Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934, September 09, 1915, Image 3

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    Tillamook Headlight, September 9, I0T5.
• Uncle Silas Says.
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r*SO tol<1 of lhe w°rk of the
1 Uerman organizauon in the pre-
Gertn'de, the declaration of Mam-
aentativn it medals tor excellency in
let to Ophelia—"all men are liars,
to do, and the ibank h, " nc Lertnan language
believe none of them!” is putting it chooses
rather too strong, though I presume control whatever of the * h ,s "°
that strict truth tellers are few and
Work, But Few Woikers.
far between. I believe that most peo­
ple do not regard as lies, slight varia-
1 he problem of the unemployed is
tionst from the straight and exact
■lot
so much to find work for the job-
ruth, especially when some state­ much better than that of the »nerch nss us iu find for them the sort of
ments concern merely themselves and ant s stock of goods which is of wi.b •iork they are willing to do. It is hard
re practically harmless. Most people fluctuating value. The. efore. it s
‘O su. 11, but it seems a fact that a
who are inclined to romance, often do "exZu"1 ‘t,,SU1CnCe ‘°r ll‘e rai,r^ majority of the men who appear to be
«0 wh the P’ain truth would be far
to say to the bankers iioktng tor work are doing so merely
o av oid it.
better tor them, are often brought to eyVvou l av"1"’ Y* US‘"g your
a realisation of the truth of the old ey you have a right to compel them
■ ¡‘ till Vulunibia River Highway is
saw that 'lies always come home to to use methods which are for their i’porlunity to uoik for a large num­
own
good:
Campe!?
That
makes
me
t»er
of men. With t the
ber
’„, problem of
roost.” W ben I was a boy, attending
high school in the city, that old saw feel hot under the collar! Because a 1'orlland’s unemployed so acute al­
was shown to be a very true prophe­ man loan-, me money lias he the r > ready that a committee ls trying to
...v falling
.amug
cy to a young man at whose home 1 o dictate to me how 1 shall run mi soln It, the contractors s are
was a hoarder, who had candidly ad­ sVl'i
?yia tb°usaad miles. Who bihi nl m construction because they
IS
till
best
judge
01
farming
methods
-aimot lind men enough to accept the
mitted to me that he “had to fool the
old man.” referring to his father, to the .nan of long experience and broad worx.
It has been the desire of the con­
get any clothes fit to wear. His father and varied information, who knows
_ the
had a particular aversion to the tell­ •us business from A to Z, or the tractors, as it was the Wish of
ing of an untruth, no matter how jumping jack theorist from the agri­ taxpayers who voted the bonds for
small or harmless the fib might be. cultural college, w ho is merely a rail­ the highway, to give the married men
One day this young man desired a road hireling? He wants the bankers md residents of the community pref­
certain new style of hat, which he to put bosses over farmers who bor­ erence in the matter of work on the
saw on display in the stores, but the on money from them; but I am quite road. Hardly enough married men to
price of $3 50 the tag bore kept it out sure the bankers will sidestep that construct a grade crossing want work
of reach cf his own -pocketbook. proposition because the positively • 1 that sort. The willing workers are
Needing a dollar to make up the know that their would-be bosses usually toreigners, who so greatly
amount that would buy it, he managed would be kicked over the fence and desire a chance to earn a living that
incy resort to all sorts of subterfuges,
by telling a fib about the.price of the .town the road, all the way to town.
111 the way of pretended marriage and
hat to prevail upon his father to give
citizenship, to get it. Natives who arc
him the dollar. After returning home DIVIDED ALLEGIANCE
married shun the highway.
with the new hat, he proudly showed
REGARDED GRAVELY
Some of the contractors, in tlieit
it to his father, who exaruined it ad­
to give married residents of
miringly, and, after trying it on, O. G. Villard, Son of German, Says desire
Multnomah county the opportunity
turned to the boy, and, digging down
to earn a living, have not only jjfused
Times Have Changed Since
into his pocket, said, “Here’s a dollar
to give work to foreigners, but have
Schurz Speke,
1’11 keep the hat, it fits so good; no
been sadly victimized by the class
get another for yourself.” Later when
they tried to help. In some instances
Stockbridge,'Mass., Sept. 4.—Os­ they'
asked by his father why he didn't buy
have advanced railroa/ fare and
the hat, he fibbed again by saying wald Garrison Villard, publisher of given Sunday board to applicants for
that really he liked the old hat best, lhe New York Evening Bost, in an work, and when Monday morning
thus proving the truth oi that other address today declared that the move­ arrived have found the married men
old saw: “One lie always begets an­ ment among American citizens of for­ missing.
eign, especially German, descent, to
other lie.”
a city administration which
form bodies apart from the citizen­ has With
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adopted a $3 a day scale for eight
ship
presented
a
far-reaching
domes
­
Amos, I didn’t intend to eavesdrop
hours work, and a committee on the
on you when you were talking with tic issue which the American people unemployed pledged to feed and
must
conquer.
your Uncle Ezra out near the barn
board all who apply, the attraction of
Mr. \ allard said an important fac­ work on the highway are far from ir­
this morning and bragging me up to
tor
in
the
continuance
of
the
"Ameri
­
him. You were showing hint around
resistible to many of our citizens.—
the farm, and, as this is his first visit can melting pot” lay in educating im­ The Spectator.
to us in ten years, you were pointing migrants to the proper duties of citi­
out the improvements we have made, zenship.
$6,000 A Mile.
He said he was "born on German
and you boasted of my progressivness
and left him to infer that I know all soil, of a German father.”
Reports from California by Oregon
Divided Allegiance Impossible.
things worth knowing about nearly
Foreigners becoming American citi­ tourists arc that excellent hardsurfacc
everything. Now, I am quite sure that
roads are laid there at a cost not in
you spread it on rather thick. I don’t zens should be made to understand, excess
of $6,000 a mile, with a main­
Mr.
Villard
said,
that
there
Can
be
no
pretend to be all wise; to the contrary
tenance cost of $100 per year to keep
divided
citizenship
or
loyalty
or
al
­
1 know that I possess a small amount
same in condition.
of really fundamental knowledge, but legiance under the American flag;
The roads are built of cement con­
that
no
one
can
accept
political
obli
­
I have had long and thorough experi­
crete, arc fourteen feet wide, and are
gations
here
while
at
heart
loyal
to
ence, and, when I speak positively,
social system, entity or code covered with a thin flush coat of as­
what I say is based on what 1 know another
phaltic paint and course sand.
of
laws.
to be true. My dear boy, I keenly ap­
The coat is sprinkled on new every
Mr.
Villard
quoted
fram
an
address
preciate and value your confidence in made by C r] Schurz, in which Mr. year, and is said to cost only 2 cents
my knowledge and judgment, but I Schurz said that no matter how warm a square yard each year—$100 a year
would not have you depend wholly the affections German-Americans had a mile.
upon my teachings for your guidance held for their native land, they had
The cement concrete is laid bv the
in all things. Being a native of Mis­ never permitted their affections to in- approved method of having it set
souri, you must live up to the skep­ terfer with their duties as American under water. Ridges of earth contain
ticism which is a peculiar characteris­
nor to seduce them io use the water in puddles for thirty days
tic of its people by insisting upon be­ citizens,
their
power
American politics for after which the cement is so hard it
ing “showed.” In other words, you foreign ends. in
will not break down as does cement
”
should analyze every statement of
that is exposed to dry air immediate­
“
How
amazed
Carl
Schurz
would
be
fact, and, guided by information to return to us today,” said Mr. Vil­ ly after being laid.
which you know to be true, establish lard. “He would find to his horror
So far we have received no official
in your mind the basis for a definite that on this moment the presence on reports on cost, but same have been
to us, and we will present
conclusion. Always bear in mind that
soil of German-Americans adds forwarded
the facts they contain.
"to err is human.” I was greatly ibis
fuel
to
the
flames
of
bitterness.
It docs not follow that because
amused by your Uncle Ezra’s sar­
No Cause Found for Bitterne&s
cement concrete roads are successful
casm about how I run the farm on
"Naturally Schurz would scan the in
California's climate that they will
“schedule” as he termed it. You know horizon for some discriminatory act
he is quite careless in his farm mana­ on the part of our government. or be successful in Western Oregon un­
gement and can’t appreciate an order­ some manifestitation of radical pre­ der the conditions of prolonged rain­
ly arrangement of things or definite judice against German-Americans. fall which prevail, but the subject is
plan of work. Well, my boy, we know But he would find nothing of the sort. worth investigating from every view­
by evperience that the farm that is
"The mighty convulsion we are wit­ point.
A cost of $6,000 per mile is about
run by schedule will certainly make nessing he would ascertain to be en­
better connection* than oue run on a tirely due to foreign complication, to half what a first class hard surface
hap-hazard way. Instead of beginning 1 determination on the part of our pavement of the same width costs in
a thing on a certain minute and sec­ German-Americans to stand by their Western Oregon.
The tar macadam road is such a
ond, as the railroad does, it is all fatherland through thick and thin,
ghastlv failure in Oregon, and the
right to plan for the particular work right or wrong.
cement roads and pavements we have
to be done on a certain day if condi­
“What could amaze him more than
tions are favorable. New things are to find unnumbered Germans who, arc so poor in comparison with other
standard types, that conservative
going to come up and allowances like himself, came to this country to public
officials have felt it was useless
must be made for the unforsecn. It escape the very militaristic autocracy to expect
a durable hard surface road
may rain and keep you out of the field they now uphold, today denouncing at less than
the cost of bitulithic. If
longer than you expected; a team the nation that adopted and sheltered, there is as good
or nearly as good a
may run away, necessitating repairing fed and clothed them?”
hard surface pavement at less cost
the harness or fixing the fence, all of
He then asked if it were true, as for county roads, we all want to
which takes time, and, if no allowance contended, that German culture and know
about if. We are from Missouri
has been made you get dreadfully be­ political system were superior to the th ough, and it is a case of ’Show us”
hind in your schedule. Things will scheme of life and government in when anyone savs that as good an
come up unexpectedly, but also a lot America why the hordes who have article can be obtained for half the
of definite things are going to happen. flocked here did not go to German • price of a first-class article.—Oregon
The farmer has to deal with the un­ instead. _____________ _
Voter.
__________
known as well as the known, and it is
the fortunate one who knows enough
NATIONAL DANGER TOPIC
Call for Bids.
about the business to plan, with a
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certain degree of accuracy, the work
Bids will be received by Tillamook
which is to come. He is the one with Dr. F. E. Loveland Opposed to For­
City, Oregon, for the improvement of
eign Tongues in Schoo1».
sufficient foresight to see and ar­
Second Avenue East and connecting
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range to meet, not only those things
streets
the South boundary of Till­
which are sure«to come, but those
Have wc an American nation? Dr. amook to
City, extci 'ing South from
which are wholly unexpected.
Frank L. Loveland in his address de­ the North side of Ninth Street. The
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livered at the First Methodist Epis­ improvement consists of paving with
Mother, I see by the papers that at copal Church Sunday in Portland concrete, with the curbs and gutters,
me good roads conference at Kansas said that wc, as Americans, think we all to be in accordance with plans and
City last week the bankers and rail­ have. He declared, however that specifications therefor on file with
road agricultural “experts,” as thev America is in danger of becoming a the City Recorder. Bids will be re­
call themselves, got into a controver­ polvglot of different nationalities all ceived up to 8 o’clock p. tn., on Thurs­
sy about emergency loans to farmers seeking to perpetuate their own ideas day, September 2jrd, 1915. All bids
~what the alleged experts termed and seperate national tendencies.
must be accompanied by certified
"If the present propaganda is kept check for * per cent of the amount of
the too lenient policy of bankers in
up,
”
he
said,
"our
children
or
grand
­
assisting farmers.” Assisting—pah!
the bid, to be forfeited if the success­
P° the bankers loan money for cliar- children will have to bare their ful bidder shall not enter into con­
breasts
to
the
hail
of
musketry
to
de
­
tty because the borrower is in need
tract for the making of the improve­
and they want to help him? Not by a termine whether this is a nation.
ments and give approved bond for
He
declared
that
the
ballot
is
the
thousand miles. They neither think
the performance thereof within to
American
institution
which
can
save
nor care for anything in the matter
davs from the date of the awarding
American
institutions
and
the
coun
­
hut the profit*—the interest, and they
of the contract. The right is reserved
. „
never fail to exact ample security. try from such a fate.
to reject any and all bids. Address
'
“I don’t know why” he said, ’here City Recorder, Tillamook City, Ore-
Those highbrow “experts” had the
Eall to say to the bankers; "The old- 'should be a German Methodist Epis­ gon.
Dated this second day of Sept, IQ! 5.
fashioned methods of agriculture en­ copal Church,, a Swedish Methodist
a Norwegian
John Aschim.
dangered the capital borrowed from ’ Episcopal Church.
banks. When the farmers are using Methodist Epicsopal Church. cspec- City Recorder of Tillamook City- Ore.
when the members can speak First publication Sept. 2, I9>*
your money you have a right to com­ ailly
pel them to use methods which are and foreign tongues at public expense. Last publication Sept. 23, 1915-
■or their own good.” This was said What we want in America is Ameri­
in church and state.'
to the bankers after they had outlined cans
Holland has just discovered that it
Loveland declared that he does
their liberal loan policy to the farm­ not Dr approve
is overrun with spies, but no matter.
of
teaching
foreign
ideals
ers, and the further statement was
Germany isn’t likely to take any
Made by the "agricultural experts” and foreign tongues at public expense more bites of the European pie while
He said that if a person *ant* ,o
•hat, "owing to the diffidence of the learn
a foreign tongue let him earn her mouth is full of Muscovites.
farmer* their railroads were doing
Franz Joseph at 85 lived long
other than in the pjibltc
less work in Missouri than in anv it The
red school house has been enoueh to start the worst war in the
other state.” Well, he should have the ark little
covenant all throug world—if we can believe that the old
M>d that owing to the—1 know it all, the years of he our said.
"Let us not forget man was at all to blame, instead of
•nd you know nothing of the at­ that it i* for the purpose
teach.ng the young blades in hi* government.
titude of the agricultural experts to- American ideal* and the of Amencan
Bangor is the place where the may­
farmers, the latter are naturally
or «as tripped up by a beer barrel
offended, and. hence refuse to have . la,J£rU‘,f ovcland attacked a
•nvthing to do with them. Now, with adorned at the recent convention ol that slipped its mooring* and rolled
»■gird to loans'from bankers. Should I the German American All,an'L'" "a"f across the sidewalk; and this made
the mayor *0 mad he shut up all the
the farmer be treated exactly the ' Francisco, urging the formation
»ante a» men in other line* of busi­ leagues to introduce the German Iall­ saloons—Maine being a dry state. But,
ness* When a merchant borrows ege and German history in h.gh perhaps they have another mayor
now.
rom a bank and give* good »ecurity
•or the same, I» v. hom belong* the 1 school c our Kt.
Notice of the appointment of Viewei* '
For Laying out Streets.
I ST. ALPHONSUS ACADEMY,
_ Notice is hereby given that the
Common Council of i illamook Ciiy. 1 ,
Tillamook, Oregon.
Oregon, h.re appointed W. W. C011-
d r, Alex McNair aim ti. F. Gooilspeeil
as viewers, to vic’w the following
proposed streets, to-wit:
BOARDING and DAY SCHOOL for C’RLS,
1st: An extension of Seventh
Street, or the street platted in A. A.
YOUNG LADIES and BOYS under 12.
Miller s Addition as Fourth Street,
from the Wist line of Miller’s Addi­
tion to the W est line of Block 41 of
Fall Session begins Sept. 13th.
1 haver’s Addition to Tillamook City,
-■nd: An extension of Eighth
Street, or the street platted iu A. A.
Miller's Addition as Fifth Street,
from the West line of Miller’s Addi­
tion West to the Wqgt line of Block
tí
42 of Thayer’s Addition to Tillamook
Lily.
3rd: An extension of Ninth Street,
or the street platted in A‘. A. Miller’s
•Addition as Sixth Street, from the
West line of Miller's Addition West
to the \\ est line of Block 45 of Thay­
er's Addition to Tillamook City.
4th:
An
extension of Tenth
Street, or the street platted in A. A.
Miller's Addition as Seventh Street
from the West line of Miller's Addi­
tion to the West line of Block 46 of
Thayer's Addition to Tillamook City.
As provided by Ordinance No 298
of Tillamook City, C’regoh, approved
August 3rd, 1915, and litis appointed
Friday the 10th day of September,
1915, at the City Hall in Tillamook
City, Oregon, at the hour of 9 o’clock
a.m., as the time and place for said
viewers to meet for the purpose 'of
making the assessment of damages
Furnished Housekeeping Tents
and benefits accruing out of the pro­
posed extension of said streets.
All persons claiming damages by­
Only One Dollar a Day.
reason of the appropriation of any
property affected by said proposed
Electric lights and water in.every
extensions are hereby notified to file
tent; go surf bathing or hunt for
their claims for such damages witli
crabs and clams; tent city is under
the undersigned City Recorder of
Tillamook City on or before the time
direction of Bar View hotel; many
so appointed for the meeting óf said
entertaining features; no liquors al-
viewers.
lowed sold. Rates by week, $5 and up;
The boundaries and termini of the
sleeping tents and board at hotel,.$2
proposed extension, and the boun­
daries and descriptions of the private
per day and 11.>. Write W. A. Wise,
property to be appropriated for raid
Bar View, Tillamook County, Ore,,
extensions are as follows, to-wit:
or
210 Failing Bldg., Portland Orc.
The proposed extension of Seventh
Street is bounded, and its termini are
as follows:
Beginning at the Southwest corner
of Block 8 of A. A. Miller's Addition
to Tillamook, and running thence
West to the West line of Block 41 of
Thayer’s
Addition to Tillamook;
thence South o degrees 12 minutes
East along Block line 60 feet; thence
East to the Northwest corner of
Block 10 of A. A. Miller’s Addition;
therree North to the place of begin­
ning.
The private property to.be appro­
priated by said proposed extension
consists of those portions of Lots I,
2, 3, and 4 of Block 41, said Thayer’s
Addition, included within said boun­
daries.
The proposed extension of Eighth
Street is bounded, and its termini are
THE BEST STOCK OF HARDWARE IN
is follows:
Beginning at the Southwest corner
THE COUNTY.
of Block 10 of A. A. Miller's Addition
to Tillamook, and running thence
See Us for Prices Before Ordering Elsewhere
West to the West boundary of Block
|2 of Thayer’s Addition to 1 illamook
hence South o degrees 12 minutes
East 60 feet along said West line; ¡
rhence East to the Northwest corner
of Block 12 of A. A. Miller's Addition
iforesaid; thence North to the place
of beginning.
The private property to be appro­
priated by the said extension is all
that included within said boundaries
md consists of all those portions, in­
cluded within said boundaries, of
Lots 1 and 2, and fractional Lots 3
md 4, of Block 42 of Thayer’s Addi-
ion to Tillamook and the tract bound
d on the East, North and South by
,aid proposed boundaries, and on the
»Vest by the East line of fractional
Lot 3, in said Block 42.
The proposed extension of Ninth
street is bounded and its termini arc
is follows:
Beginning at the Southwest corner
of Block 12 of A. A. Miller’s Addition
to Tillamook, and running thence
West of the West line of Block 45 of
Thayer's Addition to Tillamook;
thence South o degrees 12 minutes
East along the West line; thence
East to the Northw est corm r of
Block 14 of A. A. Miller’s Addition
iforesaid; thence North to the place
M beginning.
The private property to be appro­
priated by said extension is all that is
included within said boundaries and
consists of all those portions of Lots
I, 2, and . _ 3 of Block 45
— of Thayer’s
Addition aforesaid 1 included within
—the dealer who tell* you to buy a
said boundaries and the tract bound­
ed on the North, South and East by
-aid boundaries, and on the West by
the East line of fractional Lot 3 in
While his profit on a guaranteed Heywood-Wakefield mattress is not so large
said Block 45, said tract being a tract
as on some mattresses, he knows YOU get better mattress value.
>0 feet North and South and 53.3
Heywood Wakefield mattresses are guaranteed to give you satisfaction. A
feet East and West.
new mattress if, in your mind, you did not get VALUE.
The proposed extension of Tenth
Street is bounded, and its termini arc
J
as follows.
Price, SIH
Beginning at the Southwest corner
Others
at $12 and SIM
of Block 14, of A. A. Miller's Addi­
tion to Tillamook, and running thence
Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company
West to the West line of_Block 46,
PORTLAND, OREGON
SEATTLE. WASHINGTON
Thayer’s Addition to. Tillamook;
thence South o degree* 12 minute
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East 60 feet along said West line;
thence East to the Northwest corner I
of Block 16 of A. A. Miller's Addi­
tion aforesaid; thence North to the
Sole Agents for Tillamook.
I
place of beginning.
" "I
The private property to be appro- '
priated by said extension is all that
Notice <0 Water Consumer*.
Send
Us
News
Items.
included within said boundaries, the
same consisting of portions of Lots
I, 2, and 3 of Block 46 'Thayer's Ad­ IÍ
Notice is hereby given, that the
dition aforesaid and the tract laying
hours for sprinkling arc between the
East of said I ot 3 bounded on the
lioioi of 5 anil 8 A. M., or 5 *nd U
West by the East line of »aid Lot 3,
I’. M.
<nd on the North. South and East by
Water will be shut off where this
>hc other boundaries of the trac' <b «-
rule is violated.
ribed. being a tract 'o feet North
John Aschim, Supt.
he South by *3.3 feit East and West
■nd being the Eastern portion of said
Sport shirts borrowed their Idea
impos'd extension.
from the night shirt*; perish the
Dated this Augiot 12th, 1013.
thdttght that that's what they are.
John Aschim,
Those Bryan treaties promise to be
City Recorder.
as interesting some day as the Dred
First publication August 12, 1915.
Scott decision—and is defunct.
l-a»t publication September 9, 1915.
Airy person who offers T R. fio,-
When the war ends, the American
if he will shoulder a musket and
ourist crowd will flow in as sight­
se
. • . de> 000
to France is the kind of num who
seer* do on the day after a tornado
■ver r> member personal obliga- go
'»■»» struck an Ame-ic*n town—and
Hj rcsistently a* they rcuicm- doesn't realize that musket* haven’t
been shouldered (or about sixty years.
for the same reasoii
flUEX. JVleNRlR & CO
GENERALI HARDGUARE
Kitchen Ranges and
Heating Stoves.
0
Heywood-Wakefield Mattress
AMMER FURNITURE CO.,