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TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT MARCH 23. 1016.
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THE LAND GRANT CASE.
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Some Interesting Particulars Given
By the President of the Southern
Pacific.
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those gastronomical experts who
have partaken of their wadding cake
under free trade.
Just a suggestion of the way this
industry has aided American “pros­
perity” under our present administra­
tion, our Chinese consuls report that
American factories employing Amer­
ican labor and using domestic eggs
have removed from Boston, Topeka,
Kansas and other points to China. As
all this has not lowered the price of
eggs here, what in the name of liu-
I manity is the reason for such a free
Company under the grant by $868,-
461.00. It embraces the service be­
tween Portland and Roseville Junc­
tion, 664 miles.
“From the experience of the past
we may be certain that the company
will be called upon to furnish the
government free transportation of the
value of $75,000 per annum, and this
is a perpetual obligation. Now, if we
could sell every acre of this land at
present unsold, viz., 2,400,000 acres,
at the price of $2.50 per acre, this
would yield $6,000,000 which would be
used up in eighty yeais by the free I I
transportation w hich we are bound
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to furnish the government, leaving
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the company thereafter
—for all time
to the
—to furnish transportation
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government without compensation.
Has Right to Sell.
"The company therefore insists up­
on its legal rights as the owner of
these lands to dispose of the timber
thereon, and any further adjustment
of this matter with the government,
considering all the facts, would not
deny to the company this right, a
right which in a similar transaction
between private individuals would
not be questioned for a moment.
“But there is a considerable quan­
tity of this land, at least 400,000 acres
which cannot be sold at any price,
hence
IICIIVV the
1.1 lx. amount - that __ could be real-
ized by sales would be something
like $3,ooo,o»o or $4,000,000 at tbe
utmost, from which expenses of ad-
ministration and taxes must be dc-
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In view of the wide spread interest
taken in the Oregon and California
y
land grant situation, President \\ il­
ium Sproule of the Southern Pacific
Company has issued the following ex­
planation of the railroad' company's
position in the matter:
Court Settles Title.
trade law?
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“The United States Supreme Court
j
held that the company is the owner
Fallacy of Free Trade.
the national
The announced purpose of the
of the lands under the grant, with ab­
solute title, subject only to the re­
Democrats to repeal the free sugar
joy smoke
clause of the tariff schedule adopted
striction that when it chooses to sell
y
by them is a confession that their
these lands it shall sell them only to
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tariff policy is wrong. At least, it is
actual settlers in parcels not exceed­
an admission that a mistake was
ing 160 acres, and at a price not ex­
la the real
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made, which must be corrected if
ceeding $2.50 an acre. It reversed
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tobacco for
their
party
is
to
retain
the
allegiance
judge Wolverton, who had held that
jimmy pipes
because the company had sold these
of some of the states which compose
that hitherto solid Gibraltar of Dem­
lands with the timber thereon in
and makin’s
larger parcels than 160 acres, and to
ocracy, the Solid South.
cigarettes
The Democrat» were warned of the
persons not actual settlers, and at
' Copyright mt
folly of adopting a free trade schedule
■y'
prices exceeding $2.50 an acre, the
V/r
R. ». Reynold«
but to be consistent with their party
company forfeited its title to all the
z
Tobacco Co.
doctrine,
long
established
and
prom
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land unsold.
inently urged in every political cam­
“After receiving the grant the
paign, they were compelled to disre­
company offered the lands for sale
gard sensible advice. Now, however,
in accordance with these restrictions,
after three years of experiment, it is
and in early times sold substantially
found that the parly must back up or
all of the lands that were suitable for
lose the votes of its staunchest friends
settlement, at prices not exceeding
And this backdown may be consider­
$2.50 an acre. But as the remaining
ed as only Jhe beginning of a policy
lands were of a character not suitable
or repudiation of party dogmas which
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for actual settlement, being timber ducted.
experience is demonstrating as im­
lar.ds in the mountains, it could not
DEMOCRATIC FREE TRADE.
practicable and harmful. Indeed, had
dispose of such lands by selling to
actual settlers only, no such settle­ What the Leading Newspaper» Say not the European war came about,
the harmfulness of the free trade sys­
ment being practical.
About It.
you ever tried
for Prince
tem would have been demonstrated
"Therefore the company did make
It is as much as the government’s
different,
a fine flavor, so
and
sale of timber lands in larger tracts duty to protect a man’s means of sup­ more completely than it has been. As
than 160 acres to persons other than port as it is to protect his national it is, the loss in revenues has serious­
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smoke joy I The patented
ly
handicapped
the
legitimate
and
actual settlers, and at prices exceed­ honor. And that is what a Protective
—
out
ing $2.50 an acre. It was these sales tariff has always successfully accom­ necessary operations of the govern­
that were made the foundation of a
ment.
And
this
preachment
is
for men
plished.
And, with the fall of the free trade
claim on the part of the government
hobby
together
with
other
pipe
dream
that the company itad forfeited its j
the right
All be said that the sooner
Senator Ham Lewis’ tariff com-
title to all the lands unsold, which ' mission measure, with its possibilities of Democracy which are being dis­
lay
nickel or a dime for a
of Prince
pelled,
the
end
of
the
party
of
the
claim was rejected by the United I of tariff schedules fresh every hour,
Albert,
the
sooner
you
ll
make
a
ll
States Supreme Court.
I may look superlatively good to his “pee-pull” will come.
a lot
your peace of
and
Can Sell Timber.
icAwent roBAcco
' fellows in the United States Con­
War and Wheat.
“In view of the decision of the gress just because it is so looney.
Pay Prines Albert all over
tongue 1
the civilized world! Toppyred
Supreme Court, the company insists j
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bags, Sc; tidv red tins, 10c ;
0« th« r«vme «id« of thia tidy rad
The sharp decline in the price of
that, being the owner of these timber
The European war has now been
Get the idea
smoking
you
pound and half-pound tin
tin you will read : ** Preceta Patented
lands, and under no obligation to sell 1 going on long enough eo be of no fur­ wheat features, on boards of trade in
humidors—and—that classy
July JUlh. 1907 ” which ha. ..da
comeback—
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crystal-glass pound humidor
them, and in fact it being impossible ther use as an excuse for the Demo­ the United States Tuesday, probably
three men .moke pipe, where on«
with sponge-moistener top
smoked
before I
to sell them under the restrictions of crats to hide their lack of revenue. reflects an actual condition in the
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Win.ton-S.lem, N. C.
that keeps the tobacco in
each
fine
shape
—
always
!
the grant, it has the right of any : No, it isn't the war that is causing market. Speculators in margins are
other owner to dispose of the timber the shortage in revenue, it's the free not always, or very often, trustworthy
on these lands, just as it would dis­ dumping grounds that is doing the guides as to the course of prices. In
this case, in fact, they are not leaders
pose of any other crop produced on | mischief.
but followers. Everybody studying
the land at the same time admitting
The State Auditor of Free-Trade the
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influences likely to affect the
that when it comes to sell the land
itself it must do so under the terms of Virginia (whence came our free trade prices of wheat, has realized, since
overwhelming defeat of the lurks
that the
;
the grant. The cutting of the timber fostering president) declares
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the Russians at Erzcrum, that that
from these lands is in fact a step to­ when John Barleycorn takes his de- by
ward making them fit for settlement, canter and decamps from the old do­ event must, in the course of a short
so that they may be disposed of un­ minion in November that state will time, have a bearish effect on the
der the terms of the grant.
have a $500,000 hole in its treasury. price of wheal reserves in this coun­
“But the government contends that Why not supply the threatened de­ try. 1 here is no reason why a decline
the Company shall not be allowed to ficit with a suitable slice of Wilson’s should set in at this time, however,
| I nor is it likely that cash prices will
realize more than $2.50 an acre for free trade "prosperity?”
\ set THAT sort MPI
be at once materially reduced. A drop
any of these lands, even though they
This tariff commission proposition may, however, be confidently expect­
may be worth many times that
amount because of the timber thereon suggests to many only a Democratic ed at an early date.
There are several reasons for this.
and that therefore the company has aim to send the Tariff question, if
not the right to dispose of the timber possible, to the next Congress. By The fall of Erzcrum was such a
growing upon these lands. It is that time, the calculation is, the war crushing disaster for the Turkish
strange indeed that the government I will be over and a general ta-'i • re­ arms that that government can hence
should now maintain that the com­ vision necessary, not onlv in this forth offer but a feeble and ineffec­
pany has no right to the timber upon country but in the countries now at tive resistance to the Russian ad­
these lands, because for many years war. And if Europe goes in for pro­ vance on Constantinople. Sonic more
before coal was used as fuel it used tection—and nothing could be likelier or less authoritative advices persist
this timber as fuel, without question; —Protection, indeed, is already both in saying that Turkey already seeks
and the right to do this is clear, be­ strong in both Germany and France, to make a separate peace with the
entente • allies.
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“ r probability these
cause the Act of Congress granted ! shall not we?
stories are true, but it is not neces­
the lands “to secure safe and speedy
The administration is now said to sary to believe them in order to un­
transportation of mails, troops, mu­
nitions of war, and public stores, be looking favorably upon a Federal derstand that the road for the ship­
to the
over the line of said railroad.” Of , inheridance tax, providing same will ment of Russian wheat down
course such object could not be ac- ( not conflict with inheritance tax laws Bosphorus and out through the Dar­
complishcd without fuel to produce ' which are in force in some of the danelles will soon be open. When it
states. The money is needed for nat­ is, the flood of Russian grain will
motive power.
“And further, this provision of the ional defense, so the report states, rapidly reduce prices in Liverpool,
law implies that the road shall be but we suspect that the low tariff has and. consequently, at all of the pri­
mary markets in this country. How
maintained and certainly the use of much to do with the growing desire
this timber for ties and lumber to be for increased taxation. The govern­ far the reduction will go it is impos-
is in-
used in the construction and main- i ' ment lost an immense amount of rev­ ■ sible to say, but some reduction
tenance of the road seem to be a mat- i I enue when it put the low Underwood ' evitable.
Everything indicates that the Teu-
Tariff law into effect, and this short­
ter beyond doubt.
both
“Further, the government, in the age must be made up. It would seem tonic allies are abandoning
coni-
Turkey
and
Bulgaria
to
make
a
that
most
people
would
favor
a
high
­
third section of the Act, expressly
t tremendous
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granted thze Company the right to er tariff and less taxation, and there­ bined and
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western
take timber from the Government by make the foreign manufacturer series of assaults, along the
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line of battle. Austria as well as Ger­
help
foot
the
bills,
in
addition
to
pro
­
sections of land adjacent to the line
man troops arc participating in the
of road, and under section to it allow­ tecting our own industries. A low
Lots thirteen (13) and fourteen
tariff thus far has not helped the high attack on Verdun, which is being
Notice of Appointment of Adminis­
ed the taking of timber from lands
(14) of Section two (2) in Township
made without a weakening of the
ACT QUICKLY.
excepting from the grant by reason co»t of living to a noticeable degree.
trator.
two (2) South of Range nine (9)
German line at any point in Belgium
of being mineral. In view of this ex­
or in France. Otherwise, wc must a»- Delay Has Been Dangerous in Tilla­
West, W. M.
No
Tariff
on
Dye».
Notice
is
hereby
given
to
all
whom
press grant, to take timber from
For the purpose of satisfying a
sumc, the British in Flanders and the
mook.
Apparently
the
administration
has
it
may
concern,
that
the
County
lands owned by the government and
Do the right thing at the right time. Court of the Slate of Oregon, for the judgment rendered in decree of fore­
French in Champagne would launch
1
decided
not
to
support
House
Bill
not included in the grant, upon what I
closure in case of J. II. Ellison and
Act quickly in time of danger.
an offensive movement against the
County of Tillamook, has appointed
pretext can the government deny the j. < No. 702, which provides for a tariff
In time of kidney danger Doan's the undersigned, Charles Edwin Don­ Ellen Ellison plaintiffs vs. George
weakened point. The conclusion must
,
on
dyes
and
dyestuffs
in
order
to
pro-
Vandersee and May Vand“e»C.e, de­
company the right to take timber I
be that the Teutonic allies are moving Kidney Pills are evidence of their aldson, as administrator of the Estate fendants, in the Circuit Court 01 I'-.T
from the lands granted to the com­ ti ct American manufacturers and en­
of Amanda L. Donaldson, deceased,
men from the Balkans, and from worth.
courage
them
to
increase
their
pres-
pany?
R. M Stevens, farmer, Fourth St.
amook County. Oregon.
I enf plants so as to make this country many points in southeastern Europe, Forest Grove, Or. says: “I think and all persons having claims against
Said sale will be made in pursuance
Purpose Was to Aid.
required
to.present
•aid
estate,
are
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to
take
part
in
Western
hostilities.
independent of foreign supply. This
of an execution and order of sale is­
there is nothing better than Doan's
• "The facts show that the position of
with
the
proper
Russia
’
s
road
to
Constantinople
is
Kidney Pills for relieving backache them, together
the government, if carried'out, would inference is deduced from Secretary
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now probably open for all but such and kidney trouble. 1 have used them vouchers, to said administrator,
the office of his Attorney, j John said cause.
force upon the company a large fi­ 1 Redfield's statement on the subject
opposition as the defeat and demor­ and they have also been taken to
Dated this March 2nd, 1916.
nancial loss, in other words, while in a bulletin just issued. He admits
alized Turk can offer. These facts others in my home with very good Leland Henderson, in Tillamook City
H. Crenshaw,
this grant was one to aid the u con­ the shortage in present supply, but
Oregon,
within
six
(6)
months
from
arc very likely to affect prices in the results. I advise all kidney sufferers
Sheriff of Tillamook
struction of the railroad, it would instead of recommending protection
the date of this notice.
near future.
County, Oregon.
to try Doan’s Kidney Pills.”
turn out to be, if the position of the / his wtole mind is turned toward »e-
Dated February 24th, 1916.
Price 50c. at all dealers.
Don't
means Curing the
’
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passage of ' a
which
Charles
Edwin
Dodaldton,
government is correct, the
No Swivel-Chair Control.
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Administrator of the Es­
only of producing a deficit for the will make it illegal to import dyes or
Doan's Kidney Pills—the same that
dyestuffs
sold here at a lower price
tate of Amanda L. Don­ LANG’S MINERAL WONDER.
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grantee, and this appears from the ;
Maj. Gen. Funstan does not believe Mr. Stevens had Foster-Milburn Co.,
fig- I tha tn in Germany.
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aldson, deceaseil.
following facts, stating in round
1
in
giving
or
taking
swivel-chair
or
­
Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
will come as a surprise to the
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tire»:
country, for it had assumed from ders. He announces that Brig. Gen.
Expenses to the company of ail- j
APPENDICITIS
Pershing
will
have
general
orders,
HOW
HEAR WITHOUT EARS.
For—Eczema, Rheumatism, Diar­
CAN BE PREVENTED.
ministering this grant. $t.372,orxxoo certain remarks that the Democrats but that he will be authorized to ad­
rhoea, Pile», Catarrah of the Head,
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in this instence would abandon their
It has paid taxes on these lands ag- .......... -
,
Tillamook
people
should
know
that
Disease of the Kidneys, Inflamma­
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• to a opt such details as the situation may Police and Detectives Are Using Lip
gregating. S2.7tR.000 00. Making total _
free
trade
a few doses of simple buckthorn bark,
Reading in Place of the Dic­
, proposal which has everything to rec- seem to require in his pursuit of Vil­
tion
of the Eyes, For Burns, For
expense and taxes, $4,130,000.00
glycerine, etc., as mixed in Adlcr-i ka,
tagraph.
. ommend it. The proposed law of Sec­ la and his army. Gen. Funston's an­
Cuts, Running Sores, Blood Poison,
The company's total cash receipts
often relieve or prevent appendicitis.
retary Redfield is a makeshift and nouncement, based on his historical
Stomach Trouble, Asthma, and
from all sources tinder this grant, in­
Thousands of deaf people are today 1 This simple mixture removes such
and his personal observations, may
cluding sales of lands amount to, would not meet the situation.
be regarded as a hint to Washington throwing away all bearing devices surprising foul matter that ONE
Tuberculosis.
$5.345.000.00.
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that interference with his general and enjoying all conversation. I his SPOONPUL relieves almost ANY
Effect
of
Low
Tariff
on
Egg.
AGENT.
This leaves the company a net rev­
plans will be unwise. It is the busi­ method is easily and quickly acquired CASE constipation, sour stomach or BILL WITHROW
Just as an appetizing reminder to ness of Washington to designate of­ through our system. Absolutely the gas. A short treatment helps chronic
enue from past transactions of $1,-
Tillamook,
Oregon.
3i 5.000.00.
t those dear free trade friends who en­ ficers of proven military ability and vnly thing of its kind in the country. stomach trouble. Adlcr-i-ka has eas­
The lands of this grant heretofore joy eating their eggs scrambled these political sagacity, for the latter qual­ Our proposition is entirely original. iest and most thorough action of any­
brisk March mornings, we would in­ ification is indispcnsible in dealing Cost is trifling See what New Inter­ thing we ever sold. J. S. Lamar, drug­
•old aggregate 804.637.75.
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Which have yielded the rmmpanv I form them that "prepared", frozen with a situation like that on the Rio national Encyclopaedia says on Lip gist.
therefore an average net revenue for or evaporated eggs are now coming Grande, but after they are chosen Reading. Hundreds of people with
Notice of Sheriff’s Sale.
into this country in bulk since the they should be unhampered by the normal hearing are taking up Lip
the lands sold per acre of $r 51.
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free trade tariff cut the duty on these views of armchair strategists remote reading for the many additional ben­
Free Service to Govern men’.
The undersigned. Sheriff of Tilla-
efits gained. You can understand
uncertain
foreign
products
from
5
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from
the
scene
of
operations
and
I
“And further, this grant required I
M on-
per cent under a protective tariff to 2 I basing conclusions on inadequate in­ what the actors are saying just as far mook County, Oregon, will on
♦he company to carry free for the per
away as you can sec them. The eye day, the 3rd day of April, tQlb, at the
cent under free trade. During the I
formation. The main business of understands beyond the range of hour of 10 o'clock a m. at the Court
United States Government it» mails,
troops, munitions of war and public free trade fiscal year 1914 we import­ Washington is promptly to furnish hearing. Send no money, but mention House door in Tillamook City, .Ore-
ed
3.400.000
pounds
of
these
myster
­
I the supplies Funstan requests.
»tores over this railroad
without
”1’, sell at public auction
.. to the
gon,
this paper and state whether or not 1 v
limit as to time. The value_
I highest bidder for cash in hand, the
for this ious mixtures of hen fruit, estimating
you
are
deaf
All
particulars
will
be
Try those 25c dinners at the Ram­
free transportation at reg-jlar rates It real eggs to a pound. Fggs pre­
sent you absolutely free and with no 1 following described real property »it-
which has been furnished the gov- pared in this manner are used princi­ sey "Good Eats." M A. Olson for­ expense to you Address, School of , uate in Tillamook County, Oregon,
pally by the bakers in making cakes,
ernment equals $2.084x6' 00 which
merly of the Spanish Kitchen.
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Lip Language, Kansas City, Missouri. I to-wit:
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amount exceeds the recej pts of the which ought to be pleasing news to
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Get a Fresh Start!
For men who got away to a false start on a pipe
or home-made cigarettes Prince Albert has a word
or two for what ails their smokeappetites I
to smoke,
Albert is so
such
cool and cheerful
friendly, you ll get a new idea of
process fixes that and cuts
bite and parch!
little
also
who think
they're on
track.
to
is
you
out a
supply
’
discovery that’ be
worth
to
mind
Forget
I
I
of
without a
all
that s
want
A.!
WISE & MASSEY,
Denstists,
Have Opened Offices in the
Tillamook Block,
Room 205,
If you arc having
trouble with your
plates staying in place,
we can stop it by
using this patent suc­ Rooms 205 and 210. Phone Main 5.
tion.
Office hours 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Free ad vice about
Daily Except Sundays.
all kinds of dental
work.
Other times by appointment.
Painless
Also offices in Bay City, Phone 213.
Free when
Bar View Hotel and Tent City,
bridge wc
Phone 32F5.
dered.
EAT VIERECK’S
BREAD,
TILLAMOOK BAKERY
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At All Grocers
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