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Published every Thursday at Forest Grove, Oregon.
W. C. Betifer. Editor and Publisher.
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T H l 'R S P A Y . JA N . 10. lt»l>
"1 am sorry that you do not w ear a flag every
day and 1 can only ask you if you lose the physical
emblem to be sure that you w e a r it IN YOl K
HKART; the heart o f America shall in te rp re t the
h e a rt of the w orld.” President Wilson.
X O T E S
A N I) C O M M E N T S
The Express was two years old
last Thursday and today starts on
its third year. W ho s a i d it
couldn’t be done?
sity, which isn’t a cinch, unless
we stir ou selves, this is I he mo't
irnpo tan’ work ou “bo«« t*rs”
c in take up this spring And it it
not too early to s'art r ght now
.-¡&ÉCâàÉN&: ¡SS : SUSS»
• n .|*
Hu* IlMlIun A1 1 >1 til In tile t'lirn lc A lps w h e re th e A uatm -G eruiaii* w ere hel.l In check fur n day.
An exchange te’ls "how to use
Viucrleiin iirmv en gineers, snine o f w hom h nve heen inkliiK p a r t In th e buttle o f t'n m b r n l. Icnvlng th e ir cMtup for
honey in place of sugar.” Yes, IF THEY CAN IK) IT,
b u ilding
‘ i 'fbiriM. 3— Itritl-li traw le r* exploding u (¡••mum aeii mino.
•ut how in Sam Hill are we going
SO CAN WE AMERICANS
to get the honey?
The president of the Deutsche
Ills tdltl. IN 0 \ ! It M.I.S
Scouts Set (loud Example
Bank of Berlin said recently that >’ou bu-v st,x'k buy for the futur*
What business have Amer can the people in Germany are now improvement of the herds and
At their regular meeting last Well, yes. the kill's enlisted, we v \
pugilists fighting each other when saving three billion dollars an- flocks. Look ahead. Western Thu sHay evening, Troop 1. of
|n 'i* tI (tint, you know;
there are so many Huns to mangle?
When
lie hi-Hri| the m il to Colors of
the Boy Scouts of America, le-
nually of what they use«! to $p. nd 1 ^armiT-
eoiirse he'd wnnt to
Send them all to France.
org ,n /.e«l and discu -e«t plan» for A n ’ w e’re proud a n ’ glad a . n ' sorry, for
in beer- and liquors. There are SAVE DOMESTIC
the new year. They are endeav
FOOD ANIMALS
the lint's our |iri*h* nn* joy.
Eastern paper s a y s Teddy about 70.000.0(H) people in the
German
Empire.
oring
to till up iht ir ranks to A n ' his m other well you know m o th
Millions of dollars worth of live
Roosevelt cuts down trees and
ers, ini' he was our only boy.
,
President Wilson has asked stock is destroy* d bv «* reloss about th'ee patrols, with g o o d
works them into s*ove wood for
A n' I well th e r e ’s no denyin' I <|e-
pa'
riotic
boys.
American
men,
women
and
child
owner- who allow it t<> w inder on
exercise. Maybe that’s the only
on the Ind.
The Scouts h a v e shown th«ir For pended
way he can keep from talking ren to ave 2 hi lion dollars in one < railroad track-.
h e 's always heen a sight of help
year to lend to our g »vernment at
With food supplies gr. wmc patriot ism in many ways. Dur
too much.
an' com fort to his dad;
four p-r cent to help win the war. scarcer all over the world, and ing the summer they were all But 1 never fully ri*ali/.»*<l how inueh
Fruit men are fearful that if
I d miss the little searnp.
There are 100.000,000 of us.
nation-wide campaign for food wo'kingat one place or another
this warm weather lasts another
I
was
feelin' pretty lonesome a n ' some
Can we do it?
I conservation, carele-sno-- with to help produce food and con
how my eyes were dim.
week fruit trees will bud out and
We can.
¡live St ck cost $3.680,000 last serve if. One or two of the boys When I saw some one a standin' there
fall victim to the first frost, thus
Will we do it?
; year by owners letting th m wan h«*lpe<l in the campaign for inem
1 really thought '( w a s Jim ;
ruining the prospects of a fruit
We will.
bers of the United States Food Hut afore I had time to s|»ei'ulat«* my
der on rail oad right of way.
crop this year.
little d a u g h te r rails
How? Simply by “cutting out”
Reports show that in on • st .t • Administration; a numb r con
"S
a
y
, dad. how do you like my b ra n '
the
little
extravagances
to
our
tr
huto>I
to
the
Y.
M
C.
A.;
and
1862 animals some of them fine
It is estimated 'hat there are in
new overalls?’*
Nebraska between 6.000 and daily lives that add nothing to , dairy cows, were killed the past most o them join*«! the ft« <1 She hail tin* te a m all harnessed a n '
Cross during th«* Christmas drive.
had hitehed them to the plow,
7,000 Germans and Aust ians our strength of character, nor to year on railroad tracks.
our
health
Or
happiness;
by
cut
Now
two
of
them
Scout
Wendell
Animals
so
killed
are
not
gen
“
I
ve
tri«*d t o d o i t , d a d ” she sa id ,“ just
who have been for years voting on
like J a m ie showed me how,.
ting
down
on
our
candy
and
gum
Brown
and
Scout
li
dph
L
on
.
erally
used
for
food,
although
f
the strength of their first citizen
I 'm not needed in the house you know.
ship papers who now claim to be expenditures; by going to the th«*y a re dressed immediately have purchased a number of
for m other she has Sue.
alien enemies, in order to escape “movies” l e s s fnquently; by there is no reason for this wa-le. thrift stamps and will sum fill An* so I'm go in ' to do my bit out in
With characteristic fright of their Thrift Ca*«|s. Others will
the Held with you.
the draft. If they insist on being smoking less; by dr nking water
buy
thrift
stamp«
soon.
They
go
instead
of
fancy
colored
concoc
dumb
animals,
they
seem
unable
"
W
e
'v e got to send our laiys to war,
enemies, put them in the deten
a n ’ feed the |>eople t« Ml,
tions,
and
by
practicing
a
hun
th«*m
of
th«
ir
scout
master,
who
is
to
gel
out
of
th«*
way
of
trains,
tion camps, where they can do no
A n' it's up to Uncle S a m u e l’s girls to
harm and pass a law that full dred and one little economies that thus negligence of owners makes an employe of Unci* Sam Th s
show w hat they can do.**
will
save
a
penny
here
and
the
e.
is a good inves ment and will in
life unsafe
citizen-hip is required of a voter.
Then she climbed up on the tr a c to r a n ’
crease your mon- y as easily as any
When the pennies have been
drove aw ay on th a t
Let’s be done with this mealy-
Two Chances In War
saved
Uncle
Sam
has
provided
way you cou'd invest it, as well as My little gal in overalls a n ' J a m i e ’s
mouthed talk of the fight being
A young man, w h o r* g st *red in
old stra w hat.
against the Hohenzollern beast simple m ichinery with which to the recent draft, w a s asked what to help our gov *rnrncnt win this
A
n'
sir. y o u ’d he surprised to see the
only. People are either with us take care of them. Twenty-five h<* thought about it. He leplied; war The Scouts urge eve yon**
things th a t girl can do.
or against us; there is no midd e cents buys a Thrift Stamp. Six “ I should worry. You see I al who can, to purchase War Saving A n’ how she works with m ight a n ’
teen Thrift Stamps pasted on a
Stamps or Thrift Stamps.
main to help p u t things through.
ground.
ways
have
two
«hances.
I
will
card given you when you buy the'
A SCOUT’.
A n ’ guess we he e d n 't worry sir. when
Why are war profiteers carica- stamp, with 12 cent- additional either be drawn or not be drawn.
Uncle Samuel calls;
Milton A. Miller collector of
tured always as big, fat men? will buy a War Savings Certifi If I am not drawn I need not internal revenue, now has his rep .-♦I«* can trust his boya in khaki a n ' his
girls in overalls.
War profiteers are schemers, and cate, giv n with your first War worry, and if I am drawn, I still resentative in Hi'lshoro and he
Shakespeare, speaking through Savings Stamp, become- virtually have two chances. I will tak- the will b* h re from the 3rd to tin*
IL.rold Moore, son of Dr. and
Caeser, saw’ a schemer in every a government bond, for which the examinations and will either be 19th inclusive. You will b • ah! Mrs. II H Moore an«! a gradu
slender m a n . Our imagination government will pay you $100 in rejected or accepted. If I am re to fin 1 I*i *omc Tax Agent Wi <* ate of the Forest Grove hi h
jected, we'l I should worry and if
pictures Uriah Heep as a bony five years.
school, is confined t«> a Portland
have two aor?
th<* oiIk‘‘ o f Ju<1 L’<* R«*.lS- hospital as *ho r«*sult of an injury
sort of citizen. A corpulent Shy-
A War Savings Stamp is just as I am accepted, I st
oner, a' the court house. Ft el
lock would have been only Fal- safe as your count*y. And the chances. I will e i t h e r d e called or fr«eto ca'I upon him and make received in a Portland shipyard,
staff, who gained everything but more Stamp- sold right now, the held in reserve. If I am in re inquir es upon «¡u«*> ions regartl- wh re h e was employed. 11«* is
serve I need n«d worry, but if I
profit from war. The cartooni-t’s safer your country will be
ing th».* tax of which you are in not «lang< iously injured, however.
am
called- well, I still have two doubt.
answer to this sort of argument
The goverpm nt has gone
iri«*n»ls, you must
chances. I will ei h«*r be put in to much expense to aid you in (h«* pay Rcmeml-er,
probably would be thar he knows LOOKING AHEAD
in advance to got the Express
We do not need to concern our the firing ¡ine or ju t behind it. matter, so avail your-elf of the a to n e doll.tr per year. T'heng
some profit ers personally, and
selves
about the past only enough If behin«l it I ne««l not worry, but opportunity Hillsboro Ind« ¡un ular price is $| .»o We pay you
that they are big fat men. In
dent.
oOc to collect for yourself.
which case, he would be asked to to see what mistakes we’ve made if on the firing line I still have two
name some names, and then we
may beavoid'-din the future, chances, I will eiih»*r be
might get somewhere in cutting
Che future is ah«ad, and for that missed. If I am mi-sed I
we should plan.
worry, but if I am hit, I st
W E SELL
down war profits.
The successful farmer does not two chanc< s, I will either b
DO IT NOW !
wait until Spring before he buys or cipph'd.
The Masons
of
Oregon
are
look-
his
seed, his needed machinery, or chances
wuorry
h -—■
a v --«
e «u„.
two
- a location
-
- a
•r”i if
,r I '•*—
. _
,
,
,
-and
am crippled,
the
ing around - for
for
„
, ...
i>'a” wb,' re SUf‘b arK* sucb croPs government will see that I ar
Home, to be built next year shall be grown. He doesn’t wait well cared for the rest of my life.
and the Express sees no rea-on until the “field- are ripe unto the - Unknown Exchange,
W e B uy
why Forest Grove hasn’t as good harvest ’ before he plans for extra
Cook
With
Coal
a chance to capture the institution help, gets his graneries in repair
The Fore-t Grove Rlaning Mill
f o r C ash
:
f “ f ,°,the: T * eSptCi,ally “ or 0 '« “ f,,r “• » ta«™» 1» »W»* «» has "aid in a supply of „nod fuH
Loyal M. (jranam. president of store the surplus.
coal anil is prepared to supply
an d Sell
the Forest Grove Commercial
The great successes in every consumers at a reasonable price,
club, is a member of the commit- calling have come largely through C)r«Jer by telephone No 0232.
C -H -E -A -P
tee to find a location. Let every for%: hought and faith. Th»-sue-
For Sale—Pure bred R. C R
citizen who wants to see this city cess of every farmer next year I. Red cockerel, a beautiful bird
prosper go to Mr. Graham and will depend u p o n these two
Mood size. W C. Benfer, at
promise him support in his efforts things. Have faith in the fu ure, Express offic«*.-
tf
to bring the home here. It will then plan for years to come.
You can get the Portland Gre j
be a good thing for the town When you build, build for the «onian six days a week, by mail,
where it is located and many future; when you put in your f n(i tbi‘
firove Express,
towns will compete for the prize.; crops, plan for the future, so that advance
C op elan d & M cC ready
\
Next to keeping Pacific Lntver- fertility will not be wasted. When day- a week, add $2.00.
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