tar Theater, Sat., Jan. 22d
NOTES AND PERSONALS for two years, working as a sta
Hancock & Wiles have $25,000
On Saturday afternoon and even- to loan on farms.
1-tf
ing, Jan. 22d, at the Star Thea-
J. S. West of Hillside, was trad-
ter, will be shown for the first ingin town Monday.
time in Forest Grove the filmiza-
Mrs. M. A. Roe is visiting
tion of
friends in Newport.
C. J. Oglesby of Kansas City
was in town Saturday.
Mrs. Roy Loynes has been ill
at her home in this city.
Dr. and Mrs. H. R. Kauffman
were in Portland Monday.
the sentimental and romantic
Rev. J. M. Barber is confined
scenai io made from the ballad of to his home with an attack of grip,
the same name by its author,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Latta spent
Chas. K. Harris.
“ Always
. i w, ,,
,
,
,ln Sunday at the Jackson home, at
the W ay’ will be shown on the
Hillsboro.
Metro program and introduces,
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to Metro patrons the fascinating
^ r" an<^ ^ rs'
" 1 cox re"
turned Monday from a short visit
youthful star,
i to Portland.
Mrs. Chas. R. Smith was taken
_____ home from the Forest Grove hos
pital Monday.
Prices
Chester Dixon, wife and baby
of Amity, are visiting at the home
| of Ed. Dixon.
Willis Goff is able to be out
S q u e a k y S h o e s.
T o sti’s T h a n k s .
While conducting u research for ln-
One day a lady called on Tostl. the again, after a three weeks’ illness
ormatioo on the origin of certain fash- famous song writer, and announced with tonsilitis.
“Always in
the Way”
Mary Miles Minier
5c
ns of the past 1 discovered the reason
or the existence o f the squeak in
hoes.
The squeak was once deemed fash-
nable. and men of great importance
the affairs of the country detnauded
In their footwear, and cobblers were
aid 2 shillings extra for putting it in.
he squeaky boot denoted the ap-
roach of some one o f importance, and
e way was made clear at ouce in the
"me manner as a bicycler’s shrill
•histle warns you to look to your In-
erests.
During the squeaky period men found
difficult to sneak into the house after
2 midnight without being discovered
nd disgraced. Removing the shoes
fore entering the home is an Riven-
on which followed the squeaky shoe
ra, and while the former Is now al-
ost obsolete, the latter is still in
ogue and as popular as ever with
larrled menl— Zitn in Curtoons Mag-
zlne.
-
and
10c
her Intention of singing two of bis
j songs at a concert.
“ I thought I would Just run round
and try them over with you.” she said.
Tostl remarked that he was not in
the habit of giving lessons in that man-
1 ner. whereupon the lady retorted:
“ Very well; I will not sing your
songs then."
Tostl's face beamed as be advanced
toward her with outstretched bands.
“ Madam.” he said. “ 1 thank you very
much for that favor.”
A C o m p le te Job.
“ Do you love uie with all your soul?”
breathed the temperamental maiden as
she peered through the orchids with
which the table was decked ut the
lucky fellow whose Joys and sorrows
, she had agreed to share.
The 1. f. paused for a moment while
he inspected the sup|ier check. Just
handed him by an obsequious menial.
1 “ Yes, and with all my roll." he said
fervently.— RIchmond Times-1Mspatch
B i t s A b o u t B e a s ts .
You think you know something about
nlmals, eh? Well, let us put your
knowledge to a few simple tests.
| Frogs, to begin with. Can they
renthe with their mouths shut? Cer-
alnly they can. As a matter o f fact,
hey always d a If they kept their
ouths open they would suffocate.
Next, hares. When do they close
elr eyes? Answer, never. You sec.
hey haven't any eyelids, so they can’t,
ut they have a thin membrane, which
rforms the service of eyelids when
ey are asleep.
What Is the color o f a horse's eye-
rows? That's a difficult one. Think
ard and then learn that a horse hasn't
ny eyebrows.
Tou may like to know, in addition,
at turtles and tortoises have no
~th; that parrots, unlike the m ajor
of birds, can move both mandibles
their beaks, and that Ashes never
astlcate. They simply haven’t time
tween breaths.—London Answers.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Hayden,
atcher, were in town Saturday.
of
P a in f u l ly F r a n k .
Wedderly—They say that a man and
his wife grow to look alike after they
have lieen married a few years. Now,
my w i.e and I have lieen married ten
years. Do you think we look alike?
flngleton—Yes. Indeed. You both seem
to have the same sad expression.
B ig O n e s.
Fatty—Fer two pins Fd pull yerears
fer yon! Shorty—Jist you try it on!
You’ll And you'll ’ave your 'ands fulll—
London FtreAy.
P e s s im ist ic .
“ What Is an antiquarian, pn?”
“ A man who. not satisfied with his
present troubles. Is looking for some In
the past.”
H e r E xcu se .
Widow (to dressmaker)— You must
really wait awhile for payment for the
| mourning dresses
We are still too
sonowful to consider financial matters.
Did you get your share of sleighing?
We’ll Make Good
on any promise we make to deliver work on
a given date. The Express has one of the
best equipped little printing plants in the
Willamette valley, having added several
hundred dollars’ worth of material to the
Williams plant for
. . . JOB PRINTING . . .
purposes and more good material is on the
way. The management would very much
appreciate it if those in need of stationery,
office blanks, or any other kind of printing
would call at the office for camples and
prices. If you’re too busy to come to the
office use the phone and a representative
will call on you.
PHONE 821
The Hillsboro schools closed
Monday on account of the water
pipes freezing.
Mrs. W. H. Irvin of Hillsboro,
visited at the home of Mrs. Will
Bellinger this week.
The tent-house of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Watkins burned Sunday,
with all its contents.
While he was in Portland M on
day, Fd. Schulmerich lost his
home in Hillsboro by fire.
The silver offering “ Red Letter”
night will be 25c. A seat for ev
ery ticket sold. Star Theatre.
Mrs. Chester Johnson and lit
tle son of Portland, are visiting
relatives in Forest Grove and
Dilley.
Mrs. C. L. Perry, who has been
at the local hospital for the past
three weeks, was taken home
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pritzlaff
of Gales Creek, came down to
Forest Grove Monday and at
tended to business matters.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Bryant
visited relatives in Portland over
Sunday and their daughter, Flor
ence, visited friends at Gaston.
A baby girl arrived Sunday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orten
Griebler, at Gaston. Mrs. Grieb-
ler was formerly Miss Laura
Davidson and a popular telephone
girl in the Forest Grove office.
The concert given by the Indian
String Quartet at Marsh Hall last
Friday night was one of the best
entertainments of the kind given
in this city in many months, but
the attendance was not what it
should have been.
Dr. G. L. Tufts, who is touring
the state in the interest of a law
making it compulsory to give all
employes at least one day of rest
in seven, delivered a very inter
esting lecture in support of the
measure at the First M. E. church
Sunday morning.
Rev. Holmes delivered a very
interesting lecture on “ Germany
i — the Teuton and Her Growing
Pains” at the Congregational
church Sunday evening and next
Sunday he will lecture on “ John
Bull and His Seed-Corn of Lib
erty.” The lectures are non
partisan and give the pastor s
views as to the real issues in
volved in the bloody war now
raging in Europe.
Hogue Sexton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A L. Sexton of this city, ar
rived Tuesday for a visit with his
n>>rani<
H n c m p has been awav
Called A fter Long Illness
tionary engineer for a big concern
Mary Eliza Jones, a resident of
in the Coeur d'Alene country.
Forest Grove since last April,
Howard McGill left Saturday passed away at her herne in this
for Baker City, Ore., where he city Monday, after a lingering
will visit his sister, Mrs. J. C. illness.
Mary Eliza Wood was born at
Richardson, and other relatives.
The Hillsboro High School girls’ j Brock, Neb., Oct. 17, 1869, and
basket ball team defeated th e ! in 1880, with her parents, moved
Banks girls’ team last Saturday to North Yamhill, Ore. Here,
evening, at Banks, by a score of four years later, she was united ir.
marriage with J. L. Jones. To
17 to 13.
Will Thompson, a dental student this union fifteen children were
at Portland, was a visitor in For born. In the year 1889 the fam
est Grove Friday, having been ily moved to Kla nath Fails,
called home to attend the funeral where the husband met death by
drowning. With her children,
of his father.
Mrs. Jones came to Forest Grove
The open season for killing wild
last April, and ever since her ar
ducks closed in Oregon last Satur-
rival her health has been very
dav and the state game warden
poor.
has issued orders that the birds
Deceased leaves four sons, four
must be let alone.
daughters and two brothers to
Miss Gertrude Kirkwood went monrn her death. Funeral servic
to Portland the first of the week es were held at the family resi
and will be in the wholesale mil dence at 2:30 o ’clock Tuesday
linery house until the spring afternoon. Rev. Dunlap officiat
millinery season opens.
ing, after which the body was
The News - Reporter of M c taken to McMinnville for inter
Minnville reports that the cream ment.
ery of that city paid a farmer $92
Miss Winifred Littlehales and
for the cream from six cows for
a party of friends enjoyed a
twenty-eight days, when butter
coasting party Monday night on
fat was selling at 28c.
the Buxton hill.
Miss Maude Knight, whose
home is near Dilley, but who has
been teaching school at Marion,
Ore., has given up her school and
will remain at home because of
her mother’s illness.
Steam and Hot Water Heating
The Modern Woodmen of M c
Minnville have decided to put up First Class Work Guaranteed.
Estimates Cheerfully Furnished.
a $10,000 business block in their
town in the early spring. The
S h o p w it h G o r d o n n n d G o r d o n
building is to be two stories and
F o r m i (àrovr, O re g o n
basement, occupying a space 70
P hon« 6 6 3
by 120 feet.
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FOREST GROVE
LeRoy Van Kirk, mail carrier
on route two out of this city,
started out on his trip Monday
but, after going only a few miles
J. S. BUXTON, Prop.
out was compelled to return home
on account of the deep snow. He
Funeral Directors and Embalmers
made the regular trip Tuesday.
PHONE 642
Two children, a boy aged eight Forest Grove,
Oregon
years and a girl of three years,
who have been living with their
parents, Mr. and Mr . J. Smith,
at Rockton, on the United Rail
R CHOWNING, Prop.
ways, were instantly killed Satur
day morning. The family lives Baths Shaves Haircuts Shampoos
in a little cabin and the father is
employed in the lumber camp of Nixon Building
Main Street
the railroad company. The ac
cident happened at 7 o’clock and
the children were asleep. A tree
36 inches in diameter fell under
the weight of snow and crashed
I v i)
through the roof of the house
with the above result.
Men of
the camp were occupied most of
the forenoon removing the tree to
release the bodies of the children.
C. K. Lasliam
Plumbing
U n d e rta k in g Co.
PALACE BARBER SHOP
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Modern Woodmen
Installed Officers
Last Friday evening the officers
of Forest Grove Camp No. 6228,
Modern Woodmen of America,
were installed into their respective
positions by A. E. Scott, as follows:
H. N. Robinson, Past Consul.
E. H. Martin, Venerable Consul.
J. E. Tumbleson, Worthy Ad
viser.
Geo. G. Paterson, Clerk.
J. W. Potwin, Banker.
AI. Six ton, Escort.
W. W. Ryals, Watchman.
John Vanderzanden, Sentry.
Quentin Tucker and H. R.
Kauffman, Physicians.
Trustees— Sam Marshall, three
years; H. N. Robinson, two years.
The officers and members en
joyed an excellent stag lunch dur
ing the evening and spent several
hours pleasantly at a verbal log
rolling.
The camp is growing nicely and
numbers in its membership some
of the best people in the city.
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If you could combine three old fashioned
carbon lamps Into oue, you would vet only
the same amount of light as you would now
obtain from a single
NATIONAL MAZDA LAMP
and this clear, cheerful light bums for the
cost of one carbon lamp.
It will cost but little to equip your home
throughout with these lamps today.
H.
J.
WALRATH,
Two Doo: s West o f First Nationsl Rank
Res. Phone 64
Office Phone 486
A. M. SELEY,
SIGNS, SHOW CARDS, LANTERN
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UOLLIS & GRAH AM
Attorneys At Law
Forest Grove,
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Oregon
N.HOFFMAN
Attorney At Law
Forest Grove,
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Oregon