Tillamook headlight., September 12, 1901, Image 6

Supplement to Special Edition of the Tillamook Headlight.
Champion Legless Rider.
smaller meshes than is prescribed by the ' and orator was easily tllcj,ea^r "‘J'.'.r
creameries are also to be found upon this
Another
Tillamook character, who it
House.
Mr.
Maxwell
resides
on
one
of
road, while a telephone line for the ac­ ! law. For the Fish Warden there is
tion even
how
, ' the finest ranches in the county, and considerable of a celebrietv in his line is
'
plenty
of
work
in
this
section
even
now,
commodation of the prosperous ranchers
stretched from I having seen enough of both hard work I Willie Withrow, an 18-year-oldboy, who
runs within a few miles of Ocean Park. as the salmon nets are s
..... if any, of; and political life, will probably spend his though legless is one of the best hone,
bank
to
bank,
and
but
few,
At the height of the Summer season there
provided
with fisher- declining years enjoying a well-earned men in the county. It is surprising to
the
fishei
men
are
|
are frequently several hundred tents to
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rest. Mr. Eddy, who is just now the see him swing himself into the saddle al­
be seen here, most of the cam|iers coming man's licenses.
J., wl
./holesale disregard of the game idol of his party, is a favorite son. who most in the twinkle of an eye andridevf
In the
from McMinnville, Sheridan, North Yam­
illegal fishermen oftbe Nestucca , will undoubtedly be heard from farther, at breakneck S|K-ed.
t.......
hill, Amity, Beaverton, Forest Grove, laws the
Young Withrow, who is a native of
and it would not surprise his friends i,l
Hillsboro and other Washington and county are doing themselves an irrepara­
some day he ornamented the Guber­ Amity, has also achieved renown at,
Yamhill County towns. As a rule the ble injury, although they may not realize
natorial chair or occupied a seat in the baseball-player. He is a heavy hitter,
campers are lazv. They are out tor rest it until too late. The summer campers
United States Senate. His friends are and dispite the fact that he has no legs
more that recreation, and they rest. It are their principal source of revenue,
is a last base runner. He walks and
is difficult to arouse enough energy to I but these campers will refuse to come as not disposed to permit his fine ability to
runs on his hands.
glimmer
in
obscurity.
soon
as
the
streams
are
fished
out.
They
build a good bonfire, and as for pleasure
Shave by Butcher-Barber.
are
already
complaining
oi
the
scarcitv
School With One Pupil.
each party has to make its own.
of
trout,
and
as
soon
as
the
fish
and
Nehalem
City boasts of a small-icalt
Many
remarkable
characters
arc
met
There are many attractive placcsabout
Ocean Park and the scenery is magnifi­ game resources upon which this section with in the Tillamook country, and the department bouse in the shape of a eon.
cat. Among the points of interest are now rests its reputation as a pleasure camera finds unusual material for the bination butcher and barltcr shop. Then
is an open door between these two »'
Cape Kiawanda, from which sea lions r?sort are depleted, the Nestucca country art preservative.
are shot and deep-sea fishing is indulged will be known only tor what it once
Upon the south fork of the Nehalem tablishnients, the character of who«
in ; Havstack Rock, and the wreck of the was.
and but a few miles above the postoffice service is not very dissimilar, and on hit
Big Game Yet Plentiful.
Pioneer. A little side-wheeler drawing
of Balm, there is a little blue school, busiest days the butcher barlrer may be
There are still a good many deer in house, the seat of learning of what is seen (lancing around with a razor in one
but three feet of water, carries pleasure
parties up and down the Big aud Little the mountains ofTillamook County, and known ns the Blvback district Here hand and a cleaver in the other. In ins.
Nestucca Rivers and down Nestucca Bay although occasional attempts are made Miss Wilhelmina Schollmever, the school­ lice to the operator it may be said thn
as faras Kiernan’ssalmoncannery. This to run them with hounds, not many are teacher, has an audience of but a single he wields the razor with dexterity, tat
ui: ,ue water craft frequently has to killed in this way. It is to the credit of pupil, a hoy about 7 years of age. Of as there is some danger of getting b»
make landings for water and wood, but the ranchers of Tillamook that hounds the romance of teaching the youthful tools mixed and forgetting which side «
the passengers do not mind such little are put to sleep about ns fast as they mind to sprout under such circumstances the house he is on, it is wise not to pt
delays, and usually assist the genial mas. make their appearance.
Miss Schollmeyer could perhaps.give an him engaged in the discussion of vicios
steers. If you hear him grit his teeti
ter, who is captain, pilot, purser, engi­ Bear are also plentiful, and it was the interesting portrayal.
neer and owner combined, to pack the writer’s privilege to participate in the
and clean half of your lace at a sinp
Plucky Woman Mailcarrier.
necessary producers of motive power. obsequies over the remains of one in the
stroke of the razor it is best not to pt
One of the most remarkable characters nervous, as a nervous p rson is likrir
The Little Nestucca River empties into J large marsh between Beaver and Spruce.
Nestucca Bay but a short distance below I Of cougars and wildcats there are a con- of the Nehalem country is Mrs. M. J. to disconcert the operator.
the mouth of the Big Nestucca, and is as I siderable number in the timber also, but Gerritse, the brave servant of Uncle Sam,
If the butcher-barber makes the rathe
much sought after by fisherman ns the as the writer had not lost any, he did not ! who carries the mail between Nehalem superfluous confession that he is nervon
latter. Haystack Rock is about a mile i deem it necessary to make their acquaint-. Citv and Canon Beach. Over treacherous it is the part of wisdom to switch th
out from the shore, covers some 40 acres ance at close range. He did get a wild-' Necarney Mountain and the muddy conversation without delay to habltliat
of ground, and is about 400 feet high. It cat skin, and this without the use of false Tillamook trail, .Mrs. Gerritse car­ brooks, Summer skies and pcacetvl
is frequently visited by campers in small leaden bullet or ball. The whole of Til ries the mail daily, rain or shine, fair dreams. A shave “once over’ is won!
skiffs, Cape Kiawanda shutting off the lamook County is yet rich in game re­ weather or foul, and if there is a more as much as a shave “twice over”aid
heavy breakers so that the trip is not at sources and the fastidious sportsman plucky woman in Oregon she has not if smooth shaven there are some who
all dangerous under the guidance of a can get almost anything that he wants. been heard of. In addition to carrying find Nehalem City a good place to let I
skillful boatman. Cape Kiawanda will
the mail she cares for a family of tour their mustashes grow. As far as can bt1
The Miles are I<ong.
in time give the ocean another island, as
little ones and during the absence of learned no fatalities have occurredintk]
The traveler through
Tillamook
it is crumbling away about half a mile
her husband, does much of the ranch butchershop.—M. M. S.,in the Evennf
from the point. Only a short time ago I County will be impressed with the; work. She rides astride, ns this is the Telegram.
generous
measure
of
the
miles
and
the
hundreds of thousands of tons of rock
only practicable wav the narrow moun­
crashed into the ocean at an eaily hour wide discrepancies in the estimates of tain trails can be traveled. Bears and
in the morning, striking terror into the distances by the natives. According cougars frequently greet her lonely pil.
hearts of the campers, who thought ■ to the estimate of the rancher, it will be grimnges, but as she carries no weapon,
about six miles from a given point to
there was an earthquake.
she looks upon them as friends, rather
another, but the traveler need not lx?
than enemies. Any sign of life upon
Passing of the Nestuccas
surprised after riding for an hour and a
The two Nestuccas have long been fa­ half to be told that the objective point these tiresome trails is a welcome sight,
mous as a paradise of the angler, but is still 7H miles farther. Either the rather to be encouraged than dis­
this reputation, owing to the catching gauge of distances of the average couraged. Although Mrs. Gerritse has
of trout with nets, is rapidly waning, rancher is defective or else the stranger had a number of narrow escapes, her
and if the shameful violation of the trout is made the victim of willful, though horse rolling down a canyon about 200
laws are continued the time is not far possibly humorous deceptions. If the feet one time, she has thus Tar escaped
distant when fishermen will give ties: average Tillamooker is a humorist he unscathed.
once popular streams a wide berth. ought to so declare himself, or else re­ Joe Hauxhurst, Indian Guide.
One has not to look far for signs move the cause for the stranger’s doubt
Joseph Hauxhurst, a half-breed Indian,
of the passing of the two Nestuc- as to his mental equilibrium, predicated and one of the best guides of the Tilla­
cas. There appears to be a lawless upon his wild estimates of distances.
mook country, is one of the conspicuous
element in control, and neither the
But Tillamook’s resources are not con­ characters of Tillamook City. Although
game laws nor the fish laws are re-
fined to the dairying industry and her he lives some distance from Tillamook
■pected. A Deputy Game Warden, who
wealth of game alone. Some of the larg. City on Kincheloe point, and near the
recently passed through the Nestucca
est tracts of the choicest timber remain- little settlement known as Barnegat.
„
country incognito, found many trout
ing in Oregon are to be found within the
ns
familiarly called, spends
FOR THE
nets on the rocks, though not in use.
ofTillamook
i1’8 time in the city. He is a
confines of
Tillamook County. At the a*)out
The salmon season had opened and trout Wheeler mill, on Nehalem Bay, the writ- fiS*lernian by occupation. Joe is the son
fishing with nets had ceased. Salted er saw a single stick of timber 24 feet o^^eb1ey a°d Mary Hauxhurst, who
trout were to be found in large numbers, long and measuring 83 inches in diameter ow,,e<^ ,l donation land claim on Mill
but as it was difficult to learn the man­ ... i
II
• . ,
• . —.....
nf Qnlon,
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at the small end that contained 7939 feet Creek, at Salem, upon a portion of which
ner ol their taking no arrests were made.
the
State
Insane
Asylum
and Peniten­
of lumber. This is but a sample of the
AND
Earlier in the season these trout nets
timber, thousands of acres of which yet tiary are now located. He was born
are reported to have been stretched
remain untouched by the man with upon this claim 40 years ago, and lived
across the streams from bank to bank,
there until nine years of age. since which
the ax.
the same as the salmon nets are operated
time he has l>een a resident ofTillamook.
now. As the lawless trout fishermen Tillamook Has Statesmen Also. Joe s father died 26 years ago, while his
ON
claim that the fish they catch are young
Tillamook County has also produced mother, who is a full-blooded Grand
salmon and not trout, they have thus some noted statesmen, among who may Roude Indian, still lives and is nearing
far escaped punishment, even when ar­ be mentioned the veteran Republican
the 100 mark. There were eight child­
rested. The subservers of the game io- war horse. Hon. J. W. Maxwell, who has
ren in the Hauxhurst family, and all but
terests could not mike their case stick, represented his county in the State
one are still living, foe is married and
but in the defense set up to the violation Legislature for many terms, and Hon. has an interesting family of two child,
of game laws the offenders virtually B. L. Eddy, the brilliant and brainy at. ren himself.
He distinguished hitnself
acknowledged violations ofthefish laws, tornev, who was Tillamook County's
recently by rescuing a party of campers | (til H ZN JT T T T? 7T D
as the trout nets thev use for catching representative in the State Legislature :hN~b^
A iW
J
the alleged "young salmon” have during the last session, and as a dchator
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