Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934, November 30, 1916, Image 2

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    TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. NOVEMBER 30, 191G
There is not much prospect of peo-
ADVERTISING RATES.
' pie getting back to the farm during
Legal Advertisements.
1 the present eight hour agitation, and
First Insertion per line ........... $ .10 few men will want to work on the
Each subsequent insertion, line.
•®5 farm, because everyone is wanting
Business and Professional cards
one month.......................................
Locals per line each insertion...
Display advertisements, an inch
one month.....................................
All Resolutions of Condolence
and Lodge Notices, per line .
eight hour work and ten hours pay. It
1.00 maybe that a large number of men
will succeed in obtaining eight hours,
OS but it won’t be the farmer or the
dairymen of this county, who will
•50 continue to work from early morn till
late in the day. But notwithsanding
me a«.»»! y Àlidi oi tins county, or a
■05 large number of them, seem to favor
the eight hour law. '1 hey gave a large
THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. majority when the state eight hour
law was voted on, and at the recent
F. C. BAKER, Publisher.
election voted tor the party that is
responsible tor the Adamson law.
ruling which has aroused German ire
was perfectly just. Our own state de­
partment may not see the difference
beween a submarine and any other
warship w hen it comes to the use of
neutral harbors, but the smaller na­
tions of Europe are not so blind to
the dangerous possibilities involved
in such episodes as the arrival of the
U-53 at Newport. Norway has much
to fear from Germany, but unless she
is false to all her traditions she will
stand firm in the face of all that Ger-
many may do.—Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
Hooray for Principle.
LIMITED - Offer expires Nov. 10,1916,
Thereafter price will be SI.00.
“Wear-Ever
*
Double Lipped 2’2 Quart Saucepan
For ONLY
Some of the deep thinkers
solve weighty problems of state
We take the position that when the • the meeting of the Civic League ard
V\ ith the eight hour agitation as­ County Court maxes an appropriation i quite positive that the adverse vote
suming a most aggressive attitude, tor a loau it snould do so without any ' given the measure to eliminate the in-
restriction
there is very little prospect of people "strings" being tied to it. It a road is > operative constitutional
eutiileU to a certain amount ot money against negro suffrage in this state
puling money into new industries.
it should have the money expended i was not ¿uc to ignorance. It was ad-
President Wilson has cause to be upon it. It is a most unsatisfactory as . herence to principle. The people, it is
thankful this Thanksgiving, and to well as unbusincss Wuy ot appropriat­ argued, are opposeil to negro suffrage
of the Federal Fifteenth
Samuel Gompers, who controlled the ing road tunus, lor >.»uuvv«.r there is in spite
labor vote and re-elected the presi­ a "string tied to n me money can, Amendment, so they registered that
on the smallest protest, be diverted opposition when the opportunity of­
dent.
and an injustice done to some locality, fered.
and the coupon if presented
Principle is one of our most zeal­
As gophers and moles arc becoming a Ins was well illustrated in the appro-
numerous again, why not provide a pi lauon lor Bayocean, .vol only was ously guarded possessions. Nobody
on or before Dec. 10, 1916.
few thousand dollars in the budget, ail tue money taken mat was appro­ has failed to observe how it stirs up
for the bounty law is still in force but priated in last year’s budget, but what righteous wrath when one has been
NOTE THE TWO Lil’S—which enable you to pour with either right
r>r left hand. Cover for this saucepan 21c Aluminum utensils are not
money was leit over irom the prev­ defrauded of a nickle. The average
lacks the funds.
‘
■ail
the same.”
REFUSE SUBSTITUTES.
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ious year was also diverted. 1ms is man cares naught for five cents. It
We do not want to butt in, but it is how the "string ’ tied to the Little is the principle of the thing.
So it is presumed that it was prin­
our opinion that the $5,000 for the •vestucca appropriation will work out
WEAR-EVER
záoÉú
1 hree Rivers road should 1 be raised it we do not miss our guess. Eor the ciple that caused the voters of Wal­
to $10,000. The road needs that information of the citizens who have lowa County for example to land on
amount of money expended upon it. been misinformed about this road, we the negro suffrage amendment with
ALUMINUM
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ALUMINUM
publish an interesting letter from H. a score of nearly two to one. Over in
Common reputation ought to be e>. Rock which throws considerable Wallowa, according to the last census
sufficient evidence that somebody is light on the situation and the reasons there is one negro woman and no
selling a whole lot of alcohol at Ne­ way the Little Nestucea road should negro men. Of course the voters of
TRADE MARK
TRADE MARK
halem, where it is easy to buy a alco­ be built. One point we want to draw Wallowa county did not fear that this
hol jag, or to be more correct—steal attention to, and that is the cost of lonely negro woman would overturn
it, foi it so plentiful up there.
building the road, which he places at the traditionally stable and intelligent
government of Wallowa county. It
$30,000.
It would not surprise us in the least
was the principle of the thing.
to hear that agitation was starle t to
Likewise Tillamook has one negro
The County Court has prepared and
WEAR-EVER' COUPON,
bond the state for $10,000,000 for published the budget of expenses for citizen and that citizen is a women.
We will accept this coupon and 69c. in pay­
road improvements, for bonds and next year, and being more intelligent­ Tillamook put her in her proper place
ment for one “Wcar-ever" 21^ quart Sarice-
pan, which sells regularly at $1.00, provided
eight hours work appear to be quite ly informed where road work is most with a vote of 1172 to 877- Sherman
you present coupon in person at store on or
popular in Oregon.
needed than anyone else, the people County, by somewhat of a coinci­
before Dec. IO. 1916. and write on the cou-
pon your name, address
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and date of pur-
of the county must, to a large extent, dence, also has one negro citizen—a
chase. Only
" ' one saucepan is to be sold to a
As we expected the country is on abide by the court’s decision as to woman. And Sherman county shoute«!
customer.
the eve of great labor troubles, \\ hat where the road fund is to be expend­ “Hooray for Principle!” and declared
Name
the outcome will be it is hard to tell, ed. It maybe that some of our citizens its opposition to her voting, in spite
Address
for the trend of events is toward a big would like to see more hard surfaced of the Federal guarantee, to the tune
strike in he near future as a result of road put down, but this should not be of 670 o 508. So it went down the line.
Hate
the Adamson law. Can President «lone at the sacrifice of roads leading
Among the 672,765 men, women and
Wilson make good and can he satisfy to the farm sections. We think we ex­ children enumerated in Oregon at the
the demands of labor?
press the sentiment of a large number last census, 1492 were negroes. Of
of our citizens when we say we want these 411 were scattere«! among 34
As we intimated last week those to see the highway through the coun­ counties. The others, 1081, lived in
who have been figuring upon obtain­ ty hard surfaced. That being conced­ Multnomah County. And Multnomah
ing state aid for road work in this ed, the most difficult problem is to County, with one-third of the popula­
county had better cut it out, for there arrange road work in the future so tion and five-sevenths of the negroes,
is little prospect of obtaining any. It that more money will be available was so lacking in principle that it
maybe that the state legislature can for hard surfacing. This can be done gave the amendment a favorable ma­
«levi.se some plan of raising money for by not starting new and costly road jority of more than 12,000. It was the
road work by placing a tax on auto­ projects and putting the roads in up-state, with one negro to every 1100
mobiles, which we think should be good shape. It is no easy matter to of population, that recognized the
done, and in that way, probably, a adjust, however, when there is such a menace of the race issue and declared
million dollars can be raised.
big demand for road improvements for principle, by jinks.
in so many places and which is ol
Principle or ignorance, or what­
With the high cost of living getting direct benefit to the citizens living ever it was that caused defeat of this
higher every week, it is becoming a in different sections of the county.
effort to expunge an inoperative
most serious matter with those who
section from the constitution, it has
have small and limited incomes. From
It depends a great deal whose ox is done more to hold the initiative and
present indications, however, when being gored. Notwithstanding that referendum up to ridicule than any­
work is scarce, the poorer class face a County Commissioner McKimens has thing that has happened since the
serious state of affairs, and as a ro­ rightly contended that he was a com­ Legislature had to rescue the salmon
suit there will be limy who will be missioner lor the whole county anil
without the common necessaries of not for the north part of the county, fisheries from the death verdict of the
sovereign electorate.—Oregonian.
life in the large cities this winter.
lie has gone on record as opposed to
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the way the road fund will be appor­
Over in Yamhill County the News tioned 'between the three road . d*»- United States Must be Military Pre­
pared.
Reporter says; "Many of the farmers tricis. He contends that $8,70 .
are opposed to a smoth hard-surface will be taken from the north part ot
pavement, asserting that they cannot tin- county and used in other parts of
Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, pastor of
draw heavy loads on a slippery pave­ the county. This looks as if Mr. Me­
Plymouth church, Brooklyn, preached
ment.’
ls ¡metis was more interested in the a startling sermon the other day. 1 he
Wouldn’t that jar you. We do not north part of the county than m tne
believe Cambill tarmers are as fool­ other two road districts, in appor­ occasion was the 150th anniversary
ish as that, after hauling over bad tioning the road fund between the celebration of the old John Street
Methodist church, and the startling
roads for so many years, it looks to
us as if the News Reporter needs a three districts, this must be taken into aspect of his discourse lay in its pro-
consideration.
The
number
ot
miles
ot
nounced trend toward the Von Mol-
little of tile good roads spirit injected
road in each district, the travel, the tke-Bcrnhardi doctrine that war is
into it.
population, and the industrial activ­ beneficial—that it is preservative of
The snap shot man is waiting anx­ ities. The north and central part ot civilization; that morals decay in
iously to know how, when and where the county have railroad facilities, periods of long peace and war firings
the V\ heeler Reporter is going to ob­ whereas tite south part of the county back religion, morals and deepened
tain five million dollars to hardsur- is without this ami have to depend on spirituality
Dr. Hillis declared that t'le United
fnee the I illamook loop. How’s it all transportation being made by way
coming, Bro.? Probably Representa­ of the county roads, which causes States, with none of the purifying in­
tive-elect Frank A. Rowe has some­ considerable wear on them. It is true fluences of warfare, is showing many
thing up his sleeve when he goes to that considerable more money is rais­ signs of a Roman luxury and degen­
Salem. 1’lcaso do hurry, for we arc all ed by taxation in the north part of eracy.
“France is holier, higher and .hap­
on the anxious seat to know who is the county than in the South part,
going to pillule up an insignificant because of the timber resources ot pier than she was two years ago, ' «le­
Ittile sum like five million dollars to that section, but when it comes to clared the speaker. “ In
I ' England
1
,"‘‘ ibe
people living in the county paying members of the house of lords anti
hard surface the Tillamook loop.
taxes, they are assessed somewhat the poor White-chapel district arc
lt is to be hoped that the Yamhill the same. Of course it is natural tor working together and finding that
County Court will sec the importance Mr. McKimens ami those living in the they arc like brothers. We arc the
of improving the Grand Ronde roail north part of the county to think that Olll>
only people
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bless-
pVVJMV who
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early next year. A large amount of all tlie roa«l money raised in that part ed. Witness the orgies wMcIi take
of
he
county
should
be
expended
money have been expended the last
place nightly, with wine and linners
two years on the Sour Grass road, there, but if they resided in the south at $25 a plate. Why, just before the
and as it is the intention of the Tilla­ part of the county they would have a holidays, when a commission report­
mook County Court to put the Three different opinion and would favor a ed that men and women in Serbia and
Rivers road from Hebo to Dolph, in more qquitable apportionment of the Armenia were starving to death, peo­
good shape, with the roail through the road maiiey which the L'ounty Court ple crowded the hotels of Broadway,
Grand Ronde, also improved, it will aimed Iq do, when it gave >o4.000 to buying wine and.paying large sums
be possible to auto from I illamook district No 1, and the same to road for dinners. They di<ln t ?vrr take
( ..unty to Yamhill County .ill times district No. 3. There are 72 miles of the trouble to st«m their Mrs to keep
of the year.
road in district No. 1 and 110 miles I from hearing the cries of those ’’li,rv"
in road district No. 3, the latter dis­ ing people over there- th« v hail be­
Here’s trouble already. 1 o decide trict producing one third oi the come so mammonized. bcitialii-.ed and
a dispute, one of our subscribers con­ cheese, manufactured in the coqnty.
commercialized.
tends that he has a perfect right to
Dr Hillis declared the war was cor-
make wine from fruit grown in his
’ rcctitig the irreligión of ' ”
France, , the
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own garden and for his own use. If
Carrying Firearms.
and 1 grossness
of Í Germany
I militarism
llliuuil 1311» <»I»X»
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our subscriber has mad«- anv bet to
and the selfishness and class excul-
that effect he had better pay it. I he
The indiscriminate carrying of sivencss of England.
prohibition law prohibits its manu­ ¿¡rearms in the L niteil Stales is re­
Th«- point th«- Spokesman-Review
facture ami sale in Oregon. I bis is sponsible for more deaths than are I desires to make is that so long as in­
• tough on those who have been in the caused by railway accidents and fluential men arc in the world to de­
e sutterings entailed
habit of making home made wine double the number caused by auto- fend war for war’s sake, th«- Ameri­ by all the wars of mankind waged
from surplus fruit, ami it does^ seem, mobiles. This is th«‘ finding of the can nation must be military prepared. have not expelled it from the minds
as our subscriber says, an infringc- census bureau, based on figures from So long as that hard doctrine, shock­ of many men.—1 he Spokesman
ment of his rights to be prevented the death registration area of the ing to many, but convincing to others, view.
from making a little home made country . This area includes about •
-g men of such
ON THE ONE HAND
wine for his own use. Yes, the sheriff percent of the naton's population, finds converts among
Sick Headache.
and unquestioned
can arrest anyone who makes home and from th«- returns it is estimated high intellectuality 1. as Dr. Newell
you
may
have your house burned over
This
«¡¡stressing disease
results
love for humanity as Dr.
mad® wine.
that last year’s deaths from fit rums Dwight Hillis, there will be arma- from a disordered
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your
head,
but on the other you
of
the
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numbered not less than 12,000. I hcsc ment in the world. There will be pur­ stomach, and can be cured by
. taking
should
have
a fire insurance policy,
Automobiles ami auto trucks arc re­
again
emphasize
the
need
of
Chamberlain’s Tablets. For
~
figures
.
sale by
sponsible for the changed conditions better regulations against th«- unre- pose if conquest. There will be ag­ Lamar’s Drug Store.
to entirely wipe out such a frightful
gressions
by
the
strong
and
fighting
in road building, for they destroy strict«'«! carrying of revolver» and
nations upon th«- weak ami the supine
loss. Now an insurance policy only
macadam roads much quicker than other weapons.
nations of the globe.
Near-sighted
Woman—The boy
wagons and buggies useii to, ami for
I
calls for a premium of a few dollars
It i- not an easy thing to overthrow that is worrying that cat ought to be
tl.at reason it is perfectly proper that
for every thousand valuation at in­
the long conviction of the ages that thrashed within an inch of his life.
they shotilil pay to help improve the
Norway and Germany.
Servant—It’s your boy ma’am.
war is not wholly a state of evil; that
roails. It is surprising the long dis­
tervals of three or five years. Dispose
Near-sighted Woman—Mv Boy!
tances automobiles travel in a year,
\\ ill Norway be moved bi the ; it ennobles nations, spiritualizes indi-
of your anxiety about your real estate
and becoming s<> numcrons make it threat of Germany to break oil i uip- i viduals. and intensifies the spirit of Tell (him that if he will stop I'll give
that much more expensive to mam loniatic relations unless she with- [brotherhood. If that conviction had him a piece of cake.
and do it now.
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tain good roads. \\ c believe that tht draws her decision conccrnin g the I been rooted out. wars long a~o would
“
My
uncle
promises
cd.
\\"ir
survives
along
with
cgi.in
have
c
to
hand
automobile owners should contribute status of submarines in Nora
„■lit convey <1 in Dr. Hillis' $S00 on condition that I don’t take a
1100,000 a ycar for road improve waters? It docs not seem pro'
[sermon the thought that "France is drink for six months.”
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mints in the state of Oregon. It 1'liere is a deep resentment at
"W hat’s the idea.”
, holler, higher ami happier than she
would !■«■ a just tax to impose, and continued sinking ot Norwegian
"Just the idea of giving me a little ,
i was." that war is correcting the mili-
would relieve those of some taxation and th«' attitude of the German
I tarism
and grossifess
of Germany.” innocent pleasure. 11« knows that
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who have had to maintain roads for «iiinunt is calculated to in<
CALL ON US.
WRITE US
the benefit of those who own autos. rah er than diminish it. Moreover, the T|lc thought may be ! fallacious and will enjoy a drink that costs me $600,’
Editorial Snap Shots
69c
TpEJ” Replace utensils that wear
OUT with utensils that
“WEAR-EVER.”
Clip the Coupon
Get Your
Saucepan To-day !
King &
Smith Co
FIRE ! FIRE ! FIRE I ! I
ROLLIE W. WATSON,
The Insurance Man.”
NATIONAL BUILDING, TILLAMOOK, ORE
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