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About Cloverdale courier. (Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1915)
Cloverdale Courier PablislieU Every Friday by Frank Taylor, Editor and Publish ¿r. “ E n te r e d »8second-class m a tte r, Nov- ein b er 13ih, 190o a t th e post'office atC lo- verdale, T illam ook C ounty, Oregon, u n d er A ct o f C ongress, M arch 3rd, 1878, SUBSCRIPTION R a 'I'iS One Y ear, in a d v a n c e ........ ............... $1.0C Six M o n th s ............................................. .30 T h ree M o n th s.............................................. 25 Single C o p y .................................................. 05 A d v er tisin g R ates D isplayed A d v e rtise m e n ts, 50 cents per in c h 'p e r m o n th , single colum n. All ! ocal R ead in g N otices, 5 cents per lin e for each in sertio n . Fin".her la n d notices $ 10.00 H om estead notices 5.00 Political A n n o u n cem en t C ards $10.00 J ob D epartment My J o b D e p artm en t is com plete in every resp ect an d I am able to do all kinds C om m ercial J o b P rin tin g on short notice a t reaso n ab le prices. F R ID A Y . S E P T E M B E R 17, 1915 ER. BRYAN IN A SAD LIGHT. H e n ry B. Jo y , of D e tro it, M ichigan, in a p rin te d sta te m e n t a few days ago took accasion to dispose of W illiam Jen n in g s B ryan in th is m a n n e r: “ T h ere has n ev er been, it seem s, to m e, a m ore conspicuously disgraced m an since B enedict A rn o ld ’s d ay th a n Mr. B ryan. Mr. B ry an saw fit to d e se rt his post of d u ty , th e m ost im p o rta n t office n e x t to th a t of th e presidency itself, in a tim e of serious in te rn a tio n a l neg o tia tio n s, being carried on in an effort to secure peace an d respect to A m ericans. He saw fit to com pel us to show a divided fro n t to a possible enem y. Could such a desertio n of th e post of d u ty be called less th a n tra to rio u s to th e cause of A m erica?" Since -the ex p osure of A m bassador D um ba. th e A u stria n envoy, in his con spiracy to d em oralize U nited S tates in d u stria l in s titu tio n s, it has been d e veloped th a t M r. B ryan, th e n secretary of sta te , in form ed A m bassador D um ba, at th e tim e of th e L u sitan ia m assacre, th a t th e U n ited S ta tes would n ev e r'g o to w ar over th e m a tte r and th a t th e U nited S tates did n o t m ean w hat it said when it asked G erm an y for satisfaction, or words to th a t effect. B ryan was h o b nobbing w ith D um ba and D um ba was pu m p in g B ryan for all he was w orth, and was sending such in fo rm atio n as he could o b tain to th e V ienna governm ent which in tu rn tra n sm itte d th e sam e in fo rm atio n to B erlin. T his heretofore unknow n condition of affairs, now ex p lain s why G erm any took o u r L u sitan ia rep resen ta tio n s so lightly. I t h ad been led to believe th a t th e U n ited S tates was m erely bluffing and did not m ean w h at it said. N aturally G erm an y accepted th e inform ation as g en u in e and conducted her negotiations accordingly. It took m uch interchange of com m u n icatio ns to disabuse G er m an y 's m ind of th e genuine A m erican 8cntim n t . It would have been le t t e r for the U n ited S tates had M r. B ryan never been raised to th e ex alted position of secretary , and w hen he laid down his portfolio, it should have been an oc casion for m uch co n g ratu latio n . GOOD SEED. H onor must grow out of humil ity, freedom out of discipline, right eous joy out of righteous sorrow, true strength out of true knowledge of our own weakness and sound peace of mind out of sound contri tion.— Charles Kingsley. r O R E G O N S T A T E F A IR SALEM A n im a ls at P la y . W eek beginning S ep tem b er 37th “T h a t th e low er an im als do no t laugh, th a t they h av e no sense of h u mor, is h a rd to u n d e rsta n d w hen we think how thoroughly they love to play. F ro m th e hig h est to th e h u m blest they show th e k een est joy in sport, but they can n o t laugh. If they could per hups th e pow er w ould bring w ith It o th er m ental gifts, such as to upset th e w hole o rd er of tilings Be th a t a s it m ay, th e w a tc h er of w ild life n ev e r g ets used to th e sig h t of th eir m irth le ss sport, fo r In all o th er respects th e ir play Is ent irely hum an. “A g re a t deal of h u m an p lay is se rious—d esp e rately serious on tlio foot ball field and at th e c a rd tab le, espe cially w hen a lonely p lay er a t soli taire, fo r in stan ce, is try in g to ‘kill tim e.’ “I have w atch ed a g re a t ung ain ly hippopotam us try ing by th e hour to do the sam e solem n th in g —cuffing n cro quet ball b ack and fo rth from one end of his cage to th e other. H is keepers said theft w ith o u t th e p lay th in g th e poor caged g ia n t w ould fre t an d w orry him self to death. I t w as his gam e of solitaire."—D allas L ore S harp in S t Nicholas. Races, F at Stock, P o u ltry , A griculture H o rtic u ltu re , M an u factu rin g All th e activities we are in terested in will be re p resen te d I U e d u o e d R a i l r o a d Fare** from all points in Oregon Sale D ates, Sept. 23d to Oct. 2d T ickets lim ited to O ct. 6 th A ll t r a i n e d i r e c t t o t h e F a i r G r o u n d s Ask o u r local A gent for tra in schedules, and tickets. SOUTHERN PACIFIC John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland. A n Isla n d W ild e rn e s s . A ndros island, am ong the B aham as, is ninety m iles in length und tw en ty to forty miles in b read th , an d m o st of its ex ten siv e a rea has n ev er been ex plored. It is an unbroken w ilderness, inhabited solely by about 3,500 negroes. I t has g re a t forests, seldom p en etrated by w hite m en. but no re al effort has been m ade to exploit its resources. B re a k in g a M ass of Iron. A sim ple w ay of b reak in g a m ass of iron is explained by a n engineer. In a m ass tw o feet sq u are and four feet long he bored a p erp en d icu lar hole one Inch in d ia m e te r a n d betw een th ree an d four Inches deep. T h is h e filled w ith w uter and closed w ith an accu rately fitting iron b o lt One heavy blow on th is bolt broke th e m ass into tw o pieces. C o u rt T r a in s . A t th e coronation of Q ueen A delaide th a t lad y ’s tra in tore itself aw ay from th e bodice, ta k in g p a rt of th e la tte r w ith i t W hen E lizabeth of A ustria en tered P aris to m arry C harles IX. her tra in w as seventy feet long and g re atly adm ired by th e |>eople. E liza b eth o f Valois w ore a tra in six yards long, which w as carried a f te r her by g entlem en as she danced. Mary, queen o f Scots, is said to h av e w oru a tw elve y a rd tra in a t balls, also carried by u g en tlem an .—P all Mall M agazine. T h e J a w of an O tter. You can find an exam ple of n a tu re 's a d a p ta tio n of th e Jaw to use In the case of ce rta in carnlvorn, like th e ot te r—a big w easel th a t has acquired a q u a tic h abits. T he Jaw s of such b ea sts a re so fixed in th e sockets th a t THE SLAB CREEK SAGS SAYS dislocation is im possible. In som e In stan ces you cannot, even a f te r th e a n i A well know n le c tu ie r recently m a r m al Is dead, se p a ra te th e Jaw from the ried a su ffragette an d retires! from th e head. T h is a rra n g e m e n t is evidently p 'a tfo rm . Now he knows how it f**els designed to en a b le th e b ea st to bite to th e g re a te st a d v a n ta g e w ith o u t danger io lie th e audience. th a t th e ch ew in g a p p a ra tu s will com e C in tern ^ in sp ectors are patriotic. loose. T hey alw ays ga w here du ty calls th em . i,. List Your Property With Taylor Heal Estate Agency and let us hunt the buyer without expense to you until a buyer is found, and then only a reasonable commission. If ycu Want to bay a ranch see us. f Be,?w 7 11 bt; ----£------------------------- £---------------------------- found a few ot our tranv ranch bargains. Call and see what we have to of fer in money-making Nestucca Valley ranches. 80 acres near Meda for $35 an acre. Big ranch and stock, with good buildings at a bargain, now milking 30 cows and feed for 50. This is a $20,000 ranch but will be sold for less. Tell me how much you can pay down and we will give you time on the balance. We have one applicant who wishes to rent or will buy a good lease. 73 acre bottom land ranch, cleared and fenced, with good and barn, all stocked. Half cash, balance to suit at 0 per cent. $(>,500 required to handle this. The best email buy in the coantv. 8 0 acres, 85 acres cleared, on main county road. $ 1 5 0 0 down buys this and the balance at 6 per ct. Small house and fair hara. Some stock goes with this ranch. 160 acres, 30 acres meadow land small house and good small orchard, H miles to school, 5 acres good onion land, but only 4 of this is cleared, 5 cows go with ranch. Ask for particulars. $5,000; half cash; balance o yearsat 6 per cent. $5000 buys a well cleared and fenced ranch close in. $500 down, long time for balance. We have some choice buvs not listed here We want the exalusive right to sell your ranch and if you give us this we’il rustle for a buyer, but we cannot af ford to advertise for outside buyers unless we have the ex clusive sale of the property. TAYLOR REAL ESTATE AGENCY Cloverdale, Oregon.