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About Washington County news. (Forest Grove, Washington County, Or.) 1903-1911 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1904)
F orm (jirove, Washington Comity, 0 egon, January 29, 1 >0*. eriss were estab lish ed iu th e stale, in c lu d in g South T u alatin an d Wesi U nion, W ashington co u n ty . “ T he latest n o tab le change of the decade has been th e successful es tub lish m en t of th e in d u stry of tnanufac lu rin g condensed m ilk in th e state. A resu lt of th e estab lish m en t of the successful c o n d e n se ri's at Forest G rove and H illsb o ro has been the closing of several cream eries in W ash in g to n coun ty . T ills fact, in connec tion w ith th e rap id increase in d e m an d for m ilk a n d cream in Portland an d o th e r cities, ‘th e h igh price of j feed and o th e r causes has operated i t > check, for th e tim e being, the in- ! crease in the p ro duction of b u tte r in th e sta te .’’ F0Ü K BRANCH FA RM REAL AT C E N T E R - V IL L E Mr. Frank L?e, ol Portland, one of TEN YEARS UE BA1RYIXU IS WASH- the new members of the State Board INIGOS COUNTY of Agriculture and an authority on all its practical lines, in a recent H . M W i l l i a m s o n in discussing article pays a high compliment lo s th e changes of a decade in Oregon Washington County breeder of fine d a iry iu g in th e N o rth w e st Pacific cattle and gives an interesting ac F a rm e r, has m any allusions of in te r count of his herd . THE KOREAN EMPEROR, OVER WHOSE COUNTRY JAPAN AND RUSSIA ARE AT ODDS. Y i Hiunf? is Al y e ars of ¡tge. H e b ecam e k iu g of K o re a in 1864 a n d was p roclaim ed e m p e ro r in 1897. I lis m ost n o ta b le a c h ie v e m e n t w as his su ccess in w in ning an A m e ric a n w ife . T h e m a p sh o w s some of th e K o re a n , Ja p a n e se an d C h ino-R ussian p o rts n e ar w hich m o s t of th e fig h tin g is lik e ly to occur. est to W ash in g to n C o u n ty , am ong “ T he F o rk B ran ch h erd of C enter th e m thes : ville, O regon, has continued to send “ T he opinion in som e w ay becam e out good m aterial for a n u m b e r of p rev a len t th a t O regon’s n atu ra l con years, and is w aging w ar ag ain st the d e m n s w ere u n favorable to d airy in g . scrub in u m a n n e r th a t count?. T o is opinion was placed on record in “ Mr. C h alm er’s m otto is ‘A good an a r t cle w ritte n by M r- I f. B . Luce herd bull or none at a l.,’ and his and published' in th e H illsboro In d e good ju d g m e n t tracks th a t u p . M ar p en d e n t iu the w in te r of 1891 2. Mr. quis of L o m e , 169576, now holds the L uce afterw ard s changed his view s g ro u n d , after a succession of good I on th is s u tje c t and w hen d a iry and sires. H e says he w ent E is t in 1901, food com m issioner of th e sta te en th u in order to lo <k up a good sire, and siasiically called atten tio n to O regon’s saw a n u m b e r of th e best B ritish and j a d a p tib ility to d airy in g . A m erican-b red hulls but was better “ Oregon d id not ex p erien ce to any e x te n t th e g reat change in d airy m ethods w hich cam e about in the M iddle W est in the decade of 1880- 1890 as a resu lt of th e estab lish m en t of cream eries operated on th e plan of g a th e rin g cream raised by th e deep se ttin g system . I believe that there were never more than half a dozen creameries in this state operated by that method. In 1891 the o e really successful creamery in Oregon was the one at Farmington. This ere<m ery which had been established about five years prior to that time ran con tinuously from the start and for the year 1891 it paid its patrons the av erag e price of 33.94 cents per p o und, clear of all expenses of m a k show and b reed in g hull R oyal Say in g and m a tk e tin g , for th e b u tte r lor, and o u t of M ildred 4 ih ; also m ade from th e ir m ilk . Rose of W onder, by R oyal W onder, •‘A bout th e beginning of th e year w ho was first and ju u io r sw eepstakes 1 -92 a period of activ e developm ent a t T oronto, 1900 91; alao E nglish of th e d a iry in d u stry in Oregon be L a d y , 14th, by R >yal V icto r, 163, g an . T he foundation w ork has been 569, and out of E n g lish L ad y , 13'.b, do n e. A t his fine d a iry farm in d D |8 9 0 r o w . W a sh in g to n county, th e la te Coi. T . “ M r. Cl aim ers says he th in k s that It. C ornelius, th e first houorary I this ad d itio n has strengthened his m em ber of th is association, had de j herd, although there are a number of m o n stra ted th e fact th a t he could matrons of his own breeding that m a in ta in a d a iry cow to the acre by cannot be surpassed anywhere as th e use of corn and vetches. H is producers of dairy and feed cattle, large herd of 290 cows were fed in such as those sired by Conqueror, the barn the year through. Rye, 111,877, a worthy son of the great vetches and corn were used as soiling crops and vetches and corn as silage. In almost every county one or more up-to-date dairymen had demonstrat ed Oregon’s special fitness tor dairy ing. The general impulse toward improved methods of dairying was making itself In this state. A ll that was needed was a campaign of edu cation and enlightenment combined with systematic introduction of dairy machinery. “ Prior to 1892 there were but few creameries in the state. The one at Farmington 1 have mentioned, there were also creameries in operation at Forest G ave and North Yamhill In 1892 and H93 a number of create- Q jy Monarch and Illustrious Duke, 112,109, by the great show bull Barn net. “ He runs a dairy along with hi* breeding operations, and plain and cheap feed is the order. Ensilagi, turnips and straw, being the main ration. He says in 17 years of Bbort. horn breeding he has not fed 20 tons of hay. His young stock run to open sheds, as high as 25 head of calves all feeding together.” TRANSFERS. M S 'an fo rd to A ron Ber- gat. 36 a in see 24 1 1 a r 1 w ............. $ 2900 C H alter to M M H alter 6 a in see 1 t 2 n r 1 w .................................... 400 M H ansen to C hrist floizuegel 20 a in sec 2 t 8 s r 2 w ......... 600 M R obbins lo Clara L G re en 29 a in sec 26 t 2 s 1 w .......... .... 1 J O liver lo N l’ Lum i 69 a in s 15 t s n r 5 w ............................ l J OMvor to N I* Nelson 100 a in s 15 I 3 n r 5 w ......................... 1 C E astm an to M T scham z 40 a in sec 3 t 1 n r 2 w ................. 2000 Thos B ath e to E vu E v erest lots 9 and 10 !> 3 H e n ry ’s add to C o rnelius,................................... 80 E E v erest to H F S a tle rie e iota I 2, 3 and 4 b 4 H en ry add to C o rn eliu s................................... 150 J K S m ith to E E verest lots 2, 3, 4, 6, 6 and 8 b 3 and lots 2, 3 and 4 b 34 C ornelius............ 325 N V S tain to E E v erest lets 7 In h 8 H en ry add to Cor. 30 H Jungenseii to L Ju n g en sen 25 a in see 39 l 2 s r 1 w ...... 1 H Mi Linn to E J L yons pt of 2 F in n e y ’s add to H illsboro 125 H R eynolds to S R -yni ids 20 a in B ru g g er tra c t a n d -eth er la n d .............................................. 1 S R ey n o ld s to 11 R eynolds tract in a 34 t 1 n r 1 v J TEAC H ER'S 1 X AM IN ATI ON 1 N otice is hereby given th at the county su p e rin ten d e n t of W ashing ton C ounty will hold the regular ex- sm in aiio n of ap p lican ts for state an d county papers at th e C ourt H ouse at H illsboro, O regon as follow s: F or S tate P apers—Com m encing W ednesday, Feb. 10, al n in e o'clock a. m ., and co u tin u in g ^u n til S atu rd ay , Feb. 13, four o’clock p. m. satisfied w ith th e M aiquis th a n ever. A fter seeing th e stock th a t he was from , in C a p tain Robson’s h erd of C anada, cam e ho m e an d bought him o f Mr. B row n at a long price, h u t after seeing his calves, th in k s him cheap, “On this trip he selected from the herd of J. and W. (¿. Watt, Salem, Oot., the cow Acton Rose, by Mr. Watt's great prize bull Charles Dick ens, first and sweepstakes at Toronto. He is also the sire of Mr. Wade’s Hiilcrest Hero. “ Also Milden, ’95, by Rid Lion 136,844, a son of the great Scottish Chief; also M ayflow er, 31, by Royal V icto r, 163,669, a son of the great ESTATE THE MAN WHO SENT JAPAN’S ULTIMATUM TO RUSSIA. J u ta r o K o n iu ra is Just now th e m ost p o p u la r m an in J a p a n , bv reason o f th e fa c t th a t h is c a p a c ity of m in is te r of fo reig n a ffa irs h e in d ite d th e m ik a d o s u ltim a tu m to th e c zar. K o m u ra is 53 y e ars of a g e and is a g ra d u a te of H a rv a ld . H e w as m in is te r to th e U n ite d S ta te s d u rin g th e w a r w ith S p ain . Wednesday—Penmanship, history, spelling, algebra, reading, school-law. Thursday— Written arithmetic, theory of teaching, grammar, book keeping, physics, civil government. Friday—Physiology, geography, mental arithmetic, composition, phy sical geography. S atu rd ay — B otany, plane geome try, general h istory, E n g lish litera ture, psy chology. F o r C ounty .P a p e r-.—Com m encing W ednesday, Feb- 10, a t n in e o’clock a. r»i., an d continuously until F rid ay , Fpb. 12, at four o’clock p. in. F irst, Second rfud T h ird grade Certificates, W ednesday— P en m an sh ip , history, o rth o g ra p h y , reading. T h u rsd ay — W ritten arith m etic, theory of teaching, g ra m m a r, physi ology. F rid a y —G eography, m en tal a rith metic, echooljlaw , civil governm ent. Primary Certificates. Wednesday—Peonrn nship, orthog raphy, reading, arttli uelic. Thursday—Art i f questioning, the ory of teaching, methods, physiology. H. A. B all , County Superintendent. Blacksmith Shop at bales. I'rrrk Having opened a blacksmith shop at Oaiee Creek I am pleased to an RIVAL WARSHIPS BUILT IN AN AMERICAN YARD. nounce to the public that I am now T h e Kasecri. ow ned by J a p a n , and th e V a n a g . ow ned by Knsaia. are a p t in th e n e a t ready to do all kinds of blacksmith- fu tu r e to m eet in b a ttle . B o th vesaeta w ere b u ilt in th e C ra m p s h ip y a rd s n e a r P h i l » d e lp h ia . T h e V a ria g , a lth o u g h a trifle s h o rte r th a n th e K aaagi. is fa s te r, so m ew h a t m ore ing in a good workmanlike manner. fo rm id a b le and haa a g re a te r d isp la c e m e n t. E x p e rts, how ever, th in k th a t th e K aaag i’a I desire those needing work in my p e c u lia r a rm a m e nt w o u ld g ive h e r a very good chance of a in n in g in a fight w ith th a V a ria g . NOTICE line to ca ll. My charges will be For sale—good woisi, 16 inch and Valentines galore, the prettiest Feed ground every Saturday at reasonable and work guaranteed t* four foot. Will deliver anywhere i n ! ever seen at The Bazaar, Forest Hartranpf’s letd store. Forest be first class. Irvin Dupray, Gales Creek, Ore. town, W • K Curtis. Grove. Grove. V