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SIUSLAW
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FLORENCE, OREGON, SAT URPAY. AUGUST 15. I» u
NUMBER 43
$25.000 by the government for J. C. Flint, and d
the protection of this disputed Flint place on Cl«
tim ber land rumors have circu- they spent the di
lated among timbermen that the , A t one o’clock a
JSoy§n}.®enJ hag. to belieKe th a l
th e
its title to the timber is reason- ry one proceeded
ably safe. The railroad has re- many good things
(Special to The Siuslaw Pilot)
fused to contribute to thè cost of
A fter dinner Mi
N ew York. Aug. 13—Great hand to hand fighting with dread fire patrol. Timbermen consider a photograph of tl
Britain and France have declared ful losses on both sides.
these facts significant
who were: Mrs.
,
The bridge at the fourth cross-
H. F. Rankin, supervisor of
w ar against Austria.
While
in
Corvallis
M
r.
Beach
of
Portland, Mrs'
The French and Belgians are
f ing o f the Siuslaw river is now the Siuslaw National Forest,
The first great battle is now holding out against the German met M r. Rankin supervisor o f the Florence. Mesdam
, being swung, a 60 foot girder
in progress in eastern Belgium, forces all along the line of battle Siuslaw. forest whose offices are J. A. Barker, S. E
arrived in Florence on a trip
, having been placed. Thia leaves
with a battle line over 100 miles from Luxemburg north.
in Eugene but who has just made Mittan, J. H .’
down
the coast from Walport,
• one 250 foot span and a 100 foot
long.
a
trip
into
the
forest
on
his
way
Flint,
J.
L.
Furnis
Russians claim a victory of
• foot span to be swung at this where he has been looking into
Liege still holding on against
to Portland. Today heaccompan- tin and Wallace S
the Austrians at Solzchte.
crossing.
the finnishing of the road around
the German assaults.
ied A. T. Schuyler federal high- L. H. Lowe and s
Firing
is
heard
off
the
English
Three
more
large
bridges
must
Cape Perpetua.
The French have defeated the
way engineer and M r. M errill, F. E. Monroe and d
be erected before reaching Ma
German - troops a t Mulhaussen, coast, and news of a naval battle chief engineer of the forestry M r. and Mrs. Jo
I t is now proposed and plans
pleton. They are at the fifth
and a fte r receiving reinforce is eagerly awaited.
are
being made by Lincoln coun
service from Washington D. C. daughter Wavell
and sixth crossings of the Sius
ments are driving the Germans
ty
to
build four miles of plank
on a trip into the forest to in Mummey, Wayne and Rex Mum-
law river and at Lake creek. A t
Turkey will remain neutral.
back with a great loss.
The
road
on
the south side of Yaqui-
spect two road projects, work on mey, and Leona Smith.
the fifth crossing a 200 foot pin
San Francisco, Aug. 12—The which has been delayed. These
number killed and wounded is
na
bay.
This will be back from
Mr. Flint was the happiest connection span will carry the
enormous.
Estimated German wreckage of an unindeneified are the completion of the Cape
the
bay
some
to avoid shifting
"man in Glenada wh^n Wednes rails across, while at the sixth
loss 10,000. Loss of French is w ar ship, supposed to be English Perpetua road connecting the
sand
and
will
give
a good road
day it was announced that he crossing two spans, one to be 150
unknown but very great.
' is being washed ashore.
to the ocean beach.
A t Wal
coast highways between Marsh could have the honor of being
feetrin lengtn and the other 100
West of Luxemburg fighting is
Prince George, of Servia, re field and Tillamook and the other chaperone.
port over one-half mile of road
feet, with a 60 foot girder, will
in progress. The French soldiers ported injured by the explosion is the road up the Alsea river
has been planked, permitting
The next meeting of the club be used.
making savage bayonet charges of shell while the Austrians were connecting Waldport and the
wagons and automobiles to reach
will be with Mrs. E. L. Nicholl
against the enemy, resulting in 1 bombarding Belgrade.
Lake creek will be crossed with the beach with ease.
coast region with the Willamette
and will be a farewell, as Mr. one span of 150 feet long.
valley with a highway.
There is an effort being made
and Mrs. Nicholl expect to leave
The rails are now to the fourth now to have Lane county co
W ith the approval of these en
made at a conference held a few
soon for the east to reside.
crossing, and ballasting of the operate with the town of Flor
days ago at Corvallis petweenC. gineer^ construction is expected
T. Beach assistaut supervisor of to begin on these projects imme
The Frank Knowles cement roadbed continues. This is 14 ence and build a plank road to
the ocean beach north and i f this
diately.
Both
are
vital
links
in
the Cascade National forest John
block building is now up one miles above Mapleton.
I t is expected that by the first is carried out, when the road
Hyde state fire warden in Bent the development of the coast re
of next w eek train service will around Cape Perpetua is fin
on county and State Forester, gion.
be extended to Richardson’s.
is h e d it will be possible Jo trav
Elliott.
The pile driver and crew are el between Newport and Flor
Eleven additional patroïlmen
Four o f these eleven men Will
will be immediately added to the placed in the forest in western
now on this side of Lake creek, I ence on a wagon road.
having crossed Wednesday.
state and federal fire patrol sys Lane county two in Benton coun
Mr, Rankip-says th a t So fa r.
From there toMapleton are only the Siuslaw National Foiest has
tems in the coast moutains west ty,one in Polk county,one in T il
a few small crossings where pil- I been quite fortunate by having
o f Eugene to be paid from the lamook connty, one in Yamhill
ing will have to be driven, and i no serious forest fires, and that
$25,000 recr.tly appropriated by county and two in the Siuslaw
,n e u w iea AW of Mapleton,
' • * ,urvey ot the 8ius| , w
the United States government for reserve. Those outside the fro- chartered the
Restless” on completed on June 30 underdi- this work will soon be completed 1
very little if any timber has
the protection of the million or ests will be under the state for Ihursday and made an excursion rection of M ajor J. J. Morrow, toM apleton.
:
’ I been destroyed.
more acres of the Oregon & Cali esters but w ill be pe paid by the to the ocean beach, where basket corps of Engineers, and J. S.
fornia railroad now under litig a governm ent The state forest de inners were a part of the pro- Pohlemus, assistant engineer,
tion in the Supreme court of the puty in western Lane county is Kr* m'
u
.
shows the shallowest depth on
U- S. The arrangements for the V. V. Oglesby,
n „ H v UnT ^
KUe9t8J ° ; ? ed tbe the bar to be 11 feet at mean low
distribution of the men werej
Since the apportionment of this party at Florence and Glenada, water. W ith an average tide
and the launch Lena was also height of seven feet, this indi-
used to carry part of those attend- cates a bar depth of 18 to 22 feet
MAPLETON LADIES
THE TIMBERMAN
AID SOCIETY GIVE
TELLS OF IMPROVEMENTS
JOLLY BEACH PICNIC
ON SIUSLAW BAR
'" n
i
,
On the beach it was hard to
toll who was the youngest .when
it came to wading m the surf or
digging in the sand
The
Restless
made two
tripq to sea, on one of them go-
ing quite a distance up the North
coast. The bar and ocean was
quite calm and the sea-trip was
greatly enjoyed by those going.
——— —
with * straight channel to sea.
The two jetties being construct-
ed under government supervis
ion and under the personal charge
of M r.
junior engineer
The work has progressed on the
north jetty to a total length 7725
fe e t and on the south je tty 5700
f eet with sufficient funds in hand
to complete the project now u n -j
der construction.
In addition '
the port commission of the Sius- ;
WHAT’Q n n iN P
U l i n I V 1/UlllU
law watersbed have authorized
the sate of $100,000 additional
n j P I P I T 1 T \ 1 |X,rt ^od8' This amount is sup-
That Gives
Pleasure
Morris
1W GLtnAUA
P’emented by *112’600 inc,ude<1
* * iin the present appropriation f o r .
We have twenty-five men’s sum
mer suits that formerly sold at
$15, $18 and $20, which are going
the government, the latter ap- '
Gus Schroeder has moved his ! propriation being due to the ef-
blacksmith shop into new quar- forts of the Oregon delegotion.
ters and is very busy with repair There are approximately 30 bil- j ’
*o rk .
Jack humphrey brought some
rarlic to Glenada this week that
will rival anything of the kind
mported. I t was raised on his
anch on the ridge between Ma-
»le and Fiddle creeks.
.
M r add Mrs. A. W M artin in-
end to close the Frisco eating
Joe. Morris Jr., Norman O. Morris
THE LEADERS
IR !
WAR !
lion feet of timber in the Sius-
‘aw watershed, which is directly
affected
the bar improve- }
.m enL. The pro->ect undertaken 1
’s with full
expectation of,
secur’n®' n° t Ie88 than 22
feet at low tide- W ith th »» im- 1
Provement successfully inaugur ù
rated Siuslaw w ill become one of «
the leading Oregon coast ports.”
George Hawley, county com
missioner. left Wedesday for a
three day’s trip over the W illam
ette Pacifieto direct the building
of what are known as hub fences
FLOYD W.
FLORENCE, OREGON