THE
SIUSLAW
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t ».-, vi .. SATURDAY, MAY 2, 11114
FLORENCE,
OREGON.
VOL. II.
MAE NOW
ON SUMMER
C P U C n iT I E
t i l i f l Pi IJ JI i l i
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Post m aster Bulbannan has re-
ceived orders to change the rout-
PILOT
VOTI ONBONDS.FOR
SCHOOL HOUSE
residents of school district
No. 166, of I,ane county, and
No. 6 of Douglas county, . are r
called by notices for a joint meet-
faff to Vote on bonds to erect a
G r it a n d
P erseveran ce
In the past few months the Tide W ater Mill Com
pany has been unfortunate in losses to th e ir shipping
departm ent, but it is a lesson in grit and perseverance
to see Johnson Porter, president of the company, meet
of mail to th e S'ltn m«r pyjyf— ij- ’X -arh o .il hnu it»— The.
A
r ./ number 13
sta te lends its great credit to the
I individual.
This is Mr. M anning’s plan for
settling up the state add he
promises that if he. receives the
democratic nomination for gov
ernor next month, and is elected
I to the office next November that
1 he life boat Undaunted, from
he „gill, use'
T
3
disposal to have his land planI pi- q lima , , , station
j
■ came
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passed by the legislature and theI * f nce’ Wednesday and was the
people.
center of much interest.
__________ The boat left Yqquina Wednes-
LIFE W
UNDAUNTED
IN FLORENCE
Mbnday when the Hugh
dule, which means th a t mail will these districts believe in having
Hogan w ent on the beach.
leave Mapleton the following j the best they can and no doubt
His first thought is always of saving life and then
morning a fte r it is received, and W*H vote favorably on the mat-
■property.
It was worth while to see the man when he
leave Florence a t 2 p. m.
ter.
Ln th Siuslaw riv r at
realized the schooner was on the beach and a possible
— w 'th the e xtension of to e r a il-
road toward the Siuslaw and the H ill H HlN AN
loss.
Instead of spending time uselessly in faultfinding
putting of stages on from the H U U I 1 l l v U / l l l
he was busy with plans to save the situation.
end of the rails to Mapleton, by
Florence is fortunate th at such a man is a t the head
„
¡those aboard the Hugh Hoiran
the Bangs Livery Company, will
The North Fork Farm ers P r o , were in no danger s i t h e T f e
of
the
largest
industry
in
this
community.
He
is
a
soon make it possible to receive
of * S8OC,atl°" 13 an ^ « a n iz a - ! boat lay to under canvas.
fighter and it will take more than he has met with yet
The schooner Hugh Hogan has
mail from Eugene in one day.
,tion of farm ers th at was formed
This power boat was received
to discourage him. Years of experience have given him
Severn, y
A specja,
The Commercial Club recogniz been gradually forced by the
ed this, and wired a night letter tides and swells until it is now
the ability th at enables him to win.
meeting was held last Saturday weeks ago and is o f the latest
to the Second A ssistant Post several hundred feet inside the
and Geo. Chapman was elected model,
thoroughly
equipped
m aster General, and in answ er river from the end of the North
president and G. 0 . Fosback throughout.' She has a 35-40,
Jetty.
Received the following letter.
director to fill vacancies.
A j six cylinder Holmes engine whteh
Two cables have been attached
’ W ashington, April 24, 1914.
contract
was
let
to
Henry
Holden
furnishes driving power and elec-
tive farms, are not possessed of
, To
— The Siuslaw wimnerciai
Commercial and a winch has been placed on
tagC
t
o
!
^
H g h t and a mffiiature search
| the means to clear the land, con
Club, Geo. P. Schroeder, Presi-
north beach. The deck load
the
cream
ery
a
t
15
cents
per
can.
struct their buildings, stock and
lig h t The life boat is 30 feet in
dent, Mr. C.H. Young, Secretary, j has been jettiesoned. An effort
A t this m eeting a fte r a discus length and has a speed o f eight
equip
their
farm
s,
and
maintain
Florence.”
Or.,'
Re- "
be made to pull her into the
h
u . c iiv c ,
vrr., Gentlemen:
oeniiem en: Ke-
themselves and th eir families sion it was decided th a t the far miles an hour.
plyihg to your telegram o f April ^ver,channel Saturday afternoon.
mers were strongly interested in
C a p t Charles S tu art is in com
The Eugene Guard of April 27th until their holdings are placed on electing the right men to the
22, I have to inform you that a Everything is favorable to saving
the earning or sustaining basis.
mand and was accompanied on
schedule has been adopted for the schooner and most of the has this editorial on a candidate
But these are th e type of men we office of county commissioner and this trip by seven m em ben of
lumber.
for
the
nomination
on
the
demo
power-boat route No. 73098, Ma
county judge, and by vote they
cratic ticket for governor. I t is need to develop our state—the favored the nomination of C. J. the crew, Anton Gustason, No 1;
pleton to Florence, Oregon, re
Rich H. Chattorton, No 2; B. W.
A $10,000 Episcopal church is different than the usual plan and type needed to bring our un
quiring the carrier to leave Ma
Hurd for commissioner and Joe King, No 3; H arry Waters, No5;
productive
and
uncultivated
lands
is w orth thinking about
pleton upon receipt of mail from to be erected a t Oregon City.
Mercer for judge.
John Backus, No 6; G. B. Coffin,
All those gentlemen who desire to a state of productiveness, and
The Ladies Aid of the Presby-
Eugene, but not later than 4 p.
Manning’s
gubernatorial
plat»
No
7; and R. A. Christensen,
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.v ic .iv c a .i t 2. p.
m,, and
to leave . Florence
p terian church will serve meals the gubernatorial nomination a t
Edwin C. Statzer of Pleasant
form
provides
a
method
which
No
a
n n in g , itu r’n£ the Rhododendron Festi- the hands o f th e voters of their
m., with the contract ru
running
Hill, was getting acquainted with
L* - each
_ _ 1 way over ! V
7 I ’ They
I'kl ill k have
t . r —
A Â. secured
_ _
1 , the
«
The life saving crews have
respective parties have based will do this.
time of four hours
va^
not
Siuslaw people this week. He is
been
of great assistance in carry
The
Manning
plan
provides
for
the route. It appears th a t such location yet, they plan to serve their appeal for preference on
a candidate for the nomination
•»
‘
-
e
Z
ì
i
ing
lines
and taking workmen off
the very indefinite “ reduction of
schedule will provide the closest a11 food in capeteria style,
practicable connection a t Maple-i Capt. Wm. Safley has rearrang- i taxes” platform . Economy has funds to purchase and clear the lican’ tic k e t Mr. S tatzer is a the Hugh Hogan when the high
ton with the star route between ®d the running schedule of his been the pre-election cry of all logged-off, burnt over lands and plain farm er man, and says he tide would make it disagreeable
Eugene and Mapleton. Very re- launches. The Queen now leaves candidates from the conception those railroad lands now being does not know much, but was board the schooner.
spectfully
Florence a t 1:30 p. m. and re- of the ballot but the preferred held by the railroads throughout willing to learn. When asked
The International association
The bond issue in where he was going, he said: “ I
JOSEPH STEWART,
turning leaves Mapieton a t 6 p. candidate seldom alludes to his the state.
of
Stonecutters are asking th a t
Second A ssistant Postm aster m- The Minnie Mitchell leaves 'economy cry” a fte r he receives add’tion to providing the money am on my way to Salem .” The
Oregon
granite be uBed on the
for purchasing and clearing the gentleman looks big enough to
General-
' Florence a t 8 a. m, and retu rn the assurance of his election.
nffiW
m*"'on
dodar Portland post*
I In thé present prim ary cam- lands wil1 also PTOVide the ne
ing leaves Maoleton
A beautiful high school build- Capt. Safley now’ h’^ a pah- of paign’ onIy one of the guberna-l cessary funds to fence the land, hold his own when he gets there.
torial candidates, goes before th e * con8truct the needed buildings,
a platform which in ' 3^ k the farrn and ®<1UÎP >t with
the most charitable term s can be tlle tools and machinery needed
called constructive. That candi- to work il’and cultivate it proper-
date is John Manning, form er
district attorney of Multnomah
The state then sells the farm s
I county and one of the candidates to those homeseekers and settlers
seeking the nomination on the on a long easy term payment
Democratic ticket.
plan who prove themselves re
Mr. Manning also emphatically liable and substantial. This can
stands for reducing the cost of be done without one dollar ex
adm inistering t h e s ta te ’s busi pense to the state or the tax
ness and proposes to attain such - payers
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because
the - bond .«.uC
issue ,, is
a result by eliminating the num-1a ,ien against the lands improved,
ber of salaried office-holders to settled and cultivated by this
, the lowest num ber consistent method.
with efficiency, and by a con soli-
This is the plan by which
dation of many of the present ex- James J. Hill settled the prairie
| pensive state commissions.
lands on the line of the Great
But the crux of M anning’s Northern railroad and Mr. Hill
platform lies in his plan for the says himself th at his farm failures
D Y E R & B A L D W IN
settlement- of the sta te ’s rural were less than one per cent; that
Our Stock Of
laads-
Per cent paid their debt to him
D oors, W indow s, M oldings, Roofing Paper Etc. ✓
To understand the importance in eigh> years and the entire
te in the valley. We will receive addition
of Mr. M anning’s proposition it bond issue was paid off by the I to the stock we complek
now have on hand on every boat th at comes in.
is necessary to realize the g rea t farm ers within eleven years.
SEE US FOR
[•need th at exists for some solution In this m anner he settled 360,
CEMENT UME, SEWER PIPE, DRAIN LINE,
of the problem th at confronts 000 farm s in th a t territory and
I the state of Oregon because of brought waste prarie lands in the
LIME FERTALIZER
the tremendous amount of un- Dakotas, M ontana and Eastern
used on you garden now will double your yield
productive lands we have.
Washington to producing pros-
We will have a full stock of
Oregon has a population ac- perous farms which are rapidly
PAINTS
cording to the census of 783,279 building the states in which they
as soon as we can g e t a store room to move infcp
people.
Of this num ber one- are located. This is the same
i third are in Portland, and of the plan by which the state of Louisi-
balance, all but one-sixth of the ana is reclaiming its swamp ant
We are showing a värity of Patterns and Models
' total number are scattered overflow lands, it is the same
W e also show in better grades from
throughout the state in the in- plan which Governor Glynn of
corporated towns and cities. Jeav- New York, is advocating to help
mg approxim ately less th at 130.- •- -tie the thousands of aban-
000 people on the farm ing lands 'E'led farm s in h is state and it is
of the state. Oregon has 96,000.tl e plan devised by ¡he British
of w5 J L known makes like HIRSCH, wick -
sqpare miles of territory within government for the distribution
wire SCHLOSS BROS. FITFORM.
| its borders and one can easily see «f ands in Ireland under the
what an exceedingly small I*nds Act passed by the British
If ypu are hard to, fit you can choose from 500
amount of this vast an a can be houses o f parliam en t
There
cultivated by the 130,000 who if n 't anv question as to the
Samples and have a syit to your measure
compose our rural population, economic Value of Mr. M anning’s
We are pleased to show you at any time
The problem has been to bring propos- d plan and there is no
our logged-off, burnt over and question as the need for such a
railroad lands tp a state of culti- plan to develop our present tie-
vation and productivity. The mendous a n a of unprotective
average homeseekcr t h e c la s u a n d i'll«.- lands
I
of
men who have brought the
There is no risk to the state
Conqueror Hats
Dakotas, Montana and Eastern and the money to the se ttle r can
Douglas Shoes
F lorence, Oregon
; Washington, along the Hill rail- be had’at a rate of interest as low
, roads, from dreary stretches of as irom 3 1-2 per cent to 4*1 2.
W e make a speciality of made to order clothing.
waste lands to valuable produc- This can be done because the
Gleaning and Preaaing. Buttons made to order.
NORTH FORK FARBIER^ .
PROTECTiVEASSOCIATION
e
e
9j2fl
RIVER
JOHN MANNING
AND HIS PLAN
r
Special Sale
O n
S a r s a p a r illa
The Great Spring Tonic
$1:00 Bottles at 75c
Store
Siuslaw Building Material Co.
will buy you an All Wool
Suit well made
$18 TO $25 SUITS
R-K-R arehouse
I
F iv e V o te s
F o r Q u een
Given with each $1 Purchase
THEffLORENCE RACKET STORE
WOOLEN MILL STORE
T h e P r id e o f
F o ren ce
■r