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VOLUME 34; NUMBER 48
TILLAMOOK, OREGON, FRIDAY’, SEPTEMBER 7, 1923
BAY CITY FISHERMAN
DROWNED
AUTO CONFISCATED
ON ACCOUNT BOOZE
Launch is Mashed Ashore in Which
A
Portland Duo Lose Flivver to Sheriff
BELIEVED
Ernest Morrison Started Last
Hard to Describe in Detail
Clams and Humphack Sal
All of Work Now Be-
mon. Subject of Talk
ing Accomplished
by Thos. W. Ross
BRIDGES ARE REPAIRED
Side Road» of County Said to he in
Better
Than
Condition
Main
Generally
Highways
iH-rvisor E. J. Schelling of Dis-
trict No. 2. of this county has a large
area of roads and bridges to look
aft<: . and one has to travel over it to
know of its extent, In this city are
the sheds of the district, near the
cheese factory, where are kept four
big trucks, and a maintainance truck,
three caterpillars for grading, a
Russell grading outfit, a Towner grad
er. and a machine shop where all the
county machines are kept in a state
■of use.
Only a small part of the work be
ing done on the roads in this district
car. be described at this time.
On«- of the needed improvements
this summer is the work on the Hall
Slough road, which leaves the main
highway at a point about one mile
west of town. The old road has been
ditched on both sides, and the roadbed
graded all the way to the new bridge
over Hall Slough, and is now being
gravelled so that winter travel will be
possible. Heretofore the road was
overflowed, but the ditches will now-
(Continued on page 41
HERMAN CROSS HURT
■»
Friday Morning for Sea
There is a strong probability that
Ernest Morrison of Bay City was
drowned last Friday some where off
the coast of Bayoeeaa. Morrison left
Bay City Friday morning in a fish
boat with a gasoline engine, and pass
ed out over the bar. When opposite
the Life Station at Bar view, he shout
ed to the lookout that “he was going
out to sea and down the coast to Ne
tarts bay. where he would spend the
remainder of the summer season fish
ing for crabs." The lookout watched
him go safely over the bar, and turn
southward, when the haxe hid him
from view.
Later in the day. a gasoline launch
22 feet long, came ashore at Bay
ocean beach without any one in the
boat It was identified by persons at
Bayocean as Morrison’s launch. Capt
Robt. Farley of the life saving station
u|»on receiving notification, went out
in the coast guard cutter and search
ed for the missing man, but without
avail. The beach was patrolled -that
night until after midnight
Captain Farley believes that Morr
ison accidentally fell overboard and
perished. A heavy swell arising
when one is standing up in the bow of
a boat at sea, will throw one down.
The Capt has a theory that the miss
ing man met death accidentally in
some such manner, as he was consid
ered a good man with a boat, and had
fished for crabs on the bay for years
past.
Morrison was about 43 years of
age, and has relatives in Michigan
Sheriff Aschim upon receipt of the
news notified th« county coroner, of
the occurrence.
URGES
CO-OPERATION
Question of Damage Done to Fish
hy Sealions is Touched I p-
on by Stale Authority
I>r. Thomas W. Ross, editor of the
Medico, Portland, and a recently ap-
pointed member of the Oregon Fish
commission, spoke to a small but at
tentive audience in the council cham
ber of the city hall Saturday night.
His subject was: “Clams and Hump
back Salmon.” Dr. Ross is himself
an ardent sportsman,, and believes in
the conservation of dams, especially
the razor clams, which kind he said
was becoming almost extinct in many
places along the Oregon coast owing
to the activities of the commercial
clam digger. He was opposed to the
commercial canning of clams. “Your
clams." said the doctor, “belong to
the people where they exist, and
should only be sold in the local mar-
(Continued on page 6)
TWO ARE CAPTURED
IN
RAID FRIDAY
J(Mi Plasker and Etta McNaughton
were arrested following a raid late
Friday night on the woman’s quar
ters in a boarding house in thia city
after a complaint had been made Ui
the city authorities.
The McNaughton woman was re-
leased but Plasker was held in th«
city jail until early Saturday morn
ing when he was able to furnish bail.
Both were later fined $25 apiece.
fire
warden
has
cancelled
The local
all permits to burn slashings until
later in the season, on account of the
present and long continued dry weath-
er. for fear that forest fires might
tMUlt.
PERMITS CANCELLED
IN LOGGING CAMP
Tb BURN SLASHING
—
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Herman Cross received an injury
to one of his hips at the Dye 4 Lys—
ter logging camp on the Netarts
r >ad one day last week, which will
lay him up for some time. The
accident occurred while attempting to
turn a log. which slipped and struck
him on the hip.
THREE FIRE CALLS
SKAGGS GROCERY
WILL OPEN IN CITY
BUDGET COMMITTEE
RECORD FOR WEEK
MEETS WITH COUNCIL
"September is starting out with a
. nd record for fire alarms.” states
F;re chief Coates. August had none.
I-ate Monday night an alarm was
turned in from the neighborhood of
tn«- Ralph Bennett residence on
eleventh street and Second ave. Some
w
was found burning near a wood
-ned on the Bennett place, which had
not yet developed into a reaFfire, and
was extinguished.
An alarm was turned in by »om<-
bystanders on the street, late Sat
urday night, who thought the roof of
the Conover store was on fire. But
the alarm proved to be a fals< one
Monday afternoon, some workmen
' **-re boiling pitch in a pot on the
■ f of the new Beals building A
• kman dipped a tin can into the
pot, to which was attached a string.
The string burned off and the burning
•eh rp-ead on the roof. The bla
waa put out by Chief Coates
The city council and the budget
committee met at the city hall Tues
day night, and reported a budget for
1924. The budget will have to be act
ed upon by the county tax supervis
ing committee apfMimted by the Gov
ernor. before it can be finally approv
ed by-the council, which will be some
time during November.
load
of
Contraband
POSTOFFICE MONEY
DOUBLES IN 5 YEARS
Population in City of Near 3,000 in
Indicated by Amount of Daily
Wednesday Meeting Brings
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IS HEAVY SUNDAY
More traffic from Tillamook
Oceanside was handled Sunday than
is ordinarily handled on the main
highway at this time of year. On Sat
urday, Sunday and Monday, traffii
- busy on the main big!
nffamook to Sheridan di
Mail, Says
Postmaster
Out Sentiment Unfa-
Last Sunday morning, Rudolph and
William Hubers of Portland were
gaily sprinting along in their Ford
roadster toward the beach, some miles
out from Tillamook. The morning
was fine. The cheewits twittered in
the roadside buckbrush; a majestic
but filthy seagull winged overhead
and cast its silhouette on the sizzling
pavement monument to the Warren
Construction Co; and Rudolph and
Willliam seemed to have the world
by the tail, with a downhill pull, and
there was stowed away beneath the
seat a jug of unlawful concoction
that wa.- mainly responsible for their
joyous exuberance, when—
Deputies sheriff Lucas and Chester
approached from the west, and gave
the Portlandess the high sign to stop.
Then it was that C. L, Lieuallen,
state traffic officer, came up from the
rear on his throaty steel speeder, and
the brothers found themselves in the
meshes of the law, caught by the
gills, with the incriminating booze in
the gas wagon.
The captured confessed: they ap
peared before the Justice and paid
$50 each and the costs, for unlawful
possession, and Sheriff Aschim con
fiscated the little Ford. This is the
story briefly told, with its romantic
introduction. Now, Rudolph and Will
■am are wondering what kind of a
bird it was outflow them to Tillamook
and caused them to be so rudely em
braced by the minions of the law,
They will return by stage.
MOVING PICTURE
A representative of the Pathe
Weekly, moton picture producers of
Paris, with an army of operators in
the United States, was in Tillamook
last Sunday, and attended the Elk
picnic. It was rumored that he would
take pictures of events connected
with the picnic, but it is said he re
fused to do, as he lacked authority.
The Pathe specializes in wrecks and
really come under either head.. The
only disaster was to the sandwiches
and eatables. But under the head of
wrecks— some of the boys who were
fined over there, had their pockets
wrecked. The Pathe man left-Sun-
day for Seattle on a hurry up call.
So, we won’t see the Elk picnic in
the movies.
vorable to Fraud
CONSIDER NEW RULES
Wandering
Away
From
American
Business Principals Deplored
by
laical Organization
Fake advertising was delivered a
heavy body blow at a meeting of the
local Kiwanis club Wednesday noon.
The fireworks was opened by R. 3.
Miller and before the air could be
cooled down considerable sentiment
was displayed against “wildcat” ad
vertising schemes. The club went on
record emphatically as opposed to the
business men of this city patronizing
any fake advertising in the future,
and a committee of seven was ap
pointed to pass on any such affairs
before they accepted by the members
of the club. The subject was brought
up on account of a recent occu rance
(Continued on page 4)
CHURCH CONTRACT
IS SET AT $23,000
Hill 4 Bales, contractors of this
city were the fortunate bidders and
have the contract for building the
new *23,000 Methodist church to be
erected on Second avenue and Seven
th street. The firm will begin con
struction of the frame work just as
soon ga the concrete foundation is
finished, which will be soon. The in
terior of the building has heretofore
been described by the Headlight.
The contract calls for the completion
of the church by the first of January
1924.
COUNTY PILE DRIVER
IS SENT TO NORTH
The county pile driver arrived at
(.he county sheds in this city »Wednes
day last from Neskowin, for repairs
at the county repair shop. It took
two big trucks to bring the pile
driver up from down south where it
has been used on the Cloverdale-Nes
kowin road work.
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_
A well-founded report this week
says that the Skaggs grocery concern
will open a branch store here about
the first of neil nrnnth, This organ-
zation has branch groo'ry houses all
over th« northwest.
It if said that the Skaggs store
will move into the building now
Born to Thane Honey and wife of
occupied by the Gem theater on the
Portland stands eighth city in car Garibaldi, Oregon, Sept. 2, 1923, a
corner opposite the Tillamook hotel. goes between Atlantic and Pacific.
girl.
OCEANSIDE TRAFFIC
His Move
■ 1
The receipts of the Tillamook post
office have doubled in the last five
years. The money order receipts
have doubled in the last Jhree or four
years. Five years ago the receipts
did not exceed $10,000 annually. This
year. Postmaster W. C. Foster es
timates that the receipts will run to
*20,000. He stated that there were
eight grades of second-class offices,
and that this office is now in the fifth
grade.
There have just been received from
the postal department one section of
80 new lock boxes, which will be in
stalled just as soon as a workman can
be secured to put them in. The post
office has been short of lock boxes
for some time past, and the receipt
of the new boxes will relieve the
shortage. The new boxes were order
ed about three months ago. There
are 480 lock boxes, and 200 call boxes,
and the general delivery window
serves about 600 people. Counting
five persons to the box and adding
the 600 general delivery people,
one can form a pretty fair guess as
to the population of the town. Mr.
Foster thinks the population must be
close to 3,000 at the present time, as
general delivery call remains about
the same the year around. The
school census shows an increase of 30
per cent of population in five years.
Lined With Rooms
PLACE IS WELL LIGHTED
Large Number of Exits Makes for
Safety of Pupils in Case of
('ire
in
Biulding
Tillamook’s new *90,000 school
house is receiving the last touches at
the hands of the builders and the sub
contractors, and will be ready to re
ceive the 450 school children on open
ing day, which will be Sept. 17.
The entrance is on the east side of
the building, midway between the
north and south sections, fronting on
Eighth street and Stillwell avenue.
The entrance leading from the street
is of brick, and the doors are fitted
with panic bolts, which can be opened
by the pressure of a child, in case of
fire.
The main entrance leads to a large
hall, 260 feet long, running north
and south, and is 12 feet wide, and
will be covered with linoleum. On
either side of the hall are the class
rooms, sixteen in number. On the
right, as one enters the building, la
the principal’s room, with adjoining
store rooms, and a stairway to the
attic. On the left is located the teach
ers’ room. Beginning on the north
side of the building to the right and
(Continued on page 6)
Four men were appointed to go to
Washington to work for burbot im
provements
th* U*! section, last
Thursday night by the Kiwanis club.
The members are Ralph E. Williams,
president of the Tillamook county
bank, Russell Hawkins, president of
the Whitney Company, A, F, Coates
What might have turned out to be
and Carl Haberlach of this city.
a jail delivery from the county lock
up was frustrated last Wednesday
afternoon when Charles Bennett
caught the eight-year-old son of E.
S. Wright in the act of handing four
hack saw blades through the bars U>
one if the prisoners, Clifford Bouch,
The following police court business who is being held on a charge of
was transacted this week;
burglary.
T. R. Campbell of Portland was
The Wright boy, who is regarded
fined $10 for speeding.
as innocent of wrong, had been sent
F. N. Elliott charged -with intoxi to a hardware store for the saw
cation, was fined $50.
blades by Bouch.
R. Stevens of Portland and L. A.
Sheriff Aschim had been on the
Spangler were each fined $10 for lookout for some such an attempt .to
committing a nuisance on the streets be made and his suspicions were con
firmed.
.
PORT COMMITTEE
WILL GO TO D.C.
NEAR JAIL ESCAPE
IS STOPPED IN TIME
FOUR ARE ASSESSED
BY POLICE COURT
MACHINES COLLIDE
AT BEAVER TURN CLOVERDALE P M.
RESIGNS HIS JOB
A head on collision on the Beaver
bridge on the main highway, occurred
Monday at 11 a. m. between cars
driven by L. W. Elliott, who was ac
companied by his wife, and another
auto which contained 1. 8. Wolf and
family of Hillsboro. The small auto
owned by the TilLf^took man was bad
ly wrecked, while the other auto had
tires stripped and was otherwise dam
iged. Elliott and wif
J. T. Moore has resigned from
the pastorate of the Baptist church at
Cloverdale, and has also forwarded
his resignation as postmaster of that
place. Mrs. I.. Olds is acting as post
master until some one is appointed to
fill the vacancy. Mr. Moore and fam
ily will motor to Ashland, where he
will be joined by his son Ray. and the
will then proceed to San
it of the
later
IS WRECKED
60,000 OUTSIDERS
VISIT HERE SUNDAY:
HAND IS CAUGHT
BY LATH MACH'NE
The record attendance at the Tilla
mook beaches was reached last Sun
day, when, it is estimated that fiO.iMMi
non-residents of the county were in
from many parts of the valley. Traf
fic in this city was said to be the
largest in the history of the town
Sunday and Monday.
City ped
estrians were forced to stand for
minutes at street crossngs on ac
count of strings of passing cars, com
ing and going.
Thursday last, Emil Hanson,
foreman of the lath making depart
ment in the Coats mill at this plac<
got his right hand in a small circulai
saw, with the result that he received
quite a bad cut between the thumb
and fore finger, necessitating med
ical aid.
4
Main Hall of Building 260
Feet in Length, and is
rmtM h.
wsibly a num!
CROWDS OF TOURISTS
VISIT LIGHT HOUSE
M.D. Spencer, one of th
in
tin Gape Mears Tighth
city Tuesday. He reports that up
u the time he left the day before, one
nousand three hundred riaton had
■gstereu ir the big book kept for
’.bat purpose in the lighthouse. This
registration, i* believe«! to b« tjje lar
gest for five years past. The work
of hauling sand and gravel is going
forward at this time, a span of mules
being used as the motive power and
a wagon the vehicle. TWs material
will be used in the construction of a
new supffiy tank for fire protection
purposes. A fine mountain spring
furnishes water for domestic and
other purposes.
When They are Caught With
PRICE $2.00 A YEAR
* » r.i
Salem— Valley Packing Company,
is now using 20,800 hogs, 8000 sheep;
4000 cattle, and 1600 veal annuity.
■■ or an accment last r>un<iuv.
Iriven by an > nknown man,
ila ini ng about five persons,
passed a lontr string of autos near
the Souigia-s turn, and at the turn
encountered another auto coming
from the west. Seeing that a col
lision whs inevitable, the west bound
car, went close to the edge of the
glad« . and the earth giving way, the
auto lolled down the grade. At the
first overturn, most of the occupants
fell out without injury, but a little
girl of th party who remained in the
car was severely hurt, and was taken
back to Sheridan for treatment.