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About Cloverdale courier. (Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1918)
CLOVERDALE COURIER AUGUST SACRIFICE SALES Published Every Thursday Frank Taylor, Editor and Publisher. BEGINNING, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3rd Offering Desirable, Reliable, Seasonable and Stylish Merchandise at Radically Reduced Prices. “ Entered as second-class matter, Nov ember 13th, lt>05 at the postoffiee at Clo- verdale, Tillamook County, Oregon, un der Act of Congress, March 3rd. 1878. THURSDAY, AUGUST 1. 1918. SILLY TO WORRY OVER PAST Far Better to Get Busy as Possible In Planning Something Worth While in the Future. The woman who sits nrcund discon solately bemoaning the iuct that what she considers her best years have van ished does not by any means deserve the sympathy she would like to re ceive. Pray, who outside the home circle cares what one's years are, whether the bloom has faded from one’s cheek or whether one’s figure has lost or is losing Its youthful lines? The person who foolishly wastes good time in wishing that he or she could reclaim other days should try to forget self and immediately become busied with some wholesome task. There are no fountains of perpetual youth to be found at any price in any clime. This fact was demonstrated long ago, and the person who sets out in search of those magic waters will return bitterly disappointed. Time leaves its traces upon all of us, much ns we would like to refute this charge. How senseless then to resort to artificial means, hoping that by so doing we shall eradicate the marks of passing years! On the other hand, why not concen trate one’s best thoughts upon the present, remembering that there are October sunsets more lovely and more brilliant than any that ever paint a June sky! The woman past her first youth has, if she is blessed with good health plus will power, a work to do, and she should do it. Not one of us ever ques tions the age of any person who per forms some worth-while task. Instead, we applaud the worker, meanwhile hoping earnestly that he or she shall long continue to serve or entertain.— Pittsburgh Dispatch. “ The Female of the Species.” “I could never think of marrying,” said old Prince G-----. “for I know what my fate would be. Every Rus-* sian lives under his wife’s slipper.” Barring an occasional outburst of terrible Asiatic temper on the pail of paterfamilias—usually soon, and con tritely repented of—this Is a fact. The Russian woman Is always the strong er. She has a vitality and energy which the men seem ur able to cope with. The stories of Tschatkovsky’s erratic marriage and terrific flight— like the aversion, founded on some thing like fear, of Strindberg for wom en (Strindberg being a type of Swede that shows many Russian proclivities, even ns much Russian blood has perco lated into certain parts 06 Sweden)— receive many explanatory commen taries. if one has known something of the more intimate aspect of Russian existence.—A. G. Talfree, in the At lantic. Beauty, In Common Things. Why are there not more men and women who can put some of the com mon things before us where their worth and beauty enn be known through the emphasis which clear rep resentation alone can glvei^ It takes a genius to bring beauty out of things which seemingly have none, but there have been such geniuses, and there would be more if those capable did not from sheer laziness seek the easier themes. To be sure, flowers and trees and light and many other things are common, and these the poet and the writer of compelling prose are will ing to take for texts, but there Is a soul in a cobblestone waiting for some one to fiud and interpret.—Exchange. Potato Bread No Novelty. Fotato bread is no novelty. A letter O\\r is the time for thoss of you who take advantage of the sacrifice prices quoted on ¡reason Goods to secure your apparel neeoa for the balance of the Summer Season. Each Dep’t of the Store has gathered together all the odds and ends of season merchan dise from a successful season’s selling—all short ends of piece goods—odd sizes in Wearing Apparel—all broken ranges of biisd goods—and priced tlum for a speedy clear a way during this month. We have lots of fine warm weather in this country during the coming moaths so it will bo greatly to your, advantage to secure your share of these bargains NOW. ^ C^me early for of course the Best Bargains will go first and at these prices they cannot possibly he duplicated. N SACRIFICE SALE OF I I SACRIFICE SALE OF WASH GOODS, SILKS Ladies Millinery, Coats, and FINE SKIRTINGS Skirts and Dresses The prices quoted on these fabrics are far below the actual cost price today. Considering, therefore, that there are still many fine warm days ahead of us this is a most re markable saving event. Fine Skirtings 69c Wash Goods 25c Actual 35c to 50c values in Splendid qualities in stripe, lovely Novelty Voiles, Waist- check and plaid designs in skirtings for real hard wear. . ings and Skirtii gs. Sacrifice Sale Price..........25c Sacrifice Sale Price . . . . 09c Wool Skirtings SI.98 Wash Goods 39c Lovely all wool fabrics in Actual 59c to 75o values in Fancy Organdies, Striped stripes, plaids and checks. Would he dar.dy values at Voiles and Beach Skirtings. Sacrifice Sale Price .........39c $3 per yard. Sacrifice Sale Price. . . .$1.98 Wash Goods 59c Actual 79c to i l 19 values To $2.50 Silks For 1.79 in Palm Beach Suitings, Tub Taffetas, Tuisalis, Pongees, Waistings, Voiles and Gabar Poplins, etc., in most desir able colorings and designs. dines in many patterns. Sacrifice Sale Price ........ 59c Sacrifice Sale Price.... $1 79 Sensational reductions have been made in the prices of Ladies’s Ready-to-wear garments and we urge you to take advantage of these many savings at the earliest opportunity. Lot 1, Sale Priced at. . $1.79 $18.90 to $19.85 Values Lot 2, Sale Priced at $3 89 for..............................$14 98 $25.00 to $29.85 Values Ladies’ Coats for..............................$18.45 Actual $10 90 Values, Wash Skirts at................................. $7.65 $3.u0 to $3 98 Valuss for $2.69 Dress Skirts $4.50 to $5.65 Values for $3.49 $7 75 to $1*98 Values On the Baicony for................................$5.95 New Wirthmor Waists The Greatest Valuus in America today. Four new styles now on display. All sizes from 36 to 46. As Always—Priced at just NEW DRESS GOODS FOR FALL $ 1.00 NEW SILK NOVELTIES . FOR FALL The showings of Silk Suitings, etc., are the finest and most beautiful we have eyet been able to announce heretofore. There nr** dainty Grope do Chine, Dutchess •Satins and Novelties. See tnem today or soon after. The New Dress Goods for Fall are now here. Come to the store as soon as possible and we will gladly show you some splendid values and stylish weaves at re markably low prices. '.JB Dresses Milliney Quality Counts v < In ever lino of Merchandise, hut none more especially than in HARDW ARE Builders’ Hardware, Tools Shelf and Heavy Hardware Our large stock is in every instance the. beat that can l>e had and our aim will be to keep the high standard up. Stoves, Hanges, Farm and Garden Tools written by Voltaire in April, 1775, to Parmentier, who Introduced the tuber And everything usually kept in a first-class hard ware store, and Into France, speak’s of the philoso all goods are of the best quality. phers success In making bread com posed half of potatoes and half of a mixture of wheat and barley. 5 ol- tnire described the nroduct as “very tasty.” and related that his agricul tural laborers at Ferney had eaten It, “with the greatest success,” during a are equivalent to 2o cents, so that $1 FRANK TAYLOR, period of famine. worth would be an uncomfortably heavy load. Queerest Coin on Earth. Not only are these “manillas” used Have you ever seen a manllla? It Is among the natives, Notary Public white traders a coin used by natives of West Africa accept them as legal but tender for goods and Is said to be the most curious coin sold at the various stores. At one tlm- in the world. In shape “manlllas” re this strangely shaped money had quite Cloverdale, Ore semble a horseshoe with the two ex- a large circulation In certain parts of trecJtles flattened out like a camel’s the coast, but its use is now res- noted I = = = = = foot. Being made of solid copper, to a few bush towns and one indurl- Wanted—To rent on shares, a ranch three-eighths of an inch thick, they, ing Bonny, Brass and Akassn. “Ma with 18 to 25 cows. Best of reference, weigh aver eight ounces each. In nlllas” ire no y very difficult to obtain, j u.as. Corutbers. Cloverdale. “face • ai-ic" »*'. tm of quey colas Alex McNair & Co., «amo*,on». The New GRANT SIX Now Coming • # This is the largest and finest car that ever carried the GRANT SIX name plate—a car that is without real compe tition in its Price class. • The individual beauty of its lines, its unusual size and its extraordinary mechanical refinement will make this new model one of Ihe most talked of cars of the coming season. It- powerful, flexible and remarkably smooth-running engine is of the overhead valve type with balanced crank shaft. ferced-feed oiling and many other advanced features. W . K U P P E IN ttE N D D R Tillam ook, - - Oregon 1