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About Cloverdale courier. (Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1917)
CLOVERDALE COURIER affects us and it is our duty to see that none of these neutrals get help Published Every Thursday from the United States. We can-! Prank Taylor, Editor and Publisher. not furnish goods and help to any country that is playing right into “ Entered as second-class matter, Nov ember 13th, 11*05 at the postoffiee atClo- the hands to our enemies. If the verdale, Tillamook County, Oregon, un neutrals are so fond of Germany der Act of Congress, March 3rd, 1878. and Germany’s ways of doing things, let them look to Germany S u b s c r i p t i o n K a t cs One Year, in advance........................fl.OC ; for their food and supplies. Six Months...........................................50 j The way to safeguard our food Three Months ..................................... 25 Single Copv.......................................... 05 1 stuffs is to put an embargo on ex ____________________ * __________ | ports to the neutrals that are A d v e r t is i n g R atks Displayed Advertisements, 60 cents peV : feeding Germany. That is plain inch per month, single column. All common sense and it will be fopnd Local Reading Notices, 10 cents per absolutely necessary in the future line for each insertion. Timber land notices $10.00 if the United States government is Homestead notices 5.00 j not already convinced of its desir Political Announcement Cards $10.00 j ability. J ob D epartment My Job Department is complete in every respect and I am able to do all kind’s Commercial Job Printing on short notice at reasonable prices. THURSDAY. MAY 24, 1917. GOOD ROADS POINTERS "B ette r Roads Will Build Your Busi ness Bigger” is the catchy good roads slogan coined by C. VI. Walls, m e r c hant and e nthusia stic good roads booster of Fossil, W heeler County. Every effort îb being made to * * * make farming conditions easy for A lternate stretches of improved the farmer by both the 6tate and roads and m ad holes do not get the national government. This is fa rm e r or automobile owner anywhere. They need a continuous highway ju st right and proper. ss a locomotive needs a continuous track. Systems of hard surfaced high POLITICS OUR GREATEST CRIM ways a re the efficient and economical phn. INAL. Vote 314 X YCS and g°t s®tne per That is the saying of Edgar W. m anent improved r ads in Oiegon. Howe, of Potato Hill F»rm, At ★ ★ -k% In connection w ith the read bond’ chison, Kas , a successful man of discussion it is noted th a t the state mature age who thinks clearly. highway commiss’ion at Its lest meet The progress and development ing in stru c te d its engineer lo collect cf Oregon has been blocked too data relative to th e cost of pavin'? plants w ith a view of being independ much by men who put politics ent of paving contractors. It is also first and still threaten this state. noted th a t the commission has prac Thev now are trying to defeat tically decided to lay a section of ce m ent concrete on the road n ear S heri the good roads measures enacted dan. j and submitted to the people June * ★ * Are you nware t h a t in the past ten 4, at the special election. Most of these opponents cf good years approxim ately $40 O09.o#rt has been spent in the 6tate of Oregon on roads, railroads, utilities and busi roads, principally patch work, a load ness in general bigger than a pea of gravel here and one there? In view of th is expenditure what about a bond nut stand are politicians.' Issue of $6,000,000 for pe rm a ne nt They have no constructive ment roads? Seme people wi'l no’t believe these figures, but secure them for al equipment. yourselves. The figures cOn be se They would not build a mile of cured from different state and' county highway, or put a dollar into any officials.— Brownsville Times. * ★ ★ thing like an industry but prefer To bring about a n expediency of the to make the big noises. good road condition for iisp in tho They pretend to want to protect time of the nation's need it seems best the people but are really active in to accept the proposed bond issue, be cause of the conflicting political in public affairs to loot the taxpayer te re sts th a t seem to have been able to be foisted upon th e unw itting, yet and get more political power. honest voters of Oregon th ro u g h the If Oregon wants to drive invest initiative. The six per cent tax lim i ments and wideawake people away tation forbids Oregon ever getting ade from this state let the people vote quate and passable roads in the next down the good roads propositions two centuries, unless the is up is taken up from ano th e r angle.—Burns News. June 4. ★ ★ ★ The tim e has come for Oregon to This would hold the develop make a s t a r t in th e direction of per ment of the state down to a mini m a n e n t sta te highw ay ennsf ruction. mum, to hold down the values of W ashington, n orth of us. will spend property and the profits of bnti $5,500,000 in the next two years; it is tha t Oregon spend $6,000,000 ness to the low level of inactive proposed in five years; California, south of us, mossbackism. has authorized $15,000,000 to be spent In the next tv.o years and about as much more will be spent by th e coun PUT THE BRAKES ON THE NEU ties of California. Indications a re tha t TRALS. conservative people are aw akening to The neutral countries on the the need of getting away from the north of Germany, says an eastern ' mud and dust and expense of poorly built and m aintained means of com exchange, must sooner or later m u n ic a tio n —Mnro Observer. * * * phow their hands to the United1 Under the tax lim itailon law there States. They cannot expect this can be only' 6 per rent Increase in nation to keep feeding them if they taxes annually. As tha t increase will in turn ship that food intoGer-J probably be made by the tax levying w hether any extensive road many. Washington will have to j bodies building is done or not, the voters issue its ordeis soon. chould certainly decide in favor of Norway which has its merchant good roads. T here need be no fear of additional s 'a te bond issue«, either, vessels built in the United States, j unless »he people of the sta te w ant is reported to be devoting its own them as surh bonds can oniv be Issued shippards to the building 'of sub after the m a tte r has been approved by popular vote "The present tax rate, marines which it turns over to with the annual 6 per cent increase, Germany. And these submarines will provide the sia'® wRh an excel in turn shoot dow n Americon ship lent system of roads in a f®w year«. Since th e tax®« m ust h® paid anyway, ping. Sweden is pro-German and le t’« have good roads.—Roseburg Be- the kaiser can have anything asks, yiew. * * ♦ even to food that America has sent "Considering th e condition of the to the Swedes. Holland has closed roeds the past few days.” says th® her ports to American ships since' P u rn e Tribune, "it t* not likely t h a ’ carrying arms in self-defense, but the people of H arney County will vol® acainst the $6 enrt ono bond issue or Holland is consistent and is en any oth e r that ha« for Its deavoring to placate Germany. purpose the building of perm anent Rotterdam ia pro-German and Ara- highw ays which would be passable the entire year In th is country where aterdam is pro-entente. the ground is practically level p*rman There is no longer any doubt rnf highways could b® built at a noro cost Under th e present law» of that these neutrals which have Inal the sta te th e re is no reason why the been orderiag goods from the f nit- roads should be in an impassable con ed States have been shipping them dition. If th is county Is to progress and derelop it must have roads over over the border into Germany. which team s and autos max pass not That was not eur affair prior to ro ly certain portions of the year fcwt ___ the declaration of war, but it now « all time*.” STATE NEWS NOTES Brief Items of Interest from Various Towns in Oregon. Agricultural college, under th e direc tion of tho United States de p a rtm e n t of agriculture, is progressing rapidly. The governm ent, In an endeavor to get as much land as possible u nde r cultivation w ithin tlie K lam ath and Umatilla irrig a tio n projects, lias como forward w ith an offer to landow ners w ithin these projects to supply w ater a t actual cost u nde r a three-year lease. Special prem ium s will be offered In the sheep d epartm ent of the sta te fair by th e American Shropshire Registry association, the American H am pshire Sheep association, the American Ox ford Down Record association and the American Cotswold Registry associa tion. T he referendum petition directed a ga inst the Gill bill of the last legis lative session was filed with Secretary of State Oleott by the Clackam as F ish e rm e n ’s union. The petition contains 16,160 names. The Gill bill would close the W illam ette river between Oregon City and Oswego to commercial fishing. J. H Bristow, probably Lane coun ty's oldest native son and one of the first white children horn In Oregor, died at his home on the farm near Eugene where he was horn 68 years ago He was a son of A. K. Bristow, who headed one of the early immi- fcvnnt tra in s and who settled on this farm in 18 48. Every un m a rrie d man between the a rc s of 21 and ?0. Inclusive, who lives !u P o r t Orford, C urrj county, tlie w®«-. ernmost town of the United States, already has volunteered for se rv ic e in ®<t.her the a rm y or the navy branch. T he volunteers from tho little town of 250 peoplo num ber one-third of the adult male population. Contract« have be®n v lrtuallv closed by the United States shipping board for the construction of 12 wooden cargo steam ers in Oregon yards a t a cost of approxim ately $6,000,090. Six will he built by the Peninsula Shipbuild ing company, of P o rtla n d ; four hy the Coast Shipbuilding company, of P o rt land, ar.d two by the C A. Sm ith L u m ber company, of North Bq.nd. W illiam Bigeln, ag-d 37 years, con vlct at Salem, serving tim e for larceny in Ynmhill county, and now ip the county jail a t Hillsboro for investiga tion of ano th e r case, mode a voluntary confession, claim ing th a t h** killed W illiam Booth near W illamlna, Octo ber 8, 1915. M tb Booth, wife of the m urdered man, and W illiam Branson are now serving tim e in the sta te pris on for the Booth murder. T hree m em bers of the sta te land hoard, created by chapter 397, laws of 1917, have been appointed hy the gov ernor, as follows; Benton Bowers, A«h!and. recommended hy the taxpay- ers lpague; R G. Leedy, Corvallis, rec ommended by the State grange; John Shituanek, Crabtree, reeommend- d by the F a rm e rs union The w arden of the sta te p e n ite n tia ry is an ex officio member of th® hoard and these four will select the fifth member. A bum per fruit crop till over Lane head of yearling ewes of Dan P. Smythe. pi em in e n t Pendleton sheep county is looked for this year. Portland is to contribute an am bu man. Orders to r e c ru it all u n its of the lance company for service in France. The biggest bean acreage in the his Oregon national guard to full w ar tory of Pol*« county is being planted stre n g th im mediately, by direction of the Secretary of War, were received th s year. by George A W hite, adjutant-general R. F. Shull, a young ranch r living of the Oregon national guard, from near Myrtle Point, was killed by a Brigadier General Mann, chief of the failing tree. bureau of m ilitia affairs at W ashing The Lincoln county fair board has ton. set the dates for the county fair for | Major Elliott J. Dent, United States September 18, 19 and 20. Deposits in P o rtla n d ’s 25 b anks ami engineers corps, at Portland, is trans- tru st companies have increased $14,- ferred to Seattle and will be succeeded by Colonel George A Zinn, now com 000,000 since a year ago. E astern Oregon tariners a rc w ork m a nding the second regim ent of ing every day* and part of every night engineers. F a i h t r E. V. O'Hara, chairing i of to get th e ir spring p’. aniing done. the etate indusrrial welfare commis The past week has seen several mud sion. which a d m in iste rs the women’s doss in Lakevtevv. and it is feared that | m inim um wage law, has tendered his an epidemie is about to break out. j resignation to Governor Withy combe, Construction of the last wing of the | effective Ju n e t receiving ward of tho Oregon state Out ef 325 a r c ,d e n 's reported 10 the hospital a t Salem is well u nde r way. industrial a ' id 'nt commission for the Clay (¿urns, an Indian lev aged II, week from May 11 to 17, inclusive, was iound dead In the woods near iYnfiire. with a bull, t bole n ihr body. but one w :.s fatal, the fatally Injured Tlie n in th a nnua l commonwealth workman bring Joseph Gordon, a teg , r "ig employe, of Gravel Ford. conference closed a three-day session E. H. MacNauuhton, an .architect of at the U niversity of Oregon at Eugene. Tioop D. second squadron. Oregon Portland, was cr.m-d hy Governor national guard, si o e r n t h divisional V ithv combe hs n mere her of th® in cavalry, will be organized in Perdieton. (lustrisi w I , r e commission to sue- United States Senator H a rry Lane, coed F a th e r E. V. O 'H ara of Portland, of Portland is ill at a San Francisco who. has subm itted his resignation. hospital, and ic report' d to be very Bids for r o n t r p 't s for paving th« Siskiyou highw ay from the su m m it of low. Marion County pred® and hir;h | th® m ountain to th® C alifornia !,n* schools held th e ir annual D s.ival and ar-> being advertised fi i A' ot k is to tra c k and field meet in Salem Satin- he stt.rtcd im ia rd ia ly pud finished. 1 th is sum m er if the money holds out. day. One of the most im portant m ining The Oregon grand lrdee cf th® In- dependent Order of Oddfellows held Ps ; deals in the histo ry of southevn Ore annual meeting in Eugene, heginning pen was cloccd w ith the giving ef a bond on th® 20 claim s com prising th« Monday. A three-day convention of the E a s t Greyback copper m tne on Greybaek ern Oregon division of the ¡.Late S un m ountain, about 13 miles c a st of Sel day School association was held at ma. W ith the business str e e ’s of the city Pendleton. H undreds of delegates from all r a f t s I | r a lly decorated w ith carnival colors of the state gathered at Roseburg to j and patriotic emt'lerns, the citizens of attend th" Or" on S ta te Sunday School 1 Roseburg e n te rta in e d several thousand people at the festivities a tte n d a n t on convention. Charles V. Galiovray was appointed | , the celebration of the ninth ann u a l tax commissioner by the sta te tax com ! s tr a w b e rry festival. So great is the demand th is year mission, under the law passed by the ! for canned fruits and vegetables th a t recent legislature. The fourteenth a nnua l conva nf.ion of tlie Eugene F r u it G row ers’ association the Eugene D istrict Epworih league of I has leased the cannery at Oreswell and the Methodist church h e ll a three- will operate it as an a uxilia ry to lb« i lari® plant in Eugene and the smaller days’ session at Albany. E r a s tu s Jones, 56 years old, corn- : one a t Junction City this year. T he e ntire extension division of the mtttcd suieide at ins home in Eugene by hanging, himsi If w Lh a s.rup in the U niversity of Oregon h a , been turned over lo the Red Cross and will be rovvharn back of his house. “R egistration d r y " In Ore on, under | u s 'd hy the government r* lief agency the arm y hill, will be deelared a legal as organization and information cen holiday, according to an announcem ent te r for nil w ar activities in tlie state f orgetfulness is the noblest remedy 1 of Oregon for the duration of the war. made by G overnor Wlthycombe. The food survey cam paign being for injuries. 1). M. McLnnor®, n California stock man, has ju st shipped in 1100 head of conducted in Hood Elver, Sherm an, Singular as it may »rein, burning eatlle from southern Calit’" r n i y points Gilliam and Morrow counties hy th e j th o u g h ts are not produced hy block- to feed on tho K lamath ramies. extension dep a rtm e n t of th e Oregon heads. The first loan to be made by the land bank of Spokane in tin- s 'n t r of Oregon will be made to the association organized by farm ers ne a r Mo!a 11a. Delegates from Oregon end W ashing ton towns met in Monmouth attend ssiou of the Oregon th® filth annual conference of th Evangelical asso ta lion In eter line* of Merchandise, but none Approximstrlv $202.086 32 of th e a p more es|'ecinlIjr than in propriations of 1915-18, it Is estim ated by Secretary of Stat® O'.-mit. rem ains unexpended, and will reYert to the treasury. Th® central Oregon track m® t r n d field day was heiq a t Bend S a turda y, Our large stock is in every instance the hest that can he had at which high school athl®t®s from and our aim will he to keep the high standard np Crook, Jefferson and !> i c h i r s coun ties eotupi ted. More than 2 oqn people of Medford and Jackson County Jolm d at Medford In th" largest and m"st enthusiastic patriotic dem onstration ever e;-»a in southern Oregon Th® fifth annual Buyers’ Week date has b®en set The event rua'i Ing th® fifth a nn!versar v of the m erchants' conclave will b® held during the w « k of August 6 1! a' Portland. Midnight F u r d a y nlriht all leglsia tion passed b? 'h e recent legislature, save bills e a r n i n g an emergency cla” S® or ref*rrr d to a vote e f the e'eefor»'®. becam" eff®®‘t ' e The first stra«b® rneg in Donylas And everything usually kept in a first-class hard ware store, and count? and p® h»ns th® first na'iv® all goods are of the best quality. grown in Oregon, were b ro u g h t to Roseburg hy .$. J. P"tts, who was »«ard®d a prize of f t for the box F®r tbc- purpose of «locking «mall farm s in New York. Fr®d F Th®n:aa ’ I of All an). N. V.. bos DUDhas d lO.GuO Quality Counts HARDWARE Builders’ Hardware, Tools Shell and Heavy Hardware Stoves Ranges, Farm and Garden^ Tools Alex McNair & Co., Tillamook,0re. I