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About Washington County news. (Forest Grove, Washington County, Or.) 1903-1911 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1905)
u. jaston .ouse is being cleared >m for the machinery of the sket factory. vis; Walter Purdin was in Forest Grove the forepart of the week. W. H. Stratton recently purchased from R. W. McNutt, three lots located south of the depot where he intends to build a dwelling house immediately. Have you ever considered what a splendid Christmas gift The News would make to a friend of yours. What other investment of a single dollar can bring so much of good cheer to the home. — Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea is simply liquid electricity. It goes to every part of your body, bringing new blood, strength and new vigor. It makes you well and keeps you well. 35 cents. Dr. Hines' Drug Store. Stores in Holiday Attire. The stores are doing good business, the Christmas trade, notwithstanding Notice to Post Offica Patrons. Editor News:— Numerous citizens, the large amount of money spent dur including many ladies, have com ing the Fair by people residing in this section of the country, is quite brisk plained to me because of the odor of and beyond the expectation of the tobacco smoke usually pervading the . , post-office and because of the pools o f! 001 merchants The dry goods and general mercantile establishments have tooacco spit which disfigure the floors been decorated appropriately and sea and walls of the postoffice lobby. Complaint is also, made on account of sonably. At the Comer store, black the large number of persons who arches studded with linen handker chiefs and large clusters of mistletoe make the postoffice a lounging place, and by their numbers and loud con make up a fine decoration scheme. versation, make it difficult to transact At Hoffman & Allen’s the arch meth business with the postoffice’employees. od is also in vogue and from the arch- I have therefore posted notices in the es multi-colored streamers reach to parts of the , , store. The visit- postoffice lobby, requesting The public, ! various , . , legend "A to refrain from these practices. I take »f advantage of the columns of your Merry Christmas” and "A Happy New Year.” At Bailey’s a quaint old mis valuable paper to bring this reason sion has been built, in the interior of able request to the attention of all your of gentlemen readers, believing that all I which the counters are chuckfull , such will heartily acquiesce in my Christmas presents. The show win effort to make the postoffice a clean dows testify to Mr. Kinton’s ability as The Bazaar is and decent place for the transaction of | a window trimmer. | toyland in miniature. Youngster1 s government business. | eyes are continually peering through H. C. ATWELL, P. M. 1 the windows in the hope that Old Santa may discover their heart’s There has been much rejoicing over desires. The Book Store also displays the fact that N. L. Atkins is to be j a fine lot of Christmas novelties, clever- reinstated as agent at the station. A j ly arranged to make the best display largely signed petition together with possible. At LaCourse’s, Old Santa the influence of Senator E. W. Haines Claus is going down the chimney with and the willingness of the S. P. auth a large bag fnll of toys. The interior orities to listen to the plea in behalf of of the store has taken on holiday attire the official, brought about the pleasing and a fine selection of Christmas result. goods are offered. I i. e E . H a ll W. M c \ am er Palace Market (Pacific A ve n u e ) Fresh and Salt Meats —Lard and Fish— Hughes Phone 591 Prompt Delivery to all parts of the city. F o re s t D ro v e , - O re g o n ì j AUCTION HOUSE DECEMBER 7 t o DECEMBER 30 BIG DISCOUNTS New Goods, second-hand goods. Customers get the benefits. First come, first served. No Sheriff’s Sale, no Fire Sale. Just a cut in prices for the rest of the year. L. L. H o !lin g e r Hancock, Gordon & Elliott Special Attention to Commercial Travelers' Patronage. Good Service, Fair Treatment and Moderate Rates. F a s h io n L i v e r y , F e e d a n d S a le S ta b le . Wagonette to and from all trains. Special conveyances over the Wilson River Route to Tillamook at any and all times Forest Grove. Oregon. OREGON AND COLUMBIA PHONES. <) A Snap fo r You I have a few new wool top mattresses which I am closing out at cost. Be sure to come in and look them over. They may be just what you want. A ll HEATING STOVES a t Cost. Every one of these stoves are very neat looking as well as strong and durable. My policy is never to carry goods over from one season to another. That’s why this awful price curing. HARDW ARE, C. F. CUTLERY, STO VES H A R R IS 2 Doors W ist of Farmers &, Merchants Bask F o re s t Oro ve T H E B O O K Christm as P h o n « 411 - S T O R E Carnations S A T U R D A Y - VU h h P e n f lu lü BOYl H E R E YOU ARE1 Come to our store. We will help you make Christmas merry. a good serviceable, swell suit of clothes. Be a man. Get This is th e w a y w e help you The Index this week contains a clever cartoon designed by Hugh W. Sparks, the college cartoonist. D. Shearer passed through Forest Grove, Monday while on his way to —Goldenrod Flour, buy it, try it. Portland, being called there by busi Mrs. Robert Taylor is confined to ness interests. Mrs. Griswold, formerly of this city, her room this week. has been visiting here during the week. Mrs. M. C. Case of Hillsboro, was She contemplates a trip to Europe in in this city yesterday. the near future. Bert Nixon, a dental student, is a t 1 Nelson Wilcox, of Scappoose, was in the city Wednesday, transacting busi home for the holidays. ness. Mr. Wilcox is a lumberman and Barnet Roe, of Dewey, is in the city formerly lived here. today, on a business trip. A new daily freight train has been Frank Miller of East Gaston, spent put on the S. P. line. The innovation several days with friends here. will be received with satisfaction by Mr. and Mrs. John Heisler of Gales the local merchants. Creek, were in the city Thursday. Word has been received from John Miss Bertha Williams of this city, Striplin that his health has been much will spend the holidays in Seattle. benefited by his stay at Selma, Fresno. — Roomers Wanted— Inquire at J. Cal. He is making his home with a brother. Darling’s. 2t Charles Whittaker recently arrived Clark Williams is connected with the Oregonian, doing special write-ups. from Montana where he has been en gaged in the harness business. He The Methodist church will give its expects to remain here visiting his Christmas program, Saturday evening. j brother John, for a month or so. Miss Stella Via, who has been ill for — A 200-pound brood sow, black, nearly two weeks, is improving slowly. white strip in face, left my place Dec. Miss Myrtle Butler returned Friday 12, was last seen at Archie Walker’s morning from a short visit with Hills at Scoggins Valley. Notify John H. j Allen, of Gaston who will pay charges. boro friends. Miss Blanche Huston of Hillsboro, Eldwin Chlcraft of the Cheamawa is the guest of Forest Grove friends Indian School was here Saturday to this week. | see if 4 Filipino boy3 could not be _ , . „ . ,. , placed in school here as the govern- Ralph Bacon, while working on the ment wi„ nQt a„ow them to remain a Hoffman building, cut his hand quite Chemawa severely. Hon. W. K. Newell was at Amity T. A. Lewis, a farmer of Cornelius, and in McMinnville a few days ago, was transacting business in this city attending to business matters relative yesterday. to the meeting of the Yamhill Horti — Miss Penfield has gone to Portland cultural society which is to meet there today to bring out more books for January 6. the Xmas Trade. The Watts farm-house on the Gales Weitzel Bros. have opened a Creek road, was damaged by fire last plumber’s shop in the building next to week. A defective flue was the cause and the second story cf the house will Parson’s saddlery. have to be repaired. — Plant an English Walnut tree to- George R. Sibley, who has been Mar- day and raise your own nut suffering with a peculiar case of rheu tin’s Harness Shop. matism, has recovered and left Tues- Friedman Bros, of Portland, were out | day to spend the holidays in L< s to the Groveland farm this week, to Augeles, Cal., where he formerly lived. purchase draft horses. Oscar Baldwin has been in Cornelius Mrs. W. McEldowney and Miss Kate to complete the E. Haberstroh five Shannon will appear as soloists at the room cottage located two blocks south Dairymen’s convention program. of the depot in that locality. Mr. Lauren Pease, the singer and Haberstroh contempla es the erection * insurance agent of Portland, was found of a store later on. not guilty of embezzlement. The Bazaar conducted by the Meth Miss Ara Heisler, of Gales Creek, odist ladies Friday and Saturday of last spent several days in Forest Grove the week, proved to be a financial success, past week, the guest of friends. j A sum of nearly $40 was realized from __, __the of fancy work , and suit- J — u English walnut sale trees Oregon . , other ~ grown at nursery prices. Martin’s abie Christmas presents. The ladies Harness shoo near the Post Office. I dld son?e hard w orkto preparC ^ I event but their efforts were not in Dr. E. H. Brown has rented the | vain, dwelling of Mrs. Amos Adams, in . „ T , , . ,. South Park and will move there soon. I J ' G; Lennevllle has purchased his partner s interest in the firm of Ballarti J. H. Allen, one of Gaston’ s pro-! & Lenneville blacksmith shop. Mr. gressive farmers, was in this city yes- Lenneville takes charge after January 1. terday and made the News a pleasant His brother, Charlie, who is expected call. here soon, will assist him in the work. Among the Gales Creek people in Let’s have all the crossings in the this city today were: Miss Effie Boak, business part of town thoroughly Mrs. Sitwell, W. H. Adkins, and scraped and made free from mud for C. J. Clark. the next two days. Forest Grove’s Miss Brock, Principal Bates and welcome to the dairymen must be Professor Bach were entertained at a worthy of our progressive and prosper dinner party at Mrs. Peterson’s, Friday ous city. evening. Mrs. Amos C. Adams left this week James Shannon has begun the for a three month’s stay at Freeman, erection of a stable at the Condenser Wash. She believes that the change where the inspector’s horses will be in climate will prove beneficial to her health which has not improved as kept hereafter. much as anticipated since her return — Get your feed at Crescent Mills. from the sanitarium. U. S. chop $18, sborts $21, No. 1 The Smith donation claim extend rolled barley $25. Complete supply ing between the Colonial Hotel and always on hand. the old Macrum property is to be sur The unsightly hitching posts on the veyed into lots and mapped into an ad west side of the church property, have dition to Forest Grove. J. C. Clark will not been repaired. Can nothing be act as agent and will erect a cozy office done to remedy such a condition? building on the property. The J. N. Hoffman building next to The friends of Miss Winifred Byrd The News office is assuming propor will be sorry to learn that she was tions and the roof is being laid. It is recently robbed of jewelry valued at a two story frame structure. $400. Miss Byrd is a student at the J. C. Schulmerich, a progressive New England Conservatory of Music, farmer at Banks, believes that that and burglars entered her room and locality ought to incorporate at the carried away her valuables. next session of the legislature. Frank Brown, the charcoal artist, The Rebecca lodge gave a supper has made a large number of excellent to its members last evening. The cartoons of local personages the past j event proved very enjoyable to the week. He has contrived a large draw ing pad which contains charcoal, cray forty guests fortunate to be present. on sauce and other materials necessary W. C. Freeman of Gaston, made a for rapid sketch work. The subject business trip to Forest Grove, Wednes poses but a few minutes at the close of day. He is a subscriber to The News which his likeness stands out on the and thinks it a good country paper. white [»per in bold relief. R. W. McNutt of Cornelins, is in James Cronen, who has been the the city today. H e states that, as far guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs as he knows, the basket factory is to P. W . Cronen for several weeks, left a remain at Cornelius and is not going few days ago for San Francisco to re to Cottage Grove as reported in some sume his duties on the U. S. transport of the papers. Sheridan. This was James’ first visit of j Oscar Baldwin has fitted up a neat any duration with the home folks since and attractive confectionery stand in he entered the employ of Uncle Sam. the rooms formerly occupied by the H e had a pleasant time while here but King real estate agency. The Fewest appeared right glad to return where Grove Advertising Company will occr- 1 the waves sing sad lullabies to the py the same apartments. mermaids. We satisfy the common sense of the mother; we please the fancy of the boy and we suit the pocket of the father. Simple, you see, if one knows how. This week and next I offer my spledid assortment of Boys’ suits, fine values, correctly tailored, at prices that talk— $ 2 . 5 0 t o $ 4 The Talk of tl le Town is my swell line of Cas tle Brand Hats, new shapes and shades at $3.00. They can’t be beat for value or wear. JOHN ANDERSON S, The Tailor Ä S X S XSXSXS XSH K ß-aC SXS^ James Rasmussen who recently The advanced pupils of the Con bought the Ritchey Feed store, in servatory of Music gave recitals Friday tends to build on an addition to his and Saturday evenings. The aud- place of business. This will give him i . , . „ . . . . more room for storage purposes. He ; lence thou*h sma11 at both of these may also put in a chopper which will entertainments, was thoroughly appre- doubtless prove a good investment. i ciative of the efforts of the participants. THE COMFORTABLE WAY IS Vic th> GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY Clo • c n lections for all points East and West with 2 MODERN OVIRLAND 1 RAINS in either direction daily. I o r det i ed in r F . . r. a tio n addiess or S . W H IT N E Y , C. Y E R K E . Pas enfier T raffic M ngr., St. P a u l, Minn* G. P. A ., S e a ttle, W ash. , A S. 5. M IN N ESO TA ta ils fro m S e a ttle fo r th e O rient Feb. I, 1906 S . S. D AK O TA sa ils fr o m S e a ttle fo r th e C r e n t M arch. 12, 1906 A BUSY CHRISTMAS WEEK Yes, it has been a busy time with us. W e ex pected it and were prepared for any emergency W ay up in Pattons Valley they heard the peal of the O ld Mission Bell that sounded the GOOD N E W S of S P L E N D ID B A R G A IN S W e ju s t w a n t to call a tte n tio n to th e fact th a t H u n d re d s o f k n o w in g hou se w ives F IN D P E R F E C T SA TISFA C T IO N in BU Y IN G th e ir groceries o f us. W e h av e E V E R Y T H IN G IN EA.TABLESJ for th e C H R IST M A S TABLE. N ow let us return to our D ry Goods D epartm ent. W e w ould lik e to have you in v estigate our F an cy P illow s from 30c to 75c. Then too we have Battenberg, Braids, Patterns and Rings for Fancy Work. In fact a m o st choice line o f fancy work. M e n ’s Furnishing Goods It is our boast to sell the test, and our stock stands the best of the critical. Neckwear, Socks, Shirts, Suspenders, etc. We extend to all of our patrons the season’s compliments—a real Merry Christmas. BAILEY’S BIG STORE