THE
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S IU S L A W
S E M I-W E E K L Y
VOL. II.
FLORENCE, OREGON. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 5. 1914
ANNUAL
PERPETUA
POULTRY
ROAD TO BE
EXHIBIT
COMPLETED
attended with the personal re-
sponsibility they owed to those
they met in life, using the story
of Joseph and his brethren to
illustrate his theme.
Rev. Singleton, who is assist-
ant pastor of the First United
Evangelical church of Florence
will occupy his church pulpit
morning and evening next Sun-
day. In the morning his subject
will be “ House of Life.” and for
the evening sermon he will talk
on “ Fast and FAST.”
The Siuslaw Poultry Associa­ That the last link in the coast
tion are holding their second an­ highway between Tillamook and
nual poultry show in the Masonic Coos Bay will be completed before
the first of the year if the weath-
building Friday and Saturday.
er
is anywhere near favorable
The weather being fine brought
was
the statement of Hugh B.
out many fine birds yesterday
and the indications are that more Rankin, supervisor of the Siuslaw
national forest, who returned to HAS
will come in today.
PURCHASED RANCH
The officers have spared no Eugene yesterday from Cape
J. H. Matthews, of Springfield,
pains to make this event one that Perpetua, where he has been
will be of great benefit to those looking after the road work was in Glenada this week. Mr.
interested in raising better poul-1 around that promontory for Matthews has purchased the
Frank Furgeson place on Maple
try, and are offering inducements several months past,
to all to improve their fowls.
Mr. Rankin stated that 25 men creek. He left for Springfield
Among the birds that have en- have been employed on the Cape Thursday expecting to return
tered up to the time of going to road all fall and will continue till about the first of the year. Later
press are: 1 pen of white Leg- that stretch of highway is com- he will move his family to the
horn cockrel, 4 pens white Leg- pleted if bad weather does not place and make his home there,
horn cockrel and four pullets, 1 drive them out. Six or eight
pen white Wyandott cockrel and men have been doing the rock
3 pullets, 1 pen white Minorca work and the remainder of the
cockrel and 4 pullets, 1 pen ban- crew’ have been stoping. The
tarns cockerl and one pullet, 1 heavy rock work, said Mr. Ran-
pen salmon Faverolles cockrel kin, is left till the bad w eather
and 1 pullet, 2 pens Rhode Island makes it impossible to do the
Red cockrel and 3 pullets, 1 pen other parts of the rood construc-
Black Minorca cockrel and 4 pul- tion.
lets, 1 pen Black Minorca cockrel,
The weather on the coast has
In a recent issue ot the Pilot
1 pen Barred Plymouth Rock not been bad at all, says Mr.
we
printed a story about Mr. and
cockrel, 1 pen Andecondas cock- Rankin, and there have been no
Mrs.
D. J. Staup having green
rel and pullet, 2 pens Barred delays in the work all fall.—
peas
and
new potatoes for their
Plymouth Rock cockrel and 4 Morning Register.
Thanksgiving
dinner, stating
pullets, 2 pens Barred Plymouth
they
had
raised
them
in their own
Rock cockrel and 3 pullets.
UNION SERVICES HELD
garden at their home on Front
This created consider­
LAST SUNDAY EVENING street.
RETURNS FROM CORVALLIS
able interest and some people
Mrs. J. A. Levage returned
Union services were held Sun­ could not believe it, thinking it
Wednesday from Corvallis where day evening, November 29th, at was a story with a big “ S. ”
Wednesday Mrs. Staup sent to
she went to visit her son Harry, the Presbyterian church with
who has been ill but is now re- Rev. E. Singleton occupying the this office some new potatoes just
y . Jmproving. Harry is a pulpit. He took as a subject, dug, and a pea vine with grow-
Ttudent tr* the Oregon Agricul­ “ Our Responsibility’’ and im- inK Peas and full pods on it.
presssed the large audience which They are on display at the Pilot
tural college.
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IT WAS
SO JUST
THE SAME
Get Others
Prices
Then
Come
OURS
We Guarantee to Sell
you for
LESS
WOOLEN MILL STORE,
FLORENCE. OREGON.
Oregon assisting in special meet-
ing being held at that place,
Rev. Pratt left Florence about
the middle of November to spend
Thanksgiving with his family in
Portland, and from there went to
Lewisville to assist Rev. W. S.
Plow man in meetings. He sends
word that so much interest has
developed that he will not re­
turn to Florence as soon as he
expected but will arrive home in
time to occupy this pulpit on
Sunday, December 13th.
ATTENDED LAST MEETING.
The regular December meeting
of the Port Commissions was
held last Wednesday, with only
routine business coming before
it for action.
T. A. Yost, who has been a
member of the commission ever
since the port’s organization, re­
tires and this was his last meetng.
Mr. Yost has been a faithful and
energetic servant of the people
while holding this office and
voluntarily withheld his name as
a candidate for re-election.
Ses Martin made a record trip
from Mapleton to Florence Fri­
day. He was favored with the
tide and the time was 1 hour and
10 minutes. The beauty of this
race is that Ses had no running
mate.
Lime powder well sprinkled
where cockroaches abound will
d rive them away.
DELIGHTFUL
CONCERT IS
APPRECIATED
Another delightful and enter­
taining
musical event ocurred
UNUSAL DISPLAY OF
Thursday evening at the Rita,
SPLIT BAMBOO BASKETS introducing Mrs. Chas. Butler,
The Alles Furniture Co, are soprano soloist, and Miss Willa
Wilkinson, pianist, to Florence
showing an unusual display of
people.
Oriental Art in Import Split
A large respodsive audience
Bamboo Basket.
These goods
gathered
to enjoy the program,
were ordered especially for the
and
encores
were repeatedly de­
i holiday trade and while they are
manded.
practical for many purposes, they
Mrs. Butler was very pleasing
will be especially suitable for
in
her songs and was received
gifts.
with
enthusiasm and apprecia­
It will be a pleasure for you to
tion.
see this collection of Oriental art
Miss
Wilkinson,
pianist,
work.
though a well known as a
musician appeared for the first
time in concert, and enlarged her
circle of admirars by her interpre­
tation of the several piano num­
bers offered.
Mrs. H. L. McKee, violinist, as
usual was received with great
pleasure and recalled three times,
by an appreciative audience.
The teacher’s examination will As a final Miss Willa Wilkinson
be held in Eugene, on December and Miss Eleanor Saubert offered
IC, 17, 18, and 19. For the bene­ a piano duett.
fit of those who are planning to
take this examination the follow­ TWELVE MILLION FEET
ing information is given. In all
OF TIMBER GIVEN AWAY
the common branches one-sixth
of the questions will be taken
from the State course of study More than 12,000,000 feet of
and five-sixth from the text book. timber, board measure, was
In Theory and Practice, the given away by the government
questions will be taken from to settlers in the vicinity of the
O’Shea’s Everyday Problems in national forests in Oregon during
Teaching. The classics used in the past year, according to a re­
American Literature are Haw-i port just issued by the district
thorn; Twice Told Tales and forester. The entire distribution
Parkman’s Oregon Trail.
In was made in lots not exceeding
English Literature, the source of 80 cords to any one settler.
the questions will be theOdessey, During the same period timber
and Macbeth. Two-thirds of the was sold to the amount of 24,-
questions in liteiature will be 594,000 feet, amounting $159,362.
Of this amount 35 per cent was
taken from the text.
turned over to the state for road
and school purposes.
FOUR DAYS
EXAMINATION
IN EUGENE
ASSISTING WITH
SPECIAL MEETING
If moths are in a carpetspread
a damp towel over the part and
Rev. H. L. Pratt, pastor of the iron it dry with a hot iron. The
First United Evangelical church heat and steam will kill the
of Florence is now at Lewisville, worms and eggs.
NUMBER 75
SELLING
BODIES ARE
ASSURED
SIX DEEP IN
AS SPEAKER
TRENCHES
Portland, Dec, 4,th , i en Sv!!;: Petrograd, Dec. 3-Official re-
ing, of Portland, doubtlesa w’" ports now confirm the news of
be Speaker of the House at the November 30 that one and a half
next session of the Legislature. German army corps under Gen­
He has the pledged support of eral Francios from Breslau were
31 members and the passive sup-1 surrounded at Rzgow, south of
port of seven or eight others.
Lodz, but that they finally cut
It is probable that Mr. Selling their way out after enormous
will have more than 40 votes on losses.
A Russian describing
the first ballot when the Legis­ the fight says:
lature organizes.
“ For 24 hours the armies of
The only opponent of Mr. Sell- Ru#sia and Germany battled
ing remaining in the field is Allen hand to hand with equal valor.
H. Eaton, of Eugene, who, ac­ Our enemies, fighting like tigers
cording to unauthenticated re- preferred to die rather then sur­
ports, has a maximum^ of_ 17 render.
rander. When
When they g#t away
pledged
votes.
, .
. . . . All other candi- toward Krziny and Strykow
dates withdrew immediately thejr trenche8 presentpd an aw.
following the action of the Mult- ful spectacle.
nomah delegation last Monday
“They were piled six deep with
night in centering their strength the dead of both armies, some
on Mr. Selling.
transfixed with bayonets, others
with their heads smashed in with
rifle butts, and the whole present­
LIBRARY BOOKS ARE
ing a mutilated, bleeding mass
READY FOR DISTRIBUTION of
humanity. The battle on the
The library books for the German-Russian front surpasses
schools of this district are now in fierceness anything heretofore
in the office of Supervisor Bosaen seen in the eastern theater of the
at Mapleton and are ready to be war.’’
distributed when called for.
Each district should secure their
C. E. HAVE MEETING
books as soon aa possible as there
are some reference books and
The K. L. C. E. of the First
supplementary readers which are United Evangelical chrurch met
needed in the different schools.
at the home of Marion Morris
last Wednesday evening. After
If bacon is soaked in water for a short business session the
a few minutes before frying it young people enjoyed the even-
will prevent the fat from run- ing with music, songs, games and
ning.
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