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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1Ô13.
FOREST GROVE PRESS
W. F. HARTRAMPF
Feed Mill will run every
day in the week.
W h o le sa le and R etail
Bran, Shorts, Rolled Oats, Ground
Oats, Ground Wheat, Cracked
Wheat, Cracked Corn, Whole!
Wheat and Corn, Middlings and
several kinds of Hard Wheat
Flour, Sack Twine and Sacks,
Hay and Vetch,Seed.
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W anted —The P ress desires Littler’s Pharmacy, successors to
the Forest Grove Pharmacy,
to secure a live correspondent in
expect to move to the new
every community in Washington
F'irst National Bank Building
about December 10. A few
county. Send in your application
hair and clothes brushes and
at once.
box stationery at a discount
until then.
18tf
S ociety stationery of correct
style and neat appearence may
be obtained from the PRESS job
department.
Give
Photographs
of Yourself
or Baby to
Your Friends
for Xmas
J. A.
PARKER
R epairs and O ils
Give us a call when in need.
H ARNESS
Make appointments
in time to get
YOUR PICTURES
before
THE HOLIDAYS
H e has a S p ecial O iler
for th e p u rpose.
Ind Phone 50x
Rev. R. E. Dunlap
Rev. D. T . Thomas
F o re st Grove. O re |
Thousands More
Civil Service
Appointments
By Rev. R. E. Dunlap, of the
At last the long years of suf
estab lish m en t of th e P arcel Post
fering
and waiting were accom T h g e reatly
Methodist Church
increased th e work a t th e
plished. Then one night there has
o stal D epartm ent. T housands of ad
day.
Christmas has its ori On that morning of creation was cradled in the Bethlehem d P itio
n al C ivilS ervice ap p o in tm en ts will
gin in the birth of Christ, and a when God looked upon the result manger, the virgin’s babe. Can be n ecessary.
tenderness and dignity belong to i of his work and pronounced all this mysterious one be the prom T h e o p p o rtu n ities fo r positions in the
it and are inseparable from it. ! things good, “The morning stars ised Messiah? There is nothing C ivil S ervice w ere n ev er b e tte r.
C ivil S ervice positions a re d esirab le
Even the merriest gladness of sang together and all the sons to distinguish him from any other because
th e hours for work a re not too
the day is tempered by it. The of God shouted for joy.” There child. But hark! There is a new long, salaries
a re good and c e rta in and
world is not all it ought to be but was not a discordant strain in all voice on Judea’s plain An angel prom otions a re frequent.
since Christ was born it has the universe. The conversation has broken through the heavens T he g re a te r nu m b er of appointm ents
be m ads in th e Post-Office serv ice,
never been quite what it was be of man, with the voice of the that have been sealed for four p will
aying from $600 to $ t,7 0 0 an d m ore per
fore. S mething of his life per beast, and the song of bird, centuries. The listening shep y e a rtth e R .F .D . S e rv ic ^ ,p a y in g $11,000
vades it. Something of his life mingled in one harmony that herds hear the heavenly assur p er annum to sta n d ard routes; and the
■dispels its gloom. Something of was so sweet to the ear of God ance for which the world waited. R ailw ay Mail Service, p aying from $900
to $1,800 per year.
his presence mitigates the sad that he delighted to come in the
“
Fear
not,
for
behold,
I
bring
Any A m erican o v er 18 years of age
ness and the evil of its life.
cool of the evening and walk in you good tidings of great joy, who passes th e U. S. C ivil Service e x
is elig ib le to one of these po
There are many things in life the garden, and hold sweet con which shall be to all people. For am in atio n T he
I. C. S. C ivil S ervice
whose meaning we do not know verse with the man and the unto you is born this day, in the sitions.
C ourse in stru cts you how to m eet the
and whose value we do not ap- j woman. That was the very Par city of David, a Saviour, which is re q u irem en ts of th e C ivil S erv ice ex
predate until they are taken; adise of God.
Christ the Lord.” “And sud am in atio n in any b ra n c h of th e G overn
t work.
from us. If we could imagine Then one day the desire and denly there was with the angel a m en
ark and mail th e coupon below and
■what this world would be were ambition of man in reaching after multitude of the heavenly host, we M will
send you a booklet giving nam es
Christmas taken away, if we the knowledge of God’s myster-j praising God, and saying, Glory of I. C. S. stu d en ts who a re now holding
could imagine the fact of Christ’s ies, touched the discordant note ] to God in the highest, and on Civil S ervice Positions a t good pay.
also tell you how you, too, ran
birth annulled, and all the of sin. The twang of that note earth peace, good will toward e W n e te r w ill
th is profitable field of em ploy
changes in life that His life has set every earthly sound, so that men.”
m en t.
brought about obliterated, then, where peace and harmony once That song of the angels shall Mark and Mail the Coupon NOW
perhaps, we could gain an ade prevailed, there was now turmoil never cease. The reverberations
quate knowledge of the meaning and conflict. Oh! the misery of that strain has reached the
■of Christmas.
and suffering of those dark cen earth around, and touched every
No man who knows and pro turies. There was but one ray condition of life. E arth’s dis
fesses to believe in the fact that j of light in all the dark night, and cords are giving way to heaven’s
Jesus, a Saviour, was born has a that was the Star of Hope God harmonies. The babe of Bethle
right to look glum or over anxious set in his firmament, then prom hem is the Saviour of all man
for, for just this purpose Christ ised sometime to send One of kind. Then shall not we, at this
came. May the true meaning such sweet, harmonious power glad Christmas timé, give such
and happiness of the season be that He should subdue the dis- j “ Glory to God,” and manifest
curs, and the Christ spirit en cords of earth, and blend all in ! “Good will toward men,” that
rich our lives, and prompt us to one eternal harmony. This was we may hasten such heavenly
still greater efforts for the bless the theme of the prophets of all “ Peace on earth” as will make
the ages,
this world a FnradLe again.
ing of others.
H e carries a full lin e o f
D rivin g G loves and both
H ea v y and L ight H arn ess
P ark er G u aran tees H is
the ranch people where he
GIVES LAW VIOLATORS Ÿ0ÜNG RANCHER ARRESTED tell
was going. Permitting this Lu
now went into the house and did
A CHANCE TO BE GOOD Man Believed to Know Some not
return. Reeves later forced
Pacific Avenue, Forest Grove, Oregon.
Phone«: Shop, 742; H ouse, 831
L IT T L E R ’S P H A R M A C Y S
Prescription Specialists
C igars for thg men is a most
pleasing Xmas gift. Dolly Var-
den Sweet Shop. F^VV. Em-
merson Prop.
(Ehriötmasi
To our many friends and customers.
i
O rder your holiday provisions from us and insure your
happiness by getting the best of good things to eat at the right
price.
W e have everything you need in Holiday provisions.
Let us satisfy your Xmas wishes.
H. T. GILTNER’S
P h on e 701
Thürs«
O O U R MANY F R IE N D S AND PA TRO NS we wish to e x
tend our very b est wishes for a v ery M erry C h ristm as and a
H appy New Y ear. Y our , enerous p atro n ag e ar.d good will
has helped to m ake this th e b an n er y e a r since our inception.
May Jo y and H appiness be your en v iro n m en t during this holi
day season and we w a n t you, one and all, to know th a t w e are
g ra te fu l to you and th a t our very b e st w ishes are w ith you.
We ex p ec t to be in o u r new room in th e F irst N atio n al Bank
building soon a f te r th e first o f th e y e a r w here we will be glad to
w elcom e one and all.
T h anking you for p a st p a tro n ag e and hoping to m e rit a con
tinuance o f th e sam e, we beg to rem ain v ery tru ly yours.
Jlorih Main Street.
“THE QUALITY STORE”
thing of North Plains Robbery. one of the doors and found Lu
g e o . b . M c C l e l l a n ,
Hugo Nord was sentenced to
505 McKay Bldg., Portland, Ore.
states’s prison for an indetermi H. Lunow, a young rancher; now, who was hiding.
nate period of one to five years, was placed in jail by Sheriff
but paroled on condition that, he Reeves Saturday night, on sus
conduct himself as a law abiding picion of knowing something
citizen hereafter, refrain from about the North Plains postoffice
intoxicating liquors, and make robbery, which took place one
good the money he obtained by night last week.
Young Lunow was in North
passing .several forged checks
some months ago.
Plains Saturday, and told Mr.
Bruce Coatney, a young man Troutman, in whose store the|
who stole a suit of clothes, was office was pilfered, that he could
given one to seven years, but, find the guilty parties if there
was also paroled by the court, was money enough in it. The
on the condition that he report sheriff was notified, and upon go
each month to the sherriff. Ole ing to the ranch where Lunow
Westfall pleaded guilty to hav was stopping, met a denial from
ing sold liquor without a license, Lunow that he lud made any
was fined $230, but was allowed such remark.
Sheriff Reeves asked him to go
to go on a condition that he pay
the costs of the case and report to the store, a mile distant. Lu
to the sheriff each month for now accented, but la ltr asked
that the officer wait until he could
three months.
A MERR V CHRISTMAS
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S ou th M ain Street.
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suitable for all you wish to remember
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THE BOOK STORE
H. R. BERNARD
Proprietor