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Scott Raises
Query Over
Election Point
Rogers fo Seek
Mayor's Post
hi Fall Election
llti^h
r > i«'« .th d his inti'ii*
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lion Ihi- « lining fall in an ofht ial
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Bourbon liemi Questions
Asserted Ineligibility;
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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.
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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
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