Council Proposes Hospital; Seeks PW A Water System Aid
Willsbor^Mr g u
Fr r-
Ihll boro, Oregon, Thursday. Jul.
193«
Hillsboro's Merchants Win Tournament Acclaim
Industrial
Accidents
Kill Four
Slated by Councilmen
Firt moves toward agitation for
municipally-owned general hos
pital took place at Tuesday night's
special city council session, when
a motion was passed calling for a
resolution setting a special elec
tion to decide whether or not citi
zens favor the move. The council
Portland Man Electrocuted
out
ir
three
te ex-
22 (KW)-
volt
ch ctnauted a
Harold Olson. 54, Han Anrbr-
son. 51 and N< ; Erickson
all instantly killed in a dynam
explosion
Thu
whore
working on a
tension. Tin
railroad ex
i- part of ;
work
blading fur
Standard Logging company »3«
12 miles southwest of the main
a
camp Tlie accident occuri
they
ere preparing for a
blast to clear the w ay for
new
main line road when the
mite exploded ahead of si ichedule.
Three others. members of the
powder
escaped uninjured
including John Olson and Mica
Slaovich of Portland and Lawrence
victims
brought
Hillsboro by Coroner Fred J Sew
•11.
1883
born in
He filled
living at
7. commi:
there from Portland. A ingle ma
he had b«
in the United Stat
H
Han' Anderson was born in Sel-
■n Norway September 17. 1886
Shown above are the Hillsboro baseball stalwarts
who ruled as favorites of the fans in the state
V»ui ¡.ament at Silverton this week
Until they
dropped a 4 to 2 decision Sunday night to Ed-
Furniture, the Merchants had won 16
strai, t gam< ' to compile the best mark ever re
in Hillsboro baseball history Those shown
in the picture include (front) “Little Bert" Fleskes.
row < left to right) —
mascot and batboy;
Bert Fleskes. catcher;
Frank
New Plan Has
Fast Response
Annual 4-H Picnic Wismer Files
Planned Sunday Petition for
At Roamer's Rest
of
in this
vi re held from Donelson
Henry S halier of Pilgrim House
fficiatmg Burial took place in the
Hillsboro
Nels C. Erickson. 29. wa, born
in Sweden September 17. 1998
md had been in this country for
len years. He was a powder man
md jack-hammer operator He re-
dded at 4809 !
Lombard street
n Portland, and
survived by his
widow. Mrs N E. Erickson. Hi.
remains were taken by tho Pear
son Funeral Home in Portland
held Saturday
afternoon.
Shock Kills Worker
Leonnes
Daubenspeck,
of
Portland
al Electric com-
electrocuted when he ac-
cidentally touched
LOOO-volt
wire while working Thursday aft
ernoon in the company's Beaver-
ton sub-station.
Daubenspeck was working
a ten-foot ladder when the
dent occurred
m. Thur
according to Deputy Sheriff
R H Busch, who
First aid treatment was applied in
Beaverton and he was then taken
to St. Vincent's hospital in Port-
(Continued on page 71
rule .
ty fair on Sep' ■m-
began to come in
nn tount«d by
Davis, manager of the
event.
Glenn ' Carlson of Scholls, petite
blonde 1938 graduate of Hillsboro
high school, was the first one to
II
jbmitted
Monday Davis said, with the back
ing of Future Farmers of America.
Veld Kr
oi Hillsboro l r •
2. a junior at Hillsboro high school
candidate of the Laurel
Farmers' Union. She is the daugh-
ti r of Mr. and Mrs Ed Krause.
Selection of the ' Harvest Queen"
an idea new to the county fair.
and wn announced just last week
by the county
board. Ar
young woman between Ifi and 25
eligible to enter the race for the
post with sevet young women
eventually to be chosen, one of
whom will be named queen with
(he remainder as her attendants in
the court.
Meanwhile, preparations went on
apace at the fair grounds making
ready for the most pretentious
edition of the fair vet planned. Re-
there
in
buildm
(Continued on page 81
Half Dozen Farms Yield
Irrigation Method Results
Large Number View Pasture Growths on
More than 100 farmers and others interested in re
sults of pasture irrigation in Washington county took ad
vantage of a series of visits conducted on Friday, Saturday
and Monday under the direction of County Agent William
F. Cyrus to view the irrigation work being carried «>ut on
six farms in the county.
Flood irrigation was studied in Friday visits to the
Loren Thurnher. Frank Setniker and Freudenthal farms
southeast of Hillsboro. Saturday morning's meeting
program chairman, I. G. Bron-
leads of Hillsboro's Rotary club,
ROT ARV III
luncheon on the Weil lawn last week.
I (H X I AIN BE Ml li I at n project viewers saw flus gushing stream
hvdr.int on (he Setniker farm southwest of Hillsboro Li t week-end and gurgled on down an irrigation
■I. Woods.
dilch Among
Ainoni; tho
Um c i shown
hown 'left
Heft Io right
right» > are County Agent W F Cyril . Frank Setniker. 1. .'.
l>r William B. ('handini O < n Poe. John Hiatt and n.ilpll limit.
I I.DOU 311 ITIOD Inferi b l iri'iisifion nr-p' i lors re Hu f|.... I irrigali,
dcnthul farm Among those pictured Heft G» right • are Art King, slate
SI,,.', ,.| ml rmi.m valion mi i<e llu.;li MvGiIvra. Ed Frenili nthal, 1!.
tv Agent Cyrus. Bradlord Fow Ie.. Hill Roberts anti J. Roberti..
POWER PLANI
the waler I
1
North Plains Youth
Scoti. John Enschede, Conn-
11
Ex-County Man
niece, Ben
Permits Withdrawn
D. Mickle, former Wash-
No rubbish lues will be permitte
minty man and for several m Hillsboro until further notice.
ad of the foods and dairies Fu c M arsii d Willie Dillon
Multnomah
of agriculture.
Governor Marfin
on T White as s
agriculture
quit the post to bee
Hie p.i.l
• studied the effect i of iprinklcr ir-
rigalimi on the Hugh Callahan farm
in Patton valley, while flood irri-
gallon effects were noted Saturday
afternoon at the Robert Warrens
Not Necessarily News
farm at Gales Creek . nd on Mon
day afternoon at the Elmer Gucr-
Councilman Ait K
ber farm near Helvetia
wearing a new haircut .
On the Loren Thu mini farm
Id Freudenthal being «nial
pasturò
from a jury . .
II. E. Espey, the inspecting party
on six acres of land, c
addition to an alfalfa field with
müssen presiding at a Cub meet
its second heavy crop of hay already
E A. Griffith nopi
his brow who wasn't'’
Bill I in the shocks Put in l ast year aft-
Hare and Don Templeton lock g I er the land had been leveled off
I and put into shape through use of
horns in
legal battle
a road grader, the pasture on the
Grorgr McGrath aiding an iioui
.nice adjuster over a ciatn 1 te Ladino clover lias been used to
Jack Rush low, just fresh support the Thurnher herd both
from fishing, seeking someone to | this year and last Irrigation of the
patch, which amounts to about $2
take as a swimming partner
Watching Hillsboro's ba chill
team al Silverton: Doc Abrams • enabled the Thumhv
as the
cfcai up in the air. making i s half again as many
cited comments
Russell lis
dale. ex-local branch manager of not irrigated.
National bank, renewing ! 7 Acres .lustily
According to plans. Thurnher will
acquaintances on a trip to the
game from Albany . .
Claud soon irrigate most of his ranch
Cook cheering son Vernon's sec I through use of the same svstem.
ond-basing antics.
(Continued on Page 8)
county's 4-H club
held at Roamers
picnic
Rest. Sunday. July 31. according to
plans made by the executive com
mittee of the Local Leaders associa
tion. announced by L E. Francis.
» ai;:.tan' county agent.
Annual ball game between 4-H
leaders and members will com
mence at 10a. m. Speakers and pro
gram for the day will be decided
on and announced at a later date.
County 4-H picnic has always been
ine <>’f tlie highlights in the pro
gram of 4-H club activities, states
Francis, inasmuch as it is one of
the few events which brings to
gether club leaders and members
Ir in all parts of the county, as
well as principal guests from the
state club office and from other
counties in the state.
All 4-H club people and their
friends are welcome to participate
in the picnic.
Death Claims
Mrs. J. Connell
Mayor’s Post
Hillsboro city politics began
brewing this week with the an
nouncement of several candidacies
V1 1L
ejections
Nominating pétitions f»r-several
candida’os were filed with City Re
corder E M. Bowman during the
oast week, and were accepted by
the men named.
J J. Wismer. present city council
man from Ward 3. southwest Hills
boro. has been named as a candi
date for the post of mayor to suc-
cc d Mayor J. H Garrett, who does
not intend to run for that office.
Hugh S Rogers announced his in-
tentions ol campaigning for the
mayor's post several months ago.
but h*s petition has not been filed as
William F Haase has filed for
councilman from Ward 3. which
post will be vacated by Wismer
upon expiration of his term this
year
City elections will be held
vember 8. in conjunction with the
regular fall elections All city can
didates must have their petitions
filed not later than 30 days prior
to the election. Bowman stated.
Dr. J. O. Robb, incumbent coun
cilman from southeast Hillsboro,
ward 2. accepted the nomination to
run again for the post, and L. C.
Krarmen. who is councilman for
an-
the north district, ward
nounced his acceptance of nomina
tion. Terms of both men expire
Death late last Friday night took
Mrs. Berta M. Connell. 69. wife of
Washington county's popular Sher-
nf John W. Connell, at Jones hos
pital in Hillsboro following an ill
ness of three and a half months'
duration She died at 11:57 p m.
native of
Mrs Connell was
Oregon, born at Willamina in Yam
hill county on April 21!. 1869. She
had lived in Hillsboro for the past
years. In addition to Mr. Con-
nell. she is survived by a daughter
Mrs W. E. I Helen Grimes' Slater,
and a sister. Miss Anna McDonald.
bot h 1 of Hillsboro; also a stepd tugh-
and son. Mis Helen Patterson
of Eugene, and John Connell Jr.
Boy Scout camp for members
of Hillsboro.
Ihr HHNb »ro
di-trict will
('prn Sunday. July 24. «it Lee Falls.
day afternoon
war Cherry Grove off the
Sewed funeral chapel. Rev. H A
Grove-McMinnville high-
Peck officiated al the requiem rib >
was announced this week
Concluding services were hi Id .it
. R R Faster, district chairman.
the Portland crematorium.
Many members of the Hillsboro
Mrs Connell lived the ear v pari district arc planning to attend this
her life in
year's camn. which will last until
later moved to Portland, where she Saturday. July 30. A staff of com-
resided until coming to Hillsboro
pctent men and older boy leaders
Pallbearers Monday were Charles are in charge of the camp this
Follette. L. C. Kramien and Her year, headed by Paul H Yearout.
bert 1. Mackenzie of Hillsboro and field executive, as camp director.
Wayne Hampton. Lee Jernigan and Camp fee is $1. with each Scout
to provide his own food.
District Scout
Camp to Open
lution of the water system problem.
Need of a modern hospital in
Hillsboro was pointed out by Dr.
J O Robb who declared that ade-
quate hospital facilities here would
keep many of the more serious
cases which are now sent to Port-
land He termed the existing hospi
tals excellent, when the limitations
of equipment and space are con
sidered. but declared that with
growing population both in Hills
boro and entire surrounding area a
fireproof and soundproof structure
was an urgent need.
WPA Aid Envisioned
Under present provisions < f the
city council, the municipality can
not take advantage of a possible
45 per cent PWA grant because
there is no section allowing the city
to operate a hospital. Hence, call
ing of a special election to change
the charter provisions would be
necessary declared City Attorney P.
L. Patterson.
The motion passed by the coun
cil. favored by Councilmen Robb.
A. Kroeger and L. C. Kramien. calls
for presentation of a resolution at
the August 2 meeting which will
provide for a special election, on
the measure authorizing the city
to run a hospital. Applications tot
PWA loans and grants are not ac
ceptable after September 30. and z
15-day notice is required before ac
election can be held.
Water System Topic
Council members voted. 3 to 2,
to resubmit an application t > th»
Public Work.- administration fol
loan and grant of about $400 000 to
put in a new water transmission
line from the headwaters of the
Tualatin, a storage tank cast of
Forest Grove, and new distribution
lines throughout the city. The re
sulting setup would be a system in
competition to the existing People's
Water and Gas company system.
Robb. E A. Griffith and Kramien
favored resubmitting the applica
tion w hile Councilwoman A n n a
Wells and Councilman Kroeger vot
ed no on the proposition.
It was also decided that J. J.
Cunningham. Portland engineer, be
hlred |O make a complete appraisal
■ existing water system.
re _ The
of - the
council unanimously passed a meas
ure requesting the water company
to allow his access to records and
property, with a view to bringing
the data down to date.
Reports of the water and light
committee revealed that at the last
meeting with Northwest PWA Di
rector C. C. Hockley, they found
that: 1. No PW’A money would be
provided, at least with Oregon ad
ministration approval, for construc-
tion of a competing system;
(Continued on page 6)
Demolition of
Landmark
Under Way
Razing of the old "Second stremi
livery barn" on the corner of East
Washington street and Second ave
nue. began this week with L. D.
Rose. Hillsboro route 2. in charge of
tearing down the ancient Hillsboro
landmark.
Rose was the contractor whose
bid was accepted by Elmer John
son and W. C. Christensen, co-ad
ministrators of the estate of Ed
ward Schulmerich. Hillsboro bank
er who died last year, which owns
the building and property. Terms
of the contract provide for complete
razing of the building within 30
days, and removal of all debris.
The big lot. which is 77 by I86
feet, will soon be the location of a
large, modern super-service s I a-
tion. Johnson and Christensen an-
nounced. with thc Union Oil com*
pany planning to erect the struc
j ture. Construction on the station
■ will begin soon after the present
' building is completely removed.
I Until recently the first floor of
I the huge old building was used as
, the Used Car Exchange. Closing of
the Schulmerich estate during the
past week permitted disposal ot
I the old structure.
Na/neA
the Freu
tin. ileeliir pump setup, anil those shown inspecting if include Fred Thurnher <li'fl>, hi
Ben Swank, outfielder: Walt Schlaffle. pitcher
outfielder; Ham Chiotti. outfielder; Art Knispel,
first base; Bill Kemper. shortstop; second row—
Doc Abrams, manager: George Hölscher, third
base; Herb Sahnow, pitcher; Roy Heiser, pitcher-
infielder-outfielaer; Vernon Cook, second base:
Carl Schwab, first base. Details of the Merchants'
doings in the tournament are run in detail in the
Argus sports section page 4. this section.
First Harvest Queen’ Entries Made
Funcr
-•1
Application for PWA Aid
On Local Water System
Dynamite Explosion at
Cochran Claims Three;
j.
Special Vote
Possibility
On Hospital
111 nn id -
in
until later in the year Only excep-
of agriculture conservation
but will remain in colu extra : pecial precautions which
hed Ilie light automo- nuiml of tile slate office until Aug- comply v Hh fl"- firemen s demands
i are taken, he said.
bilo ajanut a telephone pole.
Razing of one of Hillsboro's oldest buildings got
under way this week as the one-time livery barn,
later a garage, on Second and Washington streets
crumbled beneath the wrecker's bar to make
room for a new super-service station to be erected
there. The Argus camera caught the building just
after the wrecking crew had torn off the old
false front which made the structuré loom so large.