Tillamook headlight., December 15, 1904, Image 3

TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, DECEMBER 15 ,
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CHRISTMAS
New Year’s
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REVISE THE LAW.
Taxes on Oleomargarine
to be
Reduced.
Oleomargarine, which, since the enact-
inent of the law of 1902. has been taxed
at 10 cents a pound, will at a compara­
tively early date, if the present plans are
not disarranged, be taxed at a much
lower fate. The house committee on
ways and means will report a bill pro
viding for the reduction on oleomar
garine from ten to three or four cents a
pound, which will be the compromise
reached between those members of the
committee who favor a high tax and
those who believe in its removal alto­
gether. That such a measure will pro­
voke |»owerful and determined opposi­
tion not only in the house but from
various influential interests throughout
the country, is acknowledged, but the
necessity for providing increased revenue
is apparently paramount, and the com-
mittee will act accordingly.
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It is pointed out bv those officials who
are friendly to the proposed legislation
that the imposition ot a prohibitive tax
on a manufactured commodity so large
ly in use resulted practically in the death
of that industry, with a corresponding
decrease in the revenue derived, so that
now it is an unimportant factor in the
running expenses of thegoverment. Many
other reasons are advanced whv the tax
should be reduced, and these will be
urged in extenuation of the possible
harm resulting from the introduction
and favorable consideration of the meas­
ure to the dairy interests of the country.
It is declared that for a considerable
time interests antagonistic to the oleo­
margarine industry have quietly but
persistently enlisted the support of in­
dividual members of congress and pledg
ed them to oppose any attempt to re- |
duce the tax. This movement was espec
ially strong in Pennsylvania, Iowa, and 1
in many agricultural sections of the
country. It is not known how many of i
these pledges were secured, but it is
said that the entire Pennsylvania delega­
tion is opposed to any change, and that
a majority of the representatives from
Iowa will also be against it. The farmers
of the country are almost solidly in favor
of a prohibitive tax on oleomargarine,
and will vigorously oppose the attempt
to reduce the tax, for they have no idea
of tamely letting oleomargarine again
figure in competition with butter.
Timber Owners Sue Clatsop.
A Frightened
Horse,
Runniag like mad down the Mreet
dumping the occupants, or a hundred
r m
fMCM It
ever» I m »I v to let ve
a reliable 8*1 re handy and lbw**’* none
as good a.- Buck ten's Arnica Salve
HomvCui' Sore . F/*z**ma ami Pile«,
dina^^eer quickly under it«
soothing
effect, 18c at < la -. Clough. Drug >t'<rr*.
OF
WATCHES—They make a nice
present and yon cannot buy a
beteer watch for the money,
for I guarantee them first class.
LOCKETS RINGS, CHAINS,
etc.—A fine assorted stock of
Jewelry to select from. Call
and see it before buying else­
where.
SILVER WEAR—I am receiv­
ing a new stock of useful
Silver Wear, and those want*
ing anything in that line I
shall be glad to show them
the latest patterns.
FOUNTAIN PENS — Thev
make a nice present, and I
carry the best makes.
Telephones and Postoffices.
In England the telegraphs are con.
A storia . Or., Dec. 10,—Clatsop County
and Sheriff Thomas Linville are named ducted by the Postal .Department. A
as defendants in five suits which were beginning has been made by the same
filed in the Circuit Court today by the branch of the government with tele­
owners of large tracts of timber lands in phone management. The big exchange
this county, who have been objecting to I in London—or one of the big exchanges
the assessments of their property on the there—is under national control. A fur­
1903 roll, and who have refused to pay they experiment iti the same line is now
their texes. The parties bringing the being tried.
Its object is to ascertain how far it
suits are nearly all Eastern men and are
as follows ; The Whitney Company, Ltd; may be possible to make village post-1
the Blodgett Co , Ltd. ; C. H. Wheeler, offices serve the further purpose of public
John E. Dubois and Charles A. Rust et telephone call offices. Six villages have
been selected, and in these anv one may
al.
The complaints in each case are almost now ring up a subscriber and communi.
similar and ask that the court set aside cate with him by telephone at the ordi­
the assessment and valuations as made nary rates, which in this district amount
on the 1903 roll ; also that the taxes to 12 cents for a three-minute conver­
levied be declared fraudulent and set I sation. If the person with whom com­
munication is sought does not happen
aside and the officers of the country be i
restrained from selling the plaintiffs’ to be on the telephone list the sender
property at the tax sale advertised to be may telephone his message to the nearest
postoffice and have it delivered thence
held on December 28, 1904.
by express messenger. In the opposite
The complaints alleged that the plain
direction—that is from town to village
tiffs’ property was assessed excessively
—similar facilities will be availiable.
high and out of proportion with the
other classes of property in the country
and says a tender of 50 per cent of the
amount of taxes levied, which is all that
it justly due, was tendered the Sheriff,
but it was refused.
The total amount of the taxes charged
against the plaintiffs is $11,588.05, as
follows: The Whitney Company, $2453..
97; the Blodgett Company, $334-9.38;
John E. Dubois, $4026.08 ; C. H. Wheel
cr, $629.07 ; and Charles A. Rust et al.,
$1130 95. These amounts are the orig­
inal tax as it appeared on the roll, but
as payment was not made ¡when1 due
there must now be added in accordance
with the provisions of the state law a
penalty of 10 per cent for delinquency,
interest for nine months at the rate of 1
per cent per month and the cost of ad­
vertising, making an additional sum of
19 per cent, or a total of $13,790.26,
besides the advertising bill, that is now
charged against the plaintiffs’ property
and is at issue in these suits. The plain­
tiffs today deposited with the County
Clerk the sum of $7131.30 as a tender in
full settlement of the tax and costs. As
Judge McBride will hold an adjourned
s ssion of the court on December 19, the
cases will probably be argued at that
time.
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Japanese Cruiser Lost
T ok 10, Dec. 10.—The Japanese cruiser
It is the intention of the house ways
and means committee to revise the ex­ Saiyen struck a mine and sank Novem­
isting internal revenue laws because of ber 30. The majority of her crew were
the apparent need of an intelligent and rescued. Captain Tajima and 38 others
satisfactory modification of the statutes. went down with the ship.
The Naw Department announces that
In addition to the oleomargarine prob­
lem, another pressing question that will the Saiven commanded the detached
he taken up forconsi leration will he the ¡squadron. While co-ojierating with the
tax on alcohol. Grain alcohol is now army in bombarding Port Arthur, No-
subject to a tax of $1.10 a proof gal j vember 30, she struck a Russian mine
Ion, while wood alcohol is subject to no I and was seen to be enveloped in smoke.
tax at all, and is not even under the sti ! The gunboat Akagi, which was also
porvisifHi of the Government in its man 1 engaged in shelling Port Arthur, im
ufactcre or sale. The imposition of the I mediately ceased firing end went to the
high tax on grain alcohol practically rescue of the Saiyen. Finding that the
amounts, it
leclared, to prohibition, latter was taking water rapidly, the
Irstfetfiteap r product is used wherever i Akagi anchored near lhe sinking ship,
possible. This has led to the use of and co operating with the other Japan
1 ese ships launched, succeeded in rescuing
poisonous wood alcohol in beverages
Livelvktimes are expected when the 15 officers and 175 men, hut Captain
ways and means committee attempts Tojima and 38 others went down with
the revision of the revenue laws, especial the ship.
The Saiyen, while in command of the
ly when the oleomargarine tax is under
detached squadron and at the same
c naideration.
time engaged in blockading Port Arthur,
The fiiner train bearing the remains was often exposed to dangers and fre­
quently remlered distinguished services.
of Ex-President of the Transvaal Repub-
The announcement of the navy depart
r arrived at Pretoria on Satur
ment
concludes as follows: “It is highly
an imposing ceremony attend­
regrettable that such a ship should have
ed the removal of the casket from the
train to the hall, where the body will lie met with so great a misfortune.”
in state. The hearse, which had been
snectaltvkconstructed for the occasion,
w ts escorted by an uniformed bodyguard
composed of former members of the Boer
artillery and police. Preceding the cort­
ege were Generals Botha. Smntts. Deter-
ey. Dewet and other Boer leaders.
New Stock
Silver Wear.
1 which he had reasons to believe were
living perpetrated. Every investigation
; which has been conducted by Hitchcock’s
inspectors, while ostensibly aimed at
securing the conviction of men like Puter
and McKinley, has really been directed
to bring in Hermann's name in some
manner, and by insinuation, at least,
make it appear he was a party in the
Lauds.
Mischievous Electricity.
The destruction of water pipes bv
electric currents that have escaped from
trolley roads is occasionally reported
from various parts of the country, al­
though instances are less common to­
day than five or ten years ago. There
can be little doubt, moreover, that por­
tions of steel bridges have also been in-
jured by what is known as electrolysis.
The Engineering Record has obtained
from the State Engineer some details of
such a case in New York, The bridge in
question was over the Erie Canal at
Rochester.
An examination of the structure
showed that the floorbeams had lost
from 10-40 20 per cent of their metal
through ordinary corrosion. The flanges
of the rails were found to have worn
into the flanges of the floorbeams
through the impact of the passing cars,
and in some cases the flanges of the
bemns had been cut through from this
cause, the rail base cutting into the
vertical web plates.
The ends of the
steel beams showed in some places an
appearance of having been burned, and
it was assumed that a possible explana­
tion of this was the arcing of the cur­
rent between these steel beams ami the
ends of the 8 by 12 inch wooden
stringers when the latter were wet.
These stringers formerly supported the
rails of the track, but had been removed
before the examination of the bridge I
was made, so that there was no oppor­
tunity of determining the appearance of
them. The burning was not sufficient
to cause any injury to the bridge, and
there is no evidence of electrolysis about
it at any place.
Doe To Ill Will.
W ashington , Dec. 10.—To clear away
ail doubt as to why Oregon is being
held up liefore the country as tne hot lied
of land thieves, while similar and un­
doubtedly greater frauds in other states
are being overlooked, this statement,
confirmed by an official familiar with
the inside facts, is made. The campaign
against land fraud operators was initi-
ated by Secretary Hitchcock, and has
l»ecn carried on entirely under his direc­
tion. So anxious han he been to get all
the credit for any convictions that may
be secured that he has not allowed land
officials to co-operate with him either in
running down frauds or gathering evi­
dence, but has kept everything in bin
own hands, at all times personally di.
I reeling his own inspectors.
The Land Office has had nothing to
Inspired bv the National vote of 60<),. ' do with the campaign now in progress.
DOO for Debs at the I. st election, the Several years ag< Secretary Hitchcock
New York section of the Socialist party l>egan to show hostility toward Ringer
i*stied a statement to the effect that it Hermann, then Commissioner of the
has laid plans for establishing a school General Land Office, having early con.
of socialism. A board of instructors has ceived the idea that Hermann was con­
Item appointed consisting of Morris spiring with speculators on the Pacific
Hilquist. Algernon Lee. Hrnrv L Slobo- Coast to defraud the Government out of
bin and John Sparge. The school term large areas of public lands
It was
is to extend from the first week in Jan- largely liecause of tlfis friction that Her.
narv to the last week in May, and there mann eventually resigned the Commis­
will be one lesson each week, or 21 sionership.
Ever since he forced Her.
lessons in all. There will be five courses, mann out of office. Hitchcock has con­
loginning with a course on the history centrated his inspectors on the Pacific
of socialism, and ending with “ the Coast, mostly in Oregon, giving them in-
future state.”
structions to bring to light the frauds
1904.
TODD & CO.,
CLOTHIERS.
The Canadian Northwest.
The rapid progress of Winnipeg itself is
not the least wondeful of the transfor­
mations that have been effected in the
Canadian Northwest within the last
three or four years, largely by American
capital and American immigrants. To
give perhaps a still better indication of
the prosperity and progress of that vast
region, even yet but imperfectly realized
by any except Canadians, it is only
necessary to cite some figures as to its
grain output.
The wheat crop of the Canadian
Northwest this year is estimated by the
Ogilyie Milling Company at from 63-
000,000 to 65,000,000 bushels. A more
conservative, but perhaps not more ac­
curate. estimate by the Canadian Bank
of Commerce is 60,000,000 bushels. In
1903 the total jield was 51,473,000
bushels and in 1902 63.833,000 bushels
Accepting even the lowest estimate of
this year’s yield, it will be seen that the
farmers of Manitoba and tke Northwest
have made an exceptionally good show*
ing. The wheat this year is also said to
be of a high grade, and will probably
bring 80 cents a bushel for the best
grade, as against 55 cents in 1902.
This means that at the lowest estimate
the wheat raisers of Canada's great
Western field will receive approximately
$’3,800,000 for their crop this year, as
against $33,457,000 last year and $35,.
108,150 in 1902. With such a crop of
fine quality and at good prices, no won­
der that there is an alluring, roseate
tinge to our Manitoba correspondent's
picture of present conditions in the great
Northwest.
To understand how this record has
been made and the changed conditions
to the northward of such interest to
Europe and America, it is necessary to
go back a little more than a third of a
century, It was in 1869 that the great
wheat fields of the Northwest, then
merely prairie and plain, were purchased
by Canada from the Hudson's Bay Com­
pany. In the following year Manitoba
was admitted into the confederation,
followed in 1871 by the admission oi
British Columbia. '1 hen began that era
of pioneer railroad building which has
so effectually opened up a new granary
of the world. The development of the
Northwest since the 7()’s was rapid
and fairly uniform until the “American
invasion,” since
which
time
its
growth has been by leaps and bounds.
This American invasion was induced in
the first place bv the increasing pressure
upon the agricultural lands of the Unit­
ed States and by the liberal inducements
offered to American and British farmers
to enter and possess these virgin terri­
tories.
With a one.hundred-and-sixty
aern farm offered free to anv young man
oyer eighteen for settlement, and with
timber , coal, oil and natural gas await­
ing development, the rest is easily ex­
plained. Immigrants, first by tens and
hundreds, and more recently by the thou
sands, trekked their wav across the
plains to found new homes and become
the builders of a new empire.
CÛPYWHÏII) 1904 BY C/10USY& BMWatf. UTICA . NEW YORK
OVERCOATS AND
RAINCOATS.
OBODY who is anybody would think of doing without a sack
N
suit or two.
occasion.
It is presentable at almost every informal
A correctly designed and i-.-operl/ tailored Sack
Suit meets the absolute requirements <f well-dressed
men for business wear.
\/e have such suits at $*O.CO, b ttcr ones at
$20.00, and still better Sack Suits at $30.00, ready made, but still cor­
rectly made.
Tailoring has much to
do
with
clotb.es.
Your
clothes have much to do
with your appearance. We
are prepared to show you
magnificent garments made
by Crouse & Brandegee,
a grade of clothing which
is not excelled by
high classcustom tailors’ art.
Tillamook Lumber Company will sell
Rough Fir Lumber sawed to order for
$7 00 per thousand in one thousand lots
and up. Spruce at $6.00 at the same
rate.
•
We are illustrating here
urrnunt iw if utwiiunit ntwnM
our Navasota, which will be
the young man’s favorite.
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NOTICE
TO
(KKIllTOKM.
NOTICB is H krkijv C. iven ,—That the un­
dersigned have been duly unpointed by the
County Court of the State of Oregon, for the
County of Tillamook, executor« of the last
will ami testament of DAVID J W WILEY,
deceased.
All person«
having CLAIMS
against tfae said estate are hereby required
to present the same to ui duly verified a« by
law required. at the office of Eddy Ac Bott«,
Attorneys-at-Law.
at
Tillamook
City,
Oregon, within six months from the date
hereof.
Dated this 1st day of December. 1904..
ELIZABETH WILEY AND JAMES O. C.
W (LSI
Executors of the last will And testament
of David |. W. Wiley, deceased.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.
Land Office ^t Oregon City. Ore.,
November lyln,
Notice is hereby given that th«- iollowiiix-
iiAined aettfer his tiled notice of hb> intention
to make final proof in *«upp<*rt of his claim,
and th«i «aid proof *11! be made befoie the
County Clerk of lill .mook Co , at Tillamook
City, Oregon, on January 6th. 1905. via.:
WILLIAM OR As«* ItOFF
II E No. »5^1, fur the A
Nr % «nd W % He
of «♦•<_' to, tp 6 South, range 10 Went.
He names the following witnesses !•> prove
bin continuous residence upon and cuhivat.on
of «aid land viz
Albeit Bowman, of Neatuwin, Ore. . William
Plank. of Tillamook Ore ; Stephen Hauer, of
Marx. Ore , Joe ffteinmaaael, of Dolph, Ore
Al/>hRSoW H DWBBSHM, Register.
T imrkk L aho , A ct Jr« » 1S7H — N oth k fob
Pt BI.ICATIOM.
United State« Land offi-e.
Oregon ■ fly, Oregon,
December loth, »'XM
Notice in hereby given that in compliance
with the provi-ion« of the «et of Congtexof
Jnnr 3rd, 1W7*. enfitl«-d ' An act for the «ale
of limfier land« in the State« of Califo 1« a.
Oregon. Nevada, and
Washington Teriito
ry ’ a«extended to all Public Ijind State« by
act of Auguat 4. i**.a
JOHN MFF.S
Of Tillamook county ot Tillamook State of
Orrgou ha« thia day filed In thi» office hi«
«worn « a tentent No. 65x5 for the purchase
of the N ' J of Na % of Sec. No
in Tp No. 1 S,
Bang*« No. 10 Writ and wilf offer proof t •
• how that the land sought i« more valuabl«
for its timber or stone than for agricultural pnr
Crea. an«1 to eefabliah ht« claim to »aid fami
•i»»r«- the Count) 1 erk ot Tillamook Couniy.
at Tillamook « it y OregD«i <m Mondar the inch
davo! F-hrnarv. 1901 ’le naine« as vNneaaee
W'alter1' Bai ley ¿John M Wei««, t red Tom
li neon, Samuel <
Tomlinson, o< Tillamook.
f lyegoii
Any and all prrwon« claiming adversely tl.e
above drsrrinrd lauda «re retpieata.l to fil«* their
riatta« in thfca office « mi or before «aid Both day of
February. lqr><.
Ai.o»««uN S Darw-RB, k'giater.J
You who are interested in good clothe* will find satisfaction in our store.
TODD & CO.,
CLOTHIERS.
SELLING AT COST !
THE
RED SHOE
HOUSE
IS
Closing Out its Entire
Stock of
BOOTS AND SHOES
AT COST.
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Goofa fire nil First ('hiss and up to date.
My health cumjiela .Tie to make a change. Thia it no humbug.
Repairing Neatly Dour.
P. F. BRDIA/NE,
Salesman.
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