_______________________________________ TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, January 22. 1903.__________________________________
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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
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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
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“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]
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