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Published ever>' Thursday at Forest Grove. Oregon.
W. C. Uenfer. Editor and Publisher.
Entered aa aeoond-daas matter Jan. 12. 191$. at the poetofficc at Forest Grove,
Oregon, under the Act o f March 3, 1X79
THURSDAY. FEB. 22 1917
NOTES
AND
My Auto 'Tis o f Thee
My auto, ’ tis of thee.
Short cut to poverty.
Of thee I chant.
I blew a pile of dough
On you two years ago.
Now you refuse to go.
Or won’ t, or can't.
Through town and countryside.
You were my joy and pride;
A happy day.
I loved thy gaudy hue.
Thy four white tires, so new.
Now down and out for true.
In every way.
To thee, old rattle box.
Came many bumps and knocks.
For thee I grieve.
Badly thy top is tom.
Frayed are thy seats and worn.
A cough affects thy horn,
I do believe.
Thy perfume smells the breezs.
While good folks choke and wheeze.
As we pass by.
I paid for thee a price.
'Twould buy a mansion twice.
Now all are yelling " I c e ”
I wonder why.
Thy motor has the grippe.
Thy spark plugs have the pip
And woe is thine.
I, too, have suffered chills,
Ague and kindred ills
Trying to pay my bills
Since thou wert mine.
—Exchange.
A lady friend observes that the
mail order catalog wears out three
times as quickly as does the Bible.
The mysterious stranger is a
man who comes to town and
do sn’t tell you what his busine s
is.
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Laura Jean Libby says young
people s h o u l d love sensibly.
Would that be extracting about
half the joy from it ?
CO M M E N T S
publish foreclosure notices are as
bad as those which publish the
delinquent t a x lists. Possibly.
But there are a lot of editors,
even those of "little” papers, who
have too much dignity to go
begging to the legislature for a
chance to rob their friends and
subscribers. What the Express
complained of was that the ed­
itors who went to Salem were
trying to make the legislate s for­
get their promi-es of economy,
made before election. The good
Lord knows the average legis'a
tor is extravagant enough, wi h-
out a lot of flesh-hungry grafters
hangmg to his coat-tails asking
for a bite at the swag. So please
remember. Twin, that, while the
Express accepts the full legal rate
for pubb'hing legal notices, its
euitor does not try to bu ldoze or
bribe lawmakers to do what they
know is w. ong.
to critki*«. It it Mttrr to Ami fault
than to work to arm.!scat* the
fecUona o f whicti we eoaftpUin.
“ We thou Id study our history with
greater zeal and tlx nvone Arznlv the
national ideal. I am ind*H«d to J udgv
Wxnamnker o f the aupreme court of
Ohio for thia fine idea le t the Ameri­
can high school teach at leaft ooe year
o f Lincoln in place o f Caeaar. Cicero or
Virgil, through which nine out of ten
high achotil pupils blunder and forget
within a few years.'
A friend just back from South­
"Teaching the Engli>.*- language is
ern California says: “ The weath­
one o f the prime objects o f public
er was fine, in fact, too warm
school instruction. Lincoln was ooe o f
the masters o f English His simple,
for heavy clothes. Many were
luminous sentence*, w h i c h g o aa
bathing at the beaches. Oranges
straight as bullets, are models for the
were ripe in the valleys, while
pupils that cannot be improved upon.
the
mountains nearby were cov­
"1 cannot think o f anything more
ered with snow.”
sure to engage the imagination and
quicken the pulse o f American youth
With warm, sunny weather, it will not
than the study o f Lincoln. It is the
be
long before the blossoms on the
heart ef America’ s story.red and warm.
trees
will be everywhere announcing
"H e saw the human side of the poli­
that
springtime
is here.
tics o f his time, and that is all there is
to progressive politics. It is all that
Take a vacation trip now, where life is different;
democracy, as .a political movement, in­
where climate, surroundings and amusements are
volves. The boy or girl who thorough­
ly knows 1 jncoln'a life has received a
out o f the ordinary. Spend a
February.
liberal education in the political history
of the United States and something of
Three Trains Daily
even higher value than that.
" I t is an education, moreover, that'
would attract and not repel youth, for
it vividly breathes the life which youth
will take you there in comfort.
flads about it outside the schoolroom.
A.sk the agent
"Since history began, power has been
always intimately allied with haughti­
John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent
ness, harshness and dire cruelty; au­
Portland, Oregon
thority with arbitrary salfishness; war
with spoliation and vengeance.
"N o Asiatic despot or military chief
ever held in his hand the absolute power
wielded by Abraham Lincoln; yet no 1
man was more humble before the l^ird
A Frances Willard Meeting
and the meanest o f His people. Au­ stale superintendent of the Anti-
Saloon
league
of
Oregon,
who
was
thority, in Abraham Lincoln’ s hands,
The usual parlor meeting of the
was determined justice, ever swerving a visitor in the Grove Saturday. W. C. T. U., held on Friday, the
tomard mercy. Every hour of Lincoln's
“ The Anti-Saloon T— gilt will 16th, took the form of a Frances
life saw some deed o f mercy, some act
change the nature of its work Willard memorial day with a pro­
of forgiveness, not one o f hate or vin­
dictiveness. Not since the Divine Tra­ now. They will direct attention gram fitting to such an occasion.
gedy on Calvary has mankind seen such locally to the enforcement of law The exercises opened with devo­
an exaltation of the soul as in Abraham and will also give aid to the na­ tional services, led by Mrs. Burns,
Lincoln."
tional bone dry amendment. Rev.
Blossom Time in
the Golden State
different
SCENIC SHASTA ROUTE
Southern Pacific Lines
CHANGE THE TUNE,
W ILLIAM
“ You shall not bury the Demo
cratic p a r t y in a drunkard’s
grave!” dec'ar^d Mr. Bryan to
Illinois Democrats.
Pure wa-te of wind, William.
When they feel like interring the
Democratic party in Illinois, they
don’t dig no graves. They just
go out and pile about 800.000 P U B L I C U T T E R A N C E S O F
votes on it. Filling him with
good liquor and putt-ng him in a
real grave would sure mean happi­
"Refrain from drink, which is the
ness to an Illinois Democrat.—
source o f all evil. ’ ’
Portland News
E. J Moore, who wa-. in Portland
Tuesday, said he was coming to
focus pressure on congress for this
measure. The prediction is that
it will pa-s the house, but it is
feared that it will be delayed to
its death b y filibusters in t h e
"A rm s should be the last resource, j senate
the dernier resort."
“ The Oregon legislature mem­
"Perseverance and spirit have Jone orialized the congress to pass this
wonders in all a g es."
measure and 17 of the 20 mem­
"Envious of none, I am determined bers from Multnomah county vot­
to be pleased with all, and this being ed for this memorial. In view of
the order o f march, 1 shall move gently j these facts, coupled with the fact
down the stream of life until 1 sleep that the people voted “ bone dry,”
with my fathers.”
it is hard to see how Congress­
"F or my part, I never did, nor do I j man C . N. McArthur can longer
believe I ever shall, give advice to a : justify hi- refusal to vote for this
woman who is setting out on a matri- , measure. We hope that he will
monial voyage: first, because I never
now vote for it.”
could advise one to marry without her
Three eastern states have been
own consent; and, secondly, because I
know it is to no purpose to advise her inquiring as to the possibility of
to refrain when she has obtained it.”
securing Mr. Hutton’s services,
but he says that the Oregon cli­
" A good moral character is the first
mate
offset-, salary advantages,
essential in a man.”
so far as he is concerned.
WASHINGTON
He only kissed her on the cheek;
It seemed a simple frolic,
But he was sick in bed a week.
They called it painter's colic.
--Town Topics.
followed by a responsive roll call,
after whice Mrs. Showers read a
paj»er on “ Frances Willard and
her W orldwide W ay,” t a k e n
from the Union Signal. Margaret
Jones rendered a solo and Mrs.
Burns gave some account of the
purpose and meaning of the an­
nual memorial day. Mrs Walker
read of “ Christinas at Ellis Is­
land” and Mrs. Penfield spoke
of Miss Willard as she knew her,
with special reference to her dem­
ocratic ways, giving instances of
the same. A collection was tak­
en for the memorial day fund and
the program closed with a recital
by Lois Livingston on "France*
Willard.”
Refreshments were served by
the social committee and a large
gathering of women, which filled
the rooms of Mrs. Marsilliots*
home, departed full of plans for
another occasion.
K. B. PENFIELD,
Press Sup’ t.
The latest medical opinion is
that cancer is caused by high
living. Then most of the people JUST FRIGHTFUL
will be safe for some time to
It costs $29,000 a year to sup­
come.
port 4-year old John Jacob Astor,
Someone has figured out that according to his mother's report to
everything is divided most un the New York courts. Among the
evenly in this world. The rich items are, toys, $5750; doctors,
men have twin sixes and the poor $0524; lawyers, $4000
man six twins.
It’s something a w f u l ! The
way
they’re starving that poor
A Zanesville Ohio, paper states
little
fellow
in the matter of doc­
that Miss Maytle Collins has sued
John L. Nelson at Columbus for tors and lawyers is a shame. To
$5,000 damages as the result of an be sure, doctors and lawyers have
accident on the bathing beach to­ gone up on account of the war,
boggan at Buckeye I^ake last but just think of a child strug­
" I would wish anything and every- ■
July. Miss Collins s a y s s h e gling along on only $5750 worth thing essayed to prevent the effusion ! Thq Express prints butter wrap­
Money to loan Valley Realty
pers with non-poisonous ink.
of blood.”
picked up a splinter while sliding of to y s !
Co.,
Forest Grove, Oregon. 19-tf
—
d o w n the toboggan, severely
This is Washington’s birthday
“ I also give it in charge to you to
wounding her dignity.
anniversary
avoid all disrespect o f the religion o f
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On page five of this Issue is a
very interesting article, set in
small type and signed by .Sheriff
Applegate. It is header! “ Notice
to Taxpayers” and tells you when
you must pay your taxes if you
hope to »-scape penalty and in­
terest. The county pays for pub­
lishing this notice, so read it.
Hillsboro Defeats
High School Bonds
the country and its customs. Prudence, I
policy and true Christian spirit will I
lead us to look with compassion upon
their errors, without condemning o r !
insulting them.
We should be very I
cautious not to violate the rights or
consciences of others, ever considering i
that God alone is the judge o f th e ,
hearts o f men, and to Him only, in this
case, are they answerable.”
The eastern people are a great
dea more alarmed about the
< 7 ’ a ' /
t rr.‘A than those in
v.e viv-i* 7 j have cause to be,
7 r. New York and the
ou*t.
e.Vies. There are so
rf&tfiy m / / i f s in New York
v a t v * 7 ' * 0 easily spend half
V*e/ * ‘y worth for coast defense.
The proposal to float bonds in
the sum of $14,000 for an addi­
tion to the high school and equip­
ment for a gymnasium, was de­
feated at an election at Hil sboro
Saturday. 160 to 150.
The chief cause of the defeat
was opposition from the south
part of the city, where the old,
antiquated wooden building serves
as a grammer and primary school.
The measure was indorsed by
the Parent-Teacher association.
Less than one third of the vote
of the district was cast.
Tw o week* ago the Express
comments not at all
complimentary to the editors who
went to ttaiern arid asked the leg­
islator* not to rep< al the expen­
sive tax list publication law. The
shoe evidently pinched the lonely
Twin, for he whines and inti­
mates t h a t newspapers which
Following are a few extracts
“ Oregon now has one of the
from a speech delivered by Judge
most drastic hone dry laws in
Beach on Feb. 12 at the Forest
America. The state Anti-Saloon
Grove High School:
League has sent copies of the law
' ’This is a good time to think about1
our country. We Americans do not j to 24 states which asked for it for
think about our country as often as we the purpose of attempting to pass
should. We are too busy and too prone similar laws,” said R. P. Hutton,
Abraham Lincoln
i
"One fault overlooked begets an­
other, that a third, and so on.”
"M y policy has been to cultivate
peace with all the world. I most sin­
cerely and devoutly wish that the ex­
ertions o f those having this object in
view may effect what human nature
cries aloud for—a general peace.”
“ Pursue a wise, just policy toward
one another and keep good faith with
the rest o f the world.”
Oregon Prohis Are Happy
We’ll Make Good
on any promise we make to deliver work on
a given date. The Express has one of the
best equipped little printing plants in the
Willamette valley, having added several
hundred dollars’ worth of material to the
Williams plant for
. . . JOB PRINTING . . .
purposes and more good material is on the
way. The management would very much
appreciate it if those in need of stationery,
office blanks, or any other kind of printing
would call at the office for samples and
prices. If you’re too busy to come to the
office use the phone and a representative
will call on you.
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