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! I loi O ¡¿il lanino ïeaôligljt VOL. xxxni NO. 19 PRICE $2.00 A YEAB icei !ed |u tl mi» ntli I it o Inin t 1 air >ula « 1 ITali SECOND DEGREE MURDER ♦ + ♦ FRIDAY’S PRIZE CONTEST ♦ AROUSES BIG INTEREST + Shortly after the Headlight * ♦ had appeared last Friday, Ern WHEELER SAWMILL STARTED; 80 MEN 0Ç. th no >vei The Tillamook County grand jury vor dur reported to Circuit Judge George hl Bagley, at five o’clock last night. oun Eleven true bills and one not true The true bills re th were returned. hi turned are: William Sederberg, murder in the h second degree. Robert H. Getchel, forgery, three A fire broke out in the residence counts. Grace Childers, contributing *o of Paul Fitzpatrick, a few miles south of the city last Friday night the delinquency of a minor. Wesley Raney jointly indicted about 8:30 p. m. A defective Hue in the upper part of the house Is tí with Grace Childers, illegal cohabi said to have caused the fire. The tation. residence was a frame building and Whitney, illegal cohabi- Laurens in burned with an intensity that pre ab tation. George Chllders, illegal cohaoi • vented fire fighters from coming to close range. The building was en eat tation. William Sederberg was granted tirely destroyed. Part of the furni until one o’clock Wednesday to en ture was saved as was also some The loss is par ter a plea. He is represented by wearing apparel. Judge Holmes. Willfnm Johnsen tially covered by $700 insurance. was granted until nine o'clock Wed- A house owned by the Whitney noday morning to enter pleu. Re p Mills Company and occupied by ar- resented by George Winslow, Lau Charles Witcher and family at camp rens Whitney pleaded not guilty. 4 was destroyed by fire at four o' tor Wesley Raney has until Wednesday clock last Wednesday afternoon. An overheated stove is said to have to enter plea. Grace Childers pleaded guilty to been the cause of the blaze. A sew contributing to the delinquency of ing machine and a small amount of a minor. According to the ccm- bedding were the only household plaint she allowed and induced one goods saved. No insurance was car The camp Williams, 17 year old youth, ried on the building. I Stanley to cohabit with her 15 year old ^was saved from destruction by the daughter, Myrtle Childers. She was work of a few men. Mrs. Witcher was in the city fined $500. She was giveu until Wednesday to plead to the second shopping last Friday. She said to indictment Jointly with Raney. She ’.he clerks in an unconcerned man had no attorney and no funds with ner: “Our house was burned down which to employ counsel. The court last night, and we haven’t any appointed A. A. Hall to defend the clothes, so I had to come to town to shop. We lost everything.” The case. Robert H. Getchel pleaded guilty clerk was startled and was heard last night, According to the testi- to say: “I don’t see how she can mony introduced he left a year apo take such a loss in so unconcerned last December for California with a manner.” his mother, deserting his wife and one year old baby, and has since 50,000 CALIFORNIA TOURISTS failed to contribute toward the TO COME TO OREGON IN 1922 support of the child. His wife in the meantime has secured a divorce. Fifty thousand automobiles from He was sentenced to serve one year California will tour the Pacific in the penetentlary, but the court Northwest carrying at least 200,000 taking into consideration the length visitors this year, according to Her of time he has been confined waiting bert Cuthbert, executive secretary trial, suspended sentence during of the Pacific Northwest Tourist good behavior, provided he will pay association, who has been in con- $25 each month toward the sup faience with the officials of the port of the child, and report to the J touring tourtag department depart:.lent of the Auto court and the parole officer on the Club of Southern California. This first of every month. He w-as also 1« one hundred percent more than required to give bond. made the trip to Oregon, Washing George Childers pleaded guilty ton and British Columbia last year, last night tu lewd cohabitation with but assurances have been given a 16 year old girl. He was sen Cuthbert that at least that many tenced to serve three months in the California license plates will be county seen along the Pacific highway dur The case of Martingale vs. Hunt, ing 1922. an action for money, is now in pro The new map of the Pacific gress. It is a suit for recovery of Northwest issued by the tourist money for clearing land. Judge sociation is in great demand Holmes represents plaintiff. Botts California clubs, which have and Winslow, defendants. quested 20.000 im folder form The case of Harrison vs. Beals, is distribution and have arranged set for Wednesday. King vs. Atkin hang the wall edition in all son for Thursday. Shipman vs. Com principal Information bureaus stock for Friday. throughout the state. TWO RESIDENCES BURN LAST WEEK TWO-THIRDS OF THE POPU another LATION OF THE U. S. MARRIED traffic accident Another traffic accident occurred at the intersection of Second avenue East and Third street Saturday af ternoon. A car driven by Bud Kel- lew, of Beaver, collided with a car driven by N. C. Hanson, of Bay City. No one was injured and but slight damage was done the cars. Kellow was proceeding south on Second avenue and Hanson was coming east on Third street when the cars came together. According to the account given by eye wit nesses the accident could easily have been avoided. It seems that Han- Zon had the right of way and was at the intersection first, and as eye witnesses state the negligence li»s with Kellow. The only damage done was a shat tered running board on Kellow * car Predatory Animal» To Be Ruled S. G. Jewett, of the Oregon Game and a bent bumper and dented fen commission, has announced tha. a der on Hanson’s car. predatory animal hunter is to Circuit Judge Bagley and Clerk employed. He I* to go on the Joo Runyon arrived la town ye-tcrd y about July, and It will be hi* duty evening to open the postponed term to hunt and kill the predatory an of court. imals of this county. Notwithstanding the H. C. li nearly two-thirds of the population of the United States, from 15 years up. is married. But notwithstand ing all you read about the prera- lence of the divorce evil, the cen sus bureau says there are only about one-half a million divorced persons in the country. Maybe they don’t stay that way. Mississippi and Ark ansas have the largest proportion or married men, 62.8, and Nevada t e smallest, 45». It s*em8 8tran<e that in the western states the pro portion of married J. fsmall an> of married women is large, explanation is the high ratio of tnen to women. Wheeler, Ore., March 7. (Spec ial) Wheeler Mill resumed opera tions yesterday, with a force of about 90 men. The planing mill and the mill proper are both in op eration. First preference for em ployment is given to those living in the valley. The plant will operate 9 hours a day and the minimum wage scale will be $3.00. A. W. Vosberg, president of the Wheeler Lumber company, return ed from the east late last Wednes day, and gave out the information to a Headlight representative to- day. He said they will try the op- eration of the mill for a while, and expect to be able to open camp at Coal Creek in about a month or so. He stated that the lumber market is still in a precarious condition, but shows signs of improvement. He is very confident that conditions will soon come to normal. The lum ber market, he believes, will open up shortly. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ++♦♦♦+++♦♦♦♦+ ♦ * * WHEELER LUMBER CO. FINED BY L. L. L. L. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ « ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ Wheeler, Or., March 7 (Spec ial)—For having started op erations yesterday on a nine- hour day at a minimum wage of $3, the Wheeler Lumber company has been asked to forfeit its bond of $500 to the ♦ Loyal Legion of Loggers and ♦ Lumbermen. This statement * was made today by W. D. ♦ Smith, member of the board of ♦ directors and of the district ♦ board of the Loyal Legion. Mr. ♦ Smith also stated that the mill ♦ company had been forced to ♦ change to a 8-hour day with ♦ the minimum wage at $3. ♦ This is said to be the first ♦ violation of this kind among ♦ the members of the 4 L. A. W. Vosburg, superintend ♦ ent of the mill, is a member ♦ of the district board of the ♦ Loyal Legion. SENATOR LEE TO SPEAK Senator J. D. Lee, Republican candidate for Governor, will deliver a lecture tonight at the city hall auditorium at 8 o’clock. The sub ject will be “The Oregon of Today Senator Lee and of Tomorrow.” He made a is a very able speaker, talk on the Oregon Indians last night at the city hall. * ♦ ♦ ♦ + ♦ The Boy Scouts of America held an interesting and unique enter tainment at the city hall last night. Ex-State Senator, J. D. Lee, of Multnonah County, delivered an in teresting lecture on the “Language and Legends of Indians of Old Oregon.” The proceeds of this lec ture will go to the fund the local Boy Scouts are raising to erect a monument to the memory of Chief Kilchis. Senator Lee is a Republican can didate for Governor. He is a man of wide experience in business and state affairs. He was a farmer and developer for ten years. A merch ant and financier for twenty yearB. For four years he was superintend ent of the O. S. P. And for twelve years he has been a legislator. Last year he was elected to the house by the largest vote of any member there. He is a native son and a tax payer in three counties. He secured establishment of the State Normal school. On the soldier’s bonus bill he said: “An appeal in behalf of patriotism, valor and humanity, ‘I vote Yes.’ ” Senator Lee’s slogan is: “Official integrity; Economy; A Greater Oregon; and a Superior Commonwealth.” Sena* tor Lee was born in Polk County, Senator Lee Is conversant with Indian lore. He briefly reviewed the ethnology of the race, their The peculiarities and languages. legends were new to the audience and particularly Interesting. In his lecture he takes the hearer out on the warpath, where is heard the battle shout and the commands of the Chieftain to his army in the Chinook “wawa”. This requires great power of voice and strong physical acting. Next is a rendition of the Medi cine man’s incantation and an ex planation of his functions and In fluence, also the danger he encount ers when he loses the patient. Lastly is the Interpretation and rendering of hymns composed in the Indian languages by the early mis sionaries. all of which was of ab sorbing Interest to the audience. The Boy Scouts are raising funds for a monument to the memory of Chief Kilchis whose friendship to the whites and other noble quali ties endeared him to the pioneers. Stuck!!! * est Snodgrass walked into the office and claimed the $2.SO for having successstully solv ed the puzzle. "Pennington’s” was the answer to the mis spelled words in that issue. This issue will contain no offer of a contest, as only the Friday issues will be used for that event. Watch for the Headlight next Friday and get the $2.50. ♦ + ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ +♦+♦+♦+♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦ * ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦ + ♦ ♦ * * ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ SMALL POX REPORTED IN PARTS OF COUNTY Several cases of small pox have been reported in various parts of the county. It is reported that the disease is in a more severe form than ordinary. Both Wheeler and Garibaldi have had a small pox scare. One case has recently been reported at camp 4. The Garibaldi church resumed services last Sun day. This church has been closed for two weeks on account oi the small pox scare. So far as known there are no cases of small pox existing in the city. RECALL PETITION FOR PUB LIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER The people of the Nestucca Val- ley District have forwarded to Sam A. Kozer, Secretary of State, a peti- tion for the recall of Fred A. Wil- liams, Public Service Commissioner. The complaint filed Is based upon Commissioner Williams' attitude in the recent raise of telephone rates. The Nestucca Granges have been active in the circulation of this petition. No word has yet been re ceived from Salem. WOMENS’ BAZAAR A SUCCESS The Kill Rare Klub bazaar held at the Vaughn and Larson grocery last Saturday afternoon was a huge success. The goodies and delicacies were sold out as soon as they were The home made cakes, delivered, pies and candy, especially the fudge, were good sellers, The pro- ceeds of the bazaar netted $28.42. This sum will be used in defraying part of the expenses of the enter tainment of the delegates to the convention of the Federated Wo mens’ Clubs of Oregon, in this city, May 24, 25 and 26. The City Council had a busy ses sion last night and a great deal was accomplished. Two ordinances were passed, One regulating north of city auto buss lines, and one stipu- lating license fees for local truck lines. The ordinance regarding through truck lines was laid over until next meeting. A delegation from The 'Women’s Clubs of the city presented arguments for the coop- eration of the council in their en deavor to clean up the city. At a regular meeting of the City Council at the council chambers last night, a delegation of five wo men from the Women’s Clubs of Til lamook, headed by Mrs. S. W. Con over, chairman, requested the co operation of the city council in the women’s endeavor to clean up the unsightly places about the city. Mrs. Aiderman made the request for the use of the city auditorium and council chambers during the con vention of the Oregon Federation of Women’s Clubs, May 24 to 26. Both requests were granted by the city council and their cooperation was pledged in support of the women’s demands. Outstanding bills were allowed by the council. Several communica tions were read. The business of the auto busses was then taken up. An ordinance to provide for the con trol, licensing and supervision of interurban stages, not including the Portland-Tillamook stage, defining the same and the condition under which they shall be operated, and providing a penalty for the viola tion of the ordinance was passed. This is city ordinance No. 423, and follows in part: “—no person, firm or corporation shall operate any automobile,, auto mobile bus or other motor propelled vehicle for hire from a point within Tillamook City, to any point out side of Tillamrok, or from any point outside of Tillamook, to any point within the city, save and ex cept the Portland-Tillamook inter urban stages, upon a definite sched ule unless the owner, manager or person operating said vehicle or vehicles shall satisfy the city record er that full compliance with all state and federal laws relating to said vehicles have been made, and in ad dition there shall be paid to the city recorder the sum of $75 per year for each vehicle so operated—.” Second: "Vehicles operated in pur suance with this ordinance are pro hibited from operating as local jit neys in any way whatsoever, unless said vehicles are licensed under and by the local jitney ordinance.” Fifth: "Vehicles operating under this license are prohibited from carrying anything except passen gers and their hand baggage.” An ordinance regarding the lic ensing of trucks within the city limits was also passed. This is ord- inance No. 424 and follows in part: "Section 1. The license fee to be paid for a license issued hereunder shall be $15 per year for team drays, and $20 per ton truck or frac tion of ton, and $10 additional for each additional ton or fraction thereof. No license shall be issued unless the owner, manager or per son operating said vehicle shall sat isfy the city recorder that full com pliance with all state and federal law* relating to said vehicles has been made and no license shall be issued for a shorter period than one year and all license* issued Issued I here under shall expire December 31, of the year in which said license is issued. The resignation of Leslie Har-i- son as city treasurer was accepted and E. J. Claussen appointed trers- urer. Mayor S. A. ?i'»ilton fcvjred 1.1* fried* In the ei'.y h«t «reek by rerd- ing up a box of orange* to filrtrPr *d among them. *