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theA'.reat Siuslaw, if we can build a boat
the/urea
¡nterval awalt|ng
himself
in the
the eu
editorial
chair of
mself in
n o n » . v»«..
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and in tne in ieiv a.
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a Press, and whenever the facile pen of cu
can secure the services of
ena Irving is pointed that way the Press | const
freighting.
of Irving is pointed
is made the more interesting
„ Up at Mrs. Dames’ place there oc-
—New ground plows and harrow s, and cu ’ n J yesterday the marriage of Mr. E.
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all kinds of tools to work old and new / \ 9t and Mrs. Nancy J . Cooper, Rev.
O
regon
F lorence ,
L ane C ounty ,
ground, at bottom prices. W rite and lcCi n
Church officiating. Both the
get prices on any thing you need in my
‘ing parties are well and favorably
F a b lla h e r a . line. F. L. Cham bers, Eugene.
k
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on the Great Siuslaw. The
a i . i . k ï a b i . it o n .
—C ontractor Schulte baa this week lan t h n g of one’s life ship in the , m at­
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Ed,tob* built a grave puling, or inclosure, for rimonial arena of “God Bless our Home
A. 8. B i . iton , Ixxal Editor ami Manager. Mr. Dames’ grave, near Point Terrace. is usually an advent of a new sphere o
He will also build one for Mr. Bergm an’s being and mode of existence, but to these
___ T bkmr : >2.00 a year in advance.----- child’s grave which is buried iu Florence. people it is a well trodden path, they
—Rev. C hurch’s appointm ents for both having been previously m arried,
this part of bis circuit will be th e second T he W est extends congratulations w ith
ADVKBT1HIMO RATES MAUt KNOWN ON AP­
und fourth Sundays of each m onth. In wishes for many years of happiness.
PLICATION.
I,(M «1 notice« * cent» per line, each In»ertlon. Florence at seven o ’clock p. in. and at
—Jay Cook, the great financier on ad­
the Lake school-house—same days—at vertising: “ Let your m erchants deal len­
Entered at the |>oet-office at Florence, ten o’clock a. m.
iently with customers and advertise your
—Mr. Sauliert says be will furnish,
lame county, Oregon, us second-clasfl
city. I suppose I have spent more
mail m atter.
gratuitously, all lum ber necessary for the
money advertising than any m an living,
construction of a steam schooner. AA bo indisposing of government bonds and
is the next generous gentlem an to make
other ways. I reckon my expenditures
a donation. Let us organize a stock
in this direction at not under >2,000,000.
company ami build a boat.
The more publicity you get th e b e tte r
—Chas. Harwood ami F . M. Nigbs- for you. This idea of cutting off adver­
The Week'« Doings In and About Flor­ wander talked F arm ers’ Alliance talk tising, etc., when one gets pinched is all
to a fair crowd in Moss’ ball, Florence, wrong; then is when you w ant to spread
ence At Collated by the Alert and
Thursday night. At the close of th e yourself and economize in every oth er
Ever Thoughtful West Reporter.
addresses an alliance was organized in
direction.
Florence with eleven members.
—Mr. Titm an’s Florence friends will
Put not your tnixt in king*.
—The sea was rolling mighty high he pleased to read this from th e New­
I've m-cn their »inilluit face*
when the steam er Mischief came in lu es-
port Times: Mr. Titm an, who is well
An>1 held the <1<>KK<incit II i I iik «-
day,
and both captain and crew report
The other innu held ace*.
known in this city, lately w ent to
th at had there not been an abtim laneeof
Josephine county to develop a slate m ine
—The new church is receiving a coat of water on the bar th e boat would surely which he discovered there. A few days
have been driven onto the sand spit.
paint.
since he returned and his p artn er w ent
—The recent big sums and high tides on to the Portland exposition w ith sam ­
—B. F. Alley is confined to his bed
are rejiorted to have made quite a change ples of their slate. It is pronounced by
with neuralgia.
- AV. I’. Ball is erecting a neat little in the bar at the m outh of the river. old workers of slate to be as line quality
The south channel has cut away about for roofing and all commercial uses as
barn out on his ranch
—Steamer Chance cam.» in this even­ two hundred feet of the sand spit und any found in the U nited States. Mr.
the water is much deeper than hereto­ Titman’s friends are all glad to hear of
ing with a full cargoof merehamlise.
fore.
his prosperity for a good slate m ine or
Several scow lomls of halt'd hay from
—Steamer Mischief came in from Yu- quarry is a fortune for its ow ners.
tip the river art* Is-ing unhatded to-dav.
quinu Tuesday with a cargo of Hour and
\J r (intea, up at Acme is building a feed for our merchants, and tin for the
THIS SETTLES IT.
gru< -wling for Mr. ike Berkstrum 's cannery. The following day she was
From the Daily Oregonian,
g ra '^ L
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dispatched to Coos hay for a cargo, of
Every man in the vicinity of Florence
— Pride of the Bay is benelicd for a general merehamlise which had been
is now taking unto himself the credit of
few days undergoing a full round of .re- left there by steamers W ilmington and
giving the news that the Tacoma bank
|* irin g .
Willaj a.
robber, Albertson, was in th a t town,
Surveyor Buttolph is putting up a i —Druggist Moss has been afflicted with
awaiting an opportunity to leave th a t
new dwelling lions«* on his farm, on the rheumatism for some few days past and
country by vessel. But T ub W est speaks
North Fork.
I now when asked how he is getting along
words of truth and wisdom when it says
— What has liecniuc of all our corn’s-
down into his pants pocket and that th e publication in the Oregonian
|wmdcnts? Me would like to hear from digs up a riim II potato about the size of
of the letter from its Florence correspond­
vou each week.
« •l‘‘n
don't say a word. Some
ent was what brought the tracking force
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i at . i iMittom
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I* °ple aie . superstitious
and some carry '
Hardware
of * all ii «.!
kinds
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that wav.
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I |s>tutoes in their pocket.
price«, si r . I.. I liamlM*rs, op|s»site Ba-
ker hotel. F.u.-ene.
I —Dr. ( • G. Barrett, the Scottsburg
AN INTERESTING BOOK.
dentist,
arrived
in
Florence
yesterday.
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Joe Morti* is having a conservatory
id liisto
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j n ?
built to the south side of his pleasant
‘The Beauti-
ilental work und as he has been iu
' this
■ ■ ful Story,”
"
. , "The Story
of M an,” "T he
Main ntr«*«*t residence.
neck of the woods before . you know of Living World,” “ Russia and Siberia,”
Any uml all kinds of buililing materi- (I
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. , , die quality of bis work, and as we know etc., lias just completed what is probably
«1 tsith rough «ml dressed, at Ha vid A uh well a«
the greatest of his works, entitled “ He-
Unknown Seas and Savage
ord
— PVBLIMUKD BVBBV FRIDAY MORNING.
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LITTLE WBSTLINGS.
The Comings and Goings Of Towns-
people and T h e ir Visitors Briefly
Chronicled For West Readers.
Capt. Cox is out at Eugene on bus­
iness.
F red . ERRicKsoN.of Centralia, Wash.,
arrived in Florence last week and is now
busily engaged erecting a house on In­
ranch, one and a half miles north on the
county road.
Prof. M artin and family have arrived
in Florence from Eugene and are now
busy getting ready for housekeeping.
Mr. Martin will begin his school at this
place about November first.
N ewton P helps , of Ann Arbor, Mich­
igan, is now stoppiisg'in the Great Sius­
law Valley. He has a ranch about four
miles north of Florence, near Mr. Ball’s
place, and is now at work putting up a
bachelor’s dwelling thereon.
Captain B abbidge , he who was at one
time captain of the Government boat,
General AV right, came in on the Mis­
chief Tuesday. Mr. Babbidge will be in
the employ of the Government while
here—assistant to Engineer Lyell—and
will have supervision of the construction
of scows and inspection of lumber. He
is a clever and very courteous gentle­
man ; possesses business abilities which
well qualify him for the position he holds,
and T he AV est is glad he is here.
C has . E rickson came in from Central­
ia, Washington, this week and remain­
ed a few days on the Great Siuslaw.
This gentleman has landed interests of
no small magnitude in the immediate
vicinity of Florence, and when he left
Thursday he promised to return again
very soon with a num ber of his relatives,
who, together with Mr. Erickson, will
make Florence their home for an indefi­
nite length of time. Mr. Erickson has
several head of horses, in fact a w hole
railroad grading outfit, and—coming
events don’t cast their shadow on the
back row, but on the front side instead.
Keep your eye on the indicator.
Thn W orld Enriched.
The facilities o f the present day for the
production o f everything that will con-
tiuce to the material welfare and comfort
of mankind are almost unlimited and
when Syrup o f Figs was first produced
-he world was enriched, with the only
perfect laxative known, as it i3 the oaly
remedy which is truly pleasing and re­
freshing to the taste and prompt and
effectual to cleanse the system gently in
the Spring time or, in fact, at any time
and the better it is known the more pop­
ular it becomes.
Y O U O U G H T T O H A V E ONE.
The Harrisburg Uourier has don«
good work in inducing capitalists to take
stock in ami digging
a water «litili
ditch for
mg M
power.
- <»«» s«*e Henti 1.1 lt .rr. tt „„.I h . t e
tliiMM' tronhlesoiut i’ molars fixed up. or
win’ll lie has gone curse yourself beeaum
you d id n 't go.
- n „mug.it down from
neuters are now at work
Darningtimlx •rs lor pile-driver and scow .
A temporary wharf for unloading lum-
l«-r Io.,
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n e .r then. tl,.t the (ntn.lug a
11,‘‘ remaimler of the lum-
»•< r tor this work will 1« brought down
next week, and Mr Lyell informs us
— A J lin k » ba* taken charge of the that he will then put on a greatly in-
workmen.
H eppner Weekly Record, ami we wish <
All s.irts of rumors have reached
him abundant sucre*», winch, no doubt,
here
this w«*ck relati •ve to the
M ill t«v iiieritt-«l.
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suits and condition of the steamer Geo.
ing Hnd i n s u S .
Th‘e work X
comprises an authentic history of the
'1‘seovery of America by the Viking Sea-
,.ove™’ and its settlem ent by the Sean-
¿ ‘“«Y1» 1« '■>
»¡nth century. It 1»
i
Every one should possess a pl«t of
his land. Having a full set of plats,
and receiving constant advices from lhe
Land office, I am prepared to furnish
plat of any land in Tp. 17—18—19, for tin
moderate sum of 50cts per section, a«'
guarantee it correct. Come early ani
avoid the crush.
M. F. Parker,
Florence, Oregon.
tles’ ’•«rings and sufferings of all the he
f ’,c cll:,r«’ t‘‘rs and bold explorers who
have made o« ean history, and who have
FO RTY LO TS
so» U n
?“ {,ren,a7 over the most sav-
,and? of lhe ‘‘art1'- The book, which In Central Park addition to Florence fo
is » nmst instructive and entertain ng sale, at $26 each. As soon as 40 lots or
’»••e from cover to cover, contains ¡Jn
large quarto
is embellished « i sold the price on the remainder will b
quarto pages,
pages, and
and is
with more than 300 original »
' advanced to $60 each.
a,,” ‘ Keveral large 1 • •
J. C. B rown , Agent,
Florence, Oregon.
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Subscribe for Tut W EST.
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T IM E .
Steamers Lillian and Mink make reg
ular trips between Florence and Seaton
They carry U. g. m au. Fare, 26 centj
Rates for carrying horses, cattle, »nd a
kinds of.freight made known upon ap
plication on board boat.
AV m . S mith , Master.