Oregon Historical Society
F orest G rove P ress
WAS HI NGTON C O U N T Y ’S NEWSPAPER.
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FOREST GROVE, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1912.
K IN G FOR A
HOKE MISSIONARY SOCIETIES HAVE
PLANS STARTED TO
INDUSTRIAL REFUGE IN PORTLAND
SECURE NEW PUBLIC
Saturday last the Industrial
SCHOOL BUILDINGS Home of Portland, which was
DAY
At the School Board meeting dedicated last September, and
held Monday evening it was vot­ which is supported by the Wo­
ed to call a meeting of school men’s Home Missionary Society
electors for December 30, at the of the Methodist E p i s c o p a l
Central building at 2:00 p. m. church, was visited by Mesdames
The purpose of the meeting is to A. G. Hoffman, M. S. Allen and
levy the annual school tax and R. M. Taylor, of this city. The
discuss matters of great impor­ home has an enrollment of 37
tance. The board will seek the children, and is well equipped
advice of the electors as to the for their care and entertainment,
advisibility of purchasing a site being fitted with an excellent
a kindergarten,
for a new building and calling a gymnasium,
,
bond election to vote bonds | , ,
, , a well stocked
I
kitchen
and
large plav rooms,
therefore.
school
’nst'tution
is in a flourishing
It is the duty of every
condition,
and
under the able
elector to be informed as to
management
of
an experienced
needs of the schools, and to at-
. tend , the
,, meeting
.. on the O
A
|
deaconess,
brought
especially
30, pre- .
,
pared to advise from the stand-. fro"l
a
tak6 ch*r*e;1“
point of the best interest of the m\ k|"K. rapld pro|!ress
the
schools, and not from any selfish ;Ilgl irection.
No. 4
WOMAN EXPLODES SUBMARINE MINE flN F A R M F H f,R 0 V F
DEALS OUT DEATH TO FOREIGN SPIES
„ ,n r c T r r n t a t a i / p
f
fl
WRESTLER TO TAKE
ON WALTER ARNDT
q
Speeding
out to sea with the
plans of one of Uncle Sam’s;
great coast fortifications and
harbor mines system in their Thanksgiving night will wit­
possession, the special envoys of ness another trial of strength
an apparently friendly power and skill on the wrestling mat in
were brought to a timely halt i this city, when Walter Arndt,
and sudden death by the explo- ! welterweight champion of the
: sion of a heavy charge of dyna­ j Pacific coast, will try conclusions
mite beneath their vessels’ keel. with Frank Reed of this city.
So happily ends the story of This contest will be doubly inter­
man’s love, woman’s duplicity esting, owing to the fact that
and the attempt of a foreign na­ Reed,who has but one arm, has
tion to acquaint itself with meth­ ¡ agreed to throw Arndt twice in
ods of defense of the U. one hour. Botli wrestlers have
S. The entire romance will be signed an agreement permitting
unfolded Thanksgiving night at instant interferance if rough tac*
j the Star theatre, when the great i tics of any character are intro­
special, two reel feature, “A duced.
Nation’s Peril,” will be present­ A boxing match of four round,
ed to the public of this city for under Marquis of Queensbury
rules, will also be an attraction,
the first time.
Jack Rainwater of Portland, be­
ing signed up with Archie Nich­
ols of this city. From the known
ability of the contestants in both
events, the evening should be
one of satisfacción to the patrons
The electiou of J. H. Carpen­ of the manly arts. The prelim­
ter as tieasurer of Harrison inaries will start promptly at 9
county, in the good old state of o’clock.
Missouri, has been a source of
great gratification to one of COUNTY RALLY OF CHRISTIAN EN­
Washington county’s pioneer DEAVOR TO BE HELD NEXT TUESDAY
school teachers; J. T. Fletcher.
H. H. Rottman, Interstate and
Mr. Fletcher opened the school Provincial Field Secretary of the
at Yankee ridge, in Harrison Christian Endeavor society will
county, Missouri, on the first be in attendance at the County
Monday in April, 1858, and Rally to be held in this city next
among the worshipers at the Tuesday, December 3, at the
shrine of education was the new­ Christian church. A conference
ly elected treasurer of that same of all C. E, officers, League or
county, then a lad of 8 years. Union officers and County Chair­
Mr. Fletcher speaks of his for­ men, will be held around the
mer pupil as a man of high in­ banquet table at 5:30, following
tegrity and sterling worth, who which the rally proper will start
has the respect and confidence at 7:30. Mr. Rottman, who is a
of all who know him, and that man of exceptional ability, will
his friends are legion. That he be the principal speaker. Speci­
received his preliminary educa­ al music and other features will
tion at the hands of Mr. Flet­ be provided.
chers, who taught school in this
county for 27 years after com­
ing to Oregon, should be suffici­
ent guarantee of his honesty and
straightforwardness of char­
A recital by pupils of the Con­
acter.
servatory of Music of Pacific
BOYS AND GIRLS HAVE A JOLLY TIME University will be given in
Marsh hall Wednesday evening,
A merry crowd of 50 boys and
Dec. 4, at 8 p. m. Numbers on
girls gathered at the home of
the violin and piano and several
Rev. J. M. Barber last Friday
vocal selections will be rendered.
evening, where the Girl’s club
The public are cordially invited
entertained the Boys club, the
to attend. The afternoon of
Misses Mona Mallory and Mary
Olmstead receiving the guests. Thursday, Dec. 5, at 4 p. m.,
in Marsh hall, a recital by the
The evening was pleasantly
Junior
pupils of the Conservatory
passed in games and contests.
in
part,
and of the older students
Paul Apraham and Miss Sera­
on
the
second
part of the pro­
phim Vandehay carried off the
gram,
will
be
given.
Ordinarily
honors in the ‘‘Five Senses”
no
guests
are
invited
to
recitals
contest.
Refreshments were
of
the
Juniors,
but
on
this
occa­
served, after which the jolly
sion
the
parents
and
friends
of
party broke up, the boys gather­
ed in front of the house and the younger pupils are cordially
gave three rousing cheers for the i |nv'^e(^ to
,u^
recital
Girl’s club The next meeting | 13 a,med sf rv« as a demonstra-
ofthe Girl’s organization will be!t,on .<?* the h,*h *rad? °f
held at the home of B. F. White po91s,ble to -Voung music students
on Saturday afternoon at 2JO l 1 ttn^*r comPetOTt
OLD TIME TEACHER
ELATED AT SUCCESS
OF FORMER STUDENT
BLACK FACE COMED-
°r ifeany o tT o u to that Forest
Grove needs a new building the
IA MO AMH
result of the school census ought
JlIU lU lJ
to convince them. Last year
there were only about 600 of Now g e t in step, keep m ark in g tim e,
school age in the District, this H ere come th e M instrels, down the
year there are 720, 550 actually Sambo line.
Jones and R a sta s Johnson
attending school. Both build­
L ittle S haver, Ole Bull Thompson,
ings are crowded. Seventy-one All the P. glee U. acto r chaps, in g re a te s t
new families h a /e ’ moved into ] Will hand o ut jokes. T hanksgiving eve.
Forest Grove within the past
At the Star theater. Come
few months and more arriving one ! Come all ! The show will
every week. Whatever is done be good and the price quite
in the way of new buildings small. Thanksgiving eve, to­
should be done with a view to night, they say, the P. U. boys
T Is a m ista k e to su p p o se th a t th e gin n in g for n T h a n k sg iv in g m essage,
the future and be of a perma­ will take the stage. With jokes
a u u u a l T h a n k sg iv in g p ro c la m a ­ so he ch au g ed it to “ W hen w e review
nent nature.
and songs and merry jingle the
tio n o f th e p re s id e n t o f th e U n it­ the c a la m itie s w hich afflict so m any
ed S ta te s Is a lw a y s w ritte n or o th e r n ations, th e p re s e n t co n d itio n of
audience will be set a-tingle. Our
T h e C h r is t m a s V a c a t io n .
d ic ta te d by th e p re sid e n t. As a m a t­ the U nited S ta te s offers m uch m a tte r
The Board voted that the old friend Bones will spring new te r o f fa c t a b o u t all th e p re s id e n t has of consolation an d sa tis fa c tio n .’’
Christmas vacation will begin at gags while Tambo beats the calf­ to do w ith It Is to sign his n a m e to i t
E ven th is s e n te n c e w a s ch an g ed , re­
co m p o sitio n of th e T h a n k s ­ w ritte n , co rre c te d , revised, m odified
4 o’clock Dec. 20th and last until skin head and every now and g T iv h e in a g c tu p ro a l c la
m a tio n is th e w ork o f a
d a lte re d sev eral tim es by v arious
Monday morning. Dec. 30th. then takes snap shots at the sp e c ia list In th e s ta te d e p a rtm e n t a t a m n em
b ers of th e c a b in e t, to w hom it
New Year’s day will be a holi­ other end. The middleman will
day. Just one week’s vacation act polite, to Rastus Johnson’s
$rt*tcU/v\l- tdvL V^jJûuX. ftoAi/î o| (ÂrtnMX&s
is given at this time to enable great delight; and, of course he’ll j
sure
be
stung
by
the
nimble
w
rit
the school year to end May 26th,
J l ^wixtoumaMxto.
instead of running on into June. of Willyum Bung. It will all be
great
and
worth
the
mon,
so
all
The grade children brought
'Urfa
offerings of food, fruit and cloth­ be there and enjoy the fun.
ing for the Childrens’ Aid Society
tJu
UwittiL OaUv
tm iaaU litVi.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Hoffman
of Portland. Quite a substantial
and Mrs. M. S. Allen
array of useful articles was were in Portland Monday at­ W ash in g to n , t i e e n d e a v o rs, y e a r a lte r w as s u b u iitte d , h u t it w as finally a l­
y e a r, to e x p re ss p ra c tic a lly th e sam e low ed to sta n d , ns show n In th e ac­
gathered.
tending the marriage of their se n tim e n ts in a n e n tire ly new w ay or co
in g rep ro d u ctio n o f po rtio n s
The gifts brought by the High nephew. Cecil Jay, and Miss u t least w ith o u t re p e a tin g v e rb a tim of m th p e an o y rig
in al p ro clam atio n .
School students were for dis­ Florence McLearie. Mr. and a n y th in g t h a t h a d been sa id In p re v i­ T h e p ro c la m a tio n w as issued on Ja n .
tribution among needy families Mrs. Jay first met in Deadwood, ous T h a n k sg iv in g p ro c la m a tio n s. A nd, 1. 1793. an d se t a p a r t th e follow ing
a s m a y be re a d ily u n d e rsto o d , th is ta s k Eeb. 19 as a d a y fo r th a n k s g iv in g and
in Forest Grove.
S. D., where both were in busi­ Is b eco m in g m o re difficult w ith e ach p ra y e r.
ness for a number of years. Mr. su c c e ssiv e a n n u a l call fo r a d a y o f re ­ A ny o n e w ho d e sire s to see all th e
a n d th a n k s g iv in g .
STATE LAND AGENT RINEHART
T h a n k sg iv in g p ro clam atio n s issu ed by
Jay is now city salesman in Port­ jo T ic h in e g first
T h a n k sg iv in g p ro clam atio n p re s id e n ts o f th e U n ited S ta te s will
WANTS TO CUT OFF OWN HEAD land for Swift & Co. The cere­
T. A. Rinehart, State Land mony was performed by Rev.
pj/v\llvtxtjcl orLtfv tiw» 'H 'M srrJ y rX
agent, in submitting his report Benjamin Young in the parson­
to Governor West, recommends age of the Taylor street Method­
„{uvtuwjjd. t o «
the abolishment of his office by ist church at high noon. The
fotuVuft CwUL ito w w v x U n v i ajnji-UraU.
enactment of the next legisla­ newlyw’eds will reside in the
U v w h /L J t c L t u M
A oJ^OjtK ouwdL o í r V í ^ v t
* ‘j
U u
ture, stating it to be’ his belief ftose city.
,
l O U w > CL d a x j
j w X t c C 'M w vJfco
that the task of finishing un the
odds and ends of his depart­ ister devote all his time to
ment can be handled by the clerk Orenco, instead of dividing with e v e r issu e d b y a p re s id e n t o f th e U n it­ flnd th em preserv ed in red le a th e r vol­
w a s sig n e d m o re th a n 116 u m es in th e s ta te d e p a rtm e n t. W hile
of the State Land Board.
Reedville as at present. It was y ed e a rs S ta a te g o s by
G eo rg e W ash in g to n , and G eo rg e W ash in g to n o rig in ated th e c u s­
also the unanimous decision of th e o rig in a l d o c u m e n t Is p re se rv e d In tom . m any of his Im m ed iate su cces­
PICKED AT ORENCO
the meeting that Rev. L. Boozer, th e lib ra ry o f th e s ta te d e p a rtm e n t. so rs did not follow Ids exam ple, n n d It
T h e first d r a f t o f th e p ro clam atio n w as n o t u n til A b ra h a m L incoln be­
The Can social given by the the present pastor, be cailed.
p resid en t
th a t
th e
annual
ta rte d ofT: “ In th e c a la m itie s w hich c a m e
Women’s circle of the Presby­ Plans are on foot to hold a s afflict
so m an y o f th e n a tio n s.” B ut T h a n k sg iv in g ns a N ovem ber holiday
terian church, was a decided poultry show in Orenco the first A tto rn e y G e n e ra l E d w a rd R andolph becum e a re g u la r In stitu tio n 14 th e
success both socially and financi­ week in December and already d id n o t a u o ro v e o f su c h a gloom y be- U n ited S tates.
and it is d esired th a t all g irls
jN NOTE CASE FAIL TO AGREE
who
desire
to
make
their
lives
|
ally.
the promise of over a hundred
count for the most to themselves
I he Security Investment com-
The committee having in birds have been secured for ex­
and others, join the club. The Pa,>y against John Hoffman, of
charge the framing of a consti­ hibition.
(**nimxa ta bo a ÿ «AJI ¡fi tvxu fwotnit
eligible ag e is fro m 12 to 20 the eastern section of the county,
tution for the Children’s School
oalca w ^ v \ k * l L ta*»,«
yyJt a J
A
steam
shovel
was
unloaded
y ears. S u g g e stio n s fo r a club to recover $150.15, the amount
Fair Association have completed
l L l
1
"
Twvl
dLót^ of I»*..—
here
this
week
for
work
on
the
m o tto and p re fe re n c e in regard of a note given by the defend­
their work and will report to a
cut-off.
Work
is
being
rushed
ituJUvJJrOA-W-d -vu* ll L j
to colors will be receiv ed at this ant to an insurance solicitor and
meeting to be held this Friday
as fast as possible and the laving
sold by the latter to the plaint­
m eetin g .
evening. The committee con­
cLwa 0-J4-J k d U itM th À ù
tk t
( t a tù
of
rails
will
begin
soon.
iffs, was tried by jury before
sisted of the following members:
The Grand Theatre, which Justice Beech in this city, last
(X m w v U l v L k m o I u h LI i
J. C. Garrett has purchased
F. W. Pow’er, chairman; Prof.
. opened to the public last Satur­ Friday. Defendant claimed to
Waun, Mr. Head, Mrs. Philip the stock of the Sam Kunz store.
day night, playing to packed never have signed the note in
a <
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/
Olsen and Mrs. M. McDonald. The parties from Portland back-
houses at each performance, question, and the evidence was
Much interest is being manifest- ed out. A bakery will be put in
has arranged a very attractive such as to create doubt in the
ed by the children and their par- the Kunz building and the stock
bill for Thanksgiving afternoon minds of the jury, resulting in a
€ntg.
of goods now there will be mov-
and evening. Their big feature disagreement. Dyke and Bump
At a Congregational meeting e(l to the big store occupied by Rev. J. M. Barter goes the There was a gathering of will be “The Prison on the Cliff”
appeared for the plaintiffs and
last of the week to Southern, friends with Mrs. D. N. Norris a dramatic film of strength and
held in the Presbyterian church ^ r* (jarrett-
Attorney Wall for the defendant.
last Wednesday evening it was The school census taken Mon- Oregon., where he will be en- last Thursday afternoon. Those character.
gaged in an evangelistic cam- present were Mrs. A. J. Dooley,
voted to have services both day shows a healthy increase in paign for a month or more. His Mrs. Frank Emerson, Mrs. N.
Dr. Dora Read Barber spent Mrs. C. E. Walker, who has
morning and evening for the the district, There are now 150 pulpits at Hillside and Beaverton B. La Course, Mr3. Shotwell, Tuesday in Salem in conference been con valesing at the sani-
next church year, beginning the children here drawing school will be supplied during his ab- Grandma Emerson, Mrs. Bisbee with Governor West, relative to tarum the past two weeks, re-
first of April, and have the min money, with an attendance of 96. sence by Rev. Daniel Staver.
i and Mrs. W. J. Good.
ja reform measure of import.
turned to her home Monday.
ARE TO ENTERTAIN
The First Thanksgiving
Proclamation
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CONSERVATORY PUPILS
WILL GIVE RECITALS
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