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THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT.
Editorial Snap Shots.
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Vote 'er wet—we can’t
dry weather any longer.
Even
imbued
see he
in one
stand
this
our Democratic postmaster is
with the Hughes spirit for we
has that gentlemen’s picture
of his empty store buildings.
We believe that those who register­
ed as Republicans will vote for the
Republican ticket from top to bot­
tom this year. This is the way to in­
dicate that you are loyal to the Re­
publican party.
Congressman Hawley will speak in
this city on Monday, and Republicans
should aim to make this a big Repub­
lican rally. The congressman is a fine
speaker, and coming recently from
Washington is in a position to en­
lighten the people on the issues of
the day.
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Johnny, get your gun! For several
weeks sneek and chicken thieves have
been operating in this city, and as the
city police department is unable to
arrest the guilty parties, it is time
that the citizens should arm them­
selves with shot guns and pepper the
hides of the thieves with buck shot,
That is the kind of medicine they
need.
Business men of Tillamook City
please take notice. A big logging
camp was strated on the south side of
Tillamook Bay this week and there is
no road to that part of the county.
The money appropriated for that
road last year was used elsewhere. Is
this part of the county, gentlemen,
getting a square deal? It is safe to
say that this city won't get any of
trade from the new logging camp.
Sneak thieves broke into Stanley
Coates' home the other evening and
stole several sacks of chicken feed.
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We understand that some of the
timber men will do everything possi­
ble to stop the enlargement of the
Port of Tillamook. That is not the
right spirit to show, when $800,000
have been expended for the improve­
ment of the bar and harbor for the
special benefit of the timber owners.
We contend that if it was necessary
to improve the bar and dig a channel
in the middle of the bay, the latter
costing $60,000 for the benefit of
one timber company, that a channel
should be extended to the head of
navigation in this city, which would
be a direct benefit to the most thick­
ly populated part of the county.
Isn’t that good horse sense and
sound logic?
Our system of logislation, called
the Oregon System, which the voters
thought would cure all political ills,
is proving the opposite. There is one
measure on the ballot this year that
will confiscate property if it becomes
a law. It has a captivating caption,
called the Full Rental Value Land
Tax and Homemakers' Loan Fund
Amendment. It is simply a single tax
measure that U’Ren is endeavoring
to deceive the people, lake the snap
shot man's advice and vote against
this pernicious
measure. It was
U’Ren who so strenuously advocated
the Oregon System, and now he is
using it in an effort to confiscate
people’s property. He is handing the
people a gold brick. It is not sur­
prising that the people of Oregon
are getting disgusted with the Ore­
gon System when they can be impos­
ed upon in this manner.
When the so-called "people's land
and loan measure” began to be advo-
edited by single tax adherents one of
the stock arguments was that
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the man who is holding raw land idle
will be forced to cultivate it and not
merely speculate with it." Hut fine-
sounding phrases do not disguise the
tact that the man who has come to
Oregon within the last few years and
is working hard to convert land cov­
ered with brush and stumps into a
real farm will, under this scheme, be
made to pay the same tax per acre
that the owner of a prosperous, im­
proved farm will pay. I bis is looking
on the other side of the measure now
named on the November ballot the
"Full Rental Value Land Tax and
Hatnetnakers* Loan Fund Amcnd-
ment." That is but one of the Caiani-
itous results of this scheme. It is
single tax under a new name, a name
that is designed to lead the voters to
confuse it with the state rural credits
bill, which appears later on the ballot
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Do you believe that the hard sur­
face roads money should all be spent
on the roads leading out of l illamook
City or shouldn’t there be some built
each year in each district?—Wheeler
Reporter.
\\ c do not like the tone of the
above paragraph, for it sounds as if
this part of the county is using
money for hard surfacing that should
go to other parts of the county.
Something like $64,00(1 was expend­
ed in road district No. I this year,
but not one cent went into liaid
surfaci g, and we are informe I that
a large part of the road improve­
ments will have to be done over again
in a few years. That district had a
good share of the road money, and it
should not complain because this dis­
trict sees the benefit of hard surfaced
roads and is spending some of its
appropriation for that purpose. Road
district No. I should have done the
HEADLIGHT,
OCTOBER 26. 1916.
ELECTION NEWS.
same thing, shouldn't it, with an ap­
propriation ol ♦•>4,0(10.''
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To our way of thinking, taking a
straw vote at the teachers' convention
was a piece of poor judgment, for it
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siioweu that some ol tne teachers
were woefully ignorant and lacked
education on a question that is one ol
economics. Out ol iv4 persons at­
tending the institute 61 voted for
ilson the free trade candidate, and
Sil tor Hughes, the candidate who ad­
vocates protection. This is the issue
that comronts the people to-day, and
it is evident that the 6s teachers who
cast their straw votes al the teachers
msiiule had never studied the subject
ol tarilt and what is best for the peo­
ple ol the Limed States, nor could
they have known what a failure I'res-
lucut Wilson made ol the tariff. We
may add that about 30 of the teach­
ers who participated in the vote had
not registered. Three days this week
lhe public schools of this county have
been closed and children have been
allowed to roam about in idleness,
i ne taxpayers have to pay the
teachers while attending lilt institute.
What for? '1 o talk politics and take
straw votes? Do the teachers know
mat every product and the great un­
developed resources ol lillamook
Lounty, where they are employed,
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have been placed on the Democratic
however, that
tree list? Il seems,
someone wanted to make a political
play al the teachers' institute, and
ilicy succeeded beautifully—ill show­
ing bow ignorant some of the teach­
ers were on the tariff question.
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The Headlight will Have Special
Western Union Wire—City Hall
Will be Headquarters.
The Tillamook Headlight is making
arrangements to compile the election
returns of Tillamook County.
As a large number of business men
and citizens in all parts of the county
will be anxious to obtain the result of
the presidential and state elections,
we have made arrangements with the
Western Union for a special wire and
operator, which will enable the peo­
ple of this city and county to obtain
election news as soon as other parts
of Oregon.
So as to make it convenient for the
public, we have engaged the City
Hall foi their comfort and accom­
modation, where the result of the
presidential, state and county elec­
tion will be announced and bulletins
posted on blackboards.
The special wire of the Western
LTnion, with both local phones, will
be located in the room now occupied
by the commercial club, where we
will have plenty of help, and the
election news given out with as little
delay as possible. This room will be
kept private.
We have made this arrangement
because in previous years people
packed the Headlight office and the
noise made it difficult to hear when
figures were being received over the
nhone, and for the reason that the
cify hall will afford plenty of accom­
modation, especially to the ladies who
will be interested in election news.
We ask the co-operation of the
election boards in obtaining partial
counts, and wdienever a representa­
tive of the Headlight asks for this—
it will only take a few moments—it
will be of great benefit to us in giving
out the news as to how the county
election is going.
We will be glad to furnish the
election news to all parts of the
county, but where there are extra
telephone charges this must be paid
by those who call us up. Jn previous
years we have had to pay out a good
many dollars that way.
We have no personal light against
Attorney Callahan because, after reg­
istering as a Republican and taking
part in a primary election, he has
seen nt lo oppose the Republican
party’s nominee tor district attorney,
out we have always contended, and
siill contend, mat this is not playing
lair in politics, l he field was open
and free for anyone to make the race
tor the nomination in the primary
election, and as Mr. Goyne did so
and won out, lie has our support
and should have the suppori of every
Republican who lavors the primary
law'. Some of us may differ with Mr.
Goyne on some subjects, but this we
are mostly agreed upon, he is thor­
oughly honest and sincere in all that
he lakes in hand and is perfectly re­
liable, and being one of our old set­
tlers, he is certainly entitled to the
support of the people. One thing we
do resent, however, and that is the
numerous falshoods that are being
circulated about Mr. Goyne, and we
hope the people of Tillamook County
will not believe them. Most of our
readers have known Tom Goyne for
a long number ol years, and they,
like us, hold him in high respect and
know that he is perfectly reliable.
Had Mr. Callahan received the nom­
ination, we should have supported
him, but we do not like to see onp
flop so suddenly front the Republican
party and become an "independent”.
This is the point we want to impress
upon Republicans. Mr. Callahan is
opposing the party’s nominee.
No Interests to serve but the public
intersets.—Hawley.
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The snap shot man appreciates the
support the Republicans are now
giving the Headlight, which has con­
sistently supported the Republican
party and Republican candidates. We
want to say in this connection that
we have not allowed any personal
feelings to interfere with any of the
Republican candidates in previous
elections, and in this election we are
equally loyal to all of them. No one
can accuse the snap shot man of be-
ing inconsistent or opposing the Re­
publican party’s choice of candidates.
But the issues in the present cam-
paign are of vital interest to every-
oody in Tillamook, because Denio-
cratic free trade is a curse to this sec­
tion of the country. The voters of the
county see this and are becoming
greatly interested, and tor that reas­
on they are taking considerable more
interest in the Headlight and its ef­
fort in behalf of the protection for
our home industries, To do otherwise
would be disloyal to
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Tillamook
lounty. We have a great future be­
fore us in I illamook, but Democratic
tree trade is now retarding the in­
dust rial development of the county.
1 his is the issue, and we hope Re-
pnniicans will not allow themselves
io become befogged with side issues,
and remember that every candidate
on the Republican ticket stands for
protection of our home industries
and that they were elected as stand­
ard bearers of the Republican party.
I he snap shot man is doing his part
as a registered member of the Repub­
lican party and it is the duty of every
registered Republican to do his or
her jiart in ridding the country, es­
pecially of 1 illamook
county, of
Democratic free trade. And the way
to do so is to vote for every Repub­
lican candidate on the ticket.
lwo years ago lhe County Court
started toad work with the assistance
ol a road master, who was thought to
be a good road engineer. This was
wise precaution, but trouble soon de­
veloped, not because the County
Court erred in judgment in trying lo
obtain a good man at the- head of live
road work, but because (lie* man the
court employed djei not fill the bill,
and since that time the court has had
more or less trouble. As a result ex­
pensive litigation is now going on,
Hut for all that we believe that an
experienced man should be at the
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head of the road work, for no matter
how sincere the members of the
court in.n be in endeavoring to do
the right thing, if they have not had
the engineering experience they are
sure to make serious mistakes, not
only in letting contracts, but in man
ageinent of road work. The Mason
administration made some mistakes,
but it is now generally conceded that
what money it did expend on roads
and bridges it did good work. Mr.
Mason had this advantage over the
present County Court, one of the
members of the board was an engi­
neer and knew how to let contracts
and build roads, but some of the
timber men fought his re-election
and the county was deprived of his
valuable services. It was a costly mis­
take for the county as mdst persons
new realize. The County Court is in
need of an experienced road builder
to advise it, and the people of the
county have a splendid opportunity
to obtain such a man in S. G. Reed,
who is a candidate for County Com­
missioner. It is seldom a man with
engineering ability occupies the posi­
tion of county commissioner, for they
are hard to obtain. We have no fight
to make against Mr. McKimens, who,
we believe, has endeavored to do
right by the people, but when it
comes to spending $175,000 a year
on roads, if the county can obtain a
practical engineer for county com­
missioner, it should do so. People
complain a great deal about money
being wasted on roads, but the trou­
ble is county officials arc not elected
for their engineering ability or ability
to handle large sums of money. We
believe it is to the best interest of the
taxpayers to elect Mr. Reed, for
what our present court lacks in en­
gineering ability, he will be able to
fill. We predict that far better results
in road work will be obtained, and the
road money more economically ex­
pended, with Mr. Reed as a member
of the County Court. This is a matter
for the taxpayers and voters to de­
cide, but we do think that they should
be properly advised and should study
what is best for the county.
A PERNICIOUS MEASURE.
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Another Attempt to force the Single
Tax on Oreg°n
Despite the efforts of the county
assessors of Oregon for several years
to levy their just share of taxes upon
the railroads, the Oregon ballot this
year includes a measure which would
relieve the railways from paying all
but ten per cent of their present taxes
This measure is the “Full Rental
Value Land Tax and Homemekers'
Loan Fund Amendment,” the radical
single tax measure which heads the
initiative part of the ballot.
The railroads are now paying taxes
on $102,000,000. The single tax bill
provides for taxes to be levied upon
land alone. As only $14,000,000 of
the railroad’s taxable property is
represented by land, this measure, if
ever made operative, would automat­
ically take $8 8,000,000 from the list
of taxable railroad property in Ore­
gon.
The terminal yard improvements,
station building and rolling stock of
every class would simply go scot
free when the assessor came around.
Taxes would be levied on the rights
of way, the most priceless possession
of the railways, on the same basis as
the pasture land adjoining the tracks.
If the schools, colleges, highways
and all the public works now support­
ed by the state are to be maintained,
then the farm land owner and small
home owners under the single tax |
scheme, would be forced to pay the
share of the state taxes now paid by
the railroads.
Altogether, $230,000,000 worth of
property would be wiped off the tax
rolls by this plan, for stocks of goods
of big department stores and every
form of property but land are held to
be tax free by the single tax bill. ’
This measure, the "Full Rental Value I
Land Tax and Homemakers’ Loan $1500 exemption, was defeated 130,
Fund Amendment” is the first initia­ 193 to 65,4 95; the other, providing
tive measure. Its numbers are 306 for a specific personal graduation ex­
yes and 307 no.
tra tax, was defeated, 124,943 to 59,-
W. C. HAWLEY.
Should the confusion now existing 186. By voting 307 No the voters of
Republican
and Progressive Direct
in the minds of many voters between I Oregon will again show what they
Primary Nominee for
the single tax and the rural credits think of single tax.
measures result in the adoption of
CONGRESS.
the U’Ren bill at the coming election,
Wilson, The Phrase-Maker.
a peculiar condition will result.
A vote for Representative Hawley
Attorneys declare the Single Tax
"The new freedom.”
is one for a Faithful, Honest, Clean,
bill, which appears on the ballots un- ! "Pitiless publicity.”
Capable and Successful Public Ser­
der the name of “Full Rental Value
"Too proud to fight.”
vant who has won for himself and
Land Tax and Homemakers’ Loan ' "The Mexican revolution is rig|it.’ State a position of influence and
Fund Amendment,” can never with­
"I will never intervene in Mexico.’ standing in Congress.
stand the scrutiny of the courts and ,
“Let the Mexicans spill all th<
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that it will be declared unconstitu- ’ blood they want to.”
Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho
tioual.
‘A citizenry trained to arms.”
voices the sentiments of his collea­
But it is evident that buyers of land
To all of which, and a great deal gues when he says:—“Mr. Hawley js
will await the decision of the court more happily forgotten by a long a most faithful and vigilent and cap­
before investing one dollar in real suffering and a greatly puzzled peo- able member of Congress. He holds
estate in Oregon. That hesitancy will pie, may be added the following:
the respect and confidence of his as­
be apparent as soon as the newspap­
"Words take the place of deeds.”
sociates and colleagues because of
ers carry the news that the er Ren
“Write makes might.”
his sound judgment, his courage and
amendment to the state constituions
his faithfulness to duty.”
has been adoped by the people.
The United States Mexican Com­
Weeks and possibly months will mission will have no difficulty
For further information please read
in
elapse before the danger of commer­ reaching an agreement just as soon as the phamplet sent to every registered
cial revolution such as the provisions the commissioners can find out ex­ voter by Secretary of State.
of this measure will bring have pass­ actly what terms will be satisfactory
ed. In the meantime much develop­ to Carranza.
Oregon has 88,000 Autos.
ment work in Oregon must stand
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still.
The doubling of the income tax to
According to figures compiled in
The single tax bill is the first initi­ make up for the failure of the Under­
ative measure on the ballot. Its vot­ wood free trade tariff law' to produce the secretary of state’s office, the
ing numbers are 306 yes, and 307 no. enough revenue to run the govern­ number of autos now owned in the
The rural credits is the seventh ini­ ment is a wanton act of injustice and State of Oregon is 33,280. Last year
'in l',c c'osc °f December there were
tiative measure.
.oppression,
and American voters, 23,585 machines. It is believed that
whether they have to pay the in­ the increase at the close of 1916 will
Single Tax Repeatedly Def'ated.
creased tax or not, should not fail to be 10,000 in excess of the total 7or
punish the perpetrators of the crime 1915.
The first initiative measure in this at the ballot box in the November
year's ballot now named the “Full election.
FOR RENT.
Rental Value Land lax and 1« line­
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makers' Loan Fund Amendment” is
The big users of paper, the daily
144 acre ranch. 40 acres cleared,
the same single tax scheme that has newspapers, for selfish purposes, de­ good pasture, large barn, room for 20
adorned the ballot year after year, manded free trade in the cheaper cows, a 5 room house, 17 cows, team
this time wearing a new dress and grades of paper—those then costing of horses, wagon, hay making tools,
bearing a new title. A new bait to less than 2>4c. a pound—and they got etc. Can be rented either with or
catch votes has also been added. Fol­ it. Canada paper makers benefited, without stock. This place is one half
lowing is the history of attempted and American mills were correspond­ mile from city and has city milk
single tax legislation in Oregon dur­ ingly weakened. Now with Canada route. Can be rented from 1 to 5
ing the past eight years.
See Ben Kuppenbender,
controlling the market and influenc­ years.
In 1908 an amendment proposed by ed as it is by the war it is in, prices
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“The Oregon Tax Reform Associa­ have more than doubled. Free trade
tion” (single taxers) exempting per­ is inclined to make us dependent up­
De ¡pendency
sonal property and improvements on those who can underbid us, and
\\ hen you feel discouraged and des­
was defeated by a vote of 60,871 the inclination in this case is actual. pondent do not give up but take a
no's to 32,066 ayes. It was admitted 1 hose who thus get a grin on us dose of Chamberlain’s Tablets and
to be a first step towards single tax. 1 take the squeezed tribute.
you arc almost certain to feel all right
In 1910, an amendment abolishing
within a day or two. Despondency is
the poll tax carried by a vote of 44,-
"I sec where some college professor very often due to indigestion and bil­
171 ayes to 42,127 no’s. Only after says he has never met a man he could iousness, for which these tablets are
its passage was the following "joker” not hypnotize.”
especially valued. For sale by Lamars
discovered: "Providing for the people
“Then he’s never had a fellow try Drug Store.
of each county to regulate taxation to sell hint the latest encyclopaedia
and exemptions within the county, re­ or a highly pedigreed pup.”
How Catarrh is Contracted.
gardless of constitutional restrictions
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or state statutes, and abolishing poll
Mothers are sometimes so thought­
When You Take Cold.
or head tax.”
less as to neglect the colds which their
W ith the average man a cold is a children contract. The inflammation
In 1912, single tax measures were
submitted in Clackamas. Multnomah serious matter and should not be trif­ of the mascus membrane, at first
and Coos counties, and were defeated led with, as some of the most danger­ acute, becomes chronic and the child
in each county by more than a 2 to 1 ous diseases start with a common has chronic cattarrh, a desease that is
cold. Take Chamberlain’s
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vote.
Cough
seldom cured and that may prove a
At the same election, an amend- remedy and get rid of your cold as life's burden. Many persons who have
ment proposing "state wide single quickly as possible. You are not ex­ this loathsome disease will remember
tax with a graduated tax provision” perimenting when you use this rem­ having frequent colds at the time it
was defeated by 82,015 no's to 31,- edy. as it has been in use for many was contracted. A little forethought,
534 ayes. At this election lhe "joker” years and has an established reputa­ a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
referred to above, was repealed.
tion. It contains no opium or other Remedy judiciously used, and all this
In 1914, two amendments were narcotic. For sale by Lamars Drug trouble might have been avoided. For
submitted: One, providing
for a Store.
sale by Lamars Drug Stere.
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