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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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ing bonds, to be used as long time
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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.
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t not support any man for congress or*
Volunteers Wanted.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Dated this 13th day of May, 1015.
John Aschim,
City Recorder of Till
amook City, Oregon. ,