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/ 1 THE SIUSLAW' S E M I-W E E K L Y VOL. II. PILOT FLORENCE, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 1914 VIEV ROAD EXCURSION FLORENCE PROPOSED TO TOREACH - - - - - - MAPLETON very beautiful spots along the road which would make good places for picnics.” The engineering department o f the road, which is operating it tftt ~ i t • i s comp feted and turned over to the traffic department, ip willing to accommodate any organization that wishes to run an excursion to Mapleton or to any other point along the line. It is probable that in celebration o f the completion of the road to tidewater an excursion will be run soon after the track reaches Mapleton.—Register. NUMBER 51 NEWS ir a is OF MAPLETON FRENCH FORTRESS AT MAUBEliGE FALLS Travel through town has been heavy lately.' Special stages are An excursion from Eugene to For several years citizens of needed nearly every day both Berlin, September 9, (by wire faction by the French public. ■ Florence have been using their Mapleton over the new Willam ways to handle the heavy traf fic.. less to th e . Associated Press, by Between the lines of the official influence to have a county road ette Pacific railway early in Oc established from Florence to the tober would seem to be in order, announcement can be read the Dr. Lund, who has charge of way of Sayville, L. I.)—Official fact that fighting of the fiercest beach that could be improved by but so far. say the engineers in the railroad hospital at Glenada, announcement was made today kind progresses and that the planking. This • is considered charge of construction, no one passed through town Thursday at army headquarters that the battle lines cover a wide territory. necessary to accomodate the has taken up the matter with French fortress of Maubege, on on his way outside. Soldiers returning to Paris people that live up the north them. the Sambre river, had fallen. I . C. Taylor will start a short W. R. Fountain, assistant en from the front are forbidden to beach and to take care of the The Germans took 40,000 prison order house jn connection with traffic to the beach from now on. gineer, stated yesterday that it mention the positions occupied by ers, including four generals. Joe Slemmon’s ice cream parlor. County Surveyor H. W. Libby, is practically certain that cars Four hundred guns also, were cap the troops, but it 4s generally The electricians were wiring J. F. Donaldson and Bruno Vitus, will be running into Mapleton understood that the conflict and tured. the new electric light plant carnage were most severe along county road viewers arrived in very SOon after the first of Octo Cottage Grove, Or., Sept. 9 - i Thursday. Florence Thursday morning. ber, and as the ballast train is (Special.)—A. C. Kinter has re Paris, Sept. 9.—An official com the rivers Ourcq and Marne. Burk Wright* the genial clerk munication issued this afternoon Whether the mpin German army They left Friday morning, ac following immediately being |th e ceived word from his wife, who companied by J. W. Ford, Jr. to track layers, the track will be is visiting relatives in West in Freer Bros, store, thinks he says the situation remains satis is participating or only their look the country over between bellasted and leveled as far as Virginia, of the hardships endur has at last cufficient courage to factory. The German right is covering troops is not known. Florence and the beach and wil Mapleton almost as soon as the ed by Mrs. Kinter’s sister, who to attend the Indian Creek dance retiring slowing before the Eng Some of the wounded and prison Considering lish, The French center is slow ers are being brought to Paris, then take up the work of sur rails are laid that far. Trains was returning from a tour of Saturday night. the experience he had at the last ly advancing. The situation on but the greater number are being can be operated to that town im veying a route. It will take at Europe when the war broke out. one he attended we think him in the right is unchanged. mediately upon the completion of least two months for the county sent to provincial cities. She was in London when hostili deed brave. the track with good speed. The court to take official action ap Field Marshal Sir John French, The official communication is ties commenced. The hotels The Mapleton school board are sued this afternoon says: proving the new establishec steel is being erected for the there were so crowded that the the commander-in-chief of the bridge at sixth crossing of the service was poor and it was al going to handle the state text road. "First—On the left wing, al British expeditionary forces It is proposed to improved this Siuslaw river and this will be most impossible to get anything books at cost. Those needed now though the Germans have been now fighting with the French have been sent for and will be in reinforced, the situation remains army, looked satisfied with the road by planking it 12 feet wide. completed in less than a week.s to e a t This will enable the ranchers time. Two miles further on is on the next Patsy. satisfactory. The enemy is re situation, according to.'the British Coming across the ocean .the living on the north beach to haul the Lake creek bridge and it will conditions were even worse. treating before the British army. soldiers. They say he went Miss Lulu Beers is spending a full loads, and will meet the de take a w e e i to erect the steel The boat carried 400 more than a jew days in town. ‘ ‘Second—At the center our ad about the lines smoaking a cigar mand that is going to be from there. From that plat;e to Ma there were provisions for and the The S. P. bridge pile driver vance is slow but general. On ette as though he was on the now on, for.some means of reach pleton, there are no bridges ex passengers were nearly starved crew passed through Mapleton the right wing tfcere has been no parade ground. ing the beach from Florence, and cept a few small trestles which when they reached the American Thursday to begin work on the ac^iort of the enemy against the British officers and soldiers the completion of such a high are already in arid the track lay shore. great circle of Nancy. In the arriving from the front today de The bill of fare was next bridge below town. way would be & means that ers can cover that stretch in a made up largely of stale bread Vosges and in Alsace the situa clare that the four days’ battle C. W. McLyman and family would greb^y assibt in the de- very few days. tion remains unchanged. which still continues to the east and poorly-cooked potatoes. “The country ground the- mouth Several days were required for passed through town Thursday /• The official communication was of J Paris is being carried on velopement of this section. - on their way from Gardiner to ot Lake creek is ideal for out received with the greatest satis- furiously. the traveler to recover sufficient ’ endleton. He will place his two The Emerson Hardware Co. ings,” said Engineer Fontaine ly from her experiences to tell joys in school there and take in finds it cannot compete with yesterday, “and here would be about them. the Roundup. similar products imported from a good place for Eugene people Japah, and ■ Oregon manu to hold Sunday picnics after the Salmon trout fishing is at its best here now. facturers are urged to stand for brains are in operation that far. home industry. There are a number of other School began last Monday with 1 * fuH attendance. The follow- teachers are in charge: H. C. Maybrey, principal;}Miss G. H. Dicken, grammar; Viva Caniff, That the Cape Perpetua and primary. Alsea road projects will be rushed Lloyd Saubert o f Acme was in to completion this fall and that town Thursday on his way to Eu it is expected that they will fin gene. ish within 30 days from now, is Miss Tillie Moore has resigned the statement of Hugh B. Ran her position in the Siuslaw hotel kin, who has just returned from dining room and leaves for Eu an extended tnp fo the Siuslaw gene soon. forest. These roads are quite! important and have long been in 1 Roscoe Koscoe Hurd was in town contemplation. The Cape Per- j thursda-v ni&ht on his way to Eu- petua road will give a continuous ^ene to enter the State Universi- Joe. Morris Jr., Norman G. Morris. stretch of road from Tillamook ty‘ to Coos Bay and the Alsea road ^ rs- Lester Ogden spent a few road will give a new outlet from days *n town this week. The 4 that section of the state to the ^amd-v W*H move up from Glen- Willamette valley. ada soon. Around the edge of Cape Per-1 Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Lowe of petua, which is a dangerous Glenada spent Tuesday night in promontory putting out into the town. They are on their way to War is a condition under which opposing factions engage in eombat (Thia is not the definition aa credited to General Sherman.) Pacific ocean, a high guard of Starouck. Wash., where they The whole of Europe Is engaged in warfare of the kind that kill*. M on ti A We are now showing a complete line of stone will be erected, The road will spend the winter, Son have started a war on the price o f hog and chicken feed. Reed oar «J- is necessarily narrow at that' J. M. Hardy and family of feato. We are backed up by the highest authority in Lane county. Read theee letters, then carefully read our ultimatum. point for the reason that it has Southern California arrived in Mapleton, Or,, July 20.J1914. Eugene, Or., July M, 1914. to be blasted out of the solid rock l town Tuesday to take charge of Mr. F. W. Rader, Eugene. Oregon. Morri. M .ptoto«^ O j W and if a team or man should I the Mapleton hotel kitchen and Dear Sir: I am sending you by mall 20th a t hand. A fter exam ining Tan make a misstep they would be (dining room. , Mrs. Hardy is a thia date, two samples o f damaged f 13 h f the sam ples o f w hegt and barley hurled to death into the raging; daughter of Mrs. C. J. Leaman. grain, one o f w heat and one o f barley, see no reaeon why you CMn^not*handle sea or onto the rocks a hundred The rooms of the hotel are still feet below. This rock wall w ill1 under the management of Geo. n Portland, end I can g et It considers- purchasing the sam e for -h ’-k yn feed prevent any such occurrence. 1 Seahorn. ble cheeper than grain that la not dam- or Th*** {■ n®t enough burnt SupervisorRankin visited many Mrs. Tom Neely, who has been aged, but what I want to know, is the age either to hoga or rhirkma**** of the points of activity in the re- quite 8ick. is improving now. value o f thia grain fo r fa d in g value, j serve while gone and look after _________ compared with undamaged goods. h o g . that you s u b a t i t u t e p a r t ^ some telephone line construction, I A l i n e n A T C A H T U We usually handle wheat here for- ?r ?’* mea'- On® °f besides the road construction. A I M J U IH chicken feed only, and it retail« here a t berlejffor feeding purposes ' WOMAN TELLS OF HARDSHIPS OF WAR ID THE WILL RUSH FOREST ROADS That Gives Pleasure In Times of Peace Prepare for War. A fter Every D ry Spell - Comes the Rain. THE LEADERS WAR! WAR! M E N ’S & B O Y S ’ Rain Coats Boys’ Mackinaw Coats In plain and fancy weave. Men’s and Boys’ Dress Shoes, Heavy Shoes and Rubber Boots. We invite your inspection. WOOLEN MILL STORE, FLORENCE, OREGON. SURJGH Z8 YEARS AGO George Cecil, district forester, from 2c to 2 l-2c per pound. I can noil g ^ ^ ^ fr fe y r a to a t o ^ g a in located at Portland, made an in- thia damaged wheat at 1 l-2c per pound to nm U wouM b a a *^ f r i spectien of the road projects Twenty eight years ago last hcre> and would like to know if It w ill profitable to you and your while Mr. Rankin was there.— Wednesday W. T. Carl landed at not be cheaper end better for chicken ?**k® P*rt the ration a food, __ ___ ___ Register. - the mouth of South Slough, at feed than clean wheat. balanced ration for P * b*rl*y wouW S«** for hoga, ep A p roxim etely'on ep u tp n w S tetcu --------------- — that time there* was no wagon F. A, Keenan, bridge superin- road only a trail. He took the m d 1 want your opinion a s to the rel- and one-half parts carbohydrates, stive food value of this damaged bar- *®y runs about one to eight, nod a wheat tendent for the county came first team into that section, ley aa compared with undamaged bar- ‘ A down to Acme Thursday and Only three houses had then ley, and what other grain would make balanced ration. " ' not hut went over to Maple creek where been built, belonging to Wm a balanced ration with the barley * for 1 do know 2 * tankage, «till the hegC aM t he will build a bridge. When Bernhardt, T. F. Tripp and R. fattening hoga. J a n » i .n , „«.7Z and let you know at cnee. this work is finished he will go to B K ills. He and his family Thanking you in advance truly, MORRIS 1 R R IO » » Mercer lake, where another coun- lived on .South Slough that Pur Joe Morris, Jr ty bridge is to fcn* conseructed. j winter and in*the spring moved To our good Wenda and patron«. Owing to the fact that wa j U Mapleton, Oregon, on A ugust «¿h and 9th. , I “ 7 ~~ oifisr to Fiddle creek. “ r*fu,T* J to ¡n the two jn n te d let« Public sentiment against the . - ------------------- £ £ f M n S f X S S V liiS i 11800 tax exemption is becoming! The S. P. Co. will open a din- these fifteen tone o f feed remains. a’mos' un'vc -a’." ’ 'irg kali t f Tosebur^. MORRIS A SON.