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X Sj THE HEADLIGHT JOB PRINTING IS THE ® Newiest, Brightest and eading Newspaper of C'J Tillamook County. BILL HEADS. LETTER HEADS. ENVELOPES. LEGAL BLANKS. BUSINESS CARDS. VISITING CARDS. SHOW CARDS. BILLS & POSTERS. Guaranteed First Class at Reasonable Prices. X ALL THE COUNTY AND CITY 3 OFFICIAL NEWS. 3? Patronize Local Industries and all Si Home Print Newspaper. Vol. XII LOGGERS’ AND DAIRY SUPPLIES. WAR on High Prices, Shoddy and Cultus Goods is sti 11 on at our Store We are Headquarters for PAINTS, OILS, GLA; S, DOORS and WINDOWS. We have the Largest Stock in the city of GUNS, AMI KITION and Fishing Tackle. Inspect our line of CUTLERY before buying elsewhere. Agricultural Implements, VEHICLES, Machinery, etc. Estimates given and cost of necessary material for outfitting creameries and cheese factories. If you are contemplating putting in a plant call and get our prices. Cheese Vats and all other articles in the Dairy Line made to Order. Plumbing and Plumbers’ Supplies. We guarantee and will carefully execute all work intrusted to us. I WADE <&, BRIGGS, Opposite Bank. TILLAMOOK JOTTINGS Tillamook, colonel left foe the Grove at noon over tion let an aim be made to weed out the the Wilson ritfer road, and we hope he , bad, the poluted, the corrupt, and intro- reached home without further adventure. : duce in its place the pure, the true, the ; thrifty and law-abiding citizen, even if The graduating exercises of the Tilla we have to disfranchise a number of men mook public school took place on Friday from voting and granting the right to | evening at the opera house, which was woman to bring about puritv in the packed with citizens, who had taken a ballot box. This is a broad subject, and great interest in these exercises on ac can lie argued upon from man> stand count of this being the first occasion in points, but w hether woman suffrage will which pupils had graduated from the high bring about what we have intimated re school and common school courses in the mains to be seen. Tillamook public school. The principal, Mrs. E. T. Allen, by dint of perseverance, had enthused new life in the school, and advanced it and the pupils a step further It was a surprise to me that mv opin in progress, which is exceedingly gratify ions either way should be he’d of suffi ing to the citizens of this city. Although cient importance to be mentioned. What only two graduated from the high school difference could it make to others what course, it is well to announce that quite I approved or disapproved, believed or a number of pupils started these studies dislielieved in ? But as 1 reflected upon who are now teaching school or engag it it did occur to me that perhaps it ed in other employment a few months ought to be of sufficient importance to since. The pupils acquitted their parts myself to induce me to take the oppor well, did honor to themselves a .id their tunity which offers at this moment to instructors, which was appreciated make mv record a trifle more clear, if by the citizens. The graduates from the possible, and this will require very little high school course were Miss Ruth time. Cooper, first honor ; Miss Pear! White, I believe I must have been born be second honor; and those from the com lieving in the full right of woman to mon school course were Frankie Drew, all the privileges and positions which Mary White, Grace Forde, Annie Edie. Nature and justice accord to her in com Herbert Cooper, Blanch McNair, Allie I mon with other human beings. Perfect Quick, Katie Plank, Uz Nolan and Rachel ly equal rights—human rights. There Crawford. The diplomas werepresented was never any question in my mind in by Mrs. Allen and Mr. B. L. Eddy with regard to this. I did not purchase my appropriate remarks, the flowers and de freedom with a price ; I w as born free ; coration adding to the pretty scene. We ' and when, as a younger woman, I heard give below the programme which was ' the subject discussed, it seemed simply so well rendered : ridiculous that any sensible, rational Selected. person should question it. And when, Music Song.................................... Primary girls. later, the phase of worn m’s right to “Valdemar the Happy,” ... Mary White. suffrage came up, it was to me only a Doyou need CLOTHING, “Drifting’’................................. Allie Quick. part of the whole, just as natural, just Then come to us. Song.................................... Prim ar y bo vs. as right, and just as certain to take “The Inch Cape Rock,’’Rachel Crawford. place. Oration..................................... Uz Nolan. And whenever I have been urged, as “An Arabian Tale”......... Frankie Drew. a petitioner, to ask for this privilege for Recitation................................ Annie Edie. woman, a kind of dazed, bewildered feel Do you need SHOES? Song............................... Blanch McNair. ing has come over me. We can suit you with Oration.......................... Herbert Cooper. Of whom should I ask this privilege? “The Chariot Race’’............ Grace Forde. Who possessed the right to confer it ? the Best in the “A Valedictory”................... Katie Plank. Who had greater right than woman Cornet duet..... Ira Latimer and Herbert herself? Was it man, and if so, where Market. Cooper. did he get it ? Who conferred it upon Recitation................... Mr. F. H. Skinner. him ? He depended upon woman for “Johtj Brown’s little Injuns.” his being, his very existence, nurture, Recitation ......................... Hazel McNair. and rearing. More fitting that she Essay, “Lessons from Great Men,” ' should have conferred it upon him. Miss Pearl White. | i Was it governments? What were HATS, Did you say? Duett......Misses Broadhead and Bewley. they but the voice of the people ? What We should smile Essay, “Music"......... Miss Ruth Cooper. gave them their power ? Was it divinely Drill....................................Vestal Virgins. conferred? Alas! no; or they would The editor was accused at Nehalem on have been better, purer, more just and Friday as being the only person in Tilla stable. mook county who was opposed to wo Was it force of arms—war? Who i FUR, WOOL, STRAW man suffrage. Strange, however, how furnished the warriors? Who but the Who reared the sons and some people know so much when they mothers ? and CRASH, use the closing exercises of a public taught them that lilierty and their In the Newest Styles, school to vent their petty animosity. country were worth their blood? Who But then it’s a part of the stock in trade gave them up, wept their fall, nursed of an aggressive editor to expect this . 1 them in suffering, and mourned them from a certain class of people, so it con I dead ? cerns us very little what they have to say j I Was it labor? Women have always, : LADIES’ and GENT.’S about us—whether it is good, bad or in as a rule, worked harder than men. Was it capital ? Woman has furnished different it amounts to the same thing. GLOVES. We have, we are aware, taken exceptions her share up to the present hour. Who, to introducing into our body politic the then, can give the right, and on what UNDERWEAR bandy house element of our large cities basis ? Who can withhold it ? ■| In regard to my nationality, I was and placing the franchise in the hands of And HOSE. prostitutes so that whoremongers who born in the old Huguenot town of Ox ford, Mass., U.S.A. My father and! employ these unfortunate women can control their votes. Here is food for re mother were born there. My grand- | flection and grounds for argurtient, for fathers and grandmothers, with two . the woman suffrage amendment, if pass exceptions, were born, lived, died, and ed by the voters of Oregon, confers ujion were buried there. There is, once in a while, a monarch ! the prostitute the same rights as that 'Ix-nto wed upon the virtuous and honor who denies the right of mail to place a I able woman. We ask any same person crown upon his head. Only the Great | if this is exactly the right thing, and we Jehovah can crqwn and anoint him for ' appeal to the women themselves as to his work, and he reaches out, takes the , the propriety of such a course. But, on crown, and places it upon his head with the other hand, we are not afraid to his own hand. I sus|)cct that this is in One Pries to all make the statement that a numlxr of effect what woman is doing today. Vir men are not worthy of the franchise tually there is no one to give her the being conferred upon them—the loafer, right to govern herself, as men govern the indolent, the bummer, the drunken themselves by self made and self-tip proved laws of the land. But in one wa v I sot, the profligate, the morally corrupt. or another, sooner or later, she is coming , Decidedly an intelligent woman is more to it. And the number of thoughtful entitled to the suffrage than this class of and right-minded men who will oppose worthless citizens, for her religious and will lie much smaller than we think; and when it is really an accomplished fact, moral influence for good in a community 1 all will wonder, as I halt done, what , cannot be called into question. If we The objection ever was are to have reform iti the suffrage ques- C lara B arton . War with Spain has ended gTOVEjS, Tii] & Gjranite Ware. • j >1.50 per year TILLAMOOK, OREGON, MAY 31 Oregon. Vote for T. H. Tongue for congress and mook. Drop Mr. Hendricks a postalcard you cast your ballot for the best friend at Bay City if you want fire insurance. * Tillamook county ever had in congress. Dr. Wise, resident dentist. Mr. 0. R. Chamberlain was in the city If you are in need of farm implements, on Wednesday and informs us that he Mrs. Mann is reported quite sick. wagons, mowers, etc., yon will save secured 140 gallons ofoil from the whales Vote the republican ticket—straight. he killed with a butcher's knife on the money by seeing McIntosh & McNair. Vote for H. H. A -rman, the popular All shoes at Letcher's are first class beach, which he has sold to Mr. Geo. A. sheriff. goods, made by the well-known firm of Edmunds for 40c. and 50c. a gallon, the Mr. C. Pye was in from the Nehalem on Buckingham & HechtandJ. Miller & Co., oil from the heads fetching the latter Monday. amount. Racine, Wis. New skirts, capes and jackets at Mrs. Mr. A. Watt received a telegram Satur The Gem ofGolconda, a pure India tea, Sturgeon’s. * recognized by English tea drinkers as a day from Ontario, Canada, announcing The steamer Harrison reached this city pure plend of tea, is on sale at McIntosh the death of his mother, which occurred on the 24th May. The deceased lady on Tuesday. and McNair's. was in her 81styear and had visited Ore- Frank, who’s to lie the next Benedict Fairview grange meets at Acklev's hall gou twice. She was in Tillamook about in Tillamook ? on Friday, June 8. Let all members at two years ago and visited her sons at Miss Kate Witherell left on Tuesday to tend and have a good time.—L. S. M ay Bay City. i visit her brother. nard , master. Dr. Lowe, tl:e optician of McMinnville, Mr. J. S. Elliott returned on Wednes Vote for L. Parrish forcounty commis who sold so many glasses while stopping day from Portland. sioner, who will attend to the duties of with Dr. Wise last summer, has moved to Mrs. E. T. Allen left the city on Satur that office, looking after the interests of Eugene, Or., but will be in Tillamook at the taxpayers. day for San Francisco. the Allen House for ten days the last of Did you see those neat programs at the June. The Dr don't peddle and will not For sale, alight wagon.—For particu school entertainment ? For first class visit any place but Tillamook, so if you lars apply at this office. A new line of spectacles and eye glasses job printing you must go to the Head want your eyes tested you must see him light printing office. at the Allen House. * just received at Letcher's. Vote for W. Tyler Smith for joint sena Tillamook Lodge, No. 290. Fraternal School shoes for boys and girls from tor and B. L. Eddy for joint representa Union of America, after their regular $1.10 to $1.25 at Letcher's. tive and you will not make a mistake in meeting on Saturday, gave a farewell A marriage license was issaed to Lem social to Mr. and Mrs. John Perry and voting for the best men. Johnson and Alice Pesterfield. Call early and buy your children some Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Bester, who are Attend the republican rally on Satur. good heavy shoes, as they are being sold , leaving this county in a short time for day night at the opera house. out fast. You can save money by pur- j Eastern Washington. A fine lunch was spread and indulged in, after which a Vote for Julius N. Hart and you will chasing of Alfred Letcher. secure a good district attorney. If you vote for the boys who have served social dance was enjoyed. C. I. Clough has Dr. Patchen’s Grip the taxpayers faithfully you will vote the A large crowd attended the entertain Cure on sale at his drug store. republican ticket on Monday. Say, boys, ment and shadow social at the Fairview school house last Saturday, and all re- Mrs. Newman having disposed of her the republican ticket is o.k. milinery stock, left the city today. Mr. B. L. Eddy left on Saturday to go port a good time. The proceeds, which Vote for Homer Mason, the obliging on the stumpin Yamhill county, He will amounted to $12, will help to establish a return in time for the big republican rally library in that school district. This is a and efficient clerk of the county court. commendable object, for every school in Mrs. W. E. Page left today to visit her in Tillamook city on Saturday. Tilloinook county, no matter how small relatives in Portland, to be gone about a Letcher will do his own watch, clock the school or tew the pupils, should have month. and jewelry repairing himself in future, a library. Dr. W. A. Wise will be at his Tillamook having purchased a first class set of Decoration day was fittingly observed office on June 11th to remain until the watchmaker's tools for that purpose. inthiscitv on Wednesday, whenexercises 22nd. The agency for Spalding s baseball and I were held at the opera house, which was The Astoria Company paid $700 to athletic goods for Tillamook county has arranged by member of the G. A.R. The Nellie O'Keefer for a timber claim in tp. 2 been placed with B. C. Lamb, who will hall was well filled, when patriotic songs carry a full line of base balls, bats, etc. 1 and recitations were rendered, with N, R 9 W. Mr J. S. Brhdlcy, a noted speaker from speeches by Messrs. W. H. Cooperand T. Fulton & Yeagley, of Denton, Texas, will pay for the addresses of the heirs of Texas, will speak at the court house on H. Gome and Revs. F. H. Neffand Smith. Saturday evening, at 8 p.m., on behalf It being a finedav, quite a numberof per B. y. Tucker. * of the democrats and populists. Come sons went to the cemetery to decorate Vote for W. H. Carv for treasurer and I the graves. he will continue to faithfully perform the out and hear a good speaker. Having purchased the stock ofshoes Captain Genereaux with others came duties of that office. Vote for J. S. Stephens for assessor and and hats of Mr. Phelps at a very low in on the steamer Harrison from San figure, I will give the people of Tillamook Francisco with applianc s for the pur tile property in the county will continue the benefit of the bargain by selling them pose of getting the stranded steam lum- to be equally assessed. out below cost.—A. Letcher. lier schooner Laguna off the spit, where Mr. F. H Skinner, of the Union Say The teachers engaged for the public she is high and dry at low tide. Anchors ingsand Loan Association, returned to school in this district are Prof. B. 0. have been carried to deep water with Portland on Tuesday. Snuffer, principal ; Mis, Mamie Means, strong lines attached, and when the high Mr. W. W. Curtisscame in on the Har. room No. 3 ; Mrs. Mary Whitten, room tides comes a strain will be placed on son from Portland to look after his tim No. 2 ; Mrs. F. R. Beals.primary. School them, and in this wav it is expected to ber interests in this county. work the Laguna into deep water. will commence on September 3rd. Vote for Geo. B. Lamb, who will con The hack which Sheriff Aiderman was A republican majority of about 250 on tinue to make a good school superinten Mondav in Tillamook county will not taking the ballot boxes to the precincts dent for the next four years. terrify our unterrified democratic friends, in the south part of the county had a Colonel James B. Eddy, of the Grove, for we expect they will come up smiling mishap on -Monday, the passengers and addressed a large republican meeting in at the next election, even it the stuffin' is contents living dumped out this side of the opera house on Saturday. Beaver. Colonel J. B EdJ.v was along, already knocked out of them. The wrecked lumber schooner Lila and Mr E. A. Chamberlain sent us in a and living a newspaper man. he was not Mattie has been raised and is now tied box ot strawberries grown from his a privileged character that trip, so went sharpies, plants, and we can vouch for through the dumping process. No bones up at the wharf at Hobson rille. were broken, and in about twenty min. Mr. W. W. Fenelon. of Rhinelander, the fine truit. lithe box had been like utes they were sailing along as though the widow s cruise theditorand h.s staff W'is., has bought another quarter of tim nothing had happened. On returning to ber land in this county, paying $1900 for would not hav objected, for the straw the city next day Colonel Eddy tried to berries tasted moreish. David Reasoner's claim in tp 2 S, R 8 W. buck a Tillamook mud hole. He showed Mr H B Hendricks is still agent for There will be a basket dinner at the the Oregon Fire Relief As.~u.tion the himself a novice at the business by get Pleasant Valley school house next Sun rates in which are aliout one-fourth of ting stuck good and hard, and gained day, June 3rd. Preaching services at 11 those in standard companies. The mem some experience in knowing howtoextri. a.m. and 2 p.m. All are cordially invited bership is growing very fast >n T.lla- cate himself from that predicament. The I to be present. I You can Depend on getting the very best goods for the money if you trade with us. Groceries And Feed. J. A. TODD % CO. TILLAMOOK, OK. 4 Kodaks and Cameras. They arc *o Simple in Construction and Easily Understood that any Child can Operate them. 1 have the agency for the Famoue Vives, Cyclones, Rays and Premos, ranging from *2.50 up. Every instrument guaranteed in every detail. I also carry a full line of Photographer s Supplies for the amateur trade at Eastern prices. l our I’renrriptlonM and Family llereipt« retrivi* the moat rarefili attention, and with my HjHtem of checking it I m iinpoMHlhle to make an error. CHAS. I Reliable Druggist, CbOUGH, Tillamook, Or