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About Forest Grove press. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1909-1914 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1914)
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1914 FOREST GROVE PRESS PAGE FIVE cast is a good indication that all can Of Interest to Farmers— Nashville Students Coming— do as well. In every community Farmers in this day and age are The famous Nashville Students are there is a golden opportunity for not content with the old way of doing coming to the Star Theatre next Mon Forest Grove, Oregon some energetic woman to enter the things. They used to be satisfied to day evening, February 16. For many contest with enthusiasm and win the raise razor back hogs and just coin- years these ten colored minstrels T h e place where you can get your feed ground while you honor of being awarded the valuable mon cows, the kind that was of little have been on the road, and they re wait. W e grind feed every day in the week except Sunday. prize. folks like to eat and are willing to turn again and again to the 3amo We are Wholesale and Retail Dealers in The're are many ways in which a use but to feed and swear at, and ' towns. This is the third time that they candidate may secure the aid of they didn’t kick about skimming milk have come here. Seven years ago the Bran, Shorts, Rolled Oats, Ground O ats Ground W heat friends, principal of which is by per- by hand. But now farmers want the Nashville Students showed to a pack Cracked W heat, Cracked Corn, W hole W heat and Corn, M id sonal calls upon them. The leaders best of everything. Hogs must be of ed audience here in the old Vert’s dlings and several kinds of Hard W heat Flour, Sack Tw ine and in the campaign for votes may have the kind that will not only eat but Hall, and two years ago they ware Sacks, H ay and V etch Seed. their friends aiding and assisting grow and put on a little meat that here again and the theater could them in many ways. Each person folks like t eat and are willing to scarcely seat the people. This is ihe i has a circle of friends who are al- s pay for. Farmers have got separa- ways glad to render you aid, and by tors to do the work of the old-fash- enlisting the co-operation of a large ioned housewife. The first thing is to number of persons in such a cam- get good stock nd the next is to feed paign the circle or sphere and the right as every farmer knows and they j influence of the candidate is in- will be glad to hear that Will Hard- ! creased, and that is what gives a trampf, the feed store man, of this candidate a backing that can be de- city has just received a car load cf Press Subscription Contest. having a good reserve back of you pended upon for "many votes. . dried beet pulp from Los Angeles. that you can bring into the play later Contest Remarks. This product when fed to cows fur- on in the contest. The wise contest (Continued from page one) Are you clipping contest coupons nishes a relish with their hay and ant is the one who will take ad will only try. for some young lady ? j will increase the flow of milk. One vantage of this offer. The Special Offer. Thousands of votes are being re- , pound of pulp will take the place of The Standing. This is something you do not want ceived daily by the Contest Depart- one and a half pounds of hay and will In presenting the standing today of ment. to overlook. The extra votes are what produce more milk. will cinch the prize for you. No the candidates of the greatest contest Some candidates are already busily I ------------------------- candidate is restricted as to the size ever conducted by any newspaper in ^ engaged in securing subscriptions. Frizes Offered for Essays__ o f her specil ballot, if you can secure Oregon, it will be interesting alike A candidate in the office today The Coast Culvert & Flume Co. is twenty yearly subscriptions you can to patrons and candidates to note says, “My, but it is easy to secure sending to the schools of the county do so and still receive 100,000 extra that many changes have taken place subscriptions.” a beautiful calendar entitled, “Wash- votes. The more subscriptions you in the relative positions of many of Send your subscriptions to Contest ington Crossing the Delaware,” turn in during this offer the larger the candidates. Department, The Press. j The company offers three prizes for your special ballot will be. The well laid plans f the ener- j Why not win an $80.00 sparkler ? [ the best essays on this subject. Enter your name and win a prize. Five dollars, two and a half, and one Now is the time to build up a good ! getic campaigns of the contestants big vote reserve, there is nothing like are bearing good fruit and the votes Prizes to be awarded solely on dollar are the prizes. The essays merit. The ones who do the best work must not contain more than 225 will be the winners. words. The Washington County •'+++ *t* *j. *;* s- -i* -i- *;* v *i* *1* * *l* v * Do not over look the Soecial Offer spelling contest will be a big suc- I now running. Fifty Thusand Extra j cess again this year. More than ' Vtes for every ten yearly subscrip- fifty schools have sent in reports. | tions. Next week we will publish the G R A N D P R IZ E - $ 3 0 0 .0 0 I N G O L D Still Time to Nominate. | names of the ten highest standing It is possible that you will not find of the county. Now is the time to D I S T R I C T P R I Z E S - - Tw o $ 8 0 .0 0 D iam ond Things the name of the party you believed prepare for the local contests which / 0 p er cent to a ll T w o $ 2 5 M erchandise Orders would be able to win one of the grand will be held April 25th. The grand N on -P rize W inners Two H an dsom e L a V a llieres j prizes in the following list. If such ' final will be held in Hillsboro May 2 . should be the case, you are earnestly Can you believe what you see and requested to nominate a candidate J hear ? I yourself. You can name any woman, j ______________ a friend, a relative or if you think Local Elks to McMinnville Circus— T H E F O R E S T G R O V E P R E S S V O T IN G C O N T E S T you can get out and get enough votes Down in McMinnville they’re al Void After February 21, 1914 to win a prize, you may nominate ready shouting, “Hello, Bill; how’s yourself. Every candidate is provid- the circus?” The big thing is to be This Ballot W ill Count 2 0 Votes ed with all necessary information and pulled off in the Yamhill county seat subeription books necessary to con- 1 auditorium on February 27 and 28, For duct an energetic and successful cam- | and local members of the order are paign for votes. ' planning to attend, for every one Address. In Case of a Tie. | knows that the Elks are going to In case two or more persons re- have a splendid show. Committees Good for twenty votes when properly filled out and sent to the ceive the same number of votes, then have been in Portland to close ar- Contest Department of T he P r e s s . the value of the prize due any one rangements for a number of fine at- person receiving such number (if tractions, though a greater part of No Ballot will be altered in any way after being received by T he there were no tie) shall be divded the program will be given by the Mc- P r e s s . Ballots must be in before the date printed on them expires. equally between the persons receiv- Minnville antler herd each day prior ing such number of votes. , to the opening of the big show. H ARTRA M PF’S FEED MILL WHEN IN NEED real test of a show, their ability to come back. They have six screaming vaudeville acts, four funny come dians. Darkies are known for their melody and these ten are great in song. They have a concert band that will narade in uniform. + + * + + + + ♦ ♦ ♦•>♦♦♦ + PRINTING + Commercial and Society Cor- + rectly and Effectively Printed. + PR ESS PRIN TERY + ♦♦ + * + + ♦ + + + + + + GiVE US A CALL EMPIRE Cream Separator Easy to Clean Small Bowl THE Light Running PRIZES Has Revolutionized the The Cream Separating Business All Sizes GOFF BROS. HARDWARE WHO ARE TH EY? W here Are They? A Car Load of 1914 Ford Automobiles just received by W . A. Chalmers Thomson & Robertson now open for business in the Abbott Block. C om e! Come and buy at the Greatest Reduction Sale ever put before the public of Forest Grove. Specials for Sat Only Lot 1 Men’s Shirts, values to $1.00, Saturday. Price 25c each . . Lot 4 Children’s union suits, value to 50c, Saturday Price 15c Lot 2 Day overalls, value to 50c, Saturday Price, 10c a pair Lot 3 Ladles’ dress skirts, values to $7.50, Saturday $1.60 each Lot 5 Men’s flannel shirts, value to $1.50, Saturday Price, 85c each Lot 6 An odd lot of Nemo and Gossard corsets, value to $5.00, Saturday $1.39 a pair Lot 7 $2.75 fringed bedspreads, Saturday Price, $1.79 Extra full size Lot 8 1,000 yards of fine laces, val ue to 15c, Saturday Price 3c a yard Lot 9 Ladies’ and children's gloves, value to 35c, Sturday Price, 15c a pair Lot 10 200 yards of apron and dress ginghams, for Saturday 10 yards for 3Pi bunch, 10 yards to the customer Lot 11 10 spools -Charter Oak spools cotton for Saturday 25c Lot 12 Odd lot of ladis’ shirtwaists Saturday Price, 10c each W e are out of th<^ high rent district. W e sell for less. Thomson-Robertson Forest Grove’s New Merchants Next to Abbott’» Jewelry Store We Sell for Cash FOREST GROVE CORNELIUS Prevent Zr& rd T HE UNI VF HS M ; CARN Disapi o ot- ment and O rder one of these New Models Before T h ey are Sold, if I will be Pleased PRICE $625 Fully Equipped Demonstrate These New Cars at Your Earliest Convenience The 1914 Ford Contains Several Im provements and has been Reducad in Price $50.00 Buy it because its a better car. Costs little to buy— Costs little to run, and delivers the goods. But we Sell for Less MAIN STREER GARAGE, ♦ ♦ + ♦ ♦ •»
