County Tops
Entire State
in Strawberries
Looks Like Another Job for Georgi
and $94 788 59 for the county school
' fund In 1911 ap proxim ately the
same am ,'tint w as provided, th ere
being h i excess of otie-half m illion
d.di.us for count) rand in 193 ’
llie drop i am e For Unit year $523
316 11 i e p its e u le d III«- total w ith
$253.437 88 of that sum going toi
co u n t, roads and th e decline c o n
tinued steadily reaching a loo ebb
W ashington county L th e largest
producing county i n
Oregon, and ranks as 18th largest
in the nation, according to a U S
departm ent of com m erce ju st issu
ed from W ashington. I) C
C ounty production for 1934. the
last y ear included in th e report
was given as 2.557.409 q u arts from
2003 acres. M arion county w as list-
ed as h a, ¡ng a larg er acreage but
was 13 places below W ashington
eounty in point of production. All
told, four O regon counties w ere
listed in th e repoit. which includ
ed the tup 50 straw b erry p ro d u c
ers of the nation.
With regard to n u m b er o f acres
for th e four O regon counties, the
follow ing o rd er was given in n a
tional rank: 112» M arion. 2685 acre-
(21» W ashington. 2008: «32» C lack a
mas, 1485: 1361 Linn, 1237. The
rank according to production was
listed as <18 W ashington. 2 557.-
409 quarts <27> Clackam as. 1 965.-
894: <31» M arion. 1,753.383
and
in 1935 o hen $191.all» wa . h a d lo r
stra w b e rry
1 county m uds The (olio,, m g ¡Hits
(rates the change in conditions
Y ear
Amt avail for roads
1930
$.<55 330 34
i
1933
1934
203.17218»
1935
191.710 90
191.51038)
1936
196 172 00
"D uring this period th e county
road m ileage has remain»',! fairly
stationary. The relief given by the
state's assum ption of 52 m iles of
secondary highw ay has been w ore
than offset by the loss of the state
m arket road levy and by th e a d
dition of som e new i i i . lea.;,■ Wc
have in this county 1118) m iles of
county roads and 3»-., m iles of
bridges
Most of th ese roads r e
ceive liea, y and constant Use Many
of them se rv e prosperous com m u
nities as m arket roads The p ro x be out of line, it was claim ed, since business and g iv e; it good advertis-
im ity of this county to P ortland budget increases a re m o rd e r in In ■
tf
and th e fact that m uch m arketing
is done daily directly from the
farm to the city m akes it im p era
tive to the w elfare of the people
. that th e roads should not only be
m aintained but should be im proved
A harrow lo ad w hich presents no
hazards w hen trav eled at 10 m ile
an hour becomes a tra p w hen
trav eled at 30
"The county court w ould like to
see this county a netw ork of tine
THERMOS LUNCH KIT nnd
eounty
roads w hich could
be
VACUUM BOTTLE
traveled in com fort unde, any co n
ditions. but this d ream will n ever
Give your children hot lutirlu's
be realized u n d er the adm im sti i-
tion of this co u rt o r any o th er
S H A V I N G C R F .A M , h u g e ttilm — a n d
A rk
court until m ore funds a re m ade
5
RAZOR
BLADES,
double
edge.
BOTH
available No court, irreg ard less of
the m ethods used, could properly
50c ANTISEPTIC SOLUTION
m aintain, m uch less im prove, a road
system as ex ten siv e as that in this
50 DR WEST TOOTH BRUSH. BOTH
county w ith th e am ount of m oney
m ade available d u rin g the past five
FLASHLIGHTS—
/
-
Hnd
years
Latest
style
e
J
e
JV
up
It w ould a p p ear th a t 1938 should
be th e tim e to resu m e an active
FREE POCKET DICTIONARY with ever, A / -
program of road im provem ent and
w ith the hope that this idea finds
bo ttle of QUINK INK
favor w ith the tax p ay e rs th e court
These new figures indicate, the
report says, that straw b erries far
outrank o th er berries and a re one
of the most w idely grow n a n d
popular of all fruits. The groat
diversity in geographic location of
straw b erry producing areas now
m akes possible a supply of fresh
straw berries th ro u g h o u t’ th e vear
D evelopment of th e ' pony re frig
erator" type of package and re frig
erato r cars was said to have facil
itated long-distance shipping o t
straw berry products A large p o r
tion of the national output is now
preserved by t h e frozen - pack
method, it was stated
B ig g e r B a rg a in s
O regon Second in
C lie rrv Production
O regon
nid
rank
n m o n 1
w e tc in »tales m I h e n \ pi<>«tu
lion, a c c o rd in g to I i g u m u h i « I
the; w eek by th e U S d e p ai tint lit
of c o m m e rc e
I 'h v e n o f tin» nation* : 100 nut«
s t a n d i n g vh»’ir> p ro d u c in g t »»unta-
a r e located m O rtg o ii, o nly o n e le
th a n Ih«- I’* list««! Horn ( 'a iif o r n ia
W ash in g to n c o u n ts
h ohl
n in th
p la c e a m o n g th e »»»untie. o( th»*
ta te In n a tio n a l ra n k it ha 72nd
piaci» in 11111111)1-1 of lr»‘C-;, fig u re d
» a I l h r I > I I , • ; 1 • ».l » I < j • I ‘
I , • j •
< h i g o n c o u n ts
lltli
p la c e
in
p o i n t of c h e rry
is
W as»-.»
h o h h -l
of
n a tio n a l r a tin g , in
p ro d u c tio n In 1034
W ash in g to n co u n ty p ro d u c e d 7.510
b u sh e ls of th e fru it, th»» re p o rt
sta te d
I f i t ’i a b o u t R a d io
SE E
DO UG LASS
Avoid
Expensive
Burn-Outs
on Bargain Dav!
1.29
Surprise Party
at Kansas Citv
Celebrate B irthdays
525.050 81
253.427.38
193 7
201.000 00
M ileage Nearly sta tio n a ry
<61> L inn. 904,164.
(By Mrs. J. A. McCoy)
KANSAS CITY—Mrs.
M artin
V anderzanden w as pleasantlv s u r
prised S aturday evening ' w hen
some of h er friends cam e in to help
her celebrate h er birthday a n n iv e r
sary. The evening was spent in p lay
ing "500''. Mr. and Mrs. J. P V an
derzanden received highest. Louie
Strohm ayer, consolation.
Ernest V olberding and Zella R uth
Rice w ere w eek-end guests of Miss
Rice's sister. Mrs J. A. McCov. and
family.
Mr. and Mrs M arshall M cIver and
Mrs. M cIver's fath er M artin V an
derzanden retu rn ed hom e F ridav
evening from a fishing trip to T illa
mook.
N il
1932
e n d o rse s lit pro|s>s.il for a special m an y o th e r O re g o n c o n n in '
w ith
road la x "
a goc I -lia ri' of th e new re v e n u e
T h is sp e c ia l ro a d levy w o u ld b e 1 to he d e v o te d to road I m p ro v e
in a d d itio n Io th e $2.12.138 a h e a d , m e n ts Road fu n d s o v e r th e |MI I
a llo tte d for ro a d p u rp o se s m th e le w y e a rs h a v e a llo w e d only fot
1938 b u d g e t, w h ic h w ill com e u p 1 m ain te n a n c e , w ith n o
p ro v isio n
lor a p p io , al at th e b u d g e t m eet m ad,' to r n , a l y i i n p l ' o , , in, lit
m g in th e county em u i r o o m s
A n n o u n c e m e n t of i l i o , o itung
n e x t M onday
P e titio n e rs i c q u r s l
lo a d
m e e tin g se rv e d I o re, ill
ing th e sp e c ia l m e e tin g b e lie , c th at j m em o ries of th e last 1931 m eet
th e (anility
c an n o t c o n tin u e t o inc w inch w a - h riil III S hut,- pal k
n e g le ct its ro a d s w ith I , . . Ilian a u d it,,i inni „ U h lu m e Ilian iliHili
h a ll (lie a m o u n t e x p e n d e d lo r road in a tte n d a n c e T h e m e e tin g b ro k e
p u rp o se s w h ic h wa m ad e a v a i l u p a m id a re ig n o f he,H am and
a b l e i n 193,1. w h en c o m b in e d conn
c o n fu sio n a . C h a irm a n I M tie ss e
t , a n d m a r k e t road fu n d s to ta lle d 'h a lt e r e d th e h a n d le of lu.s gav el
$ >63 593 89 us c o m p u t 'd
to o n ly . w h ile p o u n d in g to r o ld e r
T he
$204.4181 for tin vcm a n d tile $23.'
vole ta k e n al tliut m e e tin g w a-
138 in clu d ix l in 1933 b u d g e t p r o v i lu le d ill,-gal h, , a ils,' of Hu* con
sions.
fu sed s ta te of a lf a tr s und ntlogt'd
b n llo t-b o x stu ffin g
Increased Fund R equired
C o u n ty E n g in e e r J. W. H arney
Since 1933. som e o f th e m a rk e t
ro a d s fo rm ei I, c a re d lot by th ,'. b eg an a "xpeedoinetei s u r v e y ’’ of
c o u n t, h a v e b e en ta k e n u n d e r th e th e countx s ro a d s last w eek, in th e
c o u rse of w h ich he w ill m e a su re
w ing o f th e s ta te h ig h w a y com uii
sum u n d e r th e c la ss ific a tio n o f sec tin» to ta l ntileu g e o f c o u n ts lo a d s
a
n d inspect b rid g e s am t o th e r m a i
, Hilary h ig h ,, ay s but Hus a m o u n l-
E stim a te s p lace
t h e
eil Io only 52 mile-, of Wa llin g to n c o n d itio n s
o u n ts s m ile a g e at slig h tly ovei
co u n ty to ad s, according
County c 1000
H arney d o e s n ’t a n tic ip a te f i n
E n g in e e r J
W H ain,'., A dd itio n
to th e tw u -m ill tax wall ra is e th e ish in g his c h e c k u p b e fo re th e close
c o u n t, tax I c y a b o u t $21)1881 o ,c i of th e y e a r
last y e a r
T h e levy p ro p o se d m
tin» 1938 budget h o w e v e r, c alls for 1 No business firm should send out
.» deere;use of $12 404 72 ovei the a letter w ithout its being on a
cut re n t y e a r ’s
p rin ted letterh ead and in a printed
T h is raise, how ever, w ould not envelope
It lends d ig n ity to the
last w eek and th e fam ily w ill move
th ere soon.
13 Not U nlucky
Two five-point elk w ere bagged
by Jo h n P ubols and P ete Jorgenson
on a h u n t n e a r U kiah last week
Jo h n 's elk w as shot on N ovem ber
13. was th e 13th packed out by the
pack train and w as k illed by the
13th shell in th e box.
H enry Jacobson and P ete Y u n k er
w ent duck h u n tin g last w eek at
T illam ook Bay.
Mrs. O rpha D ailey and sons M ar
vin and Jim m y are visiting h er p a r
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Jam es Hays.
R obert, th e youngest son of M r
and Mrs. Jam es Im brie. is reco v er
ing from a seriously cru sh ed arm .
w hich h e caught in th e w rin g er last
M onday.
Mrs. J. B P ric k e tt of F o rest G rove
and Mrs. P ete Y u n k er spent M on
day w ith Mrs. Y u n k er's fam ily at
St. Helens.
Laurel Community Pot Luck
Sunday: Program Fridav Eve
(B y Mrs. F. L. Brown)
LAUREL—T h ere w ill be a com
m u n ity pot luck p ost-T hanksgiving
d in n e r at th e com m unity hall S u n
day. E veryone is w elcom e to tak e
part.
Mr and M rs F red Schm idt and
son Cecil and A dolph Schm idt v is it
ed th e Jo h n Schm idt fam ily at M on
tesano. W ash , from F rid ay u n til
M onday.
Radio
inspected
Today
Phone, write or t ome in
JLi)C
5Cc TALCUM — Assorted odors.
O n ly
a n n iv ersary of h e r dau g h ter. B ev
erly.
Mrs an d M rs R aleigh Whitnwore
e n te rta in e d w ith a T hanksgiving
and b irth d a y d in n e r at th e ir hom e
T hursday, th e honor guest being Mr
W hitm ore's father. C alvin W hit
m ore. cele b ratin g his a n n iv ersary
w hich is on th at day O th ers present
w ere Mr. and Mrs. M arion Boge of
P o rtland. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Lee
and children. Everet. B erniece and
L orene of C h erry G rove. Mr. and
Mrs. A rlan d W hitm ore. M r and Mrs
Teon L ovegren and son. Mrs. C a l
vin W hitm ore. Mr. and Mrs. H erm an
W hitm ore and dau g h ter. E leanor,
and Ire n e and E laine W hitm ore.
H ills b o r o P h a rm a c y
"S ave on Drugs'*
W s 7V»/S ?
See M e lt e b e k e ’s A d
P age 6. Section 2
O rchardale
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A fte r (he
midnight fir e
lilt's ai?
sham P
if it wasn’t
in s u r e d
by
CHAS. L.
WALKER
Every Form of Protection
P hone 1732
116 S. 3rd
DOUGLASS
R a d io Service
W ith S elfridge F u rn itu re <’<>.
Piioin* 31 \
llillslto ro
At Your
Convenience!
C ounty Road M eet
Set for Saturday
West U nion Social
Proves a Success
-4 rx _
ly e
Prescriptions Our Specialty
Cpa zJ.m&cL
C alvin W hitm ore Honored
Mrs. M. J V anderzanden. along
w ith th ree others, celebrated b ir th
days w ith a pot luck d in n er at noon
Program F riday N ight
w ith the Royal N eighbors at Banks.
L au rel school e n te rta in m e n t w ill
F ern W aldron and Wilma H allock
be F rid ay even in g at 8 o'clock as a n
have retu rn ed hom e from Hood R iv
nounced last w eek E veryone w el
e r w here they have been w orking in
come.
the apple harvest th e past six
Mr. and Mrs. E lb ert S tev en s w ere
weeks.
guests at th e w edding o f his sister.
Miss Zella R uth Rice of P o rtlan d
Miss
Ina Stevens, and O T. B atem an
spent last w eek w ith h er sister. Mrs V oces Home R em odeled
at th e W. L. S tevens hom e in H ills U nion Social Saturday-
Rudolph H ardebeck. and fam ilv of
The hom e of Mr. an d Mrs. C arl boro S atu rd ay evening
F arm ers' U nion m em bers w ill
C onsolidated Mill.
Voges has been com pletely rem o d el
N ut crack in g at th e L. A. W hittle hold a social at th e L au rel com
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. V anderzanden ed d u rin g th e past few w eeks. Im
m u n ity hall S aturday, begin n in g at
cm n tain ed tin H arm ony club m em provem ents include a basem ent, place w as finished S atu rd ay .
8 p. m A dm ittance w ill be by m em
bers and th e ir husbands W ednesday furnace, firep lace an d re a rra n g e B roadcasters to M eet
B roadcasters class of th e S unday b ersh ip card o r invitation P rogram
at an all day m eeting and pot luck m en t of rooms.
school
w ill l,old its m o n th ly b u si w ill be p resen ted by th e Jo u rn a l
d in n e r at noon. T he H arm env club
M r. and Mrs. V.’ P. B arachm an
Jin iors and cards an d dancing „Ml
has becom e a m em ber of th e Red and tw o children. M aurice and N or ness and social m eeting S atu rd ay fill out the evening.
Cross. N ext m eeting w ill be a n m a Jean , have m oved into th e J even in g w ith B etty Je a n Davis at
e r home.
nounced later.
G eisb u h ler place. Thev cam e re c e n t h Plan
for Bazaar
Ralph V anderzanden r e t u r n e d ly from Curtis. Neb.
N early 100 p e r cent m em b ersh ip
hom e W ednesday from Alsea, w here
w as p resen t at th e L adies' Social
he spent a week fishing.
club m eeting held w ith Mrs. A.
D arrel B rady w as unable to a t
R utschm an last w eek w hen plans
tend school T uesday on account of
n tin u e d fro m p ace ! )
w ere fu rth e re d for th e b azaar and m an n er (C w o hich
an injured toe received in gym
»By Mrs. B. E. Waldorf»
w ill provide for it
carn
iv
al
to
be
h
eld
S
atu
rd
ay
ev
en
nasium exercises in high school’
as
for
all
o
th e r types of use.
MASON HILL—C harles Wood e n
Johnnie A dylott is building an joyed a tw o-day visit last w eek w ith ing. D ecem ber 4. at th e hall. The
'2) Lack of funds d u rin g th e
addition to his barn. P. R. S ta rk is his sister and tw o sons, w hom he m eeting n ext W ednesday w ill be I past six years has been th e larger
doing the work.
held
w
ith
Mrs.
A
nna
S
chm
idt
as
co n trib u tin g fac to r to this co n d i
had not seen fo r 12 years. T hey a re
Louie S trohm ayer is w orking on Mrs. J A. L indell and Roy L indell hostess at h e r hom e unless m em bers tion. On m any occasions the a t
his other ranch, w hich h e p u rch as of Spokane. Wash., and Mr. and Mrs. a re inform ed otherw ise.
tem p t of the court to ex p lain to an
ed recently on Gales Creek.
Mrs. N. B en n ett re tu rn e d hom e in d iv id u al or a group of individuals
H arold L indell and sm all d au g h ter
last w eek from S tanfield, w h ere she th a t lack of funds m ade it im
Mrs. E arl W aldron and Una B rady of T he Dalles.
a re ill.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. F ren ch e n te r had been v isiting for sev eral w eeks possible to g ran t a req u est for
tained at a b irth d a y p a rty M onday w ith h e r d au g h ter. Mrs. B lanch im provem ent w ould be m et by the
evening, in h o n o r of th e ir son A l W allace. Mr. and Mrs. W allace I rep ly th a t 'T axes a re no low er.’
u g h t h e r hom e ar.d rem ained for T h at statem en t is not the fact. D u r
bert. G uests w ere Mr. an d Mrs. C. H. b ro
w eek 's visit.
ing th e bad y ears of the d e p res
Gonyo. Mr. and Mrs. Jo h n Pavelcik. a B rid
e-E lect H onored
sion circum stances m ade it neces
Mr. and Mrs. L. P. H arrison. H enry
A
n
u
m
b
e
r
of
ladies
from
h
e
re
a
t
sary to give ev ery relief possible
and LeRov B ucher. Jam es Howe.
WEST UNION— P ie social and H allie Isaacs. C h arlo tte M onkers ten d ed a b rid al sh o w er given for to th e ta x p a y e r The tax levy
Miss In a S tev en s at h e r hom e in w as su b sta n tia lly reduced an d th e
T hanksgiving program held at the and F ran ces H arrison.
school F riday night w as a big suc
road fu n d h as n e v er since been
Jam es H owe of S outh D akota, a r H illsboro. T h u rsd ay evening.
Mr. and Mrs. A de R utschm an and b u ilt u p to an am ount w hich even
cess. J. G. V incent acted as auc rived S unday to v isit his cousin.
tw o sons w ere S u n d ay d in n e r p arty app ro aches th e am ounts available
tioneer and the receipts of th e ev e Mrs. Jo h n Pavelcik.
guests at th e hom e of h e r p arents. for ro ad purposes in p re -d ep res
ning w ere S22.68. w hich w ill be used
Mr. and Mrs. Roy H eineck of P o rt sion years.
to purchase curtains, bo oks an d o th
land. cele b ratin g T hank sg iv in g as Seven Y ears B rin g C hanges
e r accessories for the school. This
I th e o th e r d au g h ter. Mrs. A ndy Veek.
w as the first social of its kind to be
“A b rie f study of th e facts and
Mr. V eek an d th e ir fo u r ch ild ren of a su rv e y of th e road funds over a
h eld in the school house for over
I By Mrs. R. H unger)
20 years.
ORCHARDALE—B orn to Mr. and O lym pia, w ho w ere presen t, could sev en -y ear period w ill illu stra te
B ellinger Buys Place
Mrs. H arvey W ilson a girl. Jan ice not rem ain u n til T h u rsd ay . O th ers th e change w hich has ta k e n place.
“ In 1930 th e re was m ade av a il
L. L. B ellinger purchased th e old Mary. N ovem ber 11. at th e m a te rn ity p resen t w ere Mrs. F an n y M essinger
of Oswego. Mr and Mrs. Roy Fields able fo r all purposes by th e action
Grossen place from H enry W hite hom e in F orest G rove.
Roscoe A llen is reco v erin g from and son of H illsboro and G ordon of th e county co u rt and by special
road tax th e to ta l sum of $838.-
appendicitis at th e V an co u v er h o s I H eineck. all fo rm e r resid en ts here.
I Mrs. M inta A dam s of F arm ington. 153.84. O f th is am ount »555.330.34
pital.
66.3 p er cent of the total was
T h e in fan t d a u g h te r of Tom T a n • w ho has been at th e hom e of h e r sis or
for county roads. $36,620 for r e
aka died at a P o rtlan d hosp ital last ter. Mrs. J. W. M ulloy. fo r sev eral lief
in all its phases, $452.415 for
w eeks, re tu rn e d to h e r hom e S atu r-
week.
county general purposes, such as
T he W. P. A. has fu rn ish ed a d ie u rd ay . Mrs. M ulloy is im proving law enforcem ent, courts, m ainte- j
rily from h er re cen t illness.
tician fo r th e school so th e ch ild ren satisfacto
nance an d operation of county of- •
B irth day C elebrated
w ill have hot lunches.
Mr. and Mrs. R aleigh W hitm ore fices. a g ric u ltu ra l activities, etc., I
an d d au g h ters Iren e an d E laine
R em em ber th e m o re you tell, th e w ere guests at a d in n e r p a rty S u n
m ore you sell w hen u sin g A rgus day at th e hom e of Mrs. H illie T y k e,
W ant Ads.
tf son, cele b ratin g th e fifth b irth d ay
M ason H ill
H a v e Y ou r
Hillsboro
■oar
Imagine a store so large, so complete as to be
able to supply every want you might think of
a store in which you can sell or trade as well as
buy—a store which will rent anything for you,
or find you a job—a store that offers new bar
gains every week in all types of merchandise.
That’s the Argus Want Ad section, largest,
most active market place in Washington eoun
ty.
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Want Ad Store
You are sure to find some offer through which
you can profit personally. And when you want
to turn anything into cash, put it on display in
this complete market. Just Telephone 3101
and you start the wheels moving.
Custom-Built
TIRES
D-30 TRUCK
w ith D u m p B od y
An outstanding truck in
the low - price, light - duty
field. Combines a ll-tru c k
construction w i t h power,
stamina, speed and operat
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