9 r " ,< ........... ' ■— * . Buy Your Doors and W indow s From The Manufacturers AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM AFAR (Continued from last week) T h e Ladies of Forest G rove and V icinity are very cordially invited to attend the . . . . O p en in g a t . . . . Monday, Sept. 12, 1910. Yesterday afternoon about 4:30 we started on our voyage from Hongkong to Calcutta. We will Fir Saeh Doors No. 214 2-6x6-6 13-8 3 x Panel 1 L t 2.25 stop at Singapore and Penang. 2-8x6-8 13-8 3 x Panel 1 L t 2.50 2- 10x6-10 13-8 3 x Panel 1 L t 2.75 Before telling you about our new 3- 0x7-0 13-8 3 x Panel 1 L t 3.00 2-6X6-0 ship I want to tell a little more 2-6x6-« Cedar Saeh Doors, 4 or 6 Lts. 2-«x6-8 1.66 2-6x6-6 13-8 - - - 2.40 about Hongkong. 2-6x7-0 2.00 2-8x6-8 18-8 - - - 2.50 2-«x6-0 1.65 Two or three large buildings 2-8x6-« 1.66 Cedar—4 Panels 2-«x7-0 2.26 2-0x6-0 13-8 1.40 T H U R S D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 14 were in process o f construction 2- 2.00 2-0x6-« 1 3-8 1.60 3- 0x7-0 2.25 2-6X6-6 13-8 1.60 and the scaffolding was interest 2-8x6-8 1 3-8 1.66 ing. It was made o f very long Croes Panel Cedar 30 cerne Extra EV E R Y TH IN G N E W A N D U P -T O -D A T E 2-6x64 1 3-8 Cedar No. 214 $2.40 One Panel V eneered Fir and very numerous poles, chiefly 2-8x6-« 1 3-8 Cedar No. 214 2.60 2-6x6-6 13-8 - - 3.20 2-8x6-8 13-8 - - 3.30 o f bamboo. This scaffolding, 2-6x7-0 13-8 - - 4.00 2-8x7-0 13-8 - - 4.00 like that in Japan was not nailed Fir or Cedar Front Doors 2-8x6-8 13-8 Clear 3.00 but was tied together. Supported 2- 8x6-8 1 8-8 Fancy 3.50 Oak Front Doors 3- Ox7-0 1 3-4 Clear 6.00 3-0x7-0 Bevel Plate 18.00 on the scaffolding o f a seven or 3-UX7-Ü 1 3-4 Bevel Plate 10.00 3-6x7-G Bevel Plate 25.00 eight storied structure was ah in­ clined roadway running to the S«nd for cuts o f front doors, China and kitchen closet, sash to». Up this roadway coolies and panel doors, store doors and odd doors made to order, carried the building materials. Door and window hardware, weights and cord, paints, oils, Service—7:45 to 9 ;0 0 Another new feature was a sort varnishes. window glass. Three Shows Every Saturday—7:30, 8:40, 9:50 of bamboo balustrade which so surrounded the top o f the scaff­ Matinee—2:3 0 p. m. Saturday PORTLAND SASH AND DOOR COM PANY olding that it was impossible for 230 Front Street, Portland, Oregon. workmen to fall off. A resident Daily change with best films procurable I___ _ told me that accidents were al­ Clean and Up-to-Date ! most unknown. A thing o f constant interest to me is money and prices. Hong­ kong has a special coinage. Ex­ change fluctates, but the day we got our money changed we got $2.25 o f local money for one dol­ » W h ile Y o u W a it lar o f United States money. The to know that our Fall goods are now in and our following prices are in Hongkong store presents an appearance of “ Just moving in” Peoular Pnces Pacific Avenue. ; currency: Jinrikshas 20^ per hour, as we have new goods on the floor, counters and 5^ for ten minutes or less, sedan show cases, W e are well pleased with the way chairs 15^ for half an hour, 25^ in which these goods “opened up” and say with­ | an hour. Tiffin (noon lunch) out hesitance that they are the best selections | $1 each. Hotel, room and meals, ($4 each per day, $4 for a to p i! we have ever made. P A C IF IC INSURANCE 1 (sun hat) and $2 for a veil made W e invite you to make our store your head­ j up to go with it. My topi cost j C O M PA N V , HOME quarters while you are in town, and we feel $6 and a leather belt cost $2.50. confident that you will see many things you wish M U T U A L FIRE A coolie carried our suit case to to buy. the wharf, four blocks away, for 2-Ox 6-0 2-0x6-« 2-0x6-« 2-2x6-« 2-2x6-« 2-4x6-4 2-4x6-« 2-4x6-« 5 X Panel Fir 1 3-8 6 X Panel Fir 1 3-8 6 X Panel Fir 1 3-8 5 X Panel Fir 1 3-8 6 X Panel Fir 1 3-8 6 X Panel Fir 1 8-8 5 x Panel Fir 1 3-8 6 x Panel Fir 1 3-8 6 x Panel Fir 1 3-8 6 x Panel Fir 1 3-8 6 x Panel Fir 1 3-8 6 x Panel Fir 1 3-8 6 x Panel Fir 1 3-8 6 x Panel Fir 1 3-8 6 x Panel Fir 1 3-8 6 10x6-10 x Panel Fir 1 3-8 6 x Panel Fir 1 3-8 $1.40 1% 60 1.65 1.60 1.65 1.60 1.60 1.65 1.60 1.60 2 - 6 X 7-0 2-8x7-0 2- 3- 0X 7-0 6 x Panel 1 3-4 F ir $ 3.00 6 x Panel 1 3-4 Fir 3.10 10x6-10 6 x Panel 1 3-4 Fir 3.15 5 x Panel 1 3-4 Fir 3.25 Paris Millinery Parlors OF FALL HATS S cen ic T h e a te r Motion Photo Exhibitions Fine Shoe Repairing W e W a n t You P R IN C IP A L O F F IC E , F O R E S T G R O V E , O R E G O N 20^ and a sampan man brought us to the ship from the wharf | for 60^. We should have paid j WiU Save You More Than 25 Per Cent j about half what we did pay for , these last two items, but we did not knqw it at the time and as foreigners are systematically j fleeced we got off very well. The jinrikshas and chairs are owned i by companies who employ the •: •. : '\ f ■ Investment Realty Abstract Company men by the month. When the : citv ordered the legal prices o f fares to be placed on the chairs all the men went on a strike, b u t1 r% the citv prevailed. The reason *“■ O ffices, with Forest Grove Press, Hoffman Building. the carriers are so insistent on Law Office, M. B. Bump, Hillsboro. more than legal pay is either to stand well with their employers G U A R A N T E E S R E L IA B L E S E R V IC E or to get a percentage o f all above a minimum sum. pi Tuesday, Sept. 13, 1910. The steamer that we are now on is an opium boat. It is a i [mail steamer and it regularly carries passengers, but its chief use is to carry freight. The only first class passengers are Miss mw ’ Ira W e want Jackson, o f whom I wrote when ñ r . you to get describing Hongkong; a young the habit of telegrapher enroute to Singapore. coming to us Ina and myself. It is almost for every­ FOREST G R O V E ’S N E W SA N A T O R IU M like traveling by a private con­ thing—make Open and receiving patients. Expert, graduate nurses furnish best of our store veyance. The deck is clean, the care for Sick ami injured. A N N A PA U L, (graduate nurse,) Owner your head­ officers are attentive and agree­ quarters. N o and M anager. Telephone or call at the Sanitarium. Both telephones. able. the motion o f the ship one would gives us a good breeze, and thus appreciate we travel calmly on. There are your patron- age more or a few first class Chinese passen­ try harder The BEST all-round Family gers, but they never come on ^ to please. Sewing Machine that can be pro­ deck and they do not eat with us. D on t forget that w e are headquarters Thl« is t b e tlU s o f a b e a u tifu l «4-page boo», w b lcb duced. Made in both ROTARY There are 864 second class Chin­ w in tb e w a n y boy