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IP"9 TwvT A H W vX tout W1T0 Volume 25 HILLSBORO. WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. DEC, 20, 1907 Nl'MEEIl 23 f II I Jv ( I II Ji cJJ Lit L'zjJ fiillsboro Tndepcndem 1). W. BATH, Publisher. LW Tlii tainT i not forced noon anyone. It is not our practice to stop papers until ordered to do 10, Anyone not wishing tli paper tuuxt notify the puousner or mey win i Iiuld liable lor the lULxHTipUon price. OFFICIAL COUNT V PAPER. Si. SO a Year, in Advance. Entered at tha Postofflra at Hlllev . i ro, Oregon, for transmission throafa inn mat:- sji KmTia ,-;ui m&u manor, Official Paper of Washington County. Republican in Politics. DKHriHiNi Katkk: Diniilay, 00 cent an inch, single column, (or (our inser tions; reading notice, one cent a worl etch Insertion (nothing l-s than 15 cents) ; prolcxHionul curds, one inch, II a iiionili ; lode canU, 5 a year, pays- l)le quarterly, (notices ami irsolutlow tree to aUve rllMing liKljjenj. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. E. B. TONGUE ATTORN&YATLAW Hillsboro, Orsgon. DlfUe: Rooms 3. 4 and 6, Morgan Blk. A an db oa si n ClMsttumai Price CdPoicessfioiiuS amd Excepttiinial VaDiuies Lend Special Interest to Trading in Every Department. Practical Presents in Wearables - - - - - - - - Suggestions to Puzzled People i - Practical Gifts lor Men ' Y MSJMl mmJmM-38& W. N. BARRETT ATT0RNEY-ATLAW Hillsboro, Oregon. Ofllce: Central ISlock, Rooms 6 and 7. Hillsboro. Oregon. BENTON BOWMAN ATTORN KY-AT LAW Ollice on Main M., opu the l ourt House Sincerity Suits and Overcoats, Silk Suspenders in Uox. Silk Cravats, Gloves, Cuff Links, Hosiery, Shirts, Fancy Hand kerchiefs, Underwear, Muf flers, Hats, lanes, Umbrellas Valises. ....... Practical Gifts for Boys. School Suits, Extra Pants, Overcoats, Neckwear, Shirts, Stockings, Shoes, Hats, Caps, (Jloves, Underwear, Inexpen sive, Jewelry, Handkerchiefs, Suspenders, Mufflers. . . . THOS. II. TONGUE JR. ATTORN KY-AT-LAW NOTARY PUBLIC Jrtii-e: Kooiiis d, 4 and 5, Morgan I! lock Hillsboro, Oregon, ) MARK 13. BUMP, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Notary Public and Collections. HILLSIIOKO, OHH. O. F. SHELDON, Attorney - at - Law and Notary Oflic Over Wehrunu's Store, Second St. Practical Gifts for the Lanies. Handkerchiefs, Knit Shawls, Dress Patterns. The Famous M ILVSIXCJ UA DEMVEAK. Thero will be hundreds of dollars spent for Christmas and New Year gifts that carry no permanent or practical value whatever, and are bought pimply because the giver is at a loss what to buy. There are some peo ple so fortunate in the possession of means that the gift of any kind of wearing apparel would be distasteful to them; but for the great majority of men and women and children there are certain little things procur able that are real luxuries, and are aeourco of happiness. We suggest some ot these inexpensive articles for gifts, most of which are priced specially low for the lioliuay 6eason. W. L. Douglas Siioes for Men. The Selby Shoes for Ladies. Special Auction to Conveyancing, Pro bate Matters, lirawing lgul Papers, Etc. "JOHN M. WALL. Attorney-at-Law, Oflice upstairs, Bailey-Morgan Blk. HOTll 'pHONKS. HILLSBORO, ORECON. S. T. LINKLATER, M. B. C. M. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Hillsboro, Oregon. Office, upntitirs, over The Dulls Drug Htore. Ollice hours 8 to 12; to 6, and in the evening from 7 to U o'clock. J. P. TAMIESIE, M. D. 8. P. It. R. SURGEON Hillsboro, Oregon. Rwldonrrinnier Thlnl nii M.ln: offioo np l.ir.ov.T lvltlrtiK ndiri-; hour., . Si ui 1 1 m. I to A ainl 7 i p ui. Ii Ii-iIhii. to n-auienre from Iwita ilrus .lorn. All rails routljr ans wered ilar or umhl F. A. BAILEY, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON Hillsboro, Oregon. Ofllce: Morgan Dalley block, up stairs, rooms 1'.', 13 and IS. Residence B. W. cor. Dase Line and Second sis. Both "phones. fTTbailey, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SUnOEON Hillsboro, Oregon. Omce: Morgan Ilalley block, up stairs with K. A. Waller . Resldenc. N. B. corner Third and Oak U. aTb. baiu; y?m. I)., ' rilVSICIAV ANt Sl'RCKOM, 1 1 illslioro, Oregon. Offlrr over Hailrr's '"' '". OtlW houn fMin ..' I" i. l.i los, ami 7 to . K1c1imio third Iiiim north nf city rlecmr llklil plant, fall, pnnuptl) aiuin.lr.1 dar or ulnlil. Hotl) plHinc. wpuB-04 HOLLISTCR Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets. A Bnty Mixholot far Boiy Faopl. Brtnp Qv2ra B"alth sad BenfweJ V.fot. A wri!(o f C'n.tipatl.n. Ini1lr"tion. I.It nd Kl.lnry TrtMil'ltM. Ciinpl.-A. ICcrNna, linpurs Hl'xxl. Hh.I Krraili. Mucnish H.n... HtHi'la'ha nd Hiu-anchi. It K'K'ky M"nlain T la tab M form, ont a b.-. Ufnuln. made bf HoLil.raa lnrn CtmriM, I.t)tin, Wl. GOLDEN NUGGETS F"0 SHIOW PEOPLE Dr. B. P. Shepherd, (Succepsor to Dr. A. lhirris.) At his rooms titer I'ily link fry every Tuethlay, Thurlay and Saturday. President Cut i (. rn i.i Col lege o( O at epat hy Ii .1 . ( TI....L.. ....I ks-Mein. Cat. State Hoard o( Kxaminert Ine LKa has been done and outlining work for the future. The idea being to interest people in the subject and to secure sijmatures to the pledge cards. Those who sign the pledge cards agree to use the simpler spellings as far as prac ticable. The Board has secured many thousand signers among whom are some of the greatest educa tors, authors, editors and pub lishers of America and England. In 1883 was heard the first noise about simplified spelling. The first list of simplified words contained about a dozen. At that time the dictionaries were silent on the subject of more than one spelling. Today the best dic tionaries, such as the Century, Standard and Webster's, each give a list of about five thousand simplified spellings. The reformers do not advocate any radical change and very lit tle that is new. "Any pro'xxsal to upset suddenly or violently the accepted spelling of any literary language is foredoomed to fail ure." Simplified spelling does not mean "Josh Billings" sell ing. It means in a great many cases to return to the spelling of the old masters such as Shakes peare, Milton, Pope, Tennyson and a host of others. It was the publishers who made these writ ers spell dropped for dropt, dip ped for dipt At the door of Dr. Johnson is placed such spelling as comptroller for the controller. He kept a Latin p in receipt though he left it out in deceit. He spelt deign one way and dis dain another. Thus some of the anomalies and perversities have been forced into our spelling. It will be simplified only as fast as the public will accept it The English language is not a dead language. It is alive. Dur ing iU growth these irregulari ties have come in, now the tide has changed and we are going back to the more simple spelling, at the same time making a few changes such as leaving off the VALUATION $16,592,774 ONLY 9 DOGS IN THE COUNTY. The Assessed Valuation of Wash ington Is $17,756,779 Reduc ed by the Board. Following is a summary of the assessment roll of Washington county, . as finally equalized by the county board of equalization: There are in this county 195, OOG acres of tillable lands, valued at $5,272,110. 351,213 acres of non-tillable land, valued at $6,51X5,838. Value of improvements on deed ed or patented lands, $1,230,350. Value of town and citv lots, $102,050. Value' of improvements on town and city lots, $102,475. Value of improvements on lands not deeded or patented, $0,025. There are 50 miles of railroad bed, valued at $502,020. Railroad rolling stock valued at $3 l.tKK). 132 miles telegraph and tele phone lines valued at $21,775. Stationary engines and manf. machinery valued at $172,01)5. Merchandise and stock in trade $307, 400. Farming implements, wagons, carriages, etc., $174,010. Shares of stock. $225.fiST. Household furniture, watches, jewelry, etc., $232,100. 0013 horses and mules valued at $120,015. 14.193 cattle at $330. 230. 11,977 sheep and goats valued at $30,220. 2,127 swine valued at $15,230. 9 dogs valued at $2tK. The total valuation, as return ed by the assessor is $17,75(5,779. .wd of equalization reduc ed this amount $1,104,005, leav ing the total valuation at $10, 592,774. Strange, isn't it that the soft est road is hardest on the horse, and that the closer money is the farther away it seems to be. A farmer in a nearby county, while in a generous frame of mind, gave his daughter a hen and a rooster and bade her run away and be a good girl, promis ing her that if she would look after them he would feed the in crease for four years. The girl, as it were, planted those two chicks and the results, according to her father's report is aston ishing. He says she has $04 in the bank and has 200 chickens which he had to feed last winter. According to the father's best calculations, his daughter will own the farm at the end of four years and will be charging him rent for living on it Two young women of St. Louis recently discovered by accident that it was not necessary to place the lips near the transmitter of a telephone to be heard at the other end of the wire, provided the transmitter were placed firm ly against the chest or even oth-! er parts of the body. The ad vantages claimed for the new sys tem are that it is germ proof and nonfatiguing. IYof. Calvin M. , Woodward, one of the scientists at Washington University, ex plained that there was nothing new in the principals, but ad mitted he had never before thought of its application to the telephone. He said the sound vibration in the lungs is commun icated through the chest instead of through the lips, and then carried over the wire in the usual way. The system, he said, is in accordance with the principle of the physician's stethoscope. Webb & Hoover handles grain as well as all kinds of seeds. When in Hillsboro call and see them. SCHOOL NOTES. Hems of Interest to Parents and Pu pils from the School Room. The librarian of the' scjiool has requested all books of the public school library that are out to be returned by the 20th of Decem ber. No books will be Bent out until after the holidays as a few corrections are to be made, books arranged in better shape and new books recently acquired num bered and ready for distribution by the first of the year. The Sixth grade has lost one of its most faithful pupils Lloyd Brady. While we regret having him leave us yet our best wishes shall follow him wherever he goes and we shall be glad to note his successes in after life. The school sports couldn't stand the warm reception that awaited them at Forest Crove last week Saturday. Many of the boys got cold feet when they saw Gaston and the Grove line up at the field meet. Hope they'll show up bet ter next time. Miss Weatherrtd, one of the Fifth grade teachers, visited the Portland scho. Is last week Thurs day. On Friday Miss Norman, another Fifth kte Je teacher, took the opportunity of acquiring new ideas and strengthening old ones by the same process of visiting the schools of the metropolis. Miss Rnth J ne. who has been relieved from d.iy at Reedville on account of d phtheria in the neighborhood, occupied the posi tions of both teachers during their absence. Monthly report of School Dis- trict No. 7, for the month of No vember, 1907: No. Pupils enrolled - 403 No. Pupils attending - 359 No. Tardy - 68 No. Absentees - 2S5 No. Parent visiting school - 21 Most every one has heard of simplified spelling and is ready I easy matter it will be to read and when the subject comes up to tell I write when the reform is put in- you whether he is for or against , to every day practice. Some who oppose the simpler or simplest spelling, say that it will force upon the "grown ups' the dreadful task of again learn it That is to say, people have made up their minds whether it is a good thing or a bad thing. The reasons given by the oppo nents for their positions on the ing how to spell. Others fear question often show, a lack of , that it would obscure the deriva knowledge of what is meant by Ition of words; but all etymolo- simplified spelling. Some of gists deny the statement and re those who favor it think of the ( pudiate the argument simplification of eight or ten j The Simplified Spelling Board thousand words, or of all the has its office at 1 Madison Ave., hard words of their vocabulary. : New York. From here are sent They rejoice to think of what an 'out circulars, etc., telling what Indian grunt altho, etc. 'ugh" from tho, December comes and ends the trnn i And gold is at a premium, Folks will enjoy the Christmas cheer; Buv eroods with naner medium Though failing banks and hold up men . Keep people alert and wary, Yet ve'll be treated well ye ken At Palmateer's Confectionery. L. J. Palmateer, Prop. Poultry Wanted. I will nav market Price in cash for all kinds of chickens, hens, tur keys, ducks and geese. J. Lenz, Hillsboro, Ore. Huinnon sis i1 HtirTnY if 1 a-'V ew flAKiinUN-OftjiYH dnntiJJSe II A 1 I aA'llat.A FT aw m - a SkiHF ? - No There's a lot of satisfaction in a shoo which fQjj after month's of wear, needs only polish to "look like new." You will hnd comfort, ease and prolit in the HAMILTON-BROWN SHOE 3. Your children will want somehing pretty and good. Come and see our SCHOOL SHOES, ."o better made better can be iade. Our guarantee goes with every pair. UK LINE OF GROCERIES ; ia ih fiiint. in fhfl rmintv. Everything usually carried by an up-to-date Groc- yJery House. Our immense sales make CMfiP or ih to carry strictly fresh goods. Not a shop l iW a .t . I worn ariicio in me esiauusnmeni. JOHN DENNIS The old Reliable Corner Grocery and Shoo Store
