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mi Voi.i me 33 Rillsboro Independent. 'HE SEES HARM IN THE NAME BY U. V. HATH. OFFICIAL COl'NTY I'APFK. Thousand's of People Have Been Driven from Oregon ky tho Torm "Wobfoot." ON K IMII.I.A H I'KH V KAK IN A DVANCK I GEORGE M. HIMES OPINION. Republican In Politico. AuvKriMiNu lUrns: LHy, GO cnts an inch, single column, for four Inser tions ; reading not Ufa, one cent a woij all Insertion (nothing Iron than 15 ctuU) ; profeMiional carU, one inch, f 1 a inonlli ; liklge tarda, $5 a year, paya ble u,uiirterly, (notices ami resolution freo to advert in inn lodges). PROFESSIONAL CARDS. C. B. TONGUE ATTORNEY AT LAW IIILLSDOIIO. WASHINGTON COUNTY, OR KG ON, FRIDAY. MARCH 2, 190(5. E. E. LYTLE MOT WORRYING Number 42 dressed men approached, engaged in conversation, and baited near me. They were talking about cli mate and conditions generally re lating to the settlement of the coun try. Finally one said, "I am look ing over the country and expect to buyli good farm somewhere, and have about concluded that I would go over into Oregon and see what I could find in the Willamette val- TILLAMOOK WANTS THE LINE And Will Givo tho Paclfio Railway 4 Navigation Company o Square Deal When tho Time Comes. Hlllsboro, Oregon. Office: Rooms 3. 4 and &. Morgan Blk W. N. BARRETT ATTORNEY-AT LAW Hlllsboro, Oregon. Office: Central lilock. Rooms and 7. BENTON BOWMAN ATTORN EY-ATLAW Hlllsboro, Oregon. lev. An old arnualntance succest Portland, Oregon, Feb. 27, 1906. La tht I a.wn m,.nt. In view of the apparent inten- Editor Independent: In yonr a . ,t,. .t,. ,t.. i.,i,.,i tiou of the people of the section paper of the 16th iust. I notice that L,.t intn SIirn . tnrrt.nt of ah,,s and through which his road is to run to Mr. L. K. Wilkes, in speaking of misstatement about Oregon. .d hold his comtetitors to the letter of the action of the Oregon Press As- Larticularlv of Washington countv. their agreements, E. E. Lytle, of ! : .t ..! rf 0 sociauon at tue taie meeting, in tne calli it tbe ..Hcad Center passage pi resolutions tending to u'ebfoot - a I never discourage the use of the word heard. im,Krnr(.ui,.nrv webfoot," as applied to the natives aml j deterinined to watch my op portunity and administer a deserved rebuke. After this man had deliv ered bis tirade the other excused himself and passed on. I then stepped up and said, "Excuse me. - ft- iu mis country to a marvelous beauty and are found everywhere about the cabin. The flower gardens, which occupy about half an acre, would be a cred it to the most efficient gardener. It is in such surrounding that Prof. Allen and his wife, now both well along in years, with white hair, declare they enjoy life to the fullest extent, and nothing can per suade them to give up their home among the giant trees. There they wish to end their days That the $3,000,000 LAST YEAR THE FRUIT CROP OF OREGON So Reports tho National Harti.ui tural Statistlean Upon tho Or. chard Output in 1905. of Oregon, thinks "that the harm done by the nickname is infinitesimal." From that conclusion I most em phatically dissent, because my ex- permanent exhibit of the Chamber of Commerce, even 'c this city, the promoter of the Pacific m ,ts Present incomplete state, is a W' " I - - . I A 1 ... before had Railway & Navigation Company urawin8 cam ana when enlarged which is now building into the Til- ""u ,n,Proveu along the lines re lamook country, is not worrying, "atly suggested by Secretary Gilt- "I have promised the people of ner wlU a powerful factor in the Tillamook country very little advertising the resources of Oregon, so far." he said yesterday. "I 18 Prvea by the fact that day be merely assured them that whenever fore yesterday the largest number I had settled upon my route I perience and .observation have sir; you seem to be acquaiuted with would tell them what they might OUlce, in Union Itlk. T1IOS. II. TONGUE JR. ATTORNKY-AT-LAW NOTARY PUBLIC Jilice : k 00111 h , 4 and 5, Morxun WocK Hillsboro, Oregon. S. T. LINK LATER. M. B. C. M PHYSICIAN AND SUROEON. Hlllsboro, Oregon. taugnt me tuat the contrary is true, this country?" "Yes, I am," he with s. B. Uiwton 41 prooaoiy is not an exaggeration said. "How lone have you lived to say that in the past six years I here?" "Ten years."" "You are have met thousands of people where acquainted with Oregon, too, I pre- Mr. Wilkes has met hundreds, sume?" "Oh, yes, I lived there for During that time nearly 150,000 awhile." "Whereabouts?" said I. persons have visited the rooms of "At a place called Hillsboro." "Is the Oregon Historical Society In that anywhere near Portland?" this city, one third of whom come "Yes, about forty miles." "How from states east of the Rocky moun- did you like it." "Like it I tains. I do not pretend to say that didn't like it at alt. It was the I have met and conversed with mnc tcAi.i nj but I that I ever lived in. I would not expect. It is because, after months of work my surveys are still uncom pleted, that I have not yet definite- of visitors on record insnecterf i h exhibit, while yesterday the num ber was but little smaller. The exhibit-room was crowded all day and the attendant was kept busv ly arranged lor rights of way beyond answering questions and distribute Buxton. IDZ advertising pamphlets. The "The people of Northwestern udJcn increase in the number of Oregon may rest assured, however. daily visitors is due to the resump- that I am going to build my road tl0n of the housekeepers' excur and will not ask anv subsidies s,ons frora the East and Middle either. Our road has been financed West and to the distribution of the by the sale of $4,000,000 worth of Chamber's advertising pamphlets ftliiiv iittMtnirfl nvnr Tim Do'lt I)rnu Htore. (Ulice houra-8 to 12: 1 to 6. and every ne uPn this abject: iu the evening from 7 to 9 o'clock. J. P. TAMIESIE, M. D. S, P. R. It. SURGEON Hlllsboro, Oregon. Residence eortier Third and Main; oHIoe op stairs ortr Delta drug lor; buun, . DuloUni. I to6 ami ? t.iV p. iu. Telephone Iu residence from I wit ilriiK Mora. All ealie promptly aue- wared day or uIkoI. F. A. BAILEY, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SUROEON Hlllsboro, Oregon. The last report of the statistician of the department of agriculture on . 1 a - tne wheat crop of the north Pacific states for 1905 is as follows: Total yield, 56, 240,927 bushels, of which amount 27,686,999 bushels were winter wheat and 28.55t.928 bush -1 . cis were spring wheat. By states the distribution was: Washington 32.516.810 bushels, Oregon 13,382, -O - 1 . . a . 505 ousneis, ana Idaho 10,341,532 bushels. The crop in Washington n n ,1 " t . . uu vsicguu was aooui me same as last year, but in Idaho the gain amounted to three and one-half mil lion bushels. The total farm value of the wheat croD in the tw states was I37.a10.526, distributed as follows Washington $21,325, 638, Oregon, $9,100,151 and Idaho $6.784.737- In round numbers the 1905 wheat crop of the United States was 6g v 000.000 bushels, the largest yield from any one state be ing 77,000,000 bushels from Kan sas. The following fourteen states, arranged in the order of production, raised more wheat than Oretron. Kansas, North Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Indiana, Washington, Ohio, Illinois, Mis souri, Pennsylvania, Michigan, California and Iowa. bonds, and we have been at worv on the trains coming into the city. out of Hillsboro since last Novem- Telegram of last Monday do 11V that no All In nrcirnn Irtiniii. . M- 1 . I fur a mntilli oflr m ivrnn..l.il I tM. . 1 - T t . F " - " m luai w. ... The dispatches say that Iloch's this state and us people better than country as a gift. The people sim- "During January we made slow wonderfu, physical strength was v.jmi .m iuai no one in tne state ply exist; they do not live. I was Progress on account 01 Daa weath- 8uown by the fact that hiJ lse is more loyal than I. For these told in California that they were er. but we are pushing the work asLnt!n, . . ' " .uvauay inquire 01 every webfeet, and a resident there proved asi as men ana money can ao it, Hn.rtr. nrn Uim , . strancrer T mt ...t...l,A. i .t ' . .J f. :t, .-t r .u jl.j r . .v., ..01. .v., j,, me rne statement true." "i nw murh "vc cikui iu ui x luauueu ,f... l.: 1 . .. t?-j-. .... uciug uuns Jii-'t x-riuay more rain is there at Portland and graded and four miles of steel laid. in Washington county than at VVe have 175 men at work, and Oregou's whipping post law was for wheat as the f0nowinir vields uiympia.' -uh, there is fully " "c ac -wu'ic iuc Kcucrauy uiscusscu wiiuc congress an(j thejr farm vaiue3 testjfy: Corn twice it not three times as much," ,,uc wllUiU B J,"r- nau a simuar measure up lor tne 403,788 bushels, farm value 28 nes,; 1 saia, that is what I beard "ttVC lvv" p ui .uivcy-miu.ti 01 wmmma iasi weex. a.. oats a 7Q2 ,02 bushels farm man" "now ors in the field at the present time. The measure for the national capl- .,t. , , .0 8. W.Vor. Iiase Lino and Second at.. I Ion of it are, and propound other please tell me how long you lived seeking, routes to the- coast, and are tal failed, but it won many support- bushels farm value o6d 07V flax Uoth 'phones. inquiries as may be suptrested. u ir:u. Mirt... t t t not in a Twisitinn tn aulr on vrmtv I r tirliil nn Iia I . .... in rooms, on the street, on public trans portation lines, in private convey ance, or wherever I may have op portunityand I am creating op portunities all the while how they The year 1905 in Oregon was a bountiful one for other crops as wel Offlro: Morgan nalley block, H like the countrv iW tnir I.... . .. stairs. Yooms U 13 and 15. Residence . , " youwu mat other F. J. BAILEY, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Hlllsboro, Oregon. inquiries as may be suggested And if dissatisfaction is manifested Ofllre: Morgan-Halley block, up stairs with V. A. Ilalley. Residence, N. E. corner Third and Oak sts. A. B. BAII.EY, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGKON, Hillsboro, Oregon. Offlrw over Rallcy'i lruf Wore. OIHoe hour rrom ,: t ii, I.11O to, and 7 to . Katlrianc tblrd lioiine iiorlh of nll eleotrle lUbl lilant. Calla promptly attended dar or DlKlit. Ihrtb 'phimea. MARK B. BUMP, ATTORNKY-AT-LAW. Notary Public and Collections IIILLS1IORO, ORK. Tree Delivery Of the lK-st 1-ish, Uame ana Meats. Our delivery is prompt and in all parts of Hillsltoro. We have iuaugerated a new Schedule in Prices and this together with our de livery system makes this Hills boro's H)pular market. Housley tl'-Corwin, 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. DR. A. A. BURRIS, Magnetic Osteopath, HlLLSWORO, Orkgon Diiicarwa cured without drug or sur gery by mminetio oateopathy, the new science of drngloas healing. Consulta tion free. tMliee over the hakery. Contractor and Builder I am prepared to furnish plans and specifications and estimate on all kinds of buildings. Now is the tune to get your plans ready for the building season. Thirty years' ex perience; satisfaction guarant ed. S. M. HOLLAND, HILLSBORO, ORKGON. Ilia Home on Mount Ranier. iuies. in Hillsboro?" "Why I I i not in a position to ask anybody ers while on the boards. lived there si wirei' t ,. for rights of way iust now. When I do all I can to ascertain the cause. said. .now. S1-r T w n in .1,1. we are ready we shall appreciate and endeavor to remove it. if possi- country forty-eight years, and am some help in this direction, for we ble, by acquainting them with the perfectly familiar with the rainfall are not ricb enough to throw away true conditions which my intimate in Washincrrn,, r aA - our money. acquaintance with the country for Portland, likewise at Olympia. "But we are rich enough to build nearly fifty-three years supported Now if you will go with me to tbe our own road, and we are not ask by the habit I formed in 1858 of state library where the meteorologi- ing the people along the line to keeping a daily dairy, which has cal recordi) T wUI finance the proposition for us."- KtAAM IrakO-it eon sn t- - - I 1 J j, Vu uatc, u cnao.ea that you are a consummate liar, and Oregonian me to know something about. that the rainfall at Olympia is much TTI " ve. s it Z Z ", Aaa n lrV 1 N'stleJ Vt oVr maintains, v.. .. V7 ... a-.u, aut o, your siaicments are lies Hp ou the siopes cf Mount Ranier tn ?L, ; Pr'r fromsttto finish, and I would ad- ,ivei the so.cled .hermit 0f the Lnlwle " f ' " my vfae yU t0 m a Cascades," Prof. Edward Allen, ltl'g 1 " 7!"' new story nd to tell something formerly an instructor at Yale and Orelom T nW" "PP f t0 thaftCOl?)dtb easi,y Prven knowno r scientific institu- Oregon and to Oregonians in a untrue." The fe ow about half- ..- tU . .- t . -pirit of contempt that my conclus- way apoligized, and mumbled that tIon3 " of the most active bot- ions have been formed. Personally he "simPlv told wha ad been told amsls of the Paclfic coast- I have opposed using the word b,m'" iTmov ?rn . . Prof . Allen does not live alone in "webfoofin everv wav possible m 11 J . r" ""." "uc" a spite of his title of "hermit," lor wcuiwi, iu every way possible ablest physicians in the Un tea u i n- j . . i. . all these years as being unjust, un- States, came to Portland from New wheU he Suffered sunstroke about true, and altogether hateful: and I Orleans, where he had lived since seventeen years ago aud his physi- have been astounded beyond meas- the close of the dXU war- During clans decided that he must live in ure Gr.,1 n rt ... the four years he lived here he be- the open, but not in the sun. his " u,:SUI"a fanw Mt! in lm..,ltl, n ... ... . is- anT f ' .Zi:, r. U 10 tlle PIaQ 01 seed 27,312 bushels, farm value If the ship subsidy bill becomes 28.95; potatoes 4.453,68o bushels, a law, Oregon will be provided with Iarm vaIue a,672,2o8, and hay one mail line. When it became 897.175 tons, iarm value $6,944, apparent that the measure would 34- The foregoing crops, togeth pass the senate, Senator Fulton of- er with wheat give an aggregate fered an amendment specifvinc that farra value of $22,869,193. The one of the four lines allowed the statistician of the department of ag Pacific should be to the Columbia "culture did not include in this re river and another to Puget Sound. Prt hoPs fruit, butter, cheese, wool Thie. aiihvention would he sufficient llVe-StOCK, All OI Which are ilU- inducement to establish a new line Prtant items in the agricultural I .. a. of steamships between the Orient, output 01 this state, lhe secretary 01 the board 01 horticulture says that while all reports have not yet For Sale or Trade. hee reCeived it is safe to estimate Grocery store and remdence for sale . farm ,,. f rrlllf rr 5n je Matail as miirlif avfiattnii fnt farm I sua tu, vi "'" " I -v r . .4 a For further particulars tall on or ad- urcK" ,ur '9U5 j.uw.uw dress J. A. Messinger, Hillsboro, Or. The fruit crop was not so large as last vear. but better prices were re mi 1 . t rr 1 1 I ' ine imjepenaem ami ine 1 oruanu ... . Mwillv nr annl anA prunes, l he state dairy ana 100a Methusala was all right, you bet commissioner estimates the butter For a good old soul was he, an(j cheese output for loos at $2.- They say he would be living yet, ,i.-. i, . Had taken li,K-liv Mountain Tea. 433.73". ""u'"' .0. All Drug Stores. ooo pounds, at 27j cents a pouna, and cheese 2,750,000 pounds at it cents a pound. C. J. Millis, live stock agent of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company, estimates the price received by farmers for cattle, horses, sheep and hogs dur ing the year 1905 at $10,000,000 and the price received for wool during the same period at $2,000,000. The grand aggregate of these amounts is $40,510,343, which is very satisfactcry, considering the growing season was unusually dry, with temperatures generally above normal. The Oiegon State Association of Optometrists was organized Febru ary 19 of this year and has for. its object the advancement of the prin ciples of refraction. These officers were elected for the first term: Dr. G. A. Cutting, president; Dr. W. E. Garretsou, vice-president; 1$. E. Fisk, recording secretary; Dr. E. M. Dallas, financial secretary; Dr. R. Thompson, treasurer; directors, L. M. Hoyt, Hillsboro, Or.; Dr. S. W. Potter, Newberg, Or.; Dr. I). W. Kolle, Portland, and Dr. 11. T. ngersoll, Oregou City, J. Duback was elected sergeant-at-arms.- A meeting of the directors was held esterday and the next regular meeting of the association will take lace May 19. 1 a-aiaaaa- Good looks brings happiness. 'riends care more for us when we meet them with a clean, smiling face, bright eyes sparkling with health, which comes by taking Hol lister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents at all drug stores. ltran, $1'J a ton ; Hhorts, l-'O.W a ton, at The Climax Mill. Our savings department has proven very attractive to guardians, executors, administrators, trustees and treasurers. Persons who are responsible for trust funds require absolute security and de sire a good rate of interest. Hillsboro Commercial Rank. For Sale. Limited quantity of Logan berry plants. Inquire of II. 1). lxx-lte, Reavor-, ton, R. F. U. No. 3. Notice of Proposed Street Assess ment. Notice li hereby glreo that the total coat ol the itreet ImproTeuieuU made oq malnitreet In the Cltr of Hllliboro, Oregon, between Pint treet and Second itreot beginning at tba later- ectlon or Flrtt and Main atreeta and running aaatrora dl.unce of H00 ft-et therefrom; Mala treet from Second alreet to Eighth itreet; Second treet rrom Baas Line to Oak itreet and frora the Interaectlon of 8eoond and Fir itreet north to a point 200 feet therefrom, tbe earns harlng been replan ked purtuant to Ordinance No. 210 of said city pasted October 1, 11105, and approTed October 1, ltx6, baa been ascertained and that the City Council of the City or Hlllaboro, Oregon, will, at lie next regular meeting to wlt;-on March ttb, Won, at the hour of8 00 P. M., at the Cooucll ehain ler In said City, proceed to aaseai the pro porUonate part or share of iiicb ooet upon each lot, tract or parcel of land along or abutting upon such street Improvements ai tbe same aball be found liable therefore and at uld time, all per sons Interested may appear and show cause. It any, why aald aaseasment ahotild Dot be made. Dated this February 21, 1 'JUS, by order ot tbe CllyCountll made and entered February), 1W6. II. T. BAULKY, Recorder ol Hlllsboro, Oregon. . . .. ... wouia consent to tne use ot the mis- and but for special professional . .. . . . . . erable expression which was given reasons never would have returned ,S01aUDg tncraselve3 m the far in the early sixties, in a snirit of ri. to Louisiana. Frequently durinir west ana sM accompanied him to dicule by a few Californians who his residence nere he used to speak Ashford, Wash., near which they were traveling through the Wil- J" Picked ut a charming break in the iorest and where they have since made their home. There were three sons in the family, then able impressions frequently formed youngsters. They are now in the by them when he endeavored to forestry commission service and ob- vm.ii uuuii lucm m visit ijreeon ii- t.:. ...:: .... j .t...-. i a- with a view of making investments. f , . is "Blanketly blank," he said to me fatber on the slopes of Mount Ra- There's a lot of Satisfaction I .1 . . . , .. 7 , w. r.wm wtu- .-uicnc vaucy on nors;Dacic in tne foot." He wasa man wellarm,ain. ed witu southern capitalists. andJ would often allude to the unfavor-1 winter time. That the word "webfoot" is used to the serious detriment of our state Is not a freak of my imagination. I can easily find scores, yes, hun dreds of persons, residents ot th in a shoo which after month's ot wear, needs only polish to "Look like new." You'll find comfort, ease and profit in tho Hamilton-Brown Shoes nier. state who can testify to this fact. one day ;. U.ie u of that contemptl- I h!A ftrrr1 "n.AKfnAt'I .MI 1f .1 I A . ..... It is not what we in our own state IZ":".. w" lD,s Aitnougu their home is many well accuainted with all or mndi. i.: V.. TLr'. , .y we m'Jes from the nearest habitation vour have one-third more rain down no one and tbe trails leading to it are diffi cult to find, they have visitors fo every summer, lor botanists Irom tions, think; but it is what those south than you do, and whom we wish to secure as citizens dares to call us "webfeetl" think that concern us. If an ex- Personally. I have no use pression which we may use liehtlv n,ckname, if we must have one let all over the world make the trip to or thoughtlessly and without any nate . particular thought of its having any of the state, the "Beaver State g outstory cabm in significance, creates an unfavorable This origin of this idea was three. whlca they live is surrounded by expression upon prospective citi- ,0ia: because the beaver were BOOUl nve acres ot ciearea una. On it they raise what they can to ward obtaining a living. But it is by his discoveries now and then of rare and unique specimens of plant life that Prof. Allen lives. He sends his specimens to the leading institutions of the East and Europe and in the renumeration leceived enjoys a sufficient income to keep their little home in comforts and even luxuries, for ordinary things are luxuries there. The cabin is almost covered by vines and flowers. children will want something pretty and good. Come and see our School Shoes mm i a. f . . - m m m tens, then it is high time to abol . uraoers in tne early J. that expression from our vo- ' ii'IV. 5 a c a . . I I - - - . a- . aasMia. VU itaC Ulll KU1U caouiary. aucu was the motive I coin a ee on the Pacific mast w'VtjVt in preparing the resolutions was at Oregon City early in i8io- which I presented to the state 13' because the crest on the first seal press convention; and I rejoice that "?n territory was a beaver. those resolutions were unanimously adopted. In support of the above I will re- the significance of which in the lan guage ot heraldry was "industry and sagacity"- traits possessed by the beaver in a most remarkable degree a fit emblem for an indus- Iate one or .two incidents in my a I f fMa-all s aM,4 .Miaa..Mu t . own experience: was stand no- peopie sucn a .J. at the corner ot a street in Olympia " "-a"' lu Between ad and 3d St., on Ed son a few years ago when two well Gsorgk H. Himks. A V! fiJlCNir. r lACt No better made. No better can be made. Our guarantee goes with every pair. Our line of GROCERIES is the finest in the county. EverythinR usually carried hy sa np-to-ilate Grocery House. Our immenae sales mak it pnajriitle for ns to carry strictly Ireeh gooils. Not a shop-worn article la the establish meaC JOHN DENNIS. The old Reliable Corner Grocery and Shoe Store - w