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Up-to-Date Country Newspaper--Republican in Pditics Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon, June 19, 1903. Vol. 1. , h a s boon v isitin g h e r «on.— Miss E d n a H iblis left last F rid ay for C orvallis, to a tte n d th e C om m encem ent ex er cises.— Mr. F red N eil, of A shland, O r., w as in tow n a few days, the g u est of h is uncle. A. A. R ussell.—T h e I. O. O. F. lodge and th e W. O. W. had m em o rial services a t th e ch u rch S unday m orning. Rev. Mr. C urran preached th e m em orial serm on.—A rth u r M atto- son and Mrs. B ert P o rte r hav e gone to M onm outh 10 a tte n d th e C om m ence m ent ex ercises.—Mr. F ran k H arding, of M cM innville, visited his b ro th er, E. X. H ard in g , of tills place, fo r a sh o rt tim e. W A S H I N G T O N COUNTY. T h e field u f T h e N ew s U th e th a t a g rl t o 11 o in I c o u n ty o f O regon. K lr»t fo r c lover, fo r onions, fo r gi'tipes. u n d In d a i r y i n g ; It a ls o lends In d iv e rsifie d fnnnlD K a n d Is fa m o u s fo r fine h o rs e s, K 'ssl I'n ttle a n d blooded sh ee p a n d you Is. Its hay Is beiug b o u g h t. th o u s a n d s of to n s of it, by th e g o v e rn m e n t to feed c a v a lr y h o rse s In th e P h il ip p in e s ; its w in e s to o k gold m e d a ls o v e r C a lifo rn ia 's e x h ib it a t th e C h ic ag o W o rld 's F a ir. Its p r u n e s a n d h o p s get th e to p p ric e s In th e m a rk e t, a n d s u g a r heels. Max, to b acco , s w e e t p o ta to e s , h o rs e ra n Ish. a n d m u sh ro o m s show th e v a r ie ty of Its p ro d u c tio n I t s I k . imhi people live in Itotai h o u ses, o f w hich 'Jotai a r e on fa rm s, a n d th e g re a t m a jo rity ow n th e ir ow n hom es. S ly w a g o n ro a d s a n d tw o lin e s of ra ilw a y c o n n e c t th e c o u n ty w ith P o r tla n d , m e tro p o lis o f th e P a c ific N o rth w e st, fro m 4 to :to m iles d is ta n t, a n d h e re is fo u n d re a d y s a le fo r its p ro d u c ts , to n a l schools, goial ro a d s, a n e tw o rk of fa rm te le p h o n es a n d m an y r u r a l d e liv e ry ro u te s a ffo rd in g d a ily m all m a k e W a s h in g to n c o u n ty a p ro s p o ro u s c o u n try re g io n w ith a ll th e c o n ven ien ces o f th e c ity . L u tlh e ra n C hurch D edication. T h e dedication of th e new H erm an L u th era n ch u rch building a t S h e r wood occurred Sunday. A larg e dele gation of church m em bers cam e out from P o rtlan d on a special excursion tra in in th e m orning and re tu rn e d the sam e evening. T he new building was T h e q u ick est w ay to tu rn second h and household goods, fu rn itu re , o r a n y th in g of w hich you w ant to dispose. Into m oney is to send it to th e A uction H ouse. • TIG ARDV iLLE CATHOLIC CHURCH. h andsom ely deco rated for th e o c cas ion. w hile th e cap acity w as w anting to accom m odate all in a tte n d a n c e . Rev. C arl B rech er, of P o rtlan d , th e local p asto r, p reach ed th e d edication serm on in th e m orning. A fternoon serv ices closed the m eeting. A very liberal collection w as received to w ard paying th e in d eb ted n ess. . v v v v v -r -F-r j An O l d F 'a - V o r ite > -I« -t- *î* -l* -I- CURFEW MUST NOT R Ì N G R udyard K ipling thought he had never really lived until he w ent fish ing In O regon riv ers an d brought back such a strin g as is show n In th e illu s tr a te d . two m onths.— Mr. N. S. P rick ett, being Mrs. W. E. Mays, last w eek.— Miss sick, could not a tte n d school m eeting. W innie T urney, of C alifornia, is the Countiy Correspondence J g u est of Mr. and Mrs. F red Schom- -wrisico«!, Ju n e 17. M eters. Park«* burg.t Mr W> W .»Pal’v.«v.ne beau h av . H ickory Knob (B a n k s), Ju n e 17 .— and C rocker, of C anby, a re looking ing tro u b le w ith his eyes since his re School in d is tric t No. 75 closed w ith for a location for a saw mill. They tu rn from th e E ast, and h e Is now in th e usual e x ercises and th e te ac h er have bought tim b er land of I. J. P ortland having them treated by Dr. E. re tu rn e d to h e r hom e in F o re s t Grove. T om pkins and have leased th e tim b er D eW itt Connell.— M rs. and Mrs. J. J —J. G arrig u s and son killed a large on Sam uel Jo h n so n ’s place.— As Mr. Fow ler, w ith tw o of th e ir children. wild c a t on th e 13th in st.— B. T. W est and Mrs. C. S. W hite. Miss P auline N ora and F ran k , passed through town R ichard lost one of his h o rse s last Sunday.— Joss and Rev. M. M a d .in w ere going S atu rd ay .—Dr. and Mrs. School m eetin g w e n t off q uietly Mon hom e from church in Shady Brook la st Sandford have gone to visit Mrs. Sand day afternoon. Mr. F ra n k Sell was Sunday evening som e m ischievous ford's siste r, Mrs. A. O. W alling, of elected d irecto r, and Mr. H. V. W hit boys gave them a show er of ro tte n Oswego. T hey will also a tte n d th e In ney. clerk .— S unday and M onday w ere eggs.— Mrs. Jacob N ew m an is sufferin dian W ar V e te ra n s’ an d th e P ioneers' th e m ost p ro tra c te d th u n d e r storm s In from a severe s tro k e of p araly sis.— m eeting In P ortland. T h e ir dau g h ter, O regon, and w e had q u ite a hail storm | Mr. A lexander D onaldson, of San Mrs. Thos. Connell, is stay in g a t th eir M onday even in g .— M essrs. Piillm ore, F rancisco, Cal., is visiting w ith his homo d u ring th e ir ab sence.— Mrs. P a rm ley and Miss M ary G arrigus re cousin, Mrs. J. W. C onnell.— Mr. W. C. N ancy Johnson is Just reco v erin g from tu rn e d hom e from P hilom ath, T ues D avety Is suffering w ith rheum atism . a slig h t a tta c k of la grippe. day, w here they h a v e been a tten d in g — Mr. and Mrs. R ay W eld a re visiting G aston, Ju n e 17.—M rs. M artha college, th e p a s t w in te r and sp ring.— i w ith h er p aren ts, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Miss W oodrun re tu rn e d hom e from Mc Mrs. G arrig u s is a b le to be around the W hite.— Miss C ornelius and house again , a fte r a n illn ess of over I Boulby visited Miss C ornelius' sister. M innville Monday evening, w here shi t *!- TONIGHT P R O B A B L Y n o o t h e r r e c ita tio n h a s b e e n so p o p u la r w ith A m e r ic a n a n d E n g lis h a u d ie n c e s a s " C u rfe w M u s t N o t R in g T o n i g h t." T he a u th o r. U oae l l a r t w l e k T h o r p e , w a s b o rn a t M is h a w a k a , ln d ., J u ly 18, 1850, a n d n o w r e s id e s a t P a c ific B e a c h , C a l. H e r f a m o u s p o em w a s w r i t t e n w h ile s h e w a s s till a s c h o o lg irl. I t w a s f ir s t p u b lis h e d In th e D e tr o it C o m m e rc ia l A d v e r tis e r a n d w o n i n s t a n t a n d w id e re c o g n itio n . M rs. T h o r p e h a s s in c e w r i t t e n m a n y p o p u la r h o o k a a n d p o e m s, e s p e c ia lly f o r t h e y o u n g , b u t n o n e o f h e r w o rk h a s b e e n a s w id e ly s p r e a d a s t h e p r e t t y ta l e o f B e s s ie a n d h e r lo v e r N G LA N D 'S sun wits slowly settin g o’er th e hills so fa r aw ay. F illing all th e ! a id w ith beauty a t th e close of one sad d ay ; E A nd the lust ray s kiss'd the forehead o f a m an and m aiden fair, li e w ith step so slow an d w eakened, site w itli sunny, floating h a ir; H e w ith sad bowed head, an d thou g h tfu l, she w itli lips so told and w hite. S truggling to keep back th e m urm ur, “C u rfew m u st not rin g to-night.” “Sexton,” B essie's w h ite lips faltered, iMiiutiug to th e prison old. W ith its w alls so d a rk and gloomy—w alla so d a rk an d d am p und cold— “ I'v e u lover in th a t prison, doom ed tills very n ig h t to die A t the ringing o f th e C urfew , und no e a rth ly help is nlgli. Crom w ell w ill not come till su n set," nnd h e r face grew stran g ely w hite. As she spoke in husky w hispers, “C urfew m u st not ring to-night.” "B essie.” calm ly spoke th e sex to n —every w on! pierced h er young h e a rt Like a th ousan d gleam ing arrow s, like a deadly-poisoned d a r t— "Long, long y e a rs I'v e ru n g th e C urfew from th a t gloomy shadow ed to w er; E very evening, ju s t a t sunset. It has told the tw ilig h t hour; 1 have done my d u ty ever, tried to do it ju s t an d right. Now I'm old I w ill not m iss it; girl, the C u rfew rin g s to-night!” W ild her eyes and pale h er featu res, ste rn and w h ite h e r th o u g h tfu l brow , A nd w ith in her h e a rt's deep centre, Bessie m ade a solemn vow; She had listened w hile th e Judges read, w ith o u t a te a r or sigh, "A t tlie ringing of the C u rfe w —Basil U nderw ood must die.’' A nd her b reath cam e fa s t nnd faster, an d her eyes grew larg e anil b rig h t— One low m urm ur, scarcely spoken—“C u rfew must sot ring to-night!” She w ith light step bounded fo rw ard , sprang w ith in the old church door, L eft th e old m an coining slowly p a th s h e'd trod so o ft before; Not one m om ent p au sed th e m aiden, but w ith cheek and brow aglow , S tag g en sl up tlie gloomy tow er, w h ere the liell sw ung to and fro; T hen she clim bed th e slim y ladder, d ark , w ith o u t one ray of light. U p w ard still, h er p ale lips saying: “C urfew shall not ring to-night.” She has reached the topm ost ladder, o'er h er han g s the g reat d a rk hell, A nd the aw fu l gloom benenth her, like th e p a th w a y dow n to hell; See. the pondrous tongue is sw inging, 'tis th e hour of C u rfew now, A nd the sight has chilled her bosom, stopped h e r b reath an d paled h e r brow. Shall she let it ring? No. never! h e r eyes flash w ith sudden light, As she spring s and g rasp s it firm ly—"C urfew slinll not ring to-night!" O ut site sw ung, fa r out. tlie city seem ed a tin y speck below ; T here, tw lx t h eaven and e a rth suspended, a s th e bell sw u n g to a n d fro ; A nd th e h alf-d e a f sexton ringing (years he h ad not h eard th e belli, A nd lie th o u g h t th e tw ilig h t C urfew rang young B asil's fu n eral knell; Still the m aiden clinging (irmly, cheek nnd brow so pale and w hite, Stilled her frig h ten ed h e a rt's w ild b eatin g —'"C urfnt sholt not ring to-night." It w as o’e r—th e bell censed sw aying, and th e m aiden steppisl onee m ore F irm ly on the d am p old ladder, w here for hu n d red y ears liefore H um an foot had not been p la n te d ; an d w h a t she th is n ig h t b ad done Should he told in long y e a rs a fte r as tlie ra y s of settin g sun L ight th e sky w itli mellow beau ty , aged sin 's w ith heads ol w h ite Tell th eir children w hy th e C urfew did not rin g th a t one sad night. O 'er tlie d is ta n t hills cam e C rom w ell: Bessie saw him. nnd h e r brow , <|> L ately w hite w ith sickening terror. glow s w ith sudden b eauty now ; ♦ X A t his foot she told h e r story, show ed h er h an d s all bruised and to rn ; Z And her sw eet young face so h aggard w ith a look so snd and w orn. ♦ Touched til« h e a rt w ith sudden pity - lit his eyes w ith m isty light; T -Go. your lover lives!” cried C rom w ell; “C urfew shall not ring to-night.” On la s t Sunday th e C atholics of th e little m ission ch u rch a t T igardville re joiced at the re tu rn of th e ir p asto r, a fte r six w eek s’ ab sen ce on a m ission trip through S o u th eastern O regon. F o r tw o y ears p a st th is m ission lias had u n in terru p ted service every o th e r Sunday, and d u rin g th e absence of F a th e r I.e Miller, on his trip th rough l.a k e and K lam ath counties, it w as in tended th a t it should be v isited as before, but th e d e a rth of p rie sts in th e diocese ren d ered it im possible. So th a t th ese people, so used to reg u larly co n g reg atin g a t s ta te d tim es, had to m eet w ith d isap p o in tm en t for th e tw o in terv en in g S undays. F a th e r L e M iller’s w ork is v ery m uch ap p reciated a t T igardville. Tw o y ears ago the cong reg atio n w as prac- ticallv I unorganized. tuR under hU earn I t'lia s been noveld lo p e iu ln to 'a suifcesi- ful parish. Two fru itfu l m issions hav® been given and th ese, com bined w ith F a th e r L e M iller's u n tirin g w ork, have b u ilt up a zealous cong reg atio n . —C atholic S en tin el, Ju n e 12. A new line of w all p aper. N othing fresh en s up a hom e and gives so much la stin g p le a su re for so little m oney as ta ste fu lly d eco rated w aits and celling. No excuse fo r dingy room s new ; v a rie ty to s u it every ta ste . P rices th a t will h arm onize with any pocket book. Roe & Bux ton. • New and second-hand O rgans an<i Pianos fo r sale a t a b arg ain a t T h a B azaar, F o re s t G rove, Or. • J ♦ J ♦ J + J ♦ J 4 + £ * ♦ J + J * Z T Z T j, T + J + j + J * J ♦ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + -M -+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ♦ ♦ + ♦ ♦ ♦ AN OREGON PLA C ER MINING SCEN E. • O reg o n 's f rs t boom w as tlie ov erflow from a C alifornia m ining d isap p o in tm en t half a cen tu ry ago. and d u rin g the stam p ed es of late y e a rs to A laska and th e B ritish te rrito ry mar. y w ho have failed to find rich es In th e N orth have been co n ten ted to rem ain In O regon, w hore N atu re seem ed to give m ore a b u n d a n t re tu rn for th e ir toil th a n in t r e i r E astern hom es. B i t O regon has gold of Its ow n. and th e fa rm e rs of W ehfoot, recallin g th e ir early ex p erien ces on in h e ritin g a ta s te fo r th e ex citem ent, have m any of th em becom e Interested in S outhern and E a ste rn O regon, and Invested som o of th e su rp lu s from th e farm io tr y in g to w ash w ealth from gravel.