and deliberation.
W e believe
more
intelligent
action
on public
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measures could thus be taken,
G . E. S E C O U R
than when left to an overworked
in tha City o f
F orest G rove , O regon ,
legislature. W e believe that by
TH UR SD A Y o f E ACH W E E K . assuming responsibilities o f law
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g r o v e
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making the people will grow in
I ndependent P hones
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R esidence 231 knowledge, and with passing
time will improve and make more
perfect the laws.and those whom
they select as advisors to draft
T erms op S ubscription
and
consider the measures to be
CASH IN A D V AN C E
brought
before the people, will
One Year $1.00 - Six Months .75
also become more fitted for their
D isplay A dvertising rates on appli­
responsibilities, as, being of the
cation. L ocal R eaders five cents per
people, they will move forward
line o f seven words each insertion.
Display advertisements for publica­ with the people.
tion in the PRESS must be in this office
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Entered at the poet office e t Foreet Grove, Oyn
an mail m atter o f the eecond cla.a.
A Roseburg woman has sued
her husband for a divorce after 41
years o f wedded bliss, because he
made her do the plowing. When
we were a kid there was a popu
lar song which had for its theme
a
cranky farmer who complained
approach the matter in fair mind-
about
his toilsome life, and his
edness.
A golden opportunity
betterhalf,
thinking o f all her
for Forest Grove,
burdens, replied, “ Oh, you can
do the work in the house, and
Lets Have a Band
I ’ ll go and plow, plow !”
and the town. As institutions
the traditions and aims of Pacific
University and Forest Grove are
one. Petty differences should be
laid aside, and having only the
larger welfare at heart, we should
PROFESSIONAL
DIRECTORY
W. M. Langley & Son
Laioye s
Forest Grove, Ogn.
J. N. Hoffman
With the first strains o f music
A young couple was recently
A ttorney-at-LcD)
from the Columbia Park Boy’s
Collodion* ui d «II bu.ine»i «■ntru.’ M •<> m
band p rjday evening the citizens married in a boat ’ way out near Bivmi
prunipt attmtiun. Attorney (ur K i .
hastened from their homes as the center o f the Columbia river. G ro v e Collection Avene y.
Office-Hoffman Bldg. Pacific Ave.
though being charmed forth by They are starting married life in Ind. Phone 502
Forest Grove
pretty
deep
water.
the fabled ‘Pied Piper, ’ and soon
not later than Tuesday evening to in­
Forest Grove’s Opportunity
the business streets were lined
sure appearance in current issue.
According toa scientist,dreams H. W. Vollmer, M. D.
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with people who eagerly drank
Physician end Surgeon
In an interview with the P R E S S ¡n the sweet strains as number are the realization of our wishes:
T he People W ill Grow
Office in Abbott Bldg.
last week. President Ferrin of after number were rendered by at any rate thev are all the ful­
filment some o f the wishes seem Both Phones
Pacific University stated that the the boys.
Forest Grove, Ogn.
Forest Grove has as high a class to get.
Our esteemed contemporary, offer made by the University for
the Oregonian, whacks us over the city to join them in the Li- 0f amateur musicians as can be
O. W. Humphrey
A resident of this state cured
the mazzard for saying that the brary proposition, is still open, j found anywhere in the state,and
Jlltorney-at-Law
average voter is as well qualified In our opinion the acceptance of a number o f professional band himself of dyspepsia by fasting
Officr-K. P. Bldg.
Phone 644
to act on public measures as the this offer will do more to benefit players to teach and lead them, 40 days. He will never again
Forest Grove, Oregon
average legislator, and gives the the people of the town and sur- We have had fine band organiza- have dyspepsia or anything.
following reasons for showing rounding territory in an educa- tions at different times in the
The man who told a St. Louis Dr. O. H. Scheetz
the superior qualifications o f the tional way and will do more to past, and there is no reason why
convention
that husbands are a
latter over the men left at home: attract new residents to the city, we should not have a band as a
Chi opraäic Spinologist
necessary
part
of the family, has
than
any
other
thing
o
f
which
First, that the voter, although he
permanent institution. The boys
S p e c ia lis t in n e rv o u s «Ji¿eases, lung ; rouble,
r h e u m a tis m , in :a c t all diseases.
may be as intelligent as the leg­ we know.
have always evidenced a willing­ a great future before him.
Oftice next to LaCourse's store
Forest Grove now has, through ness to organize and do their
islator, does not have opportun­
The man who marries the c i r l .
ity, or take time to study a the kindness o f Mrs.G.O.Rogers, part, when they receive proper
with the two heads will get his j W. H. Hoi.ia
measure, as does the average a building which meets very well support from the citizens.
member of a law making assem­ the needs o f a reading room
It is true that the business men when she becomes angry enough |
AUomcy-cl-Lcw
bly. Second, that the voter has where the lighter forms o f liter-! and townspeople have given fi- to talk with both at once.
no means of amending or improv­ ature may be kept on file, but as nancial support to bands in past
Forest Grove, Ogn.
What does the New York news- j
ing a bill as a member of a law a library building such as the city 1 years, but the trouble is that such
making assembly has.
Third, should have if the opportunity support is not long enough coi - boy who is going to cross the j
that there is not the discussion of offers.it is wholly inadequate: and tinued.
This paper feels sure country on roller skates think the ! W . Q. Tucker, M. D.
P h ysicia n < nd Surgeon
details and particulars in the more, were the building all that that if the citizens would look country roads are like?
light of the whole public interest could be desired, stocking it with upon a band organization not as
Diseases of Women A Specialty
Dr. Brown’s Old Oifice
in an election booth as there is in the books necessary to meet the a luxury, but as a practical ne-
Main Street,
Forest Grove, Ore.
a session of a l e g i s l a t u r e . needs o f the people must be the cessity for the needs o f the peo-
Fourth, that voters do not consid­ work of many years.
pie, and as an advertisement to
Victor H. Limber
er the source of a bill, nor the
Should the city accept the offer the town, and would act accord-
motives o f its authors, as legisla­ made by the college we have the ingly, the boys would organize
/ u n t o / Director arid Eanbalr. er
tors have opportunity to do.
use in the immediate future, o f a aad be glad to give us conceits tminiiiiiiiiniiniiiiiinmnnmiimiia cn
Modern Equipments
When the Oregon Legislature building which will cost from and music on festive occasions,
C n a p e i,
h örest Csrove
meets its members have forty twenty to thirty thosand dollars, Then the people of Forest Grove
V I . — - S h e Is a H a r m o n i z e r
days in which to consider and the interest from a like amount; would not have to depend on out-
Dr. C. E. Bockmann
pass upon hundreds o f bills of for its upkeep, and access to the side talent for their music.
Hilda the Helper organized the W o ­
whose contents they have but magnificent library now owned
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men’s Civic Service, and. oh, THE
Chiropractor
little if any knowledge until they by the college, consisting o f over
Consistency, Thou Jewel
W A Y SHE ENERGIZED made
Consultation Free
are presented before the legisla­ fifteen thousand volumes, which
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Office in Forest Grove Nat’i Bank PM?
Mrs. Slowpoke nervons.
tive body. Much o f the time o f cover almost every known subject
The Medford Mail Tribune has
the legislature will be taken up and many o f them o f priceless broken out into a mournful dirge,
by debates and wrangles over a value because of being now out other publishers have added their
W . 1. R . L ea ch
few measures, and many bills ot print, and whose worth is ^mentations to the chorus, the j
Fire and Life Inaurai ce
will be passed by the legislature, acknowledged by many institu- j eremiad being occasioned by th<
Written
some of them backed by special tions of learning which borrow fear that someone will enter theii
interests, of whose contents and numbers of them.
If you don’ t insure with me
territory, stir them up from the
motives the lawmakers can have
W E BOTH LOSE
While the ownership and con- lethargy into which they have
but little knowledge, through trol o f the new library will re- faiien, and take away from them
North Firxt. Street, near Main
lack of time, even though the main nominally in the hands o f a jarg e share o f the profits that
lawmaker’s intent is of the best. the college, to all intents and pur- may accrue j n the newspapei
Forest Grove, Ore.
On the other hand, the voters of poses it will be a town institu- business
the state will have three months tion. A board consisting o f five
The cross-roads store keeper,
CARL HOFFMAN
to investigate and pass upon the members, will be maintained to wjth his few customers.mav well
merits o f a comparatively few promote harmony and look after vjew with alarm any new-comer
Sanitary Plumbing
measures. There is no reason why the welfare of the library. Two jn his line o f business, but the
and Heating
the voter willnot have opportun­ members of this board will beap- progressive merchant in
the And old Misi Knocker was zo mad
Satisfaction guaranteed.
( hieire*
ity to study these measures, as pointed by the city council, and w jde-awake, growing town wel-
zhe wouldn’t ’tend the meetingz reason able Basement Hoffman 1 uiW-
they will doubtless be published they will have always a voice in come3 competition, as he knows
at flrzt, bnt later zhe got glad and ing. Phone 502.
HILDA THE
HELPER
n
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rv
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in such a way as to be brought
before him. If the voter has no
means at present of amending or
improving a bill as a member of
a law making assembly has, he
ha^pnly to improve on the pres­
ent system. It is |o be expected
at when first the people take
«initiative o f law making into
their own hands they will make
mistakes and blunders in their
unwonted responsibilities, but if
they remain undismayed and are
not thrown back upon themselves
they will grdw in knowledge and
a correct use o f tfceir power.
They will evolve some system,
such as an advisory board, the
members of which may be chosen
from all sections o f the state as
the members o f the legislature
are now,which will discuss each
measure brought before it in the
light of the whole public good,
amend and improve them, con­
sider the source of-the measures
and the motives of their authors,
and refer them back to the people
to be voted upon after due thought
S
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•ent her kindezt greetings.
*tS'ru*na^emenk
it is the life o f trade. If his
_ 18 cj ^ has. then, by turning competitor fails, he has only
over to the college the present words of commisseration and
Hilda the Helper, don’t yon zee, wmz
reading-room building, and the cheer for him, instead o f resort­
■uch A SWIRL OF ACTION zhe
levying of a one-mill tax until ing to such cheap language as
made the women all agree and
the assessment shall equal $1,000 j ’gambler” and “ fool.”
yearly, -afte r which, as the city
strangled
every faction.
So it is with newspaper men
grows in wealth, this levy may
be re uce , being^only such Jas
sha
n n g in $1,000 yearly—an
opportunity to have all the bene-
a maKn,ficent
library
building, ideally located, which
will contain rest rooms, amuse-
ment rooms for the younger peo-
pie, reading rooms where will he
kept all the lighter forms of liter-
who are right spirited,
One newspaper that added its
gWan song to the lugubrious
noi8e, now welcomes with glad
hand, a new publication starting
¡n the town where emenated the
initial wail.
Consistent, e h ?
But. then, it is in a different
town,
_
ature in the way o f papers and
magazines, and what is o f moat
account, an opportunity for the
citizen? o f the town and visitors
here, to have free access to the
best in literature and the benefits
o f the thoughts o f mighty minds
that have gone before.
W e believe the offer made by
the college ia wholly in a spirit
o f good
fellowshfp. seeking
equally the welfare o f the college
A Deleware farmer plowed up
something like $30.000 in gold
last week. Washington county
farmers plow up gold every year,
their method being to turn the
sod, plant the seed, harvest the
grain, and exchange the latter
with the ultimate consumer for
the yellow boys. This is a some-
what more indirect method than
that followed by the Deleware
man, but it is more reliable.
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