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
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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 .
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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.
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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
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tio
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a
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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,
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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
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0
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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.
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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
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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
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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"
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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