THE
Vj
VOL. I.
FLORENCE. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 13. 1913
NORTH FORK
CARNIVAL IS
A SUCCESS
are with us again. Coultf you
have been on Fiddlecreek last
Sunday morning you would have
■ noticed that the telephone wasj
unusually busy and had you rub
bered, which of course you never
do, you would have heard such
expressions as these, “ Yes, w e’re
already to start.” “Is Rachel
going?”
“ You had better go,
Johnnie will be there.” "Will,
then^be room’in the boat for us?”
“Are you going to take your bath-r
in c suit?”
s u it? ”
“ “ Are
A rp you
vnn sure there
ing
is no danger in crossing Jhe
lake if I let William Henry go?” I
“Do bring plenty of that salad
you make so divinely.”
“ Yes, !
Gill will be there to make the
coffee. ’k
NUMBER 23
w . E. Gonzales W ell Fitted
For N ew M in ister to Cuba
FACTSABOUT
MARRIED AT
REGISTRATION
HIGH NOON
That voters who registered in
A very large number of friends
1912 can cast their ballots at the
That the people who live upon
and
relatives gathered at the
the North Fork know how to do
special election this fall without
home
of Mayor aud 'Mrs. R. A.
i re-registering, and that new re
things, especially in the way of
Lowe, of Glenada, last Wednes
registrations in 1913 will give the
entertaining was conclusively
right to vote in spite of the fact day to witness th e marriage o f
demonstrated last Saturday by
that the Day bill specifically pro their eldest daughter Bertha
the manner in which they man-
vides registration qualifications, Lovelle to Mr. Alfred Laurence
naged their big Street Fair and
Carnival.
is the ruling made by Attorney- Grover, of Woodburn.
Promptly at high noon the
General Crawford and contained
One naturally associates carni
young
couple decended the stair
in a letter written by him in re
vals, street fairs and such like
way
and
were met at the foot by
with cities and towns. We nat
sponse to a request from County
the
Rev.
John
Drumm and to the
Clerk Russet
Mr. Crawford
urally think that in order to ne
strain
of
Lohengrin's
wedding
says:
gotiate such an entertainment
march
played
by
Mrs.
E. R.
“You wish to know whether one
there must be streets. There
Had you heard all this your
Mummey,
they
proceeded
until
are no streets on North Fork, curiosity would have been aroused
can vote who has registered in
they
stood
beneath
a
beautiful
1913 under the permanent regis
neither fire there any towns, yet and you would have followed
the people who live there deter, up the clue and would have met
tration law, the same as a per arch o f evergreens interwoven
with white flowers. The bride
mined to have a Street Fair and the jolly crowd at lower Fiddle
son who has registered in 1912.
Carnival. They did not engage creek bridge where three motor
“Replying, I would state while wore a dress of white silk net
the law calling the special elec over messaline and carried a
an expensive and elaboratly o r boats and seven row boats w ere!
tion stated in terms that electors shower boquet of white roses.
ganized Carnival company, but in waiting to take them across
The bridesmaids who wore
could vote on their 1912 registra
pulled of their coats and went to the lake and down the outlet to
dresses
o f white voile and car
tion, I do not believe it was in
work. The result of their labors the beach. Nearly every family
ried
boquets
of pink sweet peas,
tended that persons could not
was a Carnival replete with all on the creek was represented and
were
Miss
Elnora
Lowe and Miss
sorts of the kind of attractions a few from the lake and Maple
vote at that election who might
Edna
Hansen.
Attending the
have registered in 1913. I be
that help to make an affair of creek were among the party of
groom
were
Bert
Scott and
lieve the intention of the legis
this sort succesful.
50 or more. A picnic dinner was
George
W.
Jone^.
lature was to save the people the
Among the manv concessions partaken of before crossing the
The beautiful ring ceremony
trouble of re-registering for this
were shooting gallery, negro ba- sand to the surf.
Just a spread
was
used by Rev. Drumm in
special election, but all of those
bies, diving negro, chute the’ of good things on the ground
uniting
the young people.
who should happen to be regis
chutes, merry-go-round, vaude- and a cup of Gill’s best coffee,
An
elaborate
wedding ’dinner
tered under the new registration
ville show etc..
Everybody Everybody seated tailor fashion
was
served
to
the
guests after
law are entitled to vote.
seemed to have the carnival spirit and furnished with an appetite
the ceremony, while in the even
Registration is not a qualifi
-and bent upon enjoying the oc- such as a morning on the lake
ing a dancing party was given.
cation for election but a mere
casion to the utm ost
. » can supplyyou with. I have not
Many useful and handsome
regulation, and as elections are
Capt.-Al. Miner’s launch the studied the fashion plates suffi-
presents
were given to the bride
free and equal any one who is
Pearl was chartered for the oc- ciently well to risk a description
E G O N Z A L E S , ed ito r o t th e S ta te. C o lu m b ia , a C.. to p e r
as a happy remembrance of the
casion and »with a large scow in of the bathing suits in evidence
tlc u la r ly w e ll U tted for th e poat o f m in iste r to C u b a , w h ic h a p p o in t properly qualified as provided by occasion.
m e n t he r e c e iv e d from P r e sid e n t W ilson . N o t o n ly w a s h is fa th e r section 2. article 2 of the Consti
tow ttfok more than 200 people in the surf but I will say that
Mr. and Mr. Grover left Mon
a n oted C u b an g e n e r a l an d p a tr io t w h o fo u g h t fo r y e a r » fo r P o h * - . tution is entitled to a vote at the
from Florence. People from all they clothed a . jolly care free
day
for a visit at Woodburn and
H* h,!
“ •d* “
’tUl’7 ot the
along the Siuslaw and North bunch of youngsters, and a ffew hibu/'
p u b lic
H e w a s b rou gh t up Im bued w ith h la f a t h e r s s p ir it o f lo y a lty to th e election this fall whether regist
Portland. Later they will go on
Fork attended and the estimate who were not so young either, C u b a n s a s a p eop le. H e K n ow s th e co u n tr y an d Ito p r o b le m s It h M id h e la ered or not. Of course, if an
the Breakwater to Marshfield
elector is not registered, he
number was five or six hundred. Some who were too sedate or tim on fr ie n d ly t e r m , w ith P r e sid e n t M en ocai a n d m any o t h e r , o f th e n e w r w l ^ a
could be required to sign Blank where Mr. Grover has a position
After an excellent dinner orous to play with Neptune on
and they will make their home.
F.
T.
Gilpatrick
is
going
to
served in cafeteria style a short his own grounds removed their
Eugene, Jiy F. B. Upham,' presi “A ” before being allowed ,. to
Portland
this
week
to
be
gone
a
address was delivered by M. J. shoes and stockings and let the
dent, for a senes of amusement vote.
Duryea, publicity manager of the Waves kiss their toes and raced week or ten days.
The principal thing to be
M. D. Scott and wife and their concessions for the Lane county kept in mind in determining these
Eugene Commercial Club. He over the sand like care free chil-
fair in September. The contracts
spoke briefly of the great natural dren.. The return trip across daughter Marian attended thè call for eight amusement shows questions is that every one who
w edd ingof Mrs. Scott’s neice,
The barge Frederick recently
resources of the country tribut- Tsilcoos lake to the mouth of
and as many or more “conces properly qualified as provided by
built for the Tide Water Mill Co.
ary to the Siuslaw, and reminded Fddle creek was one to be re- Miss Bertha Lowe in Glenada sions,
the
Constitution
is
entitled
to
a
which include such as
They had a
was brought into port last week
the people that in ftrder to devel- membered, the beautiful lake as ast Wednesday.
cane
throws,
“nigger dodges,” vote, while those who are not so
fine time and met many old
and is now loading with lumber.
op these resources, there must be placid and smooth as a mirror
qualified
have
no
right
to
partici
and-lunch counters. The several
Capt. John Wasbust is in com
concerted e ffo r t.T h a t the peo- with only the ripples from the friends and neighbors among ;he attractions are a merry-go-round, pate in the election.”
80
or
100
guests
present.
mand
and has a crew of two men
pie must work to g eth er‘with a boats to disturb its surface, * The
If 1912 registration had been
a vaudeville show, a picture the
with
him.
OLD
TIMER.
unity of purpose and keep in wooded shores and islands and
ater, an animal show, a freak held the only valid one, women
The cargo brought in was about
harmony.
their reflections in the pure clear
show, a crazy house, a minstrel would have been unable to vote at
!
400
tons of coal. On a recent
C. J. Hurd, of Eugene, late waters, the evening sunshine
show and a Ferris wheel. At the the special election, since no wo
trip
to Gardiner, which was the
representative from Lane County only served to bring out the lights
picture show “ the Pendleton men were registered in 1912,— ;
first
one made and just prior to
gave a short but interesting ad and shadows in the surounding
Eugene Register.
round-Upor the California Rodeo
entering
the Siuslaw river a car
dress.
Early indications now are that will be shown on the screen,
hills. The whole scene so peace
gó
of
nearly
700 tons of coal was
the
Lane
County
Fair,
to
be
held,
,,UU8e
,8
,
After the exercises of the day ful and restful that it seems an
The crazy house js a^room which
carried.
were over, the crowd gathered invitation to all heat oppresed T ^ g.e.ne n^ 1 month- will be a apparently revolves, ineattrac-
The attrac
The barge was inspected July
in the hall for the dance. . And and tired humanity to come and ^ f n r ettek at? ^ CtlOn then eVCrl tions are 8aid to be of a cleaner, :
_____
25th and allowed a master, 1 crew
the giddy whirl lasted until5 day spend a vacation on the banksof er better and m o T e e ^ F ^ t 1^ * I m° rf rtfined CharaCter than the
A Kreat deal
interest has
and 2 extras when necessary.
break
Tsilcoos Lake and the beach. hibits in all lines than
T*
‘
° f SUCh sh° W8’
0660 created late,y by the uae of
The beam is 36 feet and 8 inches
During a lull in the dance Mr. Try a vacation here and your re m o lts in an lines than in f o r m
e r --------------- the word “xahniao-e’* . », i
in
John Patterson entertained with turn each succeeding summer is S
T
M
l S
S
- ~ width,
t . n d l . while
i n c h the
» , . length is 140
feet
and
10
inches,
with a regis-
vaudeville sketch.
inevitable, you cant keep away.
Reviewing the events of th'e By this time j you
A lumber
pas.
yea,
h
»
U
e„
maki„
/
p^
v
i
s
i
t
,
„
i
t
h
v u « are
1 C a asking
o n i n ^ what
w ild l
can
be han-
day we can not recall a thing that makes the Old Timer so sooonv
s
snK x . f,raily in f> ren ce
could mar the pleasuue o f even j about the lake and beach any
H° r"’ 8n ^ m e - and. to say the“ le“ c"quite T m 1 e T,dd W ater
trans-
the most exacting person, and it way?
Well, you see the Old
portation fleet. It was especially
will be long remembered with Timer used to take this same
department which ” amu8einenti t [lst' of Eu» ene- is visiting on satisfactory, The true definition builtfor the Siuslaw river.
pleasure by those who were lucky trip twenty odd years ago ac be rin iTn h, h h
CS to| the Siuslaw. He was in Flor- and origin of the word, however.
enough to attend.
companied by his best girl, and Hiff
tP
e ' er\ resPvct. The ence last week from Mapleton is given here: In France when
The tug L. Roscoe brought the
fferent concessions promise and came down again the first of peasants went on a strike they
although that best girl has been
schooners Oakland and Coquille
My Old Timer for more than ConttlXTh
L Wlde vanety-1this week- and will be found at ¡used their wooden shoes or “sab Into port Tuesday n ig h t
twenty years, when we take this to™
™
h me « a e / view r n oiei, e wnere those
those ots” as they are called to des-
•
.k
, r
- w ” •»••y*
Sam Terrill is erecting a build
g the past few days by the needing their eyes examined can
trip
to
the
beach
it
puts
a
look
on
The old timer has kept pretty
stoy machinery, hence the french ing 14-18, which he intends to ubc
Progressive Theater company of find him.
quite for some time but this love our faces that makes the child
word “sabotage.” So the word as’ a market and keep all kinds
ren
wonder
what
has
come
over
ly summer weather moves him to
.
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’sabotage” simply means de- of fish and shell fish in season.
talk again. Fiddlecreekers have papa and mamma anyway
I l o e
I i l n I P C . — Corrected to read for the Siuslaw 8troy machinery.
Sam is a hustler and has a large
x
ba>-One hour after for Florence
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filled their barns to the last fork-, Guite a number of people from
patronage
o f satisfied patrons.
HIGH T ID E S
LOW T ID E S
ful with a fine hay crop. Owing tbe Creek attended the picnic on
«.m . Ilt. p.m. 41t.
The
building
will be located on
I».m.
tlt.
Fri.. A ue .
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to the good weather our hay is tbe N°rth
Fork
Saturday, Sut..
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Au«.
George
Schrocder’g
wharf at the
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of unusually good quality. Other Among the number t^ere Mr. and M-»n..
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foot
oLWashington
str
eet
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crops look good and we farmers Mrs. H m. Chamberlain, Lewie Tu«.. Au«.
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The Siuslaw Milling and Man
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The Tide Water Mill Co. have
3 :1 7 | X.7
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feel assured of plenty of feed for Austin, Mrs. Aldrich and daugh t B W m .C
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ufacturing
Company, a new en
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7 . . 10'*-»
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purchased from W, H. O’KwHy
our stock and a surplui to sell. ter Ruby, Harry Worthy-lake? Fri.. Au«.
5 :1 0 XT,
Fri., Au«.
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terprise
on
the Lower Siuslaw is
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Sat., Au«.
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lots 6, 7. 8. 9 and 10 in block 10
Perhaps that is one reason that Carl and Ruth Stone and Bert Sun., Au«.
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.
.
now
ready
for
business.
Stove
.
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of the original town of Florence.
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we meet so many jolly pleasant Scott. None of them are' home Tu»-..
2 :2 0 3,
Au«
wood
in
16-20-and
24
inch
lengths
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people whereVer we go in our yet,
-
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b*»ncu of W •<!.. A u«. 1.1
-but we - _
have
partaken
10:10
These will be used to erect will be on sale all of the time.
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Thu.. A u«. I I
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community. Now that our crops North Fork hospitality ourselves I r .. Au«, ir,
Dutton and R F
^ i P‘ For pricea on ^ i s wood delivered
12:21
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are nearly all harvested and the *n the past dUd know that all had •Min..
Dutton and R. F. Avenll. Plans at the docks in.Glenada, Florence
7:04 2.
Au«. 17
1:20
Sun.. Au«. 17. . . 7:2 0 41.1
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ather is so perfect we find a ro-v al time.
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P o X L d Ag d T n Î r„ 1Me88r9 Acme and Mapleton apply to thé
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Mr. and Mrs. Gilpatrick and Weil. Au«. 2< l.. . 1 2rf<{ 7.5 1:14 7.0 1V«I., Au«. 2 0 . . . HÍ45
rter and Avenll and Florence company at Florence. R. C Wy-
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J r ' “ ’ be4Ch PartieS Mrs‘ Hovedv a sister of Mrs Thu..
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w.ll soon have two new homes. ^._gant gen. mgr.
The company
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QUite Gilpatrick from Portland *peni Ä f A»i<. X I . . . 4:07 H.»» _ «
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2.x ' 1 1 :2 0 1.1
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a k
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intends to deliver wood of all di-
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4:4'«
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now days and will be the afternoon Friday with the M„n.. A á * ^ a s .
A hog raised by Mrs. Anna mensions everywhere. They are
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bright days to remember next Scott family. Mrs. Hovedy leaves Tu-..
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Huffman was butchered last also willing to contract for cedar
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2 7 . , ■ 1:<M o .o
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winter when the short dark days Monday for her home.
AU«. 2 * . . , 10:21 0.4
0 :2 7
last week and weighed 438; delivered in tide water oi*at the
I Thu.. Au«. 1 6 . . . 4:0»! 0 .0 • 1 : 5 2 4.»
Au». 2 ! » ... 11:04 7.0 10:27 1
I Fri.. Au«. 21». . .
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pounds.
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BARGE FREDERICK
IN PORT LOADING.
LANE COUNTY FAIR
PROMISES TO BE GOOD
“SABOTAGE” -IT S ORIGIN
AND WHAT IT MEANS.
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FIDDLE CREEK NOTES.
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WILL BUILD NEW
HONES VERY SOON
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