FOREST THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 25. 1913 FOREST GROVE PRESS PAGE 2 GROVE PRESS G E O R G E H U N T IN G T O N CU R R E Y ed it o r a n d o w n e r dairymen are lending their assistance to the passage o f laws that will protect the general public, they are simply providing a greater' market. The writer had the pleasure o f seeing some of those choice grapes grown on David’s Hill this week which recalled to mind an article which S u b s c r i p t i o n R a t e s in A d v a n c e . appeared in a coast paper recently over the sig­ One Year.................... $1.50 Six Months...........75 Cents nature o f a grape expert who had examined the local conditions of this section of state and pre­ P hone M ain 50.2 dicted that the time was coming where large O f f i c e o n M a in S t r e e t . acreages would lie profitably grown. As a mat­ Those who tak - an interest in ter of fact this man was in 'he employ of capi­ THE COMING politics are beginning to rec­ tal to investigate this industry and this was his ognize activity already for report after an examination covering a period QUESTION some o f the leading offices. of two years investigation. Unless present plans are changed, or unless Owing to the fact that clover has revived some of the knowing ones have received the hundreds upon hundreds of acres o f land in the wrong information, ex-Senators Fulton and Willamette Valley, we may yet see the time Bourne will be candidates before the Republican when every center may once mote have its flour­ primaries for United States enator, and whether ing mill. Reports of 45 bushels of wheat to the or not Senator Chamberlain will be a candidate acre, and 80 to 90 bushels o f oats, are common, for re-election yet remains to be seen. Some of on lands that a few years ago would not yield the wise ones are of the opinion that his posi­ sufficient to be remunerative. We must give tion on the tariff bill will decrease his opportu­ the milch cow credit for most of this. nity o f being re-elected, but that President Wilson will lake care of him by Federal appoint­ Sherwood grange is arranging to hold its fair ment, and that Governor West has his eye on this year on October 4th. This grange has a Senator Chamberlain’s mantle. Again there reputation for collecting an exhibit o f the pro­ are not a few Republicans who would really like ducts of that vicinity that is worthy o f greater to know whether Governor West will not be a publicity than local conditions make possible. candidate to succeed himself. He has publicly However it awakens a friendly meritorious com­ stated that he will not. However, he might re­ petition among neighbors, the results of which consider, if his party insisted and believed him are inestimable to the county. to be the one candidate to head their ticket. Several months ago Dr. James Withycombe inti­ A six months’ jail sentence and a $50 fine was mated to his friends that he would strive for the imposed upon a man who violated the law by Republican nomination, and within the past few carrying a pistol by Circuit Judge Campbell at weeks Mr. Dimmick, of Oregon City, has given Hillsboro last week. A few such sentences, and his friends to understand that he will be a can­ the publicity thereof, should lead to discouraging didate before the primaries, and many months this altogether too frequent habit. ago Mr. U’lten, of Oregon City, publicly an­ nounced that he would be a candidate for Gov­ It is now unofficially stated that the assassin, ernor. Congressman Lafferty is seeking re-elec­ Col. Francisco Cardenas, who murdered Madero, tion to Congress from the Third District, so all ex-president o f Mexico, received a similar fate in all it is plain to be seen that we will have this week. If this is true, about all that need plenty o f political material to go through the be said is it was a fitting climax to a series of Winter with, aside from the National issues, tragedies. such as the tariff and the currency bill. The report is current, and an investi -ation of January 1st, 1914, will find the records prove its correctness, that few NORTH WE SI the banks o f the Northwest women are taking the trouble to register. If CONDITIONS carrying larger deposits than this is true all over the State, the vote at the ARE GOOD ever before in their history. special election in November will be light. No matter where you go crops Of course our residents are so accustomed to o f all kinds are above normal and likewise the seeing strawberries displayed in out stores at prices. The great Inland Empire which compris­ this season o f the year, but to the stranger un­ es Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington are acquainted with our climatic conditions it cer­ now in the midst o f a great wheat harvest and tainly directs his attention. yields have eclipsed anything for vpars. Cattle hogs, sheep, poultry dairy products all com­ Oregon is the leading hop producing State, mand renumorative prices. And the stories of and this year grew about 40 per cent o f the out­ the richness o f this great state will be told to put o f the United States. Not only this, but it the friends “ back east.” and as soon as they gave employment to about 25,000 people during can dispose of their holdings they will be buy­ the picking season. ing tickets for the land of never failing crops and ever increasing markets. Chickens should roost high this week in Eugene. The Oregon Methodist Conference is Every dairyman should by his acts and influ­ in session. ence assist every movement that will improve Published every Tb u rvd e y el Forevt G ro ve , Washington County, Oregon. Entered at the Forest Grove, Oregon, Post O lbce as second-claw matter. the quality of milk served the public. The in­ creased demand would be sufficient to require the product of many additional cows. When the large cities are made to know that pure milk can be and is being served, the increase in consumption will be marked. Thus when the pioneer, and people, i ulpit and r,lei sure drivers in Central Park press now follow in its wake in­ and on Riverside drive now use U. o f O ’ » Registration to be stead o f blazing for it a path. horse vehicles more than former­ A b ou t 1700 | So dependent upon its service ly. T im e are not so many horr- ; have we become that to utterly es to be s- en as before the days University o f Oregon, Eugene, < paralyze its operation for long of the motor, o f course, and Sept. 24—A ten per cent, in­ w’ould mean death from cold and then never will be again, but crease in registration has been famine to millions of our people. the automobile as a recreation made at the University to date, Let us, then, think kindly of vehic'c is su-a lily giving ground otln horse.-Breeder and Sports- and if the same ratio holds good this magnificent machine, for it nan. __ ____________ in the departments of law and | has done vastly more good than medicine at Portland, the Uni- harm, and, while often used as the source of supply . (versity’ s next cataUguge will rln»r. He expect» to buy be lumber In Illllioin. the mill work lu and sciences, and engineering corded in these latter days.— inwa aud tbe furniture som ewhere •Is*». The paint also he will bay by about 700 have registered Popular Mechanics Magazine. ml!. He doesn't expert to buy any­ Many students detained by sum thin« In this town. All he expects thl» mer’ s work are still to come. Horse is Coming Back ■ own to furnish is the money to pay Last year’s registration in thest 'or the stuff. New York.—The horse i com­ He Is one o f those fellow s who be- departments was 690. !i" e It Is more blessed to receive than ing back. In all sections o f New The University’s hoped-fot io Ki te. He believes that the accept­ new building and repairs and ad York, especially on Broadway ance o f a thing carries with it no ob­ litions to four other buildings, and Fifth avenue, the horse ligation to reciprocate. He thinks it is right that the town sbonid will enable it next season to stem Irawn vehicle, public and private onti'elv supfi >rt him. but entirely wrong that s coming into its own again. still furiher the tide of student- lie should be expected to help support roing to other states for their The novelty of the automobile is •he town. When he asks yon to stop a moment ligher education, particularly wearing off along with the price, to admire his new house you might ind people wh > ri le for p !jasure Vashington and California. also stop a moment longer to admire ire turning back to man’s tried Ids gall. There is one consolation—he will and true equine friend. ICO Years’ of Railroads With the horse the hansom cab probably get s tu n g —American Lum­ berman. This year marks the centennial is coming into favor again, and >f the steam locomotive. From No Possible Benefit. they may be seen now in large i curious, crude mechanism dravv- The flood that wipes out tbe business numbers before all the big hotels llstrl -t o f a town is a calamity. Cer- ng a few tons of coal at a rate and at the public hack stands. ilnlv tiic mall order bouse that wipes of five miles an hour, the steam Five times as many horse cabs out a single store In a town Is no bene- ocomotive has pushed its way are in evidence now in New '1t. nto every continent, and today York as were used even such a The Town’s Real Enemy. trains de luxe are flying over short time as a year ago. Wom­ The mail order house couldn’ t hurt .uperb tracks, across wonderful en shoppers especially seem to a town without help. It Is the fellow iridges and through mountains, here who patronizes It that is the prefer them to automobiles, and | town's real enemy. n lands which were unknown or uncivilized one hundred years ''I m ago. The locomotive has made possible our great cities and sea­ ports; it has created states out >f vast vacant territories. With­ 1 (Successors to Mrs. W illiams) out it the products of the world PACIFC A V E . would practically remain where hey grew, an only a small frac- Dry Goods and Our Stock of pj] cion of what is raised would ever G r o c e r i e s G r o c e r i e s ire grown. The greatest working instrument of industry in times Fancy or Staple is Alw ays Fresh >f peace, yet equally essential to You will never fail to find that our prices are right modern warfare. It is the shuttle which weaves the fabric o f a Leave a trial order now nation, by reason o f easy and constant intercommunication. It Cash or Trade for Produce has become in these days the TKL GROW TH IS 10 PER CENT MOORE f B A I L E Y ’ S BE© STORE — SW EATERS LADIES aaa— a— For MEN CHILDREN M in ’s and Boy’s Suits and Overcoats Have you registered? 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