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..........
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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.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)
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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
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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
............
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... 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
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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.
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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
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The Best Hotel in the city, So Chit etc Em|loxr-^Ä
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FOLLOWS
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M. JACOB & GO
Washington
I
Portland,
-^ a TIMER BROS j
LARSEN HOUSE/
pcraona suffering with rheumatism^