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SIUSLAW
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
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both team made it exciting and
interesting.
The line was as follows ¡-Elmi­
ra, I. Draper, Captain and for­
ward; T. Yoder, forward; A. R.
Marsh, manager and center; J.
R. Simpson ami E. W. Inmann,
guards.
Mapleton. Warren Gilbert,
Captain, manager and forward;
Arthur Chapman^J'orw ard; Cort­
ney Potterf, center; Paul Robin­
son and Norman Morris, guards;
Leo Corn. sub.
Officials of the game were
Prof. O. W. Hayes, referee, R. S.
Huston, umpire.
A return game will be played
at Elmira sometime in the near
future.
OT
POLHEMUSSAYS BALLASTING
NO DAMAGE TO COMPLETED AS
THE JETTIES FAR AS STEEL
The Florence Public Library
moved its location from the Com­
Petitions are being circulated ! and closed this thoroughfare to mercial Club room to the Surface
No damage was don»1 to the
Ballasting on the Willamette
asking the Public Service Com­ | public use.
drug store. Tha change was
jetties
at
the
mouth
of
the
Sius-
Pacific
has been completed as far
1 he rights of the people in this made necessary on account of
mission to investigate why the
law’river
during
the
whole
month
as
the
rails
are laid, and the train
wagon road between Mapleton road have been ignored and con- the club removing to other quar­
of storms on the Pacific, accord­ crews have been sent to other
I fiscated for over two years. ters.
and Acme has not been con­ ! With sworn evidence before the
ing to J - H. Polhemus, govern­ points on the Southern Pacific
At present the library will be
ment engineer, who passed lines, but before leaving this
ducted by the Willamette Pacific county court of the importance
opened as usual on Saturday. 1
through Eugene on his way to section they brought in several
railroad. They read as follows: and necesity of this road, railroad to 4 o’clock in ihe afternoon. It
Portland from Florence, where train loads of gravel which are
We the undersigned residents officials have been able to delay is contemplated that after the
he inspected the work being done waiting on side tracks ready to
and voters of Lane county, State the construction and building of first of the year that arrange­
on
the jetties and to W 'ertain be rushed to the front as soon a*
of Oregon, respectfully petition a wagon road nearly three years ments to keep the library open
whether
or not the storms did the rails are extended.
your honorable body that you in­ and until the present time, there­ oftener.
any
damage.
Construction on the drawbridge
vestigate the cause of dalay of by depriving the citizens of this
Some new books have been re­
The
contractors
are
delivering
across
the Siuslaw river is pro­
the building of a wagon road, a community, county and state of ceived and are ready for distri­
10,000
tons
of
rock
a
month
from
gressing
right along. The draw
distance of about nine miles, be­ their rights in this road, and ap­ bution, and includes a list of R. A. COPPLE ELECTED
the
quarries
a
short
distance
be­
span
nearly
completed is resting
tween Mapleton and Acme, parently endeavoring to elimi­ what comes under rules of seven-
MAYOR OF MARSHFIELD low' Mapleton on the Siuslaw riv­ on its mid stream
support, while
where the Wallamette Pacific nate their title to it, and in view day books. These books all the
er.
hauling
it
down
stream
on
workmen
are
collecting
the steel
Railroad (now operated by the of these facts we believe that the very latest copyrights and can be
At the election in the city of
huge
barges,
and
the
jetty
work
and
placing
in
position
the
north
Southern Pacific Co,) in con­ people should have recourse to let out for only seven days and a Marshfield December 7, R. A.
is
progrt
'.sing
very
satisfactorily,
i
side
span.
structing a railroad, illeagally your honorable body for relief charge of five cents is made.
Coppell was elected mayor over
The engineers are very glad to
took the existing county road 1 and justice.
The books that belong to the Carl Evertson by 148 votes. learn that the storms during the
Charles
Powers
and
1).
L.
Rood
State Library will be returned
EASTERN STAR ELECTS
that each county should have and a new list sent here, which were elected to council offices. entire month of November did ;
OFFICERS FOR YEAR
charge of its roaas and utilize to is expected to be larger than what The band lost out by 212 votes practically no damage to the tres­
tle
work.
Only
a
few
piling
the best possible advantage the is now being used.
and the city hall was also defeat-,
Vesta chapter No. 73. 0. E. S.
were lost at the outer end of the
; money appropriated.
Any patron desiring a book ed. J. W. Butler was reelected
elected
the following officers at
work. The damage was repair­
The state grange master fa­ that is not on hand, but is listed by a large majority.
their
last
regular meeting De­
ed immediately and the work
vors the road patrol system and with the State Librarian can se­
cember
9;
Eunice
Schroeder, W.
continued uninterrupted. Regis-1
stated that the roads should be cure it by request of the local
M.;
Lillian
Surface,
A. M.; J.
ter.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
kept in repair, but does not fa­ librarian.
L. MacKechnie, W. P .; Mary B.
Eugene would derive a much vor the expenditure of a large
CHANGES
Addition books, free list—A
■ ■ ■ - LOCATION SPECIAL GOSPEL MEETINGS Young, Sec.; A. O. Knowles, T .;
greater benefit from the building amount of money on the Pacific Broken Bondage, Brown; Frank
Charlotte Huston, Con.; Nimmo
of roads in the outlying districts highway when roads in other; Before Vicksburg, Castlemon;
The Commercial Club which
Beginning Sunday. January 2, Buchanan, A. C, After election
of the county instead of spend­ parts of the county are needed to Robinson Crusoe, Defoe; House | has been occupying the Nadeau
Gospel meetings will be held at a light was spread to the enjoy­
ing a large amount of money on allow the farmer to come into of Seven Gables, Hawthorn.
building since its completion, will
ment of all present.
the Pacific highway through the the city.
Additional seven-day books— j move to new quarters the first of the Evangelical church in Flor­
“Good roads in outlyiag dis­ Heart of the Sunset, Rex Beach; the year. They have secured ence. Special features will be H. W. Carlson of Westlake
county, according to C. E. Spenc,
tricts
enabling him to bring his Suzanna Stirs the Fire, Emily ! rooms in the office building of the ! annouced later.
master of the state grange of
left for Portland Monday. He
produce
into the city will do more Calvin Blake; A Far Country, Tide Water Mill company, and
Oregon, says the Guard.
has”bought the ranch of Wm.
George
Croner,
deputy
sheriff,
Mr. Spence endorsed the de­ for Eugene than the spending of Winston Churchill; Uncle Remus they can be fited up nicely to came down Tuesday on business. Blackmar near Tsiltcoos lake.
cision made by the county judges money on the Pacific highway and His Friends, Harris; Jerusa­ meet the requirements of the
of Oregon in convention at Port­ for the pleasureof tourists,” said lem, Lagerloff; Mr. Bingle, Geo. Club.
land recently in turning down a Mr. Spence. “ The ruts and Barr McCutchen; Michael O’Hal­
Gene Stratton Porter;
resolution placing the control of holes in the Pacific highway as loran,
county road3 under the state well as in all county roads should Felix O’Day, F.Hopkinson Smith;
The Turmoil, Booth Tarkington;
highway commission. He said be repaired, however.
Dear Enemy, Jean Webster.
FAVORS A
PATROL SYSTEM
FOR ROAD
SCH. RUSTLER
IN ROUGH SEAS
WINS PRIZES FOR
OUT DOOR PHOTOGRAPHY
For a Short ?
...TIN
we will continue
Our Sale
If you have not availed
yourself of the opportunity
to buy
Men’s and Boys’
Clothing, Furnishings
Hats and Shoes
at
W h o le s a le C o s t
we would suggest that you
hurry as the prices are
unprecedented in Floience
WOOLENMILL STORE
Florence, Oregon
In a competition for prizes in
It photography offered by Sears,
Robuck and Co., Alep Dowell has
just received notice that he had
been the successful compettior.
The contest covered the whole
United States, and was entered
into by thousands, and the sub­
ject was out door life. Mr. Dow­
ell offered fiive subjects and won
a prize on three of them. Ihey
were of a child sitting in a clump
of bushes, a bunch of rhododen­
dron blosoms and a trio of Here­
ford cattle. To be successful in
such a large number of contest-
ents is gratifying to Alep, and
he feels justly proud of his prize.
BASKETBALL
GAME IS WON
BY ELMIRA
In a fast and spirited game of
basket hall at Mapleton last Sat­
urday night, the Elmira High
School team won from the Ma­
pleton High Scaool. The score
was 25 to 22.
Two halves of 20 minutes each
were plaved and both teams put
up good, clean work with a de­
termination to secure every point
possible. For Elmira Marsh and
( Voder certainly put up a strong
game, while Chapman gave an
good account of himself. The
rules used were 1915-1916 and
caused quite a number of points
to be called 6n Elmira. All
though the game was closely
The gasoline schooner Rustler,
which got into port Tuesday at
midnight, is rather the worse for
wear and tear which she encount­
ered on the Rogue river bar when
coming out, say3 the Times. In­
side the harbor at Rogue river
they lost a scow which brok e
loose and floated away to sea.
In leaving that port the Rustler
met heavy seas and lost her main
rigging, had her life boat torn
from the lashings, the back stay
was lost and the headlight brok­
en, besides other damage in the
galley. A big bucket plunged
through one of the doors into the
engine room and came near put­
ting engineer C. R. Hayes out of
commission.
On arriving at Coos Bay, Cap­
tain Peter Olson found the bar
too rough for immediate passage
and so anchored under the light­
house, where the Rustler drifted'
several hundrad yards finally, on
striking a rock, loosing $50 worth
of cable and a 046 anchor. The
vessel is at Kruse and Banks
shipyard for repairs.
CHRISTMAS TREE AT
EVANGELICAL CHURCH
Christmas tree exercises wi’I
lie held at the Evangelical church
nri C*1 istmas Eve. An appro-
pnate program has l)een prepar­
o l and the church will be tastily
d« <",rated for the occasion.
E"erybody is very cordially,
i: vited to be present, and the
children will he made especially
welcome.
The Patsy arrived in this port
.Monday with a full load, discharg­
ed her freight and left out Tues­
day morning.
Santa Claus
has arrived at
M O R R IS & SO N
THE LEADERS
M apleton, O reg o n
Every­
thing
for
Little
Folks
Lots of
Things
For
Big
Folk d
CLOTHING, HATS, SHOES, FURNISHINGS,
ALUMINUM WARE, WHITE PORCELAIN WARE,
HOUSEHOLD NEC ESSITIES
TOYS OF ALL KINDS, CANDIES. NUTS, ERUITS
Got to have a lot of money
bv January 1st
Only way to get it is to sell Goods
In order to do so from Dec. 20th to 25th
ev ery th in g in th e store will be
Specially
Reduced