THE
VOL.
FLORENCE, OREGON, W EDNESDAY, MAY ", 1913
NUMBER 9
BIG CHEFS
MR. BUSHMAN RFGULAR
WILL ATTEND MAKESCHANGE MEETING OF
CARNIVAL
IN BUSINESS
TRUSTEES
The building is 30x60 feet,
stories high. . The upper story
is devoted entirely to the Masons
and Eastern Star. The main
! hall is 30x50 feet and the floor I
is covered with a beautiful
Brussels carpet furnished by j
' Low-e & Baldwin of Florence.
i The balance of the space is used
Among the chiefs that the
A change in the management
Perhaps a comparison of cedar shacks of early days have | for reception and anti rooms,
The town trustees met in their
lockers for the !Great
Black Hawk has
I
with
appropriate
o f the Yamhill Milling-Po ver first regular session with all the
Fiddle creek twenty-two years been replaced by twenty-four
summoned to appear at the gran d
ago and Fiddle creek now might comfortable dwellings some of ! safe keeping of the jew els and council to be held in Florence on and Light Co., was made last officers of the town present
week in the transfer of the light­ President Geo. P. Edwards,
be interesting reading to some o f ' them quite pretehtious residences , other fixtures of the two societies.
May 28-29, the following have
in g plant to a newly organizes started the ball rolling, when he
construction with It is lighted by electricity of 350
the readers of the pilot, and it of modem
responded and will be present
corporation to be known as the called them to order, and from
mountain candle power, so arranged that
certainly tells z the story o f im­ water piped from
accompanied
by the Princess and
provement and advance which springs and equiped with gravity it can be regulated to suit what­ other members of the tribe; Yamhill Power & Light Co. that time until eleven o’clock the
The sale price was $32,000 and a they struggled with municipal
has been' going on in many of water systems, hot and cold ever condition arrises.
The lower room is 30x60 feet Black Dog, Grey Eagle, Sleepy large part of the stock was taken question in many phases.
the isolated communities along water for house use and hydrants
Eye, Red Cloud, Drifting Goose,
over by J. - F.. Thompson, an
in the yards to use in irrigating and is now used}‘.by Mr. H. L.
this strip of coast country.
The question of the marshals
Otter
Tail, White Reaver, Big
Twenty-two years ago last fall lawns and gardens. Let me j McKee to display his stock of Bear, Minnetonka, Rain in the electrical expert of Portland. salary was brought up and a
The officers of the new company motion made and carried that
one evening just before dark we mention right here that there i clothing
Face
and
Shabena. .
The
On
the
front
of
the
building
i
s
.
„
.
nt
are
I. N. Welk, president; G. G. the incumbert act as street com­
are
few
if
any
dwellings
in
our
entered the mouth of Fiddle creek
displayed the compass and square . nnc<-ases are> Minnehaha, Rain- Bushman, vice president; J. T.
community
but
-
what
are
so
from Tsiltcoos lake in a row
missioner and be given a salary
finished in gold leaf, reminding
M,nneota- Witoka, Winona,
boat. This was my first sight of situated that they can pipe the
T u u n U .. o U l,,„ Thompson, secretary-treasurer. of $60, per month, one of the
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Eyota, Shawana,
Ue
Mr. .Bushman, as manager of councilman offering if necessary
the creek. I-spent five weeks pure mountain water to them all visiting bretheren that they Feather Leola,
an
anawa.
oj , j company took the ok to be able to do this that he
hunting and fishing along the with plenty of presure to use in are welcome home.
Each Princess will shoot three
plant when it was in a very un would give $5 a month toward i t
creek and on the lake, and a house plumbing and tfte expense
arrows at a mark placed on the
royal time of it we boys had to. would b i. but slight either.
satisfactory condition, and by the
The trustees then elected J.
stage in, plain sight of the
expenditure of much ,ime, money W. Ford as city surveyor.
Ducks were so plentiful that our ’ Coinfortable barns house our
audience, and the one having
and patience, has built it up to a
greatest trouble was to find people dairy cows and stock,
Improving of Jefferson street
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the highest score will be declared
quality
of
service
pnd
efficiency
enough to eat our kill. We caught
A saw mill near the mouth of
was
considered and Trustee
Queen Rhododendra by the Grea't
surpassed
by
none
in
the
state.
what fish we could use or give the creek is now busy cutting
Knowles
appointed to correspond
Minerva, May 3. Our schools Chief and she will be presented
away then had to stop fishing as lumber for further buildings and are now stndardized. This event; with the jewels of her station, —Sheridan Sun.
with Geo, Melvin Miller abdlit
The retirement of Mr. Bush- widening
we did not wish to waste the improvements in the near future. was celebrated Monday evening, which are a solid gold string of
and straightening
ckled beauties. Bear and Over one hundred dairy cows April 28. at which time the follow- graduated beads, solid gold pen­ man from active management where it joins Garginer Aveniie.
in the Sheridan company, is to The object is to settle this before
deer were every where and elk furnish their quota of cream to ing program was rendered:
dent with a cross of biilliants on
the
cooperative
creamery
at
give
him an opportunity to get ordering a survey.
meat was not at all uncommon as
Song America, school.
one side, the other side plain,
Acme.
The
cream
”
wagon
in
personal
touch with,the electric
part of the bill-of-fare among
It was ordered that Hamlin
Welcome.
but which will be engraved with light plant owned by” the Flor
the settlers. The bottom land delivers goods to people along
street be surveyed and estimation
Recitation—Crystal Meadows. the name of the Queen and the
ence Electric Company, of which made ft>r grading.
was covered with a dense jungle the road every four or five days,
Recitation Rubey Akerly.
date; there is also a band of six
he is president
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of vine maple, era bap pie, willow so all We Have to do • is to stop to
The
matter o f improving
Song—The glad May morn.
strings of pearls connected with
The
Florence
Electric
Company several streets by planking was
alder, salmon brush etc, so dense the phone and ask the merchants
Recitation- Ralph Peterson.
four bars of brilliants. This the
has a large amount of improve­ then considered and it was t>
that a man. had hard work to of the bay to supply our wants.
Recitation—May Akerly.
Queen will keep. These jewels
ment work planned. They have give notice thatth * board intend­
force
it
* his way
"•• j through
w>a<^-Ra« iv
; We have a - population of about
Dialogue—The whipping John­ can be seen in the window of Mr.
lét the contract for constructing ed to improve by planking the
Numerous broad leaved Oregon n>nety people. Our territory is
ny did not g e t
Carson, the jeweler.
Maple towered above the dense divided intd two school districts
a cement structure at the power following streets.
Song—Kind words.
The committee in charge have
underbrush. There were no whos valuation as shown by last
and light plant to D. W. Reesman,
On Main street from the west
Recitation—Thelma Meadows. appointed the following persons
and work is to commence soon. line of Hamlin to the west end of
roads except game trails; "and the assesment roll was $185,000.
Recitation Ceneva Akerly.
to represent the different tribes,
tracks of bear and cougar w ere! The lower Fiddle creek district
Glenada is to be furnished with lincoln street.
,
M usic- Juanita Dick.
who will have charge of the
far more common than those of has just completed a new school
light, a franchise having been
On
Lincoln
street
from the
Recitation—Marfin Peterson.
election of a princess of that
granted a short time ago.
human beings. The settlement house at a cost of near thirteen
south
line
of
Main
to
the
to nth
Reettation—Albert Peterson.
tribe and escort his band to
Among other things contemp­ ine of Front street
contained about a baker’s dozen hundred dollars($1300). The last
Dialogue-^Bertha as teacher. ■ Florence May 28-29.
lated is the giving of an all-day
of hardy enterprising people enumeration shows thirty-two
On Front street form the west
Song—Spring is coming soon.
Big Chief, Roscoe Hurd.
service this fall.
such as you always find on the school children in these two
lire of Lincoln st-eat to the west
Sub Chiefs,^ Dave
Beers,
Dialogue Harry’s pockels.
frontier'. Two families and a few districts.
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c,
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Making the changes now out- line o f Jefferson street
Song -Far away, school.
Indian creek; Cl*m,
urnis > | (¡ne and installing the new
I will not place a valuation on
bachelors all sanguine of the
On Washington from the north
Fiddle creek;
Recitation Norman Dick.
e on
owe » I fu tu r e s that i s t o keep-the plant
great future of this country. I our bottom land, but will give
ir.e
of First street to the Siuslaw
Mercer
and
Heceta;
Edwin
Recitation—Lee Meadows.
always ahead of the demand will river.
did not see a rod of wagon road you a few hints as to what it
Hartley,
Mapleton;
Will
Wilber,
Song— Farmer boy.
necessitate the presence of Mr.
after leaving Mapleton. The will produce per acre and leave
The committees of streets
Recitation Gilbert Houghton. Dead wood creek ¡Gilbert Watkins Bushman in Florence, and as thé
you
to
judge
of
its
value.
settlers got their supplies to the
and
alleys, sanitation, finance,
Portage,
Geo.
Colter,
Glenada;
This land is most of it beaver -Instrmental m usic-B essieA k- Arthur Hinds. lto<,k'„.rt?"G «'¡'Y '“ "1,
creek by packing them on their
and fire and water nude reports.
erly.
v
backs to Clear lake, across -the dam land the soil formed by the
Carle. Maple creek; Cart ¿ e v e n . , Und""e ?
*CC° n’? 1’?,
A motion was made and carrit d
Dialogue Sue’s beau to dinner Acm e.K. C. Wygant. Florence 1P™ ,deni w,11 no doubt have to
lake by boat, then another carry sediment settling above the dams
that an ordinance be drawn and
History
of
District
No.
158,
its
J
,
renie. move here and make his home in
across the portage to Tsiltcoos built by these industrious little
presented to the board for
growth and developement. . L. C. i
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Florence.
lake and on home by boat. It first residents of our valley.
approval,
to govern the running
The platform for the Rhodo-
I have seep three or four tons Akerly.
took all day and part of the night
of
stock
at
Urge in toe streets of
Remarks— A. Meadows.
dendron carnival exercises is
of clover hay per acre put up on
to make a trip to the Bay.
Florence.
The school closed on Friday, being remodeled so as to face the
Thehbuses were built of shakes 'and that had been pastured eight
Several license tax
we<e
April
25, after a very successful west, or the bank. Seats will be
and roofed with clapboards a ' months in the year. I have seen
brought up and measures taken
puncheon floor and the windows thirty tons of kale, ruta bagas or eight months term with Mabel E. placed on the bank so that all
to investigate their imposing and
glazed with flour sacks, not a mangel wurtzels grown on an Wilson as teacher. This was hiay see the exercises without
collection.
Mr.
Archie
Knowles
of
the
stick of sawed lumber in sig h t acre. Have sold four dollars iss MWilson’s first school on the standing.
City Recorder Severy’s salary
firm
of
Rice-Knowles-Rice
made
Less than an acre of cleared ($4) Worth of onions per square Siuslaw and she says it has been
Attorney Wygant has purchas­ a trip to Portland and Astoria in was raised from $10 to $20 per
land surrounded each cabin then rod from my garden. Four very pleasant work.
ed the north half of block 1, Mil­ anvwer to a telegram from the month.
brush and jungle for miles in hundred bu. of potatoes is no
ler’s Addition to the Town of Elmore people the first of the
The bill of G. C. Compton, as
every direction. There was not uncommon yield per acre. All
Gene McComack reports that Florence, has a well down about week and took the agency for marshal last yeir, was investi­
a horse on the creek and only a root crops and such garden crops the milk depot is patronized twenty-four feet, has quite a the Patsey. The Tillamook will gated and ths trastees dicided
few cattle and with acres of wild as cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, quite satisfactorily. The bottle little garden ready to plant and be put on run if the Patsey can­ they coulij notpay i t
parsnip and larkspur on every and celery grow to perfection system is proving to be
is now setting cedar poets for a not handle all the freight.
The members of the board
hand I do not think they coulg Berries of allkind yield immense help in keeping the milk. Some i wire fence around the place. The
certainly
put in a few hours of
Mr. Knowles came in on the
I have taken out a life insurance crops. What fruit we have milk that was brought in on grounds will be laid out in a sys- Patsey, which had 209 tons of hard work last Monday night and
planted such as apples, pears, Monday o f last week was found J tern of land scape.
A residence
¡policy. __________ ___
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freight for the Siuslaw. It was if their courage and spirit keeps
prunes
etc.
are
doing
well.
will
be
constructed
on
the Cali- his maiden trip, but he says he up will earn their salaries.
to be sweet and in good condition
Truly there was much to dis­
courage the ealry settlers, even When, as will be the case within the next Friday. This is made fornia bungalow completed this enjoyed every meal.
their dogs died from eating two years we are within a few j possible by the bottles being ¡place will resemble the bunga-
The firm have also taken the
salmon and bruin carried off their hours by rail of the Valley and sterilized, and the milk kept in lows and grounds of Pacedena, agency for the Rustler and will
Portland markets. What is our a refrigerator at the depot at »nd will be one o f the scenic
hogs.
use the Wm. Brynd warehouse
land worth per acre.
Percy Cox’s place of business.
places of the Rhododendron ¿Tty. untifthey can enlarge thejr own
Tfie Glenada schools closed on
This part of my story is dedT-
The S. P. R. R. crosses the
cated to Uncle Jasper Gibson
to meet the increasing business. Thursday, May 1, with a May
creek where it flows into the
I f T p r P < l K 1 p G . m Corrected to read for the Siuslaw
under who’s hospitable roof I
day picnic. The se'.iolar> and tea­
lake and when completed will A I V l w
A d L r ly J o
bar One hour later for Florence
spent those days in 1891.
M
arvelous
C
ure
.—
It
is
Dr.
cher,
accompanied by several
c*
put us in touch with the outside
N I8JI T ID E S
L«W
Thomas
Katell
now.
and
he
earned
*
TIDES
young
people
and a number of
Fiddle creek now has six miles world and place us within a 1
a.m. HL p.m. H l
Thu.. May 1.
3 :.W 2.7
3:63 1A the title too.
1 Thu.. May 1 . . . » : l f S.5
9 :5 2 7.7
This
is
the
way
it
mothers
of
the
children went to
Fri..
May
if good wagon road connecting hours ride of the cities of Oreg
2
.
4
:4
3
,
2
.0
2
.0
1 F ri.. May
2 . . . 1 « « » «.7 10:24 8.1
Sat.. May a.
0:221 1A
0:1
2A
happened.
A
very
useful
man
Hut., May
3 . . . 10:011 «.» 10:54 8.4
Clear
Lake
and
spent the moet
rith the road between Glenada
Sun., May 4
6 :5 0 0 .«
Now isn’t it high time t
0:4 7 2.0
Suh.. May
4 . . . 1 1:40 7.0 11:23 0.3
Mon.. May 5 . 0 :3 5 0 .0
seemed
in
poor
health,
and
com­
0:1»)
2
.»
of
the
day.
Everybody
enjoyed
nd Gardiner at Ada poet office, this stream graduated from
5
.
.
.
12:22
M<m.. May
7.1
Tur.. May a
0 :5 0 3 .2
7:111-0.4
Til*». May « . . . 0 « 2 » .0
1:04 7.Ì
plained so much it looked as if the outing.
W*A, May 7
7
:
4
«
-0
.8
7:2
4
3
A
Wert.. Mav 7 . . . 0 :2 5 ».2
1 4» 7 .0
Thu.. May « . . . 8 :2 M -1 .0 l| «.-01 3.8 one o f the saws would be laid up.
During this term the teacher,
0.8
rive to either the Umpqua or assume the name which right- T hu.. Mar 8 . . . 0 :5 » »A
Fri.. May » . .. » .1 4 1 -0 .» I 8:47 4 .0
'F r i., May
» . . . 1 3« » 2
3:2«, 0.7
This was something that tom Miss VivaCanniff, endeavored to(
SaL,
May 1 0 . i . 4 0 :0 2 ,-0 .7
9 :4 4 4.2
slaw bay at our pleasure. A fuly belongs to i t Tsiltcoos ri
S a l.. M ay 1 0 . . . 2 :2 0 8 .» 1 4:22. 0.0
Sun.. May 1 1 . . . 10:54, -OA 1 0:50 4.1
Sun.. Mav 1 1 . . . 3:11 8.4 , 5:221 0 .0
didn’t want to happen. .Amohg standardize the school and suc­
Mon., May 1 2 . . . 11:02 o.l
nch o f the Tsiltcoos telephone flowing into Tsiltcoos lake, one : M->n..
May 1 2 . . . 4:12 7.9
«:23l 0,8
Tur.,
May
1
3
.
.
.
0
:1
8
3
.»
12:03
0Ä
his
supplies, for a '‘cure-all” he ceeded in getting the scholaiw
7
:2
0
7Î2
extends up the creek so we of the most beautiful and T u *.. Mav 1 3 . . . 5 :2 8 7.4
Wrd,, May 1 4 . . . 1 :3 « 3.3
1:04 0.»
W*rt.. May 1 4. . 0 :5 6 7.1
8:1 li 7.7
found
one of his old reliable reme- very much interested in the mat-
Thu.,
May
1
6
.
.
.
2.4
2
:4
5
2:50| 1A
sit at home and talk with the picturesque little lakes along the Thu.., May 1 5 . . . 8:14 7 .0 ? 8 A 7 i 8.2 Fri., May
1 0 . . . 3 :4 7 1.0
3:44 1.1 diea, thia and a few little sugar
SaL.
May
1
7
.
.
.
7A
10:23
4
0
:2
2
»A
fact
much
oiThor
JUL AJU JJ4.
4
-T A --
-w r-
5
:3
2
i-0
.2
5
:
2
0
2.8
coated
pills
that
a
friend
gave
even
worked
making window
founding country,
11:41 . . .
0
:181-0.8
M. D. SCOTT
« « « , 2 .0
Tur., May 20.
1 2 A 7 7.1
him
was
handed
out
with
in­
7
«
4
-
1
.
1
boards
for
the
school
house, and
«:4«( 3 .0
I 1:45} 7.0
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•
W*rt.. May 21.
early all of the bottom land
7.-41») 1.2 r
3.3
L 2 A3} 0.8
structions
to
take
before
and
with
a
little
more
assistance
no
$:läj 3 .«
« A 3 -1.1
• valley has been cleared of
l»:lfll-O A - It » 05 SA , after each m eal
They were car­ , doubt would have been sucessful
and is in a good state of
» « « - 0 .3
»AD 4.0
5 « t | 0 .0
the
10:43, 0 .2 l i f t ! 4.1 ried out faithfully and a cure ef-. as they made ten out of
5 :5 5 « .«
'ation and considerable of
1
1
:2
8
fected.
It
is
wonderful
what
0:451 1J>
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T '
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77.
twelve
necessary
points,
and
in
O «7|
land is being cleared and
7 AO, 7.2
The masons of Florence should S ”1--
?*■
a litle oakum [and sugar coated so doing earned a prize picture.
H
:ll
7A
as sheep pasture. The fell pro-id of their new home. Frt".’’ May -to}
8 A ll 7.»
, peanutawill do in some cases. - - Better success next time Glenada.
3:1-11
'«fat, Stay 31.
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Iff1
TWENTY-TWO YEARS
AGO ON FIDDLE CREEK
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MINERVA SCHOOLS
ARE STANDARDIZED
ELMORE TO GIVE BOAT
SERVICE TO SIUSLAW
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