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PROFESSIONAL CARD.
E. B. TONGUE
ATTORNET AT LAW
Hilltbaro. Ortgon.
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W. H. BARRETT
ATTOR.N ET AT LAW
Hillibor, Oregon.
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BENTON BOWMAN
ATTORN" ET-AT LAW
Hilltbaro. Oragan.
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ATTOH.SEY-AT-LAW
NOTARY PUBLIC
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Hillaboro, Or 5 an.
8. T. LINK LATER. M. B. C M.
PHYSICIAN A"D SURGEON.
Hillaboro, Oregon.
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la lix erf nin from to V o'clock.
J. P. TAMIESIE. M. D.
S. P. R. R. SURGEON
Hiilabaro, Oregsn.
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trm lmn drc Man. iu ua prcm.fJ
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F. A. BAILEY. M. O.
PHTSIC1A.V AND SURGEON
Hlllaboro, OrcfOM.
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block, a p.
8. W. cot. Rim Line aad Sca4 sta.
Both p!or.
F. J. BAILEY. M. O.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Hlllaboro, Oragen.
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A. B. BAILEY. M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Ililliboro, Oregon.
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MARK. 3. BUMP,
ATTOkN E Y- AT- LAW.
Notary Public and Collections.
H t LLs BO K O, ORE.
Tree Delivery
Of the r.t Fish, Game and
Meats. Our delivery is prompt
and ia all parts ot Hilisboro.
We have tnauerated a
Hew Schedule in Prices
and this tozether with our de
livery system rnaWes this Hiils
boro's popuUr market.
Housley tT-Corwin,
Announcementa
Flavinp purchid the Central
Meat Market, wt w..-h 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 tlie inrt cuts
and best xrvire po Me re res
rVctfulIy sulic-.t your patrcnage.
J-MMOTT BROS.
DR. A. A. BURRIS,
Magnetic Osteopath,
HlLLSBORO, ' Orego.i
jjjjta cnri witticot 4nfi tcr
tr roaenrtic ttwrttijr, lha nw
ai-tanc of dmj'rta heai.nc ContalU-
Contractor and Builder
I am prepared to furnish plans
and spectficatiens and estimate on
S kinds of boiidin. Now is the
time to get your plans ready for the
priding .?"ZZlX'
benence: satistactxon guaranteed.
S. M. HOLLAND,
HVLLSBORO. OREGON.
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!0!L TANKS
EXPLODE.
"'GMT WATCHMAN CMCMATCO
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Two explosions that caused many
m torUand to behere tnat an
earthquake had shaken the city and
blew up the Union Oil Works, at
the foot of Uoirersitr Park, oa the
river back, at 12:15 o'clock Monday
mom in destroyed one Large tank.
two smaller ones, waica also
caused the death of Night Watch
man Leonard Taquo, an Italian.
The roar caused by the explosion
and the shocks that followed could
be easily telt and heard in Portland,
where many believed that the shock
was caused by a trembler, a ae
force of the explosion in the vicinity
of the tanks and at the university
was terrific Night Watchman P.
S. Cite, of the Standard Oil Com
pany, who occupies a small house
near the worts,, was hurled from
bis bed by the force of the shock,
and the Columbia Uniersity build
ings were slightly shaken and the
windows were jarred. Residents
in the vicinity of the tanks tor a
distance of half a mile, distinctly
lelt the jar, and the roar of the two
explosions, which followed each
other. The shock was so severe
that residents of East Portland and
of Portland Heights thought it was
an earthquake and hastened to
telephones to make inquiry concern
ing the damage done.
The ex plosion is thought to have
been caused either from crossed
electric wires or by the watchman
in his careless use of his lighted
lantern.
For a tUa ft was- feared tb
Standard Oil tanks nrijrnt catch fire
and there was some alarm that the
burning oil might set sawmills and
the Port of Portland dry dock on fire.
The explosion following the first
one was caused by two small supply
tanks near the larger one, blowing
up. The shock trom the smaller
two was not nearly so torable as
that of the large tank. Fear was
entertained that a great tank of dis
tiline, just south of the large tank,
would explode, and it was repeatedly
threatened by the fierce heat caused
by the three burning tanks sur
rounding it. It was impossible for
the fireman on the fire boat to throw
water in its direction as the water
only added test to the burning oil
over which a stream would hare
had to be thrown.
North of the Union tanks are
several tanks ot the Standard Oil
Company. None ot these was in
great danger through fear was at
first expressed, and Sretaeu confined
themselves to preventing the flames
spreading jn their directions.
Manager Flanders of the Standard
Oil Company was on the ground to
see that his property was protected.
Great clouds of black smoke as
cended into the heavens and could
be seen from all parts of the ctr.
The toss is estimated at $40,000.
8trar4 or Stolen.
Rone pony; Mane roathed, scar
and ringbone on hind fteL Weight
350. Reward. Address. A, Klein
krk. TigardviUe, Oregon,
Jfotice to Caatractors.
SalJ Ud wi'U U raoMTad br tba
Coujr Coart at tta Court roona ia
llilUboro, Qnxom Thuradar. July
Vh. IXri, at i o'cck 9. m.. for tba eoa
ttroctioa of brii acroaa tha ToalaUa
rixrt at tba Geir piaca, oaa aad oa
hxJ mi'.a aoati, Corariioa. Spaofl
cationa at tta Cark'a oaW.
Daud Jqm 15, 1908.
By or in of Ccmnty Gmmiaakwara.
L. A. ROOD, Jodta.
Farm for Sale.
1 73 Acres, half is craak bottom,
1 acre la ealUraUoa ; Uryt ararir ar
frama bara. (ood booaa, orrhard aj
taaiiae Moaa tor natar. Talepboaa
taamauMifnT. Prka $400. II 4.
iri- a! iaplaaaaau will ba aoU
vita um pea. Tlaa oa part.
w- w. jaijumi.
Roota U Box O. Laaral. Or.
ConuBuaicaiioa.
Beaverton Ore.. 6, 26, '06. j
Editor Independent:
To sett a lirUe controversy and;
also tor the eniightment of your ;
readers in this part ot the county, J
will yoa please give the fbOowing 1
information- The result in Beaver-:
dam. Bearer: on. Keedvi:e ana
West Butte precincts, of the vote in
June. 1904 on the local option bill;
id November 1904 of the vote oa
prohibition and in June 1906, of the
vote on prohibition.
Reader.
The information you desire, we
have copied from the official count,
oa record in the County Cerk's
. ... A
oce and is as follows:
Jaae 1904 Local Option,
VES
6t
49
60
NO
57
75
61
37
Beaver darn
Bearerton
Reedville
West Butte
Not. 1904 Prohibition,
TES
24
62
34
9
NO
64
9
96
74
Bearerdam
Bearerton
Reedville
West Butte
June 1906 Prohibition,
YES
3
69
46
53
NO
54
92
56
43
Beaver dam
Bearerton
ReedviCe
West Butte
XT Hen Sxplaiaa.
W. S. LTRea, explains why the
anti-pass bill, which carried at the
recent election by 40,000 majority.
fails to becomce a law, in a. recent
statement at Oregon City:
To the Editor: So fat as I have
ever beard, every lawyer admits
that the anti-pass bill fails to be
come a law because there is no
enacting clause. The absence ot
the words, "Be it enacted by the
people of the State of Oregon."
was not noticed by anyone until the
bill was in the hands of the State
Printer, aad tatew at ara t la anr
correction or withdrawal.
The omission of the enacting
clause is my blunder, and I cannot
think of any one else who should
justly bear any part of the blame.
Hon. W. C Bristol, Seneca Smith.
Thomas G. Greene and J. C. Vearie
were employed by president Ben
Selling to revise and correct the
proposed constitutional amend
ments and the anti-pass bill. That
these gentlemen did their work
wisely and with the most painstak
ing care is perfectly obvious to any
one who compares the first printed
draft of the measures with the
finished form in which they were
submitted to the people. But no
one would think of the possibility
that a man who had had legislative
experience might draft a bill and
forget the enacting clause in send
ing it to the printer.
We hope and expect that the
40,000 majority which the bill re
ceived will be accented hv the
Legislature as a command to enact
an effective anti-pass law. For my
own blunder in the bill voted on by
tne peop.e. I can oner no excuse
because there is none.
W. S. IT Ren.
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Wax eaaat wni Imit mm.i.i. t
Datta Ungfara.
So many are now runninz auto
mobiles that the free alcohol bill Is
of great interest to them. It is said
that one gallon of 94 per cent alcohol
is equal to two gallons of gasoline.
u is asserted that wood alcohol n
be made and sold at tea cents a
gallon.
A Tragic Flaiah.
A watchman's nezlect oermitted
leak in the great North Sea dyke.
waica a child's finger could have
stopped, to become a ruin ou hmt
devastating an entire province of
xiouano. In like manner Kenneth
"elver, of Vanceboro, Me., per
mitted a little cold to go unnoticed
td a tragic finish was only avert
by Dr. King's New Discovery,
"e writes: "Three doctors gave
op to die of lung inSammation.
neglected cold; but Dr.
King, xew Discovery saved my
Gnteed best cough and
J cure at a3 drug .tores. 5oc
$1.00. Trial bottle free.
UNITED H. R.
COMPANY SELLS
C. t. LCJ$ cn"
Back B""
La Maj.
The Un:tfd iailaays company.
controlling tbt Frcct street
way franchise, tie Ortgca Traction
company ad the Chamber of
Commerce bc3g. Mcciay passed
into the posse!10 C E. Loss of
San Franciicoasd eastern asaocir.es,
The pnrchajea hare acquired 90
per cent of tie capital stock of the
United RaSaa cospasy at a price
which is cnierstood to be cprards
of S 500, 000.
Negoiiatiocstxtr-dirg back over
a week had ieea (jcietly carried oa
in Portland between H. St, John
Dix, represesreg the C E. Loss
company, as! cerabers of the
United Railwys copacy, W. L.
j Benham of tie Oregoa Develop
ment contpaxy, a iia oces a con
nection with tie C. C Loss com
pany in the Chamber of Corns: tree
building, has been associated with
Mr. Dix ia the deal Mr. Beahara
is at the hiad ot a contracting
company that has large financial
backing, aoi probahlr will become
an important factor a the contrac
tion of the proposed Frost street
line and the Forest Grove road ot
the Oregon Traction companr.
There has sot been unaninuty oa
the part of the United Railways
company stxkhoLiers ia the nego
tiations that led cp to the recent
agreemeoL Determined ofposition
has been made by J. Whrte Evans,
president of tie eompary, who is 1
said to have insisted oa retaining
the original orgasiuhoa and pro- j
ceeding . wftk tbt tnancicg and
1 aiati imkia taeiotaf
er tai
franchise seenrtd Coa the Portlard
council a few weks ago, A Urge
majority of thi stockholders de
cided in favor of selling then
interests. The company has met much op
position in the east in the effort to
float its bonds, snd as a last resort
was obliged to contract for their
sale in Ezriapd. it is said that
ten per cent of the company's stock
today unsecured by the C R. Loss
a m a
peorle is ceJ Dy Mr. trans ana
John B. Yeoo ol Poitland.
The purciasen expect to carry
out the rrtrects started by the
United Railway- and it is expected
that several traction lines will be
added to the list already mapped
out. The C E. Loss Company,
while contract and not bankers,
are said to find well in the pro
fession, and !ve substantial and
extensive carwaions, both at home
and abroad, ioe reprcscmau c
of the conptT H- St- Joha
Dix and W. L : Benham. the for
mer of the C E. Loss Company
and the latter the Oregon Devel
opment Co?r. F ssnrances
that the difc ve7
be built, and t ace.
This dis? Uoited
RaUwavsCoc?y' interests does
not surprise r who have given
credence to t ror that has been
persistently emulated that the
backers of -c corporadon were
financially ' eaharssed and were
readv to seU The prediction
has been nu frequenUy of late
that the preset, holders of the pro
perties would cq dispose ol tnem.
j whyte Ev11. president ol the
United Rail), together with
John B. Yeo.io owns about ten
per cent of United Railways
stock had 9 trted with their
holdincs, trst it is expect ra mail
.fni-r trrazrcaieats wiu be
aaunv j v
made for its tnar.
C E, Loss.'-51' head of the pur
chasing cosET, wtu am re m
PorUand the last of the week to !
make more fc-aite plans (or the
disposition of property he is to
uke over. " expected that
fuller announctts of his plans I
can then be s2. His company
has held largt coatracts in ranocs
parts ot the cotstry; but he is at J
present in Saa Francisco, where he
ay. july ry..
went after the earthquake and
assisted material y in clearing away
the debris. At present he is ea-
gsged ia the
Oregon Shore
line from San
Cruz,
construction of the
Railway, an electric
Francisco to Santa
la the change ia ownership of
'the United Railways property the
interests of this vicinity will probab
ly not suffer as the Front street line
and the Forest Grove trculey road
will unioubtly go ahead. With
ample capital behind the enter
prises, and with experienced mea
at their head, they wiU be push
ed to a speedy conclusion.
Only Sa Years Old.
"I am only S2 years old and
don't expect even when I get to be
real old to feel that way as long as
I can get Electric Bitters," says
Mrs. E. II. Branson, of Dublin.
Ga. Surely there's nothing else
keeps the old as yonng and makes
the weak as strong as this grand
tonic medicine. Dypepsia, torpid
liver, inflamed kidneys or chronic
constipation are unknown after tak
ing Electric Bitters a leasonable
time. Guaranteed by all drug
gists. Price 50c.
Denaturised Alcohol Factory.
Within three months construc
tion work will be commenced on a
factory for the manufacture of de-
naturized alcohol. Seven hundred
and fifty thousand dollars will be
invested in this new enterprise, and
the promoters say this will be the
first factory of the kind oa the Pa
cific coast.
The factory will be located near
Vancouver, Washington and will
furnish employment for many men.
Articles of incorporation for the
concern, waica win oe Known as
the Columbia Alcohol Distilling
company, were filed in the office ot
the county clerk Saturday after
noon. The incorporators are Dr.
Otis B. Wight, H.B.Steel and
Alrna D. Katz.
Potatoes will be used largely in
the manufacture of the denaturized
alcohoL This is a product of grain
ileohol so modified by wood alco
hol as to render it unfit for use in
liquors. It is said it can be manu
i factuied much cheaper than gaso
line.
It ta cui le;h a4 drioi
mot ttara. witd away ditaa aad
dritaa away iora fart tUn any otbar
Badier ia tta worlL HoUUter'i
Bocky Matuia Tea. S5 cent. Tea or
Tabirta.
Dalu Drcf. store.
Twenty Year Batf.e.
"I was loser in a twenty year
battle with chronic piles and malig
nant sores, until I tried Backien's
... 1 1
Arnica Salve, whica turned tae
tide, by curing both, till not a trace
remains," writes A. M. Bruce, oi
Farmville, Va. 3est for old Ulcers,
Cats, Bums and Wonnas. 2 sc at
all druggists.
There s a lot ot
in a shoe which after month 9 ot
wear, needs onlv polish to "Look
like new." You'll find comfort,
ease and profit ia the
Hamilton-Brown Shoes
vour children
will want something pretty and good. Come and
I School
see our
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OREGON TOWNS
GONE "DRY."
LAST CHANCC TO LIQUIDATE,
MaMiaavilla, Carvallia, Aatana m4
Alaai aiaaai tka Pi
that at PVaaiajtia
Albany, July I. Last night was
a celebration, indulged in by alL
The streets were crowded with
people. Stores of every kind did a
rushing business. It was a novel
occasion for Albany. It was a
grand closing. The people here
have seea many "grand openings,"
bat never before a closing. The
celebration lasted until 12 o'clock.
Local citizens were assisted by
residents of surrounding "dry"
towns, towns that have been dry
for two years and for which Albany
has been the distributing center,
and some beer was consumed along
with the noise ot celebration.
Firecrackers and bombs that
would pat a Fourth of July fire
works committee to shame helped
to enliven things. While the bibu
lous god reigned, it was an orderly
crowd. It was the last opportunity
Bacchus will have in Linn county
for some time, and many yielded to
his blandishments.
CorvaHis, Or., July 1. Local pro
hibition went into effect throughout
Benton county Monday and for the
i second time. Ia November, 1904,
the county voted tor drouth by a
majority of 266, and on the first
day ol January following local pro
hibition became operative. The
"wets" at the time observed the
occasion with unusual festivities
that continued for a week mainly
perhaps, to show the "drys" that
there could be frolic and fun in
spite of prohibition. In the late
election there was a vote on the
question of wet or dry, and the elec
torate went for drouth for a second
time by a majority of 2S6, or twenty
more than formerly.
McMinnville, Or., July 1. Last
night drinking people celebrated
the closing of saloon business in
Yamhill county by drinking freelv
and filling the air with bad langu
age and yells. This rowdyism
lasted till late in the night.
Astoria, Or., July 1. Local op
tion went into effect today in two
precincts in this city, and as a result
six saloons were closed. The brew
ery is located in one of the "dry"
precincts, bat will probably con
tinue in operation.
X. B. Troth, SL Paul, Jana 31, '(.
I'ra Li red ao locg, I remember vetl
when tba Miwiaaippi waa a brook. My
good health aad loaf lift came by Uiiaf
Bocay Moos lain Tea. 35 cweta.
DU Drcf Siora.
oatistaction
month's
Shoes
Xo better made, o better can ba mide. Our
guarantee goes with every pair.
Our line o
GROCERIES
ia the finest in the'eounty.
ETerythinc nanallr carriad by wa-tooiata Qrorary Hoaaa. Oar
irama aaiaa mak it pnaatbla foe aa ao carry atrksiy liaafi rood.
Sot a hop-worn aruda ia the aauhliahmaaS.
JOHN DENNIS.
The old Reliable
Ncifsrjz S
Permanent Progress.
Never in all history were greater
movements in progress thaa thoae
of the present. The next few years
will be distinguished as the time ia
which industrial problems are
settled, the reign ol special privi
leges brought to an end, the recog
nition ol the doctrine of equal
rights fixed in National policies
and the conscience of rnankiad.
We are in the midst of the mosi
dramatic period of Americoa his
tory, the period in which the peo
ples rights are to be defined and
observed as they have never been
before. The man who shares ia
these activities, ia a capacity ao
matter how humble, is taking part
in the tremendous moral upheavals
now going on. Great tidal waves
may inundate a community, then
subside, and be remembered only by
the distraction wrought. The
effective and un tending impressioa
is made by the silent, tide, which is
constant and irresistible. We may
not see the tide ia bamaa thought,
but we are living la an age whea it
is approaching the maximum.
There have been great reform
movements ia the days gone by,
but they were local; the vampires
of graft were driven away, aad
remained but a season and thea
returned, after the waves of public
indignation had spent their tury.
One city would have an uprising,
which would die away, and then
another would commence. The
people were not awakened: there
was no constancy in the movement,
no concert of action ; no organization
ot the forces of reform; nothing but
local movements brought on by
local conditions.
The present presents a situation
of brighter promise to our vision.
Reform shows sign of becoming
universal instead of local and trans
itory. The revolt from political
oppression is rearing its head in
aty after city and state after state.
A civic regeneration is going on all
over the land, and its energies are
extending from the domain ol the
public to that of the private wrong
doer, and probing into the doings
1 of rascals ol every kind.' The re
cent elections iaOhio, Pennsylvania
and New York, where such splendid
victories were won for good govern
ment, show that the people are
invincible whea aroused. WTU it
last? is ;he questoa. Will aot the
people soon forget and allow things
to continue in the same old way
I answer, no. Reforms some
times die, but revelations never go
backward, and this is a revolution
that has been wrought in the con
science oi men. We are but ia the
beginning of the movement for
higher ideals in our political hfe.
which will gather strength as the
years go by. The elections of last
November were but the taking of
the first breastworks of the opposi
tion. The fight will be kept up
with unceasing vigor, and the time
will never come when the people
can rest on their arms in idleness.
The battle against special privileges
will continue so long as men love
their families, their cities, their
states and their country. That is
what this regeneration means love
of country. Govenor Folk, of
Missouri, in Smith's Magazine.
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