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About Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1905)
j • TILLAMOOK HE AD LI GHT. OCTOBER l 6 I I I i I t I I > I I I ;i FIGHT AS TO WHO WILL I has been troubled. There have come in rapid succession official announcements BUILD THE ROAD. of consti uction of various branches of Bond Buyers of P., N. & T, Co. Opposed to the Rights of Company being Trans ferred to Mr. Lytle. Individual members of the board of directors of the Portland, Nehalem & Tillamook Railroad company are threat ened with a suit by II. Melville Walker and the London Share & Debenture com pany to compel the Portkind Company to accept the sum of$2,550,000, deliver the $3,000,000 bond issue proposed un der the contract between Mr. Walker anil the Portland company and proceed to construct the railroad as projected between Portland, Nehalem and Tilla mook. I*, is said the money is ready, and the English financiers insist upon going ahead with arrangements made on the right of way between Hillsboro ai d Banks prior to the failure of Edward Records and the Atlas Contracting and Supply Company. Mr. Walker arrived yesterday in Lon don, from New York. Prior to his de parture from New York he received news of the efforts that are being made to dispose of the rights of way and fran. chises of the Portland, Nehalem & Tilla. mook road to the Lytle interests, and lie served notice on the Portland direc tors of the road that he would not con sent to any change of the program. Mr. Walker said that he had made all arrangements for floating the bonds, and demanded that they be delivered as agreed upon, at the pi ice stipulated, and demanded that they be delivered as agreed upon, at the price stipulated, and that the company proceed upon construc tion of the linens begun. He said the failure of Records was wholly immaterial and was simply an incident in the mat ter, and that he would find a new ,con. tractor to take up the work. In a letter to one of the local directors of the Portland company, under date of October 13, 1905, he writes: ”1 note the effort you have made to get me to cancel the agreement 1 have with the railroad company. In the first place Mr. Lytle, who offers to take this road, is a personal friend to Elijah Smith. In point of fact Mr. Smith has notified me that Mr. Lvtle expects to build the road and that he an agent for Mr. Hur- riinan and the Southern Pacific Railroad company. It is the old story over again, where your company will be again caught. 1 wrote you the other day that we would not on any account cancel the contract which we have with your rail road company. I am perfectly willing to provide a contract in the place of Mr. Records. But vour company must keep its agreement with me. I leave for London tomorrow, Saturday, therefore you can understand that I have not much time to discuss the matter. But I wish you to distinctly underst nd that we do not care with whom yo i enter into a contract—I shall still en force the agreement which you have w ith me. In the meantime I shall go on completing iny arrangements with mv people in London, under your contract. “It is no business of mine and I am not at all affected l>v Mr. Records not carrying through his arrangements with your company.” Meetings w ere held in the offices of E. E Lytle, president of the Pacific Rail way At Navigation company, and Wm Reul, sect clary of the Portland, Nehalem X Tillamook, in the Worcester building yesterday afternoon to endeavor |to de. icrinine the fate of the project <• r con struction of the proposed mad from lliilshoro to Tilla mo >k. In Mr. Reid’s oilier were gatheicd the stockholders of the P , N. A T. and in the office of Mr Lv tie were bi-» attorneys and representa tives of the Hillsboro board of trade. It was voted bv the Portland, Neha lem X Tillamook stockholders to turn their franchises and rights of way from Hillsboro to Banks buck to the Hills boro |»cople. providing the construction of the road were taken up and carri»d forward bv the Lvtle company. Agree- ments weir drawn by the parties con- cerned, under direction of Zcra Snow. attorney for Mr. Lytle, The Hillsboro board of trade was 1 epi rsen ted by F. M Heidel and Dr. Tamassee. I lie company of which Mr. Lytle is piesideut has had legal existence about three weeks The personnel of his final- cuil associates is not made known. He retains the < flier formerly occupied by him as president ot the Columbia South cin, a Harriman road, on the tilth floor ol the Worcester building. A modern sign, “Pacific Railwav X Navigation Company,“ has been lettered on the door of the main office, which is one of a suite adjoining that of W. W. Cotton, general attorney tor the Harriman hues Various circumstances have given rise to a generally credited rum»’r that Mr. Lt tic is tepn-scnti'ig the Harriman inter ests nnd that the road which is to via- ueit Tillamook and the Nehalem country with Hillsboro, a station on the S<>uth rm Pacific will be built as a feeder to the Hamman st stem. Wi bin the last three months R. II Harriman, James | llill ami a numtier of Ins eastern capitalist friends, ami Elijah Smith, a Boston capitalist connected with the Harriman roads, have visited Portland. Mr Harriman was the first on the scent, ami since the dav of his ; ppeamnet the railroad pro UK turn sea Real Estate Transfers. Seattle Car-Barn Held Up i9c5 CJTicXS- I- S eattle . Wash.. Oct. 22.—Two ban. (fits held up the Madison-street cable reliable druggist barn at 3:30 o’clock this morning, over- The five essentials of satisfactory Drag Store trading which I powered a nightwatchman and fireman, offer you ; and, breaking into the company’s strong Quality, freshness, equipment, skill, honest price. box, made off with something over $500. Much of the money was in small change, indicative of the bandits prearrange ment for handling the heavy weight. The men forced an entrance two hours after the last ear had turned in at the I uni Headquarter» for the authorized School Book» tor nil Grude«, and cart. t|( large»! »lock of School Supplies in thel'ountv. barn and everybody save a nightwatch man and fireman were gone. Mike Pens, l’eniils. Ink, Slates, Sponges, littlerx, Copy >:0 Boyle, the watchman, was busy clean- Tablets and everything required in the School Hoorn. ing lamps w hen the bandits found him They over powered the man and tied him up to a streetcar Fireman E J. Cole came out to investigate the noise and was immediately borne to the ground by the bandits. He was made fast to an- other car. With the two men at the barn out of GO TO the way, the bandits took their own time about robbing the office. They broke into the engineer s tool chest and FOR then attacked the sheet-iron box which the money collected from the various conductors is dropped. This box is used to hold the collections until they can be We solicit your patronage and will give you satisfaction. checked up and turned into a bank. It was a comparatively easy task to break it open and then escape. This is the second time the Madison, street barn has been robbed. The first time the robbers climbed under the car house and cut their way up into the drop box, removing the money from the bottom, In both robberies familiarity with the surroundings «and company procedure lias been shown by the rob- bers. Furnished by H. T. Botts, Abstract Co. Charles E. Dant and wife to Joseph Angers. Deed to undivided Vi in terest in tract in ip. 3 north, range 8 west $700.00. Alfred L. Biglow to Angus G. Mackav. 160 acres. Section 9. tp. 2 north, range 8 west. $1500. Angus G. .Mackay and wife to Fred R. Hayes. 321.20 acres in section 9, tp. 2 north, range 8 west. $2500. David W. Rhodes and wife to AngusG. •Mackay. 161.20 acres insertion 5, tp. 2 north, range 8 west. $1000.00. Fairview Grange, No. 273 to Eugene Jenkins. Lot 15, block 7, Miller’s addition to Tillamook. $50.00, Peter Nelson to George W. Kiger. Deed correction. 160 acres in sections 19 and 30, tp. 2 north, range 7 west. $1 00. [ohn Reycraft and wife to George Rey- craft. Quit claim. 160 acres in section 20, tp. 3 north, range« west. $1.00. Frederick W. Redberg to William Red berg and wife. Tract in section 7, tp. 5 south, range 10 west. $1.00. Albert E. Imbler and wife to Willia.n C. King. Tract of land in block 4, of Thayer's addition. $3150.00. J. B. Pape and wife to Ingebond Craw ford. Two parcels of land in lots 4 and 5, section 2, tp. 3 north, range I 10 west. $200.00. George Luce and wife to John Gerritse. Lot 7, block 3, Tohl’s addition to Nehalem. $85.00. Ralph Ackley and wife to Eugene Jen kins and wife. Tract in .McDer mott's addition to Tillamook City. $1300.00. M. Teracutchi, Minister (.f War, lias Albert Benscheidt and wife to Irwin issued an order instructing tht Japanese Payne. 80 acres in section 34, tp. 1 army in the field to abstain from criticis- south, range 10 west. $1200.00. ing the terms of peace on tl.e grounds Carrie A. Bailey and husband to W. C. that the declaration of peace and of war King. Lots 1 and 2, R. R. Hav’s are entirely the outcome of sovereign addition to Tillamook City. $650. power. His order forbids the criticis n G. B. Lamb and wife to W. E. Page, of either subject especially by thoscen- Tact in McDermott’s addition to i gaged in military service. He advises Tillamook City, $290.00, the soldiers to utilize the opportunities fames D. Ward and wife to John A of peace after the abandonment of their Cyrus Jackson. regiments bv engaging in their respective Woolums and Tract in sections 25 and 30, tp. 5 occupations, always holding themselves south, range 11 west. $600.00. in readiness to join the colors at the Charles E. Bisconer to Mary A. Bis Emperor's command. coner. Tract insections 23, 25 at d * * * 26, tp. 5 south, range 10 west. $1. At Astoria last week, a man whose II. T. Botts and wife to |acob H. Cook identity is unknown was drowned about 160 acres in secs. 15 and 10, tp. 2 9:15 o'clock in the river from a slip in south, range 10 west. $1000.00. the rear of the store of Ross Higgins & Clark E. Hadlev and wife to The Tilla Co , where the launches Pilot and Louise mook County Bank. Lot 3, blk. 8, were lying at the time. William Miller, Thajer's addition. $110 00. who lives but a short distance away, William Ryan to Wright-Blodgett Co , was awakened by cries for help coming Limited. 160 acres. Section 2, tp. from the slip. He raised a window and 1 south, range 7 west. $1050.00. called out, “ Hold on. I will help you !” George W. Kiger and wife to Wright- Then without dressing he ran to the Blodgett Co., Limited. 160 acres. slip and went from the Pilot, which was sections 19 and 30, tp. 2 north, inshore, to the Louise, calling out at range 7 west. $1550.00. the time, “ Where are you?’’ Suddenly | U.S. Patent to Oacar Gehrig. 150.69 he heard a splash in the water near by acres. Section^, tp. 3 north, range and a cry of “ Oh!’’ and that was the ( — W. end of it. The next morning no one was I U.S, Patent to Maggie M. Harvey. 160 reported to be missing, but that some acres. Section 39, tp. 2 south, man was drowned is certain. range 10 west. U.S. Patent to John A. Brant. 160 Dr. P. J. Sharp, the expre- acres. Sections 19 and 30, tp. 2 enced dentist is located in north, range 7 west. Dr. Wise’s dental patr rs, and U. S. Patent to Henry Dunstan. 161.30 is prepared to do nothing but acres Section 31, tp. 2 south, first class work and give the range 10 west________ . established railroad linesand discontin uance of construction of others—princi pal! ▼ the h.ies in which the Atlas Con tracting & Supply company was a fac tor. The Atlas company, after fully in augurating the building of the Oregon Traction company's line trom Portland to Forest Grove, and the Portland, Nehalem & Tillamook from Portland to Tillamook, went to the wall, two of its members went to Riparia to construct the Southern Pacific’s line from Riparia to Lewiston and the remaining member quit the Portland field and returned to San Francisco. Up to the day Mr. Harriman left Portland and went to’ San Francisco construction of the Tillamook road was under full headway, and about seven miles of the line out of Hillsboro was graded, the engineer in charge having all arrangements made for completing that section and running a locomotive over it before December 1, 1905. About this time, it is said, the fact was di vulged by Mr. Records that his con tract with the Portland company pro. vided that he should construct a spur from Harrison, a station near Banks, to a connection with the Northern Pacific between Linnton and Holbrook, via the Cornelius pass. This spur would have given the Tillamook road, under Ore gon’s new railroad law, traffic arrange, ments with both the Southern Pacific and the Northern Pacific, on an equal basis, and would have placed it in a position to give the Tillamook country , railroad competition, to some extent, with two eastern outlets. As soon as Mr. Harriman learned the real situation he took measures to stop construction of the Tillamook road by the contracting firm. It is said his measures were at first scouted, and the promoters placed themselves in a position to receive active support from the Northern Pacific. Mr. Rec ords, writing from San Francisco, under date of May 20, to one of the Portland directors, said : " Matters have taken such a turn here in the last few days that it is a matter of indifference to me whether we con. nect with the Southern Pacific at Hills boro or not, except as it may affect the value of the enterprise. I do not think, however, that the Southern Pacific peo ple are in any position to build out that way, and if the Northern Pacific will let us build, so far as 1 am concerned, 1 would make an exclusive connection ’’ Shortly afterward Mr. Harriman spent several days at San Francisco, en route to Japan. A week later Mr. Records cmmnrm ism m crousi a mmsur . vncA.nmvonK came to Portland, ostensibly to take ac tive charge of the construction work on the Tillamook line. Soon thereafter the enterprise began going to pieces, pav rolls went unpaid, his drafts were dis honored at the banks of Portland and San Francisco, and both the Forest Grove and Tillamook roads were “ hung up.” H. Melville Walker, who was about to leave New York for London with the belief that everything was going a'ong satisfactorily at Portland, was advised that the Atlas company had failed, and the Portland, Nehalem & Tillamook com puny hail opened negotiations for trans ferring its rights, franchises and con best of satisfaction If your tracts back to the people of Hillsboro teeth need fixing call upon SOUTH PRAIRIE. under an arrangement with E. E. Lytle him. The past week of clear frosty weather to proceed with construction of the road, but not with the money of the English has given the dairymen a chance to get syndicate. Then came Mr. Walker’s no their potatoes dug and other work done tification that he would hold the Port before the winter rains set in. land, Nehalem & Tillamook Railroad Mr. D. Billings and wife and Professor company strictly to its contract with Buell and wife and son were visitors on I the Prairie last Sunday. him. EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 18 1905 This contract provided that a bond Miss Carrie Wells and Preston Marolf issue of $3,000.000 should be taken by are two more of our young people who Leave Rates, $1 Per day PORTLAND Arrive. Centrally boeated. the London Share & De lien tore company have agreed to love honor and cherish at 85 cents net. realizing $2,550.000cash, each other through life. Their many 8:00 a.m. i Portland Union ’ 11:20 a.m. 7:00 p.m. t depot for Astoria. I 9:50 p.in. 1 which it is estimated would build and friends and neighbors wish them a long equip the entire 100 miles to Nehalem life of happiness and prosperity. Leave ASTORIA Arrive. M. H. LARSEN, Proprietor. and Tillamook, with a spur to the Willis Powell has added another TILLAMOOK, OREGON Northern Pacific between Linnton and thousand to the valuation of his dairy 7:4." a.m. ifor Portland and / 11:35 a.m. 6:10 p.m. f way points. | 10:35 p m. Nolbrook. The contract provided also ranch, after so much hot air railroad The Best Hotel in the city. No Chinese Employed. that the first 10 miles should lie com talk in building a new yard fence and SEASIDE DIVISION. pitted from Hilisboro to Banks before cement walk to his dwelling. any money should be, forthcoming on ASTORIA Arrive. Miss Winni* Goyne, of Tillamook, Leave the bonds, but that when this section spent Sunday on the Prairie. 11 :35 a.m. < for Seaside Direct > 6:20 p.m. should tie completed, December 21, 1905. Charles Wells, the experienced hunter the sum of $80.000 should be turned and trapper had a good laugh over the Leave ASTORIA Arrive. over from the bond sale Jto pay for these stupidity of a gentleman from Portland, »0 milts, and that on completion of while hunt ng bear a few days ago ♦ 8:15 a.m. c for Warrenton, i •10:45 a.m’ SEWING MACHINE. \ Hammond. Ft. > each succeeding 10 miles the company Charlie remarked as they came across 5:50 p.m ’ Stevens, Seaside.! 7:40 a.m boller bearinq . should reueivr*nistallmcnts necessary to a bear track, that here was a warm HIGH GRADE. pay the cost. This contract, Mr. Walker track, the gentleman on reaching down Leave SEASIDE Arrive says, he is ready to fulfill and insists and feeling of the track, says that track 4:30 p m. \ for Astoria Direct >12:30 p.m 1 that the toad lie built according to its is not hot, it is cold. provisions. B«»rn to the wife of Mr. Shields, a > Leave SEASIDE Arrive Mr. Lytle, when asked today to mike infant a statement concerning the rc| or.ed 1 6:15 a.m. < for Warrenton Ft i 9:25 a.m. ! Mr. and Mrs. Preston Marolf will \ Stevens. Ham- > connection of Mr. Harriman with his make their future home on the old place, f9:30 a.m. ’ mond, Astoria. ) 7:20 p.m. ’ project, said • Preston running the dairy ranch next Additional train leaves Astoria daily at ’ 'There is positively no truth in the re year. 11:30 a.m. for all points on Ft. Stevens port. Mr. Harrimaa has no connection Fred Christensen has moved his bach branch, arriving Ft. Stevens 12 30 p.m .re in any manner with my proposition dor quarters to the Allen House, Tilla turning. leaves Ft. Stevens at 2:00 p.m., ar This is mv undertaking exclusively If riving Astoria 2:45 p m. moo It. • Sunday only. J any Portland people with money think Through tickets and close connection via Mr. Harriman is back of it let them The union betweenNorwav audSweden P. Ry. at Portland and Goble and O. R come forward ami take the bonds. I existing since 1S14. has been dissolved, > N. ft X. Co, via Portland. am ready t«> Io business with any one both houses of the Riksdag having J. C. Meyo, G. P. A. who will furnish capital, 1 shall get passed the Government bill regaling the money, No assist a nee is to be had the act of union and recognizing Norway from Portland capitalists, Naturally I ” as a state separate from the union shall have to go to New York I do not with Sweden.” The Lower House by buying this know as xct where I will get the money, adopted the bill without debate, but reliable, honeM. BARBER AMO HAIRDRESSER but I will get it.**—Portland Journal. two or three members ot the Senate ex high grade sew pressed the opinion that the dissolution SHAVING, HAIR CUTTING Notice. ing machine. was an irreparable misfortune and that Notice. SHAMPOOING, ETC My wife Alice J Harris, hns this 20th, the time would come when Norway STRONGEST GUARANTEE. day <»f (ktober. voluataiiiy left mv l»cd National Sewing Machine Co., and board, and 1 will not tie responsible would perceive the benefits of the union. The Headlight Office is in new quarters South of Enge* for any debts contracted bv her tor any Both houses subsequently passed the Electric Baths nicely fitted up Goodfor SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. impose- J W new flax Inw. persons suffering with rheumatism. Jenkins' Jewelry Store A-& C. R.R. HEADQUARTERS FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES. NEW MEAT MARKET. A. H. BEATY PRIME BEEF, MUTTON PORK, VEAL AND SAUSAGE MEAT. Main Street, Tillamook. $250.00 GIVEN AWAY ! In Cash and Mer chandise, By TODD & CO. January 1 st and April 1st, 1906 The best values in Clothing, Hats, Shoes and Fur- nishing Goods given also at this sale TODD & CO CLOTHIERS. TIME CARD. LARSEN HOUSE, LATIMER, BROS., Money FACTORY AT BELVIDE.P. ILL I
