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_______________________________________ TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, January 22. 1903.__________________________________ . COHN’S ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE. Great Big Bargains in Dry Goods. Sale Now On. Will be sold at a Sacrifice. Do not miss it. The opportunity of a life time. CENT.’S CLOTHINC. LADIES DRESS GOODS. B oots (£be (^ilktmooh tP Or Fred C. Baker, Publisher. and S hoes . THE HIDDEN HAND. Railroads Seek Repeal of Land Laws. W ashington , Jan. 17 —The opinion is RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. growing among members of the public ( strictly in advance .) lands committee of both Houses and 1.50 Senate that railroad influence is behind One year........ 75 the pending bills providing for the re Six months...... 50 peal of the timber and stone, desert land Three months, and commutation homestead laws. Possible Future Difficulties. After Several weeks of discussion of odd While the agreetnient to submit the times. Representative Lacey, chairman Venezuelan dispute to the arbitration of the House committee, says there is of The Hague tribunal gives assurance not the slightest possibility of passing of a peaceable settlement and makes a any one of these bills this session, as a most important precedent for such con great majority of the House com ditions in South and Central America mittee at least are opposed to a change, and of the relations of the United States believing that a proper administration to the southern countries see the possi will put an end to the frauds commuted bility of future difficulties which it may under these respective acts. When asked not be practicable to submit to arbi why there has been a sudden clamor for tration, as in the present case. So far the repeal of the laws in question, as the payment of their just debts to Chairman Lacey declined to express a foreigners is concerned, it seems a positive opinion. “Mr. Maxwell, srho was so profoundly reasonable expectation that hereafter at least such of them as have a stable interested last session in securing the government and sufficient resources will I passage of the National irrigation law, make an honest effort to meet their . , and who expressed his approval of that obligations. The Venezuelan episode , j measure when enacted, appears to be the should certainly impress upon them the , ; most active advocate of the three land expediency of doing this. They must I laws which supply the fends with which now fully understand, if they did not I to carry out the work designed by that before, that the United States will not legislation,” said he. “He has been shield them from the responsibility in very active this Winter in denouncing curred by repudiation or a persistent my committee for not reporting the re neglect to pay what they owe. This peal bills, and I see his hand in other country does not propose to protect matter that has appeared in print which those who willfully practice dishonesty did not bear Ins signature.” settlement; It therefore allows settlers to mortgage their lands this much in ad vance and secure money with which to erect barns,purchase machinery and sue cessfully produce crops in greater quan tities than is possible under the five year settlement. I should hesitate a long while before voting for the repeal of this law. “It is true I introduced both bills to repeal the desert land and commutation laws, but I did so at the request of Sec retary Hitchcock and in order that both subjects might be freely discussed.” G oods . F urnishing Teachers* Examination. Notice is hereby given that the County Superintendent of Tillamook County will hold the regular examination of ap plicants for State and County papers at the Courthouse in Tillamook City, Ore- gon, as follows : Fox S tate P apers . Commencing Wednesday, February 11, at nine o’clock a.m., and continuing until Saturday, February 14, at four o’clock : Wednesday — Penmanship, history, spelling, algebra, reading, school law. Thursday—Written arithmetic, theory of teaching, grammar, book-keeping, Real Estate Transfers. physics, civil government. Friday—Physiology, geography, men Furnished bv Cooper & Botts. Abstracters. Transfers for the week ending January tal arithmetic, composition, physical geography. <9. I9O3- Claude Thayer and wife to A. G. Beah. F or C ounty P apers . Sw Se and S '/2 Sw sec. 24 and Nw Commencing Wednesday, February 11. Nwsec. 25. 2 S, 8. $1.00. at nine o’clock a.m., and continuing F. R. Beals and wife to A. W. Severance. until Friday, Feb. 13, at four o’clock. 25x105 in lots 7 and 8 block 10, Till First, Second and Third Grade Certifi amook City. Quit-claim. $800.00. cates : Jeremiah Collins and wife, by attorney Wednesday — Penmanship, history, to Wright-Blodgett Co. S x/2 Ne, E orthography, reading. y2 Nw and S J4 sec. 21, Sw Nw Thursday—Written arithmetic, theory and W y Sw sec. 22, W j£ Nw and of teaching, grammar, school law. W % Sw sec 27 and N Se, and Friday—Geography, mental arithme Ne Sw sec 28, 2 N, io. i and Nw tic, physiology, civil government. Nw sec 28 and Se Ne and Ne Se Primary Certificates. sec 29, 2 N, 9 and Sw r Nw 22. 2 N, Wednesday — Penmanship, orthogra- j phy, reading, arithmetic. 9. $750000. Jeremiah Collins and wife to Wright Thursday—Art of questioning, theory Blodgett Co. Quit-claim to same of teaching, methods, physiology. lands as in above deed. $1.00. Dated at Tillamook this 19th day of Francois Gandreau and wife to Joseph January, 1903. Gandreau. Quit-elaim. All of Sw GEO. B. LAMB. Sw 14, 1 N, 10, east of Miami River; Couuty Superintendent. Se Sw sec 14 and W % Nw and Ne Beware of Ointments for Nw 23, 1 N. 10, except 10 acres, al Catarrh that Contain Mercury so Se of 10, 1 N, 9 and lot 19 block ; as mercury will surely destroy the sense o j 1, Bay view addition to Bay City. ' smell and eomple ely derange the wholesys . | tein when entering it through the inncons sur $1.00. i faces. Such article« should never I e used ex Joseph Gandreau and wife to George I cept on prescriptions from reputable physicians I as the damage they will do is ten fold to the ! Gienger. All of Sw Sw 14, 1 N, 10 good you can possibly derive from them. Ha 1’s Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney A east of Miami River; Se Sw sec 14 I'atarrh Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is and W 'X Nw and Ne Nw 23, 1 N, taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the syg cm. In buying I 10, except 10 acres. $4000.00. Hall’s Catarrh Cure he sure you get the genuine It is taken internally, and made in Toledo, George Gienger and wife to Louis W. Ohio, by F. J. Cheney Co. Testimonials free. Glaser. Bond for deed for same Sold by Drugists, price 75c. per bottle. Hall's Family Pills are the best. land as in last deed. $4000.00 pen alty. Cornelius J. Pritchett and wife to C. E. Hadley. Sw Ne, S "2 Nw and Nw Tailoring E^tabli^QTjent, Nw 8, 1 S, 9. #1500.00. State of Oregon to Otto Erdman. E % TILLAMOOK CITY, ORE. Se sec 6, Sw Sw sec 17 and Nw sec G entlemen I 20, 1 N, 5 and lot 3 sec 7, 1 N. 6. Thanking you for 1399 5°. ) past favors, I beg! Harry Hill and wife to Elmer D. Hall. to say that I have Lots 12 and r3 sec 6, 3 S, 9. #400. moved into mv Alexander T. Bain and wife to Garret H. new store next to ! C. Ben Riesland’s. Ward. Ji interest in E Ji Sw and It you wish to Sw Se sec 19 and Nw Ne sec 30, 4 S» see all the choice 9. $1000.00. line of Suiting and Alfred Carlson and wife to C. E. Had up-to-date Pant- ley. W Ji Se, and Se Se sec 8 and ting’s to choose from kindly give me a Sw Sw sec 9, 1 S,9. $500.00. call. All Suits cut and made in the shop ! at Tillamook. Four mortgagos securing $1525.00. P.S.—Pressing, cleaning and repairing Two mortgages asatisfied, securing $550. of all kinds done. 00. Motive of Railroads. toward creditors. One member of the public lands com But the financial obligations of the southern republics to foreigners, al- mittee is less reserved than the chair- though veiy large, are not the only I man. “Maxwell and his friend-# are trying thing out of which future trouble may arise. The fact must be recognized that | to repeal these three laws,” said he “in colonization by Europeans of the coun j order to create a demand for railroad tries of South and Central American will | lands. Maxwell is a paid Railroad at. go on. Many subjects of European ! torney, and admits it. If he can per nations are already settled in those suade Congress to re|»eal the timber and countries and it is certain that within i stone act, he will practically cut off the the next half century their numbers, in ' entire Government timber supply and the temperate zone of South America at 1 force mi Ilmen to buy the railroad lands least, will be enormously increased. As [ in order to get timber. If he can shut a recent writer points out. should fric off entries under the desert act he will tion arise between the Europeans and open a loophole through which the rail the governments under which they live, ' roads (may unload their vast areas of the storv of the uitlan.lers in South 1 desert land, which are today almost Africa will be repeated. In that event worthless to them. By repealing the foreign governments would interpose in | commutation clause of the homestead behalf of their subjects and then would 1 law he would further induce the pur- arise the grave question as to the course ’ chaso of the lands in railroad grants of the United States. It is easy to con that are valuable for agricultural pur- ceive of circumstances in which arbitra |M»ses. His purpose is clear as day. but tion could not be invoked and the only : be will not succeed as long as our com- I mittee retains its present memliezship. settlement would be through war. Another thing out of which future It is a fact that less than 40 per cent of trouble inav possibly grow is the fight the railroad lands has been sold, so it is for markets. The question is not so readily seen what interest land grant much the acquisition of Spanish Ameri companies have in legislation that will can territory as the control of Spanish- I assist them in selling the remaining 60 American markets. Where Eurojiean 1 per cent." capitalists have penetrated, there Ameri Desert Land Law Good. Dissusaing the merits of the desert can capitalists are sure to follow. Coni- (ictition has already resulted and collis land act. Chairman Lacey said: T. SARCHET, Price of Lumber in Tillamook “I am told by men who ought to ion is only apt to follow, es|iecially ns Merchant City. the countries in question are excitable know that it is good Legislation, now republics. European capitalists are I 1 that it has been amended to require set The price of Lumber to be in force from vigorously supported by their respective ! tlers on desert laudato expend |l an acre January 1st, 1903, is as follows : governments. Shall American capital- * [ for three years in improvements, pay 25 Common Rough, from six inches up ............................... $10.00 ists be left to shift for themselves ’ It is cents an ad re when the land is taken, Common Rough, from under held by some to be an implication of the and $2 an a< re additional when they six inches............................... 11 AMI Monroe doctrine that a working method prove up. It is not leasonable to auppose Rustic. Ceiling aud Common for guaranteeing to European powers that corporations will attempt to corral Now is the time to buy a Finish and Lap Siding ...... 20.00 adequate protection to the persona! ; large areas of land for grazing purposes new Sewing Machine for Vertical Grained Flooring freedom, lives and property of their citi-1 at any such price. If it had not been and Stepping........................ 22.00 ♦22.00, with drop head and zent in the Spanish-American countries J for the desert land act. the great tracts Shiplap ....................................... 12.00 all the latest improvements must he devise«*. Will the beat efforts in the Pecos and Salt River Valley would Molded Casing...... lineal foot lHc. at M c I ntosh & M c N air ' s . of the United States to secure such pro- never have been reclaimed and settled Window and Door Jambs, It is the B onita S ewing tcction lie satisfactory to the Eurojiean I Why. then, should this law, which in per lineal foot....................... 2c. M achine , and they range governments ? If not, interference, even duces settlement, tie repealed merely be- 1x3 and under. Clear, dressed in price from $22 to $35, 4 sides, per lineal foot, plain lc. to the extent of holding territory indefi jatise it may not be atrictly enforced in All Lumber alxive 28 feet extra, at the with ball bearings. They every instance? It w not the taw that nitely, is not likelv. following prices : Obviously the duty or obligation the needs remedying. are little beauties, perfectly 28 to 36 fret, $16 per M„ Rough. “Whether or not the commutation United States has assumed regarding made and something new on 36 to 40 fret. $20 the independent countries o< the western i clause of the homestead law should be 40 to .SO feet, $30 the market. These machi hemisphere is not so simple ns most repeaitsl is to my mind a debatable ques. Extra price on Lumber over 16 inch nes are a better article than people are apt to think. We have main tion. There are many reasons why it wide. the peddlars are charging tained this rdntion for more than three- should not be altered True, there are T illamook L umber Co.. $65 and $75 for. By F. S, W hits house , pres. quarters of a century without having instances where it is being violated, blit Y below F ir L umrkr C o ., any very serious trouble, but we cannot again, that is not the fault of the law By E dw . G. E. W ist , pres. l*e sure that we shall have none for a In the flrwt place, land 1 that will tie taken T ruckrk L umber C o .. NOTTUE FOX PUBLICATION. as homesteads are agricultural, and too like period in the future. By J. E. S irley , Manager. Department of the Interior valuable to he used for cattle ranges. (.and Office at Oregon City. Ore., January i-th. tatf The Chicago grand jury has found in Even if cattlemen should get control of Dissolution of Partnership. Notice is hereby Riven that the following- name t settler ha« filed notice of hi« intention dictments against 40 men implicated in large areas under the commutatii n The partnership hitherto existing be to make final pr^of in support of hi.« claim and the coal conspiracy. This number in clause, they could not lie held for, pas that ««id proof will he made before Countv eludes operwl<»ra. wholesale ami retail tures but would have to lie turned over tween A. K. Case and Frank Fowler ha< Clerk of Tillamook Count* at Tillamook Oregon, on February »a, IS03. via dealers in Illinois and several adjoining been dissolved by mutual consent. AUGUSTI* CHOP t RD states, leaders in business and society. to settlers. A. K. Case will retain possession of H. K No lifU4 for the N SXW‘. aec jb A SF Their names are kept secret until returns Promoted Improvement '•**'••**<* »« u. »e. j ». a.,« the machine shop, pay all liabilities and are made on the iiidectments. The in “There are mauv other good things collect all accounts owing the firm. He name* the fo lowing witne««e« tn prove vestigation has shown a conspiracy to hia rontinnou« residence upon and cultivatnm about the commutation law. ¡1 permits of mh I land, via Tillamook City, Ore., Jan 6, 1903. control the supply and price of from the Hanaen Jensen Wm N Raya Emanuel T time it left the mines until it reached settlers to acquire title to lands nearly A. K. C ask . Snares. Edward Kinnaman of Heaver. Oregon four years before title can be held by I the consumer. F rank F owler . I C rab . B Moo a as Register. > T. SARCHET, Tailor i Sewing Machines. I> i i! “C.” BEN RIESLAND Dairy Farms. Timber Claims. Home Locations. Town Property Insurance. Loans. Financial Agent. Houses Rented and Taxes paid for non-Rcsidents. Tillamook City, Oregon SMITH & JENKINS, Successors to L. N. Barnes, DEALERS IN PRIME MEATS, LARD. etc At the NEW MEATj MARKET Only Prime Meats Handled. Give us Call. Hides Wanted. Quick's Delivery Wagons deliver. Highest Cash price paid for stock. GO TO THE RACKET STORE WHEN YOU WANT Dry Goods, Shoes, Notions, Candies and Kruiit ONE DOOR NORTH OF POST OFFICE, TILLAMOOK, OREGON. LET US FIGURE WITH YOU THIS NEW YEAR ON Fishing Twine, Stoves and Ranges, Sewing Machines, Fine Cutlery, Wagons and Huggies, Loggers’ Tools, Farm Implements, Hardware, Empire Cream Separators, Paints and Oils ZHO-AJEBID de STOKES CO -Zù-storisL, Ore. John A. Smith’s Gloriatonic Cures all Kinds of Rheumatism and Blood Diseases, It works out all impurities out of the blood that causes rheumatism. A package of 50 tablets is twelve days treatment, for $1.00 ; or two packages for *1.50. will send testimonials with all orders. For the Gloriatonic sent by mail remit bv postal money order addressed to (Hrs. C. GIBSON, 2727, Court St., Baker City, Or. Truckee Lumber Co., OF SAN FRANCISCO, DEALERS IN FIR& SPRUCE Lumber BOX SHOOKS. L GENERAL I MERCHANDISE And LOGGERS’ AGENTS STEAMERS • W. H KRUGER"’AND ror San Francisco and Los Angeles. Hobsonville, Or. SUPPLIES "REDONDO" J. E, SIBLEY, Mgr. F. LEACH, Tillamook Meat Market proprietor of dealer IX Fresh and Cured Meats, Hides, Wool, etc. Shop next door to Larsen s Hotel. Tillamook] * »