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VI No. 36. TILLAMOOK, OREGON, Ivantaqe of a , Lost a fountain pen. Finder will leave same at Headlight office. I p to the time of going to press it was not known who would be appoint ed Circuit Judge of the new judicial district, comprised of Washington and Tillamook Counties. It was re ported that Attorney Geo. Bagley, of Hillsboro, had been slated-for the job. Acquaintan ce Leckmg Account iuBank »t the least of the advantages of having a checking ^ftit at tins bank is the acquaintance which it promotes in the depositor ami our officers. lis acquaintance enables our officers to get in touch lie interests of the depositor, and to lend all the co- ioti consistent with conservative banking. lr officers gladly welcome the opportunity to extend •ilities of the bank to new depositors. ! ! I CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, S80.500, lamook County Bank MOOK JOTTINGS to Rent, see Watson. Born, on Friday to the wife of C. retcr, a daughter. * See the childrens’ entertainment at fe »posit boxes for rent. Tilla- the school Friday. inty Bank. The public school is giving an en Bn Saturday to the wife of F. tertainment Friday night to buy some- wood wall pictures. riin, a son. M. A. Hamilton, of the Nehalem place to eat is at the “Good Valley Reporter, has been awarded Jmirnsey Hotel. * the contract by the Fair Board for A heavy team, wagon and harness ‘ i printing the-premium list at $1.96 a >r sale. See Shrode. * ' page. The Tillamook Meat Co., is paying I Protect your valuable papers from try cents for green hides. * the unexpected fire by renting one of tes A fine- quality of Tillamook made | I our safe deposit boxes. Only one Tillamook County les at the Tillamook Feed Co. ♦ dollar per year. * rt, Spray your trees! 50 gallons of Bank. Dr. Reedy killed one of Mr. Max ray for 35c., Tillamook Feed Co. * well’s Jersey cows that he recently- on A. M. Hare will succeed Homer bought from Ben Kuppenbender, the as County Judge on Monday. animal suffering with tuburculosis. It Hgg / caccine Etectric irons, special $3.50 irons, was valued at $125. ME 1 — this week, only $3. ^7 $3.00. Electric Store.* RED CLOVER SEED: Grown on ÖKZ We are in a position to make some long tinta farm loans. First National * Bank. Wood! Wood!! Wood!!! of all kinds, and fence posts, for sale. See Shrode. my own farm, 9899-100 percent puri ty and 85 per cent germination test. 18c. per pound in lots of 100 pounds or more F. O. B. Forest Grove.- .—M. * S. Shrock. F. C. Fcldschatt, who has the con tract for the cement work for tile in Nearly 300 children will appear large cement dry kiln for the A. F. Friday the school entertainment Coats Lumber co., commenced work night. with a large crew of men the first of Born,*at Corvall’s, to the wife of the week. J C. J. Crook, formerly of Hemlock, a For Sale, block 1 and block 6, Park I son. Addition, consisting of 12 lots be We will soon have several cars of I tween 3rd and 5th sreets. Will some ’ for sal- ! 1 i , • r. > < . body make me a cash offer on these ■ 1 for prices. * lots for immediate sale?—Rollie W. ■ "Electric irons at Thc Electric Watson, Todd Hotel Bld., Tillamook, : t Store, next to Gera Theatre, all this Oregon. a week, $3.00, * Two young men tough looking ■ characters, were arrested and placed White Plymouth Rock eggs $2.00 and $1.00 per setting of 15 eggs. W. S. in the county jail charged with in ducing two young girls about 15 years Coates, Tillamook. * of age to a house in this city. 1 he Would like to purchase 15 or 20 names of the young men are Louis choice milch cows. Write or call T. B, Estey and Herman Renner. Mead, G ibaldi, Ore. President Dwight of the Commer Rev. E. Gittins, pastor of the M. F. cial Club, has sent out a circular let Church, left on Monday for the ter to the property owners of the city calling attention to the lack of mem Willamette 'alley. bers in the Hose Company and ask Elmer Hoag’s baby was taken ser- ing their assistance in increasing the Dr. iously ill on Sunday night, and membership. Hoy was called to attend it. Rev. F. O. Jones, of the Episcopal Mrs. W. B. Powell was successfully Church will hold services Sunday operated upon on Thursday by Dr. morning and afternoon, the latter at Rockey, of Portland, and Dr. Boals. 4:30, after which a meeting of those FORf KALE ALE —Team, harness and interested in the new mission will be wagoK fpr $150.00. Team weighs 1950. held. Mr. Jones will leave for Port Mutual phone. L. S. Johnson, Tilla- land on Monday morning, with a rc- ! quest to Bishop Sumner to start a mook. nn’ssion in Tillamook. MILK— Delivered to any part of jn thc case of W. S. Cone, George the city at 6c. per quart in advance or Williams and Henry Jordan vs. W. 7c. on time. Tillamook Dairy, Both H. Gilmore, Robert Watt, J. T. Nev phones ins J. M. Bo 410. W. L. Provoost, Mtl Coulson was kicked on thc leg David Rhodes, T- G. Lantz, Bay City by a h orse last week, which was -quite a municipal corp oration, and XV. painfu and Dr. Hoy attended to the Proctor, Jr., is a case appealed from injured limb. the circuit court to the .--upreme court, Dr. Hewitt and wife, accompanied upon a judgment by Judge XX ebstcr by Jd rs. Anderson, of California, Holmes in which the plaintiffs were J- mothi of Mrs. Hewitt, returned to to recover $450.00. Attorney M Gcarin with Attorneys C. W. Tal thej^itr on Monday. Dr. Hewitt had ed the Osteopa thic Convention mage and E. J. Claussen represent the defendants. tland. ÜAJVIAR’S variety store TiüimmooK» O regon Drop and book Around FEBRUARY 25, 1915, lr.50 PER YEAR. GEORGE COFFMAN SHOT. When Trying to Make Improper Proposals to a Married Woman. Quite an excitement was caused on Thursday when it became known that George Coffman, proprietor of the Silver Dollar Saloon, had been shot the previous night by a young mar Bran, per ton ................................. $33.00 ried woman after making improper Shorts, per ton ............................ 36.00 proposals to her. The young woman Ground Barley and oats per ton 33.00 is Mrs. Bell, wife of Rhodes Bell, and Process rolled barley................ 41.00 she had recently came from Hoquiam, Alfalfa meal, per ton ................ 24.00 Wash., and started house keeping, Good oat hay................................. 15-50 having rented a small house west of Wheat, per too pounds............. 2.7c Dr. McGee’s apartment house, her Corn, per too pounds .$2.10 and $2.20 husband working for the Coats Log Middlings, per sack ..................... 2.00 ging and Driving Co. She is about 19 At G. H. Poland’s place Ji mile north years of age, with one child. She was alone in the house, her husband being of Tillamook City, at the logging camp Wednesday night Professor Griffin to Give Illustrated Dr. McGee said: About half past Lecture. eleven Mr. Leonard called him on the phone and said there was a lady at Prof. Griffin, Extension worker for his house that needed assistance bad the Oregon Agricultural College, will ly. Before Dr. McGee was through give an illustrated lecture at the High dressing she came to the door. It was School Auditorium, Tuesday evening, Mrs. Bell, who lives on the opposite March 2, under the auspices of the corner to Dr. McGee’s. She was in a Parent-Teachers’ Association. nervous condition and crying. She The business meeting will begin said she had shot a man in her house. promptly at 7:30, and Prof Griffin’s She had shot at him three times and lecture at 8 o’clock. missed twice. The man was George Coffman. Her husband had introduc Married at Cloverdale. ed her to him when she was at the hotel and she had asked Coffman and Married on Friday afternoon, at the his wife to visit them. Coffman pres home of the bride’s parents, Mr.' and sed against her and tried to pass out Mrs. Compton at Cloverdale, Ore., and she pressed the revolver against Mr. Ernest Kirby and Miss Blanche his abdomen and fired. Coffman then Compton. The ceremony was per left the house and ran across the formed by Rev. F. S. Ford, pastor of street and started down town. She the Nestucca Valley Presbyterain saw that he had staggered after lie- church, the parlor being tastefully had passed the house. She went on to decorated for the occasion. After the say that she had been to the show happy couple had received the con with the baby, and after arriving gratulations of their friends a sub home she was about to undress and stantial wedding dinner was served put the baby to bed, when there was by Mrs. Compton, assisted by Mrs. a knock at the door. She answered it Allen. The happy couple are well and and had a light in her hand. She was favorably known in the south part of surprised to find that it was Coffman, the county, and their friends join us who pushed his way into the house. in wishing them a happy journey He had two small bottles of beer and through life. he induced her to drink some. After a short time he made improper pro School Gives Entertainment. poses to her and she refused, when ------ o------ The public school is giving an en he caught her and threw her on the tertainment Friday night, at the high bed. She succeeded in getting away school building for the purpose of from him and obtained a revolver. Coffman said "what he was after he raising money to buy wall pictures. A splendid program is promised. was going to have, and if he didn’t Some of the features of the program get it tonight, he would get it tomor are, a series of historical tableaus by row night.” Mrs. Bell said “you 11 not the eighth grade, a little play built be able to come to-morrow night.” around Lincoln’s early life by the He offered her five dollars, then ten seventh grade, a colonial play by the dollars, and then twenty dollars. Mrs. children of the fourth grade, and Bell fired the first shot in the bed- drills of various sorts by the primary room, which struck the wall just ■»ver children. The orchestra will play where the baby was on the b d. Cof fman ran to the kitchen and commen several selections. The program will be given in the ced putting on his coat, telling Mrs. High School auditorium Friday even Bell not to make so much noise. She ing at 7:45. Admission io cents and fired the second time. When Coff man crowded her to get past her 25 cents. she fired the third shot, pressing the To Organize Industrial Clubs. revolver against the body. After Mrs. Bell had told Dr. McGee Field Industrial Worker and Clu» what had happened she said she was Organizer, Prof. F. L. Griffin will afraid she had shot her baby, and the spend the week from March 1 to 5 in doctor went over and got the baby. the schools of the county. He. will Dr. McGee phoned ti> the marshal bring with him his lantern and slides and in about five minutes Dr. Boals and give illustrated talks where prac and A. L. McCarty arrived and they ticable. Agriculturist, R. C. Jones and left to hunt for the man. A few min County Superintendent Buel, will ac utes after Dr. Boals and Attorney C. company Mr. Griffin and assist him E. Claussen returned and Mrs. McGee in his work. It is the intention to having found out who the mat was make as many schools as possible. told them. A search was made for Coffman Since it is quite impossible to make every school in the county in one and he was found near the Hotel week and that being all the time al Tillamook and taken to the saloon, loted to us by Mr. Griffin, we have afterwards to his home, where Drs. planned the following schedule and it Boals and Wendt attended to his in considered is hoped that the parents and every juries, which arc not one interested in the movement will serious. The second shot fired did not attend these meetings. It is also sug lodge in the body, but the third did, gested that schools not included in w-hich was removed by Dr. Wendt this schedule but sufficiently near to this morning. District Attorney T. H. Goyne and attend the meeting at one school on the schedule, dismiss and both teacher Sheriff Crenshaw questioned Coffman and pupils attend in a unit. Every one quite closely this morning and also within reach is especially requested obtained Mrs. Beil's account of the to attend the evening sessions, and shooting, which docs not vary in get some good lesions along the lines many particulars. At first Coffman which Mr. Griffin represents and see denied taking liquor to the house but afterwards admitted doing so. He his pictures at the same time. Schedule: said he met Mrs. Bell on Wednesday Monday, March 1, A.M., Wheeler, at the hotel and she invited him and Mohler; P.M., Manzanita, Nehalem, his wife to visit her and he agreed to Union High School; Evening session, do so at half past nine that nght, Coffman alleging that Mrs. Bell said Nehalem City. Tuesday, March 2, A.M., Balm, "Come anyway.” This Mrs. Bell em Barnesdale, Crane School, Miami; P. phatically denies, but admits that she M., Garibaldi, Bay City; Evening invited Coffman and his wife to visit session, Tillamook High School Aud- them. Mrs. Bell also explained hoe | Coffman came to be in the bedroom itorium. Wednesday, Marsh 3, A.M., South ___ She was taking the baby from the Prairie, Faucet Creek, Pleasant X al " room into the bedroom, when Coff- ley; Noon hour, Yellow Fir Mill; P. man followed her, M.. Hemlock, Beaver, Hebo; Even j Coffman does not want Mrs. Bell ing session, Beaver Hall, 8 o clock. 1 prosecuted, but in all probability the Thursday, March 4. A.M., Meda, grand jury will investigate thc shoot Union; P.M.. Cloverdale, Cloverdale ing and indict Coffman. session, Grange The sympathy of the citizens is with Grange; Evening Mrs. Bell, who think she was quite Hall, Fairview. Friday, March 5, A.M. Tillamook, justified in doing what she did in Wilson River, Fairview; P.M., Red shooting' Coffman when he made im Clover,' Long Prairie, Hunt School; proper proposals to her, for he had evidently gone there for that purpose. Evening -session, Bay City. SERVICE Ask any of our customers about First National service. They are all Pleased with it and can tell you why First National Bank Tillamook, Ore Notice to Royal Arch Masons All companions are invited to attend a special com munication of Johnson Chapter No. 24 R. A. M. to be held at Masonic Hall in Tillamook, commencing March 1st at 7:30 I’. M. and continuing through the week, The Royal Arch Degree will be conferred on several teams. And the work will be under the direction and supervi sion of Most Excellent Grand High Priest CLYDE EVANS and corps of able assistants. High School Notes. The High School library is con stantly being increased. Rev. D. A. McKenzie has given it a large set of Gibbon’s “Nations of the World.” This gift is appreciated very much. Representative W. C. Hawley has also sent a number of government bulletins. The library now has quite a collection of these. The Webster Club is having a series of debates to decide the winner of the beautiful silver cup offered by the I Shakespeare Club. The first debate of this series was held a week ago last Tuesday. The question discussed was: Resolved that capital punishment | should be abolished The affirmative represented by Thomas Coates, Helen Slam, and Herbert Stam won unani mously from those of the negative, Lee Doty, Broox Lucas and Trevor Hare. The next debate will be held at high school next Monday evening, March I. The public is always wel come to these debates. Last Wednesday evening the T.H.S. basket ball team was victorious over the Cloverdale team at Cloverdale with a score of 48 to II. It is expect ed that a week from Friday there will be another big game here with a team from the outside. The Tennis Club has begun work, and planning to have a good court this Spring. A large number of stu- dents have shown interest in tennis and have joined the club. The sixth, seventh, and eighth grades are working industriously in school and home gardens. The ground is receiving the best attention, and good results arc expected. Tuesday, February 23, Loud Sock Day was observed at the high school. The more inconsistent the color scheme, the. better it served the pur pose. It was all quite absurd, but we should remember that “even the wisest men relish a little nonsense now and then.” Thursday noon the Freshmen girls served a delightful luncheon to a large number of eager patrons. Next Tuesday evening, at the high school, Dr. Griffin of the Oregon Ag ricultural College gives an illustrated lecture on industrial education. Just by way of reminder, don’t for get to come to “picture” program given by the grades at the high school Friday evening. Christian Church. Seven more responded to the go-pel invitation last Friday at the Miami school house and Garibaldi, making a total of 48 thus fai in that commun ity. Next Sunday morning the sermon will be the fourth in a scries on New Testament conversions. The evening program will be as follows: 1. —Congregational singing. 2. —Special by to piece orchestra. 3. —Questions answered by pa-tor. 4. — Prayer and scripture. 5. —Special anthem by chorus. 6. —Sermon subject: “The Tower of Babel and Jacob’s Ladder.” A cordial invitation is extended to the public.