coast somewhere, and this time | wives, the young ladies and every
it is to come direct through the ■ body is extended a hearty wel­
Settlement of Verboort, if it is come. Satisfaction assured and
true the long expected will hap-1 no charge for admission. Re­
pen.
member the date Saturday, Oct.
GEO. G. PATERSON
Furniture and Pianos
I carry a full line o f M odem and Up-to-Date
Furniture, Chairs, New Line of Rugs, In­
grains and Linoleums.
THE VERY BEST
$25.00 SEWING MACHINE
ON THE MARKET
PA IN TS, W A L L PAPER, OILS
In
Fact
Everything
Necessary to
STEEL
Furnish a
Hom e
RANGES
H ave not got the room to keep them.
H A M M O C K S A T COST
A ll Hamm ocks to be Sold A t Cost. Let me prove it to you
GEO. G. PATERSON
FURNITURE AND PIANOS
FOREST G R O V E ,
* *
Central Livery Barns
Me Nam er & W irtz, Proprietor»
General Livery
and
Tillamook Stage
Correspondence
Line*.
J. E. Reeves is busy harvesting
his onion crop.
The ladies o f the neighborhood
spent Friday afternoon with Mrs.
Mrs. H. Holtz and son, Albert, Henry Helmond, on occasion ol
Portland, have been visiting her birthday.
latives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, o f Gas­
Miss Elsie Meinecke, o f Sher- ton, called on several friends on
ood, is the guest o f Miss Anna Monday.
aase, o f Iowa Hill.
Mrs. Goetterand Mrs. Matthes,
The ladies o f the Coffee Club o f Laurel, were visitors at the
ndered Mrs. H. Helmond a very Adam Hergert, Jr., home last
easant birthday surprise.
Sunday.
Mrs. Patterson and daughter,
Work on John Voelker’s new
Portland, are spending a few house is progressing nicely.
lys with Mr. and Mrs. Getz, o f
Echo«» from V erboort
:m Hill.
Albert Ruetten, a grain dealer
The home of Mr. and Mrs.
Schoen was the scene o f a and merchant o f Forest Grove,
easant social gathering Sunday, left last Wednesday over the S.P.
splendid dinner was served to for Baltimore, in company with
P. S. Heyvaert, for 20 years a
e many guests.
resident o f Tillamook County
J. D. Koch hauled a number o f
and 78 years of age. Mr. Ruet­
■essed steel culverts out Mon-
ten goes to Maryland for the
Blooming
Quite a sensation was created midst a loved one, therefore be it
RESOLVED that we the mem­
last Sunday among the Altar
bers
of the Washington County
Boys on perceiving, perched
Teachers
Association extend to
above the High Altar during the
the
parents
and family our heart­
celebration of Mass, an owl with
felt
sympathy
and be it further
eyes fully J inches in diameter.
RESOLVED
that a copy o f
After Mass the owl was dislodged
those
resolutions
be sent to the
and George Goemans was the
!
family,
spread
uoon
the minutes
lucky capturer and feels quite
elated over his success and at and sent to the Forest Grove
once announced his intention of Press for publication.
( O. M. Gardner
taming the fowl, and left a stand­
ing invitation to the public to Committee ) W. E. Thomas
[ R. L. Waun
visit his home to see his round­
eyed pet.
Miss Edna LeMiller, a niece of
Father LeMiller, returned last
week from Canton, Ohio, where
she was called in August by the
illness and death o f her mother.
She will make her home in
Portland, where she goes to learn
art work.
Hillsboro Jottings
I have a few Steel Ranges which I am closing out at a
big discount.
Victor LeGall has returned to 21 .
the settlement, and we have been;
A Resolution
expecting to hear definitely as
i to whether he will open his stu­
WHEREAS by the hand o f a
dio in Hillsboro or Forest Grove. mysterious though kind provi­
We would recommend Cornelius dence death has visited the home
as a more central location for a of one of our members, N. A.
place to work.
Frost, and removed from their
OREGON
purpose of engaging in truck
farming. He has been in the
creamery business in Washington
Co. and McMinnville for a num­
ber of years, and was recently
engaged in the handling o f grain.
The farmers o f Verboort will
miss the presence o f Mr. Ruetten
very much, as he was much es­
teemed for his honesty in busi­
ness and uprightness o f charac­
ter. Mr. Heyvaert is next to an
octogenerian and goes to Belgium
to see his friends and relatives
whom he has not seen for 30
years. Mr. Heyvaert has seen
military service in the Belgian
army, having been on the border
line during the Franco-Prussian
war in 70-71. He goes to Bel­
gium at his advanced age, un­
attended by anyone and is well
preserved for his years. Both
called at the Parish house in Ver­
boort before departing for the
east.
School closed down this week
in order to allow the Sisters to
attend the Institute at Hillsboro.
While we all acknowledge the
wisdom o f holding the county
institutes for the benefit of
schools and teachers, we must
confess that we fail to see the
benefit to the public in having to
close down for a number of, days
at this time o f year.
We hear of another railroad to
be built from Portland to the
Considerable crushed rock is
being put on the streets this
week.
L o c a ls
Mrs. Clara Esson, State Supt.
Christian Bible Association, call­
ed at the office yesterday.
Miss Bertha Schaefer made a
trip to Portland, Tuesday, to re­
plenish her millinery stock.
If you are thinking o f build­
ing a house or barn the Press
is in a position to figure on
your materials and we be­
lieve we can save you from
10 to 25%. See us—and save
the money.
The annual teachers institute
I is in session at the court house
C. F. Wilson, o f Gales Creek,
this week. The enrollment for
has
just returned from the races
| the first day amounted to 165.
where he was interested with
Elder J. W. VanDevalker of horses.
Pendleton, Ore., preached at the
Christian Church Sunday fore­
Rev. C. H. Hilton and wife
noon and evening.
were greatly surprised last Thurs­
A special train, with several day evening after prayer meet­
of the higher officials left for ing by the members accompany­
Tillamook, Tuesday morning. ing them home. When they ar­
It is stated that through trains rived at the parsonage it was
will be started on a regular found that many jars o f fruit
had been brought to help make
schedule on Nov. 1.
The county road outfit is now the coming winter pleasant. The
at work rocking the road leading pastor and his wife are glad to
in from the northeast part of the see the memliers come in a body
when they are loaded down that
P. M. Jackson farm.
way.
TRAINS GO THROUGH
TO TILLAMOOK
Th» first train to the coast over
the Pacific Railroad & Naviga­
tion Co. left Hillsboro, Monday
morning, Oct. 9. It consisted of
the private car o f General Mana­
ger O’ Brien, who was accompan­
ied by Engineer Boschke. The
persons in the party, represent­
ing the Tillamook road, were
President E. E. Lytle, General
Manager C. E. Lvtle and Chief
Engineer L. S. Miller. The last
spike connecting the two ends of
the road was driven Sunday
evening and no attempt at speed
was made by the party. A close
inspection was made and the
party returned to Hillsboro the
same evening. The time for the
opening of regular service will
be about November 1.
A Box Supper
The supper to be given under
the auspices o f the Commercial
Club on Saturday, O ct 21, will
be made an enjoyable affair.
Merriment and sociability will be
the main features. It has been
arranged to have the ladies bring
boxes filled with goodies to eat.
The boxes arejto be sold to the
highest bidder for cash in hand.
The proceeds are to be used by
the Commercial Club in boosting
the town and surrounding coun­
try. The farmers and their
wives and farmers not having
Frank William Meyers, son of
Mr. and Mis. C. H. Meyers who
live near Centerville, died Oct. 9
at the age of 5 years. On Wed­
nesday at one o ’clock friends and
neighbors gathered at the Mey­
ers home for a short prayer and
song service conducted by Rev.
J. J. Hoscher, o f Cornelius, after
which the family and friends
accompanied the remains to the
Lutheran Church at Cornelius for
the funeral service. The church
was beautifully decorated and
the sermon was very impressive.
Interment was made in Forest
View Cemetery, Forest Grove,
Good interest is being mani­
fested in the revival services at
the Christian Church. The pas­
tor spent some years in evangel­
istic
work
and
has been
connected with some meetings of
large results. Mr. Shaffer, the
singing evangelist, is a man of
large experience, and is giving
fine satisfaction here to his audi­
ence. The topics to be discuss­
ed next week are: Sunday a.m.
The Little Foxes: Sunday, p. m.,
Is Church Membership Essential?
Mon., The Stuffed Ox; Tues.,
The Bible Made Plain, illustrated
with chart: Wed., What Must I
Do to be Lost?; Tiiurs., The
Chain of Salvation, illustrated
with chart; Fri., Disobedience;
Sat., An Important Duty. It is
hoped to make Sunday a great
day in the history o f the church,
with special musical features.
Come and help us enjoy the ser-