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Thiirwlny, December 21, I9^r)
KILLSnORO ARRÜS, HILLSBORO. OREGON
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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.
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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
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Hain In Oregon Fog with a little body
in On gnu: Something found on
cake. Snow
°" . Diadem on Mt. H.... I.
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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,
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