TILLAMOOK
1903.
HEADLIGHT, AUGUST 6.
WASHINGTON
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facturcrs, and it is to be expected that
they will to some extent accomplish
this. As a matter of fact the industrial
world is today arrayed against the
United States and it is consequently a
very serious question whether we can
I hold all ol the trade we now have.
What we are sure of, however,is a con
stant and even growing demand tor the
agricultural produclsof the west. Europe
must continue to buy our breadstuff»
and provisions and there is every proba
bility that the demand for these will
grow from year toyear. Most European
counties cannot produce food-stuffs to
the extent of their needs They are com
pelled to import and nowhere can they
buy to better advantage than in the
United States. Our productive capacity
is lar from being exhausted. Not many
years ago it was predicted that early in
Editorial Notes.
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the twentieth century we would have no
By reading the newspapers that have foodstuffs to export, that particularly as
Money talks ! Has the Portland, Ne
halem & Tillamook Railroad Company c »mtnrnled upon the new move of the to our wheat supply we should have 1 o
Portland, Nehalem & Tillamook Rail more than sufficient for home consump
enough money to buy a box car ?
road Company to secure people to put tion. We are still producing a surplus,
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up the money to build the^road, it must with every reason to believe that we
Wouldn’t it l»e a good idea to semi W.
appear to them that Tillamook people shall continue to do so for many years
Reid, the railroad promoter, to Wash
are greatly elated and excited and will to come. The great granary of the ra
ington to lobby for an appropriation lor
readily grant everything by right of wav
Tillamook bar. for he is well versed in the | the company requires. It is impossible tion, the west, is now as it has been for
years the basis and bulwark of national
wonderful resources of the county ? Alter
I to get the people excited, for they have! prosperity and so it will continue to be.
t hat is secured Tillamook people should
j heard too much railroad procrastination
help him out with his railroad project.
and give the matter but a passing tho-
THREE KILLED 50 WOUNDED
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| ught and would not waste the time to
The board of equalization will meet on [ cross the st.eet to see railroad promo
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By Rotten Timber Breaking and
Monday, August 31. Those who think ters, and as to securing the right ot way,
140 Persons Drop Below.
1 liev are carrying too much of the taxa it is nothing but "hot air,’’ for, as far as
Seven tons' weight of shrieking human-
tion of this county, or if there arc any the citizens are concerned, they know
late his movements, he sprang on his
who arc kicking themselves that they do nothing about working for a right of its dropped from the eastern end of the
wheel and road away rapidly.
not carry their just proportion and their way. This may be the style of railroad i Morrison-street bridge, Portland, into
While the incident was annoying to
the
Willamette
liver
on
Friday
after.
co iseienc<s are pricking them,¡the board promoters to‘‘work” and impose upon
I noon, the result of which| three persons the President and his family it is his de
w ill be glad to hear them.
the press, but it does look somewhat out
PROPRIETOR OF
were drowned and at least 50 were more sire that no action be taken against the
hint
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of place to see such misleading comment
man.
or less inju red.
As there is not much likelihood,l»v the 1 going the rounds like these ;
Without warning a rotten 5 by 12 inch
way Urings aie shaping, that Mr. B. L.
The Tillamook people have gone ener i timber broke short oft at the point where
Eddy will l.e a candidate lor joint repre getically to work and will soon have the
' the bridge walk adjoins the roadway. It
DEALER IN
sentative tor Tillamook and Yamhill right of way secured to the summit and
was the central support of 40 feet of the
co un tics at the next election, this, proba will furnish it free as their contribution
walk on which were crowded fully 14u
bly, will be regretted bv a large number to the railway.—Forest Grove Times.
a ppi
people, largely women and children. The
el /e
of our citizens. Every fair-minded person
General Banking anti Exchange busi
The people of Tillamook County have break occurred on the south side of the
Shop next door to Larsen’s Hotel, Tillamook
ranc
must appreciate the able manner that he
ness.
agreed to secure the right of way for the bride, opposite the Portland Rowing
_ed a
represented the people, bringing to Tilla
Exchange on England, Belgium., Ger
,f Jul
Portland-Tiilatnook Railroad from Tilla 1 Clubhouse.
mook a reputation the county never pos
11100k up Wilson River to the summit of
A great throng had assembled to see many, Sweden, ami all foreign countries
sessed betoie.
the mountain without cost to the rail •‘Professor” Lutz, the ‘‘armless wonder,’’
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road company. The committee having swim the river from Kellogg's boathouse
Should the Southern Pacific extend the
this work in hand has been organized ' to the Rowing Club's float. From end
railroad from Sheridan into this county,
and is now in the field securing the to end the Morrison-street bridge was
which is by far the easiest grade and the
deeds. Ir begins to look as though we | crowded with spectators. As the swim-
Te
e istcost to construct, it would give that
STEAMERS-SUE IL ELMORE, W. II. HARRISON.
Ma
will soon be going by rail to summer ; mer neared his destination, surrounded
road considerable business, ami as for
(1NC0R PORATED),
I
camps on Wilson river.— Hillsboro In j by a fleet of launches and rowboa’s, the
ONLY LINE-ASTOTIA TO TILLAMOOK, GARIBALP1, m
lumber, why, it could have all it could
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CITY, ORE.
dependent.
crowd naturally surged toward the east- TILLAMOOK
BAN CITY, HOBSONVILLE.
haul, provided it could furnish the cars.
I cm end of the bridge to see the finish No
Tillamook
people
are
rejoicing
because
Connecting at Astoria with the Oregon Raji road & Navigation Co. and
But it looks as though the Southern P; •
PAID UP CAPITAL, $10,000.
I such numbers were assembled, however,
also the Astoria & Columbia River R. R. foi San Francisco, Portland
J
citic has more lumber business now than their long cherished ambitions for rail
and all point» east. For freight and passenger rates apply to
I
as
to
cause
danger,
had
the
bridge
been
A GENERAL BANKING
it can handle, consequently it is not pro road communication with Portland are
SAMUEL ELMORE & CO. General Agent», ASTORIA. OR
’ sound.
bable that it will tap this country, hut about to be realized. As stated in The
BUSINESS.
... •
B. C. LAMB, Agent. Tillamook Oregon.
Lutz was about 60 feet from the float,
would prefer keeping it in its undeveloped Morning Astorian yesterday the propo
DirectorsM.
W.
H
arrison
,
W.
w
y
Airents
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R
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Co
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Portland.
swimming
easily
in
the
midst
of
the
sition of Col. McCraken and his as
condition.
K 1 |A. & C. R. R. Co.. Portland.
I
C urtiss , B. L. E ddy .
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sociates of Portland relating to the pro swarm of small craft. The antics of four
Sue H. Elmore carries Wells Fargo Co.’s Express. .. i
sportive Italians in a skiff had diverted
Cashier;—M. W. H arrison .
The accident that occurred on Friday jected railroad have been accepted, and
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Liberal Prices Paid for gill edge securi.
on the Morrison street bridge is not to the problem ol right of wav is now being the attention of the crowd. This joyous
quartet had just given a burlesque ex ties of all kinds.
be wondered at, for it was a rotten piece solved. This consists of a 60-foot strip
j&L jftr j A
-An l A k i A k A. 'Jflk.xSK.jdSK. A. A lifir riflk jdflk Ac Ar. Ac Ar A A A ;
of political legislation that dumped the from Tillamook to the Summit of the hibition of a rowboat upsetting, in front
rotten old thing, with the Stark street coast range of mountains bv way of the of the boathouse, when a scream was
ferry, upon the people at three times its Wilson river, the shortest route, 82’a heard from the bridge.
The Oregonian reporter on the ver
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value. But life is held in low estimation miles to Portland. The construction of
BARBER IND HAIRDRESSER.
compared to political corruption and the proposed nvw road means new life, andah of the boathouse turned in time to
HAIR CUTTING
rottenness in high places. Let the guilt commercial, industrial and social, for the have a full view of the catastrophe, not SHAVING,
for the loss ot life on Friday rest upon people of that ambitiousdistrict.—Astor 40 feet away. The people seemed to drop
SHAMPOOING, ETC
in lump, as a load of coal is dumped into
those who engineered the bill through ian.
a
cellar.
The
fall
from
the
top
of
the
the state legislature and those who used
Contribution of the West.
walk to the surface of the water was Electric Baths nicely fittvû up. Goodfor
that means, with the political power be
’ ...
Boiler Work, Logger’s Work and Heavy Forging.
persons suffering with rheumatism.
about
20 feet. It was broken by two
•» ...
hind them,to unload their rotten proper
Fine Machine Work a Specialty.
y ) ...
To the great foreign trade of the United scows, or small, floating boathouses,
ty upon the public.
With a fearful
States in the first fiscal year, the largest directly | underneath.
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in history, the West contributed a great crash the section of walk and its scream
This is the time of year when Tilla
>u m - 1
part of the $100,900,000 of exports ing. scrambling load of men, women and Ladies’ Shoes.
mook county isover-run with people who
»lean.
Embrace every feature of style, grace
and receive no small share of the $1,000,- children, smashed through the roof of
trv to sell the dairymen or their dear 000,000 of imports, though these were these. The walk seemed to fall squarely, beauty and durability. They wear well,
Mean t<
look well.
wives a pig in a poke, or even a gold
handled in large measure by eastern cap thus preventing people from being crush
Min. tt
Price from $1.50 to $3.50.
brick if they can find a few sin kers who
1.81 in
ital. This great business observes an ed underneath. A few jieople slipped off
are built that way. There’s the sewing
parti?
For sale by
eastern paper, with the more important the western end of the fallen walk into
OF
SAN
FRANCISCO,
DEALERS
IN
21.33. 8
machine man, who. with n moderate
MILLS & FINLEY.
internal commerce that feeds it, is still the river, but were quicklev dragged out.
tion N
amount of gab, succeeds in persuading a
• going on and will go on, to the benefit of A lot more were tumbled in a heap on
lude 1:
woman to buv a sewing machine at a
for the
j both east and west, irrespective of the top of the debris aboard both floats, but
figure nearly double the price which she I speculative enterprises that have grown fully one-third plunged in a bunch be
of Äug'
could buy it for at some ot the stores in
j out of it. ‘‘The liquidation of these,” it tween the floats, which were separated
Tillamook City. Then there's the shoddy, 1 is remarked, ‘‘may be a long and pain- by about five feet of water, That so
mis.fit tailor, who, with a little jaw bone
1 ful and depressing process, leaving many many people could have fallen into such
TILLAMOOK CITY, ORE.
persuasion, succeeds in pulling the wool
; jwrsons poorer, but the country will not a place without stunning or thrusting
N ew
over the eyes of a mail when he allows,
I cease to gain in wealth because some a number of those underneath deep into
with 1
G
entlemen
himself to be measured for a suit of l I who have undertaken to ‘ get rich quick* the water, so that in rising they would
hoard
Thanking you for
clothes he could get at half the money if i have failed.
AGENTS STEAMERS " W. H. KRÜGER" AND " REDONDO.”
be caught under the floats, seemed in-
past favors, I Iwg
imiti't
he went to either of the reliable clothiers 1
For
San
Francisco
and
Lo«
Angeles.
to say that I have
credible, though for a time it was tho
know
in this city. But Barnum said that pco-| The great contribution of the west to
moved into my
[ the national business account during the ught no one was drowned. The river
ugh *
new
store
next
to
pie liked to be humbugged, and these are j
last fiscal year and in many previous here is 20 feet deep.
worth
C. Ben Riesland’s.
only a lew instances where Tillamook '
years, doing more for the general pros- >
dcclar
If you wish to
people are being soaked by the slippery, 1
pcrity than any other section, will be
see all the choice
and ri
Insulted
the
President.
fiersiiasivc, annoying peddlers with their | : even more in evidence in the current 1
line of Suiting and
easily
gilt of g:ib. Patronize home merchants, 1 . fiscal year, from all present indications, | I O yster B ay , Aug. 2.—Profane and
up-to-date Pant,
Me.
the men who pay taxes and who sell re
ting
’
s
to
choose
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,
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from
kindly
give
me
a
than ever lielorc. It now looks as it the abusive language was directed toward
Th«
call. All Suits cut and made iu the shop
liable articles at a small margin, not the
real dependence of the nation for the Presidetir Kooaevelt and hisfamilv today at Tillamook.
he »!
|H-ddlers and solicitors who bleed the peo- ]
prosperity of the next few years, at least, as they were driving up to Christ Church
U.S.—Pressing, cleaning and repairing
but w
pie to pay their expenses lor a vacation, !
must lie upon the production of the west. to attend the morning service. The of of all kinds done.
of fas
nml from what we can see they have a
1 The demand abroad tor our manufac- fender was a resident of Oyster Bay. Mc-
into e
good time at the ex|»ense of those they i | turers, while still well maintained, does
; Cann by name. He was bustled awav
lth
have managed to fleece.
not give promise of a material increase from the church unceremoniously by the
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or indeed of any increase in the near secret service detectives.
pean
It seems that the Oregon delegation is future. The latest statistics of our ex-
Accompanied bv Mrs. Roosevelt and
unable to agree upon Brownell, of Clack- | ports of manufactures arc not altogether two of her children, the President had
Ixtw
amas, and Moreland, of Multnomah, for encouraging. In some direction we have driven to tlx village from Sagamore Hill
the ci
U.S. district attorney Brownell’s coun been loosing trade and such gains as to attend church, as is their custom on
I
ty went democratic ami Moreland is not have been made hardly more than main- Sunday mornings. Directly in front of
happy if lie is not feasting at the political t.lined our position as an ‘expert nation. the church McCann was walking along s
Notv is the time to buy a •
pie counter, and, further, his record as We cannot l»e sure that in the immediate the roadside pushing a bicycle. As the
county judge in matters like the county future there will be any increase in the President's carriage was about to turn I new Sewing Machine for t
$22.00, with drop head and j
jail site would not appear verv satisfac foreign demand for our manufactured into the driveway leading to the church
J. P. ALLEN, Proprietor.
all the latest improvements i
tory to President Roosevelt. It is now products. The policy of European gov grounds it passed McCann. McCann,
reported that B. L. Eddv is a compro ernments is not favorable to an increase with an oath, demanded to know wethe- ■ at M c I ntosh & M c N air ' s . <
mise candidate, and if that is the case he Its aim is tocheck the American invasion er they wanted the w hole road. This was
It is the B onita S ewing J
Special Attention paid to Tourists.
is certainly more entitled toil than either and there is reason to believe that in this followed by abusive and profane lan. )• M achine , and they range 1
A
First
Class
1 able. Comfortable Beds and Accommodation.
of the other two aspir.ints. Anvwav, it will be measurably success tul. It is gunge.
in price from $22 to $35, 1
Tillamook has been loyal to the repnbit-1
quite probable that our exports of man
As the carriage stopped at the church
with
ball
bearings.
They
1
C n party, and was particularly instru ufactures to German*. France and other door the President, greatly annoyed ut s
are little beauties, perfectly J
mental in the election ot Mitchell and continental countries will not lie as large the insult offered to Mrs. Roosevelt and,
Centrally Loeated.
Rates, $1 Per Day-
Fulton and the nomination mid election in the current hacal yearns they were the children, alighted anddirected the at.' 1 made and something new on
These machi-
of Hermann, mid it is no wonder to us last year. It is possible, aiso. that Eng. tention of the secret scrv kt officers to the J the market.
that the name ot Tillamook’s favored land will take less of the products of our man and ordered that he be compelled / nes are a better article than
son is mentioned—although he has not mills an<lfactories. In all these countries to leave the vicinity of the church. Mc
the peddlars are charging
M. H. Lfl^SEN, Proprietor.
asked for ti e position—for the county is the manufacturer« are struggling to shut Cann hesitated, when ordered to move J $65 and $75 for.
deserving ot some political recognition out, as far as possble, American manu on.
'
but as an officer was about tostinm. (
and the honor could not fall on anyone
more entitled toil in this county than B.
Shoes for» men & Boys. L. Eddy. This is what the Oregonian
had to say :
Nobby and up-to-date.
"Some observers take it as quite oniin
They are reliable in
oils that the Clackamas gentleman is
Guaranteed to give
willing to let the appointment go over
I*'or sale by
until next winter. On the other hand.
MILLS & FINLEY.
Judge Moreland would like to have the
choice made at once. Meanwhile John
II. Hall enjoys the emoluments of the
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.
(STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.)
office. Some talk has been heard of B.
One year.........
1.50 L. Eddy, of Tillamoo’-, as a possible win
Six month» ....
75
Three months
50 ner, hut Eddy is authoritatively under
stood to desire a Circuit Judership. The
Tilla/nook man has been suggested as a
compromise candidate, for both Mitchell
and Fulton are indrpted to him ; also
F’recl <’. linker. Pul»liah«*r
Hermann, w ho was nominated last April
in a stampede started by Tillamook.’’
^illamooh
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headquarters for
DAIRYMEN’S d supplies
I
STEEL STOVES & RANCES,:;
We carry a Large Stock of
Hardware, Tinware
and China
IjeaMijbt.
Oils. Paint, Varnish, Doors, Window
Sashes,
Line of Choice
GROCERIES
Agents for the Great Western Saw
McINTOSH & McNAIR
The Most Reliable Merchants in Tillamook County
M. F. LEACH
Tillamook Meat Market^
n
OF
C. & E. Thayer
Fresh and Cured Meats, Hides, Wool, etc.
y,r<
rsdB
TILLAMOOK
COUNTY BANK.
LATIMER, BROS.,
r ’ Tillamook Iron Woks
A. K. CASE,
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< General Machinists & Blacksmiths.
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4
MAYERS
OREGON.
BOX SHOOKS
Egtabliglj-genfc,
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
And LOGGERS’
F
SUPPLIES
J. E, SIBLEY, Mgr.
Hobsonville, Or.
R
BEALS,
REAL ESTATE,
T. SARCHET,
Merchant Tailor
I Sewing Machines.
V : :::
FIR & SPRUCE Lumber
T. SARCHET,
Tailoring
TILLAMOOK,
J
Financial Agent,
TILLAMOOK,
OREGON
The Best Hotel.
THE ALLEN HOUSE,
Headquarters for Travelling Men.
LARSEN HOUSE,
TILLAMOOK,
I
The Best Hotel in the city.
OREGON
No Chinese Employed.
B