iTltc jFnrrat (*>rmtr Express
DAD
Dad is an old-fashioned s|K>rt;
Has no manners of the court.
Published every Thursday «t Forest Grove. Oregon.
Likes to eat in his shirt-sleeves
W. C. Benfer, Kditor and Publisher.
Every meal, and he believes
Entered as second-class matter Jan. 12. 1916. at the nostotlive at Forest Grove, He shouki say just what he thinks.
Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1679
Spite of mother's nudge and winks.
Subscription Kates
He is not well versed in Greek;
Plain old Yankee does he speak.
Paid in advance
On Credit
$1.00 One year
One year ..............
$1.50 Ami his rules of etiquette
.50 Six months
.75 They have not been published yet.
Six months
.26 Three months
.40 You can always hear him chew;
Three Months
Drinks out of his saucer, too,
THURSDAY, JULY 26 1917
And he doesn’t mind a bit
When you call him down for it.
“1 am sorry that you do not wear a flag every
day and I can only ask you if you lose the physical
Takes old-fashioned remedy
emblem to be sure that you wear it IN YOl'K
For what ails him. Says that he
HKAKT : the heart of America shall interpret the
Can't
see much in this new’ ’'thought'”
heart of the world.” President Wilson.
Tho, of course, he ought.
Dad's not very long on style.
N O T E S A N D CO M M E N T S
And he wears no fine silk tile;
Interest in art, to him.
PASS IT ON
get chesty about your enlistments, Is naught but a silly whim.
neighbor; many of the recruits He's more taken up with cooks
“ Hats off” I cry.
credited
to Portland came to that Than with music or with books;
To Addam Pfaff, •
burg
from
Forest Grove, Gaston, Polish is not in his line.
Who has a si-
But I’ll tell you, friend of mine,
Banks, Ruxton. Hillsboro, Beaver- When
Lent phonograph.
I' m looking for a V,
I ton and Scappoose to enlist. The Dad looks
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
mighty ginal to me.
jold “spinster" was saved from the
Brooklyn Eagle.
And bow ye low
draft because of the pat'iotism of
To Willie Wesson.
Who's given up
the country-bred boy».
girls to be useful members of so-
His fiddling lessons.
Unless
you
are
trying
to
make
^icty,
and finds time for in tel lee*
— Macon Telegraph.
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tual
improvement,
this a better
town,
you are not a The beauty of , this
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very patriotic citizen.
are
• t confined to the singular
. num-
We make so bold
. . . you There
, help
. isn
To hail Miss Hannah,
many
ways
in
which
can
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v.
' without
... . spending
,. a cent. One
„ * ber. No, . there
She's gone and sold
, isn
. an*
, t it . many
J such
That there piano.
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women.
And
consoling
excellent way to help * Forest
Grove _ that . these
. stay-at home,
,
. wo-
—Columbia State.
I._____
busy
is to increase the enrollment
of men are appreciated
and really
Pacific University. Many of you counted as among the truly
But come—shake hands
great.
With William Bailey,
have young friends in the west Note all of the things which
are
Who’s went and hocked
who
are
going
to
enter
college
in
included; she is in moderate cir
His ukelele.
September. Why not recommend cumstances,
— Portland Journal.
doesn’t have ever)
P. U to them? In that way you convenience so and
must plan and
will have your friend near you, manage to make ends
I’m as happy, boys.
meet.
As tvpe can tell;
you will benefit your friend, the She is capable of doing
kinds
My neighbor’s cow
college and the town. Wake up! of housework and has the all
strength
Has lost her bell!
If Opportunity should come stalk-
Why Not a Trip
To Oregon’s Popular
Heat h Resorts
Tillamook County Beaches
Newport Beaches
LOW Round-Trip FARES
with
Daily Train Service
For information and booklet», cnll on your locul agent
or write
John M. Scott, (»encrai Passenger Agent
Portland, Ore
Southern Pacific Lines
ROAD DRAG RULES.
The
Ewporimont Station la -
•u»i
Advico.
Use n light drug.
Hull) It over the road at an angle ao
that a small amount of earth Is pushed
to the center of the road.
Drive the team at a walk.
Ride ou the drag; do not walk.
Begin at one side of the road, return
ing ill* the op|ioslte aide.
Drag the road as soon after every
rain as possible, hut not when the mud
Is In
u condition us to stick to the
drag
Colorado
Soma Good
to accomplbh them. The bring
Almost every day we read of ing through some towns she would ing
up of children to be neither
some peddler of court plaster be- need a town crier to awakt n the drones
but useful
ing arrested on suspicion of sleepers. Don’t let Forest Grove members nor of culprits,
society, is no small
spreading disease. Probably not become that kind of a town.
task
in
itself,
and
yet she has time
one plaster in a thousand is dis WITH THE SPOILERS
for
self-improvement
pace Do not drag a dry road.
eased, but you may get the thous Congressmen McArthur an d with the advancement to of keep
the day Drug whenever possible at all sea
andth plaster. Turn them all Sinnott of Oregon voted against Women who prove themselves
•ona of the year.
down, if you want to be safe.
The width of traveled way to he
the resolution to reform clerk hire so capab'e in private life are fully maintained
the drug should lie from
That news from the government abuses and by their votes helped as deserving of honor and credit eighteen to hy twenty
feet. First drag a
little
more
than
the
wldtti of a single
crop experts that the corn crop in perpetuate the iniquitous practice as men or women who fill public wheel track, then gradually
Increase
the United States now in prospect of paying salaries to cletks and offices.—Western Farmer,
until desired width Is ohtulned
is the greatest in the history of janitors for committees that never , Elsewhere in this issue is a Always drag a little earth toward
center of the road until It Is rulsed
the country brings the smile of meet, some of the salaries being statement from th** cuunty super the
from
tw elve Inches above the
cheer to every patriotic son and duplications of t h o s e already intendent of schools which shows edges of ten the to traveled
way,
daughter of the republic. If we drawn by congres-men for their that the cost, of educating pupils If the drug cuts too rnueh shorten
the bltcfe.
must feed the world, there is noth- private secretaries,
is
less
in
the
Forest
Grove
high
uuiotuit of earth that the drng
in more‘‘fillin’’ o r‘‘fattenin’’ than Congressman Hawley was re school than in any other high will The carry
along can Is* very considera
good old corn, served in any style, corded as ‘‘not voting” on the test j school in the county. This state bly controlled hy the driver, according
as he stands near the cutting end or
call.—Oregon Voter.
away from It.
ment
is
referred,
without
com
Thanks to the prompt and ef roll The
Chamber of Com ment, to those taxpayers who When the roads are first dragged
ficient work of Water Commis merce Portland
law
and
order committee have been complaining about the after a muddy spell the wugons should
sioner P. W. Watkins and his as should keep its collective
If possible to one side unili the
eye on expense of conducting the local drive
roadway has a chance to freeze or par
sistants, Forest Grove escaped a these congressmen, who exhibit
tially dry out.
high school.
water famine, the obstruction to I. W. W. tendencies.
The liest results from dragging are
the supply pipe having been re
obtnined only hy repeated application.
The
fight
being
waged
in
con
Remember that constant attention Is
moved Saturday, the reservoir THE GREATEST
gress by the profit-mongers who necessary
to malntuln an cHt'tli road In
WOMAN
scrubbed clean and refilled to
Its
t>est
condition.
want
to
get
rich
out
of
the
war
the overflowing point by Monday- Two hundred school teachers is a disgrace to America, mother Public salt* bills printed at the
morning. Residents may now were asked the question, “ Who of democracies. A few first-class Express office.
wet down their lawns and gardens, was or is the greatest woman in lynching* might improve the mor
if they are willing to pay the all history?” and the answer which ality and patriotism of America’s
was conceded to be the best was i * house of lords.”
price
n Portland papers are boasting i | as ..The
follows:
wj(e of the ,arm<ir o( mod.
Another Vote of Thanks
that, because so many men from era^e means who does her own Following
is another testimonial
that city enlisted, no one was cooking, washing, ironing, sewing, to the fact that
the people of For
drafted from Portland. Don’t brings up a family of boys and
est Grove did their full duty by
their guest during the recent G. j
A. R. encampment:
Life Saver
SAVE THE LIFE OF THE TOWN.
It will die if you don’t boost it
The best way to boost it is to READ THE
HOME PAPER CAREFULLY
Take an ACTIVE INTEREST in the town’s affairs.
SPEND YOUR MONEY IN TOWN with
the local merchants.
/
Portland, July 17, 1917.
Messrs. Hollis & Graham,
Forest Grove, Ore.
Dear Sirs: The Ladies of the Grand
Army of the Republic send a unani-1
mous vote of thanks and appreciation
to you, to the citizens of Forest Grove, |
to the Commercial club and Forest
Grove Woman’s club for the many
courtesies and entertainments given
us; to those who so kindly tendered us
the use of their autos, and the Knights
of Pythias for the use of their hall ¡also \
to the Boy Scouts for the willing ser- '
vice rendered us. Will you kindly con- j
vey the substance of this communica
tion to those named herein. Again
thanking you, we remain,
Respectfully yours,
LADIES OF THE G. A. R.
Mary B. Robinson, Dep’t. Sec’y.
Washington Count) Transfers
The following real estate trans
fers were recorded with the regis
ter of deeds at Hillsboro during
the past week;
II. K. Is-e et ux to B. L. Phillips, et
ux. tract south of NK cor. W half of
SW quar. sec 15, 2N4. $10.
Jesse W. Phillips et ux to H. E. I»ee
et ux, 16 acres south of NE cor. of W.
hnlf of SW quar. sec. 15, 2N4, $10.
8. A. Salford et ux to John H. How
ell. two acres W of NE cor. of sec. 36,
2N4, $10.
J. E. Reeves et ux to C. J. Ross, lot
14. Spring Hill Farm, with buildings.
$2.0(Xi.
A. C. Bancroft et al to C. C. Caples,
lot 22. Hillsboro Acres, $143.67.
W. W. McKIdowncy et ux to II. C.
Atwell, tract E of SW cor. block 8.
! Walker’s add. to Forest Grove, $1.
Wm Smith et ux to J. C. Smith,
36.477 acres S of NW cor. of NW quar.
of sec. 18, IN3, $1.
J. C. Smith et ux to Wm Smith et ux
same projterty as above. $1.
You don’t need to send away
for your bathing suit—John An
derson has them for men and
women, just as good as you can
get anywhere for the price.
In comparison with street dress
es some of the city ladies wear,
the 1917 bathing suits are almost
painfully modest.
How’s your war garden grow
ing?
You May Save a
Few Pennies
by sending out of town for your printed mat-
ter-and you may not save a cent. Let the
EXPRESS quote you a price before you buy
printing without seeing it. By patronizing
the Express, you get to see a “proof” of
your job before it is printed-and your money
stays in Washington county, where you have
a good chance of shaking hands with it again.
Come in and let us talk it over.
The EXPRESS
Phone 821
Forest Grove, Ore
The latest in Straw hats for
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