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%r BIÎCEÎT An U p -to-Date Country Ne vspaper--Republican in P lit ics. F o re st G r o v e , W a s h in g t o n C o u n ty . O r e g o n , A u g . 28, 1903. th e n eighbors w ere h u n tin g a n o th e r b e a r Sunday, but did n o t succeed in killing it.------Mr. S tan d b rid g e has been 1 peeling c h ittem b a rk n e a r th e Lee falls lately.------Mr. E arl F ish er, of Beaver- ton. w as v isitin g his fo rm er pupils S atu rd ay . ------ Mrs. C allahan sp en t W ednesday in F o re st G rove shopping. WEST OF FOREST GROVE, . i W eet of F o rest Grove, Aug. 25.— R. M. Btsbee sta rte d his th resh in g m a T h e field o f T h e N ew s is th e first a g r i ch in e again but had to sh u t down on c u ltu r a l c o u n ty o f O regon. F i r s t fo r clover, account of th e rain .------F arm ers a re fo r o n io n s, fo r g ra p e s, a n d In d a iry in g ; It g e ttin g th e blues. Som e of them a re a ls o le a d s in d iv e rsifie d fa rm in g a n d is fa m o u s fo r fine h o rse s, good c a t tle a n d alread y p red ictin g a w et fall and w ith blooded sh ee p a n d g o a ts. I ts h a y is being a good crop o f g rain alread y harvested b o u g h t, th o u s a n d s o f to n s of it. by th e th a t would be ruined, we can easily g o v e rn m e n t to feed c a v a lr y h o rs e s in th e REEDVILLE. see w hy th ey a re grow ing uneasy. P h il ip p in e s ; its w in e s to o k g old m ed als itt T ^ey certa in ly would ap p reciate fine o v e r C a lifo rn ia ’s e x h ib it a t th e C hicago R eedville. Aug. 26. M. C. H n t ew wm W o rld ’s F a ir . I t s p ru n e s a n d h ops g e t th e sp e n t one day la st week in H illsboro. w e a t,.e r T he g rain th a t has been to p p ric e s in th e m a rk e t, a n d s u g a r beets, Miss Sm ith, Miss Ida Sm ith and tbreaue(j ba s tu rn ed out well and if Hax. to b acco , s w e e t p o ta to e s , h o rse ra u M iss Ruble visited with Miss Mer- fa rm e rs can onjy get good w eather ish , a n d m u sh ro o m s show th e v a r ie ty of c h an t, Sunday. E. E. W elling h as th e ir th re sh in g done, all would its p ro d u c tio n . I ts 18,000 people live in 3300 h o u ses, o f w h ic h 2500 a re on fa rm s , moved into o u r com m unity. Mrs. b e well, and th is neck of the woods a n d th e g r e a t m a jo rity ow n th e ir ow n J. T. T aylor and h e r tw o ch ild ren who couj < j bo a st of as good a crop as th ere hom es. S ig w a g o n ro a d s a n d tw o H ues of have been visitin g C. F. B e rg stran d b a g been in re c e n t years. G rain eut- 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 , and fam ily, a t th is place, re tu rn e d *o jg n e a r]y com pleted. A few scat- m e tro p o lis o f th e P a c ific N o rth w e s t, f r o * 4 to 32 m ile s d is ta n t, a n d h e re is fo u n d th e lr hom e in Gem. Idaho. T h u rsd ay , te rin g fields yet we notice th a t a re still re a d y s a le fo r its p ro d u c ts . (Jood sch o o ls, ------A rth u r C. O akm an, w ho is em- ^ u u cu t,------ Mr. H u n te r and fam ily are >d roads,, a n e tw o rk of fa rm te le p h o n es ployed in P o rtla n d , sp e n t Sunday ^ e coast. It seem s to us th a t th is a n d m a n y r u r a l d e liv e ry r o u te s a ffo rd in g d a lly m a il m a k e W a s h iu g to ir c o h h ty a p ro s w ith his p a re n ts. Mr. and M rs N. f - , rain y tim e w ould be ra th e r tough on p e ro u s c o u n try re g io n w ith a ll th e con O akerm an. T h re sh in g has been tb e p£0p]e th a t a re cam ping out. We v en ien ces o f th e c ity . som ew hat delayed, in th is vicinity, on w jsb them well and hope th a t this kind acco u n t of th e O regon m ist. T h is weather w ill cease shortly.——J. T. tow n w as alm o st d e se rte d M onday, R UXton and w ife an d his b ro th e r Aus- th e g re a te r p a rt of th e population h a \- anfj w|f e w ere v isito rs a t D. C. ing gone to th e circu s in P o rtla n d . S te w a rt's on la s t Sunday.— Mr. Ander- llm othy.----- A (a m p m eetin g Is in R um or h as w hispered th a t th e " e<l‘ |SOn ¡o having som e tro u b le w ith w ires pi o g ress th is w eek a t V ernonia, w ith ding bells a ie soon to be h eard in our | n b | 8 hCp field. T h e re is a heavy crop good re su lts.------Mr. G ust Schm idlin is neighborhood. of hops and th e Vecent ra in s to g eth er c u ttin g a fine lot of ced a r shingles. is p u ttin g too m uch w eight on th e w ire and they a re b reak in g . Mr. A nderson SHERWOOD. think.« th e heps will be read y to pick PATTON VALLEY. Sherw ood. Aug. 26.— A ttorney H all, by S eptem ber 10th. P a tto n V alley, Aug. 26.—Mr. Jim I.ee of N ew berg. m ade Sherw ood a busi- -M rs. R - sh o t and killed a larg e black b e a r F ri n ess visit a few days ago. MANNING. day evening in P a tto n V alley, neai B. M orback and Mrs. S ch n eller w ere M anning, Aug. 24.— M illie T h o rn th e W illiam s hop y ard .------Mr. Pem th e g u e sts of M rs. J. W. W in te rs of burgh and Mrs. A hlstrom , of F o rest M iddleton on la st T uesday.------Mrs. N. P a tto n will com m ence to pick his hops Grove, w ere v isitin g in M anning th is th e 11th of S eptem ber. He is ex p ect P. A tte rb u ry of th is place left on last w eek.----- Mrs. L. F. C arsten s and C. M onday to v isit h e r old hom e in Mis- ing a good yield.------Mr. F red R eins, of L. Beneflel bro u g h t th e ir m o th er hom e F o re s t Grove, w as w ith th e b a le r la s t souii.-——C onsid erab le celery is now from Garfield, W ash., la s t S atu rd ay . w eek, a c tin g as en g in ee r.------M rs. b ein g shipped to th e P o rtlan d m a rk et She a r im proving very slowly.----- Nixon and Miss R osa G errish w ere in from th is place. T he g ro w e u claim | th a t th ey receiv e, from 60 to 90c p<.r j F a n n e r ' a re* verb' fmsV c u ttlii? and P a tto n V alley S atu rd a y .------Mr. H aines C. L. Ben- hog ten men w o rk in g a t th e I.ee falls, dozen, being a much m ore profitable slack in g grain th is w eek. GASTON. eflel lost a horse one day th is w eek. b u sin e ss th a n alm o st a n y o th e r prod sev eral of them from F o re s t Grove. G aston, Aug. 28.— S unday evening We u n d e rsta n d he is to have 20 men u c t th a t can be raised .------A Mr. HAYWARD. a t th e U nion C hurch, Mr. P a tte rso n , w orking fo r ab o u t six w eeks, o r as F le tc h e r, of N ew berg. h as sold o u t his re c en tly from Chiua, gave a very In lo n g -a s th e w e a th e r w ill p erm it.------ b lack sm ith b u sin ess a t th a t place and H ayw ard. Aug. 24.— Hayv. a id is te re s tin g talk abou t his m issio n ary Mrs. C allahan and fam ily visited S un will locate a t ‘Sherw ood. W e u n d er h aving plenty of rain th is w eek. T he w ork w hile there. H is su b je c t w as day at th e hom e of Mr. R iley I.ee.— — sta n d th a t Mr. F le tc h e r in ten d s to put potatoes an d corn grew so fa s t since C hina.------7<iiss B e rth a J e te r h as re Mr. and M rs. W ill L ee v isited Sunda. up q u ite a la rg e build in g a t th is place th e rain you could a lm o st h e a r them tu rn e d to h e r hom e in P o rtla n d , a fte r a t th e hom e of Mr. Allen McLeod.------ and c a rry a line of farm im plem ents pop.------P ru n e s a re com m encing to a two w eek s’ visit w ith frie n d s and Mr. P u rd y , w ho b ought th e Roe farm , in connection w ith h is o th e r business. ripen, and a re looking fine.------M rs. R. re lativ es.------Mrs. T hom as, of F o re s t is build in g a new house on it.------ Pat- ------It h as been officially announced W h itten re tu rn e d from h e r v isit Sun. G rove, is spending a few days a t th e , ton V alley h as been v isited by a good th a t th e section crew s on th is line will d a y .------M rs. K a tie B othm an, from hom e of h e r m other, M rs. H. B est.------ ra in sev eral tim es lately .------Mr. and be d isch arg ed in th e n e a r fu tu re and G resham , cam e o u t on th e stage T h e P a rk e r boys h av e gone to Mon- Mrs. N ickol, of South P o rtla n d , also rep laced by C hinese labor. T he S. P. T uesday, and sp en t a p le a s a n t w eek m outh to g et out a carload of ship ( Mr. and M rs. Jan ic k e , o f H illsdale, Co. is b eing q u ite sh a rp ly cen su red bj w ith frien d s, re tu rn in g S unday.------ k n ees, to fill a c o n tra c t w hich th ey j sp e n t sev eral days a t th e L e e falls, th e people along th e lin e fo r th eir T he H ayw ard people a re going to the hav e tak en .—-— Mr. Cook and fam ily, ‘ fishing and hun tin g . ■----- Mr. W ill ac tio n s In th is m a tte r, b u t It is claim ed ghow at P o rtlan d M onday to see th e o f P o rtlan d , w ho a re sp en d in g th e ' F le tc h e r w as in P a tto n V alley S atur- j by th em th a t th e u n se ttle d conditions won(j erg 0 j tb e w orld.. sum m er out h ere, h av e ju s t re tu rn e d day.------Mr. Pem P a tto n is. re p a irin g , in la b o r circles, arid high w ages de- • 1 th e P a tto n V alley schoolhouse. abov» J m en d ed h a s n e c e ssita te d th e change, from a w eek’s stay a t Tillam ook SCHOLLS. of H illsboro, is th e and below , w ith a new sill and a new ------M ost of th e hop g ro w ers in this M iss L ucy Frcv, Scholls. Aug. 25.— Mrs. Rm.sell Hat- g u est of M iss G race H ard in g fo r a roof.------Rev. E d w ard C u rran delivered sectio n will com m ence picking on the few days.------M iss M ary W ills is hom e his farew ell serm o n Sunday in th e P at- first o f S ep tem b er. T he cloudy eon- cliffe. w ith h e r son. h as been v isit again, a fte r spending th e w in te r in ton V alley c h u rc h ; te x t found In Isa. ditio n of th e w e a th e r h as been quite ing frien d s anti re lativ es here, and P o rtlan d .------Mr. and Mrs. J. D. H ibbs x lli:4, “T h e U n failin g C h rist.”------ d e trim e n ta l to th e m a tu rin g of the retu rn ed to h e r hom e in P o rtlan d and son a re spending th e ir vacatio n Miss Anna C allahan v isited T u esd ay hops, and a s lice and mold a re now Sunday.------M essrs. Bud T ayior, B urt a t M r. R ech cr’s, e v e r n e a r T illam ook, and W ed n esd ay a t th e hom e of Miss q u ite n o ticeab le in a g re a t m any yards Fonda and C harles H ltchock re tu rn and th e rep o rt is th a t H al killed a N ellie S ta n d b rid g e .------P a tto n V alley p ick in g will be h u rrie d as m uch as ed hom e from T iliam ook la s t W ednes day.------B orn, Aug. 22, to th e wife of la rg e deer.— —Miss H a ttie Scolfield. h as an a b u n d an ce of gam e th is y e a r; possible. W A SH I N O TO N CO UN TY . Gôwrrjr fi OR RE SPONDEN Gì of C ornelius, is th e g u est of h e r sis te r. Mrs. E. J. W ard .------T h e W om en of W oodcraft held an ice cream social in th e A rtisan H all S atu rd ay evening, b u t on account of th e u nfavorable w eath er, the crow d w as ra th e r sm all, and th e proceeds w ere n o t very large. WHERE CORRESPONDENCE COMES F R O M — O R E G O N ’S L E A D I NG A G R I C U L T U R A L C O U N T Y . Dilley, Aug 24.— M rs. F orbes and fam ily have lately moved h e re from M ontana.------P e te r H a rp e r w as found lying unconscious In h is shop F r i day of last w eek a t 10 o’clock a. m., and died ab o u t sundow n th e sam e day, som e say of appoplexy, som e say of suicide.------Mr. H an sen , son of our respected tow nsm an. Is up from P ortland v isitin g frien d s. H e Is a pleasan t young m an.------Rev. Mr. Clcl- land. p a sto r of th e South P o rtlan d P resb y terian n C hurch, and wife, a re h ere for th eir vacation. H e preached at the M, E. church la s t S undav eve ning. He Is a friendly g entlem an ---- Dr. B row n’s son, from T acom a, W ash., was a c aller a t Mrs. M cP her son's th is w eek.------M iss M cPherson w ent un G ales creek T u esd ay 'o see h er uncle, w ho la sick.------Mr. .1. C. R ounds’ d au g h ter, from n e a r N orth Y amhill, Is spending a few days w ith h e r (M irent a.------Mra. P eteraon had com pany from P o rtlan d laat w eek.------ Rev Mr. P utnam haa been doing hua- ineaa in th e O rove m oat of laat w eek. ------H aying and h a rv eatin g and h au l ing hay a re about over for thia aea- to n .------Cropa a re very good thia year, and all aeem to be happy. I BANKS. B anks, Aug. 25.—John FYiday Is ju s t finishing his hop house, p re p a r ing for the larg e crop w hich will b* ready betw een the first and th e ten th . ------T he S chneider saw m ill has changed hands again. It now belongs to Shipley & G allow ay.------T h e lec tu re s at F ir G rove Sunday w ere suc cessful.------A m an h e re from Colorado who ha.« been looking over O; '¡ton, likes W ashington county th e b e st of any place he h as seen, and th in k s or locating n e a r B anks.------M isses L au ra P hipps and M ary O arrtgus w ent to P o rtlan d and had som e dental w orn CEDAR MILL. done.------T he th re sh e rs a re blow ing C edar Mill, A ugust 24.—T h resh in g th e ir h orns In our neighborhood thi» is in full b la st in th is vicinity.------ w eek. R unaw ays seem of alm ost daily occur rence in th is vicinity. W ith th e excep tion of Mr. W m. H arvey, who had one SEGHERS. i horse killed and th e o th e r severely Seghers. Aug. 24.—Mr. A ugust R oth I injured, th e re h as been no dam age h as finally received th e help for g re a te r th an b lack sm ith 's bills.----- - w hich h e h a s been looking all sum M essrs. M. G. R eeves, E. Blue, R. L. m er, in th e person of Joseph Broen- W ann and F. O sterh am m er have re ner, w ho arriv ed on th e 18th, all th e tu rn ed from an eight-day o u tin g on way from B aden, G erm any.------Mr. Rock creek.------O ur road supervisor, A rchie W alker is having th e th re s h Mr. F. H am el, contem plates tre a tin g ing done h e re th is season, h is crop th re e m iles of th e C ornell road to a tu rn in g out finely, b u t he w as som e coat of crushed rock this fall. T his w h at disappointed by rain S atu rd ay . is a step in th e rig h t direction and ------Mr. A lbert D ethlefs is ju s t th a t it will be ap p reciated by th e fa rm th rough w ith th e la s t of his big oat e rs who trav el th e road th r e e or hay crop, baling It F rid ay .------M r. V. four tim es a w eek goes w ith out say H. H anson haH finished h au lin g his ing.------Neely, th e 4-year-old son of piling, a t w hich he h as been w orking Mr. and Mrs. B. F. O w ens, died Mon fo r th e la s t four m onths.------E very- day with d ip th th e re tic croup. T hey oine is w ishing th e railw ay could have th e sym pathy of th e e n tire com fu rn ish c a rs now so we could g et m unity in th e ir sad b ereav em en t. A loading room for hay, w hich h as also la te r re p o rt com es to th e effect th a t been m oving p re tty freely a t $12 th e tw o m ore of th e ch ild ren a re afflicted j ton on board c a rs h ere.------M r. Jo h n w ith th e sam e disease. . B ern ard s of V erboort w as th e g u est of j th e p o stm aster la s t Sunday and w as y e ll pleaded w ith th " a tte n d a e c o they * « A L E S G R EEK . • had a t th e C atholic church. He w as G ales C reek, Aug. 26.— Several of o u r also su rp rised a t th e good crops we young people atten d ed th e circus in hav e here.------Mr. J. P. G oeser, of P ortland.------Mr. Neil McGllvery, who Dewey, w as one of th e m any g u ests is ju s t o u t of a San F ran cisco hos of A ugust R oth Sunday last. H e is pital. arriv ed hom e on Monday. He th e m ine-ow ner a t Dewey, w hich is Is still very w eak, b u t hopes th e O re being developed by a big P o rtlan d gon clim ate will soon b race him up. com pany, and re p o rts good p ro sp ects ------Mrs. L uce and d au g h ters. M isses of a big coal find soon. M ary and L au ra, and M iss K ath ry n M eyers, w ho have been on th e N eha- IN T H E QUADRANT. lem a fte r wild b lack b e rries, have now pitched cam p on G ales C reek n e a r the Q uadrant, Aug. 26.—Jo h n F rid ay is g range hall. Fifty-seven q u a rts of b e r building a hop d rying house w ith a ries w ere sen t hom e and now the ladies 25x25 foot floor. Jo h n is p u sh in g the a re re stin g a fte r the w ork is done.------ w ork w ith all the m en he can round T he re cen t rainfall Is driving W ilson up. H e realizes th a t th e re is n o t an riv e r cam p ers to w ard s home. T he hour to spare. T he a ir about th e d u st is settled and tra v e lin g m uch building is full of m en. tools and p le a s a n te r th an it w as a y ear ago.----- shingles.------N. S. Shipley w ill begin On Sunday a very p leasan t d in n er w as picking hops th e 7th of n ex t m onth. given in honor of M aster Cic It is a good, clean yard.------H eltzel Is ero P ro cto r's fifth birthday. T he g u ests h u n tin g pickers for h is hop yard. B* num bered forty.------Mrs. John W ilson ery th in g ab o u t th e yard is in p rim e Is expecting h er son I.on and fam ily condition.------How about th a t w ed from G ran ts P ass th is w eek. T hey ding?------Ben Dooley, th e B anks will live on th e hom e place and tak e blacksm ith, has im proved h is shop ch arg e of th e dairy.------T he ice cream very m uch. He b ro u g h t th e second stan d will be open on S atu rd ay n ig h t sto ry forw ard to th e s tre e t line and for th e la s t tim e this sum m er. ------ built a sq u are fro n t to it th a t will Jam es L illy and d au g h ter. M iss K ate, rank high in fu tu re a rc h ite c tu ra l de s ta rt for C alifornia on F riday of th is signs.------A nyone In w an t of rough w eek; Mr. L illy Is going to v isit his lum ber can g et an o rd e r filled on sh o rt son E lb e rt who has resided in C alifor notice at th e Shipley mill, form erly nia for several years. S n y d er's mill. DILLEY. ALBION. A lbion, Au|.u.»l 23.— Cas«le H olt, o ld est d a u g h ter of P o stm a ste r G. M. H olt, m et w ith a painful accid en t la st T h u rsd ay by a fall from a horse, b re a k in g h e r arm n e a r th e shoulder, and dislocating h e r elbow, b u t u n d er th e c a re of Dr. C. L. H atfield, ot V ernonia. chc is im proving.------Mr. W oods of V ejnonia passed thro u g h o u r place la s t w eek w ith a lot of goats. ------Mr. O tto K rau s, te a c h e r of th e B raun school, and F. C. B raun a tte n d ed th e in s titu te a t St. H elens la s t w eek.------Mr. F. M. M cDaniel, a s s is t ed by G. M. H olt, is sin k in g a well on his place.------Mrs. M cPherson, of K earsey. passed th ro u g h » u r v icinity en ro u te hom e from F o rest G rove w ith a load of p ru n es, v isitin g o v er n ig h t w ith th e fam ily of Q. M. H olt. ------M iss Lizzie McDaniel w as v is it in g h e r au n t. Mrs. O. M. H olt, la st w eek, re tu rn in g hom e Sunday.------Mr. E dw ard W est, of G reenville, m ade a flying trip to Albion la s t Sunday.------ H arv estin g is m ostly o v er in o u r vicin ity. E verybody re p o rts larg e crops. ------Mr. J. H T u rk is g ettin g ra th e r Im patient w aiting for th e th re sh in g m achine to get to his place to th resh h is la rg e crop of o ats, w heat and OUR Mr. J. D. W ilson, of Scholls, a son. ------Mrs. Ben M itchell, of P o rtlan d , is v isitin g h e r p a re n ts, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. B row n.------A good m any of S cholls' people a tte n d e d R ingling B ros.’ circus M onday and T uesday. ------T he boys from Jo e H in to n ’s log ging cam p, re tu rn e d from th e ir trip to th e co ast last T h u rsd ay evening. Mr. H inton left for W ashington early the n ext m orning, as w ord had ju s t been received th a t his w ife w as quite sick w here she is visiting. N o . 15 E A S T OF G REE N VILLE. E a st of G reenville, Aug. 24.__•] fa rm e rs a re very busy c u ttin g spr o ats now. M ost of th e fall w heal th resh ed , aomo going 25 b ushels acre.------Mr. H a rry U nderhill, r w as severely bruised In a runaw ay fa s t recovering, and his m any frle a re glad to see h is p le a sa n t face o m ore, but sad to say he lost one his b est horses w hich he valued $200.------Mrs. H. L. B urchill. w ho been v isitin g w ith h e r fa th e r i m other. Mr and M rs. J. B. McNew, tu rn ed hom e to H ep p n er T uesday.- Mr. Wm. R eltlng Is building a i porch to th e Roy school house, wl adds much to th e looks of It.------ Wm. Phillips, who purchased land h Is building a new b arn .------Mr. A a n d e r C halm ers, w ho a tten d ed set In P ortland last w inter. Is spending sum m er a t hom e on the farm .------ M artin V andenbrook w hile Ashing t ••'red a larg e eagle. It is a kind dom seen h ere, w eighing over pounds. H e will sell th e b ird ; i on# w ishing a n ice pet well do y to buy It.------T h e S p elrrin g Bros. very busy th resh in g . T hey h avi line new ontflt w hich does th e w< all right.