VOM’ME 34; NUMBER 47
TILLAMOOK. OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1923
PRICE $2.00 A YEAR
FOUR BEACH THIEVES
1923 TOURIST CROP
ARMORY BENEFITTED
AUGUST
CHEESE
FORESTRY
PROJECTS
FALL SCHOOL TERM
CONFESS ROBBERIES
IS HEAVIEST EVER
BY PUBLIC SPIRITED
IS PUT «AGE
GUARDED BY U.S.
OPENS SEPT. 17TH
Automobile
Used
by
Quartett
is
Found to Have Been Stolen;
Washington to he Asked to
One
Has
Record
deration to P^prt
WILL SEND COMMITTEE
Fund' Are Raised to Defray Expen­
ses of Committee Put to Work
by
Booster
Club
The Kiwanis club took up the matt­
er of the improvement of the Tilla­
mook bar. at a recent meeting and re­
solved to back up the Bay City port
organuation, in the matter of secur­
ing a hearing before the board of U'
S. engineers at Washington, which
board some weeks ago turned down
the further improvement of the bay.
A committee of ten persons was ap­
pointed to have charge of the work of
aiding the Bay City port in it* efforts
to obtain a hearing, and if possible a
reversal of the boards former decision
adverse to the further development of
the bay's waterways.
As it will in all probability be neces­
sary to send a committee back to
Washington to go before the board of
engineers, whose recomendations for
or against such projects is vital, the
commitee saw the necessity for rais­
ing some money to defray expense,
and accordingly a subscription paper
wa- placed in circulation with the re­
sult that the sum of $2650, was
pledged in a short time, which reveal-
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ROAD DIFFICULTIES
STRAIGHTENED OUT
County Judge Mason and Commiss­
ioners Alley and R. O. Richards were
in Portland last Monday to attend a
meeting of the State Highway Com-
misaon. AAt this meeting the matter
of the right of way on the Roosevelt
highway through the Hudson and
Werschkull places wr « up, and it was
decided to compromise the right of
way matter by taking a 14 degree
curve instead of a greater one, that
being satisfactory to all parties. On
Tuesday last Commissioner Richards
wa- in Cloverdale and secured deeds
from Werschkull and Hudson to the
land required, thus ending a matter
that ha- been a problem for some
time.
PUNCH BOARD TABOO;
OPERATOR IS CAUGHT
W.M. Elston, a soft drink vender
at Garibaldi was arrested early in the
week charged with allowing a punch
board to be operated in his place of
business in violation of the state law.
He wa arraigned before Justice Stan­
ley. plead guilty and was fined $10.
The fine for such violations runs from
110 to $100, but Elston stated that he
did not know he was violating a state
law. a he had been told by the firm
that puts out the boards, that “it
would stand behind it’s customers, and
the only thing the buyer need fear
wa« the municipal law.” It is be­
lieved that many persons are being
thus mislead, and Sheriff Aschim in­
timate that he will pinch all users,
and is sorry he can’t get the slick
Baker- and sellers of the boards, who
•»«represent the law to buyers. They
•re the one who ought to suffer.
NEHALEM
DREDGE
IS REPORTED SOLD
It was stated upon what seemed to
b* good authority this week, that the
dredge of the port of Nehalem has
k*en sold to the port of Bandon, as the
Nehalem port has no immediate fur­
ther use for the dredge, now that the
*• wall from Nehalem City to Wheel-
*r ha« been finished. This sale has
ken rumored for some time past.
Recent Advance in Prices
Discourages Some of
Give Further Consi­
OnWednesday night last, burglars
entered the VanNorthwick pool hall
at Rockaway and stole a lot of razors,
barber strops, several cartons of cig­
arettes, and about $10 in cash from
the money drawer of the pool hall.
At Barview on the same night, burg­
lars entered entered Greathouse's
skating rink at Barview, and stole
some candy,, cigars and $1.70 in mon­
ey. On Thursday night the Thompson
drug store of Nehalem was raided,
when goods, including watches, chains,
rings, lavaliers,fountain pens, razors,
toilet articles, and numerous other
things of value, amounting to nearly
$1,000, were taken.
Early Friday morning Sheriff As­
chim was notified, und he and two dep
uties began work on the case, which,
in their opinion, was the work of one
gang. Sometime Friday, Harry Berg
and Clifford Bouch were arrested up
on the Miami river, while driving a
big red car. Some of the loot was
puit Xiog iptqM ut
aqq ui puno
Clifford were at the time of their
arrest. Later in the day, two dep­
uties Sheriff arrested Lee Osborne
and Fred DePuis, at Osborn’s place
up near the Brighton camp. These
members, confessed to the series of
robberies and led the way to two
caches where practically all the goods
were found with the possible excep­
tion of some candy, cigarettes and
cgars.
The quartette was brought to Tilla­
mook and lodged in jail, and confess­
ions were received from each man im­
plicated. The robberies were com­
mitted on Wednesday and Thursday,
nights and on Friday night, the auth­
orities had the whole outfit behind
the bars.
Not much is known about the three
men outside of DePuis, who was pa­
roled last February from the reform
school near Salem, where he had
spent five years.
DePuis was 11
years old when committed to that in­
stitution, and is now about 18 years
old. Sheriff Aschim is of the belief
that the burglars were on their way
to Tillamook, as there were two big
cash sales on here at that time. Berg
professed to own the car, but it may
turn out that it has been stolen. The
men are held subject to the action of
the grand jury.
the Buyers
PRODUCTION STILL UP
All of Next Winter’s Milk Likely
to be Made Up Into the New
Popular
Loaf
Cheese
for
Tillamook
County
Following is a list of the men of
this city who made the building of the
Armory possible this year. The state
gave $20,1)00; the county subscribed
$10,000, and the city raised $5,000 by
special election, and gave the site for
the building, which made $35,000, but
it was necessary to get a total of $38,
000 to insure the building of the
Armory this year, as the city was
now at the limit of its taxingg power
according to the state luw. The sum
of $33100 was therefore lacking, und
that is when the citizens of this city
got busy and raised the following
amounts so that the work might go
ahead. It is due to these men that the
public know who they are, and the
list follows:
H. H. Rosenberg, $200; G. A. Ree-
her, $100; M. D. Ackley, $200: E. T.
Haltom, $100; A. F. Coats, $500; H. J
Graves, $100; J. Steinbach, $100; E. G
Anderson, $100; W. J. Reechers,, $200
B. C. Lamb, $200, C. W. Barrick, $100;
H. T. Botts, $200; C. J. Edwards, $200
A. G. Beals, $200; David Robinson,
$200; F. A. Beltz, $100; J. R. Patter­
son, $100; Chas. Pankow, $100 and R.
B. Miller, $100. Total, $3100.
CONSTITUTION WEEK
IS SEPT. 16 TO 22
SOUTH ROAD WORK
MAKING PROGRESS
SAWMILL INVOLVED
IN COURT ACTION
On the Concrete
The Oregon Silver Spruce mill at
Bay City now employs 40 men, and
is sawing about 40,000 feet of spruce
per day, whch goes into the construc­
tion of boxes, the mill being a branch
of the Oregon Box company of Port­
land.
Spruce is now being largely
used, and the demand is increasing all
over the country. Tillamook county
has considerable of this timber, and
some of the trees grow to gigantic
proportions.
4
Nearly 400,000 Acres in the
Resorts
in
County
Siuslaw National For­
RECONSIDER
BAY IMPROVEMENT
NEW BAY CITY MILL
EMPLOYS 40 MEN
Owners of Property at Beach
to Help Secure State Building
The cheese market the past week
was practically without change. The
advance to 28 eents on triplets und 30
cents on loaf did not encourge buying
but considerable cheese has been sold
at these figures. The association is
now putting away considerable of the
August cheese in storuge as it is felt
that this will be needed later on in the
year.
Wisconsin market also shows ad­
vances of one-fourth cent this week.
The cold storage stock n the United
States are about twelve percent great
er than last year.
Another large check was received
by the association this week, being for
$60,735.72 covering five carloads of
cheese and being next to the largest
check ever received for cheese in
Tillamook.
At this writing mill run prices have
advanced in Portland but it is expect­
ed that prices will show a decline as
soon as new wheat is milled in large
The American Bar association and
quantités.
Daughters and Sons of the Ameri­
The association now is having lum- can Revolution are asking that Sep­
tember Hi to 22 be observed as Con-
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stituton Week and that special pro­
grams be arranged to celebrate the
occasion.
The Count School Superintendent
is sending out a letter to all the
teachers urging them to observe a
part of Friday afternoon, September
Road work near Cloverdale is going 21 in commemoration of Constitution
ahead at a good rate of speed in the Day which is September 17.
matter of widening the county high­
way just west of town, which will re­
sult in more room along the steep
bluff that overhangs the road a mile
or so out of the town toward Hebo.
The road has ulways been narrow at
this point, anil the travelling public
E. M. Reese vs. Mills Spruce« Co., is
will appreciate the improvement. The
road is being rocked,, where the grade the title of suit filed in Circuit court
is finished. The big county rock crush in this county. Reese alleges that the
er is doing good work, and trucks are said company owes him the sum of
kept busy taking the crushed rock out $291.00 for labor, skill and material,
to be placed on the highway between und asks that he be granted a decree
Cloverdale and Neskowin. A force of forclosure on the plant, which is
of men are busy between this city located on the Andrew Zuercher place,
Capt. Mayo, who has charge of the and .South Prairie widening out the on the Miami river in this county.
interests of the U. S. Board of Engin­ county right of way, and leveling it Barrick A. Hall are attorneys for
Reese.
eers, at Portland, was in the cty last up even with the pavement.
Friday, and met the Kiwunis club
commitee of ten who have the matter
of the assistance of the Bay City port
in charge, and held an informal meet­
ing with the commitee in the rooms of
the Tillamook County Creamery ass­
ociation. Capt. Ma.vo heard the wish
of the committee to have the W ash­
ington board reconsider its decision
whereby further government improve­
ment of the bay and waterways was
turned down at a recent meeting of
that board in Washington. Doubtless,
he will report to his superiors the
wish of the committee that the quest­
ion of the improvement of our bay be
reopened, so that the national board
may give an opportunity to hear a
committee from this county, who may
be sent to Washington with data and
reasons why the board should recon­
sider its decision.
Capt. Mayo and wife were on their
way to spend the week end at Rock­
away, and proceeded from here to
that resort, later in the afternoon.
MAY
Many Improvements are Made by
Men Who Gave from Private Funds
est
Preserve
RANGERS ARE EQUIPPED
Many
Lookout Stations Help Pro­
tect Valuable Sections of Tim­
ber in Tillamook County
L. E. Garwood, district ranger in
the U. S. Forest service, with head­
quarters at Hebo, this county, was in
the city Monday on business.
Mr. Garwood is in charge of a dis­
trict that comprises Tillamook, and
those portions of Yamhill, Lincoln,
and Polk counties lying in the Sius­
law national forest. About one half
of the nearly 400,000 acres in this dis­
trict, 1 b taken up by settlers, the old
O. & C. railroad land grant, and pat­
ented lands. His district is called No.
1, and at this time of the year,, when
forest fires are liable to occur, twelve
men are employed in the district.
Their duties are to look after fires,
cut out and improve trails to and from
the various lookout stations, survey
and tally timber sales, and to do re­
forestation work. In winter time,
when the danger of fires is over, the
force is greatly reduced.
Reforestation has been in progress
in this district ever since 1907, and up
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WOMAN IS RESCUED
FROM UNDERTOW
Down at the Rockaway beach last
Sunday, Mrs. O. C. Claypool of this
city was seized by the heavy under
tow of an outgoing tide while in bath­
ing, und was carried some distance
out. Her prediciment was noted by
onlookers, who gave the alarm, Hnd
Fred Colwell who keeps u string of
horses to which long ropes were
attached, for surf riding,, attempted
to get out to the woman, but the hor­
ses were unuble to get that far out.
At this juncture Chus. Cardinell of
Portland, a prominent member of the
Oregon Yacht club, swam out to Mrs.
Claypool's assitance, and by heroic
work brought her in to shore. But
for the bravery of the Portlund man,
who is u fine and skillful swimmer,
the woman must have drowned, as
she was exhausted by her strenuous
battla.
- *iHW&
New Liberty School Build­
ing Expected to be in
Shape for Term
From all of the resorts comes an
agreement in the statement that this
year is thus far the greatest known in
history of the county in the matter
of tourist and camper attendance at
the beaches. The number has run in­
to thousands, and still they come.
The result is gratifying all around. High School Students Will be En­
Such patronage results in new homes
couraged to Select Subjects to
at the beach by outsiders, and stim­
ulates the beach resort owners to do
Fit Them for College
more improvement, thus increasing
the taxable property of the county.
A number of sales of beach lots at (By L. W. Turnbull, Superintendent
the several resorts are reported, and
of city schools)
new summer homes will naturally be
The
local
schools will open for the
a result. And best of all, there is
1923-1924 term on Monday, Septem­
nothing but praise for our beaches.
ber 17th, at 9 A. M. It s expected
that the new building on Stillwell
Avenue, Liberty School, if not entire­
ly completed in all details, will be far
enough along so that it can be used
for school.
The following is the list of teacher*
secured by the school board for the
Sheriff Aschim last Saturday re­ coming year:
ported that the county jail was full,
High School: Principal and Science,
and that the city jail was fast filling L. N. Bennett; Languages, Mrs. Flora
up with arrested men. There are now Heyd; Civics, Mrs. Bertha Hanson;
eighteen men in the custody of the Commercial, Miss Belle Wilson; Math­
county. Five of that number are in ematics and Girls Physical Education,
the city jail, ten are inside the cage,, Miss Leora Philippi; English, Miss
and three sleep in the jail corridor, Aulis Anderson; History,, Miss Edith
and the end seems not yet. Certain Larson; English Miss Esmer Mixter;
men are awaiting grand jury investi­ Science and Boys Physical Education,
gation, and others are serving time on Glenn D. Sheeley; Cooking and Sew­
Justice court sentences. Five men are ing Miss May McDonald; Manual
kept out during the day, working for Training, M. E. Johnson; Music, Mias
the county on the roads, and two are Helen Church.
painting in and on the outside of the
Grade school; 1st grade, Miss Reta
court house. Once only in the history Evans, Miss Edith Coleman; 2nd
of the county has there been so many
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men in custody of the Sheriff at one
time, and that was when local option
was in effect, and which will be re­
membered by many, as an overflow
occasion. The charges against the
men now in jail, consist of theft,
boot-legging forgery obtainng money
on false pretense, burglary, adultery,
J D Pearson last week brot in some
degenerate charges, and other cases,
oats taken from a field of his place
including drunkenness.
>n Alder creek, two miles from Dolph,
n this county, that yielded six tons to
the acre. They are of the variety
known as gray oats, and it is said that
when Mr. Pearson led a horse 16
hand.« high into the oats before they
were harvested, the oats were taller
The State Game eommision visited than the animal, so figure it out for
the Gold hatchery one day the latter yourself. The crop was raised on Al­
part of last week. In the party were der creek bottom, and will be placed
Ben. Dorris of Eugene, Harold Clif­ on exhibition at the county fair by
ford of Prairie City, new members of County agent Pine.
the eommision. While at the Gold
creek hatchery, they liberated one
pond of Silverside salmon fry to the
Trask river. Huge swarms of the
little fellows drifted down the creek to
the river. For a while they lingered
in the creek below the ponds, then
Glenn Kamm, a thirteen year old
following mother instinct of fish rea­
son, they entered the main river, and boy of Nehalem, was adjudged de­
headed up stream for the upper reach­ linquent by Judge Homer Mason last
es of the Trask. The party was guid­ Wednesday on complaint of his fa­
ed by Capt. Burgduff, State Warden, ther Jacob Kamm a fisherman of Ne­
and M. L. R.vckman, superintendent of halem. Young Kamm s a nice ap­
pearing boy in knee pants and was
the game hatcheries.
well dressed and groomed but con­
fessed to the court that he had taken
articles that did not belong to him
and “didn’t know why,” and that he
roamed about, without parental con­
sent. He was taken to the state in­
dustrial school Thursday to remain
Last Tuesday night, Chas. Koch, until he is 21 years of age, if not
aged six and one half years, was sooner paroled.
knocked down by an auto driven by
blank Bester, in front of the Koch
drug store, while attempting to cross
the street. The little fellow was
struck on the left shoulder by the car
and was bruised on the face. Mr.
Bester stopped the machine and pick­
The Elks of the state will hold a
ed the boy up and took him into the
drug store. Dr. Ringo was called and big picnic and jollification at Ocean­
found no broken bones, and thus far side beach on Sunday, September 2,
no internal injuries have developed. next. Letters of invitation have been
Mr. Koch says the accident was seem­ forwarded to other lodges in the state
ingly unavoidable and attaches no calling attention to the date, and ex­
blame to Mr. Bester, who did not see tending a hearty invitation to come
the child until he collided, owing to a over and see the big sea lions do their
truck that stood at the side of the athletic stunts in the surf at Ocean­
pavement, and evidently the child side and also enjoy the games and the
could not see the approaching car. other diversions that will be placed up
Mr. Bester was driving slowly at the on the programme for the visiting
time, which was about 7:30 in the members and their wives. The ocean
will be raked for sea food, and the lo­
evening.
cal lodge B. P. O. E. No. 1437, will be
Married in Tillamook, August 29, host in the matter of providing a pro­
by Justice Stanley, G. G. Lunow and gram for the antlered herd and their
friends who may come with them.
Pauline Kreiger.
HELP SELECT COURSES
COUNTY JAIL FULL
AND OVERFLOWING
HEAVY CROP OF OATS
PRODUCED IN COUNTY
GAME COMMISSION
MAKES VISIT HERE
“DON’T KNOW WHY,”
SAYS DELINQUENT
SMALL SON E. E. KOCH
HIT BY AUTOMOBILE
LOCAL ANTLERED HERD
WILL PICNIC SUNDAY