B aH M M M H H W M B B M M i H) Auction house for furniture. | LOCAL HAPPENIMGS j Binder twine at Goff Bros. See the iron beds at M. Peterson. Weitzel & Christian for groceries. Eat at the Michigan House. Downs— Delicious ice cream. Fancy dishes at Nicholson & Son’s. Downs’ pop com—The earth. best on Axle grease, best on earth at W. R. For choice building lots see J. P. Hicks’. Wagner. Cooking a pleasure on a stove from Cedar posts and tiling at T. A. M. Peterson. Ritchey’s, Garden and feed seeds of all kinds Plumbing Fixtures of all kinds at at Martin & Co. Goff Bros. National Stock Food the only reliable Standard ranges and Moore steel kind. Martin’s Feed Store. King stoves at Goff Bros. Notions of all kinds, spring goods, Judge Hollis was doing legal busi­ everything the latest at the Magnet. ness in Hillsboro, Monday. Our prices you will find to be right Oyster shells, grit, bone and egg- and you get what you order. A. food. Martin’s Feed Store. Saeler. & Co. Turnip seed. Fresh and true to Nicholson & Son, the grocers, sell name. Martin’s Feed Store. Pendleton White Satin flour warranted Oscar Baldwin and wife are in New­ or money refunded. port enjoying the ocean breezes. If you are troubled with catarrh, sore Meats—The best in town delivered throat, diseases of lungs, stomach or to your home. A. Saelen & Co. kidneys.—Consult Dr. Geiger. Miss Hazel Walling spent the past Your home made pleasant when week in Portland visiting relatives. properly papered. Our line is the For a fine Sunday dinner go to the largest in the city. Roe & Buxton. Colonial. Dinner served from 6 to 7:30 For 1st class shingles enquire at p. m. Buxton’s blacksmith shop. Meals—Just what you want to 6-9 Schmidlin & Co. satisfy your hunger. At the Michigan Cutting the meat correctly helps House. the cook, and pleases all the family. Mr. and Mr?. Art Caples left Mon­ Try A. Saelen & Co’s for fancy cuts. day for an extended outing on the Nehalem. Mr. R. R. Barnard, the progressive When in Forest Grove over night, and pushing editor of the Callaway, try the Michigan House. Good beds (Nebraska) Loup Valley Queen, arrived in the Grove, Friday last, to spend a and meals. week with his uncle W. H. Greer, and Watch for our wagon. It will be at family your door during the week. A. Emmit Quick, the popular Tilla­ Saelen & Co. mook liveryman, came across to Forest A good cup of coffee is half the Grove, Sunday, with the body of an meal. Watrous & Allen Co.’s Best aged lady which is being sent to New Blend, will suit you. York City. Roe & Buxton cared for Frank Waters has purchased a pony the body at this place. team which is being used for business B. D. Hardin, who has been visiting purposes as well as for the pleasure of G. B. Hardin, and other friends for the the young people. past few week left Saturday for Payette, Quite a number of Forest Grove’s Idaho, via Astoria, Seaside, Longbeach, young people attended the bowery Seattle and other points. Later he will dance at Hillsboro last Saturday night. go to Des Moines, Iowa. A good time was reported. E. W. Haines’ property in South Tom Brown is finishing M. Peter­ Park, better known as the Schock pro­ son’s house with the Celebrated Hard perty, is being improved this week. Plaster. If you are interested in this The old fence is being removed, the class of work, call and see it. yard cleaned up and otherwise improv­ Fancy and plain steaks, mutton ed. David Keen, a veteran in this chops, best of bacon and hams, bo­ class of work is superintending the logna, pure lard, at the right prices at work. the shop of A . Saelen & Co. John Lea who is in the employ of The new buildings owned by Thomas & James at the rear of their store will be completed and ready for occupancy the latter part of the week. The Washington County Publishing Co. will occupy the first one, while the Ex­ press Co. and the Times will hold forth in the other. Alanson Hinman, had the misfortune to have a bad runaway, Saturday. John has no broken bones to his credit but there are but few square inches of his anatomy that are free from bruises. Dr. Via was called and stated that John was as near to the next world as a man could be and not get there. ONLY 7 0 HOURS P o r t la n d to G h ic a g o V ia O. R . & N . Go. O re g o n S h o r t L in e , U n io n P a c ific a n d Chicago & Northwestern Railway The only Double Tracked Railway be­ tween Missouri River and Chicago.. . T w o Th ro u g h T ra in s D a ily Y o u ca n i e t o n the t r a in In P o r t l a n d a n d n e e d n o t Qet o i l u n t i l y o u a r r i v e I n C h i c a g o See th a t Y o u r T ic k e t R e a d s V ia the G . & AT. W . R Y . A. G. BARRER, GENERAL AGENT. C. E. BOCKMANN, PASSENGER AGENT, No. 135 Third St., Portland, Or. STRONGEST IN T H E W O RLD Everybody knows that “Strongest in the World” means The Equitable Life. Rates no higher than other companies T. H. PETERS, Special Agent, 306 Oregonian Building, Portland, Or. Grandma Beal left Friday evening Dr. Wm. M. Pollock, for Spokane to see her grandson, John DENTIST. Office over Bazaar, Forest Grove, Or. Beal, who is now at that place attend­ All work in the Prepared to do ed by his wife and mother. dental line. Reg­ work at night, but John Abbott spent last week in Port­ ulating c h i l d r e n must be by ap_ land attending the A. 0 . U. W. Grand and adult teeth. pointm ent............ Lodge convention as a delegate from Forest Grove and pronounces it one of the hotest conventions he had ever at­ tended. The contest was over rates which were not changed from the for­ mer rates. THE COLONIAL HOTEL The U. S. Official Postal Guide for When you come «» July contains the following order from to Forest Grove the Postmaster General- “ No mailable stop at * matter may be handled by rural carriers while serving their routes, unless the “ T H E C O LO N IA L” proper postage has been prepaid. Articles or packages, which are mail- Everything first able, which are handed to the carriers, class. Best of must pay postage same as any other service. Rates mail matter.” reasonable. As four pounds is the limit of weight allowed for one article to be tranimitted by mail this order virtually precludes the carrier from accepting any article weighing less than four pounds, unless Forest Grove, Oregon postage is prepaid; but permits him to carry heavier articles. rTTTTTTTTTTT^ T H. VILLIGER, Proprietor