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 INTERNATIONAL TX 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. S H O P T O D A Y IN T H E H IL L S B O R O A R G U S 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. 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This highly refined oil gives jo » clean, sweet heat all winter long— at the lowest possible fuel cost. Investigate today — it’s time to modernize your home, now! A R G U S W A N T A D S P R O V ID E — F a rm M a rk et P la c e B a r g a in C o u n ters E m p lo y m e n t A g e n c y S e c o n d -h a n d S to re U se d C a r A g e n c y R e n ta l G u id e L ost a n d F ou n d B ureau R e a l E sta te A g e n c y C T H E S E C L A S S IF IE D A D S A R E PR IC ELESS B IT S O F R EA L N E W S TWO HANDY LOCATIONS SERVICE GARAGE BUSCH’S Phones Hillsboro 501 or 391 SERVICE STATION A. H. Busch, Prop. SUSBAUER BROS. CORNELIUS, OREGON Phones: R esidence, C ornelius 366J; Office. C ornelius 371W Next to the back page, section two, each week I