i W. H. TAFT AS HIS
OPPONENTS SEE HIM
GAMES FOR
THE LAND OF
STORY OF fl
HALLOWEEN.
PUZZLEDOM.
BRAVE DEED.
Democrats
FOSEST GROVE LOCALS
GALES CREEK.
Work at the rock crusher near
Miss Elsie Dennis visited the
the Peachen place is progressing' home folks at Wapato.
nicely.
! Mr. W. J . Good, of Forest
Everyone is busy digging po- Grove, visited at Hillsboro last
tatoes.
The yield is mostly Monday.
Lucy had Invited her friends to a
No. 1902.— W ord Squares.
Tommy and his father were sitting
large.
JI. D. Layman recently of Neb.
I.
together in the hammock ou the iioreh. Halloween party, and with each girl’s
He had no tact, for he saw that he
Mrs. Aincent, who was huit has rented the Moore farm at
••Tommy," tiskcd his father, "wliat are invitation came a command to bring
you thinking about?"
a pillowcase and sheet along. After made her heart ache. I could see her
last week in a runaway is im- Thatcher.
"I was Just wondering, dad,” he re­ all the guests laid arrived each girl cliin quiver us if »he were about to
The most severe test that the record
proving rapidly.
Mi\ and Mrs. C. L. Dennis of
turned, "if you would tell me a story.” wrapped herself in the sheet and pulled weep. What was iiis Intent?
and character of any man can undergo
"T hat depends,” said tile other.
Alex
Beimrhor
was
out
on
Sun-
Scoggins
Valley attended lodge
is the criticism of his opponents. The
the pillow case over her head and in
II.
"W hat sort of story, Tommy?"
day
looking
over
the
ruins
of
his
here
Thursday.
following
tributes
to
our
great
Presi­
Hobby made a comic Lear. He wore
"1 should like to have you tell me,” this ghostly disguise went down to the
saw mill, which burned some
D. D. Bump left for Kings
he answered, "about the bravest thing parlor, where the boys were waiting a mantle, a vest und a crown. To see dent speak for themselves:
for their girls to begin playing games. a vesture like tli.it on such a little Democratic—
you ever saw done.”
time ago.
Valley
for a couple weeks stay
John Sharp Williams, Democratic
Ills father laughed. “Why, where Of course ail the girls looked alike, shaver totally upset our gravity. But
came
home
his
mother
called
him
her
dearest
son.
Bruce
McCann
this
morning.
did you get the idea." he said, “that 1 white and ghostly, and tlie boys had
Senator from Mississippi and one
_
have seen a lot of brave things done?” more fun trying to find tlie right girl.
time floor leader for his party in the Saturday from eastern Washing-
HI.
The High School foot ball
Tommy’s face clouded. "15ut you At last, when each had found his
Im a g es made of c l a y :
House of Representatives, in a recent ton, where he has spent the team will play against McMin-
Of
quick
and
lively
w
ay;
have, dud, you know. You have trav­ proper mate, Lucy suggested “bobbing
speech declared: “I never knew a summer.
A pl cm ent brow n;
ville next Saturday,
eled and—and”—
J o y of a clown:
man so bitterly attacked for so little
Dad became serious in a moment for apples.” For tills game she had
Alice
McCann
has
gone
to
For­
So m ethin g for w hich men play.
The lowering of sidewalks to
cause as William Howard Taft."
“Yes, Tommy; you are right,” lie said. several apples suspended from the
- Youth's Companion.
Harper’s Weekly, a Democratic est Grove to work for the family the grade on Main street will be
“Kven if I had remained at home all chandelier by strings, so high that the |
newspaper, now supporting Woodrow of Fred Walters.
fiiy life I think I should have seen hoys and girls had to Jump lu order to
completed this week.
No. 1903.— Hidden General*.
Wilson, has said:
“If there is a
some very brave tilings done, because catch them with their mouths, the'.r
Mr. Buttler has sold his prop­
The names of seventeen generals, squarer man in these United States
often tlie bravest things are done by hands being tied behind them.
GALES CITY.
After the fun and noise of tills game prominent In our civil war, are con­ than William Howard Taft, we do not
erty in North Forest Grove to
had subsided she divided tin company, cealed in tlie following story. Can know his name or where he lives.”
Mrs. S. W. Iler, who has been parties from Seattle.
the boys on one side of the i->om and you find them?
Senator Stone, of Mississippi, in a
the girls on the other. The girls were
Ja ck Burns, the old fisherman, sat on speech in the Senate, August 12, said: visiting her mother, Mrs. Bate­
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Ryals
each given two apple seeds and told tlie lee side of an old stone wall. Jack 's
man,
and
other
relatives
of
this,
spent
Sunday with the home
"The President is a high class man,
to stick <me on each upper eyelid, re­ only son stood by him, eating a rasher
place,
returned
home
Monday.
his
ideas
and
impulses
are
naturally
folks
in
Scoggins Valley.
peating these verses after naming each Ida Norton a young emigrant had
good.
I
believe
him
to
be
a
patriotic
seed after an admirer:
Mr. Alec Beimrhor was a
given him: she meantime trying to
Three cluster lights are being
This pippin shall a no ther trial make.
hook erratic minnows that would not American, devoted to the interests Gales Creek visitor Sunday.
erected
on Pacific Avenue be­
Bee, from tlie core two seeds, quite brown.
be caught. At his cottage door there of his country and his people."
1 take.
tween
Council
and First streets
Mrs.
Alice
Asber,
of
near
Cor­
William
Jennings
Bryan,
the
great
stood a man. iiis garb ragged and torn.
T his on my cheek for I.ubberkin Is worn.
And Bobby Clod on t'other side is borne.
"I fear lying In bed will not lie well Democrat, in a speech made Septem­ vallis, spent Saturday and Sun­ this week.
ber 5, at his home in Lincoln, Nebras­
day with her mother, Mrs. Bate­
B u t Bobby Clod soon drops upon the liked in tills neighborhood,” said Jack
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Crowther
ka, declared that "more reforms have
disapprovingly.
ground,
man.
of
Gales Creek was transacting
A ce rta in token t h a t his love's unsound.
The man, by name Aiibeau, regarded taken place during T a ft’s administra­
While I.ubberkin stick s firmly to tlie last. him crossly,
" i t ’s a long street that tion than during any other in recent
business
in Forest Grove and
D.
G.
Lilly
and
family,
of
Hill­
Oil, were his lips to mine but joined so
has no turning," he said. "They will years,” although of course he declined
fa st!
side, visited at the home of Mrs. Hillsboro Monday.
To the boys Lucy handed a basket be glad to know me y e t My mother to give the President credit for these White on Sunday.
LeRoy L. Dennis of Hoffman
filled with blue, green and red boxes. has priceless Jewels, and my father reforms. In this same speech he
The Gales Creek Christian En­ Allen Co., went home for a few
These were tilled with bonbons, and has bank stock. I will have him or­ s»oke of T aft as a "high minded man
she asked each to take one. After ganize a bank here. But Leroy must •k’ great integrity.”
deavor visited the Hillside En­ day’s vacation and take advan­
they bad all made their selections she not know"—
Woodrow Wilson in a recent speech deavor Sunday evening.
tage of the hunting season.
Here tlie laughter of the others stop­
repeated tills verse to them:
a* Minneapolis said: “I want to pay
ped
him,
and
I
heard
no
more.
Oh, green is forsaken,
H. F. March, one of our saw
Some of the “ hatching” boys
my tribute of respect to the President
And red is forsworn.
mill
men
moved
awav
Monday.
and
girls of North Forest Grove,
of
the
United
States.
I
do
not
believe
B u t blue Is tlie truest color th a t's worn! 1
that any man in the United States
Afterward she reversed the games j No. 1904.— Forward and Backward.
were
entertained by Miss Anna
Mrs. Jarvis, who has been
1. Head forward, I am a Jolly feast;
who knows his facts can question the
and made tlie boys try tin* apple seeds,
Taylor,
at supper one evening
backward, I am a mechanical power.
with her mother, Mrs. Bateman,
and tlie girls received all tlie lion- |
patriotism, or the integrity, or the
2. Forward, a little article found in
this
week.
for some time, returned to her
bona. Then site gave each one an I
every work bag: back, folds or doub­ public purpose of the man who now
apple and a knife and told them that
°
S 4 a . „ ^
home in Portland this week.
presides
at
the
executive
office
in
E. L. Naylor shipped today a
lings of thread.
they were to find the first letter of
fine
Angora buck to DelRio,
TUB MAW WAS I'UIiLED INTO T11K BOAT.
3. Forward, a dull color; backward, Washington.”
Grandma Lilly is visiting on
their admirer's name by peeling the
Progressive—
Texas,
to he used on one of the
those right around us whom we never apples In one piece, if possible, and a poet
Hillside this week.
Senator Robert LaFollette, leader
thought very courageous or heroic. 1 throwing tlie paring over their heads, j 4. Forward, dress; backward, to
largest
goat farms in that county
Mrs. C. S. Lafferty, of Gales
boast
of the Progressives, recently declared
shouldn't have Joked about such a se­ saying:
The
buck
is valued at $250.00
fl. Forward, a popular sport; back­ or. the floor of the Senate that Presi­ Creek is visiting with her daught­
rious tiling, for brave nets, after all, I pare this pippin round and round again,
ward,
to
xvliip
severely.
are us serious as any tiling else I My shepherd's name to flourish on the
dent Taft had been far more active er, of Forest Grove this week.
Miss Anna Taylor, one of the
6. Forward, to exist; backward, j and aggressive than President Roose­
plain,
know of.
conservatory
instructors at Pa­
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lilly of
“The story I am going to tell may I fling tli' unbroken paring o'er inv head — wrongdoing.
velt In the prosecution of the Sherman
Upon the floor a p erfe ct *A ts read.
cific
University,
played for the
7. Forward, a blow xvlth open hand;
not seem very exciting. It hasn't any­
Portland, \ ¡sited with the for­
anti trust law.
These games took a long time to j backward, vulgar associates.
thing to do with the time that I was
H
gh
School
students
on Wednes­
Theodore Roosevelt, who is at pres- mers sister, Mrs. Jas. Churchill,
hunting out west or that other time play, and after a dance or two Lucy | 5. Forward, a planet; backward, ro-
day
morning
in
opening
exer­
j ent bitterly attacking President Taft, of Gales Creek, last week.
that 1 have so often told you about led tlie boys and girls into tlie dining | ^ n t s .
said
of
him,
June
18,
1908:
“I
do
not
room,
xvhero
the
table
was
decorated
•
cises.
when I was In Kgypt it happened as
Bertha Churchill, of Cedar
I believe there can be found in the
similar tilings happen every day Of In true Halloween fashion und the!
No. 1905.— Charade.
If the voters understood the
Canyon
spent a few days at
course when they occur people some­ “eats" were good.
I am a word of only two syllables. whole country a man so well fitted to
situation,
reference to the divis­
times stop to think shout them, but
My first is tlie name of a river, and be President. He is not only absolute­ home last week.
•Or any oth er letter.
they happen so often that usually no
ion
of
Clackantas
County, and
ly
fearless,
absolutely
disinterested
my second is something that comes
—Philadelphia I.edger.
one pays much attention to them, i.ots
every morning and gqps every night j and upright, but he has the widest
COLLEGE
NOTES.
the creation of Cascade Couuty,
of times people hardly hear about such
My whole Is a great pleasure.
acquaintance with the nation's needs,
we believe that all would vote
tilings because the newspapers have
T h e Good N ig h t T e s t .
| without and within, and the broadest
Yesterday was Rally day for yes on No. 318.
so many of them to report that they
To finish up a Halloween party you
sympathies with all our citizens. He the P. U. The students long be
No. 1906.— Pictured Word.
can't write very much about each one can present to your guests as they are
would be as emphatically a President
The W. C. C. Y. P. U. held a
of them.
leaving for home the half of an egg­
fore day occupied positions or.
of the plain people as Lincoln, yet
“It is Just (lie story of how two men shell tilled with salt, with the Injunc­
conference meeting at Hillsboro
not Lincoln himself would be freer the many college buildings and
went out rowing one night on a river. tion that it must he eaten Just before
Friday night, Oct. 11th at which
The boys
from the least taint of demagogy, the the flags were flying.
They could both swim pretty well, so retiring and whoever the person
perhaps they were a little cureless. At dreams of will he Ills future bride,
least tendency to arouse, to appeal made the day one long to be re­ time the name of the Union was
changed, and is now known as
any rate, the Unit upset. They were if the shell Is sealed with a eap of
to class hatred of any kind.” Mr. membered.
*
thrown Into the river, of course. But tissue paper It can lx* curried quite
Roosevelt also, in a speech before the
the Washington County Christ­
that didn't frighten them much, as handily and safely.
The College Library was mov­ ian Endeavor Union.
New York State Republican Conven­
they were used to upsetting the U*at
Good advice for boys on parting is
tion on September 27, 1910, after Mr. ed by the students and profess­
In fun when they had their bathing to walk out of tlie house backward
T aft had been President for nearly ors last Friday to the new Li­
WOMAN’S CLUB
suits on. Hut there w as one thing they and pick up some grass and dirt. Tills
two years, and after reviewing the
brary building.
hud net counted on. They had never wrapped In paper and put under one's
acts done by the present administra-
lioen on that particular river I «“fore pillow will make one dream of one’s
The opening meeting of the
The father and mother of Prof.
j
tlon,
said: “These and similar laws,
and knew nothing of the strength of sweetheart. The girls should be ad
Woman’s
Club was held Monday
backed up by executive action, reflect Learned have
moved to tin
tlie current If they had they would vised to go upstairs baeUxYard eating
afternoon
at the home of Mrs. E.
high
credit
upon
all
who
succeeded
have been more careful. I suppose. a liard boiled egg with lots of salt,
Grove.
in putting them in thetr present shape
E. Williams. The new president,
Hut when the Unit overturned they then look in tin* mirror, ami each giri
Principal Bates attended the
upon the statute books; they repre­
thought it was a Joke and didn't make will surely behold her future husband
Mrs. T. J. 0 . Thatcher, in her
any liasie to come up. Ill tlie mean looking over her shoulder.
sent an earnest of the achievement annual Congi egational state con­
Inaugural Address spoke of some
time the current took tin* U>nt on.
which is yet to come; and the bene­ ference at Hood River Wednes­
of
the hopes and plans for the
Before they knew It the boat was far
ficence and far-reaching importance day.
Happy or Unhappy7
uhead of them. They were la the mid­
coming
year. The work of the
of this work done for the whole people
Hang from the celling two witch
dle of tlie river, with tlie shore a long
Wliat flower?
Ada Taylor, Renas Olson and Club will continue along the line
measure the credit for which is rightly
hnr.cl rods crossed Place on tlie four
way off on U>t!i sides. The current
due to the congress and to our able, Alva Patton attended a confer- of Civics as in the past two
was simply racing along. It was dark. ends respectively a piece ef bread, a
No. 1907.— Numerical Enigma*.
upright and distinguished President, j ence of the Washington County
"They were pretty good swimmers, favorite sweet, a candle end and a red
years and several new standing
1.
William Howard T aft.’
as I said, lint one o f them began to pepper.
T o 8 1 5 Is human.
Christian Endeavor Union at committees have been added to
Twirl
tlie
rods
rapidly
and
let
each
B u t to forgive, divine;
tire. The oilier tried to support him.
Hillsboro last Friday evening.
6 7 2 the golfer
[»layer take tits turn, standing undot
*id in that work. Social Hygiene
and Progres­
sives Give Praise to
President.
It was a hard tight. They both went
down, lull another U>nt happened to
come lit» Some one leaped overlxiard
from It and seined one of the men, the
one that had horn supporting (lie nth
er
The mail was almost exhausted,
but alien tie was taken in tlie t«iat he
looked iiUnit him “Where's John?'he
asked
“Wliat John?' the) said, for
they did not know that there had lieen
t w o men sti iirgtli'g III the water
•“ The "the! dl I not answer. Tired as
he was lie Jumped nverlmurd to try
t o save ni« t '“Mil
t >f eiturso several
of the other urn f o llo w ed and ts'gan
to dive for tin- limn whom they hud
lint seen
"W ell Tommy. iln> story ends happi­
ly, an true stories don't ulwn) s Itoth
men were rescued 'the man who had
Jumped til tin* water after lie had been
taken out needed help also, you see.
for he hail used up nil tils strength In
trylmr to save his friend tie for** And
the other was brought out of the wit­
ter also and by bard work resiiacl
tnted."
"Father.” naked Tommy, "who wan
the man who did that?"
“The tnnn you are named nfter. your
t ’ ncle Tom. your mother's brother.”
"And who was the man with him?"
anid Tommy.
"The one you get your other name
from, your father."
Charade.
Uv first, some claim. Is Koberf* n:\rne.
Jdy ne xt 1» found In abort and round.
A chain will show my last. I Know
J»ertiapa you‘\a heard my whole—a bird.
Answer.—Hob, o. link Uobolinfc.
it and seizing a bite at one of the nr
tides.
The one he gets Into Ills tooth will
indicate whether ids married life will
prove happy or unhappy, the broad
indicating a comfortable and unevent­
ful life, tlie candy u delightful life,
tlie candle end a disagreeable life and
the popper a peppery life.
Conundrums,
Wliat Is tlie difference between a
special ottieer and an old lint? One's
sworn tn; tlie other's worn out.
Why do men speak of a locomotive
ns “she?” Because It suggests tender
thoughts and draws men after It
Why is a milkman like a mill horse?
Because he goes Ids rounds.
Wliat city lu Kuglnnd should a hun­
gry boy live tn? Fut on (Ktonl.
Why is a woman like a promissory
note? Because she ought to be settled
\x lieu siie arrives at maturity.
Th# Pumpkin.
I coma when autumn winds a ra cold
An»l all the woods ara red anti «old.
I ’m round and fat and yellow.
I ’m Kot*d to e a t; I Huht the wold.
Oh, such a Jolly fellow!
You praise me on T hanksg ivin g day.
Am! when on llatlow een you play
T h e trlcKs that a re so nimble
And bob for crim son apples gay
And cut for ring and thimble
Tou see me grinning at the door
Or at the window, and before
Yuli c a tch me off 1 flitter
T o Join the pumpkin band once more
T h a t seta the lanes .(glitter.
— Youth's Companion.
Could readily define.
T h e 5 4 3 evinces
A visitor's outside.
My x\hole’s a witty answer,
I t ca nnot be dented.
No. 1908.— Letter Enigma.
My
My
My
My
first ts In yeast, but not In (lough;
second Is tn breeze, but not In blow;
third ts in lumber, but not In tree;
fourth Is the sam e as you found In my
thre e;
My fifth Is tn oval, but not In square;
My sixth Is tn min. but not In hair.
My whole Is a color
B oth brilliant and bright.
And tt shows well by day.
But badly at night.
Silencing the Barber.
Germany Schaefer, that effervescent
merrymaker of the stile lines, entered
a local barber shop and expressed a
desire for a shave. The bar tier looked
nt him Indulgently and suggested a
hair c u t Germany demurred m » hair
was already fighting Jength.
“But It looks ragged," the barber In-
slsted ns lie let his haud slide over the
stubble.
Germany sighed
"All right," he said resignedly; "gim­
me a shave, a hair cut. a facial mas
sage and a shampoo— go as far as you
like for 13 cents:"
And the barber said no more.
" I left two bits with him." said
Germany, "but when the brush boy
bore down on me with his teeth set
and a ten rent glitter In his shining
eye I threw out my chest and passed
him ns a pay car passes a tramp!*'—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
LaFollette No. 4.
THE
RO O SEVELT W AY.
“HOW DO you stand on M E?"
is Roosevelt's sole test of qualittca-
tion for a Progressive. Imagine a
Congress elected on this basis. Of
course, it would be reactionary.
Roosevelt is not concerned about n
progressive Congress. An Aldrich
Senate and a Cannon House are
satisfactory to him. if he can win
more easily with that kind of a
combination. What would become
of the progressive movement under
such leadership? And yet, it is
exactly the plan Roosevelt pursued
when President. It is the Roose
velt way. He supported I,odge for
United States Senator two years
ago. and Penrose for United States
Senator four years ago. He has
always played this kind of a politi-
i il gam e.--So • tor I^ Follette In
L iF o llette's
Weekly
Magazine.
’ Igust 10, 1913.
Gov. Johncon Not Hopeful.
When Governor Johnson left Cali­
fornia to begin a stumping tour for
the third term candidate, he prac­
tically acknowledged that he was en­
tering upon a hopeless task.
"1 ant not going to resign.” he said,
and after the November election It
la quite possible that I shall return
to the office I now occupy.”
Like a great majority of the Bull
Moos«vs Governor Johusun is dis
the
Staehr’s Bazaar carries the
largest and most up-to-date line
of fountain pens in the city. The
“ Auto-Filler” is one of the
latest improved pens in the mar-
ket.
They are sold under an
absolute guarantee and at a very
reasonable price.
Public Health and Consumer’s
League, and this promises to be,
in every way a very successful
year for the club, as it is gain-
mg' in membership and much in-
terest is being shown in the
Departments of Domestic Science
with Miss Clare West, as leader,
j and Shakespeare under Prof.
They »re felling a pretty good Ink#“
on the Ohio legislature—that not a Harrington’s leadership. Mrs. R.
single member of either house could H. Late of Portland was present
tell offhand whether a cow's ear« were at Monday’s meeting and spoke
In front of , r to the rear of her horns.
If such be the rase it will hardly bo of “ Educational Parenthood.”
charged that Ohio fanners have been Mrs. Late is well qualified to
packing the legislature In their own speak on that subject as she has
Interest. But. seriously, how many of
our readers cun toil where a cow's ears lieen President of the Mother’s
Congress in Oregon for several
are located?
----------
y ean , and is interested in all
Whether In garden patch or farm things pertaining to child wel-
flolcl. it U well to remember that the
best time In the whole season tn which
to dispatch weeds is just as they are
breaking through the ground - “Just
a-bornin, as some one has said. This
Is so because It Is theu that they are
most easily killed, while they have not
as yet begun to pull on either the
moisture or fertility of the soil. An-
other dc MM advantage ta doing the
Jot, at the start is that the w e e * can
he killed literally by the million with
drag or harrow, while n few week*
later one is able to put them out of
business with difficulty by thousand,
or less with hoe or cultivator.
\
« . , 4 *1
1 u
A -
*are* an'“ t‘le club was most for-
tunate in having h e r with them.
Mrs. E. E. Williams gave a piano
*_ r» i
• cx
.
' ' " il ’ Li'lonaisO Opus, 26, (hopirf;
-Mrs. Wilbur McEldowney sang,
“ At Parting, ” giving as encore
[?„,,_
.
,,
ur-lea\ed Clover.
The sale on Dost-cards
‘
,
,
$
qf
„
P° SC Ca™ 3’
B a z a a r 19 S till
on.
Thousands of cards, regularly
sold at 5-cents and 2 for 5-cents
„ __
u
. ,A
,
are sold at 10-cents per dozen.