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THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT.
F. C. BAKER, Publisher.
Editorial Snap Shots
And still they come. Stale Senator
ilusión has thrown his hat into the
senatorial fight.
To those who have political bees
buzzing ill their bonnets, now is the
time to tell the good people all their
gooJ trails 01 character—and not to
mention the bad.
Over in Forest Grove three of the
large religious organizations have
agreed to co-operate and run only
one church during the war. That is
good horse sense as well as business
sense.
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S« n.-tor Chamberlain who posed at
one time as a Roosevelt Democrat, is
now up against the real thing. The
president won’t stand for that kind of
illegitimate breed in the Democratic
party.
Probably there would have been
less pro-Germans in the United States
had they been able to return to Ger
many at the outbreak of the war.
They were unable to do so for fear
that the British would capture them,
so they remained in this country and
have been carrying on a war in this
country.
Every young man who is convict-
cd of crime should not be sent to the
pcniiintiary. They sbouid be compell
ed 10 join the army or navy, for there
is such a thing as young men who
want to avoid military or naval ser
vice preferring to go to the peniten
tiary. The way to fool them would be
sentence them to enlistment for a
number of years in the army or navy.
It is not surprising that citizens of
the United Slat.s look with consider-
able suspicion upon those who takc
German language newspapers and the
German spy system go hand-in-hand
and both are a menace to the country.
No wonder, thin, that German lan
guage newspapers in this country arc
looked up on with contempt so much
so >hat they will be prohibited in fu
ture.
’ Bro. Trombley has fallen into such
a slow poke system that he is liable
to be publishing the Democratic or
gan on Sunday, if he gets much slow
er. But here is the funny part. We
heard a person say last week that
Bro. Trombley was simply publishing
a second edition of the Headlight, for
the reason it is made up of so much
matter that have already appeared in
the Headlight: How about that Bro.
Trombley ?
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The best kind and most sensible and
economical Hooverizing the people
of Tillamook county can do is to
agitate for a hard surfaced road from
one end of the county to the other.
With the Grand Rondc road put in
good shape, which will be done by
Yamhill county and the State High
way Commission this year, all parts
of Tillamook county could auto to
Portland : nd the W illamette V alley
at all seasons of the year .
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The income tax man is in town do
ing a “drive” along income tax lines,
and it is well for those who have to
pony up tj
take particular notice.
Every person, or a head of family
with a net income of $2,000 annually
must pay a tax, and single per. or.»,
with a:, in.-ome of $1,000 per annum,
must uc . 0 as well. Ihore w ho arc in
The people of Tillamook County
are making a great mist, ke by not
bonding. In n.H doing so it is liable
to lose state aid for hardsurfacing the
additional Is miles of county road in
the south part of ti e county. Those
who travel over the road in ihc winter
bi tween Cloverdale ami
I illamook
know what they are up against at this
time of year. But that is not all, there
is a big maintenance charge every
year to keep the road up, which
would be eliminated as soon as it is
bard surfaced.
There is one good thing about Red
Cross work. Persons of all classes,
religious beliefs and political faith,
arc wot king together for a good
cause, all being inspired with the idea
of doing commendable work, and co
operating in a friendly spirit, 1 hat is
the right community spirit for we do
not all think alike on matters of re
ligion, politics and social amusements.
But In the women getting together
on a common platform, it is more
than probable that gelling together in
Red Cross work will bring about a
belter feeling between all classes and
all denominations.
The business men of this city arc
not taking the interest in the propos-
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CHAMBERLAIN AT OUTS.
Senator Accuses Government ol
Inaction and Ineffectiveness-
Is Untrue Says President.
Most of our citizens will remember
how a few of the timber men oppos
ed the bui.ding of the Bayoccan road,
and by manoeuvering and silly agita
tion and a fcw narrow minded per
sons, the building of that road was
delayed for years, The delay in build
ing the road hampered the new ship
building plant, but it is now one of
the most important roads in the cou.i-
ty and from what we can gather the
people of the county are not going to
stand any more delays. Ii is to the
benefit of the timber owners to have
a shipbuilding plant in Tillamook, but
how a few of them did howl and
knock and bellyache about the Bay-
oc'.-an road. The Headlight expects
that in a comparatively short time
other industries will locate some
where along the Bayocean road and
as it is new industries that are wanted
they should be given every considera
tion.
We are sorry that President Wilson
and Senator Chamberlain have quar
relled and arc tit loggerheads, for this
is no time to be engaged in personal
scraps.. There is no doubt whatever,
that a little more punch and energy
is needed in the prosecution of the
war, and when an effort is made to do
so, the President should not get
peeved, for that is what happened
when he put the lid on Senator Cham
berlain and knocked the skids from
under his bill to provide one-man
control of munitions and supplies.
Hell generally pops when Democrats
get into a scrap, but it is no time for
either Democrats or Republicans to
get into a scrap, even if the Wilson
administration did put a lot of Dem
ocratic politicians into office and at
the head of something they knew
nothing about, instead of men of
practical ability and intelligence, ig-
noring Republicans who had the
ability to push things.
The management of the
Gem
Theatre is deserving of a word of
commendation. When it was known
that the Women’s Civic Improvement
League haJ failed to secure the film
for the performance in behalf of the
Red Cross, Messrs. Partridge and
Morrison made the magnanimous of
fer that they would give half of the
proceeds of Monday's performance to
the Red Cross. The result was a good
ly sum for that organization. When
ever anything of a patriotic or phil
anthropic nature have come up, Mes
srs. Partridge and Morrison have
shown a lively interest and willing
ness to help out, and they arc entitled
to considerable credjt from the peo
ple of this city and county. They
have a nice place of amusement, fire
proof, and up-to-date, and they are
not oniy giving clean entertainments,
but arc putting on some of the latest
and popular photo plays, which cost
more money to obtain than a few
years ago. We want to thank Messrs
Partridge and Morrison for their as
sistance in the Red Cross work and
their public spiritedness in giving half
their receipts last Monday evening.
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'The snap shot man is going to put
on another stunt, and we want every
body to get highly interested. It is a
garden truck stunt, but what we want
is that every family in Tillamook
county to raise sufficient vegetables
the coming summer to last through
the winter. It will take time and
probably a stiff back quite often, yet
for al) that raising garden truck will
not only help conserve food, but it
saves considerable money in a vear.
Those who buy vegetables the whole
year know that it takes quite a good
ly sum of money to pay for them.
Mos; of the families in the county
could have three kinds of vegetables
every day the whole year for dinner
if they would raise more garden truck.
The automobile craze
may have
something to do with a family not
raising sufficient vegetables, it being
the custom to go joy riding instead of
attending to the garden. However, we
want everybody in Tillamook county
to become interested in raising lug,
whopper gardens this summer. Those
who do so will not only be engaged
in a healthy occupation but profitable
as well, and if necessary cut out some
of the auto rides to raise the garden.
Washington, Jan. 21.—All doubt as
to President W ilson’s view ol pio-
i-osals m Congress for rcoigamzaiton
ol tin uowrnmcnl s warmakiug ma
chinery was swept away tonight by a
statement in which the President said
lhe War Department had accomplish
ed a task ol unparalleled magnitude
and dnnculiy wnu extraordinary prom
ptn. s and citicicncy, denounced the
Congressional war investigation and
declared that reorganization by leg
islation was proposed after effective
measures 01 reorganization had been
perfected.
Verification Sought on Phone
The President’s statement was is
sued as a result of a speech in New
fork Saturday by Senator Chamber-
lain, chairman of the Senate milita*.
committee, and after he had asked
the Senator on the telephone whether
he had been correctley quoted.
Senator Chamberlain’s reference to
"inaction and ineffectiveness of the
Government” the
President flatly
called an “astonishing and absolutely
unjustifiable distortion of the truth.”
He said he regarded Secretary
Baker as one of the ablest public of-
ficials he had ever met.
Struggle to Collapse.
In the statement most observers at
the Capitol saw the collapse of whai
promised to be a historical struggle.
Senator Chamberlain, whose commit
tee had framed bills to create a war
council all powerful under the Presi
dent and to provide one-man control
of munitions and supplies, declared he
would continue to fight in spite of
Presidential opposition.
It was rather generally conleded,
however, that the measures would
have but little chance in the Senate
and probably none at all in the House.
Senator Chamberlain made a state
ment in reply to the President, say
ing he spoke extemporaneously in
New York and that his criticisms
were directed at the wai department
only and not at other branches of the
government.
Astonishing, Says Wilson.
President Wilson's statement fol-
lows:
"Senator Chamberlain’s statement
as to the present inaction and inef
fectiveness of the Government is an
astonishing and absolutely unjustifi
able distortion of the truth.
"As a matter of fact, the War De
partment has performed a task of un- 1
Conscience Dictates Followed
paralleled magnitude and difficulty I “1 regret very much that the Admin
with extraordinary promptness and istration is
not with me. But I am
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efficiency.
[ acting under my oath and will have
“There have been delays and disap the approval of my own conscience
pointments and partial miscarriages even if not of the Administration.
of plans, all of which have been drawn
“The people arc entitled to be let
into the foreground and exaggerated into the committee's confidence, If
by the investigations which drew in the people don’t want it, that will be
dispensable officials of the depart all right. It’s their war.”
ment constantly
away from their
Early today' word that tlje President
work and officers from their com opposed the war council plan was
mands and contributed a great deal to conveyed to the Capitol, with the as
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such delay and confusion as had in I surances that the legislation would be
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evitably arisen.
1 fought to a finish.
No Mistake Repeated.
Among others, Representative Dent,
"But by comparison with what has chairman of the House military com
been accomplished, these things, much mittee, and Representative Kahn,
as they were to be regretted, were in ranking Republican member, were cal
significant, and no mistake has been lers at the White House and learned
made which has been repeated.
of the President’s attitude.
"Nothing helpful Or likely to speed
The president had a conference to
or facilitate the war tasks of the night with Senator Martin, Demo-
Government has come out of such j cratic floor leader, several other sen-
criticism and investigation.
[ ators and gave them his opinion about
"I understand that reorganizations the Senate committee’s bill. It is un-
by legislation are to be proposed—1 : derstood there was a general discus-
have not been consulted about them, I sion of the congressional investiga-
and have learned of them only at sec i tions and criticisms of the executive
ond hand—but their proposal came | departments.
after effective measures of reorgani I Chairman Chamberlain said tonight
zation had been thoughtfully and ma ! that he would like for the measures
turely perfected, and inasmuch as to lie over for several days until their
these measures have been the result /-ovisions and design became bitter
of experience, they are much more 1 understood. Hearings on the com-
likely than any other to be effective, ' ' mittee’s investigation will be resum
if the Congress will but remove the 1 ed tomorrow.
First Class Job Printing
at the Headlight Office
Pre»
Attorney
John Leland Henderson. Sec
retary
Treas., Attorney at-
I.aw and Notrary Public.
Tillamook Title and
Abstract Co.
Abstract«. Real Fatate.
Insurance.
Both Phones.
TILLAMOOK—ORK< ION.
W 111 I
account for it is convenient in
services and stronu in foundatioi
DIRECTORS
TheHrst National Ban fc
Dear Sir.—This will serve to thank
you for the fire report of 1 illamook
City for the year 1917, which was read
with interest. You are to be congrat
ulated on getting off with five alarms.
Naturally,, the companies must get
very good results in agcrage years
from smaller towns where but little
or no serious trouble have occurred
when conflagrations occur. We be
lieve that is a fact that Tillamook,
however, has had a very favorable
record for a long period, without a
break, and we hope that this record
will continue.
Yours truly,
Herbert Folger,
Asst. General Agent.
"Fire Association of Philadelphia.”
San Francisco, Jan. 14th, 1918.
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My Dear Mr. Watson—I am this
morning in receipt of report of Fire
Department of your city for the year
1917, and wish to heartily congratu
late the department on the very ex
cellent showing they have made; one
of which they should be justly proud
of. The small number of fires in your
city shows conclusively the splendid
moral hazard that obtains there as
well as the care maintained by the
people in safeguarding against fire.
With kind personal regards and best
wishes, beg to remain, yours very
truly,
F. M. Avery, Mgr.
‘Royal Insurance Company Ltd.”
San Francisco, Jan. 16. 1918.
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My Dear Mr. Watson:—We arc in
receipt of your unique postal setting
forth your excellent establishment
and may say that this is so realistic
that it has, figuratively
speaking
brought us to your front door, and we
salute you.
Your Fire President’s report on the
fires of 'Tillamook city for 1917 is al-
so at hand and we congratulate you
on your immunity from fires and
trust that the record for 1918 and,
for that matter, or all time to come
may be equally as good, although
that perhaps is more than we could
reasonably hopefor. We have always
found that the law of average asserts
itself and such we anticipate will al-
so apply in the case of your lovely
community. We have had a very good
year; in fact, we believe that all
other companies quite generally fared
likewise.
Yours sincerely,
H. R. Burke, Ass, Manager.
"Honover Fire Insurance Co.”
New York, Jan. 15, 18.
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The
is a good place to earrv either
Hunn, Farmer.
Heiscl. Farmer.
J. Edwards. M#r. C. Power Co. J. C. Holden. I’ice Pres.
C. Lamb, Duilding Materials. John Morgan. Farmer.
IF.
Riechers. Cashier.
1 illamook
the Editor ot
Headigiht,
Dear Sir;—Words of praise or com
mendation are - .sei lorn given, at this
time that 1 w'ould lik
to make
through the columns of y ur paper a
few remarks in regard to the excell
ent service nndertU by l ie members
of the 1 illamook \ oluntcvr hire De
partment In tile report made by the
President of the Company, Mi. 1 hos.
Coates, in the last issue 01 the Head
light this was so gratifying to the
writer that 1 caused a number of
copies to be mailed to lhe different
fire companies with which 1 am asso
ciated, as well also as a copy to lhe
Oregon Insurance Rating Bureau,
which has brought forth the follow
ing commendatory letters:
“Alliance Insurance Company.”
San Francisco, Cal. Jan. 15, 18.
Dear Sir:—We are very much ob
liged to you for handing us .. copy of
the report of the Fire Department of
Tillamook City for the year 1017.
This reflects not only much credit
upon your citizenship, whose civic
pride and public spirit is of course
responsible for the efficiency of the
Fire Department, but it also indicates
that your insurance agents must use
considerable care in the selection of
their risks, being careful to see that
everything is in order before placing
policies on the various risks.
Trusting that your losses for the
year upon which we are now entering
will be as light as that of last year,
and with kind regards we beg to re
main, Yours very truly,
McClure Kelly, Asst. Mgr.
"Great American Ins. Co.”
New York, Jan. 14th, 1918.
To
Dear Sir—We have copy of fire
report for Tillamook City and your
Fire Departi .ent and city authorities,
as well as citizens, arc to be congrat
ulated upon so favorable a record,
especially in view of the considerable
percentage of frame constructions
and which contain such potential con
flagration hazards, May this good
record continue, and we believe it
will so long as your department is
maintained upon the high plane of
efficiency which has existed in the
past.
The writer recalls a very interesting
and pleasant experience with you on
the occasion of the Fire Department’s
annual dinner several years ago,
hence fell somewhat of an authority
in speaking of your organization.
With kind personal regards to all
the boys, and trusting that the new
year holds much pleasure for you
and yours, we are.
Yours very truly,
Win. Deans, Gen. Mgr.
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nuvu i.iugiu inc io lu^aru nun as one
ui lite djn.3 public uiiiuicub a nave
ever known, i nu counirj win juun
icarn w nether lie ur his critics under
stand tiic uusiness m UaliU.
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lu aud, as bcnaior Chamberlain
did, that mere is ineincieucy 111 every
department and bureau ut tile Gov
ernment is lu snow such ignorance ul
'actual conditions as to make 11 1111-
i possible lu attach any importance to
inis statement.
“1 am bound to inter that that state
ment sprang out of opposition to the
Administrations whole policy rather
than out of any serious intention to
reform its prfacticc.”
Senator Chamberlain said:
"In my New York speech I had not
prepared the address and spoke 20
minutes extemporaneously
without
notes. 1 pointed out that from Bunker
Hill to the present time we had had
no military organization or policy.
“The press report of my address
was correct. But my argument was
directed to the military establishment
and not to other departments of the
Government, although it was broad
enough to be subject to that interpre
tation.
"But those hearing it knew I refer
red merely to the military establish-
ment and that the Senate military
committee had undertaken through
the bills for a war cabinet and a di-
rector of munitions to work out
changes in the establishment.
“1 explained that these bills were
not Administration measures, 1 did
not misrepresent them.
“Secretary Baker’s efforts to better
his organization have my utmost ap
proval. He has made much improve
ment. But inherent weakness of his
organization is that nobody between
the Army and the President has legal
authority.
"There is the Council of National
Defense, the War Industries Board
and the
clearance committee—all
purely voluntary organizations—be
tween the President ami the Army.
"The war cabinet and director of
mutions would be created by law with
definite legal powers and dutiv s, re- .
spcctively, to lay out and direct war
policies and to have charge of war
supplies. By this plan we would sub-
stilute a strong for the only weak link
in the chain of organization.
The PRESIDENT AND SENATOR -cw »tatu.u'ry ubsuciti
e l boat service to this city they
should be, so we want to impr - up
on their minds that they louhl do so.
It is along the line of development,
and anything that will help lhe busi
ness life and activities 01 'I il. un >ok
City should have their support, es
pecially ...■> it is a question >f Hoover
izing on freight charges, lor it is
claimed that a beat service will mean
a reduction of 20 per cent. Anyway it
would be a good idea to give the boat
a tri.il for several months, and this is
what we would recommend that the
business msn do with tin. i-ioj sition.
Tillamook needs rail'oai’. . ervice and
it is a good thing to have boat service
as well.
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of Brick and Stone. All Fire
Places absolutely guaranteed
not to smoke or money re
funded.
Brick work of all kinds done
on short notice.
We make a specialty of re
pairing smoking Fire Places.
E.
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ROBERT N. STANFIELD
of Stanfield, Umatilla County
Republican
States
candidate
Senator from
for
United
Oregon.
The
man who believes in the development
of Oregon’s opportunities.
If you have not received complete
copy of
my principle
write
me at
Stanfield.
R. N. Stanfield
THE RIFLE BARREL
Making It P»rf»ctly Straight Is a Dal«
icate Operation.
Following the reaming operation in
rifle manufacture, which leaves the
bore of the barrel smooth and polished,
comes one of the most delicate and ex-
acting operations in gunniuking. that
of straightening the interior of the bar
rel. In straightening a barrel every
thing depends on the skill and experi
ence of the operator, for. although ma
chines have been devised to perform
this difficult work, they still require
skilled men to operate them, and they
cannot turn out as much work as Is
done by hand by the old method that
has been practiced for years a ad which
can only be acquired by loug experience.
The straightening block has a heavy
base, on which are fixed two hardened
bars of steel set a short distance apart
and at an angle with one another. A
north window is necessary, where a
steady, unobstructed light is had. and
the upper half of this window usnally
has a large pane of tine ground glass.
Across this glass at about the middle
is fixed a straightedge of wood. Ths
operator places a barrel on a rest and
looks through it at the straightedge on
the window, observing the shadow cast
by the edge on the polished interior of
the bore.
This shadow extends about halfway
down the bore, and if the latter la per-
fectly straight the shadow ahowg two
straight dark lines, one on either side
of the bore and slightly below its een-
ter. if. however, there is a crook io
the bore the tinea of the shadow di
verge from a straight line and zigxat
in various directions as the operator re
volves the barrel by hand. This indi
cates that there are crooks in the bar
rel. To correctly observe these delicate
indications requires unusually perfect
sight, and to locate the point and na
ture of the crook is a matter of long
experience and Judgment.
When the operator has located a
crook he laya the barrel across the bars
of his straightening block with the high
point of the curve uppermost and
strikes it with a heavy hammer mad«of
copper or babbit metal, and great Judg
ment is necessary to know just how
hard to strike to remove the crook. This
process of observation and straights»*
ing is repeated until the two shadow
lines are perfectly true for one-half of
the length of the barrel and then is re-
peated for the other half, observation»
being taken from the opposite end.
Another method of straigb’ening
»sometimes practiced Is by placing in
the muzzle of the gun a lens covered
with cement, in which a circle 1»
scratched. On looking through the bar
rel with a suitable light a series of
rings appears in the bore, and ths
slightest lack of concentricity of these
rings indicates a defect. This is said
to lie an extremely delicate test.—Sci
entific American.
Wan by His Cool Head.
“One day." says a writer In Munsey*
Magazine, "when II P. Davidson
the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co..
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teller in the Astor Place bunk, a <r»nlt
presented a draft for >1.0*10 and y<>' "t
Davidson looked tip to see a pistol
pointed at him. He smiled and cotn-
mencetl to read the face of the draft
“ ‘Astor Place bank Pay tn the order
of Almighty God the sum 01 JI"110
when presenter) liy Charles Fri-mnir
“Do yon WHiit it ii> dimes;
I Davidson In a very loud voice and he
gtm to count the money
I’ll"
„a, whose attention h.'l
bank's policeman,
by tur lfl'
been called to the
t.._ situation
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Icrs loud utterance, seized the h«ir
crazy man from behind, The teller1
level lieadedness and nerve saved bis
life, doubtless.
How Parchment Got It»
Ite Name.
The Greeks of Tergamus are said w
have first prepared parchment fro
the skins of the goat or sheep Thy
were curried, deprived of all fat. th*“"
nod uniformly by the knife, dyed
whitened and finally rubbed down *'
) iinilee stoue to a smooth ami wen su
face. Called pergamenum ftonl
city of Its origiu. the new material
HUM parchcmin in archaic French
I archmeut lu the English tons'**
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