Forest
l)iu' popcorn is the beat.
It t a rase ol nil kind At Hcks.
I'sodies, the best la town, at the
Magnet.
M" Oo. Sloan was la Portland
week ,
C F Miller w to Albany last
week ou business.
Buy your fee i and seed at Varley'a
feed stables.
Mr. J . r, Utta wu visiting friends
In Portland last week.
Huy your furniture and hardware
at Peterson's.
K J. KniKhtn, the cohbler, has
b'n aHT)t fnvn his dslly labor of
sole suving, owing to la grippe.
Largest sample room west of
p.irtlsnd m- tie CoIoiiIhI.
It'V. Mr. Koey, Christian evungel-l-',
eonrii' n !el a ser es of revivals at
tti Christittn chureh Sinday evening
For sash anil iloiirx, pipe anil
u in a, call on M. Peterson.
The Women of Woodcraft wl'l
g'vh aim her one of the'r delightful
dances, Feb. 13, this time a leap yei r
affair.
Try the Wasco Flo ir, you will like
It. Hold at Varley'a Feed Btables..
A small second han't Chapel organ,
In good playlnv order for sale at
The Bazaar for $16. Be qukk If you
want it.
Mrs. E. Lipoid and family are
out of quarantine after a siege of
scarlet fever; Miss Mabel having
fully recovered.
The sewing machine you can get
now at The Bsstar, Forest Qrove. for
$20 00 Is a better machine than you
get from the'Eaet for (25 00.
8. M. Rihblna, who once resided
hrc, writes from Riverside, Cal.,
whore he.ls erjiying all the pleasure
of California weather and raining
oraiig'.
fjs Frin'N 1) MyerV who Is
trai-hing in -enii City, pntprlaiii'-d
tli- ShaliHp're Club of tin Fills (-ity,
with a Flinch party Monday even
ing Alarm clocks of roliaMo makes at
Abbo't A Sou's.
Miss J)-ephlrie lUber, who Is one
of the) mo-it accomplished musicians
in this city, wi'.l attend the Hi. I lei
rn's Hall in Portland where she will
fl -ilsh her studies In languages and
music.
Hicks' feed store has all kind:) of
fl 'Id and garden seeds.
C. F. Brooks, brotler of J. Ci
Bro ks, Is here from Woodland,
Wash. Mr. Broots has been on the
coast for the past 8 years and this Is
his first visit with his relatives
during that time.
Try the Colonial Hotel for your
Sunday dinner.
Nobody can beat that A first-class
11 ip of brand new sewing machines
with all tha latest Improved attach
nients for sa'e at The Bseiar, Forest
Grove, at I2H.0') each. A 6 year
w- rruity goes with eich machine.
Hi 'ks handles doos, windows
anl paints.
Mis Stdie Croiin ksv a delight
ful miuieale at hr homo to fr'ends,
rue evening, of last vre! entertaining
Misxes Josephine Usher, Msrip. Zim
wait, Mm I Buxton, Blanche Haili y
and Manchn Langley, and Messrs.
Adklns, Belknap, Pollock and
Duiran.
Father F. J Springer, who made
a many frien Is in this county, while
Inchsrgeof Ilillsboro, Sgher, South
Cornelius and Buxton Catholic mis
lons, was tendered a well attended
reception, Thursday, at Corvallis by
his new parlshoners and seems to be
meeting with equal popularity
among the people of Benton county.
A college town certainly ought to
be enough Interested In education to
have Us public school represented In
O'egon's exhibit at St. Louis. It Is
perhaps now too late for sample
of pupils' work to be sent but r holo
graphs, 8t9 or 11x14, eoull certainly
be taken of the different grades to
show that Forest Grove hit a public
school.
Grove and Vicinity
County Superintendent Ball has
arrai gd a local teschers' institute to
be held at the Forest Orov public
school on Saturday, Feb. 6 Ail
teachers and Jneuds of education are
Invited and such an Invitation in a
college town wught to insure a large
attendance. The program which
follows is subject to change :
Morning Sesslou (10 a M. to 12 M )
"Should Grades Above toe 8th Uiaile
be Taught In the Common School?"
General Discussion.
"School Government," B. W. Barnes.
"The Teacher's Influence ou the
Child' Character,".... A. L. Thomas.
'History ," El win Alleu.
P- M. Session (l: ID io 3:')0)
'Heading;" Miss Carrie Haley.
On Gutting Somewhere,"
Prof. 11. L. lSlfs.
"Siune of the Advantages of the Con
solidation of Kjral l)srii"x
V. C. fas .
J welt r Abbott has be i at work
on a complicated watch bel mglng to
Councilman Neli Johnson which has
u curious history. It la a repeater
strikiug hours and minutes so that
ita owner can tell the time in the
darknesi as well as In the light.
Made in Switzerland, a generation ago
It was bought by the councilman's
mother for her husband out of 2 bit
pieces which she saved as they came
Into Mr. Johnson's butcher shop In
Portland. ' Twenty.flve years ago
the quarter was as little thought of
as since then, In order, were dimes,
nickles and cents, and as they were
not used la making change Mrs.
Johnson soon saved up the 1600 need
ed to buy the time piece for her
husband which Is now carried by
their son, as reliable and accurate as
the best of the uioderu watches.
Next Saturday and Sabbath the
2nd Quarterly mating for this year
w II be beld in the Methodist cnurch.
i mrterly Conference on SHurdny
evening at Preaching on Sab
bath at 1 1 a. in. -siil 7;3H v. m. com
munion following the 11 o'clock ser
vices. The pre-lditu ider will be
present. Lr. Walters now is a resi
dent of Sslem but was formerly las
tor of the cburrli l.erp.
Pureci b-r vinegar guarantied the
b 'st on the market at the Up-to Date
Grocery.
The Colonial Hotel is povlnsr
e-ipeci illy attractive to drummers on
account of its Ann large sample room
as well as its convenience to trains.
On fro-ty mornings being half an
hour nearer to the depot is quite an
inducement to those who have to
take the early morning train. Then
too It is brand-new and seta a splen
did table.
Attorney Hoffman Is entitled to
the credit of drawing the much talk
ed of prohibitory ordinance which,
whatever the legality or Illegality of
its passage, Is certainly comprehen
sive and stringent.
Y tur groi-erles delivered when
bought at the U,i toDte Grocerx .
Gravel conlng from Can by on th
lv st Side by tV trainlond ' I ring
used by the S. P. to bal'nst its track
from Hock Creek to St. Mary's. The
work of lint roving the road ld has
Ihh ii pom;: on f ir three weeks snd
will robable continue till Summer
Bargain First plsss gallery outfit,
3 cameras, all necessary rqtiipment
for a nice up to date gallery. Mu-t
sell soon. Apply, Allen Barbershop.
Orchard spraying is the order of
the day in South Ilillsboro. in the
orchards of McKInney and Crandall
with more to follow.
Mountain potatoes, just what you
like at the Up-to-Date Grocery.
Sour Kraut, fresh and goo J, at the
Up-to-Date.
Judge Hollls was at McMinnville
Thursday, on business.
The Laughlin hotel wUI open about
Feb. 15.
For a nice Sunday dinner go to the
Colonial Hotel. 38 4
Will Hartrampf is quite sick; suf
fering with la grippe.
Eggs and butter bought at the U
to-Date Grocery.
Get your Sunday dinner at the
Colonial.
38 4 I
Dim er-Sundays at the Colonial, 5
io 7 88-4
Father L. Verbaag has J ut gotten
out the offlrial year book of his par
ish. The mother church Is the
church of the Visitation of th Bless
ed Virgin at Verboort tut attach d
to It are missions at Ilillsboro, South
Cornelius and Buxton. Besides much
useful Information for Catholics
there is an interesting account of the
establishment of the Verboor co ony
which in twenty-nine years has
grown from six families to a parish
of over a thousand and prospered
wonderfully. The yearbook, a neat
booklet of about lorty pags embel-lii-hed
with sn engraving of the Ma
donna In whoso honor the parish is
nsmed and a vi'w of S Mary's
Hmiip at Beaverton, the leading
Cith"lie Institution of the county,
was printed at the IndepenL'nt
Prihtery.
I Dr. Via has pone to California to
'b'liw ta k for burial at h m- hi
son, Breinard, who died at Ls An
geles, Wednesday.
Three candidates took the First
rank in Ddphos lodge, Knights of
Pythias, Thursday evening. The
led ice la flourishing and with its
uniform rank and its sister auxiliary
the. Rath bone Sisters, is one of the
big social factors of Forest Grove.
James H. Sewell has had made a
beautiful chest for exhibiting his
hops at the St. Louis Exposition. L.
E. House did the work and by the
way during the week had a narrow
escape from losing an eye, minute
fragment from the emery wheel
lodging In it and having to be
removed by a surgeon.
Within the month all subscribers
to the News ami Independent will
be receiving two papers a week,
the former arriving on Wednesdays,
and the latter Saturdays, all fir the
one Nuhscrption. I'elsy in if ft t Inn
'"schinery In working order . has
pri en'i this chsng", which w'll
ihirord m.tich need, d news room, be
lrig made earlier. ,-
. . . ..... -
LVht is expected tonight from the
! Ii"e Falls power plant, nlc t time
to" the trHns er of ho bulky itn 1 com-
'pleated machinery but Ex Senator
Haines had c refully laid his plans
and tluy were carried out without a
hitch. The city plant ws put into
dpi-rstio'i for emeri." ny but burned
, out the H 'st nlirbt, hsvinir too heavv
a l("l to nnio'V all 'be hom" now
In Forest Grove. But lour nights of
gr'oom will not be noticed In the
coming brightness for now there D
plenty of power to supply not only
Forest Grove hut Cornelius, Dllley.
Gaston , and many country homes In
this vicinity.
The I'mzuar, for ymir stationery.
Mrs. Sarah Taylor has purchased fonr
more lots in the Warner addition.
Fi ne ' line of laces an Irliei' handker
chiefs at the Magnet, 38-4
More 1 ui! Yingn are ladng constructed
in the Wagner addition.
Hicks handles sashes, 'doors, winows
and glaH; paints and oils.
Win. Goetleman, of Diiley hat been
under the jhyician'caretlie past week.
T. A. Hitcliey liandles all kinds of feed,
flour and tee.ls.
W. li. Illi'ks hindles farm hardware,
p iints and oili ; feed tin 1 rraiii. .'W -I
Mrs. Win Ilanniieliii'tn Kving ner
Milley li.ia been n'lite i. k the pa-i wm k.
llirks the feed man ran suit, you
Get bis priirs. l
T, A. Iliti li y w.is up nt Ne Wli.itrom
and IVd in,'"r 1! ly this weuk.
l.'csi.'.il sorvi.'es at the C'hrisiian
t li'ir li this week.
The College people nre removing the
fence from around the Campus irrounils.
Hay delivered anywhere in town fioni
the I Ieado, darter's Feed Store, Pacific
Ave.
. i"-s
8am A. Walker received a slight injury
that has kept him from his shop this
week
The Yukon, Mr. Laughlin's new hot
el, will be ready for the public about
Feb. 10th.
Mrs. Hsttie Stewart, formerly of As
toria, is visiting at the horns of J. P.
Wagner.
Wanted 600 doxen chicken at the
Market of McXamer A Johnson. Spot
cash paid. S-l
Martin's Feed Store handles every
thing in the way of seed grain, stock
I food and garden seeds.
Albert Rennet, who now resides in
Portlan I, is visiting lice this week and
looking niter hie rnnch and marketing his
crop of hay.
Harry Clieney, son of our townsman
E. Cheney, baa served his enlistment in
the Phillipim-s and was mustered out
with an ex wllent refutation as a soldier,
letter from him give good acroiint of
that cou'i ry ami while ha wou'd like
very iuui:h to comij home yet t it) indues
ueut offered there will likely hold him
and ho will eng.igs io business, for
which there are so many o;eniiiK.
AlWs Bros, have two balers, with a
daily output of 70 tons or a little more
than three carlouds, busy at their plant
near the Forest Cirova depot. Thirty
men are employed, working day a-d
night shifts, and about one fourth '.a
ready of the 1250 ton orter which the
government placed for iu use in the
i'hilljpiiifg.
The little child of J, II. Hanfon, who
lives two miles west of Dilley, Monday
evening accidentally awallowed a pin
which lodged in the throat. F.very
effort was made by the parents io remove
tha obstacla but failed, to they brought
llie child to town here I'r. Hint's was
more suiN-es-ful.
('ail Iloffm in met i;h a serioii-accident
Monday morning whi'o using an
ux. In Home manner t'ie handle caught
and caused tli as to gl.im e and almoHt
sever his left thumb. Drs. Large and
Ward dressed the wound and while he
suffers much pain yet is doing as well
as cuiild be expected.
Mrs. C. A. Webster after enjoying a
long vii-it with her mother a-id relatives,
left Monday for her home at Great Falls,
Montana, where her husband is engaged
in the clothing business. Mrs. Webster
U well-known here and her many friends
regret her departure.
The vase of beans in the Magnet win
dow on which so many guessed, In esti
mates varying from 500 to 5000, when
counted proved to have Mi-s Ada
Anderson guessed 3000, which entitled
her to the haniUome pair of vases.
E. W. Haines is busy this week instal
ling the machinery removed from the
old plant to its new location iu Pattnn't
Valley. When completed it will be one
of the best power plants in the state.
Five homeseekcrs from the central
states landed in Forest Grove this week
and are now looking for location for
homes. Tliey expect to return and
bring their families in the Spring.
Col O It. Downs has l-.rive 1 bis stm-k
cf n'w"tin iiito th j r'lonij oi ciijiii'il
by the 1ty Uakery w-'.iere you can ii
the b it jiup cora, catnlien and cigars;
and on Sundays the Oregon is n.
(i. (i. Ilanc.ick lins recently purchased
i a half interest in thu liverv biisine-s of
Cornelius V Son and will remove bit
family here soon. .
Happy llo'digan's I'ig Compaiiy, a
advertised last week, came, few in num
ber, but strong ilramati."Py. Did they
get your money?
X. C. Shipley's fan ily living near
llaiiku, has been afllie'ed with la grip'
but Dr. (ieiger reports them now much
bitter.
Born to Mrs. Walter Lilly, of Gales
Creek, Jan. 2!, a son, weighing 11 pounds.
Dr. (ieiger attending.
Sam Hinea and familr have moved to
Marshfield, Ore., where Mr. Hinea will
engage in business.
Miss Marie Staehr, one of the teachers
of the Ilee lville school, was at home
over Sund iv.
J. P. I illy, of Gales Creek, lias lieen
under the care of Dr. ( has. Geiger the
past week.
Xieolinesof ladies' Im-e go ids and har.d-
kercliicfs at the Magnet.
1'.. V, Hydewasnp the valley, Monday.
MU M E
For -ale !Tod wood, 1(1 Inch and
four fisit. Will deliver anywhere in
tow n. W. K. Corf is.
Thr 'lrt SpertaHen.
Most authorities pi.t the Invention f.f
HOis'tneles to' tee cf 'ilit of Alexander
lie Spina, n nmiiknf I'isn. In 12. b'lt
Irs I'lort will I.S'e It that they were
Invented Ove yeain earlier by ttoger
I;acon. The quoterlon from Itaism's
"Opus Majus" runs thus: "This Instru
ment, a piano convex glass. I useful to
old men snd to those who lioVe weak
eyes, for they may see the sum best let
ters sufficiently msgnlflisl."
This certainly Ones not clslin the In
vention for Bacon. On the other band.
In a sermon published In 1309 by Friar
Jordan de Rivalto be says, "Not twenty
years since the art of making- specta
cles was fonnd out" thus placing It In
12Sr, Spina's agreed on date and seven
years before Bacon's death.
Marlnl attributes tbem ( Salvlno.
who died in 1317, and points to the In
scription on his tomb at Florence;
"Here lies Sal vino dcgll Armatl. In
ventor of spectacles. May God pnrdin
his sins." Possibly the cumbersome
horn or tortoise shell frames of thos
days, which gained for ttiem the name
of "giggles," dictated the last sentence.
ft. NIXON J
DENTIST.
Forest Grove, Oregon.
Best artificial teeth. $r,.jO per set
Cement snd Amalgam flfilngs 60 cents
each. Gold fillings, fl up. Vitalized
air for painless extraction.
Office: Three doors north of Brick
store. Office hours from 9 A. M. to 4
P. M,
DR. V. L. DIM MICK
Dentist.
Upstairs, Wagner Building.
Forest Qrove, Oregon.
E. B. RENTZ, M. D
Physician and Surgeon.
Office over Abbott's Jewelry Store
(Both 'phones.)
Forest Grove, Oregon.
C. E. GEICER, M. D.,
Homeopathlst Physician and Surgeon.
Office, over Wescott's Store.
Residence, east of M. E. Church.
Foreet Grove, Oregon.
J. N. HOFFMAN,
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
Cpstalrs, Caples Block.
Forest Grove, Oregon.
Dr. Wm. M. Pollock,
Dentist
Office over Bazar, Forest Grove, Or.
AH work in the Prepared to do work
dental line. Keg- at night bat mast
u'ating children " be by appointment,
and adult teeth. .
W. M. Langley I L. Langley
LANG LEY fc SOX
Attorneys and Counselors at Law
Notaries Public, Real Estate and Con
veyancing Upstairs, Caples Building
Forest drove, ... Oregon
W. II . lb llis Karl B. Hawks
1IOLUS & HAWKS
Lawyers
Real INt'iti) and Corporation Illdi a
Specially.
Office. 'xr Hinos A ,'ayiiot 'a Dm? '
More
Forest Grove,
CITY BARDER SHOP,
A. J. Wlrtz.
H'lths. Laundry Agency.
Pacific Avenue, forest Grove.
THOMAS H. BROWN
BUILDING MATERIAL
Lime, Sand and Cement
Forest Grove, , Oregon
Fanners' and Merchants
Bank, of Forest (3 rove
Captal, $25,000.
Transacts a general banking
business.
Correspondent's Wells Fargo
A Co. I'.ank-.
XV. If. Williams & Son
ITcadipturtars Tor
I.UMBKR IN ROUGH
R. I'. 1 1. I'.i'tle 1, - Iiire-t Grove, Ore
K. W. UMSI-.S, n.WKER.
Ot lMnbd l
Ger.vrn' 1"T)kin .Imsiness trans
acted. ' Dr.ifis issuerl on the princi
pal cities of the world. Interest
paid oil time deposits.
Corrveyancing,'- Insurance.
Notary I'ubHt always iu.
WOODMAN OF THE WOULD CAMP
Xi9S.
FOREST GltOVK.
Meet every Saturday evening at
7.30 P. M. All neighbors are cordi
ally lnvitel to visit with as.
John Andkiov, Clerk ,
John Striiiicii, C. C
HOLLY CIECLE.KO. 185,W. a W.t
Mets on the 2nd snd 4th Wednesdays o (
each month in Odd Fellows' ball, Forest
(rove All members and visiting mem
beik are invited to attend.
Lu.u Tcttos,
Ciuar liun Neighbor.
8 mu C. Smiiii, Cle k.