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About Cloverdale courier. (Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1918)
I GOOD ROADS, GOOD HOMES, BEST CHEESE VOL. X III. CLOVERDALE, M IO HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT « Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR CLOVERDALE COURIER. YOU T IL L A M O O K O REGO N, i For the second time within 13 months Mrs. Henry Sherman, of Pais and Pacific Northwest and Other ley, Wednesday underwent a Caesarian operation at the Lakeview hospital and Things Worth Knowing. as a result is the mother of a six-pound girl. Mr. Sherman is only 40 inches tall and weighs but 70 pounds. The A report from the American army baby’s father is almost six feet tall in France says twenty enemy airplanes and weighs 175 pounds. which endeavored to cross the Ameri The board o f directors o f the Salem can lines were violently shelled by the Commercial club has practically ap anti-aircraft batteries and driven off proved a plan for the hiring a com Wednesday. munity reporter to meet problems of An agreement has been concluded the community as they arise. Among between the French and American other things he will be called upon to governments by which the canned furnish Eastern publicity for the city. fruit and vegetables required by the His main duties will be to interest the American expeditionary forces will be farmers in growing products that are supplied by France. marketable directly in Salem, and his More than a half million acres of immediate duties will be to handle the land in western Chauves county, New labor shortage, which is said to be con Mexico, and including a portion of the fronting some Salem industries. Roswell land district, have been desig Last year 1201 Industrial Club mem nated for entry March 11, under the bers of the boys’ and girls’ clubs pro stock raising homestead act. duced food materials valued at $31,- “ Make a bridge of ships to France” 182.92, and they will exceed that this was the message from General Per year, according to a booklet on the shing and every man of his command, club work just issued by the depart The book con delivered to the American people by ment of Education. Major Frederick Palmer, chief censor tains a sketch o f the camp at the State on General Pershing’s staff, in an ad fair set aside for the boy and girl club dress at the National Press Club workers; gives a number o f first-hand stories from the fair, and also a large Thursday. number of articles from the boys and So the students may receive special girls themselves as to how they suc instruction in essential army “ paper ceeded so well with their work. work,” the War department has de cided to postpone for two week the The government has abandoned as graduation o f the 17,000 men now at impracticable its original plan of con tending the third series of officers’ structing wagon roads into the Lewis training camps. The camps were to and Clark river district to haul aero have closed April 5. plane timber from the forests on motor trucks says an Astoria dispatch. In Venustiano Carranza, President of Mexico, sent a fulsome birthday mes stead it will foster the building of a sage to Emperor William, o f Germany, railroad by the Oregon Pacific Mill & recently, according to Reuter’s Lim Lumber company from Stavebolt Land ited. President Carranza in this mes ing, on the Lewis and Clark river, sage used the phrase: “ Your Maj along the old Reid grade a distance of esty, who celebrates his anniversary 11 miles. Under the contract the gov ernment will do the grading, while the today with just cause for rejoicing.” mill company will furnish the rails, A. Howard Winters, aged 37, a Mon- ties and rolling stock. tesano, Wash., volunteer fireman dies McDonald & Vaughn, o f Marshfield, from injuries received W’ednesday night when an automobile in which who have a three-year contract for firemen were hurrying to respond to an cutting spruce and white cedar on the alarm crashed into the Montesano State Coos Bay peninsula, in the interests of Bank building, wrecking the automo the government aeroplane programme, bile and injuring five of its occupants. have a crew of surveyors in the field laying out the logging road which is to Potato day, for the encouragement tap the area, and will construct the of potato consumption, is the latest camps as fast as possible. Dr. E. L. addition to the special days suggested Holt, secretary o f the state board of by the Nebraska food administration. eugenics, is advised by Attorney Gen Thursday of each week, beginning eral Brown in an opinion Saturday February 7, is so designated. Dealers that it is the duty o f the board, when are authorized to sell potatoes with ever an inmate o f an institution de wheat flour that day as a “ substitute sires to appeal from its findings, to for flour.” forward transcript of all the proceed The Earl of Derby, secretary for ings to the Circuit court of the county war, has notified Field Marshal Vis where the institution is located in count French, commaner of the home which the inmate in question is con forces, o f his decision to reduce the ra fined. tions of meat, sugar and tea for all the W. B. Oldman, a specialist in dis home forces except youths under 19 eases of grains, arrived in Baker re years training for abroad. He ex plained that the reduced ration com cently from Portland and will begin a pares favorably with the field ration thorough investigation of the grain prospects in Baker county. of most other armies. Word was received at Eugene this week of the death of J. W. Morgan, Jr., Lane county boy who has been serving in the navy and who had heen stationed at Mare Island. The cause of death was not given in the message. As further testimony to the mild, springlike weather that has prevailed during the winter season at Cottage Grove, J. L. Orr has found a patch of wild strawberries in full bloom. Un doubtedly the hillsides about the city are covered with the blooms, but it is not likely that any berries will be pro duced from them. The old courthouse building, which has done service for Joesphine county for nearly 30 years, is being tom down. The material will be used in the con struction of bunkhousea and other buildings at the Collard & Moore chrome mines, near Takilma, and for buildings on the Barton & Griffin cin nabar mine on Diamond creek, Curry county. 14, 1918. NO. 1Ì7. BANKING PLANS FOR 1918 The Lincoln county court at a meet ing recently adopted resolutions in dorsing the work of the State Highway commission and ’ epioring any attempt to make state road work a political pawn. For the first time in more than two years the Southern Pacific company has overcome its car shortage in Ore gon and Saturday reported to the Ore gon Public Commission a surpuls o f 91 cars. The surplus was 38 closed and 53 open cars. FEBRUARY i | ST A TE N E W S X : IN BR IEF. | Events o f Noted People, Governments Horse meat is to be put on the mar ket in Omaha. Kansas City, St. Louis, Mo., and Sioux City within a few weeks, according to announcement of the Equine Meat & Packing company, recently incorporated in Nebraska with $50,000 capital. The company has been selling horse meat at Grand Island, Neb., several weeks. Only wild, unbroken “ mustang” ponies are to be slaughtered. Wyles B. Bradley, of Mount Vernon, N. Y., flying cadet at Ellington Field, was burned to death when his plane fell 30 feet Wednesday, the gasoline tank exploding. Fire iate Tuesday night practically destroyed the plant and bulidings of the Anaconda, Mont., Standard, en tailing a loss which it was estimated probably will exceed $100,000. The blaze is thought to have started in the elevator shaft leading from the press room to the upper floor, which con tained the editorial and composing rooms and stereotyping department. COUNTY, The Nestucca Valley First, Last and all the Time. Bolsheviki Order De mobilization on All Their Fronts, State of War Declared End ed in An Announcement Made at Brest-Litovsk Conference Sunday. j On account o f financial and general business conditions promised for the year 1918, plans for the year are very import ant. Decide on your banking Jwith a view to making safety a positive matter and service the next consideration. We shall be pleased to talk over their banking requirements with any persons who wish to adopt safe and satisfactory banking plans for the next year. This Bank assures safety for deposits and every banking service. With ample equipment and resources and the aim to serve, we invite your account. LOCATION AND EQUIPMENT ARE UNEXCELLED. CHECKING AND INTEREST-BEARING ACCOUNTS. TILLAMOOK COUNTY BANK Established in 1902. PROFESSIO NAL Tillamook, Oregon CARDS c:r‘"1“d K1 > ______________________________________National Bid, Bell Phone 53-J P. O. Box 147 With Rollio Watson T.H. G0YNE. ATTORNEY AT LAW Conveyancing, Etc. Opp. Doari B oom . Tilla meek. Ora. Abstracts on Short Notice ______ tll6 _____ PACIFIC ABSTRACT CO. Amsterdam, Feb. 11. — Russia has L. V. EBERHARD, Manager. C. W . T A L M A G E , declared the state of war to be at an Complete Set of Abstracts of the Records end and has ordered the demobilization of Tillamook Countv, Oregon. A ttorney a n d C oun sellor at Law o f Russian forces on all fronts, accord TILLAMOOK. - - OREGON ing to a dispatch received here today dated Brest-Litovsk, on Sunday. The NATIONAL BLD., - TILLAMOOK, ORE. A . C. EVERSON dispatch follows: TILLAMOOK. ORE. “ The president of the Russian dele gation at today’s (Sunday’s) sitting COUNSELOR A T L A W stated that while Russia was desisting 1(X > Oddfellows’ Building, from signing a formal peace treaty, it See me for realty deals. Tillamook, Oregon. declared the state of war to be ended Special Equipment for Making Income with Germany, Austro-Hungary, Tur Returns and Reports Tillamook Undertaking Co. key and Bulgaria, simultaneously giv R. N. HENKEL, Proprietor. ing orders for complete demobilization Night aiul Day calls J. N. PEARCY E . J . MENDENHALL o f Russian forces on all fronts.” promptly attended. ATTORNEYS AT LAW Sixth Street at Second Avenue East TILLAMOOK. - - OREGON 928 C h a m b er o f C o m m e r ce , ROBERT H. McGRATH Money to Loan Real Estate Agency DIVER MENACE SOLVED Transports Will Be U-Boat Proof- High Officer o f Consulting Board Makes Statement o f Facts. PORTLAND, - - OREGON A 4 A w A w AA A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A T A V A w T ▼ w w w w w w w w w w v w W w w w w W TAKE Tillamook Abstracting Co. THE WHITE Tnos. C o a t k s . P r k h i o k n t . New York— Means have been found COMPLKTK 8KT OF ABSTRACT BOOKS to make transports unsinkable by sub OF TILLA M O O K COU N TY. O R R dO N . marines, according to a statement made Saturday night by William L. TILLAMOOK CITY, OREGON. Saunders, vice chairman of the Naval Consulting Board, in an address at a dinner o f the University of Pennsyl ---------------- f o r ------------------ vania alumni in this city. Mr. Saunders said that one of the ships recently commandeered by the Write for Literature. government “ now lies at an Atlantic TILLAMOOK. - - OREGON port, and in such shape that she cannot be sunk by an exploding torpedo.” “ I can conceive of no reason why this infomation should be withheld,” -AND---- he added. “ On the contrary, I believe it is well that the enemy may come Tillamook, Ore. to realize that the time has been Safe and Comfortable reached when American transports are L. S. HUSHBECK, Proprietor. ready for the transportation of our Leave Cloverdale daily at troops which that enemy cannot sink. 7:30 a. m., arriving at Tilla mook at 10 a. m.— in time for “ This ship may have a hole 30 or 40 Dining Room run on Family Style morning train to Portland. feet in diameter blown in her side and j Meals 35c. Leave Tillamook at 3 p. m , she will remain afloat. Such a hole arriving at Cloverdale at 5 would waterlog but one-tenth o f the p. m. honeycombed airtight cells.” J. M. TRAXLER, Prop, Mr. Saunders described in detail the plan to keep ships afloat after they had been torpedoed and the manner i n 1 which it had been developed by Wil liam Donnell, a New York marine en gineer, working under authorization of the Naval Consulting Board. “ Of course it will take some time to equip similarly the large number of transports we have,” continued Mr. Saunders. “ It is my belief, however, that noth ing will be left undone by the adminis tration to safeguard the lives of large I F Y O U W A N T T O S E L L IT . troop contingents to be moved across the Atlantic.” Mr. Saunders, in a statement cred ited to him last May, asserted that a solution of the submarine problem had probably been found by the board and in the opinion of the board members If you are in the market for a Rood Dairy Ranch we can the scheme as approved would put an show you something that will interest you. We have some end to the aubmarine menace. He did excellent bargains. Money is made dairying in Tillamook not enter into details. Other members of the board, includ County. Why not get a chunk of this money. ing Robina, its secretary, and Frank J. Sprague, a member o f the commit T A Y L O R REAL ESTATE A G E N C Y tee on submarines, took issue with Mr. Cloverdale, Oregon Saunders that the solution of the U- boat menace had been reached. AUTO F. R. BEALS REAL ESTATE The Todd Hotel STAGE Tillamook- Cloverdale All Way Points Rooms 50 and 75 Cents, Special Rates by the Week. LIST YOUR FARM WITH Taylor Real Estate Agency SEE TAYLOR FOR m « FIRE INSURANCE