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(Eilkimno TILLAMOOK, OREGON, FRIDAY. MAY 4, 1923 VOLUME 34; NUMBER 30 STOCKMINERALS ARE INVESTIGATED LOCAL SAW MILLS GET DOCKAGE RIGHT Special Meeting Of Council Called To Hear Pleas Of Outside Matter Has Been Greatly Discussed By Experts For Several Years MOST MINERALS COSTLY Should Be Supplement To The Feed During Spring Months With Green Pasture An interview with Dr. J. N. Shaw, county veterinarian, this week, brings out the following points of interest to the dairymen of this county: In the past few years, a great ma ny articles dealing with the subject of mineral for stock have appeared in leading farm papers of the nation, and dairymen have been led to be lieve that the question of mineral for their stock is of some importance. There can be no question as to the importance of mineral as far as the dairy cattle of this county are con cerned, because of the investigations carried on by some’of the investiga- tods at our experiment stations, dis « closing the need of the addition of a mineral to the ration of dairy cows in certain parts of the country. Com mercial concerns have put on the mar ket several products which are sup posed to meet the needs of cattle receiving a mineral deficiency in their diet. Most of these products are fair ly successful in their purpose, but are rather expensive. The question arises as to whether or not the cows of Tillamook county really need a mineral supplement. It is the opin ion of the county veterinarian that the cows of Tillamook county would have fewer ailments, and would give a greater quantity of milk, if a min eral of the right kind could be added to their rations. It is a known fact that the soils of this county are quite acid. This acidity is due to a lack of mineral. If the mieeral is not present in the soil, it cannot be pres ent in the plant life. Some of our hays are especially high in the es sential minerals, especially alfalfa and elover. Some of our cows in this county have little opportunity to eat alfalfa and clover hay, and depend upon the native hay entirely. It has been proven and is an oft quoted fact that animals will die more quickly on a mineral diet than they will if not fed at all. Some of the conditions which are thought to be indications of a lack of mineral, so far as this county is concerned, are: First, paralysis. A great many dairy cows become paralyzed before. is ot shortly after calving, This thought to be due to the robbing of the cow’s own tissues of the minerals necessary for the structure of the new individual.. Then again, we find high producing cows who become lame and etiff without any apparent cause. The use of a mineral supplement is sup posed to overcome a great many dis eases that the diary cow suffers from. The word “supposed” is used, because it has not been definitely proven that the above statement is a fact. An effort has been made to determ ine if possible, just what mineral would be most practical for the cows of Tillamook county. Letters were written to Dr. E. B. Forbes, director <rf the institute of Animal Nutrition, (Continued on page 2, column 2) BOXING FANS CHOOSE MANN MATCHMAKER H S. Mann, former matchmaker for the ring cont«, sts held in mis city *<1 the auspices of the American fceg i, has again been appointed to MI[ h i intend the riaJVh making for the >k Boxing commission and Ini. to have a 30 round program for the night of the 19th instant, pro flid, 1 he can get some good matches; •th rwise, the date will be postponed •Jfot.: he can get Is«;«. a <• satisfactory —.... bill, ----- ( |Bote-e of the event will be given the $e fired publ: ity. taòligljt Mill Owners A special meeting of the city coun cil was called by the Mayor for last Monday night, to consider petitions to that body by outside sawmills pro prietors who are shipping their pro ducts outside on the Southern Paci fic’s lines. The petitions were tender ed by Sundquist & Norberg nad by J. M. Weiss & Son, both firms operating in the vicinity of Hemlock. Permis sion was granted to Weiss & Son to erect loading docks in front of Hin er’s property, between Stillwell ave nue and First Avenue east on First street; permission was also granted Sundquist & Norberg and A. M. Mat lock for joint occupancy of First st. between Stillwell avenue and First Avenue west, in front of property owned by the Southern Pacific com pany and Henry Wolfe. It was under stood by all concerned that should the city at any time want possession, the sawmill men were to vacate the docks immediately. The granting of the dockage accommodation will solve a problem which has been bothering outside sawmill firms for some time, These mills are all operated to their full capacity, and have added quite a payroll to the county. LOGGER ROBS FRIEND; IS FINED BY COURT Alfred Newlin, who quit a job at one of the sawmills last Saturday, oc cupied a room Saturday night with a fellow logger named Mike Kanary. Unlike the bird for which he was named, Kanary was not up to meet the sun, with a song in his bill, but slept sound and late. Newlin, how ever, was up early and frisked his companion’s pocket taking $10 in cur rency. He did not pause to say good bye to his room mate, but quietly hit the highway for the outside. In the meantime Kanary awoke, but instead of singing blithely, he turned, he turned his pockets wrong side out and swore, and then hunted up the sheriff who overtook Newlin at Dolph. The sheriff was accompanied by the bereft Kanary, who identified the thief. As they came up with Newlin, the lat ter handed the $10 bill to Kanary, w’ith the remark: “There’s your mon ey, and I’m done with you.’ A fight seemed imminent, but the sheriff in terfered and took Newlin into custody On Monday, Newlin pleaded guilty to petit larceny and was fined $25 by the justice of the peace and in lieu of the required money, he is now enjoy ing a life of lonely loafing in the county jail. Chester and William Bennett ap- peared before the recorder pro tern, one day the latter part of last week and were fined for speeding on their motorcycles within the city limits. The former was fined $10 and the latter $5. NATIONAL GUARDSMEN LEAVE HERE JUNE 15 Now that the time for the annual camp of national guard troops of the northwest is definitely decided, or ders have been received chat all men must attend thetraining period at Camp Lewis from June 16 to 30 in clusive. It will be necessary for the Tillamook men to leave here on the 15th to be able to reach Camp Lewis on time. Serious sickness or recent death in the immediate family are all that a member of the nati< nal guard can be excused for. A truck arrived this week from th? propei ty officer with some clotbirg and equipment that have been looked for for some time. While tearing down an old barn last Tuesday night, Albert Campbell, dis lodged a joist in which was a nail, the timber ¿.trik.ng his h:u- -nd >...«. nail inflicting a cut about two inches ' long, . . knocking 1 • •_ J down. ____ Tk.. him The ««rzsitnzl wound however, proved not serious. PRICE $2.00 A YEAR = ANOTHER FIRETRUCK ADDED TO EQUIPMENT SHOOTING SEALIONS IS UNPROFITABLE Moving Hunter Pictures Will Assist In RESOLUTION IS PASSED County To Be Canvassed Before Election In Favor Of Oleo Measure The county creamery association met last Wednesday and discussed the matter of the coming referendum on the oleomargarine law, enacted by the last legislature. It was evident from the expression of sentiment on the part of the association members that there were no members who were for the proposed referendum. After the discussion had been made quite thor ough, a resolution was read and unan imously adopted, which fitly express es the opinion of the creamery asso ciation body. The resolution is as follows: “Resolved that the dairy industry in Tillamook county will be material ly benefitted by the law passed at the last session of the Oregon legis lature, should said law be allowed to remain upon the statute books of the state as passed.” County Agent W. D. Pine was se lected to see that the people of the county are instructed as to the value of the bill, now a law in this state. Fred W. Christensen, local cheese in spector, was requested to attend the meetings to be held between now and the day of election, and to explain just why the dairymen of this county should be interested in maintaining the present law. The thought was expressed at the meeting, that a boost for the dairy men of the Willamette valley is also a boost for the dairy interests of this county. It was stated that Tillamook caunty is now competing with dairy men who previously had engaged in the manufacture of butter, but who were forced out of business by the importation of copra from the South Sea Islands. This product was ren ovated here and mixed with milk, and sold generally as a substitute for their butter. The meeting expressed the hope that every voter in this county would attend the meetings when scheduled and get thoroughly informed before the time of election, and when con vinced, as he should be, of the neces sity for the law, to vote for the dairy cow—the foster-mother of the world (Continued on page 8, column 2) P|| Apparatus The fire department has added a long felt want in the matter of a hook and ladder truck, making it possible for the fire boys to transport the long ladders and other needed paraphen- alia to a fire practically at the same time the engine arrives. The newly equipped auto hook and ladder truck will cost about $1,000. The chassis was purchased with a donation to the department by the Whitney Mill company of Garibaldi of $500. The superstructure cost approximately $500 more, of which sum the county gave $100 and the Ladies club $10, the remainder of which is owing, but it is expected that the picture, entitled the “Third Alarm,,” which will be put on at the local playhouse sometime in June, will still further lessen the in debtedness, as the proceeds over the cost of production, ,will go to the fire fund. The chassis bed was lengthened to 160 inches which makes it about 13 1-2 feet long, so that the long ladders can be quickly transported to a fire. These big ladders are respectively 35 and 24 feet long, one being an extension; also two roof ladders. The truck will carry 750 feet of 2 1-2 inch hose, and 200 feet of 1 1-2 inch hose, a life net, and 2 1-2 gallon chemicals, axes, etc. Heretofore, these long ladders have had to depend upon outside trucks for transportation, and were often slow in arriving upon a fire scene. A number of houses are too high for the ordinary and the new truck will greatly lessen the danger of a destructive fire. The department is not soliciting subscriptions, but will not refuse such donations if tendered, until the in debtedness is wiped out. Chief Coates stated one day this week that efforts will be made to get some gas masks but the department will not depend upon city funds for their purchase. MAY CIRCUIT COURT TO OPEN MONDAY On next Monday, Judge Geo. R. Bagley will convene circuit court here for the handling of the court docket. The docket is about the usual size. It is expected that several applications for citizenship will be heard at that time, there being quite a class wait ing for the examination. Several ap plicants who failed at the last term, will again try to pass the tests. Game Warden To Help Him Raising Money For Fire Will Co-operate With The Willamette Valley Dairymen Tillamook Is Polite, And Asks Netarts and Bayocean Get Attention From Road Operations Gravel Supply For This District To Be Tapped Very Soon For Road Building It is learned from F. J. Ayer, supervisor of road district No. 2 that work is progressing satisfactorily on the roads contained in his district. The thoroughfares of the county have been kept in pretty good shape all winter, with the exception of the Ne tarts road, which gave trouble on ac count of the old, worn out planking which was originally laid upon the ground, and as time passed the plank ing gave way, causing the mud to come through the boards, thus mak ing the road in many places well nigh impassible. Within the next ten days however, the old planks will have been taken up, and new 3x12, 10 foot planks will be laid, and a foundation also will be placed under the new work, which should keep the new road in good condition for many years to come, and at the same time furnish a good road at all times of the year. It is estimated that it will take close to 300,000 feet of lumber to re-plank the stretch in the green timber between the Tillamook river and Netarts. On the Bayocean road, the job of pile driving, it is thought, will be finished in about ten days. The driv er is averaging about 20 piles a day, and about 300 of these pilings have been driven thus far this spring. Fol lowing the work of sinking the piling, will come the work of the dredger, which will fill in about the piling. It is thought that the dredge will be gin operation about the last of the present month. It will take another season to finish the road through to Bayocean, and it is believed that when completed it will be one of the finest and most substantial roads in the Its completion will mean county. much to the Bayocean section, as that resort has been isolated from road travel, ever since it sprang into ex- istence as a resort. On the Fall creek grade on the Oceanside road, some good work has been done in the matter of supply- ing new hand rails and felloe-guards on the canyon side of the road, which will safeguard, it is believed, the (Continued on page 8, column 5) One “Good” Turn Deserves Another Break The Law When a man starts to plunk away at sea lions over at Oceanside, he should be careful to first find out whether there are any United States game wardens within hearing dis tance of the gun with which the shoot ing is done. W. R. Purvine and wife were walk ing along the beach, the former with a gun. Coming toward the first nam ed couple was United States Game Warden, Ray C. Steele, who was ac companied by his wife. When the strollers were near to each other, Pur vine raised his rifle and took several ineffectual shots at sea lions that were basking in the sun over on the big rocks off shore, Steele came up, and Purvine offered his gun to the government man and asked him to try his luck on the lions. Steele oblig ingly took the gun, and then placed Purvine under arrest on a charge of shooting at sea lions on a federal bird and animal preserve. He also confiscated the gun, and Purvine prob ably will have to explain matters in a federal court at Portland. 1921 LIQUOR FINE PAID UP RECENTLY Nick Melchoir, who was convicted of bootlegging in this county in 1921, and who paid part of his fine at the time of conviction, and who agreed to pay the balance in certain install ments, and who forgot or failed to pay the said installments according to agreement, and who kept away from the county thereafter, appeared here Tuesday, and was immediately taken into custody by Sheriff Aschirn. Melchoir, however, did not want any jail life, so he paid the balance due on his old fine, amounting to $151.10, and was allowed to go on his way. WAREHOUSE PLANS ARE CONSIDERED The proposed referendum of the so-called “Oleo’ bill which was ad opted by the last session of the leg islature rceived attention from the creamery association this week. Plans lor warehouses to be used in connection with the hay and grain business of the association also wera considered but no definite action wa taken. James Williams, T. W. Lys ter and Carl Haberlach were instruct ed to present data covering sites and costs for warehouse in the vicinity of Tillamook and Charles McKillip, W. A. Bell, Alex Fraser, F. L. Owens anil Wm. Ward were continued as a com- mittee to present information regard ing the proposed warehouse in the southern end of the county. Secretary Carl Haberlach, who re cently returned from a trip into Cal ifornia, reported on his trip and said that had the association expended $10,1X1(1 for advertising in Isis Angel es this spring, in addition to the reg ular appropriation, all of the cheese in storage would have been sold and it would not have been necessary to re duce the price to less than 25c. Thi would have mennt that the ilairymen of the county would hav ■ received be tween $40,000 and $50,OtM) more than they actually received. The report of D. It. Tinnerstet re garding conditions at the dairies thru- out the county showed that pl eg res is being made in bettering conditions. NEW AUTOMOBILE Suit Is Said To Be a Clever Bit Of Propaganda By Big Timber Owners WILL LOWER TAX LEVY $120,000 To Be Added To Valuations Timber If Cruise Is Consistent in County M. J. Kinney vs. Tillamook County is the title of a suit filed in the cir cuit court this week, asking that the Tillamook County Court be enjoined from paying warrants to the amount of $10,146.74, which were given to M. G. Nease for cruising 40,000 ac res of timber land. People who are close to the matter say that they believe the suit is a clever bit of propaganda, staged by the big timber owners in an effort to frighten other counties away from a cruise, and that it is not hoped to pre vent this county from making good the warrants issued for the cruise. •to For several years, it is said, the larger timber owners have annually appeared before the equalization board here and have claimed re ductions in their tax levies. Sometimes it was on account of timber having been killed by worms; other times the reason given was that storms had leveled a quantity of standing tim ber; still other times fire was blam ed for the destruction. The claims had, in nearly all cases, been allow- ed. Finally the county court decid- ed that a reliable cruise had better be instituted and two cruising com panies, Thomas & Meservy and the Nease Timber company, were given contracts to cruise 40,000 acres each at twenty-five cents per acre. The result was that, following this cruise, which was to cover the same ground which had been devastated, according to the timber men brought to light that this body had always been underestimated and that the timber assessment on this particular section was raised 42 per cent. Mr. Nease made the statement that he had never seen such an abundant stand of timber, and that he could hardly believe that trees could grow so thick. The success of the first undertaking led the county court to ask for a fur ther appropriation in the budget to recruise other parts of the county and $20,000 was allowed in the 1923 bud get to cruise 800,000 acres. Then came the injunction suit. Those who have been close to the matter since its inception say that four other counties are watching the progress of the cruise here, and that these courts of these other counties arc planning to cruise their own tim- I ht lands. /hat is the reason, it is said, that tne timber men are start ing the suit here; to scare the other counties out. So far as Tillamo'/k county is concerned, prominent at torneys have stated that trying such a suit here is simply lost time; that Tillamook county is entirely in its rights i i having the tir.ber cruised. These atloi nies claim that there is nothing to prevent a county from hir- ■ mg any help that is deemed neces- I sary to raise the values on the as sessment lutes. Mr. Nease is so sure that this is right thnt he is not tak ing In nv n out of t> • woods, but is k**eping them the- ■ a I paying them until the legal <f t jh .'Il a Ì t r.i n i «urei. 109 00« . ne ». I J