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About Forest Grove press. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1909-1914 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1912)
EVERY ARTICLE IN MY STORE GREATLY REDUCED GEO. G. PATERSON’S Furniture, Rugs, Carpets, Linoleums, Oil cloth, Mattings, Paints, Oils, W a ll Paper, Etc. A s m y lease expires January 1, 1 9 1 2 , and I haven’t se cured a store building to move into, have decided to sell my $ 9 ,0 0 0 stock of Furniture, Pianos and in fact every thing in m y store at a big discount— in fact some articles below Cost— in order to make a quick turn. Every article will have the old selling tag on and the discount price marked in plain figures. The first customers will have the cream of the sale. stock is exhausted the sale is off. Paints ly as possible at Cost. When S Varnish If you intend to paint in the near future, it will pay you to take advantage of this. Have a good assortment of colors on hand. Hurry, it is yours I have a beautiful prize in my window for the one holding the correcct num ber. A number will be given with each $1 purchase, which gives you a chance to win i t ........................................... PI ipC Great and 1 \ U U J -- Small consisting of Body Brussel, Axminster, Jap. Brussels, Velvets, English Art Squares, Grass, Wood-Fiber, Ingrains, W ool, Half Wool, Etc, Why pay ten dollars for a map which merely shows Washington County, when you can get one on a larger scale showing every thing from the Willamette River west to the west boundary o f the county, size 50x67 inches for $7.50, or a pocket size 24x33 in. for $2. Get it o f your bookseller or address T. S. Wilkes & Son, A Good Position Can be had by ambitious young men and ladies in the field of I “ Wireless” or Railway Telegra phy. Since the 8-hour law be came effective, and since the Wireless companies are establish ing stations throughout the coun try there is a great shortage of telegraphers. Positions pay be ginners from $70 to $90 per month, with good chance o f ad vancement. The National Tele graph Institute, o f Portland, Ore., operates under supervision o f R. R. and Wireless Officials and places all graduates into po sitions It will pay you to write them for full details. COMMISSIONERS’ COURT Among other things too numerous to mention are IRONING BOARDS, PICTURES, BABY WALKERS, BABY BUGGIES, MATTRESSES, Ostermoor, SEWING MA CHINES, PORTIERES, Table Cloths, Towel Racks, Clock Shelves, 4 Mission Clocks, at cost; Hall Racks, Shades, Pillows, Paint Brushes, Trunks, Suit Cases, Sulkies for the baby; Baby Jumper, Toy Doll Buggies, some Doll Furniture, Or gans and a thousand more things, all reduced. Don’t forget to get tickets on the Valuable Prize in the window I Need the CASH, You Need the GOODS, and I am Here with the Goods GEO. G. PATERSON Furniture and Pianos No Terms on Prices ORENCO TREES ARE REALLY CHEAP Some trees appear cheap, but are really expensive. Other trees appear expensive, hut are really cheap. You cannot buy high-grade, productive land for the same price 'as poor land sells for. You cannot buy Oak lumber for the same price as Fir lumber. It is Quality in Trees that Counts. W e grow our own trees in our 1200-acre nursery. Our land was selected specifically for nursery purposes. It pro duces the very choicest type o f trees possible to obtain any where, with stalwart tops, strong fibrous roots; in short, strictly first-class, sound, healthy, fully matured trees. There are none better grown, and they are Really Cheap; because they are such as will “ Make Good.” If you need any N. Y. Pippin, Spitzenberg. Winesap, Rome Beauty, McIntosh Red, Jonathan or any other com mercial or home variety, just drop us a line stating your re quirements. We also have some o f the best peach trees in Early Crawford, Elberta, Foster, Fitzgerald, Gillingham and other good varieties we have eyer grown. If you want Peach Trees, you can’t get better. Don’ t Delay Ordering Too Long. Why Not Now? Address, OREGON NURSERY COMPANY, STEADY, UPRIGHT SALESMEN WANTED O re n c o , O re g o n T H E N E E D S OF M A N Y : C R E A M SE P A R A T O R S Those o f you who milk cows we have the remember De Laval Separator Why Pay Ten Dollars. My Entire Stock of Varnishes will be Sold . . . . at a Discount. . . . . . . . I have a big stock on hand. Bridge Opened at Celilo The new steel bridge o f the Oregon Trunk railway, which crosses the Columbia river at Ce lilo Falls, was opened and is in regular use for through trains between Portland and all Central Oregon points on that railway. It eliminates the ferry service at Fallbridge, which has been used for the transportation o f materi al and equipment during the con struction, as well as the transfer o f passengers and freight since the opening o f the line in March, 1911. Leaving the main line o f the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Rail way at Fallbridge on a Wye in both directions, the bridge cross es directly over the Celilo falls o f the Columbia river. The eight main truss spans ag gregate 1925 feet and 4 inches in length, in addition to which there are 22 girder spans, mak ing the total length 4197 feet, or about four-fifths o f a mile. The longest, o f cantilever type, 316 feet and 8 inches, crosses the main channel o f the river. The draw span, 246 feet and 6 inch es, crosses the government lock canal. The 29 piers and 3 abutments are constructed of reinforced concrete and granite. A remark able feature o f the bridge is its location, where the falls have j cut channels through the rock al lowing the piers to rest on solid rock foundations, which are dry in the low water period of about nine months per year. The south end o f the bridge is 100 feet above low water mark and 50 feet above ordinary high water. The erection of the steel struct ure began May 11, 1911, and was finished January 4, 1912. No life was lost during its construction. Forest Grove, Oregon James H. Sewell was appointed road Supervisor in District 12, in place o f E. E. Schmeltzer, Petition o f E. J. Godman for road o f Public Easement referred to the District Attorney. Road No. 526, on petition of E. D. Hite, et al, read first time and continued. Road No. 528, it is ordered that road be established as per report o f viewers and petition o f Mrs. Elizabeth D. McGowan, for damages, denied. Petition o f Christ Lehman, et al, for a road referred to the dis trict attorney. Road 526, petition o f E.D. Hite, read second time, and order estab lished as per reports o f viewers. Henry Keenon appointed su pervisor of Road District No. 27 in place of Chas. A. Miller. Ernest Herr appointed road su- ervisor o f Road District No. 23 in place o f Tom Sain. Scholls Telephone Co. granted permission to constuct an over head crossing over the S.P. line between Fanno station and Rob inson station. IN C U B A T O R S The P E T A L U M A is a first-class Machine S P R A Y PUM PS The Hardie Spray Pump is simple and durable. W. 0. WAGNER & SONS Home Baking Co. Finest of Bread and Pastry Baked Every Day W e sell 6 loaves of bread for 2 5 ^ Free Delivery to All Parts of the City Pacific A venue Forest Grove L A N G ’S M IN E R A L W O N D E R Is a positive cure for RHEUMATISM, CATARRH, PILES. DROPSY. STOMACH TROUBLE, SORES, FEMALE TROUBLES and SKIN OLD DIS EASES. Also many are using MINERAL WONDER with remarkable success for cancers. Room 301 Goodnough Bldg., Corner Fifth and Yam hill. PORTLAND, OREGON PRICES $1 per bottle or package, postage paid; $5 for six bottles or packages, postage paid