THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, AUGUST 21.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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“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
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ustic. Wainscoting, Mouldings and Ship
Also all Sizes of ROUGH LUMBER
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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.
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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<ws
honor, whether lie wants it or not. And - may not be cause»! to the farmers depend
it would be hard to find a person who is ent on the company for the sale of their
ns conversant with every section of milk, arrangements already have l»een
Oregon and thoroughly understands its 1 made by the receiver to continue the
needs, and worked as long an I persist- ! » ¡•eration of the various plants. The
Dr. Lawless, thinking thnt lie hns been
impose I upon by having to pay express
charges upon a parcel upon which the
express charges were prepaid, appears to
be annoyed and has sent to the office of
the express company to trace the matter
up. Most Tillantookers have run tip
against the "back charges" mystery, so
Wells, Fargo Co is up against it now.
ami no doubt la-fore a great while it will
solve the mystery.
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1902.
A Watch or Clock that wont
keep time is useless, if yon have
Steamer Geo R. Vosburg
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Will Run Between
Tillamook and Astoria.
Freight in 5-ton lots and over $3.50 per ton.
Freight in less than 5-ton lots, $4.00 per ton.
Passenger rate, $3.50.
Ship Freight by A. & C. Railroad in Care of
Geo. R. Vosburg.
NEHALEM TRANS. CO,
J S. LAMAR,
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT.
I have the largest and best assorted stock of old
\\ ines and Liquors that has ever been imported into
this City.
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> Whisky, $2.25 to $8.00 per gal. J
a Wines, $1.00 to $3.00 per gal. c-
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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'',"'*!'«
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^or rrei«i,t and passenger rates apply to
SAMUEL ELMORE &. CO. General Agent». ASTORIA. OR
I> L. LAMB, Agent. Tillamook Oregon.
Agents
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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.