TILLAMOOK
WASHINGTON
c lives to the value of $3.148,000. The
tanners supplied lhe-e, making an in
crease over the year of 1901 of $13,696,-
992. Does this vast value count foi
nothing? All unfavorable legislation to.
ward oleo means a blow to the beef
raising farmer ami feeder.—Drover's
Journal.
Shoes fon men & Boys.
Mischievous Speculations.
I
H P! ADLIG HT. SEPTEMBER^
country. This seems almost incredible
and yet the details presented fully sup-
port the statement.
looks like Higher Wheat.
The wheat crop this year has been dis
appointing Ihere are but two states
that have come up to the early esti
mates. They are Kansas and the terri
tory of Oklahoma, that ought to be a
state. Iowa was expected to have a
yield of spring wheat of 14,000.000
bushels, but now’ reports come that the
yield will be little more than one-half
this estimate. The yield in winter wheat
suites is short from one-fourth to one-
half of the early estimates on this side of
the Rockies. South Dakota is reported
as having a full crop of spring wheat,
while other spring wheat states aie
giving a light \ield. An unprecedented
state of affairs prevails at Minneapolis.
Traiidoads of winter wheat from Kansas
have been taken to Minneapolis, not but
what Minneapolis for some time has
taken some Kansas wheat to mix with
the hard northern wheat to make differ
ent grades of flour, but not to the extent
of the present movement.
'Ihere is no accumulation of winter
at the elavators. Farmers seem to rea-
lize the situation and are not seiling
It really
their wheat with freedom.
seems that dollar wheat is possible.
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HEADQUARTERS FOR
DAIRYMEN’S^ SUPPLIES
STEEL STOVES & RANCE;
Weis
The C
round«
the cit;
told th
madiii
and ga
hibited
undesii
•ary tc
Secretary Wilson of the Agricultural
department has pointed out some ot the
mi-chie\ous effects of the great cotton
Ed F
speculation, from which a few men com
Coin N
posing theclique that cornered the visible
Black
• supply ot raw cotton are said to have
Saturi!
^iilainook Mjciiblijbt. ina<le millions of dollars. One inevitable
ten da
I effect of this corner is the suspension of
This is
Kreil ('. H»k«r, Pubi Inlier
' operations by numerous mills and the
the pa«
throwing of thousands of workers into
»14.00
Fire Protection for the City.
idleness. At the high price to which
panv
The water question is a matter which cotton was advanced by the speculators
owned
confronts the people of Tillamook City, i the mills could not manufacture at a
The '
and to decide offhand what is best to be profit. It was safer for manufacturers
statem
done is no easy matter so as to give the to sell their cotton to the gamblers and
the rep
city fire protection. There is plenty of this some of them did, finding this course
Magele
water for domestic purposes, but busi more profitable than continuing opera
false.
ness men «and those who have property tions. The thousands of unemployed
Times t
at stake realize that thev rim considers- operatives, however, must put up with
the Bei
ble risk with the present fire protection, the idleness or lessened earnings until
party i
and with rates of insurance at 10 per there is a readjustment ot conditions
shots
cent, the situation is anything but satis and no one can tell when this will come.
against
Another effect pointed out by Secre
factory. Under the circumstances, what
Mr. Ms
is the wisest ami best plan for the tax tary Wilson is that most European .na
payers to decide upon ? There are those tions which manufacture cotton and
Mrs.
w ho object to bonding the citv for $60,- also own lands in outlaying provinces
Or., hai
000, and there are those who advocate where cotton might be grown, anxious
Cashier Has a Gun.
properl
bonding the city for that amount to put to become independent of our specula
Main a
F orest G rove , Or., Aug. 27.—Two
in an iron system Both are entitled to tors, are organizing and holding out in
C. F. N
be heard on the question. The former ducements for the development of the revolver muzzles were shoved in the face
in eset
claim the citv is not large enough to cotton raising industry. ‘ The British, <>fj. II. Burke at the Haines Bank at
Hawks
carry such a Large amount of bonded in French, Germans, Belgians and others,” Forest Grove this morning, when he pre-
PROPRIETOR OF
six moi
General Banking and Exchange busi-
debtedness with the present rate of taxa-J said the secretary of agriculture, “own I seated a forged note for payment. Presi
perty <
lion, which would become burdensome lands in Africa and they have been for dent Haines and Cashier Kane were be ness.
Clark,
Exchange on England, Belgium, Ge"
if more should lie added. Those who some time organizing to produce cotton. hind the guns and the man with the bad
the firs
want the city bonded claim that the sys They know that we are training scien paper nearly collapsed. He was given many, Sweden, and all foreign countries
there m
tem would have a source of income and tists to stu lv the cotton plant and they over to the Marshal and afterward
DEALER IN
a bever
TILLAMOOK.
ORE.
placed
in
the
county
jail.
have
been
anxious
to
get
our
high
class
that by extending the bonded indebted- ,
and pot
The paper was for $300 and had the
ness over 20 years it would not fall so men over there to organize for them.”
heavy upon property owners now. There Thus the speculators, while inflicting an [ name of Walter Bernards attached.
The A
Shop next door to Larsen’s Hotel. Tillamook
is good logic in both contentions, and no immediate injure on the cotton industry, Bernards is a well to-do farmer, living in
tributi«
I
the
neighborhood
of
this
place.
He
pro
matter which side a person takes their have at the same time seriously imperil
the qua
( incorporated ),
opinions are worthy of respect. We ad ed the position of the United States as nounces the signature a forgery, and £
issued a
mit v/e have an antipathy to the bond- ; chief source of the staple by stimulating : very clever one.
TILLAMOOK (’IT Y, OKE.
many s
Burke called at the bank yesterday and
ing business, but if the majority of the efforts all over Europe to obtain supplies
proven)
taxpavers want to put a heavy yoke of elsewhere. If as a consequence this • asked Cashier Kane if Walter Bernards’
PAID UP CAPITAL, $10,000.
which ii
bondage around their necksail we will country should lose command of the ' name on a $300 paper would be gilt-
official
A
GENERAL
BANKING
say is “Amen” if it carries. Two things world’s cotton marked it would be a edged. He was told that it would he.
ducted
BUSINESS.
i
But
the
cashier
was
suspicious
of
the
serious
blow
to
our
expert
trade.
should not be lost sight of : Another
herds, I
STEAMERS
—
SUE
II.
ELMORE,
W.
II.
HARRIS
Secretary Wilson stated that the pros- | fellow and drove out to Bernards’ home
financial panic that some pe< pie predict,
DirectorsM. W. H arrison , W. W. ONLY LINE-ASTUTI A TO TILLAMOOK, GAR1Ì a mon
and the tendency, by those who want to pect of the present crop had nothing I last evening when Bernards told him
prnctic«
C urtiss , B. L. E ddy .
engage in manufacture, to avoid small whatever to do with the operations of that he did not intend to sign any such
BAY CITY,
j j . i ,
HOBSONVILLE.
ii' iii.1.;., v na.ij,
graduu
Cashier
:
—
M.
W.
H
arrison
.
towns with a heavy rateof taxation. It's the speculators. The shortage of raw paper. IIis signature was secured by
Connecting at Astoria with the Oregon Railroad & Navigation &
fraterni
Liberal Prices Paid for gilt edge securi
not our intention to scare people on such cotton to the manufacturer is not due t.> Burke getting him to write it in a memo
also the Astoria & Columbia River R. R. foi San Francisco, Pua -xDcdie
and all points east. For freight and passenger rates apply to
,
.
points, but in considering the question in shortage in the crop, but solely to the randuni hook, Burke claiming that he ties of all kinds.
QAMIIPI Cl Monr ».
.
.
. _ ___ »
natural
SAMUEL
ELMORE & CO. General . Agents,
ASTORIA.®
a careful, deliberate and business way manipulation of the visible supply bv a ! would send him a catalogue of the firm
such a J
B. C. LAMB, Agent. Tillamook Oregon.
they should not be lost sight of. Taxes clique said to be composed of only seven which he represented, which dealt in
to be gi
.1
Arent.
R- & N- R R- Co . Portland.
will be heavy enough, anyway.
The persons. The producer has not profited ploughs.
a. tide.
|A.
&
C.
R.
R.
Co.,
Portland.
by
the
high
prices,
as
the
cotton
is
prac-
:
So
the
cashier
and
the
president
of
the
bonds on the district for the old school
BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER.
Sue
H.
Elmore
carries
Wells
Fargo
Co.
’
s
Exp
house, which have been running a num- ticallv all out of his hands. The secre- I bank laid a trap for the stranger, and
SHAVING, HAIR CKITING
ber of years, yet only amounting to tary said he saw no prospect of relief for i when he passed the paper into the bank
M inn ;
$2900 ami never paid, the bonds on the the workingmen who are thrown out early today, the cashier took it and in
SHAMPOOING, ETC
Agricol
new school building amounting to$8000, of employment by the mills closing down > stead of passing out the money for it, he
interest
and $60,000 for a w ater system, can the until the corner is broken and the price and President E. W. Haines both covered Electric Baths nicely fitted up. Goodfor
He said
taxpayers stand it ? It can, probably, if of the raw material reduced. There is of Burke with revolversand called Marshal
persons suffering with rheumatism.
The fi
the bonded indebtedness is saddled on course no remedy for speculative opera- | P. W. Cronin, who took him to the city
Z PROPRIETOR
dusnrv
the next generation to pay oft', a legacy tions of this character in statute law at jail and held him until Deputy Sheriff
We use
it will have to groan under. We are at present and it won hi be extremely dif. | Sappington, of Hillsboro, came and es
every i
a loss to know wlurt is best to recom rficult if not impossible to provide a prac corted the prisoner to the county jail.
Ladies* Shoes.
for timl
mend for file protection until such time ticable remedy. The mischievous nature .
Burke is a man about 35 years of age
Embrace every feature of stvle. grace
3,000,0
as the taxpayers signify to what expense of such speculation is obvious. It creates and fairly well dressed.
He had in his beauty and durability. They wear well,
telegraj
thev are willing to agree upon to pro- «a disturbance of economic conditions possession $465—$380 gold, $84 cur look well.
Boiler Work, Logger’s Work and Heavy Forgin?. are woi
Price from $1.50 to $3 50.
lire it. That is the point to be settled.
which is full of danger. It is unquestion rency—and a full jeweled gold watch.
the farr
able an evil, but how to correct it is a
Burke came to town on a Rambler bi
Fine Machine Work a Specialty.
For sale by
timaterl
Other Side of Oleo law.
difficult question.
cycle of 1903 model69. numbered 10,712.
MILLS & FINLEY.
and the
and said lie was married and lived in
inn PaP
A recent press dispatch from Washing
Among American railway magnates Portland.
V V V V V V W W WWW* w WV1
“I am
ton gives the statistics of the olco busi. who take deservedly high rank Stuvues-
that u
ness during the past year, It does not ant Fish of the Illinois Central stands
“ Why does tile milk sour so quickly
away t
require any editoral assistance to point peerless, not only as a master of trans this summer ?” is a question w hich has
left in t
out where the decreases have occurred. portation, but as a man of the highest been perplexing the Chicago health de
mav I*
By the enactment of the law restricting culture. President Fish has recently partment. The cause has now been as
-The
OF SAN FRANCISCO, DEALERS IN
what good authorities believe to be a given out a statement in which he com certained. The presence of a large
farmer i
legitimate use of oleo as a food, the mends railway business consolidations amount of white clover in the pasture of
trees an
records upon which the report of the ss helpful to the general prosperity of the milch cows is held responsible bv
ing. Tl
commissioner of internal revenue will be the county, but lays s|>eeial stress on Chief Milk Inspector Grady for the rapid
teaching
founded show that during the year there the beneficial effects of railway mergers souring of milk. Many per^ms who
has been a decrease of $2,207,709 in the which, he declares, are made to secure have written letters to the department
Big
receipts from olco as compared w ith one greater economy anil should bring about hay* suggested that liquids may have
S
pok
year ago. In other words, the receipts lower transportation rates. According been placed Un the milk to preserve it
•ilver V
this fiscal year amount to $736,783. to Mr. Fish, ” there is no danger that the anil that after the fluids have lost their
Butte n
This can have but one meaning—trans railroads will ever be controlled by one effect the milk suddenly liecanie sour.
which <
actions in oleo have been reduced. num, or by the government. The right The citv chemists have made repeated
AGENTS STEAMERS ‘ W. H. KRÜGER” AND •• REDOXM
terete«
Marked unstability in the oleo market is wav to do is to let the railroads consoli tests in the last two weeks to ascertain
For San Francisco and Los Angeles.
•• Fot
the result. Packers cannot secure a mar dale, or merge, all they want to, and if there was any foreign preservative
ment hi
ket for their surplus, so they are obliged then let the |<cople look after the traffic fluids in the milk, but to no avail. It
imbedd
to turn it into a cheaper product than rale» and taxation.*’ In advising the was then decided that either the milk
can con
oleo—tallow. Instead of realizing from lieople to strike home for equitable taxa, had not been kept under proper condi
work r<
10 to 11 cents, they realize from 5l8 to lion first, nml then freight rate redne. tions since leaving the milch cows, or
*50O.O<
6 cents. The problem is well summed up tions. Mr Fish Ims struck the keynote. there was some deleterious element in
•• The
in a statement issued from a leading But when shall the people begin ? The the food or water. It was explained by
are loc
firm at this point, as follows :
Inspector
Grade
that
the
pastures
of
railroads west ot the Mississippi, and
s< »me
“ Federal legislation and restrictions especially those west of the Missouri, arc Wisconsin and Iowa, which he has been
During
by many states regarding the manti, already consolidated into systems, and visiting on his vacation, contain a large
work I
taeture of oleomargarine have so lessened one or two have been merged with other nmount of white clover. He asserted
vertical
the productive value of beef suet that systems, ostensibly in the interest of that the clover, by having honey pro
each
10
the packers are compelled to make tal economy, but in reality to inflate their ducing characteristics, has a tendency to
the fool
low from this product, which is worth capitalization tojustify excessive trans, produce milk which sours qnicklv.
of the i
perhaps 3H» to 6 cents per pound, in portation tolls adjusted on the higher
•hoot ■
stead of oleo oil. formerly worth nearly level basis.
ledge hi
double that. Olco oil. as is well known,
« « «
of 80 fe
is an absolutely pure animal product
The growing trade of the Dominion. |
” Th«
made from prime l»cef suet and is used in ns shown in the statistics
submitted to
qukk.il
A com looking
the manutactu:e of oleomargarine. Be the congress of British Chambers ot
her««'
j-.'.
•. A-”-
now bl<
Ing burnes* it the
fore the restrictive measures were taken Commerce in session at
Now is the time to buy a
Montreal the
worst kind uf a cuiu-
in quid
oleo oil sold at 10 and 11 cents ¡ mt past week, is worthy of attention as
bt nation.
new Sewing Machine for
jng or (
pound. As a result ot the decreased evidence that our northern neighbor is
♦ 22.00, with drop head and
to a 3
J. P. ALLEN, Proprietor.
value of beef suet, cattle sold by the pro really making substantial progress to
all the latest improvements
equippt
ducers in the live stock markets of the ward that commercial imlependence
wnterp
at
M
c
I
ntosh
&
M
c
N
air
’
s
.
country are worth from $3 to $.“> ¡ mt which a great many ot her people are
mt only
tho harness an«
light, 1
horw » 4- better, but tuuke*
It
is
the
B
onita
S
ewing
head less than thev were prior to the hoping tor and earnestly believe to he
Special Attention paid to Tourists.
' ..t; rsolti i | hl
j • nine '•
tion t<
dt n to last tnio* j.s Ung
M achine , and they range
enactment of laws against olcomar attainable. 1 he figures show that in
A First Class Table. Comfortable Beds and Accommodât:« Î
as it ordinarily v\<wl«l.
•calc.
.
1 erer ■ he- ■ . raa*—all
in
price
from
$22
to
$35,
garine.”
the Inst ten years the trade of Canada
1
»It*». 1M«
■ - ,,
KHv.l
Puckers led the decline first, but tha has more than doubled, amounting in
with ball bearings. They
5TAS0ARD
Has
OIL CO. i
final reaction ends with the farmer and 1901 to over 9467.000.000, and it pro
{ are little beauties, perfectly
cures,
feeder. The products of his steers are bnbly exceeded this Inst year. The per.
Centrally Located.
Rates, $1 P«rc,J
’ made and something new on
tion. <8
not worth so much, consequently the centage in commercial growth during the
Hums.
the market. These machi
value of the steers decline. Let the past five years was greater for the
ter.S-1
nes
are
a
better
article
than
Hands.
reader bear in mind that dining the Dominion than for any other country,
Piles.
the peddlars are charging
year 1902 cattle sold in Chicago to the the United States included. living C>4 p;
M.
H.
LARSEN,
Proprietor.
Ahn*. 1
♦65 and I75 for.
amount of $1.59,114,000, not including percent against 32.39 percent for this
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.
( strictly in advance .)
One year...........................
1 1.50
S x months.............................................
75
Three months........................................
5(1
We carry a Large Stock of
Hardware, Tinware, cit
and China,
Oils, Paint, Varnish, Doors, Wind0(
Sashes,
Fine Line of Choit
GROCERIES
Agents for the Great Western Sa*
M c I ntosh & McNAIR,
The Most
Reliable Merchants in Tillamook County,
OF
F. LEACH,
C. & E. Thayer
Tillamook Meat Mari
TILLAMGOK
COUNTY BANK.
Fresh and Cured Meats, Hides, Wool
Pacific Navigation G
LATIMER, BROS
A. K. CASE,
MAYERS
Tillamook Iron Wok
General Machinists & Blacksmith
TILLAMOOK,
WILL SELL AT
COST
Until the 1st of Sept.
Bargains
In Ladies’ and Gent's
Boots and Shoes.
OREGON.
Truckee Lumber Cc
FIB & SPRUCE Lumi«
BOX SHOOKS.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
And LOGGERS’
i/
Hobsonville, Or
F
SUPPE
J. E, SIBLEY, N|
BEALS,
REAL ESTATE.
Financial Agent
TILLAMOOK,
OREGON.
J Sewing Machines
The Best Hotel.
THE ALLEN HOUSE.
Eureka
Harness Oil
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1
I
»
*
Give
Your
Horse a
Chance!
Headquarters for Travelling Men.
LARSEN HOUSE,
TILLAMOOK,
The Best Hotel in the city.
OREGON
No Chinese Emjlojsd.
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