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W A S H I N G T O N C O U N T Y ’S N E W S P A P E R .
No. 33
FOREST GROVE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1913.
Voi. 4
SCHOOL BONDS
MAN DIES WHEN
S. G. HUGHES
PRESIDENT TO BE CITY COUNCIL LETS OLD OREGON
ARE SOLD LIVE WIRE BREAKS ELECTED DIRECTOR
ELECTED SOON PAVING CONTRACT FIRST THRU CANAL
Tiustees of P. U. Retain Pres­ Linden-Kibbe Company is Low­
ent Faculty and Add
est Bidders—Taplinon
Professor Proctor to
Library Board.
Staff.
The city council met in special
At the annual meeting of the session Monday night, to receive
Trustees of Pacific University, bids for the pavement of the
held in Marsh Hall Tuesday, the following streets: Pacific avenue
matter of selecting a new Presi­ from “A” street to its intersec­
dent for the Institution was de­ tion with the western limits of
ferred for a time, thè committee
the city. Main street from the
on selection wishing a little fur­
south line of second avenue,
ther data in regard to candidates north, to the north line of Third
for the position. There are at ave, north. Also that portion of
least three men among the num­ third Ave., north, from the west
ber considered who possess line of Main street to a point
every qualification to act as the fifty-nine feet east from the
head of the University.
east line of “C” street; also
The trustees voted that the that portion of Gales Creek-
present Board of control should Thatcher street, formerly road,
retain charge of matters affect­ from its intersection with 3d ave.
ing the University until a new north, to the north boundry of
president is selected. It was the city of Forest Grove. “ A”
\oted to raise funds to make up street from the north side of the
the difference in salary between pavement on. first Ave. north to
that now received by President the south side line of Third Ave.
W. N, Ferrin and what will be North.
paid the new president. The
Bids from three companies
present faculty was retained for were submitted: The Warren
another year, and Supt. William Construction Company, the Mon­
Proctor, of the puplic schools of tague O'Reilly company, and the
this citv, was elected a member Linden-Kibbe company. The bid
of the faculty. Professor Proc­
of the Linden-Kibbe company
tor was a member of the teach­
was the lowest submitted, and
ing staff of the university before
this company received the con­
assuming his present position.
tract for paving the above
This week-has been givcti over mentioned streets for the sum of
to Commencement exercises of $27.368,24.
the College.
The following The pavement to be laid down
graduates received their degree: will be Bitucrete; an asphaltic
Thomas Leonard, Ruth Gaylord, pavement, and the cost will be
Levi Austin, Helen Bishop, $1.48 per square yard.
Clarence Rice, Jerrine Whealdon,
Goerge Taplin was elected a
Liola House, Homer Shaver and
member
of the Rogers Free
Blanche Harbison.
Library board, to fill the position
made vacant by the resignation
of Richard Abraham. The coun­
cil will meet in special session
next Monday.
Secretary of the Navy, Daniels
has written to Superintendent
of Instruction Alderman that the
petition, signed by more than
60,000 Oregon School children,
that the Battleship Oregon led
the parade through the Panama
Canal at the formal opening,
would be carefully considered.
The letter concludes:
“ I beg to state that the depart­
ment has not as yet considered
any details of the naval repre­
s e n ta tio n in the ceremonies
that may mark the formal open­
ing of the Panama Canal, but
assure you that this impressive
testimony of the wishes of the
school children of the state of
Oregon win receive careful con­
sideration when the matter is
determined.”
New Oddfellows Lodge.
A New Oddfellows lodge was
instituted at North Plains, Sat­
urday afternoon. District Dep­
uty Grand Master E. L. Mc­
Cormick, of Hillsboro, officiating.
The new organization was named
Freeman Lodge, No. 235, and
started up with a membership of
20. Paul Paulson was elected
N. G., N. H. Jones, V. G.; G.
W. Moore, secretary, and W. E.
Mays, treasurer.
The degree
team from Montezuma Lodge of
Hillsboro went over at night and
initiated a class of 20 new mem­
bers.
SAGE OF LEBANON
LANDS FAT JOB
GREAT BOXING
AT BEAVERTON
The boxing exhibitian to be
given under the auspices of the
Beaverton Amateur Club will be
the best of its kind ever pulled
off in this county. Boxers of
wide reputation will take part.
The sports with good red blood
in their veins will get their
moneys worth and then some,
The exhibition to be given Satur­
day night, June 28, at Beaver­
ton.
BEAVERTON TEAM
WANTS GAME 0N4th
The Beaverton Baseball Club
desires to play a game on the
National holiday, July 4th with
some outside team, the game to
be played in some town loutside
of .Beaverton. The Beaverton
team is one of the best in
Washington County, and if any
town in this neck of the woods
wants to run up against a fine
display of fireworks on the 4th,
now is the time to get busy. Any
team desiring a game should
write at once to J. L. Hardy,
Beaverton, Ore.
NOTE: —Editorally the Press
announces this week that the
paper had been sold to Mr. Mc-
Causland, of Minnesota. The
deal has not yet been closed,
owing to certain business ar­
rangements of Mr. McCausIand’s
in the east, and for the present
the Press will be conducted un­
der the present management
Twenty-six old soldiers, mem­
bers of the W. R. C. and their
friends of this city, are in New-
burg attending the Grand En­
campment of the Oregon G. A.
Oregon Electric Laborer Meets
New School Building to Be
The Directors of School Dis-1
Death in Most Pecular
Called Clarke-Memorial
trict No. 15, sold to Morris
Manner.
To Honor Pioneer.
Brothers, of Portland, yesterday,
$35,000 worth of school bonds,
K. Nuromsky was killed Sat­ The annual meeting of the
this money to be used for the urday, by a contact with a high-
erection of the Clarke-Memorial tension wire on the Orenco-Hel- voters of School district No. 15
school. But three bids were of­ vetia cut-off of the Oregon Elec­ was held in the Lincoln building
The meet­
fered. The Forest Grove Na­ tric railway, a half mile from Monday afternoon.
ing
was
called
to
order by
tional bank bid at par, 6 per Orenco. Nuromsky was work­
Mrs.
Dorothy
Seymour,
Chair­
cent; a Mr. Glenn, of Portland, ing with a crew clearing a road
man
of
the
board.
The
reports
offered a premium of $27, at 6 for the benefit of the Oregon
of the Clerk and City Superin­
per cent, and Morris Brothers Nursery
Company.
Sixteen tendent were read and approved.
offered a premium of $201, at 6 blasts were ignited and Nurom­
A call for nominations for a
per cent.
sky and the rest of the crew had director to serve three years
The district will pay, by the taken refuge some distance away
time the bonds mature, $5,739 on the railway grade. A huge resulted in Mrs. Seymour, in­
more than it would have, had root struck the high tension wire cumbent, andS. G. Hughes be­
the agreement made some weeks and severed its connection with ing nominated. 144 votes being
ago by the school board for the the top of the pole. It fell strik­ cast, Mr. Hughes received 82
and Mrs. Seymour 62.
Mr.
sale of the bonds to Morris ing the victim.
He lived but Hughes was declared elected.
Brothers been allowed to go five minutes. Coroner Barrett
A resolution was passed, ask­
through.
says that he could have been re­ ing the directors to name the
suscitated had the men known new school building now in
Ancient Culvert Sound as Dollar anything about handling the course of construction, the Clarke
stricken man.
Memorial school building, as a
Clarke Stokesberry put in a
C. Jones the foreman for testimonial of the great service
cement culvert on the Greenville Baum & Fuller the contractors
road just north of town this doing the work, testified that rendered this city along educa­
tional lines by the late Harvey
week, and while putting in the
the wire fell close to his head, Clarke, one of Forest Grove’s
new improvement he uncovered
but he did not see it strike Nur­ earliest pioneers.
three old culverts made of wood.
omsky. The wire is said to
In the petition to change the
The bottom culvert had been
carry 1200 volts. Coroner Bar­ name of the new school building
made of hewed timbers twe've ret, Corroner Barret has notifi­
it reads that the building is locat­
by sixteen inches in size, and the
ed the nearest Russian Consul, ed on First street and Third
timbers were as sound as a dol­
according to treaty.
Another Avenue. If the directors follow
lar when removed. This old cul­
Russian laborer was injured out instructions, they will cut
vert was put in in 1874 by Dave slightly.
the new name in John Thorn­
Stewart, one of Forest Grove’s
burg’s chimney. If the direc­
earliest and most prominent
Splendid Pictures at the Star.
tors wanted to be in fashion and
pioneers.
The Star Theater will offer act a little contrary, they would
splendid program of motion refuse to change the name be­
pictures Friday and Saturday. cause of this technicality. What?
The series of films shown will in­
clude dramatic and humorous
productions, and Friday night a
.
*
Pathe Weekly, which is proving
?v'il
to be so popular with the public,
will be a feature.
Milton A. Miller, of Lebanon,
MILLIONS IN OREGON a brother
of Charles Miller, of
this city, has been nominated
of I n t e r n a l R e v ­
DAIRY PRODUCTS Collector
enue for Oregon by President
LAD RECEIVES
FRACTURED LEG
Robert Alexander, the seven-
teen-year-old grandson of Mrs.
Louisa Alexander, living on Pa­
cific Avenue, received a badly
fractured leg, Saturday. Robert
was at the Ryals stable on north
Main street, when a boy rode up
on a horse and asked Robert to
ride down the street a short dis­
tance and recover a hat which
the boy had dropped.
Robert jumped on the horse
and when the animal started
down the approach of the barn,
it slipped on the pavement.
Robert’s leg was pinned under
the horse, the latter’s weight
breaking the lad’s leg in three
places below the knee. Suffer­
ing greatly, Robert was removed
to the office of Dr. Kauffman
where the fracture was reduced
He was then taken to his home
Robert’s brother Leland, is suff
ering with the mumps, and is
quite ill. All of this trouble is a
severe strain on Mrs. Alexander,
who is an elderly woman.
C. E. J A Y
A.
G.
HOFFMAN
That the total value of the
dairy products of the state for
1912 was $19,000,000, which is
$7,000,000 in excess of the state’s
next largest crop—livestock—its
value being $12,000,000, is the
declaration made by State Dairy
and Food Commissioner Mickle,
in his bulletin for May, which is
just being issued. Prospects for
a material increase for this year
are good he says.
T he Ju n io r m em b er of th e firm of
The S en io r m em ber of the new firm
A. G. H offm an & Com pany w as born of A. G. H offm an & Co., w as born a t
in O sceola, N e b rask a, Ju ly
17th, Colfax, In d ian a, Nov. 9th, 1809. His
1878. H is m o th e r died w hen he w as fa th e r died w hen h e w as four y ears
six w eeks old, w hen he w as ta k e n old. He a tte n d e d th e public schools
by his g ra n d p a re n ts w ith w hom he in M ontgom ery C ounty, In d ian a
un­
lived u n til he w as four y e a rs old. He til he w as 15 y e a rs old, com ing
to
a tte n d e d th e public schools o f Osce- N orthern M issouri w ith his
m o th er
ola u n til h e w as tw elve y e a rs of a g e ,1 and b ro th er, w here he w orked on a
m oving w ith his fa th e r a t th a t tim e farm d u ring th e su m m er and a tten d ed
to O m aha, N ebr. T h e re he w orked school in th e w in ter. A t th e ag e of Apple Orchard Shows Thrift.
in a g ro cery sto re m o rnings and ev-' 19 he w ent to In d ian a to a tten d school
A. B. Thomas went out to in­
en in g s and a tte n d e d school d u rin g th e spending fo u r y e a rs in th e V alpariso spect his apple orchard on the
day, g ra d u a tin g from th e O m aha H igh N orm al and P u rd u e U n iv ersity , work-
hill back of the Watts school,
School in 1899. H e w as th e n employ-J ing his way, by teac h in g in
the
Monday, and took the Press ed­
ed a s head clerk of the firm o f A. G. country and in stru c tin g c la s se s in
itor
along. Mr. Thomas has one
H offm an & Com pany o f A rnold, N ebr. book keeping and p enm anship In the
of the finest three-year-old or­
He rem ained th e re fo r tw o y e ars, re- academ y a t P urdue,
tu rn in g to O m aha an d e n listin g
in
A fter leaving College he tau g h t chards on the hill, that it has
th e H osp ital C orps o f th e U. S. A rm y school th re e years, th e last y e a r be- ever been our pleasure to see.
for serv ice in th e P h lllipplnes.
H e ing principal of th e H igh school of
He keeps the ground cultivated
rem ain ed on th e Isla n d s fo r
th re e Genoa, N eb rask a. In 1886 he
was
in
fine shape, and the trees show
y ears and a fte r being m u stered out, elected a s s is ta n t c a sh ie r of
the
passed th e C ivil S erv ice e x am in atio n Strom sburg
B ank
of S tro m sb u rg , the effects of this care in their
and e n te re d th e Q u a rte r M a ster Ser- N ebr., w hich position he held for five thrifty growth. They will bear
vice as Q u a rte rm a ste r C lerk on an years.
this year. The Watt section and
Army T ra n sp o rt, se rv in g fo r e ig h te e n
The firBt tw o y e a rs of th is tim e he David's Hill are among the finest
! spent, d u rin g the w in te r m onths, four
,
,
,
, ,
,
.
m onths.
.
.
. . ..
.
I orchards and vineyard lands , in
H e th e n re tu rn e d to O m aha, N eb ..'e v e n in g s each w eek teaching, tw o of,
Mr. Thomas has
and w as em ployed by McCord B rady which w ere devoted to in stru ctin g a the country.
C om pany, W holesale G rocers.
Af- class of S can d an av ian s in E n g lish and approximately onehundred acred
te rw a rd s resig n in g
to a c c e p t
a two in teac h in g p en m anship.
| of apple orchards in Washington
position w ith th e
W estern
Rail-
In 1891 he accepted th e position of county.
Besides the Orchard
way W eighing A ssociation a s fre ig h t c a sh ier and m a n a g e r of th e
S ta te vj8j^e(j Monday, he has a large
In sp ecto r and la te r tra n sfe rre d to th e Bank of A rnold, N ebr., a ctin g in th a t
,
,
’
,
. .
.,
The report that the Tupper B lack H ill. D istric t w ith h e a d q u a rte r, capacity for e ig h t y ears, a t the end^ apple and prune orchard in the
saw mill in Scoggin’s Valley had a t D eadwood, S o u th D akota. H e re- of which tim e he en te re d th e Mer- r irholm section and an apple or-
closed because of a fight was m ained in th e ir serv ice fo r th re e can tile b u sin ess, to g e th e r w ith th is chard at North Plains.
erronous, according to a state­ years, leaving them to ac c e p t a p o carried on farm in g and sto ck raisin g
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ment made by Mr. Tupper. The sltion a s T rav e lin g S alesm an fo r th e quite extensively for five y ears,w h eo
trouble at the mill was of a per­ W asm er F ru it C om pany of D eadwood, he cam e to F o re s t Q rove, O regon,
Concert Pleases
sonal nature, and had nothing to S o u th D akota.
purchased th e In te re st of T. A.
The Commencement Concert
do with the mill closing for a L a te r he accep ted a position as and
W atrous in th e firm of W atro u s & given last night in Marsh Hall
few days. The mill closed for City S a lesm an fo r S w ift A C om pany Allen Co., th e firm nam e being th en
was greatly enjoyed by those
a week because of a lull in the I of
o rtlan d , O regon, w hich
position changed to H offm an A A llen Com
lumber trade, but after a week’s he P held
member
”
"of
present,
and was one of the best
com ing to F o re s t G rove pany. He rem ain ed a ----------- —
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vacation the mill is again run­ w here he u n b til ecam
e a m em b er o f th e th is firm u n til lta d issolution in Feb- musical treats ever given in t h i s
ning with renewed orders for
(firm of A. O. H offm an A C om pany.
ruary l i l t .
I c ity .
REPORT UNTRUE
OF MILL CLOSING
, lumber,
Wilson. The office carries a sal­
ary of $4500. Mr. Miller is one
of the best known Democrats in
the state, and he has a great
reputation as an orator, the
silver tones of his magnetic
voice having been heard in every
crossroads town in every county
‘‘where rolls the Oregon.”
NOTED AUTHOR
VISITS THIS CITY
Will Tompson, the noted au­
thor of Seattle, was in this city,
last Thursday, to select a bow of
Capt. Barnes for Dr. Doty, a well
known archer of Seattle. Mr.
Tompson is a brother of the late
Maurice Tompson, who gained an
international reputation as a
writer.
When the Thompson
brothers were young men they
used to go on long expeditions
into unexplored country, taking
as weapons only bows and
arrows, with which they would
slay the biggest wild game. In
later life they gave up, mostly,
these trips, but until the time of
his death Maurice Tompson was
an enthusiastic archer, and Will
Thompson still follows the royal
sport of Robin Hoody; The bows
made by Captain ffiarnes are
used the world ovef by noted
archers, and many a famous
man has come to this city to
visit the little workshop of the
Captain to select a bow.
Lack of electric power makes
jthe Press late today.