Vol. 2.
Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon, Thursday, June 23,1904.
School Meeting
A Sc ool meeting was held Monday
afternoon to elect officers and decide
about enlarging th3 school house to
accommodate the needs of our children.
Mr. I. K. Weitzel was made director
and W. S. Hudson was elected clerk.
Owing to the few in attendance the
matter of the enlargement of the school
house was postponed until Saturday
afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Let every
person attend who is entitled to vote
on this proposition.
An Invincible Team
Yamhill County met her Waterloo
when she sent a team down to wrestle
with our boys Sunday and returned
home with a score of 12 to 2 against
them. While the visitors played well
our boys outclassed them in everyway.
The following synopsis tells the story
and the big crowd that was in atten­
dance fairly went wild at the way our
boys played ball.
Following is the line-up
Forest Grove
Yamhill County
Cardiff . . . ...... lb
McDonald. .. .c .
Fairchilds. ......3b
Morgan............ If.
Via...........
Stratton.......... 3b.
H atch. . . .
Blackburn....... 2b
Cook. . . .
M oore........ rf. lb
Drew. . . . .........P
Parker......... ss. p.
Goff........ ......... If
H anning... lb.ss
Neal........ ......2b
Walker............ cf.
Buxton.. . . . «. . rf
Chamberlin. .rf. p.
Hits off Drew 4 off Parker 5, off
Chambrlain 7, earned runs, Forest
Grove 6.
Sacrifice hits, Drew, Cardiff.
Stolen Bases, Buxton, Via, Drew,
Cook.
Bases on balls off; Parker 3, Cham­
berlin 3, Drew 0.
Hit by pitched ball, Parker 1.
Struck out by; Chamberlin 4, Par­
ker 2, Drew 13.
Two base hit, Cardiff.
Double play, Blackburn to Moore.
Passed balls, McDonald 1.
1 base on error, Yamhill 3, Forest
Grove 2.
Time of game, 2 hours 15 minutes.
Umpire, Cook.
A Pleasant Surprise
Prof. Geo. E. Coghill has been hon­
ored by the University of Washington
with an invitation to become a member
of a party which will make a cruise of
six weeks in Puget Sound, to make
original research investigations of the
various forms of life that abound in
that water. Prof. Coghill ranks as the
ROOSEVELT AND FAIRBANKS
highest living authority in Oregon on
biology, but this invitation came as a
complete surprise to him. However,
we are glad that the opportunity is his Chosen Leaders of Republicanism at Chi­
to further his already extensive work
cago National Convention
along line: of original research study.
He deserves all the credit he has re­ Strong Platform Adopted— Receiving
ceived and the day is not far distant
Favorable Comment by the
when he will be an inter-national figure
European Press
among biologists.
Cowles-Hanna
A very pleasant wedding with a few
intimate friends present, took place
Sunday Juce 19, at high noon, at the
home of H. L. Cowles near Gaston,
when his second daughter, Miss Mary
E. was united in marriage to Mr. El­
mer E. Hanna of St. Johns. Rev. S.
Shotwell performed the ceremony.
The bride is a very excellent young
lady, and the groom a promising young
man. They went direct to their home
in St. Johns on Sunday afternoon. A
host of friends wish them a happy and
prosperous life.
Adjourned School Meeting
Notice is hereby given to the legal
voters of School District No. 15, of
Washington County, State of Oregon,
that a special school meeting of said
District will be held at school house
on the 30th day of June, 1904 at 2
o’clock in the afternoon, for the fol­
lowing objects: To make arrangements
for additional school room, and vote a
tax for same.
Dated this 21st day of June, 1904.
Attest:
A. D. ALLEN,
District Clerk.
The Oregon is the first ship to ar­
rive from Nome this season.
It is feared that the steamer Port­
land is caught in the ice in the Arctic.
Russia declares cotton a contraband
of war which will naturally affect our
shipments of raw cotton and cotton
waste.
The Republican National Conven­
tion at Chicago which ends today, has
chosen for its leader in the coming
campaign, that fearless champion of
the people, Theodore Roosevelt and
for a running mate the safe and popu­
lar figure of Indiana, Senator Fair­
banks. The platform is a strong one
and shows the influence of Roosevelt.
It indorses the gold standard, favors
building up the merchant marine, a
strong navy, the exclusion of- Chinese
labor, a strong enforcement of the
civil-service law, liberal pensions, ar­
bitration of difficulties, protection of
our citizens abroad, policy of McKin­
ley and Roosevelt upheld, congres­
sional action regarding the elective
franchise and a condemnation of any
combinations of labor or capital which
infringes upon the rights of the people.
The platform is receiving strong,
forcible comment by the European
press.
Improvements Near the Depot
No town in the Willamette Valley
can boast of the steady growth and up-
to-date improvements as can Forest
Grove this season. When the stranger
arrives at our depot he sees there the
warehouse, hotel, mill and factory in
first-class condition. Every building
well painted and in good repair. At
present there is under construction a
new store building, new warehouse in
connection with the factory is soon to
be built, also a new livery bam
near the hotel.
The next move
should be by the S. P. Co. We need
a new depot and grounds well im­
proved.
The Japs are still pounding away at
the Russians and advancing on Port
A big gold strike was made in South­
Arthur. A decisive conflict is expect­
ern Oregon the past week, which
ed at any time.
Hon. Victor H. Metcalf, represent­ caused a rush to the new fields.
,
Salem is crowing over a proposed
ative from the third California District,
will succeed George E. Cortelyou as electric railroad to Portland. The cars
head of the Department of Commerce. are not running yet however.
No. .6
Obituary
Mr. T. Seelye died at the home of
his brother Z. N. Seelye, last Friday
morning at 4:30 o’clock. Deceased
was a single man, of a kind and
sociable disposition, and made friends
wherever he went. Bom on July 10,
1842, in Harrison county, Indiana.
He came io Oregon in 1852, one of
the early pioneers, and settled in
Multnomah county, coming to Wash­
ington county in 1860. He has not
continuously lived in this county as his
mining interests took him away a por­
tion of the time. He was at Grants
Pass when taken ill and at once came
to the home of his brother, where he
passed his last days. The interment
took place in the Wilkes cemetery at
Banks, on Saturday at 10 o’clock.
Obituary
Mrs. Nancy B. McNamer, fjr mary
years a highly respected resident of
Washington county, died Monday
from the effects of a stroke of paralysis
received about a week ago. She was
bom in Indiana, January 7, 1834, and
while very young her parents removed
to Grand View, Iowa, where she spent
her girlhood. In 1852 the father and
family came across the plains and ar­
rived in Portland in October of the
same year. The following spring they
moved to Washington county, where
she has since resided, making her one
of the oldest pioneers of Washington
county. Her maiden name was Nancy
Kirtz, she being married in 1863 to
Noah Wheeler McNamer, from which
union came Theodore C. McNamer of
Alaska, Mrs. Louise Munkers of Scio,
Mrs. Nettie Bellinger, Mrs. Jessie
Ritchey and Mrs. Alice Parsons, all
living in Forest Grove.
The children of her second husband,
Neamiah Brice McNamer, are Mrs.
Dora Goodin of Glencoe. Mrs. E. W.
Moore of Portland and Converse W.
McNamer of this place.
She was a member of the W. R. C.
which organization had charge of
the services which laid to rest one
of their number who had been active
in the work of caring for her sisters who
have gone before.
Kind and generous, she lived a use­
ful life and left a host of friends who
will ever remember her and her in­
fluence for good.
The interment occured at Naylor’s
cemetery Wednesday afternoon.
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