®illiiniooli ijcitbIi0ht T he C ounty O fficial P aper PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY T he T illamook H eadlight C ompany , (|NCOMI*ORATKD) W. F. L>. J ones , E ditor and M anager . KATES OF SCUSI KlZi lON. (HlKICri.Y IN ADVANCE.) One year >lbO. Six inontliN .......................... Three months . &b. ADVERTISING KATES. |>er>ettt JZ-7S fo.7* .. ” " 2o.oo »»5 ” ” 33-00 3 75 . ” ” 6o.oo 6 75 ” ” 100.00 1 »• •• •• 11.00 anti sein, after Local notic-M. locls. per line; ------ the first insertion. Only .sets per line for first insertion for regular advertisers Lost. Found, For Kent, For Side, Wanted, and Special notices, in classitied “ad" columns, at the rate of one cent per word for first insertion and IniltiHtes thereafter. Legal notices, Nonpareil, iocts. per line for first Insertion and Acts per line for each siibse qiieut hisertiun. 1 inch, per month ^¿col. ” ” notices or communications should be sent in as early in the week as possible. SOUTH AFRICA Interesting Letter From Dave Hadley. Johannesburg, Feb. 10. E d . II eaih . ight :—I left New York on the steamer City of Paris on Christmas day, and arrived al Southampton, England, on New Yem-. Here was one of. my first hu r prises—the manner in which they tried to extort money from me. Finding the hotels crowded, I was 1 If the Oregonian, which is so I loins. The women wear bangles on their feet mid rings on their persistent in its effort* to belittle that faction of the republican par. toes. It would surprise you to see the ty which lias Senator J. H. Mitch number of oxtemns, nine or ten ell'» authority to act for him, has yoke in a team, and very fine any better men to introduce to beasts. public notice Ilian Solomon Hirscli I heard an argument among Judge C. H. Carey, Judge Tanner some Boel's as to the color of the and Mr. F. P. Mays, we would I e British flag. One saitl itwasgreen pleased to have him do so. Un with a red square in one corner, fortunately for Hint paper no bet and another said it was blue. The' ter men live in thia community, third Ilian says, “I have seen it and its silence on this proposition three times and it was always will lie as pronounced as that of white.” He had seen the flag of the grave. No better men live in Oregon, and the editor knows it.— truce. It rarely rains here in winter, Tomahawk. the wet season being in the sum I* it overwork Hint has filled mer, which makes it warmer, and they say the winters are quite cold. this country witli nervous dyspep If there are any Tillamook boys tics?—that takes Hie flesh oft’their who have African fever, there is a bones, the vitality from their blood good show here. They can get a and makes them feeble, emaciated | It is bad horse, rifle, ami good wages to en and inefficient? No, list in Hie volunteer corps, mid cooking, overeating of indigestible they expect to see active service stuff, and other health destroying habits. Respectfully, soon. The remedy is an artificially di I). J. H adley . gested food such as Hie Shaker Digestive Cordial. Instead of ir ritating Hie already intlamed stom [Fioni the Ocean Wave.I ach the cordial gives it a chance to The school districts in the south- rest by nourishing the system it ern part of the county are entirely self and digesting oilier food taken too large, but under existing cir witli it. So flesh and strength re cumstances it would be a difficult turn. Is not the idea rational? mutter to rearrange them in such T’lie cordial is palatable and re a manner a* to make them much lieves immediately. No money A better than nt tile present time. risked to decide on its value, There is a large amount of unoccu 10 cent trial bottle does that. where I pied hind in all the districts, wliich 'this ns a matter of course, w ithin a few’ was not so high, but they contili- years will lie more thickly settled. There are many bachelors, also, There ually demanded “tips.” who have no children, but own ns was n splemli show of dishes on much land in the center of the dis Hie table, but little grub, mid I trict ns anyone. The families soon would have wished for Tilla therefore are so few and far apart, mook, the land of plenty, if I had compared witli wliat they should been forced Io stay there long. be, that it makes school facilities It Three days later I left for South poorer than they should be. Africa on the steamer Warwick seems it would lie better to make as few changes in the districts ns Castle. We bail an exceptional possible, at Hie present time, and pleasant run, Hie like of wliich was until more families settle in the seldom seen, said the sailors. The districts, as in a few years people sea was often ealm us a mill pond. will know much better where they We himled at Hie ('unary Islands will want the district lines than at which impress one ivilli their the present time. While the dis beauty. The natives cmne on Hie tricts are large it is very inconven bout witli all sorts of wares for ient for those in tlm remote parts sale, and we amused ourselves by to send, if they were divided it tossing small coins overboard to would work a hardship upon nil; see tlm boys dive after them. They because it would reduce tlitir would catch a coin before it got funds to such a small amount, that to Hie bottom. none would receive lillich benefit. We crossed the equator on Jan Perhaps in a lew years the bache uary Ki, and here encountered a lor ranches mid unoccupied lands terrific thunderstorm. The sky w ill be set lied w ith families, and was a vivid glare of “streaked” it will be less difficult to divide up lightning, mid copper wires were Hie districts in a satisfactory Mtriing on tlm masts to guard manner. against damage. The thunder The owners of the J1 EADLKIHT roared for hours, mid my hair, are not engaged in denying they t hough abort, stood on end. We saw a lot of porpoises, whales own it. ami flying fish; also a number of It is an old trick to semi papers albatrosses, a large bird, some of which measured 9 feet from tip to out promiseously, saying they are sent on trial only for a few week tip of wings. We ill-riven at Cape Town Jan free of charge, and then sending uary 28lh, and it looked ns if I them right along trying to collect had struck it in (lie wrong time as for them afterwards. sent to a private house I.ail to pay 82,00 per day. .L“M8fí ty S*/V FRANC'sC° M anufacturers of L umber and B oxes , and D ealers in Gei 1 e ra 1 Merc 1 land i se PROVISIONS, LOGGERS SUPPLIES Clothing, Footwear! Sperry Flour, Best California. We wish to call attention to our teas. We guarantee satisfaction to the most fastidious. J. E. SIBLEY, Ptiiicipal Office, 249, Bet t y St., S. F. Mills al Truckee, Cat.. La Grippe! D r . H. P atchen ’ s SPEC, is rapidly becoming an indispensible family medi cine. It not only takes effect immed iately, arresting the pangs of influenza, but acts on the emunctories of the sys tem; thus freeing it of the accumulations of La Grippe of long standing. This is $1,000 IN PRIZES why rheumatism so frequently yields to this treatment and Disturbances of the Tu It Distribute/ Absolutely free Lungs, Stomache. Kidneys and Bowels are so quickly overcome. 90c per large Inquire of your Use the letter* contained in the bottle, 50c per small. Druggist. Laxol is the best medicine for children. Doctors recommend it in place of castor oil. text: “Monon Seeds Grow,” ami form as many words as you can, using letters either backward or forward, but dont use any letter in same word more times than it ap pears in "Monon Seeds Grow.” For example the words, as, on none, weeds, etc. The person forming the greatest number of words, using the letters in the text will receive One Hundred Dollars in cash. For I lie next lar gest list we will give $75 in cash, for the next largest list 850 in cash, for the next 825 in cash, and for each of the next ten largest lists we give 810 in gold. If you are good at word making you can secure a valuable prize, as the Monon Seed Co. intend giving many hundred special prizes to persons sending them lists contain ing over twenty-live words. Write your mum* on list of words (num bered) mid enclose the same post paid with six twocent stamps for a large combination package of Freight ha lulled with dis Monon Seeds that grow, which in patch mid at lowest rates cludes the latest and most popular Fruit delivered in good order. (lowers of entiles varieties, also particulars and rules of distribu Best Accommodation and Cheapest Route tion of prizes. This word contest to or from Tillamook. will be carefully nod conscientious Every attention paid to wants and conveni ly conducted, mid is solely for the ences of pas>engvrs. First class table set. purpose of further introducing our * seeds in new localities. You will receive the biggest value in flower seeds ever ottered, mid besides if you are able to make a good list of words and answer promptly you C abin , O ne W ay , $10. will stand an eqinil opportunity to " R oundtrip , $18. secure a valuable prize. We in S teerage , one way , $7. tend spending a large amount of money in the distribution of prizes , in this contest. We assure you | that your trial order w ith us will be most gratifying. Write your mime plainly mid send list as early For further particulars apply to as possible. Address. J S KIMBALL, 2i Market St., 8. F. Cal., or to M onox S eed C o ., M oiioii Bldg., Chicago, III. H C. THOMAS. Master, it was crowded with people leav The HinUhoro creamery is to be ing Johannesburg to get out of the moved to Eugene city, iim a more wnr. I was told it was foolish to The Hillsboro go there just then as the Boers profitable field. were on the alert and would no people are not Hatiufied to do with doubt attack us thinking we were out kuc I i an institution, mid will try to aecure another. enlisted to light them. I ran the risk, but on the way The big l.nuk ol show Hint ¡M up wa* surprised to see the train pulled lip. The Boers searched UHually prominent from Sheridan our persons mid baggage to our until the later part of April in the great disgust. Every Boer in the Salmon river mountain* is now Transvaal Inti es an Englishman, gone, which old settler* say prom and they repeatedly called me ii ises an early spring.—Sun. “Cockney.” Finally I pulled my We have communications fl Olli coat oil'mid told (hem I was an American citizen from Tillamook. several parties w hich cannot pos- silily appear this week, and they That settled it. Oregonian and H kadi .K iht , •2 Wc saw saw some peculiar must take their turn in the future. per year. It would be a great relief if we beasts on Hie way up, among them small monkeys and bablioons. We could imbue our friends with a full passed by several ostrich farms appreciation of the circumstances Svenska Ainerikanska Posten mid some line vineyard*. Further which govern a printing office— soni utgifues i Minneapolis, Minn., up. tlie country Is barren, until we especially in handling loug-wind- hvarji Tisdngs ni argon ar Ainsri- reached the vicinity of Johannes ed articles. cas saval Storsta som billigast burg where H ere are many farine.: Svenska tiduing. Endast 81.00 The native* live in straw huts Miss Anna Pagenkopf left Wed- per ar. Ve vilja gara et sarskit tlint look like bee hive*. Thereare nesday for Meda, Tillamook collu tillbud till liisarne af demi tiduing. many tribes, mid there lire nil na- ty to take charge of a school, sile Att •rhulla Svenska Amerkauska tiomilitie* of the world represent- has long been in attendance at Mc rosica pa prof fruii me till den 1 here. The Malay mi* me very Minnville college, and her many Jmiiim ie 1897 for elidasi 50 cents. numerous. friends regret her departure, from Oni ilenna tiduing niaune* prof The Kaffirs work principally in their circle yet wish her abundant numiner frit pa begaran address- the mines and as servants. Their succe** in the school room.—Tele era Svenska Amerikanska Postell, drees is »imply a skin around their phone Register. i Minneapolis Minnesota. Manager Store and Mill, Hobsonville Oregon Sturgeon's pleW and 0elect 0toclç patent l^ßdicinßg and Elriiggigt’g Notion^. A Fine Line of Jewelry Stationery, Books. Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. Truckee Direct from F. to Tillamoolç. * lhe Alderman Leading Hotel of Tillamook— Headquarters for Commercial men and the traveling public. Samp e rooms. Electric lights throughout. Stage and boat of fives. Rates, ft.oo to f2.oo per day, Ameticnn plan. NEW MANAGEMENT 1 Especial attention to the cuisine . department. H. A. WOODFORD. Prop’r. % Reduced Rates! J. P ALLEN. Prop’r. 0ail£ Every 10 dayg, Weather permitting. Hobson vi lie, Or. COUGHS and GOLDS / Noted for its Fine Cuisine Department. Best Meals in the C ty. TILLAMOOK. OREGON Reduction in Lumber. Henceforth until further notice the prices of lumber will be as follows: Rough Lumber S 8 per M. JI Shiplap 12 Rustic 18 • • Flooring 20 Atter 30 (lavs lOper cent interest wiHl be charged on all bills. XLYS FINCOLA BALSAM !• a .ure Reined» tor cough«, rolda, tore throat and for aachma It aootbea, abatr. the rough, and render* expect oration ewy. Consumptives will invariably derive benefit from its use. Many who suppose their case« to be con sumption are only suffering from a chronic cold or deep seated cough, often aggravated by ca tarrh. For catarrh use Ely'» Cream Balm. Roth remedie« are pleasant to use Cream Balm. W eta. per bottle; Plneola Balsam. Wc. Bold by Druggists. ELY BKl'TURRS, m Warren Bu, New York. » WANTED-AN IDEA^~f^ thing to patent T Protect roarMeaajthev may W-KUF* Write JOHN WXDDIR- Bl rtX .♦ CO., Patent Attorney», Washington. D. C., for their »1.80» priie offer. I Tillamook Lumbering Co.