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IIILLSBOHO. WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. JULY 1-t.UKW.
Number 9
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fiillsboro Independent.
BY D. W. BATH.
OFFICIAL. COUNTY PAPFB.
ON K DOI.LAK I'KR YEAR IN ADVA NCR
Republican In Politics.
4DVKKTIMINO KaTICS! IHriplny, GO fDti
it inch, single column, (or four Inner
tions; reading notices, one cent a word
ourli Insertion (nothing leas than 15
cttnta) ; profeional card, on Inch, $1
month : lodge cardn, $5 a year, pays
hie quarterly, (notices and resolutions
free to advertising lodges).
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
E. 8. TONGUE
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW
Hllliboro, Oregon.
Office: Room 3. 4 and 5. Morgan Blk
W. N. BARRETT
ATTORNEYATLAW
Hillsboro, Oregon.
Office: Central Block. Rooma and 7.
BENTON BOWMAN
ATTORN EY-ATLAW
Hillsboro, Oregon.
Office, in Union Blk.. with 8. B. Hiwton
TIIOS. II. TONGUE JR.
ATTOKNKY-AT-LAW
NOTARY PUBLIC
JHice : koouis A, 4 and 6. Morgan Bloca
Hillsboro, Oregon.
8. T. LINKLATER. M. B. C. M.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. ,
Hillsboro, Oregon.
Office, upstairs, over The Delta Drug
Store. Office hours--8 to 12; 1 to 6, and
in the evening from 7 to 9 o'clock.
J. P. TAMIESIE, M.D.
8. P. R. R. SURGEON
Hillsboro, Oregon.
RMldenee corner Third and Mains offlee up
Uirover Ittltadraic l"re; Imur.. e.auioMin.
I lo&.iid7u p. m. iile.l.one lo reden
from lolt drug autre. All promptly sua
wered dy or uIkIU.
F. A. BAILEY, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Hillsboro, Oregon.'
Office: Morgan-Bailey bloc, up
stairs, rooms U 13 and 15. Residence
8. W. cor. Hase Line and Second ata.
Both 'phones.
F. J. BAILEY, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Hillsboro, Oregon.
Office: Morgan-Bailey block, up
stairs with F. A. Bailey. Residence.
N. E. corner Third and Oak ata.
aTbTbailey, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Hillsboro, Oregon.
Ofllceover Blly Dnis Blore. Offlfls hourt
from ,: In III; l:lW toll, and J to I, Kealdenc
third limine north of city electric Hunt plant.
Call promptly attendd day or BlKht. Itotb
'phnnea. wpta-ix
MARK B. BUM I,
ATTORNKY-AT-LAW.
Notary Public and Collections.
HILLSnOKO, ORK.
free Delivery
Of the lest Fish, Game and
Meats. Our delivery is prompt
and in all parts of Hillslwro.
We have inaugerated a
new Schedule in Prices
and this together with our de
livery system makes this Hills
boro' s popular market.
Houslcy if-Hanshaw.
Announcement,
Having purchased the Central
Meat Market, we wish to announce
to former patrons and the public,
that we have established a free de
livery and have reduced the prices
on all meats. For the best cuts
and best service possible we res
pectfully solicit your patronage.
EMMOTT BROS.
Homestead
and
Desert Land Claims
I can locate you on level Valley
Lands, deep rich soil, free from rock.
Water is to be had at a depth of from
5 to 30 feet. These lands are locat
ed in Central Oregon and can be
taken under the Homestead or Des
ert Land laws.
Call and see me at F. M. Heidel's
Real Estateoffice, Hillsboro, or ad
dress Dr. A. A. BURRIS,
HILLSBORO, OR.
THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
REPORT OF REGULAR MEETING
Right-ef-Wey Grantee' te Tillamook
Rattreaa. County floafls- f-stit-lons--Bills
Allowed.
The county commissioners met
in regular monthly session on July
5th, Judge Rood and Commission
ers Butner and Buchanan present.
In the matter of the acceptance of
the improvement on Patton Hill, it
is ordered that the same be accept
ed and the clerk draw warrant in
favor of E. A. Kuotts for $949, the
contract price, and his bondsmen
ordered released.
In he matter of the right-of-way
across county roads to the Portland,
Nehalem and Tillamook Railroad
company it l- ordered that the Iran
chise be granted for a period of 25
years, to cross any county road, be'
ginning at Hillsboro and ending at
the county line, said franchise not
to be construed so as to allow . said
railroad to construct their tracks on
the county road at any crossing for
a greater distance than 100 feet; said
railroad company to construct and
maintain in a substantial manner
all crossings. It is further under
stood that if said company shall fail
to construct and operate said rail
road within a period of two years
from this date, said franchise shall
terminate and be considered null
and void.
It is ordered that Road No. 480
be established as per plat any sur
vey; that the viewers' report be
adopted and that the county clerk
give the supervisor, T. W. Sain,
notice to open said road and draw
warrants for viewers.
Report of viewers, and surveyors
of County Road No. 421 read first
and second time, and there being no
remonstrance or claim for damages
filed, it is ordered that report be ad
opted, that the clerk issue notice to
the supervisor, G. W. Hines, to open
said road and draw warrants in fa
vor of viewers for their services, $4
each.
Report of viewers and surveyor
of county road No. 422, read first
and second time, and no remon
strance or claim tor damages filed,
it is ordered that the report
be adopted and the cleric is
sue orders to Supervisor T. G.
Meacham to open said road and that
warrants be drawn for viewers, W.
A. Montgomery and W. N. Hay
nam for $8 each.
In the matter of the petition of
G. W. Hines, et al., for the location
of a county road, it is ordered that
Peter Boscow and James Sewell be
appointed viewers and A. A. Mor
rill surveyor to meet at the begin
ning of said proposed road on Tues
day, July 23, 1005, to view and sur
vey said proposed road and assess
damages, if any.
In the matter of the petition of
Henry Ohrtmann, et al. , to estab
lish a county road, it is ordered
that Feter Boscow and James Sew
ell be appointed viewers and A. A.
Morrill, surveyor to meet at the be
ginning point of said proposed road
on Friday, July 21, 1905 at 10
o'clock to view and survey said pro
posed road and assess damages, il
any.
In the matter of the contract for
filing on the Hendrick's bridge, the
clerk was directed to draw a war
rant in favor of II. F. Parsons,
when the rest of the filling has been
delivered.
Report of supervisor of Road Dis
trict No. 5, approved; amount al
lowed, $148.75, less $So; warrant,
$68.75.
Report of supervisor of road dis
trict No. 1 approved.
In the matter of the change of
the Weichman road, it is ordered
that the old road be left open dur
ing the winter, but Mr. Weichman
be required to open the old road
next winter, whenever the new
road becomes too muddy for travel
and that the old road within the
change be permanently closed and
vacated after the 15th day of March,
1906.
In the matter of the redemption
of land sold to Washington county
for taxes, it is ordered that upon
the payment of taxes, costs and
penalties, interest and redemption
fee, tax sale certificate be assigned
to J B Wilkes for lots 13 and 14,
block 10, South Park addition to
Forest Crcvs. Crcrcn.
In the matter of the inquest on
the body of Lars Nielsen, transcript
examined and approved and order
ed paid.
The report of the Lewis and
Clark fair club was examined and
approved.
Wm. Riefenberg was appointed
fire ranger for the Hammond lum
ber Co.
The report of Recorder E. I. Ku-
ratli was examined and approved;
receipts, $199.50.
The petition of J. B. Imley for
warehouse license, received, and
granted as provided by law.
The petition of O. E. Edson for
warehouse license received, and ap
proved; license granted.
C. B. Buchanan's petition for
warehouse license was received, ap
proved and license granted.
Petition of M. E. Young, for re
bate on taxes, granted and clerk in
structed to draw warrant for 97
cents.
The petition of John A. Shaw for
rebate on taxes was disallowed.
It is ordered that the commander
of J. B. Matthews' Post, G. A. R.,
and the Relief committee be notifi
ed by the county clerk to appear be
fore the county court on the 3d day
of August, 1905, at i o o'clock a. m
to take up the matter of bills for
supplies for soldiers.
The report of E. J. Godman,
county clerk, was approved; re
ceipts. $157.75.
The petition of M. S. Jones for
opening county road No. 305, re
ceived and ordered that the super
visor of Dist No. 3 examine said
road and open the same on the sur
vey. .
Petition of John M. Underwood
for rebate of taxes granted.
In the matter of the resignation
of W. F. Desinger as road super
visor, it appearing to the court that
he has not paid any attention to
the instruction of the court or any
member thereof, in reference to road
work, it is ordered that the county
judge notify him that his resigna
tion will be accepted. It is further
ordered that the said W. F. Desin
ger be notified not to do any more
work on th road or spend any more
of the district money.
The following bills were audited and
allowed which does not include a large
number of road warrants: '
V II Bear, ex. board 3 00
Laurence Dixon, exboard 3 00
II C Todd, ex -board 3 00
Josephine S. Case, ex-board. . . . 3 00
Kallard A I.inville, rep to grader 1 75
M S Barnes, viewing roads 4 00
W M Thurston, viewing roads. . 4 00
Irwin Hodson A Co., books 33 60
Edward Bog, r and h 14 75
Glass Sc Frudhomiue, books and
paper 23 50
L E Brower, assessing 42 00
Wheeler Mfg Co., lumber 10 78
Western Clay Mfg Co., sew. pipe 18 75
0 F Cooke, r and b 31 40
J V Goodln, bridges 500 00
Bushong A Co., stat 7 00
C E Wolf, rand h 6.V) 00
A M Collins, janitor 35 00
E J Godman, clerk, etc 202 05
Geo 1 1. Wilcox, assessor 75 00
A J Roy, relief 63 00
Mays Bros, nails 2 90
E I Kuratli, recorder 86 10
Willis Ireland, dep rec 41 65
M C Case, aal, etc 72 60
M C Case, sundries 13 00
A A Morrill, sal, etc 60 10
A Grossen, lumber 146 66
E X Harding, jury list 3 00
J D Ilibbs, Jury list... 2 00
C W Hudson, jury list 2 00
A Hergert A Sons, lumber 74 75
John Vanderwad, assess and col 60 00
Johnson Bros, lumber 91 27
W M Jackson, salary, 50 00
W F Hollenbeck, bridges 2 20
Goff Bros, r aud h 10 38
E A Knott, r and h 949 00
Mrs F J Bailey, LA C 2 30
F W Bates A Co, L A C 8 00
W G Hare, LAC 7 73
W heeler Mfg Co, L A C 6 62
Mrs S B Huston, LAC 775
J W Ooodin, bridges 240 75
W Hare, LAC fair 74 43
J C Cullahan, r and h 157 66
T W Sain, sal sup 100 00
Mrs L Krause, r and h 6 00
Dr F A Bailey, insane 5 00
J W Connell, sa!, etc 231 20
GW Fattersoo, relief 21 00
(Continued on Last Page.)
WILLIAMSON
ON TRIAL
NEW TESTIMONY AGAINST HIM
He le Sale' to Have Haloed te Pick
His C!alm--J. S. Watklna
en the Stand.
The Oregonian of Tuesday says
that J. N. Williamson felt the first
direct breath of the .government's
case against him Monday after'
noon, when John S. Watkins testi
fied in the federal court that be had
met the Congressman, in the woods
near Prineville, and that William
son had taken his daybook from
him and entered in it'the descrip
tions of the laud he desired him
and his wife and brother-in-law to
file upon under an implied contract
to deliver the claims to the firm as
soon as patented. The witness
further testified to his tacit contract
with thsfirm of Williamson & Ges
ner, and to his intention to pay for
the filing fees and other expenses
incident to securing the claim out of
his own money, in order that he
might thus avoid illegality and kept
himself clear of the law. It was
the first tightening of the web
which the prosecution promises to
weave around the three defendants.
Henry E. Beard, the mountaineer
who confessed on the previous day
of trial how he had perjured him
self before United States Commis
sioner Biggs in order to file upon
the claim as set out in his implied
contract with Gesner, was recalled
to the stand for the rest of his cross-
examination by Judge Bennett
The evidence of the witness was a
repletion of that in his direct exami
nation brought out under the cross
fire of the-defense.
C. D. Murphy, of Quincy, 111.,
has on exhibition at the Portland
fair a copy of a Bible printed in
1599. which contains the book of
common prayer. It also has writ
ten in it the history of the Mar-
thow family, into which Mr. Mur
phy married, from 1660 to 1699.
Betty Ross, the maker of the first
American flag, had both her mem
ory kept green and het heart's dear
est work continued by her grand
daughter Rachel Albright, who
died recently in Fort Madison, la.
The latter learned the art of flag-
making from her famous grand
mother, an extremely beautiful
woman in her youth, and was a
flag-maker all her life.
R. II. Chilton, a prominent citi
zen of Dayton, Wash., committed
suicide last week by shooting a 44
caliber bullet through his brain.
His last wishes, left in a note to the
O. O. F. lodge of Dayton, stated
that he had been despondent for
some time, that be intended to
commit suicide and that no funeral
other than a simple one from the
undertaking rooms, should be held.
He was about 65 years of age and
leaves a wife and one child.
A recent Winnipeg, Ont dis
patch says that it is rumored that a
big scheme is being engineered by
James J. Hill to amalgamate the
Grand Trunk Pacific, the Canadian
Northern and the Great Northern
railroad systems. It is also held
that the scheme includes the incor
poration of the Intercolonial, thus
making possible the operation of
two transcontinental lines, utilizing
all the roads mentioned and the
proposed extension of Mr. Hill's
road, the Victoria, Vancouver &
Eastern, in British Columbia.
A lady was complaining to her
dairyman some time ago about the
quality of his milk. "Short o'
grass feed, mum short o' grass
feed this time o' year," said the
jocular milkman. "Bless you,
them cows o' mine are just as sorry
about it as I am, I often stands
and watches 'em cryin' regular
cryin' mum because they feel as
how their milk don't do 'em credit.
You don't believe it?" "Oh, yes,
I believe it," said the lady, "but I
wish in future you'd see that they
don't drop their tears into our can."
The Conviction of Senator Mitchell.
There is profound sympathy lor
Senator Mitchell all over Oregon,
now that be has been found guilty
by a jury at Portland.
For two years the government
secret service men have followed on
his trail and pursued the methods
of the Russian spies and detectives.
The old man, in his simplicity
trusted his partner and private sec
retary to protect him in his hour of
greatest danger.
What law partnership, or even
business partnership, does not con
tain transactions that could be con
strued into guilt with such wituess
es, under threats of conviction and
promises of reward and immunity?
It is fortunate that married men
and women arc prohibited from
thus being made witnesses against
each other, or there are few homes
that could not be broken up or a
few friendships that could not be
invaded. '
The charge of practicing before
departments for pay is one that can
be brought against many senators.
What would become of men like
Depew and Piatt, of New York, if
that law is enforced? And scores
of other senators.
The Journal did not help elect
Senator Mitchell. It did not get
into bed with him, politically, as
did Editor Scott, of the Oregonian.
But it has tried to treat hhn fairly.
It has stood up for fair treatment
for the whole Oregon delegation,
and does so still. It would not
stand by idly and indifferently if
any political or personal friend or
enemy accused.
It does not believe in the meth
ods that are being employed by the
government in some of these cases.
It believes the jurors are terrorized
by the press and the government.
One juror dissented in the Sor-
rensen case, and is now under in
dictment, and it stands to reason
that rigorous policies must and will
be pursued to secure conviction in
land fraud cases. But are they jus
ticable. The fact remains that Senator
Mitchell is a poor man in the midst
of corporation plutocrats and trust
millionaires in the senate. The
fact remains that many of the peo
ple on the Pacific coast have com
mitted technical and flagrant land
frauds.
It is with profound sympathy
and regret that we behold a senator
of the United States under convic
tion in his seventieth year, and we
hope he may still get a new trial
and show, that he is not guilty
under the laws as enacted.
Out of this turmoil will surely
good will come to the whole nation,
and that is the best we of Oregon
can hope and pray for. Salem
Capital Journal.
Corvallis has decided by a vote
of 278 to 106 to install a mountain
water gravity system, and has vote-
ed $75,000 bonds for the purpose.
There's a lot of Satisfaction
in a shoo which after month's ot
wear, needs only polish to "Look
like new." You 11 find comfort,
ease and profit in the
Hamilton-Brown Shoes
your children
will want something pretty and good. Come and
see our
School Shoes
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NEW TRIAL ASKED
FOR MITCHELL
TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT
Claimed He Wee Cenvicted en
Count Whiah Wee Unaueoerted
by the Evidence,
On Monday ex-Senator Thurston
asked the court for a new trial for
Sen. Mitchell. At the end of Judge
Bennett's at gument Judge De Hav
en, took the matter under advise
ment and will decide upon it at his
leisure.
Judge De Haven also announced
that the demurrers in the cases of the
United States against Bernard and
C. B. Zachary. indicted for conspir
acy to acquire control of public land,
and in the case of Browuell, indicted
for subordination of perjury, would
be overruled.
At the same time George B. Wag
goner, indicted for complicity in
the land frauds of the Roseburg dis
trict, appeared in court and, waiving
the reading of the indictment, enter
ed a plea of not guilty.
The work of securing a jury in
the trial of Williamson in the land
fraud case was completed last Fri
day. It is as follows: August
Binns, grocer, Heppner, Morrow
county; August Carlson, manufac
turer, Portland; Webb Mast, farm
er, Coos county; Barney May, mer
chant, Harrisburg, Linn county; G.
O. Walker, farmer, Lane county;
M. V. Thomas, farmer, Bull Run,
Clackamas county; J. E. Henkle,
merchant, Philomath, Benton coun
ty; W. P. George, restaurant keep
er, Salem; J. W. Williams, farmer,
Junction City, Lane county; S. L.
Burnaugh, farmer, Elgin, Union
county; O. H. Flook, farmer, Olalla,
Douglas county; W. O. Cook,
bricklayer, Eugene, Lane county.
Superintendent Mellis, of the Ore'
gon mineral exhibit at the Lewis
and Clark exposition, has arranged
a most striking feature in the fore
ground of his mineral products. It
is a beautiful cabinet filled with rich
gold and quartz specimens. The
word ."Oregon" has been spelled in
letters of pure gold on the first
shelf of the cabinet; Belmont gold
from the Greenhorn district is used.
There are many gold nuggets and
goodly quantities of coarse placer
gold, with specimen quartz of rare
beauty. The cabinets of the Green
back, North Pole, Columbia and
other large properties, which have
some of the prettiest specimens of
ore ever shown anywhere, are in
terspersed in the exhibit.
Beautify your complexion with little
cost. If you wish a smooth, clear,
cream-like, complexion, rosy cheeks,
laughing eyes, take Hollister's Rocky
Mountain Tes, greatest beautifier known.
35 cents.
Delta Drug Store.
Ml
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No better made. No letter can bo made. Our
guarantee goes with every pair.
Our line of
GROGERIES
is the finest in the county.
Everything usually carried by an up-to-date Grocery Honse. Onr
immense sales maks it possible for us to carry strictly fresh goods.
Not a shop-worn article in the establishment.
JOHN DENNIS.
Th nll Reliahlfi Cnrnr-r
Charlie Hicks, a 4 year-old lad
of Spokane, Wash., was frightfully
burned on the 4th by exploding
firecrackers.. He died last Friday
in great agony.
A woman giving her name as
Louise Folmsbee, though she was
not sure this name was right, was
I found wandering about the streets
of Walla Walla, Wash., one day re
cently. She could give no account
of herself, though she thought she
had a husband and several children
and that her name was Louise
Folmsbee. She could not tell
where she lived.
With both limbs crushed under a
a log and death staring him in the
face from starvation, Eli Miller, a
miner, ended his suffering by cut
ting his throat with his pocket
knife near his cabin near Myrtle
Creek in Douglas county one day
last week. It is thought he had
been dead fully a week when found.
One of his legs was still fast uuder
a big stump that had fallen across
the lower part of his body; the
other, which had been caught, was
badly mangled in freeing it from
beneath the stump, a part of the
roots haviiuf been hacked away
with his grub hook. Miller was
over 60 years of age and lived alone
on land ndrtheast of Myrtle Creek.
30 Beautiful Half-Tone Viewa of
Clatsop Beach Scenery Free.
The Astoria & Columbia River
Railroad Co., has just issued a sou
venir of Clatsop Beach containing
30 elaborate half-tones of the prin
cipal points of interest between
Portland and Seaside, which will be
mailed free upon application to C.
A. Stewart, Agent, 248 Alder St.,
Portland, or J. C. Maye, G. P.. A.,
Astoria, Ore. .
Popular and Picturesque.
The only thiug necessary to make
the Denver and Rio Grande the
most popular, as it has ever been
known the most pleasant and most
picturesque way to cross the conti
nent, has come about. This is the
establishment of through sleeping
car service.
In connection with the O. R. &
N., a through Pullman Standard
Sleeper is now run from Portland
to Denver, leaving Portland at 8:15
p. m., arriving at Salt Lake at 8:40
a. m., the second morning, leaving
Salt Lake at 3:50 p. m., and arriv
ing at Denver 4:20 p. m., the fol
lowing day. This schedule gives
passengers seven hour-stop over in
Salt Lake, affording an opportunity
to visit the Mormon Capital as well
as a day light ride through the
grandest scenery in the world.
For reservations in this car and
for illustrated booklets picturing
the scenery contiguous to the Den
ver & Rio Grande, proving it to be
the "Science Line of the World,"
write to W. C. McBride, General
Agent, 124 Third street, Portland.
Feed, barley and bran tor sale at Cate's
market.
Us Line;
Women
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