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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
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FOREST GROVE, OREGON, TH U R S D A Y , DEC. 13. 1917
RED CROSS TO BEGIN,
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
CONDENSED NEWS NOTES
A Sunday Recital
49
Agricultural Council
Meets Next Thursday
Miss Wilma Waggener will give!
Miss Pearl Hall is quite ill with an organ recital in the Christian ,
stomach trouble.
Science church, Sunday Dec. 16th,1
A meeting of the County Agri­
Father Ruck of Salem visited ; at 3:30 p. m. This recital is free
cultural
Council is called by Pres­
If you are not asked to join the' 191M for $1.00.
friends
in
this
city
yesterday.
and the public is cordially invited
Fifty cents of
ident William Schulmerich, to be
to
be
present.
American R<sl Crons society be­ every dollar remains with the lo­
Mr. and Mrs. Ottice Shearer
The following program will be held at the Court House in Hills­
tween next Monday and Christ­ cal branch to buy yarn and other visited friends in Portland today.
boro, Thursday, Dec. 20th, at 2
rendered:
mas night it will be because some-! supplies. Are you in?
Mrs. A. A Hall returned yes­ Sonata C Minor, Prelude
p.
m.
Guilmant
body has neglected his or her
terday
from
an
extended
visit
at
The
purpose of the meeting is
Morning Mood
..
G r ie g ;
Mrs. Whitehouse, secretary of
Tacoma.
to make plans for the following
duty. All over the United States
Meditation
Sturgea
the Military Relief committee,
Boccherini year and to name committees for
solicitors will be working from
A Json was born Monday to Minuet
reported that between 50 and 70
Largo,
from
New
World
Symphony
each of the agricultural problems
Dec. 17lh to 25th, inclusive to women were coming to the sewing i Mr. and Mrs. George Spiering of
Dvorak
1
in the county that are to receive
the Greenville district.
increase the membership by not
Serenade
Schubert special consideration.
Commit­
rooms every Thursday afternoon
Fresh fish for Tuesdays (meat­
less than 10,000,000.
Jadassohn ' tees will be named on the follow­
to work on garments for the less day; and Fridays. The Pa­ Scherzo
ing projects: Potato Improvement,
A meeting was held in the of­
From the Land o f the Sky Blue
soldier boys and, in addition, cific Market; phone 0301.
Dairy Feeding, Mole and Gopher
W
ater
Cadman-Eddy
fice of Judge Hollis, chairman of |
many women were knitting in
Control,
Canada Thistle Control,
Pound
loaves
of
bread
are
now
Sweet
Evening
Oh
Thou
Sublime
the local branch, last Monday e v - !
their homes. More t h a n 3 00 retailing in the local market at 9c
Star
.....
W agner Animal Di-eases, Grain Improve­
ening and an organization to! knitted garments had been turned
and pound and a half loaves at ! The Holy Night
........ Dudley Buck ment, Onion Diseases, Fertilizers,
bring 3,000 member» from the' in since Aug. 1st in addition to 13c.
and other projects that may be
Bibles for Soldiers
western half of Washington county the hundreds of other articles
decided upon.
Erwin Turner, president of P.
Under t h e direction o f the
The Council will also consider
was perfected. Prof. II. L. Rates made by the women of Forest U. student body, has enlisted in
( irove and vicinity.
American
Rible
Society,
a
drive
the
matter of attending “ Farmers’
was elected chairman of the cam­
the quartermaster’s corps of the
Letters were read from Com­ regular army.
started
in
a
ll
t
h
e
protestant
Week
at Corvallis, Dec. 31st to
paign committee for Forest Grove
pany E, 4th Engineers, at Van­
and W. H. Hollis will have charge
Glen Potwin has joined the church«, of the land last Sunday organizaIion ot County Agricu|.
couver barracks, from the clerk of navy and leaves Portland tomor­
of the work in the smaller towns
to raise a .und to purchase a bible tural Councils will be formed.
the Seventh coast artillery, Fort row morning for Sam Francisco. for every soldier in Uncle Sam’s
Farmers organizations that have
adjacent to this city. Mrs. Merle
Columbia, and from the head of This makes three brothers in service, whether at home or not already selected delegates or
M. Reder will be secretary, with
the coast defense] surgical depart­ Uncle Sam’s service.
abroad. Oregon’s share of the representatives for the County
l>ermancnt headquarters at Judge
ment, Fort Stevens, thanking the
Mrs. A. R Todd is very ill, but fund is $10,000 and Forest. Grove Council are urged to select one
Hollis’ office; Prof. R . F Clark
before this meeting in Hillsboro.
fs showing signs of improvment,1
is chairman of the committee on ladies for dish towels, dish rags,
has been asked to raise $75.00 of
I
from
an
abcess
in
the
ear.
Her
N E A L C. J A M IS O N
speakers. Rev. A. R. Patten is gun wipes, etc.
daughter, Mrs. Wanda Turner, is the amount.____________
head of the publicity department
After some discussion, it was here from Gladstone to look after j
City Business
Firemen Elect Officers
and M. R. Johnson is treasurer; decided not to take up the mak­
her mother.
M a y o r Paterson, Recorder
Thomas Isaacs, H. E. Inlow, Miss
The annual election of officers
ing of surgical dressings at this
and Councilmen Todd, Mc-
'1 he regents of O. A. C . have of the Forest Grove tire depart- Dyke
Manche I«ingley and Mrs. Rrady
Cready and Hines met at the
time,
as
so/ne
of
the
larger
chap­
( ’ howning were elected captains of
] raised the salary of Dr. Kerr, ment was held last night and re- *
chamber last Thursday
four teams of ten members each ters an- better equipped for this ¡president, from $7,000 to $8,400 suited in the election of Chief
evening
to
hear objections to the
to keep him from going to Kan- Lenneville for the fifteenth time,
to solicit Forest G ro ve and W. work than the local branch.
1918
budget
of expenses. N o ob­
J. M et ’ready. W. P. Dyke. I, M
Rev. R. E. Dunlap resigned as sas, where he was offered $9,000. a splendid tribute to his worth. jectors appearing, t h e budget
¡Other officers are Frank Saunders,
Graham and Walter Chalmers a director, on account of leaving Dr. Kerr will remain.
(calling for the raising of $10,-
will captain the four teams who
Mrs. F. A. Moore was th e ! assistant
chief, secretary and 603.00 by special tax) was de-
the
city
soon
and,
on
M
r
Dun­
look after the
smaller town.
lucky recipient of a birthday sur- treasurer; W . A. Long, captain of
Mrs. Abbie J. Whitehou-e will lap’s suggestion, Thos. FT Issacs prise party at her home last even- hose company; Ed W irtz, captain
Tuesday evening of this week
have charge of the booths to be was elected to fill the vacancy. b
hy f
numbers of the A ^ l e a , o h ^ a n d ladder « o m g j j y . o d
rZ rd e r a ^ a U c Z , -
set up in the city for the housing The chairman was instructed, by
Club.
who
brought
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p t Hawke appeared
of membership solicitors. R. J. vote, to w’rite Mr. Dunlap a letter sewing and lunch and spent a
Simpson is general manager for
amount'n g . to
pleasant evening with the Moores. give their annual ball this year, anc*
but they may conclude to hold about $1,(00, passed a resolution
the west half of the county and expressing regret at his resigna­
Following a program at their their annual New Year reception. raising salaries of employes as
Dr. R. M Erwin of Hillsboro is tion and thanking him for the
previously announced, authorized
manager for the eastern half of very efficient aid given the Red hall, the members of the P. U.
Gamma Sigma society last Satur­
Insurance
of
Soldiers
the city treasurer to take up three
the county.
Cross movement in the past.
day night enjoyed a banquet at
Washington, D. C., Dec. 12 ,; *911 street improvement’.bond« in
W. C. Renfer, Mrs. Dorothy
the Hotel Laughlin, there being 1917 — The act which provides the sun^
Join
the
Red
Cross
today;
do
$500 each and a 1913
Seymour and H. F. Wilson were
an attendance of about twenty. for Government life insurance for street improvement warrant in
your
Dollar
Duty—
Now
.
elected a committee to arrange
The affair was in honor of the soldiers and sailors has now been the same amount. A warrant was
for a lunch, to be given at the
Addressed
Woman’s
Club
members who have enlisted, sev­ in operation a little more than a p eered
$446.38 to pay
Christian church at (1:30 next
eral of whom were present.
Mrs.
Sadie
Orr
Dunbar,
secre­
month. The Secretary of the mterest on 1913 bonds.
Monday tvening for the pur­
Mrs. Armentrout’s claim of
Ed. Sparks, city treasurer, has Treasury announced on Novem-
pose of explaining to the people tary of the Oregon Association for
ber
17th
that
up
to
that
date
$2.00
for damages done her out-
been
confined
to
his
bed
for
the
of the city just why and how this the Prevention of Tuberculosis,
drive is being made. Tickets are addressed the members of the past five days with a cold that 64,168 applications under the new house by Hallowe’en prankers was
bordered
on pneumonia.
Ed law had been received, represent- referred to the night marshal,
t>eing sold at 35c and only 100
Forest G r o v e
Woman’s club
Street commissioner was auth-
Sayres is looking after City Hall ing insurance in the sum of $552,-
w ill he sold, us this is all the ladies
Monday afternoon, impressing on
From four to six thous- orized to put in walks near the
¡during the treasurer’s illness. Mr. 093.000
of the church can accommodate.
the ladies the great need of selling
Sayres returned Friday from I’en- and applications are received each Free Methodist church and just
However, the public is invited to
all the Christmas Seals possible.
j dleton. where he attended the day at the Treasury Department, south of the S. P. depot,
attend the speaking which will
The legislature has repeatedly re­
the amount of insurance applied
Councilman Todd was instruct-
I funeral of his mother.
follow in the auditorium immed­
fused to make sufficient appropri­
for
sometimes
reaching
a
total
of
ed
to bring in a draft of a new
iately after the l u n c h .
Good ations to care for the tubercular
Mrs. Mary A. Dickson is very
fifty
million
dollars
in
a
single
day.
light
rate ordinance.
s|K*akors from Portland will be
citizens of the state and the so­ proud of a delicious birthday cake
.
.
~
M
ayor
Paterson reported hav-
present to tell of the great need
ciety which Mrs. Dunbar repre­ I sent her by her daughter, Mrs. j
of more members for the R e d :
H
e
lp
HI
t
h
e
r
i
g
h
t
ing
spent,
so far, $855.68 in pay-
sents is doing all it can along this ’ Adams of New York City, who
r
.
°
1
•
expenses
and wages of wit-
Cross.
always sends her mother a cake!
line.
The Red Cross authorities at
for
her
birthday.
Mrs
Dickson1
While Oregon is known as one
TT
0
and a resolution was passed auth-
Portland have notified Manager of the healthiest states in the has many friends who have tasted
m
e
M
rs-
orizing
the mayor to employ legal
Simpson that the west half of Union, it has hundreds of tuber­ 1 these cakes and they will wish her q
i — E- Walker, Washington coun -> talent is necessary to fight the
Washington county was the first cular patients who should be re­ ( many happy returns of the day.
ty secretary for the Oregon As- case to a finish.
district to report a complete or­ ceiving treatment outside their
The
Red
C
r
o
s
s
Membership
,
soeiation
for the Prevention o f
Report of nbrary board showed
ganization.
homes, to say nothing of the Drive will be whipped into line at
The membership campaign will great number of soldiers who will
$65.71 on hand.
be brought to a close with a com- j be returning from the battle fronts ! a bauquet next Monday night, at j
It was 11:30 when council ad­
munity “ Sing,” to be held at one; suffering from the “ white plague.” ¡6:30 at the Christian church.1
journed.
! Two speakers are coming out
of the churches or Marsh Hall on
Mrs. Dunbar’s visit will, no from Portland, Mr Stanfield Me- j
Christmas night, the Rrotherhood doubt, spur the seal sellers on to
Donald and Mr. Elmer Mandon,
to have charge of this feature, j greater effort.
editor
of the Republican Radiator,
When you buy a Chevrolet you
Everybody who can sing in chorus
buy
a “ Known Quantity.” This
j
Get
your
tickets
early.
is invited to at tend and lend his I
Otto Parsons Married
is
much
better than purchasing
W. J. R. Reach has received a
or her voice to the glad hozan- '• This morning’s Oregonian con­
an “ unknown quantity” claiming
nahs. Thomas E. Isaacs is now j
letter from his grandson. Enoch 1.1
tained a surprise for many Forest
Quality.
preparing the program, which will
Will, formerly of this city, who is
The Chevrolet is built for the
Grove
people
in
the
announce­
now second in command of a !
be announced in next week’s
man
who likes to feel proud of
ment that Otto Parsons had taken squadron of 150 aero men at
papers.
his
purchase
without paying ex­
out a license to wed Elsie Ahl- ! Kelly Field, San Antonia. Texas.
cessively
for
it.
Meeting o f Directors
beck. The groom is a well-known ¡Sergeant Will says he is kept
The Chevrolet car is made with
The directors of the local branch farmer, living on upper Gales busy from 5 in the morning until
Tuberculosis, dozens o f the good extreme care
The car always
of the Red Cross met at the of­ Creek, and has been a widower midnight, but likes the work tine, women o f this county are selling makes a good impression.
as it gives him a chance for
fice of Chairman Hollis Friday for about ten years. He is a good
Red Cross Christmas Seals to
A Chevrolet reflects favorably
further promotion. He believes
night, audited and allowed bills citizen and deserves a wife. The he is booked to remain at Camp raise funds to combat the “ white on the good judgment of its own­
plague.” While the seals cost but er.
(for m a t e r i a l ) amounting to bride has been living at the Im ­ Kelly for some time. %
one cent each, the women o f
In the Chevrolet you get qual­
perial Hotel, Portland, and is not
$ 211 . 09 .
Oregon hope to sell $10,000.00 ity plus t h e known quantity.
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The officers and members are known to many Forest Grove peo­
worth, the proceeds to be used in You purchase a certainty— “ The
getting ready for a big member­ ple.
The Hotel I^aughlin will serve Oregon.
Product of Experience.”
Invitations are out for the mar­ Turkey Dinner on Christmas day,
ship drive, to be started next
Don’t send away a letter or a
Yours very truly,
Monday. The drive is to be riage of Miss Helois Phillips of from 12:30 to 2 p. m., at 75c per package without affixing one or
W IL E S & SO H LER.
this city and Mr. Lester N. Ren- plate. Persons desiring dinner more o f these seals. I f the can­
started simultaneously all over
nett, the marriage to take place should place their orders on or be­ vassers fail to find you, call at i W hite Cat U n i o n S u i t s for
the United States.
Those who at Rockaway at high noon Christ­ fore Saturday, Dec. 22d. Family
the Express office, where you Men, Boys and Girls, best in
join will be given membership for mas day.
parties desired.
can buy from 1 to 100.
town, at LaCourse’s Store.
It
Against Tuberculosisnesses in the Elliott sewer lawsuit
The Product of Experience