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4 MeaÖligh fl ol. XXI. LAMOOK No. 31. TILLAMOOK, OREGON, JANUARY 7, 1909 JOTTINGS 1. Gome, abstracts. • orris, eye specialist. Tillamook County Bank notes. 1 Lane was in from Hebo on Fri B in bulk or jar at Mills' Cash . Swabb, of3alem, was in the city George Loetpabel and 0. A. Lorn men A State Board of Levy on Saturday I were down from Nehalem on Wednesday made its annual estimate of state expen for the purpose of inducing the county ses and fixed the total for 1909 at $1,. court to build another bridge across the 680,697.35,of which amount $405,697.« Nehalem. 35 will be derived from indirect sources, Misses Carrie Hathaway, Ida Goyne leaving $1,275 000 to be raised by the and Clara Tinnerstet left on Monday to several counties in accordance with the resume their studies at the State Normal fixed ratio of apportionment provided at Monmouth, after spending the holi. by law. Tillamook county’s apportion ment for State taxes is $11.092 50, but days with their parents. « that of Multnomah county is $398,182.- One more marriage should be added to 50. list published in another column, that ot Owing to only two councilmen being fames L. Simmons and Margaret L. Bergstrom,which was not filed until this present on Monday evening, which was morning. This makes 49 marriages for the first meeting of the city council, no business could be transacted. Mayor T. the year. Coates, Councilmen F. W. Talbot and The Jar of Money at the Store of King G. P Wilt and Recorder T. B. Handley Ic Smith Co. contained ($38.71) Thirty- were present Cour oilman W. E. Cat- Eight Dollars and Seventy One Cents. terlili was out of town, and as the elec« It was divided lietween W. J. Stillwell, lion board had not made correct returns L"Uis Larsen and Mrs. H. R. Edmonds, for councilinen iti lhe third and filth they guessing $38.73. * wards, the meeting adjourned until next The Albany city council passed an or Monday, when it is proposed to recount dinance prohibiting the sale of near* beer the votes. in Albany. Fines of $50 to $100, or im The real estate sales that have been prisonment of from 25 to 50 days are made through F. R. ’Jeu Is’ Real Estate provided for violations, each sale to con office in the last thirty days approached stitute a separate offense. very close to the one hundred thoi/sand Nolan, general insurance, Tilla- r ego 11. Dekum, of Portland, was in tie unday. , a Fur, which was left at the it office. ock, of Oretown, was in t llr uesday. aufinnn, of Silverton, was in on Friduy. nond, of Sandlake, was in the Vcdnesday. r set at Sturgeon’s for Cherry « 96 or 655, The Board of County Commissioners, s Emrick, of Hillsboro, was i in composed of County Judge Goodspeed >n Thursday. and Commissioners Alley and Bodvfelt, lamook Creamery has is in session this week, and, as usual, at nt dividend. the January term of court, there is con >n’s pretty doll was won by siderable business to transact. 33, 28 or 92. Maple Leaf Creamery Association has nd Henry Barer,of Pitner. were bought up all shares held by stockholders v on Tuesday. in excess of one share, paying par there H. Vedder was in n on Tuesday. the city for. Such stock is to be held as treasury stock and to be sold only at regular Voods and wife were in from stockholders meetings. They have also paid an 8 per cent dividend on all stock. on Wednesday. mes and wife were i»i from Bay rk on Wednesday. and R. A. Crawford were in úlem on Wednesday. nd Alva Emick, of Portland, le city on Saturday. «'O came in this morning and r dock in this citv at noon. ick. M. J. Jenck and A.’Ar il from Cloverdale on Wednes- , Grey Mare, eight years old ►ounds. Call at the Headlight « edham and wife, and Morris attle, were in the city on na Humphery, Alva Emrick artin, of Forest Grove, were on Saturday. ic library is opened Wednes- turday afternoons from one . and in the evening. came up on Friday with a freight, and left on Sunday owder for the railroad. o are w’anting lumber should or can obtain prices, etc., p the city office or Yellow Fir Simmons and Margaret L. were married on Thursday W. Rosehraugh, pastor of rethern Church. money given away by P.W. Wade. Carl Patzlaf and the Mercantile Co. contained d.was won by Mrs. T. J. Cloverdale. Gus VVicklund guessing the nearest. The weather turned unusually cold on Tuesday morning, and the wind being in the East, brought hail and snow, but the weather moderated on Wednesday, although it remained cold. This morn ing snow fell quite thick, and hv noon it measured six inches. Indications appear goo 1 for warmer weather. Rud Zweifel, who was a renter on the Hunt place, and was greatly respected in that vicinitv, wishes to thank his n ighbors and friends for their kindness to him while he has been here. Mr. Zweifel has bought the Beals’ ranch at Nehalem, and in leaving for that place wished to show his appreciation of the kindness shown hitn. Walter Smith was tried on Monday before J ustice Sappington on a charge of hunting w ithout a license, the complaint being sworn to by A. A. Osborn, deputy game warden. Although Smith testified that he had a gnn and did not kill a sea gull, but admitted that he had shot at some duck, the justice dismissed the case, and, in consequence, Deputy District At torney Cooper is not at all satisfi® 1 at the "manner in which the justice has been dismissing State cases in his court. William Squires, has brought suit against B. F. Durfee, M. J. Durfee and Tillamook County Bank, in the circuit court, claiming that be was not aware, when he bought a house and lot from Durfee that he had conveyed to the Tillamook 1 umbering Company repar ian rights on Hoquarton Slough, which he claims has diminished the value ot his property in the sum of $500. Judge Goodspeed has issued a restraining order on the Tillamook County Bank from re turning certain notea. ODD & CO., hiers and Furnishers. e Store That akes Good Year ow entering upon ke this the most year Tillamook ever enjoyed. Id all encourage ist all industries ses, and not play th what we have. ing to do our part so try to do even we have hereto- ing up with our s in every line he best goods pcs- ttle money. of the whole to devi.e some plan where- by Che linrbar lines can ba permanently established. Electric Road for Tillamook. Surveying crews for the Oregon Elec tric Railway Company have commenced a survey from Forest Grove towards Tillamook, on the Wilson river road, and it is expected that work on the road wiH be commenced and rushed through to completion as soon as the survey is made. Forest Grove celebrated the com pletion of the electric road into that city last week, and it is reported that a lat eral of the Oregon Electric will be pushed westward from the Forest Grove branch to|Tillamook and another road built south from a junction w ith the main line to the Upper Valley. v^Jiere it will con nect with a road to he liuill south iron* Salem to Eugene. The railway itself is tne latest work in electric interurban construction. It is built for high speed operation and w ill handle standard rail way freight cars. The construction so far accomplished is but the nucleus to what is projected. When finished it will be a widespreading system that will dollar mark Within theglast two weeks bring Portland, the Willamette Valley Mr. Beals sold the Harry Sweenev place and Tillamook closer together. at Nehalem to Michael Lendolt for $6,500; the James and Geo. W illiams Will Support the Steamer Argo. place on the Tillamook River for $15,- There was a meeting Saturday in the 000 ; the E. M. Harvey place on South Prairie to L E. Sm iers and h is since city hall, which was attended by most of sold the same place to T. Wallen. the business men and a large number ol Added to this Mr. Beals h as made seve farmer?», to take into consideration what ral sales of citv propertv. We are pleas, was best to be done to keep the steamer ed to note so much activity in the real Argo on the run between Tillamook and estate business and trust that the good Portland, for the Pacific Navigation Co, had reduced the freight rate on the Sue work will continue. H. Elmore to $3 a to.i from Portland, Twenty-eight of the school districts and it was reported that another cut have levied special school tax, which is would be made. It was generally thou a good indication that the people of this ght that this was a move on the part of county are decidedly in favor of good Mr, Elmore to freeze the Argo out. tor on schools. They are as follows : No 2. 2 previous occasions, whenever there was mills ; No. 8. 11 mills ; No. 9. 8 mills ; competition, shippers would not stay No. 10, 2 mills ; No. 1 L. 3’3 mills ; No. with the opposition steamer but shipped 12, 5 mills ; No. 18, 5 mills ; No. 21, 3 with the steamer charging the lowest mills ; No. 22, 3 mills ; No. 23, iy3 mills ; freight rates. In this wav competion was No. 26, 3 mills ; No, 27, 1 mill ; No. 28, forced off or bought off. 3 mills ; No. 29. 5 mills; No. 31,4 mills ; When the meeting was called to order, No. 32, 3 mills ; No. 34, mills; No. Charley Reynolds was chosen chairman, 35, 1 mill ; No. 36, 5 mills ; No. 38, 3 and A. Dunham, part owner and engi mills ; No. 39, 3 mills ; No. 40, 5 mills ; neer of the Argo, was called upon. He No. 45, 2 mills ; No 46, 3 mills ; No. 48, said that they had put the steamer on 5 mills ; No, 49, 5 mills ; No. 50, 5 mills; the run between Tillamook and Portland No. 51, 5 mills. and had fixed what they thought was a Contractor Brodhead, with a crew of fair rate, yiz.,$5-a ton and $4 for hay. men, commenced work on the building and promised to reduce it to $4 a ton as for the lumber company’s saw mill on soon as they gave the steamer plenty of Monday, put owing to the weather the freight. He thought they could carry next dav work was stopped. The de- freight between Tillamook and Portland lay in getting the building lip was caused for $3.50 if they had a cargo both ways, bv the Yellow Fir saw mill’s failure to but until that time they would have to furnish the timbers after obtaining the charge $5. Mr Dunham said they were contract. It was hoped that the build not going to run the steamer at a loss, ing would have been erected bv the time for there were other places where she that the machinery arrived, which will could get business. If they had made soon be all on the ground. Two boilers half a million dollars off the people of and a large engine were brought in on Tillamook they would be in a position to the Argo last week and the remainder is do what Mr. Elmore is now doing, mak to follow right away. The government ing a cut on rates for the purpose of dredge has completed the cut where the killing off competition. He said that the logs are to be taken into the saw mill. steamer would be kept on the run as long ns there was business and that they Christian Church Notes. would not sell out to Mr. Elmore. John Embuin was the first to speak Last Lord’s day the regular services He objected to bringing in hay for $4 a of the church were well attended, in ton, for it would hurt the farmers who spite of the inclemency of the weather. had hay to sell, and that would not be The Bible school is growing and a new right. class has been organized. The preach, Henry Kunze, who has experimented ing servict'8ar«increasing in attendance. more than any other farmer in Tillamook Let us, as citizen?, pull together for the county, took an opposite view. He said moral and spiritual upbuilding of Tilla that lie had shipped in some alfalfa hay mook, as well as for the commercial. and he was going to quit raising hay Next Lord’s day evening the sermon and put more stock on his land now will be “Our Friend on High,” conclud that hay could be brought in for $4 a ing a series of nine sermons on the Life ton. He said (hat a ton of alfaila bay of Christ. You will be Cordially invited. was worth three times as much as% the The Ladies Aid has resumed work yellow weed some of the farmers were alter the holidays and report new .mem raising. He looked upon the $4 rate for bers right along. On Dec 30 they met hay as a fine thing for the farmers, and with Mrs. Burke. There was a good he pointed out that it was the farmers attendance and a fine time. Jan. 6 they who did not look after their land and met with Mrs. Bud, and in spite of the did not fertalize it who were raising yel Btorin there were elcyen out. They meet low weed. next week with Mrs. Monk. A motion was made that the meeting agree to support thd Argo, which, after The Port of Tillamook Meets. a brief discussion, was carried, it lieing The Port of Tillamook organized on the sense of the meeting that those pre Friday last in the office of Attorney H. sent were willing to pay the new boat a T. Botts, the full board being present, lair freight rate. Another motion was made to appoint composed of Commissioners George Wil. liams/fRollie W. Watson. M. F Leach, a committee to give the shippers an op portunity to sign up, and the following Dave Fitzpatrick and M. Abpanalp. The first order of business wa< the l>ersons were elected : Charles Kunze, election of officers, which resulted as fol George Williams. John Erickson, Car lows : George Williams, commissioner at Halierlach and M Abpanalp. Most all the business men have signed laige, president ; M. F. Leach, commis sioner lor Tillamook precinct, vice-presi up with the Argo, and the matter will dent ; Dave Fitzpatrick commissioner lie disposed of at a meeting with the for i South Prairie, treasurer ; and R. Owners of the boat today, after which W. Watson, commissioner for Hoquar- I it will l»e known who amongst the busi- i1 n«M men refuse to sign up. ton. secretary. A resolution was proposed and unani mously Adopted. levying a half mill tax Catarrh Cannot be Cured on all of the asvesaable property within with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, a* they cannot reach the »eat of the diaewe. Catarrh I d a blood the Port of Tillamook,when the meeting or romrtitutional disease, and in order to cure it ytrti mu nt take ’ntcrnal remedies Hail « adjourned. Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acted: A no tiier meeting was held on Monday rcctly on tht blood and mucon« «arface». Hall » Catarrh Cure i» not a quack medicine. Itwo eyening in Secretary Watson's office and prescribed by one of the beat physician« in this country for yearn and is a regular prescription. the matter of the establishment of har-1 It is com posed of the best tonics known, com bor lines came up lor diseuseion. A reso bined with the best blood purifier«, acting di rectly on th« mucons surfaces The pet feet lution was adopted that the matter be combination of the two Ingredient« is what pro- dne**« such worwlrrful result« in caring Catarrh, takeo up with Captain John Groat, (he hood for tgMimoniala fre*- F J. CHKNKY kCU. Props.. Toledo. O. engineer in charge, as well aa with the Aold by druggista. price 7jc. government engineer's office in Portland, Take Hai! F»Fa’nifv Pills for constipation. the Fort formingIpcU into a committee I Tak* Hall a Family Fllla for const t pat ion. A SNAP! 10 ACRES FOR $700. Good new four roomed house, Bam to hold 10 head of stock, Three Acres Cleared, 100 Cords of wood on Place. For the next 10 days. Ï See ROLLIE H. WATSON. A BANK ACCOUNT IS NOT ONI Y A LUXURY, BUT A NECESS'lY TO A SUCCESSFUL BUSINb'bb MAN. Do you know of a man or woman who m conducting a successful busiueas without the assistance of a bank account ? No matter what line of business you are engaged in—farming, merchandising, teach ing, clerking or one of the professions, you should have an account with a bank—this bank. We furnish a bank book and checks free. TILLAMOOK COUNTY HANK, TILLAMOOK, ORE. Pacific Navigation Co.’s STEAMER SUE H. ELMORE, The ONLY Freight and PASSENGER Boat making regular trips between TILLAMOOK AND PORTLAND. FREIGHT, $3.00 PER TON. CHEESE, Tillamook to Portland : T tuina, 121 Cents per Case. Trips, IS • s * » F. P. BAUMGARTNER, Agent Qnuch Street Dock, Portland, Oregon. B. 0. LAMB, Agent, Tillamook, Oregon. Àusi tei We are Ordered Out. The upper floor of the Tyler Building has been rented and we are ordered to get our Grain out oa Feb. ist, 1909 : WE ARE FORCED TO SELL B ran , $ i . oo sack, $32.00 a ton. S horts , $1.50 sack, 136.00 a ton. B arlev , $1.40 sack, $34.00 a ton. F lour , Snow Drift, best on earth, $5.65 ■ bbl. O ats , Fancy White, 2C. a lb. F lour , Light House, Hard Wheat, $5.10 a bbl S eed O ats , Fancy Gray, ac. a lb. O ats and W heat , Mixed, ac. a lb. S now D rift F lour , best on earth, $1.45 a sack L ight H ouse F lour , Hard Wheat, $1.30 a sack A sample sack S now D rift F ees . WM. CURTISS, The Grain Man, Tyler Building. -dON. ** •
