. j PAY. NOVEMBER 2. 1923
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01 R EDITORIAL POMUY
L To advocate, aid
port any measures that will
bring the most good to the
most people.
2. To encourage industries
to establish in Tillamook
county.
S. To urge the improvement
of a port for Tillamook City.
4. To insist on an American
standard of labor.
5. To be politically indepen
dent, but to support the can
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for public offioe who
will bring the most good to
the ;>eople of Tillamook
county and of the State of
Oregon.
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FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 2. 1923
FAIR OR NO FAIR
■Vote to begin the Improvement of
L new fair ground
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Every improve-
bnt of this character, is a monument
I the progress of the county, and
* just that much to county, value
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I the people are to take no pride
I .h< agricultural, dairying and fine
nek enterprises then you ahould
lie
• t the tract now owned by
b unty. which ia clear of indebt-
be
grow up to weed
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as a fool-
b investment.
If, on the other
Ino . } i are proud of the achiev-
bi.:- « f the county, and it
* record
Id fan' abroad a* one of the great
ll dairying and cheese producing
rtivn.« in the northweat; if you are
lound of the fine pure-bred stock;
I th> world championship record
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Bd in Tillamook, by stockmen; if
lu want the boys and girls to con-
zue in their splendid efforts in calf
pb work; if you care to see the ex-
Uinit exhibits by the students of
*■ whole < unty; then vote the small
k mill tax at the coming election,
Id help to make a start on the im-
tovement of the county ground
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for
lit pur|«>»e
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With all the progress
hich hav Ix-en made by this county
Ring the past few year
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and with
* possibilities for future growth
on? right lines, is this the time to
irn down so important a matter as
» county fair? The fair is an in
lx to the county's social, and busi
es life. It is a promoter of the
Kt in agricultural, business and
immunity endeavor. Ask yourself
indidly, the question: Are we ready
1 dispense with the fair?
Would
•' not be a confession that we are
iliing to give up our county pride,
id take a back seat? Who would
> bark to mud roads ? The fair is
* pulse of our agricultural, social
id business activities. Let us not
nte Tillamook county down as a
luitter." Let us not publish to the
«1 of the state that we are pikers,
be one mill tax divided all over the
iunt>, will neither make nor break
>>■ individual tax payer in it. But, if
’ K' j ahead with the fair improve
ent, outside communities will con-
hut • „ ,lrt.ak of
Tillamook
lint.’ if
turn ¿own the im-
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fovem
■t of ground already paid for,
ithout a cent of indebtedness
fainst it, the same communities that
‘ippiauded our progressiveness,
ill note with regret the decline of
•pirit. and wonder why. One
llnK i- patent to all who will think,
lr * moment: The grounds'
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upon
"ch the present buildings stand, is
•'“•'I by a corporation which may
day demand that the fair be held
i’"''here. Where then, would we go?
9 Con>e right down to brass tacks,
* '• moving day right now. The
111 ding are getting uld and rickety;
'■> >r. inadequate for the uses for
iih tl,(.y originally were construct-
’ there is not room enough for the
°*ing needs of the fair; there is
1 t*r*‘ing ground inside of the
r'"Jnd
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and that of itself, has be-
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*enou* Musstiou to those who
r” The reasons for improving
FEATURES
nrnflHimiH
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iUamook DeaMigbt
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the new grounds are numerous. There
is but one reason for not improving,
and that is the cost. The main ques
tion to consider, then, Is this: Shall
we let the fair die out, or, shall we
go ahead and improve it and make it
better than ever before by a smaal an
nual tax? That, finally, is the whole
question. If Tillamook had failed to
build, or to help build a good road to
the Willamette valley, it would now
be as isolated as it was when it took
the greater part of two or three days
to get out to Portland. The fair is
closely allied to good roads. It is
the exhibited expression of all the
county has and is. The roads made
Tillamook county. Our fair is the
movie screen that shows the progress
we have made. We cannot return to
"moss-back” methods The state at
large has outgrown them. We are liv
ing in a new age. We must either
progress or recede. Stop and think,
brother, which it shall be.
The Headlight believes that it is
the mission of a local newspaper to
be concerned with all matters that
may help the county along all lines
where real benefit to the county is
indicated. It notes with satisfaction
that several matters to which it has
publicly called attention, have been
responded to in a way that convinces
it that the public appreciates interest
in such matters. But the Headlight
does not care to take the lion’s share
of credit, and most of the things it
has advocated have been suggested by
wid-awake and far seeing citizens of
this city and county.. To those men
really belongs the credit for initiation
of ideas, which the Headlight has
made public, and advocated. Tilla
mook has several men of real vision,
who are broad enough to look' ahead,
and who can and do subordinate their
own private interests to work for the
best interests of the county at large.
It is meet and proper here to state
that what is known as the “Tillamook
spirit,” has been responsible for
many of the recent improvements,
and it also is a noteworthy fact that
our business men and civic socities are
all working hard for the upbuilding of
this city and surrounding country.
Unity of purpose is what makes im-
provement possible. There are some
good things in store for Tillamook,
when they are worked out. It is a
pleasure for the Headlight to cooper
ate so far as possible such a mani
fest interest in public improvement.
It is also thankful, in a modest way
for the numerous expressions of ap
proval of its course. But it also re
alizes that without a splendid public
sentiment in favor of improvement,
such as Tillamook is now evincing,
that all a newspaper might say, would
be fruitless. The Headlight believes
that it can aid this public spirit, and
will continue to serve as a champion
of real and progressive improvement.
The pestiferous, sticky, contempt
ible house-fly still lingers with us.
It crawls over the bread; gets into
the cream pitcher; bites you on the
back of the hand, w’hen both hands
are employed in work; dances on
bald heads; gets in one's soup; parad
es over the pie, and makes itself gen
erally odious. Evidently the fly was
created for some purposes, but the
average person is densely ignorant of
what that purpose was. The fly has
been the cause of much profanity. It
will continue to be one of the most
hated insects in the world, so long as
it continues to "pestificate” humanity.
From Exchanges
J. L. Ketch and son, of Tillamook,
were in Sheridan Saturday on a busi
ness trip.—Sheridan news in McMinn
ville News-Reporter.
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Mr. and Mrs. M. Henderson were
here from Amity last week and said
they were contemplating moving to
Tillamook to reside, Mr. Henderson
has been a resident of Amity for
many years. He is a brother of E. U.
Henderson of Sheridan.— Sheridan
Sun.
The new model Nu Bone corset
called the corsetless corset is just
what you have been looking for. To
wear this wonderful Nu West model
is to be perfectly corseted but at the
same time to feel corset-less. Sold
by Eva Jeffers Millinery store on 1st
street.—Adv.
repair it, and it may stand for a hun
dred years or more. Maintain the
road as it is used, and it should last
indefinitely. Only such roads should
be built with bond issue money, and
only such roads should be built with
money derived from town or county
IbiATLONAL HLGHWAYSl or
state bonds, as will serve town,
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county, and state for all time to come.
NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION MEM
To do otherwise is to betray the
BER, NO. .*>200
trust of the helpless unborn.
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It is strange but true that the man
who will finance his business sen
sibly and carefully, who will buy and
sell a house with acumen and wisdom,
who will choose his bank with meticu
lous care and guard his personal fi
nancial affairs with the utmost skill,
frequently throws caution to the
winds when considering the raising
and spending of money for roads.
It is so pitifully easy to arrange to
have someone else pay for a road! A
bond issue to run fifty years puts the
burden of paying on the men and wo
men who come after us, while we use
the road! This is bad enough, as a
matter of unsound ecnomics, but it
is worse when the money so raised is
so unwisely expended as to produce
a road which wears out long before
the bonds become due. In such cases,
and there are many of them! . . . the
body politic finds itself in the position
of paying for roads which no longer
exist, and faced with the additional
necessity of rebuilding the road and
maintaining it, as well as paying the
interest and finally the principal on
the bonds which built roads which
wore out.
There are cases where long term
bonds are justified and necessary. But
there are no cases where the expendi
ture of such funds is justified for any
thing less than a permanent road, so
located, so built, so planned as to
length, gradient, width, and location
as to make it of service to the people
to come as well those who now use it.
It has been said that there is noth
ing permanent about any road except
its location, but this only true when
maintenance is an afterthought. It
is as unsound to build a road and let
it ravel to pieces as it is to build a
house and let it go unpainted and un
insured. Paint the house, insure it,
SKAGGS - SAVINGS
OUR REGULAR PRICES
49 lb. bag Del Monte Flour...... $1.89
Sugar cured Bacon Backs, per lb. 19c
Mild Cured Bacon Squares, lb... 15c
Lean Breakfast Bacon lb.............. 28c
Armour Star Hams (whole) lb. 28c
Tillamook Cheese lb.......................35c
Best Creamery Butter, lb.............. 50c
10 lb. bag Cane Sugar................... 98c
100 lb. bag Cane Sugar............... 9.09
Med. Weight Broom, each............ 69c
Best 5 tie Broom, each............... 89c
21bs. Gemnut (butter substitute) 48c
4 lb pail Armour Lard.................. 69c
41b. pail Jewel Shortening............ 78c
8 lb. pail Jewel Shortening........ $1.49
Gallon Wesson Oil............... $1.95
1-2 gal. Wesson Oil....................... 99c
3 lbs. Bulk Cocoa........................... 19c
Ceylon Cocoanut, per lb............. 25c
4 lbs. Bulk Seedless Raisins...... 49c
5 lb. can Calumet Bkg. Powder $1.13
1 lb. can Calumet Bkg. Powder 29c
3 pkgs. A & H Soda ................... 25c
25 bars Crystal White Soaps ... $1.00
2 Yeast Foam............................ 15c
Climax, Star or Horseshoe To
bacco 78c, 2 plugs................. $1.50
wholly becoming influence in shaping
policy.
"With the principle of Federal par
ticipation
acceptably established,
probably never to be abandoned, it is
important to exert Federal influence
in developing comprehensive plans
looking to the promotion of commerce
and apply our expenditure in the sur-
est way to guarantee a public return
for money expended.”
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10 Tall cans Federal Milk.......... 99c
4 cans Del Monte sugar peas.......69c
5 No. 2 1-2 cans fey. Utah tomats. 73c
8 No. 2 1-2 cans Std. Tomatoes .... 98c
8 No. 2 cans Utah Peas................98c
8 No. 2 cans Burpee Str. Beans .... 98c
5 cans Campbells Soups............... 49c
5 cans Libby’s Pork & Beans.....49c
4 No. 2 1-2 cans Peached Std
69c
4 No. 2 1-2 cans Apricots Std
69c
4 No. 2 1-2 cans Prunes (in syrup)49c
No. 2 1-2 Oregon Apple Butter .... 15c
9 lb. bag Rolled Oats......... ........... 45c
9 lb. bag Corn Meal....................... 35c
No. 5 box Soda Crackers..............45c
Carnation Oats Large Pkg.
(containing dishes,) Pkg.......... 35c
Cream of Wheat per pkg.............. 19c
6 lbs. Head Rice........................... 45c
5 lbs. Fey. Navy Beans (small) .... 45c
3 pkgs. Kellogs Corn Flakes ..... 25c
7 bars Ivory Soap......................... 49c
3 cans Old Dutch Cleanser ........ 25c
No. 1 Fey. Calif. Walnuts lb....... 29c
Fresh Ranch Eggs, per Doz........ 50c
4 lbs. Snowdrift............................ 89c
PROCLAMATION
The late Warren G. Harding, Presi
dent of the United States, thought as
clearly and as logically upon the great
question of road construction and im
provement as he did upon other pub
lic questions of far-reaching import
ance. Now that death has added em
phasis to the words of wisdom he ut
tered, it is well to recall his pro
nouncement in regard to roads. In
his first message to Congress, Mr.
Harding said:
“Transportation over the highways
is little less important (referring to
the railways), but the problems re
late to construction and development,
and deserve your most earnest at
tention, because we are laying a foun
dation for a long time to come, and
the creation is very difficult to vis
ualize in its great possibilities.
“The highways are not only feed
ers to the railroads and afford relief
from their local burdens, they are
actually lines of motor traffic in in
terstate commerce. They are the
smaller arteries of the larger portion
of our commerce, and the motor car
has become an indispensable instru
ment in our political, social, and in
dustrial life.
"There is begun a new era in high
way construction the outlay for which
runs for into hundreds of millions
of dollars. Bond issues by road dis
tricts, counties, and states mount to
enormous figures, and the country is
facing such an outlay that it is vital
that every effort shall be directed
against wasted effort and unjustifi
able expenditure.
“The Federal Government can place
no inhibition on the expenditure in
the several states; but since Congress
has embarked upon a policy of assist
ing the states in highway improve
ment, wisely, I believe, it can assert a
To the people of Tillamook, Greeting:
On November 11th, 1918, the pow
ers of the world, signed the document
that ultimatly ended the world war,
and we, as American citizens, have
each year observed this day cele
brating in a fitting manner the sign
ing of the Armistice but, we should
at the same time remember the boys
that paid with their life, their duty
to this our beloved country, and
should with words and thoughts re
vere their memory.
Therefore, I, J. Merrel Smith,
Mayor of Tillamook, Oregon, do pro
claim Sunday November 11th, 1923,
as a day to be fittingly observed, and
would ask all the citizens to join
with the American Legion and Co. K,
Oregon National Guard, and thereby
in part fullfiill the Duty we owe our
Fellow man.
The auditorium of the city hall
will be at the command of the com
mitties in charge of the services.
Respectfully submitted,
J. MERREL SMITH
Mayor, of Tillamook, Oregon.
SMALL CAR IS POPULAR
Looming large as one of the im-
portant factors contributing to the
improvement of traffic conditions, not
only in metropolitan centers but on
main traveled highways where con
gestion develops particularly on Sun
days and holidays, is the increasing
tendency toward the use of the small,
light car.
Personal convenience, the element
which enters strongly into the lives of
all of us appears as the principal in
centive back of the growing swing of
sentiment toward the more compact
motor car unit.
The public, quick to respond to
things which insure further comfort
and safety in motoring, has been ob
servant of the advantages the smaT!
car has in the traffic line, its ability
to stop quick, the ease with which it
gets in and out of parking spaces and
its general flexibility.
The response is apparent in the
constantly growing demand for the
small car, a demand which has been
unusually heavy since the first of the
present year and which is further ex
pressing itself as the enclosed car
buying season approaches.
Men whose business keeps them on
the move about town all day were not
long in discovering the exceptional
facilities afforded by the small car
and they were quick to adapt it as
their standard motor car equipment.
Owners of large cars, finding their
movements more and more restricted
as traffic congestion increases, are
rapidly reaching the conclusion that
as an auxiliary motor transportation
unit the small car is an essential busi
ness convenience.
Another interesting feature is the
partiality which women drivers are
showing for the smaller car. They
find it more convenient and less fati
guing to operate, affording them a
quick and convenient means of trans
portation for the shopping tours, for
little trips to market, for afternoon
calls and for meeting other family re
quirements.
And new buyers, profiting by the
experience of others, in investigating
the merits of the small car, find it
meets all modern motoring demands
with the additional advantage of eas
ier handling in the traffic line, there
by effecting a greater element of
safety.
Short wheelbase small turning
radius, ease of steering, the impossi
bility of failure to accomplish gear
shift and do it noiselessly, positive
brakes and a motor noted for its de
pendability are features of the Ford
which have contributed largely in
making it the most popular of all
small cars.
And a much higher degree of own
er satisfaction has been effected in
these cars by recent improvements in
both open and enclosed types, result
ing in better style and greater riding
comfort.
SECTION OF LAND
640 ACRES
AT $20 PER ACRE
Lies within 7 miles of Aberdeen. All the ground is level tide and
bottom lands, except one corner which is high land and sufficient
for all farm buildings. Just where the Chehalis river and Tide
Lands of Grays Harbor meet. Covered mostly with brush and
small trees. Some tidal marsh with grass only.
Oregon-Washington and Milwaukee railroads cross one corner of
the land. Good graveled county road also.
School building adjoins the tract.
Must be sold to close Trusteeship
Full particulars as to price, terms and other information as to
the healthy, growing cities of Aberdeen, Hoquiam and Cosmopo
lis, to which this land is tributary, sent on request.
Most suitable for dairying. We are now shipping in milk from a
distance of nearly 100 miles.
References: Any bank in Aberdeen. Write today.
Skaggs United Stores
TILLAMOOK, ORE
OPPOSITE TILLAMOOK HOTEL
WE PA Y CASH FOR PRODUCE
LOCKE & FISHER
108 WEST HERON STREET
ABERDEEN, WASHINGTON