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This work o f civic improvement
in the City of
speaks well for the citizensh'p o f
F orest G rove , O regon ,
Forest Grove and its g v nir.g
T H U R SD A Y o f E A C H W E E K . body, and but proves that u the
attention of the people is called
I n d e p e n d e n t P h o n es
O f f i c e 505
R e s i d e n c e 231 to existing evils, i n a proper
manner, and through th.- pro per
Entered at the poet office at Forest Grove, Ofrn
channel,
such evils will be cor
aa mail matter o f the aecond eia a.
rected, to a great extent. There
T e r m s or S u b s c r i p t i o n
st 11 remain, however, a number
CASH IN ADVANCE
o
f walks .thkh will be none the
One Year $1.00 - Six Months .75
woise for the application o f a
Display advertisements for publica
general tonic o f ten-penny nails,
tion in the PRESS must be in this office
given
by means of a go<xi ham
not later than Tuesday evening to in
mer,
vvielde
j with a strong arm.
sure appearance in current issue.
and backed d„. a determinatio.i to
nut be out-done by a neighbor or
The County
friend. Just a f e w moments
High School Fund
hi ail probability,
prooaciiity, is ali
work, in
One o f the most important ’ that will be required to make all
measures to be acted upon by the g|jakey walks safe for tne pedes-
voters o f Washington county at trjan. So hunt up your hardware
the polls on November the eight
ind pu
irsell in
is the bill providing for the as- |ine t0 ,
th
grateful
G. E. S E C O U R
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Don’ t start to push your auto
Night Shirts and Pajamas sold
before it breaks down.
by
nd son.
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T. N . Hall, o f Gaston, paid a
a lot of people make mistake visit to the Grove Saturday.
excuses for explanations,
Miss Genevieve Courtney spent
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Sunday with her parents in Port
A half baked sr. ile is as taste land.
less as one that is overdone.
K. N. Staehr was in Portlaed
Saturday, purchasing supplies for
A man is always willing to lend
the Bazaar.
you $5 when he hasn’ t got it.
W . W . McEldowney and fam
ily were over-Sunday visitors in
A lot o f people are unable to
the metropolis,
separate their fi lith from t h e
J. D. Mickle, of H llside’ s sun
facts.
ny slopes, was a v sitor in the
The man who does things has Grove Saturday,
that much more time left to do
other things,
~ ““ “
Ninety pounds o f boy can stir
up more trouble than a hundred
pounds o f any otner animal.
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ty High School Fund” .
Safe W alk s
And Clean Croaaings
Considerable improvement has
been made, since the agitation
originating with the P r e s s and
kept up by this paper, in the con
dition o f the various walks about
the city. The weakest and most
dangerous, with but few excep-
tions, have been placed in a state
o f repair, or entirely rebuilt, as
occasion demanded. The action
of the city council, taken at the
last meeting o {th a t body, will in
sure crossings at the corner o f
Main street and First avenue
North, which will be free from
dim hereafter. If there’ s any thought to the ancjent axi m
knocking to !>e done we’ d prefer that ••those who ljve in felaSj
that it be done when we’ re too houses shouldn’t throw stones.”
far away to be disturbed,
L et’s disorganize this
anvil
choius. L et’scut it— this knock-
ing business.
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Luck
Rockers— all kinds at Roe and
Jg ,t LUCK that takes the
1 Co.
tf
nanton diamond or Rridiron? Is
“ Buzz Parsons,of Gales Creek
[¡ROuNDTHEiOW^
position?
W as it LUCK that led Perry to
the pole and Dewey to victory at
Santiago?
Is it LUCK that controls the
guiding hand in the worlds great
business battlefields?
L uck !
Lawyers
Forest Grove, Ogn.
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J. N. Hoffman
A H om ey -a t-L c n
Coilertni:.« i- d ail U . m « , »ntrv» M »
K>r«r. pria:,, « » r ; » . .
A :: , .
G r.Y e C U V t.iu .. A s* r« > .
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Qtffce-Hoffman bldg. Pacific At»
Ind. Phone 502
K r«*; 0n,re
H. W. Vollmer, M. D.
A fine line o f I rass lieds, plain
and ornamental at the furniture
house of Roe and Co.
tf
Office in Abbott Lkig.
Both Phor.es
Forest Grov«,
S. E. Hardin, of East St. Louis,
Ills., visited the fore-part o f the
week with W. J. McDonald of
this city. Mr. Hardin may locate
in Washington county.
P h ysicia n and Surgeon
O. W. Humphrey
jiliornej-at-Lcic
Office-K . P. bldg.
1 hone 6a
hörest Grove. Oregon
Dr. O. H. Scheetz
Chiruprcàic Sfiii.clogiii
Specialist ir. uervous disease*, lur.g
rheumatism. ia ia c : ali di
r
Office next to LaCour&e’s *■
W. H. Hoilis
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A ttorney-at-Lcw
Forest Grove, Oga
W. Q. Tuck er, M. D.
P h ysicia n and Surgeon
Diseases o f Women A Specialty
Dr. Brown's Old Office
Main Street,
Forest
Ore.
Victor H. Limber
Funeral Director and Emealmer
Modern Equipments
Chapel,
Forest Grove
Dr. C. E. Bockmann
W m . T. Fletcher, a graduate
Chiropractor
o f Pacific University, was visit
Consultation Free
ing friends in the Grove Friday
Office next door to Forest Grove Pres
and Saturday. Mr. Fletcher is
Hom e office; 151 E as: 28 St^ Portland
principal o f the Couch School m
Portland.
it LUCK that opens the door of visited this city Saturday,
H. E. Witham, who graduated
from Pacific Univeisity last year,
was a Grove visitor last week.
j ra Brown, of the Hillside sec-
Witham is traveling agent
j tjon> was in Forest Grove Satur-
for the Dooley Insurance Com-
(iay>
pany o f Portland.
Paul Beck, from Dilley, was
L. J. Brock and family re
noticed upon our streets Satur
moved
to Portland Saturday,
da^
where they will make their home
Mrs. Wm. Lydia was shopping in the future, Mr. Brock having
in town Saturday. Mrs. Lyuia purchased residence property in
lives in Thatcher.
the suburban distr.ct.
opportunity- that “ leads on to
Mrs. E. E. Williams was
fame and fortune,’ ’ honor,power, Portland visitor Saturday,
W . M. Langley & Son
Charles P. ickett, o f Banks.
stopped in Forest I rove
a
short time i a.urday.
Miss Jessie Hoge has a posi
Watch out for tne man who
tion this year as teacher in the
tahlishing and maintaining of a thanks of an appreciati ve pubhe.
has for his motto. “ Self preser-
Woodlawn, Wash. High school.
County High School fund.
As to crossings, more; anon.
■ ation is the first law o f nature.”
The law providing for the adop-
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Ira Purden, who conducts a
tion o f such a measure was pass p, , K
,
i
farm in the Thatcr.er district,
ed by the 1909 session o f the
The photographer is a poor
state legislature, replacing the
L et’s c u t it—this knocking^ judge o f human nature; he never was seen *n tl e ' - r<1' e Saturday.
VVill Mooner. of Portland, pass
old ‘ ‘High School Law ” , which, business!
sees people when they I ook nat-
ed
through the city Saturday,
as will be remembered, was right-
If you’ re a member o f the oral.
bound
on a hunting trip to the
ly “ snowed under” , by the vo- union give up your card and for-
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ters o f Washington county some swear allegiance forever.
According to market reports North.
years ago. The adoption of the
If you haven’ t aiready, then the price of hogs continues to t A l't pound boy was presented
old law would have meant a fight D O N ’T ” ,ret the habit.
soar. W e are unable to note to Mr. and Mrs. A . B. Caples
for the location o f a high school.
Two to one you don’ t enjoy it— quotations on the human variety, Sunday afternoon. Ccngratula-
whereas, under the provisions of and it’s a s u i e c b c h nobody else however.
tions.
the new enactment, a ‘ ‘square docs not even the tellow knock-
The well-known resident o f
deal” i s assured to each and ^d, altho tis often said a knock
\ye
understand the
the city
city has a
W
e understand
Blooming d strict, John Cornel
every locality.
is a boost alter all.
Curfew Ordinance. If so, has it ius, was in “ the pre.t.est town
The new law provides that the
To recognize the good things been relegated to the “ dead let - 1 j
in Oregon” , Saturday.
High Schools o f the county shall o f life and to pass them along to ter” file, or is it s opposed to be
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Hinman
be free to any pupil o f the county the less-joyful crowd is inueed enforced?
are
the proud parents of a
who has passed the eighth grade living the Gospel of the Golden
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pound
boy. which arrived two
examinations. That t h e pupil Rule!
J Some business men will adopt
o’
clock
Saturday morning. Fe
may select the school which offers
For our part we 11 take the bo- most any method> tair (,r fou § to
licitations.
the best advantages, or is most quets as we go a lo n g -n o t in the ^ s t a competitorf without g.vi g
convenient; the county authorit-
ies to pay into the treasury o f
the district where the pupil at-
tends school, $40 for the first
twenty pupils who are in attend-
ance at the school of such dis-
trict, $30 for the next twenty and
$12.50 for all others—provided -
that the county shall not pay in-
to such district treasury, a sum
greater than is required to mam-1
tain the teaching force.
Especial attention is called to
the fact that this fund cannot be
used for the erection of buildings
or the purchase of apparatus;
this must be done by the district
in which the school is located.
A t the present time, Forest
Grove and Hillsboro have each a
four year accredited high school,
but there should be several more
in the county, as Cornelius, Gas
ton, Dilley, Banks and other dis
tricts are all doing high school
work and would therefore b e
greatly benefited by the adop
tion o f this measure.
Too much cannot be done to
further the cause of education,
and the passage of the “ High
School Fund” bill at the Novem
ber elections will mean a higher
standard o f citizenship, with a
consequent greater and better
Washington county in the future.
By all means vote for th e “ Coun-
PROFESSIONAL
DI R E C T O R Y
a
It is and it isn’ t!
It’s LUCK with a re-inforced
Gales Creek’s popular citizen,
backbone—
Ben David, who formerly re
Armentus
Hart, paid a visit to sided in the Grove, but is now a
It’ s p l u c k !
Forest Grove Saturday.
citizen o f Portland, running out
The shiftless man soon finds,
“ Superior” stoves and ranges of that city on the Southern
Geewhiz!
have no superior. Sold by Hm - Pacific as an express messenger,
His chances mighty slim;
man, the Hardware man.
tf was calling on old friends Satur
But he who’s wise and keeps
day.
Miss Ava Carlyle began her
his biz
first term of school Monday five
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Perry went
Will find his biz keeps him.
miles southeast o f this city.
to Oregon City last Thursday
where the former attended a
Don’ t go at your tasks “ Be- , James Ju
ohn??." Ieft, Sunday meeting of the Stewards of the
cause you have to " but 'Beca.iRe for hls ranch 1,1 Tillamook county, Salem District o f the Methodist
you
want to”
t o " . ’ Twere
y ° u want
Twere better where he wiH likelv ^ end the church.
They visited former
they were left for another day.
WIn,er'
friends while in that city.
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W’atches, clocks and jewelry re
M. C. Steeples and wife o f Ho-
paired in the right way at 1 ignt
Never judge by outward ap pnces
Arthur Shearer, Main (Iuim. W ash., are guests of their
P*'a,ance8- A K<* h 1 looking wr- g treet
cousins, P.i
a,.u Mrs Ottice
8 i arer, o f this d t j . Mr. Steep
ma" may not be as * * * as she
Tim Hoar and w ife,of Portland,
les has property interests in this
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were over Sunday giu-sts at tne
vicinity and Hiilsb ro, and they
home of his father-in-law, J. W.
will probably lemain for two
The spirit o f “ well tiiough” is
H. Adkins, in Gales Creek.
weeks or more.
more dangerous than the loss in
Will McCoy and wife, who re
not doing well,
J. G. Lenneville and H. G.
side
in the W a tt’s neighborhood,
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King, prom nent Woodmen o f
were buying supplies from ti.e
this city, attended the W’ashing-
If everyone had his or her way local merchants last Saturday,
ton-Yamhill County meeting at
there would be but one way and
$50
cash
buys
a
paid
up
certif-
McMinnville
Friday night, which
that the easiest.
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lcate o { scholarship in the Inter- was called to perfect plans for
national ( orrespondence Schools the initiation of a large class o f
It is a tight squeeze for some o f Scranton,Pa..good for any $75 candidates at a date in the near
women to get through the world, course. Inquire P r e s s office, tf future.
W . J.
Beach
Fire and Life Insurance
Written
If you don’t insure with me
W E BOT H LOSE
North First Street, near Main
F o re st G rove, Ore.
Mrs. M. A. Thomas
Fashionable Dressmal(ff
Cor. 2nd. St' and 1st. Ave. Souti
Forest Grove, Oregon
Oregon Electric Time Card
LEAVES
Forent Grove
6:50 a m
8:40 a m
10:30 a m
12:20 p m
1:40 p m
4:10 p m
7:00 p m
9:45 p m
LEAVES
Portland
7:05
8:30
10:20
12:10
2:10
3:30
5:30
8:25
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a m
a m
p m
p m
p m
p m
p m
ARRIVES
at PortlaW
8:00 an
9:50 a n
11:40 an
1:30 pn
2:50 pn
5:20 p «
8:10 pn
10-.50 p n
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ARRIVES
Fore*t Gro*
8:15 an
9:40 an
11:30 a n
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4:40 pn
6:40 pn
9:35 pn
Saturday Only
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Lvs Portland 11 JO p m -A r . F.G * » • *
Sunday only
L n F ..G . 3:30 p i
- A r . at P o r t la -d « » » *
The “Press”
is equipped to do th«
better kind of printing
and we
CAN DO A
jê
weather.
e a coo
F o r e s t G r o v e P r e s s mud and slush during the winter