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
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This is a matter worthy ut serious con Asia and Africa have not thus far been
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very successful. The United States, for
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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. ?
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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.
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Tillamook Iron Woks
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Boiler Work, Logger’s Work and Heavy Forging
Fine Machine Work a Specialty.
TILLA MOO K,
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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.
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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.
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Wines, $1.00 to $3.00 per gal
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Don't drink cheap doctored stuff when you can
buy it pure and unadulterated from me.
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