GASTON Mr. Wahl’ s sale was well attended. Alvaris Matteson is on the sick The ground is dry enough again. list. to plow Pruning trees seems to be the order Ot the day. Rev. Zimmermsn’ s lecture hibition was fíne. on Pro­ Mr. and Mrs. Chas. W escott visiting in the Grove Sunday. were B. C. Dennis wh'le pruning trees last Saturday cut his hand quite badly. Ed. Bates and family have the sym­ pathy of the entire community in this their hour of bereavement. GALES CREEK Harold Short has been very sick the last few days. for J. L. Loving and James Churchill have been improving their ranches by blasting stumps. Karl K och from East Portland, and a substantial citizen, has purchased the Thomas Kidd property, one-half mile north of town. H e gave a fine reception to his many German friends and neighbors on Valentine evening. H e is one of those whole-souled Ger­ mans that like to see everybody enjoy themselves, and his family did their best to make everything pleasant. Music and dancing was the order of the evening. The fact is, it takes the Germans to know how to enjoy them­ selves, and the Americans were in the swim too. This family is a great addi­ tion to the neighborhood. His inten­ tion is to dairying as well as farming We omit the names of the guests who reveled until the small hours of the morning, and St. Valentine did not catch any of them napping only the little tots who slept the evening away in the corners and soft, easy chairs, j Our regTet is that there are not more Valentine days in the year. W e miss Mr. Kidd and family as neighbors and friends and regTet that they have taken up their sojourn in the noisy city o f , Portland. EAST GASTON. Mr. Peterson and son of The Dalles, are visiting his brothe.-in-law, James Miss Fisher went home Friday even- ' ing, returning Saturday evening. McClaren of this place. Mr. Edward’ s mother and sister are Miss Myrtle Corwin, who has finished a term of school at Gales City, left visiting him this week. Sunday for Wilson River where she will About 45 neighbors met and gave teach the spring term at that place. a surprise party on the Burke’ s Satu - Various games were The logging camp must be doing a day evening" rushing business as they are working engaged in after which ice-cream and Ev­ seven days out of the week and if cake were served in abundance. there was one more they would work eryone voted a fine time. that. Crowded out last week There seems to be quite a stir in J. A. Pritchard has been blowing the spraying business this year as Dan­ some of his stumps to pieces. iel Pierce. Chas. Potts and J. J. Ad­ Mr. Edwards received a bill of fruit kins have been buying spray pumps trees last week which he has set out. and preparing to spray their orchards W. K Newell is having a new fence as soon as the sun peeps out long built across the front of his place. enough. GALES. The Gales shoemaker busy at his trade lately. has been We Have a George Washington Patriot Window this week And are displaying the wonderful PATRIOT SHOES in Men’s, Ladies’, Youths, Misses’ and Children’s. the piece of land J. some time ago. E. Loom is sold L. L. Paget has let a contract for Mr. Beck, of Dilley vicinity, was in 'Ü Gales one evening lately in search of grubbing about ten acres. The parties are from Portland and seem to be get­ T his horses. ting along nicely. The farmers of this vicinity are al- A surprise party was given Mr. and 8 ready getting their plows sharpened with the expectation of plowing within Mrs. Edwards Saturday night at their home. Neighbors came in on them g$ the next few weeks. at about 7:30 with well filled baskets. Cornelius. Numerous games and various enter­ Our new blacksmith, Mr. Kohl, is tainments were engaged in until 10:30 when refreshments, consisting of sand- doing a good business. witches, cake and coffee, were served. Come.ius is going to have a bakery About forty were present and a fine conducted by Mrs. J. H . Lund. time was enjoyed by all. Wenzel Erker is blowing stumps on BUXTON the former Lyttle place. H e makes things move. Mrs. J. T. Lucas is on the sick list Grant Bacon has bought 10 acres this week. from Mr. Kidd and is establishing a Miss A bbie Wilkes boro Tuesday. home close to town. Ernest Haberstroh and wife has bought ten acres from the Lund es­ tate and is busy getting it ready for building. 2 went ,‘ 7 30 .0 Did you ever see a Pink Stork? 54 53 49 If you desire to see one look in our south winaow. It, is there and calls attention to our line of Infants’ wear, such as Underwear, Hosiery, Shoes, T oilet Articles, etc HOFFMAN ®> ALLEN 50 53 41 .48 .49 .5 0 COMPANY FOREST GROVE OREGON to Hills­ Liner Column f®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®® Miss Martha Traver resigned her po­ sition as teacher of our school on ac­ count of the serious illness of her It Is all smooth sailing when you place a Liner Ad mother. Miss Traver was teaching in this column. A few word* here will reach 5,000 readers and the result« are certain. 5c line 1st her fourth consecutive year here and Insertion, 2V* cents each subsequent insertion. Minimum charge 10 eta. we are very sorry to lose her as the school has progressed finely under her instruction. As yet no teacher has FOR SALE. — Pedigree strawberry A telephone meeting was held at been secured to fill the vacancy. plants: Texas, Glenn Mary, Brandy­ the Burgeson school house last Tues­ wine, Im proved Wilson. Address day. WATT’S DISTRICT. Fern Leaf Fruit Farm, Cornelius, Ore. R. S. Alexander. 26-12 Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Cushioner re­ Mr. and Mrs. B. E. LaMont were in ! -------------------------------------------------------------- turned to their home Saturday, after a town Monday. For sale close in— Some ch oice small visit with the Flowers family. Rev. J. R. and Mrs. Hall spent a I tracts. Several desirable houses and Mrs. H . Stowell was thrown from a few hours in Forest Grove Tuesday. lots. T. H. Littlehales Forest Grove sleigh last week, with the result that 27 tf Mrs. Frank Johnson and children National Bank Building. her elbow was thrown out of place. Fred H Caldwell made a trip to the Mark Tracy has sold his saloon to a Portland man who is going to build a Grove last week. dwe ling for himself and family. Ben David spent a few days in this That Cornelius needs more dwelling vicinity last week. houses is a certa n j . and would be a Fred Wonder, of Portland, spent a good investment for som ebody. few days in Buxton the past week. Mr. Merilott our new neighbor from Chico, Cal., who bought 10 acres from the Kidd place, has it nearly all slashed. .4 H . Kennell bought a new incubator a short time ago and has it running. Mrs. Crunican and son John returned from Portland, Tuesday, where they i J. G. Boos has been blasting some have been visiting the past two or large fir stumps lately. three weeks. Claud Alemball has a contract of The walnut trees arrived last week wood cutting for A. Roth. for the large orchard to be planted on Mrs. Lauretta Folson has been on the sick list for the past few days. j Was a patriot and a wonderful man Part of the Shefflin place has been sold is the rumor for 12 4,00 0 to four families from Minnesota by the name She was taken immediately to the d o c ­ are visiting relatives in the northern part of the state. tor at Banks. 6( Sanoro. Mrs. M cC oy of Davids Hill is en­ German Lutheran Sunday school WATTS DISTRICT. joying a visit with a brother whom she Sunday morning and services also (Crowded out Last Week.) has not seen for years. a'ternoon English service by Rev. J. M. Johnston is a guest at the Bisbee F. Doescher. W. F. M cCoy and H . and A. R o g ­ hom r ers helped Allan R ice to improve his There has been considerable cord- Miss Elsie Reuter called on Mrs. property some, recently. wood cut in and around Cornelius. R ice Monday. Mr. R ice, our onion man, is getting School began this week with Otto Mrs. O. McCale and Children went land cleared at S25 per acre. Krause of Cornelius as teacher. Mr. to Portland Tuesday. Krause is boarding at Henry Schmate’ s. Mr. Sias, who bought 6 acres from M i:s Dora Schmale came over from J. H . Lund, is blowing stumps, Mrs. R. M. Bisbee received a mes­ gettirg ready to build. H e is going Scoggins Valley to attend the social. sage Tuesday evening of her father’ s into the chicken business and has a James Dilley is having some fine death. The sympathy of all her fine lot of White Leghorns. improvements made on his place. friends is extended. Mrs. John DeMoss and Mrs. A. T . Mr. Bruchele has taken possession of Mrs. Orla Buxton attended a meet­ tha Powers place north of town which Buxton visited with Mrs. Adams M on­ ing of the W om an's Club Domestic he lately bought, and has placed Fred day. Economy class in the Grove, Monday W ick on same as manager, turning it Miss Hamilman of Dilley, was a evening. Mrs. Buxton is president of into a dairy farm. Success to him. guest of the Misses Schmale several the class. Mr. Sturtevmnt is putting up a tank days last week. Mrs. Keagy and daughter. Miss and windmill on his home place. We The estate of R. M. Bisbee was ap­ Ethel, and the families of A. T. Bux­ hope we will see more going up this praised Monday by Messrs. Buxton, ton and N. A. Frost were pleasant summer, which are badly needed dur­ R ice and Adams. visitors at the Adams home on the ing the summer months for all around Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCracken Watts ranch last Friday. purposes. drove out from Forest Grove and took Died. D ecided improvements will be in the social Friday. made and are under construction in ¡ John Wolford was bom in Somerset Miss Emma Busch is spending this this neighborhood, real estate to week at her home on Davids Hill and County, P i., D *c. IS, 1840 and died change hands and the influx of Eastern in Hillsboro Feb. 13, 1908 H e was expects to return to Dilley Sunday. buyers, all looking for the best loca­ aged 67 years, 1 month and 27 days. Mrs. Iva Johnson returned to Pasco, He was united in marriage to Mary tions, and those are to be found in Wash., Friday, after a few weeks visit Washington County. Jane Cayton the 19th of Jan. 1859 with relatives and friends in this place. Nine children were bom to this union. J. H . Lund has returned from a The basket social Friday evening H e goes to meet his wife and three men h’ s trip to the east and homewaid He (4 3 .2 0 was children who passed on before. by the wav of California. H e visited was a com plete success h s old home in Dako*a and Wisconsin. realized from the sale of the baskets served three yean in the Civil War, H e is much more so pleased with our which will be applied towards the pur­ was converted at the age of 16 yean, Ht W ebfoot climate and is going to hold chase of a fine list of books for the joined the Lutheran Church. fast with us. Mrs. Lund’ s health has school library. The people are to be . later united with the Church of God. com m ended for their liberal patronage. His last afternoon was spent in prayer ecidedly improved traveling. LIST your farms and other properties for sale with T . H . Littlehales, Forest Grove National Bank Building. 27 tf NOTICE — I have 6 lots in the city of Cornelius. Good house, new barn, ! good water, some fruit. Five of the lots are on Ash timber land equal to Beaverdam. Price, $1000. Will take a good team and wagon as part pay i f ! taken soon. W . E. FITCH, Cor­ nelius. 30t4* F r e sh C o w s for S a l e — Having bought a herd of registered Holstein- i Friesian cattle, we are selling off our grade milch cows as they com e in fresh, and have several good fresh cows for sale now, at prices which ought to sell them .— Carmichael hi Co., Gaston, Ore., 30tf W a n t e d — Young girl to do light house work for two months for family of three. Phone 523. 29tf Real Estate Qo K . N. S ta eh r OFFHZE A T Som e of this week’s Bargains Eleven acres of fine land with good house and barn, orchard, only one mile out for sale or ex­ change for town property. Five acres of land, 2 miles from Forest Grove. New house and barn. Only $1000. This is a bargain. A fine 100 acre farm with good buildings, between Cornelius and Hillsboro at only $75 per acre. 15 acres of land all cleared, with house and barn. 10 acres cleared, 6 acres bottom land, 14 miles out. $2400 New six room house 2 blocks from the P. O ., with J of an acre of ground for sale cheap or ex- for a small tract of land close to town. 5 acres of land with good new house and bam , one mile from town for $1650. for rent for 3 partially furnished rooms in fine location for rent at $5 per month. W N. Ferrin, Forest Grove. 32 PW l SALE — Thirty Ewes. Inquire of C. N. Johnson, Spring Hill Farm. to his G od; he told his daughter he was ready to go. The following children are left to mourn his loss: Mrs. Ida Grindel, Buxton; Harry W olford, Buxton- Mrs. Ella Morley, Hillsboro; Mis. Anna Newbrey, Alton, K an.; Mrs. Minnie Sewell, Hillsboro; Emmett Wolford, Tuxtcm. D . F . F le c k THF HAZ AA R , N E X T TO P O S T O F F IO E 5 upstairs rooms $5 per month. WANTED — A girl for general house­ work FO R EST GROVE Good six-room house, only 2 blocks from Main street for $700. $50 down and $12 per month takes it. 25 acres of land all cleared, with new eight room house, large barn and out buildings, less than three miles from Forest Grove, good bearing orchard on the place. This is on R. F D. add milk route. Six room house on large cor­ ner lot and barn. Fine location. Only $750. Easy terms. Good new 7-room house with two lots on car line lor only $ 1000 . Four acres of land, close to town, with house and barn, good orchard. An ideal location for a fruit and chicken ranch. Price $ 1100 . Seven-room house on large lot Good location $1400. Half cash. 6 room house for rent cheap. New house and barn with a- bout one acre of fine land locat­ ed on good county road less than 2 miles out for onfy $300. Own­ er is going away, You will have to hurry if you want this rare bar­ gain. H ou ses tor Rent \ — Hoffman hr Allen Co. esn supply — Don’ t you think s nice Won your wants in blankets and comforts at Blanket would feel good these coo nights? Bailey’ s. low prices. News and Pacific Monthly $2.00. — Cotton Blankets 10-4, 11-4, 12-4, prices 8 5 c, $100, $1.25, $150, $2 00, at Bailey’ s. — M oney to loaa on farm security — Selling out at cost at Dr. Parker’ s. W. H. Hollis. Greenville. — A full line of Comforts at Bailey's. — Your wheel should be put in proD- er shape lor winter. Corl and Son will do it. 23*1. J Uth For- by the Uy Com- a piece ining at to the that is r. Todd ad build-