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About Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1924)
FRTDAYfMAY 9,1924 3 TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT who shout the loudest but least effec The Headlight suggests that the on file here in our office. One was tively. taxpayers of this county support the sent up stairs—the county court work Mister Brimhall thinks the Head men who are working for their in independent Weekly Pap« p hi-d Every Friday by the light is trying to ride him out of office terests, and the county assessor’s in the office Mr. Lamb used to have— Publishing Company because he was stingy with his print office is the most important part of your old office, Mr. Edner, is now used for a grand jury room, and the the county government from the school superintendent is over in the etilamoo«. ___ ing patronage. Now, for the sake of argument, let standpoint of financial affairs. Con Goyne building now. So we had the „ .Manager us concede that everyone in Tillamook siderable trouble could be had in abstract of votes all made up. Now as "second cl«** mal* county, except the county clerk, is case an error was made by an inex you watch me close, and you will see % in the U- s- Bt responsible for the much-discussed perienced and inpractical man in this where Mr. Harrison is wrong in his budget erre*; concede thc‘ »h- position. statement. Now this was in Nnvam- ¡Book, Oregon present county clerk Is a Daragon of| ( her we made up this abstract of votes. <lBSCRU’'nOS »ATE« conscientiousness and honesty; con The county court were meeting—they $2.00 cede that the Headlight is fighting Year, By Mail .................. - meet the first Wednesday of each $1.00 him purely out of spite work—and Months. By Mad ................. month in transaction of county busi $ .75 you still face the facts that his term Months, By Mail ............. (Continued from page 2) ness-allowing bills and carry out Payable in advance in office has been the most inefficient the fair board. They were especially road business and looking after any ¡fl the late history of the county, and elated. Pine was glad—so was the business that arises. ■— Telephones the most expensive of any county in county court—everyone knew that it Well, all the county court knew— Pacific States, Main 6» the state for the past year. The had carried. Now, we make up an and it is a part of every county offi fact regarding inefficiency is from lo ,*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ cal observation and that regarding abstract of the votes after all general cial’s business to know and he is and special elections. So we made up sworn to look after the county's busi ♦ the expenses from a financial journal this abstract of votes and sent a copy ness—we are just like a family. I OUR EDITORIAL POLICY ♦ ♦ published in Portland. The Headlight o the secretary of state, and keep one have just one position but I am under would be interested in hearing Mister ! To advocate, aid and sup * Brimhall make another speech and ex ♦ port any measures that will plain about THIS. ¡ring the most good to the ♦ Now about printing—One thing ♦ most people 2 To encourage industries ♦ which seems peculiar to us is this: t0 establish in Tillamook + Not over a month or two ago prac ♦ tically all the printers in the county county. 3 To urge the improvement ♦ were “cussing” the county clerk and of a port for Tillamook City. ♦ other county officials for sending so much - money out of the county for 4. To insist on an American ♦ -7-, ♦ I printing. . Now he apparently claims standard of labor. the ' hearty support of the majority of Will be at our present location for about 3 weeks 5. To be politically indepen <• *' yet and as a special inducement jo get you to see dent, but to support the can ♦ them. Just horn this change in at didates for public office who ♦ titude was brought about is what us, we offer one big special Harrison’s milk 9c will bring the most good to ♦ puzzles the. Headlight. quart. the people of Tillamook ♦ county and of the State of ♦ A GOOD RECORD ♦ Oregon. ♦ While the Headlight is not an op ,♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ponent of the timber interests prim arily, it does believe that they have FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1924 not been paying their just proportion of taxes in the past and is striving to OUR MISTER BRIMHALL get the county’s financial affairs ad justed to a better basis, so that all ppearing in other columns, sev- property owners in the county will of them, in this issue, is a cam- be treated equally and alike. •n speech delivered by H. S. Brim- Certain timber interests made a ’ present incumbrance in the coun- big mistake when they fought the re lerk’s office for this county, which cruise which was instituted by the delivered at Garibaldi on the eve- county court some time ago, as that ; of April 80. action naturally brings much suspic idging from Mister Brimhall’s ion upon them. st Epistle to the Garibaldians’,, It is common belief that these large i going to force us to be painfully interests are trying to control the Jc. Far be it from the Headlight county as they have candidates for inflict unnecessary pain. Perish practically every office at the coming thought that this paper particu- primary election and their influence f enjoys lampooning anyone; ea will be further felt later in their sup sily a person of an extremely ner- port of the candidates offering them i and sensitive disposition—but the most relief. public welfare makes certain de- They have openly and at all times ids, and any newspaper that so opposed the efforts of the present i to justify its existence by ig- county court to have the timber tracts ng the common good out of sym- of the county recruised. ly for an individual has not the Information filed with the court it to receive the confidence of its shows that the present county asses munity. Nor will it receive that sor, C. A. Johnson, was instrumental idence. in having the recruise made, with a he apparently harsh words which result that with a recruise of less i been directed against the coun- than one half of the timber area gone lerk may be compared to a spank over $5,401,260 has been added to the given a naughty child; they are taxable value of the county, and prac iful both to the spanker and the tically doubled the taxes paid by the ikee but certain benefits are de- timber owners. The result of this is d therefrom. a reduction of the taxes paid by b begin with how did Tillamook resident property owners. Timber ity get its present county clerk? values have been increased over $11,- is going to be the hardest blow 500,000 in the past ten years. Why 11, so all those who are newcomers should the county court spend a large he county are hereby warned to sum of money for a recruise to raise tight to their seats when they timber values if there is not a man I this: At the time of the nomina- in the assessor’s office who can and and electron of Mister Brimhall will make use of it? ’as employed as teacher in one he schools of the county. Just he became obnoxious to the tax- irs of this district is not quite ’, but they decided they did not :e his services longer and planned »ist him off on the county so as e rid of him without hurting his ngs in the doing thereof. Ac- ingly they got behind his cam- UNITED STATES TIRES ARE GOOD TIRES n with a will and put him in !• That is how Tillamook county its present clerk. Let him bring ERE’S the standard of value in Headlight before the court he i about and prove this isn’t so. cord tire equipment — made in * Headlight was not in favor of all high-pressure sizes irom 30 x 3’/2 er Brimhall when he was elected inche« up and in Balloon-Type for was very much surprised at the 4 which was cast for him, but those who want low-pressure tires led to make the best of the sit- and don’t want to change wheels and in and give him full support. It rima. Also U. S. Royal Cord Balloon t take long however to find out be was a very difficult man to Tires for 20, 21 and 22 inch rims. »rt, as his super serious-minded- All made of latex treated cords an<i idiocyncrasies made him the "I many cruel jokes and pranks, —a new and patented process of the the Headlight supported him, United States Rubber Company— ng that he would have sense that adds great strength and wearing 'gh to not run for office again. " it was found that he had filed quality. nomination, the Headlight de- hat the joke had gone far U. S. Tires ore the only tires • and was determined to stop mooli BRIMHALL MAKES REPLY Dawson & Dunn a $10,000 bond and Tillamook county is indemnified in that amount if I do not fulfill my pledge to give honest and conscientious service and I feel the responsibility greatly. But we are all expected to help one another in the carrying out of the county’s business. I try to be careful and not let anything slip past that I might re mind the others of and save them trouble, and we are supposed to do that, all of us. All business of the comity court, the assessor’s office, the treasurer’s, Miss Mills; and myself— it is our bonded duty to help each other without friction. Now then, they all knew and this is where the point comes in—there is a lot of things in the law that not any of us know. Two large volumns with thou sands of pages—I have something else to do besides have my nose in a law book all the time, so I am mostly guided by my predecessors. I go back and see how the other fellow did it. See how Mr. Mason handled the elec tions when he was county clerk. In the election of November, 1920, they voted on the purchase of the fair grounds by a one-mill tax levy—they one the same way. Now this is what had a special election in 1920 and Mr. all this “hullaballo” is about and that Mason certified to it and I did this is why I am here tonight and I wan* one the same way. They levied a one- nil those here to know the facts. mill tax on all the taxabl• property | Why they r.rc saying I am not big in Tillamook county and it was put enough for the job—that I ought to in the levy for 1920 and I did this | I Continued on page 4) GROCERS Netherland Hotel Building First Street STAGES Portland-McMinnville Hillsboro-Forest Grove Corvallis-Salem Engene-Roseburg and Willamette Valley Points LEAVE TILLAMOOK 7:15 A. M. 10:30 A. M.* 2:30 P. M. 6:30 P. M.* •Holds for arrival of Manhattan Stage •Holds for arrival of Seaside Stage LEAVE PORTLAND (Park and Yamhill Streets) 7:80 A. M. 12:30 P. M. 4:80 P, M. 11:50 P. M. For arrivals-departures an con nections call Vote for Coolidge PRIMARIES MAY 16 3rd. St. and 3rd. Ave. East Both Phones Portland - Newberg - Mc Minnville-Tillamook Stages Inc. iIQ ADVERTISEMENT TTERSON, Manager, Coolidge Campaign For STATE SENATOR Tillamook, Washington, Yamhill and Lincoln Counties EXPERIENCED AND QUALIFIED Mr. Beals, a resident of Tillamook County for a third of a century, has been actively interested in its development, and in that time has become an outstanding figure in the county as a successful business man and dairy farmer. —Good roads advocate and faithful and consistent worker for the Roosevelt Highway. • —Owner and operator of one of the county’s largest dairy farms. I —Endorsed by the local ministerial association, and by his own and other county granges. —His accomplishments in his creditable legislative experi ence in three sessions, coupled with his intelligence and aggres siveness, earn for him the right to represent these counties in the Senate. Pride in our own county and its candidate will prompt all to vote for Arthur G. Beals. in the world made of cords solutioned in raw rubber latex Vote 63 X A. G. BEALS PAID ADVERTISEMENT J »> Buy V. s. Tires from ( HAS F PANKOW, TILLAMOOK t F ll À mòok tire company I Tillamook County as a I 30-tr, $ Arthur G. Beals H Brimhall states in his Gari- **lk that this paper had no right to criticise him than it u W1 » man. the state can go so far as . * sway a man’s liberty or even the good of society, then sP«per can, without fear, con- «ndidate’s attempt to fill pub- *hen he obviously is not the place. ••rilight cannot conscicntious- itself to a mute when a L*'’Uk’ " likely to be made, th il* rtiu*** pand- r°n»,e« of • mistaken lbw. Calvin Coolidge UNION STAGE TERMINAL U.S.Royal Gords rH H No more important duty falls on the Government of the United States than the adequate care of its veterans.” To i I i