1 I Volume 35 HILLSBORO. WASHINGTON C0l'TV. OltKGOX, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1907 Number 12 M Rlllsboro Independent. I) W. BATH. PUBLISHER. M.mw i ins paper in not lorce.1 uin anyone. 11 is not our practice to stop paper until ordered to do so. Anyone unt ixhui tlie papxr must notify the pui.llnlier or thry will he held liable lor Ilia suiM-riptinn pru-n. OFFICIAL COUNTY PAl'KK. UN K DOI.I.AK I'KH VKAKIN ADVANCE ICDiered at the Poauifflca at Hills ro. Oregon, for transmission through tha mall as eerond-claas mall matter. OfTtclal Paper of Washington County. Republican In Politica. an ..... rol,...n. tor f.iur Inner- turns : reading noiiivn, one cent a word : . a mouth; lodge curds, $5 a year, pays- hie quarterly, (notice- ami resolution. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. C B. TONGUE ATTORNEiY-AT LAW Hlllsboro, Oregon. Office: Iloonls 3. 4 and 6. Morgan Blk. W. N. BARRETT ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Hlllsboro, Oregon. Office: Central block. Rooms and T. BENTON BOWMAN ' ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Hlllsboro, Oregon. Oitlce. in Union lilk.. with 8. B. Huston THOS. H. TONGUU JR. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW NOTARY PUBLIC Jllii t Kooins J, 4 and 5. Moriian BlotE Hlllsboro, Oregon. MARK. B. BUM P, ATTORNEY AT-LAW. Notary Public and HILLSIiORO, Collections. I OHK, O P SHELDON AttOrilOV' Ui JillW ... i . t and Notary Ortiee Over Wehrunn's Store, Second St. Twenty-five years experience In the ron r In ol Micintian. court. Will practice in any john:m. wall. Altorney-nt-Law, Office upstairs, Bailey Morgan Blk 1IOTH 'piionhs. HILLSBORO, OREGON, S. T. LINKLATER, M. B. C. M PHYSICIAN AND 8UROEON. Hlllsboro, Oregon. oillce, upstairs, over The Helta Drug Store. OMice hours H to 12 ; 1 to 6, and In the evening Irom 7 to 9 o'clock. J. P. TAMIESIE. M. D. 8. P. R. R. SURGEON Hlllsboro, Oregon. Ki-.i'lcncr rurnrr Thlnl snJ Msln; o(Bp op tsimuver Iwliaarus lore: to""", R. So to U m. . ... 1 - ...a .. ... i..Imi,ioii Ui rrnulvlice tmm is.u.iruii u.! Ail van initiy aut- wsreu uay wi iuku. F. A. BAILEY, M. D. iniuA.i n.liu-llt I V IVn GI'lIIJIillll I ai lll.kn.A C rannil I nm. a- Morcan nailer bloc, op- stairs, riMims 1-. 13 ana i. uesiueuce ... . . - I. 1 8. W. cor. Hastj Line aoa uecona bib. both 'phones. F. J. BAILEY, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SUROEON Hlllsboro, Oregon. Office: Morganllalley stairs with K. A. Bailey. block, up- Residence, N. R corner Third and Oak U. A. B.' BAILEY, M.b., PHYSICIAN AND St'RGKON, Hillslwro, Oregon. 0(HKwr RailMr's lru (Mors. OITW hoari foiia a ! U. l iMo, n4 7 to f . HaMm thlnl bimw north of rltr lwiric llhl plant, talli promptly aiismlol dT or Dm lit. tfctn phoOM. pUZ-ot L. K. FISKE BAROER C0KXEL11S. : : OKECON Dr. B. P. Shepherd, (Succeaaor ta Ir. A. Burris.) At his rooniB over City Bakery every TueeJay, Thureday and Saturday. President CalilornU College ol telepathy rrofeseor ol Theory and Practice. Kx-Metn. t'al. Hate Hoard ol Kxaminers The Oregonlan and lnd pendent, one year, S2. DON'T DESTROY THE FORESTS FUTURE DEPENDS ON TREES, The Government is Doing the Right Thing. .People Should Study th Subject Carefully. The southern states have nearly seven-tenths of the forested area of the United States, the remaining three-tenths being on the western coast The vast area of this land tal iuipoi tance that present elestrue v. continue, if they do, the land will soon be re ccJ tQ More tb one luurm 01 mis Mjutueru lorest area has already been stripped. The destruction of the remainder is be ing rapidly accomplished. A con servative estimate iudicates that within twenty years, at the present rate of destruction, the southern pine will be practically exterminat ed. For the welfare of the South as well as lor the benefit of the en tire country, the forests of the Ap palachiau region should becom permanent. The soil will bear no other crop than trees, and with these removed the mountains be come a menace, their wasnable soil heing quickly carried into the streams by the heavy rains, caus ing floods anil failing water-power, while the soil, silt, boulders, and debris fill up and choke the dams rivers and harbors Within the past ten years an era of manufacturing activity has been established in the South. For many years the Southern states wr satisfied with agricultural su ijJicuiacy; aim cotton, rice, sugar and tobacco, sold to outside manu liactunng interests, supplied the I revenues which snrmnrteil her non ' ' r ulation. Suddenly the South awak enea to tne lact mat, with uer lacil- " 'or generation ol etieap electric power from her many Streams, the cotton crop could be manufactured at home and the pro fits of manufacturing would remain in the community. To day, in the Carolinas and Georgia over $40,- ooo.ooo are invested in cotton mills run by waterpower, generating ov er 100,000 horsepower, turnine nearly 3,000,000 spindles, consum ing 900,000 bales ot cotton each year, with a manufactured output exceeding $70,000,000. Over 6o, 000 people are employed in these mills, and more than 240,000 per sous are supported by their earn jugs. The continued regularity of the flow of a stream depends absolute ly upon the preservation of the for est covering of the mountain slopes upon which it has its source. A forest floor is covered with a thick deposit of leaves, branches, and de- 1 laying vegviauie luuuer, anu usual . .11 . p ant li e. wbicli act as a sixmos to a m . r a.. . h 1 v a iv is aa 1 1 uviu a ti v tuuiivii. a 1 1 v. it 4 t. test covering suieius anci protects it j .'it. . . .. from .lir.rt rav,nf,i,- . , the force of the wind, and thus evaporation is reduced to a mini mum. With the forest removed, the falling rains soon wash away lne covering 01 vegciaDie matter as well as the soil which underlies it, and nothing now checks the tor rents in their downward rush to the sea; streams and rivers are quickly filled to overflowing, only to sub side to extreme low water after the floods have ceased. If vou want a g'Mxl Talcum Powder, call for the "Velvet Talcum Powder," at the HiHjboro Pharmacy. The parcels post advocates, we understand, will try to convince one and all that the passage of such a measure by congress will benefit aud assist the country merchant, in stead ot hurting him. If they will now show us how the paiclcs f ost will injure and demoralize the cata logue houses, a great light will break in on every country village, hamlet and town. Oregon Trades man. Try one of those l'7 New Morrow Coasters at R. Lee Sears' Picycle Shop. Guaranteed to give satisfaction. Well Written Advertisement n.i f fi, most attractive lr written announcements has appeared in The Independent for a long time is that of the I land Business College, printed else where in this issue. The heading is strong and artistic, the wording cleancut and impressive. Send lor the catalogue mentioned in the ad vertisement. It is i beautiful pro ditrtinn that tells all about school and its splendid work. No educational institution in Northwest is better known than Portland Business College. Its biadir.po'uti1.Ul,luUirprtjll. i r r A P Arnwtrotur dice against ! l',lu "peratiuns, pro. principal, Trof. A. Armstrong. of gljl)Uin nc( nas been engageu in muum v.. his life, and has an enviable reputa tion as an educator. He knows the Tui nation list Utug.kej frequent reauirements of employers of office y 0( jute in reUtion u the launching of help, andean prepare any willing aiuucut to uicci ukui. .... . . . ... in this commercial ag. m ... t: Business is monarcu oi ail ue sur veys. Opportunities are not want ing for those wno are property qualified. A course in the Portland t....:.. rti-.T -111 nrare .n UUMU "... t.-r - young man or woman 101 wu.a for work in the commercial worm, ana resun a position that will render the in vestment of time and money in a business education the most profit able that can be made. Mr. Armstrong received twenty seven applications for office help the first week in Julv, tnirty-two tne second week, and they are still "pourinz in" at the rate of from five iu ciKui caiu u-y. la, a There is absolutely no question about a position for any young man or woman wno is quanneu to ao a a . 1 . bookkeeping, shorthand and type writing work with accuracy and a moderate degree of rapidity. The college has received not less than 1000 calls for such help during the last year, and now bas applications , , ..a- 1 .1. from four different points in the f , Pacific Northwest, and personal and telephone calls are so lrequent as to be positively annoying. Write for a catalogue. - . Visiting cards owe their origin to the Chinese, who from the earliest mnn. in th mMto, r.ro; ll J " " f"'1" The cards which they used for this purpose were large and coloted a bright red. When a Chinaman de sires to marry his parents communi cate the fact to a professional match- maker, who at once runs over in her mind the eligible young women of her acquaintance and selects the one she thinks will make the most fitting bride. She then makes a call on the young woman's parents, armed with the prospective bride groom's card, on which are written his ancestral history, name and the date of his birth. If the suit is ac ceptable the bride's card is sent in return; and if the prophecies for the wedding are good the particulars of the engagement are written on two large red cards and sent to the friends of each family. Mr. Ferguson, two of whose down town friends had just dined with him, had taken them into the library for a smoke, according to the New York Sun. "I must tell you a good one on my wife," he said. ''She's been roasting me because I look at the headlines in the papers once in a while to see if anything important is happening in the Thaw trial. Well, the other afternoon, while the girl was away, she put a pan of biscuits in the oven to bake, and while she was waiting she picked up a paper and begun to read the stuff herself. She got so interested in it that she let the biscuits " At this moment Mrs. Ferguson came into the library for a book. "And the joke -"of it was," continued Mr. Ferguson, without a moment's pause, "that they found the cow next morning in a forty acre lot." "Ha, Ha. Ha!" roared the guests, laughing till the tears ran down their cheeks but not at the story. OAA Bu choice home in Is.'UVf HiiUboro; corner, J block. la'ge nearly new house; fenced, and will make an Ideal home; three-minutes walk to the postoffica, one to the depot ; 1,(X down, balance on time. This place ia worth 12.500; own.r non-resi-denL For particulars inquire at The Independent office. K1 Mympio Hour la the beet yon can get l S. II. Greer t. I IT LOOKS LIKE and that HARRIMAN ort - BUT LYTLE SAyS NAy He Saysth Southsra p,elfio H Absoluts' No Conssetien With th.Till-"9" R. Project. the Has Kdward II. IUrrimsn, because of the Lriti,.i(iul f M method, of conduni the trannportstiu Utilities in Oregon, and Dg ... territl)rv tbrouu iru.tej - liv new railroal pwjecu, n, particularly in coniiw'iiu - ui me r-acinc . v,.i.t .,n r, ... . . luuimr " "nmiiY, wmcn . . . l.onIlriK.t.,d (rom ii:,,., , - xillamook ml Astoru, i,h otDer - 1 bmnch lines to tap tiie rich and vet un i i .. .. i .. tombed territory vi me coant. Since the firnt movtuui eurm was turned v on ' J'.' iw . w way iprcul '.:.. .... ,;i ; ,. ,..... ... . ... ... in i,,,,. wai bring derireil. - E. Lvtle,preid.-ot0f thecompanr, w ho gained a point um older railroad men because ol bit I'fuintency In con structing the Colmnbii Southern, ap peared ax head of tli rnterprine from its incipiency, taking over the grade started bv thedetunct I'ort'tml. Nehal- em j, Tillamook Railrotd Company. In a iurpriHiiigly ihort time connection ' ll,e Qr"t ''"I '""i " the I rifcf.ni. UI VWUJ flllttiv auukUCI U I HClUCt , . . . . rtlmnF t,mt ,,arriui,m , i,ller(),tej in ,be jne Soon after, when construction was well along and equipment wn needed, several cars were purckued, sliich bore the while initials of tlit Oregon Short Line. The letters wers obliterated and the initials changed to P. It. & N. At the same, time the only locomotive "K1'1 ,,,r ""' llillsboro and Buxton, to which polnlthe west end of , ' . ... . . . the road has been completed and ia In olH)ratioi, wa formerh h property ol the Northern IViflo. t By some h theSonthern ra-ilic hM uiBl,lay'"' '.iendliness for 1 the new roim irom mot, fact was taken to iodirnte local Harrl- mim oiliciaU had more tlmi a passing interest in the connection. It was ...1 .. .!... .l-.i.itA tlit. iimnv 1'i.i.ra lH"m . . ' ' the llurriman interwts Have held sway over the Oregon territory, no move bad been mane toward reaching the coast, and particularlv'tli Tillamook country, which is regarded the richest of the stretch from tha Columbia river south to Humboldt Pay. Keporta from time to time of the al leged purchase of I lie Astoria A Colum bia Uiver railroad t the Hill interests, which finally culminated in the sale, were other reasons signed for Harri- man's desire to tap Western Oregon in that locality, and since the success of the P. 11. A N. sudertaking has been ansureJ from the manner in which construction has wn cameo, on, anu that no expense M tanj spared to get the beBt possible li". tbe Harri man relationship gaineJ "treiigth in public opinion. In rebuttal of the popular assumption is the denial of Mr- 1-Vtle, who asserts emphatically that Harriman has not one penny invested in the company, either as a first hoUcr of the bonds or any of tho stock. When asked for an explanation of the presence of O. K. A X. equipment on le roa.i and the build in of a connection t Hillsboro by the Southern Pacific. Mr. Iytle made the following statement: MR. LYTI-B EXPLAINS IT. "Flat carl porch! for the P. R. A N. bore the name ol me u. H, L. They were purchased through A. J. McCabe. local railway et)U'rmo'it dealer, and when the orJor w placed with him, I understood the c were soon sold to him br the Oregon bort Line. But il that is any reason !y Mr. Harriman it interested in tbe roan, whv is It not equally true that Mr. Mill has a share, when it is known tnsi uie tlrst locomo- it . tive secured i"""" irom tne orthern Pacific "Regarding tii connection between the Southern 1 '"'"lc "' faclBc Kailway A Navigation Company at liillsboro, it i '"own fact that arrangements t " connection were started bv the oCcial ol the Portland, Nehalem A Tilln"J"k' which corpora tion later disorgnni'1 and I pnrchased the right of way '"r distance of Un miles from lli!"",,r"- I tie Southern Pacific was Meed to provide a connec- - 1 tion, because ' covers that point. Ho influence was necessary to get iu Therefor. ' has no significance as relating to lr- "larriman having holdings in tbe P. ' X- "As to the money, that is furnished by the 1'nion Tr,,,t Company, ol San Francieco. Io PI, ol that state mant, I can refef n.Tone who is Inter este.1 to the record ol Multnomah, Washington, Ti'k and Columbia counUee, wherein i shown the filing o( a mortgage in the sum ol t.'i.OUl.lVO, to which the Pacific Kailway A Navigation Company and the I'niou Trust Cum paor are parties. The mortgage we tiled after construction bad breu started on the line, and tbe first work, '.'0 wiles, was pushed with money from my per sonal account. "Now, as to who bas tiie boud sat present, is a matter in which I am not concerning myself, nor do I care. Tbe bond are on the open market to be bought by anyone having the price. Perhaps Haiiltuau, Hill, Morgan, Rock efeller or Uould have them. I do not know. "If Mr. Harriman has taken the bond from the Union Trust Company it would make no difference. The Union Trust Company has obligated itself to furnish the money, and it is the busi. nest of its ollicials where they sell the bonds to reimburse themselves. The stock is in my name, and no one else bas an interest in it further than those who are member of the board of direc tors, from which the executive otlicers are alio elected. "The fact that the Southern Pacific ba a connection with our line mean that road will get the business of haul ing products of the Tillamook country and intermediate territory until such time a other road are built from Port land to Hlllsboro, when it ia probable the buaine will be divided. The Southern Pacific would naturally be pleased to ihoulder the expense of build ing tbe connection in order to secure the haul on that etuff. "At tha same time it was possible for the P. It. A N to connect with the Northern Pacific at Scappoose, and when the entire system is completed such a relationship will undoubtedly ex ist, for we will have deliveries to make to both Hoe and if they can be expedit ed by way of Scappoose, it is to our in terest to form a connection. "Tbe coast country ia not any richer today than it wa when the Portland, Xehalem A Tillamook interest attempt ad to tap it, and yet it ia not laid Mr. Harriman ha the bond and it i hi money that I building the road. He doe not own it and will not operate it. That I certain. I cannot lathom the reaentinent against Mr. Harriman. "For the past few years a hue and cry ba been carried on that Mr. Harri man would do nothing for the develop ment ol the state. He has been accused ol drawing millions from Oregon traffic and putting none back In tin shajie of new work. Now. if he see fit to build new line under tbe direction ol other, for example, the Pacific Kailway A Nav igation Company, why should the rest dent ol Oregon object? His money will go a far a any other, and I don't un derstand the antagonism. What we want in Oregon is more railroads. It is immaterial who build them, o long as the isolated region are given proper transportation facilities. "One reason why it is' assumed I am acting for Mr. Harriman is because he purchased the bond of the Columbia Southern after it had been demonstrat ed the line wa bound to prove profit able.. The firt 27 mile of that under taking were built with money furnished bv a number of person. Subscription ranged a high as $1XM), and it wa on ly by the hardest effort that enough wa ecnred to complete it to the 27-mile point. Some experienced, reilroader declared the road would never pay, and they tried to how the Central Oregon country could not furnish uliicient traf fic to bring dividends. "Mr. Harriman purchased the bond after the 27 mile were in ojeration. rPnntinued on Last Page. ' 'rr'-L'JL'l wr.- r -T-r -r - v. . v ,rx y t". t tza 1 jjk bi r m m,ur 1 8 Intro's. 4 & fniT?,K.Hr$ rvl Kr hpf tr made. N Kj guarantee goes wi th every pair. Our GROCERIES is the fin b3 Prrthinf mtitUv carriel est in nf a orner 'ft ImmeaM sale .nH it p Not bop worn article in t I JOHN aN rr.. ti Reliable C IfT IS V SUPT. CASE'S ANNUAL REPORT SHOWSAN INCRCtSCOVER190e Teachera' Wages Have Inereaae) Total Number of School Chil siren in the County, 8,097. The Superintendent's Annual School Report for the year ending June 17, 1907, shows an increase over the preceding year of 130 pu pils in the school population of the county and of Jf 102 7. 50 in the amount of county school funds ap propriated. , Teachers' wages have increased from an average of $49.75 to $55 9 for male teachers, and from $41.14 to $44.14 tor female teachers. The amouut of county school fund apptopriated was, as given below, $36,884.59 or (there being 6097 school children) $6.05 per capita. Kxtracts from the annual school report show the following: CENsra. Number of persona between four and twenty vear of age residing in the county Male , Female Total Number of day attendance during the year Average daily attendance. . .. 3152 3075 (!227 435901 2799 Number of schools visited dur ing the year bv the county superintendent Averuge length of time involv ed in each visit 98 2 hour Number of mile traveled in performance of official dut ie during the year about 2500 FINANCIAL BTATIMINT. Cash on hand June 18, 1900. . 'M',H:t 08 HKCKirrs. Heceived from county treasur er from district Ui 112570 'J3 Kecelved from county treasur er from county school fund 3CH84 69 Received from county treasur er from state school fund. Received from rate bills and tuition Kecelved from sale of bond and warrant Received from county treasur er from lit aryfund Received for library from oth er source Received for insurance on ac count of loese 10341 10 410 0.1 1775 00 1 78 110 48 08 42 QUSiaESS'COLLES TENTH AND MORRISON STREETS. PORTLAND. OREGON A. P. ARMSTRONG. LL. B.. PRINCIPAL Educate for ucces in a hort time and at mall expense, and send each eta dent to a position as soon as competent. Quality ia our motto, and rrrraUtlon lor thorough work brings us over 100 calls per month for office help. Individual in struction insures rapid progress. We teach the loose leaf, the card index, the voucher and other modern methods of bookkeeping. Chartier la our shorthand; easy, rapid, legible. Beautiful catalogue, business forma and penmanship free write today. References: any merchant, any bank, any newspaper In Portland. There's a lot in a shoe which w a wear, needs only ioiiflii to "l.ook like new." You 11 find comfort, ease and profit in the Hamilton-Brown Shoes your children will want somtthing pretty and good. Come and see ou School Shoes o better can ba mad. Our line ol tbe count. -to-dtOrocrr Iloase. Our i ole lor as vy carry airicuy iwi be ertatJiabiaewt. DENNIS. Grocery and Shoe Store Received from other source. . 617 M Total receipt 77009 M DlSBDBStMIXT. Paid fur teacher' wage 4H213 )S Paid for rent of room and site ' 26 00 Paid for fuel and school sup plie 307 M Paid for repair and improv ing ground 2023 11 Paid for new school houe and site 24oli M Paid on principal and interest of bond and warranU.... 4896 CO Paid fur iuurs.e 138 ft Paid for clerk (alary 1200 94 Paid for library book 140 93 Paid for all other purpose. . . 3341 33 Total disbursements oG141 08 Cash ou hand June 17, 1907. . IO808 48 v One effect of the new law which limits the hours of labor in railroad telegraphy is to create a demand for about 6000 new operators, and thi supply is far short of this. She handed in a check payable to Susan II. Smith. The cashier, who was a German, noticed that she had endorsed it Susan Smith, and gave it back with a polite "You haf for gotten the 'II.'," Overcome with confusion, she murmured, "Excuse me," and wrote below the endow ment, "Age J3," Lippincott'a Magazine. In July brightly shine the uo, These day we'd rather walk than run. And cool soft drink, ice cream and uch Appreciated very much. So come with wife, iweetheart or frleud Or come alone for we intend To iuit you all though want may vary At Paluiktoer' Confectionery. L. J. Palmatbkb, Prop. To Contractors. Bids will be received by the County Court of Washington Co. Oregon, until 2 o'clock p. m., on the 8th day of August, 1907, for the construction of a bridge across Scoggin creek, near the residence of Thomas Sain. Specifications may be seen at the office of the county clerk. Right is reserved to reject any or all bids. By order of the County Court. J. W. GOODIN, County Judge. Perhaps you need a bracer- something that will give you ener gy, life and ambition. A sugges tion try I. W. Harper whiskey. Sold by F. K. Cornelius. Adv. of Satisfaction jfl after month a ot S I'f.uri f 8 $rlQtrj)S. PICNIC LACK SHOE il 1,1 i