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SBOllO. WASHINGTON COl'STV. OREGON, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 2, 1007
Number 41
VOLUMK 3t
HILLSBOl
fiillsboro Independent.
IRVING BATH, I'ibusher.
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAI'EK.
ONB DULL A K FEB ykahix advanck
Republican in Politics.
dvebtiiiku Hitii: DUplay, OU ceut
to inch, single column, (or (our Inser
tions; reading notice, one cent word
tich Insertion (nothing lest than 15
cent) ; professional card, one inch, f 1
a utonib ; itxige card, o a year, pays.
bl quarterly, (noticea and resolution
(ree to advertising lodges).
SOME EARLY
HISTORY.
PUBLISHED IT YEARS AGO.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
E. B-. TONGUE
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Hllltboro, Oregon.
Office: Rooms 3. 4 and 6, Morgan Blk.
W. N. BARRETT
ATTORN EY-AT LA W
Hllltboro, Oregon.
Office: Central Block, Rooms 6 and 7
BENTON BOWMAN
ATTORN EY-AT LA W
Hllltboro, Oregon.
Office, In Union 111k.. with H. B. Hu.ton
TIIOS. II. TONGUK JR.
ATTORNKY-AT-LAW
NOTARY PUBLIC
Jftie : Rooms i, i and 5. Morgan BIocB
Hllltboro, Oregot.
8. T. LINKLATER, M. B. C M.
PHYSICIAN AND EURO EON.
Hllltboro, Oregon.
Office, upstair, oyer The Delta Drug
Ht.nr. Office hemra 8 to 12 : 1 to 6, and
In the evening (rom 7 to o'clock.
J. P. TAMIE8IE, M. D.
8. P. R. R. SURGEON
Hllltboro, Oregon.
Re.ld.nc. corner Third and Main' offle up
I o6tud7lo p. m. Telephone to reMd.no
from Delia dm abire. All cell promptly aue-
wered day or nixhi.
F. A. BAILEY, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Hllltboro, Oregon.
Office: Morgan-Bailer block, no-
atalra, rooms is, i
B. w. cor. Bate Line and Second sU.
Both 'pbonee.
F. J. BAILEY, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Hllltboro, Oregon.
nmre: Morisan-IJaller block, up
t.ir. with F. A. Bailey. Residence,
N. E. corner Third and Oak its.
A. B. BAILEY, M. D.,
PUYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Hillsboro, Oregon.
Olnee oer rull.T lrug Hlor. Office hour
w.V u. ij l-in? to . and 7 to . Reildence
I Bird houne north ofol17 electrlollifh1pl.nl,
oroini.tlr tttended duT or nliil.t. Hotn
plum... mpu-i
MARK B. BUMP.
ATTORNKY-AT-LAW.
Notary Tublic and Collections
H1LLSBORO, ORR.
Tree Delivery
Of the best Fish, Game and
Meats. Our delivery is prompt
and in all parts of Iltllsboro
We have inaugerated a
new Schedule In 'Prices
and this together with our de
livery system makes this Hills
boro's popular market.
Corwin & Heidel.
. 1 u-a thill" wav
at one time naa icam- -up
the ledge of rocks back of The
Dalles. Dick Howe, who was cap
tain of the ship that I went to Cali
fornia in the first time, told me that
. : -.V. a rrp of ft
in IS27 UC waa i
schooner that drew about eight feet
of water and that he ran the vesc.
. , hiili hack of town. 1 nai
was the highest water on record
The Indians told me that at one
. a 4
time there was a natural brtage at
wmieruoalof oertbeaiee of The HllUboro ,. . th t there was HO
Independent ol JBW we fouud MT.ral article
U.t will mat food reading tot the people of rapids of any kind there, DUT. ouc
todajr. and for Inal r.Mon repnouen .. . . mountains, Alt. UOOU
tlitin. TO innepenaeni ai mat 11 me mmm puu- , ,.,m.1
iiabed by Dr. i. t. unkiater, ho u mi i Hrinf and Mt. Adams got into a quarrci
bare and aotlre In bl profelon. Tb paper be . . throwing fire and Stones
for uili well printed, full ol noma and county auu 1SUI lu " 6
. ... .v. ..... .1,1. .t .li r.Vir til in IT me T1VCI 01
B.WI, Mill MUWBIUH .11. UlWVl. mm mm I tX k 41V.U V.U., Q
Will Recall the Long Age to Old
Settlers and be ef I Merest te
These ef Mere Reoent Date.
newspaper man. Th following U from tb pen I. ---.incr the earth SO
1- win, .1.1 -h. .h.ltime JulTlO. " -- J O)
w. .... v...-., . ...... . 1 .. T1. rt,.lla
wber a number of much tliat tne Oriuge Bl iuc
FALLS 40 FEET
TO HIS DEATH
H.B
puRDlM DlESOriNJURICS
four Othr l"'"-td..Treatle Cel.
laptes FUt Balch'a
Gule,N, Portland.
fell into the river, making tne rap
ids.
Meat Famine In Germany.
A stock yard man, who has just
returned from a trip to Germany,
declares that it will be impossible
to defer the admission of American
rattU much longer. A very small
1M0O. lived at Foraat Orore,
bU relative are it 111 living. Ir. Uciger died
om eight or ten year ago. - Kd. 1
Continued from last week.
Our mail facilities were very mea
per. When I came in iSsq. we
a -
could send a letter back by the
Hudson Bay Co. in the spring ot
the vear and thev would take it
iirrnM the mountains to Montreal.
I . f 1 1- MAn.a lnlH fTTH t
and it was sent from thereto its proportion 01 mc u.,,. ?
rltinatinn and if there were no Rood meat, for comparatively lew
mlcfXrttmA nnr ,Uv w would Pet Catl afford it
, . I U. . L. U U " y . . , .
r rf-;i at mtiinc tier nouncl. and
an answer tuc next ycai. ouu". i
times we would send a letter by chucks at J225c. When one con
way of the Sandwich Islands or by siders that the average wage earner
whalimr vessels that mieht happen m Germany gets less man nau
to mm into the river. But when much as the corresponding work
th- mine, wrr? discovered in Cali- man in this country, beef prices are
fomia. the oonv express was estab- practically prohibitive.
lished, making what we considered poorer people have to eat horse or
woruWtnllv ouick trios. Immi- dog, it tbey get any meat ai an,
grants would send us letters, but a uci"ujauc """
we could not eet an answer in re- or a ncn auu powenui nation to oc
turn. When the discovery of gold in just because a handful of rich
hroucrht laree numbers to the Paci- owners warn to protect tneir seinsii
fio mast, a line of steamers was es- interests. Although the socialists
tablished by way of the Isthmus of were badly defeated in the recent
Panama brintrinir mail once a election all tactions are pracucauy
tiT,i,i,fr ,.t n.Ar n n la lo UOWD akiraiiauiMii uuu
0 I . 1 ; r .
close communication with our we aaY 01 emancipation
friend, then, almost Into civiliza- meat famine can not be deterred
tioa aeain. Vou nave no wea 01 4.ftv. .m...j
la . . IJ .1 I r
1..- .m.u. .A nrar..uA vArfpHAmerican caiue ana arcsscu ucci
tett.r nnre a month. In our own mto Llermanv Avouia put oeei wtm
primitive manner we were enjoying in the reach of the majority of the
.,r,i. .eii liaitmiraolinnl people ana sua give tne tjerman
- - , . . -
and churches established, also our cattle raisers a living ciiance.
EMMOTT BROS.
Central
Meal Mark
Fresh Meats and Groceries.
Opposite the Shute Bank
Your Trade Solicited.
KURATLI BROS.
Billsboro Ileal Estate
AND AUCTIONEER.
Office south ol Court Houte. Malu
Money to Loan.
8t
Dr. B. P. Shepherd,
(Succcaeor to Pr. A. Burrit.)
At Mi rooms ofernty IUkw
i..r.lU.,rniaC4)lWo' t''?Plh'
courts of law, etc.
There is one fact that may be of
interest to the devotee of science.
When I first came here the varia
tion of the compass was about 19
deg. 20 min. east of north and it
kept increasing little by little until
in 1850, it was 19.5 deg. and in
some places 20 deg. That is the
first point. The other is that when
I first arrived here the climate was
dry, with a little cold weather in
the winter, and our crops were al
ways put in early. Afterwards it
began to change, getting wetter all
the while until we thought we
should be compelled to leave the
country. In the meantime the val
uation of the compass had changed
to about 21 or 22 and in some places
it was as high as 22.5 in its regular
course east, then when I was coun
ty surveyor, I got a note from the
observatory at Washington stating
that the compass was slightly turn
ing west again. The wet seasons
kept up until a few years ago and it
is now getting dryer. iMow tne
compass varies about twenty de
erees, and the seasons seem to be
coming back to where they were
then. This may be an important
fact in a scientific point of view,
and I have watched the matter very
closely, noting the different changes
that have occured in the last fifty
years and upwards. It may be
that we are to have another series
of dry years as the compass works
westward it may get dryer and dry
er until we will have a climate very
different from what we have at the
present time. During those dry
seasons we always had plenty of
rain during the winter, and occa
sionaly a winter that the river did
not overflow its banks. But we al
ways had enough rain for the early
sown grain. The Indians used to
tell me that it did not snow any un
til the white men came to the
country. They did not track the
elk, consequently they were glad
we came so they could track the
elk and deer. I do not know wheth
er to believe that or not.
I heard a good many stories
about the high water that had been
seen several years befote I came.
And in Wisconsin, Too.
At La Crosse. Wis., recently, the
county authorities began an official
investigation of charges that girls
under 14 years of age are being
sold to the highest bidders in the
Syrian colony at North La Crosse.
The investigation was ordered as
the result of an attempt to secure a
marriage license for a girl 13 years
old. Evidence was submitted that
the girl had been bid in for $300 on
behalf of the prospective groom, but
that her parents, on receiving a bid
of $450, were attempting to repudi
ate the first sale.
A news telegram lrom Green
Bay, Wis., says a remarkable coin
cident is recalled by the death ofE.
J. Newschwander of the Green Bay
Advocate, which suspended publi
cation a few weeks ago. He was
returning from prayer meeting and
fell dead on the street of heart dis
ease. Just nine years ago, at the
same hour, and almost at the same
spot, his wife, who also was walk
ing home from prayer service,
dropped dead of heart disease. An
other remarkable feature of the co
incident is that in neither case had
neart disease been suspected. Both !
appeared in perfect health when
death struck them down. New.
schwander, however, always
mourned the dramatic passing of
his wife, and ever after her death.
was a regular attendant at prayer
service, always walking home by
the route she took, no matter what
the weather.
Last Friday afternoon H. b. Pur
din, Elmer Thompson, Thomas
Jewell, Tom Holdsworth and
George Brown, the lormer until two
weeks ago a resident of this city,
and the Littei lour of Portland, fell
forty feet from the deck of a flume
trestle over Balch'i gulch, about
200 feet south of Willamette
Heights bridge, Portland. Mr. Pur
din died from bi4 injuries at Good
Samaritan hospital at t o'clock that
afternoon, never regaiuing con
sciousness after the fall. Elmer
Thompson wasterriWy maimed and
had his back broken, Jewell had
both legs and armsbroken, but will
live, and Brown and Holdsworth
were less injured. A jmy was im
paneled Saturday and brought in
the following verdict:
"That the deceased, Hugh B Tur
din, came to his death at the Good
Samaritan hospital on the 15th day
February, 1907. about j o'clock p.
m. from the eflects of injuries re
ceived about 1 1 a. in, of the same
day by falling from the flume bridge
under course of construction across
Balch's gulch, about wo feet south
of Willamette Heights bridge.
From the evidence submitted to the
jury, we tmu tuai tne accident was
caused by the slipping of the sling
which was improperly adjusted
around a 15-foot bent, while same
was being raised to a position, said
sling being fastened to a hook and
tackle, which' allowed the bent to
fall across the stringers upon which
the workmen were itwAHtig, cans
ing same to break, precipitating the
men 40 feet to the ground below."
II. B. Purdin was a resident of
this city until a week ago Tuesday
when he moved his family to Port
land. His body was shipped here
laughter ol Cliarlft D. Uowi-ll. a weal
thy shingle manufacturer.
Mr. Purdin't death tu due to inter-
1 injuries, lie alto suffered a severe
scalp wound and a fracture of the left
arm. lie was a brother of Lee hurdin.
newspaper mau at Elleimburg, Waeh.,
and bad several other brothers, lie
was a member of the Woodman of the
World, Camp of North Yakima. His
wife it a sister of Hon. W. M. Barrett,
ot Hillsboro, member of the Oreiran le-
islature from Washington couuty. He
was i2 years old.
El nier Thompson, whose back was
broken in the fall, is engaged to be mar
ried at an early date, and bis fiancee
was at his side as toon as the newt of
his injuries reached her.
TEACHERS AND PUPILS WORK
Many Cities an Towns Ralelna
Money to Advertlae Oregon's
Opportunities.
Senator Bevendge and Child Labor.
The February number of the Wo
man's Home Companion contains a
comprehensive description of Sena
tor Beveridge's national bill to abol
ish child labor. The senator tells
bow he worked in a logging camp
at fourteen years of age, beginning
before daybieak and ending after
dark, and the lessons he learned
there served as the present fight
against the horror of child labor.
After describing the evil, he adds:
"But that is not the worst of it.
The worst of it is that pretty soon
these children 'come to age.' What
kind of citizens do they make?
London Hoolieans! That is the
kind of citizens they make. Each
boy and girl of this kind that devel
ops into a man or a woman knows
that he or she is inferior to his fel
lows inferior in body, mind and
soul. They not only feel it, they
actually see it. They feel that they
have been robbed in some way not
robbed in money or property, but
robbed of lite, of health, robbed of
Intellect, robbed of spirit. And in
their undeveloped brains, in their
weakened hearts, in their cramped
and deformed souls the fires of an
unextinguishable wrath begin to
burn. They go through life hating
society, hating everybody and ev
ervthine. For, while they do not
Vnm much, thev do know tuai
system of industry and a state ol
society has worse than murdered
them There is your material for
anarchy. We hear a good many
speeches about the danger of anar
chists coming to this country from
KEEP SHOUTING
FOR OREGON
Special Correspondence.
Portland, Ore., Feb. 19th, 1907.
The enthusiasm which is mani
fested by the various commercial
bodies throughout the state of Ore
gon, particularly those holding
membership in the Oregon Devel-
opement League, in presenting to
thousands ot people asking for Ore
gon facts and opportunities, will
certainly result in adding enor
mously to the population of the
state.
Last Thursday night, Astoria,
the oldest city in Oregon, held a
meeting under the auspices of her
Chamber of Commerce and raised
6,480 in less than an hour's time.
This was $6,000 in cash for adver
tising, and the $480 represented
forty new members at $12 each.
There were numerous subscribers
of 300 per year and $180 per year,
many at $120 and $60 per year, all
payable monthly, and among the
latter were three ladies.
The North Bend Chamber of
Commerce raised $5000 in two
hours for advertising purposes.
William Pollman, of Baker City,
who never fails in any undertaking
is in charge of a campaign started
to thoroughly advertise that city.
Thousands of letters are being re
ceived by all the different organiza
tions. Oregon City, La Grande, Al
bany and many other points are do
ing their part.
The schools superintendents
throughout the state, as well as the
teachers are at work, and County
Superintendent B. L. Milligan, of
Malheur county, suggests that all
should get busy and do all possible
to stir up the school teachers and
pupils to co-operate with the Ore
gon Developement League adver
tising our great state and the cheap
colonist rates which begin March t
and continue until April 30th.
These rates of $25 from all Missou
ri river points, St. Paul, Minneapo
lis, and adjacent territory, present
an opportunity to more than ten
millions of people to get to almost
any point in Oregon; from St. Louis
the rate is $30, and from Chicago
and the surrounding country $33.
One of the best known citizens of
Central Oregon, in conversation on
the street in Portland, remarked
that the whole state was ablaze
with interest on the subject of the
colonist rates, which were being
utilized now for the first time by all
the people of Oregon as a reason for
writing letters to their relatives, ac
quaintances and friends in distant
states, to whom they are presenting
the opportunities of their particular
locality.
II. Gessner, "The Painter," now
located in the last store building on
Main street east, does painting, pa
pering, tinting and all kinds of in
terior decorating. Refinishing of
House, Store and Office Furniture.
Headquarters for New Era Taints,
Varnishes and Brushes.
Coming Attraction.
The following attractions are billed at
the Crescent theatre with their dates.
All of these are said to be first class
shows :
February 23 "The Missouri Girl"
Feb. 27 "Nettie, the News Girl."'
March 19 "Kins; of Tramps."
Soon -" Hooligan's Troubles.'
March 30 Jubilee Singer's.
Subscribe tor The Inderenflent.
last Monday and the funeral held Europe. The truth is that cnua
that forenoon from the Conereca- lahor is creatine some two hundred
tional church, interment being in thousand grown-up anarchists of
the I. O. O. F. cemetery. He was native American blood inthiscoun
a member of the W. O. W. and a try every year.
man universally liked here. Be
sides his wife, he leaves several
brothers and sisters and a large
number of relatives here and at For
est Grove.
prtie havina timber lands for
sale will find it to their interest to a.i-
dress F. M. Heidel. Hillsboro. urego.
MS
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The Indians told me that the water! J. C. Greer's.
Rising From the Grave.
A prominent manufacturer, Wm.
A. Fertwell, of Lucama, N. C, re
lates a most remarkable experience.
He says: "After taking less than
three bottles of Electric Bitters, I
feel like one rising from the grave.
My trouble is Bright disease, in
the Diabetes stage. I fully believe
Electric Bitters will cure meperma
nently, for it has already tnrme,1
the liver and bladder complications
w men nave troubled me for years.
wu-,-uiceu ai au druggists. rric
only 50c.
For boys' an J men s dreas shn. , 1,.
Did vou ever look around you
and see what one or two men could
do to build up a town, and then did
vou ever consider whether you was
alonu the cause. If one or
ilC VVU3 li-i V liviv-h nULI Ul jauitii uvi5 a
1 t tulmt nn
tt Atiue Purdin Bn,i .vm the two men canao mum, av v.-
eldest of a family of nine boys, sev- 300 men do if they work as hard as
n ,hnm survive him TTewaA the one or two worit. iJ
born in Boise City. Idaho. January think about that Mr. Dead Head.
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23, 1865. When he was yet an in- Oregon Onano.
fant his parents removed to Forest
Grove where they resided two years.
They then moved to Walla Walla
and later to Yakima, where Hugh
grew to manhood.
He was married in 1889 to Miss
Lizzie Woolsey. Two children
were born to this union. In April,
1 901, he was married to Mrs. Aman
da Bennett nee Miss Barrett, daugh
ter ot Mr. and Mr. V. R. Barrett,
of this city, the former having died
in this city last fall
The Oregonian of last Saturday
tells more fully of the accident, as
follows:
The accident occurred a; 11 o'clock
Friday morning. Ambulances were
summoned by telephone and the police
notified. The victim were remored to
the Good Samaritan hospital
Miss maud Howell, prominent in so
ciety and one of tht wt widely known
young women of loniand, from'
home at 9,.8 Thurmnn direct, assistance
was summoned by telephone, proved
herself a veritable heroine by gatherina
ud first aid material in the house, hur-
- . a I
nna in the scene ot tiie accident and
rendering most valuable aid to the In
jured. She was th Crt to arrive with
bandages and stimoianix, and exhibited
remarkable skill iol'i'iJing op wounds
and administering ori,uhit to the euf-
fering. She was the only woman pres
ent, but was to inient, upon relieving
the suffering vlttinit that she did not
notice this fact nnl" physicians and
surgeons reached tl "cene an.l took np
h wnrk so nob U r-egun by her. Me
retraced her stept t" Howell home,
and later declined V "ke any credit for
what she had done, l""t modestly tald
her only thought w to lend all aid to
those who had n1 W'th mlsfortdne
Land Plaster
Have just received a shipment of
Land Plaster.
ORDER NOW
While this shipment lasts, as it;is
indefinite when the next snip-
ment will be received, on account
of our inability to secure cars.
Onion Seed in Bulk for Sale.
Climax Milling Co.
There's a lot of Satisfaction
in a shoo which after
wear, needs only polish
like new." You'll fin
ease and profit in the
month's ot
to "Look
d comfort,
Hamilton-Brown Shoes
. 1&&&-'M$J your children-
No better made. No better can ba made. lOur
guarantee goes with every pair.'
Our line of
GROCERIES
is the finest in the county.
ii. ..rrUI he aa a-toi.te Grocery 1Ioase. Ou
Everything Jl.tf '
ril1 want aomathinir pretty and eood. Come and
" ' Oft t "-
see our
SchooPiShoes
.flAHl
.TOH-fife
Our
a
immense saiei iu v. , ,j : " lh. .. ishatat.
Not a shop worn nr-MK-r-ir Sm
JOHN DENNIS.
The old Reliable Corner Grocery and Shoe Store
1
"Saw -O saMM. sssaa, AMm.
6HQE
cap
E2
t hen the trestle uied. She is