FASHION STABLES
BRT ^ . YDEN
Commercial Trade Solicited
AN INTERESTING
LETTER FROM AFAR
(Continued from last week)
driven over the threshing floor
until the grain is threshed.
When this is done men drive the
bullocks. Women sow and reap
and tend the crops, but they
never plough or harrow. I sup
pose that they are not holy
enough to work with the bul
locks, which are sacred animals.
After the grain is threshed it is
separated from the chaff by be
ing thrown up into the wind.
Little water mills for grinding
flour were seen in most pictur
esque locations along the moun
tain streams.
How the poor
farmer’s back must ache before
he gets his load to mill and back!
Commercial
1 have said that we could not
get dandi-coolies. We also failed
Horse* Bought, Sold and Exchanged
to get bojh coolies for our bag
gage on the day of our arrival
W744.FK.33
and we had to stay in Kathgo-
dam over night. Next morning
Ih
we were up early to start on our
are in a better position than ever to
first march. Enough bojh cool
ies had been gotten together to
do all kinds of Fine Commercial Print
carry our baggage. As we
ing on short notice, having just recently
couldn’t get dandi coolies, we
got two ponies for the first
installed new machinery and a com
Central Livery Barns
march. At the end of the first
(To be continued)
plete line of the latest styles of type facet
march Ina was so tired of riding
Me Namer & Wirtz, Proprietors
that we decided to walk the rest
Fine Turkish Rocker to be
General Livery
of the way, which we according given away with each 25c pur
ly did.
and Tillamook Stage Lines.
chase. Miller’s Drug Store.
Some of the things we saw
BILL HEADS, LETTER HEADS, STATEMENTS,
along our way will interest you.
A New Pastoral
LEGAL BLANKS, POSTERS, BRIEFS, ENVEL
Three or four things reminded
us that we were in a heathen In the valley of Willamette,
OPES, CALLING CARDS, ETC.
Up-to-date work
country. In several places we (Pronounce it so it rhymes with
t)
on short notice.
saw bits of bright colored cloth A city D—
man once took to farming.
M o tio n P h o to E x h ib itio n s
hanging from bushes. These Thinking such a life was charm
SATISFACTION G U A R A N T E E D
had been tied there by coolies as
in g .
Service—7:45 to 9;00
an offering to the gods to induce Apple orchard looked so fine,
Three Shows Every Saturday—7:30, 8:40, 9:50
them to grant a favorable jour Likewise prune and ditto vine.
he bought a farm, the best
Matinee—2:30 p. m. Saturday
ney. The rude booths of “ holy So
Paid some down and owed the rest.
were seen in a number of
Daily change with best films procurable men”
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places. Their booths were usual
ly made out of the branches of Codlin moth and then the blight
Clean and Up-to-Date !
the apples day and night.
THE QUALITY SHOP
trees. The men—one in each Spoiled
Still he sprayed and sprayed and
place—lay in dirt and ashes, with
sprayed,
little clothing and witn long hair. Sprayed again and more he spray
The
ed.
Their idea is to gain peace by
NOTICE OF GUARDIAN’S SALE.
living in such a miserable fash Arsenate it was no good
Moths
hatched
out
another
brood.
Notice
is hereby given that by order
ion. Some are in earnest and Mildew spoiled the grapes galore,
of the County Court of the State of
of
some are merely lazy. Hindus Though he sulphured more and
Oregon for the County of Multnomah,
, the undersigned, Edward Jasper, the
think that it is their duty to sup
more.
Forest Grove, Oregon
duly appointed guardian of Augusta
port the “ holy men’’ and in con The gophers ate his corn and kale,
Jena, an insane person, will sell at pri
vate sale, on and after the 6th day of
Writes the Most Conservative Line of Commercial and
sequence several millions of His turnip crop was sure to fail.
January, A. D. 1912, for cash in hand,
He
planted
it
in
dark
of
moon,
Dwelling Insurance of Any Mutual Company in the
these beggars live on this It was too late or else too soon.
subject to confirmation by said County
State. It will Pay You to Protect Your Prop
Court, the interest of said Augusta
wretchedly poor country. One Bugs and moles ate up the seeds,
Jena, said interest being an undivided
erty with One of Our Policies
day in Almora I saw three of The only thing that grew was
! twenty-three hundred and ninety-eight
fifty-seven thousand and two hun-
weeds.
them togehter going from house
| dredths [2398-57200] of all of lot one
Grain
he
planted
never
grew,
to house with their beggars’
[1] and the south half of the northwest
Though he did the best he knew.
N o o n e t h i n g w i l l g iv e
quarter and the north half of the south
bowls in which they receive gifts The
only thing that kept on grow-
west quarter of section one [1] in town-
s o m u c h p le a s u r e , t o
of money or food. Dharmshalas
ing
ship three [3] south of range one [1]
s
o
m
a
n
y
p
e
o
p
le
,
f
o
r
so
west, situate in the County of Wash
INSURANCE
PACIFIC
were quite numerous. A dharm- Was interest on the money owing.
ington and the State of Oregon. Said
lo n g a t im e , a t s o l i t t l e
Cows all dried up, one horse died.
shala
is
a
stone
house
with
a
sale will be continued until made.
COM PANY
HOME
c o s t, a s a
number of absolutely unfur Although every cure he tried.
EDWARD JASPER, Guardian.
the stock all sorts of feed;
28 d
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MUTUAL FIRE
nished, cell-like rooms. It is Fed
Didn’t hit on what they’d need.
built by some pious Hindu to When he tried to feed the calf,
Graphephone
TO THE LIND OWNERS OF DRAINA6E DISTRICT
serve as a free lodging for the Twould almost make a dead man
PRINCIPAL OFFICE, FOREST GROVE, OREGON
And if you will come in
NO. G, TOWNSHIP!, NORTH OF RAN6ES
laugh.
hosts of pilgrims who go to
and sec this ‘ ‘BKT” outfit
3 UNO 4 WEST OF THE W
ILLAMETTE
It
pinched
his
fingers,
bit
his
Keaarnath, Badranath, and oth
you’ll believe it. A new
thumb,
MERIDIAN,
IN
WASHINGTON
CO.,
aluminum tone-arm cylin
er famous Hindu shrines. As
Win Save You More Than 25 Per Cent
And then it butted him, by gum?
OREGON
der
machine
with
flower
these houses have no windows Till he landed gainst the wall
horn and 6 records, cost-
You are hereby notified that the first
and only low doors, the rooms On other side of calf’.e’s stall.
annual meeting of the land owners and
dug $37.10. Plays both
members of the above named drainage
are dark and some of them are In fact things never would come
2-minute and 4-r.iinute rec
district, for the purpose of organization
right,
great breeders of disease. These
ords. Other outfits from
and transaction of business that may
he strove with all his
$20 up—and you can buy
three things—bits of cloth on Although
come before the said meeting, will be
might.
held at the office of Hollis & Graham
them all on easy terms.
trees, “ holy men,” and pilgrims’
at Forest Grove, Oregon, on Saturday,
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lodgings—were decidedly heath
the 6th day of January, A. D. 1912, a t
the hour of ten o’clock a. m. of said
en. Another thing closely re In the valley of Willamette,
day.
Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Shoes, Complete
sembled a Christian act, but was Pronounce it so it rhymes with
Your attention is called to the fact
D---t)
that the by-laws of this organization
Line Furniture, Groceries, Buggies
distinguished from such an act A fine fruit farm is now for sale.
will be presented for adoption at the
by pioceeding from an entirely This is all of my sad tale.
meeting and to the further fact that
Wagons, Hardware, Etc.
this is a very important meeting of the
selfish motive. At a high place
—The Seer of David’s Hill.
members of said district. You are
on the road where it would oth
C o r n e l iu s . O r eg o n
earnestly requested to be present and
participate in the business of the meet
erwise have been difficult to get
Dr. Semones. Oculist
mg.
a n d Homeopathic
water, a Hindu furnished water
Dated at Forest Grove, Oregon, this
i
Physician,
217 First
20th day of December, A. D. 1911.
free to all travelers. A Hindu |
F. T hatcher ,
does such a thing merely to gain St.. Ind. Phone 311, Forest Grove.
C. J. B ikdsell ,
I ra D, B rown ,
credit for himself with the gods.
POWER OF HABIT
______
Directors.
Glimpses of the life of the peo
Lawson-
What
did
the
conven
ple came to us from time to time.
Mountain sides were covered tion of barbers say when you ad
with terraces, like stair steps. dressed them?
Dawson- Why, do you know,
Sometimes there were several
FOREST GROVE PHARMACY
I
hadn’t
been talking three min
hundreds of these terraces on
Doctor Hines’ Drug Store
THE UP-TO-DATE DRUGGISTS
one mountain side. They were utes before they all began shout
ing
“
Next!”
quite irregular in size and shape.
Most of them were only a few
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A QUESTION OF LOCALITY
feet in width. In some cases the
j :
ESTABLISHED 1885
“ Here, take this riflle!” cried
rock wall at the lower side of the
terrace was higher than the ter the excited showman, “ the leop
Portland Marble Works
™
race was wide, it is here that ard has escaped! If you find
ALL KINDS OF
the mountain peasants do their him, shoot him on the spot.”
Is famous the world over
“ Which spot, sir?” gasped the
farming. The chief crops were
Monumental W ork
wheat and rice, although we saw green circus hand.
For its splendid hostelries, its varitnl attractions, its fine
beaches, hot springs and pleasure resorts—All these can be
patches of potatoes, orchards
Estimates given on First-
reached with ease by the
Call at Miller’s Drugstore and
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Class Work and Stock Only
with fruit trees like those in the
m
Excursion Tickets Costing
United States, and some good see Fine Turkish Rocker given
261-66
Fourth
St.
Opposite
City
Hall
^
BEST
all-round
Family
cabbage. Harvesting was in away.
PORTLAND,
OREGON
Sewing
Machine
that
can
be
pro-
progress. That is the reason it
READS THE DAILIES
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s
duced.
Made
in
both
ROTARY
was so hard for us to get coolies,
Teacher- Eddie, what’s the ^ =r---
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S U N S E T
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j an<T VIBRATOR styles.
it was said, although as one
Portland to Los Angeles
( OGDEN & SHASTA )
longest
sentence you can think
The rotary makes both LOCK
watches
the
harvesting
it
is
hard
I ROUTES J
and return
L. J . R e e h e r , and CHAIN stitch. The latest
to see how it would produce a of?
Eddie - Well, me Uncle Ike got
On sale daily, good six months
up to the minute steel attach
Pacific Avenue,
scarcity of coolies, because the
imprisonment
fer life. I suppose
with stop-overs going or re
ments with each machine. Sold
harvesters are women, while the
Buys and Sells Second
turning. Corresponding low
on easy payments. Send name
coolies are men. Women cut the dat’s about de limit.
Hand Goods .* .* ,*
fares from other Oregon
and address for our beautiful
grain with little hand sickles, cut
"Road of a TKomaad Woadrra
points. Call on our Agents
,
T e lep h o n e 743
CONSTANTLY INFORMED
H. T. catologue free.
ting
only
a
few
inches
below
the
Rouir at Skua* Luuifrd
for
Flippe
—Do
you
tell
your
wife
head. Then they bind it into
Dealer in Flour and Feed
White Sewing Machine Co.
HANDSOMELY ILLUSTRATED LITERATURE small bundles and carry it to the everything that you do?
Describing San Francisco, Oakland, Stanford University, IJck Observa
Flappe
Nope.
She
tells
me.
stone roofs of their dwelling
1640 Market St.
tory, Santa Crus, Del Monte, Faso Robies Hot Sprints, Santa tiarbara,
The Auction House
houses and spread it out to dry.
Loa Angelas, Long Beach. San Diago, The Okl Spanish Mission«, Yo-
semite National Park and Big Trees, and other places of interest in the
BUT SHE WASN.T, UNHAPPILY
San Francisco.
California
When it is dry, the women carry
Golden State: or writ# to
it
to
the
atone
threshing
floor
If Eve’s mother had been
JOHN M. SC O T T , G o a l P ass’r A gsal.
and thresh is out by beating with around, Adam would have been
" hitman’s Chocolates are the
P ortland, O regon.
0. M. SANFORD, Prop.
best chocolates. Get them only
a flail. Sometimes bullocks are blamed for that apple business.
PHONE, Ind. 721
N. MAIN ST
from the Forest Grove Pharmacy.
Spécial Conveyance* Over Wilson River Route to Tillamook
. FOREST grove , ore .
Printin
Press Job Rooms
Bankers & Merchants Mutual Fire Assn
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Colum bia
C. C. H A N CO CK
General Merchandise, Fanning Implements
New Years Greeting
TH E
WHITE IS KING
to all our friends
CALIFORNIA
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$ 55.00
New and Second Hand Goods
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