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ATTEND TILLAMOOK COUNTY FAIR (cadliqljt Billamoo On the Roosevelt Memorial Coast Highway The Land of Cheese, Trees and Ocean Breeze Price S2.00 a year Tillamook, Oregon/ 1 i nlay. August 11, 1922 BEEF AND COAL Jersey' Progressive says government owned rail roads would bust the trusts. LARGE AMOUNT CARRIED VETERANS IN WAR RISK SURANCE— OPPORTUNITIES PROJECT TRAINING COURSES. War veterans of Tillamook took advantage of the recent visit of Zach Taylor, special contact repre sentative of the United States Vet erans' Bureau, who spent five days interviewing former service men of this vicinity relative to their dis- abilities and telling them offers of the government relative to compen sation, vocational training, hospit alization and war risk insurance. George L. Record, progressive aspirant to the seat now occupied Mr. Taylor interviewed 29 former by U. S. Senator J. S. Frelinghuy- service people and of this number sen of N. J., is advocating Federal ownership of railroads as a way to 4 filed claims for federal compen curb vicious methods of the beef sation. he announced just before his and coal trusts. " .departure. Veterans who failed to meet thte government representative and be- BEARS ARE NUMEROUS- lieve that they have just claims FOURTH KILLED LATELY against the government should get in touch with the Portland office ( From Bay City Examiner) of tlie Veterans’ Bureau by letter or The fierce snarling and thresh the American Legion of this city. Upon leaving this community Mr. ing around of a bear caught in a Taylor urged every war veteran who trap on the Dougthy ranch east of has allowed his government insur this city last Tuesday night brought ance to lapse to have it reinstated a hurry up call from R. W. Doughty immediately. to the two redoubtable bear hunters ’’ War veterans of the Pacific Art Ramsey and Charles Margan. Northwest are 1 carrying approxi Quickly they procured their bear mately *150,000,000 of reinstated guns and started in an auto for war risk insurance,” stated Mr. Tay- the scene. and as they went by the lar. “During one week’s campaign Examiner office the editor swung in June nearly *1,500,000 In gov on, with the result that he was in ernment Insurance was either re at the killing of the fourh bear this vice men in thisfdddashbaoetaointaa season by these two mighty nlm- newed or converted Into life or en rods. dowment policies. However, there Like his predecessors, bruin met are still thousands of former service his fate through a great love for men in this district who have failed tame berries. After being caught so far to take advantage of this in. the trap he let out a great “hol splendid opportunity to secure this ler,’’ according to Mr. Dougthy, and inexpensive and highly protective in milling aroung had succeeded in insurance. The 1922 dividend to pulling the long trunk of a sapling veterans amounts to *1,750,000. to wlhlch the trap was fastened a This insurance Is no money maker distance of over 100 yards through for the government but rather a re heavy underbrush. ward to the veteran on the part of After trailing him to where Re tht country. Lapsed insurance may was marooned, Art Ramsey argued be reinstated by payment of two to rope and take him home alive. months premiums.’’ But the danger of this procedure Project training or giving the was pointed out by Mr. Doughty, war veteran a start on his own and so bruin met his end with a land a way rehabilitation, is prov shot from the rifle of Charles Mor- ing very popular among former ser gan. vice men this summer and promises to bo one of the most successful means of making injured war veter WHITNEY CO MY ANY ES- an- self supporting, the government TABLISHE NEW CAMP agent stated. “A total of more than 200 veter an in this district have already The Whitney company at Gari taken up work on their own pro jects stated Mr Taylor. “Over 600 baldi are opening another logging t \ --rvlce people are training to fol camp east of Idaville and will be in low agricultural pursuits. Com operation about the 15th of the pensation of *80 and *100 plus al month. It has been named the White lowances for dependents paid project Star caiup and will employ about trainees assists them materially in 200 men. Paying for their land and establish ing themselves on small farms. 1 i-nlng of this kind Is especially HUNTING SEASON MAY BE fiti- I for middle aged people, veter POSTPONED AS PRECAUTION ans with little education and men with large families". M Taylor announced a new move F. A. Elliott, state forester, has 1 " tl part of the Veterans’ Bureau announced that if dry weather con t -nlfy vocational courses under tinues, the hunting season, scheduled tin government and help the tral- to open August 20 may necessarily ho has finished his course to be postponed as a precaution against ' ■ employment. Diplomas or forest fires. Past records clearly certificates or graduation will be indicate that many fires are started I ■ >■ to these disabled veterans by careless hunters. Governor Ol >'i W ■■ ked so earnestly for 2 years cott will by proclamation postpone or n , iu many Instances, to the season if conditions appear to 1' in new vocation, he stated. warrant such a move. ' ■ • <rrtiflcates will be signed by n •' . 1 and district officials of the Bun. ; and are to be presented to HAT MAKING EXHIBIT n habilitated trainees through AT J. C. PENNEY CO ..tub offices of the government -• ncy. Nearly 1,000 veterans re habilitated in this district since the F. C. Esch of the J. C Penney Co war will rtcelve 1|^*-e*tiplomas as well as those who will complete the has arranged a window display of various courses in the futnte. These the various materials used in hat men are especially trained under making and shows the several stages government supervision and their of the process, intending to famaliar ability tc successfully carry on in I ize the public with the materials the vocation for which they are and methods employed in the pro trained la vouched for by the gov- cess. Hats are made from furs, and eminent. There are many rehabili-| approximately ninety five percent of men unemployed at the present I the furs used are Coney, Rabbit. The to Hare and kindred varieties. and employers are urged them flrat -opportunity for new display is very interesting and ed ucational and should be seen. penin gs. WILL BUILD A HOME AT ONCE Edison Marshall A petition, which has been cir culated in the Nehalem valley and which received a goodly number of signers, will be presented to the state banking department asking that a charter be granted to a bank in Wheeler, ccording to the Wheeler Reporter. The officers, in all prob ability will be chosen from H. E. Arnold of Portland, A. C. Ander son, Robert Crawford, Dr. Rinehart, and A. W. Vosburg. The new bank will have a capital of *15,000 00, wflth a surplus of *3,000-00 and if the charter is granted will open for business about the first of Septem- At a recent meeting of the W. C. T. U. children’s farm home board, the building committee was instruc- ted to proceed at once with the erec tion of one, and if possible two, cot tages. Two are much needed as both boys and girls are waiting for homes and the Child Welfare com mission requires separate housing for for the sexes. The board has stated that they hoped subscriptions will be paid promptly so that the two cottages may built at the same time at a lessened expense. COW TESTING ASSOCIATION TO HOLD ANNUAL PICNIC Thursday, August 17th, Che Tillamook County Cow Testing As sociation will hold their annual pic nic at the Cottonwood farm of Fitz patrick and Edmunds. Speakers from the outside have been secured and a rousing good program has been arranged for the day. Reports of other testing associations will be given besides reports on sales of tested and untested herds, Every- body is invited to attend and take part In the celebration and bring their lunch. FOREST L. HOWARD RETURNS WHEELER TO HAVE NEW BANK i • On« of th« youngest ef American writers to achieve instantaneous suc cess. His first novel, “The Voice of the Pack,” was published in 1920, and was one of the most noteworthy books of that year. Then succoss came to him from a different kind of literary effort, for he won the 0. Henry prize for the best Americi ■tfti short story of 1921. The award js an annual offering made by thd id Society of Arts and Sciences of New York as a memorial to O. Henry. In addition to the rec ognition it carried a cash bonus of *500, which was ample for Mr. Mar shall to journey from his home in Medford, Oregon, to receive the dis tinction and be guest of honor at the dinner which accompanied it. After visiting in Eastern Oregon and Washington, and starting a climb of Mount Hood and finding it lust a country newspaper boy who too hot, dry and dusty to enjoy his started in to write big stories of ro vacation. Forest L. Howard the chl- mance, adventure and nature lore in ropractor return to the land of his native mountains. His second cheese, trees and ocean breeze. Mr. book, “The Strength of the Pines,” Howard states that the places he has duplicated the success of the first visited were burining up for want one. We have been fortunate enough of rain. He was away about ten to secure it as a serial for this paper. days but found no place like good Mr. Marshall is a graduate of the old Tillamook. U. of O. His story in serial form begins in this issue of the Headlight. BUICK AND DODGE SALE BANK GIVES WAY AND The Sunset Garage, who are the CAR ROLLS DOWN GRADE local sales agents for the Dodge and Buick cars, report the sale of a Buick to Dr. Boals of this city and' Last Tuesday a Chevrolet baby a Dodge to Geo. Wesley of Mohler. Also in this issue of the Headlight grand driven by Jerald Volk of will be found an announcement of Salem rolled down a steep bank a the 1923 model of the Buick. distance of about twenty feet just this side of the summit on the Port Mrs. Volk land-Tillamook road. LEWIS PAINT COMPANY suffered a few broken ribs, but the MAKES IMPROVEMENTS ethers escaped injury. There wefe t vo others in the car with Mr. and Mis. Volk, It seems that M; Volk The C. L. Lewis paint company bad pulled out to the sld > of the on East First street has, in the past The •w days, put on a new appearance. road while a truck passed. The salesroom has been enlarged and bank caved from under the outside refinished and the front given a new wheels letting the car roll down the coat of paint with a very attractive bank. Dr. J. T. LeFevre of Clover dale was called to attend Mrs. Volk. sign added. STAGE ALL SET FOR ROADBUILDERS’ PICNIC Next Slnday, at Oceaside, the roadbuilders of Tillamook county will celebrate with a day of high jinks. The program will consist of sports of all kinds, band mleic and speaking. Governor Olcott and J. B. Yeon will be there and give an address. Every body is invited to come and bring their lunch and join in the fun. FAIR ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING HELD- PURE BRED STOCK SALE—IM MEETS LARGE ELK IN ROAD While W. S. Raker was driving from Seaside to Nehalem last Satur day evening a large doe elk was seen in the middle of the road near the top of the mountain. The elk crossed the road and turning re- crossed and after sizing Mr. Raker up disappeared in the timber. Mr. Raker stated that she was one of the finest specimens of elk he had SOUTH PACIFIC GRANTS ever seen. She was within 100 feet RATES TO HAVANA of the car. While many deer have been reported seen by motorists, very seldom is an elk sighted. Winter tourist tickets for passage from New Orleans to Havana and re turn by Southern Pacific Atlantic CATHOLIC CHURCH DEDI steampship lines will be sold for CATION AT CLOVERDALE *75 according to announcement by the company. The regular one way The dedication of the Catholic fare now is *45 or *90 for the church at Cloverdale will take place round trip. Tickets will be sold daily from October 1, 1922 to April next Sunday. His Grace Archbishop 21, 1923, with final return limit Christie and a number of the clergy from Portland will be present for of May 31, 1923. the occasion. The ceremony will be open to the public and will take place at nine o’clock. At eleven HILL MILITARY ACADEMY — o’clock there will be an open air RECEIVES RECOGNITION Mass at Pacific City for the con venience of those who might be pres ent at the Pacific City carnival. PORTLAN, August 10—The com This church edifice has just recently manding officer of the Ninth Corps been finished at a cost of *6000. Area at San Francisco has sent com and will serve nine catholic fam- munication to the Hill Military A- ilies. lemy of Portland in recognition of Its military work, to the effect that H. M. A. students will be given TWELVE MILLION PERSONS credit for drill at the colleges or USE S. P. FERRY BOATS universities In the R. O. T. C. This action was taken following During the first six months of orders from the War Department, 1922 Southern Pacific ferry boats and was signed by Robert C. Davis, carried 12,383,770 people across acting Adjutant-General. Captain San Francisco bay according to an- Earl C. Flegel, U. S. A|. has been nouncement by the company. assigned by the War Department to Traffic across the bay was es- conduct the military work of the pecially heavy during the Shrine academy as Professor of Military convention In San Francisco. On Science and Tactics. one day during the convention ap Students will resume their drill proximately 120,000 people were immediately upon the opening of carried. There has not been a ser the fall session, September 18th. ious accident In the ferry service for 20 years. , • »» PROVEMENTS ARE BEING PUT IN AT FAIR GROUNDS. The Guernsey club of Tillamook county held its monthly meeting at the home of Alfred Josi last Tues day. The club voted unanmiously to support and boost the coming fair next month. Each member will be on hand wdth an exhibit of their favorites. The meeting was well at tended and much Interest was shown thruout. The last day of the fair there will be a pure bred stock sale and Chas. M. Talmadge of Salem, will be the sales manager, and Is now In the county arranging the details and looking up probable prospects for the sale. The fair board Is having the grounds and buildings cleaned up and then will have them disinfected and whitewashed. A gang of car penters are busy constructing stalls for the calf club’s exhibits who will be there 100 per cent strong. The people In general over the county are taking a great deal of Interest in this year’s fair and all indications are that it will be one of Tilla- mook's best. FINED $150 ON LIQUOR CHARGE R. E. I Justice FILES CLAIM FOR DAMAGES E. Meresse, who owns property on Netarts beach, filed a claim for *8,500 for damages to his property on account of building the road to Oceanside, When It is taken into consideration that before the county court would agree to build the road, it was stipulated that the property owners benefited should pay one- fourth of the expense, which they have done, the claim for damages does not seem exactly right. Miller was tried in the court on Monday on a charge of unlawful possession of liquor, The jury found him guilty and Justice of the Peace Stanley imposed a fine of *150-00. WANT TRAIL TO BAYOCEAN I F< D. Mitchell of Bayocean is endeavoring to have a trail built from the end of the road to Bayocean which is about two miles distance. PENNEY Co. BUYING STOCK If this trail is built an effort will NOW FOR NEXT SPRING be made to route the mail over this trail for Bayocean and at the same time seive those who live between Not only has the J. C. Penney Co. Tillamook and that point. placed all of its advance business for fall, but its buyers have already FOUR SUITS IN CIRCUIT COURT contracted for several million dol lars' worth of goods for delivery next spring. The company operates A. M. Austin vs. Tillamook city chain of 313 retail dry goods stores and Royal Stillwell vs. Tillamook throughout the country and is now city are two suits filed in the cir in the process of opening fifty-eight cuit court to quiet title to certain more. Some idea of the size of the property. company’s purchases for the coming C. Alfred Boquist vs. J. G. Harris spring season may be gained from et al, is a suit filed in circuit court that fact that 1,000 cases of 1 num to recover *1800.00 on a promissory ber of men’s ribbed underwear alone note. are included in the goods bought so Edna E. Schofield vs. D. L. Scho- far. Large quantities of spring field is a divorce suit filed in the hoisery and ginghams have also been circuit court. These parties were bought to date, and other lines are married In Tillamook county the being worked on as well. So large 24th of December, 1910, and four have been the company's purchases children were born to tlie union. of women’s ready-to-wear garments The plaintiff alleges cruel and in for fall that *50,000 worth of this human treatment on the part of the merchandise is now being shipped defendant, the latter refusing to daily from New York to the stores work and failing properly to provide in the chain. Shipments of similar size will continue each day for some for his family. time to come. NEW GUARD COMPANY DRILLS WILL BUILD THREE LUMBER CARRIERS AT GARIBALDI The new National Guard company held their first meeting for drill last Monday night, (loth« were la As was stated last week in the sued except shoes, which ha ve not Headlight the Whitney fompany at arrived. The evenin* for drill Garibaldi received a large marine changed to Wednesda evening uirin» ! and that two more were ex soon, These engines are to OLD ALLEN HOUS REPAIRED o three lumber carriers which the company expects to build. It is understood the reason for build Th ing these vessels at Garibaldi is that there is not enough water in the First uel up near the mill for the lar- Hl th lumber carriers to come up there tract d. altho the bar has enough for them It is probable that will under way in the near >n these crafts. The rain of »he pa> C. Reusaer and wife have nights has been wort the city a few days while of dollar» to the coi other P»1 uni son was having a tonsil port» gen»r »