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are back and glad they got back, as cently from Nebraska, are visiting at
it has been too cold and wet for out the home of E. H. Parker.----- A crowd
ing
pleasures.----- Wade Everest, J. o fyoung people from here took advan
W A 8111 NOTON ( 'OUNT Y.
Hoppicking — In ju re d
Boy
W ell
Satterlee and H. Naylor are in from tage o f the fine evenings and had a
Enough
to
Leave
H
ospital—
W
ash
The fleld o f The News Is the first ngrl
The» merry serenading party. Their voices
ington County People to Own M a a long hunt and fishing trip.
cultural county of Oregon. First for clover,
went down the Trask and up the W il voices harmonized and the music float
for onions, for grapes, and In d a iryin g; It
rlon County C ream ery.
also leads In diversified farming and Is
Centerville, Sept. 1.— Most of the son. W hile the trip was long thu ed prettily in on the still evening air.
famous for fine horses, good cattle and
Centerville
people will start to pick game was short. Wade Everest trie«,
blooded sheep and goats. Its hay Is being
PROGRESS.
hops next Thursday at Wm. Bagley’s the experiment of shooting deer from
bought, thousands of tons of it. by the
government to feed cavalry horses in the
hop yard a mile east of this place.----- the upper deck of a cayuse. He kill
Philippines ; Its wines teok gold medals
Mr. Allen Wilson left here to attend ed the deer but it took some time for Off to the Coast— M cK ay School
over California's exhibit at the Chicago
T ea c h er— H oppicking— P u lling
the
funeral of his stepfather, Mr. Mc him to pick up and get himself to
World's Fair. Its prunes and hops get the
Onions.
top prices in the market, and sugar beets,
Daniels, o f near Kist, wso was suffo gether again.----- Miss Gertrude Marsh
fiax, tobacco, sweet potatoes, horse rau
Progress. Sept. 2.— Maude Hingley
cated by gas while cleaning a well at is visiting at the Misses Hlbbs’, Miss
Ish, and mushrooms show the variety of
his place.----- Vincent Riverman is ex May Parker is at uncle’s, and, well, if has left for the coast to recuperate
RALEIGH.
its production.
Its 18,000 peopla live in
pected home from St. Vincent’s Hot I tell about all the cousins, aunts, sis after attending her sister through
3500 houses, of which 2500 are on farms,
and the great majority own their ©wu
Hops — Onions — Cucum bers — Im pital some time this week.----- Mr. A. ters, grandpas, etc., who are visiting a period of sickness o f typhoid fever,
homes. Sig wagon roads and two lines #f
Ruethen is starting a creamery at at and about Gaston, there will not be commencing last March and terminat
provem ents— School Teacher.
railway counect the county with Portland,
He will be assisted by room enough in your paper for the ing in her death on the 22d of August.
Raleigh. Sept. 1.— Hop-picking Is go Mt. Angel.
metropolis of the Pacific Northwest, f r o *
John
Wunderlich.-----
Miss Rose Riv balance of this article.----- The farm She had a very successful career a*
4 to 32 miles distant, and here is found
ing on her^ at present, with prospects
'•eady sale for its products, liood school«,
erman
has
been
visiting
in Portland ers are about through with their har school teacher In several counties.—
of about two-thirds of a crop; 40 and
k 1 roads, a network of farm telephones
vest and threshing, and the yield has — Miss Bowman has been engaged to
50 cents a liox is being paid. Lice and the past week.
and many rural delivery routes atTording
been unusually good and o f the best teach at McKay school for the ensu
mold are the cause of the crop shrink
daily.mail make Washington county a pros
quality. One fleld of oats is reported ing term.----- Mr. Sherner commenced
perous couutry region with all the con
GLENWOOD.
age.----- Onions are looking fine at
1 to have yielded 90 bushels to the acre picking hops on the 2d inst.— Mr. A.
veniences of the city.
present.----- Mr. F. Olsen has seven
anil the oats weigh 50 pounds to the J. Fanno has returned from Portland
acres of cucumbers which- look well N ew Correspondent— H a rv e s t — Hops
bushel.----- Hop picking is on and the after his regular v is it— Fanno Bros,
— Shingle M ill Moved.
and are bringing him a good income.
1 hops are excellent and at present have started to pull onions, there bt
Glenwood, Aug. 31.— It has been
----- Mr. H. Titus and w ife returned to
prices the producers of these parts in a full crop.— The Misses Elian-
has
Indiana last Friday evening.— —Jas. several years since Glenwood
will have money to throw at the der are home on a vacation.----- Mrs.
ing. and some will stay fit home ana Titus has been moving his buildings been able to send forth any items, but
birds, provided they can get their Thos. Bradley is visiting her daughters
pick the yards nearby.
and connecting dwelling and store to if you will watch closely you will
1 crop to market.----- W e read consider in Milton.----- Raleigh Robinson and
gether. It will be a decided improve hear from us hereafter.----- Davie Vin
able that has been written pro and son have returned from W llhoit
ment to the property.----- W e shall cent celebrated his sixteenth birth
BANKS.
con about a young man who was at Springs.----- Miss Hattiebelle Foster,
have a new school teacher this year. day Sunday last.----- Mr. R. C. Good
one time a resident of our town and of Portland, is visiting Mrs. George
Hop D ryin g — A 200Tb bear— T h re s h Look out. boys.----- Miss Bowman will win made a flying trip to Forest Grove
later of Forest Grove, but now is a Blasser.
teach this w in ter- -Mr. and Mrs. Saturday.----- Ora Smith accompanied
ers Busy and G rain Being S tack
resident of the place provided for
Rlne, of Beaverton, visited friends at Mr. and Mrs. Short for a two weeks’
ed fo r F ear of Rain.
^ criminals. W e remember him as a
outing
at
the
coast.-----
George
Lee
this
place
Saturday
and
Sunday.
PATTON VALLEY.
Banks. Sept. 3.— Mr. A. A. Phipps
; bad child, and remember how much
has just completed a new brick barn.
has received word that his w ife will
1 trouble he made the school board of
----- John Hughes and son were the
Wagon W recked — Young Man Geta
be able to come home in a few days.
GARDEN HOM E.
Gaston. His crimes were lightly
guests of his brother Edward this
Good
Position — U nm anageable
----- Mr. P. C. Filbert is going to dry
passed passed by then and the crim
seen
Horse In ju re s H ie R ider— Hop F leld
hops for N. C. Shipley at his Thatcher T h u n d er Storm — H in g le y F un eral— week.----- W illiam Luster was
inal element in his make-up wag cul
driving through Glenwood with his
News.
yard, and N. C. Shipley will dry at his
Child Kicked by Horse.
tivated, and he has developed a full
fast
trotter
Sunday.
-----
Hamblon
home yard.----- John Carsten and Ben
Patton Valley, Sept. 2.— Mr. Pem
Garden Home, Aug. 30.— Qur school- Bros, have completed their new shin and complete criminal. Too fond par
Dooley killed a bear weighing over
ents and a too lax administration of Patton has completed his work on his
house
has
been
repainted
inside
and
gle mill on Upper Nehalem.----- The
200 pounds on the hill near our village
our criminal laws has spoiled many a hop house, which he has remodeled,
yesterday.---- -A party of young people out. and several other improvement* harvest round about here is almost
promising child t*— There, are aer- Mr. J’ hlli^) Porter doing Ova, ca-pentq<'
made.-----
Saturday
week
a
heavy
cTjifJpTeted
so
the
'rain
did
*but
very*
from here went to the Soda Springs
I
stant reports from hunters of open work.----- Mr. G. B. Gilson, while driv
ALBION.
Vincent,
on Gales creek last Sunday. They re thunder storm passed through here little damage.----- Johnnie
ing from hte'-ranch to Gaston, had a
and the lightning burnt out a light one of Woodburn's hop-growers, is I violation of the game laws. It is no
a slight accident, the back axletree
M an Seriously H u rt In Engine A cci port having had a good time.----- N. C. ning arrester
1
unusual
thing
to
find
sportsmen
chas
at Geo.
Peterson’s spending a few days here. H e re
Shipley will commence picking hops
of his hack breaking, owing to a de
dent— Verno nla Cam pm eeting —
house.— — Monday,
Garden
Home ports hops in that section good, and ing deer with hounds and even killing
today.-----
Hops
in
this
neighborhood
fect in the steel.----- Mr. Fleshor
M c D a n ie l’s Funeral.
I
more
than
they
had
any
use
for
and
are good, I think the best for years. turned out to attend the funeral of expects to make or break this year.
leaving the carcass untouched to rot threshed his grain Sunday, last week.
Albion, Sept 1.— Messrs. Gust and
Miss
Myra
Hingley
at
Progress.-----
----- People are stacking their grain, as
very changeable,
( in the woods where they shot it down. Tbe weather was
Ambrose
Schmidlin
were coming
machines are behind with their work, I Mrs. H lllery hes returned from her
REEDVILLE.
Yet our game warden draws his sal and the farmers were anxious to have
down the mountain with an engine,
trip
to
California.-----
Master
Ernest
and the farmers are afraid of rain.-----
ary. My experience and the opinion their grain out of danger.----- Several
•when the wheel dropped into a hole,
The funeral o f Mr. McDaniel, o f the Nicholson spent one day last week Hansen-Losti W edding— Ohioan
Re of a great many
sportsmen with of the neighbors spent Saturday in
throwing Ambrose, the driver, off. The
visiting
his
sister.
Miss
Carrie
Nichol
Nehalem, took place at the Buxton
turns Home.
whom
I
have
talked
Is
that all the pro Forest Grove trading.----- Mr. WII1U
horse kicked him, and in order to get
cemetery the 31st ult. Deceased was son, of Portland.----- Mrs. Singer is
Reedville, Sept. 2.— Mr. and Mrs. tection the deer and birds need is to Lee and wife left Sunday evening for
out o f the way he had to drop the
slowly
improving.—
Mr.
Huffaker
and
an old soldier, and came to his death
Clark H ew itt visited over Sunday in prohibit the use of dogs. At all events Seattle, where he Is going to take an
lines. The team going farther down
by going into an old well where there his daughter, Miss Cora, have gone to the
metropolis.----- Wm.
W olf and our present laws should be enforced, examination for second engineer on a
the mountain, the wagon tipped over, was foul air, and before help could be French Prairie for a short stay.-----
John
and
A
lice
York
Sundayed
with or repealed, and the useless waste of boat. If he suceeeeds In passing the
catching Gust under it and hurting
got his life had gone out. Mr. Gai- Mr. Cephas K ing and family have their parents.----- Miss Julia Twede,
money paid to the game wardens examination he has a position offered
him very badly.
Our home doctor
moved
to
their
new
home.-----
The
It«
rigus officiated.
o f Portland, is visiting her grand-par stopped.----- Amador Hamrick and a him for one year at $90 a month.-----
found it necessary to take him to
tie son o f Mr. and Mrs. Peterson is
ents, Rev. and Mrs. M. Hansen.----- few of his Portland friends have been Mr. Carl Herring spent Sunday at his
Portland for a surgical operation.— —
quite ill.----- A horse kicked the little
Mr. J. P. Hansen, of North Yakima, over on the north Trask and report ranch. He is working In Portland.
MANNING.
Mrs. Schmidlin has returned home
son o f Robert Stephens last Tuesday
Wash., attended
the Hansen-Losll fine shooting. They killed what the> ----- Mr. N. Justensen spent Tuesday
from Portland, where she accompa
but did not seriously hurt the child,
wedding.-----
Miss
Lucy
L. Woodward, could take care of and let many good in Patton Valley in the Interests o f
nied her husband to the hospital.----- Everybody Stacking G rain — Iow a V is although his face is badly swollen and
of Forest Grove, spent one day of last opportunities to kill big game go by, the condensed milk factory.----- Mr.
ito
r—
S
lig
h
t
Accident
at
M
ill—
Mr. Wilson of Vernonia and his daugh
there is quite a long cut in his cheek. |
week in our vicinity, the guest o. j but they saw where others had not Jack Olsen is hauling hay from Dar
School House Im provem ents.
ter, Mrs. Holbrook, of Portland, pass
Mrs.
N.
P.
Oakerman.----- Joseph | passed the temptation to shott more ling-Smith Farm to Gaston this week.
ed through our place en route to For
O pp ortun ity—
Manning. Sept. 3.— The Manning V is ito rs — M a trim o n ia l
Hughes, who has been visiting his than they could bring out o f th, Mr. John McLeod ia helping him.-----
est Grove, where Mrs. Holbrook took school house is taking on quite a nice
P le n ty of Prunes— R ural D e liv
sister. Mrs. O. E. Hundley, for the past I woods. Amador had no fish stories to Mr. Biglow and companion were in
the train for home.----- Frank Alsleb- appearance with the addition in
ery— An A ctive Old Lady.
few months, departed for his home In tell, but he has forever ruined the Patton Valley Friday on their way to
en, is building an addition to
his length, new roof, outside and inside
Garden Home. Sept. 2.— Miss Carrie j
Ohio, Tuesday morning.—— Married, reputation of the once famous 30-30. their claims.----- Mr. and Mrs.
Bert
house.----- Mr. North passed throug: improvements. R. I . Bullock and Nicholson and Iver Okestrom spent
Rutherford, of Scoggin Valley, and
our place a few days ago with a load George Fisher are doing the work.----- last Sundav with Miss Nicholson’s on Wednesday, August 20, in the pres I He tells of shooting bears all to
ence of about
fifty
relatives arm I pieces with these wonderful guns, and Mr. Riley I,ee and family were guests
o f shingles, on his way to F oren Mr. William Beneflel. of Davenport. parents. Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Nlchol-
Rosa I.osli. second yet bruin Bcurrled off through the at the home o f Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Grove.----- Mrs. Raymond and Mrs Iowa, made a flying visit with rela son.----- Mr. and Mrs. Huffaker have a friends. Miss
Standbrldge.----- Mr. Jesse Martin, of
Maud Marsh were visiting with Mrs. fives In this countv on his way to n°nhew visiting them from French daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Losll, brush, paying no more attention to his
Scoggin Valley, spent Sunday at Mt.
Holt last week.----- G. M. Holt and Spokane. Ms future home.----- Mr. and Prairie.----- Mr. and Mrs. Morgenson to Mr. Charles C. Hansen, of Portland. shot than they would to a mosquito
J. Bater’.----- Mr. Alan Mcl^eod is
family attended campmeeting at Ver Mrs. William Mills, c f Clackamas Co., * ’ e on C'e sick list.----- Miss Sophia The young couple left Friday for their I bite. Tracey will have to return to
helping Mr. Finley McLeod with his
nonia last week.----- Plenty o f people werp visiting arcund Manning the Shoemaker is visiting her aunt on home In Portland. We Join with their the shades of earth again to re-estab-
harvesting.-----
Mrs. Alan McLeod and
many
friends
in
wishing
them
a
long
I llsh the fame of his pet gun.----- Some-
are pasing through our vicinity every first o f the week.----- Mr.
William Sauvies Island.----- A young widower
thing funny it was to hear A. M. Por- daughter. Miss Mima, were guests of
day. going out to pick h o p s -— Mr. Green. now one of Carstins Bros.’ has bought t**e old I elnhart place, and happy wedded life.
j ter’s clerk, Harry Baker, when told to Mrs. Williams and daughter. Miss
Schoonover and family passed through loggers. 1= taking a layoff on account but we have not made his acquain
GASTON.
i gel some lard for a customer, to walk Hester, Tuesday.----- Mr. Tom W ill
here en route to Idaho, where he in cf a cut knee.----- Everybody who has tance as yet.----- Hop picking has be
1 to the telephone and rail up Dr. Large iams was badly bruised Sunday, also
tends to make bis future home.----- not already stacked, is busy stacking gun, and nearly every one will be
Shipping
Trouble«—
Influx
of
Relative«
from Forest Grove. Harry don’t care spraining an ankle and both wrists.
Th ere was a large attendance went grain.
bu«y picking hops.----- The three wood
He was riding horseback when his
— Good O ats— Game L aw V iolations * to hear about it.
out from Albion to attend the funer
haulers o f Garden Home. Messrs. Ot
horse commenced to run with him;
—
H
u
n
tin
g
P
arties
—
Bad
School
al of F. Marlon McDaniel, at Buxton,
to Nicholson. John Shoemaker and
CEDAR MILL.
Recod of a F o rm e r Resident Now H oppickers M oving to the Fields— So he did his best to stop It, hut. being
last Monday.
Geo. Peterson, very nearly supply the
naturally mean. It would not stop. Mr.
U
n der A rrest.
cial Notes — A Serenading P arty.
Heights with wood.----- A wagon load
Williams fell from the horse, and the
Potatoes — Thresh ing — N ew
Prune
Oaston.
Sept.
3.—
Triads
of
hoppick
Oaston,
Sept.
2.—
Several
parties
of
young
people
passed
through
here
H a rv e s t
N e w t -Neighborhood
D rie r— Dance— N a rro w Escape of
horse fell on him, according to report.
this morning.----- A Mr. Bills spent the from Tillamook report the farmers ers are passing through here every
provements —Hop Picking.
----- Mrs. Fred Robinson was the guest
T h res h e r Feeder.
day
on
their
way
to
the
various
yards
over
there
at
fever
heat
over
the
pros
night at Mrs. Spencer’s house. He is
of Miss Mima McLeod Tuesday.-----
Cedar Mill. Sept. i.— The potato crop an agent for the Singer sewing ma pect of a railroad. A railroad Is a around here, and near North Yamhill.
Kansas City, Sept. 3 — This little
Mrs. Fred Rotylnsyn^wlll spend several
-----
W
illie
Jeter
has
returned
to
his
is
very
much
improved
by
the
repent
fine
thing
If
It
is
so
managed
that
the
| chine.----- Miss 8srah Jensen, of Ral-
burgh is situated on the west side of
day*
with her mother In Yamhill
Threshing is practically over j eigh. railed on Mrs. M. E. Spencer producer can get his products to mar home In Portland, after a few days’
Dairy creek, six miles north of Forest | rain.
county, who Is going to make her
visit
with
relatives
and
friends.----
*
and
the
farmers
are
Icoklng
happy.—
ket.
but
It
is
nearly
ruining
some
who
: Sunday.----- Little
Adolph
Peterson
Grove.----- Herb Bros, finished thresh- J
home In California.----- Mr. apil Mrs.
ing for Kirts & Loyd yesterday----- ; — Mr. G. H. Reeves has a new well on | has taken a turn for the better, but expected to get their products to mar Miss Gertrude Marsh, o f Forest Grove,
Lee Anderson moved to Williams' hop
hashe
en
the
gne*t
of
the
Misses
Hibbs
his
place.
H.
M.
Buxton
and
B.
B.
ket
in
time
to
meet
obligations;
they
is still quite ill.----- The prune errp
Baker Bros, are threshing north of j
yard Tuesday. Mr*. Anderson
will
Forest Grove.----- McGraw & Co. are Reeves did the work.----- Mr. J. Q. A. is large this year, and prune drying had contracted with tbe full expecta during the past week. ----- Harry Best
pick hop* and Mr Andfrsou will dry
has
gone
to
Portland
to
accept
a
posi
Young
has
erected
a
new
building
for
tion
of
being
able
to
market
their
pro
will soon begin.----- Mr Rasmus has
baling straw for Albert Bennett.----- j
hops for Mr. Williams,-;—rip 11'® Mima
George McGraw will start out with hi* his prune dryer. He has a large field built his chickens a nice new house, ducts. hsy, lumber and grain, and they tion with the Southern Pacific R R.
Met eod was the guent o f Miss Nellie
Co.-----
Mr
and
Mr*
Kd.
Magoon.
o.
this
year.-----
Miss
Grace
Counts,
who
j - ----The rural mall delivery is expect cannot get cars. No wonder so many
clover huller next Saturday, beginning
Stnadbridge Wednesday and Thurs
work for V. Crop on the Levi Smith j has been visiting her sister. Mrs. M. ed to start the fifteenth o f September sigh for tbe good old times, when Portland, are spending a couple of d a y ----- Several of the neighbors have
place.----- Mrs. Watkins has moved to ( O. Reeves, for the past eight months, ----- Mrs. Mary Spenrer bad quite a they depended upon themselves and weeks with Mrs Magoon’s parent*.—
started to pick hops.-----Mr, Williams
Forest Grove.----- W ill Schneider Is go returned to her home near Corvallis surprise today. An aunt, Mrs. Polly the old ox team. T i e railroad com — Since the fine weather began the will commence to pick his hops Thurs
threshing
ma-hlnes
end
holler«
are
Monday.-----
Miss Lulu Owens will re Winter, o f Portland Heights, walked panies are wo-klng a great hardship
Ing to build an addition to his house
day.
----- John Lee has rented the Perry turn to Lebam. Wash., Saturday, to In when Mrs. Spenrer and family on tbe farmers by not furnishing fsrll- hard at work again, trying to get the
remainder
of
t*e
crop
In
before
the
Mrs. W inter Is quite Itles for trsnsportlng flour, wheat,
Watson place.— Frank Lewis has resume her work in the Lebam school. were at dinner
A few good horses and aeveial sec
gone to help Mr. McPherson dry hop* ----- Messrs. J. Forestel and J. Smith, an elderly ladv. being about 75 years hay, lumber, etc., to markets, to say rain* set In again.----- Mr*. S Storey
ond-hand
buggies for sale at a bargain,
wss
a
Forest
Grove
visitor
one
day
— —John Nice is improving his place of Portland. Sundayeu in Cedar Mill.— old. She rode out on the wood wagon nothing ahont building a depot at Gas
or will trade. Call at News office or
this
week.—
Mrs
Parker
and
her
—
Mr.
Jasper
Young
ia
getting
ready
ton.—
The
meet
rrf
those
who
have
I
o
f
Mrs.
Spencer’s
son-in-law.
George
— —Everyone that ran is going, or has
see Peter Peterson.
•
been off for their summer vacation daughter Mis* Mamie, of Portland, re-
gone, to pick hops. Some are catnp- to do some repairs on his house this Peterson
fall.----- Hustler Camp, o f M. W. A..
gave a dance in their hall Saturday
evening, August 29. Jack’s Orchestra
furnished the music. A pleasant time
| was reported.----- One of the feeders
of Wismer's threshing machine had
: a close call Monday. His sleeve caught
j in the cylinder and his arm was left
bare. If the cloth had been stronger
he would have been pulled Into ths
machine.----- Mr. Lee Driver spent sev
eral days o f last week -* 'he J. Q. A.
Young residence.
CENTERVILLE.
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