SIUSLAW
S E M I-W E E K L Y
VOL. II.
FLORENCE, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 .1 9 i T
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«DER IS MADE TO
VOTE ON NEW COUNTY !
After an Examination of the Petitions
, «and Legal Qualifications of Terri­
tory, Court Makes Order.
Upon a petition of the majority
of the legal voters of the terri­
tory considered, being presented
to the county court last Wednes­
day, accompanied by proof that
this territory met all legal re­
quirements necessary under the
law, the com*' made an order
submitting thW-question to the
voters of Lane county at the
meral election on November 3,
114, for creating Siuslaw county.
The new county if created will
Include the following precincts
of Lane county: Heceta, Min­
erva, Florence, Glenada, Five
Rivers, Herman, Lake Creek
Mapleton, Glentena, Lane,
ton,
Mound, a portion of
Cheshire, a portion of Richard­
son, a portion of Coyote and a
portion of Siuslaw
The committee in charge of the
matter was elected by a con­
vention held at Mapleton March
17, 1914, and are R. S. Huston,
C. E. Harwood, Wm. Kyle, W.
H. Weatherson and Richard
Clow.
At that meeting the boundaries
were made and the named “Sius­
law” chosen.
The proposition
was started by the Glenada Com­
mercial Club, who called the
tin g at Mapleton and re­
tted the section and atten­
te of delegates.
WILL VOTE ON WET OR DRY WANTED A NEW PRECINCT
For the second time Glenada
will vote on the question of local
option! This week a petition
having 26 signatures, asking that
the question of “Wet or Dry”
be placed on the ballot for Glen­
ada, was’presented to the courtty
court, and upon an in vestigation
as to its legality the court de­
cided to grant the petition and
have, issued an order for the
question to be submitted to the
L o« T ue sd a y Navanuhnr 3.
The people living on Fiddle
creek and in'that vicinity petition­
ed the county court to establish
a n ew voting precinct, as they
were at present along way from
the nearest polling place at Glen­
ada. The law states that such
petitions must be filed by July
preceding the election, and so
the court could not grant the
petition.
The voters in that section need
¡eK • pethng place and it is to
be* regretted that their action
great need of was too late to secure what was
desired.
Men
Wanted
To clothe yourselves properly in good
A!’ Wool
Oregon Clothes
Costing you
00,
For'an all day rain nothing noth­
ing beats a Webfoot shirt. A big
assortment of mackinaw coats and
vulcanized rain coats, American
Gentleman, Chippewa and Cutter
shoes. We are glad to show you.
WOOLEN MILL STORE,
FLORENCE, OREGON.
THE BODY OF MISS JEAN
SH ARMAN1S RECOVERED
The legislative body in session in 1911 passed the
Wood county division bill, and in 1913, passed it again
' overthegovernor-s veto. A fteran W viiUgiifiohof Ihe
qualifications of this bill they believed that it was of
sufficient merit to govern the people in establishing a
new county. Some of the qualfications made neces­
sary by the “ Wood Bill” are, that before a new county
can be formed, the territory must .'contain 400 square
miles, must have a population of over 1200, and a valu­
ation of not less than $2,000,000.
Many of the men in the legislative assembly had
made a special study of the question, and should be ac­
cepted as authority. If in their judgment a county
could be successful that met these three special require­
ments, it ought to be good reasoning to assume that the
proposed new county of Siuslaw, which meets double
the requirements in each case, has sufficient, area, pop­
ulation and wealth to maintain a separate county organ­
ization with beneficial results to its citizens.
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If you don’t register, you will wish you had, and ev­
erybody else will also wish i t Get busy. The regis­
tration books close in the county clerk’s office at 5 p. m.
Thursday, October 15.
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To stop an advertisement to save money is like stop­
ping a watch to save time.
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Was Discovered Friday Morning at
Acme by Geo. Montgomery and
Fred Buss.
The body of Miss Jean Shar-
man, who was drowned a week
ago Sunday, was recovered Fri­
day morning about 9 o’clock.
Geo. Montgomery and Fred Buss
were working on their fishing
wharf near the Wendling John­
son mill at Acme, when they dis­
covered the body floating near the
mill wharf. They secured it then
notified Rev. John Drum at Flor­
ence.
At first it was thought it might
not be the young lady’s body, but
W. H. Weatherson and Rev. John
Drum went to Acme and brought
the body to the Low undertak-
MAPLETON
BOTH GERMA«
REACHED IN WINGS APPEAR
TWO WEEKS
TO RECEDE
It is expected that by Monday
On the Battle Front, Via Paris,
morning the sftc panels which S ep t 30.—This was the 19th day
constitute the 150 foot span at of continued hard fighting along
Lake creek will be up and the the 150-mile front from the
construction train across the last Somme to the Moselle and yet
bridge between Eugene and there is no definite indication
Mapleton. Each bridge panel is that the historic battle is «
25 feet in length and as fast as ing a finish.
the false work permits the
There are, however, evidences
erection of a panel the rails are that the Germans are receding
laid and the derrick begins on the i before a forcible and sustained
next Two of these panels had pushing from the allied armies,
been finished Thursday night and especially on their western and
by Monday morning the rails eastern wings, while the center,
should reach the Mapleton side where the Germans are more
or Lake creek.
strongly entrenched than at any
By the railroad survey it is other point with heavy artillery,
about nine miles from this bridge remains almost stationary.
to Mapleton and at the rate the
It is generally concluded by
rails haWe been carried on, three- French military men that some
fourths of a mile a day, it will important move must Soon be
! take 12 days of good weather to made by the Germans, who have
reach the head of tide after Lake found it impossible to stem the
creek is crossed.
advance o f the allies, though
they offered the sternest and
most desperate resistance, sacri­
ficing thousands of men daily.
Becsaes Eatugied a Wire» asd Short
The German wings appear to
Great» The«, Q u a g TrakUe.
be folding back on the center,
A few days ago the Acme tele­ leaving them some loophole for
phone line got out of order, and a backward movement by way of
messages could not be transmit­ Rethel.
ted over i t O. C. Stanwood,
Berlin, S ept 30 (via London).
manager of the Siuslaw Home
— Archduke Frederick of Aus­
Telephone Co., made a trip to
tria, commander-in-chief of the
find the trouble. About a mile
Austrian forces, in army orders
above Acme he discovered the
today declared that a new and
body of a seagull hanging to the
great victory was imminent in
wire.
Upon investigating he
the western camp of the Ger­
found that some one had tied a
mans. according to a dispatch
cord to one leg of the bird, that
received here from Vienna.
in flying the cord had caught on
the wire, and the bird in strug­
The Pacific Coast Condensed
gling had wound it around the
two wires until they touched and Milk Co, will immediately pro­
ceed toenlarge its Hillsboro plant
made* a short circuit
This is a new method for cut­ to meet the demands of the con
ting out a tiresome telephone con­ stantly increasing offerings of
versation, but it is supposed that Milk. The new building will be
the gull was disgusted a t some of concrete 140x140 and when
party holding the line for visiting completed will * give the local
purposes and took desperate plant a capacity of 200,000
chances, but died in its efforts pounds a day.
to secure central during the con­
Bids being received for the re­
versation.
construction of the headworks at
The new Portland post-office the intake on the East Fork of
will have two floors devoted to Hook River and construction of
mail work, and seven floors of Main canal for an approximate
offices for the army of federal distance of six miles.
officials and commissioners at
The Sutherlin Railroad has
Portland.
been granted a franchise on
Proposed plans for the im­ Sutherlin streets.
provement of the old S t Johns
road out of Portland calls for an
Gresham w ill soon have a new
expenditure of $170,000. *
cannéry.
BIRD STOPSJPHONE TALK
ing parlors at Glenada, where it
was identified by a ring, brace­
let and wrist watch which Miss
Sharman had been known to
wear.
The body has been in the water
nearly 12 days and while some­
what swollen, is in a very good
state of preservation. It will be
shipped on the Patsy to Newport,
as Mr. and Mrs. Sharmtn, par­
ents of the deceased had made
such a request in case of recov­
ery of the body.
Miss Sharman was a Rebekah
and held membership in Do Good
Lodge No. 70 o f Toledo.
HASPLATTEDNEWTDWNSnE UNION MEMORIAL SERVICE
Geo. Melvin Miller has platted
160 acres above Acme, and while
he has not filed the plat yet, he
has registered the place asBridge-
port. r > >
The county road from the Port­
age to Acme runs through the
place, which lies about 1000 feet
from the depot site just before
the Willamette Pacific crosses
the Siuslaw above Acme.
Thia property has not been
placed on sale~as town lots yet,
but will be held for a future date.
A union memorial service in
memory of Miss Jean Sharman
will be held at the Presbyterian
Chnrch Sunday afternoon at 8
o’clock.
Sunday morning services as
usual. In the evening Rev.
John Drumrti will hold services
at Acme.
The European War has de­
moralized the fruit industry and
freak labor laws are crippling
the canneries at home.
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That Gives
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