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THURSDAY, MAY IS, 191(1 Some fellows down in Texas got hold of hair lotion, but intead of using it ex ternally, swallowed it, a t least th a t is w hat th e coroner says. PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE. The Filipino people are divided on the question of independence and until they are nearer a un it, th e United States governm ent will take no decisive action. One group of Filipinos would have the U nited States vacate p H public offices, th e adm inistration of affairs in the Islands and move out all govern m ental m achinery. This is exactly w hat th e United States will do event ually. It has promised the Filipinos independence, and believing in inde pendence and freedom, the United States cannot be consistant before the world if she retains a throttling hold on a foreign people. But fu rth er action on Phillipine inde pendence will not be taken until 1018 or 1920. Represenative Fillipinos in W ashington have gone over the m atter carefully and they sav th a t independ ence for the Phi'ipines a t this tim e is not desired. Instead of being an advantage to th e islands it would be disastrous. They say they need the helping hand of th e U nited States a few years longer, and when they are positive they can take up the reins of governm ent and adm inister the political affairs of the islands, they will say so and will be glad to welcome th e independence which the U nited States has assured them will be theirs. ARE THERE SIGNS OF PEACE. T here was a reference in the last note of G erm any to two occasions when she announced her willingness to consider th e restoration of peace in Europe. If we recall these occasions, the references were not broad enough to be taken as direct offers to talk peace. There was a »ugnest .on of a willingness to consider th e question, but Germ any wanted to designate the term s under which it should he made. A correspondent at R otterdam , Hol land, savs th a t Em peror William sent an autograph letter to Pope Benedict at E aster tim e expressing a hope th at tiie pontiff with the king of Spain’ would he able to coi atruct a scheme with the ob ject of bringing, under the auspicious em blem of the dove and olive branch, a confcienee of belligerents for ronsidera- tion of an im m ediate arm istice, in the fervent hope of securing an early peace without detrim ent to the legitim ate aspirations of the nationalities. Possibly the latter may he w holy w ith out foundation, yet it would not be su r prising if Ciermany wanted peace. It would not be surprising if Englaud wanted peace, if France, Italy , A ustria, and all the belligerents w anteifpoace. Not one of the European nations know w hat they are lighting for, nor why they should have engaged in this, the w orld’s greatest of all wars. They have nothing to gain and everything to lose. Not a nation over there will have gained anything after all have worn themselves out by sheer necessity to stop the shedding of hum an blood. Scores of thousands of inoffensive men have met their death through a war oc casioned by some im aginary grievance coupled with jealousy, suspicion and in dustrial hatred. I t will take a century for Europe to recover from th e waste fulness of this war. And future his torians will work late into th e night to find any just cause or reason why civil ized nations should hurl them selves at each other in such a terrific conflict It is easy to get into war, but a h u n dredfold more difficult to get out of one, and save a country’s honor. K itchener once said th a t the European war would last four years. Two years have gone. If tliu next two years are to see life and property sacrificed to the same degree as in the past, the calam itous harvest of blood and treasure will be difficult to approxim ate. If any of tin; nations of Europe should seek peace, it would be an evidence of returning san ity and a desire to atone for past misdeeds and unw arranted slaughter of precious hum an life. C hron o m eters A bo ard S hip . A ship’s chronom eter is the most wonderful and accurate tim ekeeper made, for upon its accuracy depend the lives of all on board. So accurate, indeed, is a ship’s chronom eter th at it does not vary u second a day. An er ror of only a fewr seconds may put a captain of n vessel miles out of his reckoning a t ¿ u and run the ship into great danger. For th a t reason every ship’s tim epiece goes through the most thorough tests before it is pronounced perfect. It is set going in a very hot room and then transferred to a cold one, for it may he used in any p art of the world, from the polar regions to the tropics, and it m ust alw ays keep good time. Most large vessels have three chro nom eters on board in case of accident, and whenever a vessel goes into port they are sent on shore and tested to see if they are still accurate. On board ship the chronom eter is kept am id ships, because there are the least motion and the sm allest variation of tem perature. How Japs Play Ken. In its m ost widely practiced form the basis of the Japanese gam e of ken is th a t the fully outstretched band signi fies paper, the fully closed hand a stone, and tw o fingers alone extended, the rest being closed, scissors. Each of the players, counting one. two. three, throw s out liis hand a t the moment of pronouncing three, and tho oue whose m anual symbol is superior to th a t of the others, according to the theory of the game, w ins the trial. Superiority is determ ined on the hypothesis that whereas scissors cannot cut a stone they can cut paper and whereas paper is cut by scissors it can w rap up a stone—consequently scissors are infe- rior to stone, but conquer paper: stone is inferior to paper, but conquers scis sors, and paper is inferior to scissors, but conquers stone. T here are Innu m erable varieties of the game. CANDIDATES’ ANNOUNCEMENTS For County a n d Other Ojjiees. To th e V o te rs of T illam ook County. 1 hereby announce th a t I am a can didate for the nom ination on the repub lican ticket for the office of County School Superintendent a t the primary election to be held in May. Geo. IS. Lamb. ' To th e Voters of Tillamook County. Acting on the advice from friends from all parts of the eountv and the urgent request of m any, l announce myself a candidate for nom ination for County Clerk on the Republican ticket at the prim aries in Mav Respectfully, Erwin Harrison. P e r C ounty T re a su re r. 1 hereby announce myself as candi To the Voters ol Tillamook Couuty. date for the ortice of county treasuer of I hereby announce myself as a candi Tillamook county, subject to the will of date for th e nom ination by the R epub the republican voters a t th e la id prim lican party for the otfice of District At ary election. Respectfully, torney, to be voted for a t the next regu B. L. Beals. lar prim ary election. If elected to the F o r S h eriff. office, I will perform the duties of such office faithfully and conscientiously. To tho Voters of Tillamook County : T. 11. Gov no. 1 hereby announce myself us a candi date for tlie nom ination for the office of For County Commissioner Sheriff on th e Republican ticket. If f hereby announce myself as a candi nom inated and elected 1 shall endeavor to enforce the law with efficiency and date for the nom ination for the otliee of economy. Respectfully, County Com m issioner (N orth End) on W. L. Campbell. the R epublican ticket at the prim ary election to be held May, 191(1. To th e V o te rs of T illam o o k C ounty. D. F. Thompson. I hereby announce myself as a candi date for nom ination for the otfice of To the Voters ol Tillamook Couuty. County Clerk, on the Republican ticket, I am a canpidate for the Republican at the prim ary election to be held in nom ination for D istrict A ttorney at the May, 191 Respectfully, prim ary election to be hold May 19th. .1. C. Holden. William Marx. To th e V o te rs. To th e V o te rs of T illam ook County. C andidate for nom ination, second I hereby announce myself as a candi date for th e office of county sheriff on term , on Republican ticket, at prim ary the Republican ticket a t th e prim aries election in May, for County Assessor. Respectfully, to be held in Mav. C. A. Johnson. Respectfully Fred II. Minich. For Couuty Commissioner. To tho Vclers, Nineteenth Judicial Dis To the Republican voters of Tillamook C ou n ty : trict. I hereby announce myself as a candi I am a Democratic candidate for the date for the nom ination for County nom ination to the office of Circuit Judge, Commissioner on the Republican ticket N ineteenth Judicial D istrict. If nom i a t the prim aries to be hold May 19. nated and elected, 1 shall try to do iny VV. B. lia-uis. duty and m aintain my independence. 8. S. Johnson. For Joint Reprosantativo. I hereby an notice myself as a candi Notice to Voters. date at the Prim ary Election to be held I hereby announce myself as a candi in May for the Republican nom ination date for the office of County Sheriff at for the office of J o in t Representative for the Dem ocratic prim aries to be held on th e Counties of Tillamook and Yumftill. May 19, 1910. Frank A. Rowe. N. J. Myers. To th e V o te rs of T illam ook C ounty. I hereby announce myself a candi date for sheriff on the Republican tiedet, subject to your approval a t the Mav prim aries. Respectfully, Jo h n Aschitn. To th e R epublican V oters of T illa mook County. I am a candidate for the Republican nom ination for Circuit Judge of the 19th Judicial D istrict, comprising Tillamook and W ashington counties, a t the Mav 19th, 1916, prim aries. Geo. R. Bagiev. To the Voters ot Tillamook County. I herew ith announce myself as a can didate to succeed myself as County Sur- vor. If nom inated and elected I will continue to. enforce the same policies l practiced hv my office in the past, th a t of conducting it on strictly engineering basis, efficiently and economically. Respectfully, It. L. Shreve. To the Voters ol Tillamook County. I hereby announce myself as a candi date for the office of County Com m is sioner, Tillamook County on the Demo cratic ticket at the prim ary election on May 19, 1918. Guo. R. McKiuienn F'>r Circnit Judge. I »m a candidate for C ircuit Judge for the 19th Judicial D istrict, com pris ing Tillamook and W ashington Counties, subject to the Republican convention May 19, 191(1. l.ess litigation, less ex pense, less delay and more justice will be my m otto. Your support respect fully requested. W. H. Hollis, Forrest Grove, Oregon. When in Tillamook and you want a g<Kid meal at a most reasonable price call ;it M. (Meson’s in the Ramsey Hotel dining room. Take the old reliable W hite stage f"i a comfortable, safe and sure trip to Tillamook. T h e C i ov e rd a l e C o u r i er ♦! a ye ar,