THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1914.
FOREST GROVE PRESS
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BIG PRE - INVENTORY SALE!
TAXPAYERS FROM COUNTY
DISCUSS EXPENSE BUDGET
Farmers Against
$30,000
FR EE
B R Y A N T . the
oi all baojcss brought
for
Repairing Court House and
Commencing
P H O TO S
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tween 9 and 12 in the morning.
W e respectfully call your attention to circulars
giving prices which will be given to all in our reach.
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H ow About
W e have made great preparations for this sale, every depart
ment joining in this great event and offering values not to be
equalled in any other Washington County store. Shrewd buy
ers have been waiting fo r this splendid opportunity, knowing
that the avings safforded will be Well worth their while.
Our January Clearance Sale is already underway,
Every article reduced except Groceries
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teitamed a number o f relatives those present
present formerly
formerly lived
lived in
at dinner Xmas day and a most Alaska. Prof. Coe, who is now
pleasant time was spent by all. connected with McMinnville Col-
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! lege, was superintendent o f a
Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Stewart mission school and Mrs. M. G.
were royally entertained last , Campbell was matron o f the
Sunday at the hrme o f Mr. and same institution.
Mr. Brown
Mrs. Al. Dilley.
A bountiful was in the northern country for
Monday o f this week J. S. Jennings,
dinner w as served and a pleas 42 years and followed the sea as o f this city, received one of the biggest
ant time spent.
Hnd most happy surprises that he has
ship captain most o f the time.
MEET AFTER SEPERATION
OF TW E N TY-ra YEARS
BIDDEN CITY GOOD NIGHT
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FO R E ST GROVE, O REG O N
Taxpayers from all parts o f Wash
ington county at met the court house in
Hillsboro Saturday with the County
Commissioners' Court, to consider the
county expense budget for next year,
as prepared by the Commissioners and
published last month.
The meeting began at ten o ’clock
Double value in Green Trading Stamps on all purchases except Groceries on opening day of sale.
and lasted until evening, and speeches
were made by about every other man
' present.
Objections were made to
many items o f expense as shown by
1 the budget, and some o f the oratory
j let loose by the horny-handed tillers of
the soil would have done credit to a
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i Cato or Demosthenes.
The Commissioners’ Court in their
I budget had put in $30,000 to rebuild the
j old part o f the Court House, but such j
an objection was raised that a commit-1
tee was appointed to look over the
i building and report as to the advisa-
1 bility o f rebuilding it. This committee
j was composed o f J. C. Clark, o f Forest ]
[ Grove; County Clerk Luce, o f Hills-1
; boro; County Treasurer Sappington, o f j
Forest Grove; Al. Long, o f the Hills
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boro Argus; and J. A . Imbrie and Ed. j
Schulmerich, o f Hillsboro. This com
mittee found that with a few repairs
the building would do good service for
wheels with the “ E pluribus unum," several years, and when the question !
written on ’em into their eat studios. o f allowing the building fund to stand
But no, the dollars rolled on and on and in the budget came to a vote the yeo-
on, as William Jennings Bryan would menry voted it down so hard it fell
with a dull, sickening thud.
say.
N ext to meet with much opposition
None o f tha college professors of
biology, psychology, histology, zoology was the $20,000 which the Commission
or agronomy seemtd to be able to figure ers Court wants to spend for new road
Arguments f o r ,
out why a quick lunch counter wouldn’t making machinery.
pay here. They would sit down and and against the proposition flew so
figure it out, and could always figure thick and fast that the air soon became
out dollars for the restaurant man. j surcharged with eloquence. The Com-
The theory was beautiful, but “ Mirable missioners wanted, among other things,
dictu,” as Csesar used to say to his ( to buy an auto truck with which they
cohorts, figures always lied. This was would haul the crushed rock for the j
the tragic history o f the restaurant | roads, saying that they could haul it
| Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mills business in this city until just a year or j five miles in the truck as cheaply as
they conld one mile in a wagon. One
The P rhss is desirous o f publish- 8 were home to eat Xmas dinner two ago.
ing all the social events o f the §1
Now, however, it is quite a differeat farmer got up during the discussion
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with
the
form
er’s
parents
Mr.
week, and your 'phone call or a J*
Mr. and story. The two restaurants here now, and cried in a loud voice, “ Cut down
letter with the particulars o f any 8 and Mrs. E. G. Mills.
social or other event will be greatly H Mrs. Mills are enjoying living on the Forest Grove and the Commercial, every other expense you want to, gen-
appreciated. Phone number, Main & their farm near Kalama, Wash are doing a nice business, and a consid-1 tlemen, but for heaven’s sake don’ t cut
r.02. Items should be at the office 8
erable number o f folks from the coun out the road building appropriation.
by Wednesday afternoon, or earlier jfi ington.
try get hot lunches at Griswold’s little The roads o f Washington County are a
i f possible.
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short order house.
Just why the disgrace to civilization; them’s my sen-!
Manual-Johnson Nuptials.
hoodoo used to love the restaurant man timents. ”
Mrs. L. Johnson and Chas. A. ¡n this city is not known, but it is now
It was no use, however, and the road i
P. E. O. Chapter.
Manual were married at the quite definitely understood-that the machinery appropriation was voted |
Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Richards last week. hoodoo has flown or fled from town.
down. Among the chief objectors to
home o f Mrs. B. F. White. One Rev R. E. Dunlap officiating.
about everything in the expense budget
special feature o f the meeting Mrs. Johnson is a cousin o f firs.
was a young man from Portland by the j
was the entertaining o f the chil Richards and her home is in St.
name o f Faulkner, who represented a j
dren. Games were provided for Johns. Mr. Manual is Pacific
timber company that owns timber lands '
them and they all had a joliy coast manager of the McCaskey
in this county.
time. It is needless to say that System, Mr. and Mrs. Manual
Schulmerich, o f Hillsboro, also took |
the mothers enjoyed seeing the will make their home in Los-
a leading part in the discussion, and in j
little ones have a good time as Angeles after spending a short
A few days ago Mrs. Lizzie Hiatt, fact took practically complete charge
much as the children did them time in this city with relatives. who formerly lived in this city, nar- o f the meeting, in so far as the farm- j
selves.
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rowly escaped being very severely | ers were concerned. Most o f the ex-
•r a
Delightful Surprise to Captain burned at her home in Portland by penses enumerated in the budget, out-
Working Society Meet*.
Brown —A delightful surprise quick head work and the use o f quick side o f those named, are fixed by law,
was tendered Captain Charles judgment. She had filled the stove and the Commissioners have nothing t o 1
As we go to Press the Work
Brown last Friday at the home ! full o f papers and shavings and touched | do with lowering or raising them,
ing Society o f the Congregational
o f his daughter, Mrs. M. Wirak. a match when the tire blew out o f the
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Church are being delightfully
stove into a near-by pan containing
Married Last Evening — Miss j
entertained in the church parlors on Third Street, the occasion gasoline. The gasoline ignited and
with Mrs. Ross. Mrs. Ryals, and being the 67th birthday o f the flamed up, badly burning Mrs. H iatt's Hazel Barker and Warren L. j
A sumptuous dinner
Miss Thatcher as hostesses Captain.
Burr were married at the home)
was
served
and the time was en hair and dress and doing some injury to i o f her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. [
The elect ion o f officers for the
her face. There was a sawdust pile
ensuing year is the special work joyed by recounting stories of near by and by presence o f mind she H. Barker, last evening at eight
I other days when those present
o ’ clock, Rev. R. E. Dunlap offi- j
for the afternoon.
had lived in Alaska. They were lay down in the dust and rolled over dating.
They will make their
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{ Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Coe and son until the fire was extinguished. She is home at Fir Dale, Washington.
the
former
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Dr.
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Hiatt,
Entertains at Dinner
| Edmund, and Mrs. M. G. Camp-
! bell,
hell, o f McMinnville;
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Mr. and who was one o f the pioneer and best
Miss Mabel Staley and William
Mr. and Mrs. .. L. Dennis o f Mrs. M. Wirak and daughter known dentists of this city in the olden
B. Taylor and Miss Frankie
Scoggins| Valley delightful y en- | Nita and Captain Brown. All days o f Forest Grove.
as Hohbach, the baker, restaurants
were tried in this city. He launched a
lunch counter and went to the wall
with tears in his eyes and dough on the
! bread slab, hut none in his pockets.
Then others came and tried the res
Hotels, three or four of
fohn Ihng was in Forest Grove Sat taurants.
urday, and while here he and the P ress 1 them, were doing a land office business,
writer in calling up old times fell upon { and folks who thought they had a pro-
tin' iv taurant business. Before mov- phetic cast to their eyes could see
ing to his farm in the Watts district j dollars rolling down the hill and to get
Mr. Birin at one time was almost per- out o f the way some took to the wine
sanded to go inte the short order busi cellars that was in the days when
ness, but kept out because o f the whisky and quinine and horehound
dismal financial failures others had candy were prescribed for colds.
But the false prophets didn’ t take to
made.
It seemed like the unlucky cat always the cellars to get out o f the way o f the
was hot on the trail o f the restaurant speeding dollars rolling down hill. They
man ready to heard him in his den, or opened up restaurants. Threw open
something to thah effect. As far back the doors and tried to coax the cart
will make free pic'ures
be-
to his studio Friday, January 2d,
Other Expense
Tuesday, January 6, 1914, at 10:00 A . M.
RESTAURANT HC0D00 HAS
FR E E
had for many a moon. A cousin, Mrs.
Julia Rodgers, whom he had not seen
for
twenty-two
years,
with
her
daughter, Miss Marie Rodgers, drqpped
in on the Jennings family without any
advance notice.
Mr. Jennings lived
with his cousin for seven years, and
they sat up most o f the night Monday
telling stories o f the old times. Some
o f his old friends have passed away
and others have migrated West and
others are in the old h< me town with
big families. This of course was more
interesting to Mr. Jennings than one o f
Jack London’s stories, as home news is
always the best. The old home is at
Canton, Illinois.
C igars for the men i9 a most
pleasing Xmas gift. Dolly Var-
den Sweet Shop. F. W. Em-
merson Prop.
Matthews and G. W. Skiles, all
o f this city, were married this
week.
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Progressive Pharmacy
O ur store tn 1914 will be
a betler store than ever. T he
increased business which we
now have enables us to buy
in large quantities.
This is a
a saving to us and we always
share this saving with our cus
tomers
Prompt and efficient service
has always been a Hobby wi h
us, but we shall contint e to
improve ours ervice in every
way possible.
Don’t get the habit of buy
ing drugs at the handiest place.
Buy at the best place and let
it be your regular trading place.
PACIFIC
DRUG
CO.
that
N e w House
The Forest Grove Planing Mill Inc.,
General Contractors, deal in lumber, shingles, lath
cement, lime, sand and plaster, building and roofing
papers. All finish lumber kiln dried. We make a
specialty of house building and carry a full line of
sash, door frames, mouldings, glass, paint and every
thing required in the building line. Call and let us
figure with you.
Forest Grove Planing Mill Inc.
General Contractors and Builders
Council St.
Forest Grove, Ore
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tJ. S. A.
Livery, Feed and Sales Stables
Good Teams and Rigs, Baggage Called for and
Delivered to All Parts-—Open Day and Night
Handy, Clean and Comfortable
Under the New Management
WIRAK & BROWN Phone 742
Pacific Avenue
EMMET QUICK, Mgr.
Forest Grove, Oregon
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
FOREST .GROVE, OREGON
Capital and Surplus
$ 60 , 000 .
U. S. D E P O S IT O R Y .
OFFICERS
E. W. H A IN E S - - - - - P resident
JOHN TE M PLE TO N - V ice -P resident
GEO. G. HANCOCK - - - S ecretary
B oard
of
D irectors ;
Geo. G. Hancock
Allen Rice
John Templeton
T. W. Sain
H. J. Goff
E. W. Haines
Geo. Mizner
Chris Peterson
W. H. Hollis
W. K. Newell
H. T. Buxton
STAR TH EATRE
(Carl Hoffman and Fred A. Watrous, Props.)
ENTIRE CHANGE NIGHTLY
Showing Best Licensed Films.
Matinee Saturdays and Holidays.
Popular Price», 5 and 10 Cents.
Star Confectionery in Connection.
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