” Correspondence. The six months old son of Mr. Ed wards burned its left hand quite sverely on the stove Thursday evening. The BANKS wound is getting along nicely consid Mr. John Carson left for Portland on ering the severity of the burn. Monday. Mr. Edwards, who recently bought Ralph Kinton says duck shooting is Master s place, is fixing up the house a considerable. He has painted the ‘‘hard walking." inside woodwork and cloth and pa ^ “Ask Mr. Kinton and Dr. Killings- pered. S. Shotwell & Son did the worth if their boat is seaworthy. clothing and papering downstairs, and The few turkeys that lived through Mr. Edwards and Mr. Pritchard are do ing the upstairs. Thanksgiving are roosting high. Miss Ella Schulmerich is still con fined to the house with sickness. É |R C H R IS T M A S BUXTON Ida Lorenz went to Portland last School is on in earnest now and each j week. day finds new scholars attending. Ernest Hunger returned from the Everybody is well supplied with logging camps last Friday. water these days as all wells are full. Dr. Linklater was up this way Mon Mrs. Brown and children of Green day to attend Mrs. Genzer. ville paid Banks a visit on Tuesday. Cass Garrigus conducted setvices in The First M. E. church of Banks the Hayward schoolhouse Sunday. will give a social the evening of the Mrs. Sherman Murphy and children 19th. have returned from a visit to the East. Mrs. U. Turner’s sister and her hus A cow which Jack White is keeping , band and daughter are visiting at this winter gave birth to a three-legged 1 _Banks. calf. Christmas displays are the order of A new baby arrived at the home of the day and afford the children much Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Jeeffrson last pleasure. week. We understand that A1 Young be The telephone line to Nehalem has longs to the Union. Hours from dark been completed and one can phone 1 to darkness. from Forest Grove to Vernonia and Mrs. Killingsworth left on Saturday Kist now. for The Dalles to make final proof on Will Hiddink and Joe Lazott while ; Fancy umbrellas, handbags, purses, leather and silk belts all her timber claim. hauling shingles from Brownsport, had j colors, fancy collars in lace, linen and jet all styles, pearl belt The new water tower on Mr. Schul* an accident near Henry Tober’s, as merichs’ place is completed and the team and load went off a bridge. Will buckles in all styles; fancy side combs and back combs in gray, pump has been installed. escaped with slight injuries. black and amber, etc. Nice line of fancy ribbons in aH widths, The dance given on Saturday by Mr. Mrs. Nelson, a sister of Mrs. Wm. also Holly ribbons. Fancy handkerchiefs, ladies’ waists, toilet McGraw, in his hall was a success and Tolke, took carbolic acid last Friday cases, handkerchief boxes, glove boxes, fancy slippers, picture the suppet was enjoyed by all. night in a fit of temporary insanity. A i doctor from Banks came out and it is frame, perfume in fancy boxes. The band boys have cards out for their first concert and dance for Dec. now thought she will recover. Dress goods, plaid silks, all over laces, dolls, full line of 28, which promises to be the event of A surprise was given Miss Bertha fancy dishes, fancy lamps, an assortment of fifty framed pictures, the season. Hunger last Friday night by her all copies of famous paintings. The work of planking the road be friends, it being her sixteenth birthday. tween Banks and Buxton is being She received some nice presents. The Men’s ties, suspenders and sleeve holders in fancy boxes, rushed and will indeed be a great im guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lo dress shirts, suits in all styles, sweaters, fancy sox, in all colors, renz. Albert Lorenz, Charlie Lorenz, provement when completed. Mr. and Mrs. Warren, Walter Edris, gloves, slippers, hats, caps, fancy work baskets, shopping baskets, Chas. Shipley, our newly appointed Evelyn Dooher, Rose Feldt, Willie fancy groceries, nuts, candies. In fact, we have almost anything mail carrier, will begin his duties about Boos. the 24th of this month. We wish him you want, and the prices are right. The Paris Millinery Parlor is making success working for Uncle Sam. cut prices on all goods in the store, on Mr. Otto Gallaway and Mr. Bert Main street, Forest Gtove. 22-tf Friday left Tuesday for the lakes, on the Columbia River, belonging to Mr. Notice of District Road Meeting. Banks. They expect to come home Notice is hereby given that a dis with the limit. trict road meeting is hereby called, to be heldtat Forest Grove in road dis W ATT D ISTRICT. trict No. 13, Washington County, Ore M. B sbee was on the sick list last gon, on the 20th day of December,^ 1907 at 1:30 o'clock, to determine week. Some real estate is changing hands the extent of improvement to be made on any county road, or roads or por on David’s Hill. tion thereof, in said road district, and Miss Bleed came out from Portland to levy a special tax to defray the ex last Wednesday. pense thereof not to exceed 10 mills D. B. Adams transacted business in on the dollar, on all real and personal taxable property in said road district. Portland Tuesday. Meeting will be held in Verts Hall. Mrs. L. Van Kirk is expected home Dated this 7 th day of December, from Washington. Thursday. 1907. A. B. TODD, Mrs. T. Cox is reported as very low Supervisor of Road District No. 13, with no hopes for improvement. During the two months of Fall colo Mrs. Edmondson would like to do —Money to loan on farm security Washington County, Oregon. nist rates, Sept. 1st to Oct. 31st, the work by the day. Phone No. 392. l l t f W. H. Hollis, Mr. and Mrs. Prickett attended Denver & Rio Grande Railroad sold Grange meeting in town, Saturday. It is all sm ooth s a ilin g w hen you p la c e a L iner Ad COUNTY COURT NEWS 8,081 homeseekers’ tickets to the in th is colum n. A few words h e re w ill reach 5,000 ; —Buy Wool Blankets of Bailey and — Don’t you think a nice Wool readers and th e resu lts are c e rta in . 5c line 1st Word has been received that Mr. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Northwest, which was an increase of Insertion, 2Mi c ents each s u b seq u e n t in se rtio n . keep warm. Blanket would feel good these cool and Mrs. A. T. Buxton will be home M inim um ch arg e 10 cts. Ellen O'Connell to Marie O'Brien 2,817 over last year’s business, or before the holidays. — Buy your candies and nuts at Hoff- n'K*1ts'> Bailey s. more than 50 per cent. lot 30 Steel’s add Beaverton SI. “ WANTED — Salesmen. Many make Heney D Ott to John J Baxter eA Last Thursday and Friday the forty- — We’ll cover that umbrella. Corl October and Novembes statistics for $100 to $150 per month, some even man & Allen Co. New crop of nuts. five pupils enrolled in our district of lot 3 blk 27 Forest Grove $1200. j & Son. 23tf. wheat and flour shipments from Port more. Stock clean; grown on reserva Best grade of candies. Albin Floss to John P Classen 30 a land and Puget Sound poits are partic school were perfect in attendance. tion, far from old orchards. Cash sec 4 t 2 s 1 w $1100. ularly interesting as showing the im Miss Livermore who has been very Lyman B Fair to Orin V Fair SO a mense resources being converted into advanced weekly. Choice of territory. sick for the past week at the home of | in sec 36 t 3 n 4 w $10. Address Washington Nursery Company, actual cash in Oregon and Washington. her sister, Mrs. J. R. Hall, is improv Jane M Smith to C L Bump lot 6 7,434,691 bushels of wheat and 640,- Toppenish, Washington.” ing. blk 1 Smith addition to Forest Grove 012 barrels of flour are the exact fig-: F or S a l e —Good house in South Services will be held at Watts $ 10 . ures, yet it must be remembered that John D Brady to August Specht part the crop is only just getting under wav Park; 5 bed rooms, 2 sitting rooms, church, Sunday. Dec. 14, at 1:30 p, kitchen and lot 100x100; good barn, m. by Rev. Keagy. Sunday school at of blk N Fairviewadd Hillsboro $1400. in earnest. William Reidt to Wm Edwards part 2:30 instead of 3 o’clock. price $1550. Also good 6 room house, The meeting of Oregon business of blk 17 West Portland Heights SI. corner lot, 1 block from car line,$900. K . 1ST. S ta e h r D . F. F le c k EA S T GASTON. J G Jasmen to S C Bowles lot 19 men at the Portland Commercial Club on the 1st, followed by the announce Some choice building lots. T. H. Lit- OFFICI; A T T H F R A Z A A R . A /EXT TO P O S T O F P IG E Ashbrook farm 3 acres $625. James Crunican is slashing for Mr. Oscar Baldwin to H F Gordon 5 a m ment of Gov. Chamberlain that the tlehales, Forest Grove. 18-tf present holidays would be discontinued Edwards. Wm Stokes d 1 c t 1 n 3 w $500. WANTED TO RENT —A good farm Benj L Ingles to Leonard W Hill after the 14th, have been the most dis Chas. Crunican started to school of 80 to 160 acres with running water cussed events of the week. That the tract in s c 4 t n 4 w $250. Monday at Spring Hill. Ele/en acres of fine land with Good six-room house, only 2 Henry Hannan to Leonard W Hill representatives from forty communities and plenty of pasture by a man of ex good house and barn, orchard, blocks from Main street for $700. The Vandehey children have again should unanimously unite in resolutions perience in farming and handling tract in sec 4 t 2 n 4 w $30 only one mile out for sale or ex $50 down and $12 per month entered school after a siege of the Alice Burleigh to J E Williams part forcefully expressing codfidence in the stock. Address J. L. Box 349, For change for town property. takes it. measles. outlook and financial strength of the of sec 32 t 1 n 1 w $3800. est Grove, Oregon. 22t4r H. Kennell has done quite a lot of James F Davies to Jacob Geisbuhler entire state is in itseH indicative of Twenty acres of land, less than Ten acre fruit farm with good DANCE — There will be a dance at repairing and fixing up his house, pa 30 acres in Edward Constable d 1 c t 1 constantly bettering conditions. 2 miles trom Forest Grove with buildings only lA mile out for good buildings. Fifteen acres $2000. $ii00 cash, balance $250 Greenville, on Christmas night, Dec. pering. painting etc. n 2 w $2500. — Your wheel should be put in prop cleared, good spring and running each year. The fruit on the T A Gofi to Lois Belle Tuttle lots 25, under the auspices of the K. O. T. S. Shotwell & Son have built a large er shape for winter. Corl and Son water on place. Several acres in place will bring from $300 to hoghouse, 30x48 ft., for L. L. Paget> 21 and 24 blk 5 Hyde Park $1. M. Tickets including supper $1.00. will do it. 23tf. fruit and berries. Price $3500. $400 per year. F R Dailey to Ole Wettleson pari of Wapato View. It is double boarded 22-3* $1800 down, terms on balance. lot 8 blk 5 Fairview add Hillsboro $400 all around and rubberoid roof. It con Six room house on large cor First National bank of Hillsboro to STORE AND OFFICE H E L P — Fur tains nine large pens and a cook room. Twelve and one-hah acres, ner lot and barn. Fine location. Jos D Buchholzer lots 7 8 and 9 blk 9 nished free to employers. Clerks with fine house and good barn. Only $750. Easy terms. Simmons add Hillsboro $850. Registration Bureau, entrance to offices Family orchard, only one-half MARRIAGE LICENSES. mile from town. All the land is l 4 Selling-Hirsch Bldg , 386 A Wash Good new 7-room house with Harrison Knapp and Rosa L Hill. under cultivation and in fine two lots on car line lor only List your property ington Street, Cor. West Park, Port shape. Price $3500. $1000. land, Ore. Oregon Development League Notes. with the Eighty acres ol fine land, 6 Eighteen-acre fruit farm with The statement of the Natioual Banks miles out, no buildings. Fine house and barn and good fruit of Portland on December 3rd proved drier, 6 miles from here. Price water and orch xrd on place. that they had ample cash—more than “OLD RELIABLE” Price $35 per acri’. $1500. the most enthuiastic had anticipated. The same is true of bank; throughout Three acres, cl *e 10 1 °"rn and you can get New 5-room modern cottage, with good 8 room lu>use an(I ^ne the state. all plastered, hot and cold water them at cheap “ Profitable Advertising." published large lot in fine location. $1300 orchard. $1500. prices at the Four aerrs ol land, close to at Boston and one of the leading jour takes it if bought soon. This is nals of its character in the United a rare bargain. town, with house and 1» ‘,rn' K00^ States, reproduces the letterhead of orchard. An ideal loce4. 10,1 Jor * Irire Some good notes secured by fruit and chicken ranch- the Oregon Development League in real estate for sale. $ 1100 . Edward Seymour, Mgr. its December number, and prints an exhaustive letter from the Secretary — Hoffman & Allen Co. can supply telling of the league’s methods and Forest Grove Or- your wants in blankets and comforts at accomplisnments. Oregon is nation low prices. ally known for her development work. R. Main St. Forest Grove. Or. Il it is a hard matter to decide what* to buy this list will help you. You will find many practical gifts among these and a t prices that are consistent w ith good goods. ,njur- ig the from i offer for lower o the ih We take Clearing House Certificates and Condenser Checks HOFFMAN ®> ALLEN FOREST GROVE Rea! E sta te e<> S o m e o f th is w e e k ’s B a rg a in s ARTICLES of FURNITURE make good HOLIDAY PRERENTS OREGON LAND COMPANY _. 4 towns. draw service r doorg ion to OREGON F O R E S !' G R O V E HOUSE ni »leo COMPANY Liner Column AUCTION not minate H ouses f o r R e n i ■nt uffl- t, gov- of for- ate and let» in partic- of the are and '0 dele- e in the not ex- jrete ao- •t» advo- i taken, •k of the national o induce tiona for and har- !» état t Inc - re i- i'Cqua I mrr ll git • gate* to tigresa of note the ». It ia rongreHR of a poi ng to the n faci I i- In tl Thf graft id. e. Ford There Francis J. ting upon I on the Supervisor jy ’e ntate- «precklea acquittal lure of the the stand, by nearly ullty. — Form«r mied not ¡betaking ge Dunne. the over- laint aver- Tirey I» . The hich he ia 250 Irrm The nty C 'nnlnj Chrii ning ■ >n w is President orders to to a id Nevada. that I are is the one