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VOL. IL
FLORENCE. OREGON. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 19 w u
HARBOR BILL
BOTH SIDES
IS REPORTED
ANNOUNCE
TO CONGRESS
VICTORIES
Washington,
Dec. 17.— The
Berlin, via London, Dec. Im ­
annual rive r and harbor ap-
propriation bill carrying $34 138 - 11 10 P' m-' ~The P«>Pl« o f Berlin
580 for waterway im provem ent. ^ ere arou«ed t0 enthusiasm to-
throughout the country, was com- * * * tbe ann»nncement of a
pleted today by the house rive r
u ? °7
and harbor committee.
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I t carry a cash appropriation o f A " Offtc*a bu*letln, tO *hfa effe’c t
NUMBER 79
Thursday to look afterjhis stock
j there.
Every one around Point Terrace
are going around with their
shoulders stooped and their teeth
chattering.
Johnson Porter and H. P. Dutton when in Florence
both said that unless the bar conditions were better
This company
next y e a r th . m il! w ill not operate.”
distributes many thousands o f dollar, in the port d istrict
and i f the Tide Water M ill Co’s plant were to remain idle
fo r a year or two, the whole Siuslaw would feel a direct
financial loss, as well as resulting m the retarding de­
velopm ent o f the lumber industry several years, i f not
cau.ing a radical change in the company’s operation..
_______-M O S S BACK
ICE SKATINGNEAR FLORENCE
GERMAN
FLEET RAIDS
ENGLAND
London, Dec. 16.—For the firs t
llT h e y o u n g people of Florence ¡¡T* 1" 7 " ? ” ^®! Enfrland has
are having an experience seldom Z a d n m o f J o r ™ * "
*
If everybody planted a kind word in the poorest place
he came to, it would not be long before this old world
of ours would be a perfect garden spot.
The wav to
make the world better is to help all thelpoor, the tem pt­
ed and the sorely pressed wherever we And them.
realized here.
The laat few days have been
so cold that the ponds have frozen
over so that the ice w ill bear the
smaller boys and they are having
the time o f the ir lives sliding,
and some o f them try in g to skate
on ice.
squadron o f s w ift German cruis­
ers crept through the fog last
night to the eastern coast and
turned th e ir gnns against the
Britons.
When day broke they began
the bombardment o f three im ­
portant towns Hartlepool, at
the mouth o f the Tees;
77
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7 soutbward- and Sear’
boroi'g
n«ted “ a Pl«asure
$1,250,000 for continuing work
7
n° ° n’
on the north je tty at the mouth ^ ' n half an hour extra editions
of
e Columbia
RJv«. $500,000
non ° fLtb P3perS aPPeared and the
o f th
the
Columbia River,
less than the amount recommend­ whole city lite ra lly flashed into
Laughter is better than medicine, and a friendly
bunting.
ed by the Arm y engineers. The
smile is a tonic to us.
And the best o f it is a man
bill does not place this work on
the m "01 " ee<1 t0 haVe 3 mediCa* degree tO disPense
Thursday and Friday a number
In contradistinction to this,
or young people enjoyed skating
a continuing contract basis.
, at Three Mile Prairie near town
A ll other Oregon and Washing­ the latest official bulletins issued
at
Petrograd
declare
that
the
ton items in the bill are in strict
Some o f them had never been on ! " m ’ 15 mil <
?S beyond -
Not many o f us w ill ever have anything great to do
ice thick enough to hold them
L , . ' .,woraen and children o f
conform ity with the estimates Russsian cavalry and vanguard
but we may do many little things as i f they were great’
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1 the civilian population were le ft
sent to Congress the opening day troops “'are chasing energetically
u hich w ill amount to the same thing.
the
beaten
Germcns,”
in
the
dead or wounded struck without
o f the session. The total appro­
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warning while at breakfast or at
priation authorized for the north­ direction o f Miawa,
Direct from Warsaw comes
west is $2.521,675.
A fth e irre s u la r meeting Thurs- to ta l, HO* aceordi'n'g'’ * ^ ’' the
word
that a great battle is in
The itemized statement o f
northwestern appropriations car­ progress 30 miles to the west­
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’ ele''ted tho
to be dead. •» »»on, 31 ere
ried by the bill as it w ill be re­ ward.
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, h ‘
Three churches were damaged,
In Belgium and Prance the
ported to the House is as follows:
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Q0U,i,g’
the
gas works and lumber vards
Mouth of Columbia, $1,250,000; allies are carrying on their offen­
Columbia and Willamette, (Port­ sive operations, begun a few days
John H olt J
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land to sea), $600,000; Willa- ago, slowly and steadily. Pro-
mette, above Portland, $42,500; gres.8 18 noted in the French
Coos I lay, $80,000; Nehalem’ Bay °.fficial statement, and it is be-
Section 45, Chapter 1, o f the organized work w ill be
$116,175; Coquille River, $76,000 lieved that the in fa n try on the
School Law authorizes the State (before the school people
two
sides
o
f
the
western
battle-
Siuslaw River, $117,500; Cellilo
Superintendent o f Public Instruc- Bossen. Supervisor o f Schools
Canal, $80,000; Yaquina River, fro nt have come to grips at many
i
J S o a 'M ^id w tn
ion to supervise and promote has made arrangements w ith the T yjer
places,
the
number
o
f
wounded
’
The hostile squadron escaped
$3,000; Snake River, $20,000;
the
development
o
f
industrial
Field
Industral
Worker
M
r
L
indicating
the
desperate
nature
T
.
at
.
in
the niist * fte r an encounter
Columbia, from Celilo to the
officers w ill be installed or.
work in , the ; public
schools, ’ ------
includ-
P. • ‘ Harrington
o f saiem
Salem fo r a the I he
o
f
the
struggle.
.
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»«»«niiatuii
oi
»voninr,
n
"
w
ith
coast guard vessels patroll­
mouth of the Snake River. $45,-
ing such subjects as agriculture, weeks service in this D istrict all I n g o f 1 Pc®rn*)er 26. and ¡ng the neighborhood, which were
000; Canal at Cascades, $10,000;
manual
training
and
home While here as many o fîh e là c h ÏÏ. 4,1 br° thera ™ >™ ted to attend. reinforced as soon as the presence
Coos River, $3,000; Clatskanie,’
Several young people from the
$1.000; InnerG raysHarbor,$15,-
tl
. , ... ,
o f the Germans was signaled.
University passed through Flor- economics, and promote indus- as possible w ill be visited. The
000; Lake Washington Canal. $5,- o„ . uz i '
Lnal
school
fairs
and
■oh~.i »„.„i,
A griculture will I > . •
ie y °unKest child o f Marshall
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000; Gray. River, $500; Pug«k ence W«*dne9da>’ on their way
in ngricuivure win be es-
i
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.
.
garden contests, in co-operation pecially emphasized during these i,’
McLaughlin
cLaugJ lln is
19 quite
Quite sick. The,
The
Porter Bros., took
toe away the
Sound, $25,000; Skagit River, to Marshfield
Mars-ua- ,J ‘ to be w ith their
w
ith
the
A
gricultural
College,
visit;
and
Industrial
Clubs
w
ill
,
lnes8
»f
McLaughlin
makes
last
of
the
railroad
i
$10,000; Cowletz and Lewis Riv- families during the Christmas
iron from the
Out
o f f this
and through
through the
the co-
he oro-am^d
« . many
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L . >_ 11 d»’ihly hard fo r the fam ily.
city dock Friday.
Out o
this and
co- be
organized in as
~ . / ¡ M t
holidays
T f / X
h e ^ 8teAd^ ari ment aspos8lbIe- Evening meetings
o f Education the A gricultural w ill be held wherever practical
College and the U. S. Depart- so that Mr. Harrington w ill have
ment o f A griculture has develop- a greater opportunity o f meeting
Christmas Stationery, both bulk and package. A neat
U n k e d ° i i he best Pia n sin th ® th e p a °P 'a- The date scheduled
Lm ted States by which industrial for these meeting« is the week
a m
dps,rab'p P ^sent to a lady or gentleman.
A I\on-Leakable Fountain Pen ¡a appreciated by every­
a n T g ir is o ^ otaUght tO the 1)078 be« inning January 24tb- con-
one.
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The
I i
,regon;
tinuing throughout the week.
I erfum ery o f the most delicate and fragrant odor,
The club plans for this year On Saturday a teacher-patrons’
lo ile t Soaps and Toilet A rticles especially prepared for
the Xmas trade,
arc readSv been..completed and meeting of all the teachers and
Japanese Napkins.
Tinsel Paper.
Ornaments.
mhrht he
i d lstrib ut>on
I t patrons o f the valley w ill be held
m ight be interesting to know in Florence, closing Mr. H arring-
somethmg o f the club plans, ton’s work in this d is tric t
!
The work of the club is carried
along twelve different lines call­
ed projects. Any boy or g irl be­
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tween the ages o f nine and nine­
teen may take up club project
work and by carrying it through
to completion and making the
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proper reports wins
a Star-Clover
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..
Achievement
g .r,oa
p .,
“ ’ and Mrs d Bu3hn«llare
visit-
w h lA h u
ST
. ELmbleni ¡ng the ir daughter Mrs. R W
which has been adopted by the Johnson
State Agent o f Club Work and
Mrs. Bester went to Florence
the State Superintendent as a
Tuesday.
reward fo r club work, or a trip
Steve W right went to Gardiner
to the State Fair.
Saturday to work in the mill.
The Industrial Club Projects
A scow load o f hay was taken
are as follows.
up
Sweet creek Tuesday by M.
Club projects fo r g irls .- Sew-
E. Coburn fo r R. W. Johnson.
ing, Baking.
The Point Terrace m ill started
Club projects fo r boys and
g irls .—Canning, Vegetable gar- to run again Monday for a three
months run.
dening, Poultry raising.
T7 Si Wh,tby-
MASONS ELECT OFFICERS
BOY’S AND GIRL J
INDUSTRIAL CLUBS
& A "T V T ,
w
1 th‘
t
v
H oliday Suggestions
Get Others
rices
Then
Come
Get
We Guarantee to sell
you for
LESS
WOOLEN MILL STORE,
FLORENCE, OREGON.’
POINT TERRACE
HAPPENINGS
Mr
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Sin face Drug Store
Toys-Toys
Toilet Sets
and many other
beautiful and
useful
Mr. W alter Simona came down
Club projects for boys. Dairy-
herd record keeping, Pig raising, Sweet creek Tuesday from his
Com growing, Potatoe growing, homestead on Smith river.
Fruit growing. Field-pea raising,
Curtis Sweet went to Gardiner
Grain selection.
Saturday and later intends to
The work is carried on largely move his fam ily there.
at home but should he correlated
Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner went
w ith the study o f agriculture in t ’
je tty for a v is it Tuesday.
school. There is no better means
R. W. Johnson went to Maple­
oi bringing the home and school ton Wednesday.
together.
The work o f each
The people o f Point Terrace
member is planned and directed
’ very sorry that the Siuslaw
by the State Field Agent, and
Pilot
has froze in, and hope it
the local officials are the super­
will
thaw
out soon as there is two
visor, the county agriculturist,
numbers missing.
and the teacher. The success o f
M. J. Sweet towed lumber fo r 1
a club in any school depends al­
Anderson’s brothers Tuesday 1
most entirely on the interest and
up Sweet creek.
j
enthusiasm o f the teacher.
C. W. Curran visited at Pt.
1 he Industria Club movement
is new in this part, o f the county, ier-ace Tuesday and from there
as on his way to California.
but plans are being formulated
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Xmas Gifts
10%
a ll at a special re d u c tio n o f
We are overstocked w ith Holiday Goods and we are w illin g
to give you the benefit o f this. Come in and see.
I hey are on display and prices down
CHRISTMAS CANDIES AND NUTS
Joe. M o r r is J r ., N o rm a n G . M o rr is .
th e leaders