THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, AUGUST 21. 5;be ^illinnooh vcr M'jciibligbt. ar Fred C. Baker. Publlaher. I RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. ( strictly in advance .) fine year.............................................. Six months.......................................... Three months..................................... 1 1.50 75 50 Stubborn Facts. ■ « J ■ c U t il bi w that I was carrying along such a num- her of worthless cows, I would have made this test years ago.’’ A dairy farmer said to us once : “ The keeping of a record of my herd for a year caused me to buy a registered dairy bull at once, and 1 paid a good long price for him, too. That was eight years ago, and I am making double the money on my cows today than I was then.” Now that man carried along a lot of worthless cows for years, just because he did not believe that it would bring him any profit to know better. He com­ menced to read what others were doing in this matter. Reading set him to thinking ; thinking set him to acting in the right direction, and that soon closed up a big leak. Here is a fact that shows how important it is to know what the cows are doing. The Minnesota Experiment Station had two cows that they were experi­ menting with. Their names were “Shorty’’ and “Sweetbrier.’’ The first year their record was kept, Shorty yielded 312 pounds of butter and Sweet- briar 270 pounds. But a change took place and for the following six years the annual record stands as follows : Shorty................................. 229 lbs. butter Sweetbriar......................... 405 lbs. butter Had these two cows been handled with the same ideas that most [farmers handle their cows, the difference in value and profit of the two would never have been known. Ask some men why they do not insti­ tute a svsteni of keeping a record of their cows, and their answer will be like this. “0. it is too much work, ’’ or “What's the use ? 1 know all about my cows now,” or as one man ¡mts it, “Well, suppose I did make a test and found I had a lot of poor cows, I would­ n’t want to sell them, because I must have something to eat up my fodder.” These answers betray a weakness of sound business judgment that these men ought to get rid of. In reality it takes but little time if the farmer will arrange for it, and it is not true that the owner knows “all about his cows” unless he had tested them. The last man’s objection amounted to saving that he had better feed his fodder out at a loss than not feed it at all. Most business men would have said : “Keep your hay and grain or sell it in the market, rather than feed at a loss.” In fact, all that is needed to start the average farmer on this road is a little American pluck and a resolution to know all he can know about his own business. __________ Probably some of our readers thilik the Headlight is a little severe and somewhat cranky on the gamblingquestion. It may be so, but that depends upon what point of view’ one looks at it, and herein is where so many differ. One business man will argue that gambling is a good thing for a eity while another will silently con­ demn it, admitting that it is an injury to his business as well as to other business men in thecity. “If I want to gamble I have a perfect right to with my own money,” contends another, and in answer to this there are those who point to the law and says it is illegal. Dozens of arguments, both pro and con, can be ndvanced. The Headlight does not con­ demn those who run gambling games, for as long as they are making a big pile of money and are not molested, one need 11 ot expect that they are going to quit, Not much, when there are so many men infatuated with gambling and the false idea that they can beat professional gamblers at their own game, Gambling in Tillamook City could not be carried on if public sentiment did notallow it. Why the Headlight is opposed to gamb­ ling and a “wide open” town is because we honestly believe it is a detriment to the city and a demoralizing influence. For instance ; The man who gambles neglects his home, his wife, his family, and fails to pay his store hills. The man who gambles is not a proper person to trust with private or public fund.«. The gambling habit is ruining hundreds of bright, intelligent, respectable young men and turning them into hoodlums, bums and deadbeats, having lost all am­ bition and sense of honor. Gambling is an injury to every man’s business in a city where it is carried on. For instance, it it takes $10.060 to carry on the legitimate business of a city in n certain number of days, and the profes­ sional gamblers gather in from $500 to $1000 a night, it is plain to see that the gambling houses are taking in money which would otherwise go to the store keepers To make it more plain, ami from an incident which took place : A person comes to town with money in his pocket to buv a buggy for the con­ Editorial Snap Shots. venience of his wife and family. He gets into a game and looses his wad, rouse Gee, don’t this splendid, bright, cool quently the business man isdeprived of a and refreshing weather make those who trade and the family of a buggy which visit Tillamook every year feel glad they the gamblers eventually buv. So infat­ came to this county for an outing. uated is the man with gambling he goes W * * home and digs, with the intention of get­ The shower of Tillamook mist Friday ting another wad, to loose it in the same i.my have been a little unpleasant tor the way. campers, but it was what the country Gambling is responsible for crime and wanted, putting broad smiles on the destitution, while the gambling house faces of the dairymen as they watch the keepers live in luxury from money which grass grow in their meadows ami the have caused want and distress in many whole of the county looking fresh and previously happy homes. green. Gambling is responsible for the laws * * being broken, the gamblers being a privi­ Twenty six cents appear to be the pre­ leged class in this respect and allowed to vailing price for butler fat in rillamook, turn a city into a “wide open” town no matter whether the output is one, whether t’.ie people sanction it or not. tw’o or three million pounds in this coun­ These are some of the reasons why the ty. There is a big ci;op of wheat all over Headlight is a lit lie cranky on the gamb­ the country, ami as a result it is down ling question, and if we are wrong we to 48c. a bushel. There is not one dairy­ would be glad if someone would show us man in Tillamook who wants to raise where we arc wrong, but until then we wheat at that price when they can get shall continue to show the absurdity 26c a pound for butter fat. and ridiculousness of arresting one class * M * of people for disregarding the law, while It looks as though, before another sum­ another class of ¡leople can openly defy mer rolls round, it would be well to im­ the law and nothing whatever is done prove the Benchidt road to Netarts. It to stop them from carrying on one of is only five and a halt miles to the beach • the biggest curses of the land. from this city, and tor the convenience of Public sentiment in Tillamook City those who come to Tillamook for sum­ may rise to the situation someday and mer vacations and for those who live in follow the example of Mayor Williams, this part of the county, it seems to us of Portland, and with the same determi­ that this would soon become the most nation, put a stop to gambling and a popular road to Netarts beach. “wide open’’ town, but probably not * * * before ir lew more homes are made Some people are a little surprised that wretched, a few more lives sacrificed and a few more bad debts are contracted at the business of thecity is gradually being diverted from Main street to the street the stores. where the post office is situated, Did it One Thing a Dairy Farmer Needs ever occur to them that one street is the to Know “wide open“ part of the city while the It is clearly evident to every well other is not. Perhaps some people may posted man in the business (»1 dairying, consider this a ridiculous notion and that there is a large proportion of pooh, pooh, at the idea, but let them farmers engaged in it who do not be­ reason it out in their own minds before lieve that they need to know more than they do so. they now do, in order to make more money or to save the money they have already made. savs Hoard's Dairyman, There is an enormous waste going on upon nearly every dairy farm. This waste often represents hundreds of dollars annually. But it is impossible to get the wasteful tanner to see it, be­ cause he will not use the light that will help him see it. Take tor example the refusal of so many farmers to test their cows or to keep a record of what they are doing We never knew a farmer w ho set about t" keep a milk and butter fat record but he confessed that the result greatly sarpiised him. 1 he effect of such a trial for a year is alw .ns to cause the farmer t» change his ideas about his cows. Wv have known such a test to cause a com. pletr change in tl e character of the lietd in five vears. Expt cssions like this would be made by anvil men. "It I bad had any idea entlv to enhance tire commercial, finan­ cial and industrial interests of the state as the editor of the Oregonian. * * * “Speaker L. T. Harris,’’ that is how the Eugene Register heads up an article booming that gentleman for speaker. Do not get too fresh and too gay over there, please, for Harris is irredeemably lost in a Tillamook Eddy, and the Tillamook man will, without a doubt, be the person who will wield the gavel and whom the Lane county statesman will address “Mr. Speaker,’’ and doff his hat to Tillr- rnook. We catch on to some ofthe moves on the political chess board, but by way of a Lttle amusement the Headlight will bet the Register a silk hat that Represen­ tative B. L. Eddy, of Tillamook, who represents the most prosperous section of the state and the garden spot of Oregon, will be the speaker in the house at the next state legislature. STEEL STOVES & RANCES Why pay Peddlers 875 for Steel Ranges when you can get a better range for 845 to 850, nianuiaetuied b\ the Celebrated Charter Oak Company, from M c I ntosh & M c N air ? The Most Reliable Merchants in Tillamook County. The “FAMOUS CLOTHING STORE, opposite the Tillamook Post Office. Matrimonial Bee in His Bonnet. Tillamook has been heard from, and by a young man who is just aching to get married under spectacular condi­ tions. The Elks Carnival in Portland, of course, is to haye a matrimonial bureau, and this is how the news papers in that city describe how the match I making and knot tying affairs are coin­ ing along, in which a young man in Tillamook county is to participate, but who he is Cupid has never revealed the secret to the Headlight man, so we have a kick coming that we have not been taken into this secret. It says : “Three weddings are in sight for the Carnival matrimonial bureau’s day at the fair. The matrimonial bureau of the exposition is meeting with unlooked-for succès for this day of days. This morn- ing a letter arrived for Superintendent Rowe, from Tillamook, Or., from a young mail in that city, who announced that he had decided to get married here if they would give him support and en­ couragement on that occasion, his bride- to-be, it is thought, will consent to the public performance of the ceremony, and he desires Mr. Rowe to make all a range­ ments at once, so that he can meet his future wife here on the wedding day of the Carnival. This makes three appli­ cations from prospective bridegrooms to be married during the fair. Manager Rowe would give his hat if he could find another couple to make it a quartet of marriages. He thinks the state ought to be aroused to the importance of the work being done by the Carnival pany in promoting matrimonial “settling down” in this state. Tillamook young man will be given a send-off that will make him proud ilia he lives.’’ TIIE ONLY UP TO DATE‘PLACE LX TILLAMOOK COUNTY. OUTFITTERS OF ALL MANKIND To our patrons and the public in general :—These who have doubted our sincerity in staying permanently in here have at last found out to their greatest delight that we are as good as our word ; they have also convinced themselves that everything purchased at our Famous Store came up with their expectations. It affords us great pleasure to state that, thanks to our customers fulhjapprcciating our fair and just treatment, our business is increasing daily. We are informed bv our headquarters of Portland that our goods for this season has been purchased from the mills at from 10 to 15 per cent cheaper than last season, owing to the fact that this time our purchase was greater than ever before and for spot cash besides. This means a point in favor of our patrons, also for von already knew that our profits and gains we are sharing evenly with them. Our advanced shipment of ladies’, men's and children's rubber shoes and boots of the very highest grades has already arrived, and we invite vour inspection. A large stock ofquiltsand blankets also. Here are a lew specials for this week, and corkers indeed The best grades of overall, assorted colors, worth 75c.. our price,+5c. a pair ; the best grades of overshirts, assorted colors, worth 75c., our price, 45c. a garment • the best grades of underwear, assorted colors, worth 75c., our price, 45c. a garment ; the best grades of men s working pants, worth $1.50, our price. 95c. a pair ; the best grades of men's working hats, $1.50, our price, 95c. apiece. Our other articles which are too numerous to mention will be also sold very low,so as to more thau meet all competitions. Yours very truly, THE “FAMOUS” CLOTHING STORE, OPP. THE P.O. L. ROBINSON &c CO,, Proprietors LUMBER AT TILLAMOOK J. A. TAFT co HAVE OK hand ustic. Wainscoting, Mouldings and Ship Also all Sizes of ROUGH LUMBER Lap Wrong M in Hanged. P endleton , Or., Aug. 16. — A death bed confession makes it certain that the wrong man was hanged for a murder on t1>e Umatilla Reservation 13 years ago The man whose life was wrongly taken was Pilyeu, a young Cayuse Indian, who was convicted of the murder of Mrs Agnes Tessa nt. Now comes the saddest part of the story—the narration of the guilty man, which was made by his wife yesterday to Joe Craig, the Indian inter­ preter. but not until after she had .kept the secret three weeks. A few weeks ago an Indian, Victor Williams by name, whose home was near the Government School, on the res ervation, finding himself at the door of death with consumption, called his wife to Ilia bedside and horrified her by con­ fession that it was lie. and not Pilyeu, who Ind murdered Mrs. Tessa nt. He said he had not intended to kill her, blit aa she was supposed to have considerable money in her house, and lived alone, he thought he could safely rob her. While lie was ransacking the house, Mrs. Tes- ssnt awoke, made an outcry and seized him. Thereupon lie murdered her. He had kept his secret 13 years, but bad suf fered the agonies of the damned when­ ever lie thought of the weak old woman he had killed, and Pilyeu. his close per­ sonal friend, whom he had permitted to be judicially murdered to screen himself He had became unable to sleeu at night and remorse so preyed upon him that he fell into a decline and finally became a victim of consumption, To’ease his con­ science, he said, he must confess his double murder before hr died, lest he could not find rest even in the grave Such is the story Victor Williams told his wife. Ten Thousand Creditors. company, ever since its organization, has almost controlled the creamery busi­ ness of the three states in which it oper­ ated. When it was formed it took over all the best independent concerns en­ gaged in the inanuf icture of butter. Its affairs were generally thought to be in a good condition. It has been doing a business of $3,000,000 a year on a capital of $275,000, Scott Ritchey, deputy Sheriff, was shot and badly wounded at Athena, Ore., by Alfred Cofer, for whom he had a warrant, and was attempting to arrest. Ritchey's wound, while very severe, is not considered fatal. Cofer was accompanied and assisted by ano. tiler, who is supposed to have been his partner in the recent hold-up and express robbery at the County bridge near Pendelton. A posse is in pursuit of Cofer and his partner, but thus far they have made good their escape. Deputy Sheriff Ritchey is very popular, and the indignation over his shooting is great and that if the criminals arc caught they maybe bitched. c. E. REYNOLDS, Undertaker and Em balmer. All orders promptly attended to. Office : ON THE MAIN STREET, OPPOSITE THE ALLEN- HOUSE. » * * C hicago , Aug 16.—The Elgin Urea in- vry Company, which operates 13 »cream eries throughout Illinois, Iowa and Wis­ consin, failed today. The creditors are estimated to number nearly 10,000, over 8000 being farmers. The American • I’rtisl A: Savings Bank was appointed receiver, and its bond fixed at $-»00,000 The assets of the company are claimed tube $80*),000, while the liabilities are estimated at $3. »0,060. (nabiltv to real­ ize on outstanding accounts ie given as the cause of the failure. The politicians are speculating who The Elgin ( reamerv Company is the will la- elected I'nited States senator to largest concern of its kind in the United succeed Scnntor Joseph Simon. It would States Its authorized capital st«K k is not take the Headlight two seconds to $400,000 Of this amount. $275,000 is decide this troublesome question. Mr. outstanding and ¡»aid up. Harvey Scott is jtistlv entitled to the hi order that a heavy financial l Whisky, $2.25 to $8.00 per gal. J a Wines, $1.00 to $3.00 per gal. c- ,-.r. Don t drink cheap doctored stuff when you can buy it pure and unadulterated from me. Pacific Navigation Co. one of this kin J bring it to me, I will guarantee to make it keep perfect time or it wont cost you anything. I keep the most reliable time pieces that are to lie had ac prices in reach of all, ifvouare expecting to buv one. come and h*yiEKS”s, E H- ELMORE, W. H. HARRISON. ONLY LINE—ASTOTIA TO TILLAMOOK, GARIBALDI, BAY’ CITY, HOBSONVILLE. almlXi''AUtiA’*riA ,he Ore“on Koilroad * Navigation Co. «n<1 and[ iHnnr'/'t,* £o1'',"'*!'« « R fol San Francisco, Portland c ^or rrei«i,t and passenger rates apply to SAMUEL ELMORE &. CO. General Agent». ASTORIA. OR I> L. LAMB, Agent. Tillamook Oregon. Agents & R- Co . Portland. |A. & C. R. R. Co., Portland. see me before you invest, it will save yon money.timennd worry. C. F. Franklin, THE UP TO DATE JEWELER. Centrally Liocated. Rates, $1 Per Day LARSEN HOUSE, M. H. LARSEN, Proprietor. TILLAMOOK, The Rest Hotel in the city. OREGON. No Chinese Employed.