THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT
ViUdmook ÿtaMiQfjt
A Weekly
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pens« of improvement and labor was
Who would be willing to go back
to the former state of bad roads that
practically isolated this county from
eommosJeatioh by vehicles with the
outride world’ This is not a mud
■ted n«r a tallow dip age.
A reduction of taxes will come.
The people as a whole are gradually
working back to normalcy, but it
cannot be done by one single spasm
of wild-eyed "cut-throat” economy.
It cannot be accomplished by call­
ing names. by abuse or Insinuation.
Neither can this or any other coun­
ty in the great state of Oregon turn
about and go backward without a
sense of public shame. In the ab-
suncr of instructions from the tax­
payer. the Headlight believes that
the coungy court has done the best
it could with the 1922 budget, and
the court is simply unfortunate in
being caught in the vortex of the re­
current wave of the old., old tax re­
form high water, that, after a per­
iod of great improvement, always
manifests usually with a crowd of
visionaries on its crest.
of going into many details, but the
Utttle (?) iteem of nearly $50.00»
for county officers and court house
expense is worthy of mention.
The employees in and around the
court house may enter the service
with absolutely nothing invested ex­
cept possibly an Eversharp pencil
and a wrist watch, which probably
wasn't furnished by the county, and
they are permitted to draw from
$1400 to $2000 and more per year
for 8 hours (?) service, six days of
the week except holidays. While th»
farmer with practically the same
qualifications (except the watch)
may invest from $20.000 to $30,000
dollars and he and his wife both
work from 12 to 16 hours each day I
and sit up the remainder of the
night figuring out how to pay their
taxes. Interest, insurance and many
other farm expenses and still keep
their balance out of the red at the
end of the year, It can hardly be
done at present.
Some time ago when our former
Sheriff Campbell according to report
inaugurated a movement to hare
his and many other of the county
employees salary raised, very little
opposition was registered at the
polls as the taxpayers were getting
unusual returns for their produce
and they wished to be fair as usual
to others, but now that the price
of butterfat is and has for sometime
been down approximately 50 per
cent while potatoes, beef cows, calf
hides, etc., are down from 150 to
500 per cent things are decidedly dlr
ferent.
Mr. Chairman of the budget meet­
Lng, ladies and gentlemen, I move
you that enough be deducted from
"salaries of county officers and court
house expense” which added to the
eight or nine thousand dollars which
SHOULD be left from last years iery
for "fairgrounds and improvements”
would start some substantial im­
provements which the people intend­
ed should be done when they voted
the levy.
TAXPAYER
Pat Casey of Sheridan who spend»
two or three days in Tillamook last
week, returned home Monday. In
his younger days Pat could "lick his
weight in wild eats", but time has
slcwec. him down some, and with
gray hairs and a more philosophic
east of mind, he is not inclined to
seek physical contests. Pat lives in
the Gopher valley country near
Sheridan, and 1 b a farmer.
Mrs. Frank Bester of east of town
who recently spent two months at
the bedside of her mother in Califor­
nia, has returned, and reports her
parent as being much improved in
health
Make your headquarters at Ree-
her’s Furniture Store. It will pay
you to look over their line.—Adv.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER il, ]>tl
mt
If you want to get a cow you cood lady, -The cheef ast me to Rive it
get one now an all you got to do is a little rite up so I did.
jim dash
go see Mister Magarrell an Mister
If you want to get sum dandy
John Pl ask er an Mister Beals an cards for Chrismuas to send to pee-
Mister Holmes an Miss Gaylord an pie what you aint goin to give no
they wood give you the munney to presunti to an wich you dont like
get the cow to get the dary for milk much we got sum dandiee here in
our office cheep but you got to hary
cause up to the banks they dassunt
up less they get all tuck by sum bod -
lend you any think to get cows with. dy else. If you want sum jess feme
They got a bout a millyun dollers an tell the cheef to keep Bum for
jess to get cows with. We get can­ you an then cum rite down an tell
ned milk for our milk wich is easier him what to put on them Its tone
Main 68
than milkin my fother sed.
jim dash
jim dash
If you found a grey purse wich t»
Verna Mast is studdyin fizxiology velvet wood you please bring it to
by male in the university an Mrs us cause we no who it is. It wus lost
Dimick is studdyin birds an ritin sum wares between tire Boats hos-
short stories. I dont gess its rong pittie ware you go when you get sick
to tell stories by male but my fother an the bizness sectshqn of tire city
sed if he ever ketches me tellin stor­ an if you wus to bring it to us an
ies he is goin to wale me up to wun we wont ast no questshuns neether.
inch of my life. Elizabeth Phillips
jim dash
is studdyin grammer by male so she
If you want to get sum stuff for
cood rite letter« I gess.
your baby you cood get werytblnk
jim dash
up to Edith King's up to the balcony
Mrs. Sargeqnt from Miami wich
up to
* Kings an Crenshawa They
is in Florida is here visitin rela-
got sum nice fresh things to ware
shuns wich is her neece wich is
the baby an bored wore layettes
Grace Crandall. Mrs. Sargeant is her for
hare swiches an corsets an ev-
an
ant an she is tourin all over the
rythink you cood think about cheep
world. Miami is rite on the oshun
jim dash
an its next to Lemon city in the jog
If you want to get a new dress
ruffy an Cocoanut grove also wick
is ware Mister William Jennings for your wife go see Mister Church
Bryan lives whats runnin to be I wich is sellin inshurai.ee from Maas
presidunt all his life. She’s goin to I achusetts wich is ware Boston is an
stay a long time cause its crowded the pillgrims landed wun time. He
aint'got
no lady’s dresses but he sed
UUWU
luaic 1U
IUV winter
niuvvt time with
w
” —
down thare
in the
millyunares an every think like that j he
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I dress for anybuddy wich you want.
Jim dash
Cum wun an cum all an get your . If you are goin to get sick an die
winter hats before its two late Miss now is the time to see Mister Church
Patterson sed whats the millenary i so if you die it wont cost you nothin
In another column la a communi­
cation signed "Taxpayer” which se­
Mice M. Cowan, who spent several
COMMUNICATION
days visiting in this city, returned
verely criticizes the county court f r
to her home in Portland Tuesday.
the 1922 budget and its approval of
To the Editor: While scanning the
the items contained therein.
budget estimate for 1922 one can­
Mrs. Pollock, who spent the week
end here vleiting returned to Clover­
The county court makes its bud­ not help wondering why the county
dale Sunday, where she teaches in
get largely in an endeavor to make court doee not take this fix reduc­
tion problem seriously and line up
the public schools of that place.
the most improvements with the with the retrenchment and back to
least amount of money possible. It normalcy movement which is getting
H. A. Brant and daughter, and
Harold Brant and wife, and Mrs.
is a notorious fact that demands a firm hold on the taxpdyefs over
Robertson of Sandlake, were in the
tome to the court from every part of the entire state.
city Wednesday.
According
to
the
budget
estimate,
the county, and from taxpayers, de­
manding road building and improve­ as printed, the taxes to be raised
Henry Wood was a passenger to
ments and the construction of bridg­ and expended by the court this year
Portland last Monday.
will
amount
to
several
thousand
dol
­
es over streams, tire road question be
lars more than last year as the one
Ing the one of dominant interest in mill levy for purchase (and improve­
the county. To build all these roads ment) of the fair grounds, is elim­ 152SZ525a52SZ5Z5Z5BS2525H5H52S?5ë!5ZS25c5ï525HS2Sefi2Si2S2525Z52SHSH£2SHS3£
at one time; to make all the im­ inated which tax raised nearly $23,-
provements asked for; to bridge all 000 yet the budget calls for only
the Btreams indicated by petitioners; $15,000 less than last yedr.
together with other things desired
Many of the items in the budget
on the part oi the taxpayers, would
be out of all question and reason. are staggering to the average tax­
So, that in the absence of instruction payer. for instance the item of over
from the whole body of taxpayers, $200.000 for Roads and Highways,
III
the county court and its three ad­ yet we have not had enough good
visors, have to agree upon certain concrete paved road in the past
improvements for the year following four years on which, as the slang
according to their best judgment— phrase goes, to flag a bread wagon.
What becomes of that vast
the result is a budget.
trowel handle and lastly, Release the
The reformer takes hfB fling at amount of money? A great deal of
safety hook that holds together the
Fascinayiqg story books, bouncing
it
may
be
accounted
for
in
the
ever
­
the court and holds that body res­
bows of the trap. Do not pack the I
balls, toques, sweaters, mittens, bun­
lasting
dumping
in
the
roads
of
rock
ponsible for all the alleged evils re­
earth in the excavation nor fill in
ny drease,s rompers, aprons. Dr. Den
sulting from high faxes. But the dirt and gravel, by trucks, tractor
dirt higher than the top of the
ton's
sleepers,
knox
knit
hose,
first
READ THIS:
taxpayers demand 'mprovenients, trains and other highly expensive
jaws.
step
shoe,
baby
boudoir
stamped
Madera,
Cal.—“I suffered for three-
and the county court cannot make equipment to be immediately dug
wearables for wee tots. See the cir­
Geo. Childers went out to Sheri
years with catarrh of the bladder, having
them without money, and it takes out agairi by the next truck that
cus
animals.
dan Monday, returning Wednesday tried every remedy I heard of. but with­
money to pay taxes. Why blame the comes along. Another item of no
out relief Finally I saw Dr. Pierce's
FANCY WORK AND ART DEPART­
night.
court, when the taxpayers them­ small significance is the salary paid
Anuric advertised and, like a drowning
selves are to blame for demanding to so many roadmasters, deputy road
MENT
FOR
THE
LADIES
masters and straw bosses or deputy
If you have been looking for Jar- man grabbing at a straw, I thought I
these things.?
road masters as they will soon be
dinieres, you should see the nice as- would try it also, which I did with great
Instead of trying to “reform’' the called.
sortment that just arrived at Ree- success, as it relieved me almost imme­
court, why not begin with the tax­
diately, before I had taken all of the first
Our deputy dairy and food inspec­
her’s.—Adv.
payer himself, of which the com­ tor who by the way still draws a
package, so I continued, and would say
plainant, "Taxpayer” claims to be war time wage, at least Is compelled
to all those suffering from their ¡pdneys
T.
K.
Stewart
and
wife
of
Port
­
one
The war gYeatly increased tax to make periodical reports to the
or excess uric acid, try Dr. Pierce’s An­
land
came
in
to
spend
the
holidays
uric Tablets and suffer no longer! I have
e*. Improvement ha“ inereased them. public anA-hUs chiefs.
with friends in this city, arriving great faith in Dr. Pierce’s remedies.”—
■***'u-
, •■••ter does ireStueB afaW ihs
Monday.
S. P Hensiev.
gradually back to conditions as they salary,
n iL-mujumeJ B B
Your health is your most important
existed before the war, when the ex-
Space will not permit at this time
asset. So whv not write Dr. Pierce pres-
the week end here with relative»
’---- ”-‘«1 Ruffalo, N. Y., and.
turned Sunday to her school near receive confidential
medical adv.ee, lre%.
TRAPPING MOLES
Dolph.
or send 10c for a trial pkg. tablets.
In carrying out the mole eradica­
tion campaign in Tillamook county
an effort is being made to secure the
highest possible value for the mole
skins caught.
To this end mole traps of the scis­
sors or choker loop type are recom­
mended as they do not injure the
We wish you a
skins. Trapping may be carried on
at any season of the year.
How­
Our increasing patronage is proof th at we have successfully served the
MERRY CHRISTMAS
ever, the heavy rains of this county
w ash the soil from beneath the traps
and make it necessary to reset all
and a
public in the past and we resolve to further our efforts in 1922.
traps after each storm. The winter
and summer skins are all good skins
HAPPY NEW YEAR
The mole's fur varies less than most
other animal's although it molts
twice a year. During April, October
and November many are unprlme
but even at this time they have
some value and should be saved.
We thank you for the good business you have given
How to Set Trap»
ub the past year and realize that a continuance of
No better tool for use in setting
the same will depend on our following up our pol­
mole traps can be found than a good
icy of satisfaction in quality, price and eervice.
strong garden trowel. Make the
break or opening into the burrow no
larger than is necessary to accommo­
date the trap; otherwise the mole
may deviate from the original course
and pass through without being
caught. Even when placing the
trap on one of the shallow hunting
paths it will pay to dig into the run
way and adapt the setting to known
conditions, rather than to set from
the surface by simply forcing the
I loops or the jaws into the soil. Some
J, "
times, also, in digging, three or four
forks of the burrow are discovered,
and there is nothing to do then but
I fill the break and try elsewhere So
far as the writer's observation goes
no importance should be attached to
the admonition sometimes heard to
disturbs the mole's runway as little
as possible when setting the trap
and to use gloves in the operation,
lest the animal get the scent of hu­
man hands.
The location of one of the shal­
low hunting paths of the mole is in­
dicated plainly by the surface ridges
To find a deep runway from which
a nioutad of earth has been pushed
out, clear away the latter anti feel
or prod for the short paseageway
running obliquely down to the main
tunnel. Follow its course, usually
I only a few inches and place the trap
on the main run.
Scissor-jaw-trape; To get the
best results with the sciseor-jaw
trap the soil tn which the setting is
made mu-t first be loosened with the
trowel and freed from sticks, clods
or pebbles. The jaws of this trap
| must close in the soil and will, of
course, act the more quickly the less
they are obstructed. Make the ex­
cavation for the trap a little deeper
than the level of the bottom of the
runway, for the tendency of a mole
is to pass under ra.her than to one
side of • break or obstruction in its
burrow. Having definitely located
the course of the runway, fill in
enough loose earth to hide and ob
•truct the passage, and settle the
trap snugly into place, the jaws
straddling the coure. Tap the trig-
ber pan down with the end of the
FOR THE KIDDIES
G |i RI $T 1Y[A
Have You Kidney
or Bladder Trouble ?
We wish our many friends and customers
E. G. ANDERSON
The Satisfaction Store
A
VERY
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
and
HAPPY
LAMAR’S
Tillamook,
NEW
YEAR
DRUG STORE
Oregon