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Vol. II.
No. 31.
TILLAMOOK. OREGON. THURSDAY. January
19th, 1899.
$1.50 Per year.
May the Year 1809 be a Happy and Prosperious One to Ail.
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IN VALUABLE PRESENTS
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When?
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Our Sales for the Past
Year have far Excelled our
Expectations.
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Fair Dealings and Honest
Goods have made them.
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Commencing Jan 5th and Continuing until March 1st, 1899.
HOW ? We give with each dollars cash Purchase a Ticket which will entitle the holder to one chance in 27
Valuable Presents ranging from 25c. to $25, aggregating $100.
See circulars for particulars
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TILLAMOOK JOTTINGS
Tilla.rn.oolc,
Lost, between Tillamook and Bay City
by the mail carrier last Saturday, a
woolen crazy quilt. If the finder will
leave the same at the post office or any
where it can be recovered, they will be
suitably rewarded.
Mr. J. E. Tuttle returned to the city
on Tuesday after being awAy several
weeks constructing a telephone line
from Forest Grove to Portland. Mr.
Tuttle had not qualified as councilman,
so is back in time to save his seat being
declared vacant.
Tillamook hose company, or more cor COUNTY OFFICIALS SALARIES
W e think the city council had better
rectly speaking, the city’s fire extinguish
wait awhile until they see what the state
Go to Page’s store for big bargains.
ers, had a meeting at the city hall Thurs To be Readjusted by the State legislature is going to do about putting
day evening. It was the date also for
A good Lumber Wagon for sale at
a license upon business houses before it
Legislature.
the election of officers, which resulted as
Page’s.
I n a private letter from Salem it states makes a move in that direction. If we
follows: President, Fred C. Baker; chief, that Representative J. W. Maxwell has are not mistaken, should the ’egislature
Sewing Machines from $4 to $10 at
Oak Nolan ; secretary, Frank Kearmann ; introduced a bill to reduce the salaries of pass that measure, a large number of
Page’s.
treasurer, T. Coates. A committee was officials in Tillamook county. We tho business houses would have more license
Misses Shoes only 75 cts. per pair at
appointed to draw up a city ordinance ught at first this must be a mistake, for than they can stand, that is if they can
Page’s.
permitting the hose company to ring the to reduce the salaries of either the county not get the amount of the license out of
Dr. Wise is too busy to leave for ten
fire bell to call the boys to drill or to the judge, commissioners, treasurer, school their customers.
days yet.
regular meetings. [The editor is under superintendent or surveyor there would
I t ’ s only right and proper that Tilla
Call and see my large stock of new
the impression that it will be “Mr. Presi be comparatively nothing left for them.
goods. W. E. P age .
*
dent’’ at the meetings and “Pull devil, We believe all county officials should be mook county should have a representa
The marshal must have had more mud pull Baker,” at the drills.]
tive all to itself, so we hope that Hon. J. I
Dr. Wise will be in Bay City next Tues
paid good salaries, otherwise there is a
on his hands than he bargained for when
W. Maxwell’s bill for this purpose will
day and Wednesday.
Myoid Coffman was brought into the tendency with some officials—of course
he undertook to scrape some of it off
be successful in getting through. Tilla
The saw mill is buzzing again after a Main street. The next time the council city on Saturday from South Prairie and not in Tillamook—to make all they can
mook county don’t want anv more tag
shut down waiting for logs.
gravels the street it should be worked up taken to the Allen house suffering with a indirectly out of their positions. We do not ging on to other comities, like a kettle
Sheriff H. H. Aiderman left for Oretown to the center, and w ith gutters fixed so as gun shot wound in h is right foot. He think it would be just to reduce the pre tied to a dog’s tail. Tillamookers feel
was on Curt Johnson’s place with a gun, sent officials salaries during their term of
on Wednesday to serve papers.
to carry off the drainage.
themselves above that now’, and don’t
and while watching some birds with the office, because there was no agreement to
Born, to the wife of Mr. John M. Mor
Dr. W. J. and Mrs. May and Mr. Mark
want to kick up that clatter any longer.
barrel of the gnu pointing to the ground, that effect before the election. However,
gan, on Thursday, a daughter.
So on account of Mr. Maxw'ell’s long ex
Miner, having failed to get away on
when it suddenly discharged. Coffman we find on investigation Mr. Maxwell
perience in legislative work, we believe be
Born, on Wednesday, to the wife of, the Harrison, which is bar bound on
did not realize at first that he was shot has introduced such a bill, and it decrea
will succeed. He has already secured the
' account of the storm, returned to the
Mr. John Hathaway, a daughter.
until his attention was called to the blood ses the salary of the county clerk from
Mr. J. J. McGuire, representing tj,e' city on Tuesday and went out on horse coming out of his shoe. It was then seen $1,600 to $1,200 per year ; decreases the passage of eight bills to the second read
ing-
j back over the North Yamhill road. They
Morning Oregonian, is in the city.
that the contents of the gnu had gone sheriff from $1,600 to $1,400 ; raises the
I will go from there on to California.
treasurer
from
$250
to
$550
;
and
places
completely through the foot, making a
Remember that W. E. Page pays
NICARAGUA CANAL.
1 As I have to move bv the 15th of hole of considerable size in it. The in- the assessor on a salary of $800 a year,
highest price for all kinds of goods.
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W ashington , Jan. 17.—Almost the en-
Mr. W. C. King, the cranberry king of. February, I will sell powder for less than jured limb is progressing as well as can instead of $4 per dav as at present. In
lookiug over the salaries ofcounty officials tire session of the senate today was de.
Tillamook eounty, was in the city this ' cost. 50 cent powder for 30 cts, 60 cent I k expected.
they should be readjusted, but we do not voted to consideration of the pending
powder for 40 cents. For the next 30
The citizens' meeting on Friday after
week.
days all other ammunition just as cheap. noon at the court house to consider the think this fills the bill. Take for instance Nicaragua canal bill. At 1 o’clock, con
Another meeting of the hose company
I am doing this so as to have less to proposed bill to be presented to the state the county judge, one of the most im sideration of the bill under the 15-ininute
is called for this (Thursdav) evening at
move. Having purchased the Shanahan legislature creating a Port of Tillamook portant positions in the county, and his rule was begun, and was continued to the
the city hall.
building, I shall move my business the Commission was moderately attended. salary is inadequate to the responsibility close of the session. The first vote reach
Rev. J. E. Dunlap, of the M.E. church, 15th of Feb.—A. L etcher .
Mr. Claude Thayer waselectedchairman. and time he has to devote to it. He is ed was on an amendment offered by
will hold quarterly meeting at Nehalem
called upon quite often to go from one Rawlins, of Utah, which in brief, provides
The physicians report they have the Mayor B. L. Eddy grew quite eloquent
on Sunday.
end of the county to the other and in that the United States should have abso
scarlet fever well under control. The only in a sjKech favoring the measure. The
spect bridges and roads and give his ad lute control of the canal for military or
Follow up the crowd if you want to
chairman
went
into
details,
showing
for
i serious case is that of a son of Mr. John
vice when they are in a bad condition, naval purposes, with power to dictate
to buy goods cheap.
They all go to i
I Edward, which is complicated with blood what reasons the bill was prepared and
for which he receives no compensation the useofthe waterway during the exist
Page’s store.
• poisoning, but the physician thinks he what benefits would accrue from it. The
Ralph Ackley has bought out Letcher's will now pull through. The physicians opposition mainly opposed the bill on whatever. This is not right or just, and ence of war. The friends of the pending
stock of ammunition, fishing tackle, etc., think it wise not to hold public meetings account of the boundaries and taxation. if the salaries of the officials are to be re bill rallied against the amendment and it
adjusted, why give the county judge and was defeated by the decisive vote of 3b
and will start into business.
at present, consequently there will be no Most all appeared to be in favor of the
a fair shake. We make the suggestion to 9. A provision was inserted in the
principle
of
the
bill,
and
although
those
Get your Timothy Seed from the firm services in any of the churches on Sun
that if the county judge was empowered bill providing that no more than $5,000,-
who
opposed
it
acknowledged
that
some
of Foard & Stokes Co. at Astoria. All day.
thing should be done and the bill was a to supervise the road work of the county 000 should be paid the Maritime Canal
kinds, fresh and reasonable.
Another new year’s number of the Ore
good thing,continued theiropposition to it would work just as well as the offices Company for its concession and work
County warrants wanted at Cohn & gonian is issued, and like its predecessors
it, although they had nothing better to of clerk of the county and circuit courts already done on the canal.
Co.'s. Will pay one hundred cents on is a grand encyclopedia of the wonderful
offer. It was eventually moved that the and recorder of conveyances, being con
the dollar for them in trade or part resources of the state of Oregon. This
boundaries be changed to include the in solidated, to the benefit of the taxpayers. COURT-MARTIAL FOR EAGAN.
edition is looked for annually by the peo.
trade.
corporated city and 50 feet on either side There are those, however, who contend
Mr. John Barker expects to leave Fri pie of this s*ate. and they .appreciate the of the slough, and this appearing to re- that there are not enough supervisors,
W ashington , lan. 17.—President Mc
day for a visit to the east. Mrs. Barker effort in producingthis commendable edi move a greater part of the opposition, it and each district should elect them.
Kinley announced to the cabinet at the
will remain in Portland during his ab tion so they can send it to their friends I was carried that the bill I k sent to our
regular meeting to-day that he has de
in all parts of the Vnited States. Oregon
EDITORIAL SQUIBBS.
sence.
termined to court-martial Commissary-
representative at Salem to I k enacted
could not wish for a better advertise-
General Eagan. Alger was not at the
William Dowd had imbibed too much
into a law.
W e fail to understand the bill intro
cabinet meeting, but with Adjutant-
on Wednesday and was accommodated 1 ment.
duced by Daly incorporating Tillamook.
General Corbin at the White House
with a Oed in the cooler that night, for ; We haye on several occasions advocat-
HOTEL PERSONALS.
What does it mean ?
I ed the establishment of high schools for
in conference with the president on the
which the recorder taxed him $7.
Allen House.
1 counties like Tillamook so that pupils
O ne would naturally think by casting subject just prior to the cabinet session.
J. A. Todd & Co. have received from passing through the district schools can. Nestocton—A. S. Thorp, Gust Allison.
An order for the court-martial probably
Captain Heath, with the Second Oregon if they desire, avail themselves of the Fairview—G. Chance, Charles Allard, their eye over the real estate transfers j
will be made to-day.
I
this
week
a
real
estate
boom
was
on
in
I
Volunteers in Manila, some cloth Irom higher branches of studies, the same as
W. J. Stevens.
Just prior to the cabinet meeting
there, called jusi, which they have on pupils in large cities. We are glad to South Prairie—M. D. Reading, H. John 1 this county. This is not so, however, for General Miles made a rather unusual call
fKople
have
only
been
availing
them-
view in their store.
son.
see that a bill to this effect has been in.
I selves of the reduction in the recorder's upon two of the mcmlK-rs of the cabinet,
For the next 30 days I will sell all of troduced in the state legislature, and we Sand Lake—W. C. King.
Hay and Long. He had just returned to
I fees.
my watches, clocks and jewelry at cost. ho|K it will pass, for it isextremely essen Long Prairie—Mrs. Alvin Johnson, Miss
the city from New York, and when
W e presume that but a comparatively spoken to with reference to the Eagan
Rye Coffman. Myoid Coffman.
Come and get a watch or clock now. tial that Tillamook county should have
Bay City—F. R. Madison Jr., Alfred Mag small number of persons ever saw or had case, adhered to his original declaration
The price will surprise you. All firstclass , a public high school.
nuson. Gust Nelson, Wm. Reifenberg, any idea of the purport of the legion of that this was not the time for him to
goods.—A. L etchek .
1 County Judge G. W. Sappington ex
bills introduced in the state legislature, act, if at all, leaving the implication that
W. F. Balmer, Ed Ward.
Captain Thompson come in with the pects that the saw mill for the county
hence it is plain to most people that it is if the commission or the administration
North Yamhill stage on Tuesday night will get here early next month, and as Dallas—H. C. Demmkk.
easy to railroad a measure through the did not act it would then be time for
front San Francisco and left Wednesday soon as it arrives he will put it to work Buley—J. H. Holgate.
halls of congress for personal rather than him to take some steps.
Larsen House.
morning for Hobsonville to assume com- sawing out plank forcountv roads. The
Hobsonville— Leigh Jones. Wall Staples. public iKnefit.
' judge proposes to turn out all the plank
maud ot the Coquill River.
NOTICE FOR PIHI. ICATION
Portland—J. J. McGuire.
Land Office at Oregon City, Ore.,
Having purchased the property I now ing possible from the mill, and if the farm
Tillamook county mnst I k putting on
c.
San Francisco—A. Thompson,
January l6lh. ifyy.
metropolitan airs with bills iKfore the
occupy I will sell all goods cheaper than ers where the saw mill is from time to
Notice it hereby given that tnr following
Hansen.
I named aettkr han filed notice of hit intention
time
located
will
get
a
hustle
on
and
lay
legislature
to
incorporate
Bay
City
and
ever so as to reduce my large stock of
I to make final proof in aupport ot hla claim, and
Pay up.
Nehalem. The latter place is also to have that «aid proof will tw mad«* l>eforc the County
goods in order to refit and enlarge the all the plank they can manage to get
Clerk of TilJnniook county, Oregon, on March
! hold of they will soon f ave good roads
Those who are indebted to me are re a newspaper. We do not sec why the I 4th, 1M99, via
building.—W. E. P age , Tillamook.
JERRY MCRI’IIY.
quested
to
call
in
and
pay
up.
for
I
want
northern
part
of
the
county
should
not
A baptist minister by the name ot Bla in their neighborhood.
H F. I7JJ5, for the S’, of Nw
and E ^ofHw
A. L etcher .
have a busy city, and if Nehalem can get I of Hec 5. Tp. a», R. 7 W
Member» of the Presby-rerian church the money.
lock preached at Fairview on Friday,
Hr irainra the foilowl g witneaaeN to prove
manufacturing industries started there Ida rontlniioua residence upon and cultivation
and it was his intention to have held a tendered Rev. J. E. Snyder a reception on
MOTICF for PUBLICATION.
, ol »aid land, Vit :
it would soon come about.
William J Carver ami »ieorge A. Barton, of
series of meeting here, but had to aban ; Thursday evening at the residence of Mr.
Land Office at Orego • Cllv Ore ,
c.
16th, 1^99.
’ W. H. Cooper. The meeting was one of Notice 1« hereby elven January
that the following
pleasure and business combined. The named pettier ha* filed notke of hi- intenti n
Our readers will find in other pages
to make final pniof in *npp< rt of Maclaim. and
proof will be mad«' »«cfore tHe«'ownty
the bills introduced in the state legisla question of the erection of a Presbyterian that
clerk nf Tillamook ro., at Tillamook, Oregon,
church
in
the
city
was
discussed
and
a
ture, in«tiding those pertaining to filla-
on March 4th
via
.....
WILMA M J
CARVER.
mook conntv. We understand that Re- committee was appointed for that pur H K
tor <he - % of Ne
and E K of Nw
pose. The ladies served light refresh ».of Kec p. Tp. 1 », K 7 W.
presentativej. W. Maxwell has also intro,
lie name» th*
I
4 •ritneaaea t«» prove
ments.
and
altogether
the
evening
was
hi« eontinuon* n-nidence upon and eultivatioii
duced a bill to prevent the sale of un
most enjoyably spent. Mr. fayder left jo( * «mid land, rlr
wholesome food products. Mr. Maxwell
Georg« A Barton, Jerefiiiah Murphy. Daniel
Murphy, of Traak. Oregon.
is looking out for the dairy interests of for Bay City on Friday, and will return Murphy aud John
C m a » B. Moo»»», Regitter.
J to Portland next week.
this county.
don the idea on account ot the fever.
G ee W h ! If the bill passes the state
legislature making saloon licenses $1<XM>
|Kr annum it will make the saloon keep-
i er» scratch their craniums and those who
imbibe to go down in their jeans for ten
cents where they are paying only five cents
now. We suiqiose, however, some peo
ple will say that is on effort to rob the
, poor man of his beer.
Ttaak, Oregon (¿corge W. Sappington, of l llla,
mook. Oreg«>n . A|l>eit L. Whitten, of Traak-
Oregou.
C ham . B
Kegiater.
BACKSET FOR A POET.
The lleeltliiA Itliymeter Is Squelched
by u Golden Haired Tot
of Five.
He is a kindly old gentleman and he
writes sweet little poems about chil
dren. He also has the habit of reciting
his verses by the hour to any willing
or unwilling listener whom he is for
tunate enough to corral, says a Chicago
exchange.
lie dropped Into the doctor’s the oth
er evening, removed his overcoat and
began. The doctor is a kind-hearted
soul and his wife is a lady of much re
finement. They have a little golden
haired girl of five, who sat for a long
time and stared at the visitor solemnly.
He has committed to heart every
thing that he has ever written, and his
poems are innumerable. Occasionally
he would stop, and. smiling at the little
girl, would say: “You liked that didm’t
you, sissy? That touched you, eh ? Oh,
I like to have the little children listen
to me. They understand me and I un
derstand them.”
The d’oetor and the doctor’s w:fe oc
casionally exclaimed "Beautiful!” or
“Touching!” What else could they do?
Then the poet declared: “The won
dering silence of that child is to me
greater praise than the plaudits of ad
miring thousands.”
At last the little girl slid down from
her chair, and, marching up to the poet,
looked him squarely in the eye, while
she asked, innocently:
“Say. old innn, are you goin’ to stay
here all night?”
RATTLERS AND THE WEATHER.
A CnlifornIn Theory That They Won’t
Hite When There Is to He
a. Dry Spell.
Seldom ha» it happened that a rat
tlesnake bite has been sufficient to de
stroy the reputation of a weather
prophet. Rattlesnake Jack Megan is
known from one end of the Mojave
desert to the other. An eccentric sort
of man, he likes to frequent the haunts
of snakes, and often pitches camp for
the night in. places which gila monsters
and rattlershave long preempted. Just
before the recent election he rounded
himself up in Merced and began talking
of his adventures. It takes two drinks
to get Mogau’* eloquence started; the
number of dirinks that will bringhim to
a full stop has never been ascertained,
although the health and fortunes of
the entire San Joaquin valley would
willingly be gambled away to find out,
says a local exchange.
“There is going to be a dry winter.”
hr began. “There won’t be enough rain
thi» season to give the wheat ary sort
of a start; ’twill be worse nor it was
last year, which was a proper corker.
How do I know? Why. I found that out
by the rattlesnakes. They know, you
bet. When there..is a dry w inter com
ing the rattlesnakes, leastwise in Call-
forny, cannot be coaxed to bite. I’ve
watched ’em twenty dive year» now, and
I know what I am talking about. The
snake» will not bite, and that means
that we will hav» a wiuter as dry as a
bona.’1
’"“W
Knew All by Heart.
**•'
The vicar of Skegby, England, wan
marrying a couple the other day, both
of whom had been constant attendants
nt hl> Sunday school. The woman in
the caxe had. Indeed, but recently cap-
lured’a prize offered for ability to re
peat by rote without mistake the entire
catechism of the Church of England.
She had apparently suffered nothing
from the tax upon her memory until
the clergyman turned to her before the
altar and asked, according to the ritual:
“Mary Jane, wilt thou have this man
to be thy wedded huMjand?” Then
habit aasertrd Itself, and the tangled
skein of memory refuted to unravel,
“Ye». verily, by
_ God’s htJp, ao I
she replied”, “and I heartily
nrilfy thank our
Heavenly Father, who hath brought me
Into thi» »tat» of salvation."
• Wife ever raise Cain with you
aak
ed the fat man.
**Kometifnea,"Mid the thin man, “but
she doe* su< h an artieric job of it that
_ jt may V* ■•k! of the theater hat,
she geto to admiring herself and g»*u in like some oth< r <1 .agreeable tblnf».
a good humor. ”
that there 1» Bkelv to be a woman at the
bottom of it.-Texwa Sifter.