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About Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1896)
llveoitrcc»: eije grabiitfht, Fl.eot Timber Pore.t. la the Halted State. Unequalled Fisheries L.rue asleiua Caaaeries Be,t uulrjinu Country oa Earth Best Roads la the State Flae Schools Opportunities tor Dairyinu and Lumber ludustry Unequalled ---- HVBLISHKD BY---- Tillamook Publishing Co. Established in 1888 Swon Circulation. County Official Paper. Leading Newspaper in Tillamook County. Thoroughly Equipped and up to date Job Printing Department for all kinds of plain and fancy work. LLAMOOK. OREGON, THURSDAY. OCTOBER I, 1896. $1.50 Per Year PROFESSIONAL cards . Should Advertise Tillamook. 0AVID WILEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN, surgeon and accoucheur . All calls promptly attended to TILLAMOOK. ORE. j D. KELLY, M. I) lust Received™=== 4 TILLAMOOK, OR. Ttf L. BROOKS, ATD )R N E Y- AT-L A W, Office Sturgeon Block, TILLAMOOK, OREGON.. yy J. MAY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, TILLAMOOK, OREGON. f J. J. D aly . (O scar II ayter . nALY & IIAYTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, DALLAS, OREGON 0LAUDE THAYER, AT TORNEY-AT-LAW, TILLAMOOK. OREGON. (J a M es M c C ain , f A. W. S everance . yfcCAIN & SEVERANCE, ATTORNEY-AT LAW, TILLAMOOK, OKEGoN. Stoves, Tinware, Cutlery, Farm Machinery Wagons, Loggers Suppl es. W. H. H. Carey ©^Fishing Tackle and Ammunition. C. & E. THAYER ALFRED WILLIAMS Geiiei«! Banking an4 Exchange buainean Interest paid on lime deposits. Exchange oil England, Belgium, Germany, Sweden mid all foieign countries. DRUGGIST Tillamook, Oregon. TILLAMOOK, G. W. KIGER, 1 DIALER IN prescription^ E\ch^nge and IVJoney {Securities. Collections Receive Careful and Prompt Attention. ► ► : i BAY CITY, ORECQN. Day oi> plight. : 1 1 Instruments BARBER I HOT AND COLD BATHS [ IN CONNECTION Ruawll'a Kepublican ltally. | great reduction Shaving, Mair Cutting. Sh»mpo°lnS First Cla^ iq Every particular AT REDUCED RATES The TILLAMOOK LUMBERING CO will not be undersold and will make better rates than any other mill Get our prices and be convinced. Discount on large orders and for cash. Our mill is in better shape than ever and we are prepared to turn out fir.st class lumber of all kinds. BREAD Pies and cakes, fresh every day. French candies. Fresh home made candies. New supply ol fruits »nd vegetable« by every boat. ICE CREAM xiRestaurant in ♦^Connection. IDILLI NERY •••..^.D ress -M aking Tillamook Lumbering Co Mia. L 1. Ru<«1r«snd Mrs /ohns°u hsve » entries, millinery .torr .nd drew-">sk'nf sbllahment. ialeet styles in millinery. Tillamook. Ore Notwithstanding the rain last night It is the object of this book to give a the crowd that aaaeiubled to greet the clear, impartial, authentic, and complete Hon. T. T. Geer, candidate on the Re history of the public career and private publican ticket fur presidential elector lives of W illiam M c K inley and G ar - was a large and enthusiastic one. Mr. ret A. H obart from boyhood to present Geer had driven allthaway from Woods date; to record facts, incidents, anecdotes, through the rain and did not arrive un stories, mid experiences that will reveal til late but he was at once taken in thé true character of the men and enable charge by friends and night found him as fresh and vigorous as though this us to see them exactly as they are. It tells of the humble circumstances was his first speech for the campaign. of M c K ini .K y ’« early days, of Id« life as j Tho meeting was held in the Court ahoy, of liis years of unremitting toil, House, lion Toni Handley acted as of Ids life a» a country schoolmaster, of chairman and in his usual felicitous Mr Geer his splendid war record with its mani Btyle introduced the speaker. fold thrilling experiences, of his career spoke for about an hour and a half. Hie speech was not of the heavy, pon as a law student ami country attorney, how he cam« to enter political life, of derous style sometimes affected by cam his achievements in Congress, of the paign orators but of a practical conver momentous events that have transpired sational style—a talk of one farmer to ! since, and the promiuent part he took in other farmers—of one working man to them ; oi his record of Governor, of his liis fellow workingmen. And yet it was marriage, his home life, and so forth. one of the most telling speeches that In short, it is the most complete and I could possiby have been made and it exhaustive record of his life and work held the audience from commencement that can possibly be written, for much I to close in closest attention. The speech of it was penned by his own hand. He | covered considerable ground, but dealt supplied abundant material to theanthor | mainly with the financial issue. Mr mid gave him access to important data i Geer was especially happy in his hand mid facts that have not been supplied ling of the numerous stock calamity howls of tho opposition and lie kept to any other writter. This is not only the best hut the cheap his audience in roars of laughter at the est campaign book extant, it gives way in which he disposed of them one more matter of better quality, and very by one. When Mr. Geer had finished speaking much finer engravings than any other, is more handsomely printed, on belter Mr. C. E. Reynolds responded to a paper, more durably hound, and is sold call for a song and rendered an original for very much less money than uny campaign song in a manner that elicited other book purporting to he “just as the warmest applause. Mr. Reynolds’ good” as this. We lielieve that one ’ production lias real inert in it and it million copies will he sold, because this , will he published in the II eadi . iuiit is the people’s edition, authorized by 1 next week Mr. Geer goes to liny City M c K inley himself, ami its pi ice— tonight. one dollar and upwards—brings it within reach of all. Its high quality and its The Lumber Markets. low price mark an epoch in the history While a few report» indicate that the of subscription books. There is no Life oi the Candidates “as good as” or as the demand I m improving, and notably low in price as Hon. Henry B. Russell’s. this has been tine within the past ten Its author is distinguished as one of days, there is nothing to create any great the most brilliant journalists of our day. | amount, of hope in the heart» of lumbei- As h personal friend of both candidates, | men. Ii is quite evident that the fall it was natural that he should he chosen trade will be the lightest known for some year». This is markedly true in the at their biographer. If there whs to be a The illustrations are mainly from eastern states photographs supplied by M c K inley demand of any considerable magnitude himself mid by inemders of liis family. it would certainly have developed by They are beautiful specimens of the the middle of September. Under I ordinary or normal conditions the fall engraver’s skill. We do not know when 516 pages have trade is practically over by November given us more genuine pleasure. If we let, and ns there can be. In the nature speak warmly of th« hook, it is because it ! of things, blit little business done richly deserves it It is sold only by before election, there remain« at be*t agents, and is meeting with mi enormous i only six weeks in 1896 which may be sale. Agents wh<N introduce a work 'expected to call for onr products. If like this ought to be cordially welcomed. there should be an open winter in the We believe that the best way to keep eastern states it might change the out poor books is introducing good ones, I result ami n fair trail« be cariied Oil and a better one than this has nover through the winter luoiiths. been brought to our notice. It is a high I The shingle shipments from Wash class book, richly illustrated, and sold Ingtun for August show considerable al a iiiarveloiisly low price. Put it into falling off from June and July, and our homes. It will be reml over and while the car shipments of lumber an. over again by old mid young, with com pat ed with July show a slight increase There la a decrease as pleasure and profit. The work is published by the old mid compared with the June shipments. well known firm of A. I). Worthington The demand in California for August, A Co, Hartford, Conn., who want agents as indicated by the report of another are everywhere for it, and whose imprint page, proves that Californians is sufficient guarantee of th« excellence talking politic« to busily to build house«. In cargo shipments to foieign ports of the volume. August show» an increaso over July of I Fopocratlc Meeting nearly 8.000,000 fret, while the ship ments coastwise fall sligetly below The “Popocratic” meeting held at the those of July. The total increase in court house on Saturday evening was August over July iw nearly 7,000,000 largely attended, the court room being in such a position that it« repreaenta- crowded to its utmost capacity. The feet. The logging Industry continue« dull tions will receive free ciedit every meeting was called to order by Mr. ami discouraging Fully one-1 ni I where. Dallas who acted as chairmen and in a I have disc w seed these matters with few brief word« introducetl T. J. Whit the camps are shut down beenuse prices the different transportation line« riin- ney of Lynn county as speaker of the of tio demand and low I ning into Portland and free transporta evening. Mr. Whitney spoke for about Good Fir logs have sold within the past tion can be secured I think for onr rep an hour and a half devoting himself ten days at |2.35. Special length ami resentative when Upon btisine«« connec to the finam e question ami the tariff. | grades, however have ru ed higher where «ales have Ixen made --West Coast <k ted with siicli an organization. I'he arguments were those commonly I would like to see something done proluced by orators of hi« faith and Puget Sound Lumberman. and will gladly enp|M>rt tncli a proposi were neither novel nor particularly , Town i'ouncll Meeting. tion In llieae remark® I have |>erliflpa striking except as to hi« position on the i Th« town council held an adjourned suggested but crude Idea«. No doubt tm iff question on which question be meeting last Wednesday evening all be they can be much improved upon and look Hie position held l>y the*democrats 1 lli present except councilman J II the plans greatly enlarged ami perfected. four years ago and abandoned at the Haskins. Mi. Haskins having been ab J 11 B k IDGEFORD. time of the construction of the Wilson sent from the meeting of ll.e board Gorman Bill In other words, Mr. for a number of times and having re* Editing this paper is nice biieiness. W liitney is an extreme free trader and moved from the city hi« place was de If we publish jokes people say we are holds to the idea that the tariff is a tax clared vacant and Tom Goyne appointed I "rattle headed If we dont we are an that increases the price of all commo in bis stead. Oil motion it whi derided old fossil. If we publish original lust dities on which it is levied and that it to publish notice of th« construction of ier they say we don't give them enough never has raised the wages of a working a sewer, iih published elsewhere in these select ions If we give them selections man in thia country ami never will. columns. The Board adjourned. they say we are too laxy to write. Il we Ilia sentiments were warmly applauded remain in the office we ought to go oat by some of bi« hearers but it was quite Advertising pays when it is din« and hustle for "local..” If we go ont evident that there were many |>re»eni properly But In order to pay, an adver we are not attending to onr busines. If who did not indorse them. The repub tisement should l»e properly conatmcted we don't go to church we area heathen lican McKinley club showed Mr. Whit- properly aet and displayed, and h I mjvcm I| If we do w» are a liypocrMe. If we wear ! ney and bin friends the courtesy of it must l>e inserted in h pajasr that reache« j ohi clothe they laugh at ns. If we wear withdrawing their appointment for the the j>eople. The II kablight has double evening and a niimber of republican«at good ones tli»y as y we have a "prill." tended the meeting. the eirtnlition of all the other Now wjiat are veto do? Just as likely in the count? combined 1* iFatlies The latest style« in Fall and Winter about all the people crttnity ami as not someone will say we stole thia : item from our exchanges and so we millinery will be displayed at Mrs a.frlfi'ti.ing fn inTuluiima pay« and pay. Sturgeon'« next weet i did —Ex wall. Editor H eadlight . In traveling through the different portions of the state I have observed quite a determined and creditable effort on the part of the leading men of all counties to bring their respective sections into more favorable notice i among eastern investor« and 1 h*ve wondered at the persistent inaction on the part of those who ought to be most interested I in the developement of this most favored countv. We have here in , Tillamook County natural resouftesthat would support a population a hundred I times greater than we have, and yet. wo | are almost unknown ami unrecognized i in the commercial and industrial world, Finest Beyc nd all Question simply because we have followed the stupid course of living within ourselves and waiting indolently for outside * capital to seek u« out. • ■ It is time for Tillamook County “to wake up’’ hih I it must be done if we TILLAMOOK MEWS CO would reap the benefit that would accrue Next door to bank. Hello No. 7. to us from the development of our unparalleled resources. I have been trying to “think out” some feasible plan for making known to the “outside” 1 world the wonderful timber, mineral and dairying resources of the Countv, but I fully realize the futility of any unorgmiized-indi vidual effort in this direction and am constrained to believe thal through co-operation only can we hope to meet with any measure of success. The most pessimistic prognosticator of political events, and industrial condi tions admits that we are approaching a favorable turn in general deve'opeinent in this whole country, and it must be conceded that the man or the county that makes the best exhibit of his wares i will meet wilU* th« largest measure of success in I iim business endeavor. If therefore the people of ibis county desire its development and any material enhmiceinont in the value of their holdings they must sooner or later adopt more advanced method« of advertising our superior advantages L How «hall we go about this work? First we must organize and co-operate, We must forget our individual interests and work together for the common P lujvibijncb D one . -------- ! good, and rely upon the proposition that | whatever brings capital and industry to I our county will necessarily help each individual citizen. If the country ' surrounding Bay City is built up by a thrifty people my town lots will be I worth more money. In short build up th« country and the country will build I the towns. I would like to see those who are interested in tl.e future d«vel" opment of our county get together and organize a county immigration board, whose object will be to dissiminate a OREGON full and complete presentation of the countie’s resources through the eastern stales or some one or more eastern states FULL STOCK OF from which we may draw a desirable ► class of immigrant« and investors. This DRUGS. PATENT i board should be provided by contribu tions from the public with funds to MEDICINE, DRUGGIST.S j distribute such printed matter as it z may want published, and when it is darefuliy NOTIONS, TOILET AR I thought proper it sliouid semi a repres entative to sections in which it may TICLES, ETC., ALWAYS find by correspondence that colonies Compounded be (ipniifd. It ►hcvld keep a I may ON HAND. list of all lands suitable for such colonies or individuals ns it may induce to come to <»ur country. Ruch an organization should have th® support and endorse ment of the whole county and be placed Opposite Bunk Building Captain Marryat P hysician and S uiiokon , operative surgery a .peclalty Office In th boaie formerly occupied by Dr. Wiley. | lion. Henry B Lives of McKinley and Hobart. ' •z—»«jr-wr TAARKK“' “• V