Washington County news., July 06, 1905, Image 1

WASHINGTON
COUNTY
FOREST GROVE, WASHINGTON CO., ORE., THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1905.
VOL. I l l
NO. 6
Married
Hoopes’ was declared elected unani- creek in the balms near the Ranes
alive
and threatened everyone who
G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT j mously. R Crandall was elected first farm. Everything was favorable for a The following clipping from a Bel­ COMMITTS SUICIDE
approached.
Sheriff Connell was notified at 7
vice president, R. W. McNutt, second delightful time and dancing was in­ lingham, Wash., paper has this to say
I vice president and standard bearer; dulged in a good share of the day and of a former popular Forest Grove girl.
) o’clock that morning and left for the
AND CELEBRATION | Comrade Howell, treasurer; G. night on the large platform which the The news has just been made public
IN JEALOUS RAGE J Jennings ranch. About 20 minutes
H.
Fitch, secretary; F. A. Haines, chap- boys had built.
| lain. The next semi-annual meeting
Cornelius Center of Attraction- | was called for 10 o’clock the first
At Watts’ School house a mile west
of
town,
was held another celebration,
Thursday in October to be held at For­
Three Days Session of Wash-
which
was
attended by 150 of the
est Grove.
I
,
ton Co. Veterans’ Asso.
July 4, the natal day celebration neighbors. Mr. Sykes acted as chair­
began and one of the largest crowds man and announced the program,
ever gathered together was on the which consisted of songs, talks and
Celebration at Verboort,
Watt's grounds early and prepared to enjoy plenty of phonographic music. The
Declaration of Independence was read
the day.
School House and (iales Creek
The train was met in the morning by Mr. A. T. Buxton. In the after­
1 and a parade was formed, headed by noon there were races, jumping etc.
Draw Large Crowds
; the Forest Grove band, which furnished for prizes, and dancing both in the
the music during the encampment, afternoon and evening.
At Cornelius was held a Fourth o f ; next came the W. O. W. in uniform,
July celebration Tuesday that eclipses G. A. P ., floats, citizens, etc. Mayor
any held in the county in a long time, j Talbot made the opening address of
Preceeding the Fourth, the Washington welcome, which was followed by music
County Veteran’s Association held a and remarks by Comrade Groat as
three day’s session beginning on July 1 ; Uncle Sam. Reading of the Declara­
tion of Independence by Miss Everest.
and continuing to the Fourth.
The principal address was delivered
Plenty of tents were provided, and a
by
Judge W. H. Hollis of this city,
large speaker’s stand was built in the
and
was listened to by a large and
City Park. Amusements of all kinds
had their place on the grounds and appreciative audience. The speaker’s
kept the visitors well supplied with voice was at times inaudible owing to
refreshments,
entertainments,
etc. the closeness to the amusement stands
The G. A. R. members worked hard to etc.
Miss Alma Lund was the Goddess of
make this encampment one of the
most successful and their efforts were Liberty, and was attended by two little
rewarded by good crowds and interest- dirls, Leata Mathies and Wilma Bailey,
as maids.
mg meetings.
The afternoon program was begun
At Monday’s meeting occurred the
by
a band concert. Reading, speaking
election of officers for the ensuing year.
etc.,
were the principal features.
After reading the minutes of the pre-
The
program could not be carried
\ious meeting and accepting the
out
in
its
entirety, as published, but as
tr .-asurer’s report, nominations for,
Comrades
C
C
a
w^°*e
^
was one
much preparation
president were open.
Hoopes, W. R. I. Beach and President and merited the general approval of
Groat were placed in nomination, the the crowd, which it received.
Gales Creek’s residents celebrated
latter however, declined.
Hoopes
received 19, Beach 15 and Groat 2. with a p icn ic' on the banks of the
The Oregon Traction Company
which began work last week is working
slowly out this way and as the iron
arrives, the work will be pushed with
all possible speed. They have pur­
chased 735 tons of steel rails which
will arrive from time to time. They
paid $5 per ton more than the market
price in order to get them at once and
now the delay is in transportation.
The surveyors for the Hillsboro-Tilla-
mook railroad have begun and it is
said that actual construction wont will
be started about the 12th of this
month.
Fourth of July Fire
The above cut shows the Champion of all Mowers.
W e have both the draw cut and Wabbla gear in 4 1-2
and 5 foot cut, also the Champion hay rake 8, 9 and
10 foot in hand or self dump, Myers hay carriers and
pure Manila rope, not standard Manila as as some
dealers sell for PU R E. W e sell nothing but the best
goods money can buy.
Now is the time to Paint Your House or barn a
good coat of Paint. W e’ll save you money; we have
the best paint money can buy.
The Sherwin-Will­
iams, a little dearer than some others but has greater
covering capacity and guaranteed pure, so costs less
in the end. Also White Lead and Linseed oil at
lowest prices. Come and let us figure with you on
your paint job.
A full line of Plumbing Goods always on hand.
Stoves fitted with coil and hot water tank and work
absolutely guaranteed, if we do your work and it is
not satisfactory, we expect no pay.
Get your work
done by someone that knows how to do it.
W e can
refer you to a number in town we have done this class
of work for, if you want references.
Goff Bros.
B o th
P h o n e s
FOREST GROVE
,
OREGON
Reception
The local lodge W. R. C. will give
a reception for Mrs. Lillian North,
junior vice-president of the State W.
R. C., and Col. R. W. McNutt, junior
vice-president of the state G. A. R.,
on Thursday afternoon, July 13, at the
Railroad Notes
Masonic hall. All members of the G.
A delegation from the Board of Trade A. R. and families and the W. R. C.
of this city went to Portland Monday and families are cordially invited. Ice
and met the officials of the S. P. Co. cream and cake will be served.
with a view to getting a new train
Noted Lecturer to Come.
service established here. The matter
Prof. J. V. Coombs, of Indiana, will
is to be taken up by the company
sometime this week when a decision be here on next Wednesday evening,
will be reached. On Monday the July 12, at the Christian Church. Mr.
gasoline car passed through here en- Coombs will deliver one of his popular
route to Independence and it is I lectures and should be heard by every-
thought it will be put on the Oswego ! one. He has traveled extensively in
run ?nd the stub train from that line the east as an evangelist.
brought over here.
Tuesday evening, July 4th the fire
department was called to the resi­
dence of D. D. Martin, on Pacific
Avenue, to extinguish a blaze which
had started in the parlor from some
unknown cause. Mr. Martin had just
come in from the bam when he dis­
covered something wrong and went to
the parlor, which was full of smoke and
flames. H e used the garden hose and
together with the neighbors put out
the fire before the department arrived.
The fire was confined to the parlor and
had evidently been burning for some
time. The furniture was carried out
although it was damaged considerably
by smoke and water.
Mrs. Martin
and daughter were out walking at the
time and can give no reason for the o.i-
gin as there had been no fire in the
house since in the morning about
eleven. The household goods were
insured.
Fred Mills Injured.
Fred Mills, 12 years cJd and son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Mills, the black­
smith, was severely injured by the ex­
plosion of a cannon cracker, about 7
o’clock yesterday evening. He had
lighted the cracker but thought it had
gone out and had it in his hand when
it exploded, filling his right eye and
side of his face with powder. Dr.
C. D. Geiger was called and picked
out the powder,' after using a local an-
asthetic which rendered the operation
painless.
The main injury was to the
side of the eye but some of the powder
had imbeded itself over the sight.
The patient is getting along nicely.
| before he arrived McDonald shot him-
I self, using a string tied to the trigger
j of a shotgun and placing the muzzle
in his mouth. Being satisfied that
the man had killed himself, he climbed
up a ladder and discovered the dead
man lying on the floor.
Before killing himself McDonald
had
written a note saying: “ For the
When About to be Taken Places
the Jennings family. Good-bye to
Shot Gun In His Monih and
all.” Pinned to the note was a print­
ed extract, “ Jealousy.” While the
Pulls Trigger
Jennings are reticent, it is supposed
that McDonald was enamored of Mrs.
Jennings and that his suit was not en­
A shooting affair occurred at Gaston couraged.
It is popularly reported
Sunday night and early Monday morn­ around Gaston that McDonald had
ing, and terrorized the otherwise peace­ killed a man in California. H e w?s
ful community to a considerable extent fairly well educated and wrote a good
by Harry McDonald, who had been hand.
employed by H. D. Jennings, a pros­
It is alleged that he was insane, but
perous farmer at that place. McDonald the coroner is inclined to believe that
went there with the Jennings several he was simply desperately jealous.
years ago, having been picked up by Coroner Brown went to the scene of
them in the Siskiyous while they were I the tragedy Monday afternoon, and
enroute to Oregon from California. He held an inquest. The body was taken
worked on their farm near Gaston until to Hillsboro and buried the next day.
last February, when he left because of
the coming there of Bob Woods,
Married in Portland.
brother of Mrs. Jennings,-to live. He
Miss Mattie Fowler and Ed Wagner,
returned to the ranch Sunday night, both well known and residents here,
snapped a revolver twice at Woods will leave on the afternoon train for
and compelled Mrs. Jennings to march Portland where they will be married.
up and down the highway in front of After the ceremony they will proceed
the house.
I to Seattle where they expect to live.
A posse headed by Deputy Sheriff
Osteopathy
Charles Wescott, of Gaston, went to
Dr. Hubert F. Leonard of Drs. Graff
the ranch at 5 Monday morning and
tried to take McDonald, who barricaded & Leonard, Portland, Ore., has pur­
himself in a room upon their approach. chased the practice of Dr. Wiggins,
Harry Russell of the posse commanded and will be found at the home of Mr.
him to come down stairs. McDonald David Smith o h Monday, Wednesday
opened fire and shot twice, one shot and Friday each week.
Dr. Leonard is a graduate of the
from the revolver powder burning
Russell's face.
H e retired to the Still College of Osteopathy and a man
room and said he would not be taken of wide experience.
of the marriage of C. E. Bell a popular
i commercial traveler of this city and
Miss Grace Crosley, formerly of Belling Harry McDonald Terrorizes (iaston
ham and now of Vancouver. The
Community Sunday Night
ceremony was performed four months
and Monday Morning
ago but the fact of their marriage
was not made known until yesterday.
New Addition to Forest Grove.
Mrs. Jane M. Smith of this city is
having platted into lots several acres of
land to the north of town and adjoining
Forest Grove, and will offer them for
sale. It will be known as the Bran­
ford addition to Forest Grove. There
will be 32 lots in all.
Miss Susan M. Sturges of Mansfield,
Ohio., made this office a pleasant call
Monday. Miss Sturges is visiting the
Lewis and Clark fair but having heard
so much of the beauties of Forest
Grove, came out to verify the facts
herself. She was highly pleased with
the beauties and picturesque surround­
ings of our city and also the college
buildings and campus. It was learned
from Miss Sturges that she had visited
the old home of the writer in her
earlier days and consequently our here-
to-fore unknown visitor became the
more interesting as tales about our old
acquaintances were revealed.
Johnson & Johnson
Successors to McNAMER k JOHNSON
DAME JU L IA N A BERNER.
Site W an
a H M rrn tli t e illo r» A u th or­
i t y o n F l y F I n I i I i i k .
T h e first p rin te d E n g lish book on
a n g lin g w a s 1 la m e J u lia n a B e r n e r s
“ B ook of St. A lb a n s,” w h ic h a p p e a re d
a b o u t 1400, a n d c o n ta in e d a c h a p te r
e n title d "A T re a ty « ? on F y tth y n n g c
W ith a n A ngle."
F ly fish in g m u st h a v e boon p ra c tic e d
m uch e a rlie r th a n th is, a s n o th in g b u t
a g ra d u a l e v o lu tio n could acc o u n t for
th e c o m p le te list of tties for th e fish­
ing m o n th s o f th e y e a r w h ic h it gives.
T o D a m e B e rn e r lielongs th e h o n o r
of first te llin g th a t th e sa lm o n could
lie c a u g h t w ith th e tly. S he sa y s: “ A l­
so y e m ay ta k e liyin, b u t it is seldom
seo.i w ith a d u b b e a t su c h tim e s a s
w h en he lep lth in lyke fo u rn ie a n d
m r.nere a s y e do a tro u g h t o r a g r a y ­
lin g .”
I l e r k n o w le d g e se e m s m ore
com plete th a n could h a v e been th a t
of th e o rig in a l in v e n to r, so t h a t th e
tim e w h e n tly fishing o rig in a te d in
B ritish w a te r s m u st re m a in u n c e rta in .
D a m e B e rn e r's flies w ill k ill tro u t
to d ay , a n d h e r tw e lv e w e re th e fo u n ­
d a tio n o f th o se o f w hich Iz a a k W a l­
ton sa id q u a in tly in 11553: “T h u s h a v e
you a J u ry of flies, likely to b e tra y
a n d co n d em n a ll th e tro u ts In th e
riv e r.”
Dealers in
Eatables
FOREST GROVE,
OREGON
Both Phones
LOGGERHEADS.
T h is
.ta m e la l . i i r n to S o m e
m id U tlier A n im a ls.
T u rtle s
T lie g ia n t tu rtle s w h ic h a re fo und
a lo n g th e A tla n tic c o ast a n d fre q u e n tly
in s o u th e rn w a te rs In g re a t n u m b e rs
a re k n o w n u s lo g g erh ead s. T hey com ­
m only a tt a in a w e ig h t o f 1,000 pounds,
a re ra p id sw im m e rs a n d a re o fte n seen
fu r fro m lan d , floating a slee p upon th e
Notice
vra ves.
Attention of the public is called to
C a rn iv o ro u s by n a tu r e th e se huge
Ordinance No. 105 , of Forest Grove, to rto ise s fe ed on c ra b s a n d fish, e sp e ­
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I c ia lly o n a la rg e sp e c ie s o f c o n ch , w hich
which pertains to bicycle riding on th ey b re a k open w ith th e tr m assiv e
sidewalks after 9 p. m. in and before la w s. T h e flesh o f th is te rra p in Is
5 a. m. during the summer months lea th ery a n d oily, w ith a s tro n g sm ell
o f m usk. Y oung sp e c im en s a re m ore
and between the hours of 8 p. m. and p a la ta b le a n d a re o fte n on su le In th e
6 a. m. during the winter months. m a rk e ts.
A d u c k , a s larg e a s o u r goose, w hich
Attention is called also to the state law
is n a tiv e o f th e sh o re s o f T ie rra del
which requires bicyclists to have bells ! Kuego a n d th e F a lk la n d isles is a lso
and lights on their wheels, and which called logg erh ead , from its see m in g
also requires wheelmen to give alarm s, s tu p id ity a n d h elplessness.
In th e W est In d ie s th is n a m e Is also
and slow down within 40 feet of pedes­
given to tw o o r th re e s o rts o f fly
trians.
P. W. CRONIN, Marshal.
c a tc h e rs.
The
Qualify the
Best
The Prices
Are Right
We have a full line of Elgin Watches always on hand. All
standard makes of gold filled cases; but nothing cheaper
than the twenty year grades.
See our line of Novelty Fobs and Chatlaine Pins, the latest
in town.
Lewis & Clark souvenir spoons, just arrived and all designs new.
ABBOTT & SON
FOREST GROVE,
OREGON