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Tillamoolc EGON STATE GRANGE IS IN SESSION IN TILLAMOOK. olution Favors Rural Credit and Long Time Loan Law. On hundred and sixty delegates suffrage before it became popular, it ____ m lembers of the Grange boarded should feel grateful to her for the .>sd at Portland Monday morn- noble work done at the last election he Kram t. Ug for the convention to be held in in voting on measures that tended to hit-city the balance of the week and develop a better and higher manhood and womanhood. The influence of the ibout 35 more arrived on Tuesday. Bo«- :r from Gresham, Eugene, women members of the last legisla znd'Grants Pass were in evidence, all ture was elevating and refining, and these cities endeavoring to land the their ability to grasp public questions J916 [convention. Grants Pass has was fully demonstrated. We look made the unique proposition to as hopefully forward to national woman sume the entire expense of entertain suffrage. ing the delegates if the next conven 10,323 Grangers in Oregon. tion convenes in that city. Reports of other officers were then J The train was met at \\ heeler by taken up, and the Secretary’s report Fred C. Baker, representing the Till showed that 29 new granges have amook Commercial Club and J. H. been organized in the state the past Dunstan, master of Fairview Grange, I year. Fourteen granges have surrend part of the committee on entertain- ered their charters, while two new mwst, and before Tillamook was Pomona Granges have been organiz £ reached all the delegates had been ed. There are 119 active granges in assig [ned rooms. Fifty autos were the state with a total membership of waiting at the depot and within half '0.323. Baker County has a member .V an hour after the arrival of the train ship of 57 grangers, Benton 355, everybody was comfortably domicil Clackamas 1,182, Clatsop 272, Col Fairview Grange, the Women’s umbia 379, Coos 96, Crook 83, Doug y ed. League and the Tillamook Com las 595. Gilliam 239, Harney 105, ? Civic mercial Club have charge of the en Hood River, 198, Jackson 191, Jose tertainment of the visitors. phine 225, Lane 1,236, Linn 820, Lin jr Promptly at 10 o’clock Tuesday coln 393, Malheur 293, Marion 364, morning the 42nd annual session of Multnomah 851, Polk 215, Sherman the Or egon State Grange convened '55. Tillamook 425, LTmatilIa 91, Un at the Odd Fellow’s Hall with State ion 239, Wasco 117, Washington 760, Matter Spence in the chair. All offi Wheeler 86 and Yamhill 302. cer« are present, with the exception After the roll call by counties for of H. Hershberg, treasurer, of Inde the introduction, without debate, of pendence, and Mrs. Vinnie M. Reed, resolutions, the report of the Wom Cores of Lebanon. en’s Work Committee was read and C. D. Dickinson, of Oswego, was accepted by the convention. A com appointed treasurer pro tern and Mrs. mittee of Mesdames Dickinson, Allen Minnie Maxwell, of Fairview, Ceres. and Zeek was appointed to send The report of the Committee on greetings to the sick officers and Credentials was then read and dele members of the standing committees. gates seated from all counties in the About thirty additional Grangers, state with the exception of Baker, including Dr. W. J. Kerr, President Crook, Harney, Jackson, Sherman, of the Oregon Agricultural College, and Mrs. C. F. Spence arrived on the Wasco and Wheeler. After a recess taken for lunch, afternon train. State Master Spence read his annual Reception at Commercial Club. report, the main features of his ad- On Tuesday evening the Tillamook dress were: Commercial Club gave the Oregon Co-Operation. State Grange a reception at the club The local grange is the proper place rooms, w’hich w’as packed. Fred C. to begin co-operation and should not Baker, one of the club’s entertain- be confined to commercial transac ment committee, presided at the r - tions. We should study together the quest of the president, who was different problems of farming, to the otherwise employed. end that our products will be of bet- Attorney H. T. Botts made the terfquality and can be produced more opening address in behalf of Tilla- ^■nomically. We should endeavor to mook City and the Tillamook icialize in crops adapted to our Commercial Club, causing some kicularly locality. We should work amount of laughter when he stated :h the National Marketing Com that in endeavoring to make it pleas isión and the Bureau of Markets ant for the Grangers they had even in [creating better marketing conditi- caused the rain to cease. L We can co-operate with other J. H. Dunstan, Master of the Coun- ^anizations in keeping our taxes on ty Pomona Grange, also gave the ¡ lowest level consistent with effic- visitors a word of welcome. cy of administration. State Master C. E. Spence replied with appropriate remarks, saying that Rural Credits. 'he necessity of a rural credit sys- this was the first place where the .1 is no longer doubted by the Grange had visited where the people jority of the people. It is only a could control the weather, and he istion of what is the most prac- believed it, for the heavy fall of rain 11 plan of operation. Each succeed- that morning had turned to bright ’ census report show’s that farm sunshine. He then dwelt on what the lantry and indebtedness are stead- Grange had accomplished in the past, increasing and that urban popula- and advocated a definite policy for n grows much more rapidly than the future, all working together for _it of the country. It is a financial that end. Prof. H. T. French, of the Agricul oblem and will the present admin- tural College, was the next speaker, (ration prove itself equal to the oc- and his remarks were confined to co sion ? operation, not only amongst Grang Good Roads. ers, but co-operation with the Agri The experience of several counties cultural College and co-operation Ith bond issues and the construct- with Commercial Clubs. He regretted n of pleasure boulevards have that he had found instances where lown conclusively that the position farmers were antagonistic to com hich the Grange has taken in favor mercial clubs, but this w’as a mistake, f a "pay as you go” policy and the for the farmers and the business men instruction of business roads first, who firmed lhe commercial clubs more satisfactory in the end. It is should co-operate and work together -'gretable that after the years of for one another’s benefit. He was ioneer work the Grange has done, glad to see that that spirit had taken » build up a good road sentiment hold in Tillamook and should be fos he funds should be diverted to un- tered. Prof. French also referred to lecessarily high priced boulevards the valuable work the Agricultural or tourists and pleasure seekers and College was doing, solving the farm hat the counties and the state are ers’ difficulties and enabling them •ery largely at the mercy of paving to procure practical and successful rusts. farming by placing specialists in the My advice is that we had better go field and different counties. low until the state and counties President Kerr, of the Agricultural lave learned to build satisfactory College, made a pleasant address al oads at cost, without royalty or so speaking of co-operation. He com irofit on machinery or paving, and mended the State Grange on its that local funds should be controlled splendid gathering and the Commer entirely by local people and expend cial Club ¿rd the part it had taken in ed upon the roads in which they are entertaining them. This was his first interested. visit to Tillamook county, but he had If the state and national aid be used planned on several occasions to come as a leverage to divert our county here, but other matters had cropped funds toward building scenic high up and prevented him. He said he had ways, which will be of little benefit often mtntioned the splendid co-op to the farmer, we are better off with eration that existed among the dairy out it. If we spend Jto.ooo on a road men of Tillamook in his addresses in thgt is of little local value, in order different parts of the state, and like to get aid from the state or nation, Prof. French, also staunchly advo we are tio.ooo worse off than if we cated co-operation between farmers did not get that aid. for that money and business men and commercial may be sadly needed in other places. | clubs. Equal Suffrage. The other speakers were State Lec As the Grange was the first organ turer Mrs. Bond and Mrs H. L. Vail. ization to admit women on equal ( G. B. Leedy, C. D. Huffman and terms with men, and advocated equal Headlight. Níay 43, Itìlo Cyrus H. Walker, the oldest living white person born west of the Rocky Mountains, who gave a description of a visit he made to Tillamook county 53 years ago. Rev. Van Winkle gave a recitation and received an encore and J. W. Baird gave a vocal solo. The music was furnished by the orchestra lead by Chester McGhee. The club served a light lunch after the program, and the reception turn ed out to be a very pleasing and suc cessful affair. the United States Senate who will not pledge himself unqualifiedly to vote and work for a common sense rural credit law along the lines indi cated. Resolutions Adopted. A resolution was adopted favoring the passage of a national law requir ing every manufacturer of woolen goods to properly stamp his goods whether made from long wool or re carded or old woolen garments. A resolution from Blue Mountain Grange, of Union County, in favor of increasing the amount of money per mitted to be deposited in the Postal Savings banks by any individual to $5,000, and allowing this money to be loaned to actual farmers at a low- rate of interest was read and adopt ed. The Committee on assessment and taxation recommended that the time for collection of the second half of the taxes be changed by the Legisla ture from October 5 to the first Mon day in November, as the farmer was in funds at the latter date from the sale of his crops. This Committee also offered the following resolution: Believing as we do, thqt all property should bear its just proportion of taxes, we recom mend the repeal of the law exempt ing certain classes of property. The law exempting all household goods and effects actually in use as such in homes and dwellings, also wearing apparel and similar personal effects actually in use, should be repealed. If there must be an exemption let it be a straight $300 exemption. This will reach the small home owner and en able him to improve his property and pay but a small tax, if any. Both of these resolutions were adopted. The report of the committee on dormant granges was read and unan imously adopted. ------ o------ The open meeting on Wednesday evening brought together a large crowd, the Commercial Club rooms being packed. Mrs. Bond, State Lecturer, presid ed, Florence A. Dickenson, of Oswe go Grange, gave a talk on “Women’s Work Committee.” Dr. C. H. Bailey, of Roseberg, spoke on "The Pomona and the Local Grange.” C. J. Hurd, "Organization work in the Grange.” Hattie E. Vail, of Evening Star Grange, “Lecturer’s Problems.” Mrs. Laura C. French, of Corvallis, "Necessity of Co-operation." Miss Mary Carter, of Mt. Fannie Grange, LTnion County, gave two laughable recitations, and several ex cellent vocal and musical pieces were rendered by local talent. On Wednesday, after the opening ceremonies, T. Burchard, of Portland Associate Delegate from the Oregon State Federation of Labor, addressed the convention. T. A. Logsdon, of Corvallis, Asso ciation Delegate iront the Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Asso- ciation, was voted a seat. A resolution limiting speeches to five minutes, after considerable dis cussion, was passed. From the report of Mrs. Minnie E Bond, or Eugene, Lecturer of the State Grange, it was shown that the attendance at local granges during the past year has increased 54 per cent. Average attendance officers, 66 per cent, average attendance of Mas ters of local Granges, 84 per cent: secretaries, 93 per cent. The average attendance of officers was 12 per cent greater than that of members, and the average attendance of the Mas ters, Lecturers and Secretaries of local granges higher than the average attendance of the other officers. Part of the morning was spent in the roll call of counties for the in troduction of resolutions. The Legislative Committee recom mended the adoption of a resolution favoring an amendment to the con- stitution of the State of Oregon lim- iting the introduction of bills to the fifteenth day of each session, and that each legislator shall be permitted to introduce not to exceed five such bills at any regular session. Amended that committees in the legislature shall not keep bills in committee longer than five days. Laid over un til report of legislative committee is received in full and made a special order of business. Oppose any change in carrying the rural mail to the contract system. Adopted. Favors Rural Credit and Long Time Loan Law. At the afternoon session, C. L. Shaw, of Albany was elected to suc ceed himself as a member of the ex ecutive committee. The committee reported favorably on the following resolution, which after an hour’s discussion, it was vot ed to defer action until the committee Miami Literary Society. having the Bathrick bill in committee should report. lhe Miami Literary Society held The resolution is as follows: their regular meeting Saturday cvcn- Whereas, The people were expect ing at the Crane school house, The ing and had reasons to expect, great following program was presented: and immediate relief from the finan Original rhyme in response to roll cial stringency by the passage of the call. Vocol Solo, Iona Crafts; Read new currency bill, assurance having ing, Lester Best; Violin Solo, Lydia been given them by the administra Crane. Debate, resolved “That coun tion and those interested that it try life is better than city life." Af would be of great benefit to a large firmative, Mrs. Frank Crane, Roy majority of the people, and especially Smith, Mrs. Hiram Perry. Negative, to the rural population; Sam Barber, Howard Crane, Lydia And, whereas, no such relief or. ben Crane. Recitation, Henry Tomlin efit has been had, but that money is son; Reading of Literary Journal; becoming more scarce and stringent Nail driving contest, Pearl Graham, in the business world and the rate of Minnie Ripley. Supper was served. A interest remains the same; therefore, feature of much interest was the be it everyday costume of the rural folks. Resolved, that we favor and demand More than seventy five people were by Congress, without delay, of a rur present. The next social meeting will al credit or long time loan law where by a majority vote of the people of be held May 15. any state may bond the state for a certain amount of non-interest bear > ing bonds, to be used as long time >> loans on the individual farm land of the state. The Secretary of the Unit ed States Treasury shall be instruct ed to issue to the state the full amount in currency, less 2 per cent discount. This is to be set aside by the state land board and used only as rural credit loan fund, to be loaned to and direct to the farmers and ap proved by the board attorney from said county which said application is made. The Board shall then honor with the problem of buy ng Harneef said application by issuing the loan you will find it distinctly advantn applied for, which shall not exceed geous to come and do your select 50 per cent of the assessed valuation ing here. You will get the beat qualities, the most thorough and of the land on which application is conscientious workmanship and be made for said loan. All expenses to charged the most reasonable prices. obtain said loan shall be born by the We can suppl}’ single or double applicant and the said loan may and ' Sets or any single article that you may be in need of shaB be made for the stated period of W.A, Williams & Cc. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 35 years, as per application. Mortgage and note to be drawn on or before, at a rate of interest not to exceed 4 per cent, to Sidney E. Henderson, Pre«., be paid semi-annually. Surveyor. That we ask the subordinate John Leland Henderson. Sec Grangers, the farmers and those in retary Trea« , Attorney-at- terested in agriculture and the wel-1 Law, Notrary Public fare of the state to get together, co- operate and work together in obtain- j 1 ing relief from this octopus (exhorbi-;] tant interest) which is eating the very 1 Law, Abstráete. Real Estate, vitals and life out of the farming Surveying, ’ Insurance. and agricultural interests of this state ( Doth Phone«. and nation. TILLAMOOK - - OKEOCM. Be it further resolved that we will. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO0 t not support any man for congress or* Volunteers Wanted. ------o------ Attorney .1. L. Henderson is organ izing a party to cut out the old trail on what is know as the lighthouse road, and about 30 men will complete the job in one day. Let him know at once whether you will help, and what tools you will take along. By cutting the brush from this road, it will make it very convenient for those who want to walk to the lighthouse or Bayocean, but it will not be suitable for buggies or autos. Those who have volunteered are F.berherdt, Claussen, Hyde, Camp bell, Shreve, Grate, Crenshaw, On- thank, Henderson and son, who will start out Sunday. Stop! Look! Listen! boys are at bat with two out and one on third. Casey is at the bat. One strike! Two strikes! One Ball! Two balls! Pang! Ye Gods, look at the pill sour up, up, and over the fence. “Oh take me out to the ball game.” May Day Party. One of the most interesting events of the spring season was a May Day party held at the Aiderman home, on May 7th. The hostesses for the after noon being Mesdames W. B. Aider man, E. M. Bales and Fred Poor man. The guests from the time of step ping on the moss covered door mat were most charmingly entertained. The entrance hall and living room were decorated in rustic effects. The natural fern, spring flowers and pro fusions of blue birds carried out the spirit of the May. Mesdames MacKenzie and Poor man rendered songs appropriate to time. Mesdames Christensen and Holden were at the piano. Those successful in scoring highest in the unique May Day contests were, Mrs. Shrode and Mrs. Haltom, who received appropriate prizes. The din ing room resembled “a day out of doors" and was made most attractive with fern and flowers, a pleasing col or scheme in robin egg blue rail through the table decorations and refreshments. The guests for the oc casion, were as follows: Mesdames Walls, Mason, Clough, Koch, Jnq. Lamar, Holden, Crenshaw, Haltom, Whitehouse, Edwards, Haberlach, Burge, Kleinfelter, Mackenzie, Gru ber, Hill, Holmes, Christensen, Shaw, Leonard, Williams, Shrode, Roy Jones, B. C. Lamb, Willett, McNair, Groat, F. C. Baker, Reichers, Reedy, Plank, Franklin, Harrison, Miller, Tait, Olson, Hoskins, Francis Wiley, Gus Case, Arthur Case, Wagy, Sev erance and Everson. Tillamook isn’t a grave yard. There is a bunch of live ones around here who are going to put a crimp in the hothouse existence. Are you one of them? Have you got good red blood in your veins? Can you get out under the blue dome of heaven and give your system a chance to get right with nature without dying of pneu monia? Say—what is the name of the American game that causes one to forget about the high cost of living and the low cost of cheese. In what game do you expand your lungs and let-er-flicker when the hero pull the home team out of a tight hole? It’s baseball, bigosh! Everybody loves it, rich man, poor man, begger man,----- well the whole bunch. W ell we’er go ing to have some of that stuff this summer,—the real dope. W’e’ve got a Fair Board here with the right kind of pep. They are fixing the grounds and fencing them in. We’ve got worlds of material and enough fans to start the sparks aflying. What is a home without a mother and what is a town without a base ball team? Come out Sunday May 16th, at 1.30 p.m., when Tillamook meets Bay City for the first game of the season. Bring One ton of coal equals two cords of your magaphone and your wife or wood and you don’t have *o sow and sweetheart and whoop to your hearts split it, Lamb-Schrader Co., Hello content. Listen—it’s the last inning. Centray Gi’me 28W. * Notice of Special City Election. Notice is hereby given, that in pur suance of a Resolution adopted by the Common Council of Tillamook City, Oregon, on the 12th day of May, 1915, a special election will be held at the City Hall in Tillamook City, Oregon, on the 1st day of June, 1915, at which election there will be sub mitted to the qualified electors of Tillamook City, for their adoption or rejection, a measure to amend Article XI of Chapter \ 111 of the Charter of Tillamook City, Oregon, proposed by initiative petition, the said meas ure being in words and figures as fol lows, to-wit: “A measure to amend Article XI of Chapter VIII of the Charter of Tilla mook City, Oregon, as said Article was adopted by the legal voters of Tillamook City at a special election held in said city on March 29, 1915. Be it enacted by the people of 1 ill- amook City, Oregon, as follows: Chapter VIII. Article XI. Section 1: The legislative power of the city is vested in the Common Council, but the same is subject to and shall be governed by all of the initiative or referendum provisions of the constitution of the Stale of Ore gon as the same is now in force or may hereafter be amended, and sub ject to any of the initiative and ref erendum provisions of the Charter of Tillamook City or ordances legally enacted under pursuance of the con stitution aforesaid, or of any of the provisions of said Charter. Section 2: Whenever and initiative or referendum measure is to be voted upon at any general or special elec tion, the City Recorder shall cause to be placed upon the ballot at the elec tion at which any such measure is to be voted, a ballot title anil brief des ______ to cription of the measure be voted on in such form as may be prescribed by the Common i Council in accordance with the Charter of the city. Section 3: The people of Tilla mook City, or the Common Council thereof, subject to the initiative and referendum powers reserved to the people, shall have full power and authority to provide by appropriat« ordinance or ordinances not to con flict with any superior power or au thority, for the purpose of erection, construction or maintenance and op eration, of a complete water system of water works, electric or gas light plant or plants; to create a sewer dis trict or districts within said city, and to put in and maintain a sewer system or systems, or a system of drains for the city, and to make the cost of such drains or sewers, or any part thereof, a charge or lein upon the abutting or adjacent property within said dis trict, and to compel the connection of closets, cess pools and drains with said sewer or sewers, and to borrow money upon the credit of the city therefore by issuing bonds or other wise. Provided, that the indebtedness of the city shall not at any time, ex clusive of funds available for payment thereof including sinking funds raised for the purpose of defraying said in debtedness, exceed in the aggregate the sum of Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000.00) exclusive of improvement bonds issued in accordance with the charter provisions of Tillamook City. Section 4: The Common Council of Tillamook City is hereby authoriz ed to issue forthwith bonds in any sum not to exceed $30,000.00 upon the faith and credit of Tillamook City, in such denominations as the judg ment of the Council, in its descretion, may deem expedient, the same to be known and designated as "City Hall Bonds,” and bearing a rate of interest not exceeding six per cept per annum, interest payable semi-annually. That upon the issuance of such bonds, the same be advertised and sold to the best and highest bidder therefor, and the proceeds of such sale be plac ed in the hands of the Treasurer of Tillamook City and credited to the "City Hall Fund”. That so much of said fund as may be necessary shall, under the direction of the Common Council, be forthwith expended in the erection, construction and comple tion of a City Hall to be located and erected on grounds now owned by said Tillamook City, and any sum not expended in such erection, construc tion and completion shall be trans ferred to the General Fund.” The number and form in which the ballot title for said measure will be printed on said ballot is as follows: Shall a Measure for the Amend ment oi Article XI of Chapter till of the Charter of 1 illamook City, Oregon, as proposed by initiative petition «filed May 8th, 191s, and as referred to the people of I illamook City, Oregon, by Resolution adopted by the Common Council oi 1 ill- • mook City, Oregon, May 12th, 1915, [be <nacted The Measure proposed amends the Charter of Tillamook (. ity, < >r< gon, \ by adding to Article XI of Chapter ... Yes (VIII a new Section authorizing the issuing of $30,000.00 of bonds of 1 illa mook City, the proceeds to be cred ited to “City Hall Fund”, and au . No thorizing the Common Council to use so much thereof as may be neces sary for the construction of a city hall. Sai<l measure further raises the debt limit of Tillamook City from $70,00000 to $90,00000, exclusive of sinking funds and improvement bonds. Mark X between the number and answer voted for. Proposed b) Initiative Petition. tot. Tillamook Title and Abstract Co. i Dated this 13th day of May, 1015. John Aschim, City Recorder of Till amook City, Oregon. ,