Tillamook headlight., July 12, 1900, Image 1

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TILLAMOOK, OREGON, JULY ia
McCORMICK
and
S
DEERING
(•)
Mowers |
'1
and
Rakes,
Tedders,
Hay Tools, and a
Full line of
AGRICULTURAL
IMPLEMENTS.
Stoves, Hardware atid Builders’ Supplies. Paints, Oils,
Doors, Windows and Glass. We are L6adexs in our line.
BRIGGS.
Opposite Bank.
Tillamook,
Oregon
The dancing acdeniy isopen daily, ex­ evening, by Prof. David Torbet, “Little
cept Sundays ; atfl the latest, as^well as Big Things and Big Little Things,” and
well as the old, daces taught.
the other on Thursday evening, by State
Dr. Wise. resident|dentist.
Superintendent Ackerman, on “Expan­
Mrs.
A.
Howardind
daughter
came
in
Watches and clocks at Sturgeon's. *
from Portland onthe steamer on Wed­ sion in Education,” are so arranged that
Arbuckle's cofiee 15c. pound nt Cohn's.
the general public can attend them.
nesday on a visit tiMrs. Clough.
Cameras and Camera supplies at Stur.
It is probable that the Fourth of July
Mrs. M. C. Banf.ld and family came
geon’s.
in from Portland tiay for a summer’s committee will recommend to the hose
The steamer Harrison arrived on Wed­ outing and are storing at the editor’s. company—owing to the rain spoiling the
nesday.
Dr. W. Tatom, thpainless dentist,will arrangements on the national holiday—
There are points to watch at King & be in Tillamook cityni July 16th, when having a ball game some Saturday after­
noon, a drill and competition by the two
Kerremans.
he will be preparedfco do all kinds of
hose carts to see which could play water
Choice Jersey bull for sale.—Applv to dentistry work.
first on a large bonfire, after which
J. Svenson.
Cook stoves, heates and ranges, bed­ the fireworks. But the chronic kickers
All plug tobaccos reduced to 45c. a plug steads, chairs, tablet stands, jugs and and belly achers had better keep a civil
jars and all other s*ond hand goods distance from the nozzles that day, for
at Cohn's.
The hose company meets this (Thurs­ cheap for cash at W. Page’s.
they may be made a little more absurd
While playing on thlogs in the slough than they have made themselves already.
day) evening.
In the matter of the claims of scalp
Cook stoves and heaters cheap forensh near the saw mill on kinday a boy fell
in and came near drov|ng. Mr. G. 0. bounties, the board of commissioners
at W. E. Page's.
Nolan, seeing what lai happened, suc­ approved the following claims:
Mrs. A. E. Imbler left on the stage last
ceeded in getting himoit
.$ 4.00
Orie Mapes................
week to visit friends.
24.00
H. B. Karr...............
What a terrible bunqr the prohibi­
Furniture, good as new, at lowest
, 6.00
Louis
Farmer
...........
tionists made in nor nominating a per­
D. T. Woerschkul....
. 2.00
prices, at Page's store.
son by the name of \7stfor vice-presi­
. 6.00
L. McFee ................
County Clerk Mason is a rather big dent, for then it woudbe ‘Do you want
10.00
Robert A. Crawford.
. 2.00
Frank Farmer...........
boy to nurse the measles.
the Woolley West for {resident and vice-
.
6.00
Chester
Haskins
........
Mr. Charles Grissen is over from Mc­ president ?’’
. 6.00
D. J. Handy..............
Minnville with his family.
10.00
E. L. Bales................
Tne grand officers ' the I.O.O.F. are
. 2.00
Arnold Hanson ........
Dr. T. P. Wise will return to the city expected to arrive in iis city on Satur-
. 2.0C
E. K. Seo veil..............
das for the purpose ol ¡siting the lodges
from Portland about July 16.
. 8.00
Frank B. Herrington
Tuesday
evening
in
this
county,
and
o'
”
’
’
. 4.00
F.
S.
Foster
..............
If vou want to buy, sell or trade any-
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the members will mcepound the festive
thing call and see W. E. Page.
We do not believe it is quite the correct
thing for business men to place seats on
The finest line of canned fish is to be board in this city.
The county judge id commissioners the sidewalks outside of their premises.
found at King & Kerremans.
returned on Tuesday pm the north end Men, especially loafers, generally congre­
Ifyou want the famous Netarts razor
of the county, where ey had gone to ' gate at such places and more or less ex­
clams, go to King & Kerremans.
look over the roads, 0 vant of roads, so , pectoration follows ; besides, it is a nui-
A marriage license was issued to James
as to be able to under md the situation | 8ance to pedestrians and those having
L. Burk and Ina D. Landingham.
in ordering improvemks.
business premises in close proximity. As
Star, climax, saw log, spear and horse
Owing to the fine wilierthe first part 1 Tillamook has a reputation of being a
shoe tobaccos 45c. a plug at Cohn s.
of the week consideral grass was cut i clean and business-like looking city, it is
Your prescriptions accurately com­ in Tillamook county, ine of which was I not right that the sidewalks should be
pounded at Sturgeon's Drug Store.
nearly cured when theincame Tuesday monopolized by seatsand persons sitting
Mr. C. N. Drew has gone to Salem to night, which, howevedill not cause any on them with their legs stretched out.
Most every business man takes a reason­
attend the grand lodge of the A.O.U.W. damage if the rain do^ot continue.
able amount of pride in the city and its
Sewing machines repaired and war- The4thof
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_
’dall bills
general appearance, and it is none too
ebration.whlhave lieen paid,
ranted to do good work—W. E. I age.
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|)e celebration
soon to call the attention of the city
Our line of dishes can't be beat. Call in and the boys have moj’ and fireworks, I council to the fact that seatson sidewalks
and
perhaps
cigars,
lcioburn.
There
’
s
and be convinced.—King & Kerremans.
in the business part of the city are a pub­
New woven wire bed springs made to one thing the committfailed to do, and lic nuisance, annoyance to pedestrians
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order from $2 to $3.50 at W. E. Page’s.* thatwastoaskTreasitC.I Clough to an(J
and „
a detriment to
business and some
put up a concoctuin tore the few belly-
Self Sealing Fruit Jars, all packed, for
achersand kickers, but at being an im­
75 cts. and 85 cts. per dozen at W. E. possibility the chronieckers were left
There appears to be more or less hay
Page’s.
to bellyache as long nsey felt disposed, spoiled every year in this county owing
Mrs. G. 0. Nolan drove out on Sunday
' to the rain, and it remains to be seen if
Commissioner L. Paih, who is inter, this is not to be repented this year. When
to visit her mother in the Willamette
esting himself in good Sds. has made a ! i haying commenced five or six days ago
valley.
suggestion for raising i»eyfor this pur. we were having pretty weather, with in­
Remember I pay the highest cash price
pose which is deserving consideration. dications that it would remain fine, bnt
for all kinds of second hand goods.—W .
He thinks that theciti^ living in any
E. Page.
. district wishing to raitfunds bv taxa, a different scene came over the horizon
The schooner Lila and Mattie, which tion to improve the roain excess of the on Tuesday. But if the farmers of this
has been bottom up in the bay, has lieen J 5 mill road tax, shouiie allowed to county had silos, they would not be so
anxious about fine weather during haying
righted.
vote an additional 5 mtax to be used time or fear loss through wet weather.
For the finest Machine Oil. warranted ! only in the districts votisuch tax. He
Grass grows so luxuriant in Tillamook
not to gum your machinery, go to D. T. is ofthe opinion that sejal district, in
that the loss of a number of tons of hay
this county would vote ditional taxes appears to cut very little figure. Bnt it
E dmunds .
The bottom ha, dropped ont of rail- for the improvement oftir roads if a is a loss nevertheless, and the best and
road gossip and procrastination tor a law was passed empowtg them to do easiest way to avoid it is to build silos.
so.
A few silos have alreadv lieen construct,
week or so.
Mr. and Mrs. William Harpole came in ' j The annual teacher,' SituteforTilla- ed in this county, but not until there is
from Amity to visit with Mr. W. Mar ' mook county, which winnvene in this a more general loss of the hay crop thro-
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city on Wedne^av, Thilay and Fri- ugh bad weather—a failure of the grass
tin's
family.
Mr. H. M. Franklin has rented the dn’g nf next week will k some good crops in Tillamook county is almost an
Wood place for three vears, at the annual • inttroctors in the persoif Profs. G. A I impossibility—will the dairymen turn
rental of »125
iH Baker.
B. their attention to this part of their in.
i Walker
Walker. David
Davi»! Torbet.
Torbet.iH
Baker. B.
W F P.«i. doing a good business O. Snuffer and State Sut4tendent J. H. dustry which is recommended by the
lual subjects i faculty of our agricultural colleges and
in his new bed springs. He sell, them Ackerman'
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discussed at these instita, rrot. 1». A. those who study dairying Irom scientific
bv the wagon load,
,Vllker will dilate uponi'Humanities and profitable standpoints. It is well,
Word was received inthiscityon c -
^hool " “A Pedate's Cogita. however. to bear in mind that Tillamook
nesday that Mr,. C. E. Ledger^had d-ed ,
RiR„t Jl1Mren ••
must adapt itself to circumstances, for
at Netarts, aged 76 years. The
wi#e uh|v jnt,r. atmospheric conditions exist here which
were buried this morning in tn. l.v.
j «sting"
.
«..
—.—M o on Wednesday are peculiar to a lew of the coast counties,
The , lectures,
TILLAMOOK JOTTINGS
cemetery.
(
>1.50 per year
and coining some times during hay har­ vided the water company would satisfy
vest, makes a silo a valuable acquisition the council that the water was pure, and
to every dairyman’s farm.
to accomplish this the water company
will have to flume or pipe the water from
above the barn on the Turney creek be­
A WATER RACKET.
fore th**council will approve the contract.
City Council offers $30 per month Should this be done, the original con­
tract with the water company will be
Under Certain Conditions.
adhered to with the exception of the price
The adjourned meeting of the council to be paid for water and the number of
took place on Monday evening for the hydrants, the water company giving the
purpose of taking into consideration a city permission to put in as many as they
proposition from the Water Company to want without extra charge. The water
furnish water to the city for fire and mu­ company will have to keep sufficient
nicipal purposes. President A. J. Cohn pressure to enable one nozzle to throw a
was in the chair, and the other council­ stream of water continuously for six
men present were Messrs. G. A. Edmunds. hours 60 feet high, or from two nozzles
L. Olsen and M. Leach, besides a num­ 4-0 feet high.
ber of large taxpayers. On behalf of the
water company, Mr. W. H. Cooper sub­ Must have Improvements First.
mitted a proposition, which specified that
The question of a line of steamers ply.
for a sum of $30 fier month and for a
term of ten years the company would ing between the coast counties and Port­
furnish water and maintain a pressure of land is again being agitated in that city,
55 pounds. President Cohn ask what just as though putting on such a line of
bond the company would give in case of steamers would settle the all-important
the water giving out when there was a transportation question. There is some
fire, to which the water company would thing necessary before that, for no matter
not assent. For about three hours the how many line of steamers may compete
matter was discussed pro and con, and for the business they are all menaced with
at times it became somewhat animated. the same serious obstacles, that of shal­
Councilman Edmunds explained the con­ low bars. How in the name of common
dition ofthe streams in the neighborhood sense can the lumber industry of Tilla-
of the reservoir, which he stated the mook county be developed bv a line of
cattle stood in. He also objected to the steamers from Portland ? Not until the
water running into the reservoir from government makes an appropriation to
Turney creek below the barn, because, he improve Tillamook bars can this lie ac­
contended, the condition of the ground complished or the county is fortunate in
in that vicinity did not appear as though securing railroad connections. Here is
the city was getting pure water. Mayor the situation in a nutshell. The Portland
Wiley, who had gone over the ground, newspapers, no doubt, are looking for
thought that some improvements were the trade of the coast counties to go to
necessary in the neighborhood where the that city, but they fail to see that as far
water entered the pipes. Water was as Tillamook is concerned Portland is
more or less contaminated, but with a now getting only one-tenth of the busi­
little fixing he thought that some of the ness to what she would if the bars were
impurities which was stated got into 1 improved and we did not have to depend
the water might be avoided. He did not upon small coasting vessels to carry on
favor a ten years contract, neither did the commerce. We are tired of reading
Councilman Olsen, who thought one year such articles as this: “There are large
was long enongh. Dr. May argued that possibilities of an increase in the com­
the water company was furnishing the merce of Portland and Astoria also, by
city with pure water, and as to the im. the development of Coast trade with re-
provements spoken of, the company had 4»i°ns ^ar IC8S remote than those ofthe
already decided to make them. He said | Pacific
" " Coast * States of Central and
it was a business proposition that the | South America. Portland ought to be
water company offered, and for the fire connected by regular steamer lines with
protection which it afforded he did not Tillamook,
** Coos Bay, Gray’s Harbor
““1 and J
think they were asking anything but perhaps other Coast localities, that are
what was fair. He also made the asser ! slowly but sure'y developing their vari-
tion that no other company on the coast 1 ous and abundant resources, and would
had such pure w °r and paid as less for , be able to do so more rapidly, and with
fire protection as llamook, which was mutual profit to themselves and our mer­
refuted by Mr. P. v. Todd saying that chants, if regular steamer communica-
the city he came from had an iron pipe : tion could be had.’* Now if there is to
system with 120 pressure, and that all !
mutual profit in it, then let the
the city paid for fire protection was $10 | Portland newspapers start right and first
per month. As thecouncilman appeared
^or a government appropriation,
to favor paying $25, Mr. Todd thought , and a^ter the bars are improved it won't
line of
it a fair proposition and all that it was be necessary to agitate for - a i...-
worth. Dr. C. E. Hawke was in favor 1 steamers, for the amount of business that
of the city constructing its own water will be done then will attract shipping.
works and contracting with the com­
It may interest the cyclists of Tilla­
pany for only one ortwo years. Mr. B.
L. Eddy thought the capacity of the res­ mook county to know that a suit has
ervoir was inadequate in case something , lieen filed in Multnomah county to see
went wrong with the feed pipes, which , whether the bicycle tax, passed at the
should be made double the size. Mr. J. last state legislature, is constitutional.
E. Tuttle was satisfied there was plenty , We have always looked at the bicycle
of pure water, but the water company r law as a game to bluff the taxpayers and
had neglected keeping things in good I for the shrewd politicians to keep on the
shape, and also in not having the reser­ best side of the wheelman. No matter
voir cleaned, there being at the present , how the supreme court may decide the
time quite a sediment at the bottom of it. case, tbe wheelmen in the large counties
He also said there was no strainer over . have won their point in securing bicycle
the pipe,which Dr. May denied, fora new , paths, which, if the law is declared un­
one had been put on lately, and he em­ constitutional, the tax money will have
phasized his denial by saying that “Mr. to lie returned and the taxpayers com-
Tuttle does not know what he is talking , pelted to stand the expense. Now it re­
about.” President Cohn complained that mains to be seen whether the legislators
he thought the water company had left who manipulated and voted for the bi
the city in a damned bad fix in not giving , cycle tax law did not intentionally do so
it fire protection while the matter was ’ for the purpose of making the taxpayers
being arranged, and he thought the fran­ pay for the bicycle paths. It’s a pity all
chise was worth something. Dr. Mav , bills passed by the legislature cannot be
retorted by saving that it was a busi­ inquired into tosee whether they are con­
ness proposition with the water com­ stitutional before they become a law, for
pany, and if the city wanted water for . then, perhaps, it would not besoeasy to
fire protection it would have to pay for . hoodoo the taxpayer, or we should have
said the poor devils who can't help them-
it.
Eventually the council got together in ' selves.
committee and decided that they would I Caller—I want to see tbe bead of the
offer $25 per month on a three yearscon- family, Husband—You can’t. It put
tract. But this was raised to $30 pro-1 on its bonnet a while ago and went out.
CLOTHING.
We carry
the
Best Stock
in
Tillamook.
In Choosing a
SUIT,
A person should use the
same judgment as he would
in selecting a horse or cow.
It costs as much to feed a
scrub cow or horse as it does
to feed a good one.
In making a suit, the
work costs nearly as much
on a cheap suit as it does on
a good suit, hence the differ­
ence in price is in the ma­
terial.
The same applies to HATS and
SHOES :
We are well stocked up in
all lines and are ready to
Suit you, Shoe you or fur­
nish you with a Hat.
We have a extra fine line
of SHIRTS, TIES, etc.,
suitable for such occasions.
GROCERIES,
FOUR and
FEED
Choice Bacon,
Hams and Lard
always in Stock
Measures taken for Suits
Made to Order ou
Short Notice.
J. A. TODD \ CO
TILLAMOOK
Kodaks and Cameras
They are so Simple in Construction and Easily Understood that nnv Child can Operate them.
I have the agency for the Famoue Vives, Cyclones, Ravs 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.
Your Prescript ions and Family Receipts receive the most careful attention, and with
my aystem of checking it is impossible to make an error.
CHAS. I.
Reliable Druggist,
CbOUGH.
Tillamook, Or