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SOUTHERN PACIFIIC TIME TABLE
Good Roads.
Editor of the News.—Permit me to
make a few suggestions in regard to
GOING NORTH good roads. In the first place there
GOING SOUTH
: 9 00
a. m. 4 12
p. m. should be good ditches on each side
the road, and the road just rounded
a. m. of enough
6 21
p. m. 6 59
to drain the water off. Then
of putting the rock in the cen
Church and Society Directory. instead
ter of the road as is usually done, plow
a ditch, eighteen inches wide, four feet
Strangers cordially Invited to attend.
PHRISTIAN CHURCH. Preaching every Sunday at from the side ditch, ten inches deep,
^ 11 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. Christian Endeavor at 6:30
P. M. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 7:30.
fill in with large rock so they do not
Church. Rev. Belknap, pastor. Preaching come above the top of the furrow.
M E. • every
Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. Sunday
School at 12. Epworth League 6:30 P. M. Prayer Then fill in with crushed rock. Plow
meeting Thursday evening, 7:30.
PONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Rev. Daniel Staver, another furrow the same size as the
pastor. Meets in College Chapel. Preaching every
Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. Sunday School at 12. other just far enough away so the
Y. P. S. C. E. at 6:30 P. M. Prayer meeting Thursday
evening 7:30
wheels will travel in the center of the
A. M„ Holbrook Lodge No. 30. Meets once furrows. That would make thirty-six
each month on the Saturday evening before full inches of rock ten inches deep. A
F it • moon,
In Masonic Hall. J. S. Buxton, W« M., J. C.
Clark, Sec.
road made in that manner would hold
T?ASTERN STAR, Forest Chapter No. 42. Meets the up sixty hundred, at any season of the
first Monday in every month, in Masonic Hall.
Mrs. C. F. Miller, W. M., Lisxie D. Harris, Sec.
year. A road made in this way would
T O. O. F., Forest Grove Lodge No. 49. Meets take no more rock than they usually
every Monday evening in the 1. O. O. F. Hall.
Hugh Clarke, C., J. T. Brooks, Sec.
put on in the center of the road to be
of A., Forest Grove Camp No. 6228. Meets kicked off or mashed down so deep
M W.
• every second and fourth Friday evenings of each
month in Masonic Hall. J. Q. Jackson, V. C.. H. G. that it does no good.
King., Clerk.
Now let me answer some of the ob
O. W., Forest Grove Camp No. 98. Meets every
•
Satuiday
evening
in
I.
O.
O.
F.
Hall.
John
W Stribblch, C. C., John Anderson, Clerk.
jections to such a road. Some will
W „ Holly Circle No. 185. Meets on the say “It is too narrow.” I admit it
second and fourth Wednesday evenings of each would be narrow, but we cannot rock
W O. • month
in I. O. O. F. Hall. Jessie Buxton, G. N., Anna
Pomeroy, Clerk.
the road from ditch to ditch. It
TT-NIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, Delphos Lodge No.
would take more time and money than
-1*- Meets every Thursday evening in Masonic Hall.
B. Todd, C. C., J. H. Wescott, K. R. & S.
we can raise at the present time.
P ATHBONE SISTERS Delphin Temple, No. 32. Meets Then let our law makers pass a law to
on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month In
Masonic Hall. Miss Jessie Buxton, M. E. C., Mrs. prohibit more than a ton on the road
Elva Wescott, M. of R. C.
A. R., Department of Oregon, J. B. Mathews Post from the time the rainy season sets in,
Meets first and third Wednesdays at 1:30 until it is over in the spring. Also
G • p. No. m. 6. in Masonic
Hall. John H. Baker, Commander,
S. B. Starrett, Adjutant.
make a law that a loaded team should
R. K. P., Delphos Rank No. 8. Meets the fourth have the right of way, and there is no
evening each month in the Masonic Hall.
U • J. Thursday
J. Wirtz, Capt., Robert W lrts, Sec.
time in the winter, if the road was not
TsTATIVE DAUGHTERS, Tabitha Brown Cabin No. traveled, that a team could not turn
’ 24. Meets second and fourth Tuesdays, in I. O. O.
F. Hall. Gertrude Marsh, Pres. Elda Walker, Sec.
out on the dirt road and pass and turn
NITED ARTISANS. Diamond Assembly No. 27. back on the rock. Commence at the
the first and third Tuesday evenings of each
U Meets
month
in the I. O. O. F. Hall. L. C. Walker, M. A., rock crusher, and build toward the
C. B. Stokes, Sec.
P RANGE, Gales Grange. Meets first Saturday of rail road, fixing the bad places first.
' J ' each month in Masonic Hall. Daniel Baker, The farmers could haul a ton of rock
Master, J. B. McPherson, Sec.
-p EBKCCAS, Forest Lodge No 44. Meets the 1st and to a load in the fall and early winter,
3rd Wednesday evening of every month in I. O. O.
F. Hall. Charlotte Graham, N. G., Carrie Holley, Sec. when they would not be doing much
else. When we get all of the road
For Sale
fixed in this way, then take out the
Eight acres near Forest Grove de dirt between the furrows and fill in
pot, all in cultivation. For particulars with rock as before, also a strip on the
opposite side from the ditch eighteen
enquire of H. G. King, agent.
or twenty inches and fill in as before,
Shorthand A Gold Mine.
and then you would have a good road,
I loan you a Typewriting Machine, over eight feet wide, that would bear
teach you shorthand and typewriting over a ton at any time of the year.
by mail, and help you to a position at Then you would have forty feet of diit
a good salary, with sure promotion.
road for summer use.
How much do you earn? There is Some advocate corduroy or plank.
only one way to earn more and that is I have lived in Oregon thirty years
to make yourself worth more. Make and the roads are the worst this winter
your leisure moments valuable by learn I have ever seen. We have tried
ing shorthand. You can master it in dirt, wood, and rock. Let us have a
a very short tim% and command a good change. Either quit working the
salary. The expense is light. Write road, work them right or at least try
for particulars and sample lessons.
G. B. Hardin’s Correspondence School some other way.
J. G arrigus
of Shorthand, Forest Grove, Oregon.
Banks, Ore.
Office in Wagner block.
FO R EST GROVE
The Colonial Hotel
When you come to Forest Grove
stop at the Colonial Hotel.
Everything first class. Best of
service. Rates reasonable...........
H. VILLIGER, Proprietor
Oregon
Forest Grove,
For Feed and
Staple Seeds
T. A. RITCHEY, Forest Grove, Or.
Complete I ne of Field and Garden Seed», Bran, Short* and Mill Feed», Oil Meal, Whole
and Cracked Corn, Lump Salt, Lime and Cement, Land Plaster. FLOUR—
Minnesota Hard Wheat, Eastern Oregon Hard Wheat, Valley Wheat.
Com* In and gat price*.
I ’ree delivery In tow n.
I am prepared to furnish Lumber in any quantities at
Portland, Beverton, Reedville, Hillsboro, Cornelius
Forest Grove, Dilley and Gaston at the following prices:
Rough, $10 50 Sized, $11 Shiplap, $11 Rustic No. 1, $20
Flooring No. 1, $20 Beaded Ceiling and all Finish No. 2
$15 Shingles $1 70 per m. Stopping, Window
Both Phone * and Door Jambs or any lumber wanted
Addre.**
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Lost!
,
Yesterday
Somewhere between daylight and dark,
Two Golden Hours
Each set with Sixty Diamond Minutes. No reward is
given to the finder, for they can never be found— they are
gone forever, and as time is money, so is your money
wasted in building an
Inferior Fence
That takes time to be patching, also to gather up stock
that has gotten into a neighbor’s field, or to chase your
neighbor’s stock that has gotten into your field.
Buy a Page Fence
And by so doing save money, and live in peace and harmony with your
neighbor. Agents Wanted. For full particulars, address
Page’s Woven Wire Fence Co.
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E. ESTES, Manager of Distributary,
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Notice
The Wood Dealers will have a busi
ness meeting next Saturday at 1
o’clock, in Kane & Hubbards’ office.
A good attendance is desired.