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TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. MABCH 20. 191» CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ORGANIZED The Usefulness of This Bank = people do not realize the many S OME different ways in which this bank can serve them. It is unusually well equip ped to furnish valuable information and advice on financial and business matters. Our customers have often been able to avoid serious losses by making use of our access to first hand business information. Our membership in the Federal Re serve Banking System gives us special facilities for meeting the requirements of this community. Moreover, it is our aim to give a helpful, progressive per sonal-service to every depositor—regard less of the size of his account. Put our sincerity to the test. Step in and have a talk with us. Tillamook County Bank Tillamook, Oregon Boilingpointt are vaporizing points. The full, uniform chain of boiling p4 point* is necessary in 1 quality gasoline. i Red Crown them. . I Look for the Red Crown sign before you fill. STANDARD OIL COMPANT (Calif orni«) H. C. BOONE, Special Agent, Standard Oil Ce., Tillamook, Ore. SEE W. A. CHURCH* FOR INSURANCE Fire, Life, Accident, Automobile C] 2nd Ave. E, between 1st and 2nd Sts. Successor to J. S. Stephens UAJWB-SCHRADER CO. WHOLES ALB AND RETAIL CEMENT, LIME, PLASTER, LATH AND BRICK’; DOMESTIC STEAM AND - • SMITHING COAL. Warehouse and Ofliee Cor. Front and 3rd Ave. West, Tillanio< k Or. cjísesasBSZszsasasBsasasasasBsasesHSZSHsaszspsHSHSHSHSMZSzs are better sense saysBisBm “Tim isn’t extravagant, exactly, but he don’t know what to buy. He aims to get the biggest plug for his money. “He would get real tobacco satisfaction with Genuine Gravely and spend less money for tobacco.” Good taste, mailer ebaw, longer life nwbat makes Gen uine Gravely oost leaa la chew than ordiaary pk>*. K'rift tat— G enuine G ravbly ftr DANV1LLB, VA. «s pint- Peyton Brand REAL CHEWING PLUG Plug packed in pouch. Representative Business Men Get Together To Boost Tillamook County. all there. “Now listen. We want you to bring you' hammer and while at the meet ing we want you to use it; use It freely and unhesitatingly. But when you start home we will Insist that you put your little hammer in the box that we will have prepared for them and there we will keep them locked and lose the key until the next regular meeting of the club. It may be that the majority will not always agree with your ideas, but after a decision is reached it is your duly to get behind the project or scheme and push it to completion just as though it were your own and exactly to your liking. Majority rule is the keynote to all free people every where and If you are not willing to submit thereto you are adding fuel to Bolshevikism. “All together all the time for the progress of this country. Come Mon day night to help fully organize the club.” Substitute the name of your own home town in the above and read It again. Then, if your Commercial Club is started, go to the next meet ing with this article in your pocket and follow its teachings. If your town has not yet awakened and re vived its Commercial club, here is your inspiration. And remember one thing—the one big thing that will make for success in your Commercial Club. Get the farmers to join. Don’t let them come in as poor relations who are bidden to the feast just because they are re lations. Ask them in on a basis of equality. They are the backbone of the community, and without them your town would be a flat failure. If your Commercial club adopts as Its slogun: “Help the farmer already here to develop,” the getting of more farmers will be an easy matter. There are plenty of men looking for homes. When they see a contented and happy community they have a better argument before them all the three-colored, pretty pictured book- lets will give them in a hundred years. Get next to the farmer, work with with him and not at him, and your Commercial Club, your community, and let us hope, your local paper— will prosper and grow apace. T he ^ L atest t The meeting at the City Hall on great institutions of the West, and a inch of good live men. armed with Friday evening, which was called for’bunch the purpose of forming a Chamber a Commercial club, can go forth, kill of Commerce for Tillamook County, the dragon, plant his teeth and bring resulted in a permanent organiza forth the warriors to build a great city just as our old friend Cadmus, tion being effected. C. W. Miller presided and called did in the early days. The story of the meeting to order. The first busi "The Dragon’s Teeth” may indeed be ness was to receive a report from the properly considered as the history committee on constitution and by of the first commercial club. To laws. Very few changes were made in build a city in those days required the report of the committee, which armored warriors; today, the war riors must me armed with three was adopted. Electricity s latest gift to The organization is to be known things— vision, to see the possibili the housewife—-greatest as the Tillamook County Chamber of ties, determination, with proper stay since the electric iron Commerce, its object being to ad- ing power, and capital to accomplish. and electric vacuum j vance the agricultural, commercial Among the multitudious duties of cleaner—the and industrial welfare of Tillamook editing a magazine whose thought county. Officers of the Chamber is and purpose Is "building the West" to consist of a president,, vice-presi is that of reading more or less thor dent, .treasurer and five directors. oughly about five or six hundred P ortable The management of the Chamber weekly newspapers. There’s no better , will be vested in a board of five di or surer way of feeling the pulse of S ewing M achine rectors in conjunction with an ad a community than In reading the lo No more tiresome visory board of seven members. The cal newspaper. It is the mirror by advisory board is to be chosen by which that particular section of the treadle pushing — no j the board of directors, from the fol country may be accurately judged. more backache—a little lowing lacalities: Nehalem'Bay. Bay Captious critics who read this may electric motor does the City, Garibaldi and vicinity, Tilla- lift their eyebrows, sigh dolorously hard work. mook City, Fairview, Beaver and and say, “Heaven help ouivtown If it A foot control gives any Cloverdale. The board of directors is to be judged by our newspaper!” will select its own chairman and ent- Ten to one the said captious critic Is speed desired. ploy a secretary. not a subscriber to his local paper, The entire machine in The committees appointed by the and is therefore not in a position to its case can be carried board of directors, are grouped as pass judgment. He does not know —it’s no larger follows: that he and his kind comprise tho ! anywhere 1— Membership and nominating. real drawback—the poor, weakly than a typewriter. Finance. weekly is but a reflection of kirn Ask for a demonstra 2— Railroad transportation, Port and his ilk. On general principles it tion. and navigation. Highway, Tourist, is a safe bet to say that the man who (game and fishing.) is not a paid subscriber to his local 3— Civic Improvement, Publicity, paper is a tightwad and a detriment POWER Judiciary. to his home town. 4— Agricultural,, horticultural 'and The Commercial Club is, in a way, dairying. the fruit of the local newspaper. I 5— Commercial and industrial. Without the latter the former would One director to be Chairman of die aborning.’ Publicity Is the first J committees as grouped above. food on which the Commercial club The annual dues are placed at *12, thrives. Then let us, brethern, first payable in four installments in ad- pay our subscription to the home monthly town paper, then go to the Commer vance, and the regular meeting of the Chamber is the third cial Club rooms and start something. MIDILI IF PIIFE6TIM. Wednesday of each month at the The local paper is the 8. O. S. of the City Hall. Meetings can be called at army in the club rooms. PERFECTLY any time by the president or on peti All this is inspired by the various ROAD FEVER SPREADS SIMPLE, tion of 15 members. reports I have been readng recently THROUGHOUT OREGON. of Commercial clubB being reorgan SIMPLY -------o------- Election of Officers. After the adoption of the by-laws, ized throughout the West. There will Many Counties Seek to Issue High PERFECT.' election of officers were in order, be something doing this spring if way Bonds. they all live up to their promises — with the following result: Needle«; Oil, Belta and all kinds of Howiag and a goodly number of them will, President—C. W. Miller. »Machine supplies, Repairing a speoialty.e ambitions of the Com- Road fever is sjreadfng in Oregon The alms and Vice-President—Fred C. Baker. mercial clubs of the West are epit since the legislature adjourned after New Nome Users Treasurer—W. J. Riechers. Board of Directors—1st, W. G. omized in the open letter of Presi- enacting a *10,000,000 road bond are quality chosen. Dwight; 2nd, H. H. Rosenberg; 3rd, dent E. G. Robinson, of Canby, Qre., bill. Half a dozen counties have al For Sale By J. P. Maginnis; 4th, Wm. Maxwelk; as published in the Clackamas Coun ready signified their willingness to shoulder a road bond Issue, the mon ty News. He says in part; SHARFF lb DUBIVER 5th, C. J. Edwards. ”1 have heard from all sides about ey to be expended, in most instances, These gentlemen will be chairmen 172 3rd Street of the groups of committees as indi the former efforts along this line. on the construction of laterals to the This is the history of all such organ promary trunk roads. NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE cated. izations. They have organized and Marion county, which has voted COMPANY. To Boost Roosevelt Highway. In the matter of the Roosevelt reorganized until at some time it Is down road bonds in the past, and re San Francisco California. memorial military highway, this was finally made a go, and it becomes a fused to approve of the *6,000,000 permanent and powerful agent for road bond issue of 1917, is now sit discussed at some length by State Senator T. B. Handley and Represen good and for progress. It can be made ting up and taking notice. There is a tative C. J. Edwards. There is to be a success only by the entire coorpor- movement to float an issue of nearly a meeting of representatives from atlon of the many and varying inter *1,000,000 for market roads In Mar the coast counties in Portland on ests. It is not in the power of the of lon, the money to be used in connect committees ing up the towns, and these road Friday, and it was decided to send a ficers and the various alone to make this club a success markets gearing into the Pacific delegation from Tillamok county, H. H. Rosenberg, who is the chairman and a continually felt power for highway which runs north and south of the committee on highways, was good and progress. It must be the un through the county. Linn and Lane counties have the authorized to select the delegation. relaxed energy of the majority of fever and are considering bond issues the members. As the coast counties will form an “With the proper co-operation and for market roads. The voters will organizatioa to carry on a campaign to boost the Roosevelt memorial mili energy put into the elub that the probably have a chance to express tary highway, the Chamber pledged members put into their various occu themselves at a special election held Its financial support to furnish this pations this club will become a pow June 3. Tillamook aounty expects to er for progress and prosperity in this float about *420,000 of road bonds county’s quota of the expenses. vicinity. There are various activities this spring, and Umatilla led off a I Loganberry Industry. that should be pursued. A few are week ago with *1,050,000. How this C. S. Graves, of the Sheridan Can the securing of better roads into money will be expended has practic nery Co.,, who operated the fruit can Canby and vicinity; the opening up ally been determined already, for nery in this city last year, addressed of new roads making shorter access the Umatillans want action this year the chamber with a view- to creating to the Pacific highway; securing Kalaiaath has *500,000 ready, and When contemplating Monumental more interest in the loganberry in new rural mail routes. This goes if the June election goes as Kala- dustry in Tillamook oounty. He was hand in hand with road development. math wants, that county is prepar work, do not over look White anxious to see more loganberries The securing of new industries that ing to issue *1,000,000 bonds, most Bronze. This material cannot rust or planted in the county, and wanted Will create payrolls, putting before of which will be used for a hard «ur corode. There is nothing to support the chamber to take some action. the public the vast resoures of this faced road from the California line vegetable life. It is hard and dense William Maxwell being the director valley and its climatic advantages. to Creater lake. and will not chip or crack. In beauty in chareg of agriculture, horticul A tax committee should be formed Deschutes county will have a sub- ture and dairying, W. G. Dwight was that will assist this community in stantial bond issue this year, the of design, artistic and general effect appointed a committee of one to securing an equitable distribution people back of the movement being no stone can compare with White bring this gentleman and Mr. Graves of the burden of the taxes. farmers. They want the county Bronze. j together. Mr. Graves in the course of Represented By This club should also co-operate crisscrossed with roads and are par his remarks stated that his company with the oity council in solving the ticularly interested in the building C. E. REYNOLDS. had paid out *40,000 for berries last many problems that come up that of The Dalles-California highway year. Oregon. through their sector. Wheeler coun Tillamook are of general interest. "There is one thing that is often ty may have a bond issue also, this O b Reorganizing Commercial Clubs. overloked in organizations of this year, amounting to about *200,090 ------ o------- kind and often this very thing will or more. Robt. W. Spangler in the New West be just the saving feature that will One of the surest indications of the keep the club alive and active. I re Forgot What He Needed. retrrn of good times Is the activity fer to the social side of the commun ------- •------- ' now noticeable among the Commer ity. We should have an entertain from »he Republican, Mt. Gillad, cial clubs of the smaller commuui- ment eommittee and at stated and ' ties of the western states. When advantageous intervals we should Ohio: The editor had an Interesting i times are bad the Commercial club have a nice lunch after the business experience some time ago, when a ‘ languishes and sometimes fades is over. At other times we should young gentleman came to this office away entirely, and th« business men have the ladies with us and have re and asked for a copy of the Morrow speak of it in hushed tones as among freshments and a number of forms of County Republican. He scrutinized it carefuly whan a eopy was handed the things that have been. But the amusement and recreation. him, and then said: “Now I know!” instant good times appear oe the “At the beginning of each year, “What is It you are looking for, we i borison the live up-and-deing cltl- when the road program Is being ! zenry gird up their loins, issue a call made up for the year we should In inquired. “My wife sent me after a through the local paper, the alwayB- vite our commissioner from this dis bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Reme i faithful reassemble, and again they trict to meet with us and have an dy, and I forgot the name. I went to Sold by 1 go forth to put another young Chica open meeting for all in this road several stores and the desks named over everything in the line on the Tillamook Feed Company. go on the map. district, and they will cordlnate with C. 0. A C. M. Dawson I This last sentence is not written in a general plan of road development. shelf except ‘Chamberlain’s. I'll try again and I'll not go home without a spirit of levity. There are too At such meetings sandwiches, coffee Conover & Condit. 4 ! many "young Chicago’s” now in ex and doughnuts make our guests feel Chamberlain's Cough Remedy." The Geo. R. Edmunds, Republican would suggest to the istence west of the Mississippi river that we really want them. This Tillamook. Oregon ' that owe their life, growth and vital creates a feeling of co-operation and proprietors of the stores, that they A. Anderson, Wheeler, Ore. post their clerks, and never let them ity to the Commercial club, that nur mutual understanding between the substitute. Customers loose faith in W. A. Rowe, Brighton, Oregon. sed them through Infancy, kept the merchant and the farmer. stores where substituting is permit "I have outlied brlefl^l few of the bottle warm on cold nights when the ted. to say nothing of the injustice timid ones saw the outlines of dis many ways-that we can help this In view of the financial record of makers of good goods and the disap aster hovering in the offing, and good cause along, Now we want you the past four years the emblem of pointment of customers.—Paid Adv. . worked with might and main and all there next meeting. Monday ■ the Democratic party should be sometimes without thanks—until night, at the city hall. We want you Clemenceau was wounded but God changed to a drunken sailor, and its , 1 victory crowned their efforts. all business man and farmer, em- reigns and Colonel House of Texas slogan to, "He has expended yours , The Commercial Club is one of the ployer and employee; we want you still lives. and mine.” Western Electric I CO THE ELECTRIC STORE. COAS!
