/% / F orest G rove P ress Vol. 1 No. 12 CHARTER DAY OBSERVED WITH APPROPRIATE EXERCISES HON. B. S. HUNTINGTON GIVES PRINCIPAL ADDRESS $1.00 Per Year FOREST GROVE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1910 WORK PROGRESSING VERY RAPIDLY CATHERINE LOUGHRY DEAD ROAD SUPERVISORS APPOINTED Mrs. Catherine Loughry, liv- The following road supervisor; ing one mile east of this city, were recently appointed by th< died at her home Wednesday Commissioners, for the variou; morning. Mrs. Loughry, whose r°ad districts; District 1, Johi maiden name was Sparks, was Nyberg; 2, J. H. Hayes; 3, G born at Aberdeen, Ohio, June 5, W. Whitmore; 4, H. L. Russell 1841. She moved with her par- 6, F. M. Kelsay; 7, John Molin ents to Iowa when a child, and $> E. D. Hite; 9, G. A. Plieth 1 came west in 1880, living first at 10, J. J. Shevlin-11, A. Hickman Vancouver, Washington, where, 12. J. W. Sewell; 13, A. B. Todd in 1883 she vvvas married to 14, Henry Van Dyke; 15, J. M Thomas Loughry, and going Hiatt; 16, James Churchill; 18 with her husband to Columbia ¡A. Reverman; 19, Dave Wenger county immediately thereafter, 22, B. K. Denny; 23, Thoma where she lived until five years Sain; 24, J. H. Hoffman; 26, Joh ago, when she came to this city. A. Johnson; 27, EdDickason; 28 Mr. Loughry died at Fish Hawk, J- E- Zimmerman; 29, J. Beyer Columbia county in 1896. Mrs. 30, William Vanderzanden; 31 Loughry is survived by two Jos. Heaton; 32 Otto Nicholson children, Charles Loughey, of 33, Ben Husacker; 34, A Forest Grove, and Mrs. M aM Schmidlin; 25, J. C. Bills. Johr.ston, of Fish Hawk. Fun- eral services will be ! ■ . Id t; e REEYES PHEASANTS TC BE INTRODUCED Christian ch’ -rch Friday at 10.30 o’ clock, Rev. F, V. Stivers officiating. The body will be taken to Columbia county and laid to rest beside that of her husband. Last Wednesday was observed as Charter Day here at Pacific. There were no recitations during 1 the day and in the morning at 10 o’clock exercises were held in the college chapel. According to the plan of the faculty, the Wednesday nearest the 10th of January is to be set apart as Charter Day, in memory of the charter which was granted the college Jan. 10th, 1854. The program was opened with the Doxology and prayer by Rev. Thomas. Pres. Ferrin, who pre- si • 1, then told of the purpose of C tarter Day and gave som.j in- i resting facts about the found­ ing of the college. Prof. Orr then read the charter granted to the college in 1854 by the terri­ torial legislature. This was the beginning of the college although : Tualatin Academy had been in MORE OREGON ELECTRIC WORK existence for several years. Fol-1 That the Oregon Electric Rail- lowing the reading o f the charter, wsy Company is always alive to Miss Hershner sang the verses its opportunities is well evidenced of “ Oh, Our College, the Gem by by the fact that the Company the Ocean” , and the students has just completed three surveys joined in the chorus. Haskell for extensions of its lines, the Ferrin gave an account of the same being from Forest Grove early history of the college and to North Yamhill, Salem to compared the Pacific of the past Albany and Tigard to McMinn­ in numbers and equipment with I ville. Reports of these surveys that of the present. Miss Pet­ will be sent east to the Board of erson then sang a beautiful solo Directors by Manager Talbot for entitled “ If Wishes Were Birds.” final action and it is almost an Hon. Huntington’s address assured fact that the proposed wa3 on The Making of a College. extensions, amounting to about Mr. Huntington is one o f the 65 miles, will be built during the trustees of the college and is fa­ coming summer. miliar with the history of the school and the men who made DON’T BLAME THE HEN Pac'fic what it is. The speaker said that a college cannot be made According to the president of It is a growth which takes time the American Warehousemen’s and effort. Traditions are also Association there were 1,500,000- an essential part of the college 000 eggs in cold storage in the and no institution sprung up in a United States on the first of last night, has these. Mr. Hunting- September, where they were ton told of the earnest life of held to force higher prices. In Pres. S. H. Marsh, the first other words, the monopolists are president of our college and his responsible for a situation for efforts in behalf of the school. which many persons have been The address was of unusual in­ disposed to blame the meek and terest and brought us into clot \ lowly hen. touch with the men who dire J the course of the institution and INTRODUCTION OF CHINA PHEASANTS their aims and ideals. The whole program was one which can only The china pheasant was first make Pacific University dearer introduced into Oregon by the to her students and gave them a late Judge O. N. Denny in 1880 more definite knowledge of the or 1881. He was then United history of the school. States Consul-General at Shang­ As the closing number o f the hai. There were about 20 pairs exercises, all joined in the popu­ in the shipment. These were lar college song, “ Hail, Old Pa­ turned loose on the farm of cific, Hail. Judge Denny’s mother near Leb­ anon, Linn county, where they INSURANCE COMPANY ELECTS OFFICERS multiplied at a prodigious rate. At the annual meeting of the Some months later Judge Denny Bankers and Merchants Mutual sent 100 pairs to the Portland Fire Association, held at the Rod & Gun Club to be shipped office of Judge Hollis on Wed­ into various sections o f the state. nesday afternoon, the following They arrived at the time of a officers were elected for the en- blizzard, and, despite the best ensueing year: president, M. efforts of the club, about one- Peterson; vice-president. George third of the precious birds died. Paterson; secretary, W. H. Hollis, Part of the “ survivors” were let treasurer, S. G. Hughes; direct­ loose in the Willamette Valley, ors, M. Peterson, George Pater­ where they increased rapidly and son, Chas. Mert*, S. G. Hughes, part were sent to Protection Is­ and W. H. Hollis, of Forest land. Puget Sound, where they Grove, Lott Pierce of Salem, and perished through lack of interest by local sportsmen. ONIY A MATTER OF A FEW WEEKS UNTIL THIS CITY WILL ENJOY BENEFIT OF PURE MOUNTAIN WATER The work on the new water sys­ tem is progressing very rapidly. It is promised that Forest Grove will have an abundant supply of pure water not later than Feb­ ruary 15th, provided the weather does not become so inclement as to hinder the construction work. The contracting firm, the West­ ern Water Pipe CompaT ing neither time nor Above is a good likeness of th Reeves pheasant about to be ii troduced by Robt. Stevensor state game warden. Mr. St< venson has made arrangemenl »urest ot mountain water, carried for 100 pair of these birds an hrough ten miles of pipe and they will be distributed t! - vgl lelivered fresh from Nature’s out the state this fall springs. The first living specimen >■*. fthLinb ut IU 6ERCULAR COWS the Reeves spec on v. ,m- There has been some discussion A R O U N D T H E C IR C U IT ported into Europe from northern as to the right of the state to con­ China about the year 1831 by The trial of Binger Herman, demn and kill cows afflicted with Mr. Reeves. Tb value of the tuberculosis. As a matter of ex-congressman and former U. Reeve’ s pheasan rests mainly fact the last legislature passed a j S. Land Commissioner, for com­ upon its size t i strength of law providing for the examina- plicity in the Blue Mountain flight, making- l.< pi in ce of t.on cowg so affected, and also Forest Reserve frauds, goes on, , . , ., game birds for i r woods, and j nine days having so far been magnificence sa^s th* wbere the *ymi)to" s from its size and consumed and but little accom­ of its plumage, it is a desirable !are vlSlble the animaI can l)e killed. The law goes on to state, plished by the prosecution. addition to the list of game birds, i, .. . . , „ T. . . u , , » however, that no payment shall Pure water at any cost is the It is the largest of the pheasant , , ,, , , ,, be made by the state to the slogan of Salem. Pretty good family. the owner, and Attorney Geo. policy that in any town. This splendid pheasant is now R. Bagley gives it as his opinion, The Hood River country will firmly established in England and he is sustained by many Su­ soon have more electrical lines, and is to be seen at large in the preme court decisions, that the a two-million dollar corporation woods and specimens are not in­ law is unconstitutional on the having been organized to build frequently to be found in the grounds of lack of compensation. several roads this summer. public markets. The flesh is | The constitution says that a very delicious, and superior, ac- . , . , L . man s property cannot be taken HAROLD MILLIS MEETS SUDDEN DEATH cording to many, to that of any /. ... . , , . away from him without due Harold B. Millis, one of fhe The character of the plumage I’ " * * 38 <*. and victims of the ill-fated ship, of the Reeve pheasant Is very com^ensat.on bemg adjudicated. Czarina, wrecked off Coos Bay striking. The head is covered The present law on tuberculosis last Thursday was well-known , by a curve of e white, ,u:in surrounded |®. gives no man a chance to have A in this city, being a graduate of his day in court and Mr. Bagley by a band of black, with a spot Pacific University and prom­ therefore thinks the statue is of white under the eye. It is a inently identified with athletics void. The Argus publishes this very wild shy bird, quick on the at the institution. His sad and because many have claimed that wing, and quickly attains a good tragic death came as a severe there is no law wherewith a height in the air, giving good blow to his many friends in this tuberculeus animal can be killed, rocketing shots. It is adapted city. . -h . w em a & li while others claim that such an ---- -Jup. to ranges of woodland and moun­ animal can be killed, . but the One of the most pleasing plays tainous districts. The tail often j state must pay its worth at the of the year will be given by the attains the length o f 6 pr 7 feet^ 'time of death.— HilFbOro Argue. C Ttholic young people at Peter­ When flying, the Reeves pheas- son’s hall, Cornelius, ¿n Friday ant has the power ta stop sud-. TT _ . ^ . _ deniy, when going at full speed, I H. Clarke, who is suffering evening, Jan. 28th. Is full ofy which may he estimated at nearly from a severe attack of diabetis, sparkling wit and humor and double that of the China pheasant1 ¡s reported in a ¿rery\crRical con_ also touches of pathos, and is and this is performed by an ex- nvp_ 25 and 15 cents. extremely long tail. , tor recovery. i n / 1 a I iit r ri o tir n r ^ r /\ tli a - T- JZ-J’ r.