Florence, Lane County, Oregon, Fritlay, March 17.
Vol. 3.
N o. in.
A xi muek of leading w om en of K an - ! th a t pledge,” he said, “ th a t m ore than [ Into the sc
hool fund. As this in no way j under his
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liebt, usury a„J all, not , « n .p u in l
u»uat meet ids “ paper*’ at the bank,
not uiiss the ground by a t least th re e have received w ithout it, and now that been made and, «•
^ ¡ u e n t l y , the school the needful money cannot be collated,
inches.
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the Dem ocratic party was soon to be in fund
S #U I.<i , i . . l , . e o 1.e c ,i.n »t
of th e W M I v .
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lasCfty have agreed n o t to w ear out 100 electoral votes were given to Mr
historical papers in th e s ta te
d e p a rt- ( cx eeu ti\e departm ents of th e Govern- pay the full price
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ol llh *r barKH‘n « it *nd the ehamva are much more beast tv
ment library a t W ash in g to n , th a t th e , ftnt 111 ,l lta
the |>eople de- would be cheaper to
P*y to the man against the city man than hi« village
work of indexing an d b in d in g th e m , he- n ian ^ e^ to ^ now when and in what Irom whom they borrowed than to ex- competitor. Bed debt« are n I wavb paid
gun several years ago, will p robably not n,0<le tb e pledge was to be fulfilled.” pend their time in a law suit, at the end bv »ometmdy. Thl« i> a fact that i. »«>,
be completed w ith in a decade.
T he Senate was then controled by the of which they only change the party ta commonly I -t sight of. If the mn
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T iif tide of d estiny is se ttin g fast to .
and m u both punch ' chant
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, to get on record as soon as possible as pal and interest,
fifty, thirty cents on the dollar. the
wards Florence. All so rts of accum ula
against th e Sherm an bill and the free
Ihc present law provide» that the wholesale man from whorn he b- tight.
tion of facts point th a t w ay.
T he h a b it
coinage of silver. This piece of congree- borrower is relieved burn the payment pays the hud debt, of the emu ,m r ?
of the town is one of p u sh , energy,
sional history augurs poorly for the sue- of interest, both legal mid ueuroue, and whom-rul.ioi.» pstronagm «.wrth.vw .lu
pluck and good o rd e r, i t is th e g ra n
ces« of th e free silver men with the new as it is a civil action between the lender retail lmu«e. If the merchant k«-« p.
ary of the slope of th e m o u n ta in s and
Congress.
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and borrower, the people do not "loot tbnva water am’ gw« ahead, then the
the rhododendron garden of th e Pacific
T h e e d it o r o f th e J u n c t io n C i t y Time«, ,lie C08tH o f P’ ^ u t i o i i . ’ ’
bad debts a re ¡-»id e it h e r by h lm « e l( « i
Coast.
who probably voices the sentim ents of
The very 8MSte e',itor of ,be r fhl' by the other e o .to m e i« w h o ¡.»v l l . n
Two men in Tacom a som e days ago
a t least some of the people in liis town, Lender blandly asserts that the new law w a y . Mmiv merchants frankly make
discovered a ¿ure w ay to b e a t th e faro is thoroughly inoculated
w ith county ‘8 ,l*rect,y *n iuVor of lbu monopoliat. allow m ice fo r bud d e b ts by rha rg li« ,*
game. W earing m a sk s, th e y w alked division m adness, and in an article
re- But wh®“ tho >x,or’ " b" a " ‘ lbe bur’“ "- CPwlit cu' u
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up to the layout a s If to sta k e th e ir plol(J
ob>cene
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worse ers of money, find out that they have buy for cash ; thus conip-lllng credit pu
some redress accruing to their own Ixm- Irons ns a clam to bear their own fall-
money, and each poked a big revolver
E n g lish , calls Florence a “ bailiwick”
at the dealer ami b a n k er. T h en they and speaks sneeringly of th e Siuslaw efit when the lender taxes them <50 to urea to pay. Thia ia not a matter that
lifted about $1,700 from th e bank, country and its people. If we are of 175 to "find a man that will loan <800,” merchant» care to diaeuM in detail, Imt
backed out, and got safely nway with so little im portance, why make such en it will require better evidence than the nioat of them will admit that they add a
assertions of an editor who sacrifices certain euin fur "ua-l debts' to their an*
their plunder.
deavor to take a portion of our country
truth in Ida wild endeavor to injure "»«I expenses,* as regularly as thrv
“ lx the house th e vote on II. B. 204, nd people into your proposed Blain«1
other«, to convince them th a t the law reckon in rent and taxes. Inancbcam-a
for the creation of B laine c o u n ty , was county? Tim people here have am in-
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i is . in. favor of monotmlists. Tl The two these deficit« are paid by the regular
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34 to 12. A lm ost 3 to 1 ,” says th e tense love for th eir hom es and jisjglibors
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'ÄWiWtr w a t bonmef» m ur ntta«*k that cit«t«>mer»
lm a».abl»rhm«’»it q •• • rv
■TifnctiQn City *‘77o«>s7 T h a t is noYTriio. second to none, and although, at tho
law with the result of eventually falling article they buy
The bill failed to p a s s ; th e n was recon present tim e, we may not be skilled in ‘
The cure of this evil is to adopt the
into their own mire.
sidered the follow ing m o rn in g and th e conventionalities of the period at
cash system. When the money is |>sid
CASH VS. CREDIT.
passed, 34 to 20, C a b se n t. B u t th e ed Ju n ctio n C ity of which the Timr# boasts,
ucrosa the counter fur all good« pur« has
A bad debt is the beginning of bunk- n |, there »imply can be no bad debts,
itor, who is wagged by a disappointed y et tru s t we are distinguished by a man
office seeking c a p ita list, neglects to n er essentially charm ing—true candor. i uptcy. Practically, any merchant who The sperrliant who demand« cash down
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state th a t the sam e B laine co u n ty divi P arade and boast over a new country by ««iftjjg’» ¡„ ,.vrt,iin to tell the Inquirer does out have to pay Internat on hl» own
,ie ooltl Ida good« on credit, ami, invc-tincii*. »nd ahould U-ebl«-1«» wll
sion bill was indefinitely postponed by a an older onu is all very well in its way, j
and it may sound pleasant to those who w|)(jn t |1(. |4 n(.,t
could not get in good» at a cheaper rate than one who
vote in th e Senate of 29 to 1.
are in th e fierce dynam ics of the battle ¡,j„ ,non,.y. j j ,. was ruined, in »Imrt, i arrie» a liirge cre«lil diottrie, The »>1
I r there is any u tility in energy and
field of county division, but we trust be- j(V
lllltll cun conduct a vantage« of tho ca»h ayatem aro «burnì*
progress th a t is not discoverable by the
people of Florence, th ey should go from fore m any years o ’erlap themselves, (<re(jjt business in thia «lay o f fallible antly , |,.«r to »11 •<> much » » that It
the town a couple of m o n th s, as we have
gone, and, like us, be a sto n ish e d at the
marvelous changes in so sh o rt a tim e,
bn every side we see d evelopm ent and
growth. New houses have been built,
business enlarged an d ch an g ed , stre et
mid other public im p ro v em en ts m ade,
“d giving us a deeper in sig h t in to th e
Florence will not be out ranked by any ,,u n n n jty without incurring the»«-intr
tow n in L ane county, and the man who
consequence«. Insurance com
u tte re d th e in su lt may well feel con-
wjth all their careful machinery
te m p t for his folly. There is a unity of of ttrfcntg ftn4, examining physician», in
o u r people, incident to a new country, HUre ba,| ¡¡VPS. It is hardly surprising
th a t does not exist in older settle«! tjH,n t|,gt the credit merchant, acting
places, an d th e young gentleman <«i the t!)rnUgl| 1)1M (
and doing b u M n e -
T.mcs, who has been robbed by the tax j wUh coin|,artttive strangers, abmit who.»
g a th e re r of Lane, may find this out if he
meaning and p u rp o rt of su b stan cial and lives long enough in th e county to be-
rapid grow th, th a n could have been
learned in a year, if it all were done un- com e a citizen.
would smack of the kindergarten to
dwell upon ¡¡am .
It 1» on» «»<
thing« whom- iH-nelite »re unt*er»ally a l
mitted and then all b u t onl«cr»»ily lg-
> „ored Theoretically the man who pro
| H>«. • to «1«» a «»«h l«u»;n»»a ha»th« »up-
¡ .„n
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tn .lly , »•' « * « <® have a weaknc« f..r
flnanci . i , landing and honesty lie can running hills.
In im «t < •«-., there »•
knoW ,lulCf frequently insure» “ p«»or »tmolutely no rea-on f -r »«». I. » coume.
' pay” customer», whose “ claim” fall» Very few men are
c»rcum.t»me.| th .t
due as surely as that of a defunct policy j they cannot pay for what they want In
b'r our every-day in sp ectio n .
HOW THE BOOMERS SEE IT.
rrady money, but pwv at the end »4 cer
hohler.
Soox before th e close of C ongress, th e
S en ato r A lley’s usury law is a howl-
The credit system I" » village
_ id e a ;'ta
. in periods. The delnalw»
, »hat »«»«
bemocrata began th e w ar a g a in st th e , ing fraud. I t joovides th at
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frequently it bring« disaster even must run in debt until
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rhether
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weekly
or
monthly
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home-staying vlll tg*
'bcrnian silver coinage act, p ro v id in g ' in terest charged in excess ui
rate «hall be refunded, bat wbttb« ” > " re. n
^r i ,irUg.
• w b a ti
hvi.m.ly aiwunl, wbea It
1'r the purchase of a fixed a m o u n t of th e borrow er or the »tale wo have not tbe combination j-r«s
la remembered that the money r
,a(j,e, ’ drees g - > -
‘••ver annually by th e tre a su ry . S ena been inform ed. As th e law stand, if dotMnj{
tor M cPherson, a New Jerse y D em ocrat, com plaint is lodged with the proper ol-1 faant^ tfln know a good deal about the ran be uaml for the »«pen» « «4 the ron
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oduced in th e S en ate a resolution fleer, th
in excess of the
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uni I ...te c r ity <.f io ««t o l Ilia p»- ing week aa ra»dy ae f*>f
ratroduccd
is refiin«le«l and the l»eopl«- " »IL »numi« a i
,
(((<,, wlth -, h(. ..„.t..,,, ,,f g. sting credit I >i a « « ft-m«
•‘utborizing and d ire c tin g th e S e c re ta ry , r J ,°
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. . ttr io-«cutioii. trous. He likely went
»H« fraught »I»*» Unger} h», la U
nf ti...«
therefore foot' tho costs of pr
be treasury to suspend all p u rch ases ¡ t ¡H a i(ming ga,„e on the part of the ||ic n b ia fu||y conversant ritli every peri«
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e r r i e , . , it
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, he’’ ’i r f w n ä p "< I * ' 1'11"« '“ ’ O *"
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*oul«| have practically repealed the swing. To enforce the law is a If*« to
nee, ta d »i‘h«r »he r* * * * * * 11 tai-
man
berman a c t for th e p re sen t. S enator people and to ig n o re i t th e ! s r
evening in «W r « < i*O ,b w " bU
Î lor or the m«r» hant m uti •«**•'• Then
McPhenon b aw d h i . neliön upon th e P » )’» »'>’ u e u ry .-J u n c lio n « 'y
, w ke, U H o o tth a iro a k ly loid truth o< many
tiresul» t if - t thing» w ill
T he usury In * . before the |«t*»age
«alii
plank ui th e
a family
D einoeratic platform
hut;h a man rati manage acre
^ h t on eredM »hieb w«mW I* * « e
a ,e kill Xo. HO. p w ld e d tb at « ‘ 1 -
■'1 | «d a t th e C hicago convention s e n a te
-, b u .i, » . il - n r «“« < " 1 b' " " I « " - ' “ ’ 1
rt«m l <a»b bad U* U»
"bw h denouncea th e S h erm an hill as ! borrow er prove« I a greater am ount of i n - .
rn tiiat even be cannot. Ti»e ithout ll tl** •*
* <*o«ardly m a k esh ift” am i dem ands I tereat was taken lI,an th a t
i 7 r « d e of a village, ail tran»actcd iorthcomiog
•Js
tercet
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w hoit am
ount
should
of 3 a v
■'•¡»cal. " It was upon the strength