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About Washington County news. (Forest Grove, Washington County, Or.) 1903-1911 | View Entire Issue (June 9, 1904)
7 Goff Bros HARDW ARE STANDARD RANGES The Standard are the Best Ranges on Earth going at low prices. PLUM BING / Bath Tubs and Plumb ing Fixtures. A big assortment to select from. BICYCLES The SCHNELL and MITCHELL Bicycles are equal to any. We have SPECIAL PRICES. Come in and see for youself. GOFF BROS. • • Hardware Merchants Administrator s Notice Nctice is hereby given that the undersigned has been by the County Court of Washington County, Oregon, duly appointed Administrator of the estate of Eliza D. Thomas, deceased, andlhas duly qualified as such admin istrator. All persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same »1th proper vouchers to me, at the Bank of E. W. Haines, at Forest Grove, Oregon, within six months from the date of this notice. Dated at Forest Grove, Oregon, this 9th day of June, 1904. D. H. THOMAS, Administrator of the Estate of Eliza D. Thomas, Deceased. EDWARD C. LUCE, Attorney for Estate. State of Oregon, County of Washington, I Richard Reycraft, being first duly sworn, depose and say; that 1 have never made any statements or statement in the presence of S. W. Sherwood that would have a tendency to cause him to believe or give him cause to make any statement detrimental to the character or reputahion of Mark L. Noble. In case any statements have been made by him I here wish to refute the same and hereby fully ezhon- orate Mr. Noble as to any statements that may have been made in which my name has been connected. Dated at Forest Grove, Oregon, May 31st, 1904. RICHARD REYCRAFT. Subscribed and sworn ti before me this 31st day of May, 1904. J. N. HOFFMAN, Notary Public of Oregon. FOR THE LITTLE ONES. The Booby B ird and Some o* Its F u n n y and S illy P e rfo rm a n c e » The booby bird, an oceanic fowl, is probably the funniest and most stupid bird in the world. It ap pears to have as little intelligence as the old extinct dodo had, accord ing to the ancient accounts: The boobv nests on islands far out in the Pacific ocean and will not ftir out of the way when men land there, but remains squatted on the ground, staring at intruders stolid ly- It can fly very well indeed, . , \ and J Notice of Final Settlement Notice iz hereby given thzt Wm. R. Stephenz the Ad ministrator duly appointed and acting of the estate of Peter Harper, deceased, has rendered and presented for settlement and filed in the County Court of Washington county his final account aa administrator of said estate and that Monday, June 13, 1904, at 10 o’clock A. M. of said day, has been duly appointed by said Court for the settlement of said account at which time and place any person interested in said estate may appear a»8 file ex ceptions in writing to said account and contest same. WM. R. STEPHENS, Administrator By his attorneys Langley » Son. Notice For Publication Department of the interior. Land Office at Oregon City, Oregon. May 21, 1904. Notice Is hereby given that the following named set tler has filed notice of his Intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before Register and Receiver at Oregon City, Oregon, op July 8, 1904, viz: Alley J. Monroe, H. E. No. 13900 for the S. E. Vi of Sec. 12, T. 3 N. R. 5 W. He names the following witnesses to prove his contin uous residence upon and cultivation of said land, vis: R obert T. Simpson, of Buxton, Oregon, Da vid C. Currie, " Adam Simpson. “ '* • “ Da vid O’Donnel “ Algernon S. Dresser, Register. Notice For Publication United States Land Office, Oregon City, Oregon. April 4, |904 Notice is hereby given that in compliance with the pro vision of the act of Congress of June 3, 1878, entitled "An act for the sale of timber lands in the States of California Oregon, Nevada, and Washington Ty," as extended to all the Public Land States by act of August 4, 1892, Thomas A. Legard, ol St. Johns, county of Multnomah, State of Oregon, has this day filed in this office his sworn state ment No. 6398, for the purchase of the N. W. 14 of Section No. 25 in Township No. 1 N., Range No. 5 W., and will offer proof to show that the land sought is more valuable for ils timber or stone than for agricultural purposes, and to establish his claim to said land before the Register and Receiver of this office at Oregon City, Oregon, on Tuesday, the 5th day of July, 1904. He names as witnesses: George A. Sather, of Portland, Oregon, J. C. Paulson, of Gales Creek, Oregon, H. Slooman, of Gales Creek. Oregon, Chas. F. Ehman, of Portland, Oregon, Any and all peraons claiming adversely the above-de scribed lands are requested to file their claims in this office on or before said 5th day of July, 1904. ALGERNON S. DRESSER, Register. In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Washington County. Lizzie Armstrong, Plaintiff, vs William Neeves, Defendant To William Neeves, defendant. You are hereby notified to appear and answer the complaint filed against you In the above entitled suit on or before the expiration of six weeks from the date of the first publication of this summons, that being the time allowed by the court for you to appear and answer the complaint now on file In the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Washington County, State of Ore gon, and if you fail to appear "nd answer within the time allowed and set out herein the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief prayed for in the Complaint namely: for a decree of Court forcloaing a crrtaln mortgage given by you to John Armstrong, dated May 25th, 1895 upon the following described real estate, situated In Washington County, State of Oregon, to-wlt: The N E V* of the S E '/< of Section 20 of T 2 N R 3 W. Will. Mer. and for the coats and disbursements of this suit. This summons is published upon an order ni the Hon. L. A. Rood, Judge of the County Court of Washington County, State of Oregon. Given this 30th day of April 1904, in the Absence of the Hon. Judge of the Circuit Court, and said order pro vides that the service of this lummons be made by pub lication and that said publication shall be made once each week for six consecutive weeks. The date of the first publication of this summons Is the 5th day of May 1904. HOFFMAN ir WELCH, Attorneys for plaintiff. goes long distances. But when it is sitting on the water it will remain directly in the course of a ship, so that it happens often that a steamer will go clear over a booby that could P r i n c e H e n r y easily have swum or flown out of the way. Sometimes hoobv birds will fly on the deck of a ship and lie there with their legs sprawling under Splendid them, making no attempt to rise, as if their bewilderment had quite their weak intellect. Clydesdale numbed The hoobv does not feed its young as other birds do, by carrying food 1 in its bill. Instead of this Percheron i to the them booby swallows the food, and i then the young bird thrusts its head I into the throat of the parent and Stallion j lishes the food out. Perfectly Built, Gentle and True When two young boobies are Citation in the same nest, the one I Begets the Finest of Colts I hatched In the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Wash that is out of the egg first will ington often attempt to eat its younger j In the County. matter of the guardianship of | Lloyd Baldwin and Roy Alvin Bald- ^CITATION. brother or sister. Will Stand for the Season as follows: minors, | Cornelius, Bunning s Barn Monday When a shot is fired at a booby To Lloyd Baldwin and Roy win, Alvin and Abraham, it generally falls down flat on Baldwin, guardian of Lloyd and Baldwin, Roy Alvin Baldwin, forenoon; Forest Grove Monday after bird, minors, and all persons interested,—Orreting. noon at Johnsons bam; F. Shefflen’s the ground and screams pitiably,, IN You THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON. are hereby cited and required to appear in the if it has not been hit at all, so County ranch, Tuesday noon; Glencoe, Tues even Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of that it hjyjpens frequently that a Washington, at the Court Room thereof, at Hillsboro in day evening until Wednesday at 10 a. gunner gathers in entirely unhurt the County of Washington on Monday, the IJfh day of m.; Martin Smith’s farm near West boobv birds that have simply been June, 190^, at 10 o’clock In the forenoon of that day, then and there td show cause, if any you have, why an order Union church, Wednesday noon; Beth frightened into helplessness. of said Court should not be made authorizing and direct ing the guardian herein to sell the following described any at Blacksmith shop, Wednesday real estate situated In Washington County, Oregon:— evening; Beaverton at A Pike’s farm The west 14.50 acres of the following described land T h e H a p p y F u tu re . situated in Washington county, Oregon: I mile west Thursday evening; Farm Mrs. Waggles Beginning at a point 10 feet south of the southwest Everything we corner of block 17 In South Park Addition to the City of ington, Friday noon; Hillsboro, at home have here in the — house is so old it Forest Grove, Oregon, running thence south 30 minutes barn Saturday and Sunday. west 487.2 feet to a stone from which the northeast is shabby. corner of said Andrew Harper D. L. C. bears north 50 H® thence S. 50. Vfi west 284 feet Waggles— Have a little patienoe. to E. a 20.2 stone; feet thence north 89° west following my dear. When they get a’ littk Hne of old fence 846 feet to the center of Gales Creek TERMS: Single service $5 Sea up center of said creek to west line of Harvey Clarke D. L. C. thence north 23° east 490 feet; thmee son Service $10 Insured Service $15 older they will be antique.—Judge. thence A D ra w b a c k . Car’ to prevent but not responsible “Grigsby married a girl who enu for accidents. cook if she wants to.” “Luckv Grigsby!” *‘Oh; t dunno. She has never yet H. D. Schmeltzer wanted Lou”—Cleveland Plain Deni Hillsboro, Orffon er. south 89° 23 minutes east 1019.04 feet to a point 1.7 t e t south of the southwest corner of block 16 of ssitf South Park addition; thence south 8.3 feet; thence north 89* 23 minutes east 359.5 feet to the place of brginutay containing 19.50 acres more or less being part of the Andrew Harper and Harvey Clarke D. L. Cs. In sertlBa 6T. 1. S. R. 3 W , and section 1. T. 1. S. R 4. W. M. WITNESS, the Hon. L. A. Rood. Judge of the County Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of Washington with the Seal of said Court affined this llth. day of May, A. D. H(H. Attest: George A. Morgan, Ottk. Every Body Expecting to buy should come in and see the most complete stock in Forest Gtove F u rn itu re The very finest line to select from. Every thing is new and up- to-date. Very latest in design. You should see our handsome line of house furnishings such as S o fa s G om odes B u re a u s B eds R o c k e rs T a b le s In fact everything that goes te beautify the home and make home life a pleasure. Iron beds are growing very popular and we have the latest at the lowest possible price. i H a rd w a re S toves In Hardware we claim to have one of the best stocks in the state. If you are thinking of building let us figure with you, W e can save you money. Our stoves are guaranteed P a in ts a n d O ils When you are ready to paint call on us for your paints, oils and varnishes. Our prices are right and our ma terial is equal to the best on the market. M. PETERSON Forest Grove, Or.