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About Cloverdale courier. (Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1917)
CLOVERDALE COURIER to do. L aboring under a false im p re s sion at w h a t th e people of th e l in led States stood for, he signed his own po litical d e a th w a rra n t in the last hours of the 64th congress. N either of these men can get back to “ Entere«! as»ecoml-claae m a tte r , Nov- th e high position in public esteem they enttb«- 13th. '90S at the postnffice utC'lo- v^rtlala Tillamook County, b>regon,un- formerly occupied. They alone have d w Act of Congress, March 3rd, 1878. j been at fault for their undoing. Pablished Every Thursday Freak Taylor, Editor and Publisher. S ubscription R at is THE SLAB CREEK SAGE SAYS * Year, in a d v a n c e .........................|1.0C i M o u th s ..................................................fto T bie e M onths. ..........................................25 It is b etter to be slow to anger th a n Single Copy ............................................. Oft ; handy with a six-shooter. S Bruises should be judged solely by A dvertisin g Rvrtcs Displayed A dvertisements, ftO cents per | th e way w hich they were obtained. incLi per m onth, single colum n. All lo c a l Rending Notices, ft cents per sile n t c o n te m p t is responsible for line for each insertion. m any an undelivered blow. Tim ber land notices 110.00 Hom<?Stea.d notices ft.00 Many a m a n ha s lost lots of money Political A nnouncem ent Cards 110.Oo I th ro u g h a hole in th e top of his pocket. D Though the banister of life is full of Job epartment splinters m a n slides down it with •My J o b D e p a rtm e n t is complete in every respect and I am ib le to do all kirfrti rapidity. Commereiul J o b P rinting on short As as a notice a t reasonable jpricea. has a he to od T H U R SD A Y . MARCH 22, 1917. soon man discovers that he ; made mistake begins to look I around for someone blame it . M od * v talks, a n d it ij also the only th in g th a t u n d e rsta n d s the language of Tightwads of Tillamook c onnty and the flowers on a n Easter bonnet. of all oth e r counties, are hereby in We would get more e njoym ent out of formed th a t a n o th e r court has handed a dollar if it took as long to spend it as down a decision th a t m akes it p e r it does to e a r n it. fectly legal for wives to rifle th e pockets A young m an keeps com pany with a of th e ir husbands when th e aforesaid girl before m arriage, but after the cere h usbands are of th e tightw ad variety. M agistrate Cornell, of New Y’oik. mony she is lucky if he does. NOTICE TO TIGHTWADS. City, says a wife has every lig h t in the If a man shows his teeth and smiles world to go through her h u s b a n d ’s he will a tta in his object much quicker trousers while he is asleep if he does th a n if he shows his te e th and growjs. not give her a sufficient allowance on pay day. A western judge said practically the sam e th in g a few weeks ago. W h e n th e east and west join hands, th a t makes a law. A y ear or so ago William Johnston, a well known editor and w riter, had a THE SPECIAL SESSION. There is a l a s t a m o u n t of work to mishap which m ade it necessary for come before the special session of con him to use crutches for several months. gress. If th e outgoing congress had a t Chafing under the inconvenience, he tended to its business as it should, th e comforted himself by thinking how Author Whose Mishap Gave Idea For a Novel work could have been cleaned up. A few senators felt th e ir power in the ancient rule of the body which per- m itte d a senator to sta r t his m o u th go ing and go away and leave it in action, and by th e ir dilatory methods, hung up action on a ppropriations a m o u n tin g to five h undre d million dollars. These bills will have to be acted upon by the new congress. The new congress will be about evenly divided as to party lines, but w hen it comes to a n y patriotic question, they a re expected to be united. This is the de m and of th e American people, who are gradually w orking awav from th e old idea th a t public questions should be considered from the political sta n d p o in t. HOW PROSPERITY HURTS. Can there be so m uch prosperity in any country th a t it will be h u rtfu l to th a t country? • The steel corporation of the United States has more contracts ahead th a n ever before. Brices are e x h o rb ita n tly high for all kinds of iron and steel. Send an order to tlie steel corporation and it will advise you by r c tn r n mail th a t it cannot he filled this vear; t h a t it already has m ote work th a n it can han d le th is \ ear. Anv order t h a t formerly took a week to get, now takes from two to th re e m onths. Builders and contractois in th e cities are unable to figure ahead on any job. They do not know when they can get m aterial. There are so m any orders ahead th a t new orders must wait th e ir tu rn . Several more or less im p o r ta n t con- te r n s needing certain kind* of m aterial im m ediately have been informed th a t it will be three m onths before it can be ■hipped. The country is so prosperou» th a t it is being damaged by delays.^ BIG S A L E W e r e t o G lo s e SATURDAY? What would it mean in actual Dollars and Cents to you people who have not yet taken advantage ol this Great Sale of the very best merchandise in Oregon. Plan to come to the store Saturday, March *24 for I have arranged a stupendous ONE DAY Marked Down Sale Beginning at 10 a. m. Saturday Come prepared to buy for I promise you the greatest Bargain Sale you ever saw or heard of, There will hundreds of Remnants of Wool and Wash Fabrics Photo by Am erican Tress Association. WILLIAM JOHNSTON. much h a rd e r lameness m ust he for an active boy a t a period in life when practically ail his amusement* Involve tests of physical, endurance. Out of this grew tbe idea for Mr. Johnston's new novel, “Limpy,” recently published. I t is the story of a boy who had to w ear a brace on one leg. Irv in S. Cobb, a f te r reading It, wrote th a t “somebody might have w ritte n a truer, sweeter, more appealing, more convincing story of a boy than ‘Limpy,’ but nobody ever has.” Care of Young Goslings T here is very little th a t the owner can do to hurry the batching of goose eggs, while under the mother, except Two national statesm en have taken to see th a t she is properly supplied advantage of th e E uropean war as a p e r with w a te r and food in easily accessi iod in which to put a dim m er on their ble channels, s a j s the American Agri- ! culturist. The period of incubation Is own futures. W illiam Je n n in g s Bryan, thrice n o m from twenty-eight to thirty-three days, but averages th ir ty days. Do not feed inated for president, and Robert M. La- the goslings until two days old, b n t Folletre, once considered a* suitable give them tender, finely cut grass and candidate for th e highest office w ithin water. They should not be allowed to th e gift of any people, have snuffed swim, however, until they grow older. th e ir own political candles. The first feed may tie rolled oats or M i. B rv a n ’s decadence started when stale bread slightly moistened with he told tb e A ustrian am bassador t h a t the water. Soane poultrymen recommend U nited States did not mean what it said braD, cornbread or chick food. In any when it sent its first note to the central event, th e feeding should be light and tw o-thlnls or thre e -qua rters should be powers. His descent on the toboggan ma«le u p of ten«ler green food. There of public opinion has been gradual ever should be protected bouses or coops I since. His u tm o st efforts to regain lost w here the goslings may have adequate | ground have failed. ’ shelter from the rain. A fter a week Mr. L aFollette has relegated himself or ten d a y s they m ay be safely turned to th e background by his own miscon out on g«x>d pasture. F re sh drinking ception of w hat the nation desired him w a te r Is supplied a t ail times. THE DIMMING OP TWO STARS. W h a t if t h is be and •thousands of odds and ends in general merchandise, Be low are a few only of the Bargains that will draw the crowds to the Big Double Store Saturday. % Men’s, Women’s, Misses and Boys’ Good Shoes...................................... 14.00 and $5 00; Men’s Shoes $4.00 to $6.00 W om an’s Shoe* M isses’ Shoes $300 to $3.50; Boys’ Shoe* $3.50 to $5.00 Boys’ and Girls’ Underwear, garment 10c Girl’s Dresses, 0 to 14 years, .......................... 69c Boys’ and Girl’ s 25c Stockings.. ...........................15c Wool Dress Goods to §1.25 for yard J.S. Langhorne Manager of 25c ‘^tern’s Big Sale T i lla m o o k , O r o £ o n —- =r:— - ■= ^