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r y THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, October 26, 1S99 The DIRECT ROUTE to TILLAMOOK Carrying U.S. Mail. parentlv electrified indicate approaching FILES ON 16,000 ACRES. in the children. Cutting could make wind. very little off Mrs. Cutting's place, for Northern Pacific Railroad Files on If pigs are restless there will be windy To Defraud the Bondsmen to En ¡t was rough, mountainous and cov a Big Body of Tillamook County. weather; pigs can see the wind. ered with brush and logs, except rich the Cutting Family. The direction in which a loon flics in a very small portion oi it. Had At the Oregon City land office on the morning will lie the direction of the There appear» to lie some ground for about two or three acres of tillable October 17th. C. E. Moullan, represent wind the next day. the belief that in the case tried last week land on which Cutting raised hay ing the Northern Pacific Railroad Com Magpies flying three or four together in the probate court liefore Judge <5. W. and vegetables. Had no stock up to the pany, filed on 16,(MM) acres of timber and uttering harsh cries predict windy Sappington, that an attempt was being I time of his appointment as guardian, lands lying principally in Tillamook and weather. made to defraud the bondsmen ofC. G. ' but bought some after. Cutting practi which has already lieen applied for, and Flocks of crows signify a cold summer. Cutting, former guardian of the minor cally did nothing for a livelihood, al 6889 acres free land. \\ hen the owl nest lookout for a storm. Stage leaves Tillamook daily exeept Sunday though he started a little store there children of Brady Wilson, deceased. It The lands were applied for in lieu of When the swollows fly low rain will appears that Cutting married Mrs. Wil after getting the money and did his own those that were released to the United come soon; when they fly high expect Stage leaves N- Yamhill daily exeept monday son, thus making the guardian the step freighting, but the store did not run States Government, which tracts lie fine weather. i more than seven or eight months. The father of his wards For reasons liest within the limitsoi Mt. Rainier national If the rooster crows at night he will known to themselves they separated, or I goods were groceries and worth about park and the Pacific forest reserve, as Tickets must bn secured the day previous from the Agents at “ get lip with a wet head.” claims to have done so, Cutting leaving I $50. Witness was with Cutting several defined by act of congress as follows : North Yamhill and Tillamook. Six weeks from the time the first katy without giving an account of how he ex [ times when he bought food and clothing “An act to set aside a portion of certain did is heard.there.will be a frost. pended $1700 which was left the children 1 for the children and school books. They lands within the state of Washington by their grandfather. Mrs. Cutting has were well and comfortably dressed. known as the Pacific forest reserxe, as a WE USE A BILLION PENNIES. been appointed guardian. The bonds Katie worked out some. She earned public park to be known at Mt. Rainier I w rrown P rfsidetk D irectors : men ofC.G. Cutting—Fred Scherzinger,J j probably $30 or $40. Witness lielieved National Park.’’ This act was approved United States Coins that W. H COOPER. SEC. & TRES. L. H. BROWN, II. G. DAVIS, G. W TEFFT. W. Hellenbrand, T. J- Lucy and G. H. it would cost $10 per month for the March 2, 1899. Eagerly Sought After. Page—now ask that his account lie cred maintenances and support of each child. Of these filings only 6889 acres have Cutting had provided for them 3 Vi years, ited with certain amounts, and they also not been previously applied for. The The demand for 1-cent pieces is so file a paper, from which they believe that with the exception of Katie, which was 16,000 acres are already covered with great that the Philadelphia mint is com a fraudulent attempt is being made to about 2*/i years. Did not know of any filings. The parties will be contested as Manufacturers of pelled to turn out nearly 4,000,000 per enrich the Cuttingfamily at tlieirexpensc. other money coming into Cutting’s to their rights. After rendering the month to keep up the supply. Mrs. Cutting wanted to prove that her , hands. filings, 90 days are allowed to lapse be There are at present something like husband agreed not to charge fol the Fred Scherzinger was acquainted with fore the application becomes null and 1,000,000,000 pennies in circulation. maintenance of the minor children, but, Cutting fourteen years, who was in poor void. If von want to exchange a $100 bill TIUUAMOOK, OR the evidence goes to prove that while the . financial circumstances prior to his bemg A large amount of litigation is ex for pennies you would get ten good, monev lasted, even Mrs. Cutting enjoyed appointed guardian. Cutting worked pected to follow’ because of this action large bags full of coppers. the “prosperity” which had come to the , for witness on several occasions for on the part of the Northern Pacific Rail Nickel and copper coins have no mint j family. Messrs. B. L. Eddy and T. H. | potatos co support the family. While road Company, it is said by land at marks, neither have coins issued at the | Goyne were attorneys for the bondsmen. Cutting was working for him he told | Philadelphia mint. Collectors often pay I torneys. We give below a synopsis of the evidence, j him it was a very hard matter tor him It is said that those who are in earn, high prices for coins bearing certain mint which Judge Sappington hastaken under ' to support those children, but that they I est about their filings are in no danger marks which otherwise would not have Uoeal Orders Promptly pilled. Well Stoeked had an estate coming to them from their advisement : of losing their lands, but those who been worth more than their face value. Chas. W. Goeres had known Cutting father, and if this estate could be put in Lumber Yard near Court House. were indulging in a little quiet specula The first United States cents struck for about ten years. He was pretty .hard . shape so that he could maintain them tion, willing to accept no risk, will give circulation bear the date 1793 They up before he was guardian. Had asked | out of it, that he could get along all up, and in that case the railroad com are of six varieties and are valued at Mr. Hcdenbrand to stand good for him right, and he asked me to go on his bond pany will have the best end of it.—Cath- $2.50 to $6.25. for two sacks of flour at Woods. His if he was appointed as guardian for lamet Gazette. Of United States silver coins the most neighbors assisted him in work as well those children. After Mr. Cutting was valuable is the dollar of 1804. Its value as in grub. He worked for Mr. Scher appointed as guardian, some six months Representatives of the Northern Paci to collectors is $1,000. No other dollars zinger once for potatoes for the family. after he received their money, which he fic railroad were in attendance at the are worth more than about $25. Four a He did not work steady. The witness told witness amounted to $1,700 and United States land office at Oregon City’ teen of these 1804 dollars are known to saw him in better ci ream stances aftei they , some odd dollars. The condition of his last week, making selections of timber J. P. ALLEN, received the money for the children. Kill ! I family before he was appointed was such land in lieu of the tracts vacated by the exist. More rare are the New York doubloons, Proprietor- not think Cutting earned more than $50 j tjlev not projier clothing or company in the forest reserves. The a year. Why he knew Cutting was in . food. The children were all barefooted selections embrace 22,800 acres of timber coined in 1787, of which only five are better circumstances after he received the i and in a ragged condition, but after Cut- land in this district, of which 16,000 known to exist. On one »ide of this rare First class accommodation monev was on account of his going to i ting received the money there was a acres are already covered by individual and curious coin is a picture of the sun at second class rate. the house on business, when he was in , great change, the family were clothed filings, the remaining 6800 acres being rising over a mountain surrounded by the legend, “ Nova Eboraca Columbia vited to dinner. He found the dinner well and fed well. Cutting never worked vacant. The filings placed upon tracts J BEST MEALS IN THE was as good as in any hotel. Cutting after he was appointed guardian for any-1 already taken are made in the expecta Excelsior.” Below is the name of the CITY. designer, “ Brasher. ” The other side has bought some store goods from outside one. tion that a large proportion of those the original form of the national motto, Tillamook, Ore S. II. Rock was called and his evidence claims will be abandoned without proof and sold some of them i, but the most Wit- went to corroborate the evidence of the being made, in which case the railroad “Unum E. Pluribus.” There is nil heral were used up by his own family, Headquarters for Forest Grove Stage Line. 1 he previous witnesses. Asked whether lie ■ filings will become effective. The com dic eagle, on one wing of which are the ncss had bought goods from him letters E. B,, the designer ’ s initials. children were better dressed and they knew who supported the children, 1 pany’s representatives have gone to the looked altogether in good circumstances. witness stated that he heard Mrs. Cut-| Roseburg land office, where a number of These coins are worth about $500. The last one sold brought $527. It had be. This was about six months after Cut i ting say that while Cutting was away I selections will be made. The rush for longed to an old Maryland family ever Centrally Loeated Rates, $1 Per Day. ting had been appointed guardian, and , he sent her money occasionally through ; tracts in the Tillamook country has since it was coined. he had bought two cows, two pony the mail for the support of the children, dropped off to an occasional applicant, The $5 gold piece of 1822 is a rare horses and a second hand wagon. Had but this was ruled out of evidence owing and the officials are permitted to resume coin. At one time only two were said to told witness that he had some money to it being hearsay. their rountine duties. be in existence; one in the Philadelphia loaned out and was anxious to get it; Ed. Walker knew of Cutting’s poor' M. H. LARSEN, Proprietor. that was a short time before he left the I financial circumstances. Previous to now TO BE WEATHER-WISE. mint, the other in Boston, but a third was picked up in a New York money county. Cutting spent money to sup i Cutting’s appointment as guardian the I TILLAMOOK, port the children, but witness did not , family had run short of provisions, and Queer Old Saw that Have Been changer's shop a few years ago. Followed for Years. • he had loaned them flour. “ 1 was afraid at first that it might be know how much. The Best Hotel in the city. No Chinese Employed Mrs. Orpha Cutting, mother of the J. W. Hellenbrand and Fred Scher-1 a counterfeit,” said the collector of coins Stage and Express Office. Thunder 'on Sunday ’ is considered by j minor children and wife of C. G. Cutting zinger were re-called in rebuttal, the lat. I who happened to spy it. The man was the weather-wise the sign of the death of their former guardian, testified that ter testifying that he had occasion to i so delighted to secure it that before leav- Cutting did not omit anything from his 1 call on Mrs. Cutting at her residence on , a great man ; on Monday, the death of I ing the shop he bought several other a woman; on Tuesday, if in early spring, account for which he was entitled to her homestead to serve some papers on | coins which he didn’t want. He paid it foretells an abundance of grain; on j only $6 for it. The same day he was take credit. He had told her that he Mr. Cutting. At that time thev had Wednesday, warfare is threatened; on Now Running Under New Management. did not intend to charge Katie or the quite a little quarrel about Mr. Cutting’s offered $250; later $450 was offered bv Thursday, an abundance of sheep and .other children any board. Cutting after affairs in regard to the support of the another gentleman; $600 by another EMMETT QUICK» Proprietor. his marriage with her voluntarily assum children. Mrs. Cutting told him that corn the farmers may reckon upon; on one. but the gentleman, at last accounts, Friday, some great man will be murder ed the care anil maintenance of Katie Cutting supported those children, and was holding it for $1.000. First Class Herdquartera for Traveling Men. RATES from |1 to *2 per day. and the other children, furnishing them that they had plently of grub oti hand ed ; on Saturday, a general pestilence and FREE BATHS FOR OUR BOARDERS. One of the most sought after colonial great morality. every thing they had for their keep anil to last them a year, and to prove that Friday’s weather shows what may be coins is the Highly copper. They were TILLAMOOK, OREGON- schooling. She and Cutting often ar fact she took the key to the store room, | struck in 1737 by Samuel Highly, who expected on the following Sunday, that gued about using the interest of the opening the door she said, “ You can see is, if it rains on Friday noon, then it will was a physician and a blacksmith at money for the benefit of the children, she what Doc has done for us while he’s Granby, Conn. He got the cop|>er from claimed their grandfather’» will provided gone.” There was enough to last them rain on Sunday, but if Friday be clear, a mine near by and sluq>ed the coins at then Sunday will be fine as well. so. Cutting claimed the money was on twelve months, which included some ten The twelve days immediately following his forge. interest and he put the interest out also. or twelve barrels of flour, two sacks of About nine years ago a silver shekel Christmas denote the weather for the She knew that none of the wards had sugar, part of a sack of coffee, box of coming twelve months, one day for a was found in Texas which dates back to had a cent of money from the guardian. tea, quite a number of canned goods, month. The day of the month the first 142 B. C. Its intrinsic value is about She wanted him to give them some of rolled oat and various other thing. snow storm appears indicates the num 50 cents; its value to collectors $5.000. the interest. Cutting was appointed Witness said to her "Well, he has left you ber of snow storms the winter will bring. One of the earliest known coins is a All tour well supplied, but that is the last you guardian in October 1895. For example, if the first snow storm didrachm of ancient Aegina, coined children were on her place at Orctown, will ever get from him.” Cutting dis- comes on Novenilier 29—look out then about 700 B. C. Its intrinsic value is 30 Katie had worked out The last time posed of his homestead in 1892. for twenty-nine snow storms. cents; its market value $7. she saw Cutting was Nov. 20th, 1897. There is an old saying—which origin Notice to Taxpayers. The coins spoken of in the bible are She stated that the actual amount paid ated perhaps for the liene»it of school shekels, which were of silver; the out for clothing the wards was about The law requires that each male ASTORIA AND tween the ages of 21 and 50 . years living _ children—that there is only one Saturday widow's mite, the tribute penny and the $1 per month lor each. within the county shall pay a poll tax of in the year without sun during some |ior- TILLAMOOK. "Jndea capta," the bronzecoin struck by She found out that Cutting used $50d one dollar ($1.00) at the time of assess the Emperor Titus to commemorate the in New Yoi k in some ex|ienses connected ment and if not so paid to be reported tion of the day. A gale moderating at sunset, will in destruction of Jerusalem and the disper with his parents' estate, and that he left to the sheriff of the county. with added there with |55O in cash about Decenilier, costs for collection, at once The law crease liefore midnight, but if it moder sion of the Jews. allows no exemption for poll tax, except ate« after midnight the weather will im- i In Japan coins are generally ofiron, 1898. Cutting did not have money of to active members ot the Oregon National and in Siam they are chiefly of porcelain. WILL RUN THE his own when lie left Tillamook. except Guard and all active tiremen who have prove. No weather is ill. Whale's teeth form the coinage of the wh it lielonged to the children’s estate. lieen memlier« of any company of Oregon If the will is still. He traveled in Illinois and perhaps else next preceding the time of assessment, If the full moon shall rise red expect islands. They are painted white and red, and exempt firemen. the red teeth being worth about twenty where before he reached New York. Cut I wind. That there may lie no cause for com "illmxke trips every five .lays, the weather permitting, belween Aetori» »“<< ting never demanded or agreed or in plaint, I ask that each ¡ htsou liable to The sharper the blast the sooner ’tis times as much as the white. These teeth lillamook City, carrying freight and passengers. are worn as a necklace instead of carried tended to charge Katie or his other poll tax that has not liven paid for the past in a pocket-book. wards for their board, maintenances or year 1899, to pay by the first Monday A light yellow sky nt sunset pressages in Novenilier, 1899, as the list will hie | The entire collection of coins and his services as guardian. E LATORE, SANBORN CO., ASTORTA ; or COHN CO., turned in to the Sheriff of Tillamook wind. Miss Maggie Wilson stated the other County, Oregon. When you see northern lights you may medals in the British museum consists of TILLAMOOK, AGENTS. 250,000 specimens, and is one of the J. S S tephens , Assessor, wards all worked at home just the same j exjiect cold weather. Tillamook, Oregon. I as though Cutting was their ownfather. Hniy weather is thought to prognosti finest collections in the world. At the She had worked for her board and cate frost in winter, snow in spring, fair Philadelphia mint is a good collection of County Warrants. school at Dallas, they never went bare we it her in summer and rain in autumn. American coins, but the government All county warrants in series E and footed, was comfortably clothet! ami Storms that clear in a night will lie only allows it $300 a year to buy coins class C. presented prior to-Thv 3. 1896, with. The British government spends never went hungry. After Cutting was are now payable and will < tie paid followal by a rain storm. $5,1*00 a year for coins. made gtuudian they had no liettrrclothes when presented. Interest ceasing after Three foggy mornings will surely be fol or loo I than they had liefore and lived this date Sept 28. 1899. lowed by a rain storm. W H. C ary . just the s.utR After Cutting left thev Notice to Taxpayers. If ice on the streets melts and runs off County Treasurer. got Along the liest way they could. rain will come next; while if the wind Notice is hereby given that on Mon J. \V. Hellenbrand said he hili! known ' cracks off the ice snow will follow. Notice to Taxpayers. d iv. the 30th day of (Vtober. 1899, and Cutting about 12 years, anil was quite When the leaves of trees show their from day to day thereafter as the law All taxes that me unpaid for the years intimate with him and his family, Hn<l provides, the C -mitv Board of Equalixa of 1886, 1897 and 1898 mnst lie settled under side there will l< rain. hclfied them out at various times, Cut before November loth. 1899. When the perfume of flowers or the tion will attend at theOffice of theCoun- ty Clerk of Tillamook County, Oregon ting di<l not have anything »ft the time H H. A i . dkwmax . Sherifl. odor of fruit is unusually noticed rain in Tillamook, Oregon, and publicly exl the bond was signal. To all appearances may lie expected. amine the assessment rolls and correct City Warrants Cutting was marrieil to Mrs. Cutting at When the sky is full of stars expect all errors in valnation. description or The following warrants are now ¿st 1l\cconim,!d3?atch andat lowest rates. Fruit delivered in good ord*- the time the bonds were signed Witness qualities of land or other property, and rain. all persons interested in said assessment Every attention nsi I. * ’ a"d Chen1*rt Route to or from Tillamook. sni I the children were ill provided for at culled in and navahle when present If a cat washes herself calmly and No. ___ 179. ,___ 200. ,___ ‘308. _____ 219. , nt mv other _____ ___ that time, and were in very poorcirvum- 216. 221.205 202. 217, 207. 214. 233. smoothly the weather will lie fair If she are hereby requested to appear at said WILL SAII pBlbLWant’andco,,ven''n«« of passenger. FirM<lass table tone and place for the purpose of correct. I L SML FR0M S'X FRANCISCO ABOUT APRIL 13th AND stances. Cultin » provided for the wards 230. 213. 23«. 235. 222. 224. 144. 143 washes “against the grain” take your ing any errors that -nay appear in their Intervvt ceaxe« from date of this «tier he was np|Miinted guardian, and assessment, as no error enn be corrected ! For further pnrticnlarsappMl AP™ mackintosh with you. If she lies with after the sitting of said board. they *err well provided for. There was notice, Sept. 21, 1899. her back to the fire there will lien squall. | N. T homhox , J. S. S tk PHEXS. a very noticeable difltrancefor the better j City Treanure. Cats with their tails up and hair ap. Countv Assessor. ' ARE THEY CONNIVING Tillamook X- Í I North Yamhill Stage Line. BARKER & McNAMER, Pros PACIFIC LUMBER CO., All Kinds of Fine Merchantable Lumber. Fine Dressed Flooring and Finishing L umber a Specialty. y ' j i \ 4 I /yien 1 "B 1 I 1 LARSEN HOUSE, I OREGON. I __ ______ THE TILLAMOOK I Reduced Fares! 1 I « t I ■ L 6.00 BOUND TRIP. 3.50 ONE WAY. Steamer W. H. HARRISON or R. P ELMORE. -J <t <t X'-' STEAMER LUELLA ■11 Direct From S. F. to Tillamook. » S»3C..J.?,USPKEE LUMBER •> co .. ■ tweet . S ax F raxciso ; or to A. W. B eadle & Co. < 1 1