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An U p -to -Date Country Newspaper--Republican in Politics.
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WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Tile Held o f The News Is the first ngrl-
eult'irnl county of Oregon. First for clorer.
for onions, for grapes, and In dulrylng ; *
also leads In diversified farming and Is
famous for fine horses, good cattle and
blooded sheep and goats. Its hay Is being
bought, thousands of tons of It. by tbs
government to feed cavalry horses In the
Philippines; Its wines teolt gold medals
over California's exhibit at the Chlcage
World's Fair. Its prunes and hops get the
top prices in the market, and sugar beets,
flax, tobacco, sweet potatoes, horse ran
lsh, and mushrooms show the variety of
Its production.
Its 18,000 people live la
3000 houses, o f which 2500 are on farms,
and the great majority own their owa
homes. Sig wagon roads and two lines el
railway connect the county with Portland,
metropolis o f the Pacific Northwest, f r o »
4 to 32 miles distant, und here is found
reudy sale for Its products. Good schools,
k 1 roads, a network of farm telephone«
and many rural delivery routes affording
daily mail make Washington county a pros­
perous country region with all the con­
veniences of the city.
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GASTON.
F a m ily Reunion— L um b er M ill Busy—
..L a d
D rin k s C a rb o lic A cid — L ive
Stock S ale— S atisfa cto ry C ro p s—
New
R esid en ce— P rune D rying —
C h a p te r of A ccid ents to a Lum b er
H au ler.
Gaston, Sept. 16.— The W idow Best’s
four loys had a happy reunion nt her
home Sunday and early Monday moru-
ing they started for the mountains to
nave a squirrel and cnlpmunk hunt.
From he amount of canned and bee­
tled goods that went in the commis­
sary department, they intend to slay
until the snow drives I hem in. -----
Patton & Holscher are rushing lumber
out from their mountain mill as fast
as they ran get teams to haul it out,
yet they are away behind their orders.
----- The railroad is discriminating
against wood and mill men, as they
are letting the flats out for grain ship-
nienis. From the experience of some
o f the up-country farmers on a ship­
ment of this kind the first of the week
w e think it will be a losing game, as
considerable of the wheat rolled off
the flats, and the shipper will in all
probability be the loser. ----- W alter
Johnson ate too much and too late
o f Eastern Oregon watermelons, re­
sulting in a very bad case of colic. It
all happened at a watermelon feast at
the close of hop picking. ----- Frank
Brown’s little boy came near losing
his life from drinking carbolic acid.
Prompt remedies saved the lad's life
hut will not save some scars as some
o f the acid was spilled over the face.
----- The Gaston live stock association
have advertised their annual sale for
October 14. ----- The Gaston flouring
mill Is busy now handling the farmers'
grain. By the way. there is no better
flour made than comes from the Gas­
ton mill. ----- There Is considerable
grain yet unharvested on the Wapato
lake and It looks as if there would be
plenty o f feed for the ducks this win­
ter. ----- The farmers in general are
through with harvest and threshing
and are about ready for fall rains.
Ditto for hop men. Creed or no creed,
the threshers, balers and hop pickers
have have been Kept humming, churn
lag and picking regardless of the com
mand. "Remember the Sabbath day.’’
------ Crops of all kinds have yielded
well and of a good quality and at
present prices the farmers should
have money to throw at the birds.------
Mr. Purdy Is ready to start the bullJ-
ing of a line residence on the Roe farm
as soon as be can get sand and lime
to lay the foundation. ------ The ina­
bility to get ears le ruining many a
man’s prospects.
W e surely have
F o r e s t G r o v e , W a s h i n g t o n ' C o u n t y , O r e g o n , S e p t . 18, 1 9 0 3
ready to try It once more, and with
a clear whistle he made another start
only to get stuck good and fast in a
mud hole. It was up to him then, he
thought, but another more fortunate
came along and two horses and two
mules pulled him out o f his difficulty
and he was happy, for surely no more
bad luck could overtake him on this
trip. But alack and alas he soon hung
up again and pulled a hame in two
pieces. He was nearer home now than
the mill so he jumps astride a mule
and started for a new hame, and sup­
per, whistling only as such men can.
But he was destined to get left again
for the pesky mule dumped him over
a stump head on and went off leaving
him bleeding at the nose and mouth.
Well, the lumber arrived at the yard
the next day and we promised to say
nothing about it.
the Sheridan mills. Mr. Smock claims
that it takes a car of flour every two
mont is to run his trade. This is a
very poor wheat section, as most ol
the farmers raise exclusively hops and'
onions ----- Miss Smock, who has
been ^«ending the last month on the
beach. has returned home and re­
sumed her position as S. P. agent at
this place. ----- Mr. A. Campbell has
Just lecently started up his prune
drier. Mr. Campbell states that ow­
ing to- large yield o f his prunes this
year, he will be obliged to cut out
outside work in order to save his own
c r o p .----- M. H. H. Welch, one of the
rural mail carriers, is erecting a nice
two-story addition to his original one-
story dw elling.----- Mr. H. H. Eyman,
our enterprising undertaker, states
that business has been exceedingly
good since his return from Washing­
ton. He says that he has sold five
coffins in little over a month, not all,
however, for
Sherwood, principally
from outside districts. ----- The Sher­
wood public school building is now
undergoing a thorough cleaning up,
Including paintitng both Inside and
out, and various other minor improve­
ments needed. C. T. Hall and G. W.
Duke are wielders o f the brush. -----
The Hopplckers’ ball given on last Sat­
urday evening was reported as a grand
success. Something like 75 numbers
were sold, besides the ice
cream
served by tne ladies was well pat-
ronlzed.
New Ladd & Reed Farm S up erin ten ­
dent— Shortage of C a rs fo r S hipping
T h re sh in g and Hop P ick in g Over.
Reedville, Sept. 16.— Threshing and
hop picking are about completed for
this season. ----- Chester Baldra is
more comforts, better houses, pianos, visiting his grandparents this week.
— W e are glad to see that Otto W olf
etc., than we did in the good old days
o f the ox team, but, oh, the worry of is able to be around again. ----- Miss
it all makes us grow old so fast. ----- Merchant returned to her home at
The air is filled with the aroma of the Carlton Thursday. ----- Miss Milne, o f
prune drier and they are big ones Hillsboro, and Miss Bennett, of Port­
this year, the prunes. ----- Bert Best land, visited with Miss Chalmers yes­
has been quite sick this week, threat­ terday afternoon. ----- Mr. and Mrs.
ened with typhoid fe v e r .----- So many J. T. Thomasen, woh have lived in
of the residents of Gaston have been our community the past three years
away hop picking that the quiet of the during which time Mr. Thomasen su­ B etter T ra in M ail S erv ice L ik e ly —
town has made those who had to stay perintended the Ladd & Reed farm,
H oppicking R esults En co urag in g —
at home feel as if they were shut up left for Yamhill county Friday. -----
Postoffice Im provem ents — M edical
in a country grave yard. But there Mr. H. E. Davis, accompanied by his
Student— C ig a r Facto ry fo r T illa ­
will be plenty o f money when they w ife and family, has moved into our
mook.
return as he who does not make big midst and will fill the position made
Sherwood, Sept. 15.— It is reported
wages in the hop fields this season vacant by the resignation o f Mr. Thorn- from
il authority that we will soon
has only himself to blame. ----- Here aaen.
T lie farmers are growing havc anot^er dally train on this dlvis-
is a half day’s experience for a man desperate for want of cars to haul the ion running from Portland to Corvallis.
with a mule team hauling lumber out produce to town; flat cars and wood which will make a great improvement
o f the mountains. First it was hard racks are considered a luxury, and we over our present mail service, and with
and hot work to get the load onto understand from those who have load­ the large increase of business over
the wagon.
Once started all went ed straw in the wood racks, that they former .-ears, w e feel that we have
well until a wheel came in contact are to run the risk o f loss by fire.
been somewhat neglected in this line.
with a small stump when something j
Should such service be established, It
popped and the coupling pole was two. 1
will make this the main line for the
Then a trip back to the mill and the J
west side. ----- Hop picking is com­
making o f a new stick to couple up Old F rie n d s from M isso u ri— F lo u r Be­ pleted in most yards and the yield
ing Shipped In— R a ilw a y Agent's has proved even better than expected.
with and the load to get off and on
V acation O ver— H o p p ick ers' B a ll— A good price is now offered, with pros­
again, and then down the hill merrily
Im provem ents.
he goes again until the load got tired
pects of It being b e tter.----- Mr. L. S.
o f the slow gait o f the mules and
Sherwood, Sept. 15.— O. P. Bogart McConnell having sold his interest in
started on ahead. Next the brake had and wife, o f Clyde, Mo., were the the merchandise business of McCon­
to be put down hard and the load un­ guests this week of J. C. Smock and nell & Hall to Mr. Hall, has made a
loaded and readjusted again and to family. Mr. Smock and Mr. Bogart great improvement in his corner, hy
make sure o f no slipping this time spent their boyhood days together in extending his building to 100 feet In
the clamp was screwed down so hard old Missouri, and it’s needless to say length to make room for Mr. Hall, so
that one of them broke and sent -the ; many are the incidents they can relate as to vacate rooms on Railroad street
teamster a back somersault into the pertaining to the ups and downs of for the postoffice. The office Is being
woods. But he was soon up and at boyhood life. ----- J. C. Smock re- fixed up into a very croJItable post-
it again and with chains and ropes ceived a car o f flour this week from office which will accommodate the in­
W a sh in g to n C ounty’s $1000 B ull
creased business resulting from the
four rural delivery routes.----- Mr. C.
G. Hall has gone to Portland to begin
his last year in the medical college.
----- Mr. K. A. Saylor has gone to T il­
lamook to embark in the cigar manu-
factoring busness on his own account.
W e wish him
success, and expect
nothing else, as he is very attentive
to business, and if work and rustle
will bring success he will surely meet
with it. W hile we hate to lose him
from our town we believe it best for
him in that territory, believing he has
made a good choice o f location.
N o . 18
house. Finn Miller has a new gate,
and Dan Pierce is erecting a new
house on his ranch.----- Threshing is
over and John Heisler has put the iron
horse under cover for the winter. —
Messrs. Berry and Thrapp have started
up their fruit drier. Mr. Neil McGil-
very will assist the drying this year.
U n p le a s'n t W eather — H au ling S traw
— C h u rch S ervices.
Hiayward, Sept. 14.— Hayward is
having plenty of rain and cold this
Fall. ----- Messrs. George Kessler and
C. Rlnechor are hauling straw from
the v a lle y .----- Preaching services will
H o pp lckers F in ish , Hops Good, P ic k e rs be held at Hayward Sunday morning
Satisfied and Grow erk C onfident of at 11 o ’clock.
F a ir P rices— P rea ch e r M isses Ap­
Foot In ju re d in H ay B a ler — B aling
pointment.
S traw — Good Money in H oppick-
Banks, Sept. 16.— N. C. Shipley fin­
ing — F ru it D rying— C hance for
ished picking hops the 15th Inst., with
C arp enter.
an average o f over 4000 pounds per
Seghers, Sept. 15. — Mr. Joseph
day for nine days, and his hops are
of the best quality, no mold, and were Bronner while feeding the baler for
picked in good shape. The pickers Roth ft Stelnkemeier, got hlB foot
were most all satisfied as they got a caught in an attempt to kick down the
cent a pound for picking and the hop head block, and will be laid up for a
growers think they will get a good month with a badly bruised foot.-----
price for their hops. Heltzel & Co. Mr. Roth has been busy at work bal­
will finish this week some time. The ing straw, but is again interrupted for
Friday boys will get through picking a few days on account of scarcity o f
about Sunday. ----- Rev. Mr. Clemo hands.----- Mrs. Watson and son have
failed to reach his appointment last returned home from the hop yards,
Sunday at Fir Grove.
clearing the neat sum o f $26 for two
weeks. ----- W e were also informed
that there is going to be a grand wed­
GALES CREEK.
ding in the neighborhood pretty soon.
W e are only too glad to congratulate
P. U. and B u siness College Students— the contracting parties in advance, as
V isitin g in E astern Oregon— H ops—
we expect a good time.----- Mr. G. W .
M any Im provem ents— F ru it D rie r at Beal is now busily engaged in run­
W ork.
ning his fine fruit dryer both day and
Gales Creek, Sept. 16.— Miss Lou night, having an abundant crop o f his
L illy has gone to Portland to attend own, besides what he dries for others
business college this winter. ----- M. on shares.----- Mrs. Lorette Tolson is
L. Barnett, a P. U. student who can- roiten»platlng thy building of another
vassed this place for the Century rfook
addition to her house along with sev­
Company during the summer, made the
eral bay windows and porches. Any
first delivery o f books on Thursday good carpenter not too busy is sought
last. Those who received the books for the job.
were well pleased. ----- Hoppicking is
well under way in W ill Poole’s yard;
TIGARDVILLE.
the pickers are doing good work under
the management of W ill G ardner.-----
South Bend School— G arden Home
Mrs. Sam W ells and daughter, Ada,
V is ito rs — G range F a ir— Big Hop
with baby Teddy, have gone to East­
Y ie ld — School to Open.
ern Oregon to visit relatives.
Mr.
Tigardville, Sept. 16.— The South
W ells thinks of locating there. W e
Beud school started last Monday. Mr.
hope such will not be the case, as it
John Hohman is the teacher.----- Sev­
would be a serious loss to our neigh­
eral girls from Garden Home were vis­
borhood. ----- Mrs. Mat Hines, accom­
iting In this place Sunday. ----- - The
panied by her sister, Miss Clara Hines,
painting of the schoolhouse has begun.
spent Sunday with Mrs. Chas. Hundley
August Wedeklng Is doing the paint­
at W illiam s' hop yard. ----- W alter
ing. —— Engineer McLeod, the R. R.
Sargent has gone to Forest Grove to
surveyor, now at this place, reports a
attend the Academy this winter. He
good grade as far as he has surveyed.
will make his home with Mrs. Car
i-----Mr. A1 Hoffman, a former resident
penter while there. ----- Every one is
of this place, was visiting friends Sun­
very busy in our little valley.
Mr.
day. ----- Mr. Jos. Hingley, of Progress,
Short has just finished painting his
was visiting here Tuesday afternoon.—
The Misses Effle Godman, Ivah Craw­
ford and Nettle Hoffman have return­
ed from the hop yards.----- Mr. Fred L .
Gault is now baling his hops. Mr.
Hanson o f Scholls is baling them.-----
School will start Sept. 28. Miss E. A.
Downing is principal and Miss Moel-
ling primary teacher.----- Free concerts
every evening by Mr. J. Gaarde's gram­
ophone, in open air except when rain­
ing.----- The annual Grange fair this
year will be better and larger than
ever before. —■
— Wednesday Grange
was held at this place.----- Mr. E. A.
Knotts reports probably the largest
yield o f hops in the state; 86 hills less
than two acres yielded 585 boxes,
which at 12 pounds per box would
make 7020 pounds or 3510 pounds .per
a< re.
Dr. Thos. Withycomb. ex-state veterinarian and director of the State Agricultural Experiment Station at Corvallis, has on his farm near Farm­
ington the rlcheat-bred Coomaaale bull alive, the only grandson and line-bred to Cootnaasle on all four grandparents. King Koffle's Count (24,405),
whose dam and sire were both Imported from the Island of Jersey. Aa a J-year-oM he was bought for $1.000 by R N. Snell, of Dayton, and brought
to Oregon. He la now hearty and vlg to us at the age of 14, and for over two years has headed the herd at the Farmington farm.
T h re sh e r at W o rk— Big Bear K ille d —
S ick L is t— Good Hop P ickers.
Patton Valley, SepL 16— The thresh­
ers are again blowing their whistle
In Patton Valley, and they are very
welcome visitors,------ Mr. Scott’s son.
Alec, shot and killed a large bear Sat­
urday. ----- Mr. 8cott and son spent
Monday In Portland. ---- Mr. Allan
Method’s son. Albert, has been very
sick with Inflammatory rheumatism.
------ Mrs, J Bates was very ill Satur­
day. ------ Mr. Penn Patton has been
picking his hops for several days; he
has some very good pickers. Henry
Mcl-eod. age 14 years, picked 208
pounds Friday, Miss Mina
McLeod
picked 215 pounds and Mlsa Zela
Stevenson picked 235 poun ds.------
Among the people from Forest Grove
are Mr. and Mrs Case, Mrs. Hyde and
daughters. Mrs. Graham and daugh
1« t ------The Christian Endeavor helj
their services aa usual Sunday even-