TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, OCTOBER 6,
RATES
OF
SUBSCRIPTION.
( strictly in
advance .)
People have frequently made the state­
ment that Tillamook County could not
stand a long dry spell similar to that of
the Willamette Valley, but the dry sjxrll
of this summer knocks that idea out so
completely it will not be advanced again
by those who have advanced it. True
it is that Tillamook County does not get
the sweltering heat of the Willamette
valley during the dry season, which, no
doubt, is one reason why pasturage is
kept green, and, combined with heavy
dews, as the Oregonian correctly says,
“it is strictly true that heavy dews kept
pasturage green in Tillamook County.”
There need i>e no hesitancy in believing
this, unless it is by people who have
lived so long in Willamettee Vally
they have no conception of climatic
conditions, the fertility of the soil and
wonderful resources that are on this side
of the Coast Range ; and, further, within
less than 100 miles of Portland, and one
of the best feeders that city could have,
whenever the commercial and financial
interests of that great metropolis wakes
up to the necessity of devising wavs and
means whereby it can be brought into
railroad connections with Portland.
The Coast Counties have been neglect­
ed in this respect, also in the federal gov­
ernment refusing to appropriate money
to improve their harbors Tillamook’s
long cherished hope of bar improvements,
although practically recommended by
the local engineers, was turned down by
the Board of Engineers at Washington
because they thought it was not wise to
improve another harbor so near the Col­
umbia river. A poor argument, indeed,
for the Board to resort to. when it was
shown that the resources of the county,
and its long bottled-up condition, justi­
fied the expenditure. Perhaps all these
ad verse conditions in the Coast Counties
will be changed in a few years, at least
we hope so, but in the meantime Tilla­
mook people will patiently toil on in­
creasing the dairy product from year to
year until they can find an opening to
manufacture and ship their other pro-
ducts,
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Charged with Murder. \
1904.
By request uf one of our subscribers,we
Begins its 23rd year September 20th,
1904, tour terms in each school vear
consented to publish the foil«»wing arti­
uffording
equal opportunities for be­
cle by Tliie Morgan, taken from the
ginning a course in September, Novem­
Home Defender :
ber, February and April.
“Prisoner at the bar, have you any­
(JjlLiniooli ìtjcaùiigbt
The
Best Training for Teachers
thing to say why the sentence of death
Is the Normal course with its assur­
should
not
by
passed
upon
you
?”
Fred C. Baker. Publisher.
ance of good positions at good wages.
Not a whisper was heard anywhere
U rite for new catalogue containing full
Suddenly
he
arose
to
his
feet,
aqd
in
a
information
concerning courses of study,
The Timber Land Assessment. .
training in actual teachingafforded under
low, urm, but distinct voice said :
j
real conditions in town and country
“I have ! Your honor, you have asked
The representatives of the timber syn­
schools, and full details about the ad­
me a question, and now I ask, as the
dicates, when they arrived in Tillamook !
vance course of study with the additional
last favor on eaith. that you will not
City on Friday, were not pleased when
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Secretary J. B. V. BUTLER ; or,
interrupt my answer until I am through. advantages attached. Address,
they discovered that the assessment on
President E. D. RESSLER. Monmouth, Ore.
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“I stand here, before the bar, convicted
timber claims had been raised from $640
!
to $800, making the assessment $1 per
of the willful murder of my wife. Truth­
acre higher. They represented some- ■
ful witnesses have testified to the fact
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thing like 150,000 acres of timber. The
that I was a loafer, a drunkard and a ».waBa aB a w a fie iefiWi
.e a a-g
a^gsgg are
assessor has not only raised the assess­ :
wretch ; that I returned from one of my
1
ment on timber lands, but he has also
prolonged debauches ajid filed the fatal
done so on agricultural lands and town j
shot that killed the wife I had sworn to
lots, the onl v reduction in Assessor Hare’s
love, cherish and protect. While I have
assessment is that in the valuation of
no remeinberance of committing the
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cattle. That being the case, the timber
fearful deed. I have no right to complain
men saw that they were not being dis-
or to condemn the verdict of the twelve
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criminated against. We do not think
good men who have acted as jury in the
there is any disposition on the part of
case, for their verdict is in accordance
the assessor or of the people to assess or
with the evidence.
tax the timber men out of proportion to
“But, may it please the court ,1 wish
Instep Skirts, Cloth and Silk Coats, Raglan’s Rain Coats.
other property in this countv. It seems
to show that I am not alone responsible
Exlusively to Measure.
as though the timber men prefer a low
for the murder of my wife !’’
assessment, and this brings up the oft
This startling statement created a
Come early and secure first choice.
discussed question whether it is better to
tremendous sensation. The judge leaned
Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases.
have the assessment .high and the levy I
over the desk, the lawyers wheeled
low or the assessment low ar.d the levy
around and faced the prisoner, the jurors
high. It matters very little if the assess­
looked at each other in amazement,
ment is high or low if the assessor has
while the spectatores could hardly sup­
put a fair valuation upon all property,
press their intense excitement. The
and not raised timber land out of all
prisoner paused a few seconds, and then
proportion to other property. This he
continued in the same firm, distinct
has not done, but until such time that
voice;
the levy is made the timber men will re­
“I repeat, your honor, that I am not
main uneasy, or pretend to be, for fear
the only one guilty of the murder of my
their taxes will be considerably higher.
wife. The judge on his bench, the jury
That the taxes will be as high or a little
in the box, the lawyers within this bar,
higher next year than this, is quite anti­
and most of the witnesses, including the
cipated, but it will not come any harder
pastor of the old church, are also guilty
upon the timber men than those who
before Almighty God, and will have to
toiled hard and spent money to improve
stand with me before His Judgment
land, for these reasons : The county
Throne, where we shall all be righ teous-
court is making an effort to get the
ly judged.
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Orders for Lumber promptly attended to.
count out of debt and to build a new
“If it had not been for the saloons of
A “People’s Trust”
court house in the near future. This
my town, I would never have become a
could not he done without extracting a
The Saturday Evening Post
pro- drunkard ; my wife would not have been
little more money from the taxpayers,
nounces life insurance the very opposite murdered, I would not be here now ready
and so that it should not become burden­
of gambling. The man who insures is to be hurled into eternity. Had it not
some to the settlers by raising the money
safe, the man who does not gamble that been for these human traps, I would
by an excessive levy in one year, it was
he will live to protect his family. Life have been a sober man, an industrious
thought best that it should cover several
insurance in the manner in which it is i workman, a tender father, and a loving
years. Tillamook Countv does not want
conducted to-day, and in the magnitude ’husband. But to-dav my home is dis-
to tax the timber men unfairly, nor does
of the money people are putting into it, troved, my wife murdered, my little
it want to “bleed” them as Clatsop
proves that there is no gamble about it. children—God bless and care for them—
County is trying to do, but it does want
cast out on the mercies of the world,
“ This is not such a nation of gam­
J. P. PLtlaEjM, Proprietor
them to pay taxes in proportion to other
while J am to be hung by the strong
property in the countv. The timber men blers that its people would bet $18,000,- arm of the state.
may feel a little hostile on account of 000,000 on a game of any kind,” sa vs
“God knows, I tried to reform, but as
assessing timber claims at $800, but we the Post, and then proceeds to call it a long as the open saloon was in mv path­
Special Attention paid to Tourists.
People
’
s
Trust.
The
Post
says
;
are inclined to think they are a little
way, my weak diseased will power was
“ Insurance has now become a recog­
A
First
Class
Table. Comfortable Beds and Accommodation
more scared than hurt, for it is as much
no match against the fearful, consuming,
to ¿heir advantage to get the county out nized form of property. If the holder of agonizing appetite for liquor.
of debt and save interest as it is to the a policy diesits value goew to his heirs ;
“For one year our town was without
settlers who have to pay upon their im­ if he lives he can collect it himself. The a saloon. For one year I was a sober
proved land, and who are making no latest statistics show that in Phila­ man. For one year my wife and children
complaints because of their \ increased delphia alone the amount of insurance in were happy and our little home was a
assessment. There ought not to beany force is nearly $900,000,000—equivalent paradise.
friction between the countv and the tim­ to the entire bonded national debt of the
“I was one of those who signed remon­
ber syndicates, nor do we think there will United States. In New York it is about strances against reopening the saloons
STEAMERS—SUE H. ELMORE, W. H. HARRTSON.
$2,300,000,000,
or
nearly
four
times
the
be, for al) those who look at the matter
of our town. One half of this jury, the
fairly know that the timber men cannot market value of the Standard Oil Com­ prosecuting attorney on this case, and ONLY L1NE-ASTOTIA TO TILLAMOOK, GARIBALDI,
put their timber on the market and real­ pany.
BAY CITY, IIOBSONVILLE.
the judge who sits on this bench, all
“ The people of the United States are
ize on it. That will take years, and in
Connecting at Astoria with the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. end
voted for saloons. By their votes and
also the Astoria & Columbia River R. R. foi San Francisco, Portland
the meantime the timber men are running carrying lite insurance policies about influence, saloons were reopened, and
and all points east. For freight and passenger rates apply to
the risk of fire. Longer the timber re­ equal to the nominal capital of all the they have made ine what I am.”
railroads of the
SAMUEL E l MORE & CO. General Agents, ASTORIA. OR
mains standing better it is for the countv, trusts and all the
The impassioned words of the prisoner
They represent a
B. C. LAMB, Agent. Tillamook Oregon.
as far as taxes are concerned, although country combined.
fell like coals of fire upon the hearts of
Agents
R
& R
N- R
R- Co
R' Co
• Portland.
one often runs across a person who ad­ sum substantially equivalent to one- those present, and many of the spectators
Agents
& c
port)and
vocates taxing the timber land as high fifth of the entire estimated wealth of the and some of the law vers were moved to
ns possible with the purpose of forcing nation, public and private. There are tears. The judge made a motion as if to Sue H. Elmore carries Wells Fargo Co.’s Express
the owners to manufacture. That is not five life insurance companies, each of stop further speech, when the speaker
a fair argument, for the timber in Tilla­ which has policies outstanding equaling hastily said:
mook will not move until there is a or exceeding the interest bearing national
“No I no! your honor, do not close
market for it and it can be manufactured debt. The old line companies have, all my lips; 1 am nearly through.
at a profit. If anyone has a kick coming told, about 18,000,()()() policies in force,
“1 began my downward career at a
in Tillamook it is not the timber men, ami there are over 5,000,000 members in saloon bar—legalized and protected by
but the men who’have got in and worked the fraternal insurance orders.
PROPRIETOR
the voters of this town. After the sa­
“It is safe to say, therefore, that at
and cleared up land, and which is assess­
loons you allowed have made rne a drunk­
least 10,000,000 heads of families, repre­
ed at $20 to $60 an acre.
ard and a murderer, I am taken before
senting 50,000,000 people, are carrying
another bar—the bar of justice, and now
life insurance to some sort. It is the
It is a Fact, Nevertheless.
the law-power will conduct me to the!
most gigantic co-operative enterprise in
place of execution and hasten mv soul to
history.
It
is
a
voluntary
fiension
That heavv dews kept pasturage green
eternity. I shall appear before another
Boiler Work, Logger'* Work and Heavy Forging,
in Tillamook Countv is a story that scheme on a scale that dwarfs anything
many people will receive with some hesi­ attempted by any or all of the paternal bar, the Judgment Bar^of God, and there
Fine Machine Work a Specialty.
tation, yet it is strictly true All through
you, who have legalized the traffic, will
the Coast section of the state the air is governments of Europe. Its scope is ex­ have to ap|>ear with me. Think you
so heavily laden with moisture, even in tending so rapidly that there will soon
the dry season, that the grass is green be hardly a family, outside of the ‘sub­ that the Great Judge will hold me—the
nearly all Summer and furnishes feed for merged tenth,’ without a share in its poor, weak, helpless victim of your traf­
livestock, It is this characteristic of the
fic-alone responsible for the murder of
Coast climate that makes the western protection.
my wife ?
The American people are now taking
slope of the Coast Range st, admirably
“Nav, I, in my drunken, frenzied, irres-1
adapted to dairying and stockraising.— out new insurance at the rate of $8,00(),-
ponsiblc condition have murdered one—
Oregoiiin n.
000 a day—probably three times the
but you have delibeatdv voted for the
to
Even our esteemed contemporary, the
present cost of the Russo-Japanese war
Oregonian, with all its precise informa, to both the combatanta combined, saloons which have murdered thousands,
lion about different parts of Oregon, does When we are worrying about the con. and they are in full operation to-day
not fully realize the climatic conditions in centra tion of wealth in the hands of the with your conscent.
“All of you know in your hearts that
Tillamook tn connection with dairying, trusts, we
may console ourselves with
tXese words of mine are not the ravings
I have the largest and best assorted stock of old G)
for it savs, “The grass is green nearly all
the contemplation of this tremendous
*
Summer.” To be correct the Oregonian popular savings agency whose opera- of an unsound mind, but God Almighty’s
\\ ines and Liquors that has ever been imported into
truth.
this City.
should have said, “The grass is green all
tions throw all the trust put together
“You legalized the saloons that made
Summer and nearly nil Winter.” In into the shade.”
me a drunkard and a murderer, and you
proof of this, we will state that, though
are guilty with me before God and man
Tillamook has passed through one of the
Pointed Paragraphs.
tor the murder of my wile.
drvest summers in the history of the
“Your honor, I am done. I am now
county, meadows have kept green, pas"
The roll of honor is free from impure
ready to receive my sentence and be led *
turage have been good, and today the baking powder.
forth to the place of execution. You will
county is covered with a green venlure
The l»ee that gets the honey dosen’t
close by asking the Lord to have mercy
and looking ns bright and fresh as tho­ loaf around the hive.
Don’t drink cheap doctored stuff when you can
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on m v soul. I will close bv solemnly ask­
ugh it was the Spring of the year, and
Decoy ducks are said to lie popular
buy
it
pure and unadulterated from me.
ing God to open your blind eyes to vour
with indications that the dairy herds will with boarding house proprietors.
own individual responsibility, so that
continue to find pastures long into next
When a so-called vocalist murders a
you will cease to give vonr support to
vear before it will be necessuay for dairy­ song it dosen't deaden the sound.
this dreadful traffic.”
men to teed their stock with hay from
The more Hatterv a man hands his
their well filled barns they raised on their wife the less pin money he will have to
P. J. Sharp, the exper-
I it ins, Climatic conditions ami being dig up.
enced dentist is located in Centrally Lioeated
Rates, $1 Per Day
able to raise all their feed on their farms
Grease spots may be quicklev removed
Dr. Wise’s dental pari rs, and
are features which have encouraged the from clothing with the aid of a small
is prepared to do nothing but
th rift v and industrious farmers and pair of scissors.
first class work and give the
brought about a prosperous state of
Young man. beware of the girl who best of satisfaction
M. H. LARSEN, Proprietor.
If your
affairs in dairying that cannot be sur­ lets von do all the talking during court­
teeth
need
fixing
call
upon
passed anywhere in Oregon.
ship; she's playing a waining game.
him.
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Six months..........................................
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H. T. BOTTS.
H. L. BKDY.
Monmouth,
► Oregon State Normal School,
DDY & BOTTS,
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$ NEW SUMMER FABRICS. }j
For Gentlemen’s Garments to Order
Headquarters for Ladies’ Tailoring,
I Dress
and Walking Suits, Dress Skirts,
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A ttorn eys - at -L aw .
Complete set of Abstract Books
Taxes paid for non­
Residents.
Office opposite Post Office.
in office.
Both phones.
H-
A ttorney - at -L aw ,
T illamook ,
CARI<
Spruce and Cedar Shingles.
Cheese and Butter Boxes a specialty
TILLAMOOK LUMBER. COCDPÆNY
The Best Hotel.
THE ALLEN HOUSE,
haberlach ,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office across the street and north from
the Post Office.
J^OBERT A. MILLER,
A ttorney - at -L aw .
Oregon City, Oregon.
Land Titles and Land Office
Business a Specialty.
J^AVID WILEY, M.D.,
P hysician , S urgeon
A ccoucheur .
A. K. CASE,
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Tillamook Iron Woks
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
h
ft
General Machinists & Blacksmiths,
TILLAMOOK,
OREGON.
J- S. LAMAR,
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT.
and
All calls promptly attended to.
..
T illamook
F.
O regon .
R. BEALS,
REAL ESTATE,
F inancial A gent ,
Tillamook, Oregon.
A-pHOS. COATES,
Agent for Fireman’s
Fund and London and Lanca­
shire Fire Insurance
Companies.
Tillamook .. Oregon.
4
OR
OF TITLE,
ABSTRACTS
GO TO
Headquarters for Travelling Men.
Pacific Navigation Co
O regon
Jicuterltrr ¿Abx»»jluTt,
SARCHET, the Tailor, Tillamook.
Fir and Spruce Lumber.
COOPER,
TILLAMOOK
ABSTRACT
ANO
TRUST CO.
T hos . C oates , Pres.
WM. GALLOWAY.
B. L. E ddy , Sec.
GILBERT L. HEDGES.
EDGES & GALLOWAY
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Make a specialty of Land Office Business.
OFFICE IN WKINHARD BUILDING,
Room 1 and 2,
OREGON CITY. ORE.
W. SEVERANCE,
A ttorney - at -L aw ,
T illamook
O regon .
S. STEPHENS,
• Real Estate and Fire, Life,
Health, Accident, Insurance.
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Agent for the Northwest School Furni­
ture Co. and Oigans and Pianos,
Notary Public.
Office : Southwest from the Court House,
in the building occupied as a music store.
Red Front Shoe Store
Has just received a FINE
STOCK of the latest fashions of
Summer
Shoes
Direct from Chicago.
Consisting of GENTLEMEN’S
PATENT LEATHER and Vici
Patent Leal her Kid of the best
quality in the market.
? Whisky, $2.25 to $8.00 per gal. i
1 Wines,
$1.00 to $3.00 per gal. J
LARSEN HOUSE,
TILLAMOOK,
The Rert H-.tel in th- city
OREGON
Ke Chine.. Fir | Invert.
Please call nnd^examiae mv goods
prices before purchasing elsewhere.
No charges for sewing rips on shoe*
purchased of me.
P, I, BROWHE.