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Off Jo Join Uncle Sam's Conscription Army 11 WlsbonOArg us ♦ Hillsboro, Oregon, Thursday, Januar Rural Fire Problem Is Tackled Solution to Be Sought in uf Hillsbiu Draft "Shock Troops" Claud C. Cook, Native County Start Army Training Son, Succumbs Wanhinglon now I noie Snm. ’ lulled up fur;i selective service law. they are now stationed at the Fort Lewis (Wit h.) reception center The first group of volunteers men poodbyc from ai Lines bus at Bt morning, and the m Motor Mond ly ight men ur ani «1er Ilie Fori left bus inernmg Met at Station At the bus depot in Portland, the commissioned officers them to the Mulino mah county examinations after a armory, Ilie men went Although no definite plans have been announced, it is understood that the Washington county youths will army detachments formed from ONG outfits from this county. At send-offs The Beaverton b i g n school band turned out there Mon day morning with martial music. ; nd brief words of wi ll-wishing were heard from Al Rossi, mayor of Beaverton; It W Wi ll and II It Findley, draft board members, amt Paul Patterson, draft appeal agent As a farewell gesture, the manager of the theatre al Beaverton pre- Tuiiion Warrante Authorized by Non-high Board Funeral services will be held >. in Friday in the Donelson '«•well chnpel with interment in the Fir Lawn ceni et Rev M piake ;ram. the Dance to Swell Fund for School Band Uniforms Cornelius route one non. Echi ; one daughter. Mrs. Lu- <’ "e Eiliger, Cedar Mills; two grand A dance to raise money for the children. Delores and Raymond Edi- union high school band uniform funl under joint sponsorship of the ter. Mrs. Iva Naught, both of Hills Rotary and Lions clubs is being The non-high school board in ses planned for the evening of Febru sion Friday authorized tuition and boro. i nJ an uncle. Roy Cook of ary 7, it was announced at the Ro transportation warrants totaling Cornelius. tary meeting here Thursday noon $22.2i><> With only $H4l>0 of tins total Claud Cecil Cook was born Jan Officers and directors of the two available in the non-high fund for uary 16, 1888. at Cornelius, and service clubs and their wives will cash warrants, the balance of $14 - b id resided In Washington county act as patrons and patronesses, ac- mo distributed m bis entire life. He purchased the cerding to present plans. The dance i w.u rants’, according Io School Sup- iistimc cardrooic: in Hillsboro in is to be held in the high school I rmten.lent B W Barm 1934 and until i months ago, gymnasium. his health failed, had been Another Rotary-sponsored event among the union high school dis- as proprietor of that Main di.cussed at the club's last luncheon meeting was the annual oratorical $1690, He Banks married to Etta Schul- contest, to be held February 20 in commerce hall. $1200 1 inerirli on April 4, 1909. He is re- the chamber $8000 membi red by sports fans in Wash- Prizes of $10 and $7 50 are being of imisb. n fered for the two best student or $1400 I $10,01X1 bail player and he was a member ators from the union high school. Entertainment at Thursday’s lun of the Oldtime Baseball association eluded II $400 cash warrant paid to He also belonged to the Knights of cheon session was provided bv the J B McGinn for transportation on Pvthias lodge, which is in charge navy recruiting office, motion pic of graveside services at the Fir tures showing the latest develop ment in submarines and airplanes. The non-high beard also granted | Lawn cemetery. Jack Wes' will be the main speaker a request of Fred Grant. Wallace I Previous to coming to Hillsboro, on the program today tThursdayi. bus route contractor, that he be al He will discuss th«’ international lowed $100 more on his contract be maintenance department the situation based on his observations cause of ar increase in the number ' county d u ri n g active participation i n of students he must haul. I farms World War I. Two Sections, 16 Pagex City School Efforts Get Approval ■ury P.-T.A. Motion Requests a feature of the entertainment pro gram. which will also include a skit, n a ic. 1 numbers and readings. The program will start at 8 o’clock An anniversary cak will be the "piece de of refresh- menta to b' served in the basement following i e program. No charge will be made to non-lodge members attending Thc s >ciation authorized Jack H iy< i. deputy state marshal who accepted an invitation to at- t«-nd the meeting here, to contact the various state offices interested and arrange for an immediate confer ence < f delegates from these vari ous groups to “rough draft" some sort of legislation aimed at provid ing for rural protection. Legislation woulj be written into a house bill and introduced during the present session of the legislature Loi al .Meeting Set The association then passed a mo tion calling for a meeting of dele gates from the various sections of the county for th«, purpose of select ing .«nd instructing a Washington county representative to the state meeting being arranged by Hayes Named as delegates to the local meeting were fire chiefs and assist ants in the various departments — with the exception of Hillsboro, wh.ch will be represented by Fire W Melhuish and Wilbur front i - a . are William Wod! <>f Gaie Creek Rnb- Dillon. fire marshal. Ccunty Jud1 e H D Kerkman was named chairman of the meeting, and Jim Clinebell of Hillsboro. which was held yesterday < Wed- number: Two other nesdayi afternoon in the courthouse. ixton are not in the- Marshal Dillon was elected as the From left to right, front row, county firemens association dele- I Burke o Beaverton and Joe gat«' to the forthcoming Salem ml Patterson of Hillsboro, draft meeting and it was agreed that he I >mc. draft i s; H R Findley of should be accompanied by one or A third draft board member. T P. Good- more members of the county court liba A resolution was passed -^ ■■ planning group asking that legisla tion be enacted giving the county authority to levy a tax on all prop erties outside municipalities and organized fire districts to protect life and property and to purchase f re-fighting equipment. oil fires Th«' film was brought here The definite action was taken aft er discussion pointed out the help lessness of certain rural dwellers in county's first ecll Cook. rj. Hillsboro the county. Various fire-fighting out in uniforms supplici) agencies have been answering dis and Washington county- tress calls in these outlying districts, in a conscription army to it was shown, but inasmuch as these year’s military service under the national (Continued on page 6) Second Stork Derby Winner th public on Wi d msr.ay evening grange hall, ac ording to an an- nouncement by Mrs G C. Chase. Conference Planned meeting held here Monday night m th«- city hall Including city and county offici als. an attendance of 40 engaged in discussion of the rural fire protec tion problem which has been a per ennial sore spot with city fire de partments. the county an 1 the fire Albany Grange to Observe 67 th Anniversary Here Wednesday ly Mating Creation of a comprehensive sys- picture Volume 47, No. 44 Through Legislation; ington county rural lands not now under the jurisdiction < f any exist ing fire protection organization wa sought by the Washington County draft« 19 11 of Mrs Skipper Burnett Resigns Post; West Succeeds Ri y I. Burnett, skipper of Hills boro's S- a Scout ship Rainbow." resigned from that position Monday night at an inspection meeting held at McMinnville with the "Loren Knight" Sea Scout ship of that city. John West, mate of the Rambovz ship. was appoin ■d to succeed Skip pi r Burnt whose resignation was tendered on recommendation of his physician to curtail activities for the benefit of his health. Burnett *aid he will remain in Scouting work, however, as Hillsboro district Earns Top Rating Adding an appropriate touch to the termination of Skipper Bur nett’s four years of service as head of the local Sea Scout ship, the Rainbow’ ship was given a 100 per cent inspection rating for its third consecutive year at the Monday night. Skipper Burnet started his bril- liant career in Sea Scouting eight years ago. when he became skipper of the “Columbia’' Sea Scout ship in Portland. Two years later, in 1935. the Columbia was named flagship for the northwest region and in 1936 was named national flagship, a title which at that time was attached to only one ship in the entire nation. When Burnett came to Hillsboro in 1937 and accepted an offer to heed the Rainbow, this ship had only 18 members and was rated as a third class ship. He immediately improved both the ship’s member ship and its prestige In 1939. his ef forts were rewarded with notifica tion that his ship had been named as a regional flagship and in 1940 the Rainbow was given a flagship rating in the national rating. This marked the second time that a ship under Skipper Burnett had earned the highest rating attainable. John West, an employe of the Portland General Electric company here, has been in Scouting for 10 years He was ship’s mate on the Rainbow in 1937. but at Skipper Burnett s behest, he started in at the bottom again—as an apprentice Sea Scout— worked his way up through the ranks of able Sea Scout and Eagle Scout to his mate's rat ing again. Present at the inspection meeting in McMinnville Monday night were Mrs. Burnett. Mrs. R. Frank Peters. Mrs John West. Morris Weil and the Rotary clubs Sea Scout committee members. C. T. Richardson, Tom Bailey and Herb Staples. I n tendering h i s resignation. Skipper Burnett expressed thanks to Sen Scouts. Rotary committee- m.n and the general public for their splendid support of the local ship during his years at the helm. Bonneville Man On Chamber Bill John F Durr, industrial engineer for the Bonneville administration, will be the main speaker at the chamber of commerce luncheon Monday noon. His talk will be con cerned with his field of work in the northwest's electric power set-up As ex-secretary of the chamber of commerce at Eugene. Durr known to many business men in Hillsboro. Court of Honor Due Hillsboro district Boy Scouts will hold their regular monthly court of honor session Thursday night in the circu t court room here, with Judge R Frank Peters slated to preside. Board to Proceed with Building Planning Hore A gathering of approximately 10ft Hillsboro citizens ata Parent-Teach ers' association meeting Monday night flashed the "green light" for the D.strict No. 7 school board to “proceed with its efforts to inaug urate a suitable building program 1 >r the grade school during the year 1941." Such a program would have to be submitted to vote of tax payers later. Little Marjorie Elaine Jones, recently arrived for Mr. and Mrs. The “go signal" came ;n the form Orval Jones of this city, was not the least bi camera-shy when of a motion passed unanimously posed with her mother for a newspaper picture heralding her con after an open discussion of Hills test-winning appearance last week in the Hillsboro stork derby. boro's grade school rchabiLtaticn She is credited with gurgling something that ha» since been trans problem brought out a general re- lated by a baby-gurgle expert as meaning: "I knew Id win all the luctance on the part of the district time."—«Argus photoi taxpayers to "sink more money" in the dilapidated David Hill building, a structure which has been in use tor half a century. Wiring Below Standard The David Hill school originally had no electric lights and those that have been installed since are not only below standard but are be low state requirements for such wiring. Because it is an all-wood Three community dances to celebrate President Roose building, use of the second floor velt's birthday and a number of other special events for clasrooms is declared by school to constitute a grave along with county-wide participation in the “March of authorities danger from the fire hazard stand Dimes’’ will be the foundation for Washington county’s point Repairs which would be im contribution to the annual anti-paralysis drive, it was mediately necessary to put the Da stated Monday by Frank A. Smith of Beaverton, county vid Hill school into usable condition include installation of a new heat •chairman. Dances are being planned at Hills ing plant—an item of about $15.- boro. in the rrange hall the evening 030 in itself—overhauling of wiring of February 1; at Aloha, the eve and plumbing, replacement of rot ning of January 30 in the grange ting foundations and general inter hall there, and at Tigard, where the ior renovation. Tentative plans for a building to date and place is as vet unannounc ed. At Beaverton, the Kiwanis club replace the David Hill structure, as formulated at the meeting Monday anj the firemen are planning joint w. a « benefit breakfast night, would call for a one-story sponsorship of to ra.se funds for the anti-paralysis structure including 10 classrooms, a combination auditorium and gym- drive. office facilities and a health At Forest Grove and at West nasium, SI pe. various clubs and schools are , room. collecting donations in addition to Cost Estimated J. D. Annand. Tigard architect contributions for the “March of Dimes." Other communities are ; who has earned a reputation as an authority on school buildings, was helping with collections. called upon to give an estimate of Local Appointments the cost of such a building. He . Mrs. C. .. O. . Churchill, Hillsboro j pointed out that inasmuch as jn- chairman. this week announced ap- terekt rates are very lbw at the p .mtment of the following cotnini;- present time, building construction tee women and the organizations for j» no more expensive now than it which they will be responsible: was several years ago. His estimat Mrs. R L Burnett Coffee club and ed cost on a modern, brick veneer Rainbow Girls: Mrs. H. H. Stan building was $65,000. The same nard. Royal Neighbors. Pythian building without brick veneer Sisters and B. P. W. club; Mrs. could be put up for about $3500 less Fritz Abendroth, union high school. but ’he cost of painting the exter Peter Boscow school, B. W. Barnes ior would cat up this sum during school: Mrs Harry Christensen, the life of the building, he said. David Hill school, and Mrs. H. Des The school rehabilitation planning inger. St. Matthews parish. also turned to repairs which Annana Skipper Rov L. Burnett, who ten Mrs Churchill also announced recommended as necessary to bring dered his resignation Monday transfer of Mrs. Pearl VanDomel- Hillsboro's other grade school night as head of the local Sea en’s services frem North Plains to buildings up to standard specifica- Scout Ship Rainbow. Mountaindale. Other committee (Continued on page 2) women named this week included Mrs. C. D. Chamberlain. North Plains, and M r s. Marjorie Beck, Orenco. Community Heads Appointments announced b j Chrirman Smith were as follows Mrs. Gladys Savik, Aloha; Mrs. Mollie Landingham. Tigard; Eva Ortman. Forest Grove, and Mrs. Tom McHugh. West Slope. Organization of a women's na Mailing cards for the "March of By special arrangement, a week tional defense club in the commun Dimes" may be obtained in Hills ly column entitled, ity of Timber, first town of its size boro from Mrs. Churchill and in makers in Salem" "With the Law- to have such a unit, was announced | other communities from the respec Hams will be a by Vernon Wil- feature of this this week. tive committeewomen. Lapel tags during the legislative ses- Mrs. Mary Campbell is in com in connection with the "March of paper sion. Each week, a summary of mand of the Timber defense club Dimes" are being distributed in all matters considered and work done and her assistants are Mrs. Chris- I the schools. by the Oregon legislature now in tine Gildner. second lieutenant; One of the first community dona- session at Salem will be reported Irene Boardman. sergeant, and Mrs । tions to be received bv Chairman with particular reference to the Myrtle Ramsey, corporal. । Smith was presented this week by progress and standing of bills of Classes in drill, first aid. auto the Manning social club, a check ma for importance. mechanics, archcry. mess manage for $15. This report will be factual and ment. clerical work and communica Fifty per cent of.all money col- in no sense partisan. It will, in the tion are to be organized for th' । lected in the various anti-paralysis main, give details on matters of women by the army overhead of functions will remain in the county the Reehcrs CCC camp. The club for local benefits. Mrs. Churchill interest not covered by the regular press organizations and inside pic is a unit of the National service pointed out. tures of what is actually being leegue of Portland under state com done—information obtainable only mand of Major Stearns. by intelligent observation on the Attends AAA Conference , scene and personal contact with in- County Farmers' Union members. W. J Enschede. Hillsboro state , dividual ----------- ----- । committeeman of the AAA. attend- I Every reader of the Argus will 1 cd th? Oregon state conference of he interested in what Is transpir- Washington County Farmers’ Un icunty AAA committeemen held at ing at the state capital during this, ion will meet at the Legion hall in Corvallis Wednesday through Sat the most important session of the Hillsboro Saturday. January 25. be urday Wilson Westbrook of Wash legislature in many years, and will ginning at 11 a. m Pot luck lunch ing. D. C, returned home with him find in these weekly columns in will be served at noon by the Ce ' spent the week-end at the En-. formation which may be obtained dar Mills local. schcde home. 1 from no other source. Aloha, Tigard Plan Birthday Dances Resigns Timber Women Form National Defense Club Weekly Column To Summarize Legislature News Pioneer Development of County Told in Pages of Historical Survey N.«lr ;thinv’l'ii tilers for land ami supremacy ci nflict Hi t..n. inter« <t will I m * P1|I>IM h > i I < '< III illlH'd itl 'tlllll intrrvHÌi4.) h I PAKT I- -WASHINGTON KH N IÏ S NA I t H \l The fertile plains anil rolling opes of the Timi; Im Valley which wen e «¡illy set apart as Washington i county lie in th«’ northwest «■orner I <:l thr Will.i mette valley On? of Oregon' n.'itiii al garden region, lustor nally th«' Tu. latm valley ai . lias much in commi n with thr Willametto valley Both regions were the setting of the earliest stable community life in Ori gon The hl of the Tualatin c; pecially cuunlry gradual ment unmarked by heroic incid- ent or dramatic No ho. tile Indians contested with white with Hu' cur- that centered in the Willamette valley nearby. The name "Tualatin" is deriv ed from an Indian word mean- ing lazy or sluggish. Confusion spelling of the name. "Tualatin" having finally been adopted by common usage a; the name of the river The Indi.ms of the i ferrod to as the bands. Thr spoiling was most frequently Tuality district a n < Tu ilily county. Th' territory forming Wash- ington County was included hi the igimil Tnalitv July 5. 1843 ’ the original Tualitv district south < f the Columbia river. having been reduced in urea by the formato n of Clatsop C um- tv. was mimed Washington County by act of the Legisla- tur«’. September 3, 1819. Washington county embraces alm ist all the drainage basin of the Tualatin river and its trib utarli Rising in the southwest ern part of the county, in the the southern s«?ction. the Tualatin river, joins the Willamette river a few miles otitsid«' the southeast corner of the county. Smaller streams, among t h e in Scoggin creek. Gabs ei’eik. Dairy creek, and Rock creek, each a tributary « f the Tualatin river, provide .1 compl't«' drainage system for the hills siirroundin Ilie valley, This«- sheltering lulls form natural boundaries. geographic en- fourth of the county's 731 miles plain, ranging in elevation from miles long and 10 miles wide. In i:s primiliv.? state, the floor of tiie valley was an almost tree- I -s । xp. use dotted with occas- Today there remain dense for ests which cloak the surruund- ing hillsides. The Scappoose lulls rise between the valley and the Willamette and Columbia rivers which flow in parallel di rections on the northeast. The Chchalem mountains cluster on the south, and the main Coast range on the west, with peaks rising to 2,600 feet, forms a bar- Her between Washington coun ty and Tillamook county. Only the extreme western edge of the county extends beyond t h e drainage basin of the Tualatin river. Here the Trask. Nehalem, and Salmonberry rivers drain the western slope of the Coast range directly into the Pacific ocean. Th’ same general geological iiiflm nets that determined the contour of western Oregon molded the Tualatin valley re gion. The breaking un of the glaciers i t the end of the glacial age. following the era of inunda tion. hollowed out th«’ valley Hence, the soil of the region is of two general tyt>es residual in tlie hills and alluvial in re- rent deposits in the valley. A clay subsoil is covered with a silt loam which ranges in depth from a few inches to several The swift flow of mountain is retarded the inns area wh caused by beaver dams have added to the richness of thesoT Th«’ climate of the Washington county area is mild and humid with extremes of temperature varying from 106 degrees maxi mum to 15 degrees minimum. Average annual precipitation is 45 85 inches December averages the heaviest rainfall of 79! inches. . nd July th? lightest of 0 39 inches Factors other than favorable natural condition» encouraged peaceful settlement and com- munite growth in the Tualatin valley. Like . II the Willamette valley region, the Tualatin vai ls spared the violence of Indian wars. The Twalatv In- Mians, numbering ; bout 23 bands, were of Calapooya slock and na tive to the district Originally a quite numerous people, they fell victim Io several "cold ‘sick" epidemics, which began in 1829 and entire families were wiped out by the disease; villages were A policy of compensating the Indians for their lands was. to a limited extent, put into opera tion. and numerous treaties be tween the settlers and the Cala pooya Indians effected during 185 1 promised payment in blankets, clothing, farm imple ments. and cither articles In re turn for such payment, the In dians agreed to cede their lands to the settlers. The original treaties, however, were never officially ratified and the In dians objected to the plans to rc- of the Casi ade range. Indian upr sings were vio- . the southern Oregon Indian wars reaching serious proportions 1853 In th. t year. Joel Pa commissioner. pn complete extermination of the latter. In 1854. Palmer suggested another treat; which would counteract the failure of ratifi cation and fulfillment of previ ous treaties with the Twalaiy Indians. marked the end of the fur-trade, This treaty proposed an ex era in Oregon's history and the change of lands, the Indians ced beginning of a new phase of pi ing their lands in the Tualatin oneer life. Throughout the early valley for about 40 acres per part of the century, fur trading family on an undetermined re had dominated activity in the servation .The treaty failed with Oregon country. Rivalry be the ratification, but on January tween trading companies had 22, 1855, a treaty was consummat expressed, on an economic level, ed with the federated tribes of the developing contest between the Willamette valley and was American and British interests immediately ratified. By its for control of the new territory. terms, the Indians relinquished Although both the Hudson's Bay : 11 title to the Willamette valley | company and John Jacob Astor's lands in consideration of $155,- fur trading companies had es 000. payable in goods. tablished posts in the Oregon The government also agreed to country the Hudson's Bay com provide the Indians with educa pany controlled not only the fur- tional facilities and agricultural trade activity but the general a istancc. Thus, circumstances ' economic as well as the social combined to climir.ate the In- life in the Willamette valley. d ans as en obstacle to settle The Tualatin valley was a rich ment in the Tualatin valley, per field for th? restless trappers. mitting a peaceful transition Native w.ld life of all kinds from that earliest phase of Ore abounded in the thickly wooded gon history, largely one of com hills, and every stream was the mercial exploitation, to the pe habitat of beaver colonics. John ri d of permanent, homebuilding Work, a trapper who journeyed settlement. through the Tualatin valley in Tlie arrival of the Joseph 1834, has left an accurate and Meek and Robert Newell party colorful description of the region on the Tualatin plains in 1841 in his diary. t
