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