Vol. 2.
Florence, Lane County, Oregon, Friday, April 15,1892.
No. 52.
lOOK ut the bead of ttiié voituiin next tirat payment lor a tug. The time has Florence precinct to cast h i. ballot lor j lack ol Intereat, that they ate .Icing ».». I
4 » e k for club rates for T he W est und come when we can no longer put. a^ide
Mr. Hermann. We repeat that request ¡service for us to secure just, appropria-
the weekly Oregonian.
the demands our advanced and increased
now, and it cannot lie overridden by tions.
shipping
bring,
ami
a
tug
is
one
of
tfieSe.
■ T he oldest couple ever married in
obvious and urgent considerations of
IN DEFENSE OF HOBBIES.
jjlpregon was Robert Scott of Eugene,
llo x . Ringer Hermann was nominated
expediency, it it bad not
_______; last
been
B e d seventy-four, and Mrs. Smith, o f ' for „ congress
Wednesday by
i
tl‘at our ,neuibcr of ConKresB occu
One of our ««teemed anti usually well
the same place, aged seventy-one years, mation. Those fellows in Southern Ore- pied “ P°8ition on the liiv e « ’ and Har­ edited exchanges jumps heavily onto
I I t is proposed by Senator Warren of gon, it seems, are mere pigmies along ' "’ls t ommittce of the House, the Sius- several of its reader? who persist in rid­
sideof Binger. They ought to shut np l Iaw Would have becn ruled out of the ing tlieir “ hobby horses.” See here,
Wyoming in a bill now pending before
th e committee on territories, to extend now and go off and die. Now lot t)iv HPProPriat*on bill entirely, and the pow­ brother, don't go fooling with these
the boundaries of the Yellowstone Na­ democrats nominate a good man, and in erfu l opposition arrayed against it by things. They are the balance wheel to
tional Park so as to include 1,000,000 the election of either the first district is the Engineer in charge would have many an irregular motioned life. Those
in safe bands. The prospects for the ^kept it reposing in the lap of obscurity person« who are prone to value only
acres more territory.
» 1
w hat pays afleet a lofty contempt for
success of the democrats were never bet­ /or an interminable period of time.
• R abbits are becoming a pest in Cali­
ter than at present. Let all put th ek
T he disease known as la grippe is hav hobby ride«. Give us practical men,
fornia, and rabbit drives similar to the
shoulders to the wheel and push.— IFrsf jug its day here. But, fortunately, the they say with a most irritating air of
wolf drives in Kansas are resorted to as
j o ^conditions of climate art1 such that in no sujieriority—men of one idea, cobblers
f means of abating the nuisance. A
s®J instance« has it yet proved fatal. But who always stick to tlieir last. Now
drive near Traver resulted in tlie de
A travelling theatrical manager
with all due deference to such authori­
cently wrote to the owner of a hall in jk this state of facts is not true in other lo­
struction of several thousand rabbits.
calities, as the too frequent reports of ties we make no bones about asserting
small
tow
n
in
tlie
state
of
Washing
T. R. B khhy informs us that W. R.
deaths prove. Why not have a board that instead of being objects of derision
for
a
booking.
He
received
the
foil
Walker, onr efficient county clerk, will
of eminent physicians, from the best bobbies are very excellent things in
ing
answer:
“
Yours
to
hand.
I
w
give |600 to assist in building the rail­
schools, to examine into and re,»ort upon tlieir way—in fact that the possession
play
on
shairs
no
more.
Your
cumpa,
road from Florence to Eugene. The
he origin, nature and trustworthy rem­ of a bobby may be made a positive liene-
will
hav
to
send
me
ten
Dollars
for
' ¿Itizens of this country will appreciate
edies of la grippe? Are the physicians tlt to every one w ho is ol any account in
night and supply tliair own kerros
this and will not be slow in returning
this world. Of course a very clear dis­
and lamps. They will also hav to bu >•] uPon whom we depend for their profes-
the compliment with votes for Mr.
«(|ional knowledge to sit still with foldcil tinction must be observed botween le­
tliair
own
staige,
becuus
the
last
cm
iip,,.
Walker.
gitimate bobby-riders, and what an»
ny broke it dow n. Tbuir ain ’t nomowdj f handl' ’ ftnd’ Wlth «'»nost Oriental fatal-
|B vpekhti nous people in the vicinity in pining on «hairs in this town, and ' *H"
1
r1' * s ,1h‘ ,,eudlv "I” termed in current slang "cranks” and
“ faddists.” On behalf of the latter we
of E ort Dodge, Iowa, are worried over a want a shure thing.”
,
k7eration of Ods appalling disease? La
have nothing to say. They are all
nge sight in the heavens the other
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.1 '
>
c im s tin g o u r po p u la tio n w ith -
■ri,K senate commute» on
to ,tav
,.va«ea i. wrong, more or less portent ious bores, incapa­
it. A well defined blaek cross ap-
J
I ... .... ....... . , . ble of taking an intelligent inbgaskuk
k • s
who saw it insist that it was not extend the carrier system to towns one- i eso urces of civilization aftànat
by the clouds. It was claimed a half the size and importance of those the deadliest enemies by which society or whim,' and any way tfirr/• sow
thoroughly competent to look after
lilar cross was seen just before the that now enjoy the free delivery service. has ever been attacked.
Under the present law, letters are de­
themselves that they may safely be loft
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to do so.
OUR COUNTRY.
■L ooking at it from this distance and livered by carrier in towns of 10.000 pop­
The genuine hobby-rider is quite a
As we retrospectively glance over the
eo far as it may now be judged, the san­ ulation or those of smaller size which
show
post-oflice
receipts
amounting
to
different
species. His bobby is not nec­
history of facts gained by conversations
guine hope of our people for an increase
$10,0<X) annually. The free delivery sys­ with other men in other parts of the essarily his chief interest in life. On
of the item, in the harbor bill, for the
Siuelaw, will be realized. It may be tem is to be extended to tow ns of 6,000 state during our absence, we must admit the contrary it usually forms only a
population or to those of smaller size th at the conditions of our location and side issue, and herein lies its great
<itj>eeted from Senator Dolpli, with all
his influence, that he w ill make a good showing post-oflice receipts of $¿>000. If resources, our excellent natural harbor value, for in it lie finds the diversion
enacted into law this measure will more and mineral productions are gaining a and recreation that refreshes his soul
}wing when the occasion for so doing
than double the number of towns ac­ fixed impression upon the minds of and strengthens his spirit for the con­
Slits.
corded free delivery of mail.
many men in the outer world, that ull tinued performance of tho tasks that
B . oxokahle Seymour W. Condon is re-
have fallen to his lot. Every busy man
A bill to prohibit the sale of firearms the protests in the shape of engineers'
ninated for Prosecuting Attorney for
and woman is or might be the better
our judicial district, and A. C. Wood- and Ammunition to Indians residing adverse reports cannot annul, even
for having a liobby, that is, some pur­
: as a member of the State Board of upon reservations lias been passed by though they should be published once
suit, not by any means necessarily a se­
alization for the same district, the senate. The bill authorizes the pres­ a week.
We are just now enjoying the benefits rious one, altogether apart from the
se are among the most prominent ident to disarm all Indians who are
that such a people as ours always enjoy, routine of work that fills tlie days.
_ men of Lane county,
_ __ _____
tlie supervision of uu Indian
ing
and ___under
us we
It is safe to say that in every case tlie
anhounced at the commencement of this
M,RI 1,0 Indian upon the reserva- that of standing in the front ranks of
hobby is a positive benefit to its rider
sr th at its support would go for the lion will be permitted to liear arms ex- progress and pulling, as one man, their
without in any wise interfering with his
ttkiorahle men in this county nominu ■ cept by permission of the commissioner country to the front. Men on the bius-
ilaily business or diminishing Ilia com­
ted for state offices or those in districts,
^ntI*an affairs. Any person who sells l«w are distinguished for their energy,
petency therefor, and one may confident­
ishall vigourously work for their pre- or ° ^ ler"**o furnishes fireurms or am and their intellectual prowess and cour­
ly proceed to argue for the possession of
munition to uncivilized red men may be age have been displayed under many ad­
bent.
verse circumstances. But these have a hobby of some kind or other by all
tfirn.E need for shippers here to cry punished by imprisonment for two years
won for us a reputation abroad that com­ who would get the most and the best
crafts when San Francisco bay has or by a $300 line. Tlie bill is intended
mends the continuance of such a course. out ol life. The range of good, useful
appearance of a forest of masts, to prevent any rejietition of the ghost
O u r fishing industry is a m atter of in­ bobbies is extremely wide. One person
lie bay is full of idle ships; sailors are dunce excitement of two years ago.
q u iry ; our timber industry bus greatly may take to collecting jmstagr stumjis,
Irug on the market, and Martinez and
loo much importance cannot be at- grown in the minds of those interested ; while another collects plants. Select
.land creek «re colon,,-. « ttl, Engli.l, tacked to the initial eucce« in aecnrlng! the aecmingly inexhauatable -tone near- some bobby that is well within your
It to coa-ter«,' „ay. the (hc^nian. j the nomination (or Congre«, o( Mr. ry at Seaton I. a (actor ol »kick capital- own reach. Ride it judiciously. Do not
Puget Sound then- I. little tug aer- Hermann, by the people of the Firat. i„t. of Portland talk favorably; the co.,- degenerate into a crank or a faddist.
■ and a round dozen are tied up lii.tric ta n d the citizen, ol the (.real ditiona of our bar and harbor for thin- I«et not your liobby run awny with you,
Uttng an op|„,rtun,ty for the owner. Sinaia» valley. Thia nomination . . . ping have been
thoroughly brought to and so surely as effect follows cause you
-11 nt acme puce. It "ccnra t o n . not aerated by any electioneering con- public attention, that the old-time en tw will
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* —.•»me
be ' a -----
more
amiable am,
and imeiiigent
intelligent
a . email exeueaiou la,at» are tin- „¡deration., hut it waa in the highaelJ h a. gi»en piece to aeriwi. Inquiry, and c,,ml’“"i«n. both to youna lf and to your
ones in reaaonaolc demand, the degree a gilt of the people. Two y e a r.' n,any are ao anxiou. to make a m e n d .' “ oci*1“ -
(an uiigut he dlajawed of or traded aa ago we urged every voting citizen in th e 1 for tlieir former ill-adviaed word, and
P„W«M fe „„
fc8cn<I T uk W est to your friend«.