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THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. DECEMBER 12. 190
ELEGANT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
Wall Paper
and Linings.
Furniture, etc., Sold on the
Installment Plan. Easy terms.
Call and Investigate.
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Headqua,’ter’s for
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CARPETS, MIRRORS, BEDROOM SUITES,
MATTING, OIL CLOTH. LINOLEUM,
LACE CURTAINS, TABLE LINEN, TOWELING.!
STOVES, RANGES, CROCKERY. GLASS,
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Call and Inspect our Goods.
Noui’s the time
U ndertaker’s
Supplies.
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THE WHEELER’S FATE.
Derelict Barge Pounded to
Pieces in the Breakers.
N ewport , O r , Dec. 4.—The lumber
barge C. H. Wheeler, bound from Nehal­
em to San Francisco, with 552,000 feet ot
lumber, went ashore two miles south ot
Yaquina bar about 10 o’clock this morn
ing. The Wheeler, which was lost in a
storm off" Cape Blanco, by the tug Vos­
burg, November 27, has been making her
way up the coast ever since She was
sighted earlv this morning bv the life
crew, directly opposite the station, being
about three miles off shore, signaling tor
a tug, but there was none here to go to
her assistance. She had main-sail, fore
sail and jib set, and was slowly making
her way north, but drifting inshore ail
the time. About 9 AM. she was close
to the outside line of the breakers. The
crew then lowered the mainsail in hopes
ot bringing her around on another tack.
Failing in this they attempted to make
for the bar and sail her into the bay, but
their attempt was futile, as thev could
not steer her. The wind was light and
the tide ebbing. Their last hope had
vanished, and before them was nothing
but the where lines of the breakers and
the chance of a watery grave. They soon
passed over the first line of breakers, and
then big waves rolled upon them, carry­
ing a wav the mainmast.
Coles Swept Overboard.
II. W. SCOTT, EDITOR MORNING OREGONIAN,
And the Tillamook Headlight’s choice for United States Senator.
At the next state and county election every voter will have an opportunity
to indicated who they desire for United States senator by writing the name
on the ballot sheet. In all probability, should there be several aspirants,
the voting will become sectional. Tillamook county has no favored son
for this exalted position, consequently the people of this county will have
to make choice from those residing in other parts of the state, or as a Tilla-
mooker would put it. residing on the “outside.” Tillamook county should
be unanimous in its choice. Mr. Scott is the Headlight's choice because it
is an honor Oregon should take pride in conferring upon him tor a long life
of usefulness in beliulf of the State. No man knows the needs of Orégon
better than Mr. Scott. He knows the needs of Tillamook, the prosperous,
in histrions and contented condition of our people, the need of the iron horse
and bar improvements which would con vert Tillamook into a bee hive of
industries; and he has for a number of years deplored our “bottled up’’
condition, extolled the people of Tillamook for their patience and persever­
ance, in season and out of season gave Tillamookers a kind word of cheer
while at the same time tried to interest capitalists to build a railroad from
Portland to Tillamook. Time is not far distant when an appropriation
will be required, after the survey is made, for the improvement of Tilla­
mook bur. Then it is that Tillamook county requires a man in the United
States senate who is thoroughly acquainted with our condition and can
speak intelligently as to the urgent need ot such improvement, and that
person is II. W. Scott. He should be Tillamook County ’s unanimous
choice, and the people will not be m iking a mistake when they indicate at
the next election they desire him to succeed Senator Simon.
Editorial Jottings.
The wreck of the lumber barge C. H.
Wheeler is a serious loss to the lumber
industry of the Nehalem river, for it de­
prives the Nehalem Lumber Company of
a \cssel which was built expressly for
llint trade and to overcome the difficul­
ties of getting in and out oil - at river on
account of a shifting bar. It was wi ll
commendable enterprise that the brage
mid tug were constructed so as to en­
able the Nehalem saw null to manufac­
ture and ship lumber, and for that rea­
son we deplore the loss e»t the vessel. It
is not gii I v a financial loss to her owners,
out it stagnates the lumber industry of
that river, nt least for this winter.
Although Tillamook countv possesses an
unlimited quantity of timlier, transpor­
tation is the knottiest problem that the
lumber manufacturers have to cGntend
with, mid iio matter how pushing and en­
terprising they are. they have to contend
with difficulties which Itmilierineii in
other parts ot Oregon have not to lace.
Hence, men with true Western grit have
to succumb to the inevitable when thev
meet with 1« sses like that which wrecked
the Wheeler er come up smiling and re­
sort to the next liest tiling. Rebel can
only come when bar improvements are
made or a railroad relieves the difficult
situation somewhat. Considering all
tilings, the Wheeler was instrumental in
overcoming the difficulties at the Nehal­
em bar. mid w is a decided improvement
and was t urning out a success bad she
not lieen left to her doom by the captain
of the tug after the tow line parted and
lie hastened to Astoria.
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No doubt congress will pass a strin­
gent law to suppress anarchy, Imt it
should also pass a law to purify politic«
t»ne is as important as the other, for we
lielieve that political corruption is just
as bad as anarchy when one considers its
pernicious effect. Yet some of our legis
lators. who have obtained their seats in
congress through political corruption,
will vote to suppress anarchy. Both
sh mid l»e tarred with the same brush.
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itate courting. This is all right, but it
can never take the place of the real
thing. The fact that a dozen people or
more on most country lines may. if they
will, hear all that passes over the line,
will of necessity limit the use of the phone
tor this purpose. Call us up. Central,
when there’s any sparking going on.
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Now that Portland is on record as
having contributed liberally for the Lewis
and Clark Centennial, the people of that
city are casting their optics about and
wondering if other sections of Oregon
will be as liberal handed. It should be,
for the exposition will benefit the whole
state.
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One of those men with a microscope
has located as maiiv as 194,424,000 bac­
teria in one cubic centimeter of milk. As
a fair sized drink of milk would measure
about a hundred centimeters you can
figure out about how many wigglers yon
are taking into your stomach.
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The great boom in North Dakota lands
is largely attributable to the tact that
with a fairly good season a man can buy
a farm, sow it to flax and pay for the
land in September with the proceeds of
the crop.
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The good hired man has no intention
ot remaining a hired man any longer
than he has to. It is his ambition to lie
something better than a toiler for others
which makeshim the good hand which
lie is.
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" hen the anarchists in Chicago last
week cheered CxolgoM. the murderer ot
President McKinley, if they had received
the treatment they deserved their cheers
would hate been answered with a hail
of bullets.
The h ferencebct ween the Angora goat
and the common billygoat is said to lie
in the tact thr.t the Angora will not eat
up the tamh washing if it hut the
chance, while the billygoat will.
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When a ma i is real anxious to be elect-
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cd a director of the country school dis­
It is stated that the country telephone« trict, it is tw chances to one that he has
are being utilise*! to some extent to tacil- a daughter b wants to act as a teacher
The colored cook, J. \V. Coles, was
swept overboard, and was seen clinging
to wreckage a short time afterward, but
evidently did not survive long. Such a
fury of waves beat onshore that Captain
Wellander knew that an effort to launch
the surf boat would be futile. Life-savers
ran the beach apparatus out on the beach
to a point where it was believed the
barge would come ashore after passing
the line of breakers. On the outer reef
the barge seemed to be in a calm place,
with head to sea. It was thought the
anchor had been let go, and that she
would ride there in safety for a time at
least. In a few minutes it was clear that
she was still drifting, and finally she
swung broadside to the sea. A large
comber rolled over her, throwing her on
beam ends, and everything above decks
went by the board. One of the men clung
to some wreckage and came ashore half
a mile above the place of the wreck. The
other two stayed with the main deck­
load, which followed in the wake of the
derdect, about two miles to the south­
ward, where she struck. It was a very
close call for these two, as they would be
first on one end of the lumber and then
would scramble for the other end. They
were almost exhausted when the life­
saving crew, who dashed into the surf
above their waists, throwing the unfor­
tunate men a line. The third seaman
was more dead than alive when picked
tip bv two surfmen. He sustained seve­
ral external injuries, none serious. The
sailors found hot coffee and warm cloth
ing awaiting them at the life-savers quar­
ters. The Wheeler was drove well up on
shore and part of her cargo can be saved.
The survivors were : T. Peterson, San
Francisco; A. Peterson, Aberdeen,Wash.;
M Yderrnan, Nehalem. The lost, J. W.
Coles, of Sail Francisco.
Story of a Survivor.
Seaman A. Peterson gives the follow­
ing account of their experience :
The Wheeler, in tow of the tug Vos­
burg, left Coos Bay Monday, having put
in there on account of a stress of wea­
ther When about 70 miles off shore, at
7 P.M. on the 27th, the hawser parted,
as we supposed. We showed lights, put
up a piece of the mainsail to keep her
head to the sea, and at the same time one
of the crew got a bright light to show
the position of the barge. We saw the
lights of the tug for about 15 minutes
after breaking adrift. After getting up
sail we worked the vessel upto the wind,
but could make no headway and drifted
northward for about 35 hours. Friday
at 11 A.M. we tacked about and made an
easterly course uiiiil Saturday morning,
when we struck a heavy southeast gale.
There was a heavy sea running all the
time, but we took very little water
aboard. U c drifted north-northwest
until Sunday morning, then about 8 A.
M. the wind shitted and we steered east-j
southeast, continuing on this course up
to Monday morning, when we got a
heavy gale from the southward, later
c hanging to southwest. Tuesday night
at 1 A M. we got a wind in shore and'
sightetl Ynquinn headlight about 7 P M. |
Provisions were exhausted by this time
and we tried to ’ ’bout ship.' hut were
unable to work her around. At this
tune the wind was blowing so hard that
we were unnlile to carry sail. About 12
o’clock the wind calmed down and w e
m ule sail and tried to head off shore. 1
hut in spite ot all our efforts, the vessel
kept drifting in closer until off Yaquina
Bay. It was then thnt we decided to.
trv and make this bay. as it was impos­
sible to keep her off' shore anv longer
\Ve tried to head the vessel for the en­
trance. hut she was quite unmanageable
and would not answer her helm and
drifted over the south spit.
shipped a tremendous sea, and the main­
mast and rigging were carried away,
with a large portion of the deckload. A
few minutes later another sea swept the
rest of the deckload overboard. Coles
and Seaman Yederman were carried over
board bv the first sea. Yederman drifted
ashore, clinging to a plank. Coles, who
had a life-preserver on. drifted around
with the wreckage, and that was the last
seen of him by us. I and T. Peterson
were swept overboard by the second sea
that boarded the vessel.’but managed to
keep on top of the great mass ot lumber
that formed a kind of a raft in the lee of
the vessel as she drifted down the beach
in the surf, until nearly opposite the life
station, where we were rescued from our
perilous position by the life crew.
Spoken by the Robert Dollar.
J. S. LAMAR.
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WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT.
I have the largest and best assorted stock of old
Wines and Liquors that has ever been imported into
this City.
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’ Whisky, $2.25 to $8.00 per gal. J
’ Wines, $1.00 to $3.00 per gal. J
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Don’t drink cheap doctored stuff when you can
“Yederman is badly bruised and cut
about the head and legs. We escaped
buy
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pure and unadulterated from me.
with some slight bruises. The lite-saving
crew did everything possible tor our com­
fort. About 12 M. on Tuesday the
steamer Robert Dollar, going north, an-
swered the distress signal which we have
kept flying since we were cast loose. She
came up close to our lee and told us to
get a tow-line ready. We attempted to
pass a line to the Dollar by making a
small line fast to a barrel and letting it
drift to the steamer, hut the barrel drift­
ed to windward, while the steamer lay
to leeward. After waiting a short time
and failing to get a line, the steamer de­
parted, leaving us to our doom. That
was the only sail we sighted. It seems
that the Dollar could have got our line Agents for Kopp’s Brewery, the Brewer of the Finest Beer in the Northrs
if she had gone to windward. I cannot
Strangers can find here a place to write, attend to correspondence, privatel;
imagine how we ever got to shore, as
confer upon business or social matters and generally feel at home.
the sea kept breaking continually over
us, and tossing our raft about in the air
in an indescribable manner.’’
From the moment the vessel was sight­
ed the life-saving crew was in readiness
to give all the assistance possible, and j
but tor their promptness. Seaman Yeder­
man's life would have been lost, as he j
was helpless from the cold battering of
the surf when he drifted into shoal water.
OF SAN FRANCISCO, DEALERS IN
The crew severely condemns the cap­
tain of the tug for deserting them. They i
sav he had taken on afresh supply of
coal at Coos Bay. while aboard the 1
Wheeler was another Hauser better than
the one in use.
WINE AND LIQUOR HOUSE.
C. E. HADLEY, Proprietor.
Tillamook City,
Oregon.
Truckee Lumber Co.,
An Explanation Needed.
(Yaquina Buy News.)
A question that is being generally asked
here, with regard to the Barge Wheeler
disaster, is, Why the master of the tug
Vosburg didn't put into this port instead
of loosing -two days” Valuable time in
getting up to Astoria, after passing Ya-
qnina,which offered a sate port of refuge
and w here railroad and telegraph com.
munications afforded quick means of se­
curing anv needed supplies ; and where
the tug would have been over one hun­
dred miles nearer the locality where the
barge broke adrift. Had Capt. Ahues
done so neither the Wheeler, cargo, or
life would have been lost. This is a plain,
cold, glaring fact, for the bar, last Fri­
day when the Vosburg passed on her
wav to Astoria,
was moderately
smooth, notwithstanding the heavy
surf along the beach.
And Tuesday
when the Wheeler was first sighted there
was nothing to have prevented going
out and towing her back into safety.
Again ; it would appear from the state­
ments of the survivors of the wreck,
that barring the rough weather, the
master ot the tug had no reasonable
grounds tor rushing off to Astoria in the
manner lie did until satisfied beyond a
doubt that the barge liad ‘‘turned tur.
tie” as he supposed she hnd. Had he
la ved too in the gale it is not reasonable
to suppose the tug would have drifted
much taster than the barge, and bv day­
light the distance lietween the two ves­
sels could hardly have been so great that
the barge with her sails set and desern.
aide for a considerable distance could
scarcely have escaped being picked up
and with the "spare hawser” aboard
her have been towed into Yaquina Bay
or Coos, had it lieen more convenient.
It looks verv much as though Capt.
Alines will have considerable expInninL-
explaning
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to do « when
upon.
The master of the Rudolph Dollar mav !
also find it hard to make an explanation
that will set him aright in the minds of I
the public for his conduct in not cither
making a more vigorous effort to get
out a .ine to the ill-fated vessel ■ not even
waiting to give the crew a chance to!
leave their unwieldy and nt the same
time dangerous craft, which the men
w.ould gladly have done, as thev were
then steadily drilling towards shore and
weretully alive to their perilous posi-
non.
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pates, $1 Pel’ll
LARSEN HOUSE,
M. H. I a ARSEJM, Proprietor.
OREGON.
TILLAMOOK,
The Best Hotel in the city.
No Chinese Employed.
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S tatr or O hio . C ity of T oledo . »
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F hanx J. C hfnkv makes oath that he i« thi*
senior part net uf the firm of E J " hexky M
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Notary Public.
Hall s Catarrh Cure is take intern all v
•^«brevt'y on the Mond .„J „.SZ?
F. LEACH,
PROPRIETOR OF
Tillamook IVLeat IVIarke
DEALER
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Fresh and Cured Meats, Hides, Wool, etc
Shop next door to Larsen’s Hotel, Tillamook |
L. N BARNES,
MEAT MARKET,
Is still here and expects to remain.
1 hanking you for past favors and a continuance of J0®
H»U ■ e.n.il, Hill, ore th, best.
13 Calves for Sale, twelve of them
“After getting into the breakers we I stiers, one Low. heavy milker.
Cash paid for HIDES and PELTS and FURS, Etc.
In the Breakers.
J ohn W m . J¿ nnlxgs .
FAT HOGS WANTED right away to pack down-