4 r Published Every Thursday Errak Taylor., Editor and Pub - vBidftl« der Ac © El • S u b s c r ip t io n R a i tc .. 0 0 5 5 INI IG t I T _ • I Congress, M arch 3rd. 1878. On« Y ear, in a d v a n c e .......... in t h e d ©atei ty i i r s i t A d v e r t is in g R ate « r 1 r lirie for each insertion. T im ber lan d notiees H om estead notices Political A n n o u n c e m e n t C ards i *- — __________ _ NDW P A T i CRN C A N T C R N m J ob D e p a r t m e n t W e a r e s h o w in g a s p e c ia lly lin e L a n t e r n \ notice a t reasonable prices. for t h e d a ir y m a n . T H U R S D A Y . OCTOBER 5, 1916 e ig h t - in c h Deeds speak louder th a n words. 1 words echo a n d re-echo u n til th e y w in th e far d is ta n t. Action is a m m e n t t h a t lives on an d on. An or ization w ith a high n a m e t h a t accomp- c m iplish so m eth in g w orthy of note, he i t of little or gre at im p o rtan ce , a n d th e fo undation of m o n u m e n ta l glory has been s tarted . T here is m u c h to be done in every co m m u n ity a n d it requires o r g anization to successfully b ring results. T h u s th e fo rm ation of business m e n ’s 7 7 iis L a n te r n h a s a n b a se , w in d - p r o o f a n d 1 2 q u a r ts o f o il. A b s o lu t e ly sa fe . h o ld s • ;u la r P r ic e ©1.50 S p lecial p ric e ©1.10 form er has recently betui organized in K t * our neighbors, b u t to b ette r conditions in o u r e n tire su rro u n d in g s, broad a n d far reach in g . Of necessity, an d to show' o u r good fa ith , we m u s t begin in te rn a l im p ro v e m e n ts before beckoning beyond o u r vision to t h e co m m u n itie s more d is ta n t. S om ething m ust be accom p lished. we m u s t do so m e th in g t h a t th e populace can look to w ith a reasonable a m o u n t of pride before we can look for recognition from our neighbors. T he Nestncca Valiev Business M e n ’s C lub, organized to assist every part of th e Nestucca Valley, yet c e n trally located a t Cloverdale. should and m u s t m ake an effort to b e tte r cond itio n s in its own locality before it can hope to be recog nized beyond t h e scope of its own echo ing. I t m u s t begin its work of doing so m e th in g along som e line a n d th e c o m m e n c e m e n t m ust be at once else it will fail before its organization is fairly com pleted. Action is w h a t is d e m a n d ed of every in s titu tio n and of every in dividual in th e in th e busy walks of life, a n d if inaction will e x tin g u ish th e last spark of our g re a t in stitu tio n s w ha t c h i n c e has a young struggling org a n iz a tion unless it abo u n d s w ith perfected ideas and a force to p u s h th e m over any obstacle th a t m av be found. f Cloverditie Mercasitile Co. road and delay in opening it to public THE SLAB CREEK SAGE SAYS All women are consistent, b u t th e m a trav e l works a h a r d s h ip on travelers. jority of them refuse to work a t it. W ishing to be len ien t with th e con Seine people are purse-proud because Once in a while a lazy m a n looks for trac to rs we would urge th a t th e men be they h av e n ’t a n y th in g else to be proud followed th e 20 days for th e com pletion a job out of idle curiosity. of. of t h e road, but we c a n n o t see sufficient Don’t keep a leap year girl w aiting Shortly after a w om an succeeds in reason why it should be closed to travel for an answer. She m ay have a n o th e r any longer, The co n tractors certainly en g agem ent in view. getting a mini to say t h a t he loves her ( ca n n o t object since t h e c o u rt has been A woman does as she pleases before she begins to find him u n in te re stin g . 90 len ie n t in regard to th e tim e limit, m arriage, a n d after m arriage h er bus- No doubt m ore young m en would be i T he excuse offered for keeping th e road b rnd does as she pleases. able to earn their own living if th e y did 1 closed is to give th e contractors full Occasionally riches fiv aw ay from an sway on t h e road and no t be hindered no t have rich and foolish fathere to s u p by team s a n d m ach in e s going and com h o n est m an a n d roost on th e perch p o rt them . ing. T h e operators on th is road are erected by t h e o th er fellowr. Struggling to get rich quick keeps now only using th re e tra c k s a n d as the One of th e unsolved m ysteries is how m any a m an poor. haul is a long one th e opening of the toad to trav e l would not result in much two men car. exchange u m brellas in t h e Nothing ever takes such a hard fall annoy a n ce to the contractors. We would d a rk and both in v aria b ly get th e worst ou t of worry as h a rd labor. urge t h a t th e road be i m m e d ia t e l y , of it. You can save a lot of carfare by let- th ro w n open to travel, t h a t enough rigs j I t ’s a n easy m a tte r to convince th e ; ting your th o u g h ts travel for you. T h e Sour G rass road w as visited by m ight pass over it th is y ear to give it a average wom an t h a t her h u s b an d is t h e C ourier editor on t h e 6th of October No man ever got a pain in his hack little ad v ertising to increase th e tourist always rig h t—except when he is a rg u «□d th e editor was told by the men h a v travel n ex t year. from carrying his n eig h b o r’s burdens. ing w ith her. ing th e work in charge t h a t th e rocking Some men are so m ean th a t they r e Love and logic are seldom on s p e a k would be com pleted in 20 days. We are fuse to let th e ir wives have t h e la s t ing term s. inform ed t h a t th e re is still a mile or FRANK TAYLOR, less of road to he rocked and it looks Before giving advice t h e wise m an word. now as if the road would be com pleted Manv a censervatiye m an loses his prepares to dodge the consequences. Notary Public in th e tim e specified bv these m en, m oney on a sure th in g because he is O ur worries would be few if it w a sn 't how ever, t h e c o n tra c t tim e has long afraid to take chances. . Cloverdale, Ore. ! for tb e t lings t h a t never hap|>en. passed. This is an im p o rta n t piece of