/ (T it? nrrüt ( 6 r m t p î z x j i r p l l a The Artisan Concert Published every Thursday at Forest Grove, Oregon. Was a Rare Treat W. C. Benfer, Editor and Publisher. Entered as second-class matter Jan. 12, 1918, at the poatotdce |x at Forest Grove, Oregon, under the Act o f March 3, 1879 this (Continued from page One) organization. T h e h a n d played a half-dozen numbers anti THURSDAY, MARCH 1 1917 resjR>nded t o several encores, N O T E S A N I) C O M M E N T S while H. E. Hudson, tenor, and George K. Thomas, baritone, sang As a general thing, a measure erage editor makes lots and lots o f : solos and duets that were well which requires a lobby to push it enemies. Sometimes, however,! received. through the legis ature hasn’t the public welfare demands that At the close of the program much to recommend it except a a rascal be exposed, to correct or Harvey S. Hudson, s u p r e m e desire on the part of its backers arrest an evil, and when such a master Artisan, and a former resi- SA V E THE LIFE OF THE TOWN. to get their hands into the public call comes, the editor who will re- ‘lent of this city, told of the many It will die if you don’t boost it coffers. main silent isn’t fit to be an edi- excellent points peculiar to the The best way to boost it is to R E A D THE President Wilson is criticised tor- And at such a time the ed i-' Artisan fraternity; how it differed, H OM E PA PE R C A R E F U L L Y for ‘ allowing Germany to slap tor should not be kept from speak-1to *ta benefit, from many of the Take an A C T IV E IN TE R E ST in the town’s affairs. him in the face” and then Smoot inR throu8h fei,r of losing patron-’ otht,r fraternal organizations and SPEND YOUR MONEY IN TOW N with and other reactionary senators a^e- Too many editors a low " by, as an Oregon in-titution, it the local merchants. would tie Wilson’s hands so he their pocket books to smother their j should be supported by every can be sapped some more. Too consciences, and. while this de- citizen o f the state. It w as much politics and not enough tracts from the usefulness of the wrong to send money out of Ore- BOOSTING THE SILO papers as policemen and watch- gon for fraternal in-urance, so long Americanism. dogs, there are few citizens who as here was so good an order as The Tillamook Headlight of Having watched Reed Smoot's are not in the same unhappy prr- 1 h e Artisans in Oregon This Feb. 15th contained many col- iitnns upholding the silo as the course in the senate for some dicament. So when you next feel order writes policies for sma'I Sheriff Applegate and Clerk real money maker for the farmer years, the writer is not surprised )j e asking your editor-friend to I amounts on the lives of boys and Kuratli have drawn the jury list and dairyman, and the following to find Smoot oppo-ing President hurt somebody’s feelings, stop and furls as well as insuring adults. for the March term of circuit ... _ . . . . i »« , , , . . . ¡are some of the extracts from the Director Campbell d e s e r v es (Court, which begins nex‘ Mnnday. paper: Wilson’s request for power ao deal a>k ourself this question: with the threatened war situation. . “ Is it for the public good, or i special mention for the excellent The venire comes from all parts d(m.t ^ , ny one c#n iUc. As the mouthpiece of Big Biz. is it a desire in me to hurt some- music the juvenile band handles, of the county and only three were | eessfully dairy in Tiii»m.s>k County Smoot is opposed to giving more body?” ( for he is a patient and talented »elected from Hillsboro proper. without it ■ilo.” —A. G. Beals. power to either the president or If the first motive actuates you. director and looks after the boys AM are farmers excepting six. “ Silage feet the spring before I he jurors: the people, He thinks Big Biz by all means ask the editor to take just as if they were his own child ralving arai up grasa romea, pu ta their beat. Tualatin should rule thru Reed Smoot. a hand; but if you merely want to ren- The band remained in town John Wesch Joseph Sounders Portland R 2 Dolph Tinneratet. get even” with somebody, wade ov‘‘r nitfht and members of the Geo. Conzelman Sherwissl R 3 In the list of officers of the “ Hen! dropped 350 (sturai* milk in i in and do i t yourself, leaving the order took them to th«ir several H. W. Emerson, Forest Grove fall when changed from silage to green Washington County Poultry as­ editor to his task of earning a homes for rest and refreshment Wm. Kappel * Forest Grove R 2 feed.’ ’ —James Williams. sociation, published in the Ex­ The Expre-s hopes t h a t Mr J. N. Loudon Cornelius R 2 living for his family. "Oats makes better feed in the silo press last week, the name of J. F. Johnson Buxton Frank Mandel Walter Roswurm of this city Sherwood R 3 . than in any other form .“ —B. L. Beals. ing” somebody, be assured the to bring the juvenile hand to this Ira W. Handley Hillsboro R 4 ! “ The Silo enables one to keep more should have appeared as vice »ditor thinks the fellow needs it city many times more, Toni Sinay Cornelius' stock on the same land. The dairymen president, but was left out by and the community will profit The concert undoubtedly did Albert OH Sherwood R 3 cannot afford to be without i t ." —Kup- mistake. Walter is not only vice Sea |s >o«e R 1 penbender Bros. thereby. i much to popularize the Arti an Otto Hendrickson president, but he probably breeds Joseph Peel Tualatin i lodge in this city. “ Silage kept the flow up through the Willis Ireland more varieties of fancy chickens THE NECESSITY Oh’ HUbbotv fall and winter and put the cows in Wm. H. Hiddink Buxton' than any other poultryman in the TAX LIMITATION sha|Ns for a good year's work this sea­ Wm. Boberg Tualatin Tax limitation has been enacted county. son. ’ ’ --R. (). Richards. Theo. Varalerzanden Banks R 3 by the people of Oregon, and j Harvey Baldwin Forest Grove , “ The silo raises the feeding value of THE PEACE MAKER their example will probably be fol- j The new road law ju 't passed H. R. Kaufman Sherwood R 5 the farm one half, as it allows you to President Wilson has b e e n lowe I by other states. Hit Isis >ro R 2 grow crops like corn and artichokes, abolishes road supervisors, after J. B. Kays forced to give up his place as Hillsboro which yield more per acre.“ -Herman Taxes cannot be increased in | Jan. 1. 1918, and thereafter the A. E. I.uth.r world’s peace- maker. The Unit­ H. L. m a t Beaverton R 3 Farmer. any one year more than -ix per- county court may (or may not) Henry T. Beach Hillsboro R 3 ed States will not be a disinterest­ “ Silage with a little grain keeps up cent over the previous year except \ appoint a road master or engineer Wdhelm Matzke Beaverton the flow through the winter when fat ed party when peace terms are ! by a vote of the people. to look after the work, under thi Wm. Nelson Hillsboro is high priced.’ ’ —C. E. Donaldson. arranged. Beaverton R 2 The next step will be the sepa- supervision of the county court, E. E. Berst Some months ago the German “ The best paying investment n f|r Portland R 2 ration of the tax levying and the This puts 53 road suj>er visors off Geo. Kieni ' ambassador. Count von Bern- Mike Sturm jr Cornelius R 2 mer can make. Hen] drop|>ed one- revenue disbursing functions of the list in Washington County. Joseph Rooks Bank» R 3 half in milk three days after silage was storff, predicted that not Presi­ the state government The new law in no way abtidges O. H. Butler Sherwood R 1 gone.” —William Maxwell. dent Wilson, but King Alfonso, There is a growing feeling that the right of road districts to levy Jos. E. Carpenter Forest Grove R 1 “ The only thing for a prairie farmer; the for the people simply t0 ^ re. spwial taIM_ and in w w y The county court jury called I shall build another this summer.” — bringing peace to the tvorld. But George Tinnerstet. quPed to put up in taxes what temb>r the county court for the year: it is likely that Spain will be the budget-makers ask is unfair.i make road districts. Three s gn- Wm. B. Wansbrough .... Hillsboro “ Kept up flow through t h e fall drawn into the mess. She’s go- Hillsboro R 1 m onths."—A. W. Bunn. O r d i n a r i l y the legislatures ers can call a special toad meet- Thos. P. Goodin John W. Pritchard ing to have a hard time in getting ^ ^ ¡ ppr0' pi £ t~ h ^ d ' Gaston R 1 er.- ing in each district, If a special “ The silo is a feed saver. It will fat­ I J. E. Peterson Portland R 2 enough to eat. ten the cow during the winter months act new laws calling for more levy is asked for, a majority of I Kdward Hanson v Dii ley With Alfonso out of it the loud so when they freshen in the spring ... , , revenus and the state tax boaid legal voters at such a meeting can Wm, V. Bergen Hillsboro voice for peace wTould be that of jevjes they will start the season in better B. R. Galbreath Beaverton vote a tax not to exceed ten mills, sha|>e and do better for the season.” — the Pope. It would be an oppor­ Hillsboro But the idea is growing that A voter must have r*al property K. B. Hartrampf It. A. Folk-. tunity such as no head of a church T B. B. Reeves Portland R 2 a limit, thus far in the district. The county court Emer Murdock Sherwood “ The silo givesjme a method o f kill­ has enjoyed in all the history of and no farther, and let those on m-.y or may not let work by con- j” S. McConnell Sherwood ing the seed o f yellow weed.“ —S. G. the world. And this head of the official beds adjust them-elves to tract, and where over $2.000 is F. M. Kelsey Hillsboro Reed. church of Rome surely has been the covers. involved advertisements must be j a great sufferer through the war. Direct action by the people m a d e and contracts awarded. — Portland News. limiting the amount of money tax The successful contractor must raising bodies, state, city, school put up a bond in the sum of fifty I ABOUT “ ROASTING” l or county, can take is needed. per cent of the total contract.— The editor of the Express has In California the original limi- Hillsboro Argus. been in the newspaper game a lit- tation was one dollar on the tie more than thirty years and hundred, but this has long been PUBLIC SALE he has not yet learned, to his en- Passe^ h-v devices tax*eaters. j Wlu se|j at my p|ace> two and tire satisfaction, why so many It is probable that six percent one half miles northwest of Forest on any promise we make to deliver work on ^ and. ! enll1! ' hefwt-e!? T f i an?. t'h T power‘V the" hanPd snó fWthe iirove’ aruJ one mi,e south of a given date. The Express has one of the women come to editors and a^k people of voting special levies.— (Thatcher, on best equipped little printing plants in the that they roast the sox off some­ Industrial News Bureau SATURDAY, MARCH 10 Willamette valley, having added several body— generally a public official Washington County Transfers ¡ ' " I " " 1" 1' at. * ° ! ° ? “ ' th e ,o 1' hundred dollars’ worth of material to the Many of these people who want rp, , t 4 I lowing described Stock: The following real estate trans- a- t , , . ... Williams plant for somebody v e r b a l l y castigated 1 Iwenty head of milk cows. would shudder if the editor asked rs ' ' ere ™ corded with the régis- four gra(je Jerseys, the others them to sign a statement to the the ° nasi ( ee s,a 1 8 oro iU,in^. I from one-half to three-quarters w eek- ^ers effect that one of their neighbors purposes and more good material is on the A M. Darling to T. Belle Darling, * H olf e in ' « r0i« * d w i,h J e r s e y deserved horsewhipping or im­ 50x150 feet blk 9, Forest Grove, $1,000. stOck. All tuberculin testfd by way. The management would very much prisonment, b u t perfectly re­ Alice M. Darling to Dee N. M. Dar- Dr. Coon. Erèe lunch at noon appreciate it if those in need of stationery, spectable and, apparently, refined ling, 51.75x150 feet in blk 9, Forest Terms of Sale: All sums under office blanks, or any other kind of printing men and women have asked the Grove. $2,000, $10 cash; on all sums over that would call at the office for samples and 70x amount 8 month’s time will be writer to say worse things than 2 ” n i 'l l T '* ’ prices. If you’re too busy to come to the these about his neighbors. Long George 0. Harris et al to M. J. Ma- w'th 6 per cent interest office use the phone and a representative ago this editor resolved that he honey, NE quar o f SE quar sec 12, 2 N and approved security. No prop- will call on you. PHONE 821 would not publish anything about 3; also right of way, $io. erty to be removed until terms of a man (or woman) that he would Kivich to J. s. irumble, NWquar are complied with, be ashamed to say to said man or quar of SW quar’ 8ec 10* 1 N 5* IRA E. PU RD IN , Owner. | woman’s face. Even when striv- B Kivich B L Frenchi S half of 1 w - HUGHES, Auctioneer, ing to live up to this rule the a v -! sw quar sec 10, l N 5, $i. Geo. F. Naylor, Clerk. 8-2t Be Life Saver Jurors Are Drawn For March Term j Road Supervisors Abolished by Law We’ll Make Good . . . JOB PRINTING . . . »