m
W ashington
VOL. V
county
N ews
NO. 18
FOREST GROVE, WASHINGTON CO., ORE., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 7. 1907.
AT THE AOE OF
DAN CUPID 15
NINETY-FIVE YEARS
“DOWN AND OUT”
LOCAL BANKS ARE
IN GOOD CONDITION
LARGEST LIST ON RECORD COUNTY'S GRAND OLD MAN
DEPOSITS
| off but something caused them to mis-'
I carry.
It was with some difficulty that the j
l i t I I I K I I U I U I P T I T I I T r B<iker- Mabel Matteson, Julia Hatch.
patrons
of the light fantastic got out of j
Elizabeth Downing, Sarah Mark, M C
j Verts Hall because of the almost in-1
j Saltus, H A Ball, Martha Galbreath,
penetrable pile of wood and stuff that
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j Lilligp Nelson, Anna Thompson, C A
! was piled up before the front door, j
Wyman, Ruth Jones, Margaret Asbahr,
Held In Hillsburu Three Days Last Bertha Clement, Frank J. Deach, Seventy-two Arrows Spent Last Ubed C. Thurnburg, Died at His The alley between the hall and the Furnishing all the Money Necessary
j bank building was filled and wood1
Emily Johnson, Nellie Walling, Maisie
Week
for Business
Home Sunday
Month
1 stacked before the rear entrance of the
+
O’Donnell, Celinda Deforn, V M Vose,
1 hall. A high fence of cord wood was
Mrs M B McCoy, Alberta Kraelt, Bur-
I builded across the street at the hall too, ;
get Vose, Lee Byers, Mary Jameson,
! and another still higher builded out of
Oscar Weed, Mabel Atlee, Ida Stewart,
' the wood of Wirtz & Boose, John And- j
Bessie Sturdevant, Carrie Bechen, Ab-
erson, Dr. Large and Bud Watson so
bie Wilkes, Ralph Wann, O. G. Weed,
high that it would have hurried Little New York Flurry Will Soon Subside
Largest Session Ever Held— Sixty- Lura Jackson, Earl E Fisher, Mrs M S
Washington County Marriageables Was Life-long Republican and Had
Gillie
to vault over it.
Gates,
G
A
Russell,
Emily
Young,
With Millions Flowing in from
Two Directors Present and a
Running Low— Holiday Season
Original Ideas of
It was well that the god of mischief
| Mamie Ayers, Floyd C Bierly, Rose
Foreign Countries.
Good Program Given.
put it into the boys’ heads to teat up
Vandervelden, Mary Luce, Helen M
Religion
the Cause.
some of the sidewalk in town, for it
Weed, Mrs M McArthur, Lawrence
has long been an eye sore in the minds
Dixon, Lester Mooberry, Elizabeth
, , „ . .
. . .
.,
,
... , The financial flurry has not affected
One of the most succesfful teachers’ Swanson, Clarence McCoy, B W
Poor Dan Cupid is flat of his back,
Obed C. Thornburg, the grand old ° f a" citizens of civic pride who uke
Grove business nor are the peo-
institutes ever held in this county was
Barnes, Mrs Susie Faith, Ethel Nor­ sick abed on two chairs because of the man of Washington county, passed t0 see
sidewalks put in the proper pie panicky over the situation. The
held in Hillsboro last Wednesday,
man, Jennie Beamish, Rose Wilcox, enormous amount of business he did in away at the age of ninety-five years, | rePa'r- Tearing them up on Hollo
i business houses have not suffered any
Thusday and Friday when all the
Katherine Chalmers, Emma Gordon, Washington county during the month five months and twenty-five days, at ween when all laws are null and void
loss of trade since the stringency in
teachers of the different school dis­
Mrs H H Paget, Ruthford Vose, Alidia of October, and it is very doubtful his late home one mile east of this city —according to the view point of the
the east and the local bankers believe
tricts, in accordance with the law con­
boys, seems to be the only way to get
J Aiton, J B Wilkerson, Ina V Gould,
that within a feV days the stringency
vened for the regular annual conven­
rid of them.
Elsie Simonson, Catherine Brown, tms month. His lelt hand is badly noon.
in New York will be relieved so as to
tion. There were 122 teachers pres­
Signs were both addec to and sub­
Pearl Cooke, Elizabeth Withycombe, blistered from holding the bow, and
He had been in the habit of coming
,
restore
things to a normal condition.
ent and capital addresses were made
Helen Murray, Belle Chalmers, Jessie the fore finger and thumb of the right to town every few days and just about tracted from different places of business.
Of
course
as the Eastern banks have
by prominent educators of the state.
^ Gardner, Mrs H A Ball, Nettie hand is in a precarious condition from ^ week ago he was up to the city jolly- In front of E. Burton’s shoe shop was shut off payment to the Portland banks
1 For the first time in the history of ; g 0Qtb
Della Croyl, Martha Traver, pulling back the string so often.
i ing and joking and remarked that the a sign with a boot illustration. The the institutions of the latter place have
the county 62 directors of the different
Thomp
Cone.
Myrtle
Corum,
Thirty-six times in October he drew trip was nothing for him. Sunday he sign read, “ Loan Shark” , and again refused to send money out into the
districts convened on Friday for ad­
Edith Allen, I M Root, Lola A Kauf- a bead and seventy-two persons fell ate a hearty breakfast and in the after­ right next to this was another advertis­ country and the banks in this city
dresses and general discussions.
man, Katherine Gallegher, Kate Jack- j victims to his deadly darts—a record noon he went out of the house and as ing Bud Watson’s place of business ' must conserve their interest by part
Directors A. G. Hoffman, A. T.
son, Dorothy Parker, Chas Hanson, which has not been equaled in this he did not return some member of the which stated his hours as open from payment until the stringency is re ­
Buxton and Mrs. Walter Hoge at­
J Mrs E Christensen, Jennie Saur, Eva j county for a long, long time, and most family went to hunt for him and found 11:30 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. Abbot moved.
tended from here. A committee was
j
Broomhead, Irma Vose, Grace Rever- likely never.
Last year fourteen ' him dead in the yard, having passed & Son were also the happy recipients
The people have been very sane and
appointed by the superintendent com-
of a clever design showing a descen
posed of W. Jaqueth, Frank C. Francis !
Bertha Wyss, couples were united in the month of away appalently without a struggle.
have not presented checks for amounts
dent of “ Maud” hiking down the cin­
only as they absolutely needed the
and E. Goff to look after the matter o f 1 C e o Z ' v T
H M <Th rf"' v T ?
*nd ‘h' D th® pe0ple ,alked 35
“ Uncle Obed” as he was known all
„„„„„
v - •
.
. , George Yates, Hulda Schneider, Ethel ■ if they thought that Washington county over the county, had lived a strenuous der path with a watch on his back. money, and they should exercise the
.
,
’ , .
Smith, Nettie M Thomas, Harry C would soon be drained of all of its un- life, yet he was never sick a day. The artist evidently rr.tant to convey same judgment after the holiday as be­
agriculture, those schools grouping to- Todd> LeIa L Harrow, Evelyn Dooher, married product if Cupid didn’t stop,
He Attributed his
longevity
to the idea that the timepiece was going
fore, as it woutd take some time to call
ge er w ic
are near eac o er so as j Lulu Graves, Stella Warner, Jennie Twenty-eight people were affected temperate habits although he was not some.
the money in if there should be a run
to make it possible for the special in-
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The News did not get a sign but
Keicnele, Liertruae Keverman, Marie thereby, but this last month seventy- afraid to take his two strong cups of
on a bank.
structor to visit each school once a i A Garrow, Ella M Pechin, H Liesman,
two individuals were victims of matri­ coffee at every meal. He had rneve lost one—not for good but just for the
R. M. Docly of the First Natioi al
week. The State Superintendent su g -, Miss N Hansen
mony almost three times that of last taken a drop of medicine in his life. evening. However the people have Hank, says that that institution is in a
gested the scheme and it met with the
year.
Mr. Thornburg only last spring took a got such a habit of coming to our perfectly normal condition and that
hearty approval of all of the directors.
Wedding Anniversary.
place of business and telling other
Last year Forest Grove only lost long drive on a blustery day and spent
tney have paid all checks presented
Agriculture it now taught, but it is
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Dixon of Dillev,
people
about it that the loss of the
three people by marriage, the rest of his birthday with relatives in the coun­
there as far as the people needed the
thought that much more good can be celebrated their fiftieth wedding anni-
sign did not hinder the subscribers and
the bunch being foreigners living in try, making the drive alone and behind
money, and that their deposits con-
derived by employing men who have versary last Saturday at their home in
the jobs from coming in goodly lots.
Cornelius or Hillsboro. But the month a spirited horse.
I
tinue
to grow, yesterday a deposit of
specialized along this line, such as Dilley. All of their children were pres-
Two More Weddings.
which has just drawn to a close has
He
had
ideas
about
religion
that
*1800
being made. If Portland banks
some of the graduates of the Oregon ent but two and about 30 guests. A
taxed the college town till non married might well be followed by the people
A very pretty wedding occurred should fail, the First National could
Agricultural College. Besides helping bounteous wedding dinner was served
folks are few and far between— that is of this generation, as he expressed to Wednesday of last week when Miss pay all the depositors,
the students these special teachers and Mr. and Mrs. Dixon were the re-
there’s only a little bunch of them left. The News reporter a few months ago. Fannie Cawrse became the bride of
Edwaid Wright Haines, president
could help the farmers of the com- cipients of many nice presents. Mr.
And mind you the licenses that have His idea of a church was a union Roy L. McPherson of this city, at the of the Haines bank, says that there
munity in solving any problem that Dixon was born in Palding county,
been granted in this county do not in­ church for as he expressed it "we are home of the bride’s father, Joseph lias been no uneasiness on the part of
might arise on the farm.
!Ohio, in 1830. Mrs. Dixon, whose |
dicate all of the people that have fal- all striving to reach the same place and Cawrse, of North Plains, Rev. Belknap his depositors and they are paying
A committee was appointed to con- maiden name was Miss Rebecca Har-
fer with the representatives of this din, was born in Lima, Ohio, in 1836. len by the wayside, for not a few have the power of the churches as a unit performing the ceremony at high noon. money as the people need it, despite
The bride is one of Washington the holiday. For eight months before
county for the purpose of obtaining They were married at Waukon, Iowa, crossed the border into other counties would be much stronger than divived.”
to
have
the
naughty
nuptial
knots
tied
He
plead
for
more
simplicity
in
relig-
county’s
handsome ladies and looked the financial flurry they did not draw
their support in an amendment so that ¡n 1857 and came to Forest Grove in
in Multnomah and adjoining shires.
j0n.
charming in a gown of native blue silk money from Portland and plenty of
the district funds may be transferred 1897.
He was a life-long republican and Only immediate relatives of the con- money is on hand to transact the usual
from the clerks hands to the county
The children are Albert, Edward A., ! It has kept Rev. Belknap of Hills-
boro on the jump and his menu for never failed to avail himself of the op- trading parties were present.
amount of business.
treasury. The program:
Lawrence and the Misses Clarisa and
the month has been well filled with portunity to vote, both in local and na-
Mr. and Mrs. McPherson spent their
W. B. Haines of the Forest Grove
WEDNESDAY
! Anna Dixon, Mrs. Maud Dixon of this
brown legged chicken, having tied a tional elections.
honeymoon in Portland and are now in National, states that that bank is grow­
First Work of Introducing Music to city; Leonard Dixon of Salem, and
majority of the knots.
' Just about the time the first gun of their new home on Second avenue ing and that the depositors show no
the Child Mind, Mrs. L. V. Sweesy; Walter Dixon of Panama.
It is amusing to run over the list of our second war with Great Britian was south near Fifth street.
disposition to remove their money.
Inrerest—Its Place in Education, Dr.
Slow at the Court House.
names and see what different things fired Obed C. Thornburg was born in
They are doing business as usual.
Sheldon: Oregon History, L. R. Aider-
Rev. Belknap made four more peo­
This has been a very quiet week at are represented in the license book. Tennessee, only a few miles distant
Ninety three per cent of the bus -
man: The Recitation, L. R. Traver;
-
, T
.
... ..
,
from the birth place of “ Grandma” ple happy last week when he helped ness of the country before the flurry
Child Voice— Its Beauty Its Limita- the court house on account of the hol‘ f" *
wltb « « popular and
leading fall color, Brown has led the Wood of Hillsboro, the oldest woman Cupid do some nuptial “ knotty” work. was done on paper, and just a little
tion, Mrs. L. V. Sweesy; School a n d : idays Proclaimed by Governor Cham- “ ...............................'
color scheme in the license column, in the world. It is rather strange that On Sunday he married Michael I). larger per cent is needed to tide the
Home, L. R- Alderman; The Study; berlain to tide the banks over the
there being two Browns as compared their birthplace should be so near each Carzes of Portland and Amanda A. banks over the present crisis.
Period, L. R. Traver; Lecture— The financial stringency.
Rehse of Farmington; on Monday he
Money is being shipped in frtm
The courts can not do business and with one White. A Miss White and a other.
Advantage of Higher Education, Dr.
made Charles J. Johnson and Florence
Miss
Brown
didn’t
like
their
color
and
When
he
was
seventeen
years
old
he
abroad
which will remove the stringen­
the
jurors
can
not
be
called
until
the
.Clarence True Wilson.
C. Harry one.
cy in New York, and then the finances
holidays cease, and that time is rather had their names changed, while an­ married Miss Priscilla Mills of Tennes­
THURSDAY.
Both of the couples will make their will be all right, a« the hub of the whole
other lady wanted to get in line with see, and in 1841 they moved to Keo­
indefinite.
Music as a Language, Mrs. L. V.
Even the marriage licenses depart- tBe popular color and had her name kuk, Iowa, where they lived for 25 home in Portland. Miss Florence wheel is the metropolis.
All that is
Harry was a Forest Grove girl.
Sweesy; History Teaching and Chil­ ment is on a slump despite the fact changed to Pruwn. It ii strange that years, then moved to this county,
needed is confidenc of the depositors,
dren’s Interest, Dr. Sheldon; Civil
He leaves two sons Ambrose Thorn-
that Clerk Godman would issue them there should be Frost in October yet
W. H. Parker of the Times, is in confidence which will sacrifice if need
Government, L. R. Alderman; The were the applicants at hand. Thus far the name is there. There are two in- burg of this city; Clark Thornburg of
receipt of a picture from his son Clar­ be, any money but that is absolutely
Teacher, L. R.
Traver; Music— only one license has been granted in terjections,Shaw and Dames; and Mohr, Keokuk,Iowa;several grand children and
ence Parker and Floyd Loomis showing necessary, not only during the holiday
Learned Through the Sense of Hearing,
some
great
great
gTand
children.
A
Fields,
Flint,
two
Cawreses,
a
Ford
the two boys and their champion salmon b|11 until the gold is distributed again,
November, that to Edward C. Hankel
Mrs. L. V. Sweesy; Nature Study, L.
of Multnomah county and Mary Le- and a Sy. A Miss Harness thought a few years ago Mr. Thornburg went east catch in Tillamook. Bay. The photo
^jr
Hardtrampf, formerly of tl is
R. Alderman; Growth of the Teacher,
bean of this county. The couple be­ bit about matrimony and that October for a visit to his old home in Tennessee graph shows sixteen mammoth salmon;
city
but
now of Hillsboro, is seriously
L. R. Traver; The Reading Problem,
and
Iowa
and
said
that
he
never
would
ing married in Portland by Rev. was a strapping good month to hook
arrayed on the fence and on the ground, j ¡„ as the re#ult o( , raptl|re o( , bl( ^
Dr. Sheldon; Lecture— Education for
have
returned
had
it
not
been
for
his
Thomas P. Kiermn of the St. Law­ up and donned the bridal veil.
They were caught by troll in a single v„ #el in lhe brain. Tliesf1ay he and
the Industries, W. J. Kerr, President
Taken all in all the month of Octo- desire to be laid to rest by the side of day which, it is said, is the best similar
rence church.
his wife attended the funeral of Mrs.
of 0 . A. C.
ber has been remarkable for the num- his wife in the Wilkes cemetery near catch ever made in Tillamook Bay.
Connell which was held at North Plains.
FRIDAY
Banks.
She
died
in
1901,
and
he
was
The last shipment of pictures for the ber of marriages in this county and it
Floyd I/yomis is conducting a candy
On the way home Mr. Hartrampf made
Music—Passing
from Imitation Loan Exhibition arrives to day, and may be some time till Dan is up again buried there Monday.
store there and Clarence is making hts
strange remarks as though something
Work to Independent Reading, Mrs. the exhibition .ill be thrown open Fri­ and able to do business.
candy.
Usual
Halloween
Pranks.
was wrong and when he got home and
L. V. Sweesy; Question of Discipline; day afternoon of this week and will
Governor
Chaonberlain
has
appointed
in the home, he fell over and was un­
That good old eve of Halloween,
Mrs L Connell, the wife of Wm.
Dr. Sheldon; School Libraries, Miss continue Saturday afternoon and even-
delegates
to
the
Trans-Mississippi
conscious
for some time. A doctor
Cornelia Marvin; The Best Liked ing. The collection is a very fine one. Connell died at her home in Hillsboro when ghosts and goblins, old maids ar.d
Commercial
congress
to
be
held
at
was
summoned
and revived him, but
cats
are
supposed
to
go
on
their
annual
Teacher, Dr. Sheldon: Educational and gives examples of the work of the Sunday afternoon after an illness of
he
is
still
in
a
precarious condition,
Muskogee,
Okl
ahoma,
November
19-
rampage,
was
celebrated
in
Forest
Problems, Supt J H Ackerman; leading American artists besides a few about two weeks. She was a native of
though
better.
The physician says
22.
Hon.
Arthur
F.
Francis,
secre-
Grove
by
a
bunch
of
thirty
or
thirty
this
county
born
on
North
Plains
in
School Sanitation, Dr Y C Yenny; by foreign artists. One especially,
that a vessel bad broken letting a drop
Olds,
1849
and
had
been
a
resident
of
Hills-
five
fellows
who
whiled
the
night
away!
,arY
*he
co
W
ess,
requests
every
Those attending the institute were loaned by H. C. Wortman of
of blood seep through on to his brain
Supt M C Case, A L Thomas, Annie Wort man & King, was painted about boro for the past 13 years. Her by t iming over fences and buildings, commercial 0rg; fixation in Oregon to
and
it will take some time for his re­
Newman. Blanche Hazlit, Anne Hall, 1680. No citizen of Forest Grove funeral was conducted from the Meth- tearing up sidewalks, building fences name delegates and report to him im
covery.
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Mrs Josephine S Case, Blanche Rice, should fail to see this collection as it odist church of that place Tuesday and actors the street and other less violent mediately at Musc o g ee.
John Wagner the Oregonian solici­
“ Babe” Brit am, the Colts formid
Mrs Rose Hughes, Tennessee Weath- is not only an education in itself, but interment took place in the North things. A scheme had been arranged
tor.
«forked Sherwood last week and is
Portland
people
are
interested
and
will
Plains
cemetery.
She
leaves
a
hus-
for
the
evening
whereby
some
very
able
first
basema
a
.
was
out
from
Esta
erred. Mrs M M Pittenger, Minnie
clever stunts were to have been pulled, cado Sunday, wl »ere he is now working. “ doing” the Grove this week.
E Pecain, Nina C Beard, Henrietta probably help us in future exhibitions, band and five children.
TEACHERS CONVENE
IN ANNUAL INolllUI t
WILL TEACH
Bear, Alfred Ladd, Agnes Reiling,
Lora Foster, Frances Sorenson, Dora
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