in. e »T n -la c 1 HINGTON COUNTY NEWS ab * it- «X1, ns )1C'J c Ythr VOL. V FOREST GROVE, CITY ACCEPTS GRAND GIFT W ill Pail H eir to B eau tifu l P ark la u d Public L ib ra ry in C enter I o f th e C ity. until results come, and that is the rea son why many of the barns and fences have been relegated to the background in this city. She was instrumental in getting a library started in this city believing that such an institution is one of the best indices of a city’ s ad vancement and culture. ^ For some time she and Mrs. L. L. Hollinger collected private subscriptions to main tain the reading room and library, and believing that the most good would come from a public library where the city’ s support is required, she made the proposition to deed her beautiful park and castle-like residence to the town on condition that tne municipality properly keep it up after her death. She has many valuable curios and relics and proposes to leave part of G * O. Rogers’ house is by far them with the house. She has one ettiest private property in the son living, A. F. Rogers of Spokane. The style of architecture of the building is antique English and located BANKS BALL T0SSERS LOSE as iFjs in the beautiful oak grove on the car ine, makes it an ideal spot fcr a park and library. Sunday's Game Full of Errors, Runs In summer, on the warmest days, it and Noise— Good At is perfectly delightful under the trees and ahould be a veritable mecca for tendance those who love books, reading and rest And the house seems almost naturally Banks was well— yes very well— rep designed for a library with its high resented at the swatfest held last Sun ceilings and abundance of wall space day between the Colts and the Banks and light. In the double parlors are aggregation of ball tossers. They two high, deep bay windows which were certainly loyal to their team and afford an abundance of light on the came in to the matinee in buggies, on darkest day. The living room has a horse back, bicycles, and by every si mil window and a fine fireplace, way known to travelers; and a good big and the wood work of the interior is bunch of loyal supporters they were rich. too— not to slight the girls. j There are seven rooms in all down The fair maidens from the little including the spacious halls booming town on the P. R. & N. which could be put to fine use for railroad gathered in the grandstand and Jibnrv purposes. Upstairs there are rooted lustily for their team. Their five rooms and four more could be enthusiasm effervesced in the bleach made out of the attic. The upper ers and flowed over onto the sidelines •tory may be used for club purposes till the whole aggregation from the country was lending their voices for ;nted. ■ Every time a lesides the oak grove are beau- the visiting team. l) shrubbery, and a dozen walnut Banks boy came to bat he got his •s which will be bearing before share of goods from the grandstand, y years. Many times have peo and they did hit the ball like sin too— pled .o buy lots of Mrs. Rogers hard enough in fact to send nine of butTJn<. has always refused saying that their men around the paths for a like number of trips. she would not sell one inch. When asked by The News reporter Before we go farther let us give the why she gave the property to the city score for fear that the paper run out for library purposes she said for two before we get through with the ball reasons: Because the town needed it killing exhibition of skyrockets, pin The and because she does not want the wheels, and colored flames. park cut up. And these two reasons score was 17 to 9 in favor of the Colts are, worthy ones. It would be a crime and the score boy must have got ex Snst nature to spoil such a beautiful ceedingly weary in keeping track of the by cutting it up and selling it out scores, errors and other things in con ifivate individuals; and in the sec- nection with the game. Never before place the town needs such a place this year has either team put up such library and park purposes. All heavy sticking and not a few errors are cities recognize the importance of a chalked up to both of the bunches. park but not many of the municipal But not so many as the score would ities have the opportunity of becoming indicate. When the horse hide was heir to such an ideal park place as the swatted the god of safe hits seemed to be eternally with the spherelet and Rogers property. Dr. G. O. Rogers, who died in this guide it safely over all dangerous paths in 1900, purchased the property to places where no fielder could glom G. Rider nine years ago. Rider onto it. Banks made more errors in is a violin maker and took great pains the field bv quite a few than the Colts having the house constructed just and hence came out with the little end and is said to have stood over all of the big score. e mechanics, even the brick masons The visitors came to bat first and ile at work on the chimneys, to see went down in one, two, three order. it the work was properly done. E. In the second canto, however, Saun Jerome, the architect, said that it ders, the weighty one, leaned onto the aid be rolled clear to Portland so leather and sent it humming out to left 11 was everything about the house field for two clean pillows. Kerts t together. It is reputed that Mr. slammed the ball a similar one and ider expended about 812,000 on the went to second while Saunders wad perty but that was when property dled home like a stall fed duck. Leo i cheap in Forest Grove and it is pold and C. Dooley added a couple to •th several thousand dollars more the score sheet in the third and in the an that now. seventh chapter five men wearing the Mrs. Rogers, the donor, was born in ‘ ‘ Banks’ ’ signature crossed the rubber ermont and she and the Doctor lived making their sum total nine. that state, Massachusetts, Florida, And the Colts had just a little to do ild Mexico, for ten years in Hong with the swatfest. In the first inning ong, China, where Mr. Rogers prac- they pranced around the diamond for a iced dentistry, and they traveled in half dozen trips. Betties got a hit for ^ '• op e, but, says Mis. Rogers, they three pillows and Britton a nice one — ver found a place where the climate for two. Eleven more runs came scat id general conditions suited them so tered out through the remainder of the M in Oregon. That was the sen- innings. Manager Wirtz says that the Jment of the Doctor and that is the Banks aggregation is as strong a bunch •son she lives in Forest Grove. of stickers as they have run up against Great transformations have taken this year. )la ce since Mr,. Rogers came here Kopple was present during the en ine years ago and she has been one tire mat.nee with his clever work. f the active workers in civic affairs His one handed catch at short and his ho have brought about the changes, narrow escape on a tried steal to home hen she puts her miftd to a thing were dazzlers and he also clouted out e does not cease from that activity a nice juicy hit way over the left gard- At the special meeting of the city k > council Friday evening, the proposi- tion of Mis. Adeline F. Rogers was accepted The assembly was called to order by Mayor Laugl 1 n who stated the object of the meeting was for the considera tion of Mrs Rogers’ gift to the city of her keau'iful home and grounds as a publip library and park. An informal disctttsi arose and the spectators were invited to give opinions. Coun cilman Hollinger moved that a yea n*V vote be taken and it was so The vote to accept the gift follows: Yeas— Councilmen Harris, Wirtz and Hollinger. ouncilmen Walker and Hin- / ♦ I WASHINGTON CO., ORE., THURSDAY. JULY 18, 1907. NO. 2 SIX MONTHS IN THE PENITENTIARY COUNTY SEAT NEWS LETTER PASSED AS MAN AND' WIFE CIRCUIT COURT IN SESSION St d *11 vm means. On the day following the ner’ s head which netted him two sacks. m aforesaid Sunday, after the work for the Willie Schultz at third station; I day had been performed and Sam had worked like an old war horse, his I 'retired home for recuperation and rest, min pretty scoops and whips to first must >nds I he whetted up his knife and went out have won for him many homes. And Dll mitiet e into the woodshed to whittle some Babe Britton was all the candy at first, i r- jelpn kindlings for the morrow. This done A sky-scraper or a grass burner are all I ed he placed the keen bladed weapon in alike to him. Seat in all Week at County his shirt pocket, open and with the Liylit Usui Keeper In the last half of the game young Forest Grove Restaurant point up. Sam gobbled up the kind ne Dooley got an awful hit in the head egon; Branches ling wood and went a-stepping into the Quickly Disposed ÜI from Pitcher Betties which knocked dd - ed house, humming a fiddler’ s tune and him down and stunned him for a few e- oil; threw the wood into the box. minutes, but it did not put the slight ad nta A few shavings had clung fast to his \ e r damper on his playing. He made ie my I shirt and raising his right hand high j a corking good catch oi a line drive in ! i; into the air to brush them off he came ker center field after that. ty down with the force of David’ s throw Next Sunday a special train will -ery issi when he sent Goliath to the morgue cany the team and a large delegation .ed, ho of supporters to Carlton for a game Fight on Train With H usband-Flight, with his sling shot— but, oh my— how Equity Term Light and Many Cases * in- :t Sam did hop, step and jump there for with the boys there. The best of feel Already Disposed Of— No Marri Capture. Trial and Sentence all ¡rac- a while, no musician could have kept ing prevails between the two teams> ■ mai time with him. He had struck the age Licenses— Few Transfers. ter- and a fine time is looked forward to, in One Day. seek keen bladed knife with the ball of his Sore by Innings: evei right hand and laid bare the bone for 1 17 Colts 6 0 2 1 2 2 3 II s lizer a couple of inches. 0 9 Banks 0 2 2 0 0 0 S Judge T. A. McBride is holding an on- It is not recorded here exactly what il ir Banks— Willis, McPheason, rf; Bul Another restaurant keeper of Forest our Sam said but when he starts out on equity term of Circuit Court here this ¡rho lock, 3b; C. Dooley, cf; Leopold, ss; larac Grove has gone wrong in the person of the ladder— not into the cherry tree week. The docket is small and the ley Saunders, c; Kerts, lb ; Barrett, 2b; nter W. T. Anderson who leased the city but to the other region— he will no term is a quiet one. Carson, p; Leopold, If. jlhe eating house from Walter Roswurm doubt have to take an extra box of In the case of the City ofForest Grove Colts— Davis, rf; W. Schultz 3b; can July 1, and as the old story goes, "a chalk with hi in to tally his wofds on vs. Chas. Miller, the petition asking r it Wirtz, cf; Kopple, ss; Getter, c; Brit [ woman was the cause of it all.” Mrs. this day. ost the court to set aside the judgment in con ton, lb ; R. Schultz, 2b; Bettis, p; ' Kate Bradley, wife of George Bradley, the former case was denied. Moore, If. who | a Portland blacksmith, was the woman E. A. Dever vs. Emeline Dever. The many friends of Archie Bryant tin in the case. Anderson will spend six will be glad to hear that he has pur Decree of divorce. Nora Hill vs. months at Salem behind prison bars chased the pftotograph gallery of E F. Daniel Hill. th Default of defendant and the woman will be the guest of Siefert and will put in a high grade taken and case referred to C. E. Run Can Sheriff Connell at the county bastile lense which he used in San Francisco in yon take testimony. 20s t for ninety days as the result of the one of the biggest galleries in the Golden O’ Connell vs. O’ Connell. Dis on ink statutory offense to which they plead J. H. Sheares of Gales Creek was in or Gate city. He will also put in new missed. John E. Roberts vs. Maude in guilty in Circuit Judge T. A. McBride’ s screens and backgounds and will have E. Roberts. Divorce granted. Ro- town Saturday. a court Tuesday afternoon. bina L. Boardman vs. E. C. Hughes et iht the peer of any studio west of Portland. Gordon Brown went over to Newport, a Bradley is the man that brought the al. Dismissed. Eugene Smith vs. ;n, last Friday, where he will work for the matter to a focus. He got on the Mr. Bryant is well known in this city, b- rn- Mary A. Smith. Divorce granted, having received his education here and Walker Brothers’ and Walter Sears' West side train at the Union Depot and is a popular, jolly good fellow, Chas. W. Brewbaker vs Emma Brew- DC dance pavillion. on en route to this county Monday even which together with his artistic ability baker. Demurrer overruled. Order n- cr Portland came near handing Fair ing to serve a divorce summons on his | ought to insure him a good business. of reference and decree. Mary A. ily , Miss Lilly who has been in the employ Cockrill vs. T. L. Cockrill. Divorce banks a lemou and he would have wife who had left him six weeks ago | 1 a of been the recipient of this variety of and met Anderson, who had been to | of Mr. Siefert will continue work in the granted. David A. Hood vs. Alzora a fruit if it had not been for the Portland Portland and was on the same train in j gallery. Mr. Bryant will take charge Hood. Divorce granted. and press club which entertained him at the smoker. Parties who were on the M. C. Steeples and wife vs. Lilly j in person after August 1. train state that the two men met in dinner Tuesday. Burns et al Petition Benton Bowman Miss Minnie Myers gave an informal the smoker and it was far unlike the Tim Thompson was out from Port appointed guardian ad litem of minors. card party last evening in honor of proverbial meeting of friends. v i* J * « - j land to his ranch at Gaston last week. Answer filed and decree of sale en Anderson was brought severely to Miss Edna Sherril of Portland. Those I "T im ” says that he believes that not tered. McCracken vs. McKinney, default. present were Misses Kate, Minnie and task in a word battle by Bradley for only man’ s income but, also his brain Buxton vs. Maytod, quiet title. De- Frances Myers and Miss Dollie Hin- running off with his wife but slid down : s hould be assessed, the same as a man’ s man, Messrs. Limber, Wheelock in his seat and paid little attention un property. For he says that intellect is | fault and decree. ■e Rockwood vs. McDaniel. Order al- Marsh, Frank Meresse, and J. A. til further goaded by Bradley, and then all "that some men would not have to the two men clinched and a fierce pay very heavy taxes if there were 'ow' nK plaintiff to file amended com- Smith. battle was on. George Boos who was ______ Harve Baldwin had a chance to present said that a revolver dropped such a law and again it might puzzle ! P'a'nt- make a nice piece of money off of his from Bradley’ s pocket and he had some of the assessors who are not en PROBATE COURT scoot wagon last Sunday but unfortun threatened to use it but the trainmen dowed with a superabundance of gray Estate of J. F' Lafferty deceased. ately it was in the bone-yard for clean got the firearm and refused to return it. j matter to fix the exact amount a man Final account filed. It is ordered that I should pay. We would suggest that, ing. Two men from the tunnel above estate be closed of record. After the men broke away, he says, according to doctors, too heavy a tax Buxton came in and arrived too late to Estate of Seth Heywood deceased. they slunk away to their seats bleeding ‘w a person catch the train for Portland, they could ; I Petition filed for sale of real estate and sobbing sympathetically between into nervous prostration and it might not get Harve and so phoned into the Monday; Aug. 5, 1807. Time set for acts. Bradley got off the train at not be well therefore to assess the con Rose City and had an auto come out I hearing objections to sale. Hillsboro and notified Sheriff Connell tents of one’ s cranium. for them. Estate of Martin Sandberg deceased. and deputy Kane was dispatched on The boys who are over at Newport the case. Anderson came on up to Final account filed and approved. Miss Manche Langley received a i didn’ t get their Washington County this city, went to the livery stable and Estate of John B. Smith, deceased. News last week and the smoke has j rented a rig, got the woman of his photograph of President Roosevelt from j Final account filed. Sept. 2 time set . , . , . 4. , . been very dense over in that section heart, and started on for the North, I Jonathan „ Bourne, Jr., recently. It i. is i for hearing objections to same. ________ as a result. They say that they want j They were soon located at Banks I an excellent likeness of the man who j wields the big stick and has his signa Dr. W. D. Wood last week assumed to keep in touch with their friends in where they were registered as man and | t fture on the card. Miss Langley sent i the office of health officer vice Dr. F. the Grove and naturally they make a wife, and were taken to Hillsboro. i Oregon’ s senator a box of cherries be- • J. Bailey. Baily claims a balance due “ holler” when they don’ t get it. The It was known for some days previous fore the Fourth and in replying he said from the county of 82,183.04, basing boys are getting along splendidly and j to the grand finale Monday, that An- that while he did not know whether he his claim on the fact that other counties there will be a veritable Forest Grove i derson was not in the possession of his could make any big demonstration over of 50,000 population and less allowed colony over there before the summer own wife, as a man who was visiting a the reception in connection with the the health officer a certain renumer;- is over. I friend in this city knew the woman in celebration, that nevertheless he would tion which he did not collect by the D. F. Tozier, Superintendent j Portland and the status of the case. give the folk of Washington a sample amount stated. The commissioner de Light House Construction of Oregon, I Anderson and Mrs. Bradley came of Langley’ s cherries. He was d-e- clined to allow the additional sum, co r- came over from Tillamook the first of here several weeks ago from Portland 1-i-g-h-t-e-d with them because they sequently the Doctor declares he will the week, en route to San Francisco. and he was engaged in gathering moss were grown in Oregon and from an sue. Mr. Tozier carries a little South Amer (Concluded on Paee S' while she was working at the Sloan Oregon girl. ican dog around with him all the time Hotel. On the first of this month in a basket* and J. A. McDonough, j The Oldest Cat in Oregon. Anderson rented the eating house from Last Friday the house occupied by who was with him, said that the light The News is in receipt of what pu:- Walter Roswurm and the two offenders : s. Levy, the butcher, and located on house man would not take Laughlin’ s of the law lived as man and wife at the North Main street caught fire from the ports to be the history of the “ oldest hotel for the canine pet. Mr. M cDo restaurant. We know that the | chimney but resulted in no serious cat in Oregon.” nough owns one of the finest hostelries , lives of almost any creature are extended Anderson has sued for divorce in drmage. The fire bell rang and the in Honolulu. Multnomah county. His wife left five j company raced down to the fire as fast because of their proxmity to Oregon Dad Trine, who has been the ath minor children. | as possible but by the time they had j climate. “ This cat is eighteen and a letic director at the Oregon Agricul-! | arrived Grant Hughes had extinguished i half years old,” so runs the item and tural College for several years, died ; the flames with a sack. It was for- [ ln hls y ° un8er days could lick’ a dog Meets Peculiar Accident. c o n -; three limes his size.” He is evidently Monday in Corvallis of cancer of the , ; tunate that he got the fire under __________ Is Sam Walker hoodooed? throat. He had been troubled with y ¿.hat s troj immediately after it started as the a Thomas of the undoubting kind for ; “ he sometimes goes hunting now but that disease for about a year. “ Dad” the all important question in Forest house is old and dry as tinder and coached the University of Oregon boys j Grove at the present writing. Some would not have taken long for the “ he” likes better to lie in the sun This Thomas be for five years before going to O. A. C-, unfortunate cloud must be hanging building to have gone up in smoke (sh in e) and sleep.” and was mainly responsible for the ex- °J er h*s hea(t and the best thing that with the strong breeze that was blow longs to a lady to be sure, but she has before her name the prefixed “ Mrs.” cellent showing the farmer boys have can do is to consult the gypsies ing. been making in track, basketball and south of town and see if they can shake | which makes the long life of this cat all The pen may be mightier than the the more mysterious, for why should a football. He was to the Agricultural the dreaded dragon off our popular or- sword but the little needle is pretty “ Mrs” want a cat when there are so College what Dad Moulton is to Stan- | chestra director. ford. His mere presence on the tield Last Sunday Sam’ s mouth was water mighty, as a look at the drawn work of many other joys lor her in this world? would inspire the gladiators to fight to ing gallons for a few cherries and he Mrs. J. E. Barger of this city will dem Perhaps Thomas has passed in his the finish regardless of odds and this immediately proceeded to check the onstrate. She has made fancy work “ checks” seven or eight times already spirit has proved a winner. flow of the saliva by satisfying his ap which she has sent to London, Cali and only has one more coming. We fornia and Pennsylvania, and she is hope he will live out the next half year Several young ladies of this city have petite. He hunted up a tall step lad now at work on a big order for a wo anyway. der of about twelve feet and leaned it received announcement of the marriage man in Washington. Her pieces of up against the ante-type of the tree of Dr. H. F. Leonard to Miss Etha Another New Brick. needle work have brought her as high which the father of his country chop burgensen of Loveland, Colo., the City Treasurer L. J. Corl has de as $150 apiece, and she has hundreds wedding having taken place at the ped down with a little broad ax. cided to build a new brick adjoining of dollars worth of it in her home. But Sam had no sooner mounted the home of the bride’ s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Barger has a centerpiece she that of Geo. Paterson’ s. His buildin Mrs. A. A. Fergensen, Tuesday July ladder round by round than the thing made out of a piece of linen cloth that will be 25x70 with pressed brick hr it. 9. They will be at home to their oegan to .reel back and forth under was spun and wove by Mr. Barger’ s He will not commence construction many friends, in Portland after Sept. 1 him like a man who has been punish great grand mother over a hundred until October. When this build’ng »> And the violinist was Dr. Leonard is well known in Forest ing booze. put up it leaves only a few feei of the/ years ago. Grove, making this city twice a week thrown headlong to the ground with block which only a short time agct from his Portland office, and he is well such force that it almost knocked his Orville Tennis who recently visited contained a row of low dilapida; d known over the state as an athlete, hav front teeth out, bruised up his knees, his mother in this city had a fir.e horse frame buildings which weir- ai; > • f vre ing coached and played on the star and sprained the fore finger on his | valued at $200 die on the way over to every one and it is tnought !ne re football t eam of Albany three years ago, right hand until he could not manipu I from Tillamook. H e had just had a maining few feet feet will be ’e placed and having coached the crack Hill late the bow Monday. flattering offer for the rt*ed before he by a modern structure bv E. A. Hyde, the owner. bunch in 1905. , However, that is not all by any 1 left for the Grove but refused it. 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