Image provided by: Tillamook County Library
About Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1907)
I â TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, JANUARY 3. 1907 Advertising Rates «. eoai . AuvgfcTisMBXTs : of waiting for the officers of the Port land, Nehalem & Tillhmook road to sign and complete thjsir bond issue. This condition of affairs continued from June 22.1905. to some time in Sep tember. Records made rcpeateii de mands on McCraken and Pittock for the bonds due him under the contract, and McCraken |>ersisled in refusal to sign and deliver them, giving no reason other than he dideu't want to do so. First Insertion, per line .......... Each subsequent insertion, line.... Business and profeswioiial cards, 1 month ...................................... Homestead Notices.......................... Timber Claims.......... ........ Lrx’als, per line each insertion . .. Display a*ivertiseinent, an inch. 1 month ...................................... All Resolutions of Condolence Ixxlge Notices. 5c. per line. Cards of Thanks, 5c. per line. Only Signa ure Needed Notices. Lost, Strayed or Stolen, The bonds had been signed by the sec niinfmurn rate, 25c. not exceedir g five retary, William Reid, and only lacked Hues. the signature of John McCraken, presi dent, tu become available collateral at the SanFranciseo banks that were ready to supply the money, under an agree Fr«<l C. Baker, publisher ment making the Mercantile Trust coiunpny of San Francisco trustee tor DEVIOUS METHODS USED thebondholders. Records retained John M. Geairn as his attorney, and threat TO WRECK ROAD. ened suit to compel McCraken’s signa ture, as the bond was worthless with Walker’s Suit Against Harri out the signature of the company’s president. man, Pittock and Others At this stage of the tragedy Record's In n suit to be pinhed in the New Vork personal funds ran short, and he was obliged to quit work, as the San Fran < ourt» by II. Melville Walker against cisco banks refused to advance a dollar Edward H. Harriman on the charge ol until the bond was forthcoming. JThe criminal conspiracy, it is said the inner details of the wrecking of tile Portland. whole project then fell to the ground. Nehalem & Tillamook railroad will be Walker bases his suits against Harriman, laid bare. The testimony is expected to McCraken and Pittock on the allegation show in an interestim light the methods that the road was financed, the donds printed and every preliminary detail car of railr ried out excepting one, the signature of certair the President, which was withheld un tn. figliTi der pressure from the Harriman interests railroads within that territory Walker will at the same time. acCOt<A rendering the bonds worthless and furth ing to reports from New York, institute er procedure impossible by the con civil suits in Portland against John Me struction company. Tillamook Ijeablig^t. Craken, H. L. Pittock and other direc tors oi the Portland, Nehalem & Tilla mook Rrailway company, for a sum up wards of $275,0C0. A Portland attorney who has just re turned from New York says Walker has secured his evidence and perfected arrangements for a hard legal tight to recover from the men whom he charges with haying wrecked the railroad which lie ami his associates began last year to build from Hillsboro to Tillamook. It is alleged by Walker that money con siderations were used by the Harriman interests in accomplishing their purpose of stopping work on the Tillamook line, and that an idemnity bond was furnish ed to protect Colonel McCraken, Mr PHtock mid other directors of the local company from possible consequences of their acts in collusion with Harriman. At the same time Mr. Walker gives the first expose of what is said to be the inside woiking of the scheme that brought financial min to Edward Re cords, president of the Atlas Contracts & Supply company, and which with him ruined the Portland, Nehalem & Til lamook Railway company, then un«ler construction between Hillsboro mid Buxton, and also the Oregon Traction company for which Records was also building ail electrical line from Portland to Forest Grov e With oil«' wave of his wand Harriman li said to have paralyzed both of these healthy and commendable piojects that had been designed to develop transpor tation faciliti« s in the lieli country be tween Portlni.d mid the Tillamook coast mid in« i«l< ntnll) invaded Southern Pacific territory. Myers Not Responsible. The pawns in Harriman's game, ac- <PxH(ig to Mr. Walker* allegations, were Fxectilivc committee and presi ,k-nt *»f t n t«Smm|, Nehalem & Tilhi- wook (u|o)lll . Al.Cial K WWfc—V.. I'ttock and <»corge K|KS*Tdr. Myers w as in Alaska of the wrecking ot the Tilla- MK hiju I, inid the actual business coiupnny transacted ¿WMcCiackvjy V»ml Pittock, the ate to lu held responsible lot Proposal Adopted. McCraken’s reasons for not signing the bonds have never been made public. That he was directed to sign them is shown by the records of the board of di rectors. Resolutions were in turn passed by the stockholders, the board of direc tors and the executive committee, direct ing that the bonds be executed and de livered to the construction company, according to its contract. These resolu lions had been signed by Mr. McCraken as president. An excerpt from the re c >rds shows the following action taken at a special meeting of the stockholders of the Portland, Nehalem & Tillamook Railway company held in Portland on lune 22, 1905 : "There was then presented and read to this meeting a proposition in writing from H. Melville Walker of New Y«»rk for the sale and disposal to nnd through th#* London Share ¿¿Debenture company, Ltd., of $2,400,000 of first mortgage 5 percent bonds of this railway company, which proposition was after .careful dis cussion by all present, on motion of William Reitl, trustee, seconded by John Stewart, unanimously adopted and the president and secretary were and hereby ordered to execute, seal ami deliver in duplicate a contract from this company to said H. Melville Walker accepting the same on behalf of this company. “Furthermore, that the president and secretary of this company be and a re Hereby directed to have prepared, signed and d< hv< red to a trustee for bondhold ers, a mortgage or trust deed to the company's property for $3,000,000, and also to have rngiaved and duly signed bv them $3,000,000, of this railway company's 30-yenr 5 per cent first mort gage bonds, secured by said trust <lee«l cr inortgiige, which b mds arc to be is sued at the rate of $30,000 per rnile secured over all its property anil assets, copies of which shall be engrossed on these minutes, $2,4000,000 of which bonds arc to be offered for side by H. Melville \\ alkcr lo and through the L« n don Share A Debenture company, Lt«*, and the rema ning $600.000 bonds me m mediate'y’(Junc 22. 1905) to be issued and delivered to the Atlas Contract & Supp'v comp inv. in payment ami lull satisfiction *>f the construction, and for the equipment to be made by the latter compmy of the Portland, Nehalem Tillaim ok Company's first 20 miles ol railway, as more particularly set out nnd described in its offer hW*nd>tfoie mentioned. Signed. Joli a McCraken. pres ideut ; William Reid, secretary. Port land, Nehalem & Tillamook Railway com pany.’1 SOUTH WESTERN IS HILLS LINE NOT So Say Promoter! of Logging Railway Which May Reach to Tillamook Northern Pacific money is not build- ing the Portland and Southwestern Railroad, which has been sturted from Scappoose and has Tillamook selected as its terminus. So say officers of the company, though they admit entrance to Portland may be gamed by trackage agreement or leased with the Northern Pacific. Eight miles of track have been laid along the north fork of the Scappoose, and two miles more has been graded Surveys have been completed to the di vide, but no decision has been reached as to how it will be crossed to gain the coast country, though a tunnel anti switch back have been suggested. The motive power consists of two engines, a small one and another weigh ing 55 tons. A third, a light engine, is en route Imre. Two of the locomotives will matte up lugging tuuiiB hum spurs. The large one will haul them from the woods to the river, where the logs are formed into rafts. A steam shovel, which is expected here daily from Tacoma, will be placed at work making cuts and fills, while a rock crusher is to be placed in commission «luting the Summer to secure ballasting materials. At present considerable gravel ballast is being handled. At Scappoose a "Y’’ has been con structed so material can be switched from the Northern Pacific main line to that of the Portland & Southwestern. It is possible that if it is decided to de liver logs bv rail to local mills the Hill system will be approached to grant a lease similar to that by which the Astoria & Columbia River uses the road from Goble to Portland. Simcoe Chapman is president of the company, with John Person vice-presi- dent, Charles B. Bradshaw, secretary, and Fred S. Chapman, treasurer, While the line is to all intents and pur- poses a logging road, if it is extended at the present rate it is felt there may be some change in the transpoi tation pros pects for Tillamook and the coast country. Railroaders agree the plan ol construction is lar ahead of that usu ally employed in logging roads, and the fact is taken to indicate the promoters propose to bid for outside trade. At the Nevada gold diggings coal is $60 a ton him ! it is a struggle to get a meal and a cot. A part of the American people would be unhappy if deprived of I he hardships of the Klondike some where. . * * It is suggested that the government cash balance is so large that $117,000,- 000 of tile |public debt maturing next year can be paid off in a lump without inconvenicnee. Here is the first ammu. nit ion for the democrats in the next campaign. They have al ways regarded surplus as a synonym for supcifluity. M <x * For the coming year nothing better can be wished for the people of the United States than that they shall continue to overtax the facilities of labor and capital and lie able to du plicate the n cord of 190b, which Sec ret ary Shaw pictures as •' growing more crops than we can harvest and bar vesting more than we can haul to inur. ket.” W * * T. BOTTS, ’ A ttornhy - at -L aw . Over 30 Years experience in the* Business HARNESS, COLLARS, SADDLES, fle •I Complete set of Abstract Book- Everything Needed in the Harness Line you will find at Taxes paid for nons Residents. in office. Office opposite Post Office. W. A. WILLIAMS Both phones. Up to date Harness Shop. The only complete shop of the kind in Tillamook county. I handle no shoddy goods, but my ^^7 H- COOPER, prices will compare with those that do. I Next door to T illamook C ounty B ank . Local Phone. A ttorney - at -L aw , O regon . T illamook , M. F. LEACH, C arl Dealer in FRESH and CURED MEATS. LARD, HIDES, WOOL, Etc. haberlach , ATTORNEY AT-LAW, Jkuledtcr Office across the street and north from the Post Office. H. GOYNE, “ Clean and Wholesome,” our motto A ttorney ’- at . L aw . The Best Hotel Office : Opposite Court House THE ALLEN HOUSE, T illamook , O regon W. SEVERANCE, J. P. flUUEfl, Proprietor Headquarters for Travelling Men. Special Attention paid to Tourists. A First Class Table. Comfortable Beds and Accommodation. Fir and Spruce Lumber. A ttorney - at -L aw , T illamook Q O regon . H. UPTON, Ph.G..M.D., PPYSICIAN AND St’XGEON. Office first door East of F. Ri Spruce and Cedar Shingles. Cheese and Butter Boxes a specialty. Beals’ office. T. BOALS, M.D., Orders for Lumber promptly attended to. TILLAMOOK LUMBER. C0ÎDPÆNY PHYSICIAN SURGEON, TILLAMOOK. A. K. CASE, 1 PROPRIETOR Tillamook Iron Works General Machinists & Blacksmiths Boiler Work, Logger’s Work and Heavy Forging Fine Machine Work a Specially. OREGON. TILLAMOOK, Office: Olson Building. Residence: Mrs. Walker’s. • M J'' HOMAS W. ROSS, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON; Office : Opposite Post Office. Residence : Allen House, Tillamook, Ore. F. R. BEALS, REAL ESTATE, MAIL ORDER LIQUOR BUSINESS. Buy your Liquors from the Wholesale House Direct. We Want Your Business. F inancial A gent , Tillamook, Oregon. A K* ] )R P. J- SHARP, RESIDENT DENTIST, A summary of the farm cro|s raised in the United States during the past Office across the street from the year shows that corn is still king in We can furnish all kinds of Wines, Whiskies, Brandies, Court House. acreage, bushels and valuation, This ib «■in and Rum at wholesale prices. a billion dollar corn country. Dr. Wise’s office. * * * Send us your orders. We ship in plain eases and prepay freight. Every dollar that Secretary I fitch. Read over our price list and mail us vour orders. Money refunded if goods SARCHET, cock has saved from the grafters in the are not satisfactory All orders will be treated strictly confidential. We ship all our goods C.O.D , or you can make remittance with your order. Indian Territory has l>een added to the . The Fashionable TaiTor/'*'-*"' personal «state of the Indian, and yet WE OFFER C$4 thè ronfi alter ila minai tlie Indian is just as mad at the secre 12Qts. Gallon. ha Cleaning, Pressing aty} Repair tary as the grafter. 12 quarts Sheehan’s Private Stock. Rye or Bourbon ... S8.00 $3 00 Hpkr^. ih.it tir Kecoids rial 12 quarts Tillamook Rve and Bourbon X 50 ing a Specialty. 12 quarts Delaney's Malt Whiskev...... ^■Kconti.at A in j ;'i Q. ti |>aiiy ... X.00 3.00 A Yokohama paper suggests that A 12 quarts Gordon White Rve Whiskey ... 8 00 ■Riicli he was presidittf. Wer. luiced 3 00 Japan may not be getting its share of Store in Heins Photographic 12 quarts Old Gold Bourbon Whiskev ... 7.50 2 75 Vquit Work by i‘reii lent McCraktr s 12 quarts Crescent Rve Whiskey American heiresses under treaty rights. Galley. refusai tosigli thè i.ond Usue. sud (or 12 quarts Old Port Wine....... The Ja|»sare picking up even the art of 3 50 1.25 12 quarts Old Sherry Wine ... no olIter cause. Hesais tliat hnii Mc- humor. . 3 50 1.25 1 2 quarts Old Angelica Wine . Craken and Pittock, forining thè ma « ff « ISquartsOld Muscat Wine... J^OBERT A. MILLER, .. 3 5<J 1 25 jority un nctive ixecutiee connnittee, Several of the unfortunate heiresses 12 quarts Old Madeira Wine . .. 3.ÛD 1 25 performtd tlieir riuty ns dirrcted bv 12 quarts Sweet Catawba Wine ATTORNgJ|^r-LA who married foreign noblemen will pe i 75 4. 5«) Project Defeated. 12 quarts Sanduskv Port Wine.. ATTORNf^yr-LAW., resolution of thè slockholdeis. thè Til- 4 50 tition to be restored to American eili- 1 75 12 quarts Old Tom Gin................ When three months later President lamvok road would now lie huilt, nnd xenship. This title in never a disap- H,M ’ -iûü ------- .mid Title's, Land Office Busi' 12 quarts French Cognac..»...... . .r^TTO 3 50 controlle l by l’oitlnnd intitead ol di r- McCraken still refused to sign the $6(H). pointment and grows brighter by use. 12 quarts California Grape Brandy ... SOO 3.00 000 bonds due the Atlas Contract & ness and Mining Law. rimati ìntir.str. 12 quarts Stanford 3A Rye............. (K) • * * Supply company, Records withdrew his Senator Foraker may be and un 12 quarts Rainier 3A Bourbon ...... . ... 1 00 4 00 PORTLAND, OREGON. McCracken Held Ponds. forces Irpm the grade anil the project ! doubtedly is a very able man, but he 12 quarts Monogram O. P. S. R,e .ir Bourbon . 2 00 12 quarts Rock and Rve ......................................... Room, 306 Commercial Building That complete nrrni'gemcnts for the went to piece«. A few months Inter it , has undertaken a tremendous task in ... 6 00 2 25 12 quarts Peach and Honey ............................. . 6 IM) building of the the road from Pottland was taken over by the Pacific Railway , trying to stop the How of message» from 12 quarts Milhiew Whiskey, bottled in bond ............ ......... ... 10 00 3.50 to I ilium > >k. 100 mile«, had lain ¿k Navigation company, financed by the | the White House. Remember, we refund you vour monev and repay freight lx‘ li ways if goods I Did You Ever Try made there has been no question. Va I nion Trust company of San Francisco, I VV.. ..... »... ». ■ , dealers' . . n a * » * I are L , next !Ot "« arc . exclusive wholesale d sell our good* at ini contracts had been made with the supposed tu be a Harriman organisa Fighting Itattles ts said to be largely I «"'’w’ale prices. Nothing but the best. HARRIS’S NEW FEED AND Atlas Contracts \ Supply company fo, r tion. the science of dealing with the unex Address al! Orders to hau ling the first 20 miles, and con* W alker, who bad gone to London ami peered. Senator Bailey in Itis struggle LIVERY BARN, •Iri'ctiou ha I liee-i Ixgutt by the grad, financed the remaining 80 miles of the is not prtqtarvd to stain) any more sur of "«ever I miles of the line between original project through the London prises. ___________ If , give him a cal’. MMSMSB itnisboio .in I Buxton The coiitract ^hare A Debenture company, claims his E- with Rev >r»!s, nt the const ruction com- I commission of 6 per cent on the bond I Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy thing first-class. Second pah). I vided that be shnnld rectiv* I issue, and the London Share & Dcben a Safe Medicine for Children Wholesale Liquor Dealers, block South of P.O. In buying a c<>ugh mcdicinr for chil fHUO.OOO • the bonds in full pitymcnl t«rc company has assigned to him ns 404 Street, Ore. and aaln action for building the first claim fur one yenr’s interest at 5 per dren. never I* afiald to buy <baiulwr ' Iain’s Cough Itenndy. Thvre ia no 20 mil* s Ai raitgv-nents had l>een ma/e cent on the bonds. Walker also bail a danger from it, and relief ia always sure We awort coses, if desired : you can take ns many bottles of any kind a^ roa wish MT’-G. HARRIS, Prop. ‘ ly Re* Ji and \\ alker with the German »pedal contract with the executive com to follow, t* Il is intended especially foi Nat ions i l»a k <M Srin Francisco and the mitten, Messrs. McCraken, Pit tor k and coughs, coltis, croup and w housing cough and th» re ia ■ BMte^niadwii.t Bank of Cafilurnia to advance the net- Myers, by which he alleges they were to in the worl«i f<-r IM » e<sary ni uty and delivery to them, l.y pay him in <a«h the sum of $.15,000 tn ! Centrally üoeated only a Rates, $1 Per dSy hen giv«mjgfl^^H Records, of hi >600,000 Im nds. Tie cover all expenses of the financing of the IIRBEI All IlIRDhESSEI ’“‘l bonds had !»etn printed ami lay in be li’CM- cxkiisc «. he allots, -firi j ’ this SHAVING, HAIR CLTTlNf llsk of President McCrali«n awaiting paid out of Ins own pocket, expecting ^Maignatnre. Records began Work b* reimburse«) I y the cam pa nv aniLkfl M. M. UARSEH, Proprietor. nd SHAMPOOING, ETC SiC. at Hillslmro, spending his . •*>•» that he has never bc< n ;^Bi»y TILLAMOOK, OREGON ^LgKrsuual funds in the interval I •-Oregon Jour nal. Elect rie Bat In nicely fitteti op. Goodfi ..... ' The Best Hotel in the city, So Chit etc Em|loxr-^Ä 1 AS FOLLOWS * ♦ * M. JACOB & GO Washington I Portland, -^ a TIMER BROS j LARSEN HOUSE/ pcraona suffering with rheumatism^
