Jai WASHINGTON I COL- IV toice X FOREST GROVE, WASHINGTON CO., ORE., LETTER FROM NEWPORT •‘Urity. w Enterprising Business Man. COUNTY NEWS JULY 26, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY 1906. DOINGS IN COUNCILDOM Farmers and Grain Bags. The following clipped from the the Following Statistics. I ForeJt Grove People Enjoving Them- Evening Telegram, speaks well for the For the Year Ending June 18, 1906. Contain The farmers of Oregon have been aroused as never before to a considera »elves— W eather at the Beach enterprise and business foresight of one MALES FEMALES tion of the gnin bag question. Never Very Cool. our prominent citizens, hence we No. of persons between 4 and 20 years of age. .3188 2887 Town Fathers Huld Busy Session and before were sacks so high, and *b No of pupils between 4 and 20 attending school. 2305 2109 republish the article: “Senator E. W. Holy Roller Camp, Newport, Ore. No of teachers employed during the year........... 35 farmers are not only trying to find oi 138 Haines, of that place, was born at Discuss Important Business— Will tye are having fine weather with only Tnwa Balls t „ M , „„ Noof applicants examined for teachers’ certificates 14 100 why this is so and distributing blami Engage Street Commissioner. cloudy day last week. More than Iowa Falls, la., November 24, 1861, Total days attendance during the year................. in various directions, but are plannini and is doing much for the needs of Average daily attendance during the year........... Jl1 * ' , hundred people arrive daily to enjoy so to handle their grain in future t Forest Grove. The management ot No of organized districts in the county............... I, t cool breezes and dig a few clams. his they will be in a measure independí banking interests does not repre- No of districts reporting fating the Forest Grove late arrivals sent the limit nf hi. Damage Complaint ot Mrs. Sloan cf warehouse men and comparative! * Average number of months school taught............ sent the hm.tof Ins actmt.es. Among No of schools visited by ^ County <*hool Sup, u t Mr. ana Mis. L. Watkins, Miss E. indifferent to a grain bag famine. other interests in which he is the No of miles traveled in performance of official and Miss Minnie Buxton S e ttle d - A Chicago grain traffic organ esl Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. O. Baldwin and promoter, may be mentioned the new duty during the year........................................... 1900 mates that 45.000,000 sacks will City Pays $75. Mrs. H. Goff. electric car line just finished from the Average monthly salary of male teachers $49.75 and of female teachers $41.23 3 is ““'a B needed for the grain of the Pad Mr. Watkins expects to work in a depot to the business center of this RECEIPTS coast, while only about 38,000,0i barbershop while here. Prof. Bach place. Credited to his enterprise is , , Cash on hand at beginning of the year................................................. $ 4917 39 The city fathers of Forest Grove do sacks are to be obtained in this tei came last week and expects to stay the building of the water plant, twelve Received from the County Treasurer from special tax........................ 12883 95 not love darkness rather than light and tory, and these, at the present pri^ six weeks. John Boldric came last miles west of here. Not only does “ “ “ “ “ state school fund......... 10308 80 logically their deeds are not evil, for if will cost $3,800,000 or more. week but thought the weather too cool this furnish the power for operating the I „ “ " county “ “ . . . . . 35757 09 Some farmers are agitating for S t rate bills and tuition................................................... 312 60 this were the case they would not have and the girls too many to stay so will grist mill here, but it also provides sale of bonds and warrants......................................... 2306 39 lighted the dozen or more tallow enlarged and complete grain ele' leave immediately for parts unknown. Dower for the electric plant, the water | for library fund................. ............................. .-.......... 93 90 candles last Thursday evening when system similar to that of the Mil Harvey Baldwin says the crowd isn’t works, and furnishes the power for from all other sources................................................. 4743 65 the electric lights failed to come on. sippi valley, but the Chicago so jolly as last year but from the way lighting Cornelius, Dilley, Gaston and Total receipts $71323 77 Forest Grove has a jolly council and points out some reasons why this is fl he has been taking trips to the light Forest Grove, and the power also for every body from scribe Hoge to land- feasible—-vessels not prepared to eff' ,i DISBURSEMENTS house and attending balls, he will operating the car line from the depot. 46 lord Bedford Laughlin drew from his wheat in bulk, danger of heatin Paid for teachers’ wages..........................................................................$45001 evidently soon change his mind. During his service as a member of rent of rooms and s i t e ........................................................ 6 0° mother wit and made some nice transit, etc. Still it thinks Charles Walker hasn’t struck his pace the State Senate, Mr. Haines, as chair . If, fuel and school supplies........................................................ 3121 pointed jokes about the light they had might profitably erect many ele yet but says things begin “ to look man of the committee on banking and repairs and improving grounds............................................. 3870 on the subject. All members were and warehouses, so as to be in a n r “ “ new school house sites........................................................... 1417 good to him.” Rollo Peterson’s insurance, was able to render his 4595 45 present at the roll call but Hollinger ure independent of other wareh< /,) principal of bonds and warrants....................................... friends here have got an option on the constituents service along financial and Treasurer Hudson, the former and any possible grain sack com! insurance................................................................................. 200 light-house for him which they expect lines. Among his other positions were Many farmers are also considi clerk’s salary........................................................................... 1254 gentleman coming in late. There him to take on his arrival. Nearly 400 those of chairman of the committee on library books.......................................................................... 155 the question of “ curing” their were several committees—ordinances, people came in on an excursion penal institutions and chairman of the all other purposes....................................... .................... 2016 water and other committees—to report in stack before threshing and storii over the C. & E., Sunday and I guess joint committee to adjust the state Total disbursements $61640 bat owing to unforseen conflicts it was in bulk in home granaries until Cash on hand at close of the yzar 9683 everybody came from Grandfather penitentiary complications. impossible for any of them to report. get ready so sell. This would down to the baby for it was certainly a 6064 At this place, September 27, 1887, No of pupils enumerated February 25, 1905 The chief topic for discussion was practicable as to the “ curin varied crowd. Not many good agates Mr. Haines was married to Miss Nettie Total amount of state fund apportioned during the year...................... $10308 80 the subject of side-walks, crossings, sweating process, on large farms 1 70 have been found here this year as the S. Shipley, and they have two Amount of state fund apportioned per capita..................................... and highways. Attention was called “ combines” are used, but it woi drifting sand has almost completely daughters, Ruth Josephine and Grace Total amount of county fund apportioned during the year............... 35931 15 Amount of county fund apportioned per capita................................... 5 92 to several bad crossings, which might a good practice on farms hi covered the beds. H. and H. Elizabeth. The family is identified cause damage, and they will be repair with headers or self binders. Bu with the Congregational Church, in Hughes' Telephone System Damaged, was in the well while the other man ed immediately. Work would have this would not be profitable u n io n —Choice Alberta winter wheat lands which Mr. Haines is one of the been done along this line before now farmers had the advantage of ( ■ About half of the residence phones was on top staking down the windlass, but it has been impossibe to get work roads on which to haul their gi for sale at $6 50 per acre. Also two trustees.” | so as to make it good and solid of town and all the country phones of for their work. All at once the men to do it, owing to the scarcity of market in the winter time, if 1 very choice homesteads in the same one the Hughes company were put out of There were 342 fares taken in Upon the advice of council desirable to do so. ax flew off the handle and down men. township. For particulars inquire of day last week on the new street car. commission again last Tuesday morn There appears to be no e1 it went into the well. Bacon shouted Mayor Peterson will engage a street ing about eight o’clock. This time A. B. Thomas, Forest Grove, Ore. 2t That isn’t bad for a beginner. that the farmers are being “ ji the danger signal and Fairchilds fell commissioner for a couple of months instead of 500 as before there were r over backwards, just in time to miss to look after the repair and construction particularly this season in the nearly 10,000 volts playing about the the ax, which was coming straight at of all city highways. This is a good of sacks. The crop of raw switch board. The protection fuses V : step and should have been taken from which the sacks are him with the bit downwards. near town, which were burned out be several years ago. The city can better short; the grain crop of this coirti; fore, were replaced by wire, and this is j rat O afford to pay a competent man to keep unusually large, and a great COUNTY COURT NEWS what caused the damage with the fuse up the walks than to empty the coffers of sacks were destroyed in 1 REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. block on the Haines division line. I Francisco fire. Hence the s u n ! by meeting damage suits. Night operator Williams understands John C lier et ux to I S Brown o f A complaint was filed against the much below the demand, &${'■ the business quite well now and so ^ 10 acres in sec 32 t 2 s 1 w$ 600 property owners near the Jack Wright natural and inevitable c o n s u l ripped out all the fuses thus checking ! John Dethlefs et ux to Wm O residence for unsanitary drainage. The that the price rose to an unpri Johnson 152 acres in secs 19 the current. The heavy voltage pass- j and 30 t 15 4 w .................. 10 street ditch receiving the sewerage is ed figure. ing through the communication lines J A Imbrie et ux to James H The farmers do well, b not on the proper grade and conse M O W E R S , R A K E S , T E D D E R S burned the thick insulation off four Sewell i interest in lots 1 and quently the water is caused to stand. prepare to be more iudcp 2 block 2 Highland Park Ad wires near the Hughes store and set to Hillsboro.......................... 260 This will be eliminated by cesspools warehouse men and sack me the building on fire. A lad rushed in i built by the different property owners they can. At present pri Geo W Clarke to Jefferson Câb and inquired for a hose to extinguish j ler all of lot 2 and part of lot certainly take too great a in that section. the flames, but Williams knew more I 1 sec 1 t 2 s r 1 w ............... 980 Attorney Langley attended the meet- the farmers’ wheat, and th e iJ: that to turn water onto electricity,' Mary Chaffin to Anne L Roter- [ ing representing Mrs. Geo. Sloan and consolation in the reflection mund all of s e i sec 4 t 3 n learned from his previous experience. r 3 w....................................... 1 Miss Minnie Buxton, who filed damage account of the extreme heat He managed to get the fire out before claims to the amount of $150 for so many sacks will be requ Edward C Ross et ux to Chas ' any serious damage was done. Reynolds et ux 28 acres in I injuries sustained July 2, and caused inland empire as was anticipa sec 16 t 1 s 1 w ................. 2800 by a horse stepping into a defective J J Hartley to A J Flogel n w To Republicans Willard H. Wirtz, in a posti 1 sec 27 t 2 n r è w ........... 1000 \ culvert on Main Street, throwing the two ladies out. Mrs. Sloan’s advisor News’ force from Eureka, i We are anxious to have every Re David Penni et ux to Wm G | stated that unless the matter was “ Great place; sunburnt but publican in close touch, and working Gosslin n e 1 of n e 1 sec 5 settled by Thursday, action would be not badly incapacitated; stay) in harmony with the Republican Na t 2 n 2 w .............................. Congressional Commiitee in Nancy I Banks et al to Wm S | begun on that day, and the complaint hours; having a great time ar^ tional was referred to commiteemen Hoffman only a few meali.” Mr. Wi g " favor of the election of a Republican 1 Atlee lot 1 block 1 Banks Ore Walter Hannan et ux to L F week on the steamer Roanok and Peterson for adjustment. Congress. Carstens et al 14-100 of an Cruz in company with his si The Congressional campaign must Representative Barker of the Nep acre in sec 4 t n 4 w . . . . 50 tune Meter Company of Portland, gave j Mabel and Miss Ivy Smitk be based on the administrative and Henry Hannan et ux to F J Emerson tract in sec 4 t 2 n a display of their water meters. Hills visit in the Bay City and o legislative record of the party, and, 4 w ......................................... 60 boro has put in 86 meters and it is j further south for some tin HAY LOADERS, SWEEP RAKES that being so, Theodore Roosevelt’s A W Lambert et ux to J B personality must be a central figure claimed by Bill Ringler of the Hillsboro ' may stay there for a year or | Besides a full line of Phillips 120 acres in sec 35 and his achievements a central thought water plant that they have m ore1 finds a suitable position. t 1 s 3 w ................................ MYERS’ HAY TOOLS revenue and a better regulated water j Albert V Baxter to Haak Lum 1 in the campaign. ber Co n e i sec 33 t 3 n 6 w We desire to maintain the work of supply than before. To make a test, j Consisting of this campaign with popular subscrip D W Sears et ux E G Hagey the council may get a few to convene I lots 2 and 3 block 1 Sher W ATCH W R( next Tuesday. Meeting adjourned. tions of One Dollar each from Repub H ay Carriers, Slings, Single and wood ....................................... 250 i licans. To each subscriber we will Lucinda C Jackson to J W Yesterday forenoon the complaint of Forks, Pulleys, etc. Everything RIGHTED send the Republican National Cam Mrs. Sloan was finally adjusted by the Jackson 100 acres sec 35 t for a com plete outfit paign Text Book and all documents 2 n 3 w and other lands. . . . 3000 committee representing the council If your watch has go John Kapf to Andrew McCall issued by the Committee. and Atty. Wm. Langfey, the city pay lost its accuracy or suf 40 acres sec 27 t 2 n 2 w Help us achieve a gteat victory. W e sell only Rope. 750 ing $75— $50 to Mrs. Sloan, and $25 more serious injury-we’) JAMES S. SHERMAN. Chairman. w“ d WehtUBg"« ai to Geo R to Minnie Buxton, for injuries sus right once more if it 111 P. O. Box 2063, New York. Bagley part of Benj Cornelius tained by these two ladies on July 2. a watchmaker’s skill d i e , t 1 n 3 w ...................... The same with Clocks. I f A U Smith to Miller Murdock A Narrow Escape From Death. There will be another of the popular D on’t take an inferior rope Of course there h | etal 101 acres sec 5 t 2 s 1 w Band Concerts in Eells Park on Friday Joe Fairchild? can thank his stars J it wont last half so long Watches or Clocks in j evening of this week. Come out and that he if not at present out in one of MARRIAGE UCENSES yond repair, and in th a n ! enjoy the music. the local cemeteries with a little white well you should know i George G Patterson and Ella marble slab at his head to mark his last | — Levy bought a fiine lot of beef good line of watches Stockman. resting place, for Joe came so near cattle of Mr. Mizner and during the to select from. crossing the great divide last Friday — N. B. Truth, St. Paul, June 31, warm weather will sell meat on Satur that it would turn the average man’* ’08.— I’ve lived so long, I remember day’s only. Loin or Round steak, 7c; hair white "in th t twinkling of an well when the Mississippi was a brook. Roast, 5c; Boiling beef, 3c and 4c. eve.” Messrs. S. Bacon and Fairchilds My good health and long life came by Note the difference in prices since were digging a well out in the country taking Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea. last Friday afternoon, and Fairchilds 35 cents. Dr. Hines’ Drug Store. HAYIINO MACHINERY All Kinds the Pure Manila GOFF BROS., fl