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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 ! ■
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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
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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 >■*.
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6ERCULAR COWS
the Reeves spec on v.
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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,
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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,
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however, that no payment shall
Pure water at any cost is the
It is the largest of the pheasant
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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-
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man s property cannot be taken
HAROLD MILLIS MEETS SUDDEN DEATH
cording to many, to that of any
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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
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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.
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while others claim that such an
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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 _ .
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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- <jjtj0n, with very little chance altogether delightful.
Prices
traordinary mo\ement of the . rm>nvp_
25 and 15 cents.
extremely long tail.
, tor recovery.
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