•Hlamoak
£*nbli(iht.
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W. F. D. JONH.
for the law to go into effect will bo
set far enough abend to allow all
present obligation« to lie nettled
oil the present Imais.
T he C ounty O fficial P aper
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HATKS OF • IJHMI'MI PTION
(• tcictly
inadvancr .)
Oue year
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rhree month*
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.7.5.
to
Wall Street bankers sent word
ova. the country to all bunks
urging tlmm to hoard gold and
pay out silver, in order to further
depreciate that metal. As a re­
sult every bank in the United
States, even the smallest ones, are
cashing drafts with silver dollars.
awuy off some where, when you
can get one at home for nearly the
same wages. Do not hire a teacher
just because she will Ixrard with
you. If you must hire a teacher
who never baa taught, let it be a
Tillamook boy or girl, if you can
And one that will take your school.
L. P. S mith .
ONE OF THE LETTERS.
The Advocate publiHhed a letter
from Salem which severely cen-
Dr. Parkhurst’s first article to "ured eomebody for writing letters
women in Tho Indies'Home .Jour- to Guild, and Mr. H. McDermott,
nul has proved so p.pular that the tl'i"ki,,K the '"Hinuations were
entire huge edition of the Febru- cai,t "" »‘»«»Melf, hands us the fol-
ary issue of the magazine was ex Ipublication:
hausted within ten dayt, and a
Hon. H. G. Guild,
second edition of 45,000 copies has
Salem, Oregon,
been printed.
Dear Sir:—I beg to offer congrat-
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illations upon your wise judgement
It is very important that a cable |n (|ie firm ami vigorous stand you
be laid from Sun Francisco to Hon- have taken
mill maintained
lulu, It would greatly facilitate against Dolph, in the current sen­
commerce on this coast. This and atorial contest in your honorable
the Nicaragua canal should receive body; and thus speaking, I voice
the stiport of the government at the honest political sentiment of
once. The eastern coast Ims been all good republican voters m this
helped mild, morn lilierally t litui section, with many of whom 1 have
this.
recently talked.
Mr. Josiah Biggs, a neigldior,
EMPLOYING TEACHERS.
who is sick and unable to w rite,
Aa the time for employing concurs heartily in what I have
teachers for the coming school year said and wishes me to admonish
is drawing ue^r, a few words to you to stand firm ami uphold re-:
school boards may bn beneficial to publican principles and the cause
No useless mid injurious
the patrons of schools.
of right.
were repealed.
No doubt every school board ill
A paper is lieiug circulated here
the county has received letters for signatures petitioning you to
The committee clerks were mix
from teachers in various parts of vote for Dolph. I held the office
ions for mi extra session.
the slate, making application for of County Treasurer here for a
'¡'ho clerkship evil whs the most a summer schisil in Tillamook period of six years, and understand
disgusting thing iibout the legisla- ■ county. Or, it is some one who well the political situation of the
has never taught mid will teach county and the wish of its people.
lure.
for very low wages, the main
Those of us who know’ you, be-,
out of consideration being the experience
lieve in your honesty, glory in
of con-
that teacher will have practicing your strong and fearless action in
on Tillamook children. Tillamook our behalf ami feel that you will
county has been a training school be little influenced by petitions
for outside teachers long enough. emanating from the “ Ring ele-
It is time now’ that we employ iiient” here or elsewhere.
teachers of experience. The price
Again offering you hearty con­
The present legislature was a per month of a teacher should not gratulations, I am,
complete lizzie. It didn't do oiie be the first consideration. While
Years Truly,
bit of useful legislation.
it isn't advisable to pay exorbitant
H. M c D ekmott .
wages; it is advisable to pay rea­
A monster petition, with tile
DOESN'T AGREE WITH US.
sonable wages mid secure a
name of every voter west of the
I
teacher that will do some good in
Ei>. H eaiii . k . iit .—Noticing your
Rockies, should he sent to Wash­
your schools. It is best to em­ “correH|M>n<lence wanted” in the
ington, asking for the Nicaragua
ploy teachers of your own county, H eadi . iuht , although a constant
Clllllll.
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other things being equill. It is reader of your or “our paper,” J
'I'liere would bo no idle men on lietterto employ teachers w ho have
cannot agree or subscribe to much ■
thin cohh I if the Nicaragua ennui taught mid given satisfaction mid
that I find therein expreaaed.
were opened. Store liilla mid long pay him a living price than to hire
I do not believe that the free
standing accounts would be paid, some one that wants experience or
coinage of silver without an inter­
Everybody could pi*osper.
ia coming for their health. Those
national agreement would be a
people that come for a summer on
Put a dollur's worth of silver in the coast mid expect to teach u benefit to the financial condition of
ii dollar, if we emit have free coin­ school to pay expenses, generally our country, but rather the great­
age. Paper money ia iim good na have the summer on the constat eat injury. I do not believe that
metal dollars worth only 5b cents. the expense of the school. Do not the defeat of Dolph would lie a
benefit but rather an injury to our
The financial system ia rotten.
think that all teachers who are
I
state.
strangers in this county are of the
I do not believe that there can
Repealing the act of 187.3 would above style but some ot them are.
stop the cry for free coinage. Sil­ If a teacher intends to locate here lie a free coinage silver bill passed
ver would rise to its legitimate permanently it is somewhat differ­ by congreaa. But. I am confident
value and it would be coined free ent. If he or she appears to be that President Cleveland wi'.l veto
sail was before '73. In 1870 it able to teach try them; they liaveu it if it doea.
I realize that since 1802 thia
was worth 11.03.
reputation at stake ami expect con country has l«eeu attending a very
tinuul employment which they expensiveschool, but we do well to
The successful operation of the
know they will not get if they do reuiemlier that there are many
Nicaragua canal would make it
not do their work well.
among us who need education on
imperative that Hlsmt #500,000 lie
Again, nearly every time you tariff', finance und jHilitical econ­
spent improving Tillamook Inirbor.
hire one of those cheap strangers, omy and we must needs pay the
Good roads, railways and every-
you displace some one you know school bill E.B. C hambeki . ain .
thing else needed would follow
who is a goo 1 teacher but cannot
P. 8. With kind regards to you
shortly.
afford to teach for fun. That I wish you to know these facte but
tier ninny and England uro en­ teacher will have to seek seme
but am not solicitous of their pub-
delivering to get international other employment in order to pay [ jeHji(>ll
agreement on the silver question his expenses and when lie is called
now. We want men in the U. 8. to ii school he is rusty in liis studies
We are pleased to give Mr.
congress who will help it along. mid practice of teaching, and ia not Chamberlain's letter publication,
Those In sympathy with Wall much more able to conduct a schisil and it is the first of that aide of the
Street will not do it.
thana new beginner.
quesliou we have received. The
Thia county pays from #3,(MM) to facta ami arguments offered by Mr.
Moon the multitude of supernu­ #5,000 a year for teachers. You Chamlierlaiu have been familiar to
merary legislative clerks who drew can keep that money at home us for a long time, in fact we read
a salary for doing nothing will re­ where It can be taxed ami drcula- Harvey Scott's able editorials
turn to their homes and relate the ted for your benefit or you can every day, mid have read much
“important work and influence" send to other places out of your other of the lieat arguments against
they used in constructing and pass reach by hiring transient teachers. a silver Imsis. Really, we have
iug “great measures."
The more constantly teachers given more time recently to study­
We call the attention of those are employed in teaching, the bet­ ing the gold arguments than to
who wish to read a sensible, roll- ter teachers they liecome. They any other side of the question. We
servatKe view of tinancial matters can earn a living in that way mid trust Mr. Chamberlain will take
to a long article on the flrat page will give their whole attention to the trouble to read extracts from
of thia paper. It treats of the sub­ that work. When a teacher's at­ the Inter Ocean in this issue, and
ject in its various phases, and ia so tention is divided among several also procure a copy of Coiu's Finan­
different occupations some of them cial School or some other gissi free
plain that any may understand.
or all of them are more or less neg­ silver literature and compare it
Conssrvative silver men are in lected ami hie scholars a re just as with the arguments offered in the
favor of securing International apt to suffer neglect as anything Oregouiau, which are the strongest
agreement. If this can't lie done else.
and moot able from a gold stand
they pnqmoe for this country to do
In conclusion, do not make the point. We do not seek to oouvert
something on its own hook. If teacher's salary the first cousider .Mr. Chamberlain, but ask him to
free coinage Is adopted, the time ation. Do not hire a teacher from I investigate.
Oorrsspondeaoe Wanted.
The H eadlight in for the people, and they
are invited to write for ita columns. We be­
lieve In free exercise of opinion, and wish to
enciuragf independence of thought and action
Local topics are preferred. Our name stands
at the head of this column, and everything,
tot otherwise signed, w« stand responsible for.
If you write, don’t be afraid to father your own
opinions, But sign your name for publication,
it is cowardly to do otherwiae. and articles
with fictitious names have little weight. We
.rdhere to thi» condition, except as to local cor­
espondents who send news items pure and
simple. In such cases we do not publish the
name of the writer.
Hut if you wish to express au opinion or crlt-
cite somebody, von must sign your name for
publication
And. in all cases we must know
the name of the writer Don’t throw out pettv
persona! slings, or deal in coarse abuse regard­
ing your neigh bins. Would rather you’d abuse
the editor of this paper. Such letters would be
more apt topic published. In lac», people who
hold opinions different from ours are urged to
write them for publication. We 11 answer you
•airly and courteously if your opinions are worth
answering. Wear? anxious to have pat ties of
diffeereat faith express their opinion in this
paper. We pride ourselves on «ranting every­
body to tliink and act according to his con
science, regardless of our own beliefs
The public doesn’t care about "someltodv
going to see his girl,” new fence,” "bad colds.”
building of lien-coops,” etc Write about some
thing interesting oi not at all Write as plainly
<s possible if you can’t spell correctly, or
use g<M>.l grammar, never mind that
Don’t
let a good news item spoil on that account. We
fnrnis i printed instructions that will be of
help to those who wish to write for papers
The apace in thia papet is yours Make use of
it if you like.
* Established 20 years ago
COHN & CO
The Largest and Leadimr
Merchandise Dealers i
Tillamook County, Ore.
Quality Considered.
lining connected with th«« large wholesale firm of Mark L. Oohu A (Jo. . of
Portland, enables us to buy direct from the manufacturers and we can there­
fore sell our goods, quality consider«-,!, cheaper than anyone else in Tillamook.
Annual Clearance Sale.
We have just concluded Our Annual Clearance Sale which has been a grand
succos, showing that people appreciate it when they are getting real bargains.
Alviut .March first we shall receive our immense stock of spring goo«ls which
has just lieen purchased awl carefully selected from several Eistern factories
Ladies’ Dress Goods.
In Ladies' Dress Goods we have all the very latest pattern», and an immense
selections to choose from, and our prices are lower than they ever been Iwfore.
Fancy Goods.
Our line of Ladies’ Fancy Goods will be the finest ever shown in tin- city.
In huts we will have the latest spring and summer slmpes, fashionable colors.
Aixiniitet-
nf
W< will receive the largest stock of Spring and summer clothing, in all the
latest styles, ever show n in the city and our prices will lie astonishing low,
Forty Cases of Shoes.
We will receive about forty cases of shoes, consisting of Lulies, Misses, Mens,
Boys—all the nearest styles—direct from the largest factories in America.
We pride ourselves on la-ing able to buy direct from factories and giving oitr
patrons the la-nefit of extreme low prices nt which we will sell gotwls hereafter.
Country Produce.
We pay th« highest prices for all kinds of country produce, eggs, butter,
hides, ami furs in season. Feed by the sack, ton, or carload furnished at
the lowest prices. Logging camp supplies.
Our 25 Cent Tea’s
NEVER FAIL TO
(UVE SATISFACTION
COUNTY WARRANTS TAKEN AT 95 CETNS.
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Remember we are Leaders
In every line of Goods we
Handle in Tillamook City
COHN & CO.
Tillamook