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TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. FEBRUARY 4. or anybody else could do in the way of other countries have l»etn making in the | RATES OP SUBSCRIPTION. ( strictly in advance .) inducing others to come to this country. past score of years to raise cotton in One year................................................. 1.50 1 This is a matter worthy ut serious con Asia and Africa have not thus far been 75 Six mouths........................................ ...» very successful. The United States, for 50 sideration. Three months........................................ many years to come, will have to supply Improving Alaska. three-fourths of the world's needs in that The report made by the senatorial direction. Cotton raising, even it the (£be Tillamook iljeaöl igbt committee wfich visited Alaska last price goes far below the present quota, Sÿ '’S’ W ” summer and made as thorough an in* tion, ought to be a pretty profitable oc Krstl <•' Baker. Publisher S|>ec<ioii of conditions there as was prac cupation tor the south. licable, can hardlv fail to impress con # M * Demand For Good Road*. Agriculture is more and more being es gress with the necessity and importance The movement to secure national aid and development of that portion ol our teemed as a desirable occupation tor a I great many millions of our people. Never in the construction of public roads seems domain. to be making headway. The matter is 'I'lie committee points out that one of before in the history of the world has so receiving attention in congress, the sen- the most essential requirements is the much attention been given by govern ate having called upon the Mxretarv of construction of a good system of roads ments and states to this gigantic indus agriculture for information relative to at government expense. It appears try. In the past agriculture has been the cost of constructing public roads in that we are lar behind Canada in this solely a business ; now it is assuming the »his country and in foreign countries. respect, that country from the first import'inee of a profession. Just as soon Speeches in advocacy of the construction opening of the Klondike having ap- as thought and study and education are of good roads and urging aid on the part proprialed a large share of the revenues given to any line of work that work of the national government have been collected there to public roads and lakes on a new dignity and a new mean- made in both houses of congress. A bill trails. 'i he Seattle Post-Intelligencer ing. It seems to be that we are on the has been introduced in the senate which sass that with the construction of a few threshold of new things in all that per provides lor a plan of co-operation be good roads and passable trails mining tains to farming. Our brightest young tween the federal government ami the districts in Aliska which are now hut men are not all leaving the farm for various stales and territories for the little developed could increase their other pursuits, other vocations. Some construction am! improvement ol the output enormously. It urges that the are, of course. And when we hear of public roads. It proposes to create a construction of good roads in Alaska the one that goes to the city to reach bureau of highways and to appropriate would be an immediately profitable in some special success, we hear nothing of $24,000,00b to be available as a fund vest meat a nd it would help as nothing the ninety and nine that are bent to the tor road construction and improvement, else could help toward the development wheel of trade and with little possibility to be distributed among the states and both of mining and of agriculture, for of an opposite turn. Where one young territories according to population. It the agricultural development of Alaska man is succeeding today in the city there requires that before thestate or territor must of necessity lie deferred until is at least one succeeding as well in the iescaii receive the benefits of the act roads are opened. The report of the Country, and where ninety and nine are they must provide for one-half of the senatorial committer is particularly in- kept down in the city by force of circum cost of anv construction or improvements terrsting in its statement regarding the stances a goodly proportion of that that mav lie undertaken and secure the resources of this territory, which are number are quietly living in the country necessary right-of wav. almost boundless. Alaska has repaid enjoying success and pleased with their The mat tar is of particular interest to many times what it cost, there are yet lot in life. There are relatively few peo-. the agricultural producers of the country vast undeveloped riches there, and there pie that are not succeeding!!) the country ; especially in the south and west. In a is a considerable American population and on the farm. speech in the house of representatives a in the territory. Congress should give few days ago, Mr. Zenor of Indiana heed to the recommendations for meas Conscience. made the statement that the farmers ures to further improve the territory, and the agricultural people pay the enor there being no doubt that there would TO THE EDITOR TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT mous sum of $1,000,000.00f) fo»’ the lie an abundant return for every dollar When ever a man or woman is coin transportation ol farm products from the judiciously expended there by the gov mitted to an asylum for the insane they farms to the market places at which i ernment. become exempt from all religious and they sell them He asserted that half political obligations. Bryan is announced to he losing this sum could be saved to the farmers The fact is God has implanted within So is that 6.000,000 popular ground, if there was a general system of good the being of every one a natural light, roads. He declared that the farmers of vote. called conscience, to which we are held * * * the country need all the facilities possible I ii these glorious da vs of supremacy accountable to, both in this life and the for transporting their products to the every vessel that flies the American flag final judgment. market ‘They need all the facilities, is a protected cruiser. The only formiable foe I have ever all the ad vantages to which our present found is the popular protestant preacher, * * M advancement and high civilization in this With both of its senators fighting the who wants to assume the responsibili country entitle them.They of all t hr classes Panama treaty. Texas will begin to ties of guiding the world. of people in lliis country share the least see tiiat its politics is addled. If we .had someone to always decide in the advantages and benefits of legis. < * * right from wrong for us, the conscience With the next wave of reform the con would lie dormant and would always lation which has so inateriallv contrib tiled to the wraith of this country. Thev science fund ought to receive some lie ivy remain in its infancy. are leaving the country. It is an isolat acquisitions from Kansas. The conscience has been suppressed bv * * * ed life and it becomes monotonous to the the religious dictator, since it was A majority of Democratic senators will young mtn, the bone and sinue of the ordained man's supreme guide. Before farm, the young men upon whom respon vote to ratify the Panama treaty. Bet starting to respect our conscience, let us sibility must ultimate!) fall lot the oper ter make it unanimous. It is not legiti consider what it will cost. Matt. 5, 10 ation and conduct of the farm Thev are mately a party question. to 12.—Blessed are they who are perse « * * * getting tired of the isolation ami drud In their efforts to acquire statehood cuted for righteousness sake. Blessed . gery of farm lite in the country ami there the citizens of New Mexico have hung are ye, when men shall revile you, and is a constant tendency to shift from the persecute you, and shall say all manner up the fiddle and the bow and taken healthy atmosphere of the country, from of evil against vou falsely, for my sake j down the shovel and the hoe. the farm on which the young man re We must expect abuse from those who * * * ceives his best impressions and that To illustrate the great economic would loose a soft job of religious dicta physical mid mental discipline which so change that has recently taken place, it tion, for we have no use for them it we well serves him in after years and pre is only necessary to point to the fact propose to follow our God given light pares him for an honorable and useful that Col. Bryan is not Receiving any within But what it we fail to respect career as a good citizen. Hr needs to be Where one person share of the gale receipts this year, and our conscience ? made contented. To do that you have that he is paying his own traveling suffers for doing right, millions suffer tor to improve the public highways ’’ doing what conscience plainly points out expenses from banquet to banquet. In a speech on the subject in the sen as wrong. Our asylums and prisons * * * ate Mr Latimer of South Carolina made On account of a recent experience are filled with people who are justly a strong argument in advocacy of na Magistrate South of Philadelphia re there for doing wrong, while thousands tional aid indie construction of public fuses to try any more cases against men suffer disease and shame and suicide. roads, expressing the opinion that it is accused of desecrating the Sabbath A J. 0. G ove . only by federal aid that we will ever man fined in his court for the offense w as have good roads uniformly throughout obliged to pawn his overcoat and has Sermons in Short Meter. the country. “The government must since been compelled to work outdoors Love cannot he leased. stimulate and aid the people in the work. clad iii thin raiment. This fact coming Silence is the eloquence of sympathy. It is the history of road development in to Magistrate South’s knowledge, he The happy man cannot help being every country.’’ it is unlikely that there bought the mail a coat and now advises helpful. will be any action taken in the matter, a change of venue in all like casts called Bitter remedies often have blessed re by the present congress, or at anv rate before him. sults. * * * at this session, but it the agricultural in A liar’s legs can never keep up with his For some time certain clergymen and tescsts of the country earnestly espouse news. others of Appleton, Wis., have been car the public roads cause it will certainly He who courts martydom weds no in time receive from congress the con rying on a crusade for vigorous Sunday crown. sideration to which its obvious impor observance. Mayor Hammel is not in Mercy to the guilty is malice to the in sympathy with the movement. He has tance entitles it. declared himself in this fashion: “If thev nocent. Failure is a spur while success may he force the issue and stop at closing onlv Immigrant)« and Farina. the saloons I will take it further and be fl snare. A correspondent of the New York Sun The devil is too old to be scared by fore the limit is reached the Sunday gives the experience of a Polish farmer closers mav find that even the salaried blank cartridges. who recently arrived an immigrant in Hunger is the only ticket required for organists at the various churches will New York. He wanted to go to work have to suspend service or render it free the heavenly feast. on a fnim, but nobody knew how to The good Samaritan is never afraid of of charge.’’ The crusaders profess to lie place him there, so he accepted an offer undaunted by this declaration and say soiling his hands. tn work for $6 per week and his room Only the Infinite Pitv can fathom the they will carry on the tight to a finish. (along with a dozen others) 75c. per infinite pathos of life. * * * week. But almost by accident he was No man can be fattened on the feast Six months ago the shock of a business discovered and taken to a farm where failure deprived J. Stanley Rice, a dealer that spells famine to another. lie was given work nt $17 per month. iii wall pa|xr in Oshkosh, Wis., of the W hen a man speaks the language of He is engaged for next summer at $25 power of speech and apparently rendered hell he proclaims his nativity. a month- far better than twice that his mind a blank. The family later re The revival that does not stir the amount would be in the metropolis. It moved to Spring Valiev, Minn., and it is sheep will never win the wolves. will w ith great difficult» that this learned that a physical shock sustained They who love God for what He has young mail was induced to leave the bv a tall from a buggy has restored his never done known what He is. city because jieople ol his ow n race, igno senses and made him again a rational There never was an argument that rant of tile condition of farm labor, used living, The accident occurred during a could compete sucvessfullv with an ap every argument to induce him to remain. runaway ami it was thought at first petite. Nothing especially wonderful about all that Rice was killed. When he recovered Xk.ny men are so abaorlted build'ng this-but it is a significant fact that cimsciousncss his mind took up the the house of life that thev let the tenant there is no means nt the greatest immi skein of thought just w here he left off six die. __________________ gration port in our land to present to mouths ago, and he imagined himself immigrants the opportunities for work carrying on a conversation w hich had Deafness Cannot be Cured on farms. There are agencies a plenty been interrupted by his seizure. hv local application«, as they caiinot reach the dLes«rd portion of the enr. There is only otie hut none which direct the immigrant to * * * nay to cure destht*««*. Slid that by rvnstiiu the country, and all the influences w hich With cotton up to 15 cents a pound thaial remedlr’» Ih'Afue«* is caused bv an m- fl imcd <x»udi(H»n of the mucous liui g of the surround him on landing tend to keep mark, it would seem to be a good time b uM«uhiau Tube. When thta tube guts inflam yon hoc a rumbling sound or imperfect him in the cit x or put him in the gang for the South to increase its acreage ol ed hearing, »nd when it is entirely closed, deafnew* of the contractor. The National Grange that product to figures beyond anv vet i-« the result, and un'«*« the inttsinniation < sn be taken out and this tube restored to its ror- adopted a resolution requesting tire known. While much of the advance is ninl condition, hearing will bv destroyed in secretary of agrietdturr to encourage the due to the gamblers, some of it is legiti ever nlur caw« out of leu ate ruuaed by t'atarrh which is nothing but an inflanirvt con immigration ol agricultural laborers. In mate. Demand is beginning to get ahead dition of the mucous «urUcea We will give One Hundred hollar* for anv view ol the facts above noted tlie («range ot'snpple. The American mills will con case of Dearues* (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall «Catarrh Cure. Send for could do more good by establishing an sume more and more cotton, while the circular*, free. F J. t’Hr.XFY ft CO.Tvlcilo. O. agency to secure for farmers the laborers foreign demand will keep on growing Sold by I»»ugxtM* -ye. who al wav» arriving (ban the secretary Such attenptsas England,Germany and Hall « Family Fills are the best. 19C4 » » » 'I Á7 HEADQUARTERS FOR DAIRYMEN’ AND S SUPPLIES g STEEL STOVES & RANGES We carry a Large Stock of Hardware, Tinware, Glass and China, Oils, Paint, Varnish, Doors. Window Sashes, Line of Choice GROCERIES Agents for the Great Western Saw M c I ntosh & McNAIR, The Most Reliable Merchants in Tillamook County '4 OF C. & E LEACH, Thayer General Banking and Exchange busi ness. Exchange on England, Belgium, Ger many, Sweden, and all foreign countries TILLAMOOK. ORE. ¡PROPRIETOR OF Tillamook Meat Market DEALER IN Fresh and Cured Meats, Hides, Wool, etc, TILLAMOOK COUNTY BANK. Shop next door to Larsen’s Hotel, Tillamook ( incorporated ), TILLAMOOK CITY, ORE. Pacific Navigation Co. PAID UP CAPITAL, $10,000. A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. Directors XI. W. H arrison , W. W Ct'RTiss, B. L. E ddy . Cashier :—XI. W. H arrison . STEAMERS—SUE II. ELMORE, W. II. IIARRISON. ONLY LINE—ASTOTIA TO TILLAMOOK, GARIBALDI, BAY CITY, 1IOBSONVILLE. Connecting at Astoria with the Oregon Kailroad & Navigation Co. and also tht Astoria & Columbia River R. R. foi San Francisco, Portland and all points east. For freight and passenger rates apply to Liberal Prices Paid for gilt edge securi ties of all kinds. SAMUEL ELMORE & CO- General Agents, ASTORIA. OR LATIMER, BROS B. C. LAMB, Agent. Tillamook Oregon. Airrnts R & N’ R R‘ Co • Portland- HAIR SHAVING, & c J{ R Co., port)and Agenis BARBER ANO HAIRDRESSER. CU1TING Sue H. Elmore carries Wells Fargo Co.’s Express. SHAMPOOING, ETC Electric Baths nicely fitted up. Good for persons suffering with rheumatism. Sewing Machines. ? I i Now is the time to buy a new Sewing Machine for $22.oo, with drop head and all the latest improvements at M c I ntosh & M c N air ’ s , j It is the B onita S ewing M achine , and they range in price from $22 to $35, with ball bearings. They are little beanties, perfectly made and something new on the market. These machi nes are a better article than the pcddlars are charging $65 and $75 for. 4 4 4 A. K. ft CASE, 4 4 4 4 4 * PROPRIETOR Tillamook Iron Woks 4 4 4 General Machinists & Blacksmiths Boiler Work, Logger’s Work and Heavy Forging Fine Machine Work a Specialty. TILLA MOO K, 4 < 4 OK EG ON. SMITH & JENKINS, Successors to L. N. Barnes, DEALERS IN PRIME MEATS, LARD, etc. At the NEW MEAT MARKET. Only Prime Meats Handled. Give us a Call. Hides Wanted. COAL Now is the time to purchase vour Quick’s Delivery Wagons deliver, Highest Cash price paid for stock. Both phones. winter supply, while the weather is nice. We make special n».es on 5 tons and up wards during this time of year. There is none better than Hetton coal mined in Australia. A complete substitute for hard coal ; low in ash, quick to ignite. Suitable for stove, range, grate and fur nace. J. P. ALLEN, Proprietor. Tillamook Warehouse Company, B C LAMB Telephone, Main 33. The Best Hotel THE ALLEN HOUSE, Headquarters for Travelling Men. Special Attention paid to Tourists. A First Class Table. Comfortable Beds and Accommodation Ranch for Sale, I offer for sale my place known as Ne- carnie Mountain, located north of Ne halem Bay. This place consists of eight hundred acres of land, over half of which is open prairie, either now under cultiva tion or ready for the plow. This is good grass land, well watered by mountain streams, and can easily be made one of the best, if not the l>est stock or dairy farmin Tillamook County. Price reason able and terms easy. Apply to P. C. W arren . Warrington, Ore. * v* * * * * k* LAMAR. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT. I have the largest and best assorted stock of old Wines and Liquors that has ever been imported into this City. ©J V i; - i; • *' W-’fc'41'-* -) > —W - THAT FLIGHTS ~ APPFR RESSERS-« à * N 1,4 Whisky, $2.25 to $8.00 per gal. ® Wines, $1.00 to $3.00 per gal N - - •• r *o<u<r. I 'tUL I & CCH.DANY )N EARTH > .CJ)*’ ru.’xv flhVR FINLEY. 4 * Ä Don't drink cheap doctored stuff when you can buy it pure and unadulterated from me. N