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TILLAMOOK. OREGON,
PAGE NINE
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 1. 1921
SCENES OF THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE RECENT FLOOD FLOOD DAMAGE
INUNDATED A LARGE SECTION OF THIS COUNTY SLIGHT LOCALLY
TILLAMOOK'S
FIRST
Compared with Yamhill and Lin
coln counttes, the damage done by
the late flood in this eounty was
small. In Lincoln county the dam
age done to bridges and roads and
to stock and houses and barns, will
come close to $150,990. At Newport
the wind picked up th’e roof of the
Minthorn bath house ¡«nd deposited
it on another building over a hun
dred feet away, wrecking the latrtr
also. On the Siletz river houses and
barns were washed away, and con
siderable stock lost. At Sheridan 3
business buildings, one a merchan
dise «tore, were undermined by the
Yamhill river and wrecked In the
flood waters. Portions of the rail
road track and parts of the highway
were washed out near Willamina,
The flood was the highest known
since 1891.
In many places fence rails were
scattered by the flood over the prem
ises of farmers, and considerable
new fencing will be necessary. But
the accumulated fine silt toil. which
makes Tillamook lands so valuable,
was more than an offset to the dam
ages don«.
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MILITARY
ORGANIZATION BROUGHT
TO
MIND BY FORMER MEMBER OF
OLD TENTH COMPANY.
About the month of July 1916, a
number of the boys of f.his city gath
ered together and discussed the prop
osition of organizing a Coast Artil
lery company here. After getting
abou) fifty of the boys to consent to
join, a representative from the Ad
jutant General’s office came to Till
amook to organize the new company.
Sixty five men were required before
a company could be organized.
When the organizer arrrived w
were s ill short about teji men and
if we ever worked hard, we did
then, to get that number, but we
finally succeeded and on the 6th day
of August, 1916 the 10th Company
Oregon Coast Artillery, National
Guard came into existence.
In those days the boys were al
lowed to choose tiheir Captain and
by a unanimous vote S. S. Johnson
was elected to that office. Captain
Johnson then appointed Ray B.
Walls as First Lieutenant', T. B.
Handley as Second Lieutenant and
Leslie Harrison as First Sergeajit.
Appointment« of non-commiss'
officers came later. The old Cham
ber of Commerce rooms in the Till
amook building w’ere then convert
ed into an Armory and within a
short time w« were supplied with
uniforms a$id equipment.
Drills were h’eld once and some-
times twice a week. How well we
remember the hard times the non
coms went through especially when
they would give the wrong com
mand and then to he non-com’s as
tonishment see his squad or platoon
march up to a building as though
they were going to wreck it or the
men get confused and one half of the
platoon march down the street when
the o’.h'er half was marching in the
opposite direction, and then how
that poor old ndn-com would search
through his military dictionary for
a command to ge < his platoon to
gether again. And now we look
baok qpon those days when we w’ere
rooks with a smile and chuckle.
We all remember the intense ex
citement the 6th day of April 1917
when our coun:ry was plugged in
to war and how 'eagerly we awaited
the call to arms and w'hich finally
came to the Oregon Coast Artillery
on July 23th,
1917. The main
building at the fair grounds was
our barracks for four days and then
on the 29th we entrained for Fort
Stevens. To those who were at the
depo- that day, the sscene will nev
er be forgotten. One hundred eleven
men belonged to the company at
that time and a few days after we
arrived at ’he fort we were march
ed to the hospital where several of
th'e boys were given their walking
papers for home on account of phys
ical disability. We were ther trans
ferred o Fort Columbia and uvea m
tents a few months before a can-
tenement was erected.
By this time we had lost
our officers from home w
been returned to civil life. Anxious
months passed and finally the order
came for the mobilization of the
65th C. A. C. About twenty hree
men were transferred from our com
pany to go with that unit. A few
mon'hx later came an order for the
69th, then the 48th, the O. A. R. D.,
followed by a few other miscella
neous unit«.
About three flfts c.f
the boys reached Francs and quite
a number of them saw real action.
Th’e only casualty suffered by the
former 19th company men was that
of Loyd D. Williams (know « among
the boys as "Bill”) son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Williams, who died
from the effects of the “flu”. His
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body was returned to this city and
buried in the I. O. O. F. ceme'.ery.
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It is interesting to note that of all
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the Tenth company men who are
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« ill living in Tillamook county < n-
I ly three have not yet joined
the
I American Legion.
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Former member of the 10th. Co.
Flood« have thelt after gool ef-
fette. Alfred Reynolds, who owns
’• ’.h* new bungalow Just west of the
Hoquarton slough bridg’e, statdi that
•’ic flood waters deposited «»verst
hiche« of fine silt on his yard and
Sarden. and saved him th - ‘rouble
•nd xpense of hauling i ■. He fur-
ih—- states that there were hut two
inch«« of water on his house floor
during the highest s age« of th’o
Coed, and not from 2 to 2 feet as
ported.
BIG SUDE BELOW BEAVER
BLOCKS TRAFFIC 8 DAYS
A big slide, containing hundreds
of tons of earth and gravol, at 'he
Bigsby grade below Beaver, which
btpeked travel by that point for
siz or seven days, was cleared last
Tuesday, bo that autos can now get
past that point. The stages operat
ed during 'he blockade by transfer
ring passengers to cars on the fur
ther side. With this impediment to
travel removed, the road will be
clear a considerable distance, The
work of bridging the gap In the
trestle leading from the cheese fac-
tory in this city to the Trask river
bridge, east of town, is proceeding,
and probably will be finished this
week, which will be vei* acceptable
to people living beyiind t,Tie Trask
bridge, who have daily trip« to
make with milk to th« town these
factory. Pedestrians liar«« bee« com
ing over on a temporary foot bridge.
Th« bea«k road is <>p«a to travel
all the way down to‘M««buttan, and
th« hill route to Mohler, up th« Mi
ami, is reported to be tn good shape.
The Netarts road is closed to
travel indefinitely. Th« taking out
of the lower Tilhimook bridge dur
ing the flood, isolates the Net art«
section from communication with
this city by auto and teams, It Is
river road
reported that .he Wils«
is also closed to travel lor soma dls-
tance up the valtay.
FLOOD DOES DAMAGE AT
TRASK RIVER FISH HATCHERY
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View of west ead of Tillamook
river bridge, showhie damage caused
bv lass swep* against the structure
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SUGGESTIONS FOR GIFTS FOR
THE CHRISTMAS SEASON
Two straight pieces of ribbon are
««wed toge her at the ends to make
a «frular baud, then shirred together
on the se’vage edge and stuffed vri h
cotton and sachet powder. Tht.^
more rows of shirring are m. in.
and the fullness gataer-d li.to _
center. The ctjntral rore 1» Trade
^Twisting a Tiece of ribbon mtn
the desired fold»,
folds, and sewing d
do*
°':"
tigh,ly to
center of sad.
>ceF
of
leaves are made of two pi*1
of green ribbon, sewed togeth trer into
These are gathered in
to the edge.
.......... so th*' the “,:BS
a B point,
under the rose-;»nd-you ha
tened
ioned the
'he dearesL
dearest, da.r.ti
da .ml.
Sachet for her Chrietmas gttt th.
could
po*“»‘r
,houe,,t
—
■ ereamery.
----- , where flo°d
Tillamook
wa.dhed out culvert in tirade and
caused ranch inconvenience to traf
««■ ’ S«»»
"MW™
Hi diameter and a band of n«t, two
and a half inches wide and forty
inches long Cor the foundation,
Close the band and sew to the circle
of net. Four rows of lace one inch
three row«
wide trim he band
turned down and one row turned
up. Beading at the top and bot'otn
of 'he band, -ewed between the
t.'w» of pace, hold» fine baby i:bb- n
which, when tightened, gather» id «
A reset e »f teit»y
e>p t the he ead
ribb >n w 'th a rosei’Ud and »prig >f
mignonette add a fetching touch.
,’jl<t-: i fe. old-gold and old bl.ic »ilk
si id«
Cedar is beooming very «caree in
nd
the state of Washington, and mills
in
ov*r there in many placet, will nave Try it.
d
rmi
iveet> da in r
Quit making shingles. Tillamook
The frivolous.
pia
tettnty ha« a lot of good cedaT, but younger »¡«ter wishes for pretty.
u"'i of 1 is not easy of access, ow- dainty »tides as her Christmas»
Born to Mr. and - —
Mrs ’ Lev Morrl-
to a lack of road facilities off gilt« A boudoir »« can be made
her
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l»:i.
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twelv« Inch« *> NovediL
** main lines of travel. ShinS'e*
with » drcle of net
now quoted at $2.26 per M.
ALL OVER COUNTY
UNITED STATES BIOLOGICAL DE
PARTMENT
INTERESTED
RIDDING COUNTY
nr
IN
MOLES
AND OFFERS BOUNTIES.
A county-wide mole and gopher
eradication
campaign has been
launched in Tillamook county.
Gounty Agent W. D. Pine and th«
U. S. Biological Survey are co-oper
ating to make this campaign a thoro
one. Ira M. Gabrielson and II. I.
Speer of the Biological Survey are
now in the county t<> carry ou the
surveys part of the program. Dur
ing the next three weeks practical
demontrations of 'Ire most effective
methods of combating these pesw
will be given as many of the school«
of th« county as possible.
approx
imately 40 of these demonstration«
will be given.
In addition to the regular flv«
cent boun'y paid by the county on
moles and gophers $200.00 is avail
able for prizes <o the boy« and girl«
catching the largest number of
moles and gophers.
For the purpose of awarding the»«
prizes the county has bt«en divided
into four districts, ns follows: do-
verdale district includes
all th«
schools In the south end of th«
county up to but no) Including
Beaver; Pleasant Valley district In
eludes nil school districts form Bea
v«r and the Blalnv dis riet up to
South Prairie Hchool district; Tllla-
niook district lncludes all the terrl-
tory be'ween South Prairie and
Garibaldi including both of the»«
districts, Nehalem district cover«
al the northern end of 'he count*
form Garibaldi to the Clatsop coun-
ty line.
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Vi each district $50 in prives wlH
be disfribu ted us follows: The boy
or girl catching and turning In th«
largest numbvr of mole« and goph
ers will receive a $25 prize,. Th«
boy or girl «niching the second
largest number $15. and the third
largeste will get $10.
Th» spine of moles and gopher«
must be sen' to the couaty agent'«
office In order o be counted toward
the prize«. The mole «kina, unless
requested returned by th«- boy or
girl sending th’em, will be held by
th« county agent, and all skin* sold
ogether in n big pool and th«
money received for them will h«
divided among the boys ajid girl«
according the number of skins con
tributed by each. Th'e contest will
run a year and every boy nr girl 1«
the con« y is eligible.
Detailed Instructions in methode
of setting trap., skilling and earn
ing for skins will be given a) each
school house and arrangement« mad»
for sending, receiving ths skins and
payment of bounty mnni’J.
Between four and five hundred
thousand young salmon and eggs
ready for hatching principally Chl-
nook fry an eggs went out of inl
ponds at th’e Trask river fish and
trout hatchery, five miles above this
city during the recent flood, The
overflowed trout ponds, land the
flume went out, and there was no
water for th'e hatching pools Inside
the hatchery, and the eggs had to
be turned loose. Th’e fry and «ggs
were principally from Chinook »al INTERESTING DATA ON AUTO
mon and Cut throat trout, and were
REGISTRATION IN COUNTY
a total loss. About 250,000
fry
went out into the Trask, the bal-
The following hitter from th«
anc« being ripe eggs ready for hatcli Secretary of State'« office aloni Id
ing.
prove interesting rending to nuto-
Th« footbridge was carried away mobile owners in this county:
across th’e river; also all the rack«
“Up to the present Ime during
on Gold creek, including flumes nnd the year 1 »21 there have been rngla-
b.'Uid walks up the stream. Deputy motor vehicle dealers, 6,436 chauf
Fish Warden Pollock estimates the feurs, 17 8,520 moter vehicle opera
damage at ubout $3,000.
tors, 2,105 mo oicycbis and 115.009
Work will soon begin on new passenger and commercial ears, from
racks, flume and other work to re which the total license fees aggre
place the flood damage. A new sus i gate $2.319,307. 00
The fr<s. les«
pension bridge from the ha «thery administrative expense, are distrib
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across th'e Trask will also be pu in, i uted one-four h to the counties from
and the new one will be high which tire reeglatratlons are received
enough to escape future floods. The and three-fourth« to the Stae High
force will begin taking BIlvetHldes way fund for use in road count ru*
(Courtesy Ovo Studio)
and Cutthroat troll to compensate lion and improvement throughout
as much as possible for the flah and the State generally,
by high water. 4. Another view of agg loss, due to the high water,
''Th’e dlsfilbutluns of the regia-
Much work will be irecensary I n re-
the wTeckave of the Tillamook river moving huge log Janis on the I for- rations up Jo September 15, 1921
nier «it« of the racks and flume The show« that In Tillamook cd i nt y
bridye.
damage to the old hatchery wua there were registered six motor
vehicle
dealers, 120 chr ■ffeurs,
slight.
2,289 motor vehitlp open ¡■‘or*. 28
I. O 0. F LODGE ELECTS
S. W Conover and family return- motorcycle«,, 1,312 pass liger iuta,
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and
hearses. «
Tillamook lodge No. i»4. I. O. O. F. ed last Sat urday night from a t we one ambulance
Mr buss«» and stages, 4 4 commercial
months visit In New York «»at
last Tuesday night elected the fol Conover expressed himself as being cats of less than one ton capacity,
lowing
mighty glad to get back <> Tilla
to five ton«
140 trucks of from m
the capacity and 11 f r Iler« of from
niook. At Havre, Montani
term:
Otte to five tons r pacify, or a •ot«l
Nob? ■ Grand, J M. Wilson; Vice thermometer ranged at
ro, and there was »not
of 1,508 license I passenger • nd
Grand, Ben Egge; Recording Secre- Rocky mountain region
commercial motet vehicles.”
tary F F. Conover; Financial Secre- that there was little »n
Emil Heusser; Treasurer, C. left in he Eastern «late
tar
H. Coe.
rains
fousd many < li/'.nges In hi
Clark
of
N J. Drew and W. D.
state, after an •!>•«■»«* of
Salem, who are connected with the years, but nevertheless «n
»X
state highway commission, were in trip.
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the city Wednesday last.
i ig, a
plunk
Mr and Mrs. Ira Rowe
Till*
Mi»« Willie Fisher, who attended niook. started from that
the big stock «how at Portland las
• MtnuvIJIe In (heli car
week, returned homv Sunday.
but had to leave th* ear
Ronde. They walked Ihre
ar**
Burford’« fit her, who h«» been heavy « orm. mud and w
ing him for sonr« time past, re Grand Itpnde to Wlltaml
ed to Portland la«t Wednesday afternoon, nnd hired a c:
take (treni the re»t of the
Frit* B<ltx left las* Hatarday im
Rev. J T. Keating w«nt to Me- was nee .wary for h«ni t<>
Pir'kial where he intended «pend
Mlinviila Teesday Last for a f«w Mtanvlll« that night.
Tim««
day«.
I ing a f*w day« o« bu«ln«n*
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