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VOLUME 35; NUMBER 2 TILLAMOOK, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1923 DANIELS, MOHLER, THIEVERY IN CITY CLAY KILLED BY MAD BULL CALLED TO NOTICE Council Several Considers Matters Breeder, Coming Here 30 Years A go WILSON RIVER BEND ROBBERY SUSPECTS Deceased Was Prominent Farmer and City PRICE $2.00 THE YEAR Tillamook of Bay Men Say ARE EXAMINED HERE BEING BULKHEADED Drug Addicts Held to Account for River Great Cause of Trouble to Possible Complicity Railroad Farmers in Murder Petitioners to Number o They Will Stand on Water During High Season 700 are Expected to Talk Before City Schools on Fire Prevention Importance Their Demands Clay Daniels, a prominent pioneer Sign Up Chief By Daughtery Slough hed to kum....... John Aschim, sheriff of this county and stockman of the Foley creek re has strong suspicions that he has two A force of men with a pile driver gion, in this county, was killed by a of the men who held up the passenger are now driving piling at the bend in | | bull which he was taking to water at Wilson river on the Schild place, and train recently in the Siskiyou moun a creek near the ranch on lust Mon- tains south of Ashland. opposite the gravel bunkers, The day. Mr. Daniels was seen by his Morris White and George Howard, shear bulkhead put in some time ago wife through u kitchen window driv- two of the men concerned, it is be is being repaired with new piling, and Secretary of State Urges Uniform 1 ing the big Jersey ahead of him, Strike Maj Spread All Along Oregon lieved, in the theft of morphine last Special Election Maj" be Called the river bank back of the bulkhead Majority of Fires are Caused by holding to u rope in which was a ring week from a local sanitarium, were is being filled in with brush and rocks. Parking Laws For Cities Coast, With Millions of To Make Extra Levy for Burning Chimneys or by attached to the animal’s nose, and in apprehended by the sheriff last Mon This bulkhead shear is about two Throughout State one hand he carried a pitchfork. Fish Coming In Fair Improvements Flying Sparks day at McMinnville. They were hundred yards long and was con When next Mrs. Daniels looked, her taken to Portland and photographed structed to keep the river in the bend husband was down between two logs, from breaking through on to the •nd finger-printed. The sheriff says Council met Monday night, with all where he had been tossed by the in About seventy five fishermen on the men talked glibly about all the The subject of fire prevention was Petitions are being circulated in Schild farm. animal. When Daniels Tillamook bay, including Tillamook, crimes recently committed, but when for a special election to vote a one Another source of trouble to the pretty well covered during fire pre present. Mr. Wilks and others ask- furiated j e<l that a strip of street on Eighth alighted, his head struck a big knot Bay City and Garibaldi hung up their approached on the Siskiyou robbery various parts of the county calling a farmers of the Schild section has been vention week in this city and in other pur the tendency of the Wilson river to towns and communities in the county. and Miller be gravelled a distance of on one of the logs, the knot entering nets on the drying rack last Saturday, and murders, maintained a discreet one mill tax for the fair break through into Daugherty slough, Last Friday morning Chief Thomas 250 feet. The matter was referred his skull and brain area, death result and struck against the reduction in silence and refused to discuss the pose, of improving the ing from hemorrhage in about two prices of fish recently made by the matter. They were searched in the grounds of town which resulting in an overflow of quite a Coates made a talk to the high school to the street committee. east sheriff’s office in Portland for mor are owned by the county free territory of farm and pasture lands students along the lines prescribed Upon payment of $17.08 by H. A. hours and a half. Mr. Daniels was buyers at this place and Bay City. As the matter now stands the fish phine but none was found. Evidently of debt. If about 700 petitioners can during the winter. The county will in the Governor’s proclamation. At i Franklin, the amount of lein on block conscious until a short time before 1 in Park addition, the recorder was his death. Dr. Rinehart of Wheeler, ermen say they will “stand pat,” un they had cashed it somewhere in the be signed up, or 15 per cent of the soon begin driving piling across the this time he took the opportunity to instructed to make a quit claim deed who arrived a short time after the less the old figures are again given jail, for later, just before Aschim and total voting population of the county, mouth of this slough, and it will be thank the teachers and scholars of accident gave no hope of the recovery for fish. The cause of the strike was deputy Lucas started home with them, the question of voting a mill tax can bulkheaded, and filled in back of the the city schools for their fine cooper to Mr. Franklin, to clear title. A Mr. Brant appeared before the of the injured man. The bull was a reduction of price for Chinooks from the sheriff found considerable of the be submitted to the voters in Novem bulkhead with brush, rocks, gravel ation with the department of this city. council, regarding the title to some shot by neighbors soon after the 6 aents a pound to 4 cents, and from drug in their possession. They will ber next for their adoption or reject and earth, so that overflow from that Chief Coates made the statement property he was paying for on a con event. It came near killing a son of 3 cents a pound for siiversides to 2 be held here pending investigation ion. The petitions here are being source will not occur any more. Lee there that not a fire had occurred in Tittle has charge of the work at this this city for a period of five years cents a pound. The demand of the into the complicty in the Siskiyou quite readily signed. tract to Ward and Fred Beals. He the deceased lust spring. that could be charged to school child The petition heading and body are point. Clay Daniels was born in this coun striking fishermen is that the former train robbery and the four murders I stated that he had paid about $250 on ren, a matter that they might well as follows: “In the matter of hold I the property, and had heard that the ty and was aged 57 years He was price of 6 and 4 cents be reinstated. that resulted from the hold-up. Sheriff Aschim believes that the two ing an election for the purpose of be proud of, He also spoke of the city had a lien on it for street assess a member of the Tillamook MaBonic That done, they say then will spread men know something about the train voting on the question of the levying cooperation of the people of the city, ments Investigation showed that the lodge, and also was a granger. De their nets as usual. The contention of the buyers, who robbery in the south and hopes to of a tax for the construction of build which he said had contributed greatly city had bid in the taxes and was ceased is survived by his widow, two to the fact that no serious conflagra ' the owner of the property, F. R. sons, five daughters, and one grand are F. D. Small, Joe Mills of this city, get a confession out of them. ings and making improvements and tions had occurred. And no small ! Beals having some sort of a redemp- son. He took a homestead on Foley, and A. Ramsey of Bay City, is that Stranger things have happened, and betterments on the Tillamook fair portion of this cooperation was due I tion right. Arrangements will be thirty years ago, which he had resid the heavy run of both fish on the should evidence be secured, along the grounds: That it is to the best in The Brighton mills expect to send made to make a new contract, when ed upon continuously, up to the time Umpqua, Coos Bay, Reedsport and lines which the sheriff is working, a terests of the citizens and inhabitants a ship load of lumber to California to instruction by teachers, and to the Brant will pay to the city instead of his death. Funeral services were Siletz bays and rivers, has glutted starting point, tending to clear up the of Tillamook county, Oregon, that ports soon. The Grace Dollar, which splendid behavior of children along of to Beals or Ward as the case may held at the home of the survivors at the market, and that they cannot get mystery, may be made in Tillamook. suitable buildings be constructed and has a 14 foot draught, will take out a that line. “Few communities,” stat be The city lien was about $800, 10 a. m. Wednesday, interment fol the former wholesale price that ruled Both men are drug fiends, and it is other betterments and improvements million feet at an early date, it is re ed Chief Coates, “have such a record believed that the train hold up was made upon the fair grounds owned in the state.” and the property will be Hold to Brant lowing in the Odd Fellows cemetery before the reduction. ported. The Grace Dollar was built From January first to the October The fishermen’s union of which F. planned by drug users. The brutal by the county, situated east of Tilla on Coos bay, and is said to be a for the amount of the lien plus inter near this city in the afternoc.'. Many citizens of this city attended the fun S. Boussie is secretary, with head killing would indicate abnormal per mook city, in order that such grounds staunch coastwise boat. Gradually 13th, there have been 18 fires in this est on deferred payments. Lyman Hannenkratt asked per eral, which was according the ritual quarters at Bay City, declares that petrators. The men will be held with be made fit for the holding of county the shipping of the Tillamook bays is city, none of which got away from the department, and none of which fairs and that in order to do so, it coming back, and it has just begun. mission to install a septic tank or and rites of the Masonic lodge of Til they are not getting any more for out bonds to the grand jury. were serious. Ten of these fires were will be necessary to levy a tax of cess pool on his property in the east lamook. (Continued on page 6) caused by burning chimneys or by one mill upon each dollar of all tax part of town. During high water his roof fires caused by sparks, Roof able property within Tillamook coun premises are overflowed. The mutter fires are mainly caused by hooded ty, and we therefore respectfully pe wn referred to the street committee. Chief stove pipes and chimneys. tition you to call a special election to (•wing to petty thieving in Coates said that open chimneys are vote upon the question of the levy of the hardware store of A. W. Plunk The sheriff’s office here has re- a tax of one mill upon all the taxable far safer than hooded ones, as the and the Burge grocery a few nights ceived notice to look out for the ban- property of said county for such pur Th- Yellow Fir mill, situated on ago. when the burglars secured small Last Monday afternoon, Scott sparks are thrown out and usually Fred Van Horn, a hook-tender at dits who shot four of the passenger pose.” Boatman and wife and Mrs. Boat have time to go out before they alight change at each place, property own the Roosevelt highway, eleven miles Coats logging camp had his right train crew in the Siskiyou mountains The petition is addressed to the east of Tillamook, has a monhtly pay man ’s father, and four other persons on combustible material. ers in the alley back of Second ave thumb badly mangled by getting it last week, and robbed the express County court of Tillamook county. The regular meeting of the fire de were thrown from a car in which they nue requested that the city light the roll of $70,000. The mill, under the caught by the hook while trying to car. While it is not likely they will were coming to this city at the Lamb partment occurred last Thursday alloy, so that the night man could see ownership and management of A. N. adjust the latter to a log at about come this way, the unexpected some corner on South Prairie. The pave night, when the usual routine of up the alley during his rounds. As Matlock, formerly a big mill operator 4:30 o’clock Friday afternoon, The times happens, so the authorities will ment was slippery from rain, and in business of the department was trans th, alley was not a street, the coun near Dallas, the Polk county capital, thumb was so badly mangled that keep their eyes open. The S. P. is is daily sawing 40,000 feet of prime making the turn, the auto skidded and acted. Some of the boys remained cil thought that the property owners young Van Horn was brought to this leaving no stone unturned to catch yellow fir. turned over. Mrs. Boatman’s father after the meeting and listened to should stand the lighting expense. About forty men are employed in city, where the injured thumb was the murderers, and the public is was pinned under the machine, but musical and other programmes over Through city Attorney Hall a re- A district convention of the Knights the mill and logging camp in a body amputated. From reports on the ac equally interested in seeing the ban was soon taken out. He sustained the radio from Los Angeles and other (Continued on page 6) of Phythias will be held in Tillamook of ripe yellow fir. The lumber turn cident it seemed that Van Horn was dits brought to justice. a cut under the right eye and on the coast cities. November 19. Delegates from As ed out is all rough vertical shop, and stooping between two logs when the left ear, and was otherwise bruised Henry’ White and wife returned toria, Seaside, Nehalem and other specimens seen at their dock on the steel cable line was tautened, catch about the head. Mrs. Boatman was Wednesday from an auto trip to Sal points in District Southern Pacific company's spur in ing his thumb in the manner above bruised, but not badly hurt. The re em and other valley points. present. this city, shows first class lumber. described. mainder of the occupants were unin Eight carloads of lumber from this jured. Mrs. Boatman and father were brought to town in a passing auto, new mill was shipped to Portland via The county has allowed a number the S. P. last week. The lumber goes and their wounds attended to. The Delegates to the Knights of Pyth of men who received jail sentences to Michigan, Oklahoma, and as far as injured man is well along in years ias state convention last week from for various offenses against the law, the ports of Australia. Oregon and but his wounds are not considered this city were: W. R. Gould, J. Merle mostly bootlegging, to work out their Washington and California produce serious. Smith and E. W. Stanley. They re fines on county work. A majority of all of the big lumber of the United port a fine session and a pleasant th. men have responded to the chance States. Three big trucks are operat time. Claude Barrick had no opposi and supervisor E. J. Schelling states ed daily between Yellow Fir and to tion for the office of grand chancel that they are good workers. Several the dock in this city. Each truck lor, being in the regular line of sue of the boys whose time has expired makes three trips each day, and cession, and the boys were glad that have secured jobs and are making brings in about 4,000 feet at a load. Tillamook walked away with the Chris H. Gabieman, of 13 miles honor. good. A number of them have trades E. E. Jewett is the yard superinten and seem to have come out of their dent in this city. east of Blaine, a homesteader, was brought before Justice R. W. Stanley trouble with a new and better view of last Monday in this city charged with life. And they should be encouraged “wilfully and negligently allowing a to make men of themselves. Every fire to escape from his own land.” body has some good traits, and it Complaint was made by L. E. Gar often happens that an experience such as some of them have had has wood, district ranger, with headquart The Goodspeed road northwest of tig A LITTLE MOST ers at Hebo. The jury of six persons this city is about complete. A few resulted in changing the entire trend Judge Bagley and court reporter REP IM THE OA^ brought in a verdict of not guilty and more days of graveling and it will of their lives. Hanyon arrived over here Monday Gableman and his wife started for be ready for travel all the year TREE WILL IM- night from Hillsboro, and on Tuesday home a few minutes after the verdict. around. The road has been ditched the Judge sat in equity, in the case FRO^E IL 1 County attorney Goyne appeared for on both sides, the water finding out of Beals vs. L. P. Harmon. The suit the state and George Winslow for let to Poole slough. The grade al ,o was brought to compel Harmon to the defendant. The history of the has been raised and gravelled and the perform a certain ditching contract. case was that Gableman was allowed roadway cleared out, which will ben W. O. Sims of Portland represented permit to burn slashings on his place. efit a number of dairymen and farm Road supervisor Schelling hai. sev Harmon, and Botts & Winslow ap While the fire was smouldering. ers west of town. For years people peared for Beals. After hearing eral teams and men at work at the Gableman went to town. During his of that section have been practically some testimony, the Judge recom Lester bar on the Trask river, about absence a west wind came along and marooned in winter by the high water a mile and a half from town, getting mended that the parties get together caused the fire to spread and Gar and generally impassible condition of and revise the contract which was out gravel to be placed along the wood, the forest ranger testified that the road leading from the slough to done without further court action. roads this winter. the suppression of the fire cost about the main highway. Judge Bagley finished the Washing The gravel is hard to get in the $100. Gableman was arrested with ton county docket last Saturday. He winter time anywhere along the riv- Mrs. Orpha Eastman spent several the above result. Places by the name ®rs and this is the proper time to get and court reporter Hanyon returned of Testament creek and Mule Tail days the first of the week in Portland to Hillsboro Tuesday afternoon. it. and have it ready for winter use figured in the testimony, and a num with her son, Edward Fritz, who un Uve county prisoners are working at ber of witnesses were examined for derwent an operation there on Mon A nine and half pound boy was the Lester bar and are doing good the state, with a few for the de day. She reports that her son is re Work Two jail men are working cn born to Mrs. Howard Erskine last fendant. covering nicely. Saturday evening. ,,lf bulkheads on Wilson river. BAR MAKES DECISION FISH ARE THROWN AWAY ONE-MILL TAX NEEDED CHILDREN NOT BLAMED BRIGHTON LUMBER SHIPPED BY WATER THIS SMALL SAWMILL ACCIDENT TO THUMB HAS LARGE PAYROLL CAUSES AMPUTATION SISKIYOU BANDITS ADVERTISED HERE AUTOMOBILE TURNS, TWO ARE INJURED DISTRICT CONVENTION FOR K. P. LODGE HERE PRISONER-WORKERS PAYING OUT FINES □I The Master Colorisi K. OF P. DELEGATES CHOSEN LAST WEEK □ FIRE VIOLATION CASE GETS'MAN ACQUITTED GOODSPEED ROAD NEARLY COMPLETED SHORT COURT SESSION OPENED HERE TUESDAY GRAVEL PATCHING IS BEING PRERARED 6 fee” W