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Editorial Page-Washington Co. News. J . F . W O O D S , E d ito r. Published Every Thursday by the Washing ton County Publishing Co. Incorporated at Forest Grove. Oregon C IT Y O F F IC IA I. • PAPBR $1.00 a Year in Advance. manless land, bringing together idle water, idle land, and idle men, making them a trinity of production.” — From The Pacific Monthly for June. Methodist Congress at the Lewis and Clark Exposition More and more the Church is enter ing the civic life of our oountry and Entered at the post-office at Forest becoming a factor in its progress. The Grove, Oregon, as second class Methodist Church has ever been at the mail matter. front in pioneer days, and in the Paci Address all communications to Wash fic Northwest she has had an excep tionally useful career. It is eminently ington County Pub. Co., fitting that this Church should take its Forest Grove, Ore. place and do its part in connection with an occasion fraught wilh such If the NEWS fails to reach its subscrib momentuous significance to this ers or is late, we request that immedi. ate attention may be called to the same. country as the Lewis and Clark Exposi tion. THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1905 To this end the Methodists of this region have arranged for a gTeat Metho HOOD R iv er has a population of dist Congress to be held at the First 1808; and Newberg, 1666; Hillsboro, M. E. Church, Portland, from July 11 1447; and Forest Grove, 1620. All to 21. During this time many of the strong men of the church, in this sec good towns too. tion, will discuss the work, problems IT makes the pride of the former and resources of the denominations of Minnesotian sink within him when he this region. On Friday evening, July walks amongst the magnificent displays 14, Dr. Heritage, president of the and exhibits of the many other states Spokane Musical College and one of of the union at the Lewis and Clark the greatest chorus directors on the fair but is unable to see even so much continent, will lead a grand chorus as a place to register his name, from concert of 150 voices. This will be a treat no one can afford to miss. Sat the grand old North Star State. urday and Sunday, July 15 and 16, NEWBERG and Forest Grove have has been devoted to the Epworth been running a neck and neck race in League. There will be no afternoon the matter of growth for the past few sessions that the time may be spent in years but the census recently taken sightseeing. shows that we lead by forty-six. New- j The members of a strong committee berg 1666 and Forest Grove, 1620. of Portland business men and ministers In both places there are enough people have done all in their power to make who live immediately adjoining the the Congress a great success and corporation lines to make about 2000 render the stay of visitors pleasant and profitable. A secretary has been population.—Newberg Graphic. secured to give all his time to this SOMEHOW the appointment of W. work. Good rooms, with modem conven W. Cotton by President Roosevelt as federal judge to succeed C. B. Bel iences, may be had at very reasonable linger, comes in the nature of a gTeat rates. Headquarters will be at the offices surprise to the people of Oregon when it is known that Mr. Cotton is general of The Pacific Christian Advocate, council for the O. R. & N. railroad Commeicial Block, to which place company from whom it is said he has inquires should be sent. In the name of the Church we bid been drawing a salary of $18,000 a year, while the judgeship only pays you all a hearty welcome. D a v id H. M o o r e , President. $6,000 a year. D a n i e l L. R a d e r , Secretary. In view of the fight being waged : against railroad corporations, it would Weekly Crop Bulletin seem that the same care should be exercised in appointing railroad men to Generally favorable to crops has federal positions that is being urged in been the weather for the past week in selecting a register and receiver for the Oregon, according to the summary Roseburg land office. The same care issued today from the Portland Weather should be exercised in shunning rail Bureau office. It says: road corporation evil that is exercised The past week has been showery in shunning land fraud evil.— Eugene and cool, especially during the after noons, when the temperature was usu Register. ally four or five degrees below normal. The National Irrigational Congress The rains have been beneficial to Enactment of the National Irrigation Spring grain, and the cool days have act, by which it was provided that been favorable for Fall wheat t.nd bar money realized from the disposal of ley, which is now heading and filling public lands should be set aside in a nicely. The damp weather has caused fund for use in reclamation of arid the grain aphis to become more nu lands, signalized success of the primal merous in the Willamette Valley, object upon which was founded the where many fields of Spring wheat and National Irrigation Congress. Approx oats are badly infected with this pest. imately $25,000,000 is now contained Oats are turning red in some localities, in the fund thus created, with the and the crop generally is not doing so reclamation service of the United well as expected. Forage crops are States employing about 250 engineers generally heavy, and pasturage is much in preliminary investigations and a:tual better than usual at this time of the construction of works that will surpass year. The first crop of alfalfa has been anything in the way of irrigation enter secured in good condition, and the second crop promises to be above the prises of the world history. This year the thirteenth annual con average in quantity. Haying, which vention of the National Irrigation Con was becoming general, has been de gress will convene at Portland, August layed by the rains, and some cut hay 21, 22, 23, and 24, the opening day in the fields has been more or less in following the closing of the Trans- jured by the wet weather. Potatoes Mississippi Commercial Congress and and gardens are making splendid with but one day—Sunday— interven growth. Hops, although uneven, are satisfactory progress. ing. There has been in the entire now making history of these organizations a kinship i Cherries are ripe and plentiful in the of interest that has brought together market although the crop is considirably many persons of national note identi smaller than usual. Apples, peaches, fied with the development that both prunes and pears continue to make good advancement, but the fruit crop organizations sought to hasten. That impressive aphorism recently generally will be lighter than usual, coined by Senator Dolliver of Iowa, owing to frosts and cold rains at the when he said, “ I have noticed that time of pollenization. mud and civilization go together,” is destined to become an oft-quoted phrase as significant of the branch of agricultural development that is doing more to turn back to the country the balance of population from its tendency toward cities than any otheT. In the language of Commander Booth-Tucker, whose success in colonization is un equaled, the essence of irrigation de velopment is embodied in the desite to “ place the landless man on the That’s what» many of you ask yourselves before you turn to our ad. You know there’ll always be “something doing” at our store—something new going on. Sometimes people are scared by figures. If they represent a high price they’ll say “Oh, there’s no use for me to trade at a store that quotes such prices.” And if the prices are extremely low, there are some who think that low prices represent poor qualities. Women Qet Impatient to Spend Their Money This is true at this store when the crowds are extra large— larger than we anticipated. For like all mortals, we are sometimes fallible and do not provide enough clerks. So some of the ladies are impatient, because they fear the goods will all be gone before their turn comes, and because they know our prices are lowest and our qualities as represented. vincing Prices Needn’t delay a minute longer if price has held you back the lowest. C O P Y R IG H T E D As ours is J . CAPPS 4 SONS LTD l SUMMER WEIGHT SUITS EOR MEN AT N o use to sweat or run around in your shirt sleeves, when you can get perfectly tailored suits, good-looking ones too, at such little prices. H o w ’s th a t for lo w ? O n ly w e w o n ’t se ll less th a n tw o le g s to th e c u sto m er. Main Street, forest Grove, Oregon Darety 28.92 acres in Eli Davis d i e ............................. A C Carstens et al to Emma C McKinney lots 3 and 4 blk 11 Hillsboro........................... Emma C McKinney to Jennie J Palmateer lots 3 block 11 Hillsboro................................. W D Hare et al to Ervine Burk- halter 152.45 acres in James Rice d i e ............................... Jacob B Wertz to Alice S Par sons part of block 2 Walkers add to Forest Grove............. J P Starkweather et ux to Chas H Perkins 20 acres sec 30 t 1 s r 3 w ................................. Paul W Pick et ux to Richard Williams tract in sec 20 t 2 s r 1 w ..................................... Paul W Pick et ux to Peter Borchers 60 acres in sec 20 t 2 s 1 w ................................ J D Rode et ux to Jacob A Hazlitt 80 acres sec 14 t 1 n r 4 w ....................................... Conrad Reinecke to F W Prid- now 160 acres sec 29 t 2 n r 4 w ....................................... E R Reynolds to Perry Reynolds part of block 34 Cornelius. . John R Ballard et ux to Fred Danes lot 1 block 23 Forest G ro v e ...................................... Randall Dunsmoor et ux to Mary M Ramsey part of E Walker d 1 c ........................... COUNTY COURT NEWS Thos McParland to James Bry- den et al 80 acres sec 20 t 3 REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. n r 4 w ................................... John Martens et ux to Conrad Henry Nauffts to James Bryden Renicke part of sec 29 t 2 n et al 160 acres sec 18 t 3 n r 4 w ................i ..................... f 1 r 4 w ........................................ P B Southworth et ux to Corne A B Garrigus to Ora B Garrigus lius Blaser st 40 acres in A 10 acres sec 14 t 2 n r 5 w Landess d 1 c ........................ 3000 Hatty McKemon to Order of W B Haines et ux to John R Washington lot 4 block 4 Ballard part of block 23 R e e d v ille ............................... Forest Grove........................... 2 Henry Chapman et ux to F J W m Davis et al t o . Mary F Lewis 28 acres sec 2 t 1 n r 1 600 250 8300 1000 800 1500 2000 16 1700 300 1000 800 640 1280 200 80 1400 worse drunk than ever, kicked in the door, and Biddy dodged behind the PROBATE COURT table to defend herself. Estate of Jacob Wunderli. Letters “ Don’t be afraid, darlint,” says Pat, testimentary issued to Elizabeth Wun as he steadied himself before dropping derli and John Wunderli. A F Kruger, into a chair, “ I ’m not going to bate W W Jacquith and Heaton appointed ye. I won’t lay the weight of me appraisers. finger on ye. I want ye to be kind to Estate of George Gore admitted to me darlint, and to remember the days probate. Administratrix bond $4000. when we was swathearts and when ye J U Henry, J R C Thompson and E loved me. You know his riverince Eddy appointed appraisers. said last night if I got drunk again he’d Fstate of Geo Paisley. Final report turn me into a rat. He didn’t see me, filed, Monday, July 31, time set for but he knows I ’m dhrunk, and this final settlement. night into a rat I go. But I want ye Estate of Elizabeth Geiger, sale of to be kind to me, darlint, and watch real estate confirmed. me, and when ye see me gettin’ little, and the hair growin’ out on me, and MARRIAGE LICENSES me whiskers gettin’ long, if ye ever George Callahan and Nettie Stand- loved me darlint, for God’s sake keep bridge; Toni Seinay and Augusta yer eye on the cat.” Schulenberg; Bernard Westhofl and — Next week, Friday and Saturday, Anna Hemshoen. June 30 and 31, Dr. Lowe, the wel| known oculo'optician will be in Forest His Last Request Grove at Laughlin Hotel. Don’t fail Pat was in the habit of going home to have him test your eyes for glasses. drunk every night and beating his wife Biddy— not because he disliked her, but because he thought it was the thing to do. Finally Biddy lost pa tience and appealed to the priest. The priest called that evening and Pat came home drunk as asual. “ Pat,” said the priest, you’re drunk, and I’m going to make you stop this right here. If you ever get drunk again I’ll turn you into a rat— do you mind that? If I don’t see you I ’ll know about it just the same, and into a rat you go. Now you mind that.” Pat was very docile that night, but the next evening he came home even Local Time Table Trains on the Southern Pacific arrive and depart on the following schedule: GOING SOUTH No. 2 ____9 A. M. No. 4 ____ 6:21 P. M. GOING NORTH No. 3 . . .6 :5 9 A. M. No. 1___ 4:16 PM N . L. ATKINS, Agt. Forest Grove Gasoline Wood Saw J. E. PATTON, Proprietor WOOD SAWED ON SHORT NOTICE Dry Fir and Ash Wood for Sale Leave orders at News office Phone 583 R . IN IX O IN , D e n t i s t Forest Grove, Oregon OFFICE: Three door« north of Bailey’« store. Office hours from 9 A. A. to 4 P. M. J. N. Hoffman ATTO RN EY AT LAW Office in Front Rooms of Abbott Build ing, Upstairs. FOREST GROVE, - - OREGON SO Y E A R S ’ E X P E R IE N C E S E A R S & W A T K IN S P atents D c s io n « r r n r ’ co p yr ig h t « A c . A n r o n « sending a «ketch and deaeri ot I on m «y oiilckly ««ce rta in o n r opinion free « n e th e r an invention la probably on,E u.nW'*' tlo nastrlctlyconfidential. HANDBOOK on P atent« ••ut fra «. Oldaat aaency foe •«curtn* paten t«. P a te n te ta k e n throm rh M unn A t o . raoeW a tp r u il n » t U t , w it b o a t ch a r« « , in th a Scientific American. A h a n d a o m a ly llln a tr a ta d w e a k ly . r * r * e a te 1 r - e n la tlo n o f a n y a c ie n tlllc Journal. T arm a. f 3 a paar; f o u r n w m t h a .i l. » o ld by a ll n a»«d a a ia ra . -Proprietor of— , .The l^endltiK Hurher Shop. Up-to-date Hair-cutting and Shaving. Laundry agency. P o r e a t C lm ve .Vf « I n H t W . H. HOLLIS, LAWYER Real Estate and Corpo- j rationlLiw^Sjjecialt^r. OFFICE over Hine«' Store. i Forest Grove, - - Oregon