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* , County Mill I%evy Under 1939; Hillsboro Tax Smaller ■ UWIRUU òwi ' ?i i > \iïd Ul U wu O i U q JL >>c " Hillsboro, Oregon, Thursday, November 30, 1939 School Talks Included in Safety Plan II,. *4 Traffic Experts Slated Hk, Uhl, To Speak Here in City War In charge <»f art'ungrmrnta for the annual Ki idit nan • in left» mlttrr; E<| Boatman in the Santa to Distribute Gifts At Kiddies’ Xmas Party FSCC to Purchase Prunes Direct From Growers School Youngsters to Receive Tickets For All-Day Screen Show December 9 The tinkle of Santa’s sleigh bells invading the dreams of Wa hington comity’s curly-tops and Yuh'tidc gift lists were tn the making this wick as Christmas holidays appeared on the calendar horizon. »Hficial recognition of the Yule season will be seen in Hillsboro on Satuday night. December 2. when down town merchants will celebrate the annual Christmas op- i mg with window and '■ > jilays of tinsel, fir boughs and the traditional spi । lies Hillsboro Holds Fourth Place in Multi-colored Greet light- may be strung and turned on in time for the opening but difficulty h.is l>< < n — - encountered in > < urmg the • ' ^'lrof'17 ,, <(f , , , ,! : Octlcly ck'ctricians and completion of the work may be the Staples, who head: trades committee i Christmas events Hillsbot Other members "t Hus >oinmitti<" are Ed Boatman. Ralph Wilson ami plrtion tills work for the annual Kiddies' Christmas party, sot for Saturday, December 9. in the Ven» tian theatre here 'The whit«* a H: k cred gentlrmnn him » If will be in the theatre lobby on that nay to hear the K’ft wishes of his Winlb inftton county children amt I«» <1. tribute free presents to youn t< i coming to the show that day. Open All l>ay 9 .'to m and run a continuous i creen show throughout the to till ni closing at 5 show ari’ to be distributed in more than 50 county schools by Hillsboro W edile- da> businessmen Thursday. December 6 and 7. All Hillsboro youngsters are to lie pio the vided with tickets show and will tie urged to the picture Sant.I and theatre here on Grin worn by Hadley and Davis are gift sacks winch will be distributed to youngsters indicative of the good things w hich attending the party. ( Hillsboro the 1939 Ci on Accidents Negotiations were completed Monday for a series of short talks in Hillsboro schools as an added feature of Chief W W Weaver's traffic safety campaign in this city and details were an nounced for an enlightening pro gram in the chamber of commerce hall Wednesday night G J. Pollard, president of the Portland Safety council, and Walter Ricks, assistant supervisor of ad ult education and director of traf- lic safety in Portland have con sented to deliver the talks in schools here and will headline the cham ber program with a motion picture pointing out traffic hazards under mrious driving conditions, Chief Weaver said. The schedule for schools will be ai follows: 11 00 a m St. Matthew's school 1 45 p. m - David Hill school, 2:15 p. m —Union high school. 2 40 p m —Peter Moscow school. 3 00 p. rn.— B. W. Barnes school. Seven Hillsboro civic leaders are slated for five-minute talks on the chamber program, which will start at 7:30 p They are Anna L Wells, chairman. Mayor Rogers, Art Kroeger. S. W Melhuish, Lucille Fisher. Father Newton D Penberthy and Paul Patterson. Tiie traffic safety camapign here was proposed by Chief Weaver two weeks ago, following an alarming increase in the number of acci dents within Hillsboro city limits, a check at that time showing 15 mis haps within a period of six weeks. 'This program is being conduct ed in the interests of public wel fare." the police chief pointed out this week in urging Hillsboro citi zens to attend the meeting. Arthur Castile, chief of police at Newberg, and Chief McGuire of Forest Grove, who visited this city Monday to discuss traffic safety matters with Chief Weaver, plan to attend the Wednesday night safe ty meeting here. Quantity Not Known in of state and sponsor of the contest, announced standings of the various Only two month- remain in the contest November and December, after which final rankings will be compiled and winner in each divis- plaques i standards f >r mounting entrances. the standings Division III of the contest: St Helens, fusi, Tillamook. orni. McMinnville third. Hillsboro, fourth; Grunts Pass, fifth, Silverton eighth; North Bend. Springfield, ninth. Dallas and Hood River were not rated tin- month due to insuf- Washington county 4-11 members vters from outlying coinniuiiit.es program ovci station KOAC Mon day December 4. between 7:30 and start coming in Remembering last year's Chri t- 8 o'clock, according to Palmer Tor- mas crowds, which jammed side walk traffic and sent shopper-, in- taking | mi t in the progt. .lossy. Portland route to avoid this hazard will be made Si hmellzer. Sherwood route 3. and who will act as by Boy Seouls. Mrs Anne Neill. Kinton, local lead- "traffic control ushers in front of V! . nul I mm e Sahnow Uornelim the theatre. Staples said rente 1. and Frank Setniker. Hills- Preparation and sacking of the boro, outstanding 4 H club mcm- free Christmas gifts for visiting youngsters will be undertaken this bers from the county, and Alvin week by a crew of women under Pfahl, Cornelius route 2. and direction of Mis Huber Kimmerlc. die Boyles. Kinton. Highway Condemnation Suit Nears Close; Hare, Tongue, Patterson Lead Arguments Dried prune' . will be purchased Washington county from by the Federal Surplus Commodities corporation, according w F Cyrus, county agent Blanks on which the grower may list the prunes he wishes to offer 1 will be .ivailable at the county •gent's office beginning Monday Dicembci 4 Offerings must be made on these forms not later than probably December 16 Prici s to the growers for prunes the (lacking plant as follows: size 55. 2», cents; 65 s. 2'i 3 cents. 60 its; 75 s cents. 70 -. : 80's, 1^ c 90s. 1 cents " Within tli<’ price range the usual differential of one dollar per ton will be allowed for each point above and below the specified siz< ' reads the offer to sell agree-' merit. I’rime larger than 55's may! I m - offered but the price on ail larger sizes will b? the same MI for the 55's. (inly prunes from the 1939 crop will be purchased No announce- merits have been made as to the total quantity that will be* bought m this county or in Oregon and Washington Agreements offering to sell will be approved by a local county committee of three prune grower- to be appointed by the state prune marketing committee recently named by Governor Charh s A Sprague. All dried prunes accepted shall bi- of Standard Quality." This grade is described a follow.-,: "Standard prunes are prunes of the crop of 1939 which re the product of clean, sound matured fruit, properly dried and cured, of a moisture content without will permit spoilagi . not substantially affected by sand, dirt, mold. rot. or other fi reign matter, insect infestation, storage or insect damage, and reasonably free from scabby, defec tive fruit, slabs, or other damage." The grade specifications continue at some length permitting a toler ance of 10 per cent for defective primes and foreign matter. Not more than three per cent of the prime- may show major defects. (Continued on page 6) Louis Lomax, School Clerk Here, Passes Louis Charles Lomax. " clerk of Hillsboro's grade and union high school districts and a resident of this city for 18 years, died sudden ly at his home early Wednesday morning. His death came as a shock to many friends and asso- ciates who had seen him pursuing his daily routine only the to be held at 2 p. in. Saturday in the Doncl- son and Sewell chapel with final rites in the Riverview crematori- urn m Portland. Rev. R T. Hicks, former pastor of All Saints Episco pal church, will conduct the ser vices. and Tuulity lodge. A F A A M . will have charge of the cere Argument of counsel in state highway commission’s monies of that order. condemnation suit which opend in circuit court here No He is survived by his wife, Dessie vember 20 was drawing to a close late Wednesday after Boyer Lomax, one son, Louis Lo noon and the case was expected to go to the jury early max Jr. both of Hillsboro; a daugh ter. Mrs W. II Dierdorff of Naches. today (Thursday). Wash., and two brothers. Alfred H The suit was instituted by the highway commission aft Lomax of Portland and Fred W er an offer of $20,000 for seven parcels of highway right- Lomax of Long Beach, Cal. Mr. Lomax was born in Man of-way property in Oregon City was declined by the chester, England, on January 24. owners, Earl C , M M Howard F ♦ 1868. the son of Charles Lomax and brother and .lohn C defense, completed lheir arguments who made a counter offer of $60.- before the pn v at 3 p m Wednes Ann Clark, native English people 000 Construction of the new super day Hare brought a new turn of He came to the United States about highway through the Willamette consideration to the jurors in slat- 50 years ago. spending a number brothers of years in Colorado as bookkeeper river city has been held up. me m- mg that the ".should have the right to hold on Io for a large mining company He whlle, until settlement of the suit. that properly for another hundred followed this profession after coming Testimony Closed em- Testimony in Ilie change-of-venue years if they wished to do so" and Io Hillsboro in 1921 and suit from Clackamas county Wai should not be forced to sell by the slate the Cady Motor company He was closed af 3 25 p in Tuesday ami Paul L Patterson of Hillsboro, one Hillsboro Men Testlfi eleeled clerk of the Hillsboro union Among many witnesses pul on the high school district in 1934 and of three plaintiff attorneys, opened the highway commission's closing stand by plaintiff and defense clerk of grade school district No. 7 argument, lie called attent.on to lorneys were William G Ide. Hills- in 1936. I miio ri al i-st.ile agent, who testified testimony of witnesses easting doubt Active in lodge work, he,was a on the defense claim that a revival fm plaintiff With an $18,000 ap of river transportation promises to praisal on Ilie price-disputed prop life member of both the 32nd de make I he property involved more erly, E. A Griffith and H. A. Kur- gree Scottish Rile Masons and of atli, also Hillsboro realty men. who Jebel Temple of Deni er. Col.; also valuable Thomas H Tongue mid William G testified for the defense with up- of the local lodge A. F. & A. M . and Eavteni Star chapter. (C uuluiucd on page 6) Mure, Hilbburo jilurnvys fur the Banks Listed For Largest Total Levy InllsbonOArg us . «MHU J V| 0 Ó ! Second Public Forum Set for Monday Night Miss Hilary Newitt. forum lead er in the co-operative area around Portland, will return to Hillsboro Monday night. December 4 to lead her second forum meeting here. In response to the interest of the audi ence for the previous forum at which about 100 persons attended. Miss Newitt is leading the next meeting on the topic, "Present Trends in the European Struggle." This meeting will be held in the chamber of commerce hall at 7:45 p m. In order to accommodate the immediate interests of forum audi- ences on international affairs, the procedure followed has had the group in attendance choose the fu- ture topic for discussion Major in- terest centered around the subject listed above. In addition to the adult meeting, the leader will conduct another youth forum in the afternoon in the high school. The regular policy of the forum program is to have the leader conduct both a youth meeting in the afternoon and an adult evening meeting on the day he is in town. The next meeting concludes the forum activity prior to the Christ mas holidays. As part of a public educational program sponsored by the public schools and civic organi zations, and is open to all Last Call for Memberships in Red Cross Issued Still $100 short of their goal. Hillsboro women in charge of the annual Red Cross drive issued their last call for memberships this week Last year's drive brought in a total of about $800 in member- ships. 1 "Because of absence from home. solicitors have doubtlessly missed a good many former Red Cross sup porters who would willingly join if they were contacted," it was de clared Tuesday by Mrs Emma C. । McKinney, local Red Cross chair I man. "For those who have not been " contacted but who are desirous of I joining, memberships are being taken at the Hillsboro Argus u(- Junior Class Play Friday Scenery for "New Fires," Junior class comedy io be presented Friday night. December I. in the Hillsboro high school auditorium, is being prepared linger the direction of Frank L Robert.-, dramatic coach Tickets sale ■ are reported as well along toward a “sell-out." and the cast rapidly is working off the rough edges for the presentation Friday. The comedy, in three acts, deals with the situation in which an author finds himself when he in herits a small farm, and in desper ation transplants his family there in an effort tu re-establish Uieir grasp on Hie. Donations for Xmas Packages Joining the community servie” program of other Lions club chap ters all over the nation. Hillsboro Lions this week announced that donations of food discarded cl'Oh- ing. toys and other items are now being collected for the chapters Chr In a distribution needy families A (>ro|,osal approved by membio of the local chapter at then la-’ mteting was for all Lions to clean out their store-rooms and attic and to bundle up all those bits or di carded shoes and clothing whicn were "too good to throw away and bring them to the chapter meeting "Similar action by Hillsboro r<- i- derts would help to make this Christmas more bearable for some of the community's unfortunate families " according to Harry Bate Any donation of food clothing toy or household furniahingi will be gratefully received, he said Anyone Jnth donation j,ackages may have same picked up by contacting any Lions club member. Volume 16 Grove Stills Diesel Plant as Bonneville Power Arrives Data Detailed Chief among items of information being gathered for each school by the comprehensive survey are the following: enrollment, average daily attendance, number of teach ers number of desks in school, size of school site, improvements on site age of school budding, size of budding, detailed information on construction, heating and ventila- ¿Sl facilities, fire prutecUOu sys tem. artificial lighting, sanitary facilities, area of window space in classrooms, gymnasium, facilities, facilities for drinking, washing and bathing, and many other facts of a highly technical nature. Every school in the county, whether grade, junior or high school, will be surveyed. The proj- ect is expected to take about two months. Superintendent Kraus said. Planning for Grade School Districts Due The county school reorganization committee, composed of four ex- officio members and three citizen members will meet in the court house at 2 p. m. Monday to discuss plans for improved organization of the county's elementary districts. Created as a result of 1939 state legislation, the committee s purpose is to investigate inefficiency in school districts and propose w ays and means of bettering educational opportunities for children in dis tricts with low attendance in small one-room biddings. Consolidation of two or more small schools or re distribution of pupils are expected suggestoins of the committee. Powers of the seven-man board are limited to recommendations They have no authority to actually make changes, such steps remain ing within the discretion of voters in districts concerned. Ex-officio members of the com mittee are the county judge. H D Korkman: county J. E Carpenter; chairman of the non high school board. O B Kraus Citizen members, recently appoint ed. are John Fubols. West Union Earl Reiser. Sherwood, and Frank Bailey, Buxton. City-Tongue Main Street Dispute Settled Bringing an end to a 19-year-old property assessment d i s p u t c. a n agreement signed by city officials and Mrs Maud Tongue, widow /f E. B. Tongue, was approved by the Hillsboro council in special session Tuesday night. The agree ment will result in dismissal of . circuit court suit filed in 1920 by E B. Tongue to enjoin the city fi-rr collection of $1557 58 in street as sessments on his Main street prop- The city improvements were made the year previous without the street right-of-way having been dedicated Tongue contended, and the assess ments could not bo legally charged against the property. The council-approved agreemen' with Mrs. Tongue permanently set tles the controversy with provision that she will deliver the city ;> deed to the Main street right-of- way property and pay $900 in set tlement of street assessments for a receipt "paid in full" for al! as sessment charges on t h e city's books. The city council will meet foi its regular December session in the council chambers at 8 p. m. Tues day. Beaverton Favored with Decrease ; Washington county's 1940 Ux levy. including state and county funds and based on a budget total of $434 103 52. will be exactly 20 0 mills, representing a decrease of 1 mill from the 1939 levy, it was announced Tuesday by J E Car penter. county assessor, as his of fice neared completion of their an nual tax segregation task The city of Hillsboro is also due for a total mill-levy decrease. Car penter said. Including the total state and county levy. 17 4 mills fot city tax. 8 7 mills for school district No 7 and 11.9 mills for union high school district No 3. the total levy to be charged to Hillsboro property owners will be 58 0 mills, a drop of 4 mills from the 1939 tax. Noon Monday was a dramatic moment for residents of Forest Grove as the whir of motors died away to silence in that. < ity’s three huge diesel plants and transmission lines felt the surge of power from distant combines— Bonneville. The hour marked first delivery of power to the Wash ington county city under its 20-year contract with the Bonneville administration and started distribution of elec- To Speak Here ♦ tricity at the lowest wholesale rate in America George E. Sullivan, di- vision general manager of the Portland General Electric company, threw the switch which gave For est Grove a 23.000-volt supply of Bonneville power. temporarily transmitted over that company's 24 900-watt line and substation near the city. Firemen's Ball Declared Success The 39th annual Firemen's Ball ‘ held in the Shute park pavilion | Thanksgwiug eve was more than a success.' according to complimen- 1 tary remarks heard from the more than 600 patrons, it was declared 1 this week by S W. Melhuish. one , i of the committee in charge. ! Music rendered by Chuck White head and his nine-piece band was , ! loudly applauded by the dance : i crowd and was afterwards rated by . many as the "best music ever play ed in the pavilion. " Melhuish said Surprise feature of the traditional I Thanksgiving event was a shower of colored balloons from the audi torium ceiling. Mrs. Charles Douglass of Hillsboro . won the turkey which was award ed to the person catching a bal- i loon and another prize was won I by a couple from Seaside. Firemen in charge of the annual I I affair extended their thanks at the 1 ' dance to patrons who have sup- i ported an "event which has been I : a tradition in Hillsboro." School Census Is Completed For Hillsboro The total of school youngsters in Hillsboro is divided almost equally into boys and girls, according to sus completed this a school week by Mrs Mildred Christensen. Including all youngsters between the ages of 4 and 19. inclusive, the total of 1325 children breaks down into 674 girls and 649 boys, the sta tistics show. This is an increase of 38 over last year. Mrs. Christensen said. The largest single age group noted for those 19 years old. which is comprised of 59 girls and 43 boys Next largest group is the 12-year- old classification., which includes 56 girls and 45 boys, while the smallest number of youngsters is found in the four-year-old division, which is composed of 27 girls and 31 boys. If conclusions may be drawn from the figures, it could bo deduced that the birth rate in Hillsboro has fallen off almost 56 per cent dur ing the years from 1920 to 1935. Seven Granges To Take Part in Joint Installation Seicn granges will participate in the joint installation of 1910 of- ficers to be conducted in the Hills boro Grange hall December 13. it was announced thi Ml':,, local group. The participating granges are Beaverton. Scholls. Aleha. Dixie Mountain. Leedy. Kinton and llills- City Tax Up Three large communities in the county, on the other hand, are to have larger mill levies in 1940 and one other shares Hillsboro's fortune with a decrease. Banks, with the largest total levy of anv community in the county, will pay a total of 76 5 mills as compared with 64 2 mills in 1939. The largest part of this raise is contained in the city tax increase from 28 6 mills in 1939 to 40 4 mills in 1940 Other com ponent parts of the large Banks total are 8.1 mills for school dis- trict No. 13 and 8 mills for union high district No. Forest Grove s mill levy totals 58.5 as compared with 58.0 in 1939 and Cornelius property-owners will pay 5b 5 mills as compared with 48.9 mills in 1939. In Beaverton. the other large community with a de creased levy, taxpayers will be charged with 56.5 mills tax. a drop cf 3.1 mills from the 59.6 total for 1939 According to estimates based on the contract rate schedule, cost of power to he city of Forest Grove will be cut in two and to the con sumer. the cut will be more than a third. The municipality will pay less than G-cent per kilowatt-hour for the Bonneville juice and resi dential customers will find bills for 40 kilowatt-hours cut from $2.20 to $1.20. Commercial rates will be cut approximately in half with bills for 100 kilowatt-hours dropping from $18.25 to S9. In a public statement prepared this week by J R McCready, city attorney, and W. H. Weber city manager. Forest Grove residents were assured that no tax increase is expected because of the Bonne ville power setup Mayor L. B. Drake declared Monday that the city will receive $11.280 from the hgnt department, an amount equal ling the tax income realized from the private utility under the old power setup plus a six per cent re- turn on the net book value of the plant. Congressman James W Mott is slated to adJress Chamber of Commerce members Monday on highlights of the recent session qf congress. 1 । I I Start Practice For Big Rally Presentation of a large first-aid kit to the troop having the largest parent representation at the Hills- boro disrict Boy Scout rally here on December 8 will be one of several new and different features on the annual program. R. Frank Peters, circuit judge here and pre siding officer for the district's monthly court of honor, is the prize donor. He will personally make the presentation. Recalling stiff competition in games and events of last year's pro gram. troops planning participa tion in the union high school gym nasium session were to be found starting long hours of practice this week in preparation for the con- tests. Among competitive events planned are a "fire by friction" c intest, choral demonstrations. signaling contest, first aid prob lem. skin-the-snake game and bugling contest. To Get Ribbons An average of per cent in efficiency will be required of each troop for ribbons honoring them as above average Scout groups and a special award will be presented to the top-ranking troop. _ Approximately 325 Scouts and Cub Scouts from ten troops in this county will participate in the pro- gram, which is staged not only as a rally but as an entertainment feature for parents and the general public. Six of the ten troops to be represented at the rally are in Hillsboro—the Rotary. Legion. Lions and Knights of Columbus sponsor ed organizations, the Sea Scouts and Cub Scouts—while four are from nearby communities. Helvetia. Orenco, Aloha and Cornelius. Forest Grove Cornelius to Pay More As Generators are Switched Off Survey Staff To Get School Adequacy Facts C<x>|icrating with school superin tendent's office in Hillsboro, five men under direction of the state department of education divided the county school districts among them this week and launched "census" survey for the purpose of determ ining the adequacy of school facili ties in thts vicinity. The county survey is part of a state-wide sta tistical project being financed by a $16 000 WPA grant. With Superintendent O. B Kraus gu.ding them, through difficulties the fact-finders are Earl Stickney of Hillsboro. Jasper Moon of Orenco. Ivan Anderson of Cooper Mountain. ■>erw tod Roberts of Foreot Grov< and William Morris of Metzger. Three Sections, 22 Pages 38 Increases Noted ‘ In the county and state total, a comparison of mills levied for the various funds reveals increases for every item except the county road fund The state elementary school fund millage rose from 2.19371 to 2 52732. the county general fund from 5 98818 to 7 71183 and the county school fund from 4 11811 to 4 16085. The total of these three levies is 14 4 mills as compared with 12.3 mills in 1939. A 22 mills drop in the county road fund, from 7.8 to 5.6. more than offsets this increase. however, with the result- ant 1 decrease in the state and county total. Breaking down total city levies into segregated levies. the Forest Grove tax millage is composed of 14.7 mills for city. 12.5 mills for school district No 15 and 113 mills for union high school district No. 5. and the Cornelius total is com posed of 8 4 mills for county school fund. 14.5 mills city tax and 7.6 mills for the non-high school levy. Beaverton, with no union high school levy, lists 17.7 mills for schools and 18.8 mills for the city tax. Levies Listed Other city tax mill levies listed are for Sherwood. 20.1 mills, and Tualatin. 24.8 mills. Levies segre gated for water districts are as fol lows: Garden Home. 7.0 mills; Metzger. 9.3 mills; Tigard. 7.1 mills, and West Slope, 2.7 mills. A 5.3-mills levy is listed for the Gas ton joint high school district. Additional mill levies for gradr (Continued on page 6) Mott to Speak Here Monday The appearance of James W. Mott, Oregon congressman, as the main speaker at next Monday's noon luncheon meeting of the Hillsboro chamber of commerce has been definitely assured, it was announced Monday by President Howard Hadley. In anticipation of the large crowd expected to attend the meeting. President Hadley also announced that reservations will be necessary to get seats in the chamber hall. H. L. MacKenzie will be program chairman Argus News Coverage Since 1894 Employed 60,000,000 Words, Weekly Survey Shows As nearly as can be estimated, the Hillsboro Argus ha< published since its first issue in 1894 a total of 1,500,000 inches of Washington county news matter, or approxi mately 60 million words, enough verbs, adjectives, nouns and names to fill a thousand books of 300 pages each. It such large figures are beyond immediate grasp, some realization of the ponderous weight of words which goes into the making of a newspa-*------------------------------------------------------------ per may be had from a statistical sue immediately preceding, this examination of one issue. Using the publishing firm would have print- ed a total 122,241.600 vember 23. 1939. as an average edi words, enough to fill 2.037 books of tion. more startling ligures are ob- 60.000 words each. t a i ned. Improvement Striking Could Till Bonk The present-day Argus. however, This issue of the Argus was a 20- rage edition. with 168 column is a far cry front t h e original inches of space on each page or a tabloid-size four-page sheet of 1894. total space of 3360 inches, in which Comparisons to follow have been 1306 inches by actual measurement drawn from issues of one, 15 and were devoted to news. Making al 30 years ago. The average Novcm- years back was lowances for white space and large ber issue type, each inch of news space ccn- eight pages, about lialf of which tained about 40 words. To use an was devoted to news. Thirty years understandable medium of com ago, the Argus was a four-page parison. the 1306 inches of new.- sheet, and only about one full [Mgs comprised 52.240 words, or enough of this space was for news. A large part of the Argus growth reading matter to fill a 260-page book with average-size [rages of in news space has been in com munity correspondence. At the slightly over 200 words each. Wandering off in fields of fancy, present time, this paper is supplied it is interesting to note that if ev with weekly news from 38 com ery edition of the Argus since its munity centers. A glance at the first issue had contained as much columns of last week's issue wid Pomona meeting in Scholls, the joint installation idea did not meet with favor in some communities with the result that separate in stallations and other joint installa tions will be held during December for the county's remaining groups. The Hillsboro Grange is schedul ed to meet with the Aloha Grange next Thursday evening in a good will session which will be marked by the transference ut a Uaveluig gavel. news as the one iu hand or the U- (UouUuued uu (Mfe H
