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About Cloverdale courier. (Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1918)
I NESTDCCA CLOYERDALE, VALLEY BANK OREGON CHAS. RAY, President WM. CHRISTENSEN, Vice President BOARD OF DIRECTORS; Chas. Ray, Wm. Christensen, Chas. McKillipp, D. A. Bailey, Wm. A. High. J. L GEORGE, Cashier. Your Patronage is Solicited CLOVERDALE COURIER' i as ed fertilizer. No enlargement is need on the work of the precious silk worm— a native of China which is now raised here also. Commercial shellac is obtained by melting lac, the resinous substance produced by an East Indian insect and deposited in a crust “ Entered as second-class matter, Nov scale on twigs contain the insect and its ember 13th, 1905 at the post office at Clo- eggs. The to export of lac from verdale, Tillamook County, Oregon, un Indian ports in one value year has as der Act of Congress, March 3rd, 18T8. high as 33,000,000 rupees. Lac risen has also been used to make dyes, but while the THURSDAY. AUGUST 29 1918. lac industry is a growing one, the em ployment of lac in making dyes has ------------------------------------------------ i probably had its day. The best lac is INSECT PRODUCTS OF VALUE obtained from Bengal and the central province of India. It is also used a> Many Small Creatures Make Contribu stiffening for hats, sealing wax, ns an tions to the Country’s Wealth of ingredient of lithographic ink, In elec trical work and in the manufacture of No Insignificant Amount. gramophone records. We have many insect products of no small value. Most familiar are honey ! Source of Loyalty. and wax from the bee. There Is a loyalty which springs There is also a Chinese bug which from affection that we bear to our na secretes a kind of grease on various tive soil. This we have as strong as trees. This hardens into wax, and is any people. collected, melted and purified, when It But It is not the soil alone, nor yet becomes white and glossy in appear the soil beneath our feet and the skies ance, and when mixed with oil can he over our heads, that constitute our made into candles. The cochineal, a country. scale insect living on cacti in the Amer “It is Its freedom, equality, justice ican tropics, besides having medicinal greatness and glory. Who among us qualities, yields the two dyes called is so low ns to be Insensible of an in carmine und lake. While nowadays terest in them? Four hundred thou most dyes are chemically made, the sand natives of other lands every natural dye of the cochineal is em year voluntarily renounce their owr ployed in coloring soldiers’ uniforms, sovereigns and swear fealty to out as it stands the weather better than own. Who has ever known an Anieri commercial dyes. The pupae of a Mex- 1 can to transfer his allegiance perma lean black fly which swarms in great nently to n foreign power?—Willinn quantities near Lake Texcoa are used Ileary Seward. Published Every Thursday Frank Taylor, Editor and Publisher. UNIVERSITY of OREGON ’SWJ'JKr Fully equipped liberal cullure and scientific departments. Special training in Commerce, Journalism, Architecture, Law, Medicine T each in g , L ib r a r y W o rk , M usic, H o u seh o ld A r ts , P h y sica l T ra in in g *ndl F in e A rt« M ilitary Scirnce in charge ol Am erican and B ritish officers. Drill, lecturaa and field ~ n rk all ap*to*datc, based on experience in present w ar. Complete ayatem of trenches, bridges, etc. Students recom m ended for Com m issions. Olficial—governm ent R .O . T. C. Tuition F R E E . L ibrary ol SO.OOO volum es. D orm itories for men snd women. E xpense low est, much opportunity for working one’s way. W rite R egistrar, Eugene. Oregon, for illustrated booklet. m fnM SPRING FESTIVAL IN CHINA Beginning of the Year la a Tlmo of Rejoicing Throughout the Whole Country. In the United States one knows that spring lias come when he sees hoys playing marbles and flying kites. In China, says the Christian Science Monitor, there are regular spring-play ing festivals that all the people have a part in and which are especially In teresting for children. Just when the spring festival comes depends on the moon. It Is the be ginning of the year in China, and In the first moon the magistrates and oth er Important persons in the tow n go out in a procession “to meet the spring.” It Is at the lantern festival, the 15th of the first month, that the children have the best time. Brightly colored lanterns are everywhere, at the doors of shops and houses, and carried In processions. Boughs of evergreen are ulso placed above the doors, and there is an abundance of “moon cakes," lit tle round sweet rice cakes. The boys dress up In all sorts of fan tastic clothes, sing, dance and give lit tle plays. They wear masks of ani mals and of human faces. Companies of them go about through the streets of their villages, and from one village to another. Now and then a group of maskers will be seen on high stilts. There is a very pretty dance where every dancer carries a lighted lantern. This is called the lantern dance. Explaining “Mizpah.” Mizpah or Mispeh is the name of several towns in Palestine. The name is derived from a verb of the ancient Hebrew signifying to look or watch out. The word occurs in several places n the Old Testament. * The first men tion is the most significant. Jacob and his prospective father-in-law, Laban, met on a slope of Mt. Gilead and en tered into a covenant. Lnhnn had sev eral times violated his agreement as o the wages he was paying Jacob, ind Jacob demanded a fair deal. When they came to an agreement they raised a monument of stones, which Laban declared should be called “Galeed, and Mizpah.” “This heap shall be n wit less between me and thee this day. The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent, one from the other.” This passage is used as a benediction by the Young People’s So ciety of Christian Endeavor. British Columbia’s Coal. Writing of the discovery of coni In British Columbia. Johnson in his “First Things in Canada," states: “One day n December, 1849, an officer of the Hudson’s Bay company In Fort Vic- orla was Informed by the foreman of he blacksmith’s shop that an old Na- mimo Indian chief had just stated that he knew where there was ‘stuff’ like hat which the white man was using in the blacksmith's fire. The Indian was told that If he would bring some pieces o f the ‘stuff’ he would have his gun repaired free and receive a bottle of um. The chief reappeared In the fol lowing April (1850) with his ennoe uden with coal. A prospecting party went out and found the coal where the Tty of Nanaimo now stands. In 1874 he production of coal from the Na- mlmo mines amounted to 1,000 tons; n 1S96 it exceeded 1,000,000 tous. Its Kind. “They say that at marriages In the future there will he a strictly Ameri can wedding march.” “I suppose It will be something on he order of a two-step." Barristers’ Wigs. Quality Counts ____ . In ever line of Merchandise, but none more eej>ecially than in HARDW ARE Our large stock is in every instance the best that can be had and our aim will be to keep the high standard up. Builders’ Hardware, Tools Shelf and Heavy Hardware Stoves, Ranges, Farm and Garden Tools And everything usually kept in a first-class hardwarestore, and all goods are of the best quality. Alex McNair & Co., Tüi«m<nt,ore. Barristers' wigs first came into vogue about 200 years ago. Up to the end of the seventeenth century judges and sergeants at law alone had any dlstlctlve dress. Under Queen Anne the queen's coun selor ndopted the court dress and silk gown which made up the mourning of the period, together with the full-bot tomed wig then usually worn by all persons of position. Thereupon the outer bar started wearing a modest short wig, with strings of horsehair tied up at the end, In imitation of the fashion of tying the back hair up into a pigtail. Some judges, we are told by a legal historian, found these wigs "cox combical,” and would not allow barris ters wearing them to plead in cour;. —London Chronicle. Dangers for Game Fiah. The great cause of the decline In fish life In a stream Is the pollution of the stream, and for this there Is neither palliation nor excuse. A writer m All Outdoors says It Is true that a brook or river is a convenient place Into which to throw refuse. The people of medi eval citlea thought the same of their streets until plague and pestilence taught them better and Instilled the elementa of hygiene Into their minds- Such ignorant negligence was a sign of their unenllghtenment, yet, with all of our boasted civilization, we are hut a step In advance when we convert our sparkling ttreama Into noisome sew««. WE HAVE WHAT YOU WANT IN DAIRY RANCHES Prices Range up to 830,000 Below is a partial list ot our many bargains Don’t write us about these ranches. Come to Cloverdale and see us. We can show you just what you are looking for. $2,lU0, half cash, balance two years or longer if desired for a close in 14$ aers ranch, two buildings and » large barn on this place. 14.200, half cash, balance to suit, 49 acres with good barn ana and shack, $3,500 buys 40 acre ranch on main county road. Fair home and old barn. $22,000 buy* the best ranch of ita size iu Tillamook County, Reasonable terms. $0,000 for an 80 acre ranch on the main county road between Cloverdale and Hobo. $6,200 buys an SO acre rauch with stock and farm tools near Meda. . $10,000 buys a fully stocked and going ranch and only $4,000 to put you in possession of the place. Long time for balance. Dairy lands in the Nastucca Valley bring you a monthly pay check. Why not take advantage of one of the many bargains we can offer you at tho present time. Trades We have a few trades if your holdings will suit. 's To Owners ot Nestncca Valle; Lauds I have received a letter recently from a Salem purtv, stating that he has a 7 room bungalow to exchange lor land that would make a sheet» ranch. Another party has written me from Portland wishing to exchange income bearing Portland property tor a well equipped dairv ranch. Has cast» and equities. Still another party has two lota near St. Johns car line, Portland, at I180J an I ho wants to trade (or land. If you have any thing to trade and these appeal to you see ine at Cloverdale. Taylor Real Estate Agency, Cloverdale The New G R A N T S IX Now Coming This is the largest and finest car that ever carried the GRAN r ¡8IX 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 the most talked of cars of the coming season. Its powerful, flexible and remarkably smooth-running engine is of the overhead valve type with balanced crank shaft, ferced-fced oiling and many other advanced features. W. K U P P E N BENDER I i lieti n o o k , - Vast 8um Eluded Morgan. Tn the mountains behind a Cubso dty, we are told. Is still buried a great •mount of treasure, bidden there 330 years ago, when new* came of an Im pending 8ttack by Sir Henry Morgan the pirate honored by an English king for his onslaughts upon the Spaniard*, 'lost of the defender« were killed, and the «polls were never found. Morgan was outwitted again at Panama, andyt - Oregon the bottom of the harbor there lies today, some have estimated, $30,000,- 000 worth of gold and silver. When he attacked Panama the treas ure was hidden under the plankings of the ships at the wharves. The city was captured before the vessels could make their escape, but a long search failed to unearth the spoils, so «11 the craft w. re sunk In revenge by the ni-it* mid hi* men.