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T H E W A S H IN G TO N C O U N T Y N E W \ Pag* Two. FCREST GROVfc, ORE., J U L Y 3, 1903. A N E W S CON TEST — * * — A FineVolumcof Dickens for the man, woman or child who can see and tell the happenings of their neighborhood . . . . One of th e b e st books lu th e E n g lish language, in one of its m ost a ttra c tiv e ed itio n s, is offered in a co m p etitio n open to all abso lu te!; w ith o u t cost. T h e little lab o r Involved itse lf w ill benefit every com p e tito r. T h is is one of a se rie s of sim ilar offers, to a p p e a r one a w eek, an d th o se w ho p e rs ist in th e c o n te st, even if th e y do n o t w in a p rize in th e beginning, will find th e tra in in g gain ed of g re a t value. M ark th e puzzle p ic tu re below so as to In d icate th e hidden object, w rite up th e n ew s of your com m unity an d send both w ith your n a m e and a d d re s s so a s to reach T he N ew s before n e x t W ednesday T hose p e rso n s w ho solve th e puzzle c o rrectly w ill have th e ir n ew s re p o rt su b m itted , in such w ay th a t th e ju d g es can n o t die- cover w hose w ork they a re critic isin g , to tw o co m p eten t p erso n s who w ill e stim a te its new s value a c co rd in g to th e o p p o rtu n ities afforded by th e region re p o rte d . In th is w ay » very co m p etito r will h av e an equal ch a n c e to p ro v e his value a s a n e w sg a th e re r, to te s t his a b ility to see w h a t is hap p en in g ab o u t him . T he form o r sty le will n o t count, only th e new s value of th e rep o rt. N ot m erely accid en ts, fires, b irth s, deaths, A Q U A R T E R M I L L I O N D O L L A R S FOR T H I S Y E A R ’S L U M B E R S A L E S . I w eddings, socials, ch u rch and lodge h appenings, crop p ro sp ects, im p ro v e T he lu m b er o u tp u t fo r th is year, with double th e nu m b er of la s t y e a r’s m ills, w ill be tw ice w h a t it w as la s t season, ag g reg atin g tw en ty m illion feet, m en ts, chan g es, school m a tte rs, a re n ew s; w h atev er co n cern s o r Interest* o r in v alu e o v er a q u a rte r m illion. T he yearly o u tp u t of th e various m ills, roughly estim atin g , is: H are, H illsboro, 2,000,000; Johnson, H illsboro, 2,- th e people of its te rrito ry is th e m a te ria l for th e n ew spaper. If you will 000,000; H e rg a t, C ornelius, 1,000,000; W est C hehalem Mts. Mills, 2,500,000; four m ills n o rth of C ornelius, 4,000,000; Glen wood and M ountaindale m ills, ju d g e by w h a t In te re sts you and try to b ring o u t th e p o in ts th a t im press 3,000,000; G ales C reek, 1,500,000; P atto n & H olscher, 3,000,000; Dilley, 500,000. T h e county h as about $100,000 invested in saw m ills and logging m v you, p re se n tin g th e m a tte r a s n eai ly as you can a s you see it, you will chinery. "" - - , find yo u rself m o st successful as a n e w sg ath erer. It is th is ab ility for g ra sp in g an d b rin g in g o u t th e new s fe a tu re s th a t m ark s th e good re W A S H IN G TO N C O U N T Y ASSESSM EN T SUMMARY. HEPPNER B E N E FIT A T GALES For fa tte s t and plum pest baby under p o rte r, th e o n e w ho finds new s w h ere o th ers can see nothing. Rem em CREEK. two y ears of age, a fine high chair. T he table show s th e sum m ary of th e asse ssm e n t rolls for th e p a st th re e ber, if you will b e h o n e st w ith y o u rse lf you really lik e to see your nam e W eight alone n o t to count in th is con years. A ssessor W ilcox is busy on th is y e a r’s roll, but it will be fall be in p rin t, especially accom panied by a good w ord, so o th e rs a re likely to On S a tu rd a y n ig h t of la s t w eek an test. fo re th e co rrect figures can be o b tain ed ; how ever, as h is policy is to be p leased to h av e you sp eak well of them . Ice cream social w as hel'd a t H e lsle r’s C om petition open to th e w orld. ra ise th e a ssessm en t about 25 p e r cent, th e roll will probably foot up over T h e nam e of th e w in n er of th is com petition to g e th e r w ith th e ju d g es hall, G ales C reek, to ra ise m oney for Bring your babies to th e sp e a k e r’s p la t five m illion dollars, of w hich ab o u t half a m illion will be exem pt, o r a will a p p e a r In th e n ex t issue. T h e w in n er will be m ailed an eleg a n t th e H ep p n er re lief fund. O wing to form a few m in u tes before 2 o’clock. n e t v aluation of $4,500,000. edition o f th e book nam ed in th e puzzle. th e a ftern o o n ra in th e crow d w hich 1900. A t dusk, g ran d display of firew orks. 1901. 1902. II. N um ber. {V aluation. You will b e h elping to m ake a live county n ew sp ap er in w hich your collected fo r re fre sh m e n t w as sm all. N um ber. | V a lu a tio n . 11 N um ber V a lu a tio n . A cres tilla b le la n d . 82 ,8 3 3 .0 0 1 4 1 ,1 2 8 ,9 0 0 1 8« ,242.88 »1,406.762 88.673.66 »1.436,385 hom e will b e re p re se n te d , m ay g e t a book w o rth y of a place in a n y Much c re d it is due to Mrs. S. S. D allas A cres no n tilla b le I'd 13 2 7 ,834.00 869,700! 1333,089.74 1,041.8181 335,708.00 1,039,338 F O U R T H O F J U L Y C A R O F S T A T E . Im p ro v e m e n ts on I o n e ’s library, a n d a re su re to p ro fit by th e ex p erien ce of looking for and Miss G e rtru d e Q ually for th e nice deeded o r p a te n t-) ed la n d ................. i new s. T h e re is n o fa c u lty so v a lu a b le as th a t of close observ atio n . 206,405 262.145 271,520 ly a rra n g e d pro g ram . T he com m ittee, of w hich Prof. W ard T ow n a n d c ity lo ts) 129,250 147,772 151,960 A ddress yo u r le tte r, "E d ito r W ash in g to n C ounty News, F o re s t Grove, Mrs. G uy T h rap p, Mrs. E m m a Hines, B. Swope is ch airm an , has arran g ed Im p ro v e m e n ts on [ to w n a n d c ity lo ts 112,205 134,790 137,105 O regon,” w ith th e w ords, "N ew s— R u sh ,” In th e low er le ft h a n d corner, and Mrs. C has. H undly served th e ice th e “C ar of S ta te s ” as follow s: T he Im p ro v e m e n ts on and th e w ords, "D ickens C o m p e titio n ,” In th e u p p er le ft h an d corner. u n p a te n te d la n d .. 725 3.550 3,790 cream , w hile M iss E ula L afferty, Miss states, te rrito rie s and principal islands M iles r a ilr o a d b e d . 34.00 114,020 34.00 114,020 34.00 114,020 W ashington C ounty News, F o re s t Grove. G e rtru d e Q ually, Miss Bell M cC larreu are divided in to n in e groups, each M iles te e p h o n e an d te le g rn p h lin es . 4.926 69.86 113.86 6,005 113.86 6,005 an d M jss C ardie Seam an h a d .c h a : 1 4 ,6 0 0 1 4 , 6 0 0 ) in b e r of th e co m m ittee tak in g one R o l l i n g s t o c k . . . . 14,600 S ta tio n a r y e nghtes of th e san d w ich es and coffee. The group and choosing th e ch ild ren to a n d m 'f'g m 'c h ’ry 28,740 27,125 29,370 Cheney, th e T in n er. F o re s t Grove, ! . G et y o u r p ic tu re s a t M eresse’s, and a rtis tic d rap in g of flags, b u n ting, flow re p re se n t it. T h e com m ittee, Mes- M e rc h a n d ise a n d sto c k In tr a d e . . 66,010 66,150 70,280 O regon, sells all k in d s of tin w are. * g et th em a t cost. • e rs and crep e w as done by M essrs. dam es Sears, Sm ith, K ertson, M cN utt, F a rm in g Im plem ’ts, I w a g o n s, e t c .......... 55,620 69,535 83,255 A dkins, F n llh e a rt, R rlttan and Thrapp. and M isses Roe, Jackson. F errin , M oney, n o te s a n d a c c o u n ts ............... E very one seem ed to have a good L angley and T hom as, m ade th ese se 161,455 179,150 176,710 H o u se h o ld f u r n itu r e , tim e. R eceip ts w ere $17.45. lectio n s: A lm a C lark, Zoa G iltner, je w e lry , e t c .......... 93.315 112,505 141,000 H o rse s a n d m u le s .. 4 .198.00 103.175 4.560.00 113,295 4.486.00 111,490 lo n e Howe, M am ie Ixiom is, E dna T a ttle ......................... 8.218.00 143,810 9.168.00 181.435 10.373.00 194,395 You w ouldn’t suppose th e se hand B acon, F lorence M orley, Mabel S tew S heep a n d g o a ta . . 8,016.00 10,468.00 15,970 20,889 12.247.00 24,500 D ogs ........................... 3.00 45 3.00 45 som e rugs, of w hich we have such a a rt, M attie Case, V enus M artin, Irv a S w i n e ............................ 7,505 2,394.00 9,270 2.831.00 2.655.00 9,000 G ro ss v a lu a tio n . . . 325.849 3 ,9 1 0 ,8 6 1 1 4,014,768 big a sso rtm e n t, w ere so cheap. Money B allard, R ita M aerum , C aroline Wes- E x e m p tio n s ............ 387.555 441,87 6 1 470,776 N e t v a lu a tio n . »2,870,395 »3,468,986 »3.543,993 talk s. H e a r o u r prices. Roe fr Bux co tt, G ladys W ilson. E d n a S tew art, F ay W illiam s, B essie W ilson, R uth ton. • 0 /ÏA W N TR O H M artin, May S tew art, Mabel C heney, A T 7 /yjf A m elia R eils, Sybil Rule, M argaret ____ F O R E S T G R O V E 'S F O U R T H . G ariiso n , M aggie W estern , B eth Sex T he F o u rth of July C elebration at ton, E d ith Sw anson, Amy Sm ith, E s F o re st G rove will be th e b ig g est event th e r P eterso n , G race H ardin, F ern ev er held in W ash ington county. First, C rosley, M yrtle A dam s, C onstance Gei th e n atio n al sa lu te of forty-five guns ger, E stelle Stokes, C arlyn W agner, L POK r o osi a t d a y b re a k ; th e n th e F o re s t Grove H elen H ay, M arie H ay, S a ra R eycraft, B and will give a p atrio tic co n cert on E v a R ey craft, V ida L each, E dith r¿4C/¿?Ly. th e sq u are, from 9 to 10 o’clock. A Sm ith, Vivian B elm ont, Belle Moore, g re a t p arad e, headed by G rand Mar C lara Fow ler, W innie B allard, G ladys sh al F. T. K an e and A ssistan t J. H. K elsey, and M ildred G arrison. F ern M cN am er. fo rm s on th e square, ready H aney will re p re se n t A laska and th e to m arch a t 10 o ’clock. T he o rd e r of o th e r te rrito rie s an d islan d s w ill be m arch Is as follow s: Band, m ayors of re p re se n te d by R oscoe V aughn, Ross n eig h b o rin g c itie s and distinguished K ertso n . H arry H am ilton, M ertroe Hoi- v isito rs in c a rria g e s. C ar of S tates linger, D an W ard, L a n tie Jam es and w ith G oddess of L ib erty , O. A. R., I. O rville Baldw in. O. O. F., W oodm en, K. of P., citizens in carria g e s, callth um pians. Thoa. H. Brow n, th e victorious p arty A t th e grove th e re will be m usic; in th e H ia tt vs. Brow n case, recen tly re a d in g th e D eclaration of Indepen tried before th e C ornelius Justice, de dence, by M iss L en a P a rk e r of Gas sire s it to be u nderstood th a t A ttorney F IN D T U E LUST C H IC K E N . to n ; o ra tio n by C ongressm an B inger B um p did not re p re se n t him , as th e H erm an n . published account of th e case m ade it SUGGESTION UXI XXX ^ In th e aftern o o n , from 1 to 2 o'clock appear. OF C reu n io n of people from Iowa. K ansas, GREATNESS N eb ra sk a , th e D akotas and o th er S. T. CROW sta te s. S.8. H. )W$H, S 0VK 1Y. A n O í d F 'a .'O o rite Sports. E L O R E L E By H e i n r i c h Heine T H E L O R E L E I W HAT Foster t* to A m e ric a n s . B u r n s to th e 8 c o tc h and Moore to t h e I r is h . H e in r ic h H e in e is to th e Germans— the w r i t e r o f t h e m o s t p o p u la r o f t h e na tional so n g s H e in e w a s b o r n in D ü s s e ld o rf. P r u s s ia , Dec. U, 179S, o f J e w is h p a r e n ts . In o r d e r to pursue higher studies a t t h e u n iv e r s itie s h e e m b ra c e d C h r is tianity In I K . He w r o te m u c h , p r in c ip a lly v e r s e s and criticisms, and remains o n * o f t h e m o s t p o p u la r o f German writer*, a lth o u g h t h e la s t y e a r * o f h is Ilfs wer* spent In Franos. A f t e r a lingering Illness of ten years Heine died In Paris In ISM. Among ths •noX popular of his poems are "I'll* Lorelei," ‘Thou Art Lika a and "Two Grenadiers Rod* Toward Franca" I I KNOW not whence It rissa This thought so full of woe; But a tale of times departed Haunts me, and will not go. W ith a golden comb she comb* It; And a wild song slngeth sh*. That melts th* heart with a And powerful mXody. Th* air I* cool, and It darken*. And calmly flow* the Rhine; The mountain peaks are sparkling In the sunny evenlng-shlna Th* boatman feels hla bosom W ith a nameless longing move; He sees not th* gulfs before him. H is gas* Is Used above- And yonder sits a maiden. The fairest of the fair; With gold Is her garment glittering. As she combs her golden hair; TUI aver th* host and boa.man Th* Rhine’s deep watere run; And this, with her magic singing, Ths Lortlsl has done! REAL E S TA TE AGENT R ace, boys u n d e r 12, first prize $2.50, Buys and sells farm s and tim b er land, second p rize $1.50. City an d C ountry P ro p erty . R ace, g irls u n d e r 12. first $2.50, sec- P o rtla n d Office: 85 N. 6th St. P. D. on $1.50. H en d ersh o tt, Mgr. F a t m a n ’s race, first $2.50, second Forest Grovs $1.50. W h eelb arro w race, flr»t $2.50, sec J. A. Abbott Mayns Abbott ond $1 50. E x p e rt O ptician. P o ta to race, first $2.50, second. $1.50. IA d tes' race, first $2.50. second $1.60. S h o t p u t, first, s h irt $2.75; second, s h irt $1.60. F o o t race, first, shoes $4.00; second, Watchmakers sw e a te r $1.50. R u n n in g broad jum p, first, h a t $2.50; £ second, gloves $1.60. H u rd le race, first $5. second $2.50. G reased pig. first $5. ■iris ving. B icycle race, first $5. second $2.50. I Argent stock in the county of Clocks, Baby Show, For the prettiest girl nnder one year W atches. Jewelry. Silverware, Socle*y Emblem s and T oilet Trinkets. o f age. a gold necklace. All work warranted. For the prettiest boy under one yea i G lasses fitted. of age a silver spoon. You can buy what yon want and pay For the prettiest girl between one a little at a tim e If preferred. and tw o yeara of age, gold pins. For the prettiest boy between one F O R E S T GROVE. OREGON and tw o years of age. a silver spoon. «X X X XO Abott < 2fe Son Jewelers W. R. Hicks Pries* th* Lowest Qualities the Best Mowing Machines, Hay Rakes, Farm Implements of all kinda Doors and Windows. Special Inducements in Screen Doors Paints. Oils and Varnish. Machine Oil for Farmers. All kinds of feed. Stockmen's Stock Food and Poultry Food. North ef Woods A Ada ma FO R E S T GROVE. OREGON