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FOREST GROVE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON
VOL. 5
K OF P CELEBRATE
WITH BIG PROGRAM
BEAVERTON BUTCHER
FINED $50 AND COSTS
A. H. Spraner Guilty of Second
200 People Gather at Local
Offence; Complaint Made by
Headquarte sfor Impree-
live Ceremonies
WAS THE GOLDEN JUBILEE
Banquet, Ritualistic Work and
Social Features Make Me
morable Evening
Two hundred people which included
members of the Forest Grove Knights
o f Pythias and their friends, gathered
at the lodge hall last Thursday even
ing for the celebration o f the golden
jubilee. All over the United States
the Knights assembled to do similar
honor to the founder, Judge Henry
Rathbone, who with twelve other men
established the organization in Wash
ington, D. C., February 19, 1864.
Decorations in lodge colors, blue,
yellow and red, symbolic nf friend
ship, charity and benevolence,made in
the shape o f a triangle, adorned the
ceiling, and a large United States
flag was draped on the wall.
The supper was a sumptuous affair
and it was necessary to make three
sittings in order to accommodate all
the guests. Rudolf Schultz, one of
the members, carved the chicken and
waitresses from the Forest Grove
Hotel made the service capital.
A ritualistic program arranged by
the Supreme Lodge was rendered,
with Carl E. Brodersen as chairman.
Those who took part were Earl Bux
ton, chancellor commander; Andrew
Kelley, vice chancellor; P. C. Star-
rett, prelate; Claude Elford, acting
master o f exchequer;
and Loren
Watkins, master at arms. The cere
monies were beautiful and impressive
while the different colored lights were
turned on and appropriate music was
rendered by Walker’s orchestra.
A fter the program, an informal get
acquainted meeting was enjoyed for
an hour and then the guests repaired,
some to the main hall for a social a f
fair and others to the club rooms.
Thursday the business house win
dows were beautifulyy decorated
with lodge colors and symbols and ar
tistic cards made by C. E. Brodersen.
W ILL REPEAT MINSTREL SHOW
With new songs, jokes, skits and
rejuvenated peps the Forest Grove
High School Minstrels will play a re
turn date at the Star Theater Friday
night, March 6.
Many who wished to attend the
show this week were unable to get re
served seats and of course they are
anxious to see the production, and
there are a lot that want to see the
darkies again since they intend to
put on many new features.
20 PORTLAND ACROBATS
COMING FOR BIG SHOW
Deputy Shrock.
A. H. Spraner a butcher o f Beaver
ton, arrested on a warrant sworn out
by a deputy food commisioner M. S.
Shrock and was brought to Hillsboro
Saturday by Constable McQuillan.
He was charged in the complaint
with exposing for sale and selling un
wholesome food.
Spraner pleaded
guilty to the charge and was fined
$50 and costs by Justice Smith.
This is the second time within a few
months that Spraner has been fined
for selling unwholsome meat in his
butcher shop. The first time he was
arrested he paid $25 and costs.
A. Katz a junk dealer o f Portland
has gotten himself into a peck of
trouble by making away with several
iron posts belonging to John Schute
a retired banker o f Hillsboro. Katz
bought some iron junk o f Art Schute,
son of J. W., and when he went to
load the stuff on his wagon he also
included the poles, which were lying
near. He shipped the stuff to Port
land, and was brought out from the
metropolis Saturday by Constable
McQuillin to face a charge of lar-
eeny. Unable to furnish bonds in the
sum o f $600, he was remanded to cus
tody o f sheriff Reeeves.
WOMAN MAKES GIFT TO BOY’S
CLUB.
Mrs. G. O. Rodgers Contributes $100
Toward New Club House.
One hundred dollars has been given
by Mrs. G. O. Rodgers o f this city
to the Boy’s Club toward their new
bungalow club house. She is the
donor o f the Forest Grove Library
Building after which that institution
has been named.
The boys now have the blue prints
that were made by Architect Mc-
Naughton o f Portland who drafted
the Pacific Gymnasium and the club
is highly elated over the design for
their new quarters. They will soon
call for bids for the construction of
their house.
JURY
FINDS
HOWELL
GUILTY
Of Extortion and Threatening the
Life of Charles Lippert
George Howell, o f the Green Moun
tain district near Buxton, today plead
guilty in the Circuit Court in Hills
boro of threatening the life of Chas.
Lippert and extorting money from
him. He was sentenced to six months
in jail, but paroled by the judge on
good behavior.
Howell had been away from home
and on his return sought Lippert, it
is alleged, for having camped at the
form er’s domicile while he was away
from home, and threatened to shoot
seven kinds o f cats out o f the afore
said Lippert unless he would come
through with $125, and Lippert came
through with the aforesaid coin, and
the grand jury at its last session in-
dieted Howell
on the aforessaid
charges.
SICK MAN HEARS GOOD NEWS
Will Give Dazzling and Daring
Program While the Band
Play* Tomorrow Night
Ed. Ward Wins in Old Fire Insurance
Case When Court Decides
Ed. Ward, who lies sick at his home
Something decidedly uncommon for in this city, has at last won a final
Forest Grove will be the big athletic victory and $3,000 in the insurance
show at the Pacific University Gym case that has been pending for the
nasium by twenty acrobats from the past five years.
In 1909, while conducting a logging
Portland Y. M. C. A. tomorrow, Fri
supply store at North Bend, Coos
day night.
Among the acrobatic stunts per County, o f this state, his stock o f
formed will be tumbling, pyramids, goods valued at $40,000 was de
fancy drills, horizontal and parallel 1 stroyed by fire. There was $10,000
bar work, performances on the Ger insurance on the property carried by
man horse, fancy diving and swim three different companies.
Two o f the protective concerns paid
ming.
And an added attraction will be the but the third refused to remit their
basketball game between the Forest amount o f $3,000.and they were sued
Grove Tigers and the Pacific U n iver-1 in the Circuit Court in Portland and
Ward was given the decree. An ap
sity first team.
While the athletes are performing, peal was made by the company to the
there will be music by the Pacifi" Supreme Court o f Oregon, and a few
University band. All in all it will be days ago this tribunal sustained the
decision of the lower court.
an athletic scream.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1914
ANOTHER ATTRACTIVE OFFER
TO CANDIDATES IN CONTEST
100,000 Extra Vote» for every $25.00 Worth of Subscrip
tions—300,000 For Every $50.00.--Now is the time
to get those Promises—Offer closes March 4
NO. .32
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OUT
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COUNTY FARM EX
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PERT AND RAILROAD
Ed. Alcorn Receives Several
Gold Prizes Offered lo Children for
Best Corn, Potatoes, Beans
and Chickens
Hundred Volts From P. E.
& EL at Gaston.
The West Dairy Farmers’ Commer
cial Club had a very fine and en th u
siastic meeting at Lyda’s school house
Saturday. Over fifty were present.
MISSCHALCOMBE,OF CORNELIUS, ENTERS CONTEST The farmers commenced to come in
about 10 o’clock, and at 12 all sat Was Rigging Up Ginpole When
down to as fine a country dinner as
Thousands of Votes being polled daily in Press Contest.—Clip was ever served. Talk about your Cable Came in Contact With
twelve-course banquets in the city.
Voting Coupon for 100 Votes from this paper and vote
Electric Trolley.
They can’t hold a candle to the “ ban
, for some young lady
quets” the farmers’ wives serve on an
Ed. Alcorn, a young man about 27
occasion o f this kind.
After dinner the Club was called to years old, narrowly escaped death by
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order by the president, J. E. Lewton, electrocution yesterday morning at
SPECIAL VOTE OFFER
and the minutes o f the last meeting eleven o’clock at Gaston, while load
For the next ten days only, beginning Monday, February 23, 1914,
were read by Secretary Westcott.
and closing Wednesday, March 4, at 10 P. M., in addition to the votes
ing mining timber on the P. E. & JO.
The first committee to report was electric.
given according to the regular schedule, we make all candidates the
the Railroad Committee. This report
following offer:
Several men were erecting a g in -
was made by J. D. Mickle, and while pole, which had several wire cables
WE WILL GIVE TO EACH AND EVERY CANDIDATE 100,000
the railroad did not promise to build running to the top and bottom o f the
EXTRA VOTES FOR EVERY $25.00 WORTH OF SUBSCRIPTIONS
the road at once, they approved our pole for hoisting purposes. Alcorn
TURNED IN BETWEEN THE ABOVE DATES.
action in getting the necessary data, was at the bottom o f the pole holding
No candidate is restricted as to the number of times she may qual
showing the tonnage grown, number on to the wire cable and Orton Grieb-
ify for the Extra Votes, if you can secure $100.00 worth o f subscrip
of cattle and chickens, boxes o f fruit, eler was on top of the car, when the
tions you will receive 600,000 EXTRA VOTES, or in proportion to the
tons o f prunes, and in fact everything pole went over against the trolley-
amount o f money turned in. The more money you turn in on subscrip
that would mean tonnage for a rail wire and made a complete circuit and
tions the larger your Special Ballot will be.
road
company, both going out and held Alcorn in its deadly grasp.
Subscriptions should not be held until the last day, but turned in as
coming in. The president of the road
secured
Alcorn shouted and Griebeler sup
sent word th^t as soon as the roads posing that the former had merely
An accurate account will be kept by the Contest Manager o f all
were passable for an automobile he gotten his hands pinched between the
subscriptions turned in during this offer, and the special ballots will
would come out and look over the ter cable and pole pushed the pole over
be mailed to the candidates after this offer closes.
ritory.
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and thereby freed it from the live
. Mr. Mickle, Deputy Dairy Inspector wire and cut off the current.
Miss Christine Mackrodt .................. City ......................................
87,940 Schrock and Dr. Brooks, of Portland,
Alcorn was picked up and carried
Miss Alta Williams ............................. City .......................................
67,480 gave some very interesting and in over to the hotel and Dr. James A .
Miss Joy Adelott ................................... City ......................................
52.180 structive talks.
Baker was summoned. He said that
Everything that would tend to help the injured man would have been
Miss Una Emerson ............................. City .......................................
42,720
Miss Christina H a e k ............................ City ...................... ...............
19,640 ! develop cur district and build it up killed in five seconds if the current
Miss Ruth Austin ............................... City .......................................
17.140 j was talked over and good live com- had not been shut off by Griebeler
Miss Winifred Littlehales .................. City .......................................
14.180 | mittes appointed to take the different shoving the ginpole from the trolley
Miss Alice Ralston ................ ........... City . . . ................................
13.140 matters up. Noah Baker, Mr. Scho wire.
Miss Camilla Mills ..........................
City .......................................
9,140 field and A. E. Wescott were appoint
As a result of the shock young Al
Miss Ethel Buxton .............................. City ......................................
7,840 ed to confer with the Banks Commer corn is confined to his room with hfs
Miss Wanda Todd ................................ City .......................................
4.180 cial Club and the Forest Grove Com nervous system highly keyed up, but
Miss Emma Wilson .......................... City ......................................
3,480 mercial Club and join with them in it is thought that he will soon be ail
Miss Leta Newton .............................. City
2,820 doing anything that could be done to right.
Miss Lizzie Biel .................................. City
2,140 help Washington County.
The subject o f "Good Roads” was
Miss Maud Franklin ........................
City
1.140
Miss Edith Swanson ............................ City
1,000 taken up and a movement started to
see if the residents o f the county
Miss Merle M a u r e y .............................. Dilley .......................................
38,420 could not be educated up to the point
Miss Lena McBurney.......................... Gaston ....................................... 31,480 where they would be willing to bond
Miss Tessie Johnston ............ .............. Gales Creek ........................... 29,840 the county to build permanent roads.
Miss Arlie Fineout ............................. Gales Creek ..........................
27,180 Green Lilly, Ezra Kirtz and W. H.
Jingling Jests, Merry Songs and
Miss Adelaide Lewton .............. . . . Route 1 ..................................... 24,620 Lyda were put on the committee.
Thos. William*’ F. J. Loewis and
Miss Dora Susbauer .......................... Cornelius .................................
14,180
Dancing Darkies Make
Miss Ruth Willis ...................... .
Banks ......................................
13,240 Mr. Schofield .vaio Appointed to look
Folks Glad
Miss Ida Oglesby.................................. Route 2 ..................................... 10,140 after the dairy interests o f thi
section.
Miss Ethel Adkins .............................. Gales Creek .................................. ),140 1
breaking of big nights, that was
On Education, Mesdames Jacobson, some bignight, as the grownups say,
Miss Eva Richey .................................. Cornelius ................................... 6,140
Mi ' Vida C hallacom be............ .. • • • • Cornelius ...................................
4,940 Williams, Schofield, Schafer and Don at the Star Theater Tuesday even
The first ing, when the Forest Grove black
Mist, Carrie Bam ford.......................... Route 1 ........................................ 4,160 ovan were appointed.
thing
they
did
was
to
plan
for
the or face minstrels showed to a capacity
Miss Clara Haynie................................ Gaston ......................................
4,180:
Miss Sadie Ward .................................. Gason ........................................ 3,140 ganization of a Farmer Boys’ and house.
Miss Sarah Rainwater ........................ Route 2 ............................ ..
3,040 Girls’ Club at Thatcher, Lyda’s, Hill
The audience filled the show house,
This flowed over into the aisles and filled
Miss Len Taylor .................................. Dilley ........................................
2,140 side and Fairview schools.
Miss Rena Lee
Gales Creek ................................ 2,120 j pleased Mr. Wescott so much that he the back, so as to make a respectable
Miss Viola P a r k e r ................................ Banks ............................................ 1,149 offered to the boy 15 years o f age and sardine box look bashful. And i f
Miss Rose W ilcox.................................. Gaston .......................................... 1,000 ' under his choice o f a heifer out o f his laughing makeR one grow fat, as Hor
Miss Martha W o l f ................................ Banks ......................................
1,620 herd for the best ten ears of corn, and ace Greeley said, there will be a
Miss Ruth Frost ................................... Watts ........................................
1,000 ' •Mr. Lewton offered a gift for the sec whole cargo o f fat folks in our beau
ond prize.
tiful town.
For the best ^ien o f chickens raised
When the curtain went up reveal
All the world loves a hustler,
sure and do it this week. Remember
And you know ‘tis true,
that if you do not qualify for the Ex by the girl 15 years o f age and under, ing the twenty-five home made dark
Mr. Wescott and Mr. Mickle offered ies, with chorus clad in spotless whitn
Make a noise like a hustler,
tra Votes it may be the means of you
$5 in gold. A prize was also offered and the six end men in cherry red
And the world will help you.
losing the prize you are working for.
Your competitors will take advantage by Mr. Schrock. Dr. Brooks then spike tail coats and trousers, singing
The Tale of the Bumble Bee,” with
Candidates, now is the rime to se o f this offer, so must you. The Extra made two offers. To the girl 15 years
of age and under, $5 in gold for the Kncell Todd as the soloist, there was
cure a lot o f Extra Votes; this is one Votes are what will win for you.
best ears o f corn and five cans of a storm o f applause from the largo
grand opportunity for those who have
No one candidate has a cinch on
not done very much up to the present any one of the prizes, the contest is beans. To the boy 15 years and un-1 audience. Then followed more .song-*
time to get in and win. Any candi .still open*and the Grand Prize is der,$5 in gold for the largest and best —a medley.
Fred Jones, coach . of the show,
date can win a special ballot if she within the reach of all. All that it crop of potatoes grown on 100 feet
Ralph iligby, Vercie Billinger, John
will but try. Now is the time to get will take to win is a little hard work square of grund.
This brought up the question as to Doane, Otto Cantrell and James Nor
those promises in. If you have ever
where these articles were to be exhib- | ton as end men in the red suits with
worked in your life, you want to be
on page eiight)
ited, so it was decided to have a dis- j their nigger philsophy and wit, great
trict fair just before the county fair, ly amused the crowd. It was a caso
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and the best exhibits would then be ' o f the reds dispelling the blues.
THE PRESS,
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taken to the county fair. A commit- ! All the end men sang solos and did
Forest Grove, Oregon.
tee will Be appointed at the n ex t' a little dance, and had to repeat. Jots
meeting to take charge o f the fair.
McCoy, Encell Todd, Ralph Emmer-
Enclose Find.................................. Dollars as payment for my subscrip-
An entertainment committee, con son and Ralph Higby in their special
sisting of Mesdames Lilly, Isewton, solos were enthusiastically encored.
Lyda, Kirtz and Wylder was ap Gale Miller in his conventional black
tion to the PRESS fo r ...................... Years. Please credit the votes to
pointed.
suit and white face handled his job as
At the next meeting committees on j interlocutor like a veteran.
M is s ........................................................................
Publicity and Better Fruits will be
The second part of the show was
appointed. We want all the residents ( given over to a screaming farce, lo
Signed
o f Thatcher, Hillside and Kansas calized, “ A Night in a Dilley Hotel.”
City to plan to be at the next meeting Those in the cast were Gale Miller,
Adress
which will be held on the second Sat Willis Hines, Clarence Lenneville, En
urday in March. We are going to cell Todd , Willie Thompson, Roy
Clip this coupon and ’-nd to THE PPFSS Office and help some young
Thompson, Donald Dyment, Clair«
lady win a prize. Votes are issued .» n both old and new subscriptions
(Continued on page nine)
Walker and Lloyd Carey.
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NERVES BADLY SHATTERED
RECORD AUDIENCE GREETS
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