Ik
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The oil deposits in Nigeria are
F o r e s t g r o v e P r e s s west. Our City’s growth is one necessity, and public sentiment
said
to be almost illimitable. If
of mature years and has never indorses the idea of making it as
Published A Edited by
any
assistance
is needed in devel­
been of a boom nature and it is short as it can possibly be made
G. E. S E C O U R
oping
the
territory
there is a cer­
such a growth than is sure, gain- without sacrificing the ends of
in the City of
tain
American
corporation
that is
F orest G r o v e , O r e g o n ,
| ing impetus each year. We are justice.
THURSDAY of EACH WEEK, j favored in addition by every re
very helpful in such matters.
Man proposes, woman disposes.
' quirement for a splendid City
I n d e pe n d e n t P hones
W. M. Langley & Son
What’s
thè answer?
Dr. Wiley says that people live
O ffic e 505
R e s id e n c e 231 and no one can show any good
----------------------------------------- land sufficient reason why the
Lawyers
longer now than they used to
Entered et the post office at Forest Grove, Oan |
„„
If
Shakespeare
was
an
illiter­
live,
and
proves
it
by
statistics.
u men matter of the second cie,>.
J dreams of the most sangune as
Forest Grove, Ogn.
I to the future of Forest Grove ate boor, as some claim, we need Without the statistics, some peo­
T erms of S ubscription
more uneducated people.
should not be realized
ple would have been inclined to
CASH IN ADVANCE
Then
with
all
in
the
favor
or
regard
him as a crazy optimist. J. N. Hoffman
One Year $1.00 • Six Months 75
our County and City, with their What a man don’t know may
A ttomey-at-Lcm
D isplay A dvertising rates on appli­ future growth and prosperity as not hurt him, but what he does
C o llectio n s a n d all b u s in e s s e n tr u s te d to m
A writer in the Atlantic Month­ g iv e n p r o m p t a tte n tio n . A tto r n e y fo r F o re s t
cation. L ocal R eaders five cents per
sured by the past, the conditions know helps him a whole lot.
ly says that in glancing over four G ro v e C ollectio n A g e n c y .
line of seven words each insertion.
Otfice-Hoffman Bldg. Pacific Ave.
Display advertisements for publica­ of the present and the outlook of
short poems in one magazine he Ind. Phone 502
Forest Grove
tion in the PRESS must be in this office the future, what s a f e r investment
A New York heiress has mar­ saw the words "dunching,”
not later than Tuesday evening to in- COuld be made than in Forest ried a Greek poet.
Why this "planished,” skelloch,” "bever-
sure appearance in current issue.
Grove or Washington County slighting of American poets?
il,” "strepitous” and "riffling.” H. W. Vollmer, M. D.
realty?
Physician and Surgeon
Then he talks of verbal monstros­
A Good Investment
ities
instead
of
giving
the
poets
Office in Abbott Bldg.
"Ads” are bringing in naval
credit for their hard, conscien­ Both Phones
No
Longer
a
Measure
of
Value
Forest Grove, Ogn.
recruits,
so
even
Uncle
Sam
has
The question is sometimes ask­
tious efforts to do something truly
learned
that
"advertising
pays.”
ed if property in Forest Grove The old theory was that money
great and original.
and
Washington
O. W. Humphrey
,
,
,
,,, County
« . is a safe , was not only a medium of ex­ Sentence sermon by Bishop In­
in vestment, and the bestassurance | chanf?e 5ut a meaSure 0f values
Jlttorney-al-Law
Edward Grieg, the Norwegian
that the conservative investor when
was firgt used it gram: “Life is a stewardship,
Offict-K.
P. Bldg.
Phone 644
could have that such is the case, wag & measure of value8. Men not an ownership.” Think it composer, who died a short time
Forest
Grove,
Oregon
ago,
was
to
many
critics
and
mu­
and more fully so than in any exchanged what of value they over.
sicians the last of the great com­
other section, is a personal in­ could produce, for the amount of
A boat may be generally con­ posers of the nineteenth century. Dr. O. H. Scheetz
vestigation of what other cities gold that men could in the same
ChiropraElic Spinologisl
and sections have to offer in the time wash from the streams, or sidered feminine because it be­ It was the towering genius of
Grieg
and
of
the
poet
Ibsen,
who
S
p
e
c
ia
lis t in n e rv o u s d is e a se s, lu n g tro u b le ,
way of an investment, and the the silver they could, by their gins existence by being set in its
rh e u m a tis m , in f a c t a ll d is e a se s.
died
last
year,
and
for
whose
greater the extent of such inves­
Office next to LaCourse’s store
J crude means, obtain from the ways.
"Peer Gynt” Grieg wrote the
tigations, the more fully will the
j
rocks. Those were values found-
investor be convinced that such ' edon labor. So when,later,a cer­ How many Bible students fol- incidental music, that led one
an investment is not only good tain weight of gold represented ow the teachings of the Book? critic to say that intellectually, W. H. Hollis
from the view of safety but one the value of an ox, and a certain ^or instance, "Judge not, lest Norway, with its few millions,
A ttorney-at-Law
counts more than America with
which will yield splendid returns.
weight of silver represented the ye be judged.”
its many millions. The compar­
The argument has been set value of a sheep, the same rule
Forest Grove, Ogn.
forth that farm lands will not was clung to as nearly as men in
Raw hen’s eggs are said to ison is unpalatable, but it serves
carry tuberculosis germs. Only to show the artistic impression W. Q. Tucker, M. D.
yield the farmer enough to pay a rude age could cling to it.
him interest on his capital and But as the centuries have fled, the wealthy can afford to be in­ which Norway has made on the
Physician and Surgeon
rest of the world.
just returns for his labor. This and men have become enlighten­ oculated that way.
Diseases of Women A Specialty
is true where the farmer adopts ed, and have made gold the
Dr. Brown’s Old Office
a twenty or thirty dollars an world’s exclusive money, while
An ancient buried city has
Main Street,
Forest Grove, Ore.
acre method of farming on two invention,and finished mechanics, >een found in Texas. We con­
or three hundred dollars an acre and the world’s industries have fidently expect the explorers to
Victor H. Limber
land. This is a day of progress- ¡ncrease(ji until now the volume find that graft existed there.
Fumral Director and Embalmcr
ive farming, and the farmer who ()f work has multiplied a thous_
Modern Equipments
would make a success must adopt and foid over that of any other If you can’t understand what IX.— How Many Bill Blues
Chapel,
Forest Grove
Have We?
progressive methods, and the ^ and half that work ia per_ makes T e d d y -b e a rs popular, just
Bill B lue’s k n o c k in g w a s so bad
man who is so doing in Washing- formed by soulless, mindless and watch a sweet little girl in the Old
H e knocked o u t e v e ry th in g he had.
W. I. R. Beach
ton county is making a success mercjie88 machinery, and the act of hugging one of the fuzzy T h an he g re w w ise a n d m u tta ra d
“S
tu
n
g
!
”
things.
and a handsome profit.
gold j^gjf has gravitated to a
Fire and Life Insurance
So “ B ooster B ill” a n aw aong aung.
W ritten
The soil of this particular sec- comparatively few hands, it has
How m an y Bill Bluos h a v a w a her#
tion of the north-west is capable ceased to be of any fair measure The "parent” of radium hav­ W
ho knock a n d tr y th a to w n to q u e er?
If you don’t insert w t j me
of producing larger results and 0f value. This is seen all around ing been discovered, the scien­ If yeu a re one, th en , like Bill, p ra y
greater variety of products than U8 every day. We often see that tists can now devote their ener­ T o see the e r ro r of y o u r w ay.
WE BOTH LOSi.
any place of similar area that can when gold is measured by wheat gies to hunting down the grand­
North First Street, near Main
be found, but its value and capa- or corn a poor man can with a parents.
Forest Grove, Ore.
bilities are only begining-'to be bushel of the former or two
A
man
has
been
released
from
realized, and as the farmer learns bushels of the latter buy a dollar,
more as to what Washington when a month later, with no the Minnesota state prison be­
CARL HOFFMAN
county soil will and does produce, change save what the dealers in cause he wrote a poem. And
and the most successful methods gold make, the poor man has to others ought to be sent there for
Sanitary Plumbing
of furthering this production, the give two bushels of wheat or four the same reason.
and Heating
more will be expected of it and bushels of corn to obtain that
Satisfaction guaranteed.
Charges
the more accomplished, for new doiiar; when in truth the gold is The blue pencil is a mighty
reasonable. Basement Hoffman t.uild-
ing. Phone 502.
methods will be constantly discov- no more needed and the wheat weapon in an editorial room,
ered and old ones improved up­ and corn are just as much needed generally used for betterment,
on, which will enable him to ob­ as they were a month previous. but sometimes from s e l f is h and
E d w . r . W irtz
tain still better results yielding It is not the province of a govern­ je a l o u s motives.
Practical
and Sanitary Plumbing
bigger returns.
ment to try to support its people,
The face of a pretty Irish girl
Under such methods the qual- but it is the province of a govem-
P H O N E S - bell 21 - in d . 681
ity of the soil improves rather ment to protect its people, and on the gold coins is causing a pro­
Forest Grove,
Oregon
than deterorates, for the method our belief is that the time has al- test in some quarters, but it is
that detracts from the value of most come when governments still true, that a gold coin makes F e r be w ho r u n t hie ow n placo dow n
Injuroe him eelf m ore th a n th a tow n.
soil is not a success; consequent- ought to declare by law that no the whole world kin.
JOHN WUNDERLICH
And w ho to lift up does h ia boot
(ly with the quality of land and substance on earth is fit to be
L ifta up hia fo rtu n o w ith th e reat.
The newspapers have been
the earning capacity of the same named as a standard of values,
Funeral Director
ia th a goldan law : W E G E T
increased, its value must increase all of them being given to such making something of a hero out T W hie
h at wo givo out. Tim # p ay a th a debt.
and Embalmer.....
l in a comparative ratio, and any fluctuations in value; but rather, of a man who deserted from the If you th e d e u n th in e it w ill SII
one who will take the trouble to to expedite exchange we will issue army. Nevertheless deserting Y our own life. Bo a “ B ooster Bill."
Prompt Attention Given to
inYssugate farm conditions of a paper token and stamp upon it the colors is a pretty mean offence
Calls. Modern Equip­
Oregon Electric Time Card
this county today, as compared a dollar stamp as a basis or multi-
-------------------
m ent
with ten years ago. will find that pies of the dollar, on which men
By standing on a lofty peak of
LEAVES
ARRIVES
the increased earning capacity may exchange their commodities, individuality you are almost cer- F o r e s t G r o v e
a t P o r t la n d
has kept pace with the great in­ and when' settlements are de- tain to become noticed.—Thief
6:50 a m
8:00 a m
Banks
Oregon
8:40 a m
9:5 0 a m
crease in value.
River Press. Maybe, but you
10:30 a m
12:20 p m
With the success and value of the gold for the paper on a fixed are likely to get awful lonesome.
1:30 p m
1 :40 p *n
2:50 p m
our surrounding country rests basis which will not change.
4)10 p m
5:20 p m
7 :00 p m
the future of our City and on Further we will destroy combines According to Secretary Wilson.
8:1 0 p m
9:45 p m
10;50 p m
what aurer foundation could a and corners and graft by keeping we live longer than we did 100
city rest? All cities are depend- watch, and when arrangements years ago. That’s right Never
Letter Heads, Envelopes,
LEAVES
ARRIVES
P o r tla n d
before within our recollection did
F orest G rove
Business Cards, Calling
we live as long as we have dur-
7:06 a m
8:1 5 a m
Cards, Statements, Bill
8:30 a m
9:40 a in
ing the present generation.
10:20 a m
11:30 a m
Heads, Circulars, and
mills, and many far a time flour- until the crisis, and the proposed
12:10 p m
1:20 p m
210 p m
ish; but the aity whose growth is graft, is defeated and then .at The President says that the
3:2 0 p m
Anything else that can be pro­
3:30 p m
4:40 p m
5:30 p m
war on the: trusts must continue,
duced with ink and paper. Let
6:40 p m
8:25 p m
vanees, sod let business
9:35 p m
and we all throw up our hats and
us have your next order. We
normal conditions.
cheer the sentimeht But in the
will deliver you a satisfactory and
J«» Omb
meantime the trusts boost the _ »«> Lvs
Portland 11 JO p ■ —Ay. F G. l U t m an
Sunday o n ly
- —
cost of living higher and higher. | L fl
* * p m — Ar. at PnrtW-vl 4 «1 9 m
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Booster Bill
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