The University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore.
Raid to Kill Sheep
H
kppneu
. Or., Sept 5.—Ed. Day. a
' in our midst.
The first Semester, Session 11102.3, opens Wednesday, Septeml*, 17,1.
prominent sheepman of Morrow County,
Fred C. Baker, Publisher.
Another thing we have re
came to this city from his Grant County following Schools and Colleges are comprised.111the University. Gradual.V*
—College of Literature. Science and Arts—College ot Science and EmrinJg01
ferred to quite frequently, and
America’s Golden Era.
ranch today and reported that 25 University Academy-School of Music— School ot Medicine—School of Law
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION
we will illustrate it again with
masked
men,
supposed
to
be
miners,
free, excepting in Schools of Law. Medicine and Music (Incident.! c.
( strictly in advance .)
the occurrences last Friday. We are living in the golden era cf the shot into his baud of sheep in the Green *10 Tuition
00, Student-bodv tax, 12.50 per year). Cost of living from »100 op gl,,''’*■
One year......... .............................. 1 » Why arrest a man for pulling a great American republic, an era of mar horn Mountains, and killed and wounded per year. For catalogue, address Registrer ol the I mversitv, Eugene, Oregon
Six months.......................................
prosperity ami unprecedented <le-
gun and at the same time privi velous
University School of Music—Irving M. Glen, A. M„ Dean.
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velojieinent. It is the golden era of at least 400. The trouble occurred Mon
Piano—Mrs. Rose Midglev Hollenbeck. (Joueffy, Gortztowski, Sowaremk
lege him to run a gambling America not merely because the pre day. 10 miles from Susanville.
Piano—Mr. Arthur Louis Frazer. (Five years with W. C. Nash).
a,‘
On
Monday
morning
at
8
o
’
clock
Mr.
.
house
?
For
the
life
of
us
we
Voice—Miss Eva Stinson. (King Conservatory, Trebelli, Music School)
cious metals are more abundant than
CLOSE THE GAMBLING
Violin—Mrs. John L. Pipes. (Spitznon, Spioring).
cannot see where the logic of they ever have been in the history of the Day arrived at his sheep camp, where
HOUSES.
Theory—Miss Eva Stinson ; Mise Rose Midgley Hollenbeck.
this comes in. Nor do we see world and more gold is now being mined he went for the purpose of getting his
Terms furnished on application to the Dean.
why a girl should be arrested every j e ir that has betn taktn out of sheep started out of the mountains. He
They are a Disgrace to Tillamook
’ for taking a horse and buggy for the earth in any decade of the nine had hardly arrived when one of his
who was out on the hill
City—Foster Crime and Gives
the purpose of going to a dance teenth century, nor because all the money sheepherders
with the sheep came running into camp
in
circulation,
greenbacks.
national
so as to have a little amusement
the City a Bad Reputation.
with the news that 25 masked men with
and be fined when we allow the bank currency, silver certificates and guns were after the sheep. Just then
silver
coin
are
all
as
good
as
gold
and
The fracas in Allison’s saloon i gambling houses to run in viola- pass current for gold in the exchanges shooting commenced, which lasted for
on Thursday evening gives the , tion of the law. What we ob anti markets of the world. We are living several minutes.
general public some idea what ject to is the system of allowing . in the golden era of the great republic Mr. Day’s loss is about $1200. Mr.
is going on behind the scenes in some persons the privilege of because of its unexampled commercial Day remained at the camp that day and
the gambling houses of this city. openly violating the law and prosperity, industrial activity and agri I then set out for this place to notify the
Freight in 5-tou lots and over $3.50 per ton.
That the affair did not end in a pulling others for different cultural wealth. The farmers of America officers.
The sheepmen of this country are very
Freight in less than 5-ton lots, $4.00 per ton.
shooting scrape and a murder— . offences. We do not wish to will coin more gold this fall and next much
worked up over the affair. The
Passenger rate, $3.50.
just what must be expected from blame anyone for this state of winter out of the products of the soil miners have what they call a miners’ re
such places at any moment—is a affairs, for it has gradually come than has ever been coined by all the serve. Thev will blaze a piece of ground
wonder. And on that account into existence, and public senti mints of the United States, England, near where they are working for their
and France in any single year.
we think it is time for the busi ment has tolerated it. But now Germany
According to estimates of the govern, horses to run on, and expect the sheep
ness men and the citizens of this that a serious phase of the un inent reporters, the wheat harvest of men to keep off. The miners have about
city to rise in their majesty and satisfactory conditions present 1902 will yield in the neighborhood of half of the mountains blazed now, ami as
demand that the city authorities themselves in jeopardizing the 64-6,500,000 bushels, salable on the farm it is Government range, the sheepmen
close the gambling houses—and business, individual and pro lor not less than $400,000,000. A con run their sheep on it. Mr. Day had his
keep them closed. We are fre perty interests of the city, to say servative estimate of the corn crop of sheep on a place of this kind, and it is
quently informed by visitors to nothing of the bad repute that 1902 is 2,500,000,000 bushels, which if supposed this is the cause of the shoot
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this city that Tillamook has a Tillamook City is obtaining on marketed in the raw, or converted into ing.
meat
at
25
cents
a
bushel,
would
be
the
“
outside,
”
it
is
time
that
Tracy
Reward Paid.
bad reputation on the “outside.”
Correctly speaking, that is not the citizens spoke out in no un coined into six hundred and twenty-five S alem , Sept. 6.—Secretary of State
gold standard dollars. In other
the case, for obliterate the certain sound and demand of the million
words,
the corn and wheat raised in Dunbar this afternoon allowed the
gambling houses and the “wide city authorities that they close America this year will exceed in value claim of Maurice Smith it al., of Cres
open” system which is now up the gambling houses before $1,000,000,000, and the oats, barley, rye ton, Wash., for $ 1500 reward offered for
I have the largest and best assorted stock of old ®
tolerated, Tillamook City is, murder is committed or the city and hay crops and products of the dairy, the “capture and return” of Harry Tracv,
Wines and Liquors that has ever been imported into ®
perhaps, morally better than a is burned up by “fire bugs.”
orchard, apiary and hennery will ap who escaped from theOregon State Peni
The Headlight calls attention proximate close on another $100,000,- tentiary on June 9,’being the amount of.
this City.
large number of cities of its size.
to
these facts because it is a duty 000, w hile the cotton and tobacco crops fered by J. D. Lee, superintendent. A
The Headlight has frequently
called attention to our “wide it owes the general public, and will exceed in value $600,000,000 more. warrant has been drawn for the amount
the reward.
open ” town, the detriment it is we do so without fear or favor, Compared with the mountain of gold of The
Washington posse consisted of
to business, the pernicious habit for as long as the city authorities mined from the fertile soil of American Maurice Smith, Charles A. Straub,
farms,
the
output
of
precious
metal
allow
gambling
and
blink
their
it is fostering, the wrecks it is
Joseph Morrison, Frank Lillengreen and
_
making of men, the young hood eyes at the attending evils and from American mines, which under most C. FL La liter. Thev filed their claim for W
favorable
conditions
will
not
exceed
dangers
which
exists,
we
can
lums and saloon bums it is
Don’t drink cheap doctored stuff when you can
$200,000,000, or less than one-third of the reward on September 2. Sheriff
manufacturing right before our safely make this assertion with the value of the corn crop alone, is of Gardner, of Lincoln County, Washington,
buy it pure and unadulterated from me.
eyes, the families it is depriving out fear of contradiction, the small importance. The only rival of who notified Governor Geer at the time
of comforts, and the homes it is business men may pride them the army of American farmers is the Tracy's body was returned not to pay
demoralizing. That is not all. selves on their handsome stores grand armv of American skilled and un the reward to the members of the Wash
Every business in Tillamook and large and expensive stock of skilled workmen employed in the mills ington posse delivering the same, pend
City is menaced to some extent goods, but every business house and factories in converting the raw ma ing the filing of other claims, has not
filed anv c'.aim against the state with
by gamblers, for when they are in Tillamook Cityisat the mercy terials of the farm, plantation and or Secretary
Dunbar. In the affidavit that
chard
into
finished
products,
with
which
of
the
hoodlums,
gamblers
or
hard run or at all revengeful
was attached to the claim of the Wash
America
supplies
not
only
its
own
there is no telling what they saloon bums who started the fire
wants, but the demand of all the other ington posse for the reward money, the
will do to accomplish their pur at the back of Allison’s saloon civilized
as well as the uncivilized na members of the posse set forth the facts
pose. To make this more plain last week with no other purpose tions, and gives empkwaient incident, concerning the finding of the body, which
STEAMERS—SUE II. ELMORE, W. II. HARRISON.
and to illustrate our point, in view than to wipe out that ally to the million of men who operate have been rehearsed many times in the ONLY LINE—ASTOTIA TO TILLAMOOK, GARIBALDI,
which every business -man in end of town, for had thefireonce our railroads, navigate our steamships press.
BAY CITY, HOBSONVILLE.
this city should ponder over, got started, with a strong north and act as middlemen and money The claims of the mem tiers of the posse
Connecting at Astoria with the Oregon Kailroad & Navigation Co. and
What was the cause of the sus west wind, the whole of the east changes between the consumer and pro for their ex|>enses in bringing the body
also the Astoria & Columbia River R. R. foi San Francisco, Portland
of I racy of this city, and aggregating
and all points east. For freight and passenger rates apply to
picious fire which was fortuna end of Main street, the whole of ducer.
$240,
were
disallowed,
for
the
reason
SAMUEL ELMORE & CO. General Agents. ASTORIA. OR
tely detected in time in the rear tile business houses on the street To make any rational calculation of '
B. C. LAMB, Agent. TillamtMik Oregon.
of Allison’s saloon on Thursday where the post office is, and ex the stream of gold that passes through I “ that the repayment of the expenses
Agents JU. R. & N. It. R. Co . Portland.
1 the channels in and out of the na- | claimed is covered by the clahn of
afternoon? That it was set on tending to the court house, the all
Maurice Smith et al. for the reward
(A. & C. R. R. Co., Portland.
fire by a “fire bug” there is no whole of the private houses east tional clearing house would make a man offered for the capture and return of the
with
ordinary
brain
dizzv.
Suffice
it
to
doubt whatever, for everything from the Headlight corner, would
say that the beginning of the Twentieth escaped prisoner, Harry Tracy, allowed
pointed to that fact. The pile be in ashes today, for that was century
has ushered in America’s golden and paid September 6, 1902.’’ This war
intention of the “fire bug.” era, which,
Centrally Uoeated.
Rates, $1 Per Day.
of straw and kindling had been the
'
barring an unforeseen re rant will be paid from the appropriation
arranged to start a conflagation,
action, will make the United States at for the maintenance and general and
TO RAISE ASPARAGUS.
and at a time when it was likely
no distant day the greatest ns well as contingent expenses of the Oregon State
Penitentiary.
to spread, with a strong wind. Home Industry Made a Success the richest nation of the nations.
M. H. UARSEN, Proprietor.
There are no other claims pending in
Suppose that the fire had ob of Dairying and Now for Igike
Secretary
Dunbar's
office
against
the
TILLAMOOK,
OREGON.
Narrow
Escape
of
The
President.
tained a good start, quite a num
Results in Asparagus.
state that were contracted in the pursuit
The Best Hotel in the city. No Chinese Employed.
ber of our business men would
P ittsfield , Mass., Sept. 3—The Pres
and capture of Tracy and Merrill.
have been burned out on their Mr. Sum Elmore came in on Fridnv to ident of the United States escaped tragic
beam ends today to know what make final arrangements to convert his death by only a few feet in a collision
Shot Without Warning.
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to do, and a part of the city farm into asparagus beds, which, if it lietweeu his carriage and an electric car
would have been destroyed, turns out successful, will mean another . in this city today, while one of his most AsHLsan, Or., Sept. 4.—Charles Elgin,
guards, Secret Service Agent 25 years of age, was brought here today
What satisfaction could the industry for Tillamook. It is a little trusted
William Craig, was instantly killed and
PROPRIETORS
business men get ?
Simply premature to predict how this industry David J. Pratt of Dalton, who was guid- Irom Picard, in Siskiyou County, the
victim of a murderous assault made up
this : We privilege people to run will turn out, but if only half is accom itig the horses attached to the vehicle, on him bv one James George, a noted
what is claimed for it. it will lie
gambling houses and thereby a plished
line tiling for the county, and we shall was most seriously injured. President bad man of the Klamath River section.
foster a lot of suspicious charac have to thank Mr. Elmore for being in. Roosevelt himself was badly shaken up ! Elgin had been at Picard, and was re
ters who make it a practice to strmnental in starting it and being the but received only a slight facial bruise. turning home when he met George on
hang round gambling houses first to invest a large amount of money Secretary Cortelvou, who occupied the the road. George, without warning,
Boiler Work. I. Logger’s Work and Heavy Forging.
and concoct all manner of mis in the undertaking. We do not doubt seat directly opposite the president in whipped out his revolver and fired at
Fine Machine Work a Specialty.
chief and abuse and ridicule the for one moment but what it will be a the carriage, sustained a minor wound Elgin three times, one ball lodging in his
law abiding people just as success, for Mr. Elmore has had the mat in the back of the head, and Governor foot. George then rode off into the sage 4
Crane, who sat beside the president es brush.
No competent surgical atten
though they were in control of ter under consideration for seme time, caped
without a scratch. The carriage dance could be procured, and so the Ar’
ns
well
as
obtaining
the
best
advice
from
the city and as though those who
was demolished by the impact of the wounded man was brought here in a
have interests here have nothing those who are experienced in raising and rapidly moving car and the wheel horse serious
condition. It is said that George
canning asparagus, who claim that the
whatever to say in the matter.
bottom land in Tillamook County is on the side nearest the car was killed. had an old grudge against young Elgin
Another thing. There is this adapted to the industry, equally with The crew and passengers of the car es growing out of his being suspected re
to be considered as well. What that of California, so on that score the caped injury.
garding a stage robbery committed On
assurance have the people and prospects look exceedingly promising The president and partv were driving the Ager-Klamath Falls mute some time
business men of this city, that that it will turn out a gigantic success. from this citv to Lennox through South ago. and that he had threatened to kill
to get rid of cue gambling house The wav for Tillamook to grow com street, one of the principal thorough, Elgin on sight, Elgin's condition is re.
another will not plot and mercially is for the people to develop tl e fares of Pittsfield, which was lined with garded as very dangerous.
scheme to get rid of it in some comity’s resources themselves, and not cheering people, and the catastrophe
in plain view of hundreds
The repenl or the continuance of the
diabolical manner ? And for depend so much on outside help. As an happened
whose happiness at the advent of the scalp bounty law is a matter that will
Is still here and expects to remain.
that reason, the mysterious fire illustration of this, Tillamook people Nation's chief was suddenly turned to come
before the next Legislature for de
have created one industry themselves—
at the back of Allison's saloon | that o| manufacturing butter and cheese grief.
Thanking j ou for past favors and a continuance of your tra< e
termination. In the Inst few months
should be an eye opener to the ’ —which has grown to such large pro When Craig saw the impending dan. there has been more or less comment
Cash paid for HIDES and PELTS and FURS, Etc.
citizens of this city.
portions. and obtained such a wide rep-1 ger and that a collision could not lie adverse to the law. and even in Eastern
Yet another thing. The tax utation tor the quality of its product, I averted, he was heard to say : "Oh, Oregon, where the law was expected to
FAT HOGS \\ ANTED right away to pack down.
payers of the county should also there is not another county in Oregon inv God!" and then he was hurled do the most good, there are some who
raise a kick, for they have to foot which has made such rapid strides in through the nir and fell under the believe that the measure has done more
the bills for prosecutions, while dairying ns Tillamook and brought wheels, his head and body being mu harm than good. It has been con
if Tillamook City did not allow about such an era of prosperity ns exists tilated almost beyond recognition. On tended that 111 paying out »250,000 in
gambling, there would be less in this county today. True it is that the right of him was the driver. Pratt, four years under the scalp bounty act.
who was thrown a distance of 25 leet. the State of Oregon has paid for the
crime committed, less witness Tillamook is naturally a splendid dairy-1 The
president asked the motorman :
killing of many coyotes that were born
mg
country,
but
it
was
thrift,
energy
ties to pay, and less prisoners to
“ Why were yon running your car and reared in adjoining states and that
and enterprise ol Tillamook people which
bi ard at the taxpayers’ expense. created this industry, and which will al- like that ?" which brought only the the killing of the covotes has resulted in
It will pnv you to use
Are the business men, arc the ways lie a source of profit io those who response :
a multiplication of rabbits and squirrels
citizens, and those who have engage in it ; in fact, it would not sur " Because I had the right of way.’’
which do great damage to crops. Some
property interests here going to I prise 11« much if the dairying Industry is The president said that when he saw counties have already ceased paving the
tolerate this ally longer? It not doubled in the next five or six rears the car coming at such terrific speed bounty, and ns the bounty fund is ex-
they do, then we can say this in Tillamook Countv. Mr. Elmore was he felt that all in the carriage would hausted. others may follow the example
i
have
without fear of contradiction, • one ot those who took great interest in surely be killed. Governor Crane sug. rather than trust to a Legislature to hor Economy and durability . they
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gested
that
the
best
think
for
him
to
do
appropriate money for a deficiency.
that their propertv is at the1 dairying here by introducing a lx tier
nces quoted on application.
Gov. Taft has succeeds in conciliating
mercy of a lot of suspicions grade of stock. He is also instrumental would I* to go to his train.
characters who frequent gatti-1 in circulating a large amount of monev North Dakota has r.o millionaire*. It is the frairs and real estate agents. Per
bling houses. That fact came canning and packing salmon, and txing hard to understand how the people up haps he could do something toward nee- '
so intimately connected with the indus- there can take any interest in politic*
ifying the Moros.
C ie
ÌiUamooh
Ijeabliqbt. out quite plain last week right
tries of Tillamook county, we hope
asparagus enterprise will surpass his
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Steamer Geo. R. Vosburg
Will Run Between
Tillamook and Astoria.
Ship Freight by A. & C. Railroad in Care of
Geo. R. Vosburg.
NEHALEM TRANS. CO,
$
J. S. LAMAR,
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$ WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT. $
$ ? Whisky, $2.25 to $8.00 per gal.
® a Wines,
$1.00 to $3.00 per gal. J
Pacific Navigation Co.
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