hens C hinese defense of S hanghai a p ­ pears to b«* cracking Jap an ese in ­ vaders break through in tw o vital points C 1 O m ade pene«» hid to A F. of I. Lewis w ants right to organize mass production w orkers and to re- tain com plete autonom y Rejection s«*«*ms inevitable Tension grow ing A F of 1. prep. uc:; peace offer W. C Rucgnitz. ex-4-L head, d e ­ cries labor board trial tactics in Portland. New party deal urged by H oover to draw foes of Roosevelt ad m in ­ istration. He puts him self on re c ­ ord as being unavailable for public office R epublicans w arned against try in g to win elections by “jo y rid ­ ing on m istakes K ing G e o rg e VI in o p e n in g p a r li ­ 1 ! ' ' Politicians Guessing (Hy A. L. M iidhcrk) SAI.EM With lhr«*<* «•uni' i* op<*n to him in th«* f«>i thcoining prim al u*.'* S«*vr«*lary «if State* Eui I Snell has all of th«* p«>hli«*al pl ug- iio s tu a to r s Miu sstna ax to w hich on«* he w ill choos«* to tak«* that loading to th«* Unit«*«! States Menate. th«* o n e Icuditix to the gover- im rship or the on«* leading to a ..econd term In the office h«* now holdx Interest in Snell's political am bitions h a: been brought to th«* forefront this week by his sp«*«*ch b, ton* th«* O regon R epublican «tub at a luncheon in P ortland Ills declaration that G overnor Mai tin's decision to seek a sei’otid term w ould have no bearing^ one w ay or another on his own plans has b«*en intcrpretixi hv m any ns indicative of lu.s in ­ tention to seek th«* republican nom ination for goveinm On th«* o th er hand it is know n that many of SneH'x very «lose |>ohtical friends have advised in favor of a second term in the state dep artm en t before trying for tb«* higher honor in the executive depart* inent. Division of F rederick S teiw er not to -.«•»•k a re tu rn to the H. S senate is believ«»d by many to have provided Snell w ith a golden opportunity to cash in on his popularity amt atate-w ide acquaintance Known to be <>( progressiv«» political tendencies Snell is re. gurded by many as tin* one republican with a chance to .stop Willis Mahoney of K lam ath Falls, who is generally conceded to have an edge over any opponent w ho might oppose him in th«* dem ocratic prim aries. Snell him self is content to let the politi- d o n s continue th e ir guessing If he has m ade up his m ind as to just w hat he w ants to do politically a fter his present term a.s s«*creiary of sta te is over lie has never given any in d i­ cation of his intentions A pparently In* la getting just as m uch enji^ynient «nil of the spcculatum s as to his in le rttio n s us th«* pi»»< nusticators arc in m uking them . Divided on P arole Q uestion T h ere appears to be a w ide d iv ergence of opinion regarding parole problem s even am ong G overnor M artin's advisors At th«» last legislative session W L. Gosslin. t h e governor's seeretury. aponoored u m easure w hich w ould have endow ed th«* purole boaul w ith vastly enlarged powers. T he m easure was defeat«*d in the senate, but only over the stren u o u s efforts of Gosslin j»nd Dr Floyd I. litte r, both m em bers of tb«* parole bourd. to shove it dow n the throats of th«* senutors. This we«*k Ralph Moody, assistant a tto rn ey general, in an address before t h e Sulein cham ber of com m erce attacked the m easure as **an insult to th«* law -abiding and to th«* intelligence of all rig h t-th in k in g peoph* and inim ical to the well being of t h e state ’* Gosslin has requ«*sted an opportunity to rep ly t«> Moody and defend bus parol«* bill. am ent dedicates B ritain to h u n t for peace A ttack on cancer by re frig e ra ­ T hursday. O ctober 21 tion d e sc rib e d b e fo re A m e ric an Beaverton Church of Christ Janies R oosevelt nam ed “co-ord- C ollege <>f S urgeons in Chicago The O reneo-R eedville P arish Jo h n Montagu«*. Hollywood mys- B ible school. L ord's day. 9:45 a. lin a to r of th e executive w ork of in- S unday school in both churches. m.. Mrs. V ernon H opper, su p e rin ­ • dependent agencies." tery golfer, cleared of seven-year- 10 a. m.: w orship service in the ten d en t; com m union service, 11 a .! Jim F arley accuses Roosevelt foes old roadhous«* robbery charge by O renco church, 11 a. m.; w orship in., follow ed by preaching, subject, of panic strategy to help them in New York ju ry . service in th e R eedville church, 8 "T he G olgotha Road or Pow er of 1 ' rt tu rn in g to pow er. p. m. W om en's M issionary society th e Cross." special m usic by the I B ritish P rem ier C ham berlain