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CYltYT li I n WW Volume 35 IIILLSBORO. WASHINGTON COUNTY, 0REGON! FRIDAY. M Y 24, 1907 Number 3 BIG MEETING INPORTLAND JUNC 21 AND 22. Meeting f lh- Orega D.v.loameM League. .Thia Will Be an m. pertant Gathering. ial CirrvaMndeoce.) Portland, Oregon, May 20th, 1907. The Oregon Development league will bold its next conven uou tn.Iay and Saturday, June Jist and 22nd iu the rooms of the Portland Commercial Club, second floor, Sixth and Aldei streets, This date meets the approval of large number of persons who want to be present, and is made for the special convenience of newspaper men who want to be present. Every newspaper man in Oregon is a delegate at large to the Oregon Development League meetings, The president and secretary of ev ery commercial, industrial, irriga tion, and horticultural organization in Oregon is a delegate, and the president has a right to name such delegation as he desires. Kvery county judge In the state is a delegate and has authority to name two other, and the same is true with legard to tne mayors of the cities and towns. Oregon must get full benefit of the colonist rates during September and Octoler and one of the chief features of the convention will be a discussion upon the lines of how we are going to get the best out ol this great Northwestern travel. There will be a number of good speakers present and questions vital to the development of this state . will be discussed but the central idea of the gathering will be how to make practical and effective the work of modern advertising; in other words, the best possible plan upon which we can work in harmony to add to the population and wealth of Ore gon. The business men of Portland who participated in the excursion to thirty-three Oregon and five Ida ho cities and towns, report such an excellent time that they are plann ing similar trips in other directions. The high price of wheat will put many hundreds of thousands of dol lars into the hands of the wheat growers of the Inland Kuipire, and the crop outlook is flue. California teachers are much amused at the excitement in New WHAT ONE TOWN HAS ACCOMPLISHED OTHERS CAN DO AS WELL. Bandon to Build a Papa' Mill la Coat m Quarter Millions-Great Aeti Ity in that Coast City. York because women teachers want the same pay for doing the same work as men teachers. California has three grades of certificates and the salary is in accordance. Men or women are alike eligible and nothing revolutionary has resulted. In fact, California is said to have very good schools. V. W. Newell and K. S. Trues dale of Broome county, N. Y., who have been recently traveling in Eu rope and Africa and elsewhere were among the president's visitors Ap nl 30. They told th president that be was the best known man in the world, and that in' Egypt they found at least 10.000 camels named atter him. N. J. Walker displayed at this office last Friday a hen's egg about the size of a small waluut. Mr. Walker thinks that although others have displayed eggs of unusually large size, to him (or rather his hen) belongs the honor of the small est. Foiest Grove News. For Sale. . One upright Piano almost new, cheap (or catth or will trade fur, J. F. Moore, Beaverton. I The - Portland Journal of last Mouday has the following to say of Bandon. a town that is forging to the front rapidly, and the article is reprinted bere simply to show what a city can do if its people will wake up and reach out for what is com ing to it. Ilillsboro has without question the greatest opportunity ever offered auy town of its size to double -yes, add five times to its population if the people living here will only "do thiugs." This is not intended as a "kick," but is plain facts, and the sooner this Rip Van Winkle lethargy is thrown off the sooner will Ilillsboro come into her own that of a thriving, important city of from 5000 to 10,000 people: A $250,000 pulp and paper mill for manufacturing high grade white paper is the newest prize captured by the city of Bandon at the mouth of the Conuille river. The citizens are raising $50,000 to be augment ed by 5200,000 of Eastern capital. lne mill will manufacture paper trom white cedar and alder by a new process. M. C. Bingham of Portland who returned yesterday from the Co quille region, said: "There is great activity iu build ing, and increase of business and jpulation in the Coquille valley, he people of Bandon are entitled to much credit for the enterprise they are showing. At the J. II. Price & Company shipyard three ships are on stocks, and will be completed within a short time. AH are steam schooners, and will run in the lumber tri One bas a city ofSso.oo.Wc.p.. Cray's Hartntn wtfl o to ton. register ShiBwt.her of . r w Jneral ?nctsco- "dbrin back general T K comianyactslbrtwomo" similar vessels, y p . feredtobujj.o; Cwrthof fc woolea mills. If thcse not get tnotbtt ordcr thU J ,bey would low i.aM orders on hand to ru nnti1 of next Januarr. single order from Detroit, MichiM i,kc. 000 of one grade of ciolai "Ifthatunotprettv gQQd . small concern i,y out tere QQ tfae Pacific coast, I would lit t said Mr. Binghao, proudly. The woolen mill people have just put in 5oo new ipindlet. They will short ly Increase their fcrce and run the mill night and diy, employing alto gether about 70 men." Johnson & Lyons, two local young men, are completing a new sawmill of 75.000 feet daily capaci ty on the Coquille river three miles above Bandon. All the equipment u new larousuoai. L. M. White, 1 physician at Pa louse, Washington, returned yester day to Portland from Bandon, where he purchased property and will er ect a hospital. It is said by Ban don people that their harbor and re sources equal those of any point on the Oregon coast. The Coquille river is navigable for lumber vessels to Riverton, lS miles above Bandon. There is 1 deep channel, accessible on both sides of the river for ves sels. The bar has a depth of more than 13 feet at low tide. The tide ordi narily at the mouth of the river is eight feet and the full moon tide is io'A feet Good progress is being made with the movement to build a vessel lor the Portland-Coquille run. Tb Weekly Oregonlan and Tha Hills- ooro Independent, both ona year tor $2 fa WI a l .f P.i f X? FL There's a lot of Satisfaction in a shod which after month's ot wear, needs only polish to "Look like j new." You'll find comfort, ease aud profit in the Hamilton-Brown Shoes -your children- will want something pretty and good. Come and fj ee ou School Shoes .miopia" r; OLTSrvlHg No better made. No better can be made. Our guarantee goes with every pair. Our line ol GROCERIES is the finest in the county. Everything usually carried r a aa-to-data Groeary lloaee. OuT Immense inlei rak it p-taitla lor to carry etHeti ltk food Not a elion worn articlj in tha aaUbliehaiMl. JOHN DENNIS. The old Reliable Corner Grocery and Shoe Slore vim- wwwyii am 1 rmrrpf-mrtjm" M flAKILTON'BliDVto SHOE IPS. FINNIC LACE SHQE A V 1 lB.,VCv Jv sL aVA Successful Farming;. John Henry came to Beaverton in 1867 and bought land at $io an acre of VV. P. Tatton, this land was very wild, he had to cut down the brush and grub it out of standing water, he hauled sand from Fort land and made his own tile for years to drain this land. He has about five miles of tiling which empties into the beaverdam ditch. After many years of hard work, Mr. Henry has now in cultivation so acres of the finest horse radish and onion seed on the coast; he does all of his business by mail and ships to every state this side of the Rocky mountains. By long experience he has gained a thorough knowledge ot this trade; he is also known as the pioneer as paragus grower and his onion seed is very famous but horse radish is his specialty and is widely known This prove the theory mat a man who is successful must put his time in on one branch of agri culture as Mr. Henry has don I iraiiii'ifm very little was known ol horse rad ish until he made a special study of it and now he can not fill the demand. II. F. Coming Attraction. The following attraction! a'e billed at the Crescent theatra with their datee. All of these ara aaid to ba first clase hows : May 30. A Bogus Prince. June 3. Patek-Webater Panama Lec ture. August 7. The Rajah ot Bhong. October 20. Thorna and Oranve Blos soms. ' . mm : In Tigardville, Tualatin, Stafford, Progress, Beaverton, Reedville and adjacent districts Have found it to their advantage to contract with the BELL for ser- vice, iiie luiiuwiiig iLiLpiiuu . l I were connected THIS WEEK, the balance will be connected up NEXT WEEK. Anderson, Axel. Andrach, O. I.ulinke, Fred Uehnke, (ieo. Uehnke, Sam l?aker, Hugh liergen, A V r.ethke, II llickner, Jamea l'.ickner, John oland, Geo lioland, John Uorland, C C IJorland, Q W Horland, A II nradley, T nrink lirandt, F nornett, F nronner, Gustave Boberg, W F r.vrom, J L Cad n on, F Ciniono, V Cook, J P Cooke, OF Crini, C C lav, John Day, Hon Delker, A F Deni, J 11 Ieni, 11 Penny. A V Davidson, Frank Davidson, L M Da vies, A X Kd.ly, E A Klligsen, Fred Klaton, C II FIsner, Fred Fessler, M F rowing, 15 S Freeing, Goo Foldnian, A A- II Furher Ilros Fischer, F X Frederick, F Froilerick l!ros Frobase, H Gaarde, John Gabriel, V Galbroath, Geo (u'bhardt, A (odard.A Gertsch, C (tore, Francis Gustin, J E it II C Guyberger, Chas j Hayes, J 11 Hartley, F Harding, Sherwd Liv Stable Heilman, E Hagey, E G Henry, John U Hoffman, J V Hoffarber, R Howard, J E Hyerstay, EH Ille, Albard Jensen, Niels Johnson, Andrew Johnson, Nels 1 Keller, Geo Koenig, Jacob Koerner, M Koehler, II Knotts, E A Iangerstein, J J Larson, Oscar Larson. Chas Uedy, li G Lieberman, Chas Lehmann, C Long, 1) E Mo Mo t a -uoser, Meeks. Mack. E F Marty, John Malaer, Dan Meyer, Otto Metzger, Herman Morgensen, Wm Mulloy, A B ser, S ser. F Geo Van Nieger, II Nicholson, Otto F North, II R Nyberg, John Overholtzer, J M Patton, Ben Pamperin, H Grosser I'eters, II Peters, A Peters & Aden' Store Peterson, Geo Patterson, T I Piatt, John Plieth, G A Potti, R F Pearson. R Powell, W J ' Feterman Iiheberg, II Roberts, C Robinson, I N Russler, II Royall Saum, Geo Sagert, L Schwerdtman, li Schamberg, F W Schechla, B L Schechla, J Schulcr, Franz Schlecht, A Scbamberg, Chas Schuster, M A Shaver, Adam Shaver, Lue Seeley, S B Shaver, W E Smith, 3 L Smith, A W Smith, Ceo Stephens, Robert Steinhoff, F Smith, Doc Shatz, W M Thompson, j R C Tigard, II B Tigard, C S Tigard, j W Tigard, C F Tigardville Telephone Co Turner, II T Tiffany Vincent, Dr S R Willamette Construction Co Weckert, S Weiss, J G Walling, A F Wanker, Chas Wanker, W F Wilson, S Williams, Mrs Jano Wanker, J Whitten, O Waddle, S Wood, J Young, C Zwiener, II Zwiener, A Perhaps you don't know that the nQ n 'Phones in Washington county and Q,(jl 24,000 in Portland. ftc States Telephone Go has 1,000 J