Tillamook headlight., September 18, 1902, Image 6

THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, SEPTEMBER 18, 190&
Losses at Sandlake.
Mr. \V. C Kmg. of Sandlake, was in
the city on Wednesday and reports the
J osh by the fire in that neighborhood.
W. Roenica, lo t a new barn and 35
tons of hay ; A. J. Hembree lost a barn
and bay; D. Hillings lost barn and fenc­
ing ; and James McGhee’s house and
barn were burned. It is thought the
fire in that part of thecounty w as started
by hunters.
Mrs. Waggoner Elopes with Bro­ appeal for funds for superannuated min­
isters. He waxed eloquent as he pleaded
ther of Merrill.
STEEL STOVES & RANCES.
the case' The doctor sjioke bitterly at
C hehalik , Sept. 16.—Chehalis has times of the lack of attention paid to the
added another chapter to the famous old minister and his remarks created a
Merrill-Tracy episode.
As a closing mild sensation. “What is wanted in
chapter to the story of the finding of these days,” he said, “is a kid. A minis­
Dave Merrill’s body near here a few ter of ripe experience is turned aside for
weeks ago by Mrs. Mary Waggoner, of a golf player, and the question is asked
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Napavine, this one comes as a stunner. ‘Is he a jolly, good fellow?’ He is the A?
Mrs. Waggoner and Ben Merrill, a bro­ one that gets the fashionable churches,
ther of the dead outlaw, have eloped and the old minister is laid upon the
DEATH LIST GROWING
from Chehalis together, and it is pre­ shelf to spend the rest of his days as best
Six More Fatalities Resulting sumed are in Seattle together. They left he can.”
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here on the early morning train Satur­
from Forest Fires.
The contract for the construction of
Most Reliable Merchants
County
V ancouver , Wash., Sept. 16.—The day, purchasing tickets for Seattle.
the wireless telegraph station on the
bodies of six people have been found dead Night Watchman Townsend and others
wireless
telegraph station on the
in a trail leading through a stretch o saw them off.
Ben Merrill has been working here at Faralloon Islands has been let and the
country about four miles wide, between
work will be completed in about 60
Canyon and Sanson Creeks, eight miles Hylander’s livery barn since Merrill and
north of Bell's Mountain, and 15 settlers tracy invaded our fair land in early days.
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residing in that district are missing, a June. Although mixed lip with Dave
The prevalence of forest fires in Col­
number of whom, if not all,have perished Merrill and Harry Tracy in the trouble orado, which are devastating,forests, has
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in the big forest fire w hich swept through at Portland, and being an important I
witness] for the state in the case when aroused suian lists to the theory that a
there last week, says M. L. Smith, w ho
both the men were sent to the Oregon xreat niiiuberjof meteors have fallen in x
arrived in Vancouver from the burned
prison, Ben Merrills conduct while here the Rocky Mountains, tearing up the
district last night.
was not such as to attach any particu- ^arth to a great extent. These meteors
Mr. Smith says that the whole country
HAVE OK HAND
u . kov
He behaved fairly drop in heavy pine forests, explode, and
in this region is wiped clean by the fire lar interest to him,
Very few people suspected him to start (he fires. L<x?al scientists are mak-
and practically every one living there well. 1
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r ll__ ! iv>«w n otiiilf. rx# ti.ica rtxxisr
ing a study of this new theory.
has been rendered homeless. The 15 set­ be a heart-crusher, but here the folks
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who
passed
him
daily
on
the
streets
tlers referred to have not been accounted
Dealing with the seriousness of the
for, and the supposition is that they seemed to have been taken unawares. situation in Colombia the London Daily
Finish Rustic,
Lap.
have perished. The report that six people The discovery of Dave Merril’s body by Mail praises the prompt action of the
have been found dead on a trail while j Mrs. Waggoner and her boy and the United States in sending warships to the
all
of
fleeing from the flames is said to be given act that the Oregon officials fa iled to Isthmus, and adds ; “ It would be an
on good authority. Subsequent reports 'pay the reward offered for the capture of immense gain for the world in genera’, if
serve to show that lhe loss of life in the Merrill gave Mrs. Waggoner a good ex­ only the United States would consent to
Bell's Mountain region is greater than cuse to be often in Chehalis. That she do its duty there and in the republics of
has improved the opportunity for sev­
was at first supposed.
Centr'd America and Hayti and put
eral weeks past was fully demonstrated
Ruin is Terrible.
down this anarch ; or if the United
by
her
presence
here
a
few
days
every
Reports of the great forest fires of
States will not act themselves, allow
All Orders for Sawing Wood prompt],
Clark County continue to come in and week.
some European power to act for them.’’
Now it has leaked out that Mrs. Wag.
each successive bit of intelligence hut
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attended to.
adds to the tale of woe, ruin and disaster goner came here and helped Ben Merrill
Corners in grain are forever rendered
to
punch
all
the
holes
in
his
meal
ticket
that reeks in the wake of the mighty
impossible hereafter by a decisiou
Inquiry at the rest urn nt handed down by Judge Chytraus, in the
sea of flame that wrapped miles of set­ properly.
tlements and valuable timber in an where the man boarded reveals the fact Circuit Court at Chicago, if sustained
atmosphere of destruction. Without that for some time the two have met and bv a higher court. The case was for an
TILLAMOOK
CITY, OR.
doubt, reports of loss of life and property eaten together there. A friend of Mer­ injunction asked by Waite, Thorburn &
rill
’
s,
who
is
also
a
hostler,
says
that
will pour in for weeks to come, as ex.
Co. against prominent commission
ploration of the burned districts con­ Merrill went out to see Mrs. Waggoner houses in the recent July oats corner.
Leave Orders at COHN & CO.’S.
and
drove
around
the
country
with
her
tinues. Vast areas of land in Clark
The most important riding is that the
All lumber is seasoned under sheds from three to five years.
County are divested of every semblance ever}' Sunday. Friday he went after her Chicago Board of Trade loses the power
of human habitation ami the shock to und they spent the evening here.
Studebaker Gears are soaked in boiled oil.
to pass on property rights where mar­ I
A Watch or Clock that wont
Mrs. Waggoner has a husband. David
the rural districts is appalling.
gins are involved, defining its authority
Studebake axles are split from butt cut.
Waggoner, near Napavine, where he |
keep time is useless, if von have
Loss Will Reach $1,000,000.
J to discipline members for refusing to put
Iudiana black hickory and are all straight grained.
If the opinions of those who are com­ works in a logging camp. She also has up called margins.
one of this kin J bring it to me, I
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paratively well acquainted with theex- three married daughters. The woman
Studebaker
Steel Skein are made of heavier steel than other
A financial alliance lias been formed by
does
not
appear
to
be
over
40
years
of
will guarantee to make it keep
tent of damages caused by the big forest
standard skein.
the two great railroad factors in the
fires in (’lark County and who have seen age, blit Merrill is younger, probably
perfect time or it wont cost you
Studebaker Bolsters are deeper and wider than any other make.
The effort to secure the Eastern field, the Vanderbilt interests,
portions of the ruined districts are reli­ about 30.
and those of the Pennsylvania system.
anything.
reward
for
Mrs.
Waggonet
may
possibly
able, the loss of pio[»erty in Clark County
Hind hounds is extra long and heavy.
The working agreement has been close in
I keep the most reliable time
alone w ill approximate >1,000,000. This now be taken up in behalf of her boy,
Studebake
Wheels, Spokes are made out of second growth
the past, but it has never come to an
includes the timber losses so far as who was with her at the time, and who
pieces
that are to be had at
allotment of territory and division of
Indiana white oak.
known but it is said that should the fire has done nothing in any way to forfeit
property as the new arrangement en­
the
good
will
that
people
have
held
to
­
prices in reach of ail, if you are
have killed vaet tracts of valuable tim­
The fellowes of Indiana white oak, soaked in boiled linseed
tails. The new combination will have a
ber which are now thought to lieonly ward hiiu.
oil,
which
prevents
loose
tire.
expecting
to buy one, come and
capitalization of $2,000,000,000 and a
partly destroyed, the aggregate loss will
It is stated that J. R. Ellerman has milage of 30,000 miles. The aim of the
The
hubs
are
made
of
sound
black
birch.
They
aever
split
see
me
before
you invest, it will
go much higher than this. Houses by disposed of the Antwerp-Montreal line of
or check or shrink.
the score and barns in greater numbers steamers to the Morgan shipping syndi­ organization is to dominate traffic be­
save 3’ou money, time and worry.
have been destroyed, besides several log­ cate. When the Leyland line was sold to tween Chicago and St. Louis, the Great
Now to this point we especially call your attention. Our
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Lakes
and
the
Ohio
River,
and
the
ging (*amps and saw mills and other im­ the American combination, Mr. Ellerman
wagons
are
heavier,
second
growth
stock,
weighing
more,
Canadian
boundary
and
the
Potomac
provements on which I obsscs alone some retained the An twerp. Mont real service,
Atlantic Coast.
the timber is larger and more heavily ironed, yet it IS a
estimate that damages will amount to together with the Mediterranean and River, through to * the
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$500,000. The Are has gone over town­ Lisbon and Oporto traders.
William M. Stewart, wife of the United
lighter running wagon.
ships 4 and 5, part of which were cover­
States Senator from Nevada, was killed
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Try
one
you will be convinced of everything we claim.
In an interview with a representative at San Francisco, in an automobile acci-
ed with fine timber, ami if this is damag­
of
the
Associated
Press
at
Cape
Town.
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ed to a greater extent than is at present
. i dent. Mrs. Stewart was enjoying a ride
l»eleived? many claim that the loss ag­ the Attorney-General, S. L. Graham, with her nephew, Henry Foote, son of
gregately will go much over a million said : “The general indemnify act will W. W. Foote, the attorney, and H. B. I
become a law.ill a day or two, when ! Taylor. They were going along Santa
dollars.
martial law will be rejiealed throughout j Clara avenue in Alameda County, Tay-
38 LOST IN FIRE.
the colony. Simultaneously the govern-I lor guiding the machine and sending it
Lewis River Death Roll Still ment will proclaim the peace preserve- along at high »peed. A vehicle approa.
tion act, enabling it to control the pos- died, and Taylor swerved the automo­
Increasing.
All orders promptly attended to.
K alama . Wash., Sept. 15.—Reports session, importation and registration of bile in order to avoid a collision. At
from the fire-stricken districts of Lewis all arms and ammunition. Profound that moment he either lost control of
River continue to grow worse. The peace reigns throughout the colony.”
the steering apparatus or made amis,
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chaired and lifeless bodies of 88 people
calculation. The automobile ran into
Smoke
and
ashes
from
the
great
forest
ON THE MAIN STREET,
have already Iwen found, ami all believe
! a telegraph pole, and the occupants
there will be more to follow. Many set- fires which have been raging in Oregon 1 | were thrown out Mrs. Stewart struck
OPPOSITE THE ALLEN
tiers and an unknown number of camp, were responsible for a delay of over seven j on her head, and was carried in an un­
hours
in
the
arrival
to
San
Francisco
of
HOUSE.
ers from outside points are missing. The
conscious condition to a sanitarium in
burned district was sctthnl by perhaps lhe steamer Umatilla from Victoria and 1 the vicinity, where she soon died. Foote
500 people, most of whom were prosper Puget Sound ports. Captain Cousins and Taylor esca^ied with minor bruises.
oils, w hile many were well-to do. Newly reports that on Friday, off the Oregon
all tha farmers had good buildings, their Coast, the atmosphere was so thick
barns filled with hay. and their pastures with smoke and ashes that he was com­
will shirked with cattle. What was a piled to go 40 miles seaward out of his j
week ago the beautiful and fertile valley course in order to avoid the disagree- ,
of the Lewis is not a hot and silent val able mass. The smoke hung over manv i
ley of death, covered promiscuously w ith miles of the Coast, but little fire could be '
DISCOUNT FOR 30 DAYS.
the hhekened bodies of both man and seen from the Umatilla's decks.
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beast.
WIIT5BIRG IMS«
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Tlie State Department has received a !
At one place, the irons of a burned
wagon, the roasted remains of a train of cablegram from Minister Hart at Bogo­
horses and the dead bodies of nine people ta, Columbia, which says that the Rev­
tell the tale of an unsuccessful attempt olutionary C>cnera I, Carrenxo, who has
Athens, Tenn., Jan. 77,1901.
of a party of pleasure seeker« toescape. been oprating with a strong force on
Bver since the first appearance of mv
menses they wore very Irregular and I<
While fleeing from the flames they were | the great plains eAst of Bogota, has sur­
«offered with great pain in my hips,
stopped by a big log that had fallen , rendered. This is regarded as of the ut­
u C j ’ gtonmch and logs, with terrible
beating down pains in the abdomen.
across the road. The team was burned most importance to the government
During the past month I have been
takirg Wine of Cardui and Th rd ford’s
on the spot, and so tierce was the fire j authorities, who consider that it assures
Black-Draught, and I passed rhemonth-
that none of the nine persons were able the pacification of the whole eastern re­
y period wilhont pain for the first time
( incorporated ),
I
in years.
Namms Davxs.
to get more than u few steps from the gion. l he Columbian Government also
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TILLAMOOK
CITY, ORE. !
has
announced
the
repulse
by
a
govern
­
w agon. 'Ihe only Itodies in this group
AND
Now is the time to buy a
What is Ilfs worth to a woman sufter-
that could be identified were those of Al I ment war vessel of a rcvolutionaey at­
PAID UP CAPITAL, »10,000.
Inf like Nannie Davis suffered? Yet
new Sewing Machine for
tack some days ago upon the Magdalena
R<*ed ami his sor..
there are women in thousands ol homes
A GENERAL BANKING
I22.00, with drop head and
Many people saved their lives by jump­ River.
to-day who are bearing those terrible
all the latest improvements
ing into the l ewis River, the waler of
BUSINESS.
Superintaridfiu Machen of the rural
menstrual pains In silence. If you are
which, in some places, \vas warm from
at M c I ntosh & M c N air ’ s .
one ol these we want to My that this
Directors —M. \V. H arrison . W. w.
lhe intense heat of the surrounding free delivery division of lhe Poslottice
It is the B onita S ewing
same
C irttss , B. L E ddy .
fi lines. About GO people, who were d,>|,«itment Declares that he can see no
M achine , and they range
limit
to
the
exh
naion
of
the
delivery
sys
­
Cashier:—M. W. H arrison .
camping at Trout Lake, near the base of
in price from $22 to Ire,
Liberal Prices Paid for gilt edge secari.
Mount St. Helens, were saved by tak­ tem until the entire rural population
with ball bearings. They
its of nil kind s.
w
illiin
rest
li
of
a
general
pwO
fTlice
re
­
ing to the water 011 improvised rafts of
Of Cheesery, Dairy and Creamery
will bring you permanent relief. Con­
are little beauties, perfect^
Machinery and Supplies we carry
poles and logs About 140 section* of. ceives its tienefits. The [ivrsistent de­
sole yourself with the knowledge that
mand
for
rural
free
delivery
in
all
parts
made and something new on
the largest stock in the northwest.
the finest timber land in Cow litz Count\
1.000.000 women have been completely
A fall line of D. H Barrell » Cc.r
the market. These machi­
have been burned over, and much of it uf the botindry is the distinguishing
cured by Wine ol Cardili. These worn-
celebrated Cheese making prepara­
destroyed completely. It is estimated mark of the present era of ptwtal prog i
nes
are
a
better
article
than
tions, Apparatus, etc.
an sufh ed from lewcorrheea. irregular
> .1
’
aiv‘vic man
that the property loss to this country re«a. .luM aa the rate of postage has
! ¡ IBe peddlars are charging
Send
for Catalogue.
menses,
headache,
backache,
and
will not he less than $1,000.000. Three never been raised again after reduction,
' *65 and 75 for
r -
brsring down pains. Wine of Cardul
•o the area of free postal ’delivery io
i!
hundred people have been left homeless
will stop all those aches and pains
bound to keep on enlarging and newr
r1
> ay
and destitude, and, ns noted heretofore, J
lor you. Purchgpe a >1.00 bottle of
contracting
at least 3S li\e* have been lost.
Wino of Cardul to-day and take it in
Why pay Peddlers $75 for Steel Ranges when you can get
a better range for $45 to $50, manufactured by the
Celebrated Charter Oak Company, from
M c I ntosh & mcnair ?
The
in Tillamook
'S
LUMBER AT TILLAMOOK
J. A. TAFT
CO.
DRY FLOORING, CEILING,
Wainscoting, Mouldings and Ship
Sizes
ROUGH LUMBER.
Also
fl
TALK
OH
CUAGOHS.
CUhy the Studebaker is
the Best Wagon Made-
WOOD SAW.
Brock Bros.,
C. F. Franklin,
THE UP TO DATE
JEWELER.
c. E. REYNOLDS,
Undertaker and Em
balmer.
Rubber Tires a Specialty.
Driuing WAGONS.
Stick Scat Runabout.
Office :
Side Spring Road WAGONS.
Elliptic Spring Top Izzer BUGGY,
Half Platform 2-seat WAGONS.
BEST HARD
Four Spring Mountain WAGONS, 2 seats, WHEAT FLOUR,
Four Spring Mountain WAGONS, 3 seats '
Carts, Buckboards.
•fPïÈRLÉÎ'S
GAHGhOFF
STOPS PAIN
&
SHURPER,
Local Agents for Studebaker.
TILLAMOOK
COUNTY BANK
Sold by COHN & CO
Tillamook, Or.
I Sewing Machines.
BUTTER
MAKERS.
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Red Shoe House
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A telegram frot.i Calais announced
The Rev. Dr. Wortman, for many years
that nine vessels of the French cod Fleet
1 Hindered in the North Sea during the pastor of the Reformed Church at San.
recent gales, and that 50 fishermen were gerties, N. \.,and who is nearing his
drowned.
80lh year, and is very feeble, made an
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B^DDICH-kEATlIlí
P. F. BROWNE,
the privacy of your home.
Fnr advlc« and t temtnr* »ltrea». tf vtn* BTn«x.
U
tmtianoofa
NEW STOCK of GOODS
W ill soon
arrive .
I
k
timber claims
WANTED.
F« J. Richardson,
TILLAMOOK
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143 FRONT STREET
PORTLAND, ORE.
Agents for
DeLaval Cream Separators.
OREGON.
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