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About Washington County news. (Forest Grove, Washington County, Or.) 1903-1911 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1904)
12 OUR MOTTO Your Money’s worth or your money back Monday morning we opened to the public one of the best and most complete stocks of Ever brought to Forest Grove, and if PRICE and QUALITY of GOODS will bring Bust ness, we will have it. Young Men Look Here you get is CORRECT. Every Article in this house is STRICTLY FIRST CLASS and when you buy them you know what 7\1I G oods M arked in Plain Figures; S tr ic tly One P rice S to r e If we don’t please you, tell us; If we do please you, tell others At Opera House All Next Week. The Georgia Harper company will open a week’s engagement in Forest Grove commencing Monday Nov. the 7th. The opening play, The Power of Love, is an emotinal socity drama in five acts. A clipping. The Dalles Chronical of Nov. 1st., has a notice headed, “ The Georgia Harper Company Has Wop Dalles People By Their Conscientious Work,” it covers nearly a column and has nothing but words of praise for Miss Harper and her company. In part, it says. Whatever may have been the opinion of the large audience consem- ing the character of the play “ Power of Love” presented last night at the Vogt, one thing was agreed upon and thi.t is that it affords Miss Harper a splendid opportunity to display her power as an actress and to prove that she is equal to the heaviest work requir ed in exacting roles. There is no dis puting the fact, Georgia Harper is an actress of exceptional ability and one cannot fail of recognition be she on the stage in small towns or in the largest cities in the East. « ______________ —Still the prices of meat get cheaper at McNamer & Johnson’s. See “ ad” on another page. — We must have a carload of turkeys at once. Highest cash price paid. McNamer & Johnson. A D e a d M o o se . Professor Preston W. Search gave an When a bull moose lies dead in the At a meeting of the student body, interesting address before the students forest he looks like some strange ante held yesterday afternoon, Willard Wirtz Friday afternoon on “ The Building of diluvian animal, with his square pre hensile muffle and horns spreading lat upon recommendation of the track Character.” erally, a peculiarity which he shares team, was elected to manage the track A concert and fair will be given by with the prehistoric Irish elk and the work next spring. Mr. Wirtz assisted the students sometime this month as a nearly extinct European elk of later times. The huge form tells of strength Manager Thompson with last year’s football benefit. and swiftness, and withal the still dan track team and is at present assistant gerous gleam of the eye. glazed in its Ten acres all in cultivation, joining last stare, bids the hunter pause and football manager and has had efficient experience to thoroughly qualify him town of Cornelius. Nice new house feel almost guilty of a crime in the de and barn, painted, chicken house, struction of so much that is grand and for the position. weird, a feeling very different from the well and good orchard. All fenced. sentiment supposed to attend the A large audience gathered in the Price $2000. Easy terms. R. W. slaughter of a deer. But the triumph chapel Friday night for the concert McNutt, Real Estate Agt., Cornelius, of mastering the wariest and bravest animal In the woods by fair still hunt given by Miss Imogene Harding, an Oregon. ing and by grimly sticking to the track Oregon City vocalist who has recently for many a weary mile amply atones returned from study in New York City. Ducthess Trousers— 10 cents a bu f i for any regrets.—Century. The singer has a beautiful contralto ton and $1.00 a rip. Bailey’s Big S n e a k T h i e v e « In C h n re h e n . voice which delighted all who heard Store. An old sexton was discussing the her. Her tones were all clear and her amount of stealing that Is done in Don’t buy your Christmas presents churches. “Scarcely a day passes,*’ he enunciation almost perfect. She puts much feeling into her selections which until you visit the Ladies’ Bazaar dur- said, “when the church is open with out some distracted woman coming to are well interpreted. Not the least i ing the early part of December. me bowed down with grief because pleasing feature was the variety of somebody has stolen her purse. There Furniture upholstered and repaired are certain contemptible thieves who selections introduced. They ranged at Harris Hardware. prey on unsuspecting women who from several simple but beautiful songs pray so hard that they forget to look to the most difficult of classical music. after their pocketbooks. The thief Mattresses made to order at Harris. watches until the woman is deep in Ballads from the Welch, Scotch and Two doors south of Vert’s Hall. prayer and then leans over, grasps the - --------- ------------------- English were well received. Miss | purse aud sneaks out.”—Philadelphia 80 acres, 3£ miles from Cornelius, Wilma Waggner accompanied her and Record. ( 30 cleared, 40 slashed and in pasture, played two excellent piano solos. j 10 acres good timber, good four-room C a m e In H a n d y . “The weather man said it would rain A pleasant reception was given by house, bam 40x60, other necessary the college girls at Herrick Hall Fri buildings, hydraulic spring water to today, and I’m glad I carried my um brella.” day night in honor of the Albany and house and bam. Here is a genuine “Why, it didn’t rain at all today.” “Of course it didn’t, but I met the Pacific football teams. The decora bargain for $2800; $1000 down, bal weather man on the street, and I used tions were very attractive and dainty ance at 6 per cent. R. W. McNUTT, the umbrella to bang him good and refreshments were served. Real estate agent, Cornelius, Ore. hard.”—Catholic Standard and Times. COLLEGE NOTES