i AY NOVEMBER 30, 1923 IL 7i TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT 3 Editorial Page of the Tillamook Headlight COMMENT FEATURES sac I WHAT THANKSGIVING MEANS independant Weekly Paper Thanksgiving day originated, as we iisM Every Friday by th. know the day, with the Pilgrim Fath­ s ht Publishing Company ers. The Puritans came to the shores of Amerca to escape religious perse­ Managing Editor cution. Over here, where there was |e Harriaon, ,____ I—r------------ )ter«d m second class mail “no one to molest or to make them er is the U.S. poatuffica st afraid,” they cold worship God ac­ cording to the dictates of their con- nook. Owe ciences, and it was when they had ' s F b SCRII’TION RATES gathered in the corn and other crops, Year, By Mail ................. $2.00 and laid in necessary provision for the MoaUa, By Mail .......... $1.00 rigorous winters that followed the har­ e Months. By Mafl ------- $ .75 vest that they felt impelled to thank Payable in advanes the Giver of all good for their mani­ fold blessings, Actuated by his de­ Telephones sire to return thanks collectively, they 1’acifk Saales, Main 68 instituted Thanksgiving day, when Mutual Telephone they abstained from all labor, and unitedly returned their thanks to the ♦ Almighty, “the giver of all good ♦ gifts.” lUR EDITORIAL POLICY * Following down the generations, ♦ the day has continued to be observed, ♦ , To advocate, aid and sup- and it is well. It is doubtful whether iort any measures that will ♦ Thanksgiving day is kept in the same ♦ ring th« most good to the devout spirit now, as when observed ♦ lost people. by those who instituted it, away back ♦ L To encourage industries in the granite hills of Massachusetts. to establish in Tillamook ♦ The present generation is perhaps * minty. ). To urge the improvement ♦ too prone to give to its own financial if a port for Tillamook City. ♦ and business efforts too much credit I. To insist on an American ♦ for the prosperity that comes to it. ♦ The man of big affairs is too apt to (tandard of labor. j. To b« politically indepen- ♦ say: “Behold, what I have done,” for­ lent, but to support the ea»- ♦ getting that to God he owes his very lidate« lor public office who ♦ existence and every opportunity that rill bring the most good to ♦ has come to him. The trend of mod­ the people of Tillamook ♦ ern commercial life is toward mat­ [ounty and of the State of * erialism, and self-worship. Whether ♦ a man be Christian or a materalist, Jregon. ♦ the fact remains that to some great ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ and supreme power, we do owe all that we are and all that we have. J B E Therefore, Thanksgiving day should IDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1923 be approached and kept in a spirit of thankfulness to Almighty God, “the author and finisher of our faith.” As the children of the divine Father, humanity owes more than it can ever repay. The individual unit of human­ ity who does not realize this in his heart, comes far short of his greatest obligation to God, society and the fu­ ture generations. «9 --------------------- .. There is a strong feeling that Jap­ anese should not be allowed to get control of large tracts of Oregon agri­ cultural land, and thus in time mono­ polize farming and horticulture, and other branches of production. While there is danger of such a monopoly of our land by the orientals, there is an­ other danger that faces our very coast, It may sweep our shores in fact, It may come right up to our beach resorts and monopolize and permeate the water that makes our summer resorts so attractive to the tourist and the heat fagged denizens of our big cities. While the Japan coole invasion has not yet assumed alarming proportions, yet it is a fu­ ture peril. But this other oriental danger is very close to us. It is not more than twenty to thirty miles away, and of course, there is a possi­ bility that it may even come closer to us. It is the Japanese current. Uncle sam is the most generous man in the world. In 1922 we sent four hundred million dollars to Europe through our foreign citizens to their friends and relatives. The United States is supporting million*- of Europe’s paupers through its ad­ opted foreign citizenship. We are the dumping ground for the undesirable population of Europe. The right class of immigrants are welcome, but the class of ignorant foreigners who come here merely to make money and send it back to European homes, and then finally leave us for good, after having made their fortunes, are not wanted. We want foreigners who will become bona fide residents and citizens, and who will hold their allegiance first and last to this government. More­ over, we want immigrants who will spend their money in the country that gives them opportunity and protect­ ion, and if any of them should prove not to be good citizens in the above respects, they should be deported to stay. A southwester, one that blew “like sixty,” and which was accompanied by a torrential downpour, began last Friday. The weather clerk says we are short on rainfall up to this time, and evidently Jupiter Pluviua, the sly old man who roosts somewhere in the zodiacal sign of Aquarius, over­ heard the forecaster of weather send­ ing out his daily wireless report, and immediately got busy. The shortage in rainfall will decrease from now on. Jupe’s on the job. Next year the nation will be boiling in the thoes of another presidential campaign. There is talk of a third party; in fact one has been launched or will be soon. It will be a protest if nothing more. The great trouble is the multitude of candidates. No sooner do we get an able and disin­ terested leader than he immediately becomes infected with a desire to be the chief executive of the nation, and in his ambition for the presidency, forgets that principles of right gov­ ernment, and not individual perefer- ence, is what is needed. But the dis­ interested patriot is a rare bird. The desire for money and fame outweigh every other consideration of duty, and great men rise, and then fall like nine pins in a bowling alley. It will take many generations to develop a race of patriots who will regard the uni­ versal welfare as greater than that of any individual unit in a nation. One thing is evident. The intelligent masses are coming to see through the bunk of old line politics; and the ba­ zoo of the spellbinder politician that used to mellow the hearts of the rab- bid party voter, no longer enthuses. The people are thinking for them­ selves. The tootle of tariff, the shib­ boleth of free trade, no longer gain more than yawn of doubtful amuse­ ment from the voter. Party plat­ forms that want to “do something for the farmer,” or that coddle “the lab­ oring man,” are now looked upon as so much flapdoodle, written by those who believe if they pay the campaign expenses of the party that they ought to be allowed to dictate the policy of the administration, and the interests of the farmer and the laboring man. somehow get lost in the shuffle, after the election. What the people now want is a return to the principles of the consti­ tution and honest government for the whole people. We have drifted far from the old moorings of our Ameri­ can forefathers, and are out upon a sea of uncertainty with no harbor lights in sight. A horde of adopted European specialists want to steer the old craft into strange and un­ chartered waters. True Americans want safe hands at the wheel, who can put the old ship about. The in­ novations of the peole from bar­ baric, and ignorant countries are not welcome. We want no departure from the constitution. Our party pol­ iticians, looking mainly for the spoils of office, have played too much to the un-American and foreign element in politics, and have well nigh sold the birthright of the nation for the votes of a class who have no interest in the real progress of the country. It is to get the administration out of the hands of the selfish politicians, and the would-be destroyers of our dem- | ocracy, that now seems to be the chief aim of all true Americans. Let the good work go on. Either it must go on, and get the ship of state back to safe moorings, or the vandal horde who would destroy our cherished in­ stitutions, will crush out the life of the republic. “Let none but Ameri­ cans be placed on guard.” FRANK OWENS HURT IN WRECK Frank Owens, a member of the county tax supervising committee, was riding to Portland one day last week and when at the Rex hill, the driver of the big truck put on the brakes too quick, with the result that the truck turned around and landed on its side against the highway bank, and a piece of the glass from tha windshield entered Mr. Owen’s left arm, indicting a wound that probably will cause him trouble for some time to come. The tendons were lacerated and the nerves of the arm injured Mr. Owens thinks he was lucky to get off as easily as he did. A slippery pavment contributed to the accident. SUCCESS Is the reward of effort and the result of a sincere desire to render a great and lasting service. THE SERVICE OF SAVING DIS TINGUISHES Skapgs Stores and has won for them the rightful name of Money-saving Cash Stores We take this opportunity to thank the people of Tillamook and Tillamook County for the large patronage we enjoy in our new Tillamook Store. SKAGGS UNITED STORES, NO. 121 OUR REGULAR EVERYDAY PRICES Reduced prices on open model» of the new eerie» are now in effect. With the many improvements there ia now at the new low list price a ¿renter value than ever before. New Hupmobile Storm Curtains Provide Closed Car Comfort Instantly All the genuine comfort of a closed car is now enjoyed by owners of the new series Hupmobile open models as a result of ingenious storm cur­ tains, embodying new and greatly improved principles of design. The uniqueness of these curtains lies in the fact that they are metal-framed — always flat and always taut. A snugness of fit is secured which, in the bleakest weather, guarantees all the cosy comfort of a closed job. Even when not in use they remain flat. A special envelope compartment is provided at toe rear of the front seat where they are quickly « and easily stowed away or ta net- -i. This prevents the lights b coming scratched or cracked, preserving clear vision r'*A.-.yi. But -vhat most intrigues th - motorist's . u y is that they can be set up with surprising quickness and icithn'tf any occupant leaving the car Truly they are an innovation—accomplishing absolute protection, retaining clear vision, and at the same time possessing a trimness which is. decidedly, a pleasant contrast to the usual conception of curtain equipped open cars. Ask to see these new curtains when you come in. Gordon Hare TILLAMOOK, OREGON Del Monte “That Good Flour” bbl.......... $7.39 49 lb. bag .............................. 10 lb. Silver Leaf Lard............. 4 lb. Silver Leaf Lard............... Swifts Premium Ham, lb.......... Sugar Cured Bacon, lb.............. Swifts sugar cured Bacon Backs lb............................. ..... .22 8 lb. Jewel Shortening . ..... 1.49 No. 5 Box Crackers.................. .45 No. 5 Box Graham Crackers ... .69 3 lbs. Cocoa ............................ «. .19 15 lbs. Head Rice.............. ......... 1.00 10 lbs. Cane Sugar..................... .98 .25 3 Old Dutch .... 7 small Ivory Soap.................. .49 10 Pels Naptha soap................. .69 2 Citrus..................... ............... .45 1.00 25 Crystal White Soap 9 lb. Bag Rolled Oats............... .45 .55 9 lb. Bag Farina 10 lb. Bag Pancake Flour...... .69 9 lb. Bag Pure Buckwheat....... .65 No. 2 Utah Peas 2 cans .25 Dozen cans............................ 1.43 17 No. 2 Golden Corn can.......... 1.95 Dozen cans ............................ No 2 1-2 Solid Pack Tomatoes can .15 1.69 Dozen cans........................ .10 No. 2 Sugar Corn, can......... 1.15 Dozen cans ........................ .15 Extra Sugar Corn can......... 1.65 Dozen cans ........................ .15 No 2 1-2 Kraut, can............... 1.69 Dozen cans ........................ No 2 1-2 New Pack Pineapple .80 3 cans .................................. 3.10 Dozen cans .................... .98 Federal Milk tall 10 cans for Campbells Soup can Dozen cans 5 oz Fancy Oysters 3 cans for Dozen cans ................ Libby Pork and Beans 17 oz. can Dozen cans .................... ..... Del Monte small Asparagus tips Dozen cans ............................ 5 lbs Raisins Seedless ... .*... .. 4 lbs. Fancy Black Figs............ 4 lbs. Fancy White Figs 5 lbs. tin Royal Club Coffee...... 3 lbs. tin Royal Club Coffee...... 5 lbs. tin M. J. B. Coffee 26 oz. jar trawberry Perserves No 2 can Apple Butter 15 oz. pkg. Cluster Raisins 2 for Medium size I'ancy Navel Oranges Dozen 2 lbs. large Manchurian Walnuts 2 lbs. Peerless Almonds............ 2 lbs. New crop Filberts . Salted Peanuts per lb. .......... Commercial Chocolates per lb. Xmas mix Candy 2 lbs New Dates large package Fancy layer Figs per lb.............. Fruit Salad can Del Monte Catsup, pint bottle Lemons, per dozen ................... Best Creamery Butter 2 lbs..... Assorted Cookies 2 lbs.............. Fancy Ceylon Cocoanut lb. Jello (all flavors) 5 for............ 6 Boxes Matches ............ ........ 3 Arm & Hammer Soda ........ 2 packages Yeast Foam ....... .. 10 lb. can White Karo ......... 10 lb. can Amber Karo SKAGGS . Tillamook 121 Oregon .10 1.10 .50 1.95 .10 1.15 .23 2.59 .49 .49 .49 1.79 1.10 1.98 .30 .10 .49 .43 .35 .38 .35 .20 .22 .38 .19 .23 .29 .25 .19 .96 .45 .25 .49 .29 .25 .15 .77 .73