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TILLAMOOK, TILLAMOOK COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY- JAN 12. 1923
VOLUME THIRTY FOUR. NO. 14
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FREE GARDEN SEEDS MAY
BE HAD FROM WASHINGTON
The following self explanatory let­
ter has just been received from
Seuatoi Robert N. Stanfield:
Washington, D. C., Jan. 3
Editor Headlight, Tillamook, Ore.
I am not certain that the free dis­
tribution of vegetable and flower
seeds Is a wise expenditure of public
funds, but Congress has authorized it
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and a limited supply has been
al
TENTATIVE PLANS HAVE BEEN lotted to me for such distribution
It is my desire that everyone in
DRAWN FOR NEW GRADE
Oregon that wants some of these
shall have them, and none wasted
BUILDING
by sending them out promiscously
to people that do not want them and
will not use them.
Will you kindly advise all of your
readers that desire some of these
seeds to write me and I will gladly
send them.
LOCAL SCHOOL LEVY LOW WHEN
ROBERT N. STANFIELD,
United States Senator
| HOUSING FACILITIES
COMPARED WITH OTHER
DISTRICTS
■ Consideration is being given
to
the building of a new grade school
for District No. 9 of this city. Many
of the taxpayers and the school
board have decided that the old
building is unsatisfactory for sever­
al reasons: One, that it is too small,
and another, that it is too much of
a fire trap to keep young children
In
i? Tentative plans and sketches have
been prepared by A. E. Doyle, archi­
tect of Portland, at the request of
the local school board. These plans
call for a building of sixteen class
tooms, with two play rooms in the
basement. The building is planned
to be located on the new tract
bought by the district on Stillwell
avenue. It is planned by the board
to sell the old building and the lot
on which it is located for business
purposes, with a possibility of real-
izing about $30,000 from the sale
of the old school property. The high
. fchool building will remain.
new
As for the expense of the
construction and the financial con­
dition of District No. 9, the school
board this week supplied the follow­
ing figures a sto the rate of taxes
assessed for the local school district:
1919- 1920 school tax______ - 7 mille
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1920- 1921 school tax_ 11.02 mill*
1921- 1922
10-01 mille
1922- 1923 school tax ---- 8.06 mille
I It is possible that the BChool tax
Bhis year could have been reduced
¿Jto 7 mills but the one mill tax was
toted to establish a sinking fund to
Hbetlre bonds. Through economy and
Bare in administration the board has
of
'•'Succeeded in placing the funds
“the district in the best condition
'■'that they have been in for years,
pistrlct No. 9 is now practically on
a cash basis.
Another advantage of the local
district is that it is extremely for­
tunate in being a rich district. The
I timber lands attached to this district
*re among some of the best in the
county, the present valuation being
ever $4,330,000, thus making it the
richest school district of its size in
the state. At present the district
employs twenty-two teachers
and
operates three automobiles in bring­
ing pupils from the outlying parts
of the district to school daily.
Street rumors have had It that
the present school building has not
vet been paid for. This is untrue,
for the old building has been paid
Bor some time.
■ The number of pupils of school
; age. according to the census of the
an
present year, is 824. ThiB is
past
Increase of 180 during the
fou ryears. The actual school en-
Tollment has kept pace with the
growth of the census. Since 1913,
the year that the present high school
building was first occupied,
the
total enrollment has increased from
409 to 682 last year, or an increase
Pi 68 per cent. During this period
the increase in number of school
to >ms hits been 17 per cent, with an
hi reuse of enrollment In the last
f< ,r years of 39 per cent.
I According to the opinions of rec-1
jwnized authorities the best results
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accomplished in elementary |
acl.ool work when the enrollment per
te cher is thirty pupils.
The aver-
ag i enrollment in the local grades is
to ty pupils, and in some rooms it
ft
as high as forty-five. This is
ai overload of from 20 to 50 per
but. To relieve the situation and
at
to avoid building permanently
tt crest of high prices the school
■Ou.r.1 constructed two temporary
Buildings in the Stillwell tract. This
fr wed to be only a temporary ra­
il« ' and the board has found It nca-
fc'.i.y to again rent the Presbytei- I
tan Guild hall for the coming sem- j
ester. It was also found necessary
to make place for a new class room
In the high school building by tear­
tbg >ut a partition between a cloak
toom and the library. The high
School assembly room has been filled
to overflowing, with no room for
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C0RINTH RELIEF CORPS
INSTALLS NEW OFFICERS
Corinth Relief Corp, No. 54.
of
Tillamook installed the following
officers last Friday night: President
Mrs. A. D. Smith; Senior Vice Pres­
ident, Mrs. Clyde Craver; Junior
Vice President, Mrs. George J. Lar­
son; Secretary, Mrs. Frank Conover;
Treasurer, Mrs. W. E. Noyes; Chap­
lin, Mrs. Charles Reynolds; Con­
ductor, Mrs. W. C. Foster; Assistant
Conductor, Mrs. Wolfe; Guard, Mrs.
Ralph Bennett; Assistant Guard.
Mrs. Frankie Berry; Press Corres­
pondent, Mrs. Frank Heyd; Color
Bearers, Mrs. Travis, Mrs. Margaret
Oathout, Mrs. Katie Stillwell, Mrs.
Charles Johnson; Musician, Mrs. Lu­
cille Thomas.
Mrs. Clarence Stanley, the retir­
ing president, who performed
her
duties in a most efficient manner,
was called upon for a talk, and in a
few well chosen words thanked the
officers and members of the lodge
for the assistance given her during
her term of office.
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ONE OF MEXICAN EXPEDITION
BACK TO RECOVER HEALTH
W. J. Hill, one of the party which
went from here to Mexico last fall,
arrived in the city Tuesday, all un­
announced, to recuperate from a bad
attack of the malarial fever
con­
tracted In the tropical country. Mrs.
Hill did not know her husband was
on the way until he walked into the
house. The adventurer reports
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wonderful trip and says that every­
one has been enjoying themselves
Immensely. It Is not known when
the rest will return. The party lo­
cated themselves on the Chotx river
in Sinaloa state about 500 mile«
from Nogales, Arizona.
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BRIDGE CLUB ENTERTAINED
The Tillamook Bridge club
was
entertained by Miss Una Emerson
and Miss Edna Ricketts at the home
of the former on Thursday evening
Dec. 21.
A brightly lighted Ghrlstmas tree
dispensed cheery Yuletide greetings
to the Misses Georgia Duke and Nina
Grey as guests.
The members present were: Misses
Belle Wilson, Bertha Collins, Mar­
garet Coates, Mae Clemo, Gladys
Edner, Edna Mills, Georgie Barry
and Mrs Edna DeSart.
Honors fell to Miss Edna Mills
and Miss Mae Clemo.
The club will be entertained
Wednesday evening, anuary 10, 1923
by Misses Gladys Edner and Belle
Wilson at Plasker Court.
expansion to care for the increased
enrollment that will come next se­
mester.
For over,two yean the school
board has been working on plana to
relieve the housing situation in both
the high school and the grade school.
Under the pi esent conditions
the
housing facilities of the district are
overloaded about 50 per cent, not­
with.-landing the overload In each
iom. With an Increase for the next
ur ye are equal to that of the past
least lxteen rooms will
be
ed for elementary grades alone,
building that the sc tool
ol board
In mind would be s construct -
«at it could be enlarged at will.
i interesting comparison of th£
ige tax tor various school dla-
- in the state are given Astoria
11.7; . Corvallis 20; Canby 23: St.
HeTens 14; Marshfield 16.7; North
Bend 25; Bend 32; Roseberg 12.8;
Hoo d Rivpr 27; Ashland 18.4; Ccn-
tral Point 19.3; Medford 20 5;
Grai nts Pass 17.8, Eugene 14.6;
Junction City 16.3; Springfield 16.8;
Albany 11.4; Vale 26; Ontario 29.4
Lebanon 19.6; Salem 10; Silverton
17.1; Woodburn 19.3; Pendleton
10 4; LaGrande 15.6; Enterprise
19.6; Hillsboro 1 18; McMinnville
19.2; Newberg 19; Cottage Grov«
12 3, Tillamook 8.06.
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Washington, D. O., Jan. 8
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Tillamook, Oregon.
LOCAL MEAT COMPANY MERELY 4*
Office of Secretary of Ag­
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OWNERS. — MEAT FROM RE
ially approved highway sys­
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ACTORS EQUAL TO ANY.
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REACTORS NOT
SOLD LOCALLY
Last week Dr. J. N. Shaw, in an
Interview with a Headlight repre-
sentative, discussed the work of tu­
bercular testing in Tillamook Coun­
ty dairy herds, and the use of con­
demned animals for meat. Contin­
uing, Dr. Shaw stated: "This brings
up a local situation that should be
straightened out in the minds of the
people of Tillamook county.
M. F.
Leach, of the Tillamook Meat com­
pany, has been kind enough to han­
dle this class of animals for the
dairymen here, for he could do the
slaughtering and packing
much
cheaper and more satisfactorily than
the farmers themselves could. How­
ever, contrary to the impressions of
many people of the county,
this
meat has all been shipped to Port-
land for consumption and not one
cent’s worth has been sold over the
counter in Tillamook so far as
known. Any dubious ones can as-
certain this for themselves if the y
will inquire of me. This office will
be glad to show the statements of
commission houses in Portland that
have been handling this meat. Mr.
Leach felt that he was losing busi­
ness on account of the false rumors
and has ceased to handle the con­
demned cattle for the dairymen.
This naturally works a hardship on
those who are unfortunate enough
to have reactors in their herds for
they are forced to do their own
butchering, and all dairymen
are
not good butchers, nor do they have
the proper facilities for this work.
It does not pay to ship live cattle to
Portland, except in carload lots.
"Also, let me say right now, that
the meat that comes from these
slaughtered reactors and is passed
for consumption by inspection
is
equal to any other kind of beef, and
is probably superior to much beef
that is not inspected at all. By In­
spected meat we mean meat that Is
inspected both before slaughter and
on the killing floor. Meat cannot
be thoroughly Inspected after It
Is
hung up in a shop. In other words
this is a case where ignorance
is
bliss, for the meat from the con­
demned tuberculous cows is as palat­
able as any other. This Is exactly
the situation In moBt of the small
town meat markets throughout the
state. If the meat upon Inspection
Is not fit for food according certain
rules and regulations adopted by the
Bureau of Animal industry it is con­
demned and disposed of accordingly.
Under any consideration the meat
that Is Inspected ought to be more
fit for food than meat that no In­
spector ever sees.
"Going back to the matter of test­
ing for tuberculosis, It should
be
clearly understood that the main
reason for testing for tuberculosis Is
not to prevent the destruction
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Highway Commission. This
includes construction of the
Roosevelt Highway as road
of primary importance as de­
sired and as I have hereto­
fore advised that it would. 1
have given this highway
constant and I am glad to say
successful attention.
W. C. HAWLEY, M. C.
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OPEN
-o REPORT
the Southern
Agent Ray G
ac­
lay
Pacific company
uiti
ed that the .
ed-
be running a. ....
ule today (Friday), '1 Uls — » . s to
both through trains and locals, The
re-
Tillamook-Portland train will
tbe
sume without interuption as
track has been cleared of the slides
that have been the cause of the
tie-up.
Manager Ivan Donaldson stated
yesterday that it was expected that
the highway south to McMinnville
would be open by this evening
and
that a through stage schedule could
to
be established from Tillamook
Portland.
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LOCAL CONFECTIONERY
IS SOLD TO C. S. BARNES
TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR
REPORT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
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FOR YEAR ENDING DEC. 30
GOVERNOR PIERCE
AT STATE’S HELM
LOCAL LEGISLATORS APPOINTED
ON SEVERAL IMPORTANT COM
MITTEES — BOTH GET CHAIR
MANSHIPS.
The January session of the Oregon
state legislature opened at Salem
last Monday morning. Governor Wal­
ter M. Pierce took his oath of office
at 8:30 that evening, the seven­
teenth governor of Oregon. The night
session was forced on account of a
long discussion on the floor of the
senate over the election of Jay H.
Upton as speaker of that body.
Tillamook county solons were
somewhat delayed in reaching
the
state house in time for the cera­
monies but so far as known Senator
C. J. Edwards and Representative
Rollie Watson finally landed at the
capitol in spite of Che storm, . Bulb
received appointments on various
committees. Mr. Edwards being
on
the Assessments and Taxation, Ed-
ucation, Fishing Industries, Railroad
and Utilities, and Ways and Means
committees. Mr. Watson has been
appointed on the Fisheries, Insur -
ance, Military Affairs, and Health
and Public Morals committees.
Mr. Edwards is chairman of
Railroad and Utilities committee, and
Mr. Watson is chairman of the In-
surance committee. Both are
ex­
pected to take a prominent part in
the legislation that will be enacted
during the present session.
It is quite probable that the
measure for the appropriation
of
state funds for building the armory
at Tillamook will come up some
time in the near future.
The proprietorship of the Palm
confectionery this week passed from
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the hands of F. L. Eberman to
those of C. S. Barnes, it is reported.
BLAINE NEWS
Mr. Barnes had formerly been in-
The water was not as high here
terested in a summer resort on the as it was last year by about two feet.
Trask river, but has had much ex-
There was a New Year’s dance at
perience in merchandising.
the Blaine grange hall Dec. 31 (last
year).
i
Mrs. Fred Berkey and children re­
The local Oddfellow and Rebekah
lodges held their Installation cere- turned to Tillamook January 2, after
monies last Wednesday evening.
A a good visit with Mrs. W. Canon and
large crow# attended the exercises family.
The Blaine school recommenced
in spit of the inclement weather.
its work after a two week vacation.
The Blaine traffic was held up a
herds by this disease but to protect
few days by the dlslodgment of
a
human health.
"At the next meeting of the state small bridge due to too much water.
Mr. Earl Ayers has a cellar full
legislature the Oregon Experiment
station at Corvallis will be asking (of water.)
The road up the river from Blaine
that the appropriation for investiga
ting abortion in dairy cattle be con­ Is damaged considerably.
Chester Bedortha arrived home
tinued. It is estimated that it is
costing the state of Oregon at least Christmas.
and
Joe Hallett took hie wife
the
$2,000,000 each year to stand
depredations caused by Infectious daughters to Tillamook again, where
abortion and that it is becoming they are going to school.
We are expecting Hugh Welch
more widespread than ever.
This
work must receive the support from home again soon. He has been to
the
dairy
counties.
Tillamook Seattle.
Walter Bobna received a broken
county is in a position now where It
must do some serious work with this leg caused by a rolling rock striking
disease or It will manifest Itself in him. He is at Tillamook under the
practically all the herds of the care of Dr. Robinson.
county. The legislature must sup
port this appropriation to prevent
Jack Dagget was seriously Injured
any further losses and so this county Wednesday at the Whitney camp
as well as others, can get the advan­ when a log rolled over him. He is
tage of this work.”
being cared for at the Boals hospital.
Book Statistics: Volumes added.
376; withdrawn 5; total number of
volumes, 3260; volumes borrow from
state library, 32; additions by pur
chase, 315; additions by gift, 26:
periodicals by subscription, 26: by
gift, 7; newspapers by subscription,
1; by gift, 2; withdrawals in loss
by borrowers and paid, 1; lost and
cancelled,1; owrn out, 1; missing 2.
Loan Statistics: Total circulation
16,904; largest daily circulation
130; smallest, 7; average, 54 plus;
volumes rebound, 89.
Registration:
New
borrowers
400; total 973; county borrowers 24;
fees for non residents, $1.50; days
open 309; hours per day, three
hours on Wednesday and Saturday
afternoons, two and one half hours
evenings; cards withdrawn, 378; is­
sued to children, 128; of 11,761
books for adults loaned 11,018 were
fiction, 743 non fiction. Of 5143
children's books loaned 4153 were
fiction, 990 nonfiction. (Sept. 15,
1920. began present register,
973
represents active borrowers, as just
cancelled cards not used recently. It
may seem that there is an error
in
this registration report as the board
has found that librarian had made
a clerical error in numbering regis ­
ter and this was not discovered un­
til this year.)
Financial statistics:
Receipts from city tax
$ 625.00
Gifts itemized-—
War Committee ... _...... ......
32.50
Tag Day______________ _
103.50
K. K. K._______ __ _____ 100.00
Fines ________ ___ ___ _____ 120 95
Lost books _______________
2.00
Rental collections _................
79.78
Non resident’s cards______
17.75
Sale ___ _ ________________
241.97
Unexpended balance ______
241.97
Total funds ___________ $1324.45
Expenditure«:
Boow account—
Books _____ _ __ _______
517.11
Periodicals ___ _.______
68.92
Binding _______________
82.45
Building and maintenance:
Insurance __ _ . „______
61.60
Janitor
___________
48.00
Repaire and imp. ______
120.07
Contingent account:
Stationery, etc.________
64.50
Postage____ _________
5.09
Express___ ___ _________
.84
Cartage ____ _________
.50
Miscellaneous ____ ____
11.24
Service account:
Librarian ___
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370.55
Total expenditure______ 1199.50
Unexpended balance _____
24.95
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WSEK Cft SO
CITY PUT OUT OF COM-
MISSION BY WATER
SOUTHERN PACIFIC BLOCKED BY
CAVEIN IN TUNNEL AND
WASHOUTS
The full fury of a good old fash-*
ioned southwester storm burst over
the Northwest last week and caused
considerable damage to wagon and
rail roads. Tillamook county suf­
fered very little proportionately to
the other parts of the state. The
total of storm damage here amount­
ing to little more than two damaged
bridges and a few mud slides.
The crest of the high water oc­
curred the first part of this week,
though it is not considered that the
water came as high as it did
in
November, 1921. The roads leading
north, west and south out of the city
were inundated and traffic
was
either entirely stopped or interfered
with. The bridge across the Trask
river at the old Johnson place near
the Red Clover cheese factory was
damaged Monday when a large log
broke out one of the bents of
the
south approach.
A bridge near Cloverdale was dam­
aged likewise, It is said. A slide
again occurred on the main highway
to McMinnville at the same place as
last year, near the Saling grade. It
4s necessary to transfer mail and
passengers over this slide. The rail­
road to Hillsboro 1 b blocked by the
caveln of a tunnel on the line. Other
email «Udes and washouts also took
place on this road. It Is expected
that the railroad will again be In
operation today. There is a short­
age of some food stuffs in the city
but the traffic will doubtlese be re­
sumed before this situation becomes
acute.
Numerous basements atffiut
city were flooded, causing some
convenience to business houses,
is reported that several farinB of
county were badly cut up by
floods that poured over them.
11224.45
Library board consists of Mrs. L,
S. Groat, Mrs. Alex McNair, Mrs. M.
Kiger, Mrs. G. B. Lamb and Mrs. J.
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O. Edwards.
NEXT WEEK COMPLETES
MADGE SISNEY, Librarian
FIRST SCHOOL SEMESTER
M. KIGER, Secretary
MRS. L. 3. GROAT, Free.
Next week completes the
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semester of the local school year.
and the final examinations In high
ROOSEVELT HIGHWAY WILL
school and upper grades will be
SOON BE COMPLETED given. The work of the second so—
semester will be taken up Monday,
After several years of persistent January 22nd.
At this time an opportunity wilL
work, the Roosevelt Memorial Coast
Highway Association not only sue be given beginning pupils to enter
ceeded in having the coast highway school. They should be sent to Miss
placed upon the state road map but Hare’s room In the grade building
it won a decided victory when the Monday morning. No beginning 1st
Secretary of Agriculture approved B pupils will be enrolled after Jan­
the tentative state map of Oregon uary 29th
submitted for his apporval by the
This week’s high water delayed
State Highway Commission, which the return of the teachers who were
designated the Roosevelt highway as on their vacation In the Valley, so
a road of primary importance. This the opening day found a number of
action is final as far as this high- substitutes on hand to welcome the
way is concerned, it being now up children on their return to work af­
to the government and the state ter the holidays.
highway commission to complete it
Two new teachers will be necee-
with federal and state money. Fred fary to complete the work during
Baker, secretary of the associa
the second semester, Miss Philippi
tion, was advised by letter from will teach in the high school and
Washington that this would tie done Miss Sandstroms in the grades,
and a few days later a telegram was They are graduate is of Oregon Agri­
received from there stating that th«; cultural
an d tile
. ecretary of Agriculture had appro;
tively.
' <1 the stale map. Mr. Bak«ir says it I has had se’zeral year« succo fui ex-
M>uree of great satisfaction to I pc ience. The guild hail has been
associâtes that everything ha I ¡«•uifd to pi «»vide a
r grade
tied out ho satisfae’oi y. as every i r<>
and 1:he removal of a partition
ng possible wuh done to make the b« w. «I th • old office and a cloak
, ’ ■ irovided a amiill class
»velt highway a road of prima vl |l
rtance, and especially i a
i roan ioi tl le high sch 001«
i of the work fell upon
lornier
is now in Portland has
d by the Olegonian
GUILD ENTERTAINED
service to sing in their
The ladies guild of St. A
daily
concert January 31st.
Episcopal church entertained Ar«-h 'Ir.
rd Mr. Carroll's splendid
deacon J. C. Black at a delightfu
while he was in Tllla-
"500" party, Saturday evening. In
it will be interesting to local
the apartment of Mrs. Elizabeth II. radio tans to hear it over the radio.
Fronk and Miss Geòrgie Barry
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Plasker Court, Those enjoying
Ur. Faxton, who recently too*
affair were Mr. and Mrs. M.
over Dr. Pollock’s practice, has pur­
Adams, Mr. and Mrs. William
chased the Schnal house on Sixth
laney, Mr and Mrs. Paul F. Desnay. street and moved his family here
Vr. and Hn L. W Turnbull, Mr. from Portland,
Dr, Faxon
and Mrs W S. Coates, Mrs. J. L. practiced dentistry in Portland
Keeley, Miss Thelma Stone, Mrs. E th«' last five years with the excep­
■ Pettit. Mine Helen Wheeler,
tion of two years spent in theU. 8.
navy.
Mr. L. V Eberhardt,
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R esoli T íoms
ALL ROADS LEADING FROM THZ