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» Gâv/rrr FJKEST UKOVE L-DNK ELECItOV. Diamond Assent my No. 27, Unitet Artisans, Tm esis): L. C, Walker. M. A.; Mrs. Annie Johnson, supt: Mrs. B. P. Walker, inspector; C. fc} Stokes, sec’y; W. N. Sears, trees, Mrs. Shannon, Sr. con; Ralph Kinton, M. C.; Mrs. L. N. Haines, Jr. con ; Mrs. Chandler and L. A. Markee, field commanders. BANDITS CAPTURED THE POSTAL SCANDAL F O U G H T A G A IN S T F IV E H U N D R E D M EN. H A A B E E N G o I n G ON FO R M A N Y YEARS. -tyicbigai) NoOSc.. By M ichigan People. M r. a n d M rs. W . R . W h itn e y , Angie C. H ines W ashington. D. C., N ov. 30.— “ Pos Chicago, HI.. Nov. 28. — Chained w rist to w rist, th e clothing cov ta l g r a f t’’ in all its hideousnes* ered w ith d u st and d irt, tw o beard toss has been laid bare in one of the Good Meals. Good Board. boys, P e te r N etd erm ey er and H arvey □ o u t rem a rk a b le p resid en tial docu m en ts ever published. P resid en t Forest Grove. - - Oregon V andlne, s a t la st n ig h t in tb e p res ence of M ayor H arriso n and Chief of R oosevelt authorized F o u rth A ssistan t P o lic e O’Neil calm ly confessing their P ostm aster-G eneral B ristow , who has c h a rg e of th e Investigation of th e sh a re in a four m o n th s' record of poetoffice dep artm en t, to « ta k e public WOODMAN OF THE WORLD CAMP Washington lodge, Nr. 48, I. O. O. crime-» w hich has Included eight m ur the. re su lt of h is w ork and as a preface SO 98. F. J . C. Brooks, N. G ; Mr. H ill, V. ders. th e w ounding of five o th er men to th e rep o rt w rites a long m em oran FOREST GROVE. G. ; Mr. Brooks, S-. sec’y .> T. aDd I, a. long series of robberies. dum . epitom izing w hat has beene ac Meet every Saturday evening at T h e tw o young men ban d its, neither com plished an d w hat w ill be done in Adams, treas ; H. H. Clark, P. G. 7.30 P. M. All neighbors are cordi. of whom is over 21 y ears of age, to th e future. T h e m ost in ten se public in terest ally invited to visit with us. Delphos lodge, No. 39, K. P ; A. g e th e r w ith th e ir com panion. Emi! w31 be tak en in th e revelations m ade LENOX. J o h n A x d e k s o . v , Clerk B Todd, C. C; E l. Wirtz, V . C.; R oeski, w ho is now old er, w ere cap by B ristow regarding th e connection tu red n e a r Liverpool, Ind.. yesterday, of form er F irs t A ssistan t Postm aster- J o h n S t r i b i c h , C. C. Robt. Wirtz, prel.; E D Smith, M. a fte r a fight in w hich they battled G eneral P erry S. H eath w ith som e of A new milkroute has been started A.; Wilber McEldowney, M. of W.; ag a in st policem en, railro a d detectives. th e m ost sen satio n al tran sactio n s, i through the Helvetia settlement to J. H. Wescott, K. of II and S.; A. | railro a d lab o rers and farm ers num ber H eath has not been connected with Downs' best popcorn. the Glencoe oonderser with Wm. D. Allen, M. of F.; V. Fuqua, I. G ; ing n early 500. One m an was killed, th e d e p a rtm e n t since July 1, 1900, * when he resigned. T he general lm- ! Jossy as driver. Walter Dixon, O. G ; A. R Leant, a n o th e r fatally w ounded and all three pression has lieun th a t H eath w as not A'arna clocks of ail the reliable of th e young b an d its w ere wounded, 11 they do not turn out to he social trustee. indicted b ecause he w as protected l>y mukts at Abbott & Son’s. but not seriously. the th re e y ers sta tu te of lim itations. ists there will he two new republicans K V derm eyer w as w runded in the It row ap p ears th a t in tw o instances at the residences of Mr. Chas.Z archer No n t E h a rd by birdshet. Vandlne- was slm- h: case w as subm itted to the d istrict Dr. L jwe will lie in Hillsboro and Mr. K. Pubois. ilarly Injured ar.d su stain ed !n adili ato ru ey lo r indictm ent, b u tt th a t the D-c. IO h ' k I 11 . Two days. Mrs. M. Schmidt fell and broke Oa and af:er D-ceuiber is*, the In- 1 tion a flesh wound ire th e left thigh* d is tric t a tto rn ey decided th a t th e evi dence w as n et sufficient to ju stify his one of her arms coming up town ¡dependent T e le p h o n e e x c h a n g e wi.J Rot-ski vers shot ir flee right hip. Get >*.u 8-dtiy half-hour strike, fully As soon as they w ere in sight of the indictm ent. from the depot at ihe metropolis id put o.i utgh' inti Sunday service. place th e policem en advanced lr. a It is sta te d in th e re p o rt th a t the warranted clock, for 2.50 of Abbott. Washington county. Subscribers rates will remain tee circle upon th e dugout. Driscoll pick sy stem s of organized co rruption be & Son. gan in 189.1, d u ring P re sid e n t Cleve j same, and no extra charge* w ill be ed up a ch u n k of wood and hurled it at la n d ’s ad m in istratio n , and continued Mr. F. XV* Iff came hack from the dugout. In sta n tly th ere w ,i Day and night, we a re ready to serve Germany where he visited his aged made to any point in Washing;, n | flash, a rep o rt and Driscoll fell, she! u n til stopped by this investigation. B ristow e stim a te s th a t th e total w arm lunches a t th e Pacific R estau mother hut will not go on his farm corn ty reached hy our lines. am ount w hich th e p erp e tra to rs of j th ro u g h th e abdom en. rant. • S. G. H ughes , Manager. again. He is working in Porllaud T he policem en opened fire on th" th e se frau d s them selves received will | dugout. from w hich sh o ts w ere now a g g reg ate betw een 3300.000 and $400,- at present. coming th ick and fast. W hile th e fire 000. T h e loss to th e governm ent is Prude it people purchase Dr. i t l L l S B r i « ) ( i n T U KËT The telephone is crowd ng on to m any tim es in excess of th is am ount, w as a t its h o tte st. V andlne and Roeskl b u t can n o t be estim ated w ith any do- Lowe’s g la sse s. us like wildfire. One line has bee ri:shed out. followed a few m inutes g rae of accuracy. opened up from Hillsboro out north I lie Issue o f Hie t-lectio.' — " h at thi- l a t t r by N etderm eyer. T he la tte r ran P resident R oosevelt h as striv en tc C'itizsns Ticket Represent«. east as far as Mr. E. L Saute’s place to th e tra c k s of th e M ichigan C entral place the blam e for th e conditions You’ll like our methods and goods ! railro ad , and. thro w in g him self flat w hich prevailed w here it belongs. He i t ‘ Our Grocery,” Forest Grove* and another from Glencoe up t< gives a list of offenders show ing th a t Messrs. Connell and Bttchelder. T h e mass m eeting headed by on th e roadbed, steadied hi:: arm on alt, wih one exception, en tered office1 th e rail as he kept up a rapid fire with If you w an t som ething nobby vail beore he succeeded to th e presidency. Mr. E L Th omaa removed away Ju d g e Cornelius is in favor o f m a k j his revolvers. T h e p resid en t expects to show by R oeski ran for th o brush, but Van- speedy convictions th a t his adm inis and see W estcott. He will tell you alt from the Dr. B-.iley place to W ash ing street improvement-, out of the • ington and Mr. Paul is egaiu in G eneral Fund, w hile the citizens dine re tre a te d . C atch in g sig h t of De tra tio n can be relied on to punish as about it. te c tiv e Zim m er, w ho w as behind a well as expose official villainy. possession of tils old residence. tick et believes th a t the *>:operty tree, he fired. Z im m er w ent down W ashington. Nov. 30.—T he report Our jewelry stock is the largest in of F o u rth A ssistan t P ostm aster-G en Mr. J. Feuerstein was down on a should pay for the i:r; o cem ents w ith a b ullet in th e head. Washington county, no ex cejton s eral B ristow upon th e re cen t in v esti V andlne and N elderm eyer then visit with his family. He is doing in fro n t of it. In o;he: words; gation into th e conduct of affairs in th e atomcutting for some tine risi- Second street is now being planked; m ade a run for freedom . A fter ru n th e postal d ep artm en t rev eals th e e s Abbott & Son ning about a mile across th e country lsten ce of a system of organized cor dencts to go up in Dilley. shall the property along Second th ey cam e to th e tra c k s of the P enn ruption sin ce 1893 which h as resulted O rders by mall for p rin tin g prom ptly | street pay for th is as the charter sy lv an ia road. A sw itch engine, with in th e toss to th e governm ent of mil filled an d delivered. The News, F o r a tra in of c ars w as close a t hand, and, lions of dollars. The ex act am ount, SHERWOOD. j provides or shall it be paid o u t of h u rry in g to it. th e men ordered Brake- according to tbe official sta te m e n t e st Grove. th e city treasury th u s m aking man Sevoa to uncouple th e train from can n o t even be estim ated w ith any de Born November 26, to Mr, and Mrs gree of accuracy, nor can th e to ta. Peru liar wants supplied at ‘‘Our every tax payer in town pay for th e locom otive. He refused and a t am ount received by the p erp e tra to rs Mike Conzelman, a daughter. tem pted to ta k e N eld erm ey er’s revol Grocery." Forest Grove. of th e frau d s then*.setve3 be definitely A farewell party was given in im proving other people's property? v er from him. ascertain ed . It is. how ever, believed T he la tte r in sta n tly sen t a bullet T h e lim it of tax atio n is io mills th a t It wiH a g g reg ate a t le a st $500.000. Get your im plem ents a t M rs. Ma- honor of Mrs. Delia Hail and daugh th ro u g h th e b ra k e m a n ’s brain. The As a re su lt of th is inv estig atio n four ter Saturday evening Together in H illsboro and this is certainly b an d its m ounted th e locom otive wltlt th ie s’ sto re, C ornelius, and g et them officers and em ployes of th e postal de with the father, P. G. Martin, they h ig h enough to suit anyone. Past revolvers In hand and o rdered th e en p artm en t have resigned and th irteen at reduced prices. • leave Monday for the city where a experience has show n th a t even g in eer to move out in a h urry, which have been rem oved. F orty-four in d ict m ents have been retu rn ed , involving perman nt home is awaiting them. Dr. L 'We puts the cream of over w ith a io mill ta x it is all the city he did, going In th e direction of La thirty-one persons, of whom ten h a v t P o rte, Ind. A fter tw o m iles had been J. D. McDonald, representing the can do to hold its own. If the covered th e boys ordered th e engineer been connected w ith th e postal serv 17 years’ experience into his glasses • .* , Mutual Life Insurance Company of street im provem ents are to be paid to slow up. and. leaping to th e ground, ice. * We have a good line of Xnaas New York has been working in this | for o u t of the io m ill ta x ] then one d isappeared in th e wood.s. W hen th ey left th e tra in both boys gift«. Cull and see them. Abbott territory recently with gratifying I of tw o things will happen. H ither w ere e x h a u ste d and unable to travel. A Son. success, having taken applications for we shall have no street im prove F a rm e rs, railro ad laborers and offiae.rs upward of 16 000 in policies for the B R I G H T F U T U R E F O R I N D U S T R Y m ents or the youngest child now of th e P en n sy lv an ia railroad w ere Have Dri Lowe cure your head IN G O L D E N S T A T E . company. com ing up fast, and" Sofm w efh close to - _ ’ __ ■ •» ,» , * and eye ache by removing the cause living in H illsboro will never live th e fu g itiv es' her Is, track in g .«hem In Eunice, the eight year old dau W àshington, Dec. 1.—S ecretary Wll- with a pair of his superior glasses. th e new ly fallen snow. T h e farm ers, ghter of Mi. H. H Welflh, of this to see the town o u t of debt. m ost of whom w ere arm ed w ith dou so n ’s annual rep o rt has much of in te r They are best by aU'tssts. place fell from a workbench upon For Mayor ble-barrel shotguns, opened fire on e st to C alifornia. H e devotes much space to th e beet su g ar industry, m eth some blocks, alighting upon her them . N elderm eyer received a wound ods of destroying insect p ests and th* R. H. Greer We carry dot-glass of the standard shoulder and causing a dislocation, in th e head. A shot grazed V andine's o p erations of th e various bureau s cf America» makes, You should ex For Council men, 2 years head, c a rry in g off s o fn e 'b f • his hair, his big d e p artm en t affecting th e Pa with attendant badly sprained lig a amine and see how it would look on and hIS wounded leg w as w eakened. eifle coast. ments: Also Jos. Simon recently A. M. Carlile T h e posse w as closing*in on all sides S ecretary W ilson is a stro n g * be your ^able. Abbott A Son. met with a misfortune of a similar y and th e m u rd erers su rren d ered . They liever in b eet su g ar developm ent, and U. G. Gardner nature by receiving a badly spraiueo j werd h u rrie d to C hicago and taken d eclares th a t w ith th e proper utiliza Ed. Schulmerich Hvnta Claus is still bringing Xuaas tion of th e by-products th a t industry wrist. into th e office of Chief of Police i will becom e much m ore Im portant in goods to The Bazaar. Y’esterday ; O'Neil. The new road leading into town C alifornia than it is now. He is now For Recorder F ive m en of E a st T olleston. Ind., in M ichigan looking Into th e best another wagon load of toys of all from Tualatin is aiUiost impassable cap tu red Em il R oeski a t E tna, Ind. m ethods of utilizing th e by-product of description- and tbe most beautiful H. T. Bagley and will require much more work, J R oeski w as bro u g h t to Chicago, and su g àr beets, and in due tim e will tu rn pre.-ents for young and old was and settling of the ground before a he is now locked up In th e police sta- bis a tte n tio n to C alifornia R egarding For Treasurer beet sugar, he says: “T he J>eet sugar brought up from the depot. ; tion w ith his com panions. decent highway is established, how A. C. Shute industry is developing satisfacto rily . ever, there is plenty of time left. In 1896, th e am ount m ade was 2$,220 A 20-year, gold-fllled case, filled tons. O ne y ear ago 220,000 tons w ere Mr. Krebs, the new owner of the D. J. Tromley was this afternooD m ade. C areful e stim ates put th e crop with a genuine Elgin-Waitham Martin farm, it is reported will esta sentenced to 2.J years in the peniten now being w orked up a t 260,000 tons. blish a local brick factory on* the tiary for aiding Burke and Mc*Xa T E R R I B L E S T O R M V I S I T S S O U T H T his is a mope rapid developm ent than movement for (14.50. This is for has tak en place in sugar-m aking with the ladies’ X*nas. Abbott & Son. place, of small dimensions sufficient mara in an attempt to escape from ERN CO A ST OF CHINA. new conditions than in any o th er only to supply the local demands in thecounty j »11. He plead guilty and country. T he fu tu re of th e crop de Dr. Lowe doesn’t peddle or go from V ictoria. B. C.. Nov. 3 0 —Advices that line. pends upon th e adoption of econom ic received only six months more than been received from South China m ethods in field and factory. house to' house. No flr-t class op- Fred Olds, a wellknown farmer of the (minimum. Incidentally Judge have by th e A thenian of th e loss of thou ‘„ 'T he g ro w in g o f sc« 1 In th e U n ite d .See him at Sloan’s Middleton, is reported rapidlj failing McBride referred to the tar and sands' of lives as a re su lt of th e de S t a t e s of s u p e r lo t q u a lity is a s b re d , 1 iician does. Hotel. 2sth trip to Forest Grove w h ic h w ill r e s u l t in m u c h r i c h e r beet#» stru c tio n of- several hundred fishing and beyond tha hope of recovery feather episode of which Tromley ju n k s in a typhoon off Swatow. T he a n d b e t t e r y ie ld s t h a n fr o m th e Im p o r te d fr<>m the effects of incipient consump was the victim and most severely havoc w as te rrib le when th e gale s e e d , t h a t is n e v e r fir s t c la s s . A h e a v i e r 1 and 17 years’ experience. c o m e fro m b e tte r * tion. He has but recently returned censured the unknown participators. sw ept down on th e C hinese vessels. f to a r n m n a in g g e , p a e n r d a m c r o e re w e ill c o n o m y fro m th e i n M asts w ere broken, ru d d ers carried te llig e n t d is p o s itio n of th e b y - p r o d u c ts . Alex E Osmund, a former H ¡11-- from a Portland hospital where he Sentence upon Mrs. GUishwiller— aw ay, satis ripped and general de o n s u g a r b e e t .d i s e a s e s w an has been under treatment for some Tromley for arson, wassuspended up- stru c tio n w rought. F or days disable*! c o “ n T tin h e u e w d o d rk u r in g th e y e a r. * S p r& y ln g e x horhite; now residing .in Portland, tim e as the result of a wound. on condition that she leave the coun- junkg -drifted helplessly about, th e ir p e l im e n ts Tor th e c o n tra ! o f k^af b lig h t has heed visiting his daughter, Mrs. oedupatfts Suffering g re a tly Irom th irst w o re e n tir e ly s a i i s f a -to ry in f o l d i n g th e ) Fred Ro<td mar Farmington and I ty- The arson informations against and d is e a s e In c h e c k , a n d r e s u lte d in a n in - i hunger. o f a p p r o x im a te ly 50 p e r c e n t. In • friends at the county »seal. the couple were dismissed. T10ARRV1LLE T he H ongkong g overnm ent te n d e r c th r e e a s e tonnag«- F u r th e r in v e s t ig a ti o n s 1 S tan ley rescued a num ber, picked up w e re a ls o m a d e o f th e d is e a s e k n o w n at Don’t-forget Ihe dates. Dr. Lowe, eig h t ju n k s and took 122 men off v es 'c u r ly to p .’ w h ic h w a s p r e v a le n t la s t y e a r, J hn Tom McNamara received a Mrs. W. D . Kisbey died Friday, sels! T h e S tan ley th e n retu rn ed to a n d h a s b e e n e v e n m o re a ^ rio u s d u r in g the well known optician is to he in two years’ sentence for larceny in a N ov, 27th and was buried in the th e rescue, for th e saved fisherm en re th e p r e s e n t s e a s o n . So f a r w»* h a v e b e e n ; Forest Grove Dec. 7, 8 and till 3 Crecent Grove cemetery last Sunday. store, having plead guilty. Burke po rted th a t th e re w ere 400 ju n k s fish u m n a a la b d le y . to A d s e m te a r ll m in in e c r e th a s e e c in a u s tb e e of a p p th r o ia o’clock on the 9th. He will not ing off Sw atow when th e typhoon The public school gave a basket will tie sentenced Saturday. It has cam e on N ovem ber 8th. From the p r ia tio n fo r th is w o rk h a s b e e n p u t Ir. • send out an> circulars this trip. .s tim a te s. ju n k s m y “ A e tte social and entertainment which net been surmised that the leniency S tan ley fifty-seven disabled n tio n h a s b e e n c a lle d fro m tim e j Mark your calandar if you wish to ted them a neat sum, everyone bav-i shown the others will be extended to w ere seen firing sig n als of distress. to ti m e , ” s a y s th e r e p o r t, “ t o th e p r o -ee him. Several ju n k s w ere to » e d to Hone- liiui, au<I mat the state may be re g r e s s t h a t h a s beer, m a d e lr. t h e e ffo r ts ing a good time. k o re and th en a thirc. relief c ru ise to fin d a m e th o d o f c o n tr o llin g th e C a l i warded by discovering.how the 1100, m ade. f o r n ia v in e dis«-ase a m a 't d y th*' c a u s a Mr. A. Foster was married on Richard H. Kennedy has an II* BEET SUGAR THOUSANDS PERISH Thanksgiving to Miss Lottie Gal- breath, of Tualatin. Mrs. Mamie W. Briggs, of the De. gree of Honor will visit the local lodge Thursday night for inspection sharpened staple and aids to the at- tempted escape got inside the jail. R H. Kennedy’s trial has been tentatively set for J* d . 13 and per mission given to take testimony of important witnesses in Minnesota by Best grass seed ol all kinds at Hicks. deposition. Eattay Notice—Taxen up at nay premises 1 mile east of Forest Grove. On e heifer about 2$ years old, color red, no marks or brand* has short horns. Owner can have same by fayin g charges. Calltr address. J. Templeton, Forest Grove, O . o f w h ic h s till r e m a in s u n k n o w n . E x p e r i m e n ts w ith g r a f t i n g h a v e b e e n In p r o - | g re s s In th e c e n t e r of a b a d ly In f e c te d d i s t r i c t f o r o v e r e ig h t y e a r s T hese e x p e r im e n ts In c lu d e d th e g r a f t i n g o f so m e 400 a c r e s o f v in e s, th e e n t e r p r i s e b e in g c o n d u c te d In c o - o p e r a tio n w ith th e le a d in g v i t i c u l t u r i s t s In C a lifo rn ia . T h e L e n o ir v in e is r e s i s t a n t t o d is e a s e , a n d Its u se is e i t h e r to s to p th e g r a f t o r a s a ro o t u p o n w h ic h to g r a f t o t h e r v a r ie tie s h a s b e e n e f f e c tu a l in r e s is ti n g d is e a s e .” page article on “Our Forest Friends and How to Recognize Them;” illustrated with reproductions from photographs taken by him and sev eral pen and ink sketches drawn hy Miss R >se Wilcox, in the December Pacift*? Monthly.