TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. OCTOBER
19. 1916.
ping facilities, which means cheaper ! county is a good piece of work, and tion. Here we found some of the best
ADVERTISING RATES.
freight rates for all classes of feed on that score we want to commend cheese we saw on our trip. Thif was
Legal Advertisements.
probably the reason part oT our
and merchandise. There are those the Countv Court.
$
.10
First Insertion per line ...........
party wanted to stay longer here,
who are directly opposed to the en­
lhe country around here might have
Each subsequent insertion, line. .•5 largement while there are others who
CO-OPERATE WITH COOS looked
like Tillamook. You know
want to be shown and convinced that
Business and Professional cards
AND CURRY COUNTIES.
good cheese appeals to some : people,
one month.................................. t.oo it is a good thing. This, we under­
too.
stand, the Port will strive to do.
Tillamook Dairymen Are Told of
Locals per line each insertion...
05
"Altogether we found the cheese
Conditions in Those Counties.
made up in good shape and the boys
Display advertisements, an inch
It is a clean cut issue that the peo­
were doing the best they could. The
called
one month.................................
•50 ple of the United States are
upon to decide next month, and it is
Carl Haberlach, F. W. Christensen makers would welcome an inspector.,
All Resolutions of Condolence
! this: Democratic free trade or Re­ and H. T. Danforth, of the brokerage as they felt they were going it
and Lodge Notices, per line .
•05 publican protection for American in­ firm
of Holmes-Stockard-Danforth dark somewhat, being alone at their
Notices, lost, strayed or stolen
dustries. We have no quarrel with Co., Los Angeles, representing Tilla­ tasks for the season. We found more
our Democratic friends, but if they mook cheese in LosAngeles, recently flavors than here.
etc., minimum rate, not ex­
“We were all surprised at the extent,
believe the industrial activities of the took a trip into Coos and Curry, coun­
ceeding five lines ..................
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United States should be placed on a ties. 'The trip was undertaken with of the open country, especially the
level with that of the cheap labor of the idea of bringing a closer co-oper­ Coquille Valley. The river is naviga­
THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. foreign countries, they should vote ation between those counties and ble from Bandon to Myrtle Point, a
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for Wilson, for that is what he stands Tillamook as it has been felt for some distance of 34 miles. The valley ex­
for. Lumber, milk, cream, fish, meat time that such co-operation would be tends several miles further. We were
Editorial Snap Shots. , and most everything produced in Til­ of great benefit to all concerned. Fol­ further surprised to see the large
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lamook county is now on the Demo­ lowing reoort has been made to the amount of oats and other grain rais­
There is not the least doubt but cratic free list. It will be interesting Tillamook County Creamery Asso., ed, and the large fields of corn grown
by nearly every farmer. They Claim
what public sentiment is turning rap­ to know how many Tillamookers by Carl Haberlach.
,
idly to Hughes and that it will be a . want to keep the home products on
“Mr. Christensen and myself left they have 250 silos in Coos alone.
Republican land slide next month.
| the free list and have foreign pro- Tillamook September 7th and were They have five cow testing associa- 1
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I ducts to conie in free and compete met in Portland by Mr. Danforth, tions.
"When Coos and Curry awaken ’
The County Court will take up the with them.
who represents Tillamook cheese in
difficult task of preparing the budget
Los Angeles. We thought that be­ more fully to their opportunities, Til­
at its next meeting. The city council
We are going to ask Bro. Trombley tween the three of us we should be lamook will have some lively compe­
will also wrestle with the same prob­ and our Democratic friends a ques­ able to talk cheese with the best of tition. They need more new people
lem.
tion. How can anyone be loyal to and them, so went well prepared. Took down there; their ranches need to be
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a booster for the lumber, timber, the night train for Marshfield, where cut up into smaller tracts. When they
Show that you are a true blue Re­ dairying and fishing industries of Til­ we arrived on the 8th. Took a "boat get plasters of from $200.00 to $300
publican next month and vote the lamook county who are in favor of and visited the Coos Bay Creamery, per acre on their land and have to
Republican ticket "straight,” and by allowing the products of foreign where Walter Christensen, Fred’s meet interest and high taxes they
doing so you will give Democratic countries to come in free and com­ brother, is cheese maker. Peter Mc­ will get away from making butter, i
free trade a knock out blow. Vote pete with home products? To our way Intosh, also formerly of Tillamook, raising cattle or half farming. Also,
'er straight.
of thinking it looks like “knocking” looks after the marketing of the they will have to get better prices for
our home industries and resources to cheese at that factory. These people their milk. In order to do so they will
We don’t want to squeal,hut was it favor placing them on the free list. were getting 21,000 tbs. o.' milk have to organize, get more and better
the lady cheese maker down in Coos Bro. Trombley is a free trade booster, 1 daily at the flush. We also saw C. E. milk and they will then make more
County who was the prime cheese, and if there is any logic in our argu­ Nicholson, president of the Coos Ice cheese. The problem we have to con­
and prime squeeze and prime attrac­ ment, and there is, he is “knock­ & Cold Storage, and president of the front is a serious one, one requiring
tion to the Tillamookers who were ing” the lumber, timber, dairying and factory association of the two coun­ considerable patience, tact and skill.
down in that county recently? We fishing industries of Tillamook Coun­ ties. He is making only butter this They are willing to meet us half way,
will refer the matter to Carl and Fred ty when boosting for the Democratic season, and in addition to the usual and it is a question whether the Tilla- ■
for they were good sports and from, free trade party. We ask those who run of butter, is making up the butter mook farmers are willing to stand
all accounts for they were out for a are financially interested in the re­ for the Coquille Creamery this seas­ part of the expense necessary to
good time.
sources of Tillamook county or are on. These people had the misfortune bring about stricter co-operation. We
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engaged in any of the industries to have their factory burn down. In are of course willing to take the ben­
Wake up to the fact Mr. Tillamook - which we have mentioned if these are ordinary seasons they make over efits arising, but there will be certain
er, that an outsider is now engaged not indisputable facts that cannot be 2,000 tbs of butter daily which takes expenses to be taken care of.”
in an effort to tell us how and in denied ?
the product of something like 50,000
what way the. road money should be
Representatives of eleven of_ the
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tbs. milk per day. We haven’t any
expended next year. We believe that
The county surveyor has surveyed plant here getting anywhere near this factories met in the City Hall Tues­
the people of Tillamook have sense the road from the light-house to Bay­ amount of product.
day of this week to discuss the mat­
enough intelligence enough and brains ocean, which will make another new
The next day we took the train for ter. Andrey Christensen, of Myrtle
enough, to run their own affairs with­ road project costing $50,000 or more Myrtle Point, where we were met by Point, was also present. After thor­
out the assistance of outsiders. Let’s As long as new and costly road pro­ Andrew Christensen, formerly of Til­ ough discussion of the proposition
swat that kind of interference.
jects are being constantly started lamook. Mr. Christensen owns four from all sides, motion was made and
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there will be very little money avail­ factories close to Myrtle Point apd is carried, with but one opposing voice,
It is reported that the north end of able for hard surfacing, and the result the largest operator in the two coun­ that the factories in this county take
tile county is overwhelmingly 411 fa­ of this will be the people will become ties. We found that Saturday was Ae the stand as favoring closer co-opera­
vor of Hughes and the Republican dissatisfied and will bond the county last day of the Coos-Curry counties tion with Coos and Curry counties.
ticket. The people in that part of tile to obtain hard surfaced roads. We fair, so had a fine opportunity to see Carl Haberlach was authorized to en­
county had an object lesson when the wish we could impress upon the tax­ what the two counties could produce ter into negotiations with the people
Wheeler saw mill closed down on ac- payers the importance of not launch­ and also meet a number of the local down there in regard to the matter.
count of free trade. Reports from the ing out into new and costly road pro­ people. Incidentally we saw some fine
south part of the county are especial­ jects, and to concentrate more of our horse racing in the afternoon. They
ly encouraging, for the Republican efforts on hard surfaced roads. It is pace a mile in 2:16 and a half mile, THE BOND QUESTION .AGAIN.
candidates will get large majorities economy to do so. The snap shot man colt running race was negotiated in
from the precincts in that part of the does not want to oppose a road being the fine time of 52^ seconds. They Wants to Know the Difference Be­
county also.
built from Netarts to Bayocean, but had two purses of $20.00 each and tween Bonding for Roads and Bars
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there is no urgent need at the present two of $150.00 each. This was only
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If President Wilson can railroad a time of doing so, but as some of the one of the days upon which they had Mr. F. C. Baker, editor Tillamook
bill through Congress to raise the property owners are so insistent we racing. Altogether their purses must
Headlight:
wages of only 20 per cent of the suppose in a few years money will have amounted to $2,000.00. Their
Dear Sir:—I have read with more
highest paid railroad men, he showed have to be appropriated for it, and all racing was equal to that at the State or less interest your articles opposing
no disposition
to help raise the this came about because some person Fair at Salem.
bonding the county for hard surfaced
wages of 80 per cent of the lowest “Knocked” the present Bayocean
“Saturday evening we met nearly road*, and want to ask you a ques­
paid men in the railroad service, or road, which will give Bayocean two all of the factory operators at an ar­ tion, It is this: "If it was necessary
thousands of other employes in other roads instead of one, for the road on ranged meeting. It must be under­ to bond the Port of Bay City for
lines of business. That is class legis­ the bay side will have to be built first. stood that the factories are operated $400,000, and the Port of Nehalem
lation and discrimination of the rank­ It is the same system. No sooner is a somewhat .different than here. The for a large amount of money, (I do
est kind. Yet the President and the road constructed to a certain place, factories are mostly owned by indi­ not know the exact amount), to ¡in­
Democratic orators call this an eight when somebody starts an agitation viduals. Some of them are operated prove these bars, for the direct
hour law.
for a second road.
directly by the farmer* through their benefit of the timber owners of the
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directors. The Coquille Creamery is county, who do not reside ..........
in the -
Probably the Kaiser, if he could
"What’s lhe matter with Portland?” building a new factory, but ii making county, what difference is there in
have seen what have happened in the is a question frequently asked. The no provision to manufacture cheese. banding the county far permanent
war, would feel proud to think he had answer was plainly given on Saturday Consequently it will leave TpTace roads and for the benefit of people
kept Germany out of war, and like when the Portland Journal and a few open for a cheese factory in the same who reside in Tillamook?”
President Wilson used that as a slo­ fanatics in the Democratic party re­ vicinity. At the meeting a large ma­
Yours truly,
gan. We have always thought that it sorted to rowdism and attempt to jority of those present expressed
A Subscriber.
was a terrible blunder to plunge an break up the large woman's meetings themselves as more and willing to co­
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industrial country like Germany into which were being held in that city. operate with Tillamook. The only
The last part of the letter which is
war, and we believe the industrial life The speakers were some of the question was the method. It should be
of that country now realize the mis­ brightest and most intelligent women understood that they have been re­ quite lengthy, deals with the enlarge­
ment of the Port of Tillamook, but as
take that was made. Probably that is of the United States. It was a dis­ ceiving considerable lea* for their there
are quite a number of misstate­
the reason why Germany wants grace to Portland, for a city that will cheese than we have been getting, due
peace.
not give polite and respectful hearing largely to our system of selling and ments in it, the writer being misin­
to women who have made their mark inspecting and grading. They ac­ formed, we thought it wise not to
In reading the news items of the in philanthropic and educational knowledged that a lot of their cheese publish that part of the letter. We will
war it is plain to see that the central work cannot hope to have the respect had been sold in Los Angeles 'this ask the writer to read the literature
powers arc wanting peace. The Kai­ of other parts of the country, and it is spring at as low a price as 14c. Los that is being sent out by he Port of
ser when he started the war, expect­ plain there is something the matter Angeles. You will remember that our Tillamook.
Our correspondent asks us a direct
ed that he would overrun France in a with Portland. That matter is yellow lowest price was 15c. here. We found
few months and predicted that he journalism, and it is giving the fair several of them selling on San Fran­ question and it is proper for us to
would have his Christmas dinner in name of Portland a bad reputation, as cisco exchange price on Oregon answer it. in regard to bonding the
Paris. The following year he expect­ was shown in the scandclous false­ cheese, which was 16c San Francisco. Ports of Bay City and Nehalem for
ed to knock the stuffing out of Russia, hoods by the Portland Journal about Our market when we were down bar and harbor improvements, this
because that country undertook to the women who made up the party there was 17c. Tillamook, and I had was the only way money could be ob­
mobolize its army. The Kaiser failed on the special train. It might b'e as withdrawn all offerings even at that tained for that purpose, while for
in what he thought would be a' short well to ask another question: “What’s price. We were justified in doing so,> road work from $150,000 to $175,-
whirlwind war that would greatly the matter with the Chamber of as we have since been abl to raiseour 000 have been raised annually, which
is a large amount of money- and
benefit Germany
Commerce?” That organization is en­ market to 18c. here and Portland.
should make a whole lot of perma­
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gaged in promotion work and collect­
“The future of the proposition is
What the snap shat man has advo­ ing thousands of dollars every year somewhat up to the farmers here. nent roads if properly expendc'd. It is
cated tor several years is good ad­ and putting it to good use, but the Personally I am of the opinion that i true that the improvement of Tilla-
I nook and Nehalem bars is a direct
vice today. I. oinplctc all present road yellow journals of Portland are doing one man could
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the „ three coun- ' I benefit to the timber owners, aind as
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projects as soon as possible; don’t that city more harm than the Cham­ tine
ties, although it would take consider- '
start new and expensive road pro­ ber of Commerce is doing good. We able assistance. This summer our I (Senator Burton remarked it would
jects; and put as much of the road will admit that Portland needs a prices were needlessly depressed and I ' make a whole lot of millionaires of the
fund into hard surfacing as possible. slogan and needs it bad. Here it is and our farmers could have obtained i ( timber owners, but as they pay about
The most difficult thing to do, how­ it will act as a cure to some of its ills: probab’y lc. more per pound cheese I ; ! 70 per cent of the taxes no- one
ever, is to shut down on new road “Swat Portland’s Yellow Journals.” during May and June and July than I •should begrudge them the money
.that is put into bar and harbor im­
work. We again offer this advice, be-
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they did. It will probably cost some- '
lieving it to be in the interest of the
We made a mistake last week in thing, but it would seem that the ef- | provement*. There is some justice in
• including the whole of the watir shed
tax payers and for good roads to do regard to the concrete pavement put fort is worth putting forth.
, of Nehalem in the Port of Nehalem,
what we have suggested. We are sor­ down by the county. It was the inten­
"At
Myrtle
Point
fair,
Ch*».
Nelson
•
ry to admit it, but with the large tion to build one mile of concrete won first prize, and H. Jensen for­ but there is no justice in placing only
amounts of money spent in the south road with the money that was appro­ merly of Beaver, took second prize part of the property in the water shed
and north ends of the county not one priated for Bayoccan, but this was re­ We also saw Messrs. W. L. DeBoer, of Tillamook bay in the Port of Bay
cent was put into permanent hard duced by 2000 square yards, which Albert Wade, Manwaring, and Joe City.
We believe the improvement of
surfaced roads.
would make the cost for one mile of Everest, formerly Tillamook cheese
concrete road amount to about $16,- makers. Altogether there are some these bars is a direct benefit to all
classes of property in the water shells
Attorney Duniway’s address at the 500 or $3,500 more than we stated
former Tillamook makers in so would a hard surface highway
court house last week was a convinc­ last week. We were under the im­ thirteen
(.
oos
and
Curry.
Unless
there
is
some
ing argument that Wilr.on had not pression that one mile of concrete get to gether proposition, Tillamook through the county be a direct bene­
lived up to the Democratic platform. road had been constructed. The point may- some day rue the day when it is fit to all classes of property in all
And he taunted lhe Democrats on I we wanted to draw out last week sending a lot of its makers «way. parts of the county, but before the
that point. Hut the most interesting was the cost of cement, which we Near y every cheese maker that quit* people undertake to bond the county,
the snap shot man would like to be
part of his address was the manner placed at $5,000, but $2,000 or near in
looks up a cheese mak­ assared
of th« money being econom­
in which he probed the Democratic that amount will have to be added, ing Tillamook
job
in
some
other
locality,
or
else
ically expended and the cost for hard
slogan that \\ ilson had kept us out of making $7,000 for cement alone for I works up a factory.
hard surfacing reduced. Cement roads
war. He showed plainly that there one mile of concrete road. It cost
“A considerable part of the milk is, are costing in the neighborhood of
was no sentiment amongst the people Clackamas county only $7,134.00 a hauled
to
the
factory
by
steamer.
of the United States who wanted to mile for aspheltic cement pavement, Nearly all of the cream is hauled by $15,(100 > mile, and this is consider­
ed too much. It is true that the tim­
plunge the countrv into war and that which included grading. This means
and small boats. Coos is ber
no foreign countrv wanted to go to that it is costing Tillamook Jjrnnty steamers
men are not in favor of bonding,
making about 1,500,000 !bs. cheese no doubt
war with the United States. He more than twice as much fornard annually
for the reasons we have ad­
about twice as much vanced, but
it should not he over­
characterized it as foolish to say that surface pavement as Clackamas coun­ milk goes and
into
butter
as
into
cheese.
Wilson kept us out of war when it is ty. The snap shot man is not
looked that most of them live in
j
“
r
.
ry
,hc
y
make
mostly
cheese.
Congress, not the President, that has "knocking” but we do object to pay­ I ondition* are more like in Tilla­ places where they have bonded for
the authority to declare war.
jug so much money to the cement mook in Curry, most of the milk be­ hard surfaced roads, and as one of
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trust. As it is proposed to put down ing hauled by the producers by wa­ our citizens argued with us the other
day they should not object to TSIla-
The action of the Port of Tillamook several miles of hard surfaced ro^il gon
This gives the cheese maker a tnookers having hard surfaced road<
m submitting the question of the en­ next year, if Tillamook County can
better
opportunity
tr
get
in
touch
largement of the Port of Tillamook lay double the amount of hard surface
as well. Our correspondent, we will
is strictly a business proposition put road for what it is rusting now, it with his patrons, which tends toward admit, has same logic to his questitm,
better
milk.
On
Sunday
we
took
a
up to the voters, and it should be dis seems to us it should cut out the
but we must still adhere to what we
cussed from that standpoint. There cement roads and build roads similar hundred mile auto trip, going as far have previously advised, vfcz., com­
•»
Denmark
At
Langlois
we
found
a.
are two sides to the question, but it to those built in Clackamas countv,
plete present road projects as quickly
should be discussed impartially and if, after obtaining expert advice that fair ladv cheese maker in charge, a ■s possible, do not undertske any i
Miss
Hazel
Manwaring.
She
can
give
without personal prejudices. Simmer­ they are suitable for this county and
new costly road work and put as large
ed down it is a question whether the will stand up under travel, We will several of our boys cards and spades amount of the road fund into hard
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when
it
comes
to
cheese
and
cheese
central part of the county, with its say this, wt believe the piece of making. She was making only for i surfacing, and in a few years a large
large population, should have ship- (cement pavement put down by the few days, to give her brother a vaca ■ .amount of the highway will be hard j
1- J surfaced without bonding.
Why Should Oregon Vote
Pendleton $125,000
and one-tweniy-tifth of a mill for a Normal School
only 21 miles from where the State owns a good plant
at Weston wh ch reqirtres but one fortieth of a mill
annual maintenance to put it in successful opera­
tion ? Read page 28 of the voters’ pamphlet ; and if
you want to avoid needless taxation, vote
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