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TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT MARCH 16, 1911 Editorial Snap Shots <Jet busy and do something to BÏ boost the city. Everybody appear» to lie on the anxious seat as to when and where the United Railways will continence operations in Tilla- tnook. ____ Some of tlie big timber owners have paid their taxes under pro test. We might have all done the same, but what’s the line when the tax collector has the taxpayers over a barrel. Nothing is gained by busi ness men slashing prices and underselling groceries, etc. The suloon keepers are using differ ent tactics, for booze is on the jump—10c. for beer and 15c. for whiskey since Home Rule went into effect. Say, Bro. Effenberger, that editorial about th«* Necnrney road has the ear marks of a fair dasmel who likes to pose ns a cow boy, armed to the teeth, ami who Ims lots to sell, hasn’t it ? W'e lieg the damsel’s pardon, but Tillamook countv should not squander the road fund for the benefit of town site specu- In the deaths of Mrs. S. W. Conover and Mrs. Mary Phelps, so suddenly removed from our midst, the city bus lost two goo<l women, who helped to brighten the lives of other by their sweet, amiable, unselfish dispositions, and the world better for having sojourned here. Both have gone to their reward, leaving dear friend» and relative» to mourn over their departure. Any effort to bond Tillamook county for road work should I m * fought to u finish. We take this stand because the large amount of money raised each •year in taxes is sufficient if pro perly and economically expend ed atid whicli should give the county good roads. We contend ‘hat the county should wipe off its indebetedness, get down to > cash basis, keep within its come and avoid having its ad yoked up in the bondage itsiness for additional road im provements. This is where the Headlight stands. The mutter of tuxes is a burn ing question just now with the people of this city mid county, in fact, there appears to lie gen eral complaint in other parts of the State, for it seems that mo. - the different public I mk I ics have more they want every year. It is no easy mutter to curb the disposition to run cities mid counties into debt or fasten ii heavy yoke of bondage upon them for many years But the extravagant manner in which public funds are appropriated, doing the taxpayers no good whatever, und eating up mi enormous amount of tux money. An instance of that was seen in the lust State, or anti assem blv, legislature, which appro priated money with a lavish hand, whether the taxpayers like I it or not. It will need, however, a loud protest from the taxpayers before u check is placed on the lavish mannyr in which tax motie.i is used. Ano ther thing, the high taxes in this city is a detriment to it now and impedes its progress and development. We are glad to hear that some of the business incit see that some steps must to taken to keep the tuxes down before another levy is made. There is not much prospect of bur improvement* for »event) year» and the new proposal by Major Morrow could not be com plied in, for it would take the entire 'amount of tin* mouev thut could t>e raised by bonding and would leave nothing to ini prove the channel to the buy, which the people would not stand for. The Port of Tillamook was organized to improve the U liter Hout and the slougll, tl)id » *•* £ / I * I I nel ; in fact, a contractor with the proper dredges would soon have the work completed after once starting in. What is now wanted are plans so that con- tractors can bid <>n ‘he work, The fact that the Port had de cided to do this work at once would help stimulate business in this city and set thing mov ing. as well as more firmly es tablish the fact that this city is at the head of navigation and will remain so. The Port has l>een expending its money keeping the middle channel open on the bay, which will always be a source of expence every year for maintenance until the natural channel is opened up again. fair appropriations. In other words, the governor raised no objection to comity treasuries lieing raided for that purpose, but when it came ton few coun ties asking for trivial sums of money from the state treasury so that the Farmers’ Associa tions of this and other counties could hold county' fairs, the governor will not consent that the state funds shall lie used for that purpose, no matter how commendable. We will again refer to some of the appropria tions made by the miti-assem- bly, and most extravagant state legislature, and which hail the approval of the governor. It was wrong in his eyes to give Tillamook county $1,500, to lit* used for two county fairs, yet the “Tax Eaters’’ set ured $9iXM> to improve streets in the neigh- liorhootl of the Agricultural Col lege at Corvallis, besides the large sums of $140,00 for addi tional maintenance ami $270,1X10 for new buildings for the Agri cultural College. The ‘"Fax Eater»’’ at Salem, besides the enormous appropriations for the state institutions at that place, succeeded in railroading u bill for $150,000 for annex to state capitol. The “'Fax Eater»,’’ be side» securing $324,25*2.98 for maintenance <»f the University of Oregon, managed to work another $175,000 out of the tax payers fora new library building ut Eugene, and the “'Fax Ent ers” got $IO,(XX> for a dormitory at Monmouth Normal School. All of which Governor W est ap- i roved, as he did $.‘X>,XXX> for Astoria centennial celebration, but when Tillamook coun'y was wanting to celebrate tin* coming of the iron hors«* and the hardy sons of toil want to exhibit what they have accom plished in this Isittled up conn try, the Governor put a quit* tils on it and vetoed the small appropriation that this county was justly entitled to. Another thing. Governor West vetoed all the Rood toads hills prepared by th«* Oregon Good Roads As sociatiou. It will I m * readily seen that tin* “'Fax Eaters" can pull th«* legs of th«* tnxpay«*rs for large appropriations for tin* state university, th«* agricultll rill college ami normal s« ho«>l, but anything that will help the farmers in giving them goo«l roads, the Governor hud to butt in and throw overtioiiril th«* efforts of thos«* who hud devoted much time to boosting for goo«l roods. I I TW Peculiar failing to do that, the Port will £fMue in for just criticism. In fact, there are those nmoirgst our citizens who wonder why the Port is so slow in getting busy. As long as then* was We the l>art>era of Tillamook have some hope of securing an appro agreed on tlie following prices to K" print ion for the lair, it was hs into elicet Muy let, lull : Hair cut ......................... well to go slow. It is all off for Ä*. Shave ......... .. ................. I.V. some time, mill ns then* is noth Maaaage.................. 38c. nig to lie gained by putting this Plain ahi«in|MM> 25.. improvement off, the liest plan hitch aliani|MM> «... I !kk-. Beard trim ............ would be to have the work A*. hitch tonic .... I.V. started as soon as |»M«»ible, and All other tonics itir. in that event Tillamook City Neck aliave .. ...... •V. would have a deep channel to Razor hone..................... 3tk : the bar a long time tieforv the (Signevil. bar <• improved It will not Orta F miuhik . «.■I«.« «»otti.* to cut off the take mnrh much money I.ATIMKM A MOWRHT. jWslMWnd dte|>en th«* slough] C. R. J ohnson . *~rf*r Sturg«*on «'ban W. M H bastun . I Th« Sap la Coagulated by the Action of Pungent Smoko. The Indusiry industry ui of cvucvtuig collecting and »--- pre- Tbe paring rubber is carried on extensively in the valley of the Amazon. There are Harriets of many square miles owned md operated by oue (»erson. The rub ber trees are scattered more or less plentifully among other trees that yield no profit as yet. Wlien one has secured a large tract of forest land for the industry he puts up a rough shelter upon it and en cages Indian natives of the neighbor hood to aid him in the work. Early in the morning they start out to make the rounds of the estate, for they must get back to the riverside before the heat of the day becomes too great. They tap the trees, attach little tin cups to catch the sap and take home whatever sap may be collected. The sap of the rubber tree Is a white liquid of the consistency of goat's milk. It is necessary that It be converted Into n solid. This is effected by the action of a pungent smoke that coagu lates or curdles the milky fluid. For this use the seeds of two different kinds of palni are employed. The seeds are put In an earthen Jar which has a narrow neck, the bottom of which Is jierforated with a number of square boles. In this tbe palm nuts are burned. The holes la tbe bottom of the Jar admit a draft and cause a dense smoke to issue from the neck. The operator takes a paddle similar to that with which he paddles his ca noe and holds tbe blade of it over the jar. Upon it he pours the milky Juice, cup by cup. all the time turning the blude so as to bring all parts of It into tbe smoke. Tbe fluid is Instantly fixed and adhere« to the wood or to the rub ber already formed. This process Is continued until a solid lump is formed It is the only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape that will iierhnps weigh sixteen Cream of Tartar. pounds. When the lump has grown large enough for handling a slit is cut Royal Cook Book—800 Recdptt—Fnt. Send Name and Addrtu. In it and the blade is drawn out. A ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. mass of rubber is left ready for ex portation. It Is the Bmoke used in coagulating the sap that gives crude rubber the dark appearance familiar to HIGH SCHOOL FLASHES. that tlie Gem Theatre will not be every one. able to hold all the multitude. Natives who collect rubber have, cu It seems that the Tennis Club is riously enough, little use for the ar A great deal of absence has been caused this week from the school rather slow in getting their court ticle. They do, however, devise play It should be in condition things for their children by pouring because of the run of grip which is levelled. going through town at the present now so that when the rain comes the sap Into clay molds of birds, fishes, time. The onlv way that a Tilla- the ground could be settled and etc., and then crushing the clay and mooker can keep well is to have the not have to be replowed. , removing it.—New York Press. rain fall and we will all be glad to It is hoped that the different base Pumps Versus Baths. see n little of that fluid coming our ball teams of this county will get to The poor are dirty because they can way. gether this spring and organize not afford to be clean and not from In The base ball fans have been busy some kind of an association. The clination or choice. As the woman In during tlie fine warm weather of the manager of oi*r team is busy at pre an English town said to the doctor past two weeks, getting in shape for sent trying to put throngh such a who thoughtlessly suggested that her child of six was old enough to be the coming season. By the time scheme. washed. “It’s easy for you to talk of the new ball grounds are ready for washln’, with yer hot and cold taps, use the boys will be in condition to One-cent |K>stage will come some but what are the likes of me to do warm any local team up. day, but not as long as one class of with only the loan of my neighbor’s mail matter is handled with a loss pump?" In the multitude of schemes Examinations are coming off to the government of $62,000,000 a occupying the attention of public bod again thia week and everyone is ies the establishment and maintenance getting another chance to tind out year. of public wash houses, with due re how much he has forgotten during Congressman Tawney says that gard to the prevention of the spread of the last month. Everyone looks the name "Dreadnought” was a Infection, ought to take a foremost scared at present but undonbtdedly new one to the world a half dozen place.—Medical Press and Circular. that look will I m * gone by next Mon years ago. This is an error. The day. name was sung in a song of the Tha Loyal Bookseller. West a generation ago, a fact of Certainly the loyalist bookseller on Friday is the day when the Emer- which such a good Westerner as record was the John Stubbs who of aoniaiis come off with their month Mr. Tawney should be advised. fended Queen Elizabeth by publishing ly program. It is doubtful whether a book protesting against the propos«sl it will run as smooth as usual as A|>piirently Representative Mann marriage with the "Imp of the crown their president returned from Sea of one of the Chicago districts is to of France.” The unhappy man was side ain. e the last meeting. be selected as the Republican leader condemned to suffer the loss of his It's coming and ’twill soon be. in the House which meets on April right hand, which was accordingly chopped off with a butcher's knife in All the time possible is being spent 4. Usually this post goes to the re tiring speaker after his party meets the market place at Westminster. "I on the play which is to be given by a defeat at the polls. In thia case, remember.” says Camden, “standing the Ciceronian Dramatic Club the by Stubb«, who, as soon as bls right evening of the2ltli. It will not be of however, the ex-speaker refuses that hand was off. took off his hat with his the average kind of show but an ex position. He is willing to let the left and cried aloud. ’God save the traordinary reproduction of two of arduous duties of the post go to a queen!’ The next moment he faint the wittiest and most clever playlets younger man. After having served ed”—"The Romance of Bookselling.” ever acted on n stage in this city. eight years as speaker, or a longer Easy Indolsncs. The fact that the plays are a rare time than any otl er man excep. “A good turkey dinner and mince treat within themselves is enough Clay, he feels that he has sufficient to bring vast crowds but when peo honor for the moment, and the dis pie.” said a New York raconteur, "al ways put us in a lethargic mood-make ple know that the net proceeds go tinction of leading the minority in us feel. In fact, like the natives of the coming Congress goes to Mann to the Gilford Stillwell Park they Noia Chuck/. of the same state. will come in such large numbers "In Noia Chucky one day I said to a man: ” 'What Is the principal occupation of this town?1 “ ’Waal, boss.’ the man answered, yawning, ’in winter they mostly sets ou the east side of the bouse and toi lers the sun around to the west, and In the uummer they sets on the west side and follerà the shade around to the east'" Lightness and Flavor Found in the finest biscuit, rolls, cake, etc., is due to the absolute purity, fitness, and accurate combination of the ingredients of the Royal Baking Powder The best things in cook ery are always made with the Royal Baking Powder. Hence its use is universal —in the most celebrated restaurants, in the homes of the people, wherever de licious,wholesome food is appreciated Royal Baking Powder is sold in every civilized country, the world over. Ship By the Anvil. The Twin Screw ship Anvil is now making regular rutin to this port from Portland, with pusaengers und freight. She (sunder gooil clean manage ment, am! the patronage of the pub lic is solicited, and courteous treat ment will la* shown to one and all. Have your shipments consignol enre Str. Anvil, Albera thick No. A Porrland. lire. For information in quire of D. I- Shrixle, Tillamook, Or. GATHERING RUBBER. a man feels the necessity of being in two places at the same time he goes to the nearest telephone and sends his voice. It is not exactly the same thing, but when a man talks hundreds of miles in opposite directions from the _ __ «»_«« •------ it •- * is about ‘ same Heil *»•_>-_ Telephone, as good. In the daily use of the telephone a man travels all ------- * by wire in a - few minutes. - s over town It j L «. -«.•» easy to travel all over the state and other states by means of the universal Long Distrnce Service of the i»_ii System. «-*- -•— Bell PACIFIC TKLMPHONK AND TKLKURAPH COMPANY. Every Hell Telephone is the Center of the System. S7T SPECTER SHIPS. Legend« of Shadowy Craft of the New England Coast. The coast of New England has nu- meruus legends couceruiug specter ships firmly believed by the rugged fishermen, who assert stoutly that ou various occasions glimpses of the .— been seen. , fol shadowy craft have lowed invariably by fatal disaster. Tbe specter of the I’aleutlne is occa sionally seen ou Long Island sound and is the foreruuuer of a gale of wind. She was a Dutch trading ves sel and was wrecked off Block island in 1752. The wreckers, it is said, made short work of her. stripping her fore and aft and setting fire to the bull. As she drifttal blazing off the coast a human form was visible amid the flames, the form of a female passen ger, left to perish on tlie doomed craft. Since and generally u[>on the anniversary of the wr«*ck a phantom ship with tUazing bull, charred spars and scorched sails and rigging has been seen crulsiug off Block island. Whittier recorded tbe legend in graceful verse as well as that of a ghostly cruiser thut Nailed from a New England port of her last voyage, which be termed "The Dead Ship of Salem." In tbe seventeenth century a ship was about to sail from Salem to England. Her cargo was on board, sails bent and passengers on deck, when two passengers came hurrl«»dly off and engaged passage. Tbe couple were a young man and a young wo man, who. so tradition records, were remarkable for their bearing aud beau ty. Who they were or whence they came no one In Salem town could tell. The ship being detaiued by adverse winds, the mysterious couple excited tbe sus picions of the townspeople, who view- ed them as uncanny and prophesied disaster to the vessel If allowed to sail tn her. But the master, a bluff and stern sailor, refused to listen and final ly departed on a Friday. The vessel never reached her desti nation and was never spoken, but later In tbe year incoming vessels reported sighting a craft with luminous rigging and sails and shining hull and spars. She was sailing with all canvas set against tbe wind, with a crew of dead men standing In the shrouds and lean ing over the rail, while upon the quar terdeck stood a young and beautiful couple.—New-Y’ork Herald. MAKING UMBRELLAS. The Work of Assembling the Frames and Putting on Covers. In most umbrella factories the task of turning out ribs and stems is left to other factories making a specialty of those parts. These are sent to the manufacturer, and the man whose work It Is to assemble the parts in serts a bit of w ire Into the small holes at the end of the ribs, draws them to gether about the main rod and adjusts the ferrule. In cutting the cloth or silk seventy- five thicknesses or thereabouts are ar-, ranged upon a table at which skilled operators work. In one department there are girls who operate hemming machines. A thousand yards of hem med goods Is a day’s work for one of these girls. The machines doing this Job attain a speed of some 3,000 rev olutions a minute. After the hemming has been done the cloth or silk Is cut into triangular pieces with a knife, as before, but with n pattern laid upon the cloth. The next operation is the sewing of the triangular pieces to gether by machinery. The covers and frames are now ready to be brought together. In all there are twenty-one pluces where the cover is to be attached to the frame, The handle is next glued on, and the umbrella Is ready for pressing and in- spection. By far the greater number of um brellas today are equipped with wood en handles. A large variety of mate rials may, however, lie used. Gold and silver quite naturally enter into the construction of the more expensive grades of umbrellas. A wooden handle may be quite ex pensive. though, by reason of the wood used.—Harper’s Weekly. The Turning of the Worm. “I guess it’s true that the worm turned,” growled the farmer boy to himself as he wearily twisted the handle of the grindstone round and round. “I’ve read It in the Third Beader at school, an’ I've heard it said time an' again. I don't know whether he turned over in lied, or turned some Raising ths Wind. different color, or turned out badly, or Dannhauer would gamble his ____ laut how the dingnation lie turned, bnt cent. That was his great weakness what I’m here to say Is that If the He went home one evening after a t>a<l worm turned the grindstone when he day He looked tired. didn't have to he was a dum fooll "Wife.” he said, "have you got any There!”—Success Magazine. thing to eatV "Yes, lots of things.” the wife said. On Schedule Tim«. "Well, cook up everything you've got A young member of a certain family —everything.” had the measles, and the family was “Gracious: Are you that ‘ hungry? _____ ” quarantined One of the little girls “I'm not hungry at all. I'm going to spoke from an open window to a sell the stove.”—Kansas City Star. neighbor inquiring Into the state of her health: Thoughtful Maud. “No, ’m.” she said, “I haven't got Maud—Yrs. I got paps to buy r. ’em yet but I expect to have 'em day vacuum cleaner for mother Jessica — after tomorrow.”—Lippincott's. flow thoughtful! Maud—Yes. Mother la a little stiffened up wtth rheuma A Bad Boy. tism. you know, and I U«xi to feel so Bertie—I don't want to go to tied yet, sorry to see her trying to use the I want to see you and Mr. Shep broom that I always left home on herd play cards. Lucie—Ybu wicked sweeping day —Cleveland Plain Deal- boy. to think we should do such a thing! We never do It! Bertie—But I “There's a "Yes: the aenetn. the I Washington Rich and Poor. difference In children." poor man’s children are rich mans liabilities Herald heard mamma tell you to mind how yon play«*d your cards when Mr Shep herd came. A •mile. A smile betrays a kind heart, a pleas ant friend, an affectionate brother, a dutiful son. a happy husband It adds a charm to beauty, and It brauttflas the fbee of the deformed.