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About Cloverdale courier. (Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1917)
VOL. j 2. CLOVERDALE. TILLAMOOK COUNTY, OREGON. JANUARY 2ft, 1917 frfteen men to reap the same field?” long and carefully setting down the answer, and _ ! before when he handed in his paper this is what the examiner read: “ The tield THE REASON. having already been reaped by the Were you seasick coining over to twenty men could not be reaped by the England, Nellie? asked Mrs. Tinker of fifteen.” her new maid, who came from the Em erald Isle. “ Oi was tum ble sick coinin’ over, but The captain of industry was address never a qualm did Oi have goin’ back, ing the students of the business college. “ All my success in life,” he declared m um ,” replied the girl. ‘‘Indeed,” queried the mistress, ‘‘And proudly, “ all my enormous financial how do you account for that, Nellie? prestige, I owe to one tiling alone— “ Shure,” said Nellie, ‘‘an’ Oi nivver pluck. Just take that for your motto —pluck, pluck, pluck!” wint back, mum.” —Exchange. He paused impressively and a meek little student on the front row said : Johnny stood beside his mother as “ Yes, please tell us bow and »he made her selection from the buck- i whom diil sir, you but pluck.” ster’s wagon, and the farmer told the boy to take a handful of cherries, but child shook his head. ‘‘What is the Mrs. Jones rushed into her husband’s matter? Don’t you like them ?” asked office, wild with excitement. the huckster. “ Yes,” replied Johnny. “ Oh, Jo h n !” she cried, “ Norah made “ Then go ahead and take some.” John a mistake and tried to start the fire with ny hesitated, whereupon the farmer put gasoline!” a generous handful in the boy’s cap. “ (i-soline, eh?” said John calmly. After the farmer had driven on, the “ Did she get it started?” mother asked: “ Why didn't you take “ Get it started !” cried M-s. Jones. the cherries when he told you to?” “ Why, it blew her out of the window !” “ ’Cause his hand’s bigger’n mi.ie. “ Oh, well,” remarked the philosophic John, “ it was her afternoon out any The story is told of a reply given bv a how.” grammar school student to a question set in an examination paper: “ If twenty Said the teacher to the little Hebrew men reap a field in eight hours,” ran boy: “ Ikev, is the world fiat or round?” the question, “ how long will it take “ I ain’t needer vun, teacher,” said FIRED AT RANDOM! The student thought Be ‘Prepared to IVeether a Storm . BANKING BY MAIL Several of our customers are people we do not know by sight -though we have done business by mail with them for years. We believe we have given them satisfactory banking service and can give you the same satisfaction. Mail us Your Next Check or Checks It saves vou time, and TIME IS MONEY, especially at this season of the year. No need to come to the bank in person. SECURITY AND SERVICE Our Motto I I /TILLAMOOK T O • O •) NESTUCCA VALLEY BANK Cloverdale, 4 Oregon. « • a ■ » i C A O T U N t y BANK I L L A M O O K , OR E Ikev. “ But what is it?” asked the teacher in surprise, “ if it is neither round nor flat?” “ Yell,” said Ikev, with conviction, “ mine fader he says it vos crooked.” t lO those who w ish to get a better KO DAK this season, we have made arrange ments whereby we can take in a few good old stvle machines in trade on • new ones. i T T Congressman Hull, of Iowa, sent a franked envelope of free seeds to a con stituent, on thecorner of which were the usual words, " Penalty for privrte use $:i00.” A few days later be received a letter which read : “ I don’t know what to do about those garden seeds you sent me. I notice it is $.100 fine for private use. 1 don't want to use them for public. 1 want to plant them in my private garden. I can’t afford to pay $J00 for the privilege. Won’t you see if you can fix it so 1 can use them privately? I am a law-abid ing citizen and do not want to commit any crim e.” The usual penalty for planting “ free” seeds from the government is a bum crop. Tillamook, After all life aint so bad when you think uv how many symptoms we have and how few diseases we actually git. The Cloverdale Courier $1 a year FIRE! HINGS may be going well with you today. You may have a line position. Your business may be prospering. You may be in the full vigor of youth and health. Of course none cares to look on the dark side. Rut it always is well to he prepared for a change in the tide. The greatest prep aration is a healthy hank account. Drop in and see us about an account. We’ll gladly talk it over. NO. 26 9 'Kotoß ££eamn<$ anfc | (Repatrmg* c. I. C L O U G H , RELIABLE DRUGGISTS - Oregon. FIRE! FIRE! The Havoc of Flame may bring disastrous reminder too late. Protect yourself and your family. Assure yourself of a roof over your head. If the present home is consumed our word as fire insurer« and our deed will replace the old with a new one. A few dollar» every three or five years will insure you way up to ihe final notch of pro tection. Phone Us Call on Us Write Us NATIONAL BUILDING, TILLAMOOK ROLLIE W. VV A T g Q N The Insurance Man