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A N IN D E P E N D E N T W E E K L Y N E W S P A P E R
Voi. 2
PURSES OPEN
TO Y. M. C. A.
FOREST GROVE. OREGON. TH U R S D A Y. NOV. 15. 1917
No. 45
ters carried words of praise for the
A son was born Tuesday to
F m n ln V P C tn
Y. M . C. A.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Maitland of ^ V C illip iU jc o U l
W. I). Wheelwright of Port
land, an orator of considerable
J
°
The home of Joseph Kemper of
ability, declared that it was a
The r< gular monthly business Verboort was gladdened yesterday
With all members present, the
Thu citizens of Western Wash question and a grave one as to meeting of the Woman’s club was ^y the arrival of a new son.
city
council last Tuesday evening
“ Get next" to our overcoats.
ington county, including Forest whether or not Teutonic "kultur” held at Langley hall Monday af
gave
first reading to the resolution
. .
.
hould dominate the world and
They are warm ones. A. G.
( , ■rove, are again doing
themselves crush ()Ut (j,.mocra(.y . Mu(.h
ternoon, with a good attendance Hoffman & Co.
providing for increases in the pay
I'roud in their response to the ap- pended on the American soldiers 1 and an unusually interesting pro
MLs
M k , Mary VanKouyhnet b a t
' h’
peal of the American and allied and they could not do effective gram. Three new members were
, l local
r , ai htt
niit,]
from
those effected being Street Com
the
ho
pital,
recovering
from
missioner Watkins, who is to re-
armies to give the Army Y. M. service unless the people at home ad mitted.
Mrs. Jennie Kemp of Portland, an °Pe,aUon performer Sunday. ceive $85 per month; S. G. Mor-
with
amrnuni-;
hacked
them
up
( ’. A . $.'15,000,000 to make more
1 he member.s of the C R. Lash- gan, chief engineer at power plant
lion, food and comfort.
The a former pre.^idint of the W. C.
comfortable the lives of the en Army ‘ Y ” was in his opinion, a T U , and a member of Mr. am family are preparing to move $ 9 5 ; two assistants, $85 each;
listed men in American training very important organization and Hoover’; food conservation army, to Tacoma next week and last Frank Baer, teamster, $75. This
.
camps and European battlefronts. was doing a glorious work in giv made a fine address on ' sweeping Thursday evening forty of Miss t resolution will be voted on at the
The drive in this section started ing the American hoys a place to the platter clean,” giving the local Esther’s high school mates in- December meeting and if it car-
eongrt gate, read, write and enjoy conservers'in the club some grxwi vaded the Lasharn home, fortified rjes> as seems likely, the increase
Monday morning and the mini
a few hour- amid clean, whole- pointers and taking hack to Port- W1,h plenty of eats, and spent applies to November salaries,
mum quota of $1 500 is nearly some, peaceful sur oundings. lie land with her, according to yes- several hours very pleasantly at
Bills amounting to $2,694.00
reached
With a proper response a d v ise d giving liberally to the terday’s Oregonian, some equally music, games and dancing, follow- were allowed and the finance com
by the few who have not yet con Army *'Y ” fund, so liberally that helpful hints which she is passing ed by a nice lunch. The young mittee was instructed to borrow
people were chaperoned by Mr. money at the hanks to meet the
tributed, Forest Grove’s share will the giver could fed the " h u r t ” of on to other clubs.
his gift. Such hurts ought to be
The club has adopted the fol-
Paul Schultz and four of difference between the bills and
be in by tomorrow night.
‘" f *1 . ,K teacher-.
Following are the teams work a comfort to those who were not lowing themes for Mr>. Richard-
the sum of $1,251 00 on hand.
ing in this city:
suffering physical pain on the bat son’s conservation committee, to n j si
n
1
Treasurer Sparks recommended
Team l- T. E. Isaacs, Cap tlefields, as are thousands of our be discussed and demonstrated I l 6 (l LFOSS O H M C ri 10
taking up three street improve
the first Monda>’s in each month,
n •
m • a
ni
tain; H. E. Inlow, C. L. Moc oft, best boys and men.
ment bonds and a warrant, total
E I). West, R M. Stevens, W.
Sevi rul hundred people heard
ling better than $ 2 , 0 0 0 and the
December, “ Complete Use o f/ v a il-;
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C. Renfer.
the addresses and dozens of them
council so ordered. A warrant
| The program is practically com-
ordered drawn for S.
Team 2 J. M. Barber, Cap asked questions of M ajor Ken- «ble M aterials."
Rates, ning as to various phases of the
January, " U s e of C ereals."
píete for the patriotic picture show A. Walker to pay damages done
tain; H. R. Johnson, H.
world-war, receiving courteous
February. ' Meal Planning and Ac- an(j coacert
be given at the his property when the sewer was
W. J. R. Reach.
count K eeping."
1
*.
Dyke.
Captain
¡¡answers
to
all
their
questions.
Team 3 W.
Star Theater next Wednesday and run through the Walker straw
March, "H om e Managing.”
berry bed.
A. G. Hoffman, P. L. Schultz, M ; Next week the Express will pub-
Thursday evenings for the pur
April, "L a b o r S av e r»."
M.
Good,
E.
E.
I
lish
the
names
of
contributors.
R. Johnson, C.
Street committee
reported that
.
May, "Conservation of Animal Pro pose of raising funds to purchase .
Williams
Christmas
packages
for
the
Amer-
rocJ
i
t°
r
the
improvment
of Sev-
ducts."
An , Old Soldier Called
ican boys in France. The show is en.l h street was hard to get and it
„
,
Team 4 Dr C. E. Hawke,,
June, "Canning, Drying and Preserv
W . II. Luster passed away at
given under the auspices of the mif?ht be necessary to plank the
Captain; M. J Fenenga J I*
ing Fruits."
local Red Cross Military Relief road and stop work until spring,
Hurley, C. A. Littlcr Dr J S'I his home, near Strassel, on Sun-
July, "Canning and Drying Vege
day and the remains were interred
committee
and some of the lead-
resolution authorizing the
Bishop, Dr O Tucker.'
u
l ,
i'
in Forest View cemetery at 111 tables."
ing musicians of the county are to street commissioner to build a
Team 5 Manch.'
August,
“
Textiles.”
y; C a p .,oVlock last Tuesday morning, af i
take part
’
cement walk just south of the S-
tain; Mrs. E
September,
"Conservation
of
b. Rurlingham,' ,r
•
the home of Mrs.
Mrs. J. W.
After considerable effort, the
°.n ¡,he W irtz Property,
,, .
M
Mrs' A * B- A .B . Todd, Rev. B. F Clay of j H ealth."
r
C/aples, Mrs. W Goff .
1 the H i||sboro Christian church of-
All hou-ewives are invited to famous film of the European war, ' * *jr e
|"Un<ler the Stars and Stripes in 1 he public service commission
1 earns have also been enlisted fleeting. Members of the local fthese meetings,
at Gaston, Dilicy, Buxton, Gor- (, a R . officiated as pall bearers, j ft was announced that Rev. A France,” has been secured ¡or the ^ a v i n 8 ordered five railroad warn-
nclius, Banks. Gales Creek, Kan- deceased having been a member B. Patten of the Congregational benefit. This is a two-reei feature }n% signs put up by the city, pur-
* 1 * ■
Hillside and hustling ,,f he Grand Army.
church had c o o m b ted to deliver that has attracted so much at- Rasing committee was author-
little Dilley m a d e up its quota be - 1 [ ) t.(.,,ase{1 was !)orn ¡ri West Vir an address at the open meeting to tention on account of its sensa- 'zec* to secure such signs
tiona! showing of the battlefields
E. G. Mills and one other
fore night the first day of , -olicita-
; ginia
(rmii on
(iri April
^ j)rj| 3D, 184
1 h 42,
and in
in beheld
beheld at
at Ixingley
,
z, awl
- j had on Nov-
asked to have the electric lights
Don, with Buxton only a lap iggg waa married to Miss Sarah ember 26th, to which the public and soldier camps
extended to their homes, but the
beh,nd-
R. Wilson. T o this union were *» i nvi ted.
Then there are two reels of
extending a half mile
*i\ rhibfr.n
«if wnom
whom five
Mrs
F Walker
made
are-
comedy,
Luke s expense
ot extending
a halt
The workers met Friday even born
born six
six
children, ot
rive
Mrs C
r . r..
u a k e r.m
a ie a
re- roaring
H(
®moon
» “ a Lonesome
nd
a one.reei
was considered
too great
at mile
Uris
ing at the Methodist church, survive, a- follows: W. A. Luster port of the proceedings of the con- “ (aieyinoun,
an u
a one itei
s
where they and friends to the of Stra-sel. A ('. Luster of Sara, vent ion of the Oregon Association ^.a Lbe
feature- o,000 feet
*
number of ninety partook of a Wash., T . E. Lu ter of Portland, .v„
for the,Prevention
,n
Lighting ^
committee
was author-
„ k ,. .w ...v .u.. of Tuberculosis
u
.
substantial dinner, prepared by Mrs. F E. Robins
of Salem and recently held in Portland,
and
The
musical
program
is
not
en-
1
zed
to
install
a
street
light near
Portland,
the members of the Indies’ Aid Mrs. A B. Todd of this city. De- Mrs. Richardson was appointed tirely complete, but there will be the cannery, to une^tigate the
Society.
ceased came to Oregon with his the club’s representative to the patriotic music by a special or- need ot lights at the east end ot
a%enUG south, and near
After the dinner. Toastmaster family in 1889 and has lived at proposed Washington c o u n t v chestra, singing of both American
B. J. Simpson, who is also general ! Strassel ever since, with the ex- conservation league which is be’- and French patriotic songs by th<\ ^ 0PP residence, Sixth street
well-known soloists, vaudeville and First avenue, south.
chairman of the local cpmmitD e, I ception of several years spent ing organized.
numbers by Peter Vanouden-
The c o u n t y com m ission ers
stated the objects of the meeting with his daughter’s family in this
CONDENSED NEWS NOTES
hagen, “ The
Belgian Nighten- asked the c it y to move approxi-
(to prapare for a collection of city. Mrs. Luster passed away
gale,” in whistling numbers, ac- mately 500 feet of its water mains,
funds to send 500 Y. M C A. several years ago.
Lost— Bunch of keys, on belt companied by his brother on the northwest of the city, to make
secretaries to Europe and build
Deceased was a kind and af
It accordeon, several numhers by a room for a change in the road, but
and equip additional “ huts” in fectionate father, a good neighbor hook. C'laude Smith.
fhe training camps of this coun and a model Christian and his
Mrs. A. A. Hall left this morn- 0 uartet ot singers and other num- no action w_as taken,
bers not
not Yet
yet selected.
selected. It
It will
wiil be
be
try .)
^ers
Mayor Paterson reported that
passing will lie mourned even out ing for a visit at Tacoma.
a
big
program
and
well
worth
the
the lawsuit of the Elliott Con-
He then introduced Sergeant- side his family.
Mrs. S. A. Walker is recovering
price- 15c for children under 12 struction company against the
Major Kenning who returned less
from her recent operation
years and 30c for older children city was set for next Monday,
Frank Raines, aged 38, a broth
than a year ago from the trench
The Hoffman-Nichols cannery and adults. ‘ The Stars and Stripes but M r. Fulton, one of the city’s
es in France, bearing wounds from er to John Raines of Gales Creek,
has just put in tin 3,000 gallons of in France” alone has been draw - 1 attorney’s, was too ill to appear,
was
killed
near
Clatskanie
Tues
German shrapnel shells
The
squash.
ing good houses in Portland at He was authorized to secure other
major has a father and four day in a most peculiar manner.
Mrs Sidney Thwaite and little 25c.
council.
brothers still in France, or had He was conductor on a logging
Girls of the Honor Guard an d; Council then adjourned until
when he last heard Tom there, train and stood near while logs daughter visited friends in Hills-
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Boy
Scouts will canvass the city last evening, when it reconvened
and he says the percentage of were being swung from tbt cars boro today.
casualties is not nearly so heavy j by crane. Ohe of the logs swung
G E. Towery and family ar- Saturday with tickets.
Every to adopt the 1918 budget,
as it was during the first year of « ‘*ntly against him, pushing him rived yesterday for a visit with ticket sold means Christmas cheer' All members were present last
tht? war; t.hi* soldiers have learned
against an embankment. Jim Ritchey and
family. for some homesick soldier boy, night except Counciimen Me*
swung away,
away, Mr.
Mr. Just drop in and see our line of
maybe your boy and maybe the Cready and Hawke. After three
h ow to protect themselves. But When
' ' T ’11 (he
'J1*,’. log swung
there are many ills besides German Raines fell over dead. The hiow Hardeman hats
latest shapes son of your neighbor. Come thru, hours of figuring, the council came
to “l
the
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conclusion that it would be
and Austrian bullets from which
Hie log had been so slight that Mand shades. A . G. Hoffman &
Smith Goes It Alone
necessary to increase the budget
inexperienced boys need prottc- i
who witnessed the accident Co.
Claude Smith, who has been as over last year the full 6 per cent
tion. Quite a number of men and were astonished at the seriou* re-
Mrs. Albert Spiering of near
boys have lost their reason by be - 1 suit, hut an investigation cleared
Vvas operated on at the sociated with Chas. O. Roe in the allowed by law, bringing the
ing long periods in the trenches | UP the mystery , for it was found porest Grove hospital Monday
furniture business for the past amount available from taxation
without relief from the deafening ,
tf13' when he was pushed against anj js dojng nicely,
three years, this morning became and other resources up to $29,-
rn ir of Ini He and I he siuht of the embankment, a small twig
sole owner of the business, having 703.00, as against $27,681.86 last
oar o! Dall e an 1 i n .ign i
entered his ear reaching a
Our sweaters and sweater coats
Of this amount, $10,000
i purchased the interest of his part- year
o r 'a * . Me . - - I
for mo». » ' » .. » .. and .,
children
, are ner, who has decided the sewing must be raised by taxation, the
C. A. hut is a heaven of rest and who was born and reared up attracting attention ¿ h w e frosty ma’ hins, busini,ss offers a very remainder being derived from the
comfort. He says the Army “ Y ” Gales Creek, leaves a wife and 1 mornings. A. G. Hoffman & C o lucrative field for his hustling light and water and other sources
Mrs. G e o . T. Darland and «bili
i of revenue. Tha b u d g”e t was
ility.
has dugouts in the first line trench several children. Funeral will be
held
at
Gales
Creek
at
3
o’clock
¡daughter,
Edith, arrived yetter-y
£ £ 0 have always enjoyed 1 adopted by unanimous vote of the
es, where they serve hot coffee,
day from I- l ( ' rand to join their ■ thpjr fuII 5 hare Gf the furniture four counciimen present and coun
cocoa and sandwiches lo the cold tomorrow afternoon.
and homesick boys from Canada | W e’ve “ got cm.” those bath- husband and father, Dr. Darland. l)Usiness of this eml of the county fed adjourned to Dec. 6 th, at 7:30
and America. Many Y. M. C A J : n.r
vmi have been asking j The members of the \\ ashing-' and (here is no reason why Mr. p. m., at which time objections to
ton County Poultry association 1 ‘Smith should not hold a!! of the 1 the budget will be heard,
workers have been killed by en- about
A G
Hoffman & Co,
emy bullets and bombs, so close |
last Thursday elected the follow- busjness, for he was born here ; Recorder Dyke reported that
are they to the firing line.
A daughter was born to Mr. ing officers: W . T. I^ethin, pres- a|on^ about the time Mount Hood \ taxpayers had retained Attorney
Chairman Simpson called at-¡and Mrs. Roy Phelps of Gales idont; Walter Roswurm, vice pres- Marted to become a hill and W. H. Hollis to bring the new
tention to the fact that practically Cr‘‘ek Monday, but passed away | ident; R. H. Greer, treasurer; G J knows ninety per cent of the peo- cement sidewalk ordinance up for
M. Littlehales, secretary; J. Mur- p|e 0f this city by their first a referendum vote at the next
all the soldiers letters coming yesterday.
Goff’s offer of an aluminum row»
A. Bryan^t and \V. 1 up- names. The Express wishes both general election, November, 1918,
from France were written on " Y ”
1 Smith and Roe success in their so the ordinance will sleep for a
stationery and mentioned a num saucepan for 89c expires Saturday per, executive committee.
Job
printing—
phone
821.
year, at least.
, separate fields of endeavor.
ber of instances where these let- night.
Woman’s Club Meeting
Was Very Interesting f;ajT f;reek , .
at i-angiey haii:
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