CARO FROM MR. KLANCKE Having disposed of the Forest Grove P ress plant and job office to J. D. Foote of this city, the undersigned takes this means of extending his sincere thanks to the many tiunds and patrons, who by a liberal business patro nage, as web as moral support and encouragement, have re moved . good many thorns from the path which a newly founded newspaper always must encount er, Hoping your unstinted sup ARO U N D THE C IR C U IT port will continu to be extended j to the new publisher and the An Eastern capitalist has pur P ress . E. C. K la n c k e . chased 400 acres o f fruit lend at The Dalles. This large ract wiUbedividi I ere tracts P r o f e s s io n a l and forty families brought from Pennsylvania the horn • state < r J. N . H O F F M A N the purchaser, will aid in giving an air o f prosperity and thrift to ATTORNEY - A T -L A W this coming fruit section. N O T A R Y P U B LIC F O R E S T G R O V E P R E S S her own name. Publfale l ( ry Thursday J. D. FOOT,’ Kciitor a r t! Publisher Knter***! as »«*<• >nl-cL * t matter November i '>. IfML at the Poat oiflee a T r. ,t Gruvr, Oreirun under the act of March .1, 1H7D. A D correspoudence and changes for advertise ments should be in the i'ress olhee not later than Tuesday noon. Subscription - $1.00 per year Advertising rates on application Subscription - - - - $1.00 per year Advertising rate* on application - d THfflRSDAY, FEBRUARY 24 The management o f this weekly has changed hands since the last publication and it is now incumbent upon the new man agement to publish a newsy and meritorious paper such as its patrons deserve. No marked ability as a newspaper writer and publisher is claimed, and we will probably not be as conspic uous in the newspaper world as Venus i:i the astronomical world, and it is exceedingly doubtful whether any rare gems o f thou, ht will ever be extracted from our editorial page to receive the fav orable comment o f a metropolitan editor, but there shall he no sit ing up nights speculating as to why he is so unobserving, and our time and energy shall he de- . voted in endeavoring to make our paper readable and o f inter- G; w 8ti th it St WÍ M A fte r she had settled the debts o f the improv ident young husband, they board ed the Shasta Limited for her California home. She is now spending her third honeymoon amid the orange proves, while lie is playing the role o f a devoted husband and familiarizing him self at odd times with the Stat utes o f the State governing Curtesy, and Distribution and Descent. Collections and all business en A t The Dalles the Elks seems trusted to us given prompt to be imbued with the spirit attention which they h a v manifested in O F F I C E . H O F F M A N B U I LD I NG F A C . AVB nearly all growing towns o f the P H O N E IND. BO! FOREST $ R O V E State. They are to build a forty t hoi and dollar temple at on The attractive “ Homes” o f the V IC T O R L IM B E R B. P. O. «'Iks in Medfoid, Albany, Funeral Director Eugene, Portland and in other and Em balm er. . . towns in ili"stat ■ render it v<rj pleasant for the visiting brother Chapel Modern Equipments who comes to this state as a pro F orest G rove O regon spective settler, and the stranger is soon apprised o f the fact that the people o f Oregon are sociable and hospitable, and kindly dis posed toward all newcomers that # i ........... exhibit not nece.- arily the one else who may be acquainted “ dough” , but the qu ilities that A t to r n e y at-Law in this immediate section. But win. our endeavors in this direction The Masonic Order o f The Forest G r o v e Oregon will amount to nothingand ener Dalles, always composed o f bus gy will be wasted unless we have iness and professio; al men o f the assistance o f our friends and standing who have h dped to J # ' roos in gathering news o f J. D. F O O T E make the town what it is today, interest. Such assistance is es Atiomey .t-L.vw will erect in the near future, a sential to the success o f any $ 7 5 ,(KM) Hall. Although Forest Collections and all In 'ness intrusted country newspaper, and o f what Grove is not a large town a- >t to me given prom; t attention. soever nature it may be or how and is not as noisy as some oth >r ever small, it will he gratefully O FF iC r. HO FFM AN B U ILDING P AC IF IC AVENU E towns in the state it is growing received. An attractive news PH O N E INO . 5 0 2 FO RE ST GROVE steadily in a quiet way. An u > paper is a valuable asset fo r any to-date town hall is to 1>> erected town or section or country to soon and the K. o f P. lodge has have, and those who aid in mak recently completed a handsome ing it so, are promoting the in H. W . V o llm e r , m . d . building. Such structures as terests o f the town and county in these are costly, a n i it is no which they live. We regret that small undertaking to er_>;; i? n P H Y S I C I A N A N D S U G E ON there was no paper issued on hut the wide-awake busine s man last Thursday, and we can assure Office in Abbott Building knows that they w ill.prove an our patrons that hereafter it shall , ! FO REST GRO U be ready for distribution on excellent investment, and effect B O T H P H O N E S ively advertise their town and "Thursday afternoons. The fail ure to publish it last week was people as being thrifty, and pro The investor with due to the change in the man gressive. money is looking for a live town agement and in the office force Studeba'cer Autom obil?s during the week, and to render with a future, and will “ pass up” as a doubtful propositi > n a Indian Motorcycles the difficulties under which we town composed o f people, the General Repair W ork were laboring far worse, the majority o f whom look with dis power plant went out o f com N orth Main St., n ext to Peter :o n * mission, due to a landslide, and favor upon improvements o f every kind. But there are very we were deprived o f power for our press during the entire week. few towns in Oregon that belong in the latter class and they are growing few er every year. HIGH COSI OF LIVING AGAIN A few evenings ago, a young E xclu ; iva O p tic ia n NOTICE Portland bank clerk aged 25, I have recently purchased the with nothing between him and interest o f E. C. Klancke, for OFFICE Shearer’s Jewelry store an empty wallet but $75 per mer publisher o f the P ress , and month, entertained a few o f his have now entire charge o f the , friends in a down town cafe, management o f it. A continua rite hill, including» ten dollar tip, tion o f the liberal patronage the C ity R e s t a u r a n t was sixt.\ dollars. A few days P r e s s has heretofore received later on account o f the high cost from the business men .and the of living he was forced to resign residents o f the county in general to seek more remunerative ern- will l>e highly appreciated. p! yment. But the young man J. D. F o o t e . did not have to seek long. A death lady who w as present at his soc Meals at all Hours ial function that evening had ob At her home one and a half Tables for Ladies served him closely and admired miles east o f Cornelius occurred Party Dinners his sporting proclivities very the death o f Mrs. Sarah Grace Ruch. He in turn had been Killgore, Friday, Feb. 18th. opsting covetous eyes niton her The body was interred at Weston, beautiful diamonds and had been Umatilla county on the following rendered stone blind by their day. Deceased's maiden name Best 25c Meal in the city dazzling brilliancy. A fte r three was English, her fathsr J. G. weeks o f love. i>oetr.v and wooing, English tving a native o f Illinois. * • Among other children who MAIN ST. near PAC. AVE. he won her heart and hand and is now the doting husband o f a will exixsnence the irreparable loss o f a mother’s care and train- blushing bride o f forty eight mg. deceased left a little child F O R IS T OROV I O RC O O N ^summers who has a million in only 11 days old. d o : . J. A b b o t t -X i ' i tur pen Hoi The* N e w Spring Sait? \v . k . : : c l u s Albert C. Mackvoât yej How About mu comulis YORK A N D E R SO N L e a d in g C l o t h ie r FOREST GROVE OREGON = * cement! B Y THE Oregon Electric Railway Co. Opening ¡ S J ^ i 910 Of its new Line and Train Service to W CO D BUEN, OREGON T i e bran ch line co n n ectin g Woodojr i has b e e r completed oodburn with W est and passenger service tUauguralsd n ihe alcove date. , J leavin °* ° ' a chedule of trains arriving and i re. t orov , v. th which connection is made W ° » db'’" 1 f ° to L*. Forest Grove 8:40 a m 10:30 a m 1:40 pm A r. Wood burr. r Lv. Woodbura 10:30 a m 12:10 p m 4:00 p m Ar Forest Grove 9:00 a m 2:25 p m 4:25 p m 11:30 a m 4.40 p m 6:40 p m For information relative to tickets, fares, etc., see the ticket agent C. E. ALBIN 1 ickei Agent, Forest Grove T a.C5 ° ' F ■ NEVINS, I reme Manager, Portlard Oregon The Progressive Store Groceries, Dry Goods. Boots and A Fine Line of Shoes General Merchandise Hoffman, Allen Co.