CONDENSED STATEMENT OF Congregational church at Park Place, Clackamas county. The cost of the new edifice is estimated at $1200. The old building was moved, re modeled so as to present an entirely new appearance. FOREST GROVE NATIONAL BANK S u b m it t e d to th e C o m p t r o l l e r of th e C u r r e n c y at the C l o s e of B j s if T'SS, NOV. 27, 1908. RESOURCES: LIABILITIES: Loans and D iscou n ts.......................... . $179.227 04 4V- S. Bonds and Premiums TM)ther Bonds p la n k Wm A. Neill, Eson Johnson, Fred Fewell, Lewis Winters, Sidney Eberle, W. C. Bouton. Clyde Wood and Ivan Bishop formed the Vancouver contin- j gent that came to Forest Grove to wit ness the basket ball game with the col lege boys. ........... P rem ises................................................... Surplus 14.640 00 Undivided Profits 12.236 19 C ircu lation............. 3.883 79 Deposits Furniture and F u tu r e s .................................... . Carh on hand and due from banks and U. S. Treas Total Capital S tock ___ 26.263 63 » 25.COO 00 . ........... 2.500 00 2.772 35 25.000 00 2 7 9 . 8 5 4 15 Mrs H. H. Hartley, formerly Miss Mvrtle Gleason, of Goldendale, Wash., ! is the guest of Mrs. Jane M. Smith this week Her husband. Dr. Hart- i ley, a graduate of Pacific University, is 1 a leading physician in the Klickitat county seat. 9 8 .8 7 3 .8 5 $ 335.126 SO $ 335.126 50 D IR K C T O k S T h o a . Q . T o s it i W J oh n . 14. M TH E m IÏ. B a ile y 1 n e . H *1. A . CITY — M oney to loan on farm security W. H . Hollis. — Dolls of all sorts and sizes at Hoff man & Allen Co. — For jewelry of all kinds for Xmas see Arthur Shearer. 23-t3 in Portland Dr. W m . Pollock was several days this week. — See Emerson for Xmas pipes, smoking sets etc. , cigars, 24 I. D. H . Adkins of Gales Creek, was doing shopping here on Tuesday. — Have you seen those pretty Christmas Presents at Hoffman & Allen Co. H. P. Humphreys has been chosen captain of the Pacific University track team. ^ Brice Wilson and wife, of Timber, Ore., were in the city the first of the week. — It will pay you to see Emerson for Christmas candies and Christmas goods. 24 District Attorney E. B. Tongue, of Hillsboro, spent Sunday, tne guest of friends here. — White River Flour made of best Eastern.Oregon wheat for sale at Bai ley’ s Big Store. 47-tf — Big doll to be given away at M Turner’ s Store at Banks, Christmas. Call and see it. 24 -tl «I. W . P u q u H T h n r n h u r ith Alfred D. Sehoch, a former Forest j Grove boy, who has developed into a — Holiday goods! Yes, and lots of sort of a globe trotter, is now traveling ’ em at M. Turner’ s store at Banks in Central America. Illustrated post ! Come one com e all and inspect our cards from him have been received by j line. friends here from Guatemala and Brit- ! 24 tl ish Honduras. — M. Turner’ s line of men’ s, boys’ E. X. Harding, the mill man, was in and women’ s shoes are giving satis He reports j faction as his many customers can Forest Grove Tuesday. that his home town is “ On the m ove.” attest. 24-tl He says that (arms in the neighborhood ! Prof. W. D. Ferguson, of Pacific are changing hands and that quite a ! U “ ive" ily\ pr? ched at, the Congre number of new people are coming to gational church at Hillsboro last this section of the county to live. Sunday. John Heisler Jr., of Gales Creek, — We are not sole agents for Libbv lost a valuable standard bred trotting Glass but we carry the largest stock in mare last Thursday evening. The an the county. Abbott & Son, Leading imal died of apoplexy. Dr. Knox was Jewelers. 23 summoned but the mare died before — A large and com plete line of high he arrived. The animal was an ex grade silverware, just the thing for cellent driver and valued at $1,000. Christmas gifts. Abbott & Son, lead The Xmas trade is now in lull swing ing Jewelers. 23 at The Baxaar. At all hours of the day — W. O. W. will give a dance in crowds of people loaded down with Masonic Hall Xmas eve. Walker’ s bundles are seen com ing out from Orchestra. Admission 75c. Every there, all of them with a happy smile, however, anticipating the children’ s body invited. 21-t4 joy Xmas eve when the presents are Mrs. A. H . Hampton, of Newport, distributed. 24 -tl is visiting her son, Ira Hampton. Al Rev. James Campbell, the pioneer so Mrs. J. S. Buxton spent a few days teacher and minister, sustained a ser here last week. ious stroke of paralysis last week at the “ Do not spit on the floor; to do so home of his brother George, who re may spread disease” reads a sign in sides near Laurel, in this county, where the postoffice which was ordered there the former was spending several days. by G. V. L. Meyer, Postmaster- Mr. Campbell is a minister of the General. Christian denomination, and is well The Ladies Aid Society ol the Christ known throughout the county. ian C.lurch will give a pi« and cake sale Mrs. M. E. Shaver and Miss Cora next Saturday, D ec. 19, at Mr. Caples’ Shaver, of Portland were here last grocery. The patronage of the public week as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harold is solicited. Shaver. Miss Shaver will be rentem bered as having been a student at the college some years ago and having ■jraduated later from the state univer sity at Eugene. She is instructor in mathematics in the Portland East Side High school. — A good Xmas present can be — Xmas to the children means found at Arthur Shearer’ s Jewelry much more than some older people think. Will you not gladden their lit Store. Main St. 23-t3 tle hearts by visiting M. Turner’ s store — About the best investment you and getting them a Santa Claus can make is to buy something at Hoff treat. 2 4 -tl man & Allen Co. John E. Gleason, an old time resi Rev. Daniel Staver spent Tuesday in dent, now living in Goldendale, Wash , Forest Grove, having com e from his is the guest of old friends here this ranch on Gales Creek. week. He notices many improve — We sell s.lverware with a 25 year ments since his last visit to the old guarantee. No fake goods. Abbott home. & Son, Forest Grove. 23 Light snow fell here Tuesday even Frank Emerson has sold his new ing. It came as a mere surprise and house out on West Pacific to Mrs. M reminder of the Christmas season for in J. Eastwood of Minnesota. a few hours it had disappeared. The foothills, however, have been wrapped — Dr. W endt’ s office is in Forest up in a white mantle since that time Grove National Bank Building, Res idence at Dr. Ward’ s place. 15tf — Dr. J. S. Bishop, who has lately re turned from a course of study in hos — Call and see our case of Libby j pitals and sanatoriums in the East, is Glass. 25 per cent off until after holi- j now prepared to give the b ’ St home days. Abbot & Son, Forest Grove. | treatment for tuberculosis. Office in Mrs. J. C. Latta has been visiting the Templeton Block, Forest Grove, 18 tf driends in Spokane and incidentally Oregon. saw the big apple fair held in that city. Rev. Arthur J. Folsom, of this city, — A good Elgin or Waltham watch filled the pulpit of the Congregational is a present that always is appreciated. church at Oregon City last Sunday In the evening he officiated At Arthur Shearer’ s Jewelry Store. morning at the dedicatory exercises of the new 23-t3 HEATING STOVES and Ranges The famous Charter Oak heat ing stoves are the best heat producers with the least fuel of any stoves on the market. As for Ranges there are no better makes than the Real Estate Range, prices range from $ 2 6 to $ 5 0 GRANITEWARE and TINWARE Everyone May Know the Delight of Using a Perfect THE M ONARCH Pays for Itself JJVER Y woman would range L IK E to have a perfect one that would turn out beautifully browned to loaves of bread, cake and pies, baked just as much on one side as another. LJ But S O M E do without this pleasure because they T H I N K they can’ t afford it. Its N O I true economy to keep on using t old range or cook stove— nor to buy that common steel range because it costs a dollars less a than Monarch— Buy a MONARCH Malleable Range and It, Will Pay Back It’ s Own Cost, By the use o f unbreakable Malleable Iron in place of the brittle cast iron found in the ordinary type of “Steel Range,” the M O N A R C H is built with every seam prac tically air tight. The leakage of air that causes exces sive fuel waste is thus done away with so that the M O N A R C H will require but little more than half the fuel needed by a range o f the common sort. W ith fuel bills cut in two “Pays for Itself.” it’s easy to see how the M O NAR CH It does better work too—always. W e C an P r o v e T h e s e T h in g s to Y o u ! L E T US L E T US LE T US show you how the M on- arch is built— rivited like a steam boiler. things explain the Duplex Draft. demonstrate and the other Monarch all of these hundred and one features that go to make up range perfection. LES US show you how the M al leable Iron in Monarch Ranges will withstand intense heat that would burn up the grey iron in com mon ranges. T H E N that Y O U the will realize how it is Monarch work with less fuel, would do your less time, less labor than are now required. FOREST GROVE, OREGON J Dr. S. M. Wendt Burglars entered the Emerson co Dr. T . L. Nicklin, at one time a hind them in climate. Have vou ever fectionery store late Saturday evening well-known Portland dentist, died at experienced sjc h mild winter as we’ re and made their escape with about $35 Salem last Saturday. The funeral was having?” f’ li V * k i < in fc S u r g e o n in cash. When Mr. Emerson came to held there and the remains were laid CONSULTATION IN G ERM AN OR EN GLISH A Suggestion in Choosing a Xmas the store Sunday morning he found a I to rest in the family lot in the Salem Present for a Boy or a Girl. S P E C IA L A T T E N T IO N G IV E N T O S U R glass panel of the door broken, No I cemetery He leaves a son, Carl As Mrs. Wise says; last year we got G E R Y A N D E L E C T R IC A L T R E A T M E N T S merchandise was taken so far as can Nicklin, and a daughter. Miss Lelo our children presents that they really offjce jn Fores, Grove Na,., Bank 0|d be ascertained. The money was con | Nicklin, who for some time made her j didn t really appreciate. I his year we cealed in a little hag close to the to home with Dr. C. E Geiger and have fullv decided to purchase a vioiin. Residence, Dr. D. W. Ward’ s tfl ee bacco counter and the amount stolen familv. Miss Nicklin is at present at j mandolin or guitar These instruments I Calls answered dayor night-Both phones consisted of $20 in small change be tending St. Helens hall in Portland and | will be instructive, make the home sides the $15 in large denominations. her friends extend to her sympathy in ] brighter and appreciated for years to the hour of her bereavement. A week ago it did not look like K j Oscar Baldwin, who now makes his com e Mr. E J. Stephens, of the Crete N Staehr of the Bazaar could get room ! Alter looking at several stocks ol in home in Portland, was here Tuesday for his holiday goods as one wagon load Nursery, Crete, Nebraska, came to see struments in other towns we were told looking alter business interests. A l after another kept coming in. He was i Mr. James M. Enschede of our city to go to The Bazaar at Forest Grove, though he likes his new home in the almost desperate and used some hard this week. Mr. Stephens, who has which we did, a id found a complete metropolis because his line of work language at times, Danish and poor some of the finest orchards in Neb line of beautiful instruments at much makes his stay in that city necessary, English mixed, broken off in big raska. is stalling some heavy orchard better prices than could be found else he still has a warm spot in his heart lor He attended the ban chunks, but at last the goods were I planting in Idaho, where his son is lo- where, and had no trouble in choosing the old town quet Tuesday evening. piled away and big crowds of custom I cated. Mr. Stephens, is well known an instrument. ers soon began to relieve the congest j by our fruit inspector, Mr. Harris, and ed state of affairs. It is certainly the other settlers here from Nebiaska, largest and best selected lot of toys anrl and is an old friend of Mr Enschede Xmas gifts ever seen in this town. 24 1 and wanted to get some pointeis 1 from him in regard to orchard plant- The Hillsboro Congregational church | ing knowing that Mr Enschede was has extended a call to Rev. G. W. well posted on what to do here to Riggs, of Park Place, Ore. He was I make orchards profitable. We are pastor of the Condon Congregational W e have a large stock to select from this fall and glad to have with us a man of En church for several years and about a schede’ s standing and hope he will do invite you to call and inspect our goods. year ago. accepted a call to the church good here for us and himself. at Park Place. While there he was instrumental in building a new church L. S. Porter has received from his edifice and to strengthen the cause of daughter, Mrs. Will Buxton, ol his denomination in that section of Pomona, Cal., an attractive booklet Clackamas county. If he decides to containing views in and about Pomona com e to Hillsboro he will take charge It is a splendid advertisement for that of the work the first of the year. section of the Bear State although The Bible School at the Christian there is not a word of advertiseing in church is preparing a Christmas can the booklet. Mr. Porter is of the tata. Special decorations, a tree etc opinion that a neat pamphlet of select will also be provided. Everybody is ed views of Forest Grove and vicinity # invited There will be something of gotten up in a similar style would an innovation in this program in that a prove an efficient method by which to silver offering for missionary purposes interest people ,o become residents of “ They may have cli ill be asked from all attending Forest Grove. mate’ yonder," said Mr. Porter, “ but This offering will be devoted to the steamboat “ Oregon” which the a(ter all we’ ve got them beat for soil And we’ re not much hr- churches of Oregon are placing on the nd crops FALL and WINTER GOODS SHOES, DRY GOODS GROCERIES V. S. 7\ B R 7 T h e C o rn er S to r e Congo river in * Africa, at a cost of 15 . 000 . Mr and Mrs E E Williams of this city, expect to leave next week for their new home near Tam pico, Old Mexico, where they have purchased a plantation. Their sou, Rav and his grandmother, have been there for some months past The Williams have lived here for about five years and during that time have made a host of friends who regret their departure from Forest Grove. Mrs. Williams has be»n prom inent in social and musical circles and , will be missed in those spheres of en deavor in which she proved so active and enthusiastic. She was vice-prest dent of the Woman's G u b and her ab sence from that organization will be seriously felt by her co-workers. WASHINGTON COUNTY FARM BARGAINS N ear Forest G aove. Fine Climate, rich soil, one of the best of locatk ns for fruit, vegetables, hay, stock, etc. Descriptive literature free OREGON LAND AND TRADING C O M PA N Y In v o rp o rn tw ü ; E o w . SKVMOUR, Sec and Mgr. B o t h T e le p h o n e s A. B. T h o m a s , President f o re s t G ro v e , O re g o n