TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT
The starches produce fats, and the
TILLAMOOK COUNTY’S OLD TOLL
Doctors
Panton, whose names were not remembered
ads from newspapers of the county.
proteins give the milk flow, . These
by
the
narrator.
ROAD
prominent physicians who spent their
Mr Gienger stated that no one had
"I stood and watched the roaring elements should be properly balanced
I
outings on the limpid upper waters of
refused to sign the agreement pre
gap of water,” said Grayson, “and to get the best results for I the pro-
Now that there is possibility of the the brawling Trask. Judge George,
sented during the eompaign, just fin
the thought came to me that I was
old Trask toll road, which was aban
ished.
,
H. Burnett, now on the state supreme “broke.” I realized that it would duction of butter fat.
doned some years ago as a though-
The speaker showed the relative
The meeting then adjourned to
court bench, used to have a horse take two or three months to get in
fare being made a short route for
value
of
cow
butter
and
oleo
products,
neet at the call of the president.
another bridge. How was I to get
general travel between Tillamook and sent out to him at North Yamhill,
and the illustration involved a com
the mail to the stage and the men on
the Willamette valley, in the near which he rode over to the Trask
parison, in which the cow came out
the other side; and how were teams
future, it would not be amiss to re house, on his way to hold court in
t<T get over the bridgeless stream?” with flying colors.
call some of the history of the old this city. Senator Geo. E. Chamber-
“When butter gets too high in this
“The travellers proposed several
road, which served its use in the days lain, and Binger Herman, the latter
country,
” the speaker said, “New
ways to overcome the mail problem,
of the horse team and wagon, when for many years a Congressman, quite
Zealand Canada and other countries
and finally I evolved an idea. I went
its mud holes and precarious bridge, often left their signatures on the
ip hriri nunntities of foreign
biivk L’P LU- Liic’ il’abik LuUiixS tn'.’-u «¿OTut
and generally primitive condition as Trask house register, on their way
The idea was to meet this
butter,
a man to North Yamhill for a supply
a road, made travel slow, and at over to look after political fences on
of rope cable. The next day the rope competition with an increased pro
times hazardous.
this side of the summit.
arrived, and I got a long fish line duction by every cow in the herd ”
There were times when deep snows
The speaker was heartily applaud
In connection with the beginning of
and tied a chunk of lead to it, and
the road as a horse trail, and later on the summit made it imperative to seeing a boy about 15 years of age on ed at the conclusion of his talk.
as a toll-road, the names of Quick, carry the mail on horses up the east
President Gienger made the state
the Tillamook side of the stream, I
Maddox, and Crenshaw are associated slope of the mountains from Fairview
ment that every grocery store in the
to the Trask house, a distance of 17
(Continued on page 4)
with its development and operation.
county had signed an agreement not
to sell oleo-margarine to the public,
All seem to agree that Billy Squir miles, and often the men suffered real
hardship in their efforts to get th»
and that the newspapers had also
es was the first man to carry the
agreed not to publish oleo advertise
United States mail from Tillamook mail through on time. Grayson quit
ments.
over this road to North Yamhill, and carrying the mail in 1911.
The latter relates that when he had
On motion, the meeting voted to
that to John Maddox belongs the
the Trask toll road, a flood occurred
(Continued from page 1)
continue the present officers of the
credit for operating the first stage
in 1896. The date was November
association for another year, as a re
line, when both mail and passengers
14th, and the whole country was average of production in butterfat of ward for their good work in assisting
were conveyed over the road. The
any cows in the state. In the Wil
owners of the toll road have been flooded in the Tillamook valley. The
lamette valley a cow must produce
county
bridge
over
the
north
fork
of
numerous. The toll road was estab- Î
250 pounds per year in order to pay
lished in 1871, when the state legis-, the Trask went out on the above date,
the owner for the animal’s keep. “It
Jature appropriated the sum of $10,- and that stream ran full to the banks,
is a fact,” said the speaker, “that a
and
the
roar
of
the
water
was
almost
000 for its initiation.
The bonds!
high producing cow eats less than a
Eg Modern 22-passenger cars operated by experienced
were sold at fifty cents on the dqllai,1 deafening on the banks, as it foamed,
low producing cow. Cows required
and
swirled
and
edied
on
its
way
to
and $5,000 was made available for
drivers. A scenic 5 hour ride you will enjoy
the ocean. Nothing like it had oc succulence the year around, and while g
the purpose, and authority was grant
ordinarily Tillamook pastures afford
curred,
states
Mr.
Grayson,
for
twen-
ài
ed to make of it a toll road, and the
LEAVE TILLAMOOK
ed this requirement, yet in dry years
right to own and operate was given I ty years previous, and it created a
6:30 P. M.
2:20 P. M.
silage
or
roots
or
other
succulent
ra
situation for the mail carriers.
g 7:4ó A. M.
to James Quick, who, with his son, ! i bad
On the east side of the river were tions should make up for a deficiency
LEAVE PORTLAND
Thad., took the first toll on the road.
' five teams and wagons, bound for of such pasture feed. Silos are valu
3:50 P. M.
12:50 P. M.
Previous to this road, however, [ Tillamook and other parts
7:50
A.
M.
of the Til- able-corn is considered best—but
Truman Harris built a trail from
I lamook valley.
Among the per- more milk per acre per cow is pro
PORTLAND, NEWBERG, McMINNVILLE, TILL
South Prairie that had its terminus
j sons thus shut off from com- duced by cats and vetch. Carrots
AMOOK STAGES, Inc.
at Jones’s mill in Yamhill county; but
pleting their journey to the “salt have a high value, and beets and sun
it never was used for wagon travel. chuck
illahee”
were
W.
N. flower were also recommended.” The
DEPOT OPPOSITE GEM THEATRE
BOTH PHONES
It was graded at both ends for a dis
Vaughn and wife, two of the values of the different feeds in com
,'?iaaaßiffln!iBa000HEBaHaHHEßi®
tance for wagon travel, but in 1865,
and John Day of Bay City, and others bination were shown on the charts.
the road was practically ruined by a
big forest fire that littered it with
fallen trees, and Mr. Harris, after
spending $6,000 in an attempt to
make a road to the valley, abandoned
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the project, so that the Trask road
was really the first wagon road to the
Willamette valley.
I
The Quicks operated it for a num
ber of years. Later John Maddox
initiated the first stage line from Til
lamook to North Yamhill, about the
year 1884. Before this time Myron
Perkins carried the mail on horse
back over the road. Later, Leonard
15% to conform to those standard»
What others say — not what you
HE story of Studebaker has
Crenshaw bought the toll road, com
exactly.
say — determines your place in the
been told by many men in
ing from the state of Washington.
We invested $8,000,000 in a drop
long run. In every field of endeavor
jb many ways. Now let us tell
The Crenshaws traded their Wash
forge plant to vake all our own drop
one must accept that fact.
it to you.
ington homestead for the toll road,
forgings. $10,000,000 in body plants,
We had the money, the plants, the
Studebaker growth has in late
and when they came in, the women
to build all bodies to our standards.
prestige.
We
had
the
incentive
of
years been Motordom’s sensation,
rode on the work horses, and the
We employed 1,200 skilled inspec
Studebaker traditions. In time we
gales have mounted until last year
father and boys walked in over the
tors to see that all standards were
secured
the
tnen.
145,000
buyers
of
quality
cars
se
road. The elder Crenshaw had just
fulfilled. There are 30,000 inspec
lected Studebakers. They paid over
We told these men to build for us
$20, a sack of flour, and his wife, and
tions on Studebaker cars during
$200,000,000
for
them.
the
utm
ist
in
fine
motor
cars,
regard
five children. The road proved to be
manufacture, before they go out from
All must realize that a new situa
less of all costs. We pledged them
a good paying investment, as travel
the ractory.
tion has arisen in high-grade cars.
our good faith and our resources.
this way soon picked up. Later, Hen
You
who
are
interested
should
now
ry Crenshaw, afterwards one of the
That’s the whole story
analyze the reasons.
The cost was $50,000,000
best sheriffs the county ever had. be
That’s about the whole story. We
gan to drive the stage. His schedule
We built new factories — modern
simp / followed the never-changing
72-year traditions
was to leave Tillamook at 4 o'clock
plants. We fittc '. them with new
Studebaker principles. We gave to
The
Studebaker
principles
have
be
in the morning; and started back here
years of
equipment — 12,500 vp-to-date ma-
our buyers the utmost—values they
come
traditions
in
their
72
at 4 o'clock from the valley end of
could not match. Then they
existence. They have never
the route. Usually it took about 12
turned by tens of thousands
wavered.
In
ail
changing
to 13 hours to make the trip each
to StudeVâkgr cars.
. ,
londitions they have
way. The Crenshaws cnme in the
—
;,u00
o?
those
cars
brought
new
luster
to
that
Over
75ú,úOÍ
late Seventies, and Henry soon be
name.
have ¿o: r.e out. Their per-
came an expert driver of four horses,
Men
come
and
go,
but
a
People
paid
over
$200,GC3,000
last
year
.o-ma-ic
e i;as developed a
I
and a Concord stage. He drove on
name like this becomes a
icr 1 ZD,000 per year,
for Studebaker cars.
the road for four years, and relates
r *
heritage to foster and en
i-very increase in sales
that one winter the snow was 22 feet
The result is now a demand for 150,000
hance.
That
’
s
what
we
’
ve
brought a lowered cost,
deep at “Dead Man’s hill,” and that
per year.
done — we who have that
wiiich we promptly gave
14 men were employed to transport
name in keeping for a time.
Over $50,000,000 in modem plants and
our buyers. Today these
the mail quite a distance on snow
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fine cars are offering values
equipment to build the finest of fine cars.
shoes during that period; each, man
winch no rival can approach.
carrying from 30 to 40 pounds. On
Studebaker has always
One of these cars, built in 1918. has run
They have made us the
occasion, a sack
I
been a leader. For two gen
weighing |
475,000 miles. That means 80 years of
world’s largest builders of
pounds remained, , and as lien-
erations it led in horse-
ordinary
service. In December this car
quality cars.
was
the
drawn vehicles, now prod
last
man
on
made the trip from coast to coast.
ucts of the past.
ground,
he
shouldered
Most of you remember
sack and carried it a long dis
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We deserve a hearing
Studebaker carriages —
tance to where the stage could oper
queens of their time. They
ate. That winter, a man by name of
Now we deserve a hear
chines. Of the $5C,230,000 in our
were used b> multitudes of people
Wagner lost his life while attempt
ing. Ail who consider a car at $1,000
plants and equipment, $32,000,000
who loved quality and style.
ing to walk in, owing to the snow,
or over should learn what Studebaker
has been invested in the past five
When motor cars succeed d them,
offers. That jn fairness to yourself
cold weather, and hunger. Several
years.
So
it
represents
the
last
word
Studebaker became the logic 1 leader
years later, two boys perished on the
a id us. C,:.;k one uy one the advan
in efficient rnanufactuie.
in that field Any other place would
same road, when but a short distance
tages we offer. You'll find them by
have been an anomaly.
from a stage station.
the score.
We established a Department of
In operating the stage, horses were
Methods, and Standards, to fix for
Remember that 145,000 who did
The only way to the top
changed twice on the road, each way.
every Studebaker detail the maxi
that
last year chore a Studebaker
A concern of this age has ne fact
mum of quality.
Among those who either owned or
car. There are nine chances in ten
ingrafted
in
Its
fiber.
The
c.tly
way
operated the old Trask toll road, were
We created a Bureau of Research
that you’ll do it.
to leadership is through super
James Maddox. Phil. Messner, a man
and
Experiment, employing 125
service.
Consider cur record, our accom
named Harper. Dick Gaunt and
skilled men. They make 500,000 tests
, The leader must excel in all you
plishments. our policies and princi
George Grayson, The latter was the
per year to maintain our supremacy,
seek —- in quality, in beauty and in
ples. Consider that we have $90,.
last to operate a stage and mail line
Thev fixed countless standards,
value.
There
is
no
other
way
to
the
000,000 at stake on satisfying men
over this road, Quick and his son.
incluG.ng 35 separate formulas for
top. Every stretch of the road is
like you. Don’t buy a oar in this
were the first to conduct the toll road.
reels. The ', on the nwt important
strewn
with
wrecks
of
those
who
high-grade class without seeing what
Grayson bought the road in 1896, and
steels we ottered makers a bonus of
tried another.
we give.
sold his interest«, when the railroad
was built in to Tillamook, the train
bidding in the mail contract after
LIGHT. SIX
that date.
special SIX
B
During Grayson's ownership, the
S-P»»n Ilf W B.
5-
Pass.
H9
W.
B.
0
H.
P
Towing ...
7-Pass. 126- W B.
road was well patronised, and many
Tourir-...................................... $1350.00
Roadsiei (3-Pa»a ) .
Touring .
prominent men passed over the line,
11750.00
Coupe Roadster (2-Pam.)
Road»;-.,- (2-Pasa.) ... 1325 00
Speedster (5Pasa) .
and «topped at the Trask house, where
Coupe (5-P ms .)
1835.00
Coup- (5-Pass.)
... 1895.00
Coure (5-Paas.)
Mrs. Grayson, won hearty approval
Sedan
2495.00
S<‘,ln..............................................
S*dan
for the excellent meals furnished the
2685 00
always hungry travellers
Many
(AU prk'M f. O.K factory. Terms to nuvt
Portland fishermen spent vacations
at the Trask house, and Bob Jennings
a famous fly fisherman of the older
days. never failed to spend a
month to two months at the Trask
house for a Consecutive period
»wvnty-five year». Others Wvt't»
Laidlaw, British consu*
ul at Poi
NEW
BIG PACKAGE
dairymen
Alfalfa hay $17 to $19 off cars.
Willamette valley hay $15 to
off cars.
Can furnish any quality or quantity
and get our idea of the hay situation before
ing your spring supply
COW TESTING IS TALKED
THROUGH STAGES TO PORTLAND
A Business Story
Rich in meaning to every motor car buyer
How Studebaker reached the heights
STANDARD
FEED COMP’N
Crunchy-Crust
DOUGHNUTS
Try Them
They are made at the
TILLAMOOK BAKERY
(Under new management)
SMITH & SON
T .
Find Out Why
.
Vi illiams & Williams
VTLL
BEAUTY SHOP
Opposite Tillamook Hoti|M|
Mrs. Claire Hysmith, Prop.
ALL KINDS OF BEAUTY WORK
Call 162-J for Appointments
A.W.Plank Hardware C«L
; atta
iject
General Line of
Hardware,Paints, Oils, Varnis
and Glass
MOWING MACHINES, DISCS and HARROI
Both ’Phones
Tillamook, 0
COLLECTIONS
WE NEVER QUIT
NO COLLECTION
WE GET RESUL
NO CH \RGI
KNIGHT ADJUSTMENT COMPANY
McMinnville
J. I. Knight
Hillsboro
J. J. Stangel
Tillanwâ
■Ino. O. Boiori
TH iki
WHY YOU SHOULD PAY BY CHECK
2
DISPUTES ARE AVOIDED
Many of us have paid our bills promptly w
due and find that the first of the next month
ai*e m receipt of an invoice for the purchase
paid for last month.
A checking account with the Tillamook Couni
Bank enables you to pay every bill by ch
1 he cancelled checks you receive every mon
act as an unquestionable receipt for every
chase you have made.
T illamook C ocnty EtoK
expt
actu