THE
SI U S L A W
PILO
S E M I-W E E K L Y
VOL. II.
rLOKEXCE, OliHGOX, SATURDAY. nr.rF M m .-p
19 MILLS
COUNTY TAX
ment upon the public service cor­
porations have not yet been re­
ceived from the state tax com-
| mission and the state tax has not
been ahnounced. The court has
at 3.6
m'bs and the total assessment of
the county at $40.000,000.
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DUMBER 77
MUST HAVE
MAPLETON
BETTER BAR SCHOOL SENDS
NEXT YEAR
PRESENTS
Terrace Saturday as he will re­
side here.
Harry Benson is getting lum­
ber for a new barn.
A. E. Hartley made a business
L u jf
trip to Florence Saturday.
Shortie Reedhome returned
A countv and state tax of 19
from
a trip to Portland Thurs-
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Johnson Porter and H. P. Dut-
The pupils of the Mapleton
mills has been made and will be
day.
ton arrived in I lorence last Tues- schools have packed a box of fruit
The social at Jno. Gibson’s was
E°'ldon> Dec. 9.—A British
submitted to the citizens of the
after interest» on the and clothing and sent it to the a successful one last Friday v /" “^ " • ' / c 61" command of
county at a budget meeting to
1 rn d a > Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Stur-
w haW' v 1
605, 8 and Girls Aid Society of night
be held December 31, for their
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When
asked
regarding
the
Portland.
dee, chief of the war staff, en-
'consideration. This is one mill
running of th© mill they ans-
C.
H.
Tuttle
attended
the
more than last year’s levy and is
geged a German squadron under
The City Council of Glenada at wered. “The future of the bar n
h lsher- of Portland, and
Dar a well known bage ba„ p|ayer poultry show at Florence Satur­ Admiral Count von Spee, of the
segregated as follows.
a meeting held Wednesday even- and lumber market were me
the con
day.
Falkland islands in the South
$12O°o5»ener#
fUnd’ 3 m‘ll9; *ng approved the 600(1 of Court- trolling features.
Especially " X h Map’®ton T6uredayon his
M.
E.
Rose
of
Beaver
creek
is
Atlantic
yesterday.
ForTeneral fund 7 8895 mill.-
& Lu<* y f° r the W°U'd th* condition of the Sius‘ Five m T i I u "1 ‘
visiting this children on Sweet
The
armored
cruisers Scharn­
$315 Un
’ 7 889
opening of a saloon in that city, law bar be taken into considera-
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creek.
horst
and
Gneisenan
and the
.
i The license was fixed at $2000 tion. Good results have been . H. Moore, of Eugene, who has
Roscoe
Gardnier
went
to
the
protected
cruiser
Leipzig,
three
state tax°U4 16 m T S S
P3yable $5°° in advance- eaob obtained by the work that has ¡¡""o'" Mapl«*°n painting Mor-
jetty
Monday.
of
the
German
warships
which
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luarter. The first installment already been done, but regardless "1 ¡5?°"’ n“llroad warehouse,
Clarence Anderson of South have been menacing British ship-
poses 7 T S . S ^ h<X>l W - r
P“ d “ “ « " « *
>" * « “ increased depth
, i“ ^ f t Thursday tor home.
Enr’
J ’ u ,
the
properly made out.
north jetty extended far beyond
Every day or s0 several cars Slough went up Sweet creek pi,nK ,and a part of the squadron
which sank the British cruisers
2 455 m iZ X 2m °° PUrp°8es’ Blumauer & Co., of Portland the south, and the prevailing 'oaded w,th Piling are brought Tuesday.
Good
Hope and Monmouth in the
A
card
party
and
dance
was
For fnim’tv \ ’h i i k
applied for and were granted a southwest winds they are unable down to Mapleton where they
Pacific
on November 1, were des­
given
by
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Chas.
Doses 03?
osn
PUF' licen3” to sell liquor in Glenada. to secure insurance on their boats are unloaded and peeled. Roy
troyed.
Two colliers were cap­
Tuttle
Wednesday
night
at
their
For arrno7v ll
nai
and by the action of the Council and cargoes, and unless this is Wlnston is getting them out and
tured.
$3 240
Vy’
mills;) it was granted, subject to the changed they feel that very little t6ey w*'l be used in the construct- home. There was 28 present and
E aa VkA / j
j
j approval of the bond they were encouragement will be given ion °f the bridge across the Sius- all report a jolly time.
London, Dec. 10. The German
The mail could not be taken to cruiser Nürnberg, which with­
specifier
» 7 mil!?
“ J “™“ '
thf m
™” lh’
»"“‘»er
“ d »" » • c™ .i„g south.
525 240
’
mi S’ - l h 'S makes two saloons for year.
Morris & Son are making some Earl Wednesday on account of drew from the battle and at­
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.
Glenada at $2000 each. We are
When asked if he thought the improvements in their store, high water in Sweet creek.
tempted to make her escape in
or school district maintenance informed that there will be an- Port bonds could be sold now which will give more room and
- MOSS BACK company with the cruiser Dres­
tund, in cases where the amount other application at an early date. Mr. Dutton said, “The financial and b«tter light.
den was given battle latter in
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■ co" diti<)" '• ¡-Proving. "Thai
A sidewalk haa been construct-
1 he Gardiner Mill company ex­ the day and sank.
L
T Y
a" y Greendale' Lake
'• « ty o f Astoria had just sold at ~Tram Fraer Bros store to the pect to start up their mill about
1 he search is being continued
d,st..et together w,th the specal orgamz.ng a co-operative well- par. «00,000 of 10 and 20 year depot site
January 1, it having been shut for the Dresden.
district school tax levy for main- dillers association.
five and on„
,
down for repairs for some time.
tenance authorized by law does
Florence is preparing to pave and that he had every assnrance homestead”/tU * * 8
r ’°m h*"
Ono Phelps has made filing on NATIONAL BANK
^ T o S riT n u im 0025 miI1S; $1°°' f°Ur blOCks ° f ,treet’ in c lu d in K t h a t th e P o rt
Siuslaw bonds
3Upphes’
an additional homestead adjoin­
lotai, f/bu uw.
the main street and the street could be disposed of, if they
AT GARDINER
ing the claim he already has, it
is year Eugene, Springfield leading to the school, according were on the market. ”
being part of the same claim, be­
Announcement is made that
am ( ottage Grove are to be ex- to W, J. Sherndan, a represent-
Mr. Dutton added, “ I under-
fore D. E. Severy, Friday.
the Treasury Department has
mTlk
r°ad l6Vj ° f 3 at' Ve ’° f Warren Brothers com- stand the Port Commission are
The High School athletic club approved the application of O. B.
mills and the county and state pany, owner of the bitulithic getting ready to issue the bonds
are
making preparations to enter Hinsdale, W. P. Jewett and
tax of these cities will only be 16 pavement patents. While there at an early date, and if they do,
into all the sport« of the winter others to organize the First
be and A, W. Simms and Guy they
will
show
congress
season and will fit up a room suit­ National Bank of Gardiner, Ore­
^ T h e jiroposed levy of 19 mills Pile made a duck hunting trip on that the Siuslaw has met
able for basket ball as soon as gon, with a capital stock of
- > based
approximate valu- the lakes south of the Siuslaw.— its part of the proposition, and
one can be secured.
$25,000.
ations, as the figures of assess-, Guard.
will ir. return receive greater at­ John Laverty was getting
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tention to its needs. With funds affidavits from those who had
at their disposal ¡mediately, the been on the land, or knew any­
commissioners could save thous- thing about it, to present to the
ande of dollars to the taxpayers, officials of the Siuslaw Forest at
Christmas Stationery, both bulk and package A neat
where a great loss is threatened Portland, Wednesday, in support
a xt d,esirable present to a lady or gentleman.
because of lack of funds to con- of his claim that the land was
A Non-Leskable Fountain Pen is appreciated bv every­
one.
'
z
I tinue the work.
more valuable for agricultural
I
erfumery
of
the
most
delicate
and
fragrant
odor,
“ I hope action neccessary will purposes than for timber or stone.
lot let Soaps and Toilet Articles especially prepared for
be taken in time to result in the It seems that he made application
the Xmis trade.
greatest possible benefit to what for this land near Cape Perpetua
Japanese Napkins.
Tinsel Paper.
Ornaments.
has already been acomplished, some time ago and an examina-
This will also encouarage those t,on was made by the Forest
who are now using the Siuslaw officials who, as he says, pro­
river as the home port for their nounced it not agricultural, being
shipping operations, and we will to° rough and steep,
Mr.
never regret the difficulties and Laverty believes he has just
discouragements that the Tide ca,lse to appeal from the decision i
Water Mill Co. has met with, if
the official report of those!
we are factor in proving that the officers and will ask that a re-
Siuslaw river can be the means examination be made to de-
of providing a waterway for termine the agricultural value of
carrying the manufactured prp- tbe land,
ducts of the immense forests that
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tributary to i t
Thi. pioneer VESTA CHAPTER
struggle needs the people bark of
ri r fT e nrriprDC
it to win. Our success will cause
u i t ILLK j
others to begin operations and
Vesta ChantZr N o 7a n P c I
with this brought about the
, 8Sta Chapter- No- 73- O- E. S. I
B I LVV I eatimated the state tax
BRITISH
BATTLESHIP
VICTORIOUS
TWO SALOONS
CAD fI CMAHA day to look
rUK uLfcilADA
ASKS FOR RE­
EXAMINATION
OF THE LAND
Holiday Suggestions
Get ()thers
Drices
Surface Drug Store
Then
Come
Get
OURS
We Guarantee to sell
you for
LESS
WOOLEN MILL STORE,
FLORENCE. OREGON.
SHOES
A New Stock Just In
LLrXld
NORTH FORK
WAGON ROAD
Road Supervisor, Ono Phelps
has had a small crew of men at
work on the wagon road from the
Portage to h lorence for the past
few days. They are cutting all
brush, removing the log» and
making a trail so that foot pasen-
gers can get along without
trouble. He has about 3-4 mile
of this road completed and will
work until Christmas, when all
the appropriation will lie exhaust­
ed, He expects to have a large
appropriation in the spring and
will spend it all on the road.
following
officers; Mrs. Margie Knowles,
W. M., Neil Grindall, W. P.,
Mrs. Eunice Schroeder, A. M ,
Mrs. R. S. Huston, Secy., A. O.
Knowles, Treas., Edith Yates,
Conductress; Nita Schroeder,
Associate Conductress. The ap­
pointive offices have not yet been
filled.
After the ceremonies had been
concluded, Mr. Bert Williams and
his wife were called to their feet
and a very beautiful selection of
ci ; glass was presented to them
as a wedding gift from Vesta
Chapter
POINT TERRACE
NEWS NOTES
In Washington the Blue Skv Chas. Ander on went to Flor-
law was defeated at the polls as.ence Saturday,
it was in Orej on when first pro j. g Thornton moved his
pos<
furniture from Gle-raffa to Pc:nt
(x)peland & Rider
Gotzian
Dress Shoes for Men, Women and Children
Chippewal
Loggers and8 Cruisers
Aluminum Ware
I wenty Year Guarantee
Brightens the Kitchen
Granite Ware
Catlin’s W hite
The Cook’s Delight
lorris
So
FJoe. M o rris J r., Norm an G . M o rris.
T H E LEADERS