S E M I-W Ç E K L Y
FLORENCE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 18, 191
HAYE CUT
WAMTSTO
THROUGH
BRING BOAT
TUNNI f5 K
TO SIUSLAW
NUMBER 85
do something in the near future. business representing the ship
In the 1st room there are 25 seats ment of, laborers and engineering
and there are 25 scholars; 2d forces. An average o f 20 paid
oom 40 seats and 88 scholars; ) passengers each trip is regarded
3d room 42 seats and 34 scholars; I as a fa ir estimate of- this busi-
4th room 42 seats and 40 scholars. neas. One combination train a
This shows the condition as it is day each way has all it can do to
at the present; there has been 28 handle the business.
scholars in the 1st room, 43 in
“ The local traffic between Eu
Workmen cut through tunnel
The Commercial Club met in the 2d, 38 in the 3rd and 41 in
Washington, Jan. 11.—Great
gene and Veneta, and between
N ew
Yujrk, January
last Sunday
abbut twelve regular session in their rooms the 4th. There are 8 seniors in
points along the line is also B ritain’s preliminary reply to the W ith a comparative luft in thia
This tunnel ia 1200 Monday night and after the the high school which w ill no
heavy,” says M r.
Fontaine. American note o f protest con quarter and artillery duels pre
feet in length and is located on regular routine of business, re doubt graduate this spring, but
“ The business of the line is grow cerning neutral commette, while dominating near the Belgian
of 0 . L . Brewster, ports of dbmmitiees were made there are 14 that will pass from
Jte^p ro operty
p
ing very rapidly. A large por gratifying "in thè concessions it
^ L i t t l e three-year old Ethel
j p d then {dr. G. Boake. of Co the 8th grade into the high school tion of-the passenger traffic to makes has in many respects coast fighting of a desperate
character has broken out in the
Swanson, daughter-of the tunnef quette was presented to the Club
next fall, so it makes 6 seats Coos Bay now comes and goes failed to satify the United States
center, notably to the northeast
forman was the first person to and he stated briefly why he was short in the high school at the
Government.
this way.
e f Soissons, which, through bom
crawl through the opening.
there and what he wanted. He beginning of the fall term only
“ Whtta the line is extended
Officials confidently hope that bardments, seems likely to suffer
Tile breaking through o f the- said he with three others were counting the scholars from
further the business will in the second and complete answer the fate o f Rheims, and fu rth er
’ lel leaves only one out o f four the owners of a steamboat that Florence.
crease very much more rapidly. from England w ill give the east in the vicinity of Perthes
tween the Siuslaw and the was now on the Cbquelle river;
A t Coos bay there are some very specific information requested by Beausejour, from which points
rith intervening wall th at this boat was 72 feet long,
large firms, such as the C. L. the United States and clear .up the allies have been trying to
he^dins.
Number 15 feet beam and h ad a capacity
Smith Timber Company, and the uncertainties which, accord- reach the important railway to
_______» fe e tis now com o f 100 passengers. I t had room
othera.__In addition to Coos Bay tnK to the Washington gorera- the north, th a <
pleted, while number 6 about also for a team and wagon, or an
and the Siuslaw, there is the ment surrounds the commerce of would cut one of the German
1800 feet long, has been cut automobile. A ladies cfcbin and
Umpqua territory which this line neutrals. Thia disposition on the main arteries of communication.
through sometime.
Tunnel &
n, smoking room and
will reach. I t passes directly part of the Washington adminis
Only a change in the weather
the firit one south of the BiuT a toilet in each room. His- com
through Reedsport, where W ar tration was revealed in high offi or the entrance into the w ar o f
law , and which is to be about pany wegp willing to bring this
ren Reed is developing a (own- cial quarters today although there Roumania or Italy, or both, to
Ztyfcdbet in length, stilt* has a boat to the Siuslaw and put it on
T h e contract for the City ja il site, and this is directly tributary was no formal comment
likely to bring about any marked
wall o f rock between the head- the run from Florence to, Maple in Glenada has been let to H.
to a large territory up Smith
change
in the m ilitary situation
i but it ia- expected this will ton to meet all trains in orOer to Beagle. I t will be 10x16 feet, river, which will serve to feed
in
Europe
fo r some tim e to coma.
broken .-through in about accommodate the passenger trafie made of solid brick walls, iron
the railroad.
Just
as
rumors persisted tor
ityWays.*
and the freight &s well, AU they floor .and roof, iron petitions, iron
The railroad men are impatient
days prior to Turkey’s entrance
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is a guarantee of the doors and windows grated. The ly waiting for the completion of
M r. Frank McCullough and into the w ar on the side of Ger
the people here ja il will be located on the water the railroad to Acme, which is
w
ife
were in Florence Sunday many, which tended to disoount
was that they give their moral front at the foot of the hill near delayed by the failure to obtain
visiting
with friends. M r. Mc the step when it eventually was
S. E. Lowes property. The first the right-of-way from the Ander
City council met at the support the boat
taken, so rumors now center
C . H . Young, member of the scow load of brick was taken son-Johnson Stone Quarry com Cullough w ill open a general
i of the city recorder -Mon-
merchandise store at Swiss Home about Roumania and Italy.
fisy evening and after the-regular Seh'ool Board,, presented to the across from Floernce Tuesday. pany.
Condemnation proceed
Thero is a strong feeling * in
routine of business t h ^ examin- C lu b .th e crowded condition of
The work of grading Ash street ings have been filed, and there is as soon as the building can be
France and England that definite
the report of the vieweq^ on the school house and asked the from the. South end of the dock but little to do until the grind o f completed. The location , o f the action will not long be delayed.
e Jefferson street and G urginwLfltf fibers of the Club to bring south to the top of the hill was the circuit court reaches this new townsite is about a mile up
the river, oi east of the old Swiss
-enue improvement
im n r o v e m e n t w
wo
k ♦and’
renue
o r rkian
d “ ** matter before the people and begun Friday. I t is proposed to case.
Frederick Hollister and w ife
Home P. O. and near Lake Creek
^'Instructed the clerk to advertise try to fo rm u la te sortie' plan to raise the dock to conform to the
The construction o f the Sius
and
son, of North Bend, are
The
fo r bids for grading and planking offer the school board so they grade and cut the hill down to law bridge, material for which is on the W. P. railroad.
planning
to leave about Febru
brush
is
being
cleared
away,
the
might be able to present to the make an even grade of consider at hand, hangs upon the exten
these streets.
ary
1
fo
r
a six months auto tour
people some deffinite proposition able less per cent so th at teams sion o f this sixteen miles of rail streets located and grading will
of
the
South.
They w ill ship
be
done
as
soon
as
the
Weather
can travel this street with ease. road over the already completed
G. G. Bushman le ft for outside in shool buildings.
their car to Sam~Franetoee and
will
p
erm
it
Monday
on
business
He gave the following figures A aide walk w ill be built from grade, and in a few months the
motor from there to the Yoeem*,
tej show whjf it was n«
the dock to the top of the hill laying of rails between the Sius
ite Valley and thence across the
The Priscilla Club w ill-m eet. Southern states, visiting
^making it more convenient for law and the Umpqua will depend
foot passengers to travel. A s -it the completion o f this bridge. Friday with M r*. Charles Watts. Hollister’s old home.
was a person could hardly climb The rail laying from Coos Bay
t^hilhinvet-weather, it JjeinfcJ vyli proceed north while that
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so steep and slippery.
Wtten fitam the Siuslaw will proceed
this work is completed it will be south. There ye mains but forty-
a decMSti >»np»oT.e»sfiT to A sM five m il« o f track a fte r the rails
street and a great ¿onveniene? to reach Acme, and the grade for
those who travel that way.
this is said to be 90 percent com
J. A. Barker, has been appoint pleted.— Eugene Guard.
and a fine selection of Records
ed Marshall of Glenada and w ill
Come in hear them
look after the interests of the
Toilet Soaps and Articles, Shaving Articles
City in the future.
ANSWER-
RUMORS
FAILS TO
THAT ITALY
SATISFY
WILL AID
GLENADA
W M BTO
an jab .
GENERAL STORE
PORSWBS HOME
REGULAR CQLNCIL
of
Victor Talking '■
Machines
A Complete
Line of
Dress,
>gg<
and
Cruisers
M ili STORE,
I
IREN CE, OREGON.
THOWSON
AN D SEU JN G
W .P. OPENS
S ttE C lH )
NEW FIELD FOR
BUSINESS
Collar Bags, Fancy Stationery
Japanese Napkins, Tissue Paper, Tablets and
A COMPLETE LINE OF DRUGS
Surface Drug Store
i Salem, Ore., Jan. 11.—The
128th Legislative Assembly of
Oregon organized today without
martial noise. No sound from
the 48-centimetor guns of oratory
disturbed ite tranquil transac
tions. In the House the prom
ised fight on the floor over the
speakership fell somewhat fla t
Ben Selling, o f Portland, pro
duced the scheduled 37 votes;
Allen Baton mustered 22. his fol
lowing including four Democrats
and C. M. H urlburt, with em
phasis on the “end.”
Quiet as were the House pro
ceedings, the Senate got down to
busineee with even less demon
stration. W. L air Thompson gqt
all the votes except his owp and
that df Senators Rellaher and
Difnick. Senator Dimick, while
professing a friendly feeling for
Senator Thompson, thought th at
hie constituents m ight 4 prefer
A heavy traffic, much larger
than ever anticipated for thia
time, has been handled over the
, new W illamette Pacific into the
Siuslaw, according to W. P. Fon
taine, assistant engineer, who re
turned this week from Portland,
where the headquarters for the
operating department o f this line
are located. The preeent traffic
ia held to indicate much more ex
tensive business which the line
will carry when completed all the
way to Coos bay.
A t present Florence. Mapleton
and other Siuslaw points are buy
ing supplies through Eugene that
originally came from Portland by
boat.
Many products can be
sent ' from Eugene much more
cheaply than from any other
source, and the installation of the
new telegraph fide aids in th e es someone else. Senator Ketlaher
tablishment o f trade relations be maintained hie accustomed ad
tween Eugene and its new terri herence to the minority cause,
tory. For such articles as hay no matter what the minority
. ‘ '■*
and bulky substances there is s stands for..
material reduction in rates by the j
new route, according to the rail
road men.
The passenger traffic is also
A dance will be given in the
heavy. The daily train is carry Patsy warehouse Saturday even
ing from th irty to fifty ppssen- ing January 16th. Music, by Mc-
rs a day, although this includes Lyman's orchestra. .Tickets 75
to some extent the “ dead head” cents.
Morris <8bi
JoB. Morris Jr., Norman G . Morris.
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