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Nul Distribution System Benefits Entire Industry \ lo w d .-.trib u tio n system m aug u ra t d ih i ye.u by O reg o n N u ’ Sfu-JJ«-. II Jl. boro. ha-» b n e f it 'd the J..*« f ilb r t in d u s try a w h o le , a cc o rd in g to W illia m B ('h a n d le < w n t r and m anager o f the local fir m A <'»mpleb- « overag f O r gon, W .is h in g ’ «,n. M ontana and Id a n o lias be n m ade d u rin g th e past tw o m onth». h .aid and n e w t e r r r it o r y is b rin g opened up as fast .is new* d e liv ly tru c k - can b* secured. T he com pany's o w n salesm en s d l and d e liv e r the local p ro d u c t d ire c t to r e t a ile r usin g d e liv r y tru c k s S h elled f ilb rts, roast d. c h o p p ed and lie d. placed in c e ll phane packag and packed in a ttra c tiv e d isp lay « irto m . are b a n g rece ive d by re ta il r* w ith g r a t if y in g '’ r. suit.-, (.’h a n d le r re p o rte d M o d e rn ro a s tin g and .»Bing <<juip m en t w ith ca p a c ity o f one to n p i r day has been inst ille d by the local fir m C a rl C W eb r w h o has b en w ith O regon N u t S h e lte rs since it op ned op ra tio n s in H ills b o ro in 1943. has been a p p o in te d sales m a n ager Eleven County Scouts Awarded Eagle Badges EL r \ « mi K.igl«1 .Seoul u w u i ■ 1 m d 42 « u»< I badge» w ere p rei .ent <1 1» I l «y Se >ul» Iro in « .»hlI« i n W.« »hing tu n i’i'U nty I >ceciiibci IH in i >11 o f th«* nioHt im p U ’Asive i•ourt o f h o n or v i emoni« « vet ti hl n Hi I ’o 1 llatl.l A u*. t <*outn it. ,»ec«>. du U l ‘>' C 1 ill yan W a lk r. ft id " 'U t «•M«e Ut IV c fo i t i l l * W.» h tiig lo n ««mnl y ur «M. 1* tei N < » i .idn.»te<l cum c i Ter t'.H i S«‘C<»T « » u .u v . 11M7 H • ti.»s .» .»nd li.i.s » ic .id c t. |>.i ili M .*> HM6. S t.n S to u t. O c lob r. 194(1. .m I L ife Scout. M ay. HM7 lie t iw . c t b n ia d r at one h o n o r c o u rt In ha?» a to ta l o f 23 inc. it badges and M w e re am ong th e \ i it r •• ’l ’li- «« le m o n y , p u f u rn d ««I th M u ltn o m a h g ia <• .»chool. wa S ta id y Hy<l i IB » 4« came a T e n di i f »>»t Sc mt in M «reti. 1943. Second M ay. 11*13. F u s t clav» Septem o« i 1943. S ta r S cout M av. liH4 and l . f e S -ut Nov m b c i. 1946 1 le ha* a In c h ’d bv h ig h >ut o fficials from p o rtla i t A re a C o n n u t and DR. ABRAMS D E N T IS T 132 South Second Street PLATES-Made 1 to 3 Days PLATES Relined 1 Day PLATES Repaired 5 hrs. OMt O f W O u iO NOT 8 t T81 F O U IO W .N * & A M Î5 PI A V i i in A Pe«u 6 C R lS B A tf C. B lU IA R P ! , P. fH O O iit V - r\ Stiles Services Held Wednesday d e rfo o t in A p r l. 1944 Second cla - F u n e ra l service» fo r J H orace tw o m o n th » lat l . F irs t class, M ay S tile * 4ki ow n t and o p e ra to r o f the HH6. S ta r S< mt, June 1946. and L ib S til tru c k lin e in F ore st G rove , : »4*» h . m e rit badge* and has »erved as «» p a w h o d ie d D* ce.nb r 22. w e re held last W ednesday fro m th e F orest tr o l leader Pat Hog«-. 15 G radual« d fro m C u b G ro v e U n d r t.ik in g ch a p el In te r b in g and became a Tend« rfo o t Scout m« nt w.»» at R iv e rv ie w ce m e te ry . in Nov« rn b c j. 1945 Second cla?«. . P o rtla n d M r Stil« s was b o rn J u n e 16. 1K$’ M arch . 19441 F irs t cla**. N o ve m b e r. 1940. S ta r Scout. M arch , 1947, and in M o r* s to w n . N J , and wait a In f Sc ut M ay. 1947 He has 26 reside n t o f O regon for 57 ye a rs He 1 m e rit badges and has served as as grnv. up m P o rtla n d and o p e ra tfd ista n t p a tro l leader, p a tro l le a d e r b u sin e t < in Wasco and T h e I>aH r* b e fo re m o v in g to For« st G ro v e H 1 and a den ch i f. Hoy K irk la n d . 15 G ra d u a te d fro m had op rate d the S tile s tr u c k lin e C u b b in g and became a T< nderf»M>t in th e i since 1928 He was a in e m b e r !>«•< mb< i 1944. Second class, ()ct«db o f th e E lk * lodge and F o r st G r .v e er. 1945 F irs t class M arch. 1946. S ta r F irst C o n g re g a tio n a l c h u rc h S u rv iv in g in a d d itio n to h is w ife . Scout. June. 1946. and L ife Scout J a n u a ry . 1947 H<* has 27 met it badges A gm s F arc tw o d a u g h te rs. M rs. J R McCreadv, F ore st G ro v e , and and has served as a p a tro l leader. M rs A C W e in e l. M ilto n ; a sister. R ic h a rd J o in s , 17 «Became a T en d rfo o t in M ay. 1943, Second class. , Em m a P o rtla n d , and th re e b ro th e rs. Ted M P o rtla n d , Ixx? C rue. S eattle. J u n e . 1944 F u s t etas-. M arch. 1946, S ta r Scout, June. 1946. and L ife and Jo h n C , W am ic. »Scout. N o ve m b e r, 1946. He has 24 m e rit badg a and has served as a p a tro l lead» r. se n io r p a tro l le a d e r and Ju n io r assistant scoutm aster. Douglas Jones. 15— Became a T e n d e rfo o t in Decem ber. 1944; Second da.*- M » h. 1946. F irs t class Oct b «1 11*16, S ta r S cout. J a n u a ry . 1947. F u n e ra l services fo r A lic e W ilc o x •uid L ife Scout. M ay, 1947 He has 82 y e a r-o ld c o u n ty re s id e n t and a to ta l <>f 2H m e rit badg s and has lo n g tim e school t.a c h e r in W estern s i ved .».* a i ta n t p a tro l lead« r and W a sh in g ton co u n ty , w e re h e ld Sat- b u g le r ! u n la y fro m th F orest G ro v U n d e r la s t i Ldm nst r. 15 G r a d u a t'd ta k in g ch .pel In te rm e n t was in F o r fro m C u b b in g and became a T e n est V ie w ce m e te ry th ; foot i N o ve m b e r. 194a. S rco n d Mrs W ilcox w as b o rn M a y 11. 1865' da M irc h , 1944» F irs t class. O cto b i l l Wausau. W is.. and cam e to O re e r. 1946. S ta r S cout. J a n u a ry , 1947 gon w ith her p a re n ts in 1891 T he y a n il L rf Scout M ay. 1947 He has 21 se ttle d in th e G aston v ic in it y . She I m e rit badges and has serv d as a ta u g h t 15 years in th e Scoggins p a tr 1 1 a d rr. v a lle y school and also in C h e rry A lv in B ow ers. 15 J3ecam e a T e n G rove . W ilso n R iv e r and o th e r d e rfo o t in J a n u a ry . 1945. Second ' schools o f the area c la ** tw o m on th s la te r; F irs t class N o im m e d ia t fa m ily s u rv iv e s . in May, 1945; S ta r Scout in A p r il. 1946 and L ife S cout in O c to b e r, 1946 He ha.- 24 m e rit bad« s at»i has s e rv ed as p a tro l I c . id r , assistant p a tro l . 1-ader. ju n io r a ssistant sco u tm a ste r and den c h ie f A la n U llb e rif. 14 -G raduated fro m (vc(& C u b b in g and becam e a T e n d e rfo o t in Nov m b. r. 1945. S cond class, M arch. 1946. F irs t class t h n e m onths la te r S ta r S cout. O c to b e r. 1948 and L ife Scout in M arch . 1947. H has 38 m e rit badges and has se rve d as a p a tro l le a d e r and scrib e O th e r S c o u tin g a w a rd s m ade at the h o n o r c o u rt w . rc: ARC L ife S cout — Jo h n H ic k o x , T ro t p WILDER 204 S ta r S cout — B il ly M oore. A lle n *• B lo o m fi Id and J o h n Jacobs, a ll 111441 on i x '.loop :'H1 Fo lie M ik s c h . and D a vid I I ».It i c J e re m ia h . W est P o rtla n d C o m m u n ity c lu b tro p 229: ' J i l l Dean M o rris , M akos R e p a ir W ork E asy! S y lv a n C itiz e n s ' c o m m itte e troo p 290 W I L D »«T «»«»I in any r» u |» or w rlght F irs t class m e rit b a d ge s — John — (ro m ah»»« «*» n o io i block». B U IL D C am p D a l P o u n d . J a c k Saunders your own •«■nchlone. r r e l gaiaa. p c » t f Jr.. M e rly n G. C a ld w e ll. K nneth r a i n , key loader», conveyor». 6R AZI L a w h o rn . R obert H cnsel. B re n t N o r water tank», pipe», »keel mei»L S O L D E R m an, Hugh H in d s and Ronald radiator», w iring, leaky fuel can»* m ilk can» H A R D S U R F A C E .plowtbar»». cwA Y o u n g n ia n . a ll tr . op 204; R ich a rd tf«»tor bit», »hovel». G e rv a is and Ja ck M anges, B e a ve r K iw a n is tro o p 208; D a le D . ll. u - Only Fonity Ha* AD Thasa faataras ton p o rt. B il l Boston L a r r y W a lk e r and W eaiher-prool < • • • Fire-proof «oniiru «- Richap.l Johnson, tro o p 229. Robert d oiv Proper voltava rating for tach heal M c F .irrc n . R a lp h S a lm o n . F ra n k ataga— -reduce» »planar, aivr» more Head R o n a ld Sh d d v . Ray Robbins d e n i operation. F»«a of welder »how» correct »Isa of rod to u»a with each and J im m y Hans. n. B o n n y Slope P - he»t et age. A ll electrical connection* T A tro o p 281 heated ar welJed. It*» built to laatl F irs t class—C h e s te r B ow ers. B u d Polly »quipped— re a d - to waa. L a w h o rn and D a v id K ir k la n d , troop Riles Held lor County Teacher W ELD FOR A . INTAGLIO B. S<if£N P fc X i« C. B B A IllE 0. o p p i t r Free Demonstration at no obligation—drop a card to, or see N A R K J . COOPER ÜcUAOOß A. ß C P I« * COUNTRY OF Rt. 3. Box 159. Hillsboro ZONK M ANAG ER (or S ta ir of Oregon S outh A aai R ica CINTOMI AM fCICA A F R IC A IN D IA 204 Second class m e rit badges— D onald E b e rt and T o m Ire to n , tro o p 204: P aul B u ff.im and C la ris Poppert. tro o p 208; J, hn P ru ts m a n and Don M ill. r in g . tro o p 229 S e c o n d C lass S co u t — A l a n S ch n e id e r. G a a r E d w a rd s and Rob e rt F in c h , tro o p 204; W e n d e ll Pike, tro o p 208, and D cu g J o h n son , troop 229. H ill ,boto, Oregon Thursday, January I, 194»__________________________ Volume 34. No 41 Business and Financial Outlook lor 1948 Given 1948 in a Nutshell BUSINESS: COMMODITIES TAXES: HEAL ESTATE POLITICS: STOCKS: BONUS Watch out after November 2. 1948. Wholesale priee peak in sight. Personal income taxes will be some what lower. W ageworkers to use Taft-H artley Bill as cheek on labor leaders. Increased suburban building. Election year propaganda. A year for switching. Low-coupon rate, long-term bonds will be lower. C lif f C o rn u tt. c u -o w n e r o f t h e H ills b o ro Im p le m e n t C o . w ill l'-ave H ills b r<» S a tu rd - for Io he w ill rep re se n t his fir m at f ic ia l in s p e c tio n to u r o f th J hn D r< tra c tu . fa c ’ u ry. T h e g ro u p c u n s i-t.n g o f d a le r fro m O regon. W a sh in g ton and Ida ho. w ill th e n v is it the new John D eere fa c to ry at D ub u q ue The del • g a tio n . w h ic h w ill m ake th ■ tr ip in tw sp c ia l r a ilro a d cars, w ill then inspect th? p a rtia lly -c >.ii;>le'- ed >1.000.000 C a te rp illa r T ra c to r Co fa cto : y at P eoria. I ll J o h n D eere and C a te rp illa r deal ers are in c lu d d in the to u rs T hi H ills b o ro I m p lim e n t Co is W ash in g to n c o u n ty d e a le r fo r both m ik - o f fa rm e q u ip m e n t C m u t t w ill re tu r n a b o u t J a n u a ry 17. F u n e ra l , rvice s fo r J hn A n g u • Ross. 88. o f G le n w o o d, w h o d i d Decem ber 20 in a Forest G rove hos p ita l. w re h lrl I> re n ib e r 23 in the Forest G ro v e U n d e rta k in g chapel. H was b o rn in Kansas S e p te m ber 12. 1859 and had been liv in g in O regon the past s ix years. H had be n in ill h e a lth fo r th re e years. S u r v iv in g is a d a u g h t r. Mrs. M a ry K a th e rin e J o a k k h. P o rtla n d . Read and use A rg u s * C la s s ifie d Ads :<*<»<<«’I « « « « ' « « « 1« ’< « < « « « ' J tiv « - J 0117 Jester says: W c hope y o u a ll have a HAPPY NEW YEAR . . . a ll ye a r lo n g ! CONCRETE TILE and STEEL CASED WELLS A l l casing In s ta lle d in an 18-inch g ra v e l-p a c k e d hole. W rite C. C. Perkins Rt. 1. Box 3. Banks. Ore. 1 m ile so u th o f B anks Phone 121 SCRATCH! Phone 471 We P ick Up and D e liv er Hom e Laundry & D ry Cleaners Phone 471 Hillsboro, O re. Happy New Year BEC K ETT Truck L in e ( Inc. Read and use A rg u s Classified Ads. Wishing You Happy and Prosperous NEW YEHR "F or years I cooked w ith wood, and 1 hail no idea that I eoldd have a m odern gas range and autom atic but w ater way out in the county off the city gas mains. But now we have a Propane Gas storage tank right in our own yard and enjoy all the convenience of city gas service. Take inv advice and investigate!" W here the atm osphere isn’t "frozen solid.” You w’ill enjoy the inform al ity and friendliness of this spot. Make your next dinner here soon. MODERN GAS & APPLIANCES PHONE 3161 May we lake this opportunity lo thank you for your friendly patronage during lbe past year and to wish you much happiness and success in the year fo come. HAMBY MOTORS F o u r Chevrolet D e a le r APPLIANCES RT. 2-IOX 321-A-RAUL HINAMOM-OWRER.ALSO IN VERNONIA,OREGON IV* Ml. FROM HILLSBORO ON PORTLAND HIWAV 2 Services Conducted For Glenwood Man NEVER W hy C hop W ood? HOUSEHOLD Implement Dealer to Join Factory Tour R u b b e r stam ps and o ffic e su p p lie , -H ills b o ro A rg u s tf By Roger W. Babson b 't t e r grade in 1918 even i f re ta il 1 1948 w ill be m ore o r less, 'if n p rices h o ld up jp lic a V ' o f 1947 C e r ta in ly th e re 18 T h e re w ill be m an y m a rk - w ill be no • d e p re s s !-n ’’ as so m any d o w n sales" o f goods o f in fe rio r pi sim ists are ta lk in g about, b u t q u a lity and c u rb s on in s ta llm e n t fu n d a m e n ta l c o n d itio n s w ill be b u y in g m ay re tu rn come in c re a s in g ly less fa v o ra b le 19. T h e d o lla r v a lu e o f a ll re ta il W itc h out a fte r N o v e m b e r 2. 1W8 sales in 1948 s h o u ld a t least equal 1947 G eneral Business 2 T h e a bove p a ra g ra p h a p p lie s ' 20. T he u n it value o f re ta il sales m o s tly to gross business. C e rta in ' w ill b e less in 1948 th a n in 1947; In d u s trie - w ill show s m a lle r net 1 th e re w ill be fe w e r c u s to m 'r p u r p ro fits T h is means th a t, in some , chases in m ost stores, a lth o u g h each (Continued on Page 4) cases d iv id e n d s m ay be Pss in 1948 Rem em ber s m e th in g m ay be a l- j located o r ra tio n e d again in 1918 3 T he r c o n ve rsio n fro m -war to pc ice has been e n tire ly c o m p le te d ; ■war surpluses a re p re tty w e ll d it- pos d of; and 1948 w ill even show a resu m p tio n o f m ilit a r y purchases 4 In v e n to rie s , q u o te d b o th at th e ir prio-' values and th e ir v lu m - cs -w ill increase d u rin g 1948 B o th ra w m a te ria l p ile s and m a n u fa c tu r ed goods w ill be in g re a te r s u p p ly d u rin g 1948 Commodity Prices 5. N o tw ith s ta n d in g th e above paragraph, some a llo c a tio n s o r pri-1 o ritie s may be re in sta t'd in 1948 T he p u b lic is s ic k o f h ig h prices and w ill m ake dem ands fo r some p ric e c o n tro ls in the case o f c e rta in p ro d u cts in s h o rt su p p ly . 6 T he re ta il p ric e o f some goods, o th e r than food pro d u cts, w ill be h ig h e r d u rin g 1948 as th e fin a l tu rn has not yet been rra c h e d f r a ll typ e s o f goods 7 Wc e x p c; to see the p .a k in w h olesale c o m m o d ity pr.ces some tim e d u rin g 1948 We. th .r e fo r c . ad vise go in g easy on in v e n to rie s , es p e c ia lly on b o rro w e d m ney 8 R e ta il p ric e changes w ill lag It’s a point of honor a fte r w h o le sa le p ric e changes T h is with us to move your e x p la in s w h y we expect re ta il p r ic es on good q u a lity m erch a n d ise to belongings quickly h o ld up fo r a w h ile a fte r w h o le sa le and safelv. p ric e s begin to d e c lin e B u t 1948 w ill be a y e a r o f w a r p r p a ra tio n s. ( F arm Outlook f . T he t ta i fa rm .ncom c fo r 1948 s h o u t! a p p ro x im a te ly eq u al th a t o f 1947; b u t we fo re ca st lo w e r p ric e s f o r wheat, co rn , and c e rta in o th e r p ro d u c ts F a rm e rs sh o u ld c e rta in ly d iv e rs ify m ore in 1948, get o u t of debt, p u t m oney in to im p ro v e m e n ts , and p re p a re fo r re a l tro u b le some day. 10. T h e s u p p ly o f c e rta in vege Phone 542 - P o rtla n d E A 3727 tables. fru its , and fis h p ro d u c ts 658 8. T en th Ave. sh o u ld increase d u r.n g 1943 and the p ric e o f these s h o u ld f a ll o f f b a r H IL L S B O R O rin g »v me w e a th e r, insect, o r b lig h t catastrophes 11. M i. it w ill be in s h o rte r s u p p ly in 1948 th a n in 1947 S h o u ld the c u rr e n t p ro p a g a n a to "e a t l.s s and have a b e tte r fig u re " gain p o p u la r ity. u p w a rd pressure on m eat p r ic es w o u ld be g re a tly reduced. 12. F a rm e rs w ill t r y to get b o th 1948 P re s id e n tia l candidates to p ro m ise f u r th e r subsidies T h e above fo u r F a rm F orecasts .i.-sumc n o rm a l w e a th e r w h ic h we do n o t a tte m p t to p re d ic t. Low er Taxes 13. T h e F e d e ra l d e b t w i l l be in creased d u rin g 1948 14 N o personal taxes w i l l be In c re a s e ! d u rin g 1948 and th e re w ill be some re d u c tio n s ,— pe rh a p s 5% to 10', in th e u p p e r b ra c k e ts and the e n tire e lim in a tio n o f th-.se in th e lo w e s t b ra c k e t. 15. We forecast th a t th e n e w ta x b ill w ill enable a m an to sh a re his in c o m e ta x e q u a lly w it h h is w ife w ith o u t s h a rin g h is in c o m e o r p ro p e rty . 16. T h e 25r : ta x lim it on lo n g term gains w ill re m a in unchanged. R etail Sales 17. G oods on c o u n te rs w i l l be of Answers below L.R6. PROPANE Section Two, Six P ager First and Washington Streets 160 E MÄIN — HILLSBORO hillsboro, Oregon