Forest Grove, W ashington County, Oregon, Thursday, April 14,1904.
Vol. 1.
Council Meeting
At the regular session of the com
mon council Tuesday evening all the
city officials were present except Coun-
cilmen Stribbich and Starrett. The
finance committee made a report which
is given below, as is also the settlement
with E. W. Haines for lights and
water. The street committee was
authorized to obtain the necessary
lumber for street improvements.
The treasurer was instructed to
make oat a bill against E. W. Haines
as a penalty for failure to furnish light
covering the period he was installing
the plant at his new dam.
A. W. Johnson and John W. Price
were granted water privileges.
Byron M. Smith was credited with
$20.22 for water installation.
J. M. Garrison was credited $16.75
for same reason.
As a result of the reform movement
which is sweeping the city the ordi
nance committee then introduced a
resolution prohibiting smoking, spit
ting, or using profane language in the
council chamber and the resolution
was adopted.
It will be news to the readers of
this paper that the older members of
our common council had so far for
gotten their gei tl manly instincts that
they would fail to observe the presence
of ladies or postpone the use in any
form of the weed if it were offensive to
any person present. If they are ad
dicted to vulgar language, that is
something we did not know, but if
these things do exist, the resolution is
in order to define the conduct of the
city dads. The presence of a resolu
tion on the books will be known only
to the councilmen and if it is to apply
to others present it should be put in
bold placard form upon the walls of the
council chamber to inform the barbar
ian from without that he is expected
to act the gentleman. However it is
hardly probable that a resolution will
reform a person devoid of the sense of
propriety.
The ordinance committee reported
back the Pacific States Telephone and
Telegraph franchise ordinance and it
was laid upon the table to be called up
at some future time.
The agent of A. G. Long Co., pres-
ented the claim of merit for the Bab
cock Fire Extinguisher and Councilmen
Hughes and Hollinger were appointed
to confer with the fire department
regarding needed supplies.
The Vineyard and Hill Telephone
Co. was granted permission to come
into the city and unite with the Pacific
States Telephone and Telegraph Co.
under the direction of the street com
mittee.
After some other matters were talked
over the council adjourned.
BILLS ALLOWED
P W C ronin, m arshall.................................
S Brick, labor..................................................
W S Hudson, trea su re r......................... ....
E A D ixon, labor............................................
Portland G eneral Electric Company, lamps
E W H aines, light co n tract...........................
Ballard & L eneville, water su p p lies........
Blake M cFaul Company, led g er...................
Forest Grove Tim es, b lan k s...........................
L C W alker, secretary m in u tes...................
L ight and water contract expenses.............
$ 12 25
2 00
19 25
2 75
57 01
421 75
1 60
500
8 75
3 00
39 00
T o ta l .............. ................................................................
572 76
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council of the City of Forest Grove.
I here with submit my report of Re
ceipts and Disbursements for the
month March, 1904.
March
1
Balance
I«
*4
in n . .
_
_
Treas.
10
Ree. from County
• 6
11 “
S. 8 . Hughes
66
éé
L. C. W alker fine
31 “
66
éé
31 “
6«
• 1 L ight
W ater
31 "
• •
It
Lamps
31 “
$259 59
$152 24
3 50
4 00
300 71
147 15
2 40
610 00
T otal R eceipts
DISBURSEMENTS
Feb. 2 Pete Peterson w arrant No. 1917 $ 1 00
(•
1916
1 50
2 J. H. Hughes
él
II
1919
77 46
9 W . S. Hudson
"
tt
• • 9 Cornelius!!Hancock
1928
8 50
It
té
800
1931
9 L. C. W alker
tt
lé
g •* ••
n
••
1922
6 20
II
té
19
50
1930
9 P. W . Cronen
lé
té
9 W ashington Co. News
1921
15 00
It
160 00
9 E. W. H aines check
éé
té
16 00
10 H. Shannon warrant éé 1926
éé
1923
16 80
10 Sam Todd
éi
ét
1918
1 00
11 L. G. Moorly
éé
4* 1920
50
11 R. M. Taylor
"
éé
éé
1929
13 05
12 Chester Johnson
éé
éé
1927
1 00
15 Steibach A Purden
éé
“ 1924
13 12
15 S. G. H ughes
té
1932
20
00
L. C. W alker
869 59
378 63
Balance
490 96
Respectfully Submitted
W. S. HUDSON
City Treasurer
April 12, 1904
To the Honorable Mayor and Members of the Common
Council
Forest Grove, Oregon
G entlem en:—Please find the w ithin bill w hich is com
posed of the follow ing items:
Cash R eceipts as per T reasurer’s Statem ent
$4774 25
Amount Credited to W ater Installed
274 40
Value of Light and W ater furnished during year 5048 65
Contract Basis
3783 40
Increase
B ill (one-third of 1265 25)
1265 25
421 75
Very tru ly yours
HAINES ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY
By E. W. H aines
T his leaves the city a net increase over last year of
$843.50 which Is a handsome profit. W e are now the
envy of our neighboring cities in cheap lighting
and our lights will compare favorably with our sister
cities.
The Free Lecture Course
9
The series of lectures given last
week by the Rev. W. Hendrichx, of
the Missionary Union of New York
City, given at Vert’s Hall last week,
proved to be one of the most interest
ing intellectual feasts given here for
some time. Rev. Hendrichx showed
himself to be a man of more than or
dinary intelligence and education and
also a very charming speaker. He
handled his subjects in a manner which
held the complete attention of his aud
ience and the hall was filled every
evening he was here. The question
box was a popular feature and excited
much interest. Rev. Hendrichx will
always be assured of a large audience,
should he return to address us in the
future.
Nc, 48.
the last and eve^thing that human
skill could do was done to save him,
but to no avail. He was bom at the
old homestead where he died, and
leaves to mourn his departure, an aged
father and mother, seven brothers and
three sisters as follows: Alvina Neu-
kirch and Henry Dethelps, of B’oom-
ing, Emma, Amelia, Peter, Albert,
Barnhert, Earnest and August of Dil-
ley, and Emeal of Spokane, Washing
ton. The funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at the Gales Luth
eran church, Rev. L. Steube of Bloom
ing officiating. The interment took
Joseph Marok of Phillips Dies by His place at the Gales cemetary. A host
Own Hand
of friends feel the loss of Herman
Coroner C. L. Large, in company keenly and he will always be thought
with Sheriff Sewell, last Friday, in of with' the tenderest regard.
vestigated the death of Joseph Marok,
aged 49 years, who was found dead in Forest and Stream Rod and Gun Club
Following are the rules and regula
his bed at his home by a neighbor,
Fred Settgert on that day. Letters tions of the club.
which the deceased had written and ART. 1 . Objects. Sec. 1— Protection
and propagation of game and fish.
left on his kitchen table with a bottle
Sec. 2. To endeavor to plant trout
partly filled with strychnine showed
in the streams of this vicinity.
plainly that the wife of the dead man
Sec. 3.— To promote interest and
with whom he had lived five years,
proficiency in shooting by means of
had left him Wednesday morning April
moderate target shooting.
6, and through despondency, he had
taken poison and died that night. ART. 2. Membership fee.
Sec. 1. The membership fee of this
He was bom in Lichftfnsteig, Austria,
club shall be one (1 ) dollar.
and had resided at Troutdale for
Sec.
2. Each member shall pay to
twenty years, the past seven months
the secretary and treasurer one ( 1 )
had been living on a farm at Phillips.
cent for each bird shot at.
He left a wife, and a sister, Mrs.
Sec. 3. Any one not a member of
Catherine Frommelt of Troutdale, and
this club shall be allowed to shoot
a son by his former wife, at Lichten-
by paying a fee of twenty-five
steig, Austria.
(2 5 ) cents for each day’s shoot and
one (1 ) cent for each bird shot at.
Obituary
Herman Dethleps, son of John ART. 3. Duties of the secretary and
treasurer.
Dethleps, was called to his Maker last
Sec. 1. It shall be the duty of the
Sunday evening at 7 o’clock, at the
secretary and treasurer to buy targets
Dethleps’ home, after an illness of four
ancfVn#. into the general fund one
days. Herman was a young man of
ird shot at.
but 19 years of age, of exemplery
of the general
habits, very popular, and with a bright
incurred in
future before him. The Dethleps fam
trapping
Sec. 3. In
e of the secretary
ily is one of the oldest and best known
and
treasurer
an]
ber shall be
in Washington county, and in the loss of
each bird
authorized to
Herman, death has for the first time
shot at and turn
e to the
invaded the family circle, who are at
lecretary and treasurer?
tached to each other as are few home ART. 4. Sec.l. The r e £ J |fe shoots
shall be held on Sunday a%4 Wed
circles. On
Wednesday
he was
nesday of each week at 3-30 p. m.
stricken with that dread desease pneu
monia, and in spite of all efforts he ex ART. 5. Sec. 1. The officers c ^ th e
club shall be, President, Vice-Presi
pired Sunday evening. The family
dent, Secretary and Treasurer.
minister, the immediate family and the
W. W. G o f f ,
Secretary and Treasurer.
physician, Dr. Ward, were with him at