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Paffe Four Thiirwlny, December 21, I9^r) KILLSnORO ARRÜS, HILLSBORO. OREGON HILLSBORO ARGUS 4/ the National Capitol llillsboro Argus. 1894, and ILUsbcrc Indcpcn ent. 1373. Cons ¿¡dated AN INDEPENDENT NEWS!’. PER Publish»« Every Thursday by McKinney A M< Kinney Entered as second-class matter in the nosh fl co Il Orc pon OFU<TAL NEW' Selected as Oregon's Best W< ckty Newspaper Eleven. 1930. Honorable Mention J Production Contest, „ 1934, ------ 1935: General Excel national newspaper contests in 1937—General Ex of second place in the National Editorial Assoc:. mentions in General Exceller 1 an Weekly I Editor .,I As 1935. Third p ? and Best Ed • : Winner honorable Sabscription Rates Strictly Cash in Advance Per year ---------- $2 00 Outside Oregon $2 50 Six months ......... $1.15 Outside U.S »3 50 W 1 Emn Ed Dari E M K Edit rmtendent Hil Rati DeFna »•nt« published in its Represented National lomia; Los Angeles, York; Boston. Massa Apprentice Printer Apprentice San Frac Cali. Christmas to All A Merry. Merry Christmas to all our friends and bi ness associates, is the wish of mil lishers and staff members of th opportunity it is to serve the peo ple of Washington county through the medium of a newspaper. Friend ships made through this service are one of life’s greatest rewards. To the nearly forty faithful cor respondents in all parts of Wash ington county the publishers wish to express their wisnes for a happy Yuletide holiday. May the service rendered by the thirteen staff members of the Ar gus and the many community cor respondents continue throughout the years to justify the patronage. co-operation and loyalty given by so many Washington county reside and business firms over the past 16 We of the Argus hone that this rervice may continue to expand in order that this newspaper will be of greater and greater value to Wash ington county and Hillsboro and contribute its bit to the happiness and enjoyment of its people. Frank L. Ballard, An Excellent Choice Selection of Frank L. BallarA by the state board of higher education as president of Oregon State col lege should meet with approval throughout the state. Mr. Ballard is particularly well qualified by reason of his experience and knowl edge of Oregon. Under his direc tion this great institution should continue its fine service to the peo ple and progress as it has under the fine leadership of Dr. W. Kerr and Dr. George W. Peavy. A graduate of the college in 1916, Mr. Ballard has been con nected with the extension service for a good ma,ny years and through this has a thorough knowledge of Oregon, the college and agricul ture. As the new president he will succeed Dr. Peavy next June. Mr. Ballard is known to many in \\ ashington county through vis its here in connection with his work and the many friends made here will wish him well in his new posi tion, not only for him but because of its importance to the youth of Oregon. J. Children Praised For Seal Sales There is a line of humanity ser vice in the rural districts every year at this time that is rewarded by too little publicity. Take a case in point: In a certain rural school in Washington county, fifteen boys and girls all under ten years of age, sold $6.85 worth of Christmas seals. They trudged miles in all kinds of weather calling at the isolated farm houses, imploring the occupants to buy ( hristmas seals at one penny apiece. Th writer of this ought to know what a rainy day picnic they hail. They gave up their joyously anticipated visits on Saturdays to t he near-by towns to see Santa Claus and his reindeer, the chil dren's parade, the decorated Christ mas trees, and the wonderful dis plays of the Yuletide. A drive like this has been going on all over the county. You’ve done a great work, country boys and girls, and great shall he your reward in the way of a double portion bf the true spirit of Christmas that shall warm your hearts.—C. E. Barker. Selection of Charles H. Martin, retired major-general, former con gressman and ex-governor, as the first citizen of Portland for 1939 by the Portland Realty Board will hit the spot with the solid citizenry of the state of Oregon. His long career of courageous public service cannot help but win respect of all fair- iniaduU |iuuthu- n •t prominent and beloved citizens, one whose pass- ing will be gre mourned, He filled an import place in the community as a iness, civic and ays willing and fdy to do his ) or more. Although he s ed but a few stor of the local Con- church. Mr. Deck start er :i< minister in this as pastor of the Hills- boro a churches, As man and friend he was held in such high esteem by people in this section that he was often called upon to officiate at fu- nerals and weddings after leaving the pastorate and entering local busine Mr. I >eck one of those individuals who did things in a way that was always plvasing and won for him manv friends. and keen, with a friendly speaking voice, he wa quently called upon for talks and his messages were without worthwhile ar^l logical. Quiet and unassuming, steadfast in his convictions as to right and wrong, understanding and sympa thetic, t h e memory of. Herbert Deck, businessman-minister, will linger long with all who knew him. „ The Argu- regrets that Mrs. Jesse Meyers, who has served as Argus representative at Buxton for more than ten years, is giving' up her work on account of moving to Wil lamina with Mr. Myers, where they will operate a coffee shop. Her daughter. .Mrs. Roscoe Burton, will take over the duties of writing the news for the Buxton community and acting as subsc’ iption and busi ness representative for the county paper. Mrs. Meyers has been ex ceptionally faithful in her work and has had news items of her commun ity printed each week. The Argus joins with her many friends in the Buxton section, where she had lived since 1906. in extending best wishes to her and Mr. Meyers in their new field. Hillsboro as usual did itself proud on the matter of Red Cross dona tions and much credit is due <he faithful volunteer worker, who put in their time and efforts in solici tation. Contributions so far have exceeded last year by more than Are you doing your bit in the ( hristma- lighting contest no mat ter how small? All who possibly can should help in making Hills boro just a little brighter and more attractive for the Yuletide season. What a cheerful place this would be if nearly every house had a wreath with a light shining from a window. In I listar? of Nation (Ry John W. Kelly) WASHINGTON I) C Allan . t facilities ar Cost of the Ore- state will be ^helved next Mondas gon faci! leticali) and the President ot the United angement planned Stales will lie just Franklin D Roosevelt, citizen, and papa to a large family He likes to refer to gon onl' himself as papa ' and that is utiut c-tHbhsh all Ins children call him For hours accordin' Mr Roos-velt will be nestled in an arm cha r in front of a blazing fire- place itireplaci'c are m ev in the White House reh of the original heating syntem>. reading my idea aloud Dickens' "Christma Carol qui red t ate the appliances most coninoli in homes. ment of labor mas trees ione in famed East Room commission no where the murdered Lincoln lay m i bulletin on the subject A government docu- ned», and at each window of the mint, hi re are c estimate number mansion facing Pennsylvania ave- required annually nue tin ide tourists stand to take for eight electric garland and wreaths me Flatirons. 80. vacuum cleanei ur The White House, in brief, is washing machines 30: millions other American homes are. no more, no machines 125. ranges 1200 k ■ is a cheerfulness about They add up to 2000 k w ! year. Farm security administration jects m Washington and Ore it has. it claims, settled 500 families from the drouth area on the Vale-Owyhee project and as many more families in other parts f Oregon FSA is looking forward to locating farm families on the G and Coulee project when water :s available and on the Roza sec tion of Yakima and later on the The farm family labor camps now- in On gon are expected to provide for ah IKHi such families during the l.fe of the facilities, on the theory tha e the same Opinion Parade Hen s how i washes .art- other: available !.. 292.341 pounds of hairy vetch and Austrian winter pea seed tn farmers m Oreg, n and Washington i where Ilie seeds are produced, to increase the supply of winter legume seeds available for southern farmers next fall. The seeds are furnished in lieu of conservation payments for carry ing out the soil building progrum. Oregon received 1.216 141 poumL seed for replanting; Washington 76 200 jHiumL Friple A has also been distributing superphosphate in the program, distributing 2444 tons in Oregon and 1675 tons in Wash ington. NEAL W. BUSH. Attorney. Hills boro: “The war in my opinion will be a long one—lasting for sever al years. The allies will try to starve Germany into submission rather than take them by aggres sion. The United States will no’ be pulled into the war unless invaded." Long Residents Of Buxton Given Farewell Friday BUXTON—Friends and neighbors surprised Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Moy ers and Elsie with a farewell party Friday evening at their home here. The Meyers left Sunday for Wil lamina, where they will operate a Holland feels that flooding her land will restaurant which they purchased provide a sure def-nse. But has she consid- recently. Present were Mr. and ered the danger of U-boat attack? Mrs. Vic White. Shirley and Beve ly. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Vacca. Mr and Mrs. Dave Komer. Mr and Mrs Harry Simonton. Mr. and Mr Dcllis Cornuti. Patty Rae and Stanton. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Stowell and Keith, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fast Fifteen Years Ago and Cleo. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Ed Arguì December 18. 1924 Semi-annual wards. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Edwards, market road appropriation ... of $21.422 for Jr.. Janet and Janice Mr. and Mrs. Washington county held up by state high- R J. Kelly. Mrs R W Manlev. Mi way commission on ground ■ite specif ca- Mary Watson. Vernon Watson, tions not being followed. County court Claude Riggle. Eldred and Erling makes statement and questions authority of Korner. Mrs. Frances Canby. Naomi commission to hold up fund. nod Melvin. Mrs Veta Cearley and William J. Ingram of Farmington. pio Wauneta. Mrs. Edith Riggle. Miss neer of 1852. dies Saturday. Lorraine Sohlwold. Clarence Steick- lin, Mrs. Waldemar Pederson and Captain Laurel Frost of Hilhi football Lucile. Mrs. Jessie Tillman. George team receive.; Rotary club f up for second Fisher and Irene, Mrs Alice Estepp, time for being selected by teammates as Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Scofield, Mrs- inspiration Edith Riggle and Mr. and Mrs. Ros- Icy hand winter 1ak<s firm hold of con Burton. Eleanor and Leland valley. Powell, all of Buxton; Mrs. Jack American Legionnaires line business White de. Lcrov and Darriel, Sco streets with Christma trees. field: Mr. and Mrs Fred Benefiel ause square decorai- , Manning: Mr and Mr< Delmar Rig Ion d lights furnished by cham- gle and William Riggle. Elsie: Mr. »nd Mrs. Andy Bremer, Mr". Charl" Poetter, Mrs. Myrtle Lay- V e ng. Oregon pio- er M -■ Lenore Carrick. Guy Han- mber 11. " n. Harold Shipley and Glenn it' r of Hillsboro die« Dec son. all of Vernonia. Mr. and Mrs. Meyers will be missed in this com- '. M. ieri president of munity, where they have resided for Xor h Plain : Commercial club. manv years They wore living at Mrs. V. W. Gardner named worthy ma Buxton when they were married tron of Eastern Star. 28 years ago and have lived here Mrs. Edward V.ndehey of Verboort dies since except for a short time at Mondaj^ Laurel, returning 17 years ago. IUI imxi ) E< 11 111 l ib hi.'I unbr h I!« u I ' I : < HI XII! Wit I I > I PEOPLE Hdl boro cv< ALOHA I will be 95 on . ary 27. and don't consider n old I keep young by liking in things and the associations wit fellow Rebekahs with whom 1 been affiliated for the greater of my life" As she said these w a large sun window Loki the "vehicles. as she ci passing to and fro on the which she could see perfei out glasses, at least 20 rix She was born in Ger Ohio, and she and her hu> tied in Salem Oregon. She state six years a h at the Indian school at ( dormitory at the same n and established residences land. Cornelius and Aloh; She and her husband v graph operators, he being station agent at Cornelius Mr Adair served through,'.it Civil War in Company I 86th diana Volunteer Infantry m tin Hues of General George H Too and (,eneral William T Sherman. He died m 1884 Mrs Adair makes her home with her grandson. Charles Adair Lock- B M GOODMAN. Insurance Agent. Hillsboro: "Less than two years •—Germany will be short of food supplies when the blockade of exports becomes effective. I do mt believe the United Stateswill get into it because we are not going to jump at propaganda as we did in 1917." DR EUGENE COLGIN, Dentist, Hillsboro: "I believe the war will last piossibly ten years. It appears to be a game of diplomatic wait ing with each side reluctant to jump in and start something ‘hey might not be able to finish. The United States is too far removed from the European trouble to get into it." ri ll B. i I imi II Writes Xmas Poem Still Young THIS WEEK S QUESTION European countries engaged armed conflict w ith Germany are laying in large stores of foodstuffs, presumably in preparation for a long siege, while Hiller and his Nazi leaders are still speaking in terms of an “early peace." How long do you think the war will last? Why do >ou believe it will continue this long? Will the United States be pulled into the war? REV NEWTON D. PENBERTHY. Priest, Hotel Washington. Hills boro: About two or three years longer. There doesn't seem to be any major action as yet on the part of any belligerent. The movements *hus far seem to be mere preliminaries to some de cisive action I do not see how the United States can keep out of it if the peace and security of English speaking peoples i s threatened." H. S. ROGERS. Mayor. Hillsboro: From three to five years—for the reason that it is a war of the sur vival of the fittest. The United States will not get into this war unless some over act on the part of combatants causes an upheaval such as the sinking ot the Lusi tania in the World war and the sinking of the Maine in the Span ish-American war." (By llogri ll CHARLOTTE Mrs A. H Blassing. well known local poetess, wrote the following poem m connection wt.h Christ- mas: TRI E GIX'ING Somebody gave me a kindly word. When my life wa dreary and grey. But somebody a kindly u ord. And it sang in my heart all day. Somebody gave me a friendly smile, I was lonely and full of care. But somebody gave me a friendly smile, And lifted my soul from despair. Somebody gave mo a helping hand. As I stumbled through mists of pain, But somebody gave me a helping hand. And I walked in the sun again. A word, a smile, and a helping hand, Ah! the joy of their giving know. For a word, a smile, and a helping hand. Are gifts we can all bestow. MYRTLE BLASSING Program at Shute School Friday Eve SHUTE Schoo! program will be held Friday, December 22, at 8 p. m. at the school house. School House Entered The Shute school was broken in to Wednesday night Nothing seems to be missing, but both back doors were broken. enjoys perfect halth. dries the dishes and sweeps the house. She has tier own natural teeth, except two which were extracted a short tune and up to five years ago. could de cipher a Western Union telegram as quickly as a professional At Hl she rode a bicycle, and she would like to learn to drive Ur much than Old Prince i the family burse) u ed to ".No, you couldn't say Prineville was a 'tough' town, any sheriffs bumped off Oh, may- be one or two . . . It's J W. Barney. Hillsboro city manager and engineer, talking. Barney was born in Prineville. 1900, worked in his dad' sawmill and on the family ranch there. "Hardly any cattlemen kilhsi, ■ it »er. Sheepherdei w• • ■■ t n e heavy losers in that day. Lynching parties were a favorite brand of entertainment for the old-timers, it seems." Barney doesn't know exactly how he happened to venture into high way construction and engineering instead of ranching or cattle-rais ing. “It'll always remain a mystery," he says. His first job with the state liigh- way department in 1919, was in the traditional tenderfoot post, chain man. From there, he was transfer red from job to job until he had served in almost every position in the book: Riximan. levelman, tran sitman, bridge inspector, surface in spector, and others. Hi- became assistant engineer for Washington county under Engineer C.uirles D Jones in 192.5 and has To show winter to "keep the Hill-boroan alide I at H J L b« h ■ । ’ There are probably a great many people who ride up and down with me every day who don’t know my name Most ot ourthouie people call me Ma frankly inform- Durmg the saved steps for county officials an I others who make regular trips fi m the main floor to the third, she bus probably gone "up and down" for a grand total of approximately 375 - •KM) round trips. As everyone who know: her aware. "Ma" Pirie doesn't waste any time on her job a ■ operator of the only public elevator in Washington county. When she isn't standing at her control lever, she takes up her knitting msdlcs and adds a few more stitches to a sweater, shawl or some other piece of wearing apparel which slie always has m the pro- Born in Iowa. Mrs- Pirie first came to Hill bom in 1907, stayed for two years and then returned to her native slut'- until 1929. when she ing the four year from 1929 to 1983, she worked off and on in the B E. Maling cannery. Iler father. < Warbis. native of Indiana, i remembered by many old-timers in Forest Grove as the man who operated a horsc-and- buggy delivery line in that com munity for many years. Exchange of State School Lands Proposed fBy A. L. Lindheck) SALEM Immediate exchange of state schrxd lands located within the public domain for isolated hold ings of the fed eral government outside of graz ing areas was rec ommended by a committee of ed ucators and stock men meeting hi re Saturday to con sider ways and means for enrich ing the irredu cible school fund. The recommenda tion also carries with it the stip ulation that the lands to be taken A.L. Lindbeck in exchange must be converted in to cash Immediately. The commit tee al o recommended the leasing of school lands within the public domain to the federal grazing ser- vice pending an exchange of those land for federal lands that might lend themselves "blocking" for sale to stockmen or to grazing as- social ions. Secretary of State Earl Snell does not choose to run for congress in the forthcoming campaign he let it be known during the past week. Snell was being mentioned as a possible candidate against Walter M Pierce of LaGrande. Having just been returned to a second term in his state job Snell feels that he should complete his term before turning his attention to other polit- ical honors, he said. The annual rush for automobile license plates is now under way. The temporary tables have been in- stalled in the corridors outside the Hcensing department and each day finds an increasingly Jong line of applicants awaiting their turn to trade a five dollar bill for a pair of the shiny new blue and white plates. Transportation of passengers in private automobiles on a "share ex pense" arrangement without a PUC permit is in violation of the Ore gon Motor Transportation act, O. R. Bean, public utilities commissioner, warned this week. Interest payments on Oregon's bonded debt have been reduced by more than »1,000,000 a year since 1928, according to Walter E. Pear- on. state treasurer. This year with the debt load reduced to »38,706.085 the annual interest charge has been cut to $1,771.288. The state’s irreducible school fund is suffering through competition of fered by federal and private lend ing agencies, according to Lewis Griffith, clerk of the state land board. Interest about the capitol these days center about the fate of Dan Fry as state purchasing agent and Humor In, it that Fry is scheduled to walk the political plank fur a re turn to private life along about the turn of the year. Thi' state board of agriculture at if inci ting here Saturday announc ed the dates for the 1940 state fair a : September 2 to 8 inclusive. This means the fair will open again on Labor Day as it has for tin' past sev eral years. Complaint ; from the Canyon City chamber of commmercc ~ — charging 1h.at stale police were discourteous in their troament of deer hunters in that section of the state have been received by Charles P Pray, super intendent of the state jiolice bureau Captain Clyde Warren of the .state police department has an nounced Ins resignation effective December 31 to accept a position as hear! of the liquor control commis- sion's enforcement division. The state fax commis on lost fight Io tax back . alarie earned by employe:! of federally ponsoH'd cmporations when the state ; ii - prime court ruled this week that those employes enjoyed the same status ns federal employes whose salarie only became subject to siate luxe. through a ri eent ruling of the Unitoci Staici supreme court. WAGE KATES RISING STEADILY now than ii •Hy marked uj s the high v At th. in med down drastically so that the workers average weekly income ured in. As to the immediate trend of living cost , at I wage I n<> important changes Prob early vance in food and clothing prices, but there mark-up' Careful shop J>ci < will be alite to save a little money on rgain sales. Unless, how- ever, goods illy mark, <1 down. I .■•■•■ little n a o hou < w ivi (tock ii, Janiini / Meanwhile, wage rates will continue gradually. TAXATION STIFLING JOBS So, Yuletidc of 1939 rolls around wita the lot of the American job-holder makm.: a striking comparison with that of labor in other lands No rationed food no so.o - HiK living costs, no cold and dark hona Only jxiiht of sinnlurity i the huge < ■ tuxes take out of Ilie weekly puy eniiluj1 When I say that job-holder. me better oil in Amei ica today Hum anywhere else in the world I have not forgotten then' ar< millions out of work Faulty edueation and unwise taxation are Ix'hind this unemploy ment. Not until politics are rooted out ot our schools .and graft voted out of our local. • ale, and federal governments, can we ever hoi«' to solve unemployment and end the threat to our liberty. Shortopics (By C. E. Barker) Notwithstanding it is cold in W.ashing- • on, D U„ the marble capitol is meiting un dir the charm of Roosevelt. Picture thi scene for yotirsclf. Robert M Hutchins, president of Chi' i- go university, says the primary function of colleges is to teach youth to think, but he fails lo lidi what to think about, and how. In Milton's Parndro Lost • ”»nii Is ir» «• J al n " ••bout a gentleman of evil repute who fell seven limes tin paie that measures day and night. Then a widespread suspicions • hat timt gentleman is living today in lux- ury somewhere in Euro|M'. A Christmas party will be held for "mi 'lei privileged" dogs in Montclair. N. J righteous man irdeth the life * ♦ ♦ Hain In Oregon Fog with a little body in On gnu: Something found on cake. Snow °" . Diadem on Mt. H.... I. « « * I he Russian soldiers are so accusi.>.ned o Hoeing red that the white-elnd Finnish •■‘'''7 ,w;is upon them befóte III,.y suspected nnyihing, J 1
