Supplement to Forest Grove Express
Vol 1
Forest drove, Ore.. Thursday, Sept. 14, 1916.
NOTES AND PERSONALS
Mrs. Emily Lady and daughter
of Estacada visited at the W. B.
Mrs. Olson and daughter of Potwin home over Sunday.
Farmington were in the city Tues
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Benfer,
day.
enroute from Portland to Los
Carter's inks will not corrode Angeles, visited relatives in this
the pen and always How free. city Tuesday and at M cMinn­
For sale at the Hook Store.
ville Wednesday.
I)r. Brookbank and family and
itecau.se of so many patrons be­
A. B. Caples and family attended ing out of town, Manager Hoff­
the circus in Portland Friday.
man of the Star Theater has ar­
Frank Fleck and family and ranged to reshow the first episode
Roy Benfer and family visited of “ The Crip of Evil” next Mon­
Portland in the Fleck auto Sun­ day night, with episode No. 2.
day.
Six reels for 5c and 10c.
Gavin Duncan took his family
King & Company have in this
and Mrs. Ed Sayres and children issue of the Express an announce­
to Oregon City in his auto last ment of their fall opening sale
Sunday.
that should be read by every Ex­
Don’t forget to bring your sec­ press subscriber. There are some
ond-hand school books to the nice bargains listed in the big ad.
Book Store. We are in the book 1
W. A. Montgomery of Moun­
business.
tain Dale was in the city last
Have a good gray horse, aged 9, Friday and vjsited for a time with
years, weight 1125, for sale cheap! his old time friend, J. T Fletcher.
or ttade for fresh cow. Joe Fair­ Fifty-two years ago these two
childs, phone 392.
35-tf
men drove ox teams from Mis­
Ben Whited and family expect souri to Oregon for Captain A.
to leave some time next week for Montgomery, father to W. A.
a six week’s visit in Nebraska,
visiting at least a dozen towns in | E. A. English, district organ­
izer for the Brotherhood of Amer­
that state.
ican Yeomen, f o r Washington
The Express is informed that Yamhill and Marion counties, has
John Buchanan of Cornelius has moved his family to this city from
traded vacant property, of a value North Yakima and is engaged in
of $5,500, for the F. J. Miller resi­ the organization of a lodge of his
dence in this city.
order in this city. He expects to
People who are in the habit of get the lodge organized by Oct 1
arising with the sun report having
Dr Pollock, wife and two child­
seen a wnite robin in the southern
ren
have returned to their home in
part of the city. H. D. O tt saw
the bird in Myron Wilsie’s yard this city, after spending the past
seven weeks touring the state in
Monday.
their auto. They visited during
Claude Davis and Walter W eb -1 that period Belknap Springs, Lost
er returned Sunday evening from 1 L a k e , Roseburg, Grants Pass,
a fishing trip to the Wilson river Marshfield, Coquille and many
and report that they caught quite other points of interest in the
a number of fish, including four state, and report an enjoyable
big salmon.
vacation, during which they did
N o. 36
Excellent Roads
at Reasonable Cost
In last week’s issue the Express
made mention of the excellent
roads being built in this county
by the county court under thg
supervision of A. B. Todd of this
city. At that time the Express
did not have the cost figures, but
the editor of the Hillsboro Inde­
pendent furnishes them, as fol­
lows:
"Compilation of the cost of re­
surfacing the Base Line road be­
tween Cornelius and Forest Grove
gives reason for the belief that a
solution of the Washington county
road problem has been found and
th2t 9 surface that will withstand
heavy automobile traffic can be
laid at a cost which can be met.
The stretch in question was com­
pleted last week and work begun
on the Hillsboro end. Judge
Reasoner has kept a close tabula­
tion on all expense of the work
and announces that the cost has
been 52.2 cents per lineal foot or
31 Vs cents per square yard. The
repair of the road consisted of re­
surfacing, the macadam b e i n g
first torn up with a spiked roller.
It was then rolled smooth and
coated with hot oil and this cov­
ered wiih i dressing of screenings.
An experimental stretch of this
road laid in Forest Grove a year
ago has resulted in a fine pave­
ment which as yet shows no wear.
“ Rock was hauled from the
Thatcher quarry, a distance of
about nine miles, there being
1587.42 yards used. At 48.9 cents
per yard the cost of crushing was
$777-51. In addition it was nec-
cessary to ship from other quar­
ries 113.08 yards of rock at 80
cents, or at a cost of $90.46, mak­
S. C. Ayres, representing the lots of camping and fishing.
ing the total cost of rock $867 97.
Western Civilization Corporation,
Last Saturday was the anni­
which has the western rights for j versary of J. F. M cG ill’s arrival Hauling of rock from the quarry
the big sensational film, “ Civiliza- j on this terrestrial sphere and in cost $2033.65 and of that shipped
tion,” was in the city Saturday the evening a number of the fam­ : in $15.48, making the total haul-
and sold the Forest Grove rights ily's friends gathered at the M c­ ; ing cost $2049.13.
to the Star Theater.
Twenty Gill home to remind Jim of the
“ Spreading, rolling, shoveling,
people travel with this film. See importance of t h e date
grading,
etc , cost $833.53; fuel,
The
announcement on page 7.
evening was spent in playing oil, et c, $192.55; binder, 225
Ralph Oglesby, manager of the games, telling stories and dispos­ barrels at $3.85, $866.25, making
Seavey hop yards, was in town ing of the excellent refreshments a total for the 9200 feet of ’ high­
yesterday and authorized the Ex­ Mrs. McGill had prepared for the way of $4809.43. Included in the
press to invite the people of For­ occasion. Those present, in ad­ cost also are the tools for laying
est Grove to a band concert and dition to M r. and Mrs. McGill, the binder which can be used
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entertainment at the yards Sun­ were Messrs, and Mesdames L. M. elsewhere.”
day afternoon and evening. The Graham, R. C. Hill. A. L. Sexton.
Dr. Guy Y’ ia brought F. A.
Banks band will be there and at H. R. Bernard and W. C. Benfer, Nicholson down from Buxton last
3:00 p. m. there will be a concert Mrs. Lulu Ingersoll, Mrs. E. W. Thursday and had Dr. Kauffman
and children’s entertainment. A t H a i n e s , Misses Anna, Grace use his X-ray machine to locate a
7:30 p. m. there will be another and Ruth Haines, Elida Loynes, steel splinter in the patient’s neck.
concert and minstrel entertain­ Mildred Benfer and Master Ken­ The two physicians removed the
neth Benfer.
splinter and the wound is healing.
ment.