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About Washington County news. (Forest Grove, Washington County, Or.) 1903-1911 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1906)
WASHINGTON NEWS ? OREST GROVE, WASHINGTON CO., Statement of the Condition of fHE first of TH£ GRUESOME FIND. Possibility of It Being the Remains of a Bear’s Paw. national bank F O R E S T G R OVE, OREGON Pat Doney, who lately moved into I LIABILITIES citement last week by announcing to, the stage driver and passengers that; Capital paid in............ 25,000.00 his dog had brought a human hand ' Surplus and profits..........3041.32 Cumulation Currency. 25,000. RESOURS e s . 22152.15 jocks and Bonds Premiums on B on ds..........825. Cash on hand due from 2 0 6,33 3.69 parents Forest Grove Couple to Care for Six Minor Children. ! Dixon of Forest Grove, husband, Albert Dixon, had before Goodin Thursday to show cause ax of their seven children should turned over to the Boys’ Aid Society of Portland. have been residents & The of Forest ble trouble during their mar- Dixon hr divorce and was granted a In her complaint she alleged he husband would abuse her even family prayers. to spraying to Forest Grove on the Midnight Train. A. Sellwood In his petitions was amusing. the court three hours. The verdict Stranger Tells Story Which he Heard From Landlady-Woman Denies Same— Ensign’s Whereabouts Un known. the jury was out much longer than an ticipated. Council— Asks Same to be Leni and aroused intense interest, not only e n t-B e tte r in Clackamas county but in other sec tions of the state, as it was generally the Some weeks ago Mr. Reed, who is ENSIGN.” This telegram but was a The council met for a called m eet ing Tuesday evening to finish some business that had been left over from the preceding week puzzle A big Stock of inware and from New York very Piece guaranteed by the Manufacturer and our If the T inw are rusts, bring it back and get a ing the crops, and one man to take county court and were indicted charge of the plant will be borne by f0r destroying the Wilson River toll the government, and the object is to gate, but the case was dismissed and ’ experiment rvith the different kinds of the parties discharged on a demurrer to the indictment. Judge Burnett ruled seed grasses, vegetables, etc., and ^ a toll-K^te was real property and ¡demonstrate what irrigation will do. not personal property, as upon that There is a plant at Eugene and an other at Corvallis, the latter of which ! is run in connection with the Agricul p ie c î. tural College. To illustrate what irri gation will do here we will mention that G. W. Hines, of Buxton, this fall gathered from a piece of land ten feet square three sacks of fine Burbank po- ; tatoes, each sack containing over two W e shall not try to dispute it with you. Every piece war- ted for 10 years. costs a little more but its cheaper in the end. Buy good goods I get som ething worth having Goff Bros. OREGON bushels. He irrigated this pate o ground as an experiment and the re- S it a surprise to him, thus showing 1 that wonderful crops can be raised on j irrigated land in Washington county. J and the government is going into the experiment on quite t. large scale. The result will be watched with mter- | est.— Hillsboro Independent. Hoodoo Engine Replaced by 'Betsy. All the councilm en and city officers were present and the City Hall was crowded with visitors who either had the city’ s welfare at heart or were eager to see whether there would be “ something . ^ ° 'nK or not- As tbe bffhts were not turned on in were in favor of the defendant in every i tbp south side of town the council accompanied ing and running the station, cult.vat-1 Hadley, Earl Stanley and Ernest Be- , l „..„ j . „ j . l . litz who live over on the Wilson Riven mg, caring for the ground and gather- ^ ^ arraj(ined before the T jlu . and to consider and talk over the light problem. C am ber COUNTY FARM IMPROVED. Much Work Is Being Done to Make the Farm a Comfortable Place. The County Court has decided to make several needed improvements around on the property of the county poor farm. Several acres of stumps j will be cleared and thus made possible for cultivation, and a new water supply ground even if the case had com e to ; is being installed. A new gasoline en tiial it is doubtful whether a jury in gine and pump will be put in. The Tillamook County would have found i number of persons at tht farm at pres the accused guilty for they are settlers ent is very much below the average on the Wilson River and there is con-1 number generally there and so this siderable sentiment against the local time was taken advantage of to make company. these changes and additions. District Attorney J. H. McNary ‘ County Will Have No Road Master. ma(je a second attempt to quash the presented quite a unique s'f>ht, the city fathers being seated aroun<^ the business table upon whieh were pl#ccd four large tallow can(^'es (four candle power lights) and w’ th the 'arBe and developed so rapidly and Graniteware Promised which Commissioner Reid, while act h ing in his official capacity, notified T. for instance. The court said that Reid by Sheriff had a right to cut down the trees, af- even if she had left them and made teeth that he was compelled to have [ Connell went to Beaverton where the ter Sellwood had failed to com ply with an attempt to send them away. them all extracted. Soon after, on operator pointed out the sender of the the law, and his instructions to the H e said “ Why,” he said, she will kiss them either side of the lower jaw, a peculiar telegram. From him they received jury were clear and decisive. 500 times a day, but she can’ t cook a cancerous growth made its appearance, the following information: H e claimed there were onlv three propositions to meal.” Service When Repairs are Completed. law, under Just Received ! ! pO R E S T G R O V E , Electric Company Explains to the The trial of the case lasted two days considered a test of made about the premises, thought a great deal of the children, | neuralnia and othei trouble with his Tongue Graniteware is the best made. Be Printed was ex pected by all parties to the case, and with that he was staying at a certain room be considered— whether or not the ing house and the landlady had told almighty, she alleged, he would The court decided that the chil such malignancy that his physician, orchard was infected; whether tj,e him the facts, that Perry and his com God to kill her and put her out Dr. J. F. Tamiesie of Hillsboro, ad plaintiff had been given notice ancj dren should return home with the panions had stopped at her house for a light. Shortly after the divorce mother and made an order that the vised the removal of the diseased tissue. time in which to spray, and whether the statutory limit of six Mr. Reed was brought to St. Vin week or 10 days prior to the bank | he had sprayed. The court defined father provide for the support of the the couple went to Vancouver cent Hospital and operated on by Dr. robbery and that they were away dur-1 the duties of the fruit inspector, and family. remarried. Everything went Tamiesie and his brother, Dr. George ing every night and stayed in closely ; said when the official found an orchard during the day. They took the mid tail a few months ago, when — Low prices every day at Levy’ s Tamiesie of Portland, Wednesday. in a deceased condition it was his duty night train to Forest Grove and re again arose. It was stated at the hospital the first I Market. to notify the owner, and after he had turned on the early morning train. of the week that the patient was doing failed and neglected to spray his trees,’ After the bank robbery they remained nicely and will soon recover, in spite the inspector could use his discretion | closely in doors for three days and four of the seriousness of the malady and in either cutting down the orchard or nights and finally left saying they were the subsequent operation. spraying the trees himself and charging going to Seattle and presented the the expense as a lien against the Irrigation in Washington County. I landlady with $200. In their room ' property. H e ruled that it was not was found two bottles which had evi necessaiy (or the fruit inspector to H. S. Stover, of Eugene, represent- dently been used for whiskey, with warn of the consequences that might ! ing the Irrigation Branch of the United labels with the name of Dr. C. L. ensue in the event of failure to spray, i States Department of Agriculture, was and that ignorance of the law was no Large, Forest Grove. | in the city last week and closed ar The landlady has denied that she told excuse. rangements to establish an irrigating The result of the trial will no doubt | this story and Ensign has goue and make things easier for the fruit inspec- plant in Hillsboro. He has leased his whereabouts unknown, This evi tors, who have had no easy task and fifteen acres of the A. N. Stanton farm, dence is a puzzling one. have aroused the enmity of scores of 2 i miles northeast of this city and will people. There are merchants in this at once put in a pumping outfit to city who deal in fruit, who, it is .1- t o l l g a t e c a s e d is m is s e d ! supply the necessary water. The pur- leged, have made it a point to defy the law and it is considered likely that ! pose is to experiment in the growing Indicted for Destroying Property— violations and unlawful practices will of all kinds of grain, vegetables, fruits Held to Be Real and Not Personal. now come to an end. Journal, Nov. and crops of all kinds, including hay 17. ------ --— and alfalfa. All the expense of build - ' J. F. Reeher, W . Ulingsworth, Will les. Petition for Change In Charter to the defendant after being out about when the He said that his w ife' an 0reB°n pioneer, suffered so from ter and Light Privileges Granted- vs. Mrs. Dixon Dixon’ s attitude before Unfinished Business Brought up-W a- when the jury but nothing else has been found to New iacts have J*ust c o m - out con- R. A. Sellwood of Milwaukie to spray alleged that her hus- throw light upon the mysterious find, cernin8 the doings of Perry and his the trees in his orchard, and after his i band would not provide for her and and there is hope expressed of the pa*s who supposed to have been failure to do so took some men, went the children and asked the court to possibility of its being the remains of »“ Pleated with the murder of Snyder into the orchard and cut down 34 cite him to appear and explain why a bear paw.— McMinnville News Re- an<* the r°bbery of the Forest Grove prune trees that were infested with San the children should not be sent to porter. Farmers and Merchants bank, Jose scale The law has been bitterly the state society. While the parents ~~ " The following telegram received by opposed and antagonized by several were in court an oldest son put in an ^are ®perai'°n Said to Be Successful. Deputy Tongue while trying to solve fruitgrowers and the victory for the appearance and stated to the Judge George Reed of Dilley, the victim whereabouts of the robbers dis- adherents of clean fruit is generally that he would see that his minor °f * Peculiar affliction and the subject closes the actions of the suspects on satisfactory. brothers and sisters were properly o! a rare operation, is rapidly recover- the night of the murder. It read: The rulings of Judge M cBride on cared for. >ng at St Vincent Hospital. “ Come on first train, ask no question. questions that arose during the trial lor many years and have had life. Two years ago Mrs. The new law relating was upheld yesterday, gnawing it at the wrist joint, where a projected, COUNCILMEN HOLD AN EXTRA SESSION Important Decision Rendered in Hard- Fought Case of Sellwood Against Commissioner Reid. upon the porch and was engaged in has been the SPRAYING LAW SUSTAINED IN EVERY POINT in the suit ot T. R. dry and hard as parchment: The bones of the fingers and thumb were entirely exposed. A thorough search R. M . DOOLY, President NO. 27 James H. Reid brought in a verdict for It was the left hand, and from the size, was evidently that of a man. On the back of the hand the skin in a fair state of preservation, although as 206,333.69 Treasurer................. 4772 0.28 lectures Perry and Pals Roomed In Beaverton identity of the object was discovered. Banks and U. S. Correct attest: MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE GIVES NEW EVIDENCE 1906. During Week of Robbery— Came few ligaments Deposi‘ s .................... 153292.37 Furniture and Fixtures. .2 9 6 3 . THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, the summit house on the Tillamook road with his dog, dug up a bit of e x - ' At C a ll o f the Com ptroller, November 12, 1906. United States Bonds. . 2S000 107673.26 Loans and discounts O RE., throng present, the scene looked more like the prepara- tion of the Christmas eve exercises. Nevertheless the people’ s representa- tives were able to get down to work. An application for city water by Mrs. Sophie Smith was granted, and also to the Free Methodist parsonage. J. S. Thompson asked to be per mitted to place lights in the house on Second streit and the same was grant- e<*- Councilman Hoffman brought up the Payment f°r the drawing of the plans *or the c *ty hall by Architect Starrett and thought that the sum of $45 ought to be ordered paid. After being discussed a vote was taken motion was lost. Payment to and the be d e ferred until March. A warrant of $1 .70 was allowed to Mr. Nichols for the hauling of gravel for the streets. The petition for m iking a change . 4, t , . ln the c,ty char,er was als0 brou* ht up an<^ was voted that the petition be printed in the city papers for sev- eral weeks that the voters of this city raay be ab)e t0 vote more intelligently on the same at the com ing election in January. The recorder was instructed to se cure the services of an attorney for the cases that are to be brought against the city in the circuit court. The light problem took up most of the time and Mr. Haines explained to the council what the electric com pany was doing to secure better lights. Mr. Haines said that no efforts or expense were being spared to overcom e present difficulty. He spoke work being done at the a Victor wheel is the of the dam, where now being placed of the putting in of oil burners at the 5o_year lease given to the Wilson River The County Board, which met at . , — the county seat, has decided that the j Road Company Thursday in the Cir- county needed no general county road ; cuit Court, but failed to get into court. master at a salary of $150 per month. ! H e had filed a second suit against Commissioner Buchanan made the \ the company to set aside the lease in motion to hire John McClaran of the name of Tillamook County, and on Gales Creek for the job , bu* when it a demurrer Judge Burnett held that it came to a vote, there was only one in should have been brought in the name favor and two against, and the motion was declared lost. of the State. One year ago Mr. M c The Pacific Railway Si Navigation Nary brought suit, and was unable to Testimony at Snyder Inquuest is Filed Company, building out of Hillsboro to get into court because it was ruled he Justice H. T . Bagley, who acted as Tillamook, Thursday received their en Drought it in tiie wrong way. H e ap coroner at the inquest over the remains gine from the Albina car shops. It is pealed and the case is now pending of Carey D. Snyder, whose remains were found in the old timber near an old Northern Pacific engine, No. before the Supreme court. 1, i This case has been creating a great Bethany, this county, O ctober 835, and was sent in a month ago and Thursday filed with County Judge J. deal of interest as most of the converted into an oil burner W. Goodin the testimony taken at the | between James inquest, together with the verdict of The O. h N. “ hoodoo,” No. 60, trouble has been which was doing service near the Reeher and John M cNamei who are the jury, which found that Snyder had been murdered. On this record filed I county seat while the old engine, both well known here. Reeher has "John D oe” warrants may be issued1 always claimed McNamer had no right was be- which was dubbed “ Betty,’ at any time upon the request of the j i • overhauled was returned to Port- to lease that toll-road, and even charge district attorney without the filing of a w orn information. U rf. 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