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TILLAMOOK, OREGON,
MARCH
15,
‘ $1.50 per year.
1900.
TILLAMOOK JOTTINGS
has a hole in her near the keel. An effort are not confined to one breed, but when
ever he came across a cow which came
is now being make to raise her.
Dr. Wise, resident dentist.
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Mr. 0. Brown, who has had charge of up to the test he kept it, no matter
Rev. Edmunds went out on the stage the Tillamook Creamerv Co.’s factory, whether it was a Durham, Jersey, Hol
left here on Tuesday. Mr. Brown was stein, etc., although he has a preference
on Monday.
for the former. What Mr. Martin has
Postmaster Severance leaves for Ore highly respected, and we are sorry that
he has left us, for he was one of Tilla done in the way of cuHtngout poor cows
gon City today.
mook’s practical cheese makers. Mr. I. other dairymen can do, and we venture
Real estate is changing hands pretty
this remark that if all the cows in the
Hiner will take his place at the factory.
freely in this county.
county were like Mr. Martin’s one-third
Rev. R. K. Ross has been requested
more butter and cheese would have been
Mr. H. E. Palmer was in the city from
by the home mission committee of the
manufactured in this county last year,
Netarts on Monday.
Presbyterian church in Portland to re
Mr Birch Aiderman and family huVv main the pastor of the church in this city with that much additional money in the
dairymen’s pockets. If premimus could
moved out on their ranch.
and at Bay City. Mr. Ross was appoint- ,
be given for the best dairy herds it wonld
Mrs. Sturgeon left on Wednesday on a ed here for six months, that time having
create quite a friendly rivalry, although
business trip to San Francisco.
now nearly expired.
if dairymen would only ponder the mat
Born, on the 14th inst., to the wife of
Eighty acres of good land for only ter over for a few moments they will see
Mr. D. Fitzpatrick, a daughter.
$250, being Se I4ofNe >4 and Ke Vi of from a financial point of view that it is
A marriage license was issued to Albert Se l4, sec 16, tp 2 S, R 10 W, being lVa to their advantage to keep nothing but
mile east of Netarts Bay. This is covered first class milch cows. How many dairy
Crawford and Ingeborg Sandberg.
Mr. John Ca6tle, who has been buying with very heavy spruce timber, with some men have been fooled, and badly fooled
cattle in this county, left on Wednesday. hemlock. Also eight lots in this city to too, on cow’s they thought Al, but the
exchange for Tillamook property.—H. W. Babcock test proved they were scrubs,
Messrs. J. L. Briggs and R. L. Wade
Cottle, Escondido, Cal.
and bad scrub cows at that.
came in from Portland to look over the
The contract was awarded last week
county.
for the new steamer that is to take the
POLITICAI. STRATEGY.
The county jail is again empty, the
place of the R. P. Elmore, on the Astoria-
solitary prisoner’s time having expired
Tillamook route. The total cost of the Beware of Tax Eaters’ and Wire
this week.
boat will lie about $17,000. Johnson of
Pullers’ Kobjes.
Rev. F. H. Neff commenced a series of East Portland, will build the hull, and
The republicans of this county hold
protracted meetings at the U.B. church the Willamet Iron Works the engines.
primaries on Saturday, and it is import
on Monday.
The contract price for the latter is ant, for the good of the party, that they
Consult B. C. Lamb, the local railroad $10,000.
should be largely attended, for several
agent, if yon want to save money on a
Mr. David Pierce was agreeably sur reasons. All republican taxpayers—ex
railroad ticket.
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prised last Saturday evening by a few cept the tax eaters—are interested in the
The A.O.U.W. lodge changed its nights friends being invited to his home to cele financial condition of the county, and
of meeting to the second and fourth Mon brate his fortv-sixth birthday. A boun who also want and have a right to de
tiful supper was served in honor of the mand that a conservative and economic
days in each month.
Gee, that east wind. Give us rain, event, of which all freely partook. Music policy be pursued in the administration
for how can amphibious Tillamookers was the feature of the evening. All en of county affairs. The great hinderance
joyed a hearty laugh ; aud Dave that to this is often the connivery of so called
live in dry spells like this?
supper was delicious.
politicians who ha ve their henchmen at
Owing to the pressure of work in Clerk
Congressman T. Tongue, having been the primaries for the purpose of naming
Mason’s office, Mr. Guy Reynolds is
asked to support the Grout bill by Mr. and controlling the delegates to be sent
assisting with the work.
W. C. King, of Sandlake, which is now to the county convention. It is neces
The two year old daughter of Mr. C.
pending in congress, has sent this reply ; sary, to ward against these tricksters, to
Wells died on Monday and the remains
"In reference to the Grout bill, permit me be on guard at the primaries, for
were buried the next day.
to say that I know something about the whenever they get control of the pri
The city marshal wishes to warn the dairy business myself, haying more or less maries and then the convention it gene
bicyclists riding on the side-walks that interest in it.
For this reason I am rally turns out most costly to the tax
they must comply with the city ordi thoroughly in accord with the Grout bill payers in after years ; therefore, it be
nance.
and shall do everything I can to secure comes imperative, if .representative and
Lost, a pocket book, between his place its passage. I have no objection to peo independent delegates are to be chosen—
of business and Jone’s. A reward will be ple making ‘bull’ butter and to other instead of political tools—to have a large
given to the person returning the same people eating it if they want to, but I de attendance at the primaries next
cidedly object to the maker of ‘bull’ but week. It greatly depends upon what
to L. Hiner.
The musical rehersal at St. Alphonsus’ ter imposing it upon other people under class of county officials are to be chosen
Academy will take place on the 6th of the pretense or appearance of the genuine by the turn out at the primaries, and we
may say in this connection, be careful not
April, for which a splendid programme article."
We received a post card on Wednesday to vote for office seekers who are slated
is being prepared by the Sisters.
Sheridan, containing the following by political ringsters, and who want to
The steamer Elmore came into the bay from
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note : "Please send me a copy of the get into office for the purpose of working
from Nestucca on Wednesday and left
Headlight, as 1 want to come to that the double-suction upon the taxpayers,
again the same night for Astoria, taking
county. They tell me here that the roads for their own personal gain and to grant
out a number of passengers.
are so bad I can’t get there. Am on my privileges and favors upon those whe
Mr. A. J. Cohn returned to Portland way to Tillamook from Iowa.” We w’erc instrumental in placing them in
from San Francisco the first of the week ( think we have called some of the people office. There is no disguising the fact
and the Telegram published a long in- in
j Sheridan sanguinary perverters of the that all the political parties have, more
view with him about this county.
truth before, and to keep within the or less, to contend with political ringsters
w’ho want to run and control politics to
Go to McIntosh & McNair’s for stoves bounds
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of decency we cannot find any
and heaters. Latest improvements and thing
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stronger to express for misleading suit themselves, and we do not know of
designs. Call and see us if you want people
,
from the east who are headed for a better place to commence clipping their
What
hardware, wagons, buggies or farm im Tillamook through reading the special wings than at the primaries.
plements
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< edition of the Headlight. The editor makes a party strong is clean, capable
The M.E. church is undergoing a spring feels like going over there and painting men in office, and if this is strictly ad
hered to in future in this county republi
cleaning, one pleasing feature of which is 1 the town red.
cans need have no fear of their political
the seats will no longer be able to paint
A large number of letters continue to
the worshippers red or spoil meetin’ goin' reach the Headlight office from parties opponents. But nominate incompetent
jiersons, tools in the hands of the politi
duds.
wanting to know something about this cians, this would lie no easy matter if the
With the exception of a few cases con- county
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and who intend locating here. opposite party had a clean ticket and
tinued on the docket from the last term This is a sample of the letters we are
the campaign was pushed with energy.
of court, there are only two fresh cases receiving
,
. " Rhinelander, Wis., March : Fortunately for the republican party this
at present in Judge Burnett's court. Judge 18th. Mr. Fred C. Baker,—There is a ■
year a number of the county officials will
Boise does not expect to hold court until party
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of gentlemen from here talking j seek to be re-elected, and having faith
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very strongly of visiting your county i fully carried out their duties with honor
Mr. Townsend was in from Portland this
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spring with a view of locating in the to themselves and credit to the party,
this week and left again on Wednesday. timber belt. I am informed that you are i they will help to make a strong ticket.
proper persons in Tillamook county | Some of the political wire-pullers, it it
He was in on account of Mr. Wheeler’s the
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resigning his position as cheese maker at to
1 write to for information pertaining , stated, have made up a slate to defeat
the factory, which will be filled by Mr. to
1 your county. I would lie pleased to j them at the convention, but we do not
Bowlby.
i receive any information you might send j think republicans are disposed to allow
It is again nearing the time to levy in
1 regard to homestead lands, grazing | any more candidates or slates to be rail
sheep raising ; also what good roaded through thecon vention. Another
the bicycle tax in this county, but from and
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cows can be bought for. An early 1 reason why republicans should send dele
the small amount of money collected last milch
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will be appreciated. — W m C | gates of integrity to the county conven
year it looks useless to levy a tax for the reply
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purpose of constructing bicycle paths in O
■ gden .” If anyone would like the job ! tion is because it will devolve upon them
this county.
’ of answering a lot of letters like this we to send delegates to the state and con
a whole batch we can hand over to gressional conventions.
Persons who enroll their names on the have
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Whoever is
Now don’t all sjieak at once if honored should be those who have Tilla- '
church books for the sole purpose of them.
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you want to do some volunteer work mook's interest at heart, ami this can be
boosting their business, profession or call-
for
the county, for the editor has put in conserved by their being first, last and
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ing are nothing but religious hjrpocrits
a good lick of work that way the past all the time for Congressman Tongue’s
and frauds and just the people you want '
eighteen months.
re-nomination.
to watch closely.
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Tillamook
dairymen
are
gradually
im
The Endearoreis of the Christian
The reason we believe most of the
proving
their
herds
by
culling
out
their
,
church will gire an Easter entertainment
county officials should I* re-elected is be
and social at Todd's hall on April 14th. scrub cows. This has been going on for
cause business men find it to their ad.
several
years,
the
up
to-date
dairyman
A good program, Easter games and a
vantage to keep faithful, competent em
good supper will lie the features of the realizing that it is more profitable to pay
particular attention to securing a few ployes. and for that reason, and that •
evening. Everyone cordially invited.
good milch cows than to bother with a alone, we think it policy to conduct the
Say, Friend Dawsen. who told you to large lumber of scrubs. Here is an illus county affairs in the same manner. In
switch the wind round east and to keep tration and a fine record as well. .Mr. J. recommending such county officials for
it there ? Yon had better switch round F Martin, during the past three years, re-nomination and re-election as Sheriff ,
south again, for some people will be call has had 73 cows on his farm, and out of Aiderman. Clerk Mason. Supt. Lamb,
ing this county the Sunny West if we that number he culled 50. He furnishes Treasurer Car, and Assessor Stephens
have many more days of cloudless sky.
us with his returns of 20 cows for ten we do so tiecause the interest of the tax
Mr. Claude Thayer has bought the months milking, viz.: 117.309 pounds payers will be conserved by doing so.
,
wrecked lumber schooner Lila and Mar of milk, which made 5,447 pounds of Give us clean, honest and sensible county (
tha. which turned over when »be was butter, giving an average to each cow of officials and then the tax money will he
being towed off the Iwaih. where she 5.815 1-20 pounds of milk and 272 1-5 judictowsly and economically expended,
had drifted after sailing into the bay. She pounds of butter Mr. Martin’s cows when there will be contentment and very
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JVIEDICIJ4E I
When you need medicine you want the best. That is natural. A man may be
contented with an $io overcoat, even though he knows some other man wears coats that
cost $45. A woman may wear $i gloves and see the $2 kind without being disturbed. It
is different with medicine. Everyone wants the highest Iquality ; and that is the only
kind I keep. 1 am particular in selecting and buyin my J rus ; careful in inakin my
medicine ; and exact in compounding prescriptions.
I solicit vour trade on these assurances.
CHAS 1. CLOUGH,
Reliable Druggist, Tillamook, Or
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little comp’aint among those who have can inform you why cows fetch double
to pungle up the money, but displace the price now ; yet some of them, no
these officials and elect those who belong doubt, will line up and vote again for
to some tax-eaters or political wire-pull hard time prices next June, although that
ers’ gang and see how people will howl class of citizen is getting awfully scarce
most infernally, and even those who have in this county.
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been lead by the nasal to vote for the
We arc afraid that some ofour so called
tax-eaters will be loudest in croaking.
No business man would employ a cash political bosses don’t feel very sanguine
register eater nor the dairyman a person how the political cat is going to jump at
who bv legislative and wire-pulling the coming republican convention, and
had a double combination on his cows they feel very uneasy about it. Old politi
teat to extract the cream before begot cal war-horses outgrow their usefulness
round to milk. If the tax-eaters gang when environments change and the peo
should by a fluke manage to nominate ple demand a different class of leaders.
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some of their henchmen—and no doubt
Speaking about the county printing, a
they will trv to—there’s going to be a
well known citizen was heard to say ;
big scrimmage.
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"The Headlight is now the best and most
This is what the Oregonion, of April 6, sensible republican newspaper ever pub
1896, thought and wrote about Con- 1 lished in the county ; but what are they
gressman Tongue : “The Albany con getting for it ?” He answered his own
vention has done its work well, Mr. ! question by staying : "In the neck by
Tongue is a man who will represent the republicans who should support it.”
intelligence of Oregon, who understands
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its needs ond its resources, and who has !
We are accused of breaking the first
the energy and ability to make its influ
political slate. Well, we’re sorry if that
ence what it should be in the national
is so, but it’s premature on our part to
house of represenuatives. No man in
do the convention out of a job, for it
Oregon has expounded the principles or
would have been smashed to atoms there.
upheld the traditions of the republican
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party more faithfully or more cogently
Popocrats are not very enthusiastic in
than has Mr. Tongue. He understands
this county. It’s natural, however, for
the essential principles of the money
they realize the slaughter that is in store
quetinn, and no telegram from Washing
for them next June.
ton would be needed to furnish assurance
that the platform of the St Louis con
Cows for 8ale.
yention will be his platform. From a
party standpoint his nomination is pecu
11 head of good milch cows for sale ■_
liarly gratifying, as his withdrawal all high grade Durhams ; broke to milk ;
from the senatorial fight last winter, with or without the calf to suck ; all
after the caucus had declared for Senator gentle and no kickers. Also one 2-year
Dolph was prompt, in good spirit, and old registered Durham bull. — A. w.
When you find a store that
so far as appeared, conscientiously ad Fletcher, Oretown, Or.
hered to.” The general supposition is
makes a specialty of keeping the
that the Oregonian is opposed to Mr.
Farm for Sale.
best quality of goods and sells
Tongue now. However that maybe, we
For
sale,
u
farm,
containing
a
good
see no reason for it to change its opinion
them at a fair profit, offers no
sence 1896, for Mr. Tongue’s influence in orchard and meadow ; separator run
baits, and sells no Cheap John
the house of representatives is much by water power. For particulars inquire 1
of
Joe
Gaadrau,
Hobsonville,
Or.
stronger now than it was four years
goods for first class goods, you
ago, which the Oregonian must admit
The White Clover Cheese Factory, may depend upon getting Bar
is correct.
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gains in that store every day of
Operated by T. S. Townsend, will
[TO EDITOR OF TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT.]
the year.
begituon
February
1st,
working
up
the
S ir , —I notice on the first page of the
Headlight of March 8th. 1900, the fol farmers’ milk into cheese by the pound,
lowing: "It is reported that Representa or on the co-operative plan. Will guaran
Tillamook County is a very
tive ]. W. Maxwell has another political tee first-class article and quick sale ; also
hard place for shoe leather, anil
bee in his bonnet, and is constructing his will guarantee the highest market price
political fences with the hope of securing when sold. This change has been made 1 a cheap shoe is dear at any price.
the nomination for joint state senator.” at the request of several of my patrons.
We have established a reputa-
Now, Mr. Editor, while I feel grateful Call at factory for full information.
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to you for your kindness in this matter, Come one. Come all.
tion in illainook County in
as well as to other friends who have
our shoe business that we are
Bids for Wood.
spoken and written to me asking if I
was or would lie a candidate for the
proud of.
Bids will be received at the creamery
State Senate, I desire to say to all
by the board of directors of the Tilla
We carry the very best man
that I am not a candidate for any legis
mook Creamery Company until Satur
lative position in the coining campaign.
ufactured Shoes in the United
day, March 24th. at 1 o'clock p in., for
J. W. M axwell .
the delivery of 30 cords, 4 foot seasoned i States.
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Whoever is chosen as representative wood, fir, Alder, hemlock or vine maple.
We carry in stock the J. Mil
The wulbd to lie delivered in the wood
from this county it is just as well to
shed
ofsifid
creamery,
in
two
fo
>t
lengths,
ler
and F. P. Kirkendall Work
point out at this time that if any bills
are drawn up to change officials salaries, piled up and measured in said wood and Dress Shoes in Men’s, I.a-
incorporate cities or legislation pertain shed
T illamook C reamery C ompany . ■ dies’, Misses, and Children’s.
ing to Tillamook it is right and proper
BARGAINS
BARGAINS
Bargains in
CLOTHING.
Groceries.
HATS.
shoes .
In fact, our Store
is
Full of Bargains
for the taxpayers of thiscountv to know
something about it.
People don’t like
these surprises and the encroachment
upon their rights, liberties and last, but
not least, their p<xket booksand the tax
money.
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We wonder if there are any popocrats
left at South Prairie ? Surely, when the
last returns of the cheese factory in that
districts gives dairymen 30c. per pound
for butter fat, calamity howlers must
feel like whipped dogs when they see so
much prosperity everywhere. We won t
charge the popocratic speakers at the
coming election if they will use this eye-
opener when trying to stuff their bearers
full of calamity.
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Say, what’s the matter with the price
of cows in Tillamook countv under de
mocratic and i epublican administra-
lions ? Perhaps some of the popocrats
County Warrants.
All Tillamook County Warrants drawn
on general fund, presented prior to
September 1st. 1897, are now payable,
and will lie paid when presented at mv
office. Interest ceasing March 14th,
W. H C ah .
1900.
County Treasurer.
The Savage Bachelor.
"If you had been at the Browns’golden
wedding celebration last night," said the
Sweet Young Thing, "you would have
altered your views on matrimony.’’
"I wouldn’t either,’’ said the Savage
Bachelor. "If matrimony were not a
fake there would not lie such a powwow
raised over a couple that have managed
to endure each other for a few years.
and don’t you forget it!’’
We carry the Genuine Cutter
Logger’s Shoes.
We are the recogniz
ed Leader in Clothing
of all Kinds.
see
J.A.TCDD^CO.