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About Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1922)
The Land of Cheese, Trees and Ocean Breeze On the Roosevelt Memorial Coäst Highway ♦ Tillamook, Oregon. WORLD’S GREATEST FOURTH OF JULY PLANS ARE MADE FOR TILLAMOOK FINANCIER SAILS I ____ ■ - FOUR ORGANIZATIONS HAVE AIM LARGE CONTRACT GIVEN COUNTY ON SOUTH END NESKOWIN ROAD THIS YEAR— SUP TILLAMOOK COUNTY WAS THE The eagle will scream in Tilla- niook July 4th if present plans can bo worked out satisfactorily, ac cording to those now working on arrangements. Four organizations, the local post of the American Legion, the Tillamook ball team, the K. P. Band and the firemen, aie working together and have made tentative plans for an extensive celebration beginning on the night of the I third and lasting throughout the day and evening of the fourth. These plans include a parade with floats, concessions run by lo cal people, races, log rolling con tests. day and night fireworks and base ball games. It is planned to import the 59th Infantry band from Vancouver barracks in addition to the local band. The representatives from the four organizations got to gether yesterday and discussed these plans but It was stated that nothing can-be done unless the business men of the city get behind the scheme with something sub stantial. “Everything hinges on the finan cial support given us”, said one of th Legion men today, "Without that we will be unable to do very much”. MEMBER STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE WAS HERE Wednesday was a red letter day for the county court for on that day they received the contract for the completion of the road from He bo to Neskowin, amounting to about twelve miles, and which will be an important step in the Roosevelt Highway. Otto H. Kahn, expert on taxation and leader in the world of national and international finance, waved a cheery good bye to a few friend* when he sailed for the other siae last week. His mission? Mr. Kahn makes it a practice never to talk “before the fact." He diicu^*« accomplishment*. WOMEN LEAVE GUERNSEYS HERE Highway Engineer Nunn is re ported as saying that the Roosevelt highway is more nearly completed than the public generally realizes, and that it will take very little work to put it in passable shape, rhe contract for the Hebo-Neskowin part calls for grading, bridges and crushed rock macadam. SUCCESSFUL YEAR OF YEAR OCCURS TUESDAY The South Prairie cooking club held their fifth meeting at the home of Mrs. Earl Porter, the club leader. All members were present and it was decided to have a cooking club picnic June 8th along the Tillamook river. Those who attended report a good time. Lunch was served by the hostess. The New Hero WKC/M BY FALLING- TIMBER The church of the Nazarene in this city has just closed another suc cessful yaer. Their annual meeting has just been held and a gain of membership was reported both In church and the Sabbath school. The treasurer reported a total of $8.443.56 raised for the year. The church has extended an ti- nanimous call to the pastor, Mrs. Mary T. Clink to remain another year, which call has been accepted. B. E. King and J. B. Honey were appointed delegates to the annual assembly o’ the north P&clfb? dl»- trict which convened In Portland. May 24 to28. •‘Just over here recuperating from the effects of the flu”, says H. D. Be run of LaFayetta Mr Begun is ■ -d r-erchant. but now la in terested In the banking business He will visit the bench resorts o* . .i’Ot-e returning to bls home. ------- SOUTH PRAIRIE COOKING CLUB The highest temperature to be recorded so far this year in the city was registered on Tuesday when the official Weattfer Bureau instru ments here showed 90 degrees about four o’clock in the afternoon. An east wind added to the sweltering heat but very few people seemed to be greatly inconvenienced by this unusual weather for Tillamook. ALFRED MULLER KILLED k j | | . ARB YOU GOOU6 to iNMiTe ovE<t TO HEAR YOUR. J FIREWATER TOO MUCH FOR ONE SALESMAN AJ X O —» » I, / I I' r 11 \ LAX * Uv i 1 1 I i -I r . I AND CEMETARY IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO FELL IN WARS OF UNITED STATES. Tuesday was celebrated as Memo-r ial day in the cit” with appropriate ceremonies by the G. A. R„ Women's Relief Corps and the American Le gion. At ten o'clock in the morning a parade composed of the Civil war veterans, school children and a color guard and firing squad from the Le gion formed at the school grounds nd marched to the waterfront at the bridge crossing Hoquarton, where ceremonies were Held for the sailors and aviators. Following this flag drills by children and a speech by Walter Teoze Jr. of McMinnville took place nt the city hall auditor ium. At noon a lunch was served to the veterans at the K. P. Hall. During the afternoon exercises were held at the 1. O O. F. cemetery. Excellent weather brought out quite a number of the old soldiers, those of civil war experience being J S, Diehl. D. S. Bales. E. BTuffert, Harry Lamar, G. W. Proctor. Israel Putnam, Samuel Downs. George Wilt, James Ferry, C N. Drew, W. B. Flagg and George Edwards. Eight others were unable to attend the ceremonies. Adjutant Spear of the local poet G A. R. states that the flags were sent to both ends of the county for the decoration of soldier graves, forty seven being mailed out in all. PROMINENT YOUNG MATRON TAKEN BY DEATH FRIDAY * Mrs. Neva McGhee. wife of C. A. McGhee of the First Na tional Bank of this city, died at her home east of Tillamook Friday afternoon after a period of illness. Mrs. McGhee was prominent In local church and musical circles. She leaves, besides her husband, two young children. MILL AT BELDING IS RAZED BY FIRE The cook house, logging camp and mill of the Belding Lumber company, owned by John Jenck, was entirely destroyed by fire Tuesday FLAG DAY TO BE OBSERVED afternoon which started from a BY LOCAL LODGE OF ELKS brush pile that was being burned. It |s understood that no Insurance was carried on the property. The smoke from the fire wm visible from The local B. P. O. Elks lodge Is planning a celebration of flag day this city. June 14th at the lodge rooms In this city. MAKES CHANGE OF LOCATION t ~y » ► I j”*“ CEREMONIES AT WATERFRONT BATTERY, SERVICE STATION / / I TAXI FLAPPERETTE. MAKES HER BOW Jim Murray, said io be a travel ing salesman, Imbibed too much ‘‘bad medicine” yesterday and got a notion that he was a better man CITY MARSHALL RESIGNS than Marshall Ed Stark. It was The f-xerclse will consist of the proved otherwise, however, when regular lodge ceremonies with pro SUCCESSOR NOT APPOINTED Murray landed in the city bastile to gram and music. A speaker for the cool off for awhile. evening will he secured from Port land and the lodge committee is at City Mnrhall E H. Stark resigned tempting to get Mayor Baker of that from the force Thursday evening. I city to fill this position. No one ha" yet been named to take The program vzill commence at 8 his place but Bert Thayer has been o'clock. The public has been In placed on temporary duty Ex-mar- hall Stark has been in the employe« vited. of the city for some time past ar, night watchman. ramo ph one Alfred Muller, a timber faller of the Brighton camp at Mohler, was, , killed Thursday when a tree on j which he was working split and | kicked back at him. crushing his head It is said that Muller was in experienced at his job which was parti? the race of the accident. The deceased leave« a wife and child. Sunshine club was entertained at the home of Mrs. Stark and was assisted by Mrs. Page and Mrs. Ken nedy The members preaent were Mesdames Boone, Craver. Doty. Da vidson. Noyes. Oathout, Parrazo Reynolds^ Spoor, Smith. Stillwell. Travis. Berry. VIloMe. Feldschau. I Page. Sork. Kennedy Williams Heyd. McWilliam. Poland. Pohl. Vis itor* were. Mesdames Rogers. Allen. Foster. Page. Stark. Leach. The ’ afternoon was spent in fancy work and games after which a delicious, luncheon was served. NATURALIZATION CASES DISMISSED ON 3 APPLICANTS RATE REDUCTION BY S. P. LINE The court has asked the highway commission to ask for bids at their next meeting on the crushed rock or the beach road from Rockaway north. This will bring the beach road almost to the Nehalem jetty. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE ENDS * + ♦ GARIBALDI AFTER LOCAL’S SCALP This project, which Is to be shared in on a 50-50 proposition by the county and state, will call for an expenditure of about $140, 000. Three bids were received and and the county was lowest. Others bidding were Gardner & Heatric of Portland and Maison & Peterson of Astoria. Work is to start at once, with the possibility of completing this year. However the contract allows for an extension of time. It is reported that the roadwork on the north contract is progress With the ending today of the ing very well and that it is expected annual meeting of the Oregon Fed that this piece will bd finished by eration of Women’s clubs, commences fall. the active busines of the Guernsey Gaitles. By evening most of the women’s YOUNG MEN WILL TRAIN for their homes throughout the AT THE CITIZENS CAMP state, but Tillamook will still en tertain visitors until Saturday for the Gurnsey breeders are just getting With the intention of taking the started A large number of automobiles course of military training at Camp from outside points arrived last Lewis this summer, Mike Miller and evening in the wake of county Carl Knight have taken their physi It is agent W. D. Pine who had gone to cal examinations recently. McMinnville to lead the cow enthus likely that more applications will be iasts in. From now until tomorrow received. The period for making evening breeders will be busy visit the applications has been length ing different Guernsey herds about ened for the convenience of those the county and taking in points of who had not had opportunity to ap ply before. interest. Tillamook people have shown their eagerness to have the visitors HIGHEST TEMPERATURE with them California has quaranteened against Oregon strawberry root weevil, and it is required by that state that all strawberry plants for shipment out of the state, shall bear a certificate from a member of the board of hortl. culture of this statue, or a legally ap pointed county fruit inspector, set ting forth that he plants and the soil In wish they were grown are free from the above pest, otherwise such shipments directed to California will be refused by all, carrying companies and by the post offices as well. Mr. H. C. Artwell of Forest Grove, who is a member of the state board of horticulture was here last week to make inspection of straw berry beds in this vicinity, in the absence of a county fruit inspector. In this connection Mr. Atwell states LOCAL MERCHANT HAS that the earwig, an insect similar RETURNED FROM BUYING to the cockroach, has become such a pest in dwellings and gardens in a section of Portland, that people have A A. Pennington returned from been obliged to abandon their an extensive buying trip to San homes, the earwig ¡having in some Francisco this week and reported instances taken possession of the •hat he has purchased a larg^ stock house and destroyed clothing and •of goods. He has secured the services >f D. O. Spitzmesser, recently of household effects, besides annoying McMinnville, to manage some of the the householders. lepartments of his store. Mr Spltz- messer moved to the city Wednesday accompanied by Mrs. Spitzmesser. A., ♦ ♦ ♦ On page three of this issue ♦ of the Headlight is found the + “B’’ word subscription contest ♦ This is open to everybody and ♦ will result in cash prizes being ♦ given when the contest closes + + the 20th of this month. There + FAIL TO COOPERATE WITH THE 4- is very little time left, so get + COURT AND WILL NOT BE CON + busy. ♦ + Rules for the conduct of the ♦ SIDERED FURTHER—THIS IS A 4- contest may be found in the + BUSY TERM. 4- ad on page three. Study ♦ + them over and make up your + + list of words. Cash for the + Circuit Court opened Monday + subscription must accompany + 4* the list of words sent in, $2.00 ♦ with Judge Bagley presiding and + for each year's subscription + since then has straightened out + taken. + quite a number of legal tangles. ♦ ♦ In the naturalization cases, only + + + + + ♦ + + + + + + + ♦♦ two were heard and but one was issued naturalization papers—Geo. Hanslmair. Louis Ludtke’s was con tinued without prejudice on account of his witnesses not being able to quality. Three application for citl zenship papers were dismissed per manently on account of lack of co operation with the authorities. This means that these three applicants will not be abe to hold citizenship in The fast Garibaldi team from the this country. V. W. Tomlinson, big Whitney mills will cross bats chief naturalization attorney of with the Tillamook team in a regu Ml** Katherine Gllgore—who la lar Tillamook county league contest Portland had charge of the cases. In the case of R. F. Zachman ver »he? No matter, «he itartled eveu Sunday, June 4 at 1:30 P- m. Atlantic City, N. J, when »be ap-‘ sus Roy Hanson, over the alleged Garibaldi trounced the rejuve peared in her black and white knick-: sale of a milking machine, n verdict erbocker co»tume and wa* immedi-' nated Nehalem team 17 to 7 last was awarded to the defendant. ately dubbed "The T aj U Flapper»' Sunday. Their pitching staff is ette,” a* she »trolled the famous Geo. H. Fileman was granted a considered the best in the league boardwalk. ' verdict against W. D. Shafer in an and they are hitting like fiends. * ’ action for money. Tillamook will be strengthened Peter Norberg versus Amanda somewihat, despite injuries to two of her stars, and with Fortier in the Haskins to quiet title was heard but box and Donovan in reserve they are not decided. The contestants were out to stop these sluggers cost what instructed to furnish briefs to Judge Bagley at Hillsboro. effort it may. Divorces were granted to the fol The games this season are being Minta Lundberg versus played at 1:30 to permit of farmers lowing: and dairymen.,attending the games. Walter Lundberg, Gladys Kellow Sunday’s crowd promises to exceed versus Russell W. Kellow, G. V. Doughty, the opening day attendance which Doughty versus Pearl was the largest of record. The Whit Clara Miner versus B. Miner. ney mill bunch have purchased a Ray Crute, local agent for the whole block of tickets and many Southern Pacific Company received from Bay City will be on hand. TOURIST SEASON IS CLOSE AT notice thnt reductions in the round trip fare between Portland and HAND FOR THIS COUNTY Tillamook had been made which SALVATION ARMY ENSIGN will be in effect until September 20tll of this year. i PLEASED WITH RESULTS Consider able activity is reported On Fridays and Saturdays round from the beach resorts In this county in preparation for the coming tour trip tickets will be sold to Portland Ensign A. Nelson of the Salva ist season. New houses and tents for $5.75 with a return limit of tion Army was in the city Monday have adds at nearly all the resorts, fourteen days from date of sale. In the interest of the Home Service and ample provisions made for the Daily round trip tickets to Portland campaign which is being conducted largest season ever experienced at will be $7.00 good until October undm the able leadership of county the Tillamook benches. Better road 31st and stop overs permitted at sheriff John Aschim with a number facilities on the highway, and im all points enroute on both going and of prominent citizens. Miss Nelson proved conditions in other parts of coming trips. says they are to be ^congratulated on the county whereby traveling pub This Is a general reduction and a well planned campaign, and she lic will benefit, should result In a applies from most all of the stations wishes to convey her thanks in be greater number of visitors this year in Oregon. It Is hoped by the com half of the Salvation Army to the than last, and more inducement than pany that business will Increase to public for their kind support. The ever before. Our beaches have be a point where they will be justified fund will be kept open as there are come very popular, and with perhaps In continuing these rates. some returns not yet in. the exception of Seaside, Tillamook's are the best patronized In the state. SUCCESSFUL BIDDER. PORT IS GIVEN. ■ June 2nd, 1922 WATCH THE LITTLE BUSY BEE * ♦ 4* + + + + + 8140.000 TO BE SPENT ON HEBO TO CELEBRATION IN CITY IF PR0FER FINANCIAL * + ♦ ■ .CIAL TRAIN WILL CARRY DELEGATES HOME One new enterprise opening Its doors this week I* the Hunset Auto Electric Service station at Mcond avenue and fourth str*<t, opposite the Sunset garage. The new con cern will be operated tinder the sup <r vision of Dixon and Jone- and will deal, In ExIde batteries and airoim - bile electrical supplies The eonccrr recently moved from th ■ Tillar oo! garage. The Nelson Electric r.ow Ims the stand In 'he latter place and will deal In Westinghouse batteiles and other electrical supplies. Dr. W. G McGee of Nehalem waa In ’he city todny. The Doctor Is a business man but finds time to motor down to Tillamook now and then. perlai train left nt 4:15 to- * Portland with the returning of th Oregon Federation fs clubs. The train will j it ed one. ¡OKE OBSCURES SKY FROOM BELDING FIRE -lilting from the fire that de- -,,?.d the mill property at Belding 1 . t Tuesaay a timber fire Is report ed as burning that is blamed for the pall of smoke that has been hang ing over the city and county for three days phst.