TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT FEBRUARY 5,
ŒiUamnok îlkuNüjliî,
Fred C. Baker, Editor.
SUBSCRIPTION
uuoiber the year through be as con- only about one fourth of the cheese
CHEESE MAKERS HONORED
WITH A BANQUET. genlai as are here tonight, and all consumed in the State of Oregon,
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will be well. Let selfishness
and ill
Washington
and
California..
We
Given by the Tillamook County feeling ctep in and harmony will be shipped 56 per cent of our 1919 "heese
turned to a discord. Quite often the to California this year, Washington
Creamery Association.
per year .$2.00
took about 19 per cent, Oregon tak
OVERLAND 4
daily papers print items about tlie
cheese situation in their market ing most of the balance.
Los Angeles as before, was our
sheets. Tillamook cheese leads every
best market, total shipments there
20c.
where. Not long ago I noticed where this year being an even 30,000 eases,
7c.
nothing would sell readily except or 35 per cent of our total production
No. 1 Tillamook branded stock. Even of a little more than 84,500 boxes.
7c.
cheese of til st grade iiom other lo And Ti'lamonk cheese the past year
7c.
calities diu not sell well even at a was sold at the highest prices of any
much lower figure. Well we may be cheese in any of the Coast markets
M0 4 TOUQ'^O
We figure that the first cause of
proud of what that may mean but
this tremendou- "rowth of our pro
don’t let us stop with that, let us go
Possible by put-
duct has been
on, lets make
Tillamook cheese ting out a st
• « -’s. I only
know
n
from
ocean
to
ocean
for
its
had been
Maybe that if there is to be a state
wish that all of th. u
superior quality. "Tillamook On The first class. Seven of i.h factores
wide dairymen’s
association,
it
would not be out of place for Tilla Welcome Address by President Tilla Rind" should be Known iu every came throw -h without turning ojt a
single second class cheese, one or two
household.
mook dairymen to tackle the job, as
other« h«T a fow cheese frozen and
mook
Creamery
Association.
I
believe
it
fair
at
this
time
to
call
they have made a success of coopera
Ben Kuppenbender, president of your attention to one incident that this gave them some seconds. I sug
tion in Tillamook county.
the Tillamook County Creamery As- happened last year and that is your gest that this bo not charged aga’".st
the cheese makers of those factori .«■
social ion said:
tailure to ratify our proposed scale as it was clearly not their fault. I
The Blaine (Wash) Press bring
On the part of the Tillamook Coun of wages. Gentlemen, we tried to wish to state that as far as Orevo”
this amusing indictment against the
ty Creamery Association and its meet you on mutual grounds on tha is con"orned we have been somewhat
democratic administration:
board of directors, 1 herewith extend subject as we had in other matters, helped because most Oregou’uns fael
O-,
Much squeal, little wool: Taking
a certain personal intern t in Nir
to you all and especially to the but you would not accept our plan.
the piomises of the democratic ad
nroduct,
had
the
Tillamook
cheese
cheese makers and tbelr wives, a
Your committee gave full approval
ministration, by and large it has
hearty welcome, and kindly accept of the proposed scale of wages and been wade by «om.- private concern
OVERLAND 4 CHASSIS
been a case, from start to coming
SHOWING THREE POINT
this as a small token of appréciation brought lli’ u same before you tor your like the Camatior. or Bordet
finish, of as a real chlnooker will
people would not have felt th
C antilever spring
for your kind cooperalion for the inspection and appioval before the multy interest
It ha.« CO1*!*»
say, “Hi yu wawa pe halo luumak,”
SUSPENSION
past year.
scale was even presented to the inak- the ca«e that the acera •p Tills
which means, all talk and nothing
As we are entering upon a new ers as a body. We gave you first dairyman feels a P’ -*onal pric
-zKiasr
doing, or to use the vernacular “all
year, w< are somewhat constrained chalice to adjust the scale had you putting out n go gi gwHe cf i
the same the devil shearing pig.-,
io review the past. In so doing we are wished to do bo. Your rejection foilin'.- he would h*. wef repaid
much squeal and little wool.”
pleasantly reminded
that
even caused considerable diss, atisfaction doing so in th"1 ii °r-,ar»ed fame
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though we had not recuperated from among the makers for a time, also, demand for our chaise. In talk’iu?
There is one thing that the special
a men that h'd recently been
the lavishes of the horrible war, perhaps, was the direct cause of its with
in Homholt County he stated that
session of‘the legislature did that
though labor was short, and material being adopted by the makers.
the Central Creamery people there
will meet with general appioval. In
hard to get, our output lias increased
'1 here was some injustice done fold him that t icy vore certain that
futuie no more all night dances will
about 2(i per cent, and tliat our out some factories, no dcubt, but we did they were making as jrood a cheese
be allowed. The new law does not
put of seconds was reduced from tlie best we could and tried to be fair ns T;Hamook. I toi i him that I felt
embrace incorporated cities, but lias
some over 7000 triplets to about to everyone concerned. This year we I could easily tell him why they were
jurisdiction over all territory ouiside
3000 triplets; for which you cheese expect to give you the same oppor not nett in" the am*? results we are
of them. It would have been a good
"etting. In the ficst pla'c the farms
makers are to be complimented.
tunity and I beg of you gentlemen to there nr emost'v operated bv renter?,
thing had the law applied to them
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The finish and brand are being consider the mutter in a far different foreigners in *he main, They were
SEPAN
also, but the cities can and should
put on in much better shape than at light than heretofore. We a,e not simple interested in the dollar t. ”e
pass ordinances covering the same
the beginning, whch is a credit to organized to get all the wages we had immediately, fed stuff tha' si. 'dd
ground. During the summer nanon
you. It is also gratifying to see in might be able to squeeze out of your not be fed cows whose milk was bo.
there are numerous all night dances
the market reports that Tillamook pocket books, but to gel a just wage ini- made into cheese etc. They do
in the county, and these cannot be
not have personal feeling in the pro
Branded Cheese is by far in demand ior all.
held in fill lire.
duct that a Tillamooker has, hence
of other cheese from other districts,
if you can show us where we are they cannot get the pracitical co-oner-
and at a much higher price.
unreasonable we will be more than ation of th« producer. Then they j
Prof. E. L. Westover, of the O A.
The consumer is beginning to willing to arbitrate the matter. 1 havn’t got the corps, not c-o-r-p-s e,
, who was in the county last week,
realize that
Tillamook
Cheese venture to say most makers are giv of choose makers wo have trained up.
and wai i recently in the East, said
stands fefr quality, and that this ing tlie best years of their lives to All of our boys are now trained un |
was
better
that Tillamook county
quality is maintained by cooperatjofi, this woikand in the course of a few in Tillamook, and all have the inter
known and advertised In the East
and strict inspection in every part years we will ail be retired from this est of the Tillamook cheese industry
than any part of Oregon, , especially
at heart
They even went to work
and branch of the Industry.
work, not, perhaps, of our wishes or last spring and organized their as
amongst
farmers and dairymen,
The war is over and out of the a matter of poor conduct, but for sociation, so that they have been able I
There are some persons who think
sorrows and out of the wreck and physical reasons as well. Don’t un to vet to-ither 'ho Mat year md
that this county lias not been proper
ruin, a new world much be built. One derstand me to say we wisli to ii, y compare notes n« to the best method
ly advertised, but we are perfectly
that is more beautiful, one that is up fortunes in this brief time wre are of taking care of the milk, in-ist on
aware that the large amount of lit
more enduring. Sheltered by pence, engaged in tills work. Witli the h”tter milk being brought them by
erature about Tillamook County that
r J N11E Overland Motor Company, Cliicnjio, Illinois, submits the following
environed by prosperity, we stand high prices and going higher all the the patrons, and look after other in
has been sent out the last 20 years
record from dealers with new Overland 4.
today in the full white light
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of a time no one can lay up any bank ac- terests mutual to all makers. That
from the Headlight office must liavi
they have also been able thereby to
Ttios. Denoyer, Kankakee, Illinois, drove 70 miles, Chicago to Kankakee,
greater America.
count
of
any
size,
but
we
do
desire
obtain more nearly what their work
done some good, lienee what l'rof.
Tlie world looks upon America to receive a legitimate return for our is worth is a good thing for Tilla
and used là gallons of gasoline.
Westover found out in the East Is
with renewed admiration for the efforts that will keep our families mook, as otherwise I am afraid a
Frank L. Wooley drove 28 miles on one gallon.
not much of a surprise to us.
past, and with a new hope of light from want and lay up a few dollars number of them would have ouit work
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The flexible three-point suspension, because it prevents twists or
for the future. The boys who were for that certain rainy day. In all her and either gone into some other sect
We are informed that news print
over there, of w liich there may be past history Tillamook County has ion and made cheese or entered other
strains
affecting the body, frame or mechanism, and also reduces tire wear.
paper will go to 20c. per pound be-
some here who have taken our Old had no brighter prospects thans he eallinys. I think that the men should
The light weight results in decreasing the gasoline and oil consumption
fore the end of the year. To the news,
be
so
secured
as
to
regards
pay
for
Glory over the top and where it has for 1920. Let us make the best
and increases tire milage.
their services that they should not
paper man who is using considerable )
waves today in honor and unsullied of what God and nature has provid want to quit, if there was anything
The immediate accessibility of all parts saves your time and repair and up
news (print paper every week, it
glory over I he stronghold of the en ed for us, use the advantages we have in the nature of calling them into
keep expense.
means that profits are going to be
emy, have done their part in making gained and this year will out distan some other vocation that it should
swallowed up or an increase in the
our homes safe. These boys have re ce them ail. Let our inottor be Qual come from the farmers calling them
price of newspapers will have to go
to quit if they did not do the work
turned to make this a better place to
up. It certainly,is not a very pleasant live in. Instead of putting their ef ity and cooperation and our rule the right and in a proper manner. The
Golden
Rule.
Let's
help
put
Tilla
outlook for newspaper men. News forts to the prosicution of war, they
matter of a few dollars wages should
print paper in the East is now Hell will put their efforts toward produc mook on the rind, so distinctly that not enter into the proposition at all,
ing at 13c. per pound und hard to tion. With these thoughts flashing everyone can read and understand and I have felt right along that the
get, and it is getting around 10c per across our vision, we get a glimps of and let such quality be back of that boys were not asking more than they
were entitled to receive. Everything
pound in Oregon. With these condi tlie future and in so doing, we real rind that Tillamook will be known has gone up the last few years ex
tions confronting newspapers II is ize that the fields of battle will be America over, not only for its famous cept the secretary’s salary, so why
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not surprising to hear that a large changed from the battle fields of cheese but Its makers as well.
should not the maker’s wages go up
number are going out of busineas.
France to the battle fields of the DAIRYING DEVELOPMENTS IN too?
The method of inspecting and grad
managers desks of our various man
TILLAMOOK COUNTY
ing cheese was formerly criticized,now
It Is ab< ut time that the people of ufacturing and commercial institu
Carl Haberlach had this subject no one questions it any more. I
the United States told Irish agitators tions, and our own organization will assigned him and he said:
used to sell the cheese from sixteen
to go home to their own country and not escape in being called upon for
1 have been asked to talk to you factories before we employed an in
not come to the United States. The duty. Therefore it behoves everyone for a few minutes this evening on the spector and there surely was occas
whole trouble is a lot of agitators of us to do our utmost and perfect propost ion of Tillamook rhe -tie. 1 feel ion for much grief at times.
As all know, about two years ago
make a fat living keeping the Irish this organization to its fullest ex that this is about all I do and have
question boiling, and If people in this tent in every branch so we will be been doing for some time, so the we adopted a method of trade mark
country would desist from giving the prepared to meet the greatest emer question naturally just gets talked ing Tillamook cheese. This was
out. It is like a man talking contin thought as being rather foolish by
agitators money, it would soon settle gency.
ually about his wife after having been some at times, some of the cheese
the whole trouble. Since the Sein
Remember that we have an out married to her for as long as I have makers especially critising the pro
Fetners became a lot of slackers and standing brand upon our cheese, and been interested in cheese. You nat position. some suggesting that it was
pro-Germans the agitators cannot go that we will rise or fall upon this urally expect that a man would love simply thought up to make more
to Canada or Australia and beg for brand. The consumer is the one I hut his wife after sixteen or seventeen work for them. This method of trade-
money for fear of being mobbed by makes’ and unmakes markets. If the years. and you would naturally ex marking our cheese was worth at
ex-service men, and as lhey have now dairymen and cheese makers will co pect that he had long before exhaust • least one hundred thousand dollars
ed all his praise of and for her in
to rely on the United States for mon operate. there is no question that the that length of time. So cheese is about 1 to us last year. Without it it would
- have been impossible to have had any
ey to keep the pot boiling, it Is ex quality of Tillamook cheese will be ' the hardest thing in the world for : success with our advertising, in fact
pected that the Irish agitators will kept above reproach, and, when an I me to talk to you about. Politics or it would have been useless to adver-
make more frequent visits to this eim tgency arises you will find Tilla most anything else would be quite ' I tise an article that the consumer could
country to obtain money. To our way mook Clieese’ lit lilt' head of the list a diversion.
I not identify when called for. or when
As there will be quite a few figures it was offered him, usually her. It
of thinking the Irish agitators who of clieese markets, and you will have
to
give
you
and
as
you
will
be
unable
would surprise some of you the
come to the United States for the assured for yourself I lie permanency
to remember all of them, I thought ’’■ngth some storekeepers will go to
purpose of causing strife, sliould be of your industry .
it best to jot them down and then il • to convince consumers that they
deported the same u tin- agitators
Again extending to you u most you can read them later in one of the are offering Tillamook cheese when
from Russia and Germany, for they hearty welcome, and hoping that county papers, as 1 believe these thev are offering something "Ise. this
ill! belong to the .same chi
this little event will be a Joy to you, ■ figures are worth memorizing and is done of course, because the dealer
pondering over. Incidentally you will can often make more money on
I luit will not be soon forgotten.
be able to give any one an answer handling the other cheese. But the
Response of F. B. Culberson, Pres, of when he asks you nbout the cheese word "Tillamook” stemmed all over
situation as far as such questions I the goods we make, there can be no
Tillamook Co. Creese Makers.
in behalf of the Choose-Makers’ As might relate to production, yield, etc. more camouflaging. This year we
When I first became connected with
sociation. i wish to tlunik the Cream the cheese proposition there were are running a series of ads that will
show the consumer something about
ery Association for the honor of be amook. Today there arc 26, counting the detail of dairy production, manu
ing I heir invited guests for the even possibly forty cheese factories in Till- facture, paraffining, testing cheese,
ing. Not In all industries do the em the one at Dolph. There are five or etc. We will run a series of ads in
ployed have such honor shown them six dairies that make up their own II newspapers, papers having com
by I heir employers as shown us here milk, however. At that time Tilln- bined circulation of nearly a million
tonight. It Is indeed sn honor which mook was producing not over two copies. It would surprise some of
million lbs. of cheese. That was in you how this fixes the mind of many
makes our hearts glad.
1903. The tola! receipts were about
You can well feel proud of the $200.000.00. They were then making consumers to request and insist on
Tillamook when they want cheese. It
success of the banquet through the twins and Young America’s, triplets is like you men insisting v:x>n your
efforts of your committee. Let the and Longhorns were then unheard of. favorite cigar or snijK.tig tobacco ■ r
honor of success be theirq, for they None of the cheese makers now mak you ladies, if you do, on your favorite
NO PL AY Ml
| have done their work well. We have ing in the county were then in the chewing gum.
Now as to production, markets.
met again as one large family to be business, most of them were wear
A 7 DANCING
: merry together and to discuss our ing knee pents. Mr. Christensen is stocks on hand, etc. The market is
r
the only one now activiely engaged
problems as of one mind. Let us talk in the business who was then a cheese well supplied with all style« of
cheese, especially the heavier kirns.
fiiinkly and without malice or til maker. Mr. McIntosh was the big On the first of the year, storage
Call at the Palm Confectionery
t
!
feeling
toward
anyone,
let
us
state
man in the business, as you know. ' stocks were 53 million lbs., as a- 1
and hear them played on the new
facts as we honestly believe them to That was before the farmers got the gainst 19 million a year ago, a gain
“Euphoaa” Player Piano. This
tiden that they could operate the fact- of 169 per cent. Even then, last
be.
wonderful instrument will be a
in the course of tlie evening's pro ores and handle the product themselves year at this time there was a decline
revelation to you.
gram I belive our progress of the or to have some one else do it for them. . of 14%c the lb. ('hee.se in Wisconsin total sale price of close to two million to the higher testing milk, but that Mickle, had to speak <n. Mr. Mickle
were not going very well with ' in
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two weeks, so we do not want to dollars. The milk contained 2,175.000 mostly it was due to fact that cheese said in commencing h;s address that
east year will be revealed, also our Things
The Jury of Award! M the Pana-
most of the co-ops at that time. I be too
t._____
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sure . cf
our position this year.as lbs. butter fat. . Average test was makers received better milk than ever he first wanted to commend the
mistake
and
failure«.
Such
a
revel»
?7
n
.'
n
'e
er
,be
stocks on hand are mostly’twins” 4.147 per c.’nt. The average yield before and took greater pains with
. ma-Pacific International Expo
turn will be Justice tons all. l'he 1904 the Tillamook Creamery, then we are asking the boys to make most was 11.423 lbs. cheese per 100 lbs. *he milk. So it appears to me that dairymen of Tillamotk county, for
tition awarded a Gold Medal and
truth should hurt no one Ou: asso as now the largest of the co-ops. sold ly Longhorns and Y. A.’s right now. milk. The average cheese price was the farmers have been well paid for they had organized for mutual bene
. Blue Ribbon to the makers of
ciation is entering on its third year its cheese for each of those years Some of the boys may think we are 32.29c Tillamook. I wish to make any additional care that has been fits and had co-operated with the
of Its existence
May its usefulness nt a little over $12.000.00 for each doing this to make more work for some compnrsions with former years. given the milk. I also feel that a view of bringing about improve
thia mt.velous INNER-PLAYER
This year their receipts for them, but I feel that we should make In this case comparsions are not greater share of the increased yield ments in dairying. And as a result of
at
d
benefits
I»
of
greater volume year
Could any indorsement be spong
m
than ever I before
Let us all push making < he <e will total nearly the stock on which there is the least odious, at least not as far as 1919 and quality is due to the painstak this Tillamook cheese had become so
er! Sold on reasonable monthly
forward and not backward, l'he man $28,000.00, while the cheese and cream competition, always. I would appre work is concerned. Our gain of cheese ing work done by the cheese maker, famous. It seemed to him that the
from said factory this year will run ciate knowing of any factories where for the year was over 1,000,000 lbs. and that their efforts have been prov
. payments.
that does not progress, goes back- over $238,000.00.
In other words, there are no facilities for making over 1918, more cheese than was made en sound in forming and getting under dairymen of Tillamook county had
w iu d . Il is ..aid the booster Is worth the making receipts this year will Y. A.’s and Longhorns, as there will the past year at Oretown, Meda, work their organization. Their wage gotten together as one family and
J/Üíca &i*,- more to a community than a million- be more than two years of ‘he r be a difference of about 10c the lb. Beaver, Neskowin. Pleasant Valley. scale was settled at one meeting, all settled their own problems and diffi
Hire, We can all lie boosters if v.e chee.-e sold or then, and the cheese will on butter fat between Longhorn and Alder Vale, Miami, Sand Lake and ether meetings were devoted io *he culties, and he had the greatest
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can’t be millionaires I believe there sell twenty time» ., much. Am, their triplet cheese prices this spring. It Blaine factories, more than made at farmers interests. I trust that the praise and admiration for a class of
Leland B. Erwin
Drawer M.
main
difficulty
then
was
to
sell
their
pays us in three days make to put nine of the smaller factories. In good work will go on and that Tilia citizens who had done this most suc-
ih Mineral
satisfaction among the
value the cheese was worth about mook in another year will show cessfully, “No matter where I go in
Count}’ Representative,
maker« that tlie Cry Assn' have un cheese and get living prices for it. un what the market demands.
I think cheese sold for as low as 7c. '
We have about three per cent of $700,000 more. Our 1918 yield of equally as good results us those ob
<tertak< it to cull out the indifferent I know I sold some for about 9c in
the 1919 production unsold, all trip cheese per 100 lbs. was 11.169, while tained last season. We all realize the state.” said Mr. Mickle. "I hear
and caPeiaHK ma er» and only recom- the bad year of 1904, following the lets. The cheese is in Los Angeles,
Announcement.
the 1919 yield, 11.423 was over a '* this is going to take lots of effort of your organizations and the cO-op-
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mend tbo^e wh< e records show good break in cheese from the high prices everything being snipped out from lbs. greater. This greater yield alone and co-operation all along the line erative spirit that prevails amongst
I hereby announce myself a rnu- work and
the dairymen of Tillamook county.”
ct Ion. Our luMicia- they received inU‘03, the highest then here.
made 134,000 lbs. cheese and the value
ate for the office of County T'reas- Uon s an organization does not am! known, namely 12%c.
Now about the past seasons work: of the increased yield I figure to have Dairy Development in Oregon During He said he was wonderfully tfnpres.«-
Population has not grown in the
Practically complete figures for the been $43.165.00. This was enough to
nool County, t a 11 e v ill not upUoKl any milker who doos
Past Decade.
ed with the precautions and care that
as production, • ist year show receipts of 52 Ml mill pay the salaries of all the makers,
bllcan ticket.
not do aha is required of a cheese sixteen years as
This
was
the
subject
that
State
were taken to produce a first class
but people have
the meantime ion lbs. milk, cheese produced about t inspector and myself. 1 figure that
Alexandria Kock.
maker Let our nlauon* m.vard one been educated
in the use of six million fifty thousand lbs., and part of this yield may be attributed Hairy and Food Commissioner J. D. cheese. Mr. Mickle paid a great trib-
Advertising Ratei.
Display Advts, per inch..........
Locals .......................... per line
Readers, with reading matter
per Irne.................................
Notices of meetings etc, per line
Editorial Snap Shots.
The Tillamook County Creamery
Association honored the Tillamook
County Cheese Makers' Association
with a banquet on Monday at llii
Louvre Restaurant, when nearly 100
persons were present. The banquet
was nicely prepared with good ser
vice, and Wilkins' orchestra furnish
ed llie music. Rudolph Zweitel did
considerable youdeling, causing some
amuse nient.
Farmer Jones, as the program in
dicated, acted as toastmaster.
Gasoline Mileage.
TOURING CAR, $1090.00 Tillamook
Several Good Bargains in used Cars
C. F. PANKOW, County Agent
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vora
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on c
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to hi
the 1
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anim
If yo
knee
“miff
some
grant
his bi
feediti
to hai
while
have
one ol
vors, a
lane v
summt
flanks
bucket
Clea
ten nei
pacity
idors. .
e doni
lave n<
s a net
nilk w;
lands,
ith th
he finj
ou real
orm th<
ie num
I’O fesso
>ld us i
akers (
high
■en fou
e hand
raining
one insi
pen w]
gainst e
The uti
insidera
can mill
efect in
nd strait
avors an
ses. The
at shoul
¡on. No
e strain«
e previo
ilk. Dirt
• harm,
ease the
>od clean
to boil
inu tes an
>ie clean!:
ouid be
int made
fe returi
'is promp
•> and th
r several
'0d' mned.
and b
h«n the ci<
tra diffict
'fhed thori
Now ff y
out the ch
e of the f.
'are must
fi>.iry sub,
ile rnaoiji
’ ire cheesf
e same kin
e chees® nil
e natural