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About Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1903)
TILLAMGOK HEADLIGHT. SEPTEMBER—24. WASHINGTON LIE, OR LOSE LAND. Interest in Crop Reports. Shoes for (Hen & Boys At the present time there is undoubt Timber Land Claims in a Tight Box. ed! v more interest in the crop reports O rkgon C itv , Or., Sept. 17.—Under than in anv other matter which com DAIRYMEN'S SUPPLIES AND STEEL STOVES & RANCES Nobby and up-to-date. They are reliable in every respect. the revised regulations governing the The ( Guaranteed to give satisfactory wear. mand:» serious attention. Why this is so everybody understands, since the pos making of final proof on timber land »ly be For sale by sible outcome of the crops is beyond all locations, it is practically impossible for ns th Minus & FINLEY. considerations the most important factor the.applicant truthfully toprove up and id a ’ g.un in the question of our material pros- acquire title to the lands upon which uc perity It is a simple matter to say that has located. When the applicant at the •parti RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. we are making progress and that all I Oregon City Land Office has now filled f he S ( strictly in advance .) One year............................................... 1.50 1 the indications are in favor of a con 'out the usual form of blanks nnd marie itioui Six months ........................................... 75 tinuance of progress and prosperity, but j the customary affidavits, he is taken in 50 it is absolutely necessary to measure up charge by a special Government inspec- Three months...................................... the conditions that are essential to the tor, Mr. Hobbs, who subjects the ap- continuoiis promotion and advancement 1 plica nt to a most severe cross-examina- X. (£be ^illamook Ijcablijbt lion. of our prosperity. Among other questions that are pro Oils, Varnish, Doors, Freil C. Baker, Publisher. I In making such a calculation there can | be no doubt that the crop possibilities | pounded, the claimant is asked if he ex ^ constitute the most important consider pects to sell or in any wav dispose ol Editorial Notes. ation. What the crops of the nation are the land upop which he has located at a to be is undeniably the commanding price in advance of what it has cost him It is stated that the large coasting ection question of the time, which is being to acquire title thereto. If the applicant steamers are driving the small lumber ,ome o most thoughtfully considered in every answers affirmatively, the applicant is schooners out of business. Then it ought ion, portion of the country. As now pre. summarily rejected. not to he much trouble to get vessels ■natio “Under such proceedings,’’ said a land sented there is nothing discouraging in that are suitable for the Tillamook lum »tauce the crop outlook. There may be dis office attorney today, “the applicant ber trade. But then there is the uncer appointments in some directions. The must willfullv perjure himself or make the Great tainty of a tow boat for Tillamook bay. alhym hopes of certain localities will not be apparent admission that he is a fool.’’ And so one thing follows anothei to pre place li The form of cross questioning the ap realized. This is the case in almost vent this becoming a manufacturing cen There •ei i every year and the presenta season is not plicant by a special Government officer, ter for lumber. and tu wholly extraordinary. But what is to explained an official of the Land Office * * * The Reliable in Tillamook is cone today, is required under instructions of Hundreds of saw mills have started up be still reasonably hoped for is a fair There i the Department of the Interior. The crop, with prices quite up to if not a in Oregon and Washington the past few *4. the ne true purpose of the severe examination little beyond the average, which means years and the outlook is good for hun __ anthen in this regard is that the spirit and letter dreds of more. Tillamook county is not that our farmers will at least be as well match, of the law controlling timber land lo participating in this immense business repaid for their labors as in past years. were w cations may be complied with. Under This assurance ought to be satisfac on account of the need of bar improve the construction of the statutes, the ap ments and the need of a permanent tow tory to our people, since it means that plicant is supposed to acquire the lands boat in Tillamook bay, but the time will there will still be enough for our own has ah for his personal use and benefit, and not wantsand for whatever demand there come when the immense body of timber PROPRIETOR OF tions for purposes of speculation. may be from abroad, and that prices , General Banking and Exchange busi in Tillamook County will commenced to countr will be remunerative. The foreign ad- ! Within the last few weeks, or since the ness. be manufactured. vices of an authentic character are to ! new order has been in operation, a great Exchange on England, Belgium, Ger * * Mark;.™" the effect that crops are considerably many applications at the local office many, Sweden, and all foreign countries Forest Grove has of the < less than ordinary in most of the Euro- have been rejected A number of these DEALER IN Trade to look after the business interests pean countries, which necessarily means cases have been appealed to the Depart- known TILLAMOOK. ORE. of that growing town. If we could only a larger demand upon this country for ' ment of the Interior and the ruling of the Pride c get down to first principles and do like breadstuff». This may not involve an ! Government officials is anxiously a wait, which wise in Tillamook City how much better it period, increase of price for what we sell , ed. Shop next door to Larsen's Hotel, Tillamook would be for the city. The business men abroad, but it seems to at least assure oughly While the enforcement of the order ol COUNTY should get together every once in a while a maintenance of the present prices, Secretary Hitchcock in reference to the March ( incorporated ), and talk over matters which are not which at least would guarantee to our ’ making of final proof in timber land Io- • The I only of vital importance to themselves, producers a continuance of existing j cations, will have the effect of exacting TILLAMOOK CITY, ORE. been m but take up matters that will induce in profits. and “1 'strict compliance with the statutes on PAID UP CAPITAL, $10,000. dustries to locate here. All o Thus the situation, as now presented, ! the subject, it is intimated that the re- ■•The ! * * * is from every point of view, one of most jection of the numerous applicants will A GENERAL BANKING thong! It is reported that a new field is devel satisfactory and encouraging promise to [ pave the way for the gobbling up of the BUSINESS. STEAMERS—SUE H. ELMORE, W. H. oping for Oregon box lumber,which gives our agricultural producers and there-j me lands by large corporations and melodj promise of becoming the greatest of all fore to the country at large, since the extensive timber land owners who hold Directors:—M. W. H arrison , W. W. ONLY LINE—ASTOTIA TO TILLAMOOK, G C urtiss , B. L. E ddy . markets for that product. There has prosperity of the farmer is the basis ol script that is to be exchanged for lands BAY CITY, HOBSONVILLE. ite wit included in the recently created forest been a very pronounced scarcity of box the general prosperity. Cashier :—M. W. H arrison . Connecting nt Astoria with the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. to mee reserves in this state. lumber in the Eastern states, and it is also the Astoria & Columbia River R. R. foi San Francisco, Liberal Prices Paid for gilt edge securi betwei It is a well-known fact that the appli ties of all kinds. said by those who are interested in this Money to Move the Crop9. and all points east. For freight and passenger rates apply to cations that are being rejected daily at business that many inquiries are being SAMUEL ELMORE & CO. General Agents, ASTORIA. OH other Among the most plausible arguments the Oregon City Land Office under the lodges received for the odorless class of wood, B. C. LAMB, Agent. Tillamook Oregon. i water and the outlook for the box business in favor of currency inflation is the as new ruling of the department represent R- & N- R- R- Go . Portland. ■»gents & c K R Go Portland. made I never looked so good as it does now. sertion that a large addition to the, much of the most desirable and valuable . BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER. This is encouraging, for Tillamook has a volume of currency is imperative in timber lands in the state. The bulk of! Sue H. Elmore carries Wells Fargo Co.’s Expt1 words We n< HAIR CUTTING large amount of spruce and hemlock order to supply the demand from the the timber lands in Oregon of any value SHAVING, west and south for money to move the | have been located upon, and in many camps which can be used for that purpose. SHAMPOOING, ETC crops. It is this plea, doubtless, that instances final proof made before the and in M * * has the most weight with President present stringent rules were devised. It is plain to see that large timber Electric Baths nicely fitted up. Goodfor Roosevelt in allowing the impression to bombi syndicates have been allowed to gobble be created that congress mav have to persons suffering with rheumatism. It is Some cautious people are already up large tracts of timber lands by plac - PROPRIETOR be convened in extra session to meet looking ahead to the beginning of navy i ing script upon it, while in the case of in the emergency. much ■ another period of business depression or dividuals the land department is draw MAYERS As a matter of fact, no such emer “hard times.” We do not see it in sight 1 was n ing the line more closely by compelling gency has arisen and is not likely to and surely there is no quicker way to Ladies’ Shoes. its ah those who take up timber claims to com arise so long as the country remains as bring it than for everyone to talk about Embrace every feature of style, grace ply with the letter of the law. and where prosperous as it is now. A liberal esti it. Some faint-hearted members of the beautv and durability. They wear well, when they fail to do this their filings are being look well. mate of the aggregate amount of cur Apple Consumers* League say that w hen ■piriti Boiler Work, Logger’s Work and Heavy Forging. Price from $1.50 to $3.50. rejected. Considering that »he timber rency required for moving the crops is “hard times” come again people will is a m syndicates have now in their possession Fine Machine Work a Specialty. For sale by $35,000,000, but a much larger sum is ! stop buying apples because they are throu, the best of the timber in counties like now deposited in New York banks to , luxuries and only necessities go in “hard MILLS & FINLEY. ■houli Tillamook, there should be no objections the credit of western and southern | times.” Why, bless your heart, can you ■ong I r W W5F W W V TVT V» W-W VW raised to the settlers getting what tim banks. It goes without saying that the ' not see that we can raise apples and the p< ber claims the timber syndicates culled New York banks are amply prepared ' milk to the dignity of “necessities” if we - out, even if it is their intention to dis to meet this demand and in case of keep at it ? That is just what we are sup- i howe pose of them when they make proof This emergency to replace the money with- posed to do in carrying out our pledge. not n is the Western idea of taking up timber » —— drawn from their vaults with currency We will make 50,000,000 people believe s claims, but the syndicates can gobble up i) Now is the time to buy a from the national treasury. thev cannot live without eating apples ' <) new Sewing Machine for as many as they can get script to place In the first place an enormous in-1 in some form every day !—Rural New oil without any hiss, while the individual We , J $22.00, with drop head and crease of available money has taken Yorker. more who files on a claim is compelled to ad DEALERS IN all the latest improvements * * * place within the past year. Between | to ta vertise and is put through the “sweat A company has been formed in Massa •J at M c I ntosh & M c N air ’ s . time I August 1, 1902, and August 1, 1903, box.” That is where the land laws are ■knl. there has been an increase in circulation chusetts to establish a great goat dairy 11 It is the B onita S ewing want defective. of $122,000,000, of which about $55,-1 and a sanitarium. These goats will be M achine , and they range * # * atera. ' of the Maltese breed, who are superior 000,000 is in national bank notes. There can i r in price from $22 to $35, Let us hope that the Oregon delegation has also been an increase of $72,000,- milkers. Many of its stockholders are i> with ball bearings. They will not be turned down when an appro and | 000 in gold certificates against a lo»s of doctors. The doctors will test the milk are little beauties, perfectly wife priation is asked for the improvement of $11,000.000 in gold coin $10.000,000 lor tuberculosis patients, as it is said to “W Tillamook bar this winter. As a num S! made and something new on be a perfect diet for them. , in treasury notes of 1890. While the aters ber of other points along the Oregon ,• the market. These machi- Quick's Delivery Wagons deliver, Highest Cash price paid for stock. Both(I * * * treasury officials do not assert that a Sea*«' coast have their lightening rods c»ut for greater volume of currency is impera- j At last some use has been found for ,! nes are a better article than trour harbor improvements and appropria grasshoppers. Over in Utah a state law ii the peddlars are charging tive to prevent a money stringency in j ’ Ta tions to carry them out, this makes it the crop moving season, they say that | 1 makes them worth 1 cent per pound 1. $65 and $75 for. more necessary that the people oí Tilla- ing t ' dead and worthless alive. Farmers in they are in position to offset the prevail mook should leave no stone unturned a«» »a* 999^ Sanpet county, that state, have harvest, ing sentiment for the repression of l from now on to get all the influence to credit and speculation, which usually | ed and been paid for fifty four tons of lienr at Washington. Senators and rep- U is clai,"e<1 follows a plenitude of money without ‘J" '*sts at ,2° »*r resentatives from other states should be I that this just about pays the expense of currency legislation. asked to lend their influence, and, if it is I It should be borne in mind, however,, capturing them. The plan has been very thought the proper thing to do, as we ! | that the impending drain on the New successful, however, in clearing large does all kinds of “ suggested last week, let a delegation of York banks for moving the crops is sections of the pest that would other two or three of the ablest and most in- ' gradual and will cover a period of fully wise have been ruined. WATCH, CLOCK AND fluentia) citizens lie sent to Washington | four months. The money disbursed ' to lay the situation before the river and I A Bov’s Wild Ride for Life. I among the farmers in the west and | JEWELRY REPAIRING harbor committee. We lielieve that this | With family around expecting him to . south for moving the new crop« is not ,1^. and a son, riding for life. IX miles, is a proper thing to do. seeing that it is ! In first class style. absorbed like water poured upon the to get Dr. King’s New M ko very for more than probable that it will be diffi- ' sand. Western farmers do not hoard Consumption, Coughs and Colds. \V. H. cult for theOregon delegation to get all the money so long as they have confidence in Brown, of Leesville. Ind., endured Engraving a specialty. appropriations that the Coast points are deaths agonies from asthma; but this the stability of the banks. Thev will wonderful medicine gave instant relief demanding. Another thing, it is onlv | — cither pay ont the money realized from and soon cured him. He writes ; ‘ every two years that a river nnd harbor | the sale of crops to cancel existing mort- sl«*p soundlv every night.” •w : ** I now T^NOR ABSTRACTS OF TITLE , ’ Like mar bill is prepared, and if Tillamook should gages, purchase additional land, or farm velous cures of Consumption, Pneu GO TO hap^ien to be turned down on account of monia. Bronchitis, Coughs. Colds and J. P. ALLEN, Proprietor. machinery and betterments, or place it (»rip prove its matchless merit for all TILLAMOOK ABSTRACT AND the large appropriations that other parts on interest in banks, and in due time the Throat and Lung troubles. Guaranteed of Oregon mav be asking for, we all money that moved the crops will find bottles 40c. and $1.00. Trial bottles TRUST CO. know that it will stop the development its way back to the New York deposi. tree at Chas. I. Clough’s drug store. Special Attention paid to Tourists. of this county until such time as the river ! T hos . C oates . Pres. B. L. E ddy , Sec. tones. A First Class Table. Comfortable Beds and Accow®0^3"* and harbor committee sanctions this long I Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. It is sheer folley. therefore, to assume prayed for and meritorious project. The Has world-widi fame for marvellous SEE THE that the demand for money to move the cures. It surpnssts anv other salve lo people of Tillamook have subscribed to crops must cither precipitate a panic in tton. ointment or balm tor Cnt«. Corns lillaiiiook Lumber Company all manner of things in the past, and we Centrally Located Rates, $1 New York or create such a strain upon Burns. Boils. Sores. Felons. Uk-ers Tet do not think thev could subscribe to any. FOB New York banks as seriously to im- ter. Salt Rhenrn, Fever Sires. Chapped tbinKlhnt would bung greater «•»!«• i peril their wleency. Hands, Skin Eruptions ; inlallible for files. Cnre guaranteed. Onlv 25c. to Tillamook than to pav the expenses r- :5c. at Chas. I. Clough, druggist. of the gentlemen who may selected—that -- Guns, - Shot ‘ “ Gnns, Air Pop Guns M. H. LARSEN, Proprietor. 1« if it is (lender! to send a delegation to «nd the Matnoua, jO-jO MUIeaTat All Kinds of Guns at Reduced Washington from Tillamook. ( Ralph Ackley. Prices at Ralph Ackley s. We carry a Large Stock of Hardware, Tinware, Glass”" and China, Window Paint, Sashes, ’ a Fine Line of Choice1- GROCERIES Agents for the Western Saw, 5 M c I ntosh & McNAIR, Most BAKIZ OF C. & E. County. Merchants M. F. LEACH, X ihayer Tillamook Meat Fresh and Cured Meats, Hides, Wool,! TILLAMOOK BANK. Pacific Navigation C« i LATIMER, BROS., A. K. CASE, Tillamook Iron Woks General Machinists & Blacksmiths TILLAMOOK, OREGON. i Sewing Machines, SMITH & JENKINS Successors to L. N. Barnes, I PRIME MEATS, LARD, d At the NEW MEAT MARKET, Only Prime Meats Handled. Give usj Call. Hides Wanted. G. F. Frangili REAL ESTATE Financial Agent, TILLAMOOK, OREGON. The Best Hotel THE ALLEN HOUSE Headquarters for Travelling Men. I SHINGLES and BOXES. Shingles $2.25 1000, LARSEN HOUSE, TILLAMOOK. The Best Hotel in the city. OREGON No Chinese •
