(Fit? Jiurrat <£ritu* txpm iH criticiseth h is elders, h e pur-! ehaseth perfume and sinelleth louder than a billy goat. When he groweth up he getteth a job ¡as clerk in a store at one dollar a day and swipeth extra change' from his boss until he is caught.; Selah! Moral: Keep the boy at home after dark Make the home a shelter and safe retreat for the children, not a prison.—Ex. Published every Thursday at Forest Grove, Oregon. W. C. Benfer, Editor and Publisher. ■lass matter Jan. 12, 191t>, at the postoff! Oregon, under the Act o f March 3, 1ST*.» THURSDAY, MARCH 15. 1917 N O T E S A A N 1) C O M M E N T S •‘ My policy has boon to cultivate peace with all the world. 1 most sincerely and devoutly wish that the exertions o f those having this object in view may effect what human nature cries aloud for a general peace.” George Washington. To chuckle in the morning And chuckle oft at night. Soon works as hits o f leaven That makes the loaf get light. — Western Farmer. Missouri woman shot for re- fusing a kiss. W ed rather be shot than kiss some people we know, Kaleb Kale says all hawgs ain’ t four-footed, but great demand for ones. After God had satisfied was not satished there ain’t no the two-legged made man, He and and He He made made woman, the last word in the ani- mal kingdom, and she has ever since had that !a-t w ord — The Misogynist. Be a Life Saver The more time saving devices we get, the more folks are hurry-! S A V E T H E L IF E O F T H E T O W N . ing to keep up with the proces-l i ers made governor, signed it, says sion. Before the days of the tel It will die it you don't boost it. the Benton Couqty Courier. The best way to boost it is to R EA D THE ephones you took time to go and After May 20 any farmer who tell your neighbor the message H O M E PA PE R C A R E F U L L Y offers to dispose of butter made you now give him over miles o f' la k e le to arrest and penally, more spare time now than then. th e lo c a l m e rch a n ts This means he must boost one Forty years ago the merchant of two combinations, the manu- spent an hour every day cleaning i a f i ^ nf p a ^ u n z tn « Plants nr Iand fl|,iw k,.roS(.„„ ,ampa. Now Students Can't Accept Prizes over plans for the county camp, sell hiss cream to the competitors j he turns the switch and ^ more No longer may sweaters, or which meets in Banks W'edries- who are on his trail— the cream­ light in a second of time, but he i other articles of intrinsic val- day afternoon, April 4. Among eries. is more hurried for time than ever lue be given to high school the business to be transacted by The farmer who has been plying the stores and private fern- T elep h oim etoctrlcity. automo-1 athletes in Oregon as a reward for the county camp is the «election ¡lies with his butter made mad,, in in th.,1 */. parCelf, P° St’ . l v, nK service on a high school athletic of a delegate to the stale camp. ¡lies with his butter, the machinery, all save time, but as team. Any s t u d e n t receiving which meets at LaGrunde Wed- old fashioned way, is forbidden toll time issav»d in one place, some such rewards shall be declared in- nesday, May 2 The Banks boys do thU after May 20. He will be I new demur d eats it tip. eligible to participate in any con- are preparing to show visitors to arrested if he dots so. His butter will be all right for! Postmaster Wirtz has b e e n te t staged by the Oregon High the county camp a good time. | After Friday night’s meeting, the himself, his family, the hired man notified to rend no more mail to School Athletic association )b u t'\ :O T X rte h ™ o | th »'N a lira a i M a ir O r d « Broker- Broke” j This informal ian comes from A. i *,,cal Woodmen ami Ih.ir gucsl« • - N WI r” ’ht “ Kxchange of Minn...... ilis.lC. sell. lave Kxchange of Minne.ipolis, L-- Hampton, Hampton, sicretarytreasurer secretary-treasurer *™ t t o » r.-»taar„nt and enjoyed If you can’t see the creamery Minn., as Uncle Sam cla-sifies the of the Oregon High School Ath- a n'< <‘ lunch. T o l y 's holding b a c k , he’s holding back! He offers himself and four sons in case of war, but doesn’t peep about son-in-law. out all over this,ioutfit as a fraU(b KeeP y,)Ur letlc association. Harry Goff informs the Express Nick Longworth. A n d N i c k trust sticking . 1 ,. The board of control has ruler! that after May 20, under the pro- you must have cataracts on both dimes. would so become a trench! that the above section does not visions of a new law, hunting and eyes. apply for this present school year fishing licenses will cost $1.50 Home-owners of Portland have : It is this everlasting ‘pure food” organized to oppose the proposed regulation, these sen ele s restric w'b become effective next fall each $1 50 for hunting and $150 at the beginning of school.— Me- for fishing. The present price is $6,000,000 road bond issue, c airn- tions and aggravations that make Hillsboro .Ore., March 14 I>r- j Minnvill« News-Reporter. ing the roads outlined will cost men disgusted with farming and $1 each. Goff’s can supply you W. D Wood, senior member of six times six million before they cause them to sell out and jamb now at the lower price and all the Legislative Committer of i A very good sized audience at- are completed. The granges a p -: into the cities. they get out of the transaction is Kight appointed to represent the ’ ended the lecture, “ The Catho- the trouble and your g<»> ,,nr if and the manufacturers of pa-teur- preference as to pose? ‘ Well, j ._.___ ,____ Imperial Hotel, Portland, next are very interesting, became they ter of deeds at Hillsboro during izing plants. sighed the overworked rib, “ if I Saturday. prelent the Catholic Church in a the past week: The farmers won’ t f ref.-rend it, could get a picture of you split- ^arrn(‘r> won At that time th e com m ittee, light entirely different from th a t; Francis White et si to Ben j. Harper will give formal consideration to in which she is believed by many «t ux, 34.74 acres in Iota 1 and 2. nee ting kindling or taking up the and it will become a law. “ Why a legislature?” proposals that have come in from to exist. Th»y are absolutely ashes, I ’d cherish it forever.' \ * • n , , . i • t i n . . . . . . rritnci* White etal to Newton Hnr- all parts of the state, asking the free, and well worth attending.1 . ,u , i per et ux, J ib . d I i r m Sec G, INI. SOME SEWER, BO ! If you want to see the canning committee, as the official bod\ 1 he subject f o r next Sunday $2.244.40. Last Friday morning several industry thrive and grow, sign repre^er t ng the hgislaiure in tl.e evening, March 18th, is, “ What is W. F. HeeHiirker et ux to Theodora excited citizens called Mayor Pat a contract and raise something to bonding act, to call a conference *'Temporal Power,' and is th e Bernard*, 120.29 acren see. 13, INI, $10. erson on the telephone and in- J?° >nto the can W. L. I.yda et al to M. F. Heesacker, ; for the organization of a state Catholic Church anxious to obtain et ux, name an above, $13,HOO. formed him that an artesion well !committee or as-ociation which it?” Doubtless the subject of the THE PRODIGAL SON Father H. J. Fuqua to L. H. Johnson, or geyser was flooding the str et “ Confessional” will also occupy a n(.ra can establish information head- Iota I and 2, tilork G. South Park Adit Verily in this day and in the neighborhood of Fourth to Forest Grove, $10. part o f t h e evening. Lecture tioni the father raiseth up his boy ffuar’ er* for the bonding cam- street and First avenue, north. S. A. Reynolds to A. M. Staehr, loo | commences promptly at 8 o ’clock. . by 100 ft lot 2, 14k 1, Naylor's Add to In company with several council- on the streets and sidewalks. He Pal^n lieth around the «xla founts and , ii, u ch a «>mn.i. too w o o d in- Forest Grove, $10. men and City Engineer Kirkwood, Woodman Visitors J. W. York et ux to Alice Hughes, the mayor visited the «eene of im bibe«, slop, and hook worm cluck reprw.ntal e « M o « i good tne mayor vi-icea me scene or ..... r roads organizations of all the Henry At!ee, Clem Inkley, Wm. to acres N. Robertson DLC, 1S2. $1. activity and found that the gey ' growe.h in knowledge of noth- . . , . Elierley, Ray Lynn and Tony Soh- J- R- Thomas et al to James Willis ser was nothing more nor less save cigarettes and cuss words.' Senatm W. <>d vit ws with fav< r h r, members of the Banks camp et ux> s h“lf ° r w hali , , f SE quarter than a manhole of the E lliott-' ^ ben be atta‘ ns tbe age of six- the moves initiated at Astoria, of Modern Woodmen met with ,er. X '‘ ‘ 3^.i’ ... . . , , , Arthur (.riswnlil etux t»> B. S. French Scoggan “ sanitary” sewer, which |teen» b e acquireth a suit o f Euge me, Medford, Pendleton and , the members of the local camp et ux M) x 100 ft.ct lot 4. hlk h , Forest was taking in water (through a cl°thes turned up at the bottom Redmond to organize state high- last Friflay evening and talked Grove, $10. multitude of leaky joints) at ¡ts ■ two furlongs above his feet. He way associations or district good higher points and discharging it .displayeth a pair of noisy socks roads associations. in a solid stream through the w' tb PurPle background and vio- “ The main thing,” he said to- manhnlp The fnrep of the enl-; let to tbe front- He Weareth low, , of water wassufficent t o ‘ cut lan «hoes and green tie and 'day, w to have some headquart- umn looketh like a banana merchant « « t o wtut-impartial and authen- keep the heavy iron manhole cov- tic information such as is being er bobbing up and down like a on str^eta Cairo. The in- requested by the different county fisherman’s line float An investi- 3^ e ° ‘ ^eaf* ,i^p t,ie organizations Fi her the differ- eation was then made to «ee if inside of a pumpkin. He 'alleth organizations K. her the ditfer gallon was ^ntn mane to see 11 * « . ,. . . , ent movements for state associa- th c niifflm « ’as clntr- . the outnow v at at thp tne rivpr river was ciog- in l ° v e WIth a spmdle-shanked » tions can be Joined in the interest on any promise we make to deliver work on ged and this was found discharg- ? irI ttl,h blue r,bbons ,n bi'r hair‘ |0f economical management of one a given date. The Express has one of the ing a solid stream, which means an,i longeth for an automobile h(.adquarter8 or , hpy can work best equipped little printing plants in the that the sewer leaks so badly that that he may ^ ¿ V ; | separately, if the people promot Willamette valley, having added several ing the different organizations so hundred dollars’ wrorth of material to the not o f tne the seepage, sppnagp tn , , n o n take a n e carp care 01 to miiney j like a cyc.one seattereth a prefer. There is plenty ot , work . Williams plant for say nothing of the sew’age it was rai* fer|ce - sitteth up at night . . fjo „ designed to carry, for remember t0 wrbe poetry and giveth no -------- that not a single residence or bus- thought t o t h e multiplication W. C. T. U. ness house is connected with this table. His mind turneth to the At the M. E. parsonage on Fri purposes and more good material is on the so-called sewer. All the moi-ture van'ti*?s of life and not to the cost day March 16, at 2:30, the W. C way. The management would very much it gets seeps through the joints corn bread. Verily, verily he t . U will hold its parlor meeting appreciate it if those in need of stationery, needeth a board applied vigorous- wjth the president, Mrs. Phillips, and pores. office blanks, or any other kind of printing Under the circumstances, do ly to the southwest corner of his m charge. Subject for the day would call at the office for samples and you blame the city council for re­ anatomy. He thinketh his father “ Co-operation With Missionary prices. If you’re too busy to come to the a plodder and his mother a back Societies.” fusing to pay for this thing? office use the phone anil a representative number. He pictureth to him- K. B. PENFIELD, Press Supt. will call on you. PHONE 821 ONE OF THE RESULTS Get t h e guaranteed “ Pakro While the farmers were work­ He dreameth of steam yachts and for your j,arden. It ing, and sleeping, the legislature private cars. Yea, he thinketh ¡s ^ e most economical of them slipped over this one— and Gov­ himself the real stuff. He butteth all. For Sale at Littler’s Phar- ernor Withycombe, who the farm- in where he Is not wanted, h e ! macy. | Good Road Boosters tO Meet Saturday j We’ll Make Good . . . JOB PRINTING . . .