PRICE $2.00 THE YEAR
TILLAMOOK, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1924
GLUME 35; NUMBER 15
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CHEESE, SINCE DROP,
IS SELLING FASTER
Checks for November Cheese Held
REPORTED AT HAND
LOCAL BANKING HOUSES
ARE IN FINE CONDITION
LOCAL LEGION POST
WILL HAVE BIG YEAR
Two Local Banking Institutions Hold
Looking Forward to the Time When
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Over
Up Until More Returns Are
ilroad Company Charged
With Holding Up
of Contract
NS ARE CHANGED
»ected to be Months Before Any
Further Action Can be
Completed
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Since the recent reduction in the
price of cheese, sales have been much
more frequent and a considerable
volume of the local product has been
meved. The decline in price had been
anticipated by wholesalers and retail­
ers alike and during the last month
of last year purchases were being
made only to meet actual needs. Since
the new price was announced, merch­
ants have been buying ahead and the
market has been much stimulated
thereby. Storage stocks have been
reduced considerably and the outlook
is much brighter. Checks in payment
of the recent sales are beginning to
come in and it is expected that the
financial stringency of the factories
will be greatly relieved by February
1. Checks for patrons will not be
issued until additional money has
been received for cheese sold.
Stockholders’ meetings will be the
order of the day for the next month.
The first factory meetings will be
held Tuesday of next week and from
hat time on additional meetings will
occur quite frequently until February
20 when the annual meeting the
creamery association will be held.
Torn all appearances the Jetty
pk-Brighton section of the Roose-
l highway will not be built for
le time to come, the exact period
be determined by the willingness
Ihe Southern Pacific company to
It the highway commission half-
I in a construction project.
, few days ago considerable pub-
;y was given to an announcement
t the railroad company had ap-
red a plan for the enlarged right­
fay and it was hinted at that the
itruction could begin at any time
1 road builders saw fit. People
ig in the Brighton-Wheeler sec-
of the county were greatly en-
led by this bit of news.
few it appears that would-be users
his road are due for another dis-
Hntment, for what actually hap-
Sd was this:
¡any months ago the county had
ted tentative proposals to the rail-
A meeting between twenty-five to
I to give them room for a high- thirty dairymen, business men and
beside the railroad tracks, and timber men met in the offices of the
D the state highway commission creamery association yesterday and
; over the highway as a state formed themselves into a committee to
pct the highway commission supervise the coming audit of the
ted actively to negotiate with the county’s finances.
Carl Haberlach
load people on a proposition that was elected president and F. A. Beltz
Railroad was to give the state a secretary.
t-of-way on the inside of the
A special committee of fifteen was
bad track, the distance to be appointed to have general supervision
jty-five feet from the center of of the investigation, and out of this
lailroad to the center of the high- last committee another committee of
I The estimated cost of this pro­ five, composed of William Maxwell,
ras about $80,000, which was to F. A. Beltz, H. T. Botts, James Will­
been paid by the state, with iams and H. E. Morgan, was named
r cooperation.
as an operative organization.
s understood that the plan as
There was a well represented crowd
ed by the highway commission from the various interests in the coun­
pproved by the railroad engin- ty at the Thursday meeting.
in Portland and sent to San
isco for final sanction. Then,
< a period of about four months,
I was received from the head
I of the railroad company at San
lisco that the plan for the en-
Eiment on the right-of-way had
Just to show that everything is not
I approved.
rther investigation showed, how- going to pieces in the cheese market
Ithat the plan actually approved and that Tillamook cheese moves off
k railroad company was not the well when the prices are competitive­
proposed by the highway com- ly based on costs from other sec­
bn at all, but one calling for an tions, the following letter received by
Iditure of about $140,000, ac- the association from its Los Angeles
hg to the railroad company’s brokers is quoted. In order to make
Is. The plan as approved call­ the matter clearer, it should be said
s' a grade with forty-five feet that Martin’s broker represents New
■center to center. The railroad York cheese, and that H. G. Chaffee
bny explained that it might company operates 69 large stores in
Ito put in a double track system Los Angeles and vicinity: “Mr. Carl
Itime and that the wide grade Haberlach, Secty., Tillamook, Oregon.
I then be necessary. It is thought Just a little gossip. Martin's broker
Iny, however, that there is very tells us that he considers himself
(possibility of there ever being licked when it comes to selling Mar­
Ble track system at that parti- tin’s Cheese; that this year he only
I place and that, in case there sold one-third of what he sold last
Is, there is plenty of room on year, and there were no shortage of
■tside of the present track for offerings, but he was simply unable
to sell it
ktra line.
“In talking with the Wisconsin
■des the difference already out-
j the re were many other vari- broker today he said that where form­
I in the two plans, some of them erly he sold a car a week, he had not
lely affecting the industries al- been selling any for months and thot
I established at Brighton, and that Idaho was getting all the busi­
ness.
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“H. G. Chaffee complained about
the price they were forced to pay for
Tillamook cheese as compared with
other varieties, and sent out the us­
ual questionaire to all their stores,
asking the opinion of the manager
nesting of the county school as to whether or not he could sell
try board will be held Satur- other brands just as well at less mon­
rtemern to consider the appH- ey. and he showed us the result of the
of Union high school No. 1 canvass and it was 100 per cent for
in district 5 for high school Tillamook, so he said he might as
les only. Union high school is well bow to the inevitable.
halem.
"This is just a line in passing on
January 25 a hearing will be the points that we thought might
to consider changes in the interest you.”
tries of districts 24 and 28. with
t 48.
Beatrice Mills, laughter ef R. W.
I’-’updary board is composed Mills, underwent an operation last
county court and the eouaty Friday for appendicitis
She is re­
superintendent.
ported as doing nicely
AUDIT COMMITTEE
HAD CONSULTATION
CHEESE COMPETITION
HARD ON WISCONSIN
I00L BOUNDRIES
MAY BE CHANGED
Big Road Programs of This
County Are Nearly
Had From Sales
at End
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WILL ADHERE TO BUDGET
Estimates Will be Scrimped.
Says
County Court, in Effort to
Insure
Safety
According to statements by mem­
bers of the county court this week,
the expenditures of money allotted
to road purposed will closely follow
the county budget which- has been
published.
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That the budgets passed heretofore
what not been adhered to was caused
by the taking advantage of state high
way money available, which could
not have been obtained unless it had
been matched on a 50-50 basis by the
county. Taxpayers indicate that they
consider this good business, for near­
ly three million dollars worth of state
highway has been laid in the county
by this procedure, for which the
3tate must now furnish the upkeep
funds. An asset of $3,000,000 against
a liability of $400,000 would not in­
dicate any bad business policy on the
part of the county court, according
to local business men who have been
approached on the subject.
Now that the state money for road
building purposes from which this
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GOOD BOXING CARD
IS PROMISED SOON
The Tillamook boxing commission
will again present a fine card to box­
ing fans January 26, after a lull due
to the repair work found necessary
on the city hall auditorium.
The card so far as is now known
follows: Clark Johnson versus Lone
Wolf, six rounds; Benny Dotson ver­
sus Dale Freeman, six rounds; Lewis
Johnson versus Steve Haggerty, six
rounds; a four-round feature will be
presented also but the participants
are not known at present. The Hallo­
well “kids” will put on a curtain
raiser stunt. It is reported that there
is bad blood between Dotson and
Freeman, and fans expect a stiff go
when this pair gets into the ring,
The boxing commisson has assured
the public that the city hall auditor-
ium is in safe shape now and that
there is no danger to a crowd gather­
ing there.
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All
Officers
New Club Rooms in Armory
and
Three Thousand Acres in
North End of County
Directors
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Statements from all four banks in
Tillamook county as of December 29
show that there was a total of $1,-
834,318.87 on deposit at that time,
proving a healthy condition of the
county’s financial concerns beyond a
doubt.
The new Wheeler bank showed de-
posits of $166,648.58. The First Na-
tional bank of this city had deposits
of $1,248,168.09, and the Tillamook
County bank $532,809.03.
Election of officers and directors
was held by the Tillamook County
bank January 10, and of the First
National bank this week. In both
cases all the former officers were re-
tained for another ybar.
Transferred
CRUISERS ON WILSON
Paper
Mills
Company
is
Buying
Tracts of Timber Near
Cape
Lookout
Are Ready
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The new officers of Tillamook post
No. 47 of the American Legion of
this city have promised a very inter­
esting year ahead for the ex-service
men of this county, after a period of
inactivity.
The first meeting of the post will
be held some time in February, the
exact date to be determined when the
time is known for the completion of
the armory, for the Legion wants to
start the year out in its new home.
Speaking on the problems of the
local post as well as of the state
organization Tuesday, Commander
Shearer of Tillamook post said: “It
is our duty as American citizens and
as ex-eervice men to hang together.
The Legion had the strongest organ­
ization in this county in past years
and there is no reason why we can’t
oe strong now, when we have more
at stake and more to gain.”
“There are many problems con-
fronting us at the present time,” con­
tinued the Legion commander, “for
instance, the adjusted compensation.
If we ever hope to get a compensa­
tion bill through we will only do it
by organization and energetic work.
To get these last two things we must,
have harmony within our local post
and within the state and national
organizations.”
Tillamook post is expecting to
visit Lake Lytle post for an evening
in the near future.
Timber deals of an unusual nature
have been quietly taking place within
the last few days in which many
acres of Tillamook county timber
lands have been changing hands.
The largest of these is probably
that of the Yerrek Logging company
of the state of Washington, which
bought 10,578 acres of land from the
Lumbermen’s Timber company of
Portland December 31. This tract is
situated in Tillamook and Clatsop
Carl Haberlach Was one of the counties, with about one-third of the
most pleased men ip Tillamook last acreage in this county, north of the
The consider­
week when he received the following Salmonberry river.
letter from the Southern Pacific com­ ation is said to have been close to
pany at Portland. This letter gives $2,000,000.
One interesting feature of the Yer-
the results of two year's work try­
ing to get lower freight rates on reck buy was that $1,755 in revenue
corn, oats, and barley, and other mer­ stamps was required to file the deed.
The Eagle Lumber company has
chandise from the east. It will be
seen that the rates on oats, corn, and had transferred to its name a consid­
barley, and other grains orginating erable portion of timber land from
in the tran-Mississippi territory will five different owners, Mary C. Over-
be $1.00 a ton from Portland to Tilla­ ton, Joseph E. Cochran, Eleanor Me.
mook. The letter follows; “Mr. Carl Crocker, Continental & Commercial
Haberlach, Secty., Tillamook, Oregon. Trust & Savings bank, and Mary T.
With reference to your letters of Cochran.
The Crown Willamette paper com-
December 26th and 31st regarding
The first spelling contest of the
status of proposed arbitraries on oats, pany has purchased some tracts near
corn, barley, etc., to Tillamook on Cape Lookout belonging to Ernest year for the entire county will be held
shipments originating in Tran-Missi­ House and G. P. Eisman. It is said at the various schools this afternoon,
with che third to eighth grades, in­
ssippi territory:
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clusive, participating,
Certificates
“Mr. Countess has been given in­
will be awarded for two divisions,
structions to make the rates on grain
those getting from 95 to 99 per cent,
and grain products, as described in
and those getting 100 per cent.
Items 670, 685, 690, 695, 701, and 710,
A statement issued fom the office
Transcontinental Westbound Tariff
of the county school superintendent
4-S, to Tillamook 5 cents per 100 lbs.
J. N. Shaw county veterinarian, has says, “It is expected that every school
higher than the rates applying to
about completed the yea» work in will be in the contest. As soon as
Portland. At the same time we fur­
testing for tuberculosis among the
the papers are received in this office
nished him instructions which will
dairy herds of the county, and re­
the certificates for each school will
greatly reduce the class arbitraries
ports a very decided improvement in
be signed in blank and mailed to each
carried in Note 162 of the tariff to all
the number of reactors found in Til­ teacher, who will fill them out and
branch line stations, and will further
lamook.
deliver direct to the pupil. Town
have the effect of making Rate Basis
The Beaver factory has just been schools promoting pupils at mid-year
1 rates applicable to Tillamook and
finished and next week Dr. Shaw will
should permit pupils so promoted to
other branch line points on about 210
work at Mohler. He says that he is take the contest of the preceding
commodity items.”
finding much better cooperation and grade. That is, pupils promoted to
more appreciation among the dairy­ the fifth grade in January should
Mrs. Eacie Mullen, who has clerk­ men of the county than formerly.
take the fourth grade contest. Other­
ed for several years in the Grand At Beaver he found that all the dairy­
wise they will be spelling words they
Leader, has resigned her position at men had put their cows up for him to
have never studied."
that store and will move to Bay City test in he middle of the day and that
where she will be employed at Nel­ he was not held up in any of his
son’s store.
work.
DOLLAR ON EACH TON
REDUCED ON FEED
SPELLING CONTESTS
TAKE PLACE TODAY
TUBERCULOSIS WORK
IS NEARLY FINISHED
SPEEDER ON STREETS
DOCKED $15 MONDAY
Slippery Going
Carl Becker was arrested and
brought before the city police judge
last Monday, charged with speeding.
He was fined $15 but said that he
didn t have more than ten, and that
he couldn't raise more than that.
When he was given the option of pro­
ducing the balance of the fine or go­
ing to jail to lay it out he dug down
in his pocket and handed out a flve-
dollar bill.
NEW RECTOR SCHOOL
HAS NOW STARTED
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A new school has been established
at Rector, on the 8. P. railroad, for
the use of the children at the new
Brighton Mills camp. Mrs. Lynette
Roes, who formerly taught at Ne­
halem high school, has been secured
as teacher,
Everett Vanderpool,
formerly of Olympia, Washington,
succeeds Mrs. Ross at the Nehalem
■heel.
State Executive is Assured
That This County Can
Handle Own Job
ACCOUNTANT TO COME
Money
Was
Found Sent to State
Authorities
by
Parties
Antagonistic
A number of representative citizens
met in the creamery association offices
last Saturday to talk over the pub­
licity being given Tillamook county
on account of alleged discrepenctes
in the county’s financial affairs. A
committee composed of H. T. Botts,
C. J. Edwards, F. A. Beltz, David
Kuratli and Carl Haberlach was ap­
pointed to go to Salem last Monday
and interview Governor Pierce.
It was learned at Salem by this
committee that $500 had been sent to
the attorney general to pay the ex­
penses of a special prosecutor and
that $1200 more had been offered for
the same use. Investigation disclosed
that this money apparently had not
been raised in Tillamook, but prob­
ably had been put up by some kind
of an organization outside of the
county which is antagonistic to the
county court.
The local committee frankly told
the governor that conditions had been
grossly misrepresented to him and to
the attorney general, and stated that
if there was any house cleaning to do
in this county that Tillamook people
wanted to do it themselves. The
governor was told that the people of
Tillamook county wanted a thorough
investigation of the county finances.
They said that it was felt that before
anything was done regarding a spe­
cial prosecutor that the citizens of
Tillamook should know the exact con­
dition of the finances, and wished the
governor to appoint a capable and
trustworthy accountant, one who
would not be connected in any way
with Tillamook county, and one who
could be depended upon to give an
unbiased and true report of the coun­
ty’s financial status.
The governor appointed G. E. Ross,
public accountant of Salem, who ex­
perts the state books, and he will
come to Tillamook in about ten days
to make an investigation.
It is felt by many that before giv­
ing so much publicity to the alleged
condition of the county court’s finan­
ces it would be well to find out just
where matters stand. It was thought
possible that the county court, in its
eagerness to finish the Roosevelt
Highway through Tillamook county,
may have spent more money than
was available, but it was felt that
every one was entitled to an exact
knowledge of just how much was
spent before getting into the courts
about the matter in any way. It was
felt that it was better to have a busi­
ness undemanding of the conditions
rather than have them taken up by
a grand jury. It recommended that
a public meeting be held, a reliable
committee appointed of possibly fif­
teen members, this committee in turn
to appoint a sub-committee of three
or five members, and that within a
short time a true report be had of
the county's finances. It was express­
ed at the meeting that the committee
should be fairly representative of
Tillamook county and should consist
of farmers, business men, and tim-
bermen.
LOCAL GUARD UNIT
LARGEST IN STATE
The local national guard organiza
tion, Company K. now has ninety
nine men, and is by far the largest
infantry unit in the state. More men
will be enlisted until the maximum
A deputy from the office of the of 102 is reached. Last Monday the
internal revenue collector at Portland division of the company into platoon.-
will be in Tillamook January 29 to 31 to facilitate drilling and to stimulate
for the purpose of helping taxpayers competiton was made. Sergeant Ram­
in preparing their income ’ax returns. sey, regular army, was present Mon-
The deputy will be at Wheeler Feb­ . day in his official capacity of ser-
ruary 1 and 2.
I grant-instructor.
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DEPUTY COLLECTOR
WILL BE HERE SOON