TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, OCTOBER 22, 1903^.
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Postal Service Reform.
(STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.)
O .e year ........
Six months ....
Three months
1.50
The nearest department of the govern
75 inent of the people is the postal service.
5o
It meets them every day in their homes
and while as a rule they do not and
never have seriously cuasi lered what its
Cbc
îticabligbt. cos»
is to the nation, it is still not to be
Fr«il C. Baker, Pubi lidier
doubted that the more intelligent of our
people are interested in the question ot
Well Water and Typhoid Fever. expense, albeit not at all worried bv the
fact that every year shows a deficiency
The State Board of Health has been in the postal revenues
There is no doubt as to the desirability
inquiring into thecause oi so much typ
hoid fever in the towns of the Willamette of making th? postal service selfsupport
river, and has come to the conclusion ing, nor is there anv question that it is
that it is the impure water that is the practicable to do this. The esscmial
cause. Part of a letter by Dr. Hutchin thing seems to be to introduce into the
son, or that relating to well water and service more careful and prudent methods
privies may l>e interesting 10 the people an J recent disclosures appear to leave
.
ot Tillamook, especially as the ground in no doubt that this can be done. The
this county is much more porous than government, it is pretty conclusively
that of the Willamette valley. He says: shown, has been persistently robbed for
” The soil upon which Salem is built is for a good many years, just how much no
,
the most part a deposit of sand and body knows and probably will never be
coarse gravel intcrs|>crscd with lasers of ascertained. What is obviously neces
!
clay or concrete, some of these 1 <yers sary is that there shall be introduced in
the
department
such
a
thorough
system
being more or less waterproof, hut not
until a considerable depth is reached. of reform as to eliminate all the mani
.
Consequently a well dug in Salem simply fest ily free opportunities which have
I
hitherto
existed
for
the
practice
ot
becomes a settling basin into which wili
percolate through the highly porous soil wrongdoing by unscrupulous officials.
There is assurance that this will be .
nil the wa er which falls or is thrown
done.
The statement is made that Post
upon the surface within an area of from
,
69 to 150 or even 300 ft. from its month. master General Payne has already taken
,
Imagine a caseof typhoid fever occurring steps to institute certain administrative
,
reforms
which
the
developments
of
the
in the middle ofa block, the discharge
past
six
months
have
made
necessary.
from that case being thrown upon the
,
ground, or what amounts to the same It is stated that he has called on the
thing, emptied into the vault of some chiefs of the di visions of bis department
.
privy. It is only a simple question ol in whose ability and integrity he has
.
confidence
to
submit
recommendations
arithmetic how long it will be before that
well wili become infected with typhoid as to needed improvements and changes.
[
genns. So that any surface well in a Accepting this statement as true, it is a
very
proper
policy
on
the
part
of
the
city having such an erorinous number ol
typhoid fever patients as have occurred postmaster general and there can be no
in Salem for the last two years, and, as doubt will result to die very great ad
far as I can gather, for 10 or 12 years vantage of the service. There is absolutely
past, must certaiuly be regarded as an no good reason why the Posto flice de
unsafe and dangerous source of supply. partment should not be self sustaining
Dictates of the commonest prudence and the present head of the department,
,
would, it seems to us, indicate that sur who is a man of recognized business
,
face well water in a city in which typhoid ability, lias an excellent opportunity to
fever is at all prevalent should be boiled, demonstra te that the United States can
or filtered, or. if possible, abstained from have a self-supporting postal service.
(¡Tillamook
bror.dly speaking agricultural produc
tion is governed by the same laws as
rule any other production. It seeks the
maximum return with the minimum of
cost. The fact that the country still
has to import some thing is no evidence
that our farmers are pursuing an un
sound business policy, but simply that
their crop has suffered or tliev are en
gaged in producing something that pays
lietier.
When goat skins, silk and
other products will pay better than
what tliev now produce there will be no
need to import them in large quantities.
DAIRYMEN’S
SUPPLIES?
AND
.¡ppi
STEEL STOVES & RANCES^
ng t
Tinware,
LICKED UP BY FIRE.
ClassE
ew f
owl
e mi»
prof
disc
ver n
use <
trea
Seven Blocks of Aberdeen Des-
troyed.
solid
A berdeen , Oct. 16.—Seven
blocks, embracing every business house
of prominence in Aberdeen, a large num
her of dwellings, the Opera‘House, the
Central School building, the Edison and
Olympus Theaters, the Crescent Hotel,
the Pacific Hotel, the new fire depart.
meat headquarters, the Council Cham
ber, the fire alarm system, every law
office, and a hospital—all were included
in a district covered by a fire which
started this forenoon in the Mack block
on Hume street. The loss is estimated
at not less than $1,000,900, and the
insurance is not more than one-third.
'There were three fatalities from falling
walls and suffocation and five other per-
sons were slightly injured. All the build
ings burned, except the Kaufman block,
were of wood, and only vacant areas of
land here and there prevented the entire
town from being fuel for the flames.
The fire started in the Mack block, a
three-story structure, occupied by ini-
poverished bachelors, who cooked their
meals on small oil stoves. In one of
these rooms a blaze was seen, blit before
the department got to’work the interior
was a mass of flames. Two lives were
lost in the building.
The fire jumped from this building to
the fire department headquarters, a new
building, with a high tower on G street.
Then it crossed the alley and destroyed
all the buildings on the south side of
Heron street, between F and G, and par
tially ruined all those on the north side
of Heron. Then it jumped across G street
and burned every building on Heron be
tween G and 1 and H and K and two
blocks north and south, an east wind
carrying burning embers in every direc
tion.
The business men and jieople were pan.
ic-stricken and goods were removed from
all the buildings destroyed and from
every residence within a radius of 20
blocks.
The excitement was at the greatest
tension, there not being sufficient wagons
to get goods away from the fire and the .
tact that so little insurance was carried
made the condition the more aggrava
ting. The lack of sufficient hose and the
failure of the big new engine to work
properly kept the Fire Department from '
saving property and dynamite was used
at several points to stop the progress ot
the fire.
The arrival of the departments of Mon
tesano and Hoquiam and a large corps
of volunteers from each place helped
materially in getting the fire under con- 1
trol at 2 o’clock this afternoon. The
fortunate circumstance of the fire is that 1
no mill property was burned and no one I
is thrown out of employment, except I
store clerks and this will lie but tempo
rarily.
heCv
rk 0c
Agents for the Great Western
Sa». J ™
eral
a. M
M c I ntosh & McNAIR,
The Most Reliable Merchants in Tillamook County, '"oc’i
OF
M. F. LEACH,
C. & E. ihayer
General Banking and Exchange busi
ness.
Exchange on England, Belgium, Ger
many, Sweden, and all foreign countries
TILLAMOOK.
a ted
—‘ Lou
the
niten
ice t!
ing w
■iineti
PROPRIETOR OF
Tillamook
Meat Mark“ e are *'
•
DEALER
ORE.
IN
eir
Fresh and Cured Meats, Hides, Wool,tfX
TILLAMOOK
COUNTY BANK.
Shop next door to Larsen’s Hotel, Tillamook
Thefi
I II
.
( incorporated ),
TILLAMOOK CITY, ORE.
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ewfoc
Pacific Navigation Cog
all together. In fact, it is the undisputed
PAID UP CAPITAL, $10,000.
The investigationsot
the Federal
grand
principles of sanitarians now the world
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over Hint well» in cilie» of more than iurv’",o the ti,uber la,,<l fri,,1'ls
A GENERAL BANKING
len th
2000 population are to be regarded as iscs to stir up a hornets’ nest of gigantic
BUSINESS.
an unsafe source of water suppb. The proportions The bee of justice threat
STEAMERS-SUE II. ELMORE, W. H. HARRIS®’ «ter,
DirectorsM. W. H arrison , W. \V. ONLY LINE-ASTOTIA TO TILLAMOOK, GARIBLAfat
average privy vault and the average ens to getbuisv in a good many bonnets,
C urtiss , B. L. E ddy .
well are simply a deep pit and a shallow and it is intimated that not a few of
BAY CITY, HOBSONVILLE.
i’’*’
pit dug side by side in a porous soil, those numbered in the circle of promi
Cashier :—M. W. H arrison .
Connecting at Astoria with the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co r?*’
and it is simply a problem of gravita nent people ol this citv au I state will be
Liberal Prices Paid for gilt edge securi
also the Astoria & Columbia River R. R. fol San Francisco, Pottlijlvir'
lion where the contents of the shallow stung. In fact one ol the largest and
ties of all kinds.
and all points east. For freight and passenger rates apply to
red b;
most
extensive
sensations
in
the
history
pit are certain to turn lip sooner or
SAMUEL ELMORE & CO. General Agents, ASTORIA. OR i» bn
ol
public
land
cases
in
the
state
is
prom
later. As an illustration of the porous,
B. C. LAMB, Agent. Tillamook Oregon.
’red tl
ness of the soil in Salem, when the state ised. It is asserted that counts sufficient
Agents
R’ c
& J£
N’ R
R’ Co
R’ Co
• Portl»"«
1-
broug
zvgenis
&
p
or|
|
and
sewer was dug wells 300 feet away, to till a large sized book and enough to
keep some men in the penitentiary for
BARIES
DD
H1IIDRESSEI.
that had never failed in 20 years, went
Sue H. Elmore carries Wells Fargo Co.’s Exprhfctim
life if tliev lived a century have been found
SHAVING, HAIR CUTTING ■ ■■
tlry.”
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by the inspectors. However, as the pur
ays t
pose of the law is to make an example
SHAMPOOING, ETC
Studies in Watered Stock.
of miscreants and not to prosecute, only
&A
ms ar
Get-rich.quick schemes catch investors a few of the counts in each case will be
Electric Baths nicely fitted up. Goodfor
A.
with large capital as well as persons of prosecuted—Oregonian.
persons suffering with rheumatism.
4
. . PROPRIETOR
nount
* * *
small means. The bait spread is differ
ent, but the result is practically the
The farmer who thinks he will be able
S ugg
i* ÿgt Áf
I
same. Promoters arefond of enterprises to compel higher prices for his products
—’
-
- - —
carriel
on paper in which the stock of a cor by some sort ot combination while
poration is largely increased on the 1 private monopoly still exists will do
Machinists
while
strength merely of consolidation or some well to compare his own situation with
for in of reorganization. In such opera that of the coal operators in the an-
Now is the time to buy a
Boiler Work, Logger’s Work and Heavy Forging.
tions the stock is handed around a long | thracite fields of Pennsylvania—the ob.
new Sewing Machine for
way below par, while dividends are apt I ject lesson may aid him to get a correct
Fine Machine Work a Specialty.
♦ 22.00, with drop head and
at first to be exceptionally liberal. What I view of the matter. Down in Pennsyl
all the latest improvements
the stock is worth in cash and its true vania the mines are closing down, at
at M c I ntosh & M c N air ’ s .
earning capacity remain to be deter least partially, and hundreds of men and
W W w W
It is the B onita S ewing
mined by the slower progress of events. women and children are suffering iu con Rebuild With Erick and Stone.
Actual eventual losses are not an easy sequence
A berdeen , Wash., Oct. 17.—Over the
M achine , and they range
The reason is that the de-
matter to fix, though no doubt they are j inand for anthracite coal at present high burned and blackened waste made by the '
in price from $22 to $35,
often heavy, especially with the rash or I prices is not sufficient to absorb the out- flames of Friday there will rise a city of
with ball bearings. They
inexperienced. The Philadelphia Ledger I put mid the operators, refusing to sell stone and brick. This was decided on
by a
are little beauties, perfectly
prints a carefully prepared article, in at lower prices.closed down their works. bv a meeting of business men held this
time
made and something new on
L. N.
which it is estimated that the shrinkage Thus tliev are enabled to fix absolutely evening and bv the Mayor and Council
His
the
market.
These
machi
in the stix*k held in that city of titty- the prices at which they will sell the in the forenoon, the muncipal body pre- I
DEALERS IN
nes are a better article than
and
three
boom” companies started since coal. But the farmer can do nothing of paring and passing an ordinance which
1898 is $225,000,000. As Philadelphia the sort. He grows perishable commo, fixes a defiuate fire limit. The ordinance a the peddlars are charging /
?
mile
is notably conservative and thrifty, the dities, always and everywhere subject was written and passed under suspen f $65 and $75 for.
figures are a striking commentary on to com|>etilion—to the law and supply sion of the rules sighed by the Mayor
the
NEW
MEAT
*y«*giia?Me3fiPaeeaflB8aBM8wBi
the fascinating features of stock water and demand. If the people refuse to buy and published in the official paper, all
Only Prime Meats Handled.
ing jobbery.
them his products will rot; no combin within the short space of six hours.
Philadelphians were deeply interested ntion can |>ermanentlv aid ili ni to
The council also took the initiative in
Call. Hides Wanted,
in the Consolidated Lake Superior com better prices. The difference is between building enterprises, decided to erect a
pany, whose collapse occurred a tew days conducting a monopoly and a com- City Hall of stone and brick of three
Quick’» Delivery Wagons deliver, Highest Cash price paid for stock. Botbpk*
ago. No less than $48,000.000 of the («titive business. The remedy lies in stories, in which all the citv offices, a
DOES ALL KINDS OF
stock of that exploit in water was held the destruction ot all forms of private public hall and the fire headquarters will
iu Philadelphia. In the same city the monopoly. That will create at once be located.
WATCH, CLOCK AND
losses on the asphalt bubble are placed at equality of opportunity, and put all lines
Bv to morrow noon the waste district
will
also
be
covered
by
hundreds
of
tents.
$31,090,000 ; on various electric com of business upon an equal footing
JEWELRY REPAIRING
panies an equal amount, and many mil make all equally subject to the law of Governor McBride having notified Mnv-
or West that the largest of the canvas
In first class style.
lions disappeared in industrials that are supply and demand—ami thus establish houses owned bv the commonwealth will
undigested and indigestible Electric ve an equitable basis for prices.
be sent here for the use of the business
men who have no places in which to
hicle projects were a favorite in Phila
* St *
Engraving a specialty.
place damaged stock or in which to be
delphia and the stock was accommo
Many theorists,and among them more gin business. In addition to what tents
datingly placed at $5, with the remain
the state will provide, there will he a p\0R ABSTRACTS OF TITLE,
der payable in installments. At une time than one secretary of agriculture, have good many canvas-covered shacks put
gone over the list of American imports up by saloonmen and others, and on ac
electric vehicle stock sold at from 133 to
GO TO
and discovered that this agricultural count of many visitors today all who
150. The present quotation is from 4 to
got
started
did
a
thriving
trade.
country was importing a great many
TILLAMOOK ABSTRACT AND
6.
In one group of promoted schemes
farm products. Then they have jumped
there was a scramble to get in on the
Saves Two From Death.
TRUST CO.
to the conclusion that these things
” ground floor,” anil those who sold out
“ Our little daughter had an almost fa
should have licen produced at home and
T
hos
.
C
oates
.
Pres.
B. L. E ddy , Sec.
early made money. Official lists of the
tal attack of w hooping cough and bron.
all of this money kept here. The New cbitis.
Best Hotel.
” writes Mrs W. K Haviland, of
Philadelphia stock exchange show that
York Sfcn presents a list of $97,000,000 Armonk. N.Y’.. ’’ bnt. when all other
SEE THE
in 1899 nearly fifty companies were float
agricultural and live stock products remedies failed, we saved her life with
ed in that city. The shrinkage in their
lillamook Lumber Company
that it calls “ suggestive of opportunities ! Dr. King’s New Discovery. Our niece,
stock has been $74,(KM),000. In sixteen
who had Consumption in an advanced'
neglected.’• The biggest item on this list stage, also used this wonderful medicine
FOB
J. P. ALLEN, Proprietor.
companies organized befoie that year
is raw silk, ♦12.000,000, and the next ami to-dav she is perfectly well.’’ lies.
the shrinkage is placed at $80,<MX),900,
Headquarters for Travelling
goat skins, ♦25,000,000, followed by Iterate throat and lung diseases yield to
and in nine started within tour years
goat's hair, 117.700,000. Is there any Dr. King's New Discovery as to no other
Special Attention paid to Tourists.
the shrinkage is $09,000,000.
medicine
on
earth.
Infallible
for
Coughs
good reason why these things should ; and Colds. 50c. and ♦ 1.00 bottles guar
A
First
Class
Table. Comfortable Beds and AccomnuxUti°>-
be imported ? Yes. there is the very anteed bv Chas. I. Clough, druggist.
The Alaskan boundary commission good economical reason that we can Tna! bottles free.
has vcrball» agreed to grant all the and do raise things (hat pay better. In
\mencan contentions except that of the stead of raising goat skins, for example. 1
A Love Letter.
WM. GALLOWAY.
GILBERT L. HEDOFS.
Centrally Uoeated.
Rates, $1 P«r D,y'
Would not interest you if von’re look
I' rtland Canal, which goes to Canada. we produce wool, a more valuable and
png for a guaranteed Salvi for Sores TT EDGES* GALLOWAY
* * «
profitable article. Incidentally the Son Borns or Piles, Otto Dodd, ol ponder Ma
American prosperity is not based on
attorneys . at . law .
lectures the farmers for not pursuing a wnte
I suffered with an ugly sore
water nor on the speculative antics of
sound business policy in their produc tor a year, hut a box of Bucklen s Arm Make a »penalty of Land Office Bownes,
those who deal iu the atmospheric effects
M. H. LARSEN, Proprietor.
|ca
Salve cured me It’s the best Salve OFFICE nt WEIXHARD BCTLDIXG,
tion. It is true some farmers do not
_____
on earth. 23c. at Chas. I. Clough s drug
of promoters.
TILLAMOOK,
Room 1 and 2,
produce what would pay them best, but store.
OREGON CITY, ORB.
I
The Best Hotel in the city, No Chi»*»* Employed.
LATIMER, BROS,
« x
J
'i»*»
Sewing Machines.
r
I < 4 Tillamook Iron Woks^v
& Blacksmiths
< 4 General
I
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i
4
4
4
TILLAMOOK,
OREGON.
SMITH & JENKINS,
Successors to
PRIME
Barnes,
MEATS,
At
LARD,
et
MARKET.
Give us^
C. F. Franlçliï]
'
F.
R
BEALS,
REAL ESTATE,
Financial Agent,
TILLAMOOK,
OREGON.
The
THE ALLEN HOUSE,
SHINGLES and BOXES.
Shingles $2.25 1000.
Men.
LARSEN HOUSE,
OREGON
I
A&A
K.