There was no regular celebration at Buxton the Fourth but many small picnics were held, in various localities, at Green Mountain, Manning, Sam GALES. Stowell’s, Jack White’s, C. Lazott’s Earl Kay is helping A. Dethlefs with and Carl Iler's. Those who attended ■ hay. the festivities at Iler’s on Wolf Creek, A. Roth visited with L. J. Magoon put in some of their time in hunting with good results as Dave O’Donnell Jr. nday. killed a bear and cub while Edgar le farmers are very busy making Hannan killed a six-foot panther. \y in this vicinity. WATT’S DISTRICT. [L. J. Magoon is helping A. Deth- Correspondence. with his new house. Miss Kate Reuter of Portland spent rHarold Hanson was sawing wood for j the Fourth here. rchie Walker last Wednesday. H. W. Schmale will move his fam Twenty-eight persons boarded the i ily into his new residence this week. jin here the morning of the Fourth. Mr. and Mrs. Senger entertained K W. W. Lewis and son made a busi­ relatives from Portland over the Fourth. ness trip to Dillev last Thursday morn­ Robt. Stevenson begins laying the ing. foundation for his new house this J. G. Boos has an order for sawed week. stone for Portland which he will fill Wm. Adler and family spent Sunday this week. ! with Chas. Day and family of Gales r Mrs. George Beal and Mrs. Allum- Creek. baugh spent the 4th with Mrs. A. T. Buxton delivered the address Cummins. at the Fourth of July celebration at John Cummins Sr., Joe Anderson | j Vernonia, Ore. id George Beal Jr. spent the 4th in j Mr. and Mrs. Bates started on their e mountains. return trip to Iowa after a three weeks’ J. G. Boos loaded another car of visit with friends here. » farmer stone for Earnest Brown, o f1 Mr. Williams left Sunday morning Hillsboro, last Thursday. for an extended visit to his boyhood Miss Edith Wese and Miss Schmale home in southern Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. John Myers returned i served the wedding dinner at Rodell i Matteson’s home last Wednesday. to their home at Clatskanie, Ore., after Mrs. Archie Walker has returned > visit with their daughter, Mrs, Frank home from her long visit at Mon- Johnson. mouth, her mother accompanying her. i The baby daughter of Mrs. Jas. Mr. Ryals, the owner of the Big ! si,ck with indi*es,ion a [ Four saw mill of Scoggin Valley, made ' da ;recently- Dr. Brown pre­ a business call at the stone quarry last \ scribed for it. Mr. and Mrs. Hickox, former resi­ . Monday. dents of this place, arrived from Hood River Friday to visit among relatives GALES CREEK and friends tor a time. . Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hundley are the Dr. Brown was called to attend the T)roud parents of a baby girl. Wm. Thrapp and family of Reedville, | little daughter of D. B. Adams, who was quite badly burned the evening of spent the Fourth on Gales Creek. ! the Fourth, by her clothes catching Miss Maiy Woell of Gales Creek, is i fire from a lighted match. At present visiting in Ferest Grove this week. writing she is doing very nicely. Dr. Manion passed through Gales Seven little girl friends of Miss Edna City on his way to Tillamook last week. | McCaleb helped her to celebrate her Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wilson have eighth birthday anniversary last Thurs- been visiting relatives of Gales Creek. | day afternoon. All enjoyed them­ selves in playing various games until Paul Lilly of Portland, spent Sunday (our'0’clock, when a delightful luncheon with hii father, R. P. Lilly of G ales‘ i was served, after which all returned to Creek. ! fheir homes wishing Miss Edna many Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Adkins went to | happy returns qf the day, Tillamook last week accompanied by Will Carry Yamhill County Tax Case Samuel Smith and his bride.. To Higher Court pf Gales Elmer Penny and family Creek, are visiting the former’s parents, Counties that have assessed property Mr. and Mrs. Penny of St. Johns. j at full cash values will resist the at- Mr. Lynch, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell ! tempt of Yamhill county to have the and Mr. Mrs. Guy Thrapp have been ; law of 1901, apportioning the state »pending a few days on Wilson River. tax, declared unconstitutional says The Oregonian. Among these counties are | Columbia, Marion, Multnomah and THATCHER Umatilla. They maintain that if the A number of Thatcher people went state taxes are apportioned according to Cornelius the Fourth to attend the existing assessed valuations, as was the ; practice before the enactment of the celebration. j law which Judge Galloway has declared E- B. Cbipman and wife of Gresham, | unconstitationali the amount 0f tlieir visited at the homes of E. J. Bonshu taxes for state purpose will be increased and Fred McElliott over Sunday. Mr. J unreasonably. The assessors in these Chipman is an old acquaintande of Mc- ! counties allege that the move on the Elliott’s. part of Yamhill county is simply an at­ A girl baby was bom the 16th of tempt to avoid paying a just proportion ' of the siate tax. If the property in June to Mr. and Mrs. Heesacker. Mr. Heesacker has rented the Pur- Yamhill county was assessed at its full dm farm for three years longer, -pjje i cash value, it is averred, the county neighbors are all pleased to keep them I would not be paying more than its |rightful proportion into the state * in their midst. treasury, Farmers are all busy taking care of Discussing the subject Saturday, their hay. Assessor B. D. Sigler, of Multnomah j county, said he was in communication j with the assessors of the other counties BUXTON | of the state in which property has been visit- Miss Bertha Hunger, has been assessed at full value, with a view to ing in Hillsboro. [ determining the best means of defeat- The little daughter of Nels Nelsen 1 ing the purpose of the suit that has has been sick the past week. | been instituted in Yamhill. It is not Mr. and Mrs. Billy Fisher of Rainier, j proposed to wait until the suit has been «pent the Fourth with friends in Bux­ j carried to the Supreme court. In sup- I port of the contention that the present ton. . . . . system of apportioning the state tax Mrs. Walter Hannan attended the fu- arnong the different counties on the — 1 -f 1 --- U.~*l---- U7 Cl . . . , neral of her brother’s, W. G. Scofield’s, j . basis of the average assessment of infant daughter, at Gales Creek last | property for the five years preceding week. j 1901, when the law was passed, is the j A|Sunday school was organized in | only fair and equitable plan of dis- the Crawford school house last Sunday, j tributing this tax, some proceeding and hereafter will be held regularly | may be brought to show that Yamhill county property is not assessed at its with Mrs. Haage as superintendent, POSTAL CARDS are the easiest communication for hot weather and we have plenty of good ones, but when you take your vacation trip you want a few extra envelopes and sheets of paper of write special letters. We offer you as our F r id a y and S a tu r d a y S p e c ia l this week, 24 sheets of paper and 12 envelopes, good fabric finish, all in neat portfolio for 10 cents, Regular Price 20 cents THE HOOK STORE id-Summer Clearance a t the Progressive Store A fine line of t,he Latest, Styles in S h irt W aists, somewhat broken in sizes but ex­ tra good values at the marked prices and we are going to sacrifice them as follows: $5.00 Silk Shirt Waists $ 3.70 4.50 Silk Shirt Waists 3.35 3.10 2.60 2.45 2.30 1.85 1.45 1.25 1 .1 0 .90 .65 4.00 Silk Shirt Waists 3.50 Persian Lawn Shirt Waists 3.25 Persian Lawn Shirt Waists 3.00 Persian Lawn Shirt Waists 2.50 Batiste Shirt Waits 2.00 Batiste Shirt Waists 1.75 India Linon Shirt Waists 1.50 U « U ({ 1.25 u u u U 1.00 (( M << (< One lot Colored Shirt Waists th a t we offer a t ONE HALE PRICE We also offer a V E R Y H E A V Y R E D U C T IO N in a lot of Summer Dress Goods including Dimities, Lawns, Madras, Batistes, Printed Chiffons, Colored Imitattion Worsteds, etc., that it is impossible to list here. Come in and S ee Them at HOFFMAN ®, ALLEN COMPANY FOREST GROVE OREGON full cash value, as contemplated in the COUNTY COURT. The Purest law. Assessor Sigler feels that it will PROBATE COURT be possible to prove that the assessor Estate of Julius Itel deceased. of Yamhill county has not listed the property of that county at more than Final account approved. Estate of Estella E Smith minor. 33J per cent of its actual value. The Best Following the enactment of the law Alice Adkins appointed guardian. in 1901, and under which the state tar Bonds fixed at $3000. Estate of Thos J King deceased. is now apportioned, the Assessors of Multnomah, Marion, Umatilla and Estate closed of record. Columbia and a few of the other MARRIAGE LICENSE The F inest counties, proceeded to assess all prop­ Guy Hoover and Edna May erty at its full cash value. This was done in compliance with the provisions Hundley. of the law itself. In the other counties * Samuel J Smith and Mahel L Grove. ■ John Roberts and Missouri Smith. property is assessed at from 3 3 j to The Sw ellest probably 75 per cent of its true valu-1 REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS ation. Now, if the law is held to be c Lehmann ux to J G Wiggin- unconstitutional, and the former system ton It 4 bk E Lehmann Acre is restored, these counties would be ' T r a c t........................................ $ 450 required to pay from 30 to 40 per cent Geo F Naylor to Sarah V Law­ __ _ more state taxes than they are paying, rence 1.40 acres in T G Nay- and all because the Qthar Bounties fail lor d 1 c t 1 s 4 w ..................... 750 to assess their property at full cash E A Hall et ux to Ralph Kay 30 values. acres in sec 13 t 1 s r 5 w . . . 350 E A Hall to Mabel A Hall int in Purchased Rolling Stock. part of sec 13 t 1 s 5 w .......... 500 The Oregon Electric company has purchased a large number of cars to be Wm R Gillespie et ux to Jacob Heyne part of sec 16 t 1 s 3 used on the Forest Grove branch of w ................................................... 1370 that road. Manager Guy Talbot, who has been in Chioago several weeks, re­ j Moses Dillaboy et ux to John H Davis part ot sec 25 t 1 s 2 w 700 turned last Friday and reports having Pierre Morin et al to A Schamoni purchased 30 box cars, 30 flatcars, 10 E L Schiefietin et ux to Henry W Harms 16.02 acres in 3.90 acres in Geo Richardson stockcart, six coaches, two mail and 10 d 1 c t 2 s 1 w ........................... express cars and a number of ballast { David Monroe d 1 c t 1 n 3 w M J Perk et al to John VanZante cars. The equipment was bought at Lot Patton to Mrs Dora Führer 6.20 acres in sec 13 t 1 s 1 w 625 14.93 acres in Patrick Kelly d Chicago, Philadelphia and Niles, Mich. 1 c t 1 n 4 w ............................... The new eoaches ordered sre full I Ernest J Crabb to Jas N Flippin wj of swi sec 10 t 3 n 4 w . . 500 Samuel Holm to Star Investment coaches and have no smoker, express j Chas W Evans et ux to Frank C o lts 13 & 14 Grey O a k . . . . or baggage compartments. They are Meyers s j of sw i sec 8 t 2 s 2 Allan Rice et ux to A J Folsom of the most modern type and fully up ! w ................................................... 1 part of M Watts d 1 c (1 0 .5 0 ) to the company’s standard of equip­ Marcus Peterson et al to Wm a c r e s.................................... • . . . . ment. Hamilton 160 acres see l i t Wm E Gessell et al to Ernest The two express and baggage cars 1 n 5 w .................'...................... 800 König part sec 33 t 3 n 2 w purchased are in anticipation of busi- A W Gillis et ux to Thos J Ott (4 0 a cres)................................. ness that is rapidly developing along 26j acres in Fruit Vale add Western Oregon Trust Co to the lino, It is expected that within a Forest G r o v e ............................. 6000 Eliza J Imbrie 9.88 acres be­ short period the government will re­ D L Kennell et ai to Mrs J H ing Tract 6 Virginia Place. . . quire the distribution of mail along the Weseott 30 acres in sec 30 t Herman Metzger et ux to Sher­ route between Portland and Salem. 1 » 3 w ........................................ 1000 man V Short Its 2 & 3 bk 43 Until such time the can will be used Willrose R Kaser to Chas W Metzer T ract............................. principally for express. — Odell et al part of bk 23 For- John R Depperman et ux to L M Smith et al part of sec 2 t est G ro v e.................................... 350 Archie Hahn, of Paciflc University, 2 n 4 .. ......................................... and the world’s champion sprinter, left K N Suehr et ux to Chas W J T Turk et ux to Detroit Trust Tuesday for Boston, where he will en* Odell et al Its 7 & 8 bk 12 Co 79 acres in sec 1 t 3 n 5 ter the races. Upon his return t o South Park add Forest Grove. 400 ............................... Oregon this fall he will participate in Thos Connell et ux to J B Han- Max Burgholzer to Mary Strassel some races that will be arranged for ley 50 acres in T R Cornelius tract in sec 4 t 2 n 4 ............ him by Jack King of Portland. [ d 1 c t 1 n 3 w .......................... 3200 DRUGS It Is all smooth sailing when you place a Liner Ad in this column. A few words here will reach 5,000 readers and the reaults are certain. Sc line 1st Insertion, 2V