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About Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1898)
THE TILLAMOOK WEEKLY HEADLIGHT will ices THE ARENA. Six Mouths of the Dingley Law. Tlie first six months of the operations of the Iliiigley law show that I lie predic tions of farmers that it is perfectly amph bhessim ns u leveime producer and satisfactory it But for which the Editor Does not its effect upon industries of the country Hold Himsef Responsible | were well founded. The law went inti i.-y Till» derailment of tlie H eadlight fa effect ill the closing days of July, mu d-’voteil to i-OMmii licatloiia received from the the close of the monili of January tin people and all me luviled to contribute to it- completes a six inonths’ record. While it I lie eubjeeta treated muKt be »ulijects of gm liegan, of course, under extremely ml I il interest, lu.ler no ccnaideritlou what- e er will aiiylbing ol a psiaoi'al nature be I verse circumstances by reason of tin large importations oi foreign goods dur admitted. ing the three mouths preceding its en actment' tlie record which it Ims nuid< Letter from Kansan. under those circumstances i»; sufficien Arkansas City. Kun., Feb. 31,1898 to justify its friends in their belief tlia Editor H eadlight , it will furnish ample revenue. There Dear Sir:— I Bin now getting your paper, ceipts during that lime are over #13,000 tlie H eadlight regular every week 000 ill excess of those of the Wilson law I take two other papers besides the during, the corresponding peri*si of it IlKlDLtOItT, biot the 11KADI.IOHT is history, and when it is considered that the Wilson law during its first few always tlie first one read. I left fair Tillamook on the 8tli, day of I months luid tlie udvantiige of extietnely July, 1897 and landed herein Arkansas ' heavy importations winch ha.I been lieli City on the 18th, a nice pleasant and buck to obtain Hie lower rates which ii prosperous city in Southern Kansas. afforded, while the exact reverse war We were pretty well tiled out, but well true with reference to tlie Dingley law, pleased with the change we had made. it is apparent that the new measure is I soon bought me n nice home of 80 a vast improvement, to say the least, acres of land, with a good house and upon its predecessor. Tlie growth in other improvements, and I feel at home receipts under tlie new law has been since more. Thia is 11 fine farming steady and rapid. Beginning ill its first country and a lovely country to live in. month, August, wi th 119,000,000, it in The roads are always good, and people creased to nearly $22,000,000 ill Septem I.ave plenty to eat, good clot lies to wear ber; to over $24,000,000 in October, $25, andseetn to be happy. This country is 000,000 ill Novenilier, more than $27,000, full of cattle, hogs, corn and wheat. 000 in December, and nearly $29,000,000 O.ie of my nelgliltors lias COO head of in January; while the costoms receipts cattle and 8900 bushels of wheat in the in January were nearly 25 per cent, bin, blit when I told him what fine milk greater than those under the Wilson law and butter, and what fine tiinlier, grass, in tlie January of the preceding year. sF muc omini. and abundance of tisli there was in Till amook, he said lie was going to Tills- niOOK, Oregon, for that was the country for him.” I find wherever I go that there is always some one dissatisfied with ti.e country. I have heard of some in thia country that rented a farm for , one year, sowed it to wheat and made enough money out of the one crop of wheat to pay for the farm, but, yet IlieJ lire not satisfied. 1 am going to send them all to Tillamook County. Now Mr E litor I ho|ie you will con tinue to send me the H e idi . iuiit as long as I pay for it. 1 like to get the news every week from there I have some good friends there that 1 was very soiry to part with. A Former Tillamooker. Timber land wanted, Apply to G.O. Nolan. When you want a good; corset ask Jor the C. 11. corset at thedtacket Store > 8 packages of Arbnckles ami Lioi s coffee for #1 0J. Beaver brand soda, .05 per lb package. Arm A Hammer Braud Soila, 4 packages for 25cts. at Geo. W. I’lielps’ store, Netarts, Oregon. 21 Hereafter the H eadlight and Oregon ian will cost $2.00 instead of $1.50 as heretofore. Mens oversldrts ami underwear at bed roi k prices at Geo. W Phelps, Netarts, Oregon. 2t For t'nware of all kinds go to the Rae ket store. Everybody Says so. Cascareta Candy Cathartic, the meat won Best Dry Granulated sugar 16 lbs. for derful medical discovery of tlie age, pleas ant and refreshing tn the taste, act gently $1 OOatG W. Phelps. and positively on kfdueys, liver and bowels, cleansing the entire system. colds, cure lieaiiselie, fever, habitual constipation snd hi ion-nc«*. Please buy snd try a bog No-To-Bee for Fifty Cent*. r*c. c c 1 .;.,e: m.>.i «-er7«, b' .dmd tol-nru-n h«v if rr»<- ” weak V *' •— v. .w a .r j ... *■ t-etaxIRNH U.4Ä.44 J»t r Xt vi- Z.-á-iV» A SLIGHT MISTAKE. “Elsie. I beMeve .Tames Harwood in sends to propose to you tonight.” “But, mother, he is so much older than I am.” “Nonsense, child! His agent the very outside cannot bo more than Rix or eight and thirty.” “And I am only 18, and besides”— “ Besides what?” “Oh, nothing!” “I)o you mean there is some one you like better? 1 am too fond of you, darling, to try to force n hue bn nd upon you, but I | must say that James Harwood has always ' shown himself to be a very model gentle man and well endowed with estimable | qualities that too many of the young men of the present day unfortunately luck.” “Yes.” “And his financial position is of indis putable firmness. He has not only the will but the means to provide the comforts and even the luxuries of a home for bis wife.” “Oh, yes, mother!** “Well, child, if your heart does not draw you to him, I will not press you, but I think lie is a man any woman might feel proud of, and in my marrying days I”— “Why do you talk of your marrying days as though they were over, mother? Do you never think of marrying again?” “My darling, you forget my age.” “Why, dear mother, you talk as if you were a Methuselah. You are not so very old.” “I shall be 41 in a few months, Elsie.” The girl laughed brightly. “And you look hardly 31. You”— Whatever else she may have been con templating saying was cut off by the an nouncement of “Mr. James Harwood,” a gentleman who was a short time following his name and greeted the two ladies rather nervously as h<f entered. He was a tall, well shaped man, with a good natured face, but whose hair was getting a little scanty on the top, indicating that he had passed the meridian of youth. He sat down and for a little while tried to maintain his share in a general con ver Ration, but he seemed uncomfortable and talked in a somewhat preoccupied manner, as though something were weighing on bis mind. At last Mrs. Singleton, thinking it politic to leave the two together, made some excuse to go out and rose from her seat. She had reached the door when James Har wood, with an evident effort, leaned for ward in his chair and said quickly, “ Please don’t go, Mrs. Singleton.” She «topped on the point of leaving the room and came back. She believed that he desired h< r oonsent first and thoroughly approved of the straightforward course. Looking at Elsie, she mid gently: “I wish, darling, you would answer those cards for me that are in the drawing room. I feel a little fatigued afte-r my drive. ” Without requiring a second bidding the girl departed lightly on her errand, having her mother alone with their visitor. Mrs. Singleton was sitting on a low sofa, and James Harwood left his chair and went to sit beside her, his nervousness becoming more marked as be did so. He looked straight in front of him ns L<? said: “Mrs. Singleton, I wished—rather— to speak to you upon a subjec t. 1 trust you will bear with me a moment while 1”-- T > <•:-«• Cr»ri-<tf»-•»•. •»» f »«re ver, T-’ - ' - ♦< 'T*. The lady noticed his agitation and was Chickens wanted at the Tillamook sorry for him. She tried to help him out. Fish Market. “I think I know to what you are allud ing. I have been expecting this, James— Remember yon get a chance at the you will let me call you James?—for some Examiners PremiuniR by getting in your time. Please go on.” subsciplions this month . “It is kind of you to say that. It makes B. C. Lamb. what I have to say much easier.” Lie clasped one of his knees with both hands and for the first time looked straight into Wanted. his companion’s face. “I have recently Partner to join expedition going to had thoughts, my dear Mrs. Singleton— though I feel much diffidence in telling Alaska, % interest in vessel, $75.00. you—I have lately been contemplating For futiier information apply to, marriage. ” Capt. 0. S. Winchell, “That Is exactly what I expected you to Garibaldi, Ore. say, and I think at your age and in your position it is a very proper course to take.” “Then may I take it? May I be so bold NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. as to assume—that you are not averse—in Land Office at Oregon City, Or. Jan. 8th I898. fact, that you consent?” “That is what J intended to convey. I —Notice is hereby given that the following wild just now that I had tieen a little pre named settler has filed notice of his intention pared for this, and 1 am very glad that you to make final proof in support of Ills claim, and Lave given me the opportunity of saying— that said proof will be made before the County as I truly think—that no woman could Clerk of Tillamook Co., at Tillamook Ore., on March, ist, 1898, viz: wish to find a better husband.** William N. Bays; She looked into his fuoe with a quiet H. E. No. 12176 for the Lots 2, 5, 7 and loof Sec. smile as she concluded. 13. Tp. 3, S, R. 9 West. Fora moment Harwood shuffled nerv He names the following witnesses to prove ously on his seat. Then, moving closer to her, he took her hand. Mrs. Singleton his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: Marcus Curl, of Blaine Or., looked surprised, but she let it remain. “Then, as everything is so satisfactorily Hans Jensen, of Blaine, Or., George A. Mowers, settled,” he said awkwardly, “would you of Blaine, O»., W. W. Conder, of Tillamook, Or. Chas. B. Moores, mind if I—that is—it seems perhaps a little Register. strange at first—but may I kiss you?*’ Mrs. Singleton was more than ever tak en aback at this unexpected request, and a flush came over her face. Then she MAIL SCHEDULE. thought that hr a prospective son-in-law bis request was perhaps not altogether unreasonable, and she turned her face to bls, smiling rather consciously as she re T illamook and N orth Y amhill :— Leave N. Yamhill daily except Sunday 8 p. m. plied : Arrive at Tillamook next day by 4 p. m. “Oh, well, I suppose you may, as I am Leave Tillamook daily except Sunday 6 p. m. Arrive N. Yamhill next day ............. 2 p. m. to be your mother.” T illamook and II oiwohvili . k :— “My mother!” L’ve Tillamook daily except Tuesday 6 00 a.m. “Yes; I shall be your mother, shan’t I, Arrive Hobsonville 90011111. If you marry Elsie?” L've Hobsonville, except Tuesday lox» a. in. Arrive Tillamook 1:00 pin. “Marry Elsie I But I want to marry L’ve Hobsonville Sundays ............... 9:00a.m. you I’* Arrives in Tillamook.................. ......... ¡2:00 in. * Mrs. Singleton jumped away from him N etarts :— to the other end of the sofa, and her face Leaves Tillamook Tuesdays, Thursdays, flushed scarlet as his meaning burnt upon ami Saturdays at . . ......... 7 n. m. Arrives Netarts .... ........ 11 in. her. leaves Netarts, same days, .......... 1 r. r»i. There was silence between them for a Arrives Tillamook by ........ 6 ) . tn few minutes. Mrs. Singleton's eyes were G rand R ond :— bent upon the ground, and she looked al Leaves Grand Ronnde daily except Sunday most like a young girl who had lint«ned at 6 p. m., or on arrival of mail from McMinn to her first declaration of love as the blush ville. Arrives at Tillamook at I 45. on her cheek grew deeper and deeper and Leaves Tillamook Daily except Sunday at 6 then moved downward till it covered the p in. or 011 arrival of mail from N. Yamhill, which is usually 4 30 whiteness of her neck. At last, she spoke: ■ Arrives at Grand Ron de at 1:45. “And you have been meaning me ail I Post Office hours, 7 30 A. M to 8 Ou P M. this tim«?” Money Order department. 8 00 A M. 6;oo P. M Harwood, now that hi’ saw the prize he Sunday 4 00 to 6.00 F. M thought lie had won in danger of slipping from him, came out of his shell and sur prised himself by the fervor of bls own words. DINRCTOHY. “Yes, it is you that I love, you that I have hoped—and then hardly dared ter hope—might love me a little in return COUNTY OFFICIAL«: and give me yourself as an earnest to fill W W.COMDRR up the emptiness in my life and in my Judge |D P flABVRV h<«rt. Oh, do not take the consent away . Commissioner IC H. WHKKLF.R that I thought I had hardly won!” J. D E dwards Clerk ............. For a moment after he had (WMed speak sheriff H. If. A lderman ... J ohn B arkf . r ing site Aid not move. Then she turned Treasurer A*se»sor J. ft stzehenk her face up to hi.*, with her <7« s shining, Surveyor A M A ustin brimful with a joy that she could not hide. 1 school Superintendent . G. A. W alker Coroner C. F, R eyn “Jaroeef” Deput*'Prosecuting Attorney C lauds T hayrm “Yea.” C.icuit Court convenes the <tn Monday in “You may still kiss me.”—Exchange. /.nguat. and an adjourned term ia generally held in the spring County Court meets the first Mondays of Jan- uarr. M irc’i May, July, Rejrtemher and Mn* "1 » C’ttrr» ij.» f ir*r» I I I •t»' r f : lone. » court on the ttedre* days «I« 1 k i - U * '*. . *4. ■, - I » f * !•*•«>. PRECINCT: Justice of the Peace................ G. W. S appington Constable .............. . 8. V. A ndbbson CITY OFFICIAI.8. Mayor........ ......................................... B. L. E ddy ................................. P. M c I ntosh ................................. C. P. K nudson Council H. O, Davis .................................. F. M c C ohmicl ...J. E T uttle Recorder . ........................................ C. N. DREW Treasurer .H oward C ary Marshal..... ..............................C l . ydk C lements SCHOOL BOARD Clauds Thayer. B. L. Eddy, and Edmunds..—Clerk, To in Coates. O. A. M. E C hurch :—Rev. M. P. Dixon, pastor. Preaching service at 11 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. every Sunday. Sunday school at 10 A. M. Class meeting at 12 M. Prayer meeting every Thursday at 7 P. M. Services will be held at the Christian Church every Sunday at n A. M,;Tuesday,at 7:30 P. M. at w ilson River school house Sunday eve., a 7:30 P. M ; at Fairview every second and four Z Sunday in each month at 2 P. M. W. W Gregory, Pastor. SOCIETY DIRECTORY. A.O. TL W.—Meets on the first and third Thursdays of each month at 7:30 p. m. at Wood men Hall. M. W; T-Stienhilber, C. N. Drew Recorder. HOOK St LADDER CO.—Meets on the second Thursday evening of each month at the City Hall. Oak Nolan, President; Theo. Stcinhilbcr Captain and Otto Heins Secretary. BAY TENT, NO. 55 K. O. T M -Meets on the second ami Fourth Tuesday evenings of each month at 8 00 1*. M. at Wtxmmen ball. T. Handley, Com.; John Day, R K. M orning S tar R f . rekah LonGR No. 52, L O. O. F — Meets on the first and third Wednesday evenings In each month. Mrs. C. M. Newman, N. G.; Miss L. Poland, V.G.; Joe Petre, Sec. G. A. R.—Meets first Saturday of each month at 1 P. M in I. <>. O. F Hall. C. N Drew, Adjutant; W. H. Reynolds Commander. I. O. O F.—Meef«every Tuesday night at 7 80 r. M. in I O. O F Hall. C. P. Knudson, N <1. Wm Olsen, Rec. Secretary; W. J. May Per. Secretary. ALDER CAMP —No. 219, Woodmen of the World, meets every Friday night in W. of W hall R. R. H ays , Consul, Otto Heins, Clerk. A.F. fit A. M.—Meets first Saturday night < ! <*ach month In Masonic Hall. T. B. Handley W M.; Geo Handley Secretary. fOHNAON CHAPTER NO. 24 -Meets at 7 30 F M Oil th»- |rd .-'Htmdav ol Meh mouth t MsMinic Hall J. D. Edwanls, JI. P , W.W Conder, Secretary. SILVER WAVE CHAPTER. No. 13 O. E s Meets 2nd ami 4th Saturdays of aa<n month Lndla Ford.W. M.; Carl Knudson Secretary ALDER CIRCRK.—No 44. Woodmen of the World, meets every second and fourth Wednes day of each month, in W. of W hall. <». N Mrs. II. H. Aiderman; Mrs. C. Waldvogel Clerk i BAY CITY I OD3E DIRECTORY U nity R ebrakah T odge N o . 51 I. O. O. F — Meets 2nd and 4tb Tuesdays Mrs. Flizalwth Pye. N G . Mrs Frank Umg, V G., J. J Fye, Secretary. B ay C ity L d > No. .os A. F Ik A. M.—Mee 2ndami4tn Saturdays in each month. (ins Nelson, W M .C If Hicks, H. W, Alfred Msgiiiison. J. W. Geo. W. Kiger, Secretary. MiRtAN i’HAFTRR No. 2o O. E ft.—Meets rot and 3rd Tuesdays in each month. Mrs. Ella Wood, W M .Gus Nelson, W P Mrs Msybel Kiger, A M ,C. H flicks Secretary. P acific I xidge N o . I05 I. O.O. F.—Meets Fridays b forsodsth Pefn*day »rdevery other • •' ♦ i |h<. rvi'L r •’ I ’« I. O A ’ vl c, ’’ J ; I ; » 0 ,
