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Volume VI. BEAVERTON, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1918. . . ... No. 25.'
The school election in District
48 passed off quietly Monday af
ternoon, Chairman Davis being
retained on the School Board and
Clerk Hedge being re-elected by
a large majority. The Board is
authorized to purchase 100 new
chairs for the auditorium and to
place in the budget for the com
ing year an item to reduce the
indebtedness of the district by
about $1000.
The report of the clerk and the
minutes of the last annual and
. the special meeting were read
and approved.
The call for nominations for
director, for a three-year term
brought forth the names of & E.
Davis, present chairman, and R.
W. Cook, a man who has been
active in the work of the Parent
Teacher Circle and other school
activities. G. W. Stitt made a
short addresspraising; he good
work Mr. Davis has done and in.
favor of retaining his services
for the district.
James I. Hoopes and Rv H.
Jonas were named as tellers and
the ballot showed 98 votes cast
such expressions of genuine lov-
me umivi siioweu so votes cast ai,j w nnu
of which 68 favored the reten- -battles and steer the ship of
Proclamation of the President of the United States.
For the first time in history the President of the
United States is calling, together by Proclamation all
citizens of the United States at one time, June 18, 1918,
to meet a personal responsibility in time of war
through the War Savings movement.
A crisis is before the Nation and the people are
called to rally to a duty imposed upon us because of
war. There can be no excuses. Therefore we must
obey the call to meet our full duty.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington, D. C, June 1, 1918.
To the People of the United States:
I earnestly appeal to every man, woman and child
to pledge on or before June 28 to save constantly and
to buy as regularly as possible the securities of the
Government, and to do this as far as possible through .
membership in War Savings Societies.
June 28 ends this 'special period of enlistment in
the great volunteer army of production and saving at
home. May there be none unenlisted on that date.
WOODROW WILSON,
President of the United States.
SSI
MAY SKIP SPPAV "
IN REGULAR SCHEDULES
tion of Mr. Davis and 30 were
ast for Mr. Cook. Clerk C. E.
Hedge announced the result.
For the first time in 12 years
a ballot was cast aqrainst C. E.
Hedce as school clerk. When the
nominations were called, the
names of G. S. Alexander
W. Cook were placed before thej
meeting. Many of those present
thought Mr. Hedge had been put
in nomination and for a time it
seemed that the election would
be on the two. Then C. W. Allen
arose and asked who the nomi
nees were,' and upon being told,
placed Mr. Hedge in nomination.
The ballot stood: Hedge. 71: Al
exander, 19; and Cook, 6.
On motion the Board was au
thorized to provide 100 addition
al chairs for the auditorium and
another motion to request the
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THREE TONS OF FLOUR
SENT TROOPS IN FRANCE
'cnfi ID TMOWtT. 4V.rt
food value of the flour, great as
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office of the Countv A ronf on1
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a published report will be made
which farmers can secure. This
report will contain the man and
in case any farmer wants to be
aaviseci as to what crops are the
best for his farm. what, variation
are apt to produce best, or what
treatment, if any, his soil needs
for. certain crops; he need onlv
telephone the Countv A ffanr
who will locate his farm on the
map, determine the class of soil
"Washington County Patriots! class.
fcrive up Wheat for Soldiers
and Stricken Europe.
Miss Welter is Graduate of
St. Vincent's Hospital, Portland
Mrs. L. F. Hines, Miss Kather
ine Desincer. Miss Sophia Hol-
boke, Misses Mary and Kather-
ine O'Meara. Mr. and Mrs M
Welter, Michael Weletr and Miss compare it with soil analyses of
TX-j-i ; iit-U J ! j j " .
jvatnerine wener were among similar types or sou and at once
those who attended the gradua-Jgive him the benefit of the best
tion exercises ol St. Vincent s.aavice available.
Hospital in Portland Wednesday i
evening. . They report a very im- j Starch Factory on Double Shift,
pressive ceremony, an appreciat- A night crew is now employed
ive audience and 20 nurses com- at the Starch Factorv and the
pleting the course of training, j machines are running 16 hours
Archbishop Christie gave a ,r more each day. The crew now
short address to the; class, the numbers 21 men and the ontnut
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prugroiu was weu anangea ana wuaHuiujr increasing
the nurses of Base Hospital 46,
former nurses of St. Vincent's,
sent a conirratulatorv messacre.
Miss Marv H . Welter, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. M.-Welter of
Beaverton, js a member of the
As a result of the patriotic ac
. tion of the retail dealers and
many residents of Washinrtnn
County, over thirty tons of floutf
is neing turned over to the gov
ernment for export to the army
and the allies. An 80,000-Ib ca
pacity car was set in at Gaston
Monday, transferred to Forest
Grove Tuesday, and to Hillsboro
Wednesday of this week, for
loading the stocks of flour which
were concentrated at those
points. It is believed that Wash
ington County will make a show
ing in this, matter which will
; compare very favorably with any
county in the state. -
Many instances have come to
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The comnanv will hn ahla f
handle all surplus potatoes now
in the hands of the formers nn1
I those who have contracts' with
the company should hold them
selves in readiness fnr - noli
i J deliver them as soon as haying
lis nvw Tlio . ;
" wmyauy is canng
for deliveries as they are being
maae ana no loaded team has
Soil Survey to Begin.
xiiicc men uj. u5 uniieu ' " 'wucu vcitill I1H8
States Department of Agricul- been turned away, while the sur-
i.uic axe uuw in wie coumy ana a m " ia lajjnuy oemg
fourth will soon arrive to begin turned into flour for which there
the soil survey of this county in
response to requests made last
winter bv th varinus commer
cial clubs And the Conntv Arri-
cultural Council
This, work will he the most
complete and .comprehensive of
anything kind ever under
taken here rv Gprriiji.of 5nejti.
mableralU "inrl a avuaat- ..ItHVft
farmers otthiJMs 0f wavin' sat
isa ready market.
tne nOtlCe Of the r!mintv VnnA An-nt-l, r.t 4.U-. J 1 11.
- Admmistration where families survey is completed a map will
having less than, one sack of be made on t"e sale of one inh
wheat flour m the house have to the mile wnih will show ev-
rt m- , ' err type of soil in the countv.
The moral strength which ' The map w"" he nlaced in the
Owing to some failure to ret
proper arrangements made, the
patriotic lecture that was to have
been given here Wednesrfnv ev
ening bv Geortro A. P.rnwn nt
Portland, was not held. When
Mr. Brown came, there was nei
ther crowd nor hall arrangement
and later 1.4, Dr, OAniA H Ann I J.J
mv , i , .79 .. ... .ovi nusu (JCU jie Ul"
The "worlr h .,i j .4.1 n V . .
, r: 'zl ciiiciaiu giccn , ib wici . mr. crown naa returned
three months asausage whin Portland.
borinirs on evervirtiva hia irTicrn r,, n ai 'j
or soil on every sectiofnd cahr of property here, was looking
"It is well to apply lime-sulphur,
1-50, with the 4-5 weeks
SPray for control of codlinar moth
on annles and neara. an a nreran.
tionary measure," says Prof. H.
r. cares, or u. A. U. "Still if
dry weather continues It will
hardly be necessary to spray for
any iungous disease unless pres
ent In the orchard due to lornl
conditions.
"If it should turn' off rainv in
orchards where the set of fruit
is good and not already covered
with a protective coating of fun
gicide summer strength applica
tion should be made hefore the
rain or as soon after as possible.
It is too late for good control
after a period of rain. In re
gions where fonr and mist nre. '
vail it is best to hold strictly to
the recommended schedule of
sprays for brown rot of prunes
and peaches."
W.J.Butner.
The hand of death brought to
a close weeks of suffering Tues
day night when William J. But
ner, prominent citizen, well
known Mason and former Coun
ty Commissioner, passed to his"
last rest.
The funeral services will he
held this (Friday) afternoon at
i o clock trom the residence, the
Rev. Dr. Elliott of the Unitarian
Church of Portland, officiating,
and interment will be in the Rose
City Park cemetery, members of
Hillsboro Lodire. A. F. and A. M
having charge of the final cere
mony.
William J. Butner was horn in
Cedar County. Mo., July 8. 1852,
and died at Beaverton, Oregon,
June 18, 1918, being at the time
of his death iust three weeks un.
der 66 years of are. He was mar
ried. September SO. 1871. to Rnr.
,ah S. Thomas and in 1880 came
i across the plains to Multnomah
County, Orecon, where thev
i lived until 1889 when they came
to Washington County, locating
on a farm near this town where
hey lived until last November
I when they moved to town. No
Li .mi ...
cnuaren were born to them.
He is survived bv his widow
and bv two sisters. Mrs. Marthn
Samsel of Stockton. Mo., and
Mrs. Serena Akin of Vancouver.
Wash.
Mr. Butner was a memher of
the Masons since 1883, was one
of the charter members of Ben
verton Grance. was Gonntvf'om.
missioner for two terms from
1903 to 1911 and several times
served as school director androad
supervisor in his home district.
after business interests here on
Monday. ,
Mrs. Brehawt of Sandv is the
mest of her sister. Mrs. T,. R
Dean, this week.
f Mr. and Wr. T. J. TTnnmVan
of San Francisco, accompanied
by Mrs. B.A. Rohse. th eir dAiirh.
ter. whom thev have heen visit
ing, went to Bellin"ham, Wash.,
Wednesday for a short visit.
Closinsr exercises of Rt. Marv'n
Home were held yesterday fore
noon. St. Mary's Institute gave
diplomas to a nnmher of vmmr
ladies yesterday afternoon and
St. Cecelia's Parochial school is
to celebrate the closing of the
school year withith dedication
of a service flair at 9 -45 this
(Friday) morning.