Volume 34
HILLSBORO. WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 21, 190G.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
e. B. TONGUE
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Hlllsboro, Oregon.
Office: Rooms 3. 4 and 6. Morgan Blk
W. N. BARRETT
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Hlllsboro, Oregon.
Office: Central Block. Rooms 6 and 7.
BENTON BOWMAN
ATTO RN KY-AT-LA W
Hlllsboro, Oregon.
Office. In Union lilk.. with H, B. Huaton
THOS. II. TONGUU JR.
ATTORNEY-AT-LA W
NOTARY PUBLIC
J&em : Rooms 6, and 5. Morgan BloeK
Hlllsboro, Oregon.
S. T. LINKLATER. M. B. C. M.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Hlllsboro, Oregon.
Office, upstairs, over The lelta 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
Hlllsboro, Oregon.
RMldanoa eorner Third and Malu; otBoa up
tlairaovar Iwliadrui Mora; boura, B.Suw Uin.
1 lo t and 7 to p. m. Telephoua to rdoi
from l)aliadrii .u.ra. AlloalU promptly aus
warad da or ulabl.
F. A. BAILEY, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Hlllsboro, Oregon.
Office: Morgan-Bailey block, op
stairs, rooms IV. 13 and 15. Residence
. W. cor. Base Line and Second sts.
Both 'phones.
F. J. BAILEY, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Hlllsboro, Oregon.
Office: Morgan-Bailey block, up
stairs with F. A. Bailey. Residence,
N. E. corner Third and Oak sts.
A. B. BAILKY, M. D.,
PUYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Hillsboro, Oregon.
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MARK B. BUMP,
ATTORNEY-AT-LA W,
Notary Public and Collections.
HILLSBORO, ORE.
Tree Delivery
Of the best Fish, Game and
Meats. Our delivery is prompt
and in all parts of Hillsboro.
We have inaugerated a
new Schedule in Prices
and this together with our de
livery system makes this Hills
boro' s popular market.
Corwin & Hcidel.
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 lst cuts
and best service possible we res
pectfully solicit your patronage.
EMMOTT BROS.
KURATL BROS,
AND AUCTIONEER.
Reeldeoce 4th and Oak Sts., Hillsboro
Money to Loan-
Dr. B. P. Shepherd,
(Successor to Dr. A. Burris.)
m
At bis rooms over City Bakery every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
President California College of Ostepathy
HillsboroHeal
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ENGLISH WALNUTS
IN OREGON
A PROFITABLE CROP TO CROW
A Paper of Interest fey Brooke
Sons. Easily Grown and Re
turns Largo. '
Oregon has proven herself to be
the ideal and natural home of the
ICuglish walnut. Numerous trees
from young ones to those of forty
years old have been located, scat
tered over a vast area of territory
from Roseburg to the Columbia
river and that lying between the
Cascades and east range, also parts
of Eastern Oregon. Walnut culture
can practically be carried on sue
cessfully in the whole Willamette
valley by planting on rolling land,
hillsides, bottom land, alongside
roadways, around vineyards and
large fields, in avenues and soils,
not well adapted to other crops,
but be careful and avoid shallow
soil as the walnut is a deep rooter
and requires good depth of soil
When we say soil, we mean top
sou, sudsou, dirt, ground, all is
soil which is not rock or mineral.
Some are confused as to oil, think
ing we mean only top soil. All
that is necessary is to have good
depth of dirt. The roots will find
their way down if it is not rock.
Soil that contains gravel is all
right and does not hurt it in the
least, providing the gravel is not
too large and too numerous to stop
the roots from going down. We
have seen walnut trees that have
been bearing for years, located on
low bottom land, not even tiled or
drained, and have never as yet seen
a tree materially injured by these
wet conditions, but seem to thrive
and produce fruit abundantly. It
is found by ascertaining and locat
ing soil conditions' where walnuts
are now found to be growing and
bearing that this most valuable tree
is less susceptable to iniury by
moisture than any other tree known.
You can find walnuts planted on
the flat land around McMinnville,
Salem, Eugene, Portland and nu
merous other places, and seemingly
there is no other kinds of soil they
could do better on, however bottom
and gives some larger yield than
hill land. We kuow of trees only
eleven years old yielding over three
bushels of nuts (about too pounds)
and these trees did not have the
proper care. A bearing orchard is
worth about $300 per acre or more.
Standard varieties must be planted;
it is policy to mix the varieties as
they act as fertilizers to one anoth
er. Oregon grown walnuts are ol
fine commercial value, being prac
tically free from rancid, decayed
meats. This country pays out
about $10,000,000 00 for nuts grown
in foreign countries.
Walnut timber is worth $300 per
thousand. Some thirty years ago
a Mr. Wright planted forty acres in
Southern Caltfornia, when the trees
began crowding each other, he had
every other one taken out and sold
the lumber for $72,000, a
great
deal more than the lands first co3t
with compound interest on all over
twelve years. The orchard now
yields a large income. Walnuts
can be planted among hops about
thirty feet apart, letting them run
up to eight feet before pruning the
tops. The great secret is planting
them the right way. Walnut trees
can be set any time in the fall until
the first of April. Walnut trees
have few cuemies owing to the
nature and strong vitality ol the
trees. Walnuts should bear in
five or six years when properly at
tended to. There is no better in
vestment for future outlook than
planting English walunt trees.
There is much less expense attached
to the culture of the walnut than
any other class of trees known.
Walnut trees are long lived. Low
growing crops can be planted in
walnut orchards the first few years
which adds to the cultivation of
the trees. Extracts How to Grow
Walnuts, by Brooks & Son.
Why not buy 11 F.II a toilet set? Mrs.
rillsbury has them at all prices and in
Winter Spray for San Jose Scale.
This formula proved the most
efficient last spring in destroying
the San Jose scale: Twenty pounds
of unslacked lime, 20 pounds of
flour of sulphur, with 50 gallons of
water. The most approved way of
mixing the spray is to put the lime
into a wooden or cast iron vessel
then make the sulphur into a paste
put it on top of lime and ad
enough boiling water to slack the
lime; then boil until the mixture
takes on an amber hue. If salt is
used, dissolve in hot water and ad
to the mixture. The only ad van
tage in the salt is that it helps
kill the moss on the trees. This
spray should be served not and
well strained through a course cloth
before putting it into the spray bar
rel or tank.
W. R. Harris,
Fruit Inspector.
A business woman always keeps
a raw potato on her desk, and when
asked why explained that she uses
it to clean her pen. Just try it and
you will find your favorite old pen
almost like new.
Julia Ward Howe has recently
written an article entitled, "What
Life Means to Me," and it is inter
esting to know what life means at
80 years to a woman who wrote the
battle hymn of the republic.
Empress Charlotte, wife of the un
happy Maximilian, shot iu Mexico
forty odd years ago, is still living,
but has long been confined to her
home in Belgium, she having lost
all memory of the world.
The editor is on the sick list this
week. While going to church Sun
day evening he slipped on the icy
sidewalk falling on his neck and
shoulders, badly bruising his entire
back and hips, says the Wallowa
News. That's what an editor gets
by going to church. Exchange.
The celebrated Mme. Thiers'
pearl necklace, which was part of
the legacy left to the French repub
lie by President Thiers, is said to
be "dying" in the museum at the
Louvre. It is well known that
pearls will "die" that is, turn
black if not often worn next to the
skin. The necklace has 145 pearls
and is valued at $60,000.
A well-known artist was walking
with a friend one day, when his
companion suddenly discovered he
had a tooth in bad condition. As
the pair were passing a drug store,
the man with the throbbing molar
asked the other:
"What would you advise for the
toothache?"
"Why," innocently replied the
artist, "the last time I had the tooth
ache I went home and my wife
kissed it away."
The friend paused a moment and
then asked, ''Is your wife home
now?" Exchange.
It is one of the hardest tasks of man
kind to select gifts for the loved ones at
Christmas tide. Everyone has their in
dividual tastes and a hint is generally ap
preciated. There are many articles that
one sees, but they are not always just
the thing. It is in our line to not only
supply the Christmas trade hut to offer
any information that miitht be of value
in your selection. Call and see what we
have to offer before the stock is picked
over. The Hillsboro Pharmacy.
The best kind of starch to use for
stiffening laces, handkerchiefs,
washing silks or any other thin fab
ric is made with gum arabic, says
the Pictorial Review. To make it
put an ounce of gum arabic into a
bottle and pour over it a cup of cold
water. Stand the bottle in a sauce
pan of cold water and place it over
the fire until it is dissolved. Then
strain it through a fine sieve or a
piece of cheesecloth into another
bottle.
When it is thoroughly cold add
to it a gill of alcohol and it will be
ready for use when needed. For
dainty laces, half a tea spoonful of
the starch mixed, with a small cup
ful of cold water will give ample
stiffness. Larger amounts should
be added, according to the nature of
the different fabrics.
Ladies We have an elegant line of
ladies' calling cards. These make a de
sirable Christmas gift as they may be
'mailed at a distance without fear of
crushibg. Special .prices during the
ADVISES HOT TO
GIVE A BONUS
WILL BUILD THE LINE ANYWAY
C. E. Loss & the People of Wssh.
Ington County Some Good Ad
vice, Which la Not Needed.
The following is taken from the
Portland Oregouian. The advice is
good, but altogether unnecessary,
for the people of Washington coun
ty have been fed on hot air from
electric line promoters until the
limit has been reached. There is
no doubt about the road being
built "some time," but the party
building will have to drop the hot
air trolly and get down to business
before he could get so much as a
pleasant smile in this vicinity. The
Oregonian says:
"Give no bonus to a railway," Is the
advice of C. K. Loss, owner of the United
Railways, to the people of Washington
county, who hare been called upon to
give a bonus to the projected line of the
Oregon Electric Company to Forest
Grove, a distance of 22 miles from Bertha
in Multnomah county.
"It's not business for a railway to ask
for a bonus these days," declared Mr.
Loss yesterday, "and it's not business
for the people to give it."
"The United Railways is going to build
to Forest drove without a bonus. I
wouldn't ask for s subsidy, never did and
never will."
Mr. Loss said that the Oregon Electric
Company is now going into Washington
county with a line to shut out the Uni
ted Railways. "But they won't shut us
out," he ssnerted. "We'll fight 'em and
parallel their tracks, even if they do get
a $200,000 bonus, which would be a $10,
000 gilt for every mile of track. Whew I
They must want tb people of Washing
ton county to build their road."
Mr. Loss promises to have soon the
capital required for his road. lie says
he will demonstrate to the people of
Portland through documentary evidence
ot stock subscripting and through the
reputation of his stick subscribers that
tbe road is to be fy.lt-The short six
months remaining hr completion of the
city lines docs not worry him, for lie
says that long before that time the proofs
of his enterprise wi3 lie before the peo
ple of Portland, and it he shall need two
or three months' eitenaion ot time he
feels confident he cm get it.
"Because," says ht, "Portland wants
not so much the forfeiture of the 100,-
000 bond as the building of the lines,"
Mr. Loss does not take seriously the
debt claims presented against his com
pany by creditors and stockholders of the
Oregon Traction Company, whose pro-
octed Hillsboro line has been merged
with the United Kail ays.
But L, Y. Keady who is suing for sat
isfaction of the stockholders' claims,
thinks they are quits serious, and that
Loss will find them so before he gets
done "trying to keep our creditors and
stockholders out of their rightful mon
ey." Said Keady last night:
"We have the best of wishes for Loss'
success, not alone for his own benefit,
but, what is more important to us, for
payment of our claims. We are not try
ing to embarrass Mr. Loss, but to get
cash due us. Maybe Mr. Loss thinks
that when his company agreed to pay
the stockholders of the Oregon Traction
Company between 40,000 and 150,000
nd the creditors f:iti,000, they have no
ick coming when the? don't get their
money. Mr. Uss wouiu nice to keep
on paying us with promises, as he bas
done for six months past, and his prede
cessors for six months before that. It's
getting close to Christmas now, and we
need the money.
"Besides these claims, Mr. McCusker
nd I have a legitimate claim for person -1
services covering several months of
:iard work, night and day, for which we
have not received a dollar, yet which
helped Mr. Loss secure the property be
considers so valuable. I think well of
Mr. Loss and know he is not entirely
responsible for the present condition of
affairs of the United KaiUavs, but as he
a now the sole owner, we naturally look
to him to make good the agreements of
his company.
"Every claim which I have filed is val
id and somedixly w ill have to pay them
with real money if not Mr. Lisa, then
the original financiers of the United Rail
ways. They've got to be cleaned up
quick or a new sensation in the way of
claims will be sprung next January.
Never mind what it is; it will hit some
body sure enough."
The annual Christmas dance will be
given in the opera house on Christmas
night, December 25th. A five-piece or
chestra will furnish the music and the
management will do everything in their
power to make this au enjoyable event
Everybody is invited.
Remember there i a reduction In
trimmed hats at Mrs. Imogens Bath's,
one door east of Tualatin I total. These
bats were all made for this winter's wear
are of the very best material and up-to-date.
Wheat Rots on the Platforms.
A Spokane, Wash , sicial, dated
December 17th, says: That a mil
lion bushels of wheat is leiog per
mitted to rot on platforms at North
ern Pacific stations in Central
Washington because the railway
officials refuse to permit the graiu
to be loaded into empy cars which
stand idle on the slidiugs was
charged today by a committee re
presenting the Central Washington
grain dealers in a conference at the
office of Superintendent Beamer, of
the Northern Pacific.
N. E. Hayes. Ned W. Munger,
Simon McLean. J. S. Inkster and
Richard Stevens constituted the
committee. They contend that the
claim of car shortage has been a
mere pretex, manufactured by the
railways to meet the complaints of
those suffering the rigors of coal
famine, of lumbermen, grain deal
ers and Hour manutacturers. i
E. Hayes was authority for the.
statement at the meeting that 365
empty cars are now standing ou
sidings between Pasco and Sprague,
and that the railroads excuse for
not filling them with graiu is that
it has not the motive power to haul
them.
Members of the committee begged
that they be permitted to transfer
their grain sacks from the platforms
to those cars for mere storage pur
poses, as 20 per cent would thus be
saved. They charge that the rail
roads are in reality discriminating
in favor of flour shipments, which
pay better, and think it a signifi
cant fact that the flour manufactur
ers, who were invited to join them
in the conference, failed to appear.
Local officials asserted that the
heavy demand tor cars to move the
crop in the Dakotas was responsible
for the local tie-up, but the grain
dealers replied that the shipments
nto Minneapolis from the Dakotas
are lighter this year than last.
Lad ls We have an elegant line of
ladies' calling cards. These make a de
sirable Christmas gift as they maybe
mailed at a distance without fear of
crushing. Special prices during the
holidays.
A pretty school-teacher in Ham
mond, Ind., has lost her position
because the superintendent does not
believe that a school-teacher should
attend dances and other entertain
ments of the sort. It has always
been a sort of unwritten law among
school-teachers that such entertain
ments should only be attended on
Friday or Saturday nights, and if
the young woman in question con
formed to the law she is excusable,
otherwise she should seek some
other occupation, it there is such,
where she can work hard all day
and dissipate at night.
If the ladies want stylish hats of this
inter's make they should call and look
over the stock of ready to wear hats at
Mrs. Imogene Bath's, one door east of
Tualatin Hotel. Trices are reduced.
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No better made. No better can be made. Our
guarantee goes with every pair.
Our line of
GROCERIES
is the finest in the county.
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fj immense sale mak it p ssirle for as to carry strictly .Ira goods
3 Not shop-worn article in the eittblianmeal.
JOHN
ra The old Keliable
The old Reliable Corner
WINDOW DISPLAYS
FOR CHRISTMAS
MANY BEAUTIFULLY TRIMMED,
Merchants Have All Taken Pride
Their Christmas Display and
the Result la Fine.
In
Nearly every business house in
the city has arranged special win
dow displays for Christmas ami the
result is mat tne stores present a
very pretty appearance, especially
' whea the electric lights are on.
A 4.4 t -J una I'vvu I'lv.ivua J v
aud dealers are carrying much
larger stocks and making more
elaborate displays than ever before.
Even the stores that do not carry
special holiday lines have made
handsome window displays out of
articles which after a11 make the
most useful gifts. In looking over
the various windows, some are very
attractive and deserve mention.
Among the confectionery stores
L. J. Palmateer and the Den of
Sweets both have especially fine
displays Box candies, fruit and
nuts predominate. II. A. Walker
has added cigars in small boxes for
his Christmas trade.
E. L. McCormick has one win
dow of gold and pearl mounted um
brellas and another of gold and sil
vel novelties L. M. Hoyt is show
ing" leather goods, jewelry and lin
ens. W. O. Douelson has a window of
oil paintings and G. A. Patterson is
showing china closets, buffets and
magazine racks.
The Delta drug store uses a line
of Japanese frames and boxes to at
tract attention, while the Hillsboro
Pharmacy has one window of per
fumes and in the other a small dec
orated Christmas tree, showing to
good advantage a beautiful line of
cut glass.
Schulmerich Bros, display shawls
and umbrellas, and II. Wehrung &
Sons have clothing for their dis
play. R. II. Greer has a window
of toys and Roosevelt bears. John
Dennis has both windows banked
with candies, nuts, oranges and
other goods for Christmas.
Mrs. Eva Pillsbury has spent
much time arranging her window
decorations of toys and articles for
women, and the display is very
pretty, while the window just across
the floor, is decorated with a beau
tiful line of trimmed hats for ladies,
misses and children, and Holly and
Christmas ribbons for the holidays,
the work being done for Mrs. Imo
gene Bath during her absence.
The Nelson Hardware Co. has
both windows full of toys, water
sets, dolls, cars, engines, etc., with
winter scenes for backgrounds.
The Chas. Lamkin Co. has the
There's a lot
in a shoe which
wear, needs only
liko new." You
ease aud profit in
: Hamilton-Brown Shoes
your
will want something pretty and goou. Come and i)
see our
School
DE NNIS.
Grocery and Shoo Slore
most original display of any in
town. Besides a fine showing of
hardware, fancy kitchen furniture
and a model turkey roaster, the
firm's name is spelled out on a
background, open-bladcd cutlery
being used to form the letters. The
work is well done.
These are the principal displays,
though many other places have
done something to attract attention.
Each display is original and no two
are alike. If you have an idea
that it is necessary to go to Port
land to purchase your holiday gifts,
you are entirely mistaken, for you
can do just as well at home, and even
better. You will be leaving your
money with the people who are
working for Hillsboro not Port
land. In standing by your home
merchants you are helping your own
interests.
Toilet Sets, Framed Pictures, Military
Brushes, Stationery, Shaving Sets, Books
Cuff aud Collar Boxes, Ink Wells, Al
bums, Mirrors, Hat and Clothes Brush
es, and etc., etc., at The Hillsboro Phar
macy. SOUVENIR PLAYING CARDS
Issued by Great Northern Railway.
The Great Northern Railway
and Great Northern Steamship
Companies have issued a new edi
tion of playing cards. They are
letter cards for the price asked than
can be had elsewhere. The adver
tising, consisting of the trade mark,
is work into an oriental design and
is confined entirely to the back of
the card. The Steamship card is
the more elaborate of the two and is
finished with gilt edjjes. Great
Northern Railway cards fifteen cents
per pack. Steamship cards twenty
five cents per pack. Mailed to any
address on receipt of price.
A. L. CRAIG,
Passenger Traffic Manager,
St. Paul. Minn.
A corporation controlled by ne
groes has purchased property in
New York City and a department
store for negroes, with a bank at
tachment, will be opened. With
the exception of a similar store In
Plainfield, N. J., this will be the
only project of its kind ever under
taken in this country.
Dr. Price's White Flake Celery Food,
the new Breakfast Cereal, at 11. 11.
Greer's.
Notice to Fruit Growers in Wash
ington County.
The Fruit Inspector of this County
has found that almost all trees are in
fected with fruit pests and the law re
quires the owners or persons having
possession thereof to destroy or eradi
cate such orchards or pouts. You are
theiefore notified that unless such orch-
ards or pests are destroyed or eradicated
lefore the first duy of April 1007, I will
proceed under the law to either cut
down or destroy such orchardu or have
the trees sprayed and cleaned at tlio
owner s expense.
W. It. HARRIS,
Washington County Fruit Inspector.
Ladies We have an elegant line of
calling cards. These make a desirable
Christmas gift as they may be mailed at
a distance without fear of crushing.
Special prices during the holidays.
of Satisfaction
after month's ol
polish to "Jook
11 find comfort,
the
children -
Shoes
I holidays.