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VOL. III. NO. 28.
C. of C Will Entertain
The Beaverton Chamber of
Commerce is making pi$paT
ions for another big ententain
ment to consist of light luncheon,
ispeaking, music and dancing on
tie eyening of Thursday, Octo
ber 14.- Everybody will be in
cited, and a rousing jgoori social
i time is assured.
, Committee have been appoint
ed to see that no feature on so-"
' icial gathering willibe neglected.'
A good speech or two by prom-
' linent orators, to say (nothing of
other entertainment; toil! be
v,well worth your presence, sq
'.don't 'fail to be here with your
Grange Exhibit
Beaverton grange shipped a
"''lot of mighty fine stuff; to the
' 'county fair 'at Forest Grove,
" ' Monday evening. ,'' '.'
The exhibit, which was ;ol
dected in the Grange hall here,
-consisted pretty near everything
igrown in thi3 parto Oregon
rpoc
o
NEW
of
Hats
Are Arriving
We will have something Nifty
in th new Tarns for the girls,
just what you want for school.
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Nice line jof Hardware, Grocer
ies and Dry Goods. Call and
see us. v
Our Shoe Line
Itaoi -i oi ix t f oci
SUCCESSOR TO "THE
THURSDAY,
the finest of ccrn,i wheat and
other cereals, cale, cabbage,
cauliflower, squash, pumpkin,'
eelery, -sunflower, tomatoes, on
ions, corn on the stalk, apples,
canned fruits, and so many fine
products Jhat go to make up a
splendid exhibit, "which ought to
win some prizes.
Rev. Robert Brymer, who has
been ;pastor of -the Beaverton
Methodist churefi the two years,'
has been transferred to Yamhill.
He is succeeded here by Rev; G.
A. Gay 6f Sandy, .who conducted
services at this church last Sun
day. 'Rev. Brymer will leave this
week forhisinew.tharjie at Yam
hill.' v .' , .
. The ladies of St. Geciliachurch 1
are.. preparing for theannual ba-.
zaar, which will be held-,in the
Church .building, on". Wednesday
and Thursday' evenings, 27th and
28th;-A chicken supper "will be
pm: Ah' added .attraction will
be the'dance-that will' take place
upstairs, Vgihning it) p. m.' '!
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LINE
ana aos
is also Complete
OWL," Eeavertoji, Oregon
OCT. 7, .1915. ; . ?
ROSA MERLOW SUOQTS
AND KILLS HUSBAND
About six o'clock, Monday
evening, Dr. Carstens was called
g R the Oregon elec-
trie, three miles west of Beaver-
ton. Shortly .afterward, the sec
tion crew.., came An from Santa
Rosa, and statedithat Mrs, Rosa
Merlow came out, on the track,
where-ihey were : working;, and
reported -that she had-shot, her
husband, and. that she was goirg
to Elmoriica to notify, the sheriff.
Dr. Carstens went oat and Hound
that Joe. Msflaw had ben shot
ilead, one ball entering. , the
bresst, another the abdomen
nd
one sfcotvin.'the right side.
At the timeef the shooting,
only Merlow and his.wife were
in the house, although a hired
man, Joe Merlow's daughter and
a boy were on the farm, out in
Both Mr. and Mri.
J. Merle w ted been .to town, . the
tier, retormng ,oir toe tn.ano
milt aicnuw tcitiiuiuK icitr vviui
his wagon.'
Soon after Merlow returned,
fit appears a quarrel started be
tween himself, and wife.
Mrs.- Merlow states that the
quarrel .started -while ..they were
;in the yard, a.d Uiat'; her hus
band 'grabbed ..her by the throat
and threatened, to. kill her. She
brok'e away, rah into, 'the heusc
and closed ..the door after , her
the bus baud followed. Merlow
was in the -habit of going to the
Portland raarket- very early in
the morning, and for that reason
carried a revolver, which he left
on the dcesser- when he. returned
at 1 night, So , that .it ..would be
handy when. he, left early in the
morning for.Portland. ,Mrs. Mer
low -caw this ,gun .handy, and
, states she picked it up for pro
tectionthought to frighten her
husband from attacking her fur
ther, 'She then ran uj stairs, and
locked herself in a room, the hus
band followed, broke the door in,
and sought to. attack her again,
when she shot in self-dense, with
the result as stated above.
Coroner Barrett .came down
from . Hillsboro, and - viewed r"the
body and surroundings, and Un
dertaker Pegg of. Beaverton went
out and removed the body to his
morgue here, where the inquest
was held yestrday. Sheriff Reeves
L
l ... v' '- - ' 3'-' ll.l'.'l.'U'.f1
$1.00 Per Year
took Mrs. Merlow in custody,
and . conveyed Jape to Hillsboro
Monday night.
At the coroner's inquest held
yesterday tnorning, i the juiy
found that' Joe Merlow met death
from gunshoti wouid at the hand
of Mrs. Resa Merlow. As stated
above, Mrs. . Merlew , admitted
the shooting in self defense, antf
no evidence at-the Jnqsest con
flicted w ithherstatement. " '
Auto Wrecked, One Hurt .
The. Ham of the Bay City res-,
taw-ant, 187, Fourth street, Port-.
; land, were the victims' of ah auto
accident . Monday evening , that
resulted in two broken ribs for
one of the eccupants and the de
j'molishiog of the machine. '
i The two men, left town about 8
o'clock, and started north to the
Canyon road. Just at the city
limits, a bridge spans the beav
erdam creek, and , it was her
that the uto was steered into
the ditch,' completely turning
turtle, , wrecking the machine.
Hamwas I "brought back to Dr.
Carstens' office for medical at
tendance. Later the injured man
and companion went on to . Port
land by train.
Citr Council Meeti
. The city council met in regular
session Monday-evening. Besides
the regular routine, crosswalks
were ordered laid on Front
street, .also. the walks on East
Broad way .were ordered repaired.
. After jbrief discuBBi'on, it de-(
cided to .take no further action
an sewer system; this fall. It wat
also decided to go ahead with the
widening of. Lombacd street.
Alfred Davis spent a few day,i
at the state, fair last week. -
Dr. .T.. ,G. ,Hetu, the dentist,
made a business visit to Portland
yesterday,
LOST Airedale; : reward. Gl
Paceman, 15th E, 3rd street,
Portland, Ore.
Mr?. Caroline Thyng of Port
land, i visiting her son, George,
and family, this week.
Doy Gray,, cashier of the: Bank
of Beaverton, made a brief busi
ness visit to. Portland .Tuesday
afternoon. ' . .' . , .' ".
Work on the high school build
ing has been delayed some days
this week, on account of jhtet
age pf. lumbar.