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
th
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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«
tlM»
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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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o f ‘ ; l^w
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w hoit am
ount
should
of 3 a v
■'•¡»cal. " It was upon the strength