THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. February 22, 1900.
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| Only ONE Week More of Clearance Sale S
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Bargains in CLOTHING, SHOES, Rubber
Goods, Underwear, etc.
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The Liocu Prices cuill Surprise.
Don’t Loos this ehanee.
The Big Store with the Little Prices.
COHN
&
CO.,
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the heading merchants.
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THE ROAD FUNDS.
How and in what Manner They
shall be Apportioned.
vise the expenditure of such amount of spective ranches. The mills were trans
the road fund so set apart for the pur ' ported from San Francisco.
pose herein named, and certify his ac- . Miss Florence Freeman has been Mck
counts for labor performed or material 1 with scarl.*t fever but is now on the
furnished to the county court ; and if way to recovery.
the county court approves the same, it
The Swedish Baptist minister. Rev. G.
shall order warrants on the county
A. Osbrir k, arrived from Portland on
treasurer in favor of the person perform
last week’s boat and will conduct
ing such labor or furnishing such mater
services in this neighborhood until the
ial payable out of the fund to the credit i
next boat leaves and perhaps longer.
of such road district and until such fund |
Mr. and Mrs. O. Johnson, from Trask
is exhausted ; provided, that in counties
having a road-master, the money shall ; river, visited at C. A. Svenson’s.
be expended under his supervision.
EMMA.
6 !*rovided further, that in counties i
having a county road master, no road ! Harry Chitwood went out to the val
shall hereafter be located until a report ley last week.
as to the advisability or practicability , Sam Bauer is having more slashing
of such proposed road is first made and done on his claim.
filed by such road-master.
O. O. Johnson and — Erickson is doing
BOERS RETREAT
Robert and his Army in the
Free State--Kimberly and
Mafeking are Relieved.
other account says the queen specified the gunners, under all times, was re
that the good news was from Lady markable. The accurate fire of the
naval guns from Cheveley was a great
smith.
assistance. Our casualties are not, I
The Relief of Kimberly.
think, many."
C ape T own , Feb. 19.—-Repairs to the
railway have sufficiently advanced to
Charged With Murder.
enable the dispatch tonight of the first
M anila , Feb. 20.—A military commis
train to Kimberlv, laden with coal. Af
ter that the military requirements will sion meets at Calamba tomorrow to
be the first consideration; second, food I try the Filipino members of the guer
stuffs, and then passengers, which latter rilla band which attacked a squad of
train it is anticipated will start on Wed Americans on February 2, killing a cor
poral. The charges are murder and as
nesday or Thursday.
L ondon , Feb. 20.—The war office has sault with intent to kill. The case is
issued a dispatch from^Lord Roberts, the important as foreshadowing the policy
main importance of which is the fact of treating guerrillias and bandits. It
that it is dated Paardeberg, 7:05 P. M. is supposed one reason which has hither
Monday. Paardeberg is 30 miles east to deterred the American authorities
of Jacobsdal. The dispatch announces from adopting this policy is that the in
that the railroad to Kimberly is open surgents have more than fifty American
and that General Methuen will proceed prisoners and may retaliate.
fin e the new road supervisor law’
came into effect there appears to be some
General Roberts, with the bulk of the
impression that the road tax collected in
British army operating against the
each roa 1 district can only l>e expended
Boers, has succeeded in entering the
upon road work in that district and in
Free
State and has made the first step
no other. This is not the case, however,
in his advance toward Bloemfontein.
nor is it in accord with the ideas of those
General French has turned the Boer line,
who have given legal opinion, for in con
and with some 20,000 men, has seized a
struing the actual meaning of the act
crossing of the Modder river, to the east
they state the law allows the county
of Jacobsdal, thus placing himself be
court plenty of latitude how the road
tween Cronje’s army and the capital of
funds shall be apportioned. Perhaps, by
the Orange Free State. Reinforcements
reading the law’, some will coincide
are being hurried up to him. The main
with this view while others may put a
Boer armv in that section has not yet
different construction upon it, so we
been encountered, but a great battle is
think it best to publish the act, w hich is
imminent.
some slashing for John Westenderger.
as follows :
School Report.
I P. W. Ryan went out to Willamina on As shown by the dispatches of Lord there with reinforcements for them
In making such estimate and assess
Roberts to the war office, the forward forthwith, and large supplies will be for-
At Cohn & Co.’s Corner.
ment, the supervisor shall proceed as
The following is a report of the Beaver business.
Our school commenced Monday with movement began Monday, when Colonel wardedto the town.
follows :
school for the month ending February
Bring your 5-gal. oil can and get it for
Miss Bosley, of Neskowin, as teacher.
Hannay set out with a brigade of
1. He shall apportion the labor to be 9th.1900 :
K imberly , Sunday, Feb. 18.—The $1.
F.
C.
Varner
and
wife
started
for
Sher
mounted
infantry
from
Ramah,
on
the
performed in his road district to the
Number of scholars enrolled, 30.
country is all free around Kimberly, The
New onion sets and grass seeds.
valuation of taxable property owned
Average attendance during the month, wood on the 4th inst. to see their daugh Riet, eight miles from Jacobsdal, the Boer Boers have evacuated Dronfields, Salt
Choice hams 12%c.
ter, who was very sick, but arrived there supply base.
therein, the ratio of one day's work for 25.
pan, Spietfontein and Sholtz Nek. An
Bring us your butter and eggs ; we
Munday General French, with the cav. other 12-pounder, with ammunition, was
each and every one thousand dollars
The following are the names of those shortly after her death, and when they
want them.
assessed for state and county purposes who were not absent during the month: returned home they had sad hearts, but airy division, seized the crossing of the captured, as was also their laager at
Our clearance sale has been a complete
the last preceding year; provided, that Guy Bunn, Lena Bunn, Myron Arm have the sympathy of all their neighbors Riet river at Dekil’s drift south of Ja. Dronfields, whith was abandoned on
success, and our buyer goes to San Fran-
any person mav, in lieu of each day’s strong, Philip West, Florence Dollar- in their sad bereavement.
cobsdal, and 18 miles east of Honey Nest Faiday night.
cisco next week to buy one of the largest
kloof. He skirmished with the Boers
work to be (lerforined according to this liide, and Dealey Baling.
Rails arc being laid to the Modder ri- and finest stocks of goods that was ever
< hapter, pay into the hands of the super
and cleared the way for 20,000 infantry, ver. Several herds of cattle have been
BARNEGAT.
L ena W olf , Teacher.
brought to the city.
visor the sum of one dollar and fifty
captured.
Captain Hunt, of Cape Men res, also who followed across.
If you are not using our “ Golden
cents, to be expended for labor or ma
Tuesday,
with
his
three
cavalry
bri
Cecil Rhodes is in excellent spirits,
George Elliott, of the Sandspit, went to
NETARTS.
Rod’’ flour you are not making the best
terial on the public roads in the district
gades
and
the
horse
artillery,
General
the hub Wednesday.
The Captured t ritish Convoy.
bread that flour can make. Ask Frank
where the said property so taxed is
Mr. C. P. Albert, of the Netarts Bay
Miss Clara Biggs went to the city last French rode to the Modder river, a dis
L ourknco M arques . Feb. 19.—It ap Wheeler about it.
! Lumber Co., left for San Francisco the week and returned home Friday, Miss tance of 25 miles, and took three fords
located.
All kinds of grain and feed at present.
2. He shall assess two days’ work to later part of the week.
with high ground beyond the river, and pears from advices received here that the
Al vie Biggs accompanying her.
loot captured by the burghers yesterday
be performed by each male between
Captain Geo. Hunt, ot Cape Meares
A. W. Quick has returned here,where he five Boer camps. He had a few casual near Koffyfontein included over 3000
George C. Brownell is doing Clacka
twenty-one and fifty years of age, except Light-house, had a brother from Illinois,
ties in brushes with the Boer horse.
is engaged in logging.
head of cattle and a number of wagons, mas county thoroughly, and exacts to
persons who are a public charge or arc make him a visit.
James Wilson and family left for their
Newspaper Reports.
lb of which were loaded with provisions have a solid delegation back of him in
too infirm to perforin labor. Ev.*ry such
Mrs. C. E. Lederer, who has been sick home on the Wilson river on Thursday.
London, Feb. 19.—The Daily News intended for the relief of Kimberley. congressional convention.
male actually in said district shall be
for the past month, is very low at the
F. N. Elliott and son are visiting with published the following dispatch, dated A number of prisoners were also taken.
subject to such tax at any time from the
The Ashland Tidings says that the car.
present writing.
relatives at Barnegat.
Sunday morning, February 18, from Heavy fighting is reported to-day around
first day of February of each year to the
toonist,
Homer Davenport, only a few
Mr.
Higney,
our
mail
carrier,
had
to
Modder River:
A. W. Phelps, of Long Prairie, is at
Kimberley, w here General Cronje is said
first day of the following February, and
years ago, was a fireman on a locomo
return to the city with the mail a foot
Netarts,
helping
to
take
care
of
his
“
Our
sudden
appearance
seems
to
have
to
be
holding
his
own.
the supervisor may at anv time assess
tive of the Oregonian branch of the
Friday on account of rovgh weather.
astounded the enemy and thrown them
such tax and collect the same; and the mother, who is very sick and there is not
Rt mor of Mafeking’s Relief.
Southern Pacific system.
into a panic. All their positions were
presumption shall be conclusive that said much hope of her recovery.
C a PR T own . Feb, 19.—A dispatch
The largest damage suit in the history
hurriedly
evacuated,
and
the
big
guns
at
NEHALEM.
Mr.
R.
Eichinger
returned
home
from
road tax has not been worked or paid
from Mazeru says that large forces are of Clatsop county was filed in the cir-
Magersfontein and Kimberly were left
unless such person so assessed show’ a Kansas and Missouri, where he has been
being sent from the Transvaal to the cuit court, by John Pentilla, against
W. S. Cone, of Bay City, is on the behind.
receipt for road tax or road work for for the past two months. He brings two
Free State under prominent generals. Clatsop Mill Company, to recover $20,-
river
cruising
timber.
General
Cronje
moved
his
transport,
of
his
little
grandchildren
with
him.
the same year, cither in the same or an
It says also that the Free State is making 114. The complaint states that Jan.
consisting
of
many
hundred
wagons,
Cohn
&
Solomon
are
getting
their
other district or state ; and if an action their parents having recently died.
desperate etfoits to collect an army to uary 24, 1900, while the plaintiff was
be brought against any one for said per
Mrs. E. West is quite sick at the pre pack of steel-heads ready for shipment. along a bank of kopjes north of Modder. face the British at Koffyfontein. An
operating a saw in the defendent’s
sonal road tax. and he should, after the sent time.
Geo. Higgenbotham was up last week toward Koffyfontein. It got past our official proclamation orders out all male
mill, he met with an accident which
mounted
infantry,
but,
owing
to
weari
bringing of said act ion, produce a receipt
Mrs. I) R. Hurlbut went to Tillamook looking after his stock ; he took his
inhabitants between the ages of 16 and caused him to lose an arm. This, it is
ness, had to stop. Thereiqxm, our artil
for the same, having failed to produce a to visit with her daughters, Mrs. Bunn team back with him.
60, and enthusiasts declare that every alleged, was occasioned through the
levy opened fire upon it. The main body
receipt before said action was brought, and Mrs. Shaw.
Win. Blackburn will take his family out
one up to the age of 100 must go. Typ negligence of the defendent in not keep
of
the
Boer
force
kept
up
a
running
the costs of such action shall be taxed to
to Portland, on the next trip of the boat.
fight the whole ¡day vainly trying to es hoid fever is said to be playing havoc ing its machinery in good order. The
him and enforced as a judgment for a
among the Boers at Coleslierg. At Kim plaintiff, therefore, asks for a judgmei t
HOBSONVILLE.
Will Crawford has purchased the Geo. cape.
fine in a criminal action.
berley a report is current that Mafeking in the sum of $20,114. Of this amount,
Luce property adjoining his residence.
“Each time their advance guard
3. Hr shall call out and have |>er-
The new sidewalk on Sawdust avenue
has been relieved, but the Boers -ire $20,000 is for injuries sustained. $100
Lundberg
Bro.
’
s
and
Larsen
Bro.
’
s
sought
to
move
off,
our
mounted
infan
formed tw’o thirds of the total road is almost complete.
for doctor’s fees, and $14 for attendance
have been getting out cordwood to sup try galloped around and checked them trying to conceal the information.
work hi his district as may lie assessed
Mr. Biggs was down from Miami ply the cannery this season. Several ad We never attempted to stop their main
L ondon , Feb. 20.—News has been re in the hospital.
in the manner provided in this section,
Saturday, and remained till Monday.
ditional building will be added to the movement, contenting ourselves with ceived here that General Hart has occu
upon the public roads in his district be
pied Colenso after a slight engagement.
Mrs. Sutton was quite sick last week. upper-town cannery this summer.
A North Columbus woman has a
trying to check them.
fore the first day of April following tin
charming little daughter whois very in
“Their position at Koffyfontein is said
Miss Stella Canfield and Miss Mina
less the county court shall extend the
discreet. The other day in the midst of
to lie very strong. They entertain a
Ripley went over to Garibaldi one day
time for |>crtoriiiing said labor.
DISPATCH FROM BULLER.
BLAINE
wholesome dread of 10,000 cavalry mov
a reception the little girl cried on ac
4. Providing that in any county of last week.
Mr. Houten, of Idaho, has moved in ing moie quickly than they do thems^l Boers Driven Back, by a Sharp count of the touthaclie.
Her mother
this state the county court of such
Miss Pearl York, of Garibaldi, visited
his new home on the Quick place, wel ves. We hope to be in Bloemfontein
tried to console her.
county at the time ot levying taxes for Mrs. J. E. Roach last Thursday.
Attack, Across the Tugela.
comed by all.
shortly.
“There, my darling, don’t cry. Your
county purposes may. it in the judgment
L ondon . Feb. 19 —The war office has
Mr. J. E. Sibley and Mr. Geo. Allen-
C. K Coulson is moving to his claim
The Daily News has unother dispatch received the following dispatch from toothache will pass away.”
of the county court it is for the best in droff went to Tillamook Saturday and
situated on Wolf creek.
from Modder River military caiup dated | General Buller :
“How will it go away?’’ replied little
terest of the county, levy a tax upon all returned Sunday.
Edith, her voice broken with sobs. “ I
We are expecting a new family, as Sunday nu ruing which say:
the taxable property in the county, not
“
Cheveley
Camp,
Feb.
19
—
I
yesterday
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Nelson went to
“At «lawn on Friday the Boers were moved around the enemy’s flank. Ti e can’t take my teeth out like you can,
to exceed live nulls upon the dollar, and
Jno. Creecy has homesteaded th»* ranch
Tillamook Saturday,
Mr. Nelson re-
observed moving wagons along the kop Queens, who had bivouacked on the mamma.”
in addition thereto a poll tax of two
formerly occupied by Dave Coulson.
turned Sunday, while Mrs. Nelson re-
dollars I k * assessed upon every |>ersoii
The rumor is that in the near future je» toward Koffvfontein Our mounted northern slope of Cingolo, crossed the
mained visiting with her parents, return
Reinember, Deborah, " »aid Mrs Gum
who shall be liable to pay a state poll
we
are to have a grocer store and a saw infantry was sent out from Klip drift, nek, and. supported by the rest of the well. “when dinner is ready you must
but were driven back, and the enemy's Second brigade, under Hiidyard. as.
tax. which taxes shall I k * collected w ith ing Tuesday.
mill situated here at Blaine.
come to the parlor door and say ‘dinner
John Nelson went to Tillamook Satur-
wagons passed
and nt the same time and in the same
vaulted and took the southern end of
Amons Bevens was up from Beaver
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manner ns county taxes shall I k * col
General Knox’s Twelfth brigade, how Monte Cristo. The Fourth brigade, on is served.’ That is the way they do in
visiting friends.
good society,”
lected, and shall I k * paid into the county
ever, quickly attacked the enemy ’s main
WILSON RIVER.
Mr. W. N. Ba)s went out to the valley body, and severe fighting wenr on all the left or western slope, and the Welsh
Half an hour later Deborah appeared
treasury, and shall I k * kept as a separate
fusiliers, supported by the rest of the at the proper doer and called out in a
last week.
fund to I k * known as the road fund, and
day
over
the
line
which
was
very
ex
We learn that W II Keefer intends
Sixth brigade, assaulted the eastern shrill far reaching voice:
Mr John Brady, from Boulder creek, tended. The enemy making a detq>er-
shall l»c used for the purpose of laying having a pub’ic sale before long
flank of the enemy's jsisition, while the
“Dinner is served. That’s the wav
ate attempt finally escaped, owing to the
out, opening, making, and repairing
For a dish of ice cream call in and Hos was visiting friends on Sunday.
Second brigade of cavalry, on the ex
county roads and building and repairing tess Morton will only be toogladto sup
Ol Kmnaman w ith his four horse mule serpentine bend of the river. The treme right, watched the eastern slopes they do in good society.”
bridges; and no other tax or other taxes ply your wants.
term was sw*n on our streets Monday mounted infantry suffered from the try
of Monte Cristo and drove back those of
The rich man'» yacht was plowing
ing flanking movement. Our force has
for the purpose in this section mentioned
The settlers are busy fixing up their moving Dave Coulson.
the enemy who attempted to escaj* nobly through the gulf. “See,” cried
now
been
reinforced.
”
shall I k * Irvietl or collected except that fences. By the way. we do not mean
Ralf Bundy is visiting his many
therefrom our artillery fire
one of the ladies, leveling her glass on a
the county court may order bridges built political fences.
Die correspondent of the Times at
friends here.
•Assaulted by heavy artillery fire on distant object
“What is that strange
or repaired out of the general fund.
Modder River, wiring yesterday, »ays;
Carpenter Oliver is laving the founda
Mrs. Roxy Coulson was visiting with
their front and flank, and attacked on I brown streak moving to the south ?”
Such county court shall apportion the tion of Mr Young’s prospective house.
“General Cronje’s army of ¡0 000 men '
her sister, Mrs. .Ivan Rolen.
their flank and rear, the enemv made
•‘Mayl«e it’s a sea serpent!”gulped the
taxes so collected amoni? the several
with HMM) w agons, is in full retreat to
Several of the dairymen ot Wilson river
l ut slight resistaice, abandoned their tall brunette.
Miss
Fannie
Smith
left
last
week
to
road districts in the county, having due were over on Long Prairie ami purch is-
ward Bkw-mfontein, hotly pursued by
strong positions, and were driven across
teach school at Spruce.
“Perhaps some chocolate laden »hip
regard to the amount of taxes collected ed some milch stock of Mr. Owens.
General Kellj-Ker.ny It will probably
the Tugela. I have taken several camps, has just foundered,” ventured the gue»t
Pearl
Coulson
has
lieen
working
at
in the several road districts, to the con
he
a
rearguard
fight
all
the
way
to
The dairymen up Wilson river would
a w agorib«id of ammunition, several who love» mystery.
dition ot the road», the necessity for re I k * able to haul their milk to the cheese Bob Richards' saw mill.
Bloemfontein. Our cavalry has already
wagons of stores and supplies, and a few
“Some submarine volcano.’’ said the
pair», ami to the «mount of travel factory if the present road could be
returned from Kimberly to join in the
prisoners The weather is intensely hot, scientific gentleman.
(kit your •prescriptions ami family re. pursuit."
tliriron The county clerk shall there opened up ami 9*?me work done on the
and the ground traversed was exceeding
ripe tilled at Sturgeon's thug Store. •
Just then Sam. the waiter, appeared
upon notify the road supervisor in each same.
L ondox , Feb. 2») —The queen, prior to ly difficult, but the energy and dash of on deck Sam used to carry everything
ol the rt»ad district» in hi» county of the
Andr-w Anderton intends dairying on
It you are troubled with indigestion, leaving Oaborne house this morning, the troops has la*en very pleasant to see before him like a Clark street eating
amount of the road fund set apart h»r a larger scale the coming season than
on her return to Windsor, inspected the
‘ The work of the irregular cavalry, hiU’e.
the line ol his road district tor opening, heretofore. He has leased County Clerk get Dr. Shoop*» restorative nt Stur.
Fourth battalion of Lincolnshire militia the Queens, the Scots 'millers and riff.*
geon
**.
* Indies and gen’men,” he said, “yo’
making, and repairing county roads and Mason’s ranch and stock.
Her maiestv announced, with a gratified brigade was perhaf« moat noticeable, »•all wrong Da t it the ebl Chicago
building bridge» in his road district ; and
Messrs. Hans Hei sc I andJohn Erickson
Nicest line of stationery in the city at smile, that good news had been received while the excellent practice of the artil
ribt»er The new one jest pushed it down
such supervisor »hall direct and super have each a large windmill on their re- Sturgeon*».
• . this morning from the seat of war. An-
I .cry and naval guns and steadinew of o»it ob the way.”