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
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meet the first Wednesday of each
$1.00
him purely out of spite work—and
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month in transaction of county busi
$
.75
you still face the facts that his term
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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.
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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)
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Netherland Hotel Building
First Street
STAGES
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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
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A. G. BEALS
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
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Buy V. s. Tires from
( HAS F PANKOW, TILLAMOOK
t F ll À mòok tire company
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Tillamook County as a
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30-tr,
$
Arthur G. Beals
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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
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No more important
duty falls on the
Government of the
United States than
the adequate care of
its veterans.”
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