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Published & Edited by
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In the City of
F o r est G r o v e , O reg o n ,
THURSDAY o f EACH WEEK.
I ndependent P hones
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R esidence 231
wild beasts o f prey that after­
wards will turn and rend him.
Shake it at its birth. Flirtations
dwarf man’s view o f life far
more than they broaden them.”
All o f which is actual truth.
Flirting has too long been looked
upon as a species o f harmless
amusement. The only objection
we can find with the reverend
gentleman’s sermon is that it is
not strong enough by half. Truth
hurts, but far better the truth in
time than weeping and wailing,
recrimination and dejection, when
too late. “ A stitch in time saves
nine” is an old proverb, but if
the warning sounded bv the Chi­
cago devine will be passed along
from pulpit to pulpit, many times
nine can be saved in time.
candidates is very close, and it
behooves every voter to exercise
careful and painstaking judge­
ment in making such selection.
Progressive ness should b e the
watchword;not reckless progress­
iveness, but that progressiveness
which insures results. That pro
gressiveness which is tempered
with conservatism, advancing the
interests o f the municipality and
its citizens without endangering
the welfare, or inflicting arduous
burdens.
Windy Jim
‘ ‘Windy” said Cy Mullins, as W. M. Langley & Son
the pealing o f the village church
Lawyers
Entered at the poet office at Foreet Grove, Giro
bell broke the stillness o f a moon­
as mail matter of the eecond rla-s.
light autumn eve, "‘did you ever
Forest Grove, Ogn.
T e r m s o f S u b s c r ip t io n
go to church?” ‘ ‘Why shure, I
CASH IN ADVANCE
uster attend quite regular like
One Year $1.00 - Six Months 75
J. N. Hoffman
down i n Arizony. Hit was a
Attorney-at-Lan>
Display advertisements for publica­
quiet, dry, dead like place, and
Collections anil all business entrusted to m
tion in the PRESS must be in this office
nothin’ doin’ except down at the «riven prompt attention. Attorney for For^t
Grove Collection Agency.
It does not pay to advertise,say
not later than Tuesday evening to in­
Catholic church whar the good
O^ice-Hoffman Bldg. Pacific Ave.
sure appearance in current issue.
some merchants who have done
father, an’ he was a rale decei t Ind. Phone 502
Forest Grove
but little o f it and that without
sort o f a chap too, ruled his par-
keeping it up. The incident of
ishners with an iron hand, an’
H. W. Vollmer, M. D.
the boy and the pump illustrates
lucky fer some o f ’ em that he
the matter very well. The boy
Physician and Surgeon
did too.
was sent after a pail o f water.
Office in Abbott Bldg.
Flirting
‘ ‘There was won woman ’spe­
He poured in the priming and
What Do You
Forest Grove, Ogn.
A Dangerous Peril
cially who was always skeered o f Both Phones
poured out as much as he poured
Know About This
the
devil
a
gittin'
o
f
her.
Won
“ If the true life story o f the
Man that is born o f his parents in. Then he stopped to rest and mornin’ a couple o f the boys Dr. O. H. Scheetz
16,388 Chicagoans divorced i n
is o f few days and full of mi­ the priming ran down. A fter which was always into som edev-
the past ten years were written,
ChiropraElic Spinologist
crobes, says an exchange. He some time o f alternate pumping ilmint or other gits hold o f one of
it would be found that the first
Specialist
in nervous diseases, luni? trouble,
goeth to school when a youngster and resting he concluded that it them crab-fish critters down at rheumatism, in fact all diseases.
station which led toward the di
and gets the seat o f his pants did not pay to pump and quit in the butcher shop an’ slipped it
Office next to LaCourse’s store
vorce court was frequently a ro­
paddled until he is sick at heart. disgust. The merchants who do into the holy water which was
mantic flirtation at an amusement
He groweth up like a weed in not believe i n advertising are placed in the vestry fer all com­ W. H. Hoiiis
park or fashionable summer re­
the back yard and soon reaches like the boy that did the pump­ ers to dip their fingers into, an’
sort. ”
the age when he is composed ing. They advertise a few weeks this here good sister, which I
A ltorney-at-Law
T his was one o f the introduct­
largely o f feet and freckles and stop awhile and allow the people spoke on, she got around bout
ory comments made by Rev.Per-
Forest Grove, Ogn.
by the time he gets too long for to forget them and their business the time mister crab was gittin’
cival H. Barker, pastor o f the
short trousers and not l o n g before they advertise again and red hot ’ bout bein’ disturbed so
First Congregational church of
enough for long ones he goeth to then conclude advertising doesn’ t much, an’ when she takes agooc
W. Q. Tucker, M. D.
Maywood, a suburb o f Chicago,
college, learneth how to monkey pay.
Physician and Surgeon
long
dip
teu
keep
the
uevil
away,
in a sermon on ‘The Pace That
with a three dollar mandolin and
mister
crab
got
in
some
preety
Diseases
o f Women A Specialty
Kills,” recently delivered to a
to
play
whiskey
poker.
He
coin-
Dr. Brown’s Old Office
Do
not
think
o
f
your
faults,
fine
work.
Well,
sir,
thinking
large congregation. ‘ ‘Flirting is
Forest Grove, Ore.
eth home a bigger fool than ever says Ruskin, still less of others’ the devil had got her sure thet Main Street,
a potent cause o f that coarseness
and marrieth a sweet y o u n g faults: in every person that comes poor woman confeseed teu every­
and bestial vulgarity which is do­
ing so much at present to impair thing whose pa is supposed to be near you, look for what is good thing she ever did an’ didn’ t,but Victor H. Limber
wealthy, but whom it is subquent- and strong: know that; rejoice you bet, them boys didn’ t wait
Fun-ra! Director and Embalmer
the beauty and diminish the pow­
|y ascertained, couldn’ t buy the in it; and as you can, try to im­ for the next train. Hit took jist
er o f American home life,degrad­
Modern Equipments
ing marriage to the low level of prize rooster at the county fair. itate it; and your faults will drop three weeks for the hole they
C h ap el,
Forest Grove
He worrieth along from year to off like leaves when their time maid in the air to close up, an’
a convenience and to the still
then it was ragged ’ round the
lower level o f sensuality. Flir­ year, gradually acquiring off­ comes.
spring,
untill
his
house
resembles
Dr. C. E. Cockmann
edges.”
tations foster the social evil,” he
a Sunday School class just before
Chiropractor
continued.
A bill has been introduced in
Christmas.
He
fretteth
through
‘ ‘The mother who permits her
the house o f representatives pro­
Consultation Free
sixteen year-old daughter to sail the day and lieth awake nights v id in g for the free listing o f
Office next door to Forest Grove Press
trying to figure out how to keep
Home office: 151 East 28 St., Portland
about the city in an automobile
‘ ‘every article used by human
himself
and his independent pop
until two o ’clock in the morning
beings as food. ” Which reminds
with a counterfeit sport with a ulation out o f the poor house. E f one o f the popular ditty, ‘ ‘Intro­
weak jaw, and weaker morals, forts are rewarded by his daught­ duced for Pastime, Dont You
opens the front door to grief and ers running off and getting mar­ K now .”
disgrace. If y o u don’t know ried and bringing him a nice son-
what company your daughter in-law every few days to feast at
There’ s no fool like an old fool,
keeps or what time o f night she his board. His sons grow up and
and
turns in, your roar when gossips call him governor and set him so it is alleged. Back in North
get busy will sound aliout as pa- back a five spot every day or two. Dakota there was an old chap
thel ic as the wheeze from a jews- About the time he acquire; arrested, charged with convey­
enough lucre to make it worth ing whiskey to the noble red man
harp.
‘ ‘This is the time for the mod­ while for his heirs to quarrel who had the price. And he was
ern minister to shun idle and over, he contracts a cold and is 107 years o f age.
Mrs. M. A. Thomas
toothless generalities and speak hurried away before he has time
Fashionable Dressmaker
in unequivocal language. There to have a talk with his family. It’s the constant drop o f water
Cor. 2nd. S t' and 1st. Avc. South.
His
sons
blow
in
his
estate
on
is something almost criminal in
That wears away the stone.
Forest Grove, Gregcn
the blank ignorance o f parents bad whiskey and plug hats and It’s the constant exerciser
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concerning the whereabouts of his wife puts the finishing touches
That developes all the bone.
That’s the veruict of those
their children during the even­ to his career by marrying the It’ s the constant advertiser
Oregon Electric T me Card
hired man.
wno patronize
ing hours.
That brings the bacon home. —Ex
‘ ‘ It is more difficult to marry
ARRAES
OUR G R O C E R Y F o L r e E a A l V G E r S o v e
at P o t ' und
A Harvard professor has made
off a girl who has been pawed
O u r S tock 1» C om p lete
6:50 a tn
8 :0 ' . m .
It is easier to harness t e n
over by every chap in the com­ the startling discovery that the
O u r C ierks A r e C o u r te o u s
8:40 a :n
$ .C u a lU
munity than it is to fatten sheep modern woman is rapidly assum­ horses than some women, says
O u r P rices A r e L ow
10:20 a m
11:80 a m
12:20 j-. m
1 :C0 p m
on pineapple ice. And should ing man’ s form. In other words an exchange. Why not let the
I 40 o m
2:50
m
Let Us Please You, Too
they come to Hymen’s altar, they the women are becoming mannish women d o the driving, then?
4:10 j, m
5:20 i. m
7:00 p m
8 :1 0
m
assume the responsibilities o f and the men correspondingly ef- They are bound to in the long
$.45 p m
p in
wifehood with the enthusiasm o f feminate. Perhaps there is more \ run, anyway,
Piicne 701 Main Street
a one legged man at a society truth in this than we are wont to
LEAVES
ARRIVES
■ States 26
Forest Grove
club dance, for they have flirted admit. In view o f the fact that
P ortland
F oren t G i">»•
The crowded condition o f our
away their hearts until they are American women follow pursuits
7:05 a m
8:15 a ra
public schools, and o f the high
8:20 a m
9:40 c :n
incapable o f truly loving their originally mapped out for the
10:20 a ,n
school in particular, demand that
1 1 :8 0 > m
sterner sex may have something
husbands.
12:10 p ni
1:20 p m
action o f some sort seeking to
2:10 n n
8:20 p m
‘ ‘The flirt is likely to discover to do with it and their supplant­ relief be taken in the immediate
3 -20 n ,i
4:40 i 1.1
5:S0 p m
P :4 0 r- r.i'
affinities in other homes and put ing o f men may account for men future. At the present time the
8:25 p m
9 :8 5 p m
J. A. Brown, Prop.
t h e discoveries into practice. becoming more effeminate as they superintendent’s office in the
Thus flirting undermines t h e give way to the women in the central building is being used as!
•** aturdi.y C nly
home: and when home life with field o f activity. At least the a recitation room, and the hall is
Lvs P.;r and 11:30 p in — Ar. F.G.
L i®
Su.Tvy
r y
its sanctities, its calm and deep professor has opened up a field also in use by the domestic science
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joys and sorrows, ceases to have for considerable speculation.
class:
Spsctal Conveyances Over the
its charm for us in America, the
It is apparent that the existing
Wilson River Route
The rress Pr s
greatest break up and catastro­
Things are begining to stir in state o f affairs cannot carry
to Tillamook
phe in history will follow.
the city political game. Four through another school year
Letter H^adg, En elopes.
‘ ‘ In respect to this menancing men prominent among the town’s Either a substantial addition will
Business Cards, Callirg
evil.a good rule for youth is: Re­ citizens have been mentioned as have to be built onto one o f the
Cards Statements. Bill
Horses Bought, Sold
sist t h e begining o f flirting. mayoralty timber, and a number present structures, or else a
Heads. Circulars, ind
Flirtation is the first step toward are spoken o f as available for building erected especially for
and Exchanged
Anything else that can be pro-
self-degradation.
councilmen. This January three high school purposes. The latter
duced with ink and paper. I#
‘ ‘The man or woman w’ ho flirts vacancies occur in the city council is most preferable, and would
us
have your next order. We
Phones
Pac. 33
i s hatching a serpent’ s brood and there is a probability that not only be a substantial addition (ad. 744
will deliver you a satisfactory and
that will one day wake into life four seats may await occupants. to the public buildings o f the city,
Forest Grove, Ore.
to hiss and sting: he is rearing The time for a final selection o f but would fill a long felt want
ALWAYS
PLEASED
W. J. R. BEACH
REAL ESTATE
INSURANCE
H. T. Giltner
STABLES
Commercial Trade Solicited
A n Artistic Job