TILLAMOOK. OREGON. THURSDAY. MARCH 3. 1921 VOLUME 32 have the "joint" eliminated from the state senator. • • • One good booster for the city camp grounds is Elmer Hoag. He allow ed about 500 trees to be taken from liis place and brought them ‘o the city in his trailer free of charge. He VACANCIES EXIST AT BAY CITY TASSAGE OF ROOSEVELT HIGH had a right to feel hot in the collar AND NEHALEM when he found that someone had WAY EILL DOES IT slashed down some of the trees with a knife after they had been planted As it was Examination of Applicants Will Be Chamber of Commerce Planning To in the camp grounds. only a mean, eontemptible person Held in Tillamook City on Have Tourist Camr Grounds who would do such a thing, the pres ident of the Chamber of Commerce March 16. 1921 in Good Shape Soon offered a reward of $50.00 for the arrest and conviction of the parties, ■ • • Washington, D. C., March 3.—Tt (By F. C. Baker) till the vacancies in the positions of The road bill passed by the state to The Roosevelt highway thanks postmaster at Nehalem, Oregon, and the persistent work of the boosters legislature to form joint road dist Bay City, Oregon, the United States ricts, although passed principally in of this great highway, had the Coast an the interests of the Coast Counties, civil service commission has Counties put on the map. It was a can be made operative in other nounced, at the request of the Post hard fight, but it was the justice and parts of the state. As our citizens master General, an open competitive merit of the merit of the enterprise are not very familiar with this new examination to be held on March 16, that brought victory and which will The Nehalem law, the main features are as fol 1921, at Tillamook. eventually cause the highway to be lows: A joint road district may office has an annual compensation of built and completed. It may take be formed of seven or less counties, $1300 while that at Bay City pays a few more strenuous fights, but the to obtain this it is necessary to havs $1 00 per year. road is going to e built s- «.met To be eligible for the examination than most people believe, now that a petition of two per cent of the voters, which must be filled with the an applicant must be a citizen of the the Coast Counties have succeeded in secretary of state before an election United States, must actually reside their efforts to put the highway within the delivery of the post of through. The Roosevelt Highway is called. When this is done an fice in which the vacancy exists, election is called and the questions law was amended at the last session to be voted upon is “Shall the ........... must have so resided for at least two of the state legislature, and instead years next preceding the date the of waiting until the United States Highway Improvement District be present vacancy occured, must be in formed and incorporated under the match the state's $2,500,000 this can laws of the state of Oregon?” The good physical condition, and must be done by the Coast Counties. This present election boards will serve, not be less than 21 nor more than 65 is how the law reads in this particu each county bearing Its own ex years of age. lar; “That no state funds shall be While the Civil Service Commis it there is a majority vote pense. used under the provisions of this act proclamation sion is charged with the duty of the governor issues a until a like sum is matched either and appoints a trustee for every testing applicants for positions of by the counties through which high district, the postmaster at offices of this class, way runs, or by a major road dis county in the joint district. trustees to serve unti the next bi such positions are not classified un trict comprising said counties or der the civil service law, being fill' d parts thereof, or by post road, mar ennial election, when they are elec through nomination by the President ted by a vote of the people. Trus ket road or forest road funds which tes are not to receive pay for their for the confirmation of the Senate. may be allocated on the route of the services, must hold meeting in one of However, the President is using the proposed highway.” As soon as the the counties incorporated and are civil service machinery for the pur money is available, the State High- pose of selecting the nominees, and way Commission must run a survey required to adopt rules and regula issued an Executive order on March tions. The law gives’ the trustees land commence wofk. The bill fur 31, 1917, which was amended Octo jther provides that should the Coast this authority: "For the purpose of ber 8, 1920, providing for such pro Counties ail to match the state mon carrying into effect any of the pow cedure. ers hereby granted, such corporation ey, then the United States may do Competitors will be examined in shall have the power to borrow mon com- So upon the terms the highway the subjects of arithmetic and ac ey and to sell and dispose of bonds, fission may determine;” and the counts, with a weight of 30-per cent: law also provides "If the said which bonds shall, however, never penmanship, 10 per cent; letter per ¡2.500,000 shall be matched by said exceed in the aggregate ten for writing, 25 per cent; and business »unties, then the United States may cent of the assessed valuation training and experience, 35 per cent. natch all or any port of the sum State and county purposes.” The subject of business training and the The mode of procedure is that nade up by said road district and the experience will be rated on the appli board of trustees may at any time late upon such terms as the high cant's sworn statements in his appli way commission may determine. recommend to the State Highway cation, supplemented by careful in and con Commission the location This makes a much stronger appeal the joint quiry by the Civil Service Commis d the United States government, for struction of the roads in t is to sion. district, but the Commission very sensible person will admit that The examination papers of th« Super he government should help build procure rights of way, with competitors and the evidence ob roads, vision in the building of the its highway; the importance is ad- tained through inquiry by the Civil main features of This embraces the litted by army officers. With here Service Commission will be consid 2,500,000 from the state, which is the bill. It may be stated the ered by trained examiners, and their intention of that it is not the ¡ready voted, and a like amount judgment will be expressed in per om the Coast Counties and the gov- Coast Counties to invoke this law centage ratings. The result of the right away, although it does have 'nment, $7,500,000 would come examination will be referred to the lar doing most of- the work, for the emergency clause attached to it, Post Office epartmer.t for its action lere is considerable of the Roosc- but wait until some definite plan In accordance with the President's ilt Highway already built in the can be decided upon that is of mu- order. The Pastmaster General is tual interest to all of the coast >ast Counties. required by the oruer to submit to counties. • • the President the name of the high On account M the Coast Counties est eligible to fill the vacancy unless OBITUARY Inning out in the fight for theL— Lars Anderson was born in Sund- it is established that the charact?r k'.sevelt highway, the new tourWf svall, Sweden, March 27, 1837, and or residence of such applicant dis nip ground« is to be known as the qualifies him for appointment. died at the home of his son, Andrew »sevelt Park. The Chamber of Full information and application Anderson, at the age of 83 years, 19 tumerce expects to have the park blanks may be obtained at the post ed up in good shape in a few months and 22 days. office in which the vacancy exists or He came to the United States in feks, with a large number of trees from the United States Civil Service luted, fences fixed up and the 1882, lived in Nebraska for 8 years, Commission, Washington, D. C. where he became a citizen in 1889, lldings painted. If some of ths lies of the city who believe in and then came to Oregon, living in Henry White has been employed Ic improvements will kindly offer Nehalem and Tillamook for 31 as chief of police by Mayor Moulton, years. issist in beautifying the park by He leaves his widow, two son', succeeding M. E. Gruber who has iting flowers the Roosevelt Patk Andrew and Lewis Anderson, both held that posltibn for some time. be a pretty and attractive pla?e of Tillamook county, eight grand tourists this summer, Ladies, children and one great grandchild. se get busy. He was a member of the Baptist • • • church for 48 years. i furnishing a good deal of the e-up and information for the il- Fatty Arbuckle Coming rated edition of Tillamook Coun The first of the five-reel feature it 1913, the writer well retnem- this paragraph: "The average comedies in which Rosco Arbuckle, e received for butterfat during the famous heavy-weight star, is to ’ was 41.3 cents per pound, or appear, is "The Life of the Party,” verage of nearly $1.61 per hur- adapted from Irvin S. Cobb's story of The pictufe wiil pounds of milk delivered at the the same name. Se factory. The average for last be shown at the Gem Theater Sunday was 71.26 cents per pound for March 6th. The story reveals the «dventures irfat and an average of $2.93 S One hundred pounds of milk." and love affairs of an affable young impiling the copy for another lawyer. Algernon Leary, in his ef i-up of the County, the writer is forts to break up the milk trust. ering whether in a few years Leary's powerful adversaries attempt nice of butterfat will not ranee t< ruin his reputation by sending <i notorious "vamp" to blackmail him. Id the price it .vas in 1912. but he not only succeeds in with • • • standing her charms, but beats oct any of our citizens have some 'he corporation's candidate for mayor kie pictures for an illustrated at the polls. The picture is declared In of Tillamook County, the 'o be rich In laughs, one of the fun I at of the Chambet of Com- niest situations being when Ixary i would be glad to have them attendjv'a masquerade party attired Jtted to him. so as to make the as a child of three and. through • election of pictures possible, mi.-understanding, Is chi.'d all ov • scenes. pretty dairy homes and town by indignant citizens and po i cheese factories, in fact, any linemen te that is worth reproducing, reproduc Mr. Arbuckle’: se and do noi H P 13 V. POSTMASTERS TO BESELECTEDSOON COAST COUNTIES NOWON THE MAP î » ASSISTANT CLUB LEADER VISITS TILLAMOOK COUNTY Miss Helen Cowgill Spends Several Days Visiting Boys’ and Girls' Clubs Miss Helen Cowgill of Corvallis assistant state club leader, catne to Tillamook County on February 21st and spent four days in company with Mr. Lamb, county superintendent cf schools, and Miss Elizabeth Burr, county club leader, visiting a num ber of the boys’ and girls’ clubs tn the county and meeting with people who are Interested in promoting the work. She found a number of clubs flourishing and deserving of favorable comment. Much credit U due local leaders and the teachers for the success, of these various clubs. At Nehalem the local leaders. Miss Parr and Miss Case, arranged for u club party on Monday evening. Feb- ruaiy 21, at the school house. Be sides Miss Cowgill’s address and demonstration, the program consist ed of songs, games and refreshments were served. It is to be hoped that Tillamook County will rank high in club work this year as it has in the past and that every club will be one hundred per cent club and entitled to an Achievement charter. Plans are under way now for organizing Calf clubs and with help from the Agri cultural College it is expected to make this work very interesting and profitable for the boys and girls of Tillamook county. ALLEGED MOONSHINER IS PLACED UNDER ARREST Charged with bootlegging, James (Curly) Hiatt, was taken into cus tody early last Sunday morning at Twin Rocks by Sheriff Aschlm and Deputy Perkins. The county officials had been watching the beach resorts for some time in an effwt to apprehend some of the dealers in homemade liquor which was known to have ben dis pensed in that locality, and had dis covered a complete distilling outfit in a house near where Hiatt resided. There was a dance at one of the beach towns Saturday night at which the accused was present and uponliis return home found the officers of the law waiting for him. He disclaim ed any knowledge of the still but was brought to Tillamook and held for bail. The still consisted of two old wash boilers soldered together and equipp ed with a galvanized iron top. mak ing a very unsafe combination to distill “booze” in. One top had al ready been worn out by the opera tions, showing that particular kind of metal was easily dissolved in the chemicals contained in the liquor. A large quantity of mash and sor- gum was with the outfit and was destroyed. Hiatt has decid'd to stand trial Record Milk Yield Canary Forbes May De Ko], owned by Jimmie Watson, recently under went a seven day milking test. She was milked four times a day under ordinary barn conditions and gave 21 pounds of butterfat, or27 pounds of butter, In the twenty-eight milk ings. 'Th is animal last wek gave around eleven pounds of milk per day, and is said to now to hold third place in yield for Oregon cows. NUMBER IS NESTUCCA COW TEST COMPLETED MISS HELEN MILLER FINISHES WORK AT CLOVERDALE Activities Around Southern Tilla mook County Metropolis Told By Special Correspondent I Cloverdale, Ore., Feb. 28.—(Spoc- i al)-—Miss Helen L. Miller, tester for the Nestucca Cow Testing Associa tion, was here last week finishing her book work. Her year's work is now complete and she expects to leave for her home in Corvallis, to morrow morning. Miss Miller in tends to quit the testing business for good and take up a medical course, probably at Stanford Univer sity. Cloverdale Briefs. Fred Meitzke was a Tillamook vis itor last Thursday. C. W. Hatfield is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. Berns returned to their home in Tollamook Saturday after spending a week with his sis ter, Mrs, Mary Jenck. Ed. Hansen spent a few days last week on Wilson River, with his brother, Hoy. Miss Lois George has bebn suffer ing with a severe cold on her lungs. Clay Taylor is building a large chicken house. He has ordered a thousand baby chicks, which are to be delivered about the first of April so he expects to be "doing things" in the near future. Mrs. Jim Beggs was a Tillamoi'k visitor one day last week. Charles Larison's sister arrived from Portland on Wednesday of last week to make him a visit. Mrs. Fred Meitzke spent Thursday with Mrs. Mary Jenck. Mrs. H. C. Potter went to Tilla mook on business 5Vefinesday of !as( week, Mrs. Albert Haedingcr visited Mrs. Oscar Bennett last Thursday af ternoon. Florence and Hazel Hansen spent the week-end with relatives in Till amook. Martin Jenck made a business trip to Tillamook last week. Henry Parks and family and Monroe Switzer celebrated the first rainy day for nearly a week by go ing to the beach Sunday. Charles Larison went to Hebo on business last Saturday. Two of C. A. Smith's little girls are on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Arms of Day ton spent the week-end with her aunt, Mis. J. L. Gay, and fnmily. EASTERN STAR PARTY The Order o the Eastern Star held the first of a series of parties Thur.s- I day evening, the main proceeds of which will go toward the new Ma sonic Home at Forest Grove. !h« local Chapter has received word that their allotment, which must be raised by April the first, will amount to nearly $400.00. The following short program, which was rendered before the games was well received: Instrumental solo, Mrs. Harry Tucker. Reading, Mrs. Carl Anderson. Vocal solo, Mrs. H. F. Cook. Reading, Fred Blackador. Cards were the main feature of the evening, progressive 'five hun dred being played at the 22 table'. First prizes in the card games were won by Mrs. Terry and Mr. Cond't. while Miss Edwina Baker and Mr. Kiehrn received the consolations. For those who did not play cards, visits to the Moonshine Well, for tune telling by Ouija, playing the Roulette Wheel, and seeking ad mission to the Franklin Temple, for "Men Only," proved interesting di versions of the evening. The candy andl cake booth pre sided over by Mesdames Hyde and Verick was well patronized. The cake contest was won by Mrs. Feld- shau by guessing the amount of mon ey ((66 cents) concealed within it. Too much cannot be said of the able way, that the committee in charge and their assistants handled the evening's program. The mem bers of the committee were Mrs. Clara Boals, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lew is, Mrs. H. F. Cook and E. J. Ander son. Every Eastern Star member is urged to be present at the next lodge meeting. Timber-Cochran Road a Problem SHIP OF STATE IN NEW HANDS PRESIDENT HARDING NINTH CHIEF EXECUTIVE Is the Eleventh Man To Be Elected to That High Position From State of Ohio The head of the new administra tion which takes over the ship ot state tomorrow has several interest ing incidents connected with his el ection. He is the first president of the United States to be elected to that high office on his birthday, be ing 55 years old on last November 2nd. He is also the first senator to be elected to the presidency and was swept into office by the largst plur ality accorded a presidential candi date in many years. Mr. Harding, who will be the twenty-ninth president of the United States, is the seventh man to be el ected to that position from Ohio. No president has resided west of Illinois. President Harding is the seventh president of Scotch-Irish paternal ancestry. Fifteen of our presidents over a period of 133 years, have been of English decent, three of Scotch, one of Welsh and two of Dutch. The average age of our presidents at inauguration has been/66 years, approximately, while the approxi mate average at death has been 66 years. President Harding exemplifies the rapid rise possible lfi American life better than any of his predecessors. He was not included in the 1414-15 "Who's Who.” Unlike many of his predecessors also, his parents were not wealthy and he has risen to the highest office within the gift of the American peo ple through frugality, industry and thrift, of which he Is a warm expo- Ex-County Surveyor George McGee came down from Timber on business Monday and says the boosters of that town are devoting their attention to the proposed road which will connect Timber and Cochran, the later place being entirely without road connec tion with the outside world. A feature which is causing trouble Is the fact that by the most practicable route while the two ends of the road will be in Washington county, the center will be in Tillamook county. A solution would be that the latier county agree to transfer the sections involved to Washington and N.Bangs headed a delegation of Timber people which visited Tillamook to secure an agreement to that effect, but It is un derstood the proposal wag not receiv ed with great enthusiasm in 'lit coast country.—Hillsboro Independ nent. ent. 12 - , -i ____________ _______ r ' D. D. Aitken, president of the Hol stein Friesian Association of Amer ica, who was a Tillamook visitor rec ently, was very much impressed with this part of the country. The fol lowing letter has been received from him by R. W. Watson, secretary of the local Holstein breeders organi zation: __ My dear Mr. Watson: *“ I am in receipt of your letter of the 17th, anti was glad to hear from you, and especially pleased that you are having such success with the boy'B cow. I sincerely trust that she wiy make good for you. There Is something more than junt the rec ord and the money value of it. Tim satisfaction ol developing cows is a good deal, and it wiil have a tenden cy to make the boys appreciate more thoroughly what can be accomplish ed with these animals if properly cared for. I want to thank you and the other breeders of Tillamook for the cour tesies extended to me and for the royal greeting 1 received from th' breeders generally at Tillamook. I have used your association there and your organization, all over the country since I left there. 1 have told them about your cheese and what It meant to have an organiza tion and the way I have illustrated it was the breeders of Tillamook had exercised and developed their mind. , their gray matter as well as their muscles, and their success was evi dence of that fact 1 shall continue to use you people as tin Illustration of the ii'til true way for communities to improve their conditions. 1 hope you boy will get together anti pick out a committee to deter mine Just what herd sites should I»« used and make it possible for a man three, four >r five years from now to go to Tillamook and find a hundre.l daughters of some great herd sire. You know of cour.«- what Hint would mean. Blossom,” to be given Friday. Mur. 18, at the High Schoo) Gymnasium. The Glee Club has appropriated the proceeds of last year's operetta for buying a curtain for the gymnas ium stage, and the proceeds of this year's operetta will be used to buy chairs for the Auditorium. Since it requires a considerable sum of nton' ey to do (his. the people of the com munlty .should see that supported. U I th k well Netart Company Incorporates Report- from the Corporation com- ui I t is Resolutions of Condolence |r I ve Without th The next best it Whereas, God In Ills Infinite wis dom has called from our midst to her eternal home, Sister Amanda Ed munds, we feel that we have met with a great loss, but we are cheer ed with the words. He giveth His beloved sleep. She has gone to an ■ swer the roll call up yonder, and st bow in submission, saying Thy w’ll be done. Therefore, be It resolved that we the women of the W. R. C. extend our heartfelt sympathy to the be reaved husband, son and relatives. He it further resolved that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family of the deceased, one to each of the papers for publication and one to be spread on the minutes of the W, R. C. “She Is not dead I say, She is Just away, With cheery smile and wave of hand She has wandered into an unknown land, And left us wondering, how very fair It needs must be since she lingers there. She Is not d'-ad 1 say. Sho Is Jusc away.” Mrs. Viola Noyes, Mrs. Celia K. Spear, Mrs Betty oty. Wr The state .. SU ‘•MISS CHERRY BLOSSOM" The High School Glee Club an PRESIDENT AITKEN PLEASED WITH TILLAMOOK WELCOME nounces the operetta "Miss Cherry '» * r TWENTY n r week i