COUNTY COURT NEWS
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
B . M S & WHITESELL
Can suit you. They have a com­
Henry Matthes to Haiiy Cline
plete stock of Harness, Whip«,
the a w 1 of n e } sec 11 t
Lap Robes. Repairing a special­
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ty. Call in.
1 Peter E Wagner to David Miller
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PA CIFIC AVENUE
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| Addie E Preston (A dn:s) to J R
Depperman 40 acres in sec 2
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Race Meeting at Portlahd
not wish to leave the farm, and keep-
H J Martin to A F Flegel 46.57
I ing the roads passable for work and
acres in sec 28 t 1 s r 1 w. . .
Portland, July 5.—Among the great
j
heavy
hauling
so
that
good
market
may
attractions
which
the
Lewis
and
Clark
|
A
F Flegel to H J Martin same
BY D. WARD KING. IN SATURDAY EVENING POST.
VERY BEST
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be taken advantage of, and work done Exposition will afford the visitors
to l ... ,, , ' ' ’. j ' ' ' ' ' ' '
Win Vandervelden to J i Peer-
I at a time when it will count most and Portland during this month will be the | enboon 90 acres in Win Wil-
QUALITY, PRICES, TREATMENT
Finally, however, he made himself a the other things puzzled me. With
be
accomplished
at
a
minimum
of
opening
of
the
race
meeting
given
by
j
son
d
1
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drag, and started to push forward the the spade the man took out just enough
the Multnomah Fair Association at Winnifred Miller to J W Masters
SAELEN3 £ CO., Main Si.,
good work. From others I knew that earth to get down under the crust. time, toil and expense.
Irving Park Track, beginning on July I part of blk 10 Hillsbo:o......... 450
From
the
outset
of
this
work,
so
f OBEST GROVE, OREGON
he had been a doubter at the outset, Then he took hold of a length of rod
many questions have poured in upon 22. More than 500 horses will be G ™ e b aud to German Cong.
but within two weeks he was a dragged and jammed the end down in the
Church 1 acre in sec 32 t 1
zam acr
i i H iihh i »
i
me indicating points concerning which stabled at Irvington during the 49
n r 1 w. .
road enthusiast and came to me in a centre of the hole he had made with
state of considerable excitement, not to his spade. It didn’t sink more than the public is prone to go astray in its racing days, which by the way, will be Theo Pointer to L L Minor
10.06 acres in Wm Pointer
Undertaking
say indignation, because the neighbor three or four inches, I was just about understanding of how to build and use the longest race meeting ever held in
the
split-log
that
I
have
prepared
the
Oregon.
The
horses
that
will
start
in
d
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Practical Undertakers and Embalm-
man
was
an
igno­
next beyond him was not willing at concluding that the
W Kl? g
,L ,Uyatl 50
ers. Calls answe-ed day or night.
once to take up the work and begin ramus for trying to sink the rod that following road-dragging “ catechism” the stake and handicap ^ event's are the | F acres
in J S White d i e . ,
1000
i as covering, with fair completeness, pick of those that raced last winter at
the dragging of the road on toward the way, when he took it out and poured a
W L Davis to H R Davis part of
the main working facts in the problem: Oakland and at Los Angeles. Such
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village. When my neighbor voiced dipperful of water into the little hole.
BOTH ’PHONES.
Forest Grove. Ore.
Would it not be better to plow the owners as E. J. Ramsey, Doctor Ro.vell, ! John Conzelman to E C Wetzel
Again he inserted the end of the
his impatience and intimated that
road
before
dragging?
Harry
Stover,
Winter
!:
Johnson,
and
s
I
of
e
i
of
n
w
1
sec
25
t
2
something ought to be done to push rod and began to chug it down. The
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No. Plowing gives a soft foundation Del Fountain, have entered their stake
the thing right straight through without way it sank through the moistened soil
Earl B Hawks to John B Smith
delay, I simply shook my head and made my eyes open. A little more Plowing the middle of the road is a relic horses in the events, horses that would
part of blk 38 Forest Grove. . 1300
Homeopah ist Physician
have been shipped East, but for the Jane M Smith to W R Sparks
and Surgeon.................
water and a little more chugging, and of the old dump-scraper days.
asked the question:
1 acre in blw 2 Banford add
What do you do when there are generous purses and stake moneys
Office over Wescott’s Store. Residence
“ Do you know how long I have in a few minutes he had put that rod
to Forest Grove......................
200 East of M. E. Church, Fo.est Grove
deep
ruts
in
the
road?
that
the
Association
have
hung
up.
heen dragging the road up to your down eight feet into the earth without
Drag them. If you drag when the
When the Association officials made A M Boldrick to Theresa Bol-
removing more than half a shovelful of
gate?”
drick 1 acre in E Walker d 1 c 250
City Baiter Shop . .
“ Why, I guess it must be about dirt. Then it came to me— that’s surface is quite loose and soft, you will up their stake events last year they J C Aldrich to J P Vandezanden
be
surprised
how
soon
the
ruts
dis-
were
in
a
generous
mood.
Knowing
part
of
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Forest
Grove.
.
225
digging by mixing a little water with
four years,” Said he.
Baths. Laundry Agency. Situ­
that the Exposition would bring lovers John Wilkins to J J Krebs 40
“ Yes, I answered, “ and all that time dirt, and it’s precisely what a wagon appear.
ated on Pacific Ave., Forest Grove.
acres in Chas Lewis d i e . . . . 1700
How do you get the dirt to the 0f the thoroughbreds from all over the
I haven’t said a word to you urging wheel does to a muddy road— a road
. . A. I. Wirtz, P ro p rie to r
C K Schmeltzer to Frankliu C
country, they made up their minds
you to take up the work. Now the where the water stands until some­ middle of the road?
Schmeltzer 100 acres in secs
By hauling the drag slantwise with that if handsome purses and valuable
same thing that convinced you will thing comes along to mix it with the
21 and 28 t 2 5 s r 2 w
1
the
end that is toward the centre of stakes would attract the best class of
convince the neighbor beyond you. earth; while, on the other hand, the
PROBATE COURT
We’ll just let him take his time to dragged road uses a coat of mud— to j the road a little to the rear of the other horses and best owners, they would
Estate of Lars Nielsen. Admitted
certainly bring them to Portland. This to probat. and Maria Nielsen appoint­
come to the conclusion that he can’t all practical purposes a cement— to 1 end.
But suppose the road is too narrow? they have done and in all they will
afford to travel over a bad road to town make an oval roof that will not lit the
ed administratrix.
Bonds 8200.00.
If you are seeking a home and fl
First drag the wheel tracks. After distribute over 8100,000 among the
when a few minutes’ work will give water stand.
Moses Dllaboy, T o n / E G i.ner a i l
want
— A BARGAIN— we can
him a good one over which to ride.”
At one of our meetings in Nebraska three or four rains or wet spells, plow winners of the stake events and purses. David Merrill appointed appraisers.
suit
you,
having the best list of U
Later experience showed me that this a road commissioner came to me very a shallow furrow just outside the drag­ Such good horses as Horatius, Sea Air,
E ta'.e of John W L it'ier. Final
lands
and
homes in the county, y
matter of road-dragging is contagious much troubled about a stretch of gum­ ged part. Spread this over the road Bombardier, Hugh McGowan, Glummy account fi’ed. Monday, Aug. 7th time
Write
or
call
on us at Cornelius, r
and catches best where the work itself bo highway under his supervision. " I with a drag. Only plow one furrow Gus, winner of the Seattle Derby, | fixecj for hearing objections to final
is left to spread the conviction of its j suppose,” said he, “ that, if you had after the next rain. At each plowing Whisky King, and a host of others * settlement.
that have won winning brackets, will
R . W . M cN U T T ,
own soundness. As one neighbor after this road to take care of, as soon as you widen the road bed two feet.
How
many
horses
do
you
use?
be
there.
The
Lewis
and
Clark
Ex-
BUSINESS
SPECIALS
another fell into line, and the stretch you saw a hollow place in it you would
Two generally; three if it is just as position Handicap will be worth $1,500
—Goldenrod Flour, guaranteed,
of dragged road continued to lengthen, go and get dirt and fill it in?”
handy;
four when breaking colts— a to the winner, the Irvington Handicap ; _ Try Goldenrod Flour.
You’ll
the public comment about it increased
“ No,” I replied, “ I would fill it in
until the road authorities from neigh­ before there was any hollow place good solid team in the centre and a 81,200 and the Labor Day Handicap ]jjje ¡t
ASK T H E A G E N T FOR
colt on each side; two men on the is valued at 81,000.
boring townships and counties began there.”
—"Crescent” is the Standard of Ex­
TICKETS VIA
drag—one
to
drive,
the
other
to
con­
The Association has also announced
to investigate the matter, with the
Apparently this statement was a
cellence for Valley flour.
trol
the
colts.
that from September 17 to September
result that local farmer’s institutes little beyond his grasp, and so I tried
— Drain tile, sewer pipe and terra
How do you drain the roads?
28 it will endeavor to give a light har-
asked me to speak at their sessions to think of some illustration by which
cotla flues at Richey ¿c Wells’.
If
the
earth
is
pushed
in
the
middle
ness
race
meeting.
Very
liberal
purses
and give a personal demonstration of I could make it entirely clear to him.
—C. F. Harris is closing out his
the workings of the split log drag.
Just at this time I happened to notice of the road continually, the road will will be given and some of the best
entire line of furniture at cost.
drain
itself.
j
trotters
and
pacers
from
California
will
There are a few bugaboos that have that he had a head of thick, wavy hair.
Why not make the drag out of be seen at Irving in addition to a \ — I am selling out my entire line
to be met wherever this new gospel is This gave me the inspiration I needed.
plank?
strong lot of Oregon and Washington °f furniture at cost. C. F. Harris.
introduced. One of these is capillary and I said:
You
can,
and
do
good
work.
But
horses.
i — Money to loan on farm security, To SPOKANE, ST. PAUL. M INNE­
attraction. This force is declared by J “ How often do you comb your
the
split
log
is
best.
The
plank
drag
—
—
W. H. Hollis, Forest Grove
“ scientific experts” to be the thing hair?”
APOLIS, DULUTH, CHICAGO,
is not so stiff.
Weekly
Crop
Bulletin
, .
,
that will draw the water up into the
"Why, three times a day, of
....
,
| — Mohair and wool wanted at J. E.
ST. LOUIS.
Why not make the drag of heavy
Particularly favorable to hay was the Bailey.s store Cash or produce
dragged road and make it soft. The course,” he answered, flushing slightly,
A n d .A ll P o in t s E a st a n d S o u t h .
timber?
dry, hot weather which prevailed dur-
only answer to this is, simply, that it
Then I came back at him with the sawed __
_ .__ _ ^ _ . ,
.
~
— Mohair and wool wanted at J. E.
Because drags so made have a ten- mg the past week in Oregon. Of
_
doesn’t.
.question:
.
...
, .
.
Bailey s store. Cash or produce,
2
weather conditions and the crops the ;
Another popular bugaboo is the cala-
"W hy don’t you wait until there are dency to slip over the bumps.
Don’t
you
grade
up
the
road
first?
Weekly Bulletin issued on Monday by
~ ' M kinds of Picnic K°°ds at Duns'
The Flyer: The Fast Mail
mity that will surely swallow up the tangles, or at least indications of
No. The grading is done with the Edward A. Beales, of the Portland Dis- moor s store- Remember the long
dragged road “ when the bottom fa'ls tangles, in it before you begin to drag
handle dust pan.
S p l e n d id S e r v ic e , U p to D a t e
out in the spring.” Again the answer it with a comb? That’s precisely the drag, gradually. By so doing, the trict of the Weather Bureau, says:
road
is
solid
all
the
time
and
is
built
The
past
week
was
dry
and
the
hot-
I
For
Rent
Baldwin’s
new
brick,
E q u ip m e n t , C o u r t e o u s
is that the bottom will not fall out of the plan upon which traditional road­
next
to
new
post-office.
Inquire
of
on
a
solid
foundation.
E m plo y es .
test
of
the
season.
These
conditions
road that has been dragged with a split making is conducted. You have been
I
Geo.
H.
Baldwin.
McMinnville.
tf
What
does
it
cost
to
drag
a
mile
of
were
very
favorable
for
haying,
and
log, because the dragged road unlike in the habit of waiting until the tangles
Daylight trip throught the
this work has been pushed along rap­
— Bring me your wool and Mohair,
the other kind, does not put down a were there, and, consequently, you road a year?
Cascade
and Rocky Mountains.
The
cost
is
variously
estimated
at
idly.
The
hay
crop
promises
to
be
highest
market
paid,
either
in
cash
lot of mud into cold storage with the had to use a much heavier implement.
from
one
to
three
dollars.
heavier
than
last
year,
although
in
or
trade.
J.
E.
Bailev,
Forest
Grove.
coming of the first deep freeze. The ' with the result that you moved a great
How do you keep the drag from some few localities it is not so good as
For tickets, rates, folfiers and full
thing that plays hob with roads is mud deal more— earth!"
— Try a can Golden Gate Baking
information,
call on or address
dodging
around
sidewise?
expected.
Pasturage
is
getting
short,
—and mud is earth and water mixed.
Powder today. A trial will convince.
Everywhere the rallying-cry of this
H. DICKSON,
By
not
loading
it
too
heavily.
If
a
and
consequently
the
milk
supply
in
I never realized how it is that wagon- movement is: “ From your own front
We carry it at the Big Store. John E.
City Ticket Agent, 122 Third St.,
wheels can cut down so deep into an gate to your neighbor’s front gate to­ drag dodges around the earth you are the dairy districts is decreasing.
Bailey.
3jmo
Portland, Or.
The harvest of barley and Fall rye
ordinary road until I had a certain ex­ ward town.” Thus, the thing always moving, it is because it is overloaded.
— Cut prices in millinery at The
Will the dragged road stand he; vy has begun, and Fall wheat cutting will | Paris Millinery Parlor.'
S. Gi YERKES, A. G. P. A., Seattle,
perience with a lightning-rod man. I starts with the farmer’s own self-
Next door to
Wash., Corner First Ave. & Yesler Way.
become general next week.
Fall
drew the contract myself and, knowing interest, but leads him directly beyond hauling?
Odd Fellows Hall, Forest Grove, Ore.
Yes and no? A dragged road will wheat is maturing nicely, but it has
that the rod should be grounded in his own line-fence to the place where
— Use Golden Gate Baking Powder,
soil that would always be in a moist he finds himself working for the gener­ stand more heavy hauling than an un­ been a little too warm for Spring guaranteed a fine cream tartar powder.
condition, I specified that the rod al good of the community. There are dragged road, but not so much as a wheat, especially the late sown. Oats
Try it, money back if unsatisfactory.
show considerable improvement. Corn
must be sunk at least eight feet into three considerations that are especially macadamized or well-graveled road.
John
E. Bailey.
3jmo
Will a drag help a sand road?
and gardens have made good advance­
the ground.
powerful in getting men interested in
—
Route your shipments via
A sand road is a very different pro­ ment. Hop lice are still plentiful in
When the workmen came to put up this movement: Keeping the roads in
Great Northern.
the rod the foreman asked for "a condition so that school and church position from the black soil, clay or many yards, and considerable spraying
Full information from
gumbo.
An
entirely
different
method
has
been
done
during
the
week.
The
j
bucket of water, a dipper and a spade.” privileges may be enjoyed; keeping
must
be
adopted.
Three
things
may
Wm. HARGER,
grain
aphis
is
disappearing,
ane
reports
j
I could see where there would be the bovs in touch with a certain
be
done
to
a
sand
road
to
make
it
as
to
the
amount
of
damage
caused
by
General
Agent;
Portland, Oregon.
Of Forest Grove, Oregon
plenty of exercise for the spade, but amount of social life so that they will
better: First, keep it wet; second, this pest are conflicting.
CAPITAL Jf52«,CKK>.
Lewis and Clark Exposition.
haul clay on to it; third sprinkle it
Apples, pears, peaches and prunes,
A General Banking Business Trans-!
with crude oil, as they do in California although below average in quantity, | acted. Drafts sold on all the principal
During the Lewis and Clark Exposi­
and in some parts of Southern Kansas are doing nicely. The berry season Cities in the United States and Europe. tion, the Southern Pacific Company
Correspondents Wells Fargo & Co’s 1 will sell round trip tickets to Portland,
and Texas. The drag will be bene­ in the western section is drawing to a
Bank. Directors: Richard M. Dooley, j limit thirty days, at one and one third
ficial in keeping the sand road per­ close, but in the higher elevations in J. E. Loomis. John W. Shute,
fare for round trip. For parties of ten
fectly flat so that it will absorb moisture Eastern Oregon it is now at its height. and Frank E. Dooley.
Accounts or more traveling on one ticket, one
solicited.
and retain it a long time.
fare for the round trip. For organized
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To this catechism I would add the
vitial tickets, at one fare for the round
The entire library of 60 books of the
following “ Don’ts” : Don’t drive too
trip.
fast. Don't walk; get on the drag Mead school district, No. 76, at Green-
l E STA BLISH ED 1898.)
Stopover of ten days will be g’ven
Dealers In
and ride. Don’t be particular about mountain. has been stolen. The
at Portland on all one way tickets read­
Forest Grove, Oregon
theft
was
not
discovered
until
a
few
material; almost any log will do.
ing through that point during the Ex­
Don't try to drag with only one piece; days ago, which must have occurred A general banking business transacted. position. Tickets must be deposited
Interest paid on time deposits.
within the past three weeks. The
with the Joint Agent at Portland and
use two.
Accounts invited.
charge of fifty cents will be madr for
school house has always been left un­
extension of time.
Dress Making
locked, but the bookcase was locked
Dr.
Wm.
M.
Pollock,
Mrs. Viola Lawless has moved her and the key was in the care of the
Draying.
d e n t is t .
dressmaking parlors to the building teacher. The matter has been reported
Haynie & Son have two good teams
formerly occupied by Mrs. White, to the county authorities and the Port- Office over Bazaar, Forest Grove,
and
do all kinds of team work at rea­
All
work
in
milliner, where she will be pleased to land police but the thief is not yet
the Prepared to
sonable
rates. Contracts preferred
dental
line.
work
at
night,
but
see all patrons.
apprehended.
Phone, office.861; must be by ap* Independent
’phone.
They
use
residence, 554.
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