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About The Forest Grove express. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1916-1918 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1916)
Notice to Hop Pickers 3f f n r * 0t ( g r o u p l i x p r p o a Published every Wednesday at Forest Grove, Oregon. W . C. Benfer, Editor and Publisher. at Entered as second-class matter Jan. 12, 1916, at the postoffii Oregon, under the A ct o f March 3, 1879 TH U RSD AY NOTES AND AUG 17 1916 COMMENTS Th e deer season is sometimes manager of the Express is willing the undertaker’s busy season. to sell it to any reputable firm that wants to buy. “ Blame Wilson for your mis This, to the writer, is not near fortunes and praise the republican ly so reprehensible a practice as party for your blessings,” is the that o f taking money from the slogan of the republican campaign hardware dealers of Forest Grove managers. Kaiser Bill is more and spending it with a Portland generous— he generally gives God plumbing supply house, as was half the credit. done by a member of the News- Sam Gompers, for many years Times fam ily. president o f the American Federa If the clothing dealers of Forest tion of Labor, is advising trade I Grove are going to assist the unionists to vote against Candi News-Times bunch in maintain date Hughes and Judge Ben Lind ing a newspaper monopoly, the say of Denver, one o f Colorado's Express owes them nothing in the most influential progressives, is i way of support, nor do the read supporting Wilson. ers and friends of this paper. \ T h e city council made a move in the right direction in ordering sidewalks replaced and repaired. Where people are not able to put in new walks, some arrangement should be made to have the boards nailed down, so they will not trip people and break legs or arms. Only thirty-four days to the opening date o f the county fair. See if you cannot bring some thing interesting to place on ex hibition and induce your neighbor to do likewise. This is not a Forest G rove enterprise alone, but one in which every person in the county should be interested. D o your part For the State Fair cans strongly outnumber th e All persons wishing to pick hops L . M . Graham who j, Democrats. Americans do not at the J W . Seavey hop y a rd ,, mg a Washington county want war, and President Wilson, - - - as — 'fo as soon ; r the fair, even if he has blundered in some will please sign up getting our extra nn e grains and diplomatic moves, in that regard possible as' w e : an( j to add to his cohesion. VT least, reflects the sentiment of j ^ c o n t i n u e to get them there j ers will bring the ex lJ S t,! the nation. A vote against untiiw e have a°full crew. Sheds G ^ h a m ’s office, he will soi? would receive a tremendous ma- wilj ^ reserved for four or more and He must I M U ST G E T T H E M TOGETHER Imperial valley, California, a fearsome desert within the mem ory of most adults, has just ship ped to the eastern markets a solid train of 30 cars of cantaloupes, all of one variety, says the P ort land News. W ater did it. By diverting the waters of the mighty Colorado into the desert the Im perial valley has been transformed into a section as fertile as the famed valley of the Nile. On both sides of the . great d i vide— the Rocky mountain rang es— from Montana to the Gulf of California, are thousands upon thousands of acres of desert land with possibilities as great as that of the Imperial valley country, under irrigation. Oregon has a great share of these arid lands. And billions of gallons of water, sufficient to irrigate every one of these acres, is trickling down the slopes of the divide to be swept away and lost in the waters of the ocean, wiping out millions of dol lars’ worth o f property on its way. In conservation of its water lies jo r it y . - M cM innville News-Re- pickers> not less. Do not ask it. porter. (R ep.) 1 Where anyone signs up for four ; pickers and they do not all come, F IR M N E S S A N D their shed wiii be rejected unless FO O LISH N E SS Hughes’ we have plenty. W e do not want Commenting on Mr. a t t a c k s on president Wilson’s you to sign up with us unless you are sure of coming. Pickers will Mexican policy and his criticism rec-| be paid $1.00 per hundred. Will of the president’s refusal move pickers from Forest Grove ognize Butcher Huerta as presi only this year. dent o f Mexico, t h e Omaha Very Truly Yours, World-Herald says: J. W . Seavey, “ President Wilson refused to Per Ralph C . Oglesby, recognize a government resting on 31-tf Manager. murder and a ravished condition. J a n d i mSch ¿ ¡3 L ?“ sible. Get your violin string .» Store— the best^ ^ Book OREGON ELECTRIC Datrd iul L y . F. G. 6 :2 0 7:05 8:15 9:45 12:30 3:45 5:05 7:40 9:45 a a a a p p p p p tíme cm Arr. Pt. I Lf. Pt m m m m m m m m m 7:4o 1 6:50 8:30 8:15 9:35 10:25 1 1 :0 0 1:45 ! 5:00 6:25 9:05¡ 1 1 :0 0 J 1:15 3:30 5:30 6:15 7:20 11:15 & m 8* am 95 am n£ Pm 23 pm i;« P m 6 45 pm 75 pm 8:40 Pm 123 He left the Mexican people free Hops Look Good P. E. & E. ELEC! to continue their fight for liberty. Ralph Oglesby, manager of the Lv. F. G. Arr. Pt. L y . Pt. An. P. t If they have not the capacity to Seavey hop yards, was in town 6:35 a m 7:50 t7:15 *m 83 attain it that is no fault of his. Saturday and reports that he has t7:20 a m 8:45 t9:05 a m 1022 He has striven, in the main suc completed the last spraying of the t9:41 a m 1 1 :1 0 11:00 am 12:15 cessfully, to protect American vines and they are almost free 12:35 p m 1:50 2:15 Pm 33 p m 3:20 t3:30 Pm 43 rights in Mexico and on the bor from lice. He is getting applica t 2 : 0 0 3:50 p m 5:05 5:40 Pm 73 der and yet avoid war. He may tions daily from would-be pickers t4:34 p m 5:55 t6:15 Pm 73 not have been so “ firm” as Mr. and expects to have no trouble in t 6 : 2 2 p m 7:45 8:00 pm 93 til :15 123 Hughes, or M r. Roosevelt would securing the 450 needed for the 9:35 p m 10:50 ssl:00 Pm pm 2:20 have been— not so “ firm” for ex harvest. M r. Oglesby expects to as Sat &, Sunday ample, as was Austria with Serbia. be able to secure 150 pickers from The difference is that the Hughes- this section, which will necessi Roosevelt-Austrian policy is the tate shipping about 300 from out kind of policy that has precipi side the county, mostly from tated the bloodiest war in history, Portland. Arrangements h a v e with no wrongs righted and no been made with a Banks firm to settlement yet in sight, while the maintain a general merchandise Wilson policy has preserved the store at the yards and meat and peace and has now brought to the fish wagons will come daily to | — T hru the Inland Empire verge of settlement the serious ^ SUpp]y the pickers with provisions. — Grand Canyon of Columbia differences that have existed — A m erican Wonderlands The harvest will probably start EASTWARD between Mexico and the United about Sept. 10 and will last two — G lacier a n d Yellowstone States. The national guardsmen, weeks. P a rk s for whom Mr. Hughes is so sorry, Round Trips at Low Fares Daily Rev. Joseph Hoberg was at are on the border, in is true. But The interest shown by Forest until Sept. 30 via the North Bank Forest Grove recently and was they are not engaged in war with Road. Stopover where yoa like G rove people in the Child Welfare i surprised to see the fine church 15,000 000 people. Their mothers, exhibit made here Thursday, Fri the Methodists have at that place. sisters, wives and sweethearts are day and Saturday was not such as North Bank Rail and 26 Boars Sail He said that the first bell for that not scanning the daily papers to to greatly encourage the promot on the ships o f De Luxe Service, church was cast in Portland and find their names in long columns |; ers and this lack o f interest is S. S. Northern Pacific and it cost $100. He preached at of the killed and wound, d We hard to understand. The exhibit Great Northern, for Forest Grove in the early '70’s think that, on the whole, Amer-| dealt with many phases of prob SAN FRANCISCO KT°™ D $32.00 [cans' w iii' prefer' t h U p o lic y 'r f a" d T ? " y ht chang- lems that the state of Oregon es in the town. “ That is really a From any Oregon Electric Ry. point faces, problems that must be Woodrow Wilson to the policy of ! modern church, splendidly Ticket includes meala and berth faced, sometime, by the taxpayers. Francis Joseph, greatly though equipped,” said The o ld The morally and m entally unfit 'a ^ er appeals to Mr. Hughes H0MESEEKERS’ FARES must be taken care o f and their Am erica’s future industrial great- and ^r'cn^> Colonel Roose- C,hrch Wf then in the old days in the northern part of town.— Mc- Sept. 24 to Oct. 8 numbers reduced or thè problem ness. In it, too, lies the most di v elt.’ | Minnville News-Reporter. From Middle West to Willamette will be greater year by year. rect solution of its immigration H U N T E R ’S LIC E N SE S Valley Statistics show that the feeble problem. Taken Up I sell prepaid tickets. There’s land for the Eugene Register: Rev. minded are increasing faster than landless man and a man for every J McCallum, who is known at my farm, four miles northwest J. E. FARM ER, Agent the normal-minded. tract o f manless land. T o bring one of the best jokesters in th e ! of Forest Grove, Ore., one light Forest Grove, Ore. them together is the question. city, says he has been licensed o I yellow Jersey cow, about five C O N S IS T E N C Y years old, wearing small bell. W ho can furnish the answer? commit murder. Washington County Fair, The Greedy Twins, who edit and Owner may recover animal by “ How’s that ?” asked a friend Forest Grove, manage the paper down the street, N O T IN T H E | paying feed and advertising bill. Sept. 20 to 23, inclusive. yesterday after the parson made in the latest issue of that sheet, S E E D C A T A L O G U E S 28-tf R. O. Stevenson. his statement. criticise newspapers which ask Did you get a package of seeds “ I got a hunting license today,” ! people to patronize home [ner' j from your representative in con replied “ M ac,” and in reading it chants and accept advertising gress ? over I read, “ You may kill a from out-of-town houses. As the Those seeds are good for two man.’ “ Go get a license and see Express has done this very thing, kinds of flowers, the kind men for yourself.” And the jolly par an explanation is probably due tioned on the envelope and the A T HOME son walked off down the street. the readers o f this paper, if not kind your congressman cherishes. spend it in Forest Grove, and you have a very good chance Sure enough, upon examination, the Twins. o f seeing it again ; you may even handle it again. Even if You like to see the first kind , , .. | the hunting licenses issued by the E very clothing dealer in Forest you never see it again, some o f your neighbors will it ™ ....! " d contain, this distinct and use it to build up Forest Grove and Washington cou nty. Grove has been solicited to ad K over your garden. H e has more No matter whether you need groceries, clothing, shoes, vertise in the Express. A ll of interest in the other variety, the sentence: “ You may kill a man.” automobiles or I t ’s no joke at all. The sent them have refused, at least three flower that is planted about this saying they could not trace any time and is in full bloom on the ence: “ You may kill a man,” ap pears in the upper left hand beneficial results from the adver first Tuesday in Novem ber You tising they were doing in the call what science named it; he corner under the heading: “ Cau tion ” other sheet and did not care to calls it the “ V o te .” this advice is worth considering, fo r m any a town has been make further useless expenditures. A Story of Clean, Strong Men I t ’s a valuable flower, t h e promoted to the city class bv the patriotism o f its citizens m One man volunteered the infor "V o te .” So the government ap- Those who have read and ad- refusing to send a w »v fo r things th ey could get at home. mation that “ people don’ t believe propriates $10,000,000 annually to Harold Bell W rignt’s stories what they read in the News- keep it in bloom. in the past should get and read Tim es.” Asked to give the E x his latest western story, “ When a Of course, you appreciate your press a trial, he promised to do so It is a fascinat representative’s kindness in send Man s a Man. plant is fully equipped fo r all classes o f jo b printing, “ som etime.” The “ sometime” ing you those seeds. So does he, ing and gripping story of ranch o f taste and judgem ent are employed and you can get abn®1 failed to materialize and when an any kind o f stationery the most exa ctin g fan cy might era«- for Y O U A R E T H E V O T E .— life in Arizona, carrying a very- Gome and see. opportunity to get advertising appealing love story and a fund Portland News. from an outside clothing company of wholesome philosophy. Mr. ¡«• tw PT v , '^ / ou th 'nk you have some reason fo r not f the.Ex.press, take your work to the other local (T h e Lion Clothing Store of P ort Y E A . V E R I L Y ! W right does not make his story hither will do more fo r Forest Grove than some pnnCni lands presented itself, the ad was There is one discordant note in people do impossible things, but concern outside the city or county. accepted. the Republican band wagon and everything he tells of them is in T h e writer does not believe the that is the “ war” basso. It is go teresting and beneficial to the merchants of Forest G rove would ing to cost the party many votes reader. Go to the Book Store, refuse to sell Portland people mer- outside of Oregon, Here in Ore- buy the book ($1 35) and read it! Went of the New I. o . O. F. HI«** chandise and, as adverising space gon the Hughes-Fairbanks combi- Hancock & Wiles have $25.000 Phone S21 is the publisher’s merchandise, the nation is strong because Republi -1 to loan on farms. Forest Grovef O r«** K eep Y o u r Money , Job Printing THE EXPRESS WE’RE IN THE HOFFMAN BUILDING