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KOKEST GROVE, OREGON. T H U R S D A Y , J U N E 13. 1918
city might be made harmless in
City Dads Amend
case of a fire.
members were pn»sent ex-
Speed Ordinance Icept All Councilman
Mertz.
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No. 23
Woman’s Club Picnic
G ood P ro gram
I YOUR
l o r w m m e n c e m e n t c >“ b at a p*cn ‘c on h er law n last
Mrs. B. F. White, retiring pres
A. ident, was hostess to the Woman's
UNCLE SAM
NEEDS YOUR HELP
Monday afternoon and the affair,
One of the most important art#
Masonic Chapter Elects . . i Fo’ lowing is the program for which
was we I attended, proved
ol the city council Tuesday night
The President of the United
States will send a card this week
was t h ' changing of the traffic
Sch?olk
:S cioseo
o
l ;£ £
meet' , to each family in Washington
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rn* ncernent
int Co,n:
ar jusi
elected ex-rci
the es, which will ,nK
convocation,
ordinance to conform to the state annual
be held at the M. E. church next
* he members brought refresh- county asking them to pledge
law. T o do this, the new ordi following officers u t Portland Monday night:
ments, to which the hostess added their share of the War Savings
Monday:
nance permits a speed of 25 mile4
Processional
' cofTee and dessert, and a very ap- Stamps to be paid on or before
Max Bollack, Oregon C i t y ,
per hour outside of a prescribed
Inv.K-stion
R
o-v.
J. H. Ebert P*1'* '" « ,ur‘ch was enjoyed.
Fol- Dec. 31, 1918. Each school dis­
, Rich*
lowing the lunch the ladies in trict has been allotted a certain
district— First Avenue, b tween grand high priest; J. H
Chorus, “ To The*;, O Country”
lid M d Main • U W U iM tta .‘¿ « t " | "J“ « 1- . P ^ n d , d. puly « » I
........ ..........-
Giss Club dulged in outdoor games until 3 sum to raise and School District
betWMK Third avenue and Third hl« h
U*>m«e M . Ilaldwin. Oration “ Tbs Flag, the School and
o'clock, when the last badness No. 15, which is Forest Grove,
Prlneville; grand king; Frank W.
avenue, north; Pacific avenue, be­
the N ew Patriotium” Helen Reeher meeting of the club year was held. has been given to subscribe $53,-
Settlemier, Woodburn, g r a n d
Mrs. White gave a re-ume of the 500, or 10,700 Stamps, maturity
tween 2d and A streets; A street, |
Piano Duet
scribe; Walter R Bilyeu, Albany,
Edith Darland. Russell Beah. year * work and made some sug- value $5.00 each.
between Pacific avenue and First ,
grand captain of the host; David
gestion«, including une to the ef­
avenue, north; Fir.dt avenue,north I
The President will call upon
P. Mason, Albany, grand treas­ Oration —“ The Weaver of Dream s"
fect that the club might with each family to send a representa­
between College
Way and A
Margaret
Martin
urer; James F. Robinson, Port­
street; all of College Way and
Vocal Solo
Kathryn Collier profit be made a distributing cen­ tive to the Central school June
land, grand secretary.
ter for war work. After her re­ 28th and there pledge its share.
Council street; North avenue, be­
Oration - * World Federation”
Judge
W.
H.
Hollis
of
this
city
port,
the retiring president turned Many will want to pledge before
tween Collega Way an d M els
Albert Snyder
the
gavel
over to Mrs. Eva Ab­ that time and they can do so, at
street ; First street from Second , was unpointed grand oiator and Violin Solo
Frances Benjamin
bott, i he newly-elected president. . the postoffice or at either of our
avenue to Main street. On the | the chapter voted to purchase Graduation Address
Bond
streets and uvenues mentioned, j *3,000 worth of Libe ty ttona*
■waiter T. Sumner Mrs A ,»bott regretfully informed bank3.
The Rt. Rev.
the speed is to be not more than | un<l donated $o00 toward the
Bishop of Oregon Ehe “ P,nber* that she would not
About $14 000 worth Ls now he-
15 miles per hour and the same Masonic Home to be erected in Chorus— “ Gipay Life"
G.ee dub l i a b l e to accept the position and j ing hei^ in th ed iT trict. ** T h r bai-
Mrs. Charles Hines was elected to
speed I mu is pul on train m ide the near future. ______
Presentation of Diplomas_________
ance must all be pledged by the
Mrs. Hines gave a
the city limits. This ordinance as
p *
i
o
Chairman W. I’. Dyke th** position.
28» h of June.
short talk, outlining some of the
was parsed and becomes effective
Presentation o f Scholarships
One thousand dollars is the
July 11th.
Snpt, H. K. lalew problems confronting the club limit
individuals can hold. A
Benediction
Rev. A. B. Patten She called attention to the danger limit club has been organized and
Another ordinance, which was
given two readings and comes up
There are twenty-seven girls th eatening the public health the following have joined it:
Eight directors of the Commer­
for final passage at the July meet­ cial club, including President and ten boys in the class, their through the u e of second-hand
J. A. Thornburgh.
ing, fixes the salary of the city re­ Hoffman and Secretary Reder, names having been published in books in the schools and it was
Mrs. WTm. Pollock.
the opinion of the members that
corder at $25 per month, with 15c met at the Rogers flibrary Mon­ the Express of May 30th.
Wm. Pollock.
these
books
should
be
frequently
per folio of 100 words for certain day evening and discussed the
The public is invited to these
S. G. Hughes.
fumigated to make them safe.
classes of copying, of which there question of inviting a number of exercises.
E. F. Burlingham.
The n cording secre'ary was in­
Is at present little to do. The re­ soldiers from Vancouver barracks
M . R. Johnson.
structed to write Mrs A. B. Todd,
corder has lx-en allowed certain to visit Forest Gtove some Sunday
CONDENSED NEWS NOTES
W. J. McCready.
who is at Gladstone, with a sick
fees when acting as a magistrate, in the near future. This action was
Fred Uhlman.
husband
and daughter, a letter of
but, under the new plan, these in response to a suggestion a'ong
Thomas Roe of Wapato had
Good Investment Co.
sympathy.
will go into the city treasury.
that line from J. H. McCoy of the business in this city Tuesday.
Carnation Milk Co.
After the m em ber had thanked
The finance committee reported Portland Y. M. C A. McCoy is
Vic Fuqua has closed his Sher­
Charles Adams.
the monthly bills amounted to taking the matter up with the idan »tore and moved the stock Mrs. White for the good time en
E. S Parcell.
joyed, the meeting adjourned.
$1,307 86 and these were allowed. soldiers and if they conclude to to this city.
H. B Johnson,
City Treasurer Spaiks w a s come, as many of them desire, a
Had tn nil Iln
! Name of all subscribers will be
Carl
Hoffman of Ostrander,
authorized to take up two $500 program and lunch will be pre­ W’ash , visited relatives in town
. ,* "
posted in the postoffice window.
1 en local business men. who
A grand meeting was held in
street improvement bonds and to pared for them.
several days l ist week.
The question of filling up some
guaranteed the expenses of the B an !« last night, with addresses
pay $1,750.00 interest on water
Miss Jessie Greer of this city annual P. U. commenc ment con- by Capt. Powell of the British
of the empty houses with families!
bonds.
Portland
was
dis-
has
b*cn elected as a teacher in cert Monday dug up $3.05 ^ c b , arrny aod w J. McCready of this
Purchasing
committee w a s now living in
and Mem bers1 the primary department of the as the loss was just $.10 50. T h i s cjty> and another will be held at
cussed
at
length
authorized to purchase sand for
lo s was. no doubt, due to the I Balm Grove on the 19th at 8
the sanding of some of the puved Littler, Inlow and Reder were ap
pointed
a
committee
to
confer
!
President
W'ilson
has
signed
the
¡scariet
fever scare, as this annual I p m . addressed by Rev. A. B.
streets and instructed to procure
with
real
estate
agents
in
an
en-
Smoot
-
Sherwood
pension
bill,
event
has
heretofore paid expen- Patten.
some speed warning signs.
deavor
to
ascertain
just
how
which
provides
that
the
minimum
The
tota* receipts w e r e
PFODCLAM A T I O N
Recorder w a s instructed to
many houses could be secured on 1 pension for civil war soldiers shall $"3 55 and the total expenses,
Make this w ar a personal matter.
write and ask the Southern Pacific
com Dan v Lo oil its right of wav on a year’s lease and the Prices asked
$30 p e r month
including printing per d iem and Do not depend on others to do the
company to oil ils ngljt of way on by thl. „w o rn . Whea th i.com -.
Mrs Benfer went to Mc.Minn- e,pen. 7 n a l P“ ‘ la" d
South A street, to lay the dust.
fighting or to finance the govern­
mittee reports. President Hoff- vUle ye.sterday to attend the V , ^ 10103; J^ose who attend-
ment.. Do your share.
It is as
Complaint of W P. Scheetz man, and Messrs. Graham and ....
-- -------- i__ »u„ u...u ed the concert didn t lose so much
a s much your w a r as your neighbors.
that his property was damaged
amaged Scott will confer with L. J. W en t-! scu(K)i her niece Uurene Benfer as th<He who remained away,
Buy no unnecessary article. Prac­
when Pacific avenue was
" u S ? T rS ’ distr‘Ct superintendent of being one of the graduates
' the affair was of a high order.
tice economy and self-denial. U n ­
was referred to street committee, i tbe Emergency Fleet corporation,
Remember that there will be a
necessary buying means a waste of
Spence Re-Elected
Chairman Coon of the pure has- who is interested
in securing
demonstration of the Universal
material and labor; means that you
ing committee reported the pur- homes for ship w y kers. The one i
rw r I c
apence
was
easily
re-
E. Spence was easily
the sta!e iranife are competing with the government
chase of some slab-wood at $1.75 MB stumblmK block lo .he «hem .- ComMnat,on Range at the Gull e,K(Kl mas£
per cord, f. o. b. Cherry G ro ve,! ¡s the question of securing cheap store on Thursday, Friday and at the meeting held in Salem last for labor and material.
Saturday of next week.
and some cordwood, delivered in ! railroad rates.
Invest your savings in W a r Sav­
week.
the city, at $4 00 per cord.
Chester Wright, a resident of
C. A. L i’ tier was elected a di­
The 1919 meeting will be held ings Stamps.
The President o f the United States
S. G. Morgan, chief engineer at rector, in place of B. J. Simpson, Forest Grove for a number of in either Hillsboro or F o r e s t
years, now living near The Dalles, Grove, the decision between the has called on the people o f the na-
the light plant, reported that he who has moved to Bay City.
received a message recently stat- two towns to be made by ihe tion to indicate their self-denial by
had been offered more money than
' ing that his son, Ralph, had died granges of Washington county
the city was paying him and
Pioneer Woman Dead
pledging themselve on June 28th to
asked a raise of $10 per month. It
purchase W a r Savings Stamps for
Mrs. Sarah V. Scholfield, aged in Oklahoma.
was granted, making his salary
Mr.
and
Mrs
A.
B.
Todd
and
Guernsey
Picnic
Postponed
the
remainder o f the year.
71, passed away at the home of
$105.00.
daughter, Elizabeth, returned last
In order that the citizens o f this
The
Guernsey
Breeders’
picnic
her daughter, Mrs. E. J. Ward, mght from Oregon City, where
Recorder Dyke, who had been
at Gaston, yesterday morning. M r. and Miss Todd have been in that was to have been held at the city may not fall behind other cum-
asked to ascettain the earnings
Deceased is the widow' of B enja-, a hospital for five weeks, follow­ farm of W. A. Goodin of Cornel­ nfunities in responding to the cail,
and expenses of the light plant
ius has been postponed indefinite- I hereby proclaim Friday, June 28th,
min Scholfield. who died at Cor­ ing operations for appendicitis.
for the past three years, reported
ly. The postponement of this as W a r Savings Day for the city of
nelius June 24th la>t year, and
as follows:
meeting
has been made necessary Forest Grove, upon which day all
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Frank
Herb
of
j
came to Oregon from Missouri
1815 Earnings
.. $10.018 55 with her parents when one year fche Greenville district Monday on account of unavoidable reasons. | persons shall give their pledges for
Expense ...
7,945.60 ()f aRe she was married to Ben- h.ud the misfortune to lose two
i .
rn -
.. .
. tn ,
! the W a r Savings Stamps at suen
John Ellis, living east of Uapa- .
Oct.
22d,
18G3,
children,
boys
of
13
months
and
and places and in such manner
jamin
Scholfield
Profit...... 2,072.95
m
in Washington four y ears- respectively, from grip. | to lake, was seriously injured yes-
may be appointed by C. S. Jack-
and has lived
1916— Earnings....... $10,963.35
terday when his auto truck turned as al_ _
_ .
_• *
,
county since childhood. She is Both the parents and one other
over
on
him
near
the
Shotwell
son’
the
War
Sav*nps
D,rector
fort
Expense_____ 7,122.72
survived by five children— Mrs. child were also quite ill, but are
farm, in the Spring Hill district. Oregon, acting under authority of
P ro fit...... 3,840.63 Ruth Cornelius of Astoria. W il­ recovering.
A boy who wa-» riding with Mr. the Secretary of the Treasury, and
Two dozen Forest Grove Re-
1917— Earnings_____$10,955 69 liam T. Scholfield of Staff. Mont.,
Ellis jumped in time to escape in­ pursuant to the Proclamation o f the
bekahs
will
go
to
Portland
Satur-|
Mrs.
Rebecca
Goodin
of
Cornel­
Expense .....
10.323.47
jury and summoned aid to get the President o f the United States.
ius, Mrs. Mary J. Ward of Gaston day night to pay a visit to
G EO . G. P A T E R S O N .
injured man from under the
P r o fit.....
632.22 and Mrs. Harriet E. Yoder of
Mayor of Forest Grove, Ore.
a i K
'candidate*8'to^initiat^1 i fruct' . » * ''aslound pm„,d down
The plant was rfbt charged with Adams, Oregon.
Flour Rolling In
lighting the streets, which would
Funeral services will be held at { £ * 3
i
drowned him. He s X S i
probably have cost the city, if the the Cornelius M . E. church at 2
C.
E.
Wells, county food ad­
™ .hP a ^ Wy 8 KVeral broken ribs and a fracture
currant were purchased, $2,500 o’clock tomorrow afternoon, Rev. to Gaston to put on the dearw.
-of lhe collar bone and may be in- ministrator, informs the Express
per year. T o off-set this earning, Crozier officiating, with interment
The ladies of the Belgian Re jjured internally.
that the people of the county are
interest on the investment should in the Hillsboro cemetery.
lief committee cleared $48.15 from
responding nobly, with but few
be charged and this, at a fair es­
Mr and Mrs A. J. Demorest, exceptions to the call to turn in
their motion picture and musical
timate on the value of the plant,
Judge John H. Slpve^ on of entertainment last Monday night. Mrs. M . R. Johnson and daugh- surplus flour, Forest Grove has
ortland, a native of \Vashington 'j'he show vvas Rood ¡n a]| respt>cts ter, Alice, and Mrs. R. W. Reder done very we||f be sayS( and little
should not be more than $600 per
year. It is estimated that enough Datrio^ic^addrea«1 ^
‘ihe Ralm and worthy of the patronage given returned Tuesday afternoon from Mountaindale has timed in 50
extensions and repairs have been
Grove Fourth of^Jutv celebration U’ iThe Ladl? h£v? -a dis‘)lay °J a? auto trip to Camp Lewis,where saokg. A few people are holding
made during the past three years tirove rourtn oi July cm bration j,u0ds made for Belgian war suf- they viewed the eclipse and in- out, but they are known and some
to more than cover depreciation.
Rev. Ebert, A. G. Hoffman, C. ferers on di-play in the window of spected the soldier comp. L ieu t.' arrests may be made soon. It is
Recorder was instructed to ask A. Littler and Thos. E. Isaacs the Goff hardware store which Ray. T . W’illiams showed the now expected the car will be in
. . .
1 members
*-
-* the party all
->• *•--
these . industrious
of
the ( --
bjs city and Hillsboro by the end
the North ( ’ oast Power company went to Portland this morning to shows w h ‘ a t ‘ *'
Dealers will be
to install cut-out switches, in or­ negotiate for a new organ for the women are doing to relieve suffer- courtesii s his limited time would Df the week.
ing.
I permit.
der that its wires through the M. E. church.
notified.
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