Christmas Greetings A real live Santa Claus will be at our store on two Saturdays at 10 a. rn. preceding Christmas. Dates: December 16 and December 23 If the C hildren w ant to see him and find out w hat he will bring them the n ext Saturday, be sure and be in our store the first Saturday. T h e secon d Saturday, D e ce m b e r 23, at 10 a. m., S A N T A W IL L H A V E S O M E T H IN G F O R E V E R Y L IT T L E B O Y A N D G IR L under tw elve years o f a ge that is in the store at that tim e. Be sure and d o n ’ t fo r g e t the hour, as TEN M IN U T E S is all the tim e he can spare us; h e’s busy just b e fo r e Christmas. Christmas Presents are greatly in dem a n d just n ow , and w e have anticipated you r wants and have an elegant line from w hich you can m a k e y o u r selections. W e nam e som e o f them here: 1 c c <] 1 r V Jabots Fancy collars Table Linen Dresser Scarfs Brooches Stick Pins Cuff buttons Watch chains Cold rings Water seta Salad bowls Vases Lamps Cake plates Fancy cups and saucers Kid gloves Handkerchiefs House slippers Mufflers Leather A velvet hand bags Umbrellas Sweaters Sofa pillows Fancy bed linen Comforters Wool blankets Rugs Belts Wash waists Silk waists Toilet sets Work baskets and boxes Dolls, all kinds Knives and forks Table spoons Tea spoons Individual butter spreaders Carving sets Pie Knives Berry spoons, etc. Christmas tree decorations P. U. pennants Neckties Gloves Slipper, ¡ X Cr Mufflers Suspenders Handkerchiefs Belts Shoes Purses Suits Overcoats Watch fobs Watch chains Cuff links Hose supporters Mirrors Hair brushes Coat and suit hangers Smoking sets Shaving brushes Shaving mugs Collar cases Pocket knives Razors Cups and saucers Stationery Pacific pennants Hats Caps Sleeve holders Hosiery Sweaters Umbrellas Sofa pillows Dress shirts Real Estate Transfer* The following real estate trans fers were furnished by the Wilkes Title & Abstract Co. of Hillsboro. Samuel Kunz et ux to Bethany Grange è acre J S White D L C, 50. C S Avdelott et ux to C. B. Catchell, 40 acres, Sec 15, 2 N 4, 1500. Charlotte Patterson et ux to Geo A Patterson lots 1 and 2, Wehrung’ s Additional bl 30 to Hillsboro, 10. General Livery and T illam ook S tage Lines. D eW itts K id n ey and B ladder Pills. J C Kuralti et al to C C Rush ing lots 7 and 8 bl 7 Pineland Terrace, 1. D eW itts K od ol fo r dyspepsia. Call fo r sam ples at F W Emerson et ux to Julia E Shotwell pt lot 2 bl 1 Naylor’ s Add Forest Grove, $1100. Dr. Hines’ Drug Store Elizabeth Tongue Freeman et ux to John L Madding tract in Hillsboro, 300. C. C. H A N C O C K General Merchandise, Fanning Implements E L Stone et ux to L H Stone & E D Wetmore lot 10 bl 95 Groveland Acres, 1. Chas G Seth et ux to Herbert C Smith E h o f A Hinman D L C 2550. D ry G ood s, Notions, C lothing, Shoes, C o m p le te Line Furniture, G roceries, B u ggies E M Brower et ux to Anna Merritt et ux, 19.35 acres Patrick Kelly D L C 51 1 N 4, 3000. W a g on s, H ardw are, F.tc. C W G Scholfield et ux to Ernest Olsen 10 acres sec 31 2 N 4, 350. o r n e l iu s . O r e g o n & i Erwin Ritter et ux to F M Townsend 4J acres Brugger Tract, 300. The First National Bank W G Hare et ux to Thos W Thornburg pt lot 4 blk 3 Tucker & Stewarts Add, Hillsboro, 1650. of Forest Grove, Oregon Orla E Shepard et ux to Albert Keehn 1 acre L A Sparks cl 59 1 S 1, 500. , in the sum of Western Oregon Trust Co to Josephine A B Cox 20 acres sec 36 1 S 2, 10. Paul H Reimers et ux to Che- halem Mountain Orchards, tracts 1 68 to 91 and other property, 1. $ 62,900 Being Greater than any other Banking House in Washington County Newton W Chilcott ex ux to A E Cameron 6.60 acres sec 6 1 S 2, 10. i H Taylor Hill et ux to Beatrice G Stejar bis 13 & 14 Hills Acres, . 10 Frank Anderson et ux to Hattie M Large 160 acres sec 16 3 N 3 , j Scenic Theater Motion Photo Exhibitions Service—7:45 to 9;00 Three Show* Every Saturday—7:30, 8:40, 9:50 Matinee—2:30 p. m. Saturday y ir Daily change with best films procurable . ., _ Glean and Up-to-Date ! Echoes from Verboort. Omitted from the Verboort P A C IF IC Echoes o f two weeks ago is the Plead* Guilty to Serious Charge ed his plea from not guilty to Plans for Rock Roads IN S U R A N C E following incident which occurred guilty. The court imposed a sen Several road districts in this HOME When the case o f the State of COM PANY at the Thanksgiving celebration: j Oregon against Alfredo Sabba- tence o f from one to 10 years in county are publishing notices o f One o f our farmers was relating M U T U A L FIRE tini, charged with an attack on a the penitentiary and paroled the special road meetings to levy how difficult it is to raisg turkeys young girl near Beaverton, last defendant, on condition that he taxes for rock roads. This will in telling how that fowl gives PRINCIPAL OFFICE. FOREST GROVE, OREGON summer, was called for trial in pay the :ost o f the prosecution be in addition to the levy to be trouble to the neighbors by trav the Circuit Court in Hillsboro within one year and report month made by the County Commission eling all around the neighborhood ers' Court, which inis announced last Friday the defendant cliang- ly to the court. for miles, visiting the grain fields Save You More Than 25 Per Cent its intention to levy to the full and pestering the life out of limit and turn half of the funds housewives by getting into the over to the road districts for garden patches; suddenly a juv special work. enile of about eight years spoke The up vigorously: “ Now I know G.A.R. Officers Named why they all eat turkey on Is fa m ou s the w orld o v e r General Ransom Post, No. 69. Thanksgiving Day, its cause G.A.R.. at Hillsboro, has elected of I*or its splendid hostelries. its varied attractions, its fine everybody thanks God to git rid the following officers: Post Com o f the nuisance.” beaches, hot springs and pleasure resorts-A ll these can be reached with ease by the mander G. T. Ledford: Senior The Year Book and Calendar Vice-Commander, W. A. Hays: Excursion Tickets Costing VVlD w e lls î* ° St C° nserrvA ative Li" * o f Commercial and o f the Verboort Parish for the Junior Vice-Commander, Ellridge Dwellmg Insurance o f Any Mutual Company in the County o f Washington is being Cheney: Quarter-master and A d It will Pay You to Protect Your Prop- I ** 4 W mav.&L __ /" V— V jutant, E. F. Sias: Chaplain. F.A. printed at the News-Times office. erty with One o f Our Policies This will prove a marked advance Haines; O. D., A. W. Bather: to the two previous years. It P ortlan d to L os A n geles I OGDEN a SHASTA I O. G., William Norton. ROUTES will contain a full calendar in and return Dr. Semones. Oculist colors and general information On sale daily, good six months .and Homeopathic about different sections in the Physician, 217 First with stop-overs going or re Pacific Avenue, S t. Ind. Phone 311, Forest Grove. county. turning. Corresponding low Buys an d S ells S e co n d Miss Christine Vanderzanden. fares from other Oregon The Oregon Electric Railway "Rood ai a Tbauaand Woadri. H an d G o o d s .* .* .* points. Call on our Agents a last year’s graduate from the Houlr oj Sha*» Limant Company is busy with a force o f W e h a v e on sale O ly m p ia for T e l e p h o n e 743 eighth grade in the Verboort men at work paving its right .pf HANDSOMELY ILLUSTRATED LITERATURE way through the paving district school, we are all glad to learn, and Eastern O ysters : D ealer in F lou r an d Feed Detwribinif San Francisco, Oakland, Stanford University, Lick Observa on Washington S t in Hillsboro. is trying her hand at the pen. in I tory, Santa Crux, Del Monte, Pas«» R«»bles Hot Soring»! Santa Harbara. Heavy rails are being laid or furnishing news items for the Try u* once and if we I Lo* Angeles, Long tlcach. San Dingo, The Okl Spanish Missions, Yo- T h e A u c tio n House sound ties, and concrete filled in local columns o f the Washington ■ sennte National Park and Hig Trctw, and other pi a»-es o f interest in the please you tell others; Golden State; or write to to the level o f the tie surface. A County News. A if not tell us. surfacing of vitrified brick will JOHN M SCOTT, Gen'l P .. . r Agent. Portland, Oregon. be laid upon this, bringing it up Joe Lilly, o f Glenwood. was in 0 . M. SANFORD. Prop. to the level o f the street paving. town Saturday. Pacific Avenue PHONE, Ind. 721 N. MAIN s r EH CALIFORNIA Bankers & Mercnaitó Mutual Fire Ass n Forest Grove, Oregon $ 55.00 Forest Grove Restaurant and Oyster House 11 b Has Capita!, Surplus and Uhdivided Profits Minnie T Stewart et al to Ce celia E Gleason 126.468 acres sec 31 3 N 4, 1. Wm Thompson et ux to Flor ence Combs lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Oak Park Subdivision, 10. & Me Namer & Wirtz, Proprietor* H Taylor Hill et ux to R E France bl 22 Hills Acres, 10. S Barber et ux to Oscar Sidler et ux E 50 ft lot E Metzger Acre Tracts, 100. Í Central Livery Barns Reeher, New and Second Hand Goods