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About The West. (Florence, Lane County, Or.) 1890-1921 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1899)
U [ A D V E R T IS E R S 4 TH E W EST L Y O U R HO HE PAPER 1 I SUPPORT 1T< « X lî> S IÜ S L A W 8 0 N L 7 PAPES. O P P O R T U N IT Y » a . r NO. 30. FLORENCE, OREGON, FRIDAY, Nov. 21, 1899. VOL. X. G E N E R A L directory TR AVELER S* GUIDE. S T A T E O F F IC E R S - STEAM E TRAVELERS* GUIDE M A R G U E R IT E , o ---- W ill m a k e --------- o . . T. T. Geer. R E G U L A R D A IL Y F . I. Dunbar. ----- B etw een — F. S. Moore. jre»»lirBr.............. t ,r , i B„nt Public Instruction J. II. Ackerman E Printer........................ W . H . Leeds. Governor.............. Secretary oí S'nte Steamer Robarts | W ill make regular trip s front T R IP S Florence mil Beafl of Tide. Florence to Yaquina Calling a t A LSEA . A nd 90fS¥0UP\ Bacii Ache? from In constant pain when onl L o u r feet ? » ' Is that dragging, pulling’ sensation with you from morn till night ? Why not put tho medicine exactly on the disease ? Why knot apply the euro right to. ¿the spot itself ? FERTILE PORTO RICO THE ISLAND IS AS BEAUTIFUL AS IT IS PRODUCTIVE. It Has T h lrte e a H nadaed W e a lth o f Veaetatlo«. H ig h ly C «IU »a b U Boll aud Vast DepaelU at H la a ta le —F»W R e p tile ., but M any Ineeotfc 1 -4 Knocked. Off The price of all Men’s and Boy’s Suits. Mr. Frederick A. Ober, lnte oommU- ticner in Porta Rico of the Colombian »Hxvrition, oontributea to Tba Century THE STEAM ER Calling_at the UMPQUA. •n article on “ The Island ot Porta r.ioo.” Mr. Ober gaya: Ia,ke Second D istrict. .J . W. Hamilton For passenger and freight rates In the extremo northeaat ntefl the prosecuting A ttorn ey. .Geo. M. Brown highest peak of the oentral oordlllera — APPLY TO — in the Luquillo sierra, known os “ Kt You can do it with Yunque.” or “ The A n v il,” variously Florence, O r. W ill carry freight and passengers M eyer & Kyle, estimated at from 8,600 to 4,600 feet in C O U N T Y O F F IC E R S - from Florence to San Francisco. height. Tho h ills are of l e w elevation toward the west and southwest, but C S -jA -P U D I J S T E r t W ill also bring up freight the wholo north central country Is rug Judge...................... ged aud uneven. Between the g|>nrs «»» S T A G E L IN E . ,.W . T. Bailey from the main range lie Innumerable Commissioners j .......... II. D. Edwards F or further information inquire •deluded valloyg, whore tho null la of groat fertility. The luipregelve features — OF — Stage Leaves Steamboat Landing on of tho landscape are tho rounded Kum- A. W . BEA D LE & CO. W . W . Withers mits of the multitudinous hills, w h ic h the Umpqua for Florence Saturdays. lenvo the coast in constantly rising bil 14 California St, Returning, Stage Leaves Florence lows that dually break against the cor . .D . P. Burton Assessor. ........................ San Francisco, California. dillera vertebra; yet aU are cultivable, Sundays. and cultivated to their very crests, ßchool Superintendent. ...W . M. Miller though tho higher moantalu peaks are Extra Trips When Necessary . ..C. M. Collier forest olad. Charges Reasonable. W . P . Cheshire L e Moro than 1,800 streams. It Is said, H 0 “ Coroner............................ of whioh number perhaps 40 or 60 at ..C . If. Holden justice of P oace............ tain to the dignity of rivers, rise in the SU BEM E, Constable........................ . . . E . A. Evans liills aud seek the ooosts, most of them Lane County, Oregon. running northerly, though the boat har X,. bors are fn the west and south. But Immediately after tho notwithstanding tho great rivse flow C IT Y O F F IC E R S . »Plaster is applied, ycu ieclf Occupied. CHECK N EEDED A 8TA M P. iwrtions of tho island in tho southwest E. B angs, Proprietor. 'it.» warming, toothing in-, iuo alllicted w ith , drought at times, “ Now, atxiut the w ay they are run Stage leaves Eugene on M on- m W | M G I r l H a d W « re b«» O » ~ © ta P r e s e n t ................... W . H . Waatlierson ftiuence. Its healing reused leaf owing ta tho prooipitatiou of tho north- ning thia w ar,” began tho man who A b»w t o t « a . T » days, W ednesdays, and F ridays a t N oast “ trades” against thenorthoruhilla usually has n great deal of tim e on his I quickly penetrate down deep 0 . W. Hurd Boeno— A down town bank. 6 a. m. arriving at Florence the The higher h ills are olothed fn the into the inflamed tissues. band,u .. . a la I, Win. Kyle S " W ill you cash that, please»” exuberant aud diversified vegetation o. “ I ’ve got no time to talk about It, day following a t 10 a. m. Pain is quieted, soreness ia re Jioard of Trustees J. W. Carman “ Oortainly, but it requires a teamp. the tropical forest, where tree ferns answered Farmer Corntossel, who was R etu rn in g stage leaves Florence lieved and strength imparted. M. Morris ” A w h«t?” flourish, aud great gum trees aud moun figuring on a piece of brown paper w ith P u llm an M ondays, W ednesdays, and F ri Ns piaster was ever made like it. “ A stamp, a bank check stomp. U p tain palms tower a lo ft A t lower lev«ls the stump of a lead pencil. No planter ever acted so qnickly Sleeping C ars days at 2 p. m. arriving a t Eugene Recorder.......... ___ John I. Butterfield nre the cedar and mahogany, walnut here in tho corner.11 “ But the board of strategy” — and thoroughly. No fluster ever th e following day a t 9 p. m. ..................F. B. Wilson “ I can’t help IL It wasn't none of aiul laurol, w ith many others noted for “ Does it?” had su.h complete (.octroi over ¡.It Treasurer---- E le g a n t their useful woods. Throughout tho m y doln’s In the first place. I ’ve got to ••T e a ” kinds of pain. ............G. C. Cumpton Marshal............ D in in g Cars “ Well, why don’t you put It onf” island are found those trees and shrubs figger ont how to nuike $1.76 profit out - 15.00 Placed over the chest, it is Single fare - - " W eave not the ones to pnt It on. valuable for their gums, as the mamey, of the city people that's couiin here to a powerful aid to A yers T o u ris t B ound trip - - - - $9.00 guaiucum and copal, w h ile the list of pay |7 a week an calculate just how Tho person who draws the ehook stamps Cherry P ectoral; relieving Sleeping C ars T ickets for sale a t E . Bangs S E C R E T S O C IE T IE S . medicinal plants Includes most of thoso, much canned vegetable«, dried beef an IL” congestion and drawing out livery barn, Eugene, and a t O. W. “ W hat’s it for?” invaluable ta our pharmooopmias, oouilensed milk we can get 'em to take ST. PAUL all inflammation. which tropical America has given to w ithout kickin. I ’vo no time to think - ’’It’s a war ta x .” H u rd ’s office in Florence. M IN N E A P O L IS “ How funny I Does the government » or »»in hy ai . i , parooiRTR. tho world. Those are the silveotres. na about any board of strategy. My tim e s l F A A. M. Florence Lodge No. 107. .1 C. ATl’K 6 ).. LcwoJ. Mn»». ture’s w ild children, but of cultivated completely tuck np w ith th s strategy expect to carry on the war w ith usy D U L U T H ______________ I , Regular soininiinication on second poor little 8 oonts?” plants there is no species peculiar to board. ”— Washington Star. ind fourth Saturdays In each month. A lex. Patterson, M . D. FA R G O ________ “ Yes, w ith yours and othesu. the tropics that does not flourish here E . W . Conn, IV . M. g r a n d f o r k s “ But I haven’t any stamp. I’v s bets» TO lu the littoral levels, botwoea the Mitigating ClrtminitaneMb G ardiner, Oregon. I, I. B uttebfield , Secretary. C R O O K S T O N ___ mountaius end tho sea, grows the sug Pale, yet firm, the young recruit out of town and didn’t know aboat Ins ar c»uto, whioh may be cultivated np to stood before the court martial, charged la w .” W IN N IP E Q _____ “ It wasn’t necessary to know It nnttt General Lyons Post, No. 68 an altitude of 8,000 fe e t It was intro w ith an attempt at desertion. The gris- I A. R. second and fourth Saturdays Special attention to Diseases o f H E L E N A »»d ____ duced hero from Banta Domingo, hav sled officer in command a»ked him not you drew ths oheck. ” I, meets sect— "How ridlcnlousl And y«m WSR^ « • ing been brought to America either unkindly if ho bad anything to say. ( each month at 1:30 p. m. tho Eye. BUTTE S. B. C olvin , Commander. from Spain or the Canuriea The annu “ Only th ia your honor,” the young me have m y mcnsy until X put nstan tp J. L. F urnish , Adjutant. al yield of sugar la estimated at about man answered, relapsing into civilian ip tfoft ooraorT*9 “ We ara obliged to inabt that the Ua notaries . 70,000 tons TO forms of speech. " I happened to re Iu these fertile lowlands also tobacco member that I bad let the gas turned on CHICAGO IS J U S T does exceedingly w ell, and the annnul in my flat when 1 started to the front ' " “ Supposing I g lv s you 1 I O .U . W . Perpétua Lodge, N o . 131, W A S H IN G T O N k .t w ill do. dnJ* I meets ^ e r y 1st and 3d productioa is said to be quite t . 000,000 __Olnciunati Enquirer. W HAT “ I’r That w ill A. R. B U T T O L P H , P H IL A D E L P H IA “ But I haven’t cents,** pounds. It may be cultivated on the acb month. Montoers » Pnr,Hallv THE hills, but the true mountain lover la ths “ Perhaps you irethren in good «tandm gi M HU Veracity. N EW YORK nvited ta attend. A. O. F dnkb , m . coffee, which does not do w ell below somebody.” W O R D “ E d w in ,” protested his w ife, “ you B O S TO N A N D A L L 600 feet aud le at its t<est 1,000 feet . G. K notts , Recorder. “ Perhaps I could—of you. IlM P L IE S . “ A s a n — i— I o o u ld a t ~ P O IN T S E A S T a n d 8 O U T H abovo tho sea. It w as first brought hors smoke too much. That’s the second pips O r e g o n you ’ve smoked since breakfast, now noe. any snoh tm ussotiou.’’ from Martinique in 1788, aud now 0 . 0 . F. H eceta Lodge No. I l l .meets For in fo r m a tio n , tim e ca rd s, m ap« a n d tic k e ts F l o r it?” “ Dear.dear. How ridiculously ut yield» to tho extant of IT,000 tons an hm’t , every Wednesday evening in Lodge e tc ., c a ll on or w rite “ Leona,” he ropliod solemnly, “ you tick et T on nually. Maia«, the true Indian oom, Is i t ia Here, I have a [all, Florence, Oregon. Brothers fr o n t fc«»w I am incapable of a lie. I t isn't F R A N K B. W IL S O N . R .M c MURPHEY, It iudigenone, as is the yucca, the aborijt- the second pipe, but tho samo one I t»ku It for 6 oeott and gtvusM ood standing invited to atten . G eneral A f u t . R oom s 2 and 4 S h elto n B lo ck . S. J. Seymour, N. u . obange, W ill you»“ ual “ staff of life ,” and both grow ev indicate« after breakfast. I swear it I” erywhere, aa w ell as tho plnoapplo, "Yea," EU G EN E, OREGON. W . H . Weatherson, Sec. And so it wss. but h e bad filled It _ the «tate Then ah« w ent s w u y w t a u hstaht which is more reliable and more uni ■nite. She had oteas«« u « m M oh ^ U A. D- C H A R L T O N , versal then the peach of our north tent tw ins.— Vim. of the tension at a glance. FLORENCE. - - “ OREGON AsKiutant G eneral Passenger A£e n t » O. O. F. Maple Lodge No., 139. ^ e t | sent by calUug th« votalo of tho ttekst * nerato zona Cotton and rice are found 256 Morrison 8 t , Cor., 34. A nd R . W m T h e ir O uett. Its use means time saving . every Thursday evening in e n t e —Cleveland Plata r at nearly atl elevations, the latter, P o r t l a n d , O r . W eary W illie—They w as a time, (all, Seaton, Oregon. Brothers m good u a a * and easier sewing. which is the chief food of many labor friend, when 1 hud rnore’u a thousand tanding iuviled to attend. ers, being what la known as the moun I t ’s our own invention W illiam B bynd , N . G. FLORENCE, OR. men workin for me. J. F. TANNER, prop . tain variety. P hil . N icolle , s e c . and is found only on the Tired Tim— You look like a man that Bananas and plalntalne are wosrderf o i § § Lookout—I have tho 1------------- . ever had control of a thousand laborers I § f ly prolific, bearing fmlS ia ten months _jat two Spanish warships are ap Weary W lllle—l didn’t say they w as from planting. The plants virtually __ . laborer*. They was taxpayers.— Stray proaching. C H U R C H D IR E C T O R Y Sampson—Ensign Smith, take u yaw l last 60 years, being equally long lived Of Eugene, Oregon LI Storios. ____ _ »».I eight men and destroy those vessate w ith the cocoa palm, whioh produces A Theory. uuts in six or seven years and there OM LAMIA C A P I T A L (PAID UP) 1RES B YT E RI AN C HU RC H, " M lk u ” said Plodding Peto, "how is Scout—desierai, 1 havu the honor to after during the space of an »d in ary Oregou. Sabbath service: ------ Sabbath . -J life. Its yield boing reokoned at 100 It dat some o’ dose people kiu work day report a Spanish foMteof shout U.Q0Q, EV E R Y T H IN '« FIRST-CLASS. w E BROWN, President. m oi,"» o'clock a. ni. „( uuts a year. Tho annual product of after day on never seoiu to feel It?” rapidly approach!«!» W e have other striking1 B . D . PAINE. V ite P r e,W en t. lock a. ni. and 7 p. m. "Sabbath of “ W ell,” replied Meandering M ike, bananas is given as 800.000,000 and ot ‘ier—Corporal Brown, tako M Bhafto ’ Lord’s supper on 1st - 9 ° ^ , . P . W . OSBURN, C a sh ie r. Siæcial Attention to Commercial improvements that appeal to ciicounut» 3,000,000. The entire range reflectively, ” I s ’po»« dey is started in | men aud dispone tho W . VV. BROW N, A , s t C ash ier. uuary, April, July a services, the careful buyer. Send for of tropical truite is represented hero, young an gets to be Immune* ’’-W a s h -1 New Urteane erybody i s welcome to all the se >c • » Travellers. • * such as tho guava, lime, orange, agate Ingtou Star. , J our elegant H . T. catalog. star requests Christians d ir ec to r s cate, eapodllla and avocado pear, w hile smselves k n o w n ^ Pagtor. P W OSBtTSM, b 1> F A IN E , VV E BROW N, C o o lin g . nil subtroplo vogriabloe may he raised, n V P A IN E , J K R OBINSON, J B B A R B U , W hite S ewkü M achine C o . including thoso of tho south temperate "M y heart is on fire," ho cried as he W W BROW N. rone, »ui-h, for instance, as ar-j -rowu dropped to his knees before tho beauti D , w . B TIBB E N 8, Proprietor. Cleveland, Ohio. « in Florida. ful maiden. A G e n e ra l B a n k in g B usiness atto rneys Tho minoral kingdom has not been “ W ell.” »ho ooolly replied, they F lo r e n c e O reg o n , so oxhanattvely exploited as the vegeta keep splendid ice cream soda junt around Transacted co Favorable Terms For gale by W hite Hewing Machine ble, but more than traces hove been the ooruer. ” —Chicago N ew s Tables furnished w ith all th e D ra ft, issu ed on th e p rin cip a l e lU e * o l th e ! Company, San Francisco. found of ooppes, coal and iron, as well A. C . W O O D C O C K , U n ited S ta te ,: o lso e x c h a n g e lu r n k h e d a v a il as vast deposits of salt. The rivers nt A lw ays. delicacies of the season. Give us a b le lu a ll fo r e ijn co u n trie s. one time ran to tho sea over bods of Browne— Did you ever know of an Interest re lit on tim e d c |» ) « if . ì golden sand, end from tho streams to inttauco whoro tho i>urt was (greater » “ " ’ooT v a u lt tor th e storage o t v a lu a b le a call. day (as in tho neighboring island of than tho wholo? I ha.1 hten a snffcrer tee i u gen e, • O reSon from m uiuinnssswjth, all ite Santo Domingo, where the first Ameri pac o n e e u o .„ receiv e our prom pt a tten iio n . ♦ ♦ * * • Towna—Uh, yes. The star’» part in “ “ ' S Ï Ï Â » “ .îS t v - Æ ♦ * • • can gold was discovered» »iie natives a drama. — Brooklyn Life. Pishes, lifci Lexiugton y v s.. car- R oom » 7 a n d 8 M<¡ i* 7 t o u a a n d p r í Sciai a it a n d o li g iv e n to c o llo e tlo u » a . waali out nuggets by »be crude proo- . .'T R Y THE J*ita I M A R IO N MORRIS Pro p. te b u sin e s^ esscs of that distant day when Aguey- sixnrlns Thalr Tru. Colors. ' K W HMIE ” SEWIM « M M E . i j cen ts uabu wont prospecting w ith his tales " N o wonder the Bpuuianls are cow T w e n t* ¡¡lie « W est Shaving friend, Leon. ll-uu, * l ’onco de —— ards. ” B . O. P O T T E R as “ Hair C utting There ore no native quadrupeds hers Eugene. "H ow ’s that?" larger than the agouti and tbo annadil- | "W hy, even their flag is fu ll of yel lowing your advice I was so suausre y d as “ Razor Honed ................A tto rn ey -a t-L a w .. that I took «V« more botttea, and then lo, but birds are relatively numerous, low streaks. ”— V tin. •3 “ S cisso rs Oround stopped fix several weeks sa I fan so w ith a few of fine song and some of | eogxne , orkgon . m ^ H I« tte r . but still I was ned nsm- brilliant plumage. A ll domestic fowl ■ n .tta » . ^M ely fu v n i 1 oaiiiniisinsd taking H O m c a A t t h e C ou rt R on»«. jr io r o n o a : O regon do w ell here, and tho great pastures of . Merit«— I am going to marry a man •gain and fett Üiat I was improring __ and felt that I wss tmpro the northeast and southeast suppott rust who draws beautiful pictures. fZnar than at first. I am not now cress herds of cattle snd homos, which sufflos and irritabte, and I bare a g o c l cotar in Gertie—Thnt's nothing I »hall marry E . E . B E N E D IC T , not only for tlic needs of the isteml, but a man who draws a pension.—Town my face: have also gained about to il ■ are exported to all parts of the Wett poutvît m wright and öh / ÄJMKW« Topics. _ . T T O R N S T Y - A ' T - LxA V Z fon n di r>f comfort, for I a n a now I Indies, being held iu high esteem. i Money Saved wovnnn one« more ®nd 7°’“ ’ K u tb l.S «1 C otaparUen. Thore are no poisonous reptiles to be By F lo re n c e . : : Oregon. , fonred, but insects of questionable obar- kit»» Huuiiuit— Dw yuu tbink your your * Favorite Prescription ’ »* . ... _____.s .k s .x » rem« Inilff I [ actor are too numerous tor «.m fort brother is sulTiriug much in the army? of it, coopted wish tbe ’r i—Miil Psllett P atron izing it. wbteh W not to be dkyenred wWi. X This island Indeed were a pursdnw Mine Palisade— Gh, no. Ilo camped Vx.k eight twttles of the • Bressrinttoo PASÇARST8- »WS I O » Ä 6 0 YEAftO* w ithout them; even with tte-in the oat w ith us alt last summer.— lk sok lyn the last time, making NsttSSSO te «H. EXPERtENCE ________________ ’Ä 'S f b t e t t t n oru i or Inhabitants seem to experience llttlo Prop and will not take any more unless jo o Lila. __ a o i i o . toy D . | rd , M i s a Oeo. Hale so advise, tor I do ntd «es an I trouble Tho worst of theso are tho A C n o f T->oeb. scorp'"!'*. centipeds. tarantula», wasps, CENTRALLY LOCATED. mosquitoca some species of auta. tick*, Tramp— I've RC-t sm allpox G ive uh • j U i î K O FREE SAM PLE ROOM S. chtgoea and fleas The beat of a tropical » bob IT UH tota li yer. BhOWtof tht Af 8w <lt—D a Put rotir non* ne,alu*t | olinuitc like that of PcMto Hico, which, ferent «tr»«« •’ * « Ü ( «I I though rarely exceeding UUdegr,».. is my flat, l'ko th is and t h i s —Pick Me 8 ’ » .v sT h j; ■ I matte* — Sew‘° n g « ,i ‘ ¿ S i r e p a r c h . « .a y Mter. D esiu n s continnoua, is conducive to the breed . U p . _________________ F IR S T -C L A S S . x \ ’ < <' r VMVVV ’ C O PV O IOMT * ^ ^ . ing of Insect pests of «11 sorts TSEKEW R K W W It t M K * » Attorney General D. R. N . Blackburn / ( .................. R R .S S . Bean Ituun ____ r<Aiirt < ................ F . A. Moore guprem - ( . . . ,C. É. Wolverton Florence to Coos Bay L U E L L A D R Y GOODS, BOOTS A N D SHOES are sold cheaper in our store than any other I ’' store in the County. H. H. Barrett, Prop’r, s er Toe c o n v i n c e d . N ORTHERN Pacific, Ry. J. V . KaufEmaij.- EUGENE-FLORENCE STAGE LINE. R U a * \A Tension Indicator THROUGH TICKETS 1 8 Notary Public, Surveyor NOTARY PUBLIC. * EUGENE Loan s Savings Bank WW San ach- aya, ilea \tlR- acoç cred nail y of 80 y to ir in Sow oon- ttars over Mel- , lot it 88 w ill The oko- ailes med n 18 f»ya lomo laya luya burg Xarla land & «lays iR io nlloa ixau- Now iaya W hite Sewing Machine» . MORRIS ••• HOTEL, |>R PH P.l ' l S l>A < >! >i f I l’P.E5Œ II’ l IOS T o n s o r ia l P a r lo r s . Attorney at Law E lk P r a ir ie H otel. ON EUCENE AND FLORENCE STA C E R O UTE. TAPEÄ WORMS NWTC Anyona M ndlu* » xni frno. olJest • » * • ' •n«» "■ »•- jv i - r * t » n u toSrn ih r m a h M ir n A eo- — — iWrlol n o fi« . « I ll-r u t ch jrga. In til» SdwtHif Hwcrica«., A fcundenvnely »Hnutrafed T^rinl. W • halation of nn< «scienii®« ViVTln i — i fowr ntontke. |L MW br •> J T l.a lr » a y CNma riy. HOTEL EUGENE. * « -* ■ * A -“ FOR SALE B* E O h L g N S S C E B k O S * .^ - ^ , Good deulrrs walrted in every town. to $2.CO PER D AY . Write f»r prices aud terms to ban H sn R ATES »1-W O R E G O N - *Ufcu,Dal, > E U G E N E - CURI I0-T0-BA6 T, rblMT«. r*^» »a* « str» « ^ rër lan't much comfort in de ro Ryo—Spanish 4s «wo not very p»pn- dât contentment is better dan ter now. ’’ said Unete Bben. "One la tea1 Alto__T7o. Thi w»mandolín quartette» aa bahd ta g it as ds other, " w have petered out.— Law York Jouni»» WsMiiugtou Su r. si< kw onicn W T J .l.. « dally *<*» Ite »h or, r and. f ” lu