Tillamook
Headlight,
November 6, 1013
Report of the Condition of
No. 201.
will not allow that kind of ilia- am! ginger in them to help push sidered, with estimate of cost,
THE TILLAMOOK COUNTY BANK, AT TILLAMOOK
the city along. That is the kind etc., by an experienced engineer
I BGAL A dvbktisementh :
in the State of Oregon, at the close of business Oct. 21, 191®
sons
to
avoid
all
possibility
of
of administration the city is in
First Insertion, |>er line .. $
M
I need of, for most every visitor failure.
Each subsequent insertion, line
3
RESOURCES.
Business and professional card»,
. who sizes up the situation pre-
1 month................................... 1 ‘ ,
Income Tax Mud He.
¡diet that it will not be long be
Dollars.Ct«.
Homestead Notices..................
5 ho
"Look out for the Tillamook ffare there is a population of
Loans and Discounts ...
286,247.58
While there is some diveaity of
Timber Claims
................. loan bunch at the State I-’air next
50UU in Tillamook. We believe
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured
Locals per line each insertion
5
. 3,815.21
opinion
ns
*o
the
wisdom
of
an
in
year!” That win» the expres it.
With a progressive city
Display advertisement, an inch,
Bonds and Warrants ...
54,373.60
come tax in time of peace and still
flt) sion of those who were com council, a live commercial club
month .................................
Stocks
and other securities
more diversity of opinion as to the
297.10
peting
for
county
prizes.
This
All Resolutions of Condolence and
and every business man in the
Banking house
....
40,250.00
Lodge Notices, 5c. per line.
county is not going to be satis boosters band wagon striving to justice of a graduated income tax
Furniture and Fixtures
Cards of Thanks, 5c. per line.
6,026.26
fied unt’l it carries off first outdo one anothor in boosting levied without regard to whether the
Other Real Estate owned -
income arises iron theeuterprise of
Notices, Ixist, Strayed or Stolen, honors, and the ‘‘bunch” can do
4,500.00
for the city, nothing can stop
Due from banks (not reserve banks)
etc. minimun rate, 25c. not exceed
1,257.02
it.
It is none too soon to be our rapid progress. It has taken the taxpayer or not, there is one
ing five lines.
Due from approved reserve banks
67,098.32
making preparations and out a good mauy personal and fac thing about which all seem agreed:
Checks and other cash items
2,722.28
lining what is needed and the tional tights to eliminate those The law itself cannot be interpreted
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Cash
on hand
....
29,262.97
without a maze of contradictions,
most
attractive
manner
of
dis
who
bad
special
interests
and
(STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. )
Other resources ....
5.00
improvements, ami the amount of bookkeeping it
One year.......
1.50 playing it. Tillamook County who opposed
will
require
under
any
interpreta
Six months. ..
75 was handicapped at the last and as the curb stone knockers
Total
Three months
50 State Fair because the cheese
486,355.34
are becoming less numerous bv tion will be a burden on business.
LIABILITIES.
The
instructions
sent
out
to
the
exhibit was not allowed in the taking their departure, it is the
Entered as second class mail mat county exhibits. So look out for
collectors of internal revenue make
Dollars.Cts.
ter July, 1888, at the poet office at the Tillamook bunch next year. same old story of the survival confusion worse confounded. A
Capital Stock paid in -
-
-
-
•
of the fittest and defeat to those
75,033.03
Tillamook, Ore., under the act of
Surplus Fund
......
March 3, 1879.
who adopted a rule or ruin study of them would drive the tra
5,500.00
ditional American Solomon, a Phil
Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid
4,583.28
It was a wilful! waste of pub policy. We have new life and
adelphia
lawyer,
into
Bedlam.
Postal Savings Bank deposits
...
lic money to call a special State new energies in the city that is
635.15
^illamook ^eablfglit, election
One of the provisions is that the
Deposits due State Treasurer
...
to vote on five mea a good index, new business men
4,000.00
the
income
shall
be
collected
at
Individual Deposits subject to check
283,456.12
sures. It proves, however, that who have affiliated with the
What
constitutes the
Demand Certificates of Deposit ...
the Oregon system is a splendid Commercial Club who want to source.
2,769.53
Certified checks
.....
weapon in the hands of cranks share in the glory and burden source is one of the first proble me.
577.09
Editorial Snap Shots
If
the
banks,
which
collect
coupons
Time Certificates of Deposit
...
and knockers, who, we believe, of making Tillamook one of the
37,626.03
Savings Deposits.........................................
should be made to toot the bills most progressive cities in the on bonds, are compelled to make
67,202,17
That is tough on State legis for these special elections, not State. So give us a live, pro collection, of the tax they will be
lators when the capital city the overworked taxpayers. But, gressive bunch for mayor and confronted with the embarrassment
Total
486,355.34
goes "dry.” We move that their then, we are informed that this city council to help the good of withholding money legally due
STATE
OF
OREGON
I
portmanteaus be searched when is the sovereign will of the peo work along.
many coupon holders, whose in COUNTY OF TILLAMOOK, f ss'
come is exempt from the tax. How
they arrive at Salem.
ple. Wouldn’t it be more truth
I, Irwin Harrison, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear
is a banker to know whether $50 he
ful to say the sovereign will of
One thing that impressed
that the above statement is truj to the best of my knowledge and belief.
may
collect
for
a
customer
is
a
part
cranks,who
will
continue
to
op-
It is to be hoped that the new
those who attended the conven
Irwin Harrison, Cashier.
"dry” cities won’t be infested perate as long as the taxpayers tions in this city last week was of an income of $3000 or $11)00 in ex
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Correct—Attest:
cess
of
exemption's?
ThiB
phase
of
burden
are
willing
to
bear
the
with blind pigs. It is dollars
tiie useful information given by
4th day of Nov., 1913.
M. W. HARRISON,
to dough nuts they will be, if of costs in calling for special the professors from the Oregon the situation is giving grave con
C. A. McGHEE,
cern
to
bankers
throughout
the
CARL HABERLACH,
this city was any criterion to referendum elections ?
Agricultural College. Take Dr.
Notary Public.
Directors
judge from.
James Withycombe, who is a country, who are between the devil
and the deep sea, being liable to
walking
encyclopedia
on
stock,
Notwithstanding that we did
suit for collecting an income tax
Surely the eight hour law ap some little boosting for an ex dairying and general farming, from an individual who is exempt,
who
has
done
more
to
develop
plies to election boards. Two periment farm for Tillamook
on the one hand, and subject to
election boards will have to be County, we are somewhat in the agricultural resources of prosecution by the government if
Oregon
than
anyone
else.
It
fluenced
by-
what
Dr.
Withy-
appointed in future. One thing
they refuse to collect, on the other
after another helps to increase come stated at the Dairymen’s is men like this who is bringing hand. The fact that the law is re
Convention last week. For this science and experience together,
one's taxes.
troactive, compeling bookkeeping
county he thought that a county with the result that wonderful
on
matters that required no such
improvements are being made.
One thing the citizens should expert, to work under tin-direc For an illustration, some few attention in the course of transac
Short Wood $2.00 Load.
tion
of
the
Agricultural
College,
not overlook. There are a few
years ago it was thought that tion, adds to the difficttl'ies for the
would
be
best
and
do
the
most
land speculators who want to
first year. Some of the features
Experiment farms, he the Willamette valley was im
control city affairs ami dictate good.
will probably be cleaied up by
poverished
on
account
of
rais
to the city council.
The same stated, were expensive to main
ing too much wheat.
The ex regulations issued by the Treasury-
rule or ruin spirit existed in tain, while in the case of a
periment station of the Agri Department, which will then be
county
expert,
the
State
paid
previous years in this city, and
cultural College, under direc come the law instead of the stat
ns is well known, they kept the half of the expense. We doff
< ft
tion of Dr. Withycombe, have ute enacted by Congress.
our
liât
to
the
Dr.'s
superior
city bottled up ami opposed im
The
corporation
tax
enacted
dur-
brought
about
improvements
judgment, for he is giving us
provements.
all good advice in what lie had that are astonishing by apply ing the last administration is col-
to say on that point. z\iid be ing scientific methods to farm lected in a simple manner, Each
It’s Import ! Where you invest your
We were somewhat surprised fore dissolving the Tillamook ing there. It is the same in corporation makes a sworn de-
money.
The Western Loan anil Invest-
tailed
statement
to
the
collector
of
recently by a visitor who made County Fair Association passed Eastern Oregon, when thou
ment Co., of Salt Lake, Utah is now open
the remark that he was glad to a resolution favoring a county sands of farmers turned out to internal revenue, giving much in
see that Tillamook City had expert.
hear Dr. Withycombe and others formation valuable to an expert in
to make you a loan or build you a home on ((^\
such u modern, tire-proof hotel.
tell them how they could im determining the accuracy of the
the small monthly payment plan.
Added to this he wanted to
prove tbeir agricultural condi statement of net earnings. This
A. McNAIR, President.
statement
must
be
sworn
to
by
re
There
is
some
speculation
as
know whether the business men
tions.
And when Dr. Withy
D. L. SHRODE, Vice-President.
were helping to make a success to who will be the next mayor combe says that dairying can sponsible officers of the corpora
CANZADA EVERSON, Sec. and Treasurer.
The city be greatly improved in Tilla tion and must be returned under
of it, for he had been in several of Tillamook City,
Board of Appraisers
—
needs
a
live,
progressive
mayor
heavy
penalty-,
within
a
specified
E. M. BALES,
F. H. MIICNK.
places where people had agi
mook county no one can dis
R. F. ZACHMAN
E. J. CLAUSSEN.
tated for a modern hotel and and council, and we hope that pute it. It would have been of time. A false statement is punish
Board of Trustees—
The tax has
after procuring one fa led to the citizens will aim to elect great benefit to every dairyman able as perjury.
JOHN
LELAND
HENDERSON.
B. L. BEALS.
men of that character, who can in the county had they taken yielded much revenue and the col
patronize or boost it.
I.
C.
SMITH.
w.
G, McGEE,
not be controlled. Considerable the time to listen to such men lection has been easy. Under the
improvements and large invest as Dr. Withycombe and others. old personal income tax a similar
I*. S. Brumby tells of some of ments have been made in the
method was used. It is question
the timbermen's burdens in a city with local and borrowed This seems to be the trouble. able whether the theorists who
It
is
the
progressive
dairyman
letter it* another column and capital, and for that reason the
sought to devise a method of pre
the large amount of taxes they city should have an administra who attends these meetings anil venting al' evasions of the new in
For Sale or Trade—Tillamook Co- Land, City Property,
pay on timber. It shows most tion above personal and faction obtains useful information and come tax will get any more revenue
Vacant lots in all additions and Merchandise Stock.
works
along
those
lines,
while
c inclusively that the timber al control, alive to the best in
than could have been secured un
others
who
work
along
old
ruts
/»
men are bit bard in taxation, terest of the entire city. We
der the old method.
About all
do
not
avail
themselves
of
use
and it is time to stop increas sincerely trust that the election
ft
they will have accomplished by
ing their tnxeB. Timber is not will be devoid of strife and that ful information given by men
their
complex
methods
will
be
the
a poor man's investment, but the business men will take an of experience.
addition of great expense of book
as timber pays 80 per cent, of interest in securing some of
JOHN LELAND HENDERSON
keeping, much of it falling on in- SIDNEY E HENDERSON,
Application for a light and
the taxes in this county, it i- the ablest, most progressive
President.
Secretary-Treat.
stitutions that have no financial
not unreasonable to inquire citizens to be at the head of the , power franchise is before the interest in the matter.
Attorney-at-Law and Notxrv
whether we were not carrying city administration. The strife , city council. It is well to go
IFnblic.
a big load of taxation if we were of last year should not be re slow in matters of this kind, for
Mr
Fairbanks
once
said
to
a
paying that amount of taxes.
pented, fuit un effort made to ( there are so many- promoters in newspaper correspondent hesitant
get together for the up-building the country it is just as well to about asking leading questions in
take precautions.
No one is
We have often beard dairy of the business interests of the
desirous
of
placing
any- obsta the presence of Mrs. Fairbanks:
men complain that feeding roots city, not, as heretofore, in the
cles
in
the
way
of
E.
J. Sieben, "You can speak freely. My wife
to cows guve their milk an "off” interest of a few land specula
of
San
Francisco,
if
he
and his and I are comrades.” These few
flavor. Dr. Withycombe made tors who want to dictate and
words undoubtedly disclosed a
associates
have
several
hundred
n surprising statement when he stunt the improvement of the
thousand dollars to harness the state of matrimonial felicity rarely
city.
___________
said at the Dairymen's Conven
Trash river.
That is some attained and never surpassed. Mrs.
tion that onions could lx* fed to
(INCORPORATED),
graciousness
and
At the presidential election where near the amount of cash Fairbanks'
cows and it would not affect the
charm,
years
ago
made
of
her
an
it will take to withstand the
milk. But, he said, the onions the snap shot man was called a
winter freshets in that river. almost popular idol in Indianapo
mid the roots must be fed im standpatter. That did not in
We welcome to this county any lis, where charming women are net
the
least
worry
us,
for
we
were
mediately after iqitking and not
one who will harness the rivers rare. She was a helpmeet to her
before.
Manv little points of convinced that a boo me rag
husband in more than social and
TILLAMOOK. ORE.
inforniatiou, like this were ob would strike those who were in to furnish light and power. If domestic life. Her fine social qual BOTH PHONES.
Mr. Sieben is not a promoter
strumental
in
defeating
the
Re
tained by'those who attended
publican party.
The Butter nnd means business, with the ities aided him in his public life.
entions lust week.
the c
and Cheese Maker's Association "dough” to carry a big project The sympathy of everybody having
and the Oregon Dairymen’s like that to completion, by all ever had the honor of a passing ac
Most of the visitor* who at- Association liecame alarmed at means give him a franchise. It . quaintance with the Indy will be
tended ti>e conventions in thia the large amount of dairy pro is no boy’s job to harness the his now.
city last week thought we were ducts that are being shipped in Trask river, and $40,000 or $.">0, -
\\ ith Great Britian in line, to be
n live bunch in Tillnmook. So from other countries to com 000 would be an insignificant followed, of course, bv all other
we are. It takes a live, wide- pete with home products. To amount to start with. If, on the maritime nations, the procession
n wake city like this to make combat this it was thought that other hand it is a scheme to get which the famous Oregon will leal
people feel happy while here, it would be wise to reduce the hold of certain holdings with through the Panama Canal, in 1915.
and when they return to their price of butter and cheese. It little or no money in sight for on the way to the exposition at San
homes become boosters for Till i remains to tie seen what free the purpose of raising money on Francisco, will be potentially the
amook. That is belt« r than get I milk and free cream and reduc them hi a bonding scheme, we greatest the world has ever seen,
ting out on the side walks with ing the tariff on butter nnd believe the city council is act whether of fighting ships or vessels
n little hammer mid knock the cream will have on the markets. ing wisely in gowing slow. Mr. of commerce, or both combined.
city and city improvements, ns i Whenever large amounts of for- Sieben was a stranger here and The international fleet will doubt
some curb stone knockers did . eign pnxlucts are dumped into if he can convince the city coun less consist of vessels of different
the past summer.
the United States, there is only cil that he means business and classes. That of the United States
J
But each foreign
'one thing to l<x>k for. The snap with sufficient money to tackle surely will.
It is l?at?fry the right thing to shot man is still n standpatter the job he should have no trou power will send at least one of her
ble in securing a franchise. It highest type of battle ship, of the
compel some property owners to for protection for dairy pnxlucts is well known that others have
dreadnaught or superdreadnaught
and feel alarmed, now that the
lav cement side walks nnd allow
liars have been thrown down, to expeuded a good deal of money class, mounting at least eight guns
tlmae who own the shacks oppo
to ascertain wliat it would cost of 11 to 15 inches caliber.
site Lamar’s corner to make no know that dairymen have keen to harness that rirer nnd pro
competition
from
foreign
coun-
Secretary of the Interior Lane
improvements to the side walks',
Cyrus Noble it pure, old and palatable—
vide for an auxiliary during the recommends large additional gov.
' tries.
We n»k the citizens to look at i
Bottled at drinking strength.
dry season. It is a good thing emment aid to irrigation. Many
the situation there, nnd lifter)
Costs no more than any other good whiakey.
tn b*s*st for that kind of im millions have already been provided
doing so we believe they will
Ix't’s have n mayor ami city provement, but no one should tor thia purpose. Are not perman
W. J. Van Schuyver & Co., General Agents
agree with us that the city needs council who are ___
_ ___
live __
wires
and he induced to invest in it before ently deepened wa-erwavs at least
equally'im
portant?
a m lyor nnd city council who bovrters, men who have the go local conditions have been eon-
Portland, Oregon
Advertia ng Rates.
Four Foot Fir Slabs
$3.00 per Cord
Delivered.
A.F. COATS LUMBER CO.
A. C. EVERSON,
„
Loan Ageut.
Tillamook Title and
Abstract Company
Law : Abstracts: Real Estate
Surveying; Insurance.
when you begin craving
rough, high-proof, strong,
whiskey
when flavor,
delicacy and age no longer
appeal to you cut out
drinking.