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TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT DAY, MARCH 23, 1923 1 Mt 'AtMt '< Mt Mt AA« '.'1 I > From Exchanges Independent Weekly Paper The telephone girl—how few of us Published Every Friday By The who use the phone many times per Headlight Publishing Company. Inc., day realize that the owner of the Tillamook, Oregon gentle voice at “Central” may prove An Managing Editor herself a heroine any day. She is there, meeting every call upon her Telephones and doing it without any bragging or Pacific States, Main 68 bluster. Mutual Telephone The cases where a great disaster has brought out the true mettle of Entered as second class mail matter in the U.S. postoffice at the telephone girl are many, but there are more cases where some real Tilla mook, Oregon. heroic act is "all in the day’s work.” ; SUBSCRIPTION RATES The telephone girl is called upon for One Year, By Mail .............. $2.00 many things and quick thought is Six Months, By Mail ........... $1.00 needed every time. $ .75 Take the case of the girl in Bryn Three Months, By Mai) Mawr, Pennsylvania. She saw a sig Payable in advance nal at her switchboard, plugged in to answer the call and heard moans ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ over the phone. She acted—a doctor ♦ OCR EDITORIAL POLICY ♦ was called sent to the place and prob ♦ ably saved the life of the woman who ♦ had fallen just as she started to « and sup- advocate, aid 1. To ♦ port any measures that will ♦ phone. Yet the young woman, her ♦ bring the most good to the ♦ self a bride of but two weeks, re ♦ garded it as part of her work. She ♦ most people. ♦ 2. To encourage industries ♦ was trained to think in emergency— ♦ to establish in Tillamook ♦ and was ready when the emergency ♦ came. It is this training that makes county. ♦ 3. To urge the improvement ♦ heroines or heroes in everyday life. Daily News. ♦ of a port for Tillamook City. ♦ —Waukegan (Ill.) ♦ ♦ » ♦ 4. To insist on an American ♦ Word has been received by Mr. and ♦ ♦ (■¡standard of labor. ♦ 5. To be politically indepen * Mrs. W. T. House of the death of ♦ dent, but to support the can- ♦ their son in a logging accident at ♦ -di lates for public office who ♦ Tillamook. The funeral was held ♦ twill bring the most good to ♦ yesterday at Independence. Judge ♦ jthe people of Tillamook ♦ and Mrs. George W. Stapleton and ♦ Bounty and of the State of ♦ daughter Georgia went to the funer ♦ al.—Gresham Ooutlook. ♦ «Oregon. ♦ ♦ * ♦ ♦ Company K, Oregon National ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ Guard, located in Independence for several years until it was permitted FRIDAY, MKRCH 23, 1923 to go to sleep, and transferred to Tillamook last summer, is now lead MIGHT BE WORTH TRYING ing all other units in point of drill A Coos Bay paper makes mention attendance. The National Guard«- of th* fact that Coos county has in- man says: "The highest standing, Btalle< a "bull pen” in which county since the present system of rating prisoners are kept breaking rock for organizations on drill attendance the county roads. The idea sounds went into effect, was attained in feasible and might be worth trying January by the youngest infantry unit, Company K,-162nd Infant.«}’,, at in Till amook county. It seems waste Tillamook, when that unit hung up county ful to have prisoners in the jail, living in the unhealthful atmos a record of 97.9 percent. Keen riv phere of indoors, and feeding them, alry for first place on the rating without any recompense for the ex sheet has existed between Com pense they are to the public. Our panies K and G, 162d Infantry, and preaer *. plan is bad for the prisoner the 486th Company. C. A. C. Com pany G, for many months past, has and for the county. consistently have large turnouts for drill, but the spectacular achievement of Company K caused a flurry in LIVING LONG Captain National Guard circles. Shearer, the cammanding officer, is Half of us live to be 60, and nearly as to how * fourth of us reach 75. This cheer being besieged with quiries the miracle has been accomplished.— ful state of affairs is announced by Dr. Louis I. Dublin, chief statistician Independence Enterprise. ♦ ♦ ♦ of the Metropolitan Life Insurance The basketball tournament for Till Company. «The average person at 50,” says amook, Washington and Yamhill Dr. Dublin, “may now hope to live counties opened here Friday night at to the age of 71—or, as we put it, the college gymnasium. The tourna th« average length of life remaining ment was staged under the auspices to each one of the s urvivors at age of the Cardinal “L” club of the col 60 is 21 more years. Even at 70 lege. The Forest Grove high school there is more than nine years of ex teams refused to play and so the pectation and so on in a diminishing Cloverdale team was substituted. The first game was between Clo degrv- to the end.” The average baby born in America verdale and Tillamook. The first in 1901 could be expected to live 49 half was slow and neither team seem ed to be able to connect with the bas years 3 months. The average baby born in 1923 kets, for many shots were attempted shouli. reach 65, thanks to great The half ended with the score 11 to stride by medicinal science, espec ‘ 8 in favor of Tillamook. During the ially in saving the lives of children second half Cloverdale got twice as during babyhood and early childhood. many shots. However, they failed to As a matter of fact, children born connect, Tillamook easily won the in 1»23 may, for all we know, live to game by a score of 22 to 13. In the main game of the evening an average of 100, 150, or more. Starting discoveries, in the way of Newberg high school lost to Tilla- prolonging human life, may be made mook high school 19 to 17. This was before more years, by the use of ra the final game in the district tourna dium or artificially stimulating the ment to decide which team would endoc: ne glands of the body—thy- represent Washington, Yamhill and Tillamook counties in the state tour roid, adrenals, etc. Th< great strides that have been nament in Salem this week. Tilla made n the last 20 years, in prolong mook in the first half outplayed the ing the average duration of human Newberg boys in every department, life, have been mostly by reducing the half ended with the score 14 to Manti - death rate. Science is turn- 3 in favor of Tillamook. In the sec ing its attention to similar service ond half Newberg staged a rally. for mature people. Much is possible. With three minutes to play they tied I the score. It was necessary to play And considerable is probable. Rome time when you have an idle two extra periods of five minutes hour, get out the family Bible or each. With two minutes to play ir: whatever you keep the records in, the last period Tone of Tillamook and figure up the average age at shot a basket from near the center of whteh people in your family die. It the floor and won for Tillamook. I*. will teach you what years are apt to Babcock for Newberg converted five ho Most critical in your life the *■1« out of IS attempts, while for ttaM when health must be safeguard- Tillamook Mathews converted one out of six attempt«, C. Johnson three ad Meet. oat of seven attempts and L. John son one out of two attempts. New Cmvslhs—Drainape of about four berg made six field goals and Tilla- kpafeed acres of land in the vicinity mook seven.—McMinnville Telephone tlbcoln school started. Register. ♦ ♦ ♦ tWinaw— Sawmill with 20,000 feet That outside capital is seriously «■pfiitty to be established here. ■Mg* to cost 1200,000 to be built considering the establishment of a •crMB Willamette river at Harria- creamery and cheese factory in Dal las was the information given out Wednesday to Floyd Senter, secre tary of the Commercial club, by P B. Sibley who represents a cbeese ie Harrison, t M W i M MAA v . V. ’lAMUB^JO^^feirkVAUBOV javzta MK ffi i&t »M mi am im m im iBrnrj Editorial Page of the Tillamook Headlight COMMENT lamoofc ^eaiiligbt 1 >..»« >-■« .'1 Mt '.'1 3 factory and creamery house in Pert building completed and ready foi bus land. An investigation by the capi iness by that date.— Bay Ci‘y Exam- tal to be represented is now being iner. ♦ ♦ ♦ made by those interested. The establishment of a cheese fac Alvin A Robb, who is employed tory in this city is also being foster by A. M. Matlock, formerly cf this ed by the Dallas Commercial club, city, who is erecting a sawmill near which has appointed a committee of Hemlock, Tillamook county, spent a number of representative dairy Sunday at his home here.—Polk •’ "in men of the county to see who would ty Itemizer. pledge the product of their cows for ♦ ♦ ♦ its successful operation. This com The coming of the more beautiful mittee of dairymen is working in days will mean that one will circu conjunction with the manufacturing late more and do less hibernating. committee of the club. A report is This will increase one’s vitality and expected to be submitted in the nea- ward off disease.—McMinnville News future when, no doubt, some definite Reporter. action will be taken. It is planned ♦ ♦ ♦ at present to make the contemplated Justice as we administer it has cheese factory a co-operative con some strange results. Husted Walters cern and the farmers will be given last week justly paid the penalty for an opportunity to purchase stock at his crime on the gallows, but how the rate of $10 per share.—Polk about the “trunk murderer” who was County Observer. released and the “gas pipe” murder ♦ ♦ ♦ er who leaves prison walls behind If the one greatest law of personal him this month, and the swarm of and social conduct were fully and others convicted of taking human life sincerely adopted and practiced by whom the newspapers tell us are en the people of this or any other nation joying life at public expense as there would be little need for the “trusties” without the prison walls? thousands of volumes of statutes, It appears to be a hit and miss bus state and national, that now weigh iness all the way through, and the fel down the shelves of our law libra low who first depicted justice as a ries. There would be little need for blind goddess knew what he was our courts, civil and criminal, and about.—Hillsboro Independent small use for our jails and other cor ♦ ♦ ♦ rectional and penal institutions. The The cost of all forms ot govern age long differences between capital ment in this country, including fed and labor would fade away, along eral, state and munici expense, with destructive religious controver may bo as much as ! f >r e-i h sies, and all jealousies, quarrels, un family of four persons, this sum fairness and oppression. would probably include cost of T’- e Gol-ien Rule consistently and putli. schools, fire and onscientiuasly applied would be a tection, etc., as well as the expens< gicat leveler and harmonize* for the ■of military protection and the w.-r buyer and seller, the employer a1:, debt, the country cels great. 1 ni’ t employe, ruler and subject, husband for its money. H >w»v>->. if this vas and wife, rich and poor, learned and sum of money were spent with the ignorant. same efficiency that is echieved by Can anyone think of a situation or business corporations, better results condition where it would not a, ply could be had for less mon» y. Ever} and if applied lead to immerse im citizen should think of himself as 3 provement in understanding, cooper stockholder in a great buxines« c'T ation and consummation ? eern . which serves him and his. fam Then why don’t we for the sake of ily. He can not expect satisfactory humanity and our own good adopt dividends in the shape of good gov and live it?—Gresham Outlook ernment, unless he devotes effort and ♦ ♦ ♦ thought to his duties as a citizen. Corporations and the state mov- Every time he v< ces for a poorly qua! slowly on any project. The Brig! ified man for public office, he takes ton-Monhattan road is now waiting money out of his own pocket. • Ros, nn a decision of the S. P. regarding bUrg Newr Review right of way. Last reports are to ♦ ♦ ♦ the effect that negotiations have The Riverside Rooms, owned by J. reached the stage where an early L. Ketch, this week were sold by him agreement can be reached by those to E. A. Worthington of Tilla.nook eoncerned. The necessary money has he announced Tuesday afternoon. In been set aside, but it is hoped that the deal Mr. Ketch acquired posses work will start on the job soon as sion of a 40-acre dairy ranch thre' time is flying and summer will soon miles from Tillamook. be here.—Wheeler Reporter. Mr. Worthington is said to be s • • man of business experience and in Within the next week or ten days addition to managing the rooming Al Repass, of the contracting firm of house intends to put on a truck line Repass Bros., of Garibaldi, will com to the coast. He is a family man, mence construction work on a two- having five children. He expects to story building on his property on the take possession here the first of April highway from which he recently bud and will move the family here to re side at that time. his residence house removed. Mr. Ketch says he does not intend The structure is to be 30x70 feet in dimensions, the lower floor of to devote much time to dairying bu* which, according to Mr. Repass, will will push his insurance business in be fitted up for a movie theatre to which he is more interested. Mr. suit an already available show man, Kc-tch has been an active member of and the upper story will be parti the Booster club and otherwise has tioned off into sleeping rooms, with taken a prominent interest in devel- exception of a three room apartment j opment of projects here and his ab- reserved for living quarters by Mr. sence will be missed.—Sheridan Sur. and Mrs. Repass. * ♦ ♦ The moving picture man desire« In the year 1922 the Linn county that his part of the building be ready farm bureau fostered a county-wid' for occupancy by May 1, but M-. Re. tuberculosis eradication campaign pass says that he will have the whole that resulted in the testing of 3458 FEATURES head of cattle in 519 dairy herds. The Gearhart—New hotel to be built. general favor with which this w-'k was received resulted in the introduc Astoria to have central heating tion of a bill into the legislature pro plant. viding that the testing of dairy cat Science with the aid of the air- tle for tuberculosis shall be compul sory in Linn county. This bill, which was drawn by County Agent A. C Heyman, has been enacted into a law and is effective July 1, 1923.—Oregon Farmer. plane, has accomplished the feat of "making it rain.” What we want mure is some one to discover a way to make it stop raining.—Vernonia Eagle. AUCTION SALE Random Thoughts Some men are good at salesman ship. but they couldn’t collect even their own thoughts. MONDAY, MARCH 26,1 P. M Some women are so badly out of condition that when they powder, they “puff.” 1-2 mile north of city at Clark Hadley’s barn Note that a dancer six feet, eight inches tall was arrested. He probab ly danced too long. 19 Head grade cattle 1 Pure Bred Jersey The difference between garb and garbage is merely a matter of time Heaven help the town whose citi zens are self-satisfied. THESE COWS ARE NOW FRESH OR WILL BE FRESH SOON What has become of the old fash ioned man who used to wear those detachable cuffs? Job was a patient man—but never had his wife use his razor for a can opener. X The man who is “stuck on himself' usually finds that no one else is. The man who says that he’d rather bt i ight than to be President, will I probably never be either. L. G. ARTS and M. TURNER COL. HUGHES, Auctioneer TERMS: months on approved paper. W. J. RIECHERS, Cashier A skyscraper may not be full of * romance, but there are many stories about it. The man who thinks he is always eight often gits left. DO YOU KNOW THAT When friendship develops into mat nage the butcher, the baker, and th<- grocerymao laugh. There is only one place in Tillamook where you can get them When the king reigns lie careful how you hale. The butcher may not. strike you as overly jolly, but you'll have to admit that he does quite a bit of cutting up. Sperry’s Drifted Snow Flour and Powdered Sugar that won’t lump. That’s at An optimist, my son, is a fellow who will bet on the weather or a horse race. CONOVER & CONOVER Since th« abolishment of the 19th hole the golf players are used to water hazards. You may lead a boy to school, you cannot make him think. The navy is making old salts of fresh kids. Favorite fiction: “Son, this is ing to hurt me worse than it you.” Why is it that when a fat m^n m trying to reduce all his friends in- vite him to dinner parties? Even a horse that is not balky seems to be there with the "neigh.” A man may be on the level and still have his ups and downs. when You Travel No matter when you go South or East, you’ll find four high-class “Shasta Route trains at your service daily. Convenient schedules, com fortable equipment and the assurance of safety, adds much to the enjoyment of your journey. Low round trip tickets to San Francisco, Santa Bar bara, Los Angeles, and San Diego, on sale daily limited June 30th. CALL FOR GENERAL FUND WARRANTS All outstanding county genera! fund warrants endorsed prior to and including W.ie 30th day of Septem ber, 1922, will be paid upon presenta tion. Interest ceases this 21st day of March, 1923. KATHLEEN MILLS, County Treas I Inquire of local ticket agent for de tailed information and descriptive folders or write. JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent Portland,Ore gon A PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF OUR NEW Burglar Alarm Sy st’m Will be given all day Monday, March 26th. The Public is invited to call and inspect this system which we have installed in our vaults ind 1 •’ g room. FIRST NATI0NA1 ,r NOTICE DAIRYMEN If you anticipate buying anything Jia lins cutting mi- ehinery, or farm hnplements of any kind, tt will pay you to In vast urate our prices We can save you money. We handle the famous Molln« Line. n7 II & Williams
