Washington County news., March 24, 1904, Page 11, Image 11

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Services will be held next Sunday at
Mrs. George Peterson’s baby has a
the A. C. church by Rev. Ivan Du- very severe cold.
prey.
Four of the loggers arrived Sunday
Iver Jacobson, our popular shoe evening, and will commence to build
man, has gone to Portland on business. their house and bam.
The breeze Saturday night prostrated
Mrs. Josephine Patton, of Forest
Special services were held at the three Oregon telephone poles and the Grove, spent Sunday with her parents,
wires were stranded against the Everest Mr. and Mrs. Heisler.
Catholic Church, Saturday.
Walter Sargent and John Parsons are
Sunday last witnessed the joyful drug building.
The young people gave a social at coming home from McMinnville,
christening of the daughter of John
the
M. E. parsonage Eriday evening. Tuesday, to spend their vacation.
Van Domelen.
Miss Marie Zumwalt, of Hillsboro,
John Beal is preparing some exten­ There was a house full and all report a
jolly
good
rime.
was a passenger on the Varley stage
sive beds for all kinds of summer
A
great
many
newcomers
are
buying
last Saturday, enroute for Glenwood,
flowers. Many might profitably follow
small
tracts
about
Cornelius
and
there
she
will take charge of the Greystone
his example.
will be considerable building done the school.
Those who have been holding their
coming summer.
Holcher & Patton are still busy with
hay are beginning to look more cheer­
Wade
Everett,
who
is
attending
to
their
men floating logs down Gales
ful since Portland has secured some
the ticket end of Cohn’s Portland Creek. They, at the present writing,
more contracts for hay and oats.
Vaudeville, is spending a week’s are about two miles and a half below
vacation with his parents.
the Gales Creek bridge.
Hillsboro
The Wolfe Bros, have the lumber
Mrs. Anna Michalec Honzaik, wife
Raleigh
of Adolph Honzaik of Hillsboro, died all on the ground and the framing all
The wind storm Saturday evening
last Friday evening. Deceased came done for their new house and are only
did much damage at Raleigh.
to Oregon in 1868. She leaves a waiting for one clear day to start the
A large tree fell upon Mr. Stock-
husband and six children as follows: building. The framing was done in
dale’s new made bridge and damaged
Minnie, Julia, Benjamin and Adolph the barn.
Patton & Holscher, who have had a it badly.
of Hiilsboro, Mrs. George Harrow of
Mr. B. R. Patton lost the top of his
Portland, and Mrs. James Jackson of hard job getting their logs down Gales
and Scoggins creeks, have succeeded bam, the wind carrying it about 50
West Union, Oregon.
and will soon have them all boomed at feet from the bam. His fences were
their Cornelius mill. The boys are also broken down by the falling tim­
Centerville.
Mrs. Geo. Renolds, of Troutdale is bound to win if they did have to wade ber.
in the icy water up to their necks for
visiting with her mother Mrs. Wren.
Banks.
Mrs. Riverman visited with her seven days in the week.
Plenty of snow in the foot hills and
daughter in Portland, Sunday and Mon­
Dilley.
still snowing.
day.
W. Gray’s two sons, Dr. Gray from
The meetings still continue at the
H. Osterman spent Wednesday last Illinois, and Geo. Gray, from Pendleton,
Fir Grove church.
in Portland. His store here is quite Oregon, are visiting at his home.
Mr. H. Prickett was a caller at Mr.
well filled now.
Miss Hankins and Miss Burgett,
Mrs. Harry Johnson returned to Port­ who have been visiting Mrs Jake Heltzels Sunday evening.
Miss Cecil Heltzel is home from
land, Saturday after several weeks’ Tupper, returned home the last of the
Portland on a visit to her parents.
visit with her folks here.
week.
Elder J. C. Garrigus preached in
Mr. Wunderlick and family will
Mr. Woods and family left Friday
Salem
Sunday, returning home Mon­
move into the Wilhelmson house until for Cuba, where they expect to make
day.
they makes other arrangements.
their home.
Mrs. Pricket returned home Tues­
Last Friday when the writer was com­
Mrs. Maury is visiting Mrs. Rice, on
day,
after an extended visit with her
ing home from town he met Will Van Gales Creek this week.
daughter.
Lorn, the mail carrier, between Center­
Tilly Boyd and Retha Wilkes spent
J. Garrigus preached Sunday night
ville and Mt. Dale, loaded down with Sunday in Cornelius, at the home of
sacks and bags of all sizes, colors and Mrs. Lyle Pollock.
for the M. E. minister. He reports
shapes. Newspapers, prominent among
good order.
Mrs. Dell Aplin was a Dilley visitor,
which were noticed the Oregonian,
Miss Mary Garrigus returned from
Saturday.
News and Argus. He says he and his
Philomath college on account of her
Bom—To Mr. and Mrs. C. Peterson,
horse are disgusted with the job.
mother’s ill health.
March 18, a boy.
Mr. Frank Rey and family and Mrs.
W. C. and Lem Ingles have
Arch Wilkes has bought the Cline
Rey’s parents, consisting of twelve
grubbed about five acres this winter by
persons in all, have come here from property from Higgins, who expects to hand. They logged it ofl in the fore
Omity, Barton County, Kansas. They leave soon for Idaho, as this climate part of the winter.
are old friends of C. P. Wunderlick does not agree with him.
The heaviest wind storm of the
and have bought part of his farm and j Miss Price, of Hillsboro, visited at season
occured Saturday evening,
the Wilhelmson place. They both the home of A. Briggs last week.
blowing down more timber than any
received a very good price for their
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Briggs returned storm since the ’80s.
land. Mr. Wilhelm and family will from Washington, Monday evening.
move into Forest Grove where he is
Garden Home.
Gales Creek.
t le butchering business.
Anton Blosick was under the
On Sunday, Allan McRae, of Mc­
Cornelius
Minnville, preached, at the Union weather several days last week.
Mrs. John DeHom and little daugh­
John Buchanan, who has been quite church to a small but appreciative
ter have been quite sick for some time
sick the past four weeks, is again able audience.
to attend to business.
One day last week while pruning past.
Mrs. Huffaker’s little grand daugh­
There will be a gathering of the trees, Lon Wilson had the misfortune
different political factions of tne county to clip ofl one finger and injure another ter is slowly recovering from a severe
attack of pneumonia.
quite seriously.
at Everes Hall Saturday night.
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Mr. Field man’s fence was blown
down for a considerable distance in
Saturday night’s gale.
Mr. Nicholsen barely escaped sev­
eral times on his way home, Saturday,
falling trees nearly striking him.
Sunday evening was spent listening
to the violin and organ at Peterson’s.
A number of neighbors and the mill
men who are boarding there, number­
ing in all about 30 persons, being pies
ent.
The young man from “ back east”
has taken the job of cutting wood for
Mr. Richison, whose family are soon
going to move into Geo. Blasser’s
house. Mr. May vacated last week.
Mike Blasick had to stay in the house
several days last week, with the la
grippe.
Last Saturday’s wind storm did quite
a lot of damage to the timber, blowing
many trees across the telephone lines
and blocking the road completely.
Robert Stephens had to leave his
wagon and get his horses home as best
he could. One horse refused to go
over the logs and he left him, but had
not gone far when a tree falling quite
close to the horse made it change its
mind and follow Stephens home at
once.
Farmers— when you buy your field
and garden seeds don’t fail to call on
T. A. Ritchie, at Headquarters. His
line is complete with the very best.
Discontinued.
Owing to the impassability of the
road, carrier on rural route No. 1 has
been instructed to discontinue service
from the post-office via S. R. R. depot
to the main Dilley road.
For Sale Cheap.
One Span of Mares, Set Double Har­
ness nearly new. Wagon 3 1-2 in. tire
good as new, two fresh milk cows,
three yearling calves, one buggy, two
set single harness.
Must sell on ac­
count of sickness. Also ranch to rent
in Scoggin’s Valley consisting of 23
acres, 12 acres cultivated, with good
house and good meadow. Owner go­
ing away.
Address, TALBOT MILLER,
Gaston, Oregon.
Death of Fred Frost
Fred Frost died at the home of his
father in Laural, Oregon, on March
17th 1904, age 25 years and 6
months. He recently came here from
Minnesota. He was a member of the
Modem Woodman lodge at Beardsley,
Minnesota, a faithful Christian and a
member of the Methodist church.
The funeral was held in the Babtist
church at Laurel, Oregon, Rev. F. S.
Locke, pastor of the Gaston circuit
United Evangelical church.
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