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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.