Tillamook headlight., March 26, 1896, Image 1

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Vol. VIII, No. 44
John Smith
TILLAMOOK. OREGON. THURSDAY, MARCH 26. 1896
ALASKA LETTER
Candidates!
0AVID WILEY, M. D.,
TILLAMOOKER'S INTER.
ES TING EXPERIENCE.
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON
AND ACCOUCHEUR,
All calls promptly attended to
TILLAMOOK, ORE.
J
D. KELLY, M. D.
P hysician and S urgeon ,
Makes a specialty of antiseptic surgery, thus
insuring success.
TILLAMOOK. OR.
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j. may ,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
TILLAMOOK, OREGON.
J
T. MAULSBY,
ATTORN EV-AT-LA \V,
Notary Public and Kcal Katate Conveyancer.
TILLAMOOK. OREGON.
(J LA UDE THAYER,
AT TOIINEY-AT-I.AW,
TILLAMOOK. OREGON
ATTORNEY-AT LAW,
TILLAMOOK,
OREGON.
MISCELLANEOUS,
C. & EL THAYER
ijleneial Banking and Exchange biiMines».
Interest paid on time dep«»sitH.
Exchange on England, Belgium, Germany,
Sweden ami all foreign Conntiiea,
Tillamook,
Oregon.
G. W. KIGER,
DEALER IN
OUT
Lu Elor de General Arthur,
Li\ Elor Stanford,
La Estrella, Monogram and El Belmont.
<?]ILL-i?lOOK ¿]\EWS(?2;
OLTTEZBIZSTG- LIST
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ALFRED WILLIAMS
Collections Receive Careful and
Prompt Attention.
BAY CITY, OREGQN.
J.
[I. BI^IOlqEFO^D.
Motia Rullio ut Com,int,r.
Does a General Real Fiatate BiisiiieM.
‘aj a taxe* for non-residents.
Bad City, Oregon.
DRUGGIST
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prescription#
Carefully
BARBER
: HOT AND COLD BATHS
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IN CONNECTION
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Fir^t Class ig Every particular
vi > m O o K
BREAD
rieg rii <1 rakes, fresh
every day.
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French randies. Fresh home made
randiee. New supply of fruits and
vegetables by every Iroat.
ICE CREAM
.^Restaurant in
■^Connection.
M illinery
.D ress -M aking
! Mi— I. J. Muggle. ««'1 Mr. John«» have •
Tlr-l
ralllluery-tore »n.l .Ire—ranking e»
•bllvhment Inlet «»jle. ill millinery
Tillamook, Ort
$1.50 Per Year
cloth and sew them.
Direct to Circle
City, Yukon, in care of Alaska Com­
mercial Co , 310 Sansome Street, San j
Francisco via W.
New Year—The therinmoeter it fifty ,
this evening; thirty is the warmest for |
two weeks. There was quite a shooting
a fray today between two men over a
girl, the only one in this camp, On*
was hit twice but not dangerous.
There is no law here at all.
The
miliars settle disputes about claims by
mass meetings; no judges or lawyers
Thieves are punished by whipping—
fifteen lashes and sentoutof the country.
Wages are $10 a day. It seems like
good pay but when considering the
short season and liigli prices for living
it is small Flour is $8 per hundred
pounds, bacon thirty-five cents a pound,
rice and rolled outs twenty cents, dried
fruit thirty cents, can of condensed milk
seventy-five cents, mid clothing is very
liigli; gum boots $12, mid everything in
proportion, so you see that a person Ims
to make money here.
Green vegetables are unknown. Irish
potatoes sold for a dollar a pound at I lie
diggings last summer.
Well 1 will close my letter mid hope it
will reach you nil O. K. The price for
taking it to Juneau is one dollar mid
that is cheap.
C aul H unt .
C. R. Hunt bus just received n letter
iroin liie son Carl, well known here,
j who is now in Circle City, Alaska.
■ Though the letter was written last Oc­
O ne of LAMB’S G eneral A rthur C igars
tober, it lias only readied this place.
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Following are extracts from Carl’s
i letter:
Oct. 25:—Well, I am about rh far
north as I can get, within forty miles of
I the Arctic circle. I do not know what
I to think of this country yet, but there is
The Following First Class Cigars------- —
{ one thing sure, it is cold enough.
The
thermometer is a little below zero now.
It gets frozen lip in the winter. There
are fifteen white women iutlie city. 1
was nt a white ball last night. We had
Special rates by the box for candidate».
a very good time. I run onto a Tilla-
mooker here, Chris Neibnhr, he lias a
ranch on Nehalem beach. I guess you
know him. It did me good to see him
but we left there about the same time.
It was good to talk of Tillamook though.
I had forgotten some of their names.
<> reto wn.
We had a hard time from Juneau
and getting over the iirjuntains.
We
Born, on Wednesday lltli to Fred
had to pack everything on our backs Scherzinger a boy.
and build a boat on this side, then come
Msit to Bank. TILLAMOOK. OREGON. P. 0. Box 123.
About thirty families have lately
down the river. We killed our winter’s
meat of moose and caribou so we are come into this part of the country with
better off than most of the men here with the intention of Nettling here.
The store is short of provisions, only 40
A majority of ths people in the south
pounds of bacon, a very little for a man end of the county seem Io be in favor of
Leading Papers Almost Given Away With the Headlight—Prices never Quoted one year, and only a few cans of canned having a few townships cut off and join­
goods. Well I guess that I have written ed to Lincoln county, the proposed line
Before to our Subscribers.
enough for today. I will write a little being from Nestucca bay east to the
neighborhood of Dolph; all south of this
The following mimed papers will lie clubbed w ith the II eaii I. igut at tlie rates every once in n while.
Dec. 22—The thermometer registers line to he a part of Lincoln county.
given in the right hand column of figures. The figures on the left show the price
fifty degrees below zero this morning, Settlers have been led to believe by citi­
of the publishers of the various papers. These are cash prices :
$2 00 tlie lowest it lias been this winter. In zens of Lincoln that if this change is
li 50 Oregonian................................and II k . iiii »> . iuiit
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25 November it was forty-five. There is brought about they will see that we get
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00 not a breath of air stirring at all. The a county road to the Willamette valley
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i 00 Detioit Free Press..........................
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coldest it ever was since tlie whites As it is now, this section of the county
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Toledo
Blade
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2 00 came was seventy-seven. I suppose you has to pay in toll, about live hundred
i 00 St IxmisGlobe Democrat (semi-weekly) )”» »
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me wondering how I uni putting in the dollars a year for ths privilege of trav­
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1 75 winter. I am batching in a cabin with eling ten or eleven miles of road on
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i 00 Cincinnati Enquirer......................
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4 00 another num and waiting patiently for which very little work is ever done and
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3 00 Scientific American........................
2 00 spring. There is very little amusement; which is almost impassable for half the
1 00 Cosmopolitan...................................
2 00 dancing is about all, though I do not year. If a fair proportion of the thous­
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1 00 Hoard's Dairyman..........................
We can give you some very favorable combination» of several papers if you dance much. I Bee Chris every day or ands of dollars that have been mulcted
wish more than two. These rates may be withdrawn any time.
two and he conies here. There is lots of out of the public, had been expended
Call at this office or at 15. C. Lamb’s book store if you wish to accept any of money in this camp for its being so new. on this toll road it would now he ma­
these offers.
j The white women raised $360 for the cadamized from one end of the county
You get a receipt good for tlie Examiner prize scheme if you subscrilie at ‘.he school and the squaws gave a dance and to the other. But the question stands
H e im.rniiT office or at Lamb’s.
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! sold moccasins. They raised over $700 —If other counties can regulate toll
The great drawback is ths short sen- roads, why cannot Tillamook? Al­
• son. About seventy Io ninety days is though we are apparently abandoned by
nil that can be sluiced in There is no the county to suffer this great injustice,
coin here nt nil; the money is gold dust u few of us who have lived in ami grown
The mail is going *o start for Juneau the up with the county for the past twenty
first of January, earner than expected years would be loath to sever the old tie
Over nine hundred miles on the ice and and we hope the people will not be too
snow with dogs.
hasty in seeking something new.
I was down to Fort Yukon for sup­
Band Organized.
plies. The steamer could not get up the
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river (or sand burs about ninety miles
The Tillamook Band has been organ*
from here. 1 brought sqont 200 pounds
OREGON on a sleigh. J think that will be enough ize<l with I lie following named inemberR:
TILLAMOOK,
Ixjnis Johnson, President
now to do me a year. I hope that I will
Geo. Handley, Secretary
strike n good claim and leave Yukon
Mark Miner. Mr. Conner, Lee Roberts
FULL STOCK OF
with n good sack of dust. This is the
best place I know of for a jxxir mini; Howard Edmiiinds, Win. Ehsrinaii, C.
DRUGS, PATENT
the best place in the world Imlay.
1 B. Handley, Fred Page hii <I Fred Stod­
think Chris wants to go out next full. I dard.
All are g<sxl musicians, ami will rooii
MEDICINE, DRUGGIST,S
hope that I can go with him hut will
be prepared so give free open air con­
not build hopes to go
NOTIONS, TOILET AR­
Dec 27—Christmas is over mid a very , certs for the benefit of Hit town, though
dull time it was for me. I suppose you they expect to he engaged considerably
TICLES, ETC., ALWAYS
had a good time. If 1 could have had | for political demonstrations and on
some potatoes and cabbage or |»ir- j holidays.
HAND.
snips it would have been all I wanted
I inn hungry for vegetables, but wliat is
the use of it? 1 cannot get them. Xmiis
Tillamook, Ore., March 17, 1696
was the coldest day, sixty-six degrees
Whereas, our heavenly father in Irs
below. Cot..... on iliei iiiometers were infinite wisdom, lias seen fit to remove
Opposite Rank Building
frozen tip. There lire lots of frozen ears frem our midst our dearly beloved friend
and noses
You can’t imagine how and neighlmr, Mrs. T. F. William», who
cold it is; about ninety degiees colder was the wife of our worthy brother
than Tillamook.
A person’s breath Thon. F. Williams, therefore be it re­
cracks and snaps, i got a letter out of solved .
the store this evening that was written
That, Tillamook Ixxlge No 94, I. O. ().
BUREAU SALOON
in .March. I was glad to get it though, F., deplores the death of Mrs.T. F
C. H. SMITH. Prop'r.
ami what would 1 give to get a letter Williams, in whose demise, her many
from home and a Tillamook paper now! aqua!ntances have lost a devoted friend,
W ines , L iquors and C igars .
I suppose that Tillamook ia the same, and uenerous neighlror, and ami the
Kopp'« Beer on Draught
dancing anil marrying, it seems is all family of the deceased is Irereftof a kind
they think of. 1 guess 1 would not and affectionate wife ami mother.
know the place hardly. Bui Tillainook-
That, the sympathy of this Ixalge is
ers live better than any people I have hereby tendered to our afflicted brother,
seen
and the iiienil>erw of his family in this,
1 saw another Tillamooker coming their tad lasreavement.
down the river, .Mr. Munson.
lie lias
That a r opy of these resolutions be
a brother in Tillamook. I did not know •ent to the family, and spread Ujion tlm
him until afterwards. Then I placed records of this Ixxlge. Also a copy fur­
him
1 think lie u doing well. The nished to the city papers for publication.
mail starts in a day or two now.
It is
Committee, G kokgk (' ohm ,
GRAND CENTRAL BILLIARD
not likely you will hear from me until
H. V. A mdkkson ,
H. 1’ ktmk .
slimmer, but you write until the first of
all
August anyway.
The steamer Albion ram* into Tilla­
Address letters Circle City Yukon, via mook bay Saturday to Dnieli taking on
Fine Liquors and Cigars
Tillamook. Oregon
Juneau, ami semi me Tillamook Hr.xn- cargo. Them was not enough lumbar
i . ioht from the time I left Juneau
1’ul ready at Nelialem thia time to make a
them in one parcel, mid wrap them in ull load.
Agency for Victor Bicycles.
IV. SEVERANCE,
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Compounded
Day or (light.
Instruments
C. B. HADLEY,
H
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Attention!
s?u6
The foregoing allows the at) le of the ad­
dresses. The large figure six at the right in­
dicate» the year, that is 1896. A large seven at
the right would indicate 1697. or a five would in­
dicate 1895. The other figures denote the «lay of
the month, and the month ia indicate«! in small
type. A cross mark iu blue pencil indicates
that you are away behind and should pay up.
CITY AND COUNTY
POLITICAL GOSSIP, LOCAL
NEWS, E TC.
Convention Saturday.
Freeh fruits at (lie Bakery.
l'eter Byron is now a resident of this
place.
A pension Ims been granted to Wm.
Brown.
Dick Lyster intends to return to Kan­
sas soon.
Large stock of paints and oils as Tut­
tle & Cary’s.
l)r. Wise and wife returned from
Portland last week.
Voters, Sturgeon keeps a full line of
jewelry and stationery.
A few more National Recorder sub­
scriptions to give away.
The Harrison brought a large lot of
spring goods for Colin Co.
Garden seeds, new and large assort­
ments, just received nt Colin’s.
G. W. Sappington and B. II. Bunn are
mentioned as candidates tor J. 1*.
The steamer Elmore lias lier propeller
fixed and will run on the route us usual.
The steamer Harrison came in Satur­
day and discharged cargo here Monday
llirain Page has come back to Netarts,
and may conclude to remain fora while.
Politicians of all parties can get goods
at Sturgeon's drug store just as cheap as
anybody.
Our democratic friends have managed
to find enough men left in their party to
act as delegates.
Nobody is bound to support a nomi­
nee of his party if the candidate is nom­
inated by a swapping deal.
Next week this paper will publish a
long letter from Dave Hadley who is in
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Local Market—Eggs 10 cents, dairy
butter 40 cents per roll, cienmcry 50
cents, potatoes 30 cents, onions 2 cents.
CmididateH from various portions of
the county aie ie«piest«*d to call at Cohn
Co’s, and get such information as
they desire regarding prices on staples.
Fifteen hundred dozen eggs were
shipped out by Cohn & Co. this week
within the last 30 days they have Rent
out about 100 cases of 36 dozen per case.
Everybody are flocking to the support
of the editor of this paper for Joint Rep­
resentative. It is thought the H ead ­
light and Bro. Wilson’s Herald will
support him unanimously.
Delegates should remember the warn­
ing in regard to secret eaiiciiMiiig and
swapping. If you wish to defeat the
parly, try it. I ret the other parties do
the trading ami see if they can deliver
the goods.
The Tillamook Lumber Co. is building
a very extensive wharf across the street
west of the mill. It will be by all odds
the largest wharf here and will be used
for a lumber yard sml for handling gen­
eral freight.
On another page may be seen a dis­
play of some of the new, plain ami fancy
job printing type recently added to this
office Some of ths latest styles are
shown, and this office will now turn out
finer printing than ever.
The case against George ami Johnnie
Day, who witli several other hoys were
charged with disturbing tl>e peace while
sleighing the night of the snow, was
dieinieeed by Recorder Aiderman.
Die
city marshal failed to appear to prose­
cute
ft is understood Garibsldi precinct
held anol her primary Wednesday, an
there was Home dinsgtisfaction regard­
ing the election of Wm Heitmilier an a
delegate. It is claimed the voting at
the regular primary wan fraudulent, and
that Wm. Ileitmiller in a detnocrat.
Ths county convention will nettle the
matter.
The primary here hist Satuiday was
well attended, ami everything pawned off
quietly. The slate was knocked out
completely, and a set of representative
men were put in as delegate».
It in
thought that none of them were pledged
though they are undoubtedly opposed
to the ring combination that is trying
to run tbingn. Every lime the mime ol
one of the slate men came up in the pri­
mary, he whs promptly snowed under
by a large majority.
E. E. Sri ph wan
chairman of the meeting ami A. .1. Still­
well was secretary. The lint of dele-
, gates clmsen appeals in another column.