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The farmers are all busy ploughing.
Secretary to be Here in Few Days
$40,000 Raised in Portland
The electric line from this city to
Portland now looks like a sure go.
Asst. Secretary Keady of the Oregon
Traction company wishes us to inform
the public that he will be in Forest
Grove in about ten days at which time
he will close up the subsidy subscrip
tions made at this point. The $40,-
000., that was necessary to -raise in
Portland has been secured, and matters
at Hillsboro, it is reported, are shaping
themselves satisfactorily.
The promoters who will be here in a
few days promise to satisfy a committee
composing the business men here that
the company has sufficent backing to
carry the project through.
W. H. Lyda and family were visiting
with his parents last Sunday.
H. F. Shorb and Miss Zula were
visiting on Gales Creek a few days
last week.
Miss Mae Sumner, who returned
home from Portland a few days ago,
is quite ill.
George Fisher, who has been visit
ing relatives here, returned to Portland
last Wednesday.
Edward Lilly has sold his place
near Gales Creek and bought a large
farm near Gaston.
Miss Katie Lilley of Forest Grove,
was the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Loving, last Sunday.
School began last Monday in the
Pacific Seconds Defeat Y. M. C. A. Wilson district with Miss Anna Phillips
of Salem as teacher.
The Portland Y. M. C. A. team
Mrs. Nellie Vincent has returned
came out from the city yesterday and
was treated to a defeat at the hands after a visit of three weeks with friends
of the Pacific’s second eleven by a and relatives, in Portland.
Aden Harper of Forest Grove, has
score of 12 to 0. The game was hard
fought from start to finish but the re bought 20 acres of land of Wm. Wil
sult was never in doubt from the first son and is building on it. He also
play. The visitors outweighed the intends to take charge of the milk
local players several pounds to the route next month.
man but the supporters of the crimson
Wm. S. Craig, who has been visiting
and black showed better team work with his father-in-law, N. C. Lilly,'* left
and a more thorough knowledge of the Monday for Portland. H e intends to
game.
spend the winter there if he succeeds
One touchdown was made in each in finding employment.
half. Brown made the most sensa
Mr. Harry Slowman age 52 years,
tional play of the game, running half died Saturday evening and was buried
the length of the field for a touchdown on his ranch about 4 miles above
during the first minute of play. He Soda Springs. He leaves two sisters,
also succeeded in kicking good after one in Wisconsin and one in Pennsyl
both touchdowns. At one time the vania.
visitors, aided by a costly fumble of
The County School Superintendent,
Pacific, carried the ball quite near the.
Prof. M. C. Case, passed through
varsity goal line but the collegians
Gales Creek Saturday evening enroute
braced and a score was prevented.
for his ranch near Glenwood. On his
In the first half the Y. M. C. A.
way back he was a welcome guest of
held the local team down but in the
our school for a short time.
last half they were decidedly out
classed. Plays were put around their
Cash for your eggs and chickens, at
ends or through their lines almost at McNamer & Johnson’s.
will and had it not been for fumbles at.
least one more touchdown would have Candidates for the trip to St. Louis
Following is the total vote cast for
been scored.
the
candidates to World’s Fair at St.
The line up was as follows:
Pacific
Position
Y M C A Louis up to last evening.
Alyce Cronin.......................... .9355
Peterson
L E R
Berchtold
Pearl Chandler........................ 8628
Mason
L T R
Jarreson
Lena Parker...................
Garrison
L G R
2974
Gunn
Manche Langley...............
Jensen
C
Reed
Stella
Via..........................
Lawrence
R G L
Wolf
Detta Friday.....................
Philbrook, J M, R T L
Motley
Grace Baer..........................
Gates
R E L
Jesmine
Ruby Price......................
Ferrin
C
Lighty
Birdie Sappington.............
Brown (Capt) L H R
Meyers
White
R H L
Shockly
Report of District No. 99.
Wilson
F Belshaw (Capt)
Number of pupils enrolled 27;
Referee, Magee; Umpire, Shannon:
Timekeeper, Adams. Time of halves whole number of days attendance, 458;
absence, 44; Num-
20 and 15 minutes.
ber of cases of tardiness, 1. Names of
Good second hand sewing machines pupils neither absent nor tardy: Es-
can be had at The Bazaar most any tella Toy, Martha Macy, Kenneth
time from $5 to $10 each. New French, Carrie Bonshu, Tina Loynes,
machines, warranted for five years from Iantha Hayden, Fred Haney and
$20 up.
Orval French. Kate Jackson, teacher.
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Founder’s Day at Coflege.
SOUTHERN PACIFIIC TIME TABLE
F O R E S T GROVE
Yesterday was the annual Founders’
Day at Pacific University. All class
GOING SOUTH
going north
room work was suspended for the day
a. m. 4 1 2
and the students, Faculty and a num 9 00
p . m<
ber of visitors gathered in the chapel 6 21
p. m. 6 5 9
a. m.
at 10 a. m. to hear the exercises of
the occasion.
W . IN. S E A R S
Founders’ Day was originally set
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apart to commemorate the early found
•The CoaUliiK Barber »hop..
ing of the institution in pioneer times
Up-to-date Hair-cutting and
but this purpose has lately been lost
Shaving.
Laundry agency.
sight of to a large extent and the day
is now more of an occasion for a stu ¡Vlttln Street, - Forest drove
dent rally. Instead of having an ora
tor address the students as usual, yes
terday was given over entirely to the
undergraduates and the exercises were
Justice of the Peace,
under the auspices of the senior class.
Conveyancing, Auctioneer Con
R. F. Peters, vice president of ’05
tractor and Collector
presided and the various student
DiHey
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Oregon
organizations were represented on the
program.
Talking m achines at The Bazaar.
A musical selection by the Alpha
Hunting and trespass signs for sale
Zeta quartet was the first number and
received a hearty encore.
W. B. at the News Office.
We wish to ask the country corres
Shively spoke for a more enthusiastic
support of the college paper, The In pondents of this paper to continue to
dex, and H. E. Thomas presented the send in items as we are desirous of
cause of athletics from the standpoint having news items from every precinct
of the football management. W. B. in the county.
Rasmussen represented Gamma Sigma
The Margarita Fischer Company
and C. R. Fletcher spoke in behalf of which played three nights at the opera
the newer men’s literary society, Alpha house the latter part of last week, was
Zeta.
PJiilomatheon, the women’s well attended and much enjoyed by
society, was upheld by Livia Ferrin, the audiences. Miss Fischer, the star,
and Ethel Waters of the senior class with her winning ways, became quite
called attention to the work being popular with our people, and her re
done by the Christian associations.
turn to this city will undoubtedly at
The program gave occasion for a tract even larger audiences than ever.
manifestation of class spirit and the
Money to Loan
freshmen, sophomores and juniors
were well represented. Gordon Clapp
On real estate,”^f&*SQpable interest.
spoke for ’08 and improved the oppor Sums to suit. Enm*ife of M. L. Noble
tunity by getting off some hits at the the real estate m ro, office ov£t\Goff
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Sophs. The sophomores, however, Bros’s., Main Street.
won the honors by presenting a neat
T w o S c o tc h S to rie * .
take off on the freshies. John Peters
A Scotch schoolmaster in BanTs'iie
displayed caricatures of each member years ugo had strong views on ti.e s..a-
of the booby class in turn and at the Ject of diess. In the day when crkw-
same time made some spicy com line \v a s \h e rage a girl came to si h .d
with a very extensive one. which much
ments. Willard Wirtz, for the juniors, exceeded the spnce vjetween li.o ilea;
made a hit with an oration on “ Knock and the form on which she had tu sic.
ers.” Two of the most enjoyable num Tile teacher, seeing this, said t;> lie1.
“(Tang nwa’ home and tak' off l <->
bers of the day were vocal solos by girds
(hoops* and come back to ti:e
Mrs. McEldowney and Miss Hartly.
school as Uod made ye.”
Another i'ough and ready dominie
At the close of the exercises, the
was examining his boys In a cater
a
sophomores presented to the seniors a and asked if (lod had a bcghKihi.?.
stuffed figure, clad in cap and gown, "No,” said the boy. "WIU lie have an
end?” “ Yes,” he replied. This was
to be henceforth the class mascot.
Wm. R. Stephens
followed instantly by a buffet on the
3ide of the bead.. “Will he have an
Fine Farm For Sale.
end noo?” “No.” said the boy. and ihc
Two hundred fifty-six acres, finest master was satisfied.
farm in the county. Near Cornelius
and Forest Grove. New house, large
new bam, running water, good orchard,
150 acres bottom, some good timber.
Must sell soon or not at this price;
$52.50 per acre.
R. w M c N u t t ,
Real Estate Agent,
Cornelius, Oregon.
T e n n y s o n ’« “ M a r r i e d B r o w s . "
“I have a question to ask." an
nounced the literary man. ‘‘You know
Tennyson’s line:
"The charm of married brows.
“Well, did he mean by that the
crowning charm of married women, oi
did he refer to the charm of eyebrows
that meet iu the middle? In the
•Arabian Nights’ there are many pas
sages in which such eyebrows are
spoken of ns a great charm, Indeed, hut
in the wrest our beauty doctors gi'**
Pianoes, organs and sewing ma explicit directions to prevent such
chines for sale at The Bazaar, way be growths. What did Tennyson mean,
anyhow?”—Philadelphia I*™1**
low Portland prices.