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THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, FEBUARY 7, 1901 the RAILROAD PROSPECT GROWS BRIGHTER. Northern Pacific makes the First Aggressive Move by Ordering a Road to be Built from Scappoose. • ever the aim of the Northern Pacific an- nouncement may lx*, it should not be permitted to upset plans for direct con nection between Portland and Tillamook | ■ County. The timber of the Nehalem will' afford a large traffic, it is true. So, • | doubtless, with the coal of the lower, I valley. But Portland has more at stake i than merely the hauling of timber or coal • to market. Probably no considerable! development can take place in the North- THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY. j west corner of the state that will not to for the company in Portland do not show any sulphur, though the ash is 1 reported to be a red gray. The prospectus issued by the company recites that the improvement of the property consists of two tunnels, one ; driven on a nine-foot and another on a 1 five and one-half-foot measure. The tun nels are the whole distance of 200 feet in solid coal of merchantable character. The roof is sandstone and the floor slate. The distance from Portland is 48 miles. Some of this coal was brought to Port land and tested on the steam motors of the City & Suburban Company, and it gave satisfactory results. Though no urther actual test has been made, it is presumed to be a good steam coal. TILLAMOOK g ■—» Temperature. Maxi- Mini- mum mum. .. 29 .. 34 .. 32 .. 30 .. 34 .. 36 .. 35 .. 31 8 . .. .. 30 9 .. .. 32 10 . .. 44 11 . .. ... 40 .. 12 .. 45 13 .. 26 14 .. .. 36 15 . .. .. 40 16 . .. ... 35 17 . .. .. 37 18 . .. .. 33 19 . .. .. 41 20 . . .. 38 21 . .. .. 41 22 . . .. 30 23 . .. .. 24 24 . .. 32 25 . .. 39 26 . . .. 36 27 . . 28 . . .. 30 .. 29 29 . . .. 27 30 . . .. 27 31 . . Sum. 1546... . 1053. 1 2 3 4 5 6 . . . . ■ .. . .. . . . .. 39 40 39 43 46 48 44 44 40 45 53 58 56 54 49 55 60 53 58 52 55 52 50 52 48 49 52 55 57 50 59 Truckee Lumber Co., WEATHER. Mean. Rain- fall. 34.0 .. 37.0 .. 35.1 .. 36.1 . 40.0 .. 42.0 .. 39.1 .. 37.1 . . 35.0 . . 38.1 .. 48.1 .. . 49.0 . . 50.1 . . 40.0 .. . . 42.1 .. . ... 47.1 .. . ... 47.1 . . ... 45.0 .. . ... 45.1 . . . 46.1 .. . ... 46.1 .. . ... 46.1 .. ... 40 0 .. ... 38.0 . . ... 40.0 .. . . 44.0 . . ... 44.0 . . ... 42.1 . . ... 43 0 . . ... 38.1 .. . ... 38.1 .. . .... 130.8..... 0.78 0 34 0.86 0.50 0.86 0.68 0 62 0.46 0.25 0.65 1.48 2.98 0.35 1.98 0.35 0.22 0.02 0.02 T 0.10 0.01 0.33 0.01 0.56 0.10 T. T. 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.02 14.59 . ... ... . ... ... ... ... ... . ... ... ... DEALERS IN OF SAN FRANCISCO, FIR & SPRUCE Lumber BOX SHOOKS. GENERAL MERCHANDISE And LOGGERS’ SUPPLIES ' some degree benefit this city. We should Railroad Terminating at Nehalem not, however, lie content with a portion or any Point North of Tillamook of the benefits when a little energy will City would not Help the AGENTS STEAMERS W. H. KRUGER AND TILLAMOOK. bring all to us. For example, we should Dairymen or the South not e c n nt to see the Northern Part of the County. Pacific carry the traffic of the Nehalem There is no abatement in the disposi country around Portland to and from tion of the railroad companies and the the East, though we might get a little The Railroad Route That Would business interests of Portland to give I incidental trade of the new community. be a Profit to the Company. Tillamook county railroad connections ; Portland's interests and the interests of Mr. F. M. Heidel, of Hillsboro, writ in fact, the situation has l»een intensified, the Nehalem Valley and Tillamook ingin regard to the proposed railroad PROPRIETORS OF as we intimated in our last issue might County arc identical, and they should routes says; lie knit together industrially, commer be, in a race by the different railrord com I have been interested in the articles panies to tap the country firs’, as will be cially and socially. Communication be written by William Reid, Joseph Gaston, seen by the aggressive move of the North tween these places should be direct and Mr. Groner and others, advocating a DEALERS IN ern Pacific Railroad in giving orders to untrammeled by the exigencies of trans direct line of railroad from Portland via Portland is the build at once fro n Scappoose to Pitts continental traffic. Nehalem Valley to the coast, and as I burg. This is no surprise to us, for in natural market-place and commercial claim considerable knowledge of the center for all the country westward to agitating for bar improvements, the re Shop next door to Larsen’s Hotel, Tillamook country that would be affected by such sources of Tillam >ok county attracted the coast. The short rail haul to this a railroad, I ask for a little space in your Mean49.5 .. 33.5. ... 42.6 .... .....0.00 S ummary . — Mean temp., 42.6 ; Max. the attention of o fijials whose railroads market would be so inexpensive that the paper, giving my views as to the advan terminated at Portland, and like the demand for harbor improvements at tages of such a project, both to the pro temp., 60 ; date, 17th. Min. temp., business men of th it city, became highly Tillamook and Nehalem Bays might be moters and to the country which the 24; date, 24th. Total snowfall, 2Vj inches ; number of days clear, 3 ; partly interested when the/ saw that railroad done aw ay with. Not the timber sup railroad may traverse. cloudy, 6; cloudy, 22. Dates of frost— connections with Tillamook county ply, or the coal, or the agriculture, or “I assert, first, that such a railroad is Light, 17th, 19th, 21st, 27th and 28th. would give them a valuable feeder and t .e manufactures of that region, but all a necessity. Any one who is familiar Killing, 23rd, 25th, 29th and 30th. open up a rich and fertilecountrv. There of them, Portland w’ants. It will aid with t he natural resources of the Neha Dates of hail, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th and is this to be sai I ab >ut the aggressive their development. It will contribute its lem country, as I think I am, will unhesi 8th ; sleet, 1st and 25th ; th. storms, move of the Northern Pacific, it will force advantages to bring to its best the na tatingly say that there is not a section of 1st and 13th ; auroras, 0 ; Prevailing the company formed in Portland last tive wealth of the region, and the bene country anywhere that would prove of wind—Direction, W. week for an inde|x*ndent railroad from fits will be mutual. But thisis not to be more value than this section. It pos Remarks—T trace. Solar halo, 18th, that city to loose nd time procrastinat accomplished by roundabout, indirect Tillamook daily exeept Sunday. sesses some of the finest timber in the 19th, 21st and 29th. Lunar halo, 31st. Stage leaves ing, as Astoria did for years. Although transportation accommodations. Give world, and the quantity seems to be un Tillamook County a direct route to longitude, 123.51 Stage leaves J's. Yamhill daily exeept IDonday, Latitude, 45.26; No. it is hard to tell which road will reach Recent developments have west of Greenwich. the desired gaol first, the dairy interests Portland for her products, and the mat limited. Tickets must be secured the day previous from the Agents at C apt . J oseph J. D awson , must be taken into consideration, for a ter of further shipment will take care proved that there a/e vast quantities of coal in that section of the country, and North Yamhill and Tillamook. of itself. Give the Nehalem Valley one Voluntary Observer. railroad terminating short of Tillamook city would not afford the shipping facili road that leads around Portland to the it is more than probable that ot her min Hang to ’em Like Grim Death. ties which that industry is in need of at East, and a large part of the advantage erals of more or less value are concealed the present time. We have pointed out that ought to come to it through proper in its depths. “But who is to build the railroad ? Or, before that with one except! u all the traffic routes will be denied and Port Cows should be mute plentiful in this creameries and cheese factories operated land and the country will suffer from more plainly stated, whose duty is it to county for the number of creameries and on the co-operative plan are situated it. Portland should have a railroad di build this railroad ? I answer, the inter cheese factories there are in Tillamook. ests of the City of Portland require that Having great advantage in producing an south and east of Tillamook city, so a rect to the rich Nehalem country.” Make a Specialty of Logging.and Machine Work. this should be done by those men who abundance of green feed nearly the whole railroad terminating at Nehalem would First Class Work Guaranteed. Charges are Reasonable. Dairy Interests and a Railroad. have money for investment. In order year, and with the prospect now of a * k be no benefit to them, for they would still The Western Creamery, in its last issue that Portland shall receive the benefit railroad, it is none too soon for the dairy have to depend upon irregular steamship Shop in Hiner’s old Stand, TIUUflJVIOOK CITY facilities to get their products to market. says : “The Tillamook Headlight, in ad which it is justly entitled to, and espe men to be getting plenty of young dairy And as this is the industry which Tilla vocating the building of a railroad from cially so if it furnishes the means of con stock upon their farms and keeping them mook county has mainly depended upon Portland to Nehalem, strongly urges that structing the railroad and developing for dairy purposes if they come up to the for revenue for several years, it has grad- it be extended to Tillamook city, thus the Nehalem country, as the starting standard of good milkers Once on an ually forced itself to the front as the best benefiting the dairy industry and afford point of the railroad should be Port equality with other places in transporta dairying country in Oregon, and with ing accommodation lortlie residents, who land. tion and markets, dairying in Tillamook “If I am correct in this, then I want to will be more profitable than heretofore, shipping facilities of a detrimental and have long been cut off from communica discouraging character, it is the banner tions with the outside world. All the see the road built through the country for the reason that butter will be shipped county for the production of splendid cheese factories and creameries, with ong that would be most advantageous to daily—instead of monthly at the present i butter and cheese, and on that account exception, are located south and east of the promoters of the road, and likewise time—and secure the top price in the mar ) the dairymen, and the manufacturers of Tillamook city, so that if the terminus of to the largest area of tillable lands. This ket for quality. Therefore, we say, it is Agents for Kopp’s Brewery, the Brewer of the finest Beer in the Northwest. their products, are deserving of first con the proposed road be made at Nehalem result could be obtained by following none too soon for the dairvmen to pre Strangers can find here a place to write, attend to correspondence, private]} sideration in the matter of a railroad. the dairy industry would be in no wise what is generally conceded to be a nat pare themselves to meet these changed confer upon business or social matters and generally feel at home. With the advent of a railroad, dairying benefited." Since writing the article ural railroad grade from Portland conditions and be in a position to make which the Western Cremery refers to, we through to the Nehalem River, namely, in Tillamook will make rapid strides, for more money when the opportunity pre it will not be many years before most of are happy to say that the railroad pros following up the Willamette River until sents itself. And we do not know how th” idle land will be cleared and turned pects have considerably enlarged them it strikes the mouth of the Tualatin we could advise dairymen better than to into beautiful meadows, the like of which selves and»Tillamook city is one of the River, and following the Tualatin River stock up their farms with plenty of milch for grazing purpose will be hard to objective points. That is an assurance to its intersection with Diary Creek, and cows and hang on to the young stock surpass any where i n Oregon or any other that the dairy interests have come in for following that creek to the intersection like grim death. This will also have the state. Another thing, the south part ou some consideration by those who have of the Upper Nehalem Valley in town effect of supplying the cheese factories and tlie county from Tillamook city is devel engineered the proposed routes, but it is »hip 2 north, range 7 west; thence lip creameries with plenty of milk, thus re oping very fast, and is as much in need, just as well to keep a weather eve open said valley to the headwaters of Salmon, ducing the cost of manufacture where in i f not mure so, of transportation facili lor fear that the railroad may terminate berry Creek; thence down said stream to stitutions of this kind have to run on a at some other point, not that we expect where it intersects with the Lower Ne limited or half supply of milk. ties as any part of the county. it will, lor the business relations between halem River; thence down the river to A Race to Nehalem Tillamook city and Portland have lieen the Nehalem Bay. By following this T acoma , Wash., Jan. 39.—Assistant perfectly satisfactory andon a large scale route the road would traverse a section Obituary. to the President W. G. Pearce says the the past few years, it is only natural to of country that is not surpassed in the Northern Pacific Railway Company has ex|>ect that I lie business men who have Mr. William Wilkes, who died at his State of Oregon for agricultural purposes. ordered the immediate construction of a formed a company to build a direct The product of the fertile section of coun home at Trask. Tillamook county, Ore., Write for Catalogue end Prices. PORTLAND, OREGON. branch from Scappoose to Pittsburg, a railroad from Portland to Tillamook try would supply sufficient traffic and on Friday evening, January 18lh, 1901, distance of 21 miles, and the branch will have done so, for one reason, to cement was born in the town of Huntley, Glou place the road upon a paying basis from be pushed on tn the Pacific Ocean as rap the business of this city with that of tile the start. The route above indicated, cestershire. England, on the 10th day of idly as business shall warrant. metropolis of the Northwest. If any even upon a casual glance, will satisfy January, 1820, thus living to the ripe This announcement from Tacoma, that point Ims a claim to be made a terminus any one that it is the natural route and old age of 81 years. He moved to Tilla URBE! 110 KlIIOIESSER. the Northern Pacific intends to build a it is Tillamook city, liecause it is in the of easy grade. The railroad would be mook county sixteen months ago with railroad into the Nehalem country—that center of population, in the heart of the built upon low ground all the way, and his wife and three of his children, who lo SHAVING, HAIR CUTTING is, from Scappoose Station to Pittsburg dairying country, am! in close proximity nothing would have to be “hauled up” cated at Trask, near the bridge. Deceas General Banking and Exchange bnsi- SHAMPOOING, ETC —we had from New York through a pri to the rivers which empty into Tillamook I to it, but everything would necessarily ed leaves a wife and nine children to ness interest paid on time deposits. vate source some days ago, but could not bay and which will bring down logs for ! gravitate to it. All the tributary streams mourn his death, who are as follows : Exchange on England, Belgium, Ger- use it. Pittsburg is on the Upper Ne numerous saw mills which w ill start up i I of the Nehalem country gravitate to the Messrs Hance and Albert Wilkes and Electric Bath» nicely flitted up. Good for many, Sweden, and all foreign countries persons suffering with rheumatism, Mrs. W. O. Carman, of Trask, Or. ; Mrs. halem, northwest of Scappoose, about 20 near the city us sootins transportation' main streams which 1 have mentioned. Building next door to the Post Office. | “I am glad to note that Portland is H. L. Christenson and Mr Charley miles. We are glad to hear of the inten is secured. TILLAMOOK. ORE. tion of anybody to build a railroad into Goble, Nehalem & Pacific Is Now 1 taking the initiative with reference to the Wilkes, of Newberg, Or. ; Mr. William that country, which has been neglected ' construction of a Nehalem railroad, and Wilkes, of Nebraska ; Mrs. C. E. Ray Only Twelve Miles Away. so long. There is nowhere else an equal S t . H klkns , Or., Feb. 1.—Thomas i if Portland seeks to be benefited by it mond, of Michigan ; Mrs. L. D. Krake, of FIR COATED WITH area that has so good timber and so she should see to it that the road is built Wisconsin ; and Mr. John V. Wilkes, of Dav. of the Goble, Nehalem & Pacific ! Idaho. Those of the family who had much of it as stands in Columbia, Clat so that Portland will lie the natural base. t Railway Company, to.ilav said that their sop and Tillamook Counties. There is If the St. Helens or Goble route should died were Mesdames Mary Ann Hull, surveying party, which consists of 17 coal, too, ami a great extent of the prevail, Portland would be but little , Hattie Sample and Emma Stanard and CEI)AR- 11 is also a men, will lie running their survey down country fit for agriculture It is a region l>enefited by it. It would follow a route ’ Messrs. Georgie and James Wilkes. The c S en lice EDY against the Nehalem River from a point one ----- ,s--. deceased was an affectionate husband which will support a population of 2(H),- mile south of Oak Ranch Creek, at that is sparsely settled and there is no Its application to the inside walls of 000. The O. R «S: N. also should push SHAVING, fertile country through which it could , and loving parent to his fourteen child Rupert's mill, on the river, the survey poultry houses will permanently exter into that country, in order to get the possibly pass. The Willamette-Tualatin ren, 7 of whom were sons and 7 dau HAIR CUTTING, having been competed through to that minate all LICE. I uiii I ki business for the Union Pacific route would supply the railroad with ghters. He was highly respected by all point. The construction of grade ami Results: HEALTHY CHICKENS- SHAMPOOING, who had made his acquaintance. The system, and we believe it will. The freight and passenger traffic from the track laving is being pushed forward as PLENTY EGGS. country within reach embraces about very loginning, that, in mv judgment, remains were buried in thejohnson ceme rapidly as possible. From the end of the Write for circular and pricesandmen-. 100 townships, or 36(H) square miles. would be profitable to the promoters of tery. The family desire to express thanks grade to the Nehalem River at present is It is destined to Irecome one of the m< st to the neighbors and friends for their everything strictly first class tion this paper. the road.” only 12 miles. WADE & BRIGGS, sympathy and kindness. densely populated portions of Oregon.— Joke of the Session Oregonian. Report of Excessive Sulphur Said Tillamook, Or. J- E» SIBLEY, Mgr Hobsonville, Or. LEACH & JONES, Tillamook Meat Market Fresh and Cured Meats, Hides, Wool, etc. The DIRECT ROUTE to TILLAMOOK Carrying U.S. Mail. Tillamook <S North Yamhill Stage Line. JOHN BARKER, Proprietor. W. V. MORGAN, General Blacksmithing WINE AND LIQUOR HOUSE. Billiard Parlors and General Social Resort. C. E. HADLEY, Proprietor. Oregon. Tillamook City, RUSSELL XHiohG Machinery RUSSELL & CO. EDGAR LATIMER, OF C. & E. Thayer CHAS. PETERSON, Barber For Fence Posts. Carbolineum Avenarius Hot and Cold Raths. T acoma , Wash., Feb. 1 .—Assistant to the President W. (». Pearce says that the announcement that the Northern Pacific would Itegin work on a road from Scap- ]»oosc to Pittsburg immediately was not done with the intention ol heading off any other road, lie said his compnnv had been at work for some time investi gating the p ojevt. and ns the result of this the company had decided to build. Commenting editorially upon the above, the Oregonian says : “ It is to l>e hoped that the Northern Pacific’s m-»ve toward the Nehalem Val'ey is under taken in good faith, and not, as some profess tn believe, for the purpose of scaring off another project to connect Portland with that country. But what to Be a Mistake. Dr. A. C. Panton. who is Secretary of the Great Northern Coal Company, which has 1080 acres of coal land in the upper Nehalem Valley, takes exception to the statement frequently made that the coal of that section contains too much sulphur to tie valuable. He says that the report of Professor |. S. Diller, of the United States Geological Survey, on which the erroneous conclusion was based, was on surface croppings that did not properly represent the quality of the measures. Surface water had dripped down and percolated through the specimens Professor Diller gathered thus accounting for the presence of the large proportion of sulphur found by the Government analyst. The analyses made, The third house of the legislature was organised nt Salem on Wednesday even- ing of last week, with J B. Eddy speaker and Frank Davey chief clerk. The prin cipal bills introduced were those provid ing bounties for cockroach scalps, estab lishing a barliers' college, and creating a capital dome commission with power to employ as many clerks as possible. The house declined to admit prominent men from abroad, hut extended the usnal courtesies to the representatives of the Cider Dress, and instructed the sergeant at-arms to snpplyeach member with 5000 cigars. The best joke ol the session was cracked when Speaker Eddv naked : “Mr. i Clerk, are there any more bills on the table ?" Clerk Dnvev promptly replied : "Here is your wash bill." ; Will not be Undersold ! When you want meat go to Leach & Innes’ Meat Market, for they will allow no other meat market to undersell them. Below will l»e found our prices until fur ther notice : Porterhouse Steak... 8c. Sirloin ........................ 7c. Beef, roast................. 6c. Boiling Beef................ 5c. Pork ........... . ............... 7c. L kach & J ones . C entral M eat M ar - ket . T h i amook C ity . THE NEW BARBER SHOP. Next to Wade A Briggs’ Store. Stylish Hair Cutting, A Clean Shave, Shampooing, etc. c. A. BAILEY OKAI.KR IN G. A. BAILEY. Tillamook. Ore. I. SIMLER. Prop., The Fashionable Barber. HRE Z INSURE WITH Claude Thayer, Chicago ha, 6.371 saloons which Agent or Fireman s Fund and London netted the city $3,163,170 in revenue and Lancashire Fire Insurance last year. Companies. i ’ STUDEBAKER WAGON OSBORNE MOWERS ' fHon’’ P’o»». "nd ollie f»riii machinery. You cun save q, I,y dealing With me, Wagon'» rr'Ce’ 0,1 B"’wies "nd Spring ll,iUr- 5. INSURANCE. STEPHENS, .. AGEXT FOX THE TV*L AND LONDON & LIVERPOOL GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANIES. Agent for North West School Supply TILL ax W iv ’ Nolary Public. tiLLAMOOK, _ OREGON
