Tillamook headlight., May 30, 1901, Image 6

THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. MAY 30,
1901
185 PAIRS of MEN’S Fine CASHMERE and WORSTED PANTS, Divided into three Lots:
LOT ONE —13-00, $3.25 and $3.50, special price »2.50 per pair.
LOT TWO.—$3.75, $4.00 and $4.40, special price $2.90 per pair.
$7-85, 8.00, $8.50 and $8.75, a bargain at the regular price While they last your choice $5.90 per suit.
120 MEN’S and BOY’S SUITS, regular prices, $8.00, $8.40, $9.00 and 9.50, a bargain at the former price. Choice, per suit, «6.95.
160 MEN’S and BOY’S FINE DRESS SUITS, regular prices, $11.50, $12.50 and $13.50. Choice of the lot, $8.90 per suit.
HUNDREDS of other SUITS at astonishing low prices.
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600 LADIES’, MISSES and CHILDREN’S SKIRTS, TAILOR MADE SUITS, JACKETS and CAPES, from 25 to 50 per cent lower than any house in the State of Oregon.
Respectfully yours,
BEALS
BROS.
BUILDING,
NEXT
TO
R. JACOBSON
POST OFFICE.
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County Warrants taken for their face value.
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXERCISES. 1 Napoleon proposed to take his army into ing that by so doing you were offending etter too harsh and suggested to him
I Italy, he was reminded of the difficulties i some of your audience, or, you did it de­ the propriety of modifying it to prevent
Large Classes of High School and of the Alps. “ There shall be no Alps,” liberately, that is, meaning and, wishing any hard feelings orengendering religious
strife in the community, thus pursuing a
! he replied, and he built a road through to offend some of your auditors.
Public School Graduates.
To the People of Tillamook Co
Now withall due respect to vour Honor more charitable course, but he positively
i what had l>een thought inaccessible
We desire to submit to your careful consideration some state­
The commencement exercises by the I mountains. It was a firm, purposeful I must state, that if it was out of ignor- declined to do as we desired. Therefore,
ments
of fact.
pupils of the public and high schools of mind that enabled David Livingstone to i a nee then you are not fitly qualified to we decided to take this procedure: Publish
Some months ago a few Portland business men, who know
this city on Friday evening was one of educate himse’.f while working from six hold any of the public positions you hold. Mr. Eddy’s speech verbatim, give Father
the biggest affairs in the history of Tilla- j , o’clock in the morning until night as a If it is not due to your ignorance, then Burri’s letter and Mr. Eddy’s reply in what the oil field of California had done for that state, and who
mook, the audience completely packing weaver; that enabled Elihu Burritt, to you did it deliberately and wilfully and this issue, and without any comment, were anxious to find out if the Coast Range mountains in Oregon
the oj)era house, thus showing that the whom your valedictorian has referred, nothing but prejudice could have prompt­ leave it to the citizens to draw their own were not as promising in oil indications as the Coast Range moun­
citizenshave taken greater interest and to master that astounding number of ed you in so doing, hence, I must say conclusions. But right here the contro­ tains of California, engaged the services of two professional oil land
pride in the public school this year than the languages of the world while toiling again that you are not a fit subject to be versy must stop as far as the columns experts and sent them intoWestern Oregon to examine the territory.
heretofore, for the results are flattering j from day to day as a blacksmith ; that a trustee of the public school, neither to of the Headlight are concerned. Having
These experts, Mr. P. W. Francis and Mr. G. P. Brown, first ex­
to the district, the board of directors, the | made a well-informed, broad-minded and hold any public position as prejudice conceded the same privileges to both,
plored the county around Clatskanie and the upper Nehalem region,
it
cannot
be
charged
that
the
press
of
pupils and parents, and to Prof. B. O. 1 big-hearted patriot and statesman o will prevent your doing justice to all
Tillamook is biased or narrow minded.— and were both highly pleased with the indications and with the
Snuffer and his corps of teachers, with him to whom your valedictorian has classes of people.
formation. They were both, however, strongly impressed by the
the prospect in view that the present also referred, the poor, back woods boy
Furthermore, I wish to state that your E ditor .] _________________
fact that both surface indications and the oil-rock formation be­
accommodations will not be sufficient for Abraham Lincoln, Shakespeare
remarks were uncalled for. Ever since I
f
says :
The Chairman May Come.
the increased number of pupils who will
came more and more promising as they neared the Lower Nehalem
“It is the purpose that makes strong came here it has been onp of my principal
the vow,
apply for admission when the school con­
aims to get along in peace with all,
In reply to the invitation of the city and the Tillamook County. Returning to Portland, they so reported.
But vows to every purpose must not neither I nor any of my co-religionists council for the river and harbor commit­
venes in the fall.
At this stage Mr. Brown was called away on business in another
hold.”
The program, which we published last i
have to my knowledge, said or done tee to visit Tillamook, the following re­ field, and Mr. Francis, taking with him Mr. E. S. McCoy, a Pen­
That is, purposes are good and bad,
week, was nicely rendered, the pupils ac-'
anything in this region that would in ply has been received from Congressman nsylvania oil man of long experience, made a field exploration
and we are to choose the good. The
quitting themselves in an excellent man- I
the least cause you to abuse the public T. H. Tongue :
purposes that have actuated world­
about the mouth of the Nehalem and around Tillamook Bay, the
ner, and the different pieces affording
school meetings, to call up religious
Hillsboro, Oregon,
moving men have not always been ulti­
result was the leasing ofabout ioo acres, and the formation of a
plenty of amusement to the large audi-1
strifes and disturb the mutual confidence
May 25, 1901.
mate purposes, but those of a more im­
company in Portland, incoporated under the name of the Tillamook
ence. The most pleasant feature of the |
and peace of the citizens. I am fully and , Thomas Coats, City Recorder.
mediate character. The best and great-
evening was the large number of gradu- I
well aware of the under-current of little I M y D ear S ir ,—Yours of the 23rd in­ Paraffine Oil Company, with the following well-known gentlemen.
I est have not been able to peer into the
ales, 10 being entitled to diplomas from
bigotry that has been kept a going by stant enclosing copy of resolutions as officers and directors:
i future and see the goal of their efforts,
the high school and 22 from the public
some of the little minded and ignorant passed by the City Council of Tillamook
1 or to reckon without that divinity that
President, H. S. Rowe, Mayor of Portland ; Vice President J.
school. This of itself bespeaks well j
remnants of A. P. A’s., but did not think City on May 22nd, 1901, inviting the
j doth hedge not only kings but common
A.Taylor,
of the firm of Honey man & McBride, Portland ¡Treasurer,
for the public school. The high school
it worth the while to pay any attention River and Harbor Committee to visit
men. But at every stage of effort they
graduates were Erwin Harrison, who
to them ; but when a man of your am­ Tillamook county has just been received. Samuel Connell, President ofthe Northwestern Door Co. and Presi­
I have simply purposed to do their best,
gained first honors with an average of
bition feels himself called to bring their The River and Harbor Committee have dent of the Board of Trade of the city of Portland; Directors M. J.
■ to make the most of themselves end their
94, Cora Tefft, John Latimer, Bessie
views and feelings upon the stage of our only scheduled two days for Oregon. Roche of the Rio Grand & Western Ry. Co., and President of the
1 opportunities, to be true to God, believ­
Brodhead, Howard Drew, Ellen Bewlev,
public schools, then I deem it my duty We are endeavoring as strenuously as Pacific Coast Passenger Traffic Association; E. E. Miller, of the
ing, many of them, perhaps most of
Robert Watt, Mabel Watt, Ira Latimer
to protest against it and I know that I we can to secure three days. Should we firm of Miller & Miller,Commercial Block, Portland; F. E. Beach,
them—that His hand was in their lives,
and Ida Watson ; and the public school
will be upheld by the large majority of succeed in getting three it would take headot the firm of F. E. Beach & Co., the Pioneer paint and Oil
and that they were only His instru­
graduates were Zella Mapes with first
the citizens who are loyal to the corsti- the entire three days to visit Tillamook. firm of Portland, so widely and favorable known over the entire
ments. Martin Luther did not set out
honors with an average of 95.8, A very
tut ion of our country.
Under these circumstances I question northwest; and P. W. Francis, professional oil land expert.
! to head a great religious reformation,
Applewhite, Ella Perkins, Maud Davies.
Now, Honorable Mr. Eddy, as far as whether the Committee can be induced
; but only strove to speak the thought
It goes without saying that men of the standing and credit of
Jessie Barker, Zoe King, Clara Eichinger,
you are concerned as a Sunday School to make that trip. I will, however, lay
that welled up within him, and to
Eacic Oliver, Frankie Letcher, Florenc
teacher and a private individual, if vojir the invitation before them, and endeavor the gentlemen managing this Company do not lend their names
'grapple with the error that lay in his
Dollarhide, Augusta Schrader, Julia
religions conviction should really be so if possible to induce the Committee to and influences to auy mere stock-jobbing, fly-by-night scheme.
i pathway. “ Here stand I,’’ he said. “ I
Schrader, Clara Watt, Clarissa Foster,
strong as to compel you to get all the accept your invitation. Mr. Burton, the They are men you know, men whose reputation is worth more than
¡cannot do otherwise. God help me.”
Oliver Waldvogel, Ida Judd, Ellen Harri-
information concerning religious contro­ Chairman of the River and Harbor Com­ many thousands as a mere business collateral; men who will see
I The reformation only followed as a
. son, James Loomis, Pearl Briscoe and
versies, and since you have thrown the mittee, promises to return and visit such that every dollar of money subscribed to this enterprise is honestly
| sequence. Let your purpose be to do the
Belle Burton. W ith appropriate addresses
gauntlet to the public, 1 picked it up and points in Oregon as may be deemed ne­ expended in boring for oil, and who will see, too, that the small
j duty of the hour ; to think the best
Representative B. L. Eddy and Supt. G.
I am willing to meet you at any time cessary in order to secure the necessary stockholder’s rights are just as carefully protected as the large
thoughts, do the best deeds, live the best
B. Lamb presented the diplomas, and
and at any place, provided it is not a information for the use of the Committee. stockholders.
I lives of which vou are capable, each re­
with a few remarks by Prof. B. O. Snuffer,
public school meeting, and publicly dis. I 1 If the Committee does not visit Tilla­
alizing that he is from dav to day mak­
The Board of Directors have ordered that 100,000 shares of
who thanked the mothers of the pupils
cuss with you the character and work mook it is possible that Mr. Burton may
ing or marring a human character,
capital stock, each of the face value of $1.00, be offered to the
for their co-operation in sending their
of Martin Luther and the so called Re- j ! d° so.
i fashioning the destiny of a human soul.
Truly and sincerely yours,
children to school regularly and punctu­
public at 10 cents per share. This stock is full-paid, is non­
formation in its workings and its con­
In closing, I would recall to you those
T hos . H. T ongue .
ally, brought the program to a close, as
sequence.
assessable,
and when you have bought it and paid 10 cents for it,
j beautiful lines by Dr. Holmes :
well as a school term which every citi­
Your honor’s humble servant,
your payments are done and there is no further liability of any
i Build thee more stately mansions, oh my
F armera Are Discouraged.
zen in this district should fee) proud of a nd
R ev . J ohn J oseph B urri . |
soul,
kind. With the $ 10,000 realized from the sale of this stock, in
highly flattered with the satisfactory re- As the swift seasons roll !
I
H
illsrboro , O r ., May 27.—The Hes­ addition to the money paid in by the incorporators, we will bore
Mr.
Eddy
Vindicates
Himself.
Leave
thv
low-vaulted
past
’
suits that have been accomplished.
Let each new temple, nobler than the [ to EDITOR OF TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT.] sian flv pest has made its appearance in standard size oil wells to a depth of 2,000 feet, if necessary, on the
last,
Mr. B. L. Eddy’s Address.
D ear S ir , — I am indebted to your the wheat fields of Washingthon County. leased property near Bay City.
It is proper to say that the work
Young ladies and gentlemen of the high Shut thee from heaven with a dome more courtesy for having submitted to me, be­ T. Billion, of East Portland, made a we contemplate will cost from $25,000 to $30,000, and in offering
vast,
school class :
fore publication, the letter of Rev. John tour Sunday through the farming dis­ part of the capital stock to the public we do it for two reasons :
j Till thou at length art free,
1 rejoice with you upon this happy, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life’s Joseph
Burri. My reply thereto shall be tricts around Hillsboro, Glencoe and First, we think it an excellent investment, with a promise of very
,
unresting sea.”
and for you triumpant occasion. I con
very brief, as my time is so fully occupied Mountaindale and found that nearly all
great profits; second, we think that a public enterprise like this,
gratúlate 3011 upon your past success
that for that reason, if no other, I,cannot the fields are affected by the insect. Many
which, if successful, will add millions to Tillamook’s wealth and
and upon 5*011 r future prospects.
I Father Burri takes Exceptions to afford to enter into a religious contro. farmers are much discouraged. The fields
bring
oil operators and wealthy men from all over the Union to in­
some
of
Mr.
Eddy's
Remarks.
doubt not that all present to-night
versv. Furthermore, I have not now, are turning yellow. The stalks are stung
We are willing to do
share with me these feelings, and if no j We have received the following com. nor have I ever had, any taste or inclina­ by a fiy and eggs are.found inside, which vest here, is worthy of public assistance.
our share in the hope of profits, and we think you ought to be
speech were made to you, you would mntiication from Father J. J. Burri ask- tion for any such controvery. I have teed on the sap and distroy the stalk.
understand that this gathering of your ■ ing that we publish it, in which he lakes always believed in the utmost freedom of
Many farmers are plowing up their willing to join hands.
friends and neighbors means that they exceptions to some of Mr. Eddy's re- religious belief, and in showing due respect fields and putting in potatoes and oats.
If we strike oil in good quality, the stock now offered at 10
are pleased with you and that they wish [ marks at the commencement exercises at to the sincere opinions of inv fellow citi­ Mr. Billion took home a bunch of stalks.
cents will jump to $10 a share in a day’s time, and an invest­
von well. They would say to you, as to the opera house on Friday :
zens. I very much regret that a person Near the root of nearly every stalk is a
ment of $100 now for 1,000 shares will net you $10,000. Does
the past, “ Well done,” and a.s to the
of the intelligence and standing of Rev. deposit ot the eggs, and in the little
Tillamook, Oregon, May 27th, 1901.
this seem exaggerated ? Just read a few examples of what has
future “Godspeed.” The pleasant gather­ To the H onorahle B. L. E ddy ,
Burri should have misunderstood mv tew bunch there must lie 100,000 eggs. Rich­
actually
occurred in California within three years :
ing of young and old on occasions like
remarks
at
the
school
exhibition,
and
ard Connel. a well known farmer, told
T illamook , O regon .
this, the exercises, the flowers, the
I hree years ago the Union Oil Company’s stock was $1 per
H onorable S ir .—Whereas, you have should have felt calle dupon to make so Mr. Billion that the pest had invested the
music, all these are lieautiful, and all I on the evening of .May 24th, 1901, in a bitter an attack upon me. As yon are wheat fields of that country tor the past share.
It is now $1,500. An investment of $100 made $150,000.
have this reason for being—that some j speech on the occasion of the commence­ about to publish tny remarks in full, they 15 years, but never so extensively as
The
stock of the Home Oil Company, of Coalings, Cal., sold
one has toiled and persevered and ; ment exercises of the Public School of must speak for themselves, bnt I do not now. Only the wheat is attacked. Mr.
at 10 cents. It is now $5. An investment of $100 earned $5,000
trim plied. A victory is celebrated. It | this citv, referred in such a manner to see that they can be construed as uphold. Billion did not learn whether the depre-
in two years.
has jterhaps always been natural for I Martin Luther and the so-called Refer, ing Martin Luther or the Reformation dations had extended into YamhillCoun.
man to emphasize and make conspicuous mation ns to offend the feelings of those any more than they do the campaigns ot < ty, or not, as his trip was confined to
1 he New York Company’s stock in 1897 was 50 cents per
the completion of successful effort, whom I represent in this community, as Napoleon. I only upheld a certain trait I Washington County. The farmers are share.
It is now $200. An investment of $100 earned $40,000.
whether by a peaceful ¡wasantry, crown­ also of others,who though not Catholics, of Luther's character, namely, his j very anxious to learn what to do to ex.
The Reed Company’s stock sold at 25 cents one year ago. It
ing with flowers the last load of corn of ! vet are not of the same religious denomi­ strength of will and purpose, just as I . terminate the pest,
recently sold its holdings for $1,800,000, netting each investor of
the harvest home, or bv a mighty con- nation as you are, and whereas, you be­ upheld the same trait in Napoleon's
$100, $40,000 profit.
School Report.
queror parading before citizens ami sub­ ing a trustee of our public school, which character. The merits of the life-work of
The chances of these companies were not one bit better than
jects the spoils of war. Even barbarous by its law and nature is non-sectarian. these men were not under consideration.
Report of District No. 6 for month
ours to begin with.
men recognize and reward successful have made it a point to introduce into
Though the very name of Luther may I ending May 17th, 1901:
effort, and ns man liccomcs more civil­ the exercises of this public school sub. be hateful to Rev. Burri, yet I would re-j No.
taught, 19;
\\ e think this the best chance to make big money by a small
No. days
days taught,
19; 1..,.
no. pupils ln
en . -
ized and refined, he values more and ject of a religious controversy.
mind him that the Master himself on a rolled, 30 ; whole no. days attendance, investment that has ever been offered in Oregon.
The stock will
more honest endeavor, though it fall
I. in my own behalf and in the interest certain occasion held up to his disciples 4081,; whole no. days absence, 42' be on sale in Portland, Seattle, Spokane, and San Francisco
whole
no.
times
late,
40;
average
daily
short of the mark, for some time, some ofthose whom I represent.protest against for imitation the wisdom of the unjust
The first or 10 cent issue is
attendance, 22 ; whole no. of visitors, 5. and will not long wait buyers.
where and in some way, persevering, this, your proceeding. If vou spoke steward, and in so doing certainly did
The following were neither absent nor
well-directed toil will have its reward. by right <>f trustee,, you misused a right not commend theevil deedsofthesteward. tardy : Lona Christensen. Alice Gar­ offered in Tillamook county, as we want the people here to be in
ground-floor. The Secretary of the Company, MR. P.
That reward may lie obscured for a time which the public gave you, if you spoke
The invitation to take part in a public dener. Floyd and Carl Commons and
\V. FRANCIS, will be in Tillamook for a few days, at the
it may l»c hindered or delayed, but it ns a private orator, you abused the con­ discussion, I respectfully decline. Assur­ , Daisy Fletcher.
C arrie Jt on. Teacher.
Allen House, and will be glad to see anybody interested and give
cannot l»e altogether defeated. Even fidence which the audience placed in vou, ing the reverend gentleman of niy per- i
all the information in his power.
“they who sow in tears shall reap in for the public schools are and must lie by tonal good will toward him.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Uepsrtnieut of the Interior.
joy,” and “ though weeping end 11 re th for right non-sectarian, and any citizen of
I am vours very truly,
Land Office at Oregon City, Ore ,
a night, joy cometh in the morning.” the United States has a full right to nt.
Stay run. loot'
___ ___ B. L. E ddy . •
Notice 1« hereby given that the followiii»
But not every spasmodic effort is to be tend any gathering of the public schools
[In deciding to publish Father Burn's named ».tiler ha« Sled notice ot hi« intention
rewarded. The rccom|»ense of toil goes without that his or her religious con-1 letter it is not the intention of the editor to make It al proof in «npport of his claim
and that Mid pt oof wilt be made before thè
to him who has wrought with a pur­ viclion should lie offended in so doing.
of Tillamook co., at Tillamook
to allow a religious controversy to pro- tounty
! Oregon, Clerk
on July sth i - joi yffi :
pose, which has I urn to him a guiding
KÍWHM ACKLEY,
I shall not attempt for the present to cred in these columns. Considering him. „ „ „
light. To attempt to go through life investigate the motives that prompted self aggrieved, the rev. father has a right i ip i R? ¿*rw "hc * '» «< •»« W X Ol Sec »,
withont a parpoac is to drift among the you to do so, hut as to th* fact of your to osk that his grievances be made pub- | ile name» the following wilnew. <o pro„
his .»util. ton. re«tdeuee upon and cultivation
shallows without chart or compass. having done so I have this to say:
let! d.
| I k *, for the columns of a newspaper are to ‘ Ol
John U. Edward« David Mar.iny Eugene
He succeed* who sails the ma of life
Since yon have done it, you must have a certain extent public . property.
Jenki
• ard Charle, I. Clough, of fillajoof
.
.. We .
guided by an inflexible purpose When done it
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L_ I language of r r Father
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■ Burris
•
either out of ignorance, -- not
realii
’ considered
’ Uregou.
C« a *, B. Mooars Register.
Tillamook Paraffine
Oil Company,