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THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. NOVEMBER 20. TÏÏEGHOST OF GOWER Deathbed Confession Reveals Perpe trator of Weird Jokes. ■•W Ml». oari Tows W Ter- rided by the Pranks of a Ml«- 4M»Tou« Hrsldriit for a Humber of Year«. When Thomas P. Ogden died a few | day» ago the ghosts at Gower, Mo., | ceased terrifying the refideirts of that ' town. Ogd’en, on his deathbed, con fessed that he had been the “ghosts” about Gower. For several years he terrified the village, and while playing one of his jokes he canted a young man to lose his life by running against a tree. At another time he caine near being the cause of a citizen of Gower { being lynched says a special St. Jo- ; seph (Mo.) correspondence of the i Chicago Inter Ocean. In th« livery stable in Gower were 1 box stalls- for the horses. Posts were | set in the ground between the stalls I and planked up on each side. Ogden I bought a long rubber tube and. con cealing himself in the haymow, let the tube down between the boards on one side of a stall. Then he groaned into the tube and the sound of his voice w as carried down to a point close to the ground. In a little while the groans • attracted the attention of the men I employed about the barn. They tore I the board» off one side < f the stall, but I Ogden drew the rubber tube up, and they found nothing. The beards were repla«e< and the groans were heard again. There lived in the neighborhood a man who boasted that he was not airaid of ‘‘ghost or devil.” and he was employed to locate the cause of the groans. He said they came from the bottom of the stall, and went to work with a pick and* shovel. While he worked the voice of the “ghost” en couraged him. and when- the pick struck a rock the “ghost” declared that he dagger had struck his bones. Several hundred men stood around waiting for a solution of the mystery. When night came a lantern was hung up in the stall, and the man who was not af’ .id of ghosts worked-on. Ogc.cn threw a white blanket d-own on the man at work in the stall, and he leaped out of the hole with a fright ened yell, running toward- the door with the blanket clinging to him. The crowd scattered and one man ran against a tree and was killed. When some of the men ventured back to the place the “ghost” begged them to continue the work of digging, but none of them would go into the stall. The owner of the stable finally closed the place and built another barn. On azhill near Gower stands an old mansion built in the style that plant ers affected before the war. It had been vacant a number of years when Ogden conceived the idea of giving it the reputation of being haunted. Be had lights flitting about the place at night, and people going near it could hear »creams and hollow groans. The doors would slam, and the place was shunned even in daylight. It was im possible to sell the house.and it s-tands to-day a weather-beaten wreck. Ogdeni contrived a network of wires in the cemetery near Gower, to which he attached balls of cotton soaked in kerosene. The^e he would light at night and work the whole by means of a long string reaching to a thicket, a considerable distance away, in which he concealed hinv-elf. The dancing light» iu the graveyard attracted the attention of people the first right, and before Ogden quit be had an audi ence of more than a thousand stand ing at a safe distance and watching the strange sights. Many peonle would not go into the graveyard in daylight after that, and some of them removed t^eir dead from tie dreaded place. Afterward the ghostmaker of Gower fixed up white figures in the cemetery, and they could be seen swayingabcut to thé accompaniment of hi» groans and scream«. The cemetery is almost abandoned now on account of the repu tation given it by the “ghosts.” Ogden has confessed that he haunt ed many of the house-« rbout Gower, and tha t he is alone responsible for the reput At ion that has attached to the late years. When he played “gh^bt” in the livery stable in Gower he made the ghost declare that he was the Upirit of a man James Woodward had killed and buried in the stall, and the|tx< >d crowd gathered about tie place c i me near lynching Woodward. Whet he realized that he was on his deathbed Ogden called in a number of hl» friends and made a confession. He H^K^sed deep sorrow for hating catiwd the death of a young man wh jUKigainst a tree in his fright, and •nidi he had always refrained from frfjrt,, ning women and children as I as possible. ^^^Antnmnhlle Horse <rbont. i Alfree school to teach horses not afraid of automobiles has been ri by the president of the Autn- V dab at Leri' X M .: ' • Tilt ‘ • C« nsist of driving the mach ire [the horse at different rates < ' making him follow it. etc., and f the horn blow at him. Three Is usually suffice.—N. Y. Sun. B pm» That Way Orca» I «»■ally- ___ . I ; l I you taken ■Bnniri.er triplet that you’ve been taftäi about so long? H ghmore—No; we have con- rlurje l not to go thi« year. The fact i», it co»t »o much money to get ready *ur it that we had to give it up. But youMu-t ought to see the eresse» 1 götpor the trip!—Chicago Tribune. The I «aal Thia* Btr »ger- How ¿»d this out-of the (place ever get the reputati f a health retort? live Why. my dear »ir. at Iee»t i prominent men have died here, kago DMIv Newt. OPERATING MARIONETTES. GOLDEN GATE CITY LEADS. Btaarkable l««rnatly and »kill Dis played by Oar Maa La the Sau Frsselsca Show» the Lar*nat Per centage of tube Idea—(tUrauo Knnks *1*1 r«l. Uaaiaraa. “The ingenuity of tome of the han dlers of marionette»,” said a »bow man, “is incredible. I know a man whe conducts a marionette theater, where in an orchestra of eight pieces plays under marionette leadership, while ir t • boxes a dozen marionette specta tors laugh and applaud, and on t4u stage a marionette c.raina briskly en acts itself. “The conductor of all this stand«, ex posed to the waist, at the bac k of the stage, and apparently he is motionless, though really each finger of both hands and the majority of the toes of both feet are working with unexampled rapidity. For each marionette is con nected by a string with a toe or a finger of the operator, and this string sometimes has as many as ten or fif teen branches, joined to the manikin’s face, body, arms, legs, etc., so that it may dance, smile, wave its arms and do a number of other lifelike things. One of these figures, indeed, is connected by 32 strings to the operator. “It is bewildering to think of the number of strings there must be alto gether.” concluded the showman, ac cording to the Philadelphia Record, “and really it is impossible to conceive of the dexterity and the thought re quired in the artistic manipulation of a band of marionette».” INSTINCT OF Á MOTHER. Illustrated by the Cow When Tfe»re 1» a Stray Calf in the West ern Cattle Her«. It might seem that where half a dozen herds were mingled together, it would be impossible to»elect the calves belonging to a particular owner with any degree of accuracy, says E. Mayo, writing on “Beef” in Leslie’s Monthly, that in the round-up they would be come hopelessly mixed. But all this is obviated by a very simple rule, which is that the calf belongs to the cow that claims it, and consequently to the concern whose brand she bears. Long experience fias taught the cattlemen that the calf may mistake its mother sometime«, but the cow her offspring never. Of course, in these days of wire fences when the free riders of the range are degenerating to the rank of the eastern "hired man.” and each “bunch” is kept to its own territory, there is small occasion for the exer cise of this test; but in the old days of the open range it worked perfectly, except in the case of mavericks-— those cattle that had grown to be yearlings or over without having passed under the branding iron—and these the impartial law of the time distributed in proportion to’the num ber of each herd participating in the round-up. DICTATING SORE THROAT. A Carious Malady W'hlcK Aflli»t« Many Persona Who Employ Stem- ographer» in Their Ofllce*. Dictating sore throat is an affection of the vocal cords that business men get from the odd. strained, high voices that they use in dictating to their stenographers. “I don’t know why it is.” a physician said the other day. “but nearly every man when he dic tates puts his natural, easy voice aside and uses a high-pitched, feverish note that plays the very deuce with the vocal cords as it grates ovefMhem. A man of big interests will dictate over 100 let ters a day at times. His throat is so sore when he is done that he has to take some oleaginous and soothing medicine. > “The disease is distinctly a modern one,” said th*» physician, according to the Philadelphia Record, “a sign of these complex modem times, and it has been called, for want of a better name, dictating sore throat. The only cure for it is to teach men to dictate in their natural voices (a thing that seems to be impossible) or to compel them to cease dictating altogether.” LEFT IN DEPOSIT BOXES. Boue It ran*» Mevelatloao Ara Made Whe« Tbe-y Are Opened by ▼ aoH OMeJale. It often happens that deposit boxes rented in bank vaults are opened on account of arrears in payment on the part of the renters, who cannot be found. Then strange are the revela tions of a box’s content». A young woman had a box in a down tow n bank and failed to pay its aec- < nd year’s rent. As she had disap peared from her former residence the brx was opened recently. All it con tained was a pair of baby shoes. Another box rented by a man dis closed. on being opened for the usual reas* n, a diamond brooch worth at least 1400. The bank ha» held the brooch for three month», in the belief that the man or bis heir» will one day claim it. Often these boxes contain intere»t- inr letter»—letter« from ar aped moth er to her»on.»at s the Philadelphia Rec ord. from a young man to bi« «weet- Leart. from a grateful pensioner to bis benefactor. Cornell*» Well Curb. A curious Egyptian well curb has been given to Cornell university by Am bassador White, »ays the New York Tribune. The curb is hewn from a •olid rock in an elaborate manner. The diameter ia two and a half feet, the height about the same, while the side* are six inches thick The inner surface of the curbing is worn smooth by con »tint usage The atone ia of a reddish hue. and is said to be a »peries of gran ite. The relic weighs about a ton and a half, and four men had difficulty in re moving it from the freight van to the university library. The number of people who volun tarily shuffled off this mortal coil in American and other cities during last year has been investigated by some delver in statistics and the following figures indicate the results: San Fran cisco leads with the largest ratio, 39.1 per 100,000 of population. Next come» another Pacific coast city, Los Angeles, with a ratio of 29.8. The reader has naturally been looking for Chicago, and that city does, in fact, come next with a ratio of 24.0. followed by the neighboring city of Milwaukee, whose ratio is 22.2. New Orleans was the scene of the self-destruction of 21.b persons per 100.000 of population, and Cincinnati followed close with 21.2. New Haven is next with 20.9. and then comes the borough of Manhattan with 20.0, though greater New York ns a whole is well dow n the list with a ratio of only 13.6. This is less than Roches ter. Indianapolis, Philadelphia. Pitts burg, Baltimore. Boston. Detroit. Omaha and Louisville, besides all of those specifically enumerated above. As to the foreign cities, Paris leads the list with a ratio of 42. followed by Berlin 36, Vienna 28 and London 23. There were more suicides in Saxony than in any other country. 31.1 per 100.- 000. In Denmark the ratio was 25.8. in Austria 21.2. in France 15.7. in the Ger man empire 14.3. and Sweden. Norway. Belgium. Great Britain. Italy, the United States and Spain followed in the order given. The table referring to .American cities is somewhat difficult to explain. Whv the city of the golden gate, and California, wi'h its glorious climate, its sunshine, its fruit and its flowers, should show the greatest number of suicides seems a mystery, unless the presence of a laree Chinese nonulation explains it. The hi«rh suicide rate of Chicago is. perhaps, accounted for by the rush and struggle of that great city and the large foreign element it contains—a foreign element, more over. which comes mainly from those countries where suicide is most fre quent. The same is perhaps true of Milwaukee and of Cincinnati. The high rate nt New Orleans may possibly be attributed to its relation to France and the ideas and traditions brought here from Paris, the suicide capital of the world. But New York city easts a cloud over some <.f these explana tions. Here are the larire foreign pop ulation«. the stress and strain of liv ing and working, the poverty, the ex citement. Yet Philadelphia. the sleeping city of the humorous para- prnphers, has a higher ratio of sui cides than greater New York. And how is it to be explained that New Haven leads all the other New Eng land cities ill the number cf suicides? St. Paul and Minneapolis l‘e side by side. but in XinnennoTis the ratio is 11.4 and in St. Paul it is but 6.5. Tt seems that the conclusions must he that there is no method in suicide mad ness and that the e<T->rt to reduce it to rule is doomed to failure. CARP OUSTING WILD DUCK. I'tsele«» Themael vt «». They Have De al royr-d (he Wild Htee Field» in Ontario, Canada. The singular complaint comes from various parts of northern Ontario that fish are responsible for the disappear ance of certain kinds of game. Tn lo calities which were formerly noted for the excellent duck shooting which they offered the birds are now not to be had at all. The ducks, gee«« and other aquatic birds were formerly in the habit of frequenting the large fields of wild rice in the lakes and stream.« of parts of Ontario, but ne w t he* e fields hat e been, in many instances, destroyed by the German carp, which 1 as found its way into these waters. The vegetarian diet of this detestable fish not only ruins the flavor of its ow n flesh, hut exhaust» the food supply of some of the most desirable forms of feathered game, says the New York Sun. The Ontario inspector of fish eries, who ha« been in north ern Ontario for the last few weeks, reports that the German carp has not only bec<»me danger ous to other fish, as haF been frequent ly claimed, but that in Cook’.- bay. Lake Simcoe, where there were formerly- hundreds of acreF of wild rice, not a sn^ar of that plant is tn lie «een to-day. The same is true of the Holland river, where there were at one time^ 1.5C0 acres of rice. The carp have eaten it root, branch and seed. The almost incredible part of it is that the fish have entirely destroyed the fields in one year. The aquatic bird* which visit the Iner.lifv. finding that all their usual feeding ground» have disappeared, cut sh< rt their vi«it and move away in search of others. The local sportsmen er mplain, too, that the carp haie attacked the bed« of wild celerv. and that they. too. are ilmoit completely destroyed. It remains to be seen what the ef fect of this wh<!e ale e’estructinn • f aquatic vegetali- ¡« will he inw n the game fishes of the locality. The fish ery over«eer of the district declare» that it is a qnrsfkn whether the »pawn of the mtrnkallonge ran he pro tected and developed without the rire beds He d es not accuse the carp of eating tie egg« of the other fish, but •fates that they keep the water con tinually disturbed, and that to their pre«ence in these waters must be at tributed the decrease in the number of mnskallor ge frequenting them for »pawning purpose«. 4 Wnaater N»sbr««M, Weigth three pounds four ounce«, circumference forty-five inc he», is the description of another monster mushroom which has been gathered at Braconash, Norwich, England. 1902 CREAMERY TILLAMOOK COUNTY BANK. BUTTER. We want consignments of the best article and cannot get too much. We are Headquarters for Butter and will get you top prices. ( incorporated ), TILLAMOOK ORE. PAID UP CAPITAL, »10,000. EVERDING & FARRELL, Portland, Or. A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. DirectorsM. W. H arrison , W. W. C vrtiss , B. L. E ddy . Cashier;—M. W. H arrison . Liberal Prices Paid for gilt edge securi- ies of all kinds. Truckee Lumber Co., OF SAN FRANCISCO, CITY, DEALERS IN FIR & SPRUCE Lumber BEST HARD WHEAT FLOUR, BOX SHOOKS. GENERAL MERCHANDISE And LOGGERS’ SUPBLIES AGENTS STEAMERS ‘ W. H. KRUGER” AND "REDONDO.” For San Francisco and Los Angeles. J. E, SIBLEY, Mgr. Hobsonville, Or. Allen House, Sold by COHN & CO. Tillamook. Or. A Watch or Clock that wont J. P. ALLEN, Proprietor. First Class accommodation at Second Class Rate. keep time is useless, if yon have 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 L. N BARNES, pieces that are to be had ac tlie 1TEV7 MEAT prices in reach of all, if you are expecting to buy one, come mid MARKET, see me before you invest, it will Is still here and expects to remain. 3 hanking you for past favors and a continuance of your trade Cash paid for HIDES and PELTS and FURS, Etc. FAT HOGS WANTED right away to pack down. CASE & FOWLER, C. F. Franklin, THE UP TO DATE JEWELER. 1 PHOFBIETORS Tillamook Iron Woks » ? General Machinists & Blacksmiths. I Boiler Work, Logger’s Work and Heavy Forging. Fine Machine Work a Specially. TILLAMOOK, save you money,timennd worry. » OREGON. Steamer Geo R. Vosburg Will Run Between c. E. REYNOLDS, Undertakerand Em balmer. All orders promptly attended to. Office : ON THE MAIN STREET, OPPOSITE THE ALLEN HOUSE. F cheese I I AND » : BUTTER : ’ MAKERS.: Ship Freight by A. & C. Railroad in Care of 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, I3.50. Of Cheesery, Dairy and Creamery » Machinery nn<l Supplies we enrry M the InrgtMt »lock in the northwest. • A full line of I'. II Burrell A’ Co s A m celebrated Cheese making prepura- || lions, Apparatn«, etc. w Send for Catalogue. ** » £ W A Geo. R. Vosburg. NEHALEM TRANS. CO. I w Pacific Navigation Co. • B^DDICH-kEATIN^ CO., J ! 143 FRONT STREET, g PORTLAND, ORE. | Agents for || g DeLaval Cream Separators, g g STEAMERS-SUE II. ELMORE, "W. H. HARRISON. ONLY LINE--ASTOTIA TO TILLAMOOK, GARIBALDI, »«««•■a «a • a»«rdl BAY CITY, HOBSON VILLE. Counecting at Afttoria with th«* Oregon Railroad &. Navigation Co. and alao the Astoria & Columbia River R. R. foi Han Francisco, Portland and all ¡xunt« east. For freight and pa»H»*nger rates apply to SAMUEL ELMORE A CO. General Agent«. AHTOR1A. OR B. C. LAMB, Agent. Tillamook Oregon. Air JU. R. & R N. R R. Co R. Co . Portland. Agenw A c porl |ari(J Red Shoe House A large and well selected S tock of Boors and S ho KS for fall and winter trade, just re ceived and more on the way. M. F. LEACH, PROPRIETOR OF Tillamook Meat Market DEALER IN Fresh and Cured Meats, Hides, Wool, etc. Shop next door to Hotel. Tillamowk, l^NULITE . g di Minora GAS LAwirS VAPOR Homo, Storo omd Siroot* « a to Bui.tight «Z*4 Aim ..t m TU1 H —T ARC ILLUMIKATORS MUM » W U«M M -r. i.w ' Map All goo<ls shipped direct from Chicago, and of the latest styles. No prxtr qualities in stock. All faults repaired free. It will pay you to call and examine my Stock before pur chasing elsewhere. P. F. BROWNE, Agent.