V Cloverdale Courier Published Every Thursday Frank Taylor, Editor and Publisher. “ E n ters l as second-class m atter, Nov­ ember 13th, 1905 at the post office at Clo- verdale, Tillamook County, ©regon, un­ der Act of Congress, Maruh 3rd. 1878. S ubscription R at > cs One Year, in advance....................... $1 <00 Six M onths................................................ 50 Three M onths.. .........................................23 Single Copy................................................06 A dvertising R ates Displayed Advertisements, 50 cents per inch per month, single column. All j local Reading Notices. 5 cents per j li_ne for each insertion. Timber land notices $10.00 ' Homestead notices 3.00 Political Announcement Cards $10.00 : 9 1 J ob D epartment My Job Department is complete in every respect and I am able to do all kinds Commercial Job Printing on short notice at reasonable orices. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1910 Buenos Aires has a plan that is worthy of emulating. Every year Buenos Aires exempts from taxation the most beautiful building erected within the preceeding twelve month, and awards a medal to the architect. WANTS PRESS GOVERNMENTALIZED. i f Mr. Bryan wants a law to compel newspapers to give a greater space for m atters the government desires pub­ lished. Every newspaper is flooded now with requests for publitity from nearly every departm ent and official bureau, state and federal. Newspaper« receive from live to ten letters in a day’s mail setting forth the importance and value of services per­ formed by boards, officials and commis­ sions. Time taken to prepare all this matter, paper and postage, are all at public ex­ pense and increase cost of government and seek to expand public functions. High taxes, high cost of officialism, and constant increase of overhead ex­ penses largely are due now to govern­ mental press bureaus. Why should the newspapers be asked to run all this free of charge? THE SLAB CREEK SAGE SAYS i W ir e le s s M e s s a g e Cloverdale, Ore., Dec, 14, 1916. To the Bo}> and Girls of the Nestucea Valley: Dear Friends: I will be in Cloverdale, at the Cloverdale Mercantile (V s store, Saturday, December 23, 1916, from 10 o’clock a, m. to 10 o’clock p. m., with a present for every boy and girl living in the Nestucea Valley, lie sure and meet me there, Yours truly, Santa Claus, Notice for Publication. Oregon. Now therefore in sixty (60) days from tbs date of this notice it shall bo un­ lawful for stoci to run at large, under penalty of Ten (10) dollars for the first offense, and twenty (20) dollars for each and every subsequent offense, to be re­ covered from the owner of the stock in a civil action in the name of the State of Oregon before a Justice of the Peace in the district in which such owner or keeper or either of them may reside, and if there be no Justice of the Peace in such district, then before any Justice of the Peace in the County. Dated this 29th day of November, A. D. 1916 J. C. Holden, County Clerk. First publication Dec. 7, 1916. Last publication Dec. 28, 1916. ( pu b l ish e r ) 03895 But the ignorance of a lawyer isn’t bliss for his client. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. Beware of people whose politeness is U. 8. LAND OFFICE at Portland, Oregon, November 18th, 1916. excessive. N otice is hereby given that Augusta The average woman is vain enough to Fowler, of Beaver, Tillamook County, believe that she isn’t. Oregon, who, on August 14, 1913, made Men who speak before they think Homestead Entry NO.-03895, for e % of have occasion to make many apologies. se Vi, 8ection 34, tow nship 3 South, Range 9 West. W illamette Meridian, How many times hare you won out has notice of intention to make when invited to play iu another m an’s i final tiled three-year proof, to establish claim to the land above descrilied. before the game? Register and Receiver of the United No man has a right to expect his wife States Land Office, at Portland, Oregon, to be a good cook unless he is that kind on the 27th day of December, 1916. Claimant names as witnesses : of a provider. Notics. ! Ernest Ilaag, Arthur Haag, John Notice is hereby that, at the When a girl tries to dodge a kiss she Kumm, and Jacob Niklaus, all of General Election held given on November 7th, Beaver, Tillamook County, Oregon. manages to do it in a way that euahles Re-advertised notice. 1916, the question ot Stock running at her to catch it just where she wants it. N. Campbell, large in the Precinct of Union was Register. voted upon, and it appearing from said The spilled milk of human kindness is the only kind worth crying o< er. returns that a majority of all votes cast Notice. Notice is hereby given that, at the was against stock running at large, in A man is likely to save his religion General Election held on November 7th, said Precinct, Tillamook County, Ore­ and best suit of clothes for the Sabbath. 1916, the question of Htock running gon. One burlesque show will keep the large in the precinct of Cloverdale | Now therefore in sixty (60) davs from average man awake longer than a dozen at date of this notice it shall be unlaw­ was voted upon, and it appearing from i the for stock to run at large, under pen­ sermons. said returns that a majority of all votes ful alty of dollars for Nothing takes the ambition out of a cast was against stock running at large, the first Ten offenss, 10 and twenty man more effectually than an easy chair. .n said Precinct, Tillamook County, (20) dollars for each and every subsequent offense, to bo recovered from the owner of the stock iu a civil action in the name of the State of Oregon be­ fore a Justice of the Peace in the dis- tiict in which such owner or keeper or either of them may reside, and if there be no Justice of the Peace in such dis­ trict, then befere any Justice of the Peace in the County, Dated this 29th day of November, A. D. 1916, J. C. Holden, Codnty Clerk. First publication Dec. 7, 1916. Last publication Dec, 28, 1916. FRESH MEATS Call us by phone or see as if you have HI DES We pay top prices. GROVER WITT, Cloverdale, Ore