Y, MARCH 14,1924 oofc ftea&ligbt indent Weekly Paper I Every Friday by the Publishing Company amook, Oregoa .... Editor Manager c>Mau ul<uk the U. S. postofiice at I Oregon. RIPTION RATES f Mail .................... $2.00 , By Mail ................ $1.00 a, By Mail ........... $.75 able in advance Telephones Pateific States, Main 68 TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT human vultures as Doheny and Sin clair, and just now men of national note are being involved in that con spiracy to steal valuable government oil assets. The whole thing ia enough to make a red-blooded American blush with shame. And, in this connection, the worst of the matter is that we shall be held up to the ridicule of 7,-i” us with the finger of scorn, and say: “What of your cheap democracy now?” Where is the land we should now have to give to the soldier boys who survived the great world war? IT IS GOOD ADVERTISING rod in his hand, intently waiting for a big, fat trout to seize the artificial fly. The man is dressed in a cotton shirt, khaki pants, a white hat and hip-boots. All he lacks is a good briar pipe, sending forth its white spiral whiffs of smoke to make the picture perfectly natural. The riffles, the deep pools, the old logs, the tall Li«. uic oallA.i, uje softly stirring breeze;—and we im agine the soothing atmosphere that accompanies a sunshiny day; the fleecy clouds that float lazily in the zenith, fill in the picture— Say! what about it? Let’s go! The other picture shows a hunter or prospector riding a horse, and driving another in front of him pack ed with provisions, and bedding, and other essentials for a trip to the mountains. Of course the man has a gun and a well filled cartridge belt; also a hunting license, somewhere in his clothes. He is alone. About him the solitude of the mountains, and the vast stretches of timber that fill the sidse and center of the canyons that seam the tall mountain on his left, Here and there are big boulders. It looks like spring, there is no snow in sight; the kind of trees are char acteristic of those found in the moun tains; no stream is shown; but some where in some canyon is a brawling mountain stream, and there the man will camp; the horses will be hobbled, and turned out to crop the bunch grass, and slake their thirst in the cold water of that high elevation. Evidently, the man knows where there is game; if not he will find it, for he looks like a real hunter in the picture. Pictures of a camp fire near the mountain stream, a bed of boughs near by, and steaming coffee in the battered old coffee pot, with camp bread made in the frying pan, and maybe a slice of venison or the the breast of a mountain grouse baking before the alder coals on a sharpened willow stick, are mentally visualized. Have you ever been there? Are you too, building air castles which contain just such a trip? If not., you are missing half the joy of life. One half of the picture we are draw ing is anticipaton; the other half is realization, the latter part is yet lack ing. But there is quite a bit of pleas ure in anticipation. And, in conclusion, let us be candid enough to admit that this sketch, or what you may call it, was inspired by the two pictures that face the type writer, on the desk. The council did well in naming a clean-up week, This means that ev- erybody, whether an owner or tenant, ♦ « is expected to clean up his premises and thereby add to the neatness and DITORIAL POLICY ♦ appearance town. The idea ♦ I is akin to the of old the' fellow who said that vocate aid and sup ♦ he believed in taking a bath once measures that will ♦ every six months whether he needed e most good to the ♦ it or not. The rubbish accumulations ♦ of the winter are many and varied in ncourage industries ♦ kind, from the tin can to the ash blish in Tillamook ♦ heap, and are unsightly and unsani ♦ e the improvement ♦ tary; so that in the interests of health for Tillamook City. ♦ if nothing more, they should be carted |MHdhuist on an American ♦ away, and the premises raked and the ♦ house grounds made to look inviting ■t—lihrt1 of labor. . 8. To be politically indepen ♦ to the public who daily judge of you by the amount of refuse seen in your dent, but to support the can- * NS yard. And civic pride should also 4^»— ffnr public office who ♦ compel us to take action in having our ♦ will bring the most good to town well spoken of by the hundreds the ¿people of Tillamook ♦ ^SaMgand of the State of ♦ of visitors who pass through it each ♦ season to the beaches. Let us comply with the request made by our local governing body at the council cham ♦ ♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ber. Let us do it cheerfully, and be ——----------------------- glad to do it. Its the best beach town FRISA Y, MARCH 14. 1924 in Oregon, and let’s compel our visit ors to agree with the statement, by ARE WE 100 PER CENT AMERI the attractive appearance of our streets and premises. It’s good ad- CANS? vertising. It ia high time that the voters of the country took the reins of govern- THE LURE OF SPRING :nent from, the hands of the grafting xiliticiana. J .This can only be done Spring is coming. The birds, the organization and honest ef- leaves and buds, the springing grass, l the selection of men who the returning sun, and a thousand duty, and make of the other things in nature suggest it; ----- lation what it should be—“A govern- and man, the most dissatisfied, of all nent ci tile. people, for the people and creations in nature ardently longs for y the people.” Can we find such it. There is a charm about spring len? ThJKtiswer is yes; when the that is not found in any other of the " eople aa a.$Bas- show that they want seasons. Emerging from the short lat kind of government bv taking a days and long nights of the winter 3al interest in government. We season, man looks forward to the in never get away from politics. coming of spring with varied emo ------ut we canL get away from cheap tions. In front of the writer are two Poland has a premier called Grab clitics, aiid|eorrupt party domina- pictures, both suggestive of spring inski. This may account for the way ------on. Before party should come princi- and summer. In one of the pictures that Masonic lodges have been run e. We talk about being 100 per is a boat tied up to the bank of a out over there since the war. Over zu mt Americans. What we need is to mighty good looking trout stream. here, the immigrant Pole is protected I (|! sure tftat we are 100 per cent Across the river are the green trees in life and property and may belong merican«. Is a man who winks at and willows, and in the perspective to any lodge he wishes; but if you olation of law; who stays away there looms a mountain, with still happen to be in Poland and seek a om the polls, on election day; who other hills and ridges in the farther Masonic lodge, you get in bad. It • i ver goes out, to a primary, or who distance; but the compelling part ot is strange that people who are in ^olltves as an excu se for not assuming ' the picture is a man well out toward tolerant of lodges banned by their e burdens of citizenship, that “ev- the middle of the stream, with a fish religion, expect for themselves all y body ia corrupt, and that it is of use to vote,” etc, a 100 per cent mistake that too “*-,ke is that anything is right. Somehow a Ye been puting the can before [along. We have had rio parties rather than Brinciples; we have be- __________Lind hopelessly parti- J, when we'Should have been wholly purely fol right principles of iK vernment, »nd should have had the Bnd for the right sort despite the sneers of »■oui ted to th spoils of iojori n the best interests Are we not to blame Have we as a na- onscience ? Can we this way? Shall we and thus aiding the s? A nation is just Kmake it. No more no K b have been sneered at ^ar>.1 lampooned ever it began. We believe politically honest, and government, but they Ithout individual and 15 ny-Sinclair revelation gaming? When we der government to ' lliticians, who is to the rights in the world over in the United States. 3 I CORRESPONDENCE Jack Frost, that sly but after all mythical person, has been attacking ♦ fruit buds out in the Willamette val t ♦ ley of late. It is one of Jack’s favor ♦ ite pranks to wait until fruit trees l! U. V ... <A»4v4 Vais,., 4440 AV J hands upon the forming buds with a ♦ coldness that kills the potential fruit. ♦ It is believed that his recent forays, ♦ will not result in shortening up the I * fruit yield in the valley this year to ♦ x « a great extent. « * They are seeking to recall two county commissioners in Lane county, but the papers do not say what for. This reminds of the old lady in the east, who when asked what had be come of her son Bill, sorrowfully re plied: “Well, I got a letter saying that Bill had been sent to the Legisla ture out in Oregon, but it didn’t say what for!” It is said that Leonard Wood lost the nomination for the presidency by refusing to be tied up by certain in terests before the republican national convention. Wood has the satisfaction of knowing that there is no crude pe troleum clinging to his footwear. Governor Pierce, is recovering from a severe operation in a Salem hos pital, and it is reported that he will soon be at his desk in the state house. His numerous friends in this county will be glad to hear that he is on the way to a recovery of his health. Portland is third in building permits of any city on the coast and is forg ing ahead in great shape. Portland has been considered by other cities as a conservative city, but now seems to be leading most of her competitors in progress, including Seattle. California strawberries are being sold in Portland for as high as seven ty-five to eighty cents per box. Be patient; they will be cheaper when the Oregon product comes in. Vernonia has electric lights for the first time. The Vernonia paper inti mates that it is “a great and glorious feeling.” Come and see the rejuvenation of a minister’s widow at “Only 38”— Fri- day,March 14.—Adv. DANCE AT FAIRVIEW There will be a dance at Fairview hall Saturday night, March 15. The celebrated Walkers Bros, orchestra of Forest Grove will furnish music. This will insure a good time, Come and spend a pleasant evening, Tell your 23-ltp friends. Committee « .... s U4i v44C '• Uk “ ious subjects of the day is in vited by the Headlight for publication. Any paper for publication must be signed with .the writer’s name, which may be withheld by request.- ♦ ♦ ♦ >w.U4 - «++♦++«+++++ ♦ « ♦ + + ♦ * TIMBER OWNER GIVES VIEWS To the Editor: A recent article of yours has a bitter attack upon timber owners, especially non-resident ones. It is not our custom to engage in a controversy with a newspaper, as nothing is gained and the advantage is onesided, but we feel that in fairness you should also open your columns in or der that our postion, at least, is un derstood. We are opposed to a re-cruise of the whole timber belt, because we feel it is an unnecessary expense and that the county already has sufficient data, with the aid of here and there a checking cruise with which to arrive at a fairer estimate than through a new estimate. We have already offered to furnish the County Officials with the original field estimates made by Messrs. Meservey, John Grady, Porde, Edgar, Lerum and other men of established reutation. We believe that other timber owners will do this. Some have agreed to do so. We hope the county commissioners will con sider this proposition. In no case are they bound to accept these estimates, but where they seem low they are to have the lands re-estimated. If other timber owners proffer estimates on their tracts which are, in our judg ment, too low, we ourselves will be that our estimates were made with no regard to expense, employing the best men we could get, and are be ing used with the Federal government for a basis of determining income taxes, if there ever are any, and also as a basis for a sale if we ever make one. The Nease and other such com panies are naturally in business to make money and the question natural- ly arises: "Can they afford to go to the pains and expense of the owner of a tract in making their estimates?” Your objection to foreign or non resident timber owners is one often voiced by radical papers on the coast, as a reflection on the Nease Company or other companies making those es timates. But we wish to point out the first to object in self-enterest. This letter must in no way be taken If it is a crime for an easterner to own timber, why should he be allowed to buy an Oregon bond, road, school, or otherwise? Capital should be en couraged to invest and certainly in 1900 there were plenty of people in Tillamook anxious to sell timber. Some Oregon lumber mills are large- lyly owned Sy eastern capital. Its money looks all the same to the wage PRICES ARE ADVANCING Buy Your Chevrolet Now Why? Because prices may be advanced any day. We have had a warning. Chevrolet prices advanced in Canada, materials of all sorts are rising. We have a limited supply on hand now, so first come first served. PRICES F. O. B. TILLAMOOK four $990 675 610 $635 Sedan ...... 625 Ton Truck 830 Delivery ... Touring Roadster Coupe .... LINK MOTOR CO. Inc “SERVICE AFTER SALES JIKKHKKII THE QUALITY STORE ’ A. A. PENNINGTON TILLAMOOK, OREGON ASSURED STYLES FOR SPRING Moderate prices have been of paramount importance in the development and success of our ready-to-wear department. A great diversity of designs in both coats and dresses in all modish materials in both the better as well as the medium grades. Dresses $15 to $25 Coats $15 to $35 SATURDAY SPECIAL ! ! Regul: »• 45c Playproof stockings for boys and girls, best grade. TWO PAIR Satur< Special 2 pairs for 35c. Sizes 6 to 11. Supply your demands at out SATURDAY MONEY SAVERS 35/ Flushed Wool SUITING S\ EATERS Large as- .rtment, newest col ors latest ('esigns for the family Sizes 30 t j 42. Pries $3.25 to $7.00 JAZZ TIES CLOTHING Fade Proof Guaranteed All new stock. All popular colors. Latest weave. Moderately pried at Easy fitting styles. You’ll see a great selection of them in single and double breasted suits, coats drape loosely, plenty of room. Oui clothing prices range from 80c vd KOKO KAPS New for Boys $25 to $50 New Novelty Patterns . 50c each 50c each WOOL HOSE CREPE MOIRE For Dresses. Fancy, conserva tive. Special at Fancy Brown, Black, Blue and Tan. All sizes. Regular $2.50 pair Saturday Special MEN’S SHIRTS Fancy Madras sizs 14 1-2 to Saturday Special $1.48 pr PUBLIC DOMAIN Me grafter, like that ^ent fresh from the ►shes, has left tts in- lupon the public do st fifty years of the thousands of acres gaily given away by Ws and politicians to her corporations, un- J but the worthies« Mice great public do- Rieh, alluvial land« inged by the eonni-i eians for worthless1 lets of forest lands ad for worthless arid jwhich even a coyote table in making ■ liv- lch in potential value«, led bv lease to such (Continued on page Ö) SPRING IS HERE $3.95 yd. .suri e." leas- ither earner or the merchant. These non resident owners ■ are entitled to the same treatment as the local no bet ter and no worse. As a matter of fact, many of the largest investors in Tillamook cour^y are residents of the state. Ab lu tut ma vuumy ana.* a underway, I am frank to say that if it will result in better business meth ods, stepping undue issue of county warrants, and reducing taxes, I am for it. So should be every tax payer. This is said in no spirit of criticism of county officials. I appreciate the terrific pressure brought upon them for constant improvements. I desire to add an analysis of .the 1923 taxes of the Wilson River Lum- $1.50 each Children'll Men's and Boy’s PUMPS and OXFORDS SHOES and PUMPS OXFORDS Satin and Suede. Just arrived. Sizes 2 1-2 A to 7 A. at Black:: and Browns in Pattent and Kid At $6.00 to $8.00 pr $1.75 to $2.25 New Shapes Browns At in Blacks $4.50 to $7.50 pr BOYS BLOUSES New Line—Dress and School Patterns—sizes 6 to 1( at 95c and $1.00 MEN’S PANTS Spring line just in. Whin Cord» and Fancy dress pant«. GINGHAM For children’« dresses, asaortment, pretty plaids. ntnsstnsKK C M M M ]( )( K It Ji )( )( )( )( H )( M )( J APRONS For ladies and Children. Your choice