n'tuteif iuWf IkimriPntr AW IKLL320B0; WASHINGTON- -CWNXW. 0(fP?.U?AX.-V.UIJ;.JJ. 190. . ... N.CWBW. 50 .. . fiillsboro Independent. D. W. BATH, Pobusher. ' Tbia paper ia not forced upon anyone. It is not onr practice to stop ptpera ODlil ordered to do ao. Anyone not wiabinn tha paper muat notify tli publisher or they wili be held Labia for I ba aubaoriptioa prica. EIQIIT PAGES. SUOi Year, In Adv Mitra4 41 tha Poatoffloe at Hills- n. Oregon, for trmnamlaaloa thrones 'ha tnai: aocond-cl&aa mall mattar, Official Paper of Waahington County. Republican la Politics. t uvKitrmiNu HATKa: Diaplay, 60 cant an inch, enisle cnl'unu, for four Inser tion!; reitdiiin uotn, una caul a woru a-ich Inaurtloo (nut bin Ira than IS couta) ; pro(oional carla, ona Inch, $1 a moiiih j lodge card, 5 year, paya- b!a quarterly, (notices and laaoiuuow iraa to auveniaiun iuuhwi- PROFESSIONAL CARDS. C B. TONGUB ATTOBNBTATLAW Hillsboro, Oregon. Offlca: Rooms S. 4 and S. Morgan Bis. W. N. BARB ITT ATTORN ET-AT-LA W HIHaboro, Oregon. Ufflcs: Central Block, Rooms ana T. HIHaboro, Oragon. . BENTON BOWMAN A TTflHN EY.AT-LAW Offlca on Main St., opo the Court Uouae TH03. H. TONGUB JR. ATTORN KY-AT-LAW NOTARY PUBLIC jrBoe : Kooma i, 4 and 6. Morgan Blocs HIHaboro, Oragon. MARK B. BUMP, ATTORNKY-AT-I.AW. Notary Public sud HILLSBORO, Collections. ORB. II. T. 1 AO LEY, Attorney - at - Law, Office Over the Postoffice. Hillaboro, Oregon. JOHN M. WALL. Attorncy-at-Law, Office up stairs, Bailey Morgan Blk, BOTH 'PHONKS. HILLSBORO, - OREGON. t. T. L.INKLATER, M. B. C M. PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON. HIHaboro, Oragon. Offlca, upUira, oer The Delta Drug Store. Office hours 8 to 12 ; 1 to 8, and In the evening from 7 to 9 o'clock. J. P. TAMIEBIE, M. D. 8. P. R. R. BURGEON HIHaboro, Oragon. Rwldanw crner Thlnt and MaljaipSteeaa I io7.n l 7 to p. in. Tol-phona lo ndtncj f roia lwlta dni .lor.. All caiia pmpl wared dajr or nUbt f. A. BAIUEY, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON HIHaboro, Oragon. Office: Morgan-Bailey block. Bp talra, roonn 12, 11 and 16. Raaldencs 8. W. cor. Baaa Una and Second sts. Both 'phones. F. J. BAILEY, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON HIHaboro, Oragon. Offlca: Morgan-Railey block, up atalra with K. A. Bailey. Residency N. E. corner Third snd Oak sts. A. B. BAILEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Hillsboro, Oregon. nme onr Rall.r'a lru Han. Offlca hour rmia I 12; l.u to ami o . RaaM.nc third norm, north nf rlir alactrta Haht plant. i-.ll. nmmntlr auaodad dar or Blaht. Both bon. ..pU-4 The Fraternai Brotherhood Hillsboro Lotlse So. 218 MaeU erery Saturday sight, Wahrung's Hall, 8 o'clock All members are requested to bs present CHANCE FOR HILLSBORO TO CET MILITARY COMPANY. Five Additional Companies Re quired by the Government for Fourtn Oregon Regiment. With the passage by the sen ate a short time ago of the Army bill, the way is paved for the es tablishment in Oregon of a num ber of new -military companies. In order to bring the Fourth Ore gon regiment up to a regular army basis as required by the war department, it will be neces sary to recruit nve additional companies. Applications from almost every thriving city in the state are be ins received at Portland bv Ad jutant Gen. Finzer. The task of picking out the stations is yet to be taken up by the Oregon mili tary board. The desirability and advantage of being the station of a military company of the National Guard service should appeal to every enterprising community. Re markable changes have occurred in the past few years in the Na tional uuara service so that it is no longer a strike breaking ex pediency but a part of the first line of the nation's defense. Companies are already located at Eugene, Roseburg, Ashland, (Cot tage Grove, McMinnville, Wood- burn, Oregon Uty, ine uanes, Baker City and Pendleton, while strong applications for one of the new companies have been ten dered by Astoria, Rainier, Sea side, Canby, Silverton, Medford, Grant's Pass, Forest Grove, New berg and Klamath Falls. Other applications are being received weekly. .The purpope of thel Military board is to distribute these -companies to the best pos sible advantage among the bet ter type of cities of the state. The problem that is just now occupying the attention of Ore gon National Guardsmen, of whom there are some 1400 is that of suitable armories. The na tional government supplies arms and equipment, ammunition, shooting galleries and ranges, and the War department has suggested that the various states should at least provide suitable armories for housing the troops and storing the equipments. Portland, of course, has an ade quate armory, provided and paid for by Multnomah county. The last legislature appropriated $100,000 to be paid out at the rate of $25,000 a year for the con struction of armories in the smaller communities of the state. This appropriation is to be voted upon under the Initiative and Re ferendum at the coming June election. From a military stand point the armories are indespens able, from an economic stand point they are a good invest ment The state is at present paying $5,000 per year rentals for inadequate rookeries. Thus it will be seen that in compara tively a few years the armories would pay for themselves in the saving to the state on rentals. The success of the measure al ready seems assured, the only obstacle being a possible lack of understanding and appreciation of the measure by the voters of smaller communities who are the ones, by the way. most directly interested. Cows for Sale. Five splendid cows selected from a herd of twenty one. Ev ery cow has an unusually good record for quantity and test of milk. Prices reasonable. Can be seen at Holly Farm (the old Anderson place 1 1-2 miles south west of Hillsboro) or address C. V. FULLER, Route No. 4, Box 4, Hillsboro. RepubUcaa Candidate for Nomlna tloa of Railroad Commission er from First Congres sional District. . William A. Carter, republican candidate for nomination of Rail road Commissioner from the First Congressional District, pledges himself for a strict enforcement of the state law regulating trans portation companies in Oregon and opposes discrimination by transportation companies in fav or of special industries, shippers or localities, and will insist that equal rights be extended to every shipper, great or small. Mr. Carter is thoroughly familiar with the present condition in his dis trict, and will, if chosen, give his entire time and earnest ef forts toward securing more equit able rates for all industries in his district and particularly the merchants and small shippers of interior cities and towns and the shippers of produce. His num ber on the official ballot is 19. Probate Court. Estate of Lulu J. Davenport, deceased; lien ton liowman ap pointed administrator, bond fixed at $50; bond filed and approved. Matter of the guardianship of Chas. Cecil and Alfloyd Harris, minor; guardian authorized to sell real estate -as prayed for in petition, guardian required to file bond in the sum of $1500; bond filed and approved. Estate of Herman Bremer, de ceased; semi-annual account filed and approved. Estate of John Wolford, de ceased; inventory filed and ap proved, Estate of Raymond Dixon, de ceased; administrator authorized to sell real estate as prayed for in petition. Estate of Peter Sigessmann, deceased; sale of personal pro perty confirmed; semi-annual re port filed and approved. Estate of Thomas J. Shipley, deceased; letters issued to S. L. Show, bond in the sum of $1,000 approved; E. F. Willis, Otto Gal loway and Jas. Schulmerich ap pointed appraisers of the estate. Estate of Wm. M. Lyda, de ceased; executor authorized and directed to sell real estate as prayed for in petition. ' Vole for Good Men. The editor doesn't know much about politics and never did. As far as party is concerned he con siders that there is but little dif ference. Parties are . composed of men. All the good men did n't get into one party; all the bad men didn't get into one par ty; the republican party hasn't got a monopoly of all the good principles, the democratic party has no monopoly of all that is bad. These are self-evident truths, but the people have never thought much about them until recently, but the more they think about them the wiser they be comethe less they care about party and the more they care about men. The "yellow dog" on my party ticket don't get my vote, is the way the average vot er feels about it If the man I vote for is honest I am sure he will conduct his office in the in terests of the people as a whole, whether he be socialist prohibi tionist democrat or republican. And this line of political conduct will redeem this country from the throttling grasp of the gang of thieves that is directing its destinies today. Seaside Signal OUR OREGON WEATHER WINTER IN THE BEAVER STATE. Compare It With Other SecHona 8utamary of Conditions During- .. .... .J..!VlrtT Months , ,, The weather during the last six months was, on the whole, mild and dry, with no severe cold spella and less than the us ual amount of snow in tne val leys. There were three rainy days near the end of October, but the seasonal rains did not be gin until the second decade in November and they continued thereafter intermittently until the end of March. During De cember there was a marked ex cess in precipitation between the Coast and the Cascade range of mountains, and one moderate cool spell from the 16th until the 21st, when the temperature in the western counties were slight ly below the freezing point and in the eastern counties were from 10 to 20 degrees below the freez ing point, but only two stations reported zero temperatures. Notwithstanding rains occurred almost dailey in January, the to tal amount was small and by the ,i .t i. end ot tne montn mere was a deficiency of nearly two inches, which was proportionately great est in the eastern counties. The coldest weather of thesea- . . . 1L n son occurred during me nrst three days in February, when zero temperatures were reported in nearly every eastern county and temperatureTTrCi-20 to 30 above zero in tfe western counties. This cold stiell was of short duration and fallowed by mild weather during the remain' derof the month. The Febru ary precipitation was deficient in all counties and hardly any snow fell in the cultivated valleys. About the middle of March there were three or four days with heavy rains and mild tempera tures, which caused all rivers to run bank full and numerous washouts occurred along the rail roads ia the eastern district Frequent light frosts occurred in March and in the higher sections there were a number of killing frosts. FOR THE PAST WEEK. The weather was unusually dry, with cool mornings and mild afternoons. The afternoons gra dually grew warmer as the week advanced until Sunday, which was the warmest day of the sea son, with maximum temperatures of 70 degrees or more in near- y all the counties, except near the immediate coast Frosts oc curred generally on the 7th, 8th, 9th and 11th. In the Willamette valley they were light, but in Jackson, Josephine and Douglas counties, as well as in many east ern counties, some wore heavy and some were light. The morn ings of the 10th and 13th were cloudy in the western counties, while the afternoons in all dis tricts were generally clear. The only rainfall during the week oc curred on the 6th and it consist ed of a few small showers west of the Cascade mountains and a few on the westward slojie of the Blue mountains. There was more than the usual amount of sun shine. Dr. Renu Dead. Dr. F. R Rpntz. a physician and surgeon, died at Richmond, Va., of cirrhosis of the liver. March 26. Dr. Rentz went to Forest Grove from Okla homa about 1902, and practiced there for about four years, leav ing with his family ahonr tu.-n years ago ior v irgnna. lie w V, T l..,-.T!a i' 1 rn as UUni 1(1 X f 11113 l""" III 1300. A a widow, at Richmond, and daughter, at Wichita, Kan sur- vive him. Wasniiifftoa County Pensions. Representative Hawley, of the First Congressional District of Oregon, has been advised by the Pension Bureau that pensions and increase of pension certificates to Washington county soldiers have been issued as follows: Charles Bremer, Beaverton, $12; Cicero Hines, Forest Grove, $12; Francis Kennon, Cornelius, $12; Edwin Lee. Banks. $20; Alexan der Raymond, Forest Grove, $15; J.ohn.W. Sherwood, Fnrpst Gmve, $24, and Mary M. Wells, Forest Grove, $12 Hundreds of Idle Men. A Grants Pass special says that freight trains from the south are carrying from 50 to 100 men on the hurricane dock of the freight cars. One hundred and fifty men were dropped off there from one train, ' the crew having been ordered to carry the men no farther than Grants Pass. Mayor Smith objected, however, to having so many. unwelcome guests thrust upon the city, and ordered them on. Special police were called and the . trainmen were forced to proceed with their load. Every train is being watch ed and gangs of men that crowd the cars are compelled to move on. Most of these men are on their way to British Columbia and Alaska. Spme of them are pro fessional hoboes, but many are workingmen out of employment So large are the gangs that the train crews are not able to fight them off and are obliged to trans port them. It is stated that over 1,000 idle men are now on their way north from Nevada and Southern California, and that these will be pouring into Port land, Seattle and other northern cities within the next few weeks. Very few of them drop oft in Southern Oregon as there is not much demand for labor here out side of farm or sawmill work at this time. The Gaston Depot Complaint. - The State Railroad Commission has set April 23 as the time for hearing the complaint of W. C. Freeman regarding alleged inad equate depot facilities at Gaston, on the West Side line of the Southern Pacific The hearing will be held at Gaston. William A. Carter, candidate for railroad commissioner for the First district, spent Monday in Hillsboro. Mr. Carter is beincr vicnmnslv onnosed bv the rail road companies which is sufficient reason why the people should stand by him. American Wonder Potatoes. American Wonder Potatoes for sale at 90c a sack. In quantities &t less price. G. W. Clark. Ti- gardville, or 289 Morrison street Portland. HAMILTOH-BROWN SHOES There's a lot of satisfaction in a shoo which after month's of wear, needs only polish to look like new." You will find comfort, ea.so and profit in the IIAMILTON'-MIOWN SHOES., Your children will want something pretty and good. Come and No better can bo made. 5H2EI0S. pICNlfc j m - S-ZiC! jJLjQip K Cr-P -i n A as HON. Republican Candidate for Nomina tion for United States Senator Mis Number is 12 on the Official Ballot-Mr. Cake Stands for Statement No. 1, is Upright and Worthy of Every Honest Man's Vote. . Mi . : 'H v ' ,V .' 7 Hon. II. M. Cake is the advocate of Statement No. 1 and the popular election of United States the stump for his successful opponent He deserves the support of every loyal republican who believes in pure politics. The ma chine element concedes his nomination if the people go to the polls, but boasts that believers in Statement No. 1 will not be interested enough to vote at the primaries. This is the last appeal to those who believe in the popular election of United States Senators to as. sert the rights which the old machine is trying to wrest from them. Mr. Cake received a splendid in Washington county two years ago, and the voters made .no mis take then, nor will they make a mistake now by voting for hi n again. His number on the official ballot is 12. Abstract of the Registration of Electors Following is a true and complete statement of the total registra tion in each of the several precincts of Washington county, up to the time of closing the books, as attested to by E. J. Uodman, county cierK: Beaverdam - - - 1351 74 37 2 18 4 Beaverton . - - - 20GI 159 32 5 4 1 5 Buxton .... 153 109 28 1 1 9 5 Banks - - - - 146 58 2 2 3 25 Cornelius - - - 173 62 15 1 1 3 Columbia - - - 135i 99 31 1 2, 2 Dilley - 94, 58 17 5 4 10 East Butte - - - - 105' 81 18 2 2 " 2 East Cedar .... ., 95 23 2 10 3 3 Gales Creek - - - - 121 98i 19 1 3. Gaston - - - - 132 931 22 3 1 4l 9 Mountain - - 25 18! 6 1! North Hillsboro - - - 239; 197 25 5 10; 2 North Forest Grove - - 223 152 48 10 9. 4 Reedville - - - 113 lllj 19 5 7 1 South Hillsboro - - - 2951 24l! 27 9 2 1 9; 3 South Forest Grove - - 306 210 45 15 1 26, 9 South Tualatin - - 135! 94 23 2 & 1 9 1 Washington -.- 139' 110 17 1 10 1 West Butte - - - - 148 113 24 1 3 5 2 West Cedar - - - 158j 104 26 13 4 4( 7 Total - - - --3520 2538 C07 99 37 7 141 88 Registration books closed April main open until May 15. Polls open for primary election TODAY at 12 O'CLOCK and CLOSE AT 7 P. M. see our SCHOOL SHOES, no better made. Our guarantee goes with very pair. s Our Line of GROCERIES is the finest in tho county. t" it.:.. ,,,.,n11i. -.oi-rlr.l l.tf- fln tl n.t rt.(l A t (1 rvery nuiio unuun v.whvj j Grocery House. Our innuendo sales make it pos- sihle lor us to carry sincuy inssn guuus. nut 8hop worn article in the establishment. JOHN DENNIS The old Reliable Corner M. CAKE senators. Two years ago he took republican majority at the election 7; open again April 22, and re BKSCZftft 8 1M a taiSsH Grocery and Shoe Store i - t