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About Cloverdale courier. (Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1915)
Cloverdale Courier Published Every Friday by Frauk Taylor« Editor and Publisher. An Essay. W ritten by a pupil in th e Cloverdale High School. Outline— 1, startin g for berries; 2, •‘E ntered as second-class m a ile r, N >v- getting lost; 3, finding the old house; 4, etnber 1 3 th ,1905 a t th e post office at Clo going in and getting in the tra p ; 5, verdale, Tillamook County, Oregon, un- hearing ghosts; 6, th e escape. de'r Act of Congress, M arch 3rd, 1878. Ohe day I decided to go blackberry S u b s c r ip t io n R a in s picking in the woods near my hom e, so One Y ear, in ad v an ce........................ $1.0C taking a basket I started out. I did not Six M o n th s................... 50 Three M o n th s............................................ 25 have far to go but I d id n ’t find as m any Single C opy................................................05 berries as I expected eo I went farther in the woods. I kept going a little A d v e r t is in g R ates farth er but failed to find any berries. Displayed A dvertisem ents, 50 cents per Being rath e r discouraged I was going inch per m onth, single colum n. All r ocal Reading Notices. 5 cents per to sta rt home when I was startled a t the line for each insertion. fact th a t I did not know which way to go. Fini her land notices $10.00 But it was getting late in the afternoon Hom estead notices 5.00 Political A nnouncem ent Cards $10.00 and I knew I ’d have to go one way or the other so of couree J went th e way 1 J ob D epartm ent thought was right. My Jo b D epartm ent is com plete in every I walked and walked u n til I was respect and I am able to do all kinds nearly exhausted, when all a t once I Commercial Job P rinting on short came into a little clearing. In this notice a t reasonable prices. clearing was an old house. I t looked like it m ight have been a good house a t FRID AY . SEPTEMBER 24, 1915 one tim e but now it was only a ruin. The com m anders of subm arines are The roof had fallen in, th e windows suspicious of those wire nets th a t E n were broken and tall weeds had grown gland ha3 been hanging out in the up all around it. It did not look inviting but I went in channel. _________________ to see w hat was in it for finding it the An exchange says the hatching of way I did.aroused my curiosity. eggs by artificial h eat has been prac There was a hall through th e center ticed in C hina and Egypt since pre with two rooms on each side, all of historic tim es, huge brick ovens being which were em pty except for a few used in the la tte r country. pieces of old broken chairs and other furniture. A t the end of th e hall A woman told a divorce judge th at was a door. I t opened in a very dark her husband gave her a gold ring bought room, th eir being no way for light to a t a ten cent store. Until she found it come in only through a 6inall window out she was as m uch pleased as any near th e ceiling. woman. I t bears out the old saying I stepped in to look around and as I th a t where ignorance is bliss, it is folly did so the door closed w ith a bang th a t to be wise. The m istake m ade by the scared me alm ost out of my wits. husband was in letting his wife get wise. This m ade the room darker th an ever. I tried to open th e door but couldn’t. SOME" WAR' LESSONS Some of the lessons tau g h t by the I wondered w hat I could do. There I European war, w hich by the way are was fastened in a place like a dungeon n o t accepted as final by the U nited w ith no way to get out only by the States, are th a t treaties have no validity window up above my reach. I t was and can be broken a t convenience; th a t any th in g but pleasant. I began to th in k I m ust starve there sm all nations have no rights th a t great nations are bound to respect ; th a t a n a and the thoughts m ade me shudder. tion can reject arb itratio n and insist Then all a t once I heard a slight upon w ar, and still suffer nothing in the m ovem ent in th e room, then a faint estim ation of m ankind. groan. I was horrified. W as th is old house haunted? A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT H olding my breath I crouched down (John L. Stoddard) in a corner and heard someone say, “ We m ust place our hopes for the “ W ake up lazybones, you’ll be late for betterm ent of this world largely upon breakfast.” the rising generation. I t is chiefly a I opened mv eyes and found myself in m atter of education. E nlist the sym m y own room w ith the sun shining pathies of children in behalf of anim als brightly in th e window. In an instant and half th e battle is won and their fu I realized th a t it w as all a dream and tu re character determ ined. jum ped out of bed and began to dress. “ May we not Bee the day when ‘H u E th el M ewbiter—English A. m ane T re atm e n t’ umy have its chair in every university and when th e beauty THE SLAB CREEK SAGE SAYS and necessity of kindness will be ta u g h t in every school? There is no doubt H appy is the m an who lets himself th a t th e learning of facts may make the owe no m an and lets no m an owe him. intellect keen h u t m ay have no effect Tell a boy to do as he pleases and he w hatever upon th e m orals of the student. W ith o u t a wholesome ethical training will do it w ithout a m urm kr. we miss the most im p o rtan t asset of D eliberate long before doing what it l»oth family and state—a noble charac is im possible to undo. ter. The longer I live the more it seems Lots of m en who preach charity wait to me th a t there is but one great virtue for other m en to practice it. —kindness, and b u t one vice—cruelty. In th e last analysis everything re A bout th e only tim e a woman ever duces itself to these. overlaoks a bargain is when she selects “ To have m ade th is sad world h a p a |h usband. pier for any creature and to have re W hat a m other lacks in skill she lieved the sufferings either of helpless m akes ud in enthusiasm when she a t children or of our dum b faithful friends tem pts to clip her boy’s hair. in th is great realm which we could Many a man has discovered after m ix make so m uch less painful if we would, ing politics w ith his business th a t ha will he perhaps our surest passports a t Mas poor politics and no business. the gate of h eav en .” i — Panama-Pacific Exposition Is the Most Wonderful The Most Beantiiul The Most Im portant in History It is artistic, it is symetrical, it is world wide, it is complete. Only three months more will it be opened. No intelligent person can afford to miss the oppor tunity of visiting this exposition. Low Round Trip Fares to San Francisco on sale daily from all points It you contemplate a trip East you can travel through California in one direction at small additional expense. 10 Days at San Francisco and 10 Days at Los Angeles and 10 days at El Paso are allowed on all tickets to the East reading over the SOUTHERN PACIFIC Let our nearest Agent outline a trip for you. Our folders “Wayside Notes” and “California Ex positions” will be of interert. They are free. John M. Scott, Qeneral Passenger Agent, Portland. List Your Property With Taylor Real Estate Agency and let us hunt the buyer without expense to you until a buyer is found, and then only a reasonable commission. If you Want to buy a ranch see us. . BeI?w w,i11 b° ----£------------------------- £---------------------------- found a few of our many 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 stoek, with good truildings 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 6 per cent. $<),500 required to handle this. The best small buy in the county. 80 acres, 35 acres cleared, on main county road. $1500 down buys this and the balance at 6 per ct. Small house and fair bars. Some stock goes with this ranch. 160 acres, 30 acres meadow land small house and good small orchard, 1$ 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 5 yearsat 6 per cent. $5000 buys a well cleared and fenced ranch c I obu in. $500 down, long time for balance. We have some choice buys not listed here. We want the exslusive right to sell your ranch and if you give us tbis we’ll 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. I