THE
SIUSLAW
PILOT
S E M I-W E E K L Y
VOL.
FLORENCE. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, I a n
CROSSED LAKE CREEK
' WITH RAILS SUNDAY
TherFirst Day of This Week the Con-1
¡»’ strction Crew Crossed {the Last
Bridge Above Mapleton.
The construction crew of the I that occurred last winter and
Willamette Pacific succeeded with the exception of short
Sunday afternoon in crossing the stretches at the rock quarry and
last bridge between Fugene and Point Terrace mill is in shape to
head of tide, and laid thirty feet receive rails,
of track on the Mapleton side The work of drainage has been
that day. .Myjjday night they completed and with a year past
had reached
hid th¥ Wells place and for the grade to settle, it is ex
were m aking*great efforts to pected that it will stand up well
make a record in laying the this winter.
k stretch of eight and one half Between Eugene and head of
miles to be constructed before tide there has been used 3014
reaching M^Nleton.
tons of bridge steel.
By not later than the first of
McCreary & Willard, the steel
next week the construction train work contractors expect to leave
should be whistling for Mapleton, next week for Lister, Washing
The pile driver is now nearing ton, where they have a contract
Acme and all culverts will soon to place 2600 tons of steel on one
be completed that far. The road bridge, for the Northern Pacific
bed is now clear of the slides railroad.
VIOLATEO-CTTY ORDINANCE ; taken
NUMBER 5J
CITY COUNCIL ORDERS
IMPROVEMENT BY GRADING
R e g is t e r - Y o u r V o te Is N e e d e d
Any voter who has registered since the first of this
year and who has not moved from one precinct to anoth
er since that time, does not have to register for the
general election, but any one who has moved since reg
istering will have to re-register.
Those who swore in on primary election day are not
registered and will have to register now in order to
vote, but any one who has regularly registered before
the registration books closed previous to the primaries
is entitled to vote on tfiat registration, provided he has
not moved, as above stated.
Voters may register at the clerk ’soffiee or before any
notary public or justice of tee peace being provided
with blanks for that purpose.
The registration books close at 5 o’clock p. m. on
Thursday, October 15.
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Your opposition to anything should be based on knowl
edge, not prejudice. Every person has a right to an
opinion, and should be respected in it, but you ought to
have some reson for it, if you expect it to have any in
fluence.
About Twenty Blocks to be Viewed—
Resolution to Pave Four Blocks
in the Business District.
At the regular council meeting, street by grading full width from
Monday night the city fathers Front street to Pacific avenue
disposed of a large amount of Viewers appointed were: D J
business including the passing of Staup, R. S. Huston and A. 0
several resolutions
ordering j Knowles
street improvements.
Resolutions passed to improve,
lew ers appointed for the by hard surface pavement, Front
H
Ot pa o o StrPet Were 3treet from Washington to Lin-
D. J. Staup, R. S. Huston, A. 0. coin; Lincoln street from Front
to Josephine; Main street from
Resolutions were passed to im- Lincoln to Hamlin
prove Jefferson street from Front
The Recorder was ordered to
to Second street Garginer Ave- call for bids to plank Front street
nue from Second street to Pacific from Jefferson street to Jackson
avenue by grading twenty feet street.
wide in the center. Viewers A report was received on
appointed were: D. J. Staup, R. Morris creek near the Portage,
S. Huston and G. G. Bushman. saying it was unfit for drinking
Resolutions to improve Madison purposes.
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TEACHERS’
ALLIED FORCE
SEVENTEEN _FO R
MEETING AT
RESUMED
MAPLETON
OFFENSIVE
PROPERTY
by Marshal McLauglin and
! confiscated by the recorder’s
3. J. Miller was arrested Mon- court.
S.
day y af
afternoon and Tuesday at
2 o’clock he was arranged in
BOUGHT MORE
Justice Severys court v upon
the
upvn
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charge of «Mating Ordinance
Mr. and Mrs. D. j. Staup have
No. 45 forbidingselling or giving purchased of C. L. Wayman
intoxicating liquor.
eighteen feet of property on the
The jury composed of James north side of Front street.
M°rns<
C. Stanwood, Clair This property adjoins 35 feet
Morris, R.“ . Huston, L. J. Pour- now owned by Mr. Staup and is
U#les and J. S. Woodard brought1 occupied by the the two story
a verdflPT of-^guilty and Jfcdge buil‘liniT known as the old Safley
The first teachers’ meeting in
Except in the vicinity of Arras,
this district was held in Maple- which is at the extreme left of
ton last Saturday. Not as many the line of the allies, fighting in
teachers were present as were Fraftce was mostly desultory
expected, but all who were in ' yesterday. It is said that Ger-
attendance were interested and man attacts were repulsed in the
enjoyed and profited by the meet- vicinity of Roye.
The Paris
Ing-
1 official communication, however,
A number of points concern- says the allied forces have resum
I This « i« « Mr. and Mrs. Staup
15 bottle^of whTitey , control of 53 feet frontage and ing our schools were discussed, ed the offensive at several points,
and part of a barrel of beer was the entire building.
among them the spelling con- The great effort of the allies to
tests, the first of which is to be envelop the German right may
held November 6.
therefore, said to be again in
Reading Circle work—The book operation, and it is believed that
selected for reading this year the whole French column from
was Charter’s Teaching the Com Roye northward to Arras is mov
mon Branches.
ing eastward against the German
Rallies—Each district should position.
hold one or two rallies during
It is the same operation that
the year as a means of bringing has been tried repeatedly for the
the home and the school togeth last three weeks in an attempt to
er.
reach the German lines of com
School Fair—Plans for organ munication and encircle the Ger
izing industrial clubs was dis man army forming the right
cussed. - The question as to wing or force it to fall back
whether the lair should be neld Belgium and Luxemburg,
in the spring or fall was not ful-
The Germans have had a long
ly decided.
time in which to make their
To clothe yourselves properly in good
The greater part of the after- position secure, so there is hard
.
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noon was given over to the dis-f fighting ahead for both the at-
cussion of the means by which tacking and defending forces,
reading in our schools might be , The defensive role apparently is
improved. It is generally con- now being assumed by the in-
ceded that reading has been neg- vaders.
lected, and it is hoped that by
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emphasizing that subject some-
London, Oct. 4. Exclusive of
what, and with closer supervis- officers, 1433 lives were lost in
ion the reading will improve, the sinking of the British cruis- |
The hot lunch plan was pre- ers Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue
Costing you
sented in an interesting and prac- in the North Sea September 22,
tical manner by Miss Dicken of i according to a report issued b.v Ì
Mapleton. Several schools a re lt^ e Admiralty tonight.
The
serving hot lunch to the school Aboukir list contained the names
children and many others are °f 510 men, Lhe Cressy 561 and
planning to begin soon. The the Hogue 362.
work and expense of serving
Oct.
5 Reuter’s
something hot for the childrens’ London,
Amsterdam
correspondent,
in a
lunches is so little and the value 1
dispatch
filed
Sunday,
say
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to the health of the child is so
great that it is hoped that as ' ‘The German troops today dis
many as possible of the rural played greater activity around
I the Dutch frontier. They oc-
schools will begin serving hot'
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lunches. Plans and receipts will j ®upie< Lanacken after a short
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hnm bardm iint
be sent to the teachers who were
not at this meeting.
Grandpa Hollenbeck, of Maple
The supervisor will meet with
the teachers that are located ton, has been waiting for the
nearer together, forming small whistle of the W. P. locomotive
group meetings, rather than hav to reach his place. He intends
ing one cent meeting through to throw away his alarm clock
out the remainder of the year. then. One more week of grace
It is almost impossible for all the grandpa
teachers to conveniently meet in
Henry Hyrkaa is clearing part
one place.
of his lot on Adams street across
FLORENCE, OREGON.
from the city jail and will soon
Prineville needs more modern I commence the erection of a
houses.
residence.
S
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pol.
y Cgon Clothes
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FoT argali day rain nothing noth-
beats a Webfoot shirt. A big
p e n t of mackinaw coats and
lizec^rain coats, American
pnan, Chippewa and Cutter
We are glad to show you.
ILEN MILL STORE,
DINNER
Samuel Leppert, who lives on
Lawson creek, near Duncan Inlet,
a good sized man, never gets
scared because of the bigness of
anything, and just met the
situation with a smile when last
Sunday seventeen neighbors and
friends called for dinner.
Among the guests that Mr.
Leppert entertained were E. F.
Arnold and family, of Glenada;
A1 Brown and family, of Florence;
Capt. W. E. Leppert, of Maple
ton, Harry Reed and daughter of
Florence, and Mr. Martin Noff-
singer and daughters of Mapie-
ton.
HAVE
TRADED PROPERTY
Samuel Leppert has traded his
ranch of 160 acres on Lawson
creek to E. F. Arnold of Glenada,
part of the consideration being
Mr. Arnolds property in Glenada.
Mr. Leppert will give up the
ranch October 15, and though
he has rented the property in
Glenada, he expects to remain on
the Siuslaw river.
IE THE KODAK
That Gives
Pleasure
Store
W A R
C O N T IN U E S
MORRIS & SON
THE LEADERS
Another Victory
For the Customer
Our stock of new style
Heaters and Ranges
for you.
Buy a Range at the low price
$40.00 RANGES
$35.00
We have in stock a complete line of
Hardware, guarantee with every tool
Try our new Stilleto Brandi
(If It’s of Superior Quality, We Sell It)
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THE LEADERS