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baseball— Op«iix M ì iti lllllshoio t ih ini'* ri ir \ dll \ I > 4gUr \ OI U BI « * 13. N H I III a. HilUboio ¡nch’pmdcnt Establuhed 1873 i Scott Raises Query Over Election Point Rogers fo Seek Mayor's Post hi Fall Election llti^h r > i«'« .th d his inti'ii* lion of I h coining .» « undiflah’ for nmy«»l of Hillsboro al gt in ial • h< lion Ihi- « lining fall in an ofht ial niiin»un<<iiniil this "««k I < • • ' • I Bourbon liemi Questions Asserted Ineligibility; Bopubli* an Mi ri Sot I |>,l I Lill Local Bank 11th Largest of State’s 78 HillsboHh Oregon. Thursday. April 21, 1938 Hiltoboro Argiu E»ubluh>-d 1894 Hillsboro Applauds Oregon's Governor at Monday Meeting Death Claims W. C. Jackson Of North Plains William ( il\m Jark^-on. 71 died Saturday aft« i an illn«" of more than two months at his home mar North Plains in the sam« houac in which hi* was bmn on January J. 1887 Mr Jackson, who -pent all his Id«- fai mmg. lived un the 50i>*nrrc farm ottlrd by his father. Uly -os fa all I life. Hi an I Mi Jackson thr formrr Anni Flvlth- all cvkhratid their K«dd« n wed ding anm\«isaiv on February 15, having been married at Mr Jack- N«»n . home on that dale in 1888 by lit v William E Smith, onr «»f th«' <ailv-dav Methodist tninuders of th«* county He was thr youngCMt of a family "f five boys and four girl*, of which only the oldest. Mrs Ci.mr of Milwaukie, nurviv« The h«mM* m which Mi Jackson wa> born, lived and dud was built by hr father nearly 80 year^ ago I'umua! services weir held Wed m .day afternoon at Dom lson «V Sv w «dl « hup« I w 11H K<' H A Deck in ihaigr followed by burial in Jackson ct'imtcry. hi addition to the widow and his sister. Mr Jack al is survived by five of his nine? children Otis and Merritt J Jack« -on both of Cornelius, route I. Mr* Hi- I B. •< h Hdhbor«' •«•ut«- 3 Mrs Jrssn Rinker. Portland. Mrs May Crocker. Cornelius r««utr I. and four grandchildren hi This Corner—The Winners! “Law and Order” Governor’s Topic Labor Racketeering Attacked by Martin In Monday Talk at Chamber-Legion Meet < < > t I I I ! > ■ I I i ' I • I I Spam »h Ainrm an War V«1«».»”' having wrwil in that < tpa< ily for 1931»-37 Al pr< • <*nt h»* h* Id Hn post of t' imnumli i of I hr V« 1« i ui< ('• 'imnand» r coiint d of HilUburu i chancel lor command« i of th** Knights «»f Pylhia a na-ndr i of the Odd Lflluus V< Irian - of Foi < ign Wm v ami i. adpltant of S«'oul llaningt< n Camp. U S W V A i «-tired railroad man Hog« i f i t came to thr comity in HHii with the engineering di\r ioii of the P h edit Kailway and N.r igaiion com pany In 1912 he b« gan woi k w ith Ilie Sonthrrn Pacific, moving to Hilkbor«» whrr«' h«' ha lived nvi smer Hr will announce hi plat form Inter, he said Two Sections—Fourteen Pages Statewide Report Places Largest crowd in Hillsboro chamber of commerce his tory heard Governor Charles H. Martin talk Monday night on the annual American Legion-chamber evening program. Speaking on the subject of Americanism and law and order, the governor lashed out at recent evi dences of gangster rule and labor union racketeers. “Here in Oregon.” he declared, "we have seen a danger- erous situation arise. Control of certain labor unions by Commercial National Up In Oregon Banking Lists Hill l»«»f - ('«»mint rcial National Bank by virtu« of its $1870.54160 total i< <«urc« ranks a OKgoiiM llth largist bank according to figure s r< enved here this w«*« k by W C (’hi । t«-n‘'« n Commercial Na tional pr«“id«nt Figur« w«rv given for 78 banks now in opviation in th«’ state of Oregon, with all report figures taken from statements made at th«' cl«».c ot buMiirs « hi December 31. 1937 Th«* Hillsboro in dilution rank- • d higher than its offi<«'i had an ticipated Chn trnM-n s . ik I when he receiv’d th«’ i eport. >ix ( itirn Lead Although there arc 20 cities in th« stat« larger than Hillsboro, on- I) six of them, including Baker, (’or vail... Eugene. Portland. Rose burg and Suh'Hi has«' banks a. large or laig« r than tlw Commer cial National, a study uf the report revealed The local bank was ci«'dite<i with $1 727 443 01 d« posits Which give? a margin of $143 098 when compared with the total re- sources Totals for th«* county’s seven banks Ju.wcd $1 739 292 98 fh-posits and $5 182 136 Hi total resource- Hhe state totals for all 78 banks in- c!ud«'d in the report show«*d $306 - 431135 28 deposits and $332.907 367 20 total r« soun« (•rove Rank I8lh E’or« t Grov«' Naluin.il Bank sec ond largest in th« county, ranks 18th in the state list with $1.122.« 251 67 deposd and $1 228 '»61 63 re- sourci’s Th«» First National Bank of Forest Grove is numb« r 30 for will k and i« '’Oon'«‘> «»f $893.993 84 Beaver ton •• F.rst Security Bank, which is ranked in 41 t place «»r f«»urth m the county, show $477 439 52 de- M I <d.< 21138 1« First Bank of Tigard, listed as num« , ■ • . • • - ml ■ on deposit, backed by $384 874 18 in total re «»urces Citi/«'ns Bank of <Sherw«»<»d rank’»d ’ ♦ h’ total dc- P< its of $3iM» 491 82 with rr «»urces of $334 318 91 uhib’ Washington County Bank <»f Banks is listed in 74th place for Oregon, with $136.- 513 »4 d« p '- its aond $156 604 72 re- The fit -I ten banks in the state, rankl'd abov«’ the Hillsboro bank, include five banks in Portland, and one each in Salem E igen«* Baker. Corvallis and Roseburg In order, they art' United States National. First National and Bank of Califor nia «»f Portland. Ladd and Bush. Salem: Fir t National Eugene; Can adian Bank of C«»mmerce and Port land Trust A- Savings, both of Port land; First Natmnsl Baker; First National. Corvallis, anti Douglas National Roseburg First ten bank of th«* stair contr« I $293 310.972 8’ ot the stated total $332.1817.867 29 total resources Julius Sch«»enbcrg. 63. retired North Plains merchant, died at Hanneman hospital in Por.thmd Fri day after an « xtendvd illness and was buried M«mday afternoon m Zimm« rman erm« trry Funeral ser vices w«*rr h« ld at D«»nelson & Sew ell Chapel with R«'\ H A Deck officiating Mi V W Gardner was th«* s«»l««ist Mr Scimrnb« rg wa born । n Mmm -«»la >»n Juh 30. 187 l and had r« sided in North Plains for th«' past 18 yi ar- He is survived by his w id ow Mrs I .ena M Sch<Hmb«'rg North Plains; a sti’pson. G«'«»rg«’ L Roun- dy Royally. Tcxa . tw«» stepdaugh- h is. Mrs Bertha Mei ret! Berkele.v Cal . and Mrs Susanne Dav is. Port land One broth<*> Th«'«»dorc. and a sister. Mis Lellu Wissel. live in Stew art. Mmn . another sister. Mrs. Anu h i Grew«*, m Umh’rwood N D. and a brothel Albert, in Bene dict. N. D Mr Schoenberg was a member of Ghmeoe l<»dg«' Knights of Pythias which conducted graveside services Mr Schomberg was a partner in th«* Mavs Br«»s Mercantile store at North Plains for twenty years or m«»tr. i«*1iring about six years Fann Debt Aid Offered bv FSA Winning contestant: in the gala Ea. ter Egg-Hunt Saturday morning m Shute |-.»rk are shown above Top. the entire group of children .. ho found pt i - inning - in their iambics through the park. Middle, tiny two-.v m' old Eoi- Nel.-on. (¡might* r of Mr. «nd Mrs. W I N< Inn of Iio Ion. poses ntop one of the decorated cars after finding four prize eggs, half of winch she handed to Ilie less for- tunute egg- < < k< i Below, the winner.- in the two and five years .i_. tu.ti land in line uwaitiug handing uul ui prist». -tArgua Farm debt adjti iment is on«' of the important services offered Io Washington count' tarmei ' through th«' Farm Security Administration of th«' United Stat«’> department of . agticulhir«'. acc«»rding I«» (’«»iintv Rehabihl.dion Supci \i «»i Vi«*l«»r S Madson Designed I«» i si । farmei w Iios«' debt but(l«*n - exec d « ipacity of farms I«» pay. this service is based on possible «’«»nsobdatton «»I «»hliga- tmns and repayment through fman ,ing extension of lime or other .satisfactory adiu: tmont., i cached by I m'gotittkms between debtor and ci «'dilor Sat ¡.’.factor' provisions for meet mg current obligation' ar«' included in farm plans and budgets worked <»ut with each rehabilitation loan a.’ part of the regular rural rehabilita tion program This allow s the farm- or to meet his current debts, pro« v id ' ;• lh clilnmd ’ »r familv. and •« .tali phutua..» I pay lu«uu axvi Hu »ulxidulcdpienud l their own personal aggrandizement created a situation that if not checked would have been the first step towards dictatorship. The grip of these gangsters and racketeers has been broken and the members <>f the unions have been freed from the reign of terror and brutality with which these men ruled. Union | members have regained control of Occurrence of communicable dis their organizations, so that they eases among school children and may once more function as a vital those of pre-school age has not been part of our American system ’’ excessive in Washington county so Did Win War far this year, according to Dr D C. Martin traced situations elsewhere McDonald, county health officer. in the world in the light of rule of Since January 1, diseases reported the people and democratic prin to the health office have been ciples. “When the United States en chickenpox 33. scarlet fever 30. tered the world war the purpose measles 21. mumps 18. whooping was to make the world safe for cough 10. tuberculosis 7. smallpox democracy." he asserted. "In that 4 and epidemic meningitis 3. respect the United States did win Despite the fact that there has not the war. for it has since been the been any serious "scare." McDon outstanding exponent of democracy ald urged parents to be on the alert for the world. Other nations have for ordinary signs which accom adopted for a short time the demo pany a number of the so-called cratic forms of government, only to =ee them destroyed and replaced by childhood ailments. "Several ordinary communicable ruthless dictatorships that violate diseases have similar symptoms at all of the principles of freedom and the onset.’’ he said, "and it is well liberty we hold so dear. "Net result of rebellion through that parents do not disregard or out Europe has been destruction of think lightly of them." democracy in the Major European Symptoms Given nations. Repercussions of the Bol Headache, excessive nasal drain shevik scheme have been felt in the age. sore throat, irritated eyes and United States. Effort has been and aching of the body are a few of the is being made to divide our people symptoms warned against. They into classes, each pitted against each must be given respect until exact other on the basis of transitory an nature of the ailment is definitely tagonisms of interest." ascertained t America Held Classless "Parents should not hesitate to Principles of equality for all as consult their family physician or h< alth authorities concerning these expressed in the American constitu signs or symptoms. McDonald de tion were pointed out by Oregon's He termed the clared. "If any doubt exists as to the chief executive true nature of the disturbance, framing of the U. S. constitution as greatest achievement in the prompt isolation of the child sus- the peefed of haling a commbnicablc science and development of govern- disease is the surest means to pre । ment" with its creation of repre- vent unnecessary spread This isola ' sentative type of democracy with tion means removal of the child foundations for a classless society. "There is no differentiation be- from school and strict separation from other children in the house ' tween citizens except in individual (Continued on page 5, column 3! hold until a diagnosis is made.” Teachers in their work at school were termed the 'first line of de fence' in preventing spread of com municable diseases. Official Warns Of Disease Spread Danger Governor Clu.rles H .Martin -center» i own just after he had been introduced at the chamber of commerce Monday evening meeting. Applauding him. left to right, are Fred Engcldinger, Hillsboro 1.1 , ii post chaplain. Jerry Owens of Sulein. editor of the Oregon Legionnaire who accompanied the g..'ern< i Captain Arthur Kroeger, commander of Hillsboro Battery E Jake Weil, Ix-gion post com mander and chairman of the meeting a- t W Verm M< Kinney, w ho introduced the governor. Cham- ber President Paul I. Patterson is shown moving tin governor's chair back. Easter Event Draws Crowds Here Saturday Children by the hundreds front all corners <-f the county packed Hillsboro all day Saturday, partici pating in the big Easter egg-hunt in Shute park, a parade through the city, and an all-day showing of a feature film at the Venetian theatre Festivities nt the Easter Saturday affair started at 9 30 with a parade from the Veterans' hall on West Main street. The procession was headed by the pilot car. driven by Mayor J H Garrett and included the snappy bluc-and-white-garbed Hillsboro high school band, a gay crowd of eager egg-hunt partici pants Hillsboro s new fire truck on parade for the first time, and about 25 gaily decorated cars entered by local merchant» Several sçhcyl h isses carrying a number of chil dren were also in the parade Line of march wound about the business section of the city and then down the highway to the park. 75 Get Frircs Skipitcr H L Burnett and mem bers of Sea Scout Ship Rainbow. together with Girl Mariners from the "Half Moon" were in charge of a-'.ivity at the park. The eager crowd of hundreds of children as sembled before the pavilion in the park and were split into three age divisions and then assigned to dif- f< rent areas within the park. About "5 of Ilie participants were rewarded for finding the prize eggs, which were branded with gold stars Nearly Btxi eggs had been hidden throughout the park m preparation for the invasion of the children Each "star" egg-fmder w as rewarded by a 25-ccnt cash prize presented at the conclusion of the hunt, w ith several receiving double rewards All participants were also treated to candy gifts Showing of "Two Wise Maids a comedy starring Allison Skipw-’ith and 1’olly Moran, at the Venetian (t otinnued ®n p « kp ■*. rolumn si Annual Dinner at 300 Expected Laurel Tonight; For Postmen's Tickets All Gone Meet on May 7 LAUREL All will be "hustle and bustle' at the community hall bore Hillsboro will play host to near tonight 'Thursday' when the com- iinufnty club will entertain with the ly 300 letter-carriers May 7. when postmen from all over northwest ; annual chicken dinner. Oregon will gather for an after । Tie first table will be seated noon and evening "get-together, IprJtnptlv at 8:30 and the second at according to John Ryan, local 30 unit secretary. J A -hort program will begin in City mail carriers from a dozen the nain hall at 8 45 The president Oregon cities including Portland. 'of ,i.e Hillsboro Chamber of Com Salem. McMinnville Tillamook. merce Paul Patterson, will give a Forest Grove. Astoria and Seaside - short address. i are expected to attend the con A number of persons from stir- | clave. which will begin In mid- rounding communities will attend aflernoon Ladies auxiliary of the the dinner and all in this vicinity city chapters of National Associa are invited to attend the after-din- j tion of Letter Carriers will also ikt entertainment. Dancing will attend the meeting here. Ryan follow the program F. L. Brown, said. Portlands unit is sending its president of the community cluh. is postman’., band, a 45-piece affair •-■■i.;e) aid Mi: W H McNay, wluch will give several numbers priVuk tif <>f the Ladies Social club. in the course of its parade through the city In ads the dinner committees. Tickets arc all gone and it is use- Speakers Planned Chamber of commerce quarter, Ics. for anyone to come without a have been offered for use in some ticket. of the sessions, with several local men. including Mayor J H. Gar rett and Chamber of Commerce President Paul L Patterson, sched uled to speak before the assembly. There is a possibility that Dan Sullivan of San Francisco, nation al treasurer of the letter carriers’ organization, will be here to speak as one of the highlights of the program. E W Plapp is president Tragedy followed one carly-scas- i of the Hillsboro unit, branch 1780 on fishing cxprditmn Sunday when of the national association, while Fred William Gaines. 40 «»f Beaver- Ryan has been secretary since for tor drowned in East Dairy* crock mation of the local chapter more ai M« acham vrossmg about 15 miles than 20 years ago. Beaverton Man Drowns on Fishing Trip north of Hillsboro. \n autopsy performed bv Dr I). C McDcmaid, county health officer. rev cak'd death as the result of drowning, according to Coroner >• :• ■ i- thought that Games had struck his head on a rock in falling and had drowned while unconscious The stream at die point where the drowning oc curred was only two-and-a-half feet deep, it was reported by Dep uty Sheriff R H Busch, who m- vestigated the affair Sunday aftcr- inoon. Gaines followed the furrier's I trade in Tacoma, but had bren vis- itmg m Remerton with a sister. Mr> M W Manning His com pan- 1 ion «m the fishing jaunt Sunday w.i. Dr T G Helu. Beaverton den- ♦r ’ who reported that he had la*1 ?< « n the man near the spot where the body wa> found Gaines was behe\«’d to hn'e di«'d ab’»ut 3 p m . hut was not discovered for almost । Iwo hours until the body was found by Robert Manegre. 17. of Port land, also an angler. Funeral ser\ ices are to be held toda.' ’Thursday! at 10 a m from the W E Pegg funeral chapel in Beaverton. ( Y oung Demos Meet Tuesday San Franciscan Visits Monday; Lands at Airport George W Gorman of San Fran cisco paid a flying visit to his fath- cr-in-law. W. G Ide. here Monday, landing his four-seater Stimson monoplane at Hillsboro airport. Gorman flew from San Francisco to Portland Thursday. landing at Swan Island airport. With clearing up of rainy weather, he flew out here Monday, stayed a short time, and then flew- south to Port Orford, taking Jerry Wicbcr. Russell Ide and Dick Halvorson of Hillsboro with him. They telegraphed here two hours later, announcing their safe arrival in Southern Oregon. In his capacity as vice-president of the Trans-Pacific Lumber com pany. Gorman uses the air-lanes much of the time, usually doing his own flying. While in Oregon he vis ited his company’s mill at Port Or 1 ford. Young democrats of the county. . 40 strong met in special session Tuesday night at Beaverton Kiwan- is hall m the last meeting before the state convention at Pendleton this week-end. Albert Kemmer and Lucille Mc Gee have been named county club tielcgafes to the convention, and , will leave from Portland Thursday night on the special train going to Pendielon Starting in Eugene, the (■«»mti ih 'In»n shirted rm'stl iv <m tram picks up delegates from a $3< mmi one story of he«' building, Soutlvrn Oregon clubs, and passes planned as thr horn«’ «»f th«' Titlv A. through Corvallis. Salem. Portland Trust c mpany <»n th«' cast sid«' «»f and other points on its way to the South S«x«»nd avenue between Mam state meet It is the first tune that and Washington streets a special tram has been chartered A F H<inl«*.v of route 3 Hillsb«»r«» 1 /or any political group in the state, is owni'r «»f th«' properly and will ; it was declared <'i(i*t th«' building for the organiz Speakers Heard ation Adolph Mohr «»f Hillsboro is Li land Hess, former secretary to contractor Building will be 25 by Judge George Bagley in Hillsboro, 491 • hn't in size, of right-inch tile spoke at the meeting on behalf of wails on concret«' foundation, with the candidacy of his brother. Henry Importance of enlisting aid from a stucco finish and composition L Hess, of La Grande, for govern the general public for the purpose roof or Frank Roberts. Pacific univer of emancipating the lumber indus sity student, talked on the admin try from labor racketeers w a s istration’s reorganization bill How stressed by Carl C Crow, editor ard Hutchinson, attorney for th' Federal Housing Administration, and publisher o f Crow’s Pacific Coast Lumber Digest, in an ad gave a short talk on the work of his dress before Hillsboro Rotarians organization. Announcement was also made of Thursday. Crow lashed out against. Harry the coming Young Democrat dance Bridges, the National Labor Rela io be held in the sunken ballroom tions board, the CIO-AFL contro | ti«»n produced 61 I per « ent more of tin- Masonic temple in Portland versy. "Madame" Perkins, and the I . (’yrus. County Agent) Sixty-six per c«*nt of the cows that | fat per individual, were able to Saturday. May 7. under sponsorship department of labor in the course «•«nnpleted a years production «»n profitably use a greater amount of of the state organization. of his talk, making a strong plea l>«*cemh<*r 31, 1937. in the Washing- I concentrated feed, resulting in only for salvation of Oregon's lumber l«»n County Dairy Herd Improve ner cent higher feed cost but Gardner in Seattle ing industry, which brings in 65 ment. association produced mor«' g.oc .i return above feed cost that V W Gardner of Pool-Gardner cents of every dollar earned for than 350 pounds of butterfat for the was 153 per cent greater than the lumber company attended Johns- the state. y< ar. Nine hundn'd and thirty-six averag«' return of animals in th«’ Manville builders’ clinic held in "I,umbering industry's dollar is c«»\\ were tested during the year tw«» low herds These two low herds Seattle last Friday leaving here the biggest dollar in Oregon to w ith 561 completing a year’s testing had an average of 308 pounds of Thursday mid returning Saturday. day." he averred, "and it will con Th«' average butterfat production fat per vow. whil«' th«' two high tinue to be our biggest dollar long p r co"- whs 384 pounds Thrs«' fig herds had an average fat produc- after nil of us arc gone Oregon to ures ar«* taken from the annual n* |l <»n per c«»w <»f 198 pound:'. Incom- day has between one-fourth and port of Fre«'man Dull, th«’ t< slcr m 1 plct«' data would indieat«' that one-fifth <>f all the standing tim । r\« n Ihi ; average for the low herd rhai ge ber in the United States, and will i> «'«»ii>ideiably above th«’ a'erat« Whil«' th«* feed cost i«'presents «»n Gnaranleed result* clatisifled ad- continue to hair major stands of ly approximately «»ne half th«' total | dmi’.' co" pi oductu»n i erthements are again being of (timber after Washington, supply «'0,3 of producing milk and butt«'» I Comparing production and its l d<’pl< ted fered to readers of the Argus and fat. comparison of this cost for rrr r<»sl for the ten high enws and ’he Portland Credit Poor the general public during Na 1am herds and certain cows is in | trn *io" «’nW., is perhaps not a fair "The credit situation m Portland tional Want Adtteek This event terrsling The lw«» high herds in way of figurine because it is a ( now is at its worst." Crow con V ill he ehsened loealll begin | practical econnmi«' imp<»ssibihiv for th«* association pnKlurrd an aver ning today and continuing tinued. "In November Oregon was age ri'lurn per cow abov«' feed e«»st : any dairyman Io hav«' an ordinary third from Ilie bottom In the list threugh the Hednesdav. that was 153 per cent greater than । working dairy herd of just len cows of states as regards unemployment Vndcr the "Guaranteed Rc- lh«’ per cow averag«* of the tw«» I«»" t " ith production a.* high as the ten • ults" plan, advertisers may run Today, with the situation growing herds This extra return was ac highest animals in th«' ass«»ciation; worse instead of better, this state two insertions of a classified comphshed with a 25 per cent in- likewise, no dairyman would want advettieemenl at regular rates. has more per capita unemployed • to keep a ten-coyv herd with pro er« ase in fred cost If no response is rereived on the than any other state in the unjon! 189 Found Margin Seen duction as low as thr average of Hardly anyone tn the city of Port two advertisements, notify the Difference in produdmn of th«’ | th«' ton low cows. land i>r Multnomah county has es \rgus on the Monday following two groups amounted I«» an aver IMffercncc Startling the last appearance of the ad caped some of its effects ” ag«' of 189 pounds <»f fat per cow Such comparison is intei osting "When the drive of lumber and Iwo more consecutive inner pei year Or Io complete th ' Mini Hi«' i»'n high«' J producers a'« iaged Hou., will bo given free ofcluise. [worker union* began, Portland was. un pm * •• culumn 5) uwry, bitd lor lughvi pxudut- i Work Begun on Office Building Hillsboro Bond Sales 528,231 Hillsboro ranked ninth among second-class postoffices of Oregon in United States Savings Bond sales for the last fiscal year, ac cording to word received here. Total sales of $28.231.25 for the year rated the local office in 14th place among the state’s second class offices on a per capita basis. Forest Grove ranked 13th in the per capita 1.^— with total sales of $18.487 50. Tigard led the entire state in the third c’iss post office division with total sales of $24.- 658 25. Throughout the ration, at close of business March 7. sales of the bonds totaled $1.581.462.875, repre senting investments by more than 1.260.000 people. Record single day sales were on January 10 this year when $10.029.775 worth of bonds were purchased. To date, accord ing to Secretary of Treasury Mor genthau’s report, the government retains more than 92 per cent of all money invested i n savings bonds, less than eight per cent having been redeemed. Magazine Editor Blasts Labor Racketeers County Herd Group Shows Production Gain Guaranteed Result Want Ads Offered selected as the battleground, de spite the fact that workers had less cause for complaint in this state than anywhere else. July, 1937, figures show that Oregon a n d Portland lumbermill wage scales were the highest in the country, averaging 73'i cents an hour, compared with lower rates every where. clear down Io 23 cents an hour avcragi’ for North Carolina. When the battle began, the radi cals of each mill were picked as officers for the drive. Their types have since been revealed by the 'goon' drives conducted throughout the state. Leader Records Given "Of the first 55 labor racketeers arrested. 14 were heads of unions, nine were cx-pugs. nine were men with criminal records, and eight were those with 'local rough neck' reputations. The worst men had been leaders of the strife that ripped Oregon's lumber situation apart and threw it into a deplor able state." Through trike artiui». Crow revealed, mill-workers hair lost more than one-fourth of all work ing time in the past four years In 1934 they were off eight weeks be cause "f longshoremen'» strike in 1935 they lost nine weeks with a sawmill strike. The next year saw them off three weeks because ot longshoremen’s strike tn 1935 they lost nine weeks with a sawmill strike The next year saw them off three weeks because of log gers’ strike and seven week* dm to seamen's »trike. And in 1937 the sawmill woikii , were oil a (CMKiuutg uu IM»» 4. <.U«au D 1
