ADVERTISING RATES. Legal Advertisements. First Insertion per line ............. Each subsequent insertion, line. Business and Professional cards one month....................................... Locals per line each insertion... Display advertisements, an inch and Lodge Notices, per line . All Resolutions of Condolence one month..................................... Billy Í respect* log wo Cuas 1« plane Registe Th« r cril 11 tc igant both r livery Even j: impr I mail' ' cans, the j oner honi hom thcr New O8> Pierce run th Cover» o It. r 01 object the p< «»pen Sttem oom ii it 1H e or in X’ inak* antli later I .10 •05 1.00 OS 05 .50 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. ------ 0------ 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 ? ------ o------ 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 . ------ o — 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- \ 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. ----- o '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 .... 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 I such delay and confusion as had in I surances that the legislation would be i 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. ------ o------ 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. ------ o------ 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. ----- o----- und keeps it (thOWLSG. 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. li ri ft TURI ETER’’ is one 11. T. Botts, ut-I.aw 6t ugm m.- unca.ai v. 3uUiza.iuu which j.anu »..UF a uauacf -tedieu A liu .v,y AditillV U i IlelVC *ica.u va buuid mtvou tu.ig duUilloii- •xi uutajs uiiu turn vur u.vpuriencus in- LU UiUl iUjl lllUliUli. tUlU UUii3ld.lt CUll- xulCuuu Wl.ll LIK OUllW) ol Hal 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. 1 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. I 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. TILLAMOOK ORE g K .<x" 1 Fl . 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.. * 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 —. 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'** I I j I I