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A Word with McCraken and Reid.
The H eadlight would like to give J.
McCraken mid W. Reid, president and
secretary of the Port land, Nehalem &
Tillamook Railroad Company, a won! of
business advice If lillamook is to have
railroad connections with Portland and
it is to be built for the benefit of the en
tirecouity, why make tlie terminus of
the road south of Bav City and leave a
stretch of country of thirty miles, where
nearly the whole of the dairying industry
of Tillamook county is located, without
railroad facilities ? Unless the line is ex
tended to the south part of the country,
where, from a sensible business point of
view the terminus should be located, the
railroad will not greatly benefit the
dairying interests, for the product will
l»e hauled to Tillamook City as usual
and shipped on steamers. Another point
that Mr. Keid is fully cognizant of, and
that is the Southern Pacific can extend
the line from Sheridan to Tillamook City
or Tillamook Bay. a distance of 50 miles,
with very little grade to contend with,
whereas if the Portland, Nehalem & Till
amook Railroad Company would decide
to extend its line to some point 20 miles i ,
south of Tillamook city it would tap ! i
a valuable dairying section ami would , 1
HE WALKED 141 MILES
>OK
HEADLIGHT. AUGUST
COULSON 3URG.
State
DOOM THE CANAL.
Normal
School.
Senators Have No Fear That the
Rev. Bower and wife and son, ot
Nicaragua Route Will Be Adopted
C. A Malboeuf Took a Trip to Albany, have been visiting friends and
Tillamook and Nehalem on Foot. relatives at this place
Training Sliool (nr
arranged especially (or.
B imiota , Coloinbiu, Aug
17—Hie
lor all liraaches of t|le
I’.in.ini 1 call'd treaty was today rejected
approved method» |„t
grailed work taught i,
unanimously by the Colombian Senate.
school. T he demand to, .
I he defeat >>f the measure has caused a
this school ns teacher, i,“*
profound impression here in all circles.
supply.
'’•II,
The question on all lips is what will be
The Training Uepartme,,
come of Fanama. The only consolation
sists ot n nine «rode
about 250 pupils. „ Bch I. T
the isthmians have is that the rest of the
its branches, including t? >roc
republic, with the exchange nt a very
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high figure and with an upward tendency, Xornvd course the best and quickest wily to State Certificate,
kxmi
will suffer a great deal more. It seems ■ Fall term open» September 22nd. For catalogue or information adds,*e‘
FaUter
£
RESSLER,
President;
Or
J.
B.
V.
HITLER.Vdr.:
the government never expected the treaty
to be ratified and it was not supported
at all in the Senate. It was generally
thought the treaty would pass with
some modifications.
There is good reason to suppose that
the majority of the Senate regard the
Spooner amendment, to build by the Ni
Tut
caragua route if the Panama route was |
The i
rejected by Colombia, as a mere threat
lot c
on the part of the United States. I hey
Hug
are convinced that the Nicaragua 11 pro
'.V O'
ject is impossible and that the I uited
States will again deal with Colombia.
FOR
P.^L
General Valezzo, an old veteian and a
distinguished Armv officer, has been ap
pointed military commander of the De.
partment of Panama. It is thought the
fours caused by the rumors of a seces
sion movement on the isthmus may have
P. N
influenced the appointment.
•ip O'.
W. 1
Forest Fires in Josephine.
ri W<
weeks.
(From the Evening Telegram).
R. O. Richards was in tile burg Sun-
“ I never felt better in my file ; the trip
day,
was ideal in every sense <>i the word.”
Mr. and Mrs. Curl. of Blaine, »pent
This is what C. A. Malboeuf, chief
clerk in the passenger department 01 the Sunday at I). F. Coulson's.
C. Mills ami wife, of rillainook. visited
Southern Pacific, said this morning,
after his return from a week along the Ins sister at this place the first of the
Mr. Mai week.
roads of Western Oregon,
Mr. Richards and wife, of near Salem,
boeuf left Portland last Saturday night,
for the purpose of walking from North canqied in the burg a tew days last
Yamhill to Tillamook, taking several week.
The little son of D. F. Coulson’s is
side trips from the Fitter place, and re
turning to Forest Grove, where he could still on the sick list.
Rev. F. H. Neff is holding protracted
take the train for home. He is a well
meeting
at Beaver this week.
built young man, with determination to
Mr. and Mrs. A. Kinnamam and Mrs.
do whatever he undertakes, blit a trip
for one who sits at a desk all day, N. Dye spent Sunday at Blaine.
puzzling over knotty railroad problems,
NEHALEM.
would be shy about tackling—a trip
that meant about 200 miles of steady
The steamer Geo. R. Vosburp went out
walking.
on Thursday with 18 big saw logs in
Mr. Malboeuf prepared himself with a tow for Astoria. The logs were too big
light pack, containing a pair of heavy to saw in the mill here,
blankets, a haversack and canteen, mak-
Robert Crawford came home from
ing luggage weighing about 20 pounds, Warrington on Saturday.
He started from North Yamhill on Sat-
School district No. 11 is in need of a
urday night, August 8, and made a dis first class teacher.
Oscar Bergman and his cousin came
bring a large stretch of timber lands on tance of five miles, in order to get an
the (’apes within reasonable distance of early start on the following morning. home from a business trip to Astoria on
a railroad, and, beside, would cut off all I That night he slept under trees and en Saturday.
F. L. Gunn is on the sick list,
railroad competition from the south. In- | joyed the experience as one of the best
Miss Bosser, of Tillamook,visited with
stead of quibbling about the location of | of his life. Early the next morning he
a terminus either on lillamook Bay or was up with the birds and after break the Walker family this week.
There will be a church social at the
Tillamook Citv, if Mr. McCraken and fast started off"at an easy pace over the
Mr. Reid will enlarge their vision over fine country roads. He was at first fear Woodman hall on Friday evening.
G rant ’ s P ass , Or., Aug. 17.— Bad for
the stretch of country in the south part ' ful lest the roads from the railroad to
'The conference bet ween the Tillamook est fires have been raging for the past
of the county and bring it within railroad i the ocean would be in bad condition, but and Clatsop county courts failed to reach week in the central and western part of
connections, they would be doing a good I was happily disappointed as he found any agreement.
Josephine County, and on the line of the
Salmon that is being caught in the Ne Grant's Pass-Crescent City stage road
stroke of business for the proposed Port- ! them smooth and easy to travel.
land, Nehalem 8c Tillamook railroad and I The next day he made a distance of 28 halem is hauled to Garibaldi across the bet ween this city and Kerhv. The fire
the best thing for the whole of Tillamook i miles aud the third day out covered 16, beach tor cold storage.
has burned its wav through the moun
county. The people of the county and , arriving at Tillamook about 3:30 Mon-1 W. H. Cooper’s family came up from tains from Love’s Station to Selma, a
day
afternoon.
The
second
dav
was
Tillamook this week to join him on the I distance of over 12 miles, and is now
Tillamook City, are not troubling them
Mai
selves where the terininusis to be located, the hardest of the going trip, as he was ranch.
j working south toward Gravback Motin-
obliged
to
cross
the
Coast
Range
during
Rev.
Gabriel
Sykes
will
preach
at
Ne
but before it is decided we contend that ■
j lain, in which the Great Oregon Caves
the promoters of the road will lack in this time, and the distance of 28 miles halem next Sunday, exchanging pulpits I are located. Fortunately the timber in
busness sagacity if they allow the rail, was a good day’s work. On the going1 with Rev. W. Smith, who will preach at 1 the region burned over is sparce, yet the
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road to terminate at Tillamook Bay and trip, he took the Trask River route,! Tillamook City.
fire is now working into tracts of heavy
/as it
which
he
found
to
be
one
of
the
pleasan-
!
not extend it to some point in the south '
withdrawn timber lands, were much
test trips in the state. It leads through
NETARTS
partof the county.
1 damage could be done should the flames
the primeval forests and along babbling
o nei
Arthur Hunt, of Tillamook, was a spread.
brooks that made the trip one enchant,
Mn
Real Estate Transfers.
I The greatest loss from the fire has
nient. Sleeping at night beneath the pleasant caller on the beach the last of
:ftoi
. been to the fences and propertv of ranch
Furnished by H. T. Botts, abstracter. trees and enjoying the breezes uninter the week.
dealers in
ers and farmers. In the vicinity of Hayes
D. <
Henry Peters and wife to Frank Pidier rupted was a delight that cannot be] • There were several of the men down
Hill
it
has
been
only
by
heroic
.efforts
Coorti
■ from the camp on the lighthouse road
en u. S V2 Ne. Ne Ne, sec. 7 and Nw equaled.
C All
that houses and barns have been saved
Nw, sec. 8, tp. 3 south, range 9.
Leaving Tillamook, he next took a | on Sunday.
in some localities. It is thought that
Miss
Eva
Keys,
of
Tillamook,
spent
$1200.00.
side trip around the Necarnie Mountains,
the fires originated from cariesscampers
State of Oregon to Jacob H Cook. Lot up to Nehalem. He crossed the bay in a several days on the beach last week
Postmaster Trullinger, of North Yam leaving their campfires burning, or was
5 and Se Sc, sec. 36, tp. 2 south, boat and walked to Garibaldi, thence
set purposely by some miscreant.
range 11. $99.20.
northward to Nehalem, crossed the Ne hill, is camping on the spit on Mr. C. B
It has been this fire that has caused
Wiley's
camp
grounds.
Emma Sly ter and husband to Armada halem River, and afterward went to the
J. B. Winstanley, of Salem, is stopping the heavy pall of smoke over Rogue Quick’s Delivery Wagons deliver, Highest Cash price paid for stock. Both;f q U
McCormack. W \2 of that part of ocean for a brief stay. Returning he
River valley and Southern Oregon during
I
Ne. see. 5, tp. 2 south, range 9,south went around the hay to Hobsonville, with Mr. Wiley on the spit.
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the
past week. Another los9 that has
I
George
N.
Hodgdon
and
Marvins
of Trask Ri ver.
then directly south to Tillamook. Here
been sustained was the burning of cut
Alexander Marolf and wife to Nelson P. he rested a short time, and began the Hodgdon are working on the lighthouse
and corded wood stacked here and there
Wheeler. N Y2 Nw and Se Nw, sec. homeward journey in a northeasterly road.
through the woods by ranchers and
Mr. Goodrich and family left for their
16. tp. 2 south, range 8. $720.00. I course, up the Division River to Gales
woodmen.
A. M. Stanbery to Jacob H. Cook. N l2 Creek, and thence to Forest Grove, home at Chcmawa, Oregon, on Sunday
Fires are also burning in the mountains
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Mr
Ne and Ne Nw, sec 21 and Nw Nw. which he reached Saturday afternoon at last.
across the Illinois Valley from the pres,
Miss Nina Johnson, of Portland, is
sec. 22, tp. 2 south, range 10. 3:30. The trip from Tillamook to Forest
ent conflagration. The woods along the
$1150.00.
Grove was made in two days, and the spending a few days on the beach.
line ot the wagon road between Grant’s
There was a birthday party at Mr.
John E. and Anna M. Stansberv to Jacob distance covered was 57 miles. The
Pass and Merlin are also ablaze, and at
H. Cook. S ’o Ne and S
Nw, sec whole trip, including side journeys and and Mrs. Axel Nelson’s in honor of Miss
night that section of the mountains is
Stella
Nelson
Saturday
night.
There
were
21, tp. 2 south, range 10 $1150.00, all, made a distance of 177 miles. Of
aglow with the burning timber. Some
John Johnson to Jacob H. Cook. S 1 '2 this he traveled on foot 141 miles, 26 a large crowd of young people and a
damage has been done in this pait by
Nw and N Yj Sw, sec. 22, tp. 2south, miles across the bay in a boat, and ten most delightful time was had.
DELIVERED.
the burning of telephone and telegraph
It
is
reported
that
C.
M.
Watkins
will
range 10. $1000.
miles in a wagon. Taking the number
poles, and of cut and corded wood.
Yorl
L. T. Pierce and wife to S. W. Bailey. of miles traveled in the given time, he move out to the Willamette valley in the
Orders for Lumber promptly attended to.
So far as this part of the state is con-
N L» Ne and lots 1, 2, 3 and 4-, sec. averaged two and one-third miles per near future.
A W. Phelps and family left for their cerned, the fires are as heavy or heavier
12, tp. 3 north, range 11. $800.00. hour, which is remarkably good time.
than they were last Summer, in spite of
home
at Long Prairie Sunday.
Rebecca Young and husband to Peter
“ I want to sav one thing,” said Mr.
J. J. Hall and party left for their home the extra vigilance that is being taken
M
Nelson. Lots 9and 10, block 2, Bay Malboeuf this morning, “ that the roads
by the railroad company in putting out
City. $450 00.
Perl
of this section covered were in much at Woodburn Sunday morning. Mr. additional rangers.
Clarence II. Hicks and wife to Peter Nel better condition than 1 expected to find Hall says he will be at Netarts next
son. Lots 11 and 12, block 1, Cone them, and the walk is nothing to be summer with his party, for he has visit
Grasshoppers Take Montana.
6 Co. addition to Bay City. $1.00. feared ; in fact, it is just the ideal way | ed all of the Summer resorts on the Ore
Dehner Springer ami wife to William to spend a vacation. The country I gon coast and he thinks Netarts is the
B vtte , Mont., Aug. 17.—A dispatch
Ross. Se, sec. 1, tp. 3 north, range through which I passed was most 1 best of all.
from Red Lodge, Mont., savs : Grass
8. $300.00.
Frank Trout and Wib Mat tux and
beautiful, and I would not take a fortune
hoppers are so thick in this section that
U.S.A, to Dehner Springer. Patent. for the trip. The scenery, the experi-1 their families left for their homes on
I have the largest and best assorted stock of ok
they are plastered each day on the loco,
Saturday.
Se, sec. 1, tp. 3 north, range 8.
ences and the value it was to me from a
Wines
and Liquors that has ever been imported into
motive of the express and the wheels are
Mr. T. P. Savage, of Tualatin, and M.
One mortgage filed to secure $500.00,
physical standpoint is worth more than
this City.
so slippery that when the engine stops
anything else I could have done for a Savage, 0. Baker, G. Hinear, G. Heolon, it is difficult to start it again. The pests
|J£‘ !irKS&-^4;-
F(
I). Y’amer and I. Dull, all of Laurel, Ore
vacation.
J
fi: ,
Economize in Saving Souls.
1 .
settle in clouds on the rails and cover
2
"There is some fine farming country gon, are camping at Happy Camp and the wheels with a thick coating of their
3
C hicago , Aug. 17.—A “trust” in relig. through which I passed, as well as some having a fine tune fishing, clam digging
carcasses.
*
t
ions forces, to bring about economies in I of the choicest timber in the Northwest. and enjoying themselves generally.
3
They have eaten the range as bare as a
soul saving, after the manner of the com. The water I drank from the mountain
C. G. Harris and H. H. Kingery, of
I
mercial world, has been advocated bv streams was worthy of the gods, and I 1 Greenville, are among the jolly crowd on board andcomein swarms which obscure
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¡L |
the
suit.
the Rev. Bruce Biown in the North Side tell you it makes a fellow feel good to the beach.
Don’t drink cheap doctored stuff when you can h
Christian Church.
Netarts bench can boast of having the
. sit down beside one of those fine moun
Bids Wanted.
buy
it
pure and unadulterated from me.
“It is high time there should be a trust tain streams and realize that for the dav largest crowd she has had for a long
To furnish Tillamook public school 40
in religious forces and resources,’’ he 1 at least he has no cares or business time.
cords of four-foot wood, one-half spruce
Miid. "Onr present methods tend to worry. I stopped at farmhouses when
John Simmons and family, of Pleasant limbs and balance crab-apple and vine
multiply churches in respectable com ever I desired, but found that the grand- Ya Iley, and Fred Lawerv and family, of maple; Size of wood not less than 4 inches
munities and to leave the slums destitute est ex|ieriences were in sleeping out un South Prairie, have been camping on the and not over 8 inches in diameter. To
of church privileges.
be delivered by September loth, 190;.
der the trees There is plenty of game in beach for several days.
Bids must be in bv August zeth. at office
“We build so many churches among ( that section for the hunter ; I saw n
Asa Wells and family, of Spruce, and of Thos Coates clerk.
i
the comparatively good fieople that wi good deal, but was more interested in Mrs. Carlis and Miss Jennie Carlis, of
ll nve no money left to preach the gospel making the journey. I think the finest Portland, were on the beach Friday and
to the poor. The mellctiium will never scenery of all was for 12 miles through Saturday of last week.
Now is the time to buy aj
draw on a divided church. The King, the Tillamook dairy country. There is
new Sewing Machine fa!
Marian Green, of South Prairie, came
donis of this world will not be made the where you see dairying carried on in a over Sunday to visit with hit family,
$22.oo, with drop head a«,'
kingdoms ot God by any sect or schism wholesale manner. On the return trip I who are camping at Mr. Wiley ’s on the
1 all the latest improvement.’
Our usefulness and efficiency and influence came by the war of Wilson Creek and sand spit.
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ntosh
& .'¡LiTH
M c N airs
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would be magnified many fold if we Wilson Rock, which is a remarkably
Quite a lot of the campers went to the
{ It is the B onita S ewing |
would cease multiplying churches where interesting route.
lighthouse Sunday.
J M achine , and they range J
they arc needed the least and use th<
“ Were I to advise anv one in taking a
money tor building churches where t hey
i in price from I22 tofjj|
vacation. I should most assuredly tell
Hogs for Sale.
are needed the most. I am in favor of n them to go over this route. Theexer.
« ■ with
witit ball
Dau bearings.
oeanngs. Tteq ,
religious trust."
Fur sale, 12 head of hogs, weighing
vise is without doubt the best one can
! j are little beauties, perfect. ,■
get. nnd the information is something to IOO to 150 pounds. All in good condi
¡5 made and something newetj
Pointed Paragraphs.
renieml>er. The trip is not hard in the tion and will be sold cheap. Apply to
the market. These machi
A baby's first attempt tov alk is a trial least, and. well, you can see how well 1 W. D. Gladwell, Beaver, Or.
nes are a better article tha-
look, and if I look ns well as I feel I'
balance.
the peddlars are charging
Short Horn Bull for Sale.
On the road to prosperity there arc no must look healthy, My vacations after
$65
and $75 for.
barrel houses.
this will lie spent in tramping like this ;
For sale, a thorough bred short horn
1
Silence may lie golden, but all mutes it is the only real wa v to enjoy oneself
bull. 5 year old and fine stock.—Apply to
are not millionaires.
W. D. Gladwell, Beaver.
Notice.
Some men are prom I of their misdeed*
Wanted, a millwight : a man who
and ashamed of their virtues.
Hack for Sale.
A father may disinherit his children, understands the construction of a water
HOUSEHOLD MOVE*5
A
two
seated
Hack for sale for $75 |t
wheel
and
the
erection
of
n
saw
and
but he can’t disinherit the lawyers.
AND DRAYMEN.
plaining
mill.
—
Fur
particulars
address
is
as
good
as
new.
having
been
used
only
Absolutely Pure
It’s no sign that stocks are feverish
I I Howser, Blai-ie, Tillamook county a few times —Apply to Prof. Ball at I.
because they absorb water freely.
Heavy Teaming is a Speo’hr
Oregon.
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
C. Smith's, Bar View, Garibaldi.
Our Delivery wagon deliro**4
qangloff -
and
SNUFFER
GRAHAM. WHOLE WHEAT, PRIDU^,
HILLS, U.S. BEST and SPOTLa£
Also all kinds of FEED.
CELEBRATED STUDEBAKjn»
1 >1 >( rCrl ES, 7;
WAGONS, E
SURRIES.
SMITH & JENKINS-
Successors to L. N. Barnes,
PRIME
MEATS,
LARD,
At the NEW MEAT MARKET.»«
Only Prime Meats Handled. Giveu*asi
Call. Hides Wanted.
Fir and Spruce Lumbni
Spruce and Cedar Shingles. tbei
Cheese and Butter Boxes a specialty.and,
SLAB WOOD, 16 inch, $1.80 per h*”"’
TILLAMOOK LUMBER COOOPfl'i
- .
J. s
LAMAR,
s i
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT,
s
$
Whisky, $2.25 to $8.00 per gal.6
Wines, $1.00 to $3.00 per gal.e'
WILL SELL AT
COST
Until the 1st of Sept.
Bargains
THE OLD RELIABLE In Ladies’ and Gent’s
Boots and Shoes.
POWDER
1
Quick Brothers
or citv.
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