30C
square, and in doing thereof that
5
I may not stick the gaff where it
WASHINGTON
does not belong.
Published even Thursday at Forest Grove, Oregon.
W. C. Ber.fer. Editor and Publisher.
—
Deafen me to the jangle of
tainted money and the rustle of
Entered as second-class m atter Jan. 12, 1916. at the nostoffi
Oregon, under the Act of March 3. 1979
unholy skirts.
Blind me to the faults of the
THURSDAY SEPT 7 1916
other t'eilow, but reveal to me
mine own
N O T E S A N I) C O M M E N T S
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
__ Guide me so that each night
The Porcine Twins are bad est infant dtath rate are Passaic, when 1 ,ook •cross lhe (,inner
enough, but they haven’t any­ New Jersey 193.5^: Montgomery, uble *l m>’ wife> who has been a
thing on some of their lieutenants A'abama lSo.ll; and Nashville, blessing to me, I w ill have noth­
a T
who assist them in putting over Tennessee J82.3). No city with ing to conceal.
Ke
e
p
me
young
enough
to
some of their raw deals. More of a population of 200.000 or over
these later, after the fair.
has an infant death rate so high laugh with my children and to
(O nly O ne Block fro m R ailroad)
myself in their play.
"The Nuts" people with hob­ as those just given, nor, on the lose And
then when comes the smell
bies held a convention at Los other hand, has any of them a of flowers
tread of soft
Angeles last Saturday and each rate below 50. The lowest rates steps, and and the the crushing
the
Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine. Poultry and Pet Stock,
individual “Nut” was allowed to among cities of tha- size are those wheels of the hearse in the of gravel
Vegetables, Fruits, Grains, Grasses, Farm Machinery
of
Seattle,
Washington
53.1),
and
make a short speech on his par­
in
front
of
my
place,
make
the
Automobiles, Flowers, Fancy Work, Plants,
Portland,
Oregon
(57
7».
T
he
ticular hobby. Too bad Forest
Pictures, Culinary and Household Articles
short and the epitaph
Grove’s Twins were too busy highest are those of Jersey City ceremony
Something Doing Every Day! Watch for the Program!
trying to corner the newspaper 132 9 . and Indianapolis (131.6». simple:
See List of Special Prizes!
"HERE
LIES
A
MAN
”
field) to attend this convention. In commenting on the figures, the
$2,000.00
in
Premiums;
$000,00 in Special Prize«
—Homer McKee.
Journal of the American Medical
Thev also have hobbies
Firemen’s Tournament!
Band Contests !
says that the condi­ Some alleged "boasters” use the
While the Express devoted con­ Association
Wednesday Automobile Day.
tions that cause tho-e high rates word as a key to get Into their
siderable space last week to the may
neighbor’s strongbox If they
Thursday Firemen’s Day.
be
remedied
by
any
com­
Porcine Twins, it still had room munity that is determined not to can’t take out ten dollars for ev­
Friday School Children’s Day.
to publish the fact that Mrs. tolerate such a wa.-te of infant ery one they put in. they soon
Saturday Grunge Day.
Vivian Baber, a former Forest life. If only six babes in the lose their enthusiasm
The officers will be pleased to furnish you any
Grove woman, had been brutally Borough of Manhattan were to
information desired.
assaulted by a negro at her home be
Joseph P. Hurley, Pres.
R. W. Reder, Sec’y
killed or even threatened with T H E P U B L IC P U L S E
near Lima. Ohio. And the Ex­ death
by
a
bomb
from
an
aero­
FOREST
GROVE.
OREGON
"Taxpayer” Asks Questions
press was the only paper in Wash plane, the country wo u l d be
a i
3 0 1------
non
ington county giving this news. «fame with indignation. An - b- Editor Express:
he owns will be levied on for sewer
Woman’s flub Notice
Monopolistic sheets haven't a se-rver from Mars might find the Haven’t we the faculty here in assessment
?
He
is
only
one
of
monopoly of the news, it seems. fact curious when contrasted with Forest Grove of getting the “cart many. How about those who are The President of the Woman’s
Club desires to call a meeting of
before the horse” in many of our without a .-alary but have
Both railroad owners and em­ the calm unconcern with which public
con-.
the club mepiberi Monday. Sept.
?
ployes should be mighty thankful we regard conditions that doom We improvements
cidered
themselves
fortunate
in
the paving when we owning a small home and garden 11th in the parlors of the Con­
that President Wilson thought i: thousands of infants in this coun­ should got
gregational church at 3 p. m.
have
had the sewer and,
more important to the nation to try to dea'h.—Youth’s Compan­ as a consequence,
plot
?
Is
it
to
lead
to
eviction
The Executive board will meet
have had our for these ?
stay at home and avert a strike ion.
improved parkings disturbed, to It is hard to see how these con­ at 2-30 p. m. in the same place,
than to go gallivanting about the THE TRAGEDY
say
nothing of the additional ex­ ditions art» to be adjusted and to take action on any important
country begging votes. Every­
OF
HUGHES
of putting it on two sides of how the bills are to be met, as it business which may come up.
body in America has been saved "Where is Hughes gone? The pense
All women who wish to become
the street, when one would have
needless suffering and expense by Hugh s of 1908 ?” inquires the answered.
will be impossible for even the members of the club and have
President Wilson's desire for in­ Times. That is what democrats Then again we are getting a authorities to turn the properties their names in the year book,
dustrial peace. It is to be re­ and
republicans alike are asking sanitary sewer where a surface into money at this time Some please present their names to some
gretted that even a few republi­ themselves—the
with or storm sewer was really what of the mortgaged property is even member of the executive board
can senators and congressmen astonishment and democrats
delight, the re­ the people wanted and fully ex­ now being thrown on the hands of before Monday.
thought more of party lines than publicans wi.h bewilderment
and pected to get. The latter would the brokers and they find them­
MRS. G. D. ROGERS,
of industrial peace, as shown by disgust.
selves encumbered with property
have
meant
relief
from
the
open
Secretary.
their votes on the Adamson eight- The Hughes that New York ditches and foul odors which are they do not want and assessments
Attention, Odd Fellows
hour bill. Congressman McAr­ once knew, the Hughes whom the due, not so much from the refuse they have to pay.
thur of Portland is the only con­ World support-d in 1906 and emptied into them, as from the The time of settlement is al­ Washington lodge has b e e n
gressman west of the Missis-ippi 1908. has dissapp-ared. In his standing and stagnant condition most here and our city solons will notified that Brother Frank E.
Reed, grand conductor, represent­
river to vote against the bill.
place we have a Hughes of the of the water. This condition we find a grave duty confronting ing
grand master, will visit
them. Wi I they be equal to the this the
A man said the other day he Penrose-Cannon-Gallinger t ype, will still have with us.
lodge
evening.
didn't care to read about news­ whose mind never arises above With a good -urface sewer in- task of meeting these conditions Sept. 18th. on All Monday
members
the
paper sc-aps. so the writer told the petty partisanship of repub­ stalld. each p perty owner could and adjusting them to the best order are invited to come out oi and
him there was plenty of other lican organization politics. The have been notifi-d to install septic interests of all the citizen- who go hear the grand master's repre­
to make up our fair little city—
reading in the paper: but if there speeches he is delivering in the . tank and cess p oi and at much Will
they ?
TAXPAYER. sentative.
are any people who don't want to west m'ght be made by any ordi­ less expense than the sewer is
W. f. T. I .
give the editor the privilege of nary clever young republican can­ going to cost th-m and we would
Barnett Roe in Hospital
expressing his mind m the Ex­ didate for the s»a:e legisla;ure. then have had a clean and sani­ Barnett Y. Hoe, the well-known The annual meeting of the W.
press. they might as well cancel No other candidate for presi­ tary town. Almost all the better farmer of near Wapato, i- at the C. T. U. will be held at Mrs.
McMinnville hospital where he Marcilliott’s (north A street) on
their subscription, for this editor dent within the memory of livirg homes have these requirements underwent
Friday an operation Friday, Sept. 8th, at 2:30 p. m.
will not be muzzled, even to p.^-ase men ever ran downhill so rapidly and if compelle- to connect will for appendicitis
and other com­ A full attendance of members is
h is subscriber-. Furthermore, as Mr. Hughes has done since the have gone to much expense for plications Mr. Roe
is prominent
any subscriber may discontinue day following his nomination. It nothing.
in the councils of he county desired. K. B. PENFIELD,
his paper without canzer of be is both the campaign sensation Fully one ha’f of Portland is grange and is county president of
Press Supt.
e Farmers’ union. Reports The regular meeting of th e
ing abused by the ecitor: nor will and the campaign mystery of the still unsewered . yet is a remark­ th
from his bedside are encouraging
the editor of the Express try to country. Wherever m en t a l k ably healthy town with septic for
he is rallying splendidly from Missionary Soeiety of the Christ­
collect for advertising run ove- politics, th e one question is, tanks and cesspools.
the effects of the surgical opera­ ian church will be held in the
time. The Express is not a cha-- “What has happened to Hughes ?” The day of adjustment will tion.—McMinnville Ne w s-Re- church Monday. Sept. 11th, at
itable institution and its editor Nobody has answered t h a t soon be here, when all this ex­ porter.
p. m.t instead of Tuesday,
doesn't want anything he isn't question: yet it acmits of an an­ pense must be parcelled out to the Mr. Roe is a brother to our 2:30
the
12th.
Mrs. Madden, a mis­
willing to earn. Some alleged swer—and the explanation can be different ones and each will be ex­ own Charley Roe and is a grad­ sionary to Japan,
home on a
papers a re n o t run on thr found in Mr. Hughes’ Chicago pected to ta te up his share of the uate of Pacific University. His furlough, will talk. at Visitors
are
principle._____________
speech when he said: "As I was burden, regardle* in many in­ many Forest Grove friends will welcome. Mrs. Madden will
on the bench 100 percent a judge,* stances of already heavy paving hope for an early recovery. A speak at the Christian church
THE CITY BABY’S
rhat is to be delegation of local Masons went Monday evening, also. Every­
I then became 100 per cent a can as>essments,
CHANCES
the
outcome?
Is
it to lead to to McMinnville Sunday to visit body invited.
didate.'’
"No community that has an
That is where the Hughes of confiscation of *be homes of mauy the patient and found him doing Having put the subscription
infant mortality ra'eof more than 1908
gone. He has disap­ of the -mall owner», who, through nicely.
50 can maintain that its babies peared has
price of the Express down to
the
ha*d
time-
of
the
past
two
in
the
Hughes
of
1916,
who
Han-est
Fete
Was
Profitable
are getting anything like a square is 100 per cent a candidate.—New years have been unable to keep
$1.00 per year during September
The
Catholic
Harvest
Fete,
held
deal.” That is the statement of York World.
new subscribers, the manage­
up their paving assessments and in this city five days last week, for
the New York Milk Committee.
ment
want to treat present sub­
with
this
additi
nal
burden
upon
under
the
auspices
of
the
Catho­
It means of course, an annual
fairly, so if those in ar­
One Maa s Prayer
wiil be at the mercy of the lics of the county, proved very scribers
death rate of 50 in every 1000. Teach me that sixty minutes them
rears
will
pny to date, they will
enjoyable
to
those
attending
and
The committee has prt; ared a make one hour, sixteen ounces law?
be
given
another
year’s subscrip*
Many of the people are old resulted in a profit of better than tion for $1.00 additional.
statistical bulletin that shows the one pound, and one hundr-d cents settlers,
who .ave large tracts $100.00. The event came at a
infant mortality rates in 144 one dollar.
subject
to
assessments and time when most of the members During SeptemlMT you can
American cities. According to Help me to live so I can lie upon which thes*
they cannot realize a of the church were busy with have the Forest Grove Express
the figures, only four of the cities down at night with a clear con­
at the p’^-sent time. What their harvesting, or a better show­ tonce a week) and W. J. Bryan’s
are giving the babies "a square science, without a gun under my do.lar
to become of their holdings ? ing. financially, would have been Commoner (monthly) both one
deal.” They are La Crosse, Wis­ pillow, and undaunted by th e is One
year for $1.50. This offer means
party wi*h a large family, made.
consin (30.6 ; Ogden, Utah 39 8 ; faces of those to whom I have and small
cash
in advance.
salary is paying interest, Miss Haze ¡teen Stockman is
Omaha, Nebraska (47.1 : and brought pain.
trying to, on a thousand-dollar back in the Hoffman store, after ^ M. S. Allen a n d daughter,
East Orange. New Jersey (48.8 . Grant, I beseech Thee, that I or
paving
asses-ment. Where will
j Gertrude, motored to Portland
Some of the cities with the high- may earn my meal ticket on the he be when
every foot of ground a pleasant vacation.
Tuesday.
Site jfnrrst Qjrnttr fcxprpsa
County Fair
Sept. 20 to 23, inclusive
Forest Grove Fair (¿rounds
This Will Be a Great Exhibition