ASMI u t r f G T t th e post-office at F orest (iro v e , Or. S eco m l-cl a as m ail m atter. T E R M S TO SUBSCRIBERS. P o stag e Free. On« y e a r ............................................... S ix m o n t h s .............................. T h r e e m o n th s In A d van ce. A CORRECTION. K s ta b lish e d f o r th e d isse m in atio n o f W a s h i n g to n c o u n ty n ew s, th e ele v a tio n o f h u m a n i t y a n d t h e m o n ey w e can m ak e. I te m s o f g e n e ra l in tere st g r a te fu lly received . E d ito r’s h o b b ies an d o p in io n s on t h i s p a g e , a ll th e rest facts im p a rtia l an d u n colored. E d ito r is at h o m e in h is san ctu m . H a t c h e t B u ild in g , F o rest G ro v e, from 6 a. m. to 10 p. m. p f each w e e k d a y an d a lw a y s g la d to ta lk and b e ta lk e d to. A U S T I N C R A IG 1 R EAD ABLE l- C E U A B L K J A e f u b l ic a n E d it o r and surplus products exjxirle 1 consti tute a measure of the increasing wealth of a people and indicate the degree of physical development achieved in the ongoing of civiliza tion. P r o p r ie t o r . . P r in t e d . A LL AT . H om e East week we made a few com ments on the report of Mr. Smith, an Oregon City engineer, concern ing Prickett's Creek as an available source of water supply. A few have considered the language am biguous and calculated to leave the impression that Mr. Smith was contradictory in his statements The paragraph follows: “ T h e w ater to collie from P rickets creek w h ich he consiiierccl a m p ly suffi cie n t to furnish w ater for 5000 people, and w ould be i f th e y d id n ’t g e t th irsty, but 500 w ould in all lik e ly ! nod be dry- lia lf th e tim e i f th e y depended on it for th eir s u p p ly .” N (¿ T O N C O L N T Y H A T C H E T , T i l l H H D A V , . l l ' L Y 23 , 1803 . from u n der th e ja il to lib e rty . t h e local fau cih er o f th e P ortlan d Sun has fu rn ish ed th at re lia b le new s jo u r n a l w ith an accou n t o f som e prison ers w h o filed th rou gh the im p riso n in g bars o f steel aud dropp ed tw e lv e feet from th eir w indow to th e groun d . It is rom an tic bu t n ot true. I f you see it in th e Sun from W ash in gton co u n ty it isn ’t so. Junior Y. P. S. C. E. Social. L a st n igh t th e Ju n ior C h ristian E n d eavor o f th e C o n g, ch u rch had u social at Mrs. P e rr in ’s p leasan t hom e. A b ou t tw e n ty -e ig h t o f them w ere presen t and e n jo ye d the d e lig h tfu l refresh m en ts o f ice cream and ca ke w ith w h ich th ey w ere surprised. A fte r lu n ch th e y e n jo y e d th em selves in sin g in g and s to ry te llin g , and saw a ta lk by R ev. Mr. R ogers in th e d e a f and d um b lan gu age. E v e ry o n e h ail a splen d id tim e. The Jun iors are un der th e ch arg e o f Miss M arie C la rk and are g ro w in g w on derfu lly and th e ch ild ren are ta k in g great in te r est in it. T h e e x c elle n ce o f th e cream and c a k e th e H a t c h e t can vouch fol lo w in g been k in d ly rem em bered this ■ m orn in g w ith sam ples, and the b righ t faces o f tile ch ild ren w ith th eir a n im a tion in te llin g o f the social w as sufficient p roof th a t th e re co llectio n was m ost pleasu rable. C h a s . M. K n a r , I’ . . « ( l e n t U. S t k w akt , Cashier. B a n k o f F o r e st G rove THE BOW LB Y PHARMACY FOB KMT GROVE, OREGON Established, 1889. Incorporated, 1894. J.C . CLARK, PROPRIETOR C A P I T A L * 5 0 , 0 0 0 .0 0 Mr. Smith was responsible only Keeps a Full Line of all that pertains to a F i r s t C l a s s D r u g GENERAL RANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED B u s i n e s s . Drugs, Proprietary Medicines, Toilet for the assertion that the creek was . . . F o r e ig n a n d D o m e s t ic E x The soil of Sicily has furnished Articles, Perfumes and Stationery. c h a n g e B o u g h t a n d S o ld . C o lle c amply sufficient to furnish water wheat in the “ommerce of that is tio n » M a d e o n a l l A c c e s s ib le * * * * Seven teen y e a rs exp erien ce in com pou n din g prescription s is a gu aran tee < f for 5000 people, and this is all with P o in t s a n d P r o m p t ly R e m itt e d . our a b ility in th a t w ork W ill be g la d to h ave you ca ll w hen needing a n y th in g land to the countries of the Medi which we intended to credit him. I in our line. terranean for two thousand years DIRECTORS: Mr. Monger's Lectures. M a in S t r e e t , F o r e s t G r o v e If anyone took it otherwise we . H INM AN. 1. A. MA C R U M . B F. P U R D Y . without exhaustion or material de M . B I S H E R . E . W . H A Ï M E S . D. C. S T 1 W A R T . were misunderstood. The rest of H arold K . M onser o f B erk eley, C al., pletion of its energy. The agricul C M. K E E P . the sentence was made on our own d elive re d tw o in te re stin g lectures in th e tural chemist has discovered by an C h ristia n ch u rch to la rge houses. T h e responsibility and we would em su b ject F rid a y eve n in g w as “ T h e Y . P. alysis that the soil of our great phatically reassert that the creek S. C. K . and th e C h u rch ” and S atu rd a y Miocene basin, rich in the fossils of will not furnish water the year " N o v e ls and N ovel R e a d in g ” . W ell kept horses, handsome harness, at Wall Paper the Miocene age, contain the same round for 5000 people nor one-tenth tractive and comfortable carriages — are Window Shades properties found in the prolific soils H IL L SB O R O . that amount, Mr. Smith or anyone much pleasanter to ride in, don’t you think of Sicily. This basin or valley, Mr. J. B. S co g g in , at one tim e co n Floor Coverings else to the contrary. one hundred and fifty miles long by nected w ith th e office o f c ity treasurer o f so? T h e y cost no more. Just go to Jones People who are familiar with P o rtlan d , is v isitin g w ith I)r. F . J. Furniture seventy-five miles wide, is one of for your rig. Saddle horses that will suit that region and the flow of water in B a iley o f th is city . the richest, most fertile and pro you. Our ’bus meets every train. Glad the creek throughout the year are A tto rn e y L . K . A d am s leaves th is GEO . L. S M I T H ductive in the world. This vast much lietter authority than any w eek for th e R a n ier co u n try. H e w ill to have you ride in it. Our stables will take area of twelve thousand square stranger who may happen in here, be accom pan ied by cou rt recorder C. E . good care of your horses if you choose to miles by the Willamette Undertaking no matter what his scientific pre R u n yon . leave them with us while in to w n .............. , is inexhaustible ami M on d ay, Messrs, and M esdam es G . A . ' tensions. A local business man energy fcr the W eh ru n g, John D en n is, M essrs. G u s used to live near there and ran the B a iley and D. W . D ob b in s le ft overlan d Embalming JONES THE LIVERYMAN. reat staples of whole creek through a one-inch for N eta rts beach to he absen t several F O R E 8 T G K O V E FORM ST G ItO V E ,ey. This basin pipe to water his garden. To talk w eeks. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. V room an - uie s.-anary of Egypt of a water supply from Prickett’s and H . W e h ru n g and w ife are spen d in g .. which Jose])li storedtip the corn, . . . . ... „ j creek is sheer nonsense and dis- the su m m er m onth s a t N ew p ort and H on. S. B. H uston and fa m ily w ill soon oil and wine until its overflow con- ' .. .. . . , tractmg attention Irotn the mam leave for th e sam e place. D. B. E m - stituted a substantial source of com , . . . C la r k s ’ C ream ery . ................ .. , ; object— good and abundant water erick and M m ify o f S ch o lls a r e a l ibe S E L L S O N L Y T H E BEST OF merce with all the triltes of the f _ _ . ----- TX , , . _ , for Forest Grove. N e farfs b each . Mrs. U. G . G a rd n e r and FINEST BUTTER, Hebrew race dwelling in Palestine . , , „ , „ „ , . . . . . . A local company some vears ago Jlrs- J- * . G a r d n e r are up a t S o d a and the bordering countries. Nor bought up the water rights through s Prin«s camPinK’ New Separator Now Running does this great basin constitute the lhat regkm a n (j stin hoW them H. V. G a te s has com pleted th e pur- and milk wanted. Iirnit ot the great grain-producing . . . , chase of m aterial for th e w ater and lig h t , * . . 1 Iliey are out about $1500. There p lan t a t K la m a th P'alls, and as soon s as em jure of Oregon. The princely;. , , , Oregon. , . .has lieen enough money thrown it arrives from th e east a ctiv e operation s Forest (irove . . . . domain surrounding and including , . , ,, T h e Country affords, in Great rt . . . . ' away there a., the city should w ill b egin . the Umatilla reservation 111 F.asteru . , L a st S a tu rd a y n ig h t a large n u m ber o f a . «w , r , , take warning from the experience Variety and at Moderate Prices ’■ wdfcr-fiiKjjroduc- < ,, veteran s m et at the G ran ge store to con xv , . , -v. I ot these citizens, sid er th e o rg an ization o f a G . A. R. post city will furnish millions A General Shipping Business, The committee’s work will be at th is place. A ll p resen t sign ified a HOH BACH'S nels of wheat for export doubly appreciated if they do some w illin g n e ss to assist, and a m eetin g w ill Wholesale and Retail, HOME jg h the great water highway thing speedily. be held th is com in g S a tu rd a y even in g, the Columbia also constitute a I. . . . Done in A ll Kinds of Dressed Poultry, Fat to p erfect th e m atter and send for a BAKERY source of commerce that would give A CHANCE FOR YOUNG WOMEN. ch arter. A ll old sold iers o f th is v ic in ity Spring Lambs and Veal Calves. C A N D IE S , IC E character to any one of the Euro The results of the recent county w h o are not m em bers o f th e F orest G ro ve or Beaverton posts are requested C H E A M , F R U I T S , pean states. census show 4294 men over 21 to m eet and jo in w ith th e boys. It is These two great grainfiel Is of years of age but the usual ratios of | estim SUM M E R IC E ated th at perh aps forty w ill go in T E L E P H O N E , LVm m 0 ,.*- FO REST GROVE. Oregon are capable ot fee ling ten these to population will not hold as as ch a rte r m em bers, and i f so, each CREAM D R IN K S, millions ot people aud leave a sur there are fewer of them heads of “ em b er w ill be at th e exp en se o f but PASTRY, SO D A , plus of one hundred millions ot ; famiiies than would be the average flfly ce,,ts- The m eetin g th is S a tu rd a y H UE A I), CAKES. bushels of grain for export to the in other regions. Many of them "i«hti * i11 a tt h e G r a n g e H all in judge Atlantic seaboard by the way of are single meu Uoldi„g down T T w o f p V r e * Grove wil, canal. c|aims. the great American American ship su p canal. There are 3 5 9 1 women g iv e a free lectu re a t th e B aptist ch urch I11 keeping oitr drug store open is to put up This is not a wild estimate of the over 18, so Washington county is F rid a y e v e n in g , Ju ly 26. prescriptions, and that keeps us fairly busy— results of the development of oui j an eligible location for the young I M essrs. G eo. Patterson and W . H. with more business in sight. Our shop is often state but a careful and conservative woman who desires to marry, her W e h ru n g h a v e about com pleted som e full, but we will make room for you long enough conclusion founded upon facts al chances being considerably greater e x te n siv e im p ro v em en ts on th e ir resi d en ce properties in th e city . to take your order and will fill it from fresh m»- ready ascertained. It should lie a than in the states east of us. T h e final settlem en t o f the P a trick M c- t -t ial with the utmost care. source of great satisfaction and en Q uade estate w as heard b y C o u n ty A l l I , l u e s in S t o c k . Incidentally (and why not), we supply many Ju d ge C o rn eliu s M onday. couragement to our people that BOTH PROTECTIONISTS. P r ic e s R easo n ab le. people in this vicinity with toilet articles, per T h e S h e r iff o f C la ck a m a s cou n ty w as Oregon has not ouly a rich soil Tillamook county is a protection ----------- i fumes and stationery, and they think a lot of the adapted to the most abundant pro county in practice, if the news in th e c ity M ond ay last on business w ith S h e r iff F ord . •r ler ug store. .JESSE BEAKER, duction of all the staple fine grains papers are true exponents of their G ra y C ross and M iss M ay K . C om T h ird D o or Sou th o f V orts H all, but she has a soil equally well field. The Advocate glories in tiie sto ck w ere m arried at th e residen ce o f FOREST GROVE. adapted to the production of the fact that the material for the new Mr. J. D e L e tts, J u ly 17th. Both y o u n g sugar beet, which at no distant county fire proof vault is native people liv e in th e B eaverton v ic in ity and Apothecaries of the First Class. h ave m a n y frien d s w h o w ish them h ap period will more than supply the rock, and though more costly than piness. demands for home consumption, brick from abroad, all the money R ecord er R. L. M cC orm ick spen t se v Our Clubbing Offer. leaving a surplus for commercial paid will remain in the county. eral d ays th is w eek in com pan y w ith T h k W a s h in g t o n C o u n t y H a t c h e t som e trien d s up in the m oun tains near traffic or inland trade. The Headlight mentions approv and T h e W e e k ly O regonian D E A L E R S IN A state without commerce may ingly that Tillamook does not have the head w aters o f D a iry creek . Ja.oo a y e a r in a d v an ce . C h as. A n d erson , w ho has been v isit possibly become rich and opulent, to send outside for teachers for her in g h is b roth er A. G . A nderson for the T h e W a s h in g t o n C o u n t y H a t c h e t storing up great wealth during the school. past w e e k , has dep arted tor Spragu e and and T h e W e e k ly Sun ages, but that state which can as S p o k an e, w h en ce h e w ill go d irect to $1.50 a y e a r in advan ce. S h u e lista, S w eden , w h ere he w ill wed semble her ships by the score at County Jail Delivery. w ith a d a u g h te r o f th at c ity . A fte r a REASONABLE KATES. her great commercial centers and M ond ay n ig h t W ill. H eim , a w a itin g trip th ro u gh E u rope Mr. Anderson will trial on a ch arg e o f rape am i “ C u ll y '’ keep them busy distributing the THE WESTERN HOUSE. return to th e U n ited S lates, and hit- A ll O rders P rom p tly D elivered. surplus products of her forests, M iller w ho confesses ste a lin g ch ick e n s m an y frien d s here hope to see him locate on tw o cou n ts but p leads in n ocen t o f the G E O . P O T K E T , Proprietor. looms, farms and forges can under oth er tw o and is to stan d tria l 011 th em , in th is v ic in ity . Miss M inn ie W illis o f th is c ity is at the stimulus of proper protection took F ren ch leave o f Jailer Bradford and The Best Hotel for . . . store up colossal wealth and give set out for P ortlan d w here th eir safe- a r present a t N ew p ort sp en d in g a few d ays j Ci, k an , B o a r d e r s , b y th e sea. S h e a ccom p a n ied Mr. and happy homes and remunerative rival has been reported but th eir present C o m fo r ta b le , F ar m e r s , Mrs. Joh n B eegle o f St. H elen s. T H E employment to countless thousands w hereabouts is still a m ystery. Ju st be J. I). M errym an , ca sh ie r o f th e F irri C o n v e n ie n t . T r avelers . fore th e d ep u tv w as to put th em in th eir of her patriotic sons. In addition ca ges for th e n igh t, it occu rred to them N ation al B a n k , retu rn ed T u esd ay from 1 ; p i i o l s t e r e r F o r e s t G r o v e ........................... O r e g o n . to her natural wealth stored up in th at it w as a h ard sh ip on in n ocen t m en a trip to W ilson river and Tillam ook , Satisfaction Guaranteed In t h e b u s i a e s a c e n t e r o f t h e c i t y . her magnificent forests Oregon has to k ee p them penned up four m onth s be a fter an ab sen ce o f 13 d a\s. T h e C aptain All kinds of Upholsterer’s goods “ »« ou tin g, commercial resources in her rich fore th ey were acq u itted and besides the "> ’ •>«» *<• HAIRCUT co u n ty lo o p w as rath er w arm for a sum The »“ * '■ »» * W estern Union supplied on short notice soil, in her future manufactories m er resort so th ey p a cked up th eir be lc ,e Kr“ Ph ,u u a " ‘ > •» ° P " « « ° r Foreat Grove NEXT! WHILE YOU and mines which far excel the lo n g in g ,, w rote a ten der note o f farew ell I chttrKe A t ; L u ca *> th e !ta t,0 ,’ aK 'm ’ wealth of Kgypt or Syria when to th e d ep u ty and set out. T h e ir e xit , WAIT. w ,n ** ,h<‘ ° P ' rator they strove with each other in their w as m ade th rou gh « h ole in the floo. M r E. P. BROW N, Shaving made easy pyramids of wealth and temples of w h ich had once been burned out and tnairnificence aud grandeur. What . . The Carriage Painter . . A T VVIRTZ BROS. T H E F U T U R E COM M ERCE OF OREGON. Ill FINE LIVERY RIGS M cN A M R ’S MEAT MARKET Meats, Sausages, Fish and Poultry m Hogs, BUYER AND SELLER. dljc îiïatn Object • • ** m I SECOND H A M ) F U R N IT U R E BO U G H T A N D SO LD THE MILLER PHARMACY WESCOTT & ALLEN. Fresh and Salt Meats, Poultry, Fish and Game. ERNST Caples & Thomas A r c S o l e A g e n t s in F o r e s t ( i r o v e f o r P . «V N . C O R S E T » , D u st F i t t i n g C o r s e t s in t h e M a r k e t. A s k to se e th e m . Shop. Boo» K n iM lO f. FOREST GROTS. Wash and Be Clean at the Only Baths In Town. Two doors South of Verta Hall.