TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, OCTOBER 5, 191Ö.
WATER HIGHWAY TO TILLA
MOOK CITY.
posed to be annexed to the port, you I The Forest Reserve, or Government
The Sunday Blue Law.
says: “It is the legitimate business of
Notice.
are vitally interested in same. With Reserve Dili, appropriates $10,091»,
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I the church to preserve this day."—Pa
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meh interest you probably desire all Vuu.UU to apply lor building roads
H. W. Cottrell, secretary of the Pa cific Christian Advocate, Jan. 12.
Effort to be Made to Enlarge the available information regarding the
Notice is hereby given, That the
where needed in the forest reserve cific Religious Liberty Association in 1916.
Common Council ot Tillamook City,
Port of Tillamook.
port and the benefits and liabilities section ot the country. In considering his anti-blue law address at the city
It
will
be
clear
to
all,
seeing
that
it
Oregon, has accepted the street im
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accruing to you by reason of such the importance oi these two bills as nail Monday night said in part:
is the business of the church to pre provements provided for by Ordi
A project for deeper water and a proposed annexation. It is the jnten- well as our situation in 1 illamook
The 1854 Territorial Sunday forced serve the day, the State should keep nance No. 316 of Tillamook City,
straight channel to Tillamook City is "on ° ,he Commissioners of the Port County, as applies to tins appropria rest law and all similar legislation is
Oregon, being the following portions
being urged upon the U. S. Engineer ot Iillamook to publish, in the form tion, 1 will say that from investiga fundamentally wrong, for every citi its hands off.
Again in speaking of Sunday law, of streets, to-wit: All that portion of
Department by Mr. Ray B. Compton, of circular letters to be issued from tion. that Iillamook Countv has 8 3,- zen in Oregon has the natural, con
Mr.
Tufts
says:
“
A
law
of
this
kind
Eighth Street from the East line of
special representative of the Port of time to time, all available facts bear 409 acres of Federal Forest Reserve stitutional and divine right of choice
should be based upon public convic Stillwell Avenue, East to the West
'Iillamook. It is believed a survey will ing upon such questions as will un lands
within our
county, which ,o be religious or not to be, and if re tion that Sunday is a divine institu line Of Block 10 in A. A. Miller's Ad
be made by the government within a doubtedly anse in regard to the ad amounts to 20 9-10 per cent, over ligious to choose the sect with which
short time in order to determine the visability of the proposed annexation. one-tttth of the land of iillamook he will affiliate, and in either case to tion. It will requ.re more than a civil dition to the Town of Tillamook
law to save the lav. The state and
best method of improvement and to
It is proposed to explain who are County non-assessable and non-tax- carry out his ideas of religion or non the chuich must each lo its part. It (now lillainook City) except the in
make estimate of cost.
c h Commissioners of the
Port of able, being in the Mount Hebo Re religion, provided only that in so do- ' required many years of educational tersection of Eighth Street with Sec
ond Avenue east, already paved.
The tentative project outlined in Iillamook and their interest, collec- serve and Cape Lookout Reserve, ing he does not i invade the equal j
I work to prepare the pu.dic mind 1er
And has apportioned the costt of
cludes the elimination of some of the •lydy and individually, in increasing which are part of the Siskiyou Forest rights of any other person.
i prohibition. And so will it be on the .aid improvements to the respective
worst bends in the channel , cutting Jk "¿u,s °f.thc P°rL to show clearly Reserve lands, in dealing with this
Inis amiquated blue law, after be j Sabbath question beiore we attain to lots and tracts of ground which are
off projecting cones and deepening that there will be no taxation without one appropriation ot the Federal gov ing dorment for sixty years, was res ! state-wide prohibition
of Sunday
the channel some 4 to 6 feet. The represenation, to explain where the ernment it seems to me that we urrected about one year ago by some business and Sunday amusements” — situated within Local Improvement
No. "* 3, of * "'■■■
Tillamook City,
• project includes the building of a lunds come from by which this elec should be entitled to some of this unscrupulous person and many of the I Pacific Christian Ad rec ite, .ide 5 District T'_.
Oregon, being all of the property
combination dipper
and
suction tion is financed; to allow anyone so money for road purposes within the nest citizens of our fair state were 1916.
fronting and abutting upon, or adjac
dredge, for use at Tillamook, at Ne desiring to inspect the books and requirements of that law.
dragged before the courts. Their
A word to the alert is sufficient. ent to said proposed improvement and
halem and upon the Yaquina river. show where the money is spent. It is
Now, coining back again to the Mil prosecution continued in various sec "Remember the camel’s nose”.
.0 said proposed impprovements and
It is believed the project will be ad proposed to show in detail why the itary Highway bill of ♦ iu,099,u9o.uv tions of our country until, though ju
The fixed purpose of the Sunday especially benefitted thereby,
t' .
and
opted for execution entirely by Gov tax limit of the Port of Tillamook is i appropriation, it seems to me that dicial skill, a quietus was put upon forced rest agitation is clcarlv to re that the Common Council
of Tilla-
ernment funds in view of the fact that is low as it is and why it will never I now is tne logical tune to use our such conduct by injunction, which quire all men to mut:!c their con mook City, Oregon, has
the charier of the I’ort of Tillamook be greater than at present; to ex I very best eiiorts through our various applies only to local sections of the sciences, close up all labor aud all Thursday the 12th day of appointed
October,
does not allow a bond issue of any plain why the Commissioners of the 1 otnciais or the county and state, and state.
amusements on Sun.lay as a religions 1916, at the City Hall in Tillamook
kind. Such a project would be of great Fort ot Iillamook can never bond the our Oregon delegation, to secure our
1 ue speaker declared the blue law institution.
City, Oregon, at the hour of 8 p.m.
• benefit to the entire community, es port district; it will be explained to ¡snare of at least a portion of this unjust irom every view point,
Seein,; suc't legislation would ten-1 as the time and place at which the
and
pecially to the farmers using largi y?UTmy yo,u' livinK Within the Port road money betore otner parts of the cited the fact that a baker who sells to make hypocrites of many and great Common Council shall hear and de
amounts of hay anil to the county in of Iillamook will never have a Port United Diates ’ beat us to it”. 1 have nis -product from his bakery on Sun ly oppress the consciences of many termine all objections to the appor
its use of cement upon the roads, as bonded indebtedness as a mortgage an idea in mind that would be a great day is just beiore the blue law, but if other good men and women. Vote X tionment of the cost of said street im
lumber schooners returning to Tilla upon your property, a freedom from leverage in securing a nice appropria ne should own a grocery also, and yes on number 312 and repeal tile provement, and that at said meeting,
mook from California points would " Inch indebtedness or the liability to tion irom the government for a mili should sell a loaf of bread from its Bl.i i ,.w.
or r at such other time as the hearing
bring in hay and cement at rates far such indebtedness is not had by the tary hignway through
may be adjourned to, the Common
Iillamook counter on Sunday, he is condemned
below those now paid for such freight inhabitants of any other port district County. From Clatsop County on the oy the law as a criminal.'
l ouncil will hear and determine such
Mr. Compton, states, however, that m this state. It is proposed to give in nortti to 1-incoln county on the
Tne statute condemns the man as a
objections and make such changes
a larger Port is needed to press tin e detail and plans in regard to the im south, we have approximately i 9 criminal who opens the doors of his
therein as shall be necessary to make
claim for recognition by the Engineer provement of the navigable channel mile of road which is essentially a carpenter shop, enters and repairs the
such apportionment
equitable and
Department. After a full discussion l° Iillamook, to explain the part Military Highway
just. The appointment so made by the
paralleling the oaby carriage on Sunday, but he may
which
the
port
proposes
to
do
and
of the merits of such a move a peti
Common Council is on file witli the
Candidate For
coast in a most advantageous posi root his house or do any other work
tion was circulated and filed on the that which it is reasonable to believe tion to provide a thoroughfare for on the outside of his building and he
undersigned City Recorder and may
will
be
done
by
the
Federal
Govern
3rd instant requesting the County
be examined by any person interested
moving bodies of troops iroin one is a law abiding citizen in the eyes of
therein.
Court to call a special election to sub ment. It is furthermore proposed to point to another paralleling our coast, the law.
prove
to
you
beyond
any
reasonable
mit to the voters the question of the
Done by the order of the Common
Mr. Cottrell pronounced the statute
this road is also a very important link
annexation of new territory to the doubt but that for every dollar of in the Columbia River Highway loop class legislation and un-American.
Council and dated this 25;h day of
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Fort taxes which you will ever be
September, 1916.
port. The County Court has the mat
as we all know, and from its location Referring to the fact that certain
A capable, efficient resident tax
ter under advisement at the present called upon to pay that many times at the present time it is practically a ousinesses were allowed to remain
Tra C. Smith.
that
amount
will
be
saved
to
you
in
City Recorder of Tilla
time. An election will probably be freight rates, and decreased cost of trunk highway of commerce, busi open on Sunday, while other stric/iy payer who will perform the duties of
mook City, Oregon.
ordered for November 21st or short the every-day farm and home neces ness and pleasure connecting the far legitimate lines of business and equal his office without prejudice or dis
ly thereafter.
thest ends oi the county with the ly essential to the health and morals crimination, and without assistant at
sities.
In view of the fact that the Port
of municinahties and of the State,
F< or sale, trade or lease—2*4 acres
If all the above, and the various county seat.
an additional
Tillamook
Commission cannot bond the district other points and questions which will
on Trask river 1 mile southwest of
I understand that a bond issue if are chained by the existing blue law,, County.—(Adv.)
and that the tax limit of the Port of be raised from time to time are satis voted by the taxpayers ot this county ue said, is unquestionable evidence
i illamook. ( all Mrs. Cooper at
Tillamook is only two mills and par factorily explained;, if it can be prov oil our present
E. P. Larson's, Tillamook. Ore.
valuation
would therefor.
ticularly in view of the need of a en to you that it is to the material ad amount to approximately $509,999,
.vir. cottrell said that the character
larger port in obtaining the much vantage of every person living within and it we could gel a like amount oi Dabbatli being sought by the ad-
needed improvement by the Federal the territory proposed to be annexed from the National Government by vocatcr oi the enforcement of this
nr_.
.
.
.
Government, and the consequent ben to .U-
the Port that such annexation be voting a bond issue, this would give law is not “civic”, as is frequently
efits to everyone using products im be accomplished, then j
us approximately $1,009.000.90 for a claimed by its adherents. To illustrate
your
vote
ported either by rail or water, it is should be, and we believe
Military Highway through the coun the thought, he said, "a man who
will
be,
much to be hoped that the proposed “300 X Yes.”
ty and 1 believe that a first class hard .nows Ins lawn on Sunday, hoes in his
annexation will receive the approval
1 his is but the first of a series of surfaced road could be built for not garden, purchases a news paper,
of the voters at the coming special letters. Other to follow will discuss exceeding this amount. 1 am in favor lakes an automobile ride, digs pota
election..
in detail one or more of the points of bonding the county, if by doing so toes in his garden, sells bread from
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mentioned above. The questions re it would be contingent upon the nis grocery, is just as civilized as he
Port Commission Explains the situa garding the tax limit of the Port, the county receiving the federal or state would be 11 he were forced by the
Will be at their
tion to the Voters.
impossibility of the Port Commission aid for a like amount of the bond is police power of religio-civil law to go
to
church
on
that
day
and
listen
to
Tillamook Oregon,
floating a bond issue and the fact that sue we would be able to float; other
Tillamook Office,
October 5, 1916. a better harbor and greater water wise we would not have a sufficient the mst eloquent and sentimental ser
Dear Voter:—In the year 1889 the transportation facilities will effect a amount of funds to carry through the mon that ever flowed from lips of
W. A. WISH
Rooms 205 and 10. ie the DR.
H. M. MASSHY
State Legislature created the Port of saving to each inhabitant of the com project of a trunk road from one end mortal man. Sunday compulsory rest is a Ilk.
h ; iiih ' Dr
Wise who
College Graduate in
practiced dentistry in Tilla
Tillamook, with the following boun munity far in excess of any possible of the county to the other. 1 believe Having nothing to do wim ones civil l>entÌMtry. registered in Ore
Commercial
Club
mook
County
a
few years
daries: "All that part of Tillamook cost to him, will be given special at ihat if the taxpayers of Tillamook ization, tne Dabbath ot the blue law gon, and han had several
ago. aud will hr pleased to
yearn experience, and lias
cannot
be
civic.
Building,
again
wait
on
those
who
County included within the present tention.
County were called upon to vote for
come to Tillamook Countv
desire his professional ser
Nor can it De an American Sabbath, to make it hin future home.
corporate limits of the City of Tilla
As stated before, it is the desire of a bond issue for a hard surfaced
vice
on
mook, and fifty feet on each bank of the Port Commission to explain every trunk road through this county, con lor America has had no opportunity
Hoquarton Slough from the east question that can possibly arise to tingent upon securing the like amount to tile a claim on that day, in as
MONDA Y, WEDNESDA Y, THURSDA Y
boundary of said city of Tillamook the full satisfaction of every voter. from the state or the National Gov much as F-ngiand, Germany France,
westward
and including
Dry Should you desire additional informa ernment I believe that such a propo and Russia observed it as a day oi
and FRIDA Y.
Stoking Bar.”
tion upon any question which will be sition would be voted by a large ma rest many years prior to our exis
tence as a ¿nation.
Except for the Port of Portland, discussed in the letters to follow, any jority.
It has been judicially stated in the
At Cloverdale Hotel, on Tuesday,
the Port of Tillamook is the oldest of member of the Port Commission will
In looking up the records of Tilla
the Ports in Oregon. The ports of be glad to furnish the same, or it may mook county since 1911, taking the 5 interest of this law: "Iliat uninter-.
and
Tillamook and Portland each being be obtained from the Assistant Sec year period from 1911 to 1915 tne I'upted idleness tends to moral de
Bay Citv Office on Saturday of Each Week.
created by special enactment of the retary of the Port at his office in this tax payers of Tillamook County have basement.’’ Perhaps so in a very lim
State Legislature, are not governed city. Should any question arise in paid through their County Court over ned degree, but it so, does that prove
Bar View Office closed till next Spring.
by the same laws as those governing your mind which is not explained in »800,000.00 on roads according to that men should rest one 2 4 hour day
other port districts. All other port the letters, any and all information the budget; and as 1 understand the in every seven such consecutive per
TII.LAMOOK PHONES
districts have been created under and available regarding such question will situation most of our bridges, if : not iods? Why not one in every ten, or
by virtue of what is generally known be cheerfully answered upon request. all of them, have been provided for live or eight? Why just seven?
s—
1 here is no law ot physical being
as “The Port Law,” passed bv the
Assuring you that it is our desire to ut of the general fund, so you i may
that
requires
all
men
to
rest
one
day
Legislature in 1909, and derive their five you all available information, see that we have probably spent be
power from that law. The Port of and hoping that you will carefully tween $900,000 and $l,000,ooo on in seven for their best physical good,
Tillamook, however, derives its pow read our letters and study the ques roads and bridges in Tillamook Coun it is a religious law that makes the
ers and indeed its very existence sole tion of the proposed annexation, we ty in the past five years, and 1 might requirement.
rhysical law requires of each one
ly from the special act of 1899. The remain,
add at this time that<t is possible that to rest when weary, and the delicate
powders conferred from the Port of
Very truly yours.
at least one half of this money has mother ol eighty requires more rest
Tillamook differ very materially from The Port of Tillamook Commission, been expended only in temporarily re
those conferred upon other Ports and
By C. I. Clough, W. G. Dwight, C. lieving the bad roads and putting weekly than the muscular man of
and the mere fact that a certain (low J. Edwards, B. C. Lamb, Alex Mc them in shape for a few years travel twenty-five. The weekly rest day law
It’s all power
er is exercised by a port organized Nair, C. W. Miller, A. R. Rosenberg, at best, when this amount will have is religious.
because it’3 all re
Dr.
G.
L.
Tufts,
of
Berkley,
Calif.,
under the general port law should and P. W. Todd, Commissioners.
been to a great measure wasted in is the chief agitator of the enforce
fined gasoline
raise no presumption of an ability on
o
primary work.
a mixture.
ment of this unjust statute, and he
the part of the Port of Tillamook to
Election called for Novetnber 21.
I believe that the taxpayers of this says the blue law is unjust. After
exercise a like power.
The County Court acted on the peti county will bear me out in stating,
In the year 1911, the Legislature tion, and called a special election for that the taxes during the past few speaking on the possibility of this
law not being repealed at the Novem
passed an act providing a method by Tuesday, November 21.
years have become a heavy burden on ber election, he says: “Then we will
which all ports might enlarge their
meagre incomes, and in a great many ask the next legislature to amend the
boundaries by the addition of new
instances it is through considerable existing law so as to make it up to
Wants to Bond the County.
territory thereto. The act provides
personal sacrifice that some have date, elfective statute, free from any
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for the presentation to the County
been able to pay their taxes at all.
Court of the County in which the port Mr. F. C. Baker, Tillamook Head- And why all this tax burden? Isn’t unjust discriminations.”
Portland Oregonian, July 10, 1916;
light:
is situated, of a petition requesting
it a fact that a large amount of this
“Unjust and discriminatory laws
the holding of a special election with
Dear Sir:—I have read with much money today is being used towards
in the port and within the territory interest in your paper from time to building hard surfaced, permanent should be repealed for they are un
proposed to be annexed thereto, at time the question involved relating roads, for future generations to re America."
1 he Evening Telegram, Jan, 10,
which should be decided the question to road matters and high taxes, and alize the benefits from? Isn’t it a fact
ROCKERS RIGHTLY PRICED
whether or not such new territory the bonding of Tillamook County for that we are building as it is, a per- 1916: quoting from Judge Ganten-
should be annexed to the port. A road building. Being considerably in mancy for future generations and for bein's decision when he placed an in
FVOM $2.00 to 5.00.
majority vote, both within the port terested in the past as well as the fu future population of Tillamook coun junction Oil Sunday blue law enforce
ment
in
Multnomah
County,
says:
REED ROCKERS,
and also within the territory propos ture development of Oregon and Till ty?
“It is apparent to most people that
ed to be annexed, is required by the amook County in particular, I have
I believe from a source of economy there are two motives which urge the
Special $5 00.
act in order that such annexation may given a great deal of my time and that a bond issue for $500,000.00
enforcement of this law, spite and a
be accomplished.
thought to questions relating to road contingent unon the National Gov certain fanaticism » • » ♦ The mo
UPHOLSTERED ROCKERS,
In conformity with the provisions building, taxes and bonding.
ernment or State, providing us with a tive of spite is wholly unworthy, and
Leather Seats, 8 .00 to $15.
of that act, a petition has been pre
It appears to me that at this par- like amount on a bond for say 20 the other motive in its extreme ex
sented to the County Court of this ticular time it would be most oppor years, would relieve us of at least one
pression
is
without
reason.
The
law
Heaters ! Heaters ! ! Heaters ! ! !
Couny, signed by the requisite num tune and a step in the right direction half of the taxes that we are now pay
ber of voters, requesting the holding to further advance our interests in I ing for roads, and give us a Trunk itself is inequitable. Its enforcement
See Our Line Before Buying.
would
work
a
hardship
without
pub'ic
of such an election. Such election will these questions by placing before Highway through the county of a
probably be ordered held sometime the taxpayers of Tillamook County permanent character, at the cost for or private benefit; and it is a sal/ and
between November 15th and 30th, the road building program as outlined $1.00 for $2,00. A bond issue of one reasonable conclusion that the peo
ple of Oregon do not want and will
1916, (definite date will be announc by the natinnal government.
half million dollars could be paid off not vote for its enforcement.
ed later) and all voters living within
On July 8th the President of the ' in 20 years by providing a sinking
That the Sunday compulsory rest
the territory proposed to be annexed, United States attached his signature fund of $25,000.00 a year, and our
is in the nature of a religious institu
and also those now within the port, to two national good roads measures trunk highway through the county tion, is unquestionably evidenced by
will be afforded an opportunity to which involve in expenditure some would be built within two or three the following direct testimony of of
cast their ballots either for or against 185,000,000.00. These two bills are years at most, and a great amount of ficial men who know the object of
the proposed annexation.
what are known as the National Good money would be left throughout the their aim.
A full description of the territory Roads Military Aid Highway Bill, county, and we would have our roads
At the Internatinal Lord’s Day
proposed to be annexed will be given and the National Forest Reserve and in a very short time and realize some
in the notices of election, which in ac Government Reserve Roads Bill. As of the benefits therefrom, as well al Congress held in Oakland, Cal., in
cordance with law will be posted in I understand these two road bills this so would our future population help July, 1915, Henry Collin Minton, D.
D., L. L. D., president of the Nation
conspicious places in each precinct.
money will be available for appropri pay for them.
al Reform Association, speaking of
Such a description, however, is ations during the next ten years for
I
FOR THE LAUNDRY
It seems to me that it is possible to Sunday forced rest said; “We are fac
very difficult to correctly understand the purpose of building Federal Aid
without a map by which it may be ! Military High ways, as well as govern carry this matter through, And I be ing the great question in this Con
7
he
Strongest,
Brightest, Clearest and
followed, and a map. upon which are ment roads to Federal Reserves. The lieve that a plan could be worked out gress only as we see it a religious
which would be of great advantage day * • • primarily and essentially it
Best
Blueing
Made.
traced the lines of the present port Military Highway bill contains a
and the boundaries of the territory continuing appropriation of $75,000,- for the early development of both is a religious day.”
ends of the county as well as bringing
Dr. James McGraw, of Los Ange
proposed to be annexed thereto will 000.00 and the Federal Reresve Bill
be forwarded at a later date. In gen for building roads in the Forest Re- us all closer together in a business les, secretary of said association said:
and social way. I have talked this
eral it mav be said that the territory serves amounts to $ 10,000,000.00 matter over with some of our citizens, “What we need today is exaltation of
the Lord Jesus Christ in the civil
proposed to be annexed to the Fort more. As I understand these two
who think the idea good, and now is sphere, and in that we find the
of Tillamook is that territory lying measures, from what I have read
the
time
to
take
this
matter
up
in
a
foundation for everything in the way
south of the Port of Bav City and from associated press dispatches ap-
general way and see what can be done
north of the township line between pearonfc from time to time in the towards securing our share of this of reform we seek to bring to the
nation. 1 would say that the Sabbath
township Two South and Three daily papers, the Military Highway $85,000,000.00 National road fund.
shall be sanctified by rest on that day
CHAS. I. CLOUGH CO.
South, west from the \ amhill County bill provides a fund for building main
Trusting that you vill give this from all labor and pleasure, such as is
»
line to and including the east half of Na?iL7rGwernmernnmoney for H space
in
your
valuable
tfTi'hlve
Manufacturing
Pharmacists.
ace in your valuable paper, and engaged in other days of the. week, a
the townships lying in Range 10 west
of the Willamette Meridian, and in of state or county money npproorut-{ pardon me the length of which I have holy day, given to the worship of Al
TILLAMOOK
-
- OREGON.
mighty God,”—-Oakland Calif., Lord’s
ed for the building of military high- gone,
cluding Bavocean.
.
I am. Yours very truly,
Day Congress, July 1915.
This circular is mailed to you in the ways along the main trunk routes of
Follie W. Watson.
Dr. G. L. Tufts, now of this coast,
belief that being a registered voter travel
I
within the limits of the territory pro-
THE
OIL COS
Ammer L< urniture Co
Clou, g li’s
GIANT BLUEING
I
I