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About Hillsboro independent. (Hillsboro, Washington County, Or.) 189?-1932 | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1902)
"an l.md pla-ter at Kcnulmerivh Bro ladies' bilk waists nt Schulmerick Bros. Highest market price fur Potatoes nt Kchulmerich Bros. To loan, $600 on farm laud. En iiiroil M. It. Bump, Ilillsboro. For aide, thoroughbred Jersey bull calt, one. year old. John Moreland. Mmiri. Kchulincricli Una. are pay lug (1 for first-chnushipping potato. 1'or -i ili', Wilson strawberry planta. I'. II. l:.l!ichlilttll, 1 1 iltnloro. H huiiiK'nrU lint, are receiving their spring stocx of dry good, Clothing, hats and shots. v Attend the, exhibition tonight, March I I, uk the 0era House. The athletes will amuse you. You can luy machinery cheaper at Hi liuliU rii h Bros, than at auy other place in Washington county, Come and get their prices. Tlin miow yesterday morning ap fiextt l low down on the hills. The rain in town occasionally carried a hiiow Hate. A few uiore appeared at i'onrt Grove, hut uot enough to w liiteit the. ground. If you want to sell or buy, rent or lease, any kind of property, country or city, come, and see, us. We will treat you Just ad we would wish to lie treated, Hoyt A Harnett, next door to tho Argus, over Delta Drug Htore. Win Molir make boots at Mm shupon Second street, Ilillsboro, for $5.C0 a-r pair, sewed shoos for $5 ' and gives Hoeclal attention to repair ing. 1 le usoh only first-grade stock whicli enables him to guarantee his work. This week workmen finished put ting new bills under tho reeidencti of Dr. Bailey. The housu was built almost thirty years ago and the old foundation leaius, notwithstanding they vcrn supported by a continuous foundation wall of brick, were badly decayed. The Ptructure had not Mottled, but it w9 liable to be dam aged. New furniture bus bee,n placed in the vault or the cl. ik's office. This is hII that can bo put In, for the vault is full. The. next rail for room will hsvH to lo answers! with a new wing to the building. However, th:it will be a few years off, since the new shelves and pigeon boles In stalled this week will permit the slowing of many ptiers and books. V. Ii, Davis, proprietor of the well known I thick Percheron horse, Ore- gun, will, after March 16th, during the xeason, l-e at John Kamna's, i'urioiiiu'toi), from Monday morning to Tuesday noon; at Arthur Flints', Hcholls, from Tuesday afternoon to Thursday morning; at LystropV, n-e.lville, from 10 a. m. to 4 p. in., Thursday; at Forest drove, Friday, aud at home barn, Ilillsboro, Sat urday. II. L. McCormick has received his new block of matting, carpets and wall paM-r. His prices are the low tt in town. He can save you from 10 to 2o per cent. Prices on wall paper are 4; per roll and up, mat ting U'i; earcls 35c. The stock Is n;;lit from the mill and is first-class. You will miss it If you do not call aud get prices and quality cf goods. - H coiid street, three doors south of por.tolU.M-, Uilhloro. 1 1 rule your homes. Spring is the sea-Min chosen for house cleaning. In addition to scrubbing the floors and wood work, the walls will lie improved in appearance by spread ing on lliein fresh paper, W. O. Doiiclson, coitjcr Main aud Third slue!, is f-liowing the finest lines of pHMr 'ever brought to Ilillsboro. lit alio hss a new and fresh line of ro'kera aud, In fact, anything in house, furnishings found In tho metropolis, and at Portland prices. Mr. Fa an P. Hughes finished packing Ids household goals on Monday luat nnd aliii-ped them on Tuesday his nw home at Jeffer son, Marion county. iHlay has been iNvasioncJ by tho Illness of little Alwyu, his diiughter, who is afflicted with muscular rheumatism. On that account Mrs. Hughes and the children t-tay behind, intending to tako the train this morning. Mr. Hughes went Wednesday morning so as to have the lire in the new boiu ) brightly burning ami the apartment warmed for wile and children. The r.xhibilion to la given this evening in thn Ilillsboro Opera House ly the Pacific University In door llymiias's is one of great merit. The youn athletes aro It fine train ing ami their feats are somewhat out of ihn ordinary classtft of amuse ments. On the program tonight ap pear St. flair, king of tho air, bag puimhiug and Illuminated Indian clubs lauutiful and spectacular. The Ilorisiontilists do the clown trick. Tho college band will furnish In Htrumental music and the college vo calisii will sing. There will lie tumbling, and thecostpnies are strik ing. No traveling company equals these, indoor gymnast of Forest Grove. Austin Craig, charged some mouths ago by a Suiupter, linker county, bank witb embexaleiueut, has In patience awaited the action of the grand ury. That body bas returned Into court "not a true bill of indict ment." The Itaker City Herald, noticing tha mutter, say: "Craig was the Whitney agent of the Bank t Sampler. From the evidence was determined thttt h acted in that capacity without pay, further than belug allowed a line of credit ut the bank to carr'out some small real estate and mining deals. On account of a lax system of jeeouut at both ends of the liue, Craig was permitted to overdraw his account. Informa tion was sworn out against him by officials of the bank, charging him with embetzlenicnt. The case was sent to the grand jury by the trial magistrate with mot a true bill' as the result. The graud jury found that no fraud was attempted by Mr, Craig; that the suit arose from e misunderstanding. The aharge against Craig was for a time the sen tlon of the day, so prominent were the parties Interested, and so high was the reputation of Mr. Craig, who has been completely vindicated and exonerated b the grand jury." There is little to say this week about the Portland-Nehalem rail road further than that the company ciaims to have thirteen miles of iron rails In Portland. The guessing on the route through Washington coun ty is a little more certain than was possible a week ago. The road en ters the county about where was be. fore stated, N. W. corner Sec. 27 T.. 1 N. 11. 1 W., thence southward to about the center of section 28, same townsbio. From there It eoes west bearing north, on almost a tangent past Ureenville and up Happy Hol low, thence over the divide to Gaits Creek, and up that stream and to the headwaters of a branch of Wilson river, where It leaves the county by section 24 T, 2 N. II. 0 W. The line passes between Hillaboro and Olencoe at or near the Tualatin Plains Pres- byteiian church. The stakes have not yet been stuck, but it is under stood that the surveyors will soon be in the field. The Southern Pacific Company has agreed to carry the delegates to the Iloaeburg Congressional Convention to be held April 1 next round trip at one aud one-third fares. Going by Portland, which Is 'the routo for Hillsltoro delegates, the fare is $11,70. From Forest Urove, it will be a little more and from Reedville and Beaver ton, a little leas. Then If the dele gale takes a sleeper going and com ing, the expeuse will bo increased. Te get reductions, the delegate must take a receipt from the local agent at starling statlou for full fare going. This receipt must be countersign ed by the Secretary of tho Conven tion and when presented to the Roseburg agent, will be his author ity for selling a return ticket for one third the regular fare. Delegates must be certain to get their receipt from the local agent for fare paid at going, otherwise they will have the privilege of paying full fare return ing. . The building improvment contem plated for this summer Is an opera bouse on the 44 feet fronting on Main street between the Odd Fellow building at the corner of Main and Third and the Cooperative. Com pany's building, commonly known as Orange Hall. The two side w.ills of the proposed structure are built, and only the ends are to las supplied. The building will be only of one story but a high one reaching fully thirty feet to the top of the walls of tho other two buildings. There will be a gallery at the Main Street end. The play house will be 41 feet front by 90 feet In depth. The names of the promoters have not ful ly tMen made public but it is almost certain that the building will lie erected, for both the Odd Fellows and the On-Operative Company, that owns the ground, are willing to meet the promoters halfway. Mr. Sloppelfelt, of Few York, who has shown skill In handling young horses, has la en employed by Mr. K. It. Tongue to look after the training of I.U Lovelace colts for their appear ance on the fair grounds this fall in their 2 yesr-old form. There are five of these colts that are entered for the 1902 events. They were broken to the harness straps last year and are very promising. Mr. Hlnpi. felt is well up in his calling, hav ing as a young man worked under John Kelly, thn crack driver, on the American speeding parks. Kelly drove All x is, the fastest trotter of his day, and Directun , the fastest Mai I Ion on the track. This New Yorker has the best bred colt In the state to handle and he wPI bring' all his fklll witb horses to develop them so as to make an enviable record. Messrs J. C. Hare and his brother, W. O. have formed a co-partnership and will engage in the farm imple ment business. The machinery sheds will be on Main Street 1-e-tweeu Odd Fellow's hall and Urat ge store. Tbeofilo will be In the store. Klder liroun will lrea'U at the Christian church next Sunday, morn Irfg and evening. A delegation of Woodmen of the World from lleevllle paid the Ilills boro Camp a fraterml visit and help, ed them with some floor work. It will lie Men's Night" at the Congregational church, Sunday eve ning. Special music by male voices and probably instrumental music will be rendered, "Kmlui ing J lard netu as Men" will be the sermon for men by II. A. Kisser. "Jonah and His MesHge for Nincvab" will lie the Sunday morning wriuon theme. The bicycle on exhibition at the Antlceptic Shaving Parlor is to be giveti to the most popular young lady of Ilillsboro, determined by popular vote. The nominations f c r candidates are now open. The bi cycle was purchased at McCorimek's Bicycle Store, Iuierial, 1902, model 215, price f35. Voting ojiens April I, 1002. At the lust monthly business miet ing of tho Christian Kndeavorers of the Congregational church, a "log cabin quilt," which the ladies of the society had constructed with their own deft fingers was given to Mrs. K, P. Hughes. Mr. Hughes, for his wife, thanked the (loners as well as he was able, for this was a third sur prise that bad la-en given during his six years' residence, and paid the so ciety a deservd compliment by say lug that ho had never asked them to do a work but that he found them ready to cheerfully undertake it. Kind Supervisor Kelt-ay canvaysed yesterday afternoon for Hedges for money with which to improve the road south from Hillsboro across Jackson bottom. The work in con temptation will cost about $1000. When seen yesterday lie had on-bis paper f210. Ho aaid hu would ap ply flOO from the district road. fund, and that some help fioiu the county could probably bj obtained, There is no road leading into Hitlsbnro that is more for the benefit of the place, and none more expensive to improve, yet the betterment ought to bo made. The benefit- to the town would be felt at onoe. Those able to help in the matter should not wait to be called upon, but should hunt Mr, Kelsay and go on record for a liberal contribution. D. T. Phillips, whose Illness was re ported last week, Is s'owly recovering and the only worry he has is that his wife is also sick and he has net strength to nurse her back to health but bna to delegate that work to their children. Dun ..Phillip, as his associates call him, and his wife were joined in wedlock April 27. 1S45, and on the 27th of next month they will have, lived together as husband and wife, for 57 years. Twelve children have been born to them, nine of whom are living. These, for the most part, are gather ed about them. Mr. and Mrs. Phil lips immigrated in 185(1 from Ut. Clair county, Illinoix, about twenty miles east of St 1hiis, to Oregon, ar riving here, Jan. 20, 1857. They came to Washington county and bought a tract of land In tho forks of Dairy Creek, a part of tho Richard Arthur donation. This he kept for several years, nt the end of which time he noted tho fact that he wbs off the main line of trafilc nnd that if ho expected to U In the swim, he must changn location. Following his idea, he looked for and found a purchaser to whom be sobt his half section for (1,100. Taking into ac count the iiiiprovmenln put on the place, buildings, li'nces and tho like, he sold at a loss but be wan free to make another choice. This was in 1805. Ho se lected his present home, a part of tho Macklin donation on the base liue road Just east ol where Corir-lius now is.- For the half sec. tlon, Macklin asked (1,500. Phil lips did not have quito that much money, but he knew where he could get what he needed so be wanted Macklin to qusto a figure at spot cah, The sum named was 1 1,350. He hired what money he needed, from Ira Purdin, paying 12 per cent, interest, which at that date was con sidered a low rate. He had some natural prairie but where he wanted to build there was timber. This was felled first. There was one large tree however, that was spared. It stood east of the hous? and the limbs cut off nesriy to the top. It was a land mark for many years. The base line road had been cut through the timber a short time lie-Ion-, and was the main line ( tiaffic for all the country about Foreet Grove and beyond. By 8 o'clock in tlie foienoiln teams began to pass, going toward Ilillsboro. The string of wagons continued without Interup. tlon till It . m , whi n there was a lull till 2:30 p. m., when the return began, but by l o'clocx all had pas sed and the grev.t silence of the wild erness was there. In thosri days there was more travel on the high way than now but tnen there was no railroad with from fi to 6 train per day to relbvf the congestion. Great changes have oecn seen by this pioneer w ho is SO years of ace and his wife only four or live years younger. Gto. 11. Durham .one of the Icadinir attorneys of Portland, was in Ilillsboro Jar-t Saturday,' paying taxes on a pert of the A. A. Durham homestead near Tlgardville, which George now owns. Mr. Durham reclaiming some of the land aid either he or his sou will grow onious on It. Forty-five years ago, perhaps a little longer. A. A. Durham dam. ed Fano Crock so as to create a valu able water power. Durham optat ed both a saw mill and a "grist mill thero for many years. The datu raised the water till there was a mill K)iid of about thirty-five acres. Logs floated about the pond and iu time had gras end brush growing uu them. This weut on till sufficient weight made the log top heavy when it would tip over and the gram and silt would drop off aud sink to the bottom. More grass would grow and the thing was repeated. Beaver- dam land wai making aud tor forty years this process has been going on Occasionally the dam would break when repairs had to be made so that Geo. H. rather ruefully asserts that 'we sunk (20.000 In that dam." Well, a few winters ago the dam was again washed out and A. A, having been gathered to his fathers and Geo. II. and 11. L. being in tbe business whirl of Portland, there was no one to rebuild, so the mill pond was drained and those 30 acres became dry land. In fact, they are worth more than the mills. Mr, Durham lluds that bo has fertile beaverdam enriched by rotted vegetation and the leaching) of barn yards from Bertha nar Portland, to tne still pond where the silt of 20 miles settled to the bottom. Mr, Durham reclaims fivo acres this spring and carefully cultivates, that ho may have a garden for onions m'Xt year. He counts it a lucky moment when the flood broached the old c am and drained tbe waters of half a century. A committee from the Ilillsboro board of trade met the City Council, of Portland, by arrangement last Wednesday when the matter of a franchise fr th Portland-Forest Grove Klectrl.) Moter was considered. Tho gentlemen from our hoard of trade an: Dr. J. P. Tameisie, Messrs Jimii Hiiute, of Shute's bank, J. A Itnl.rie, farmer; F. M. Ileidel, real estate and W. V. Wiley, treasurer ol the board of trade. Hon. K. W. Haines of Finest Grove joined the committee In Portland. It was re presented to the couucil that the proposed road would puss through a country not served with modern transportation facilities except heavy freight. - The 8. P.-f'o. can aud does handle that but ihe lighter stuff- dairy products are not touched. It may I e urged tiuit wagons do all that business. True, , all that now g.as- to msrkct, but with a speedy lino to the city, the produc tions of the territory will bo ten fold greater. This traffic does not now go to market nor never will by the old method of transportation. Memliers c( the council replied by saying the franchise through the city had been refused in response to proert owners along the line who objected to having a trade car line in front of I heir residences. The country peo ple answer by stating that whenever city property is put on the market for Hale or rent tho advertisement always contains a statement of the nearness to a motor line, thereby meaning Ihe ease with which the premises may tw reached. This is an inducement to buy and makes 'he property more valuable instead of rendering it lew. The committee saw Gradon, son of the prnmotor, who stated that tho proposed line started out of the city by the Cornell road but anon left that track and doubled back on the hill reaching the summit at tbe Catholic cemetery on the Bariies road. It was asserted that tho Cornell road is on a grade of !'J- per cent but the moter gets up on a 3 per cent. The system proposed for installing here is a very fine one, hotter than anything on the Coast. The elder Gradon is connected with the Indlanoplis, lud., roads that are well equipped and more beautiful t iit ii any day coaches on Oregon roads, electric or steam. The com pany is organizing again and when hM details are fixed, another applica tion for a street franchise will be made. Last Wednesday the matter was left in the custody of Ihe street committee which has a meeting to day. Oar people will keep in touch with the Portland street committee sod when the time conies will be In a position to effectually help. Sheriff Hewell aaw the record broken on Wednesday when $5503.25 for to .tps was taken In over the counter. Enfrtsinmeul and supper by tne Epworth L 'UKue on the 1-t day of April. Don't miss it 'twill be good. Judge Hood has bought the II. M. Cronkite proja-tty on First street, between Baeline and Ooak 'streets. You can't make a raittke In buy ing a United States separator. The T. 8. Townsend Creamery Co. at 44 Second Street, Portland, will sell you one on easy terms and take yonr cream in payment. 2 YTaSUI.VUTO!! t OIXTY TAXES. The taxpayers of Washington County are charged the amounts att out In the following table which is compiled from figures in the county clerk's ofilce. ' State taxes I 27,002 00 County taxes 32,582 t4 Sclfol taxes 17,344 02 Scalp bounty taxes 3,408 98 Indigent taxes. 340 91 Total t 81.435 76 Following is the seclal school dis trict taxe: No. A int. 1 t 118 35 6 ..... 103 0 8 89 94 11 Jt 2C4 75 15 1958 87 i No. Auk i ........ -V ' v 7 372.109 10 88 28 13 70 41 10 81 76 24 20 61 28 105 6C 43 88 83 50 6100 67 142 50 C1 88 63 23 Jt 219 66 27 105 35 29 48 65 59 272 88 320 37 40 49 88 07 90 G5 36 90 67 30 74 24 123 49 05 It) 03 65 71 79 81 8C 64... 69 30 60 74 80 84 , 91 99 ..... lOljt 49 84 289 20 61 43 22 92 45 68 20 91 18 28 taxes 90 34 53 lOOjt 24 25 Tbe special school district foots up 19208.99. The road district taxes are as lot lows : No. Amt. No. Ami, 1-. ...... 1408 14 2 $514 90 8 690 78 4 979 18 6.. ....... 980 80 6 764 45 7,........-02 60 8 785 48 9 430? 10 SM 62 11 673 84 12 940 94 13......... 639 00 14 009 07 15. ........ 631 67 16 680 02 17 748 30 18 812 00 19 731 28 20 158 10 21 317 86 This gives a total for road taxes of $13,875 90. City tax, Hilllshoro (1800 23 " Forest Urove 10S7 zt Beaverton Vi 19 Total..... $3549 68 Total tax to be collected.. .$108,070 88 With tbe foregoing In mind, a comparison of tbe levies lor 1900 and 1901 are made : 1900 1901 ,.. 6.7 8.0 ... 0.0 1.0 ...13.2 8.9 ... 6.0 6.0 ... 0.1 0.1 ... 3 0 4.0 ."jTo 27.0 State tar, mills... QWIU UUUUIJ ............ County tax School tax Indigent tax Hoad tax The special school district tax aud the municipal tax in incorporated towns, where levied, is in addition to the above. The levy of 27 mills on the assessed valuation of 1900 raised $95,914.09, of which $16,364.83 went to tbe state, leaving $79,649.70 lor tbe county spent for general purposes, schools, bridges, rosds, etc The 27 mills levy of this year will raise $95,311.71, of which $27,692 goes to ths general fund of the state and $3, 468 98 goes to the state scalp bounty fund, together making $31,160.98 to be taken from the total lev , whereof there remains for the use of the county $64,150.73, As above stated we last year paid the state $10,346.33 and this year, counting the scalp bounty, $31,260.98, wherefore this year we pay into the state treas ury $14,790,65 more than last. We ought to have paid tbe scalp bounty last year, which would have raised our last years state tax oy at icasi $3000, when it would have been $19.304., CLAIMS ALLOWED. The claim allowed by ths county court at the March term are a. lixted below. J Goo II Wilcox Mseasing and col lecting S 72 00 I, C Walker asseisiiiK and col ... . 4:1 30 C Hare bridge and Mala ! SO II II Welch - " 3 60 Forest Urove Stone Co bridges and roads 12 00 Good Roads Machinery Go 22 "A) California fowuer Worb 13 60 W Mvermore 20 03 Win.Ml.jd. ,. 22 15 lien ton liownian 2 50 I lurk A Kn.-hanan countr court. . 12 "0 City Mgbt A Water Co fuel, light le 50 I- f bpoccer insane j i uo IVrrr Watson justice jury 8 00 W It Parker name 2 00 A t Watson same 2 00 W O Ilonelson liriKoners, paniHjrs 12 10 CR Bradley " .... 140 25 (J llancooK " .... "Ml J M Brown " V 75 Mav. Broa " 4 25 K Mathews witness fee 2 0 Alfred Bchonover witness fee.... 2 CiO M C Ca-ie aasist uit school 21 00 BwBarnea " J " 1 50 II A Ball " H " 1 35 Moise KUnkner A Co atatioiaMy . . 0 00 Han A I'ruilhonime ".... aiiu W C Itaretv bounty 2 00 lirant Holoomb " 2 00 Wm Ravmond " 4 IX) lvi Atkins " 00 Kodolnh Grandad salary 50 50 A M Collins janitor SO 00 Kaloh L Wann salary 12 35 W Mewcll tberiff 20S W Win Wilsoa, bridges and roads.. . 3 20 A B Cady A Co, padrg 4 00 Kervea Ilro, pauper. uu II Wshrung A Sons, e h and j. . . . I 75 II Pub Co. ttatiouery 43 10 Irvin Hutchinson, bounty 2 00 kmw. conn IT tourt 11 no Johnson Km B P Comedo, acaln 2 0) I, A Rood, aalary Hl K J Ward " ts mi J tl A Younn" 10 00 H A Morgan - .w J A Imbrie. reiiistralion clerk... . 50 00 BO KM. LIS K LATER In Hillaboro. Marrh 12. to ir. 8, T. LinUatcr aim wile, oaonuier William lleldt, ft successful real estate dealer of Portland visited in HllUboro, yesterday. MONDAY, MARCH 17 I will open a second baud store and will buy and sell all kinds of second band furniture, etc. Will repair furniture and reasonable prices. AGENT FOR Rambler Bicycles ... POPULAR WHEELS ... Best in the World Bicycle Repairing a Specialty F. R. DAILEY, Main Street, Next to Wehrung. COVBT HOUSE. PKOBATK. Kdate W W Oeiger, Insane. Ci tation will be served on W W Oei ger and all persons Interested requir ing them to appear at tho court house, In Ilillsboro, Tuesday, March 20, and show cause, if any there be, why guardian shall not be appoint- ed for the person and estate of said Oeiger. r . Estate August Bchamberg, Insane. Ordered that citation be served on said Bchamberg and all persona in terested, to appear at the court house, Monday, April 14, and ahow cause, if any there be, why a guardian shall not be appointed. Estate II C Hay mond, deceased. Final account allowed and, on filing receipt, the estate will be closed of record. Estate Harah E Patterson, deceased. Final account allowed. Ordered that tbe balance of the estate be t imed over to tbe heirs, Auiio L Patterson and Addle Patterson-Jenkins, and that, when their receipts for the same have been filed, the estate will be closed of record. Estate Martin Manning, deceased. Administrator directed to sell real estate. Estate Oabrlel Marty, Insane. The said Marty having been discharged from the asylum, and the estate be ing fully administered, the guardian was discharged. Estate O F Waldecker, deceased. Etate admitted to probate. Annie E Waldecker appointed administra trix with bonds fixed at $1100. Ap praisers, Oeo Uamel. Henry Ilamel and Carl Wlsmer. IIMMOSD W f BAHEBALb XEVT8. The management of the Diamond W team have secured Mclnnis, Up- church's pitcher last year, and Ed Itredemeir, who was behind tbe bat for the Golden West team. Both men have been seen on ine locai diamond, and are well known as fast players by all the followers of the game. Mctnnis naa a great reputa tion as a steady pitcher, with an arm that never seems to tire. One day last year be pitched two hard games and won both. There wet such demand for bis services that he ac cepted and held the position in the box for two teams. Ed nredemeir Is ft fine all-around player, being equally at home be hind the bat, in the in-field or in the out-field. With such men aa these, the Diamond W will certainty be a bard team to down. Fine farms for sale dirt cheap by Tlioe. Withycombe, Hcholls, Oregon. Schulmericb Bros, have large stock of burlap potato sacks which they sell at 4 cents. SOTICE TO THE r CBI.lt'. Are you looking for ft home? Do you wish to make an investment In a small or large farm, timber land or city property? Do you wish to loan your money? Do you want to bor row some money? Do you wish to sell your property? .Then come and list it with me; I make sales if any one can. F. M. Heidel, Ilillsboro, Oregon. 15 Minutes sufficient delicious to tea Royal Baking Powder as di rected. A pure, true leavener. POPULAR PRICES HILLSBORO CIKCI IT tXH'RT DOCKET. The new cases filed iuce the last term of the Circuit court which a ill come up for consideration at the March term are listed below: 1888. Neycken v Woodbury, ac tion for money, Geo 11 Bagley for pi If. 1889. Hprecht v Hprecht, action for damages. 1890. Ilollenbeck v Burgess, ac tion for money. J M Wall for pi IT. 1891. Maude Gentry v Lemuel Oentry; divorce. Hoffman for plff. 1802. Delia McLIn v Wm Mt Liu divorce, Huston for plff. 1808. Thornburgh v McLeod, ac tion for money, Huston for pin. 1894. Ella MIzner v Albert Miisner, divorce. Huston for pin". 1895. Huston v Uolleubeck, fore closure, liustou for plff. 1896. Jeanette Dudley v Fred A Dudley, divorce. 1897. Geo F Naylor v Hattio Naylor, divorce. Huston for plu. 1899. Patterson v Freeman, suit to quit title. Geo R Bagley for pill". 1898. Hyde v Portey, action for money. Langley fc Son for plff. 1900. Wilcox VHP Co, damages. Huston for plff; W D Fenton and E B Tongue for deft. 1901. O B Spencer v Edith Spencer, divorce. II T Bagley for plff. 1902. Abbott v Walker, action for money. Bump and Hoffman for plff. An entertainment In connection with a basket social will be given by the Phillips school, at Phillips Hail on the evening of Mar. 22nd. The proceeds of the baskets will be used for the purpose of enlarging the li brary in said school. Ladies with baskets and tho public In general are kindly Invited to be present. A prize will be given for the prettiest basket. Flemmlng, who has bern claimed by the Cornelius base ball people, was yesterday listed aa pitcher for the Monograms of Portland. John Siemem, late of Greenville, fills county. Is wanted for forgery Siemem came to Washington county from Ohio about December 1st last, bringing with him $300 or $400. lie is a free talker and soon was negotiat ing for a farm. He represented that he had money In the old state which would not be due till April 1st. He found a tract of land that suited him but the first payment must be spot. cash. He visited Shute's bank hunt ing money ann offering Hon. Hu bert Bernards for security. The e. curity waa ample, but tbe note ex ecuted in the county had no wit nessss to the signature, hence was not accepted. Later a new note for $1500 was presented at tbe bank and the signature of Mr. Mouse verbally certified to. The money waa paid. Siemem paid $1160 of this to Mr. Boy, to whom be had already paid $350. The rest of the $1600 he kept and started to his old home to get his money. It now turns out that Mr. Mouse's signainre Is a forgery, as well as the other name on the note. Late yesterday ft criminal action was commenced against Siemem, and he will be brought back when found. Have you registered'.' ,ltomember the books close Msy 15(h. give you most biscuit using i 1 !