TILLAMOOK vair draft is plea FA OF GENERAL WHITE ------ o—■— at Convention are Told to b Avoid Allowing "PuU’ to In- fluence Them. ’ evemngnCe,nent CX"ciies rhufsd>y in SandHLaU}°'nO< *1C! W"C COUn‘'d in Sandlake last Sunday. It was only two years ago that people thought a All» r dn"°l °VCr th,‘ "’Obtain. A*'« ft Brown went to State Grange at Astona and will also visit his son near Oregon City. Frank Brown is visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Albert Brown. HEADLIGHT, JNUE 21, twenty years ago that hair was the The old man gave a sigh. 1 alking has always been my ruin.” he said. 1917, NEWS OF INTEREST I wo sentimental college youths George A. White, Adjutant General were discussing the quality of a girl ¡the Oregon National Guard, in- they would choose as a life compan­ Important Occurrences of Past tamed Sheriffs of the state, at the ion. 1 he more sentimental asked: sheriffs’ convention in the courthouse W hich kind of a girl do you prefer, Week Briefly Compiled for ,hat in recognition of their good the one who can walk and walk and walk without ever having to stop and work in handling the war census. Notice of Intention to Improve Our Readers. Governor Withycombe has confirmed rest, or the girl who has to stop every Street in Tillamook City. recommendations that county regis­ now and then in a shady place by the -—o----- North Yakima's quota of liberty tration boards shall pass on exemp­ Notice is hereby given to all whom roadside?” "I like the girl,” said the tions from military service when se­ it may concern that the Common more conservative youth, “who can bonds was oversubscribed »52,000. lective conscription begins in Oregon. Council of Tillamook City, Oregon walk and walk and walk without ever Military events will be featured in The county registration boards are did, on the 20th day of June, 20, 1917 having to stop and rest, but who pre­ Vancouver's Fourth of July celebra- composed in each county of the adopt a resolution for the improve­ fers to pause by the wayside every tion. Sheriff, the County Clerk and the ment of a street, in words, yetters and now and then.” This season's wheat crop will be County Physician. In Portland, as a figures as follows, to-wit: city of more than 30,000 population Resolution and Notice of Intention to In a patriotic rally in a Puget the largest ever known in Franklin there arc nine additional district 1 Improve a Certain Street in Tilla­ Sound City recently a mixed audience county. boards, serving under a central city was in attendance, when one of the Lumber camps in Kittitas county mook City, Oregon. registration board. Be it resolved, That the Common speakers, pausing for a moment to let are all working despite the strike of Conscription Must be Fair. the effect of his words sink in, lower ­ Council of Tillamook Citv, Oregon In an address to the sherifft, Gen­ deems it expedient and hereby de­ ed his tone and asked impressively I. W. W. Seattle's subscriptions to the liberty eral White also emphasized the abso- ( clares its intention to improve the but quietly: “What can be more sad lute necessity of keeping politics out following street in said city, to-wit: than a man without a country?” “A loan totaled »9.083,800. The appor­ of the work of the boards in passing Miller Avenue from the South side country without a man.” replied a tionment was »8,200,000. on ‘ claims ------ 1 for exemption. 1 of Third Street to the north side of hard-featured, unmarried lady in the The Lincoln county treasurer's ot­ He declared that there must be no Fifth Street bv establishing the grade audience. fice collected taxes amounting to ■ o — ■ •‘playing laving ball ball ” with politicians in car- : of of said s:lid street, str,.pt by Kv grading „rn,i;„„ the same to »103,908 during April and May. tying out the provisions of the con- 1 proper grade, by rolling the roadway The lady had sung frequently, and Washington state college graduated scription law, and that no more con- thereof, and by laying thereon a con­ was doing it again. One of the guests sideration was to be shown the man crete roadway 24 feet in width, and 6 turned to a meek looking little man a class of 159 students at the 21st of wealth and influence than the inches in thickness, and by building sitting at her side and said: annual commencement exercises. butcher boy and ditch digger. “How awful! Who can she be?” curbs, catchc basins and laving drain With seasonable weather from now "The working cut of the draft in j pipes together with inlets and con­ "That”, replied the man addressed, on, prospects for a big wheat crop In Oregon must be kept entirely free of structing laterals for sewer connec­ “is my wife”. the contamination of politics and spe­ tions, and making provisions for the "Hh, I b-beg vour pardon!” stutter­ the Spokane territory will be excel- cial privilege,” said General White. necessary surface drainage of said ed the other. “She’s really a—I know lent. "I need not tell you that there is a street, with all the appurtenances she'd sing beautifully if she made a More than $2000 In prizes was considerable element, if not a class, thereto. better selection of her music. Who do awarded at the Thirteenth annual in our population which forever seeks I All of said improvements to be you suppose wrote that song?’ horse show held in Waitsburg last special dispensations of public offi­ made in accordance with the charter, "J am the author of that song,” re­ week. cials. And the official who has the ¡ resolutions and ordinances of Tilla- plied the meek looking little man. Spokane's subscription io the Liber­ courage of honest convictions and re­ | mook City, and in accordance with ty loan of 1917 is approximately $3,- fuses to yield if forever thereafter the plans and specifications and Notice of Sheriff's Sale. made the target for the bitter dis­ estimates of work thereof made and 560,000, or »20,000 in excess of its pleasures of those whom he has not prepared by the City Engineer of Notice is hereby given: That pur­ quota. aided in their unholy designs. Tillamook City, and filed in the office suant to a writ of execution issued Seven hundred workers, mostly Official Duty Difficult. of the City Recorder of said city. All out of the Circuit Court of the State “1 realize only too well the difficul­ I of said improvements to be made at of Oregon, for the County of Tilla­ women and girls, in 20 large Seattle ties placed in the way of the official I the expense of the property, and all mook, dated the 19th day of June, laundries, struck for a general in­ who will not ‘play ball’ as it is called. 1 thereof adjacent thereto and especial- 1 by »ny one man for wheat and other foodstuffs The "*■ school is planning on a beach and again -hat the best kind I j Th|R p|aT OT1 'Ll r-«'"' asked what aumoroua. however, majority of the appli- ations are Mcnlc the 22nd which the whole totton. ” said John. “ ‘Cotton Cotton' j , nn|y tf,p tabasco sauce to the meat big i was. "C -------- _ ■tainunity expects to take part in. agricultural and graalng lands. for “Why you told me thought. 'ere will be a short program for the patron cried. Rable» has caused livestock losses of $6o,uu0 in the state of Washington this year according to E. F. Benson, state commissioner of agriculture. To make a detailed study of the best measures for protection against forest fires, the standardization com­ Wilson Instructs Hoover to mittee appointed at the 1916 annual conference of the Western Forestry Immediately Organize for and Conservation association met in Food Conservation. Spokane June 19. Because the Yakima county com- Washington. — Congress’ delay in .missloners allowed the county horti­ cultural department only about halt passing the administration's food bills the appropriation this year Inspector drew from President Wilson an order De Sellem announced that he will ! directing Herbert C. Hoover to pro­ discharge four of his seven deputy in­ ceed immediately with organization of the new food administration Insofar spectors August 1. County Engineer Cramer, of Cow­ as it contemplates food conservation litz county, has established a camp and elimination of waste through tlie on the Toutle river and rtarted work co-operation of volunteer forces. "While it would in many ways bo on an extension of the Coal Bank road, the terminus of which will be desirable to await complete legisla­ St. Helens, Wash., a distance of 13 tion establishing the food administra­ tion." the president wrote, "it appears miles from Kalama. That the county agricultural agents to me that so far as volunteer effort in all parts of the state are taking a C3n be assembled we should wait no prominent part in the food conserva­ longer." Plans for enlisting every housewife tion campaign is indicated by reports made by the agents who were in Pu'l- in the country as a volunteer mem­ man last week in conference with ber of the food administration have been announced by Mr. Hoover, who state college officials. Dr. Henry Suzzallo, president of the plans to reach the women through the University of Washington, in the Cen­ state defense councils and through tralia high school auditorium deliv­ various women's organizations. Ev­ ered an address on Red Cross work. ery woman will be taught how to save Dr. Suzzallo came to arouse iuterest food in the kitchen and how to pur­ in the campaign to be waged to raise chase for her family. President Wilson's insistence that $8000 for Red Cross activities. Governor Lister appointed the fol­ the food bills be speeded up caused lowing members of the state board of the senate to put the food control bill mining inspectors, created by the new next on the calendar and taken up mining code: D. R. Swem, a mining Monday when the house also began engineer, Tacoma; B. H. Johnston, a debate on the bill. The measure was mine operator, Centralia; Feter Boose, reported to the senate without recom­ mendation. a working miner, Black Diamond. Food and fuel pirates can have lit­ Lake Union, a large fresh water body in Seattle, became part of the tle comfort from the temper of con­ harbor by the completion of a bridge gress. There are many differences on across the Lake Washington ship the details of food control legislation, canal. Any merchant vessel iu the but it is evident that the law will go world may now enter the lake by use far enough to make the regulation ef­ of the government canal from Puget fective, even if It stops short of the fixing of maximum prices. Sound. The senate has passed one bill for The work of grading and surfacing three miles of the Pacific highway a comprehensive food survey, which four miles east, of Ridgefield, com­ will enable the authorities to know at mencing at a point south of La Center, all times what supplies are in reserve will be started just as soon as the and who holds them. It has passed federal government approves the pro­ another, granting authority for regu­ ject as a postal road, under the fed­ lation of railroad traffic, so that prior­ ity may be given to shtpmenta In the eral aid law. The Snohomish Valley Cow Test­ manner directed by the government. The house has also made a start on » ing association finished the year's work with a splendid record for the this legislation and the main elementa twelfth testing month. During the are defined. The government is go­ last month the association report, ing to know what supply of food ex­ shows 16 cows having made more ists, whsre it ts needed, how much ' than 50 pounds of butter fat and 32 is in storage and what a fair price cows having produced between 41) and will be. With full power to deal with speculation and hoarding, the power 50 pounds. The home guards of north centra! to fix the selling prices may not be Washington perfected the organiza needed. tion of .a regiment, when the officers of a number of companies in the val­ ley met at Wenatchee. The following towns were represented: Twisp, Omak, Okanogan, Brewster, Cash- mere, Ephrata, Wenatchee, Withrow and Winthrop. Washington.—Secretary McAdoo an­ The grand chapter of the Washing­ nounced that no part of the great over ton order of the Eastern Star elected subscription to the liberty loan would Mrs. Lizzie McCormack, of Tacoma, bo accepted, and that his statement grand matron; P. D. Babcock, of Yak­ of May 10, in which he declared that ima, grand patron; Mrs. Rosella Dur­ the Issue would be limited to $2,000,- rant, of Snohomish, associate grand 000,000 stood good. matron, and reelected Mrs. Vesta Mr. McAdoo's announcement will Schoff grand secretary anil Mrs Ilada result In paring down hundreds of the Uphus grand tresurer. larger subscriptions until the total Announcement of changes in the reaches the $2,000,000,000 limit. administrative policy of ¡he state col­ The American people responded to lege at Pullman, was made by Presi­ the government's call for funds to fi­ dent E. O. Holland at the conclusion nance the war with an over subscrip­ of the commencement exercises last tion to the »2,000,000,000 liberty loan week. Recommendations made by of proportions so huge that officials President Holland, advising reorgani­ were burled beneath a landslide of zation of the college into "colleges" returns. In the country's ringing an­ and "schools," were adopted by the swer to the call, the dominant note board of regents. The reorganization was the voice of the small investor. will be along the lines of the -ystem The hope for a widespread response in vogue quite generally among the of the average man with the average other land grant colleges and univer income was more that? realized. The sities throughout the country. subscriptions, It is believed. will Attorney-General William V. Tan reach the total of $2,862,600,000. ner has ruled that after July 1, under the so-called Reed amendment, only druggists may obtain permits to ini WAR BUDGET SIGNED port liquor into the state, and for medicinal purposes alone. No indi­ Appropriates $3,140,000,000, the Great­ est Sum Ivor Voted at One Time. viduals will be able to get permits for personal use after that date. The at­ Washington. — The $3,340,000,000 torney general also declared that war budget, long delayed by congress county officials were justified in ac- on technicalities, became law when cepting the recent ruling of the secre- President Wilson affixed bla signature tary of the state that the state "bono to the meaaitre. dry" law was susnended pending a The war budget, known as the ur­ final count of the signatures on peti­ gent deficiency bill, appropriates the tions asking for a refer indum vote greatest sum ever voted in a lump by on the measure. any legislative body. Its appropria­ The governor has appointed the fol­ tions total a sum far greater than the lowing members of the state oouncil total coot of any war tn which the of defense, who will serve without United Stat«» has heretofore engaged. pay and pay their own expenses in at The principal appropriations are for tending meetings Food supply and putting the army and navy in fighting conservation, Charles Hebbard, Spo­ trim. kane; labor, E. P. Marsh, Everett; The most important, »ingle provi­ farm labor, A. L. Rogers. Waterville, sion nt the measure io the appropria­ shipbuilding. C. J Lord, Olympia, tion of $750.0*8),009 for the construc­ transportation. George Donald, North tion of an American mershant marine Yakima, lumber. Everett G. Drugs to carry food and munitions to the Tacoma: home defense, W. A. Peters. entente allies. The delay In making Seattle; manufacturing, J T Helfer •' ■ -uonev available threatened for nan, Seattle; fisheries, W A. Low ■* -rt nisly to delay the building man. Anacortes; women's wors, Mrs r >od fleet" under the direction J. S McKee, Hoquiam, publicity, J. of G i'.il Goethala and the shipping G. Kelley. Walla Walla, aviation, W board. E. Boeing. Beattie, sanitation and med New Peas« Offer Made to Russia. Icine, Dr E. C. Wheeler, Tacoma; law Htwkh**!m. via London Th« Social and finance. E. 8. McCord, Seattle, coordination of societies and educa Demokraten says Germany has made tlonal Institutions. Dr Henry Sussal an offer of peace to Russia through a member of the Swiss federal oouncil. to. Healtlw. FOOD LEGISLATION WILL BE RUSHED LIBERTY LOAN IS OVERSUBSCRIBED U