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TILLAMOOK, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1924
PRICE $2.00 THE YEAR
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THREATENED FOR CASH
Blame Placed on No One
Young Man, Now in Scappoose Bank,
Experiment Tried by Railroad Com­
Promised Death if Money
pany After Many Requests
Isn’t Delivered
Number of Wild Horses are
Person or Office For
Condition
EVILS PART CORRECTED
Importance of Advisory Committee
is Stressed
by
Auditor
Making Report
More adequate bookkeeping and
managerial system is needed by the
county to overcome the ills now
threatening its financial affairs, ac­
cording to a report filed Tuesday
afternoon with the citizens’ commit­
tee by G. Ed Ross, accountant of Sa­
lem, who had been put in charge of
the investigations last January of the
county affairs.
No one man or organization or
county office can be blamed for the
condition of affairs; the whole system
has been blamed and an immediate
effort will be made to correct the
evils. This system which has got
Tillamook county into so much trouble
extends back for years and grew out
of that used when county business
was very simple. Now that Tilla­
mook county has grown to be equal
to a great corporation it has still
been trying to get along with a coun­
try store set of books.
For the most part these evils have
already been corrected within the
past few months, and if the recom­
mendations of Mr. Ross are followed,
the committee is of the opinion that
in a short time Tillamook will again
be on a cash basis.
Mr. Goss’s recommendations accom­
panying his report were summarized
as follows:
1. That the bookkeeping system
now installed in the clerk’s office be
kept up to date and instructions for
ita operation be followed closely.
2. That the matter of calling in a
county advisory board be given ser­
ious thought
3. That the county budget be more
carefully assembled and when adopt­
ed be followed closely by county offi­
cials.
4. That the matter of adopting a
general road improvement program
for the county over a period of years
to be given serious thought.
5. That the county be put on a
•ingle unit so far as road improve­
ment is concerned, and that all work
be handled through a central agency
with a definite responsible head.
’• That machinery and road equip­
ment charges be handled on a more
definite basis, and charged equally to
••ch project on a basis of time actual­
ly used by that project.
'• That the county bookkeeper in
clerk’s office act as clerk to county
tourt and handle much of their gen-
er,l routine record of which the
Wunty court is required to keep ac­
cording to law.
8- That beach lot valuations re-
ce*’c some special attention with a
”** to plaeing values represented by
J™ent conditions.
Th*1 handling of county poor be
some serious consideration
» view to improvement if con-
®aons now seem to justify.
, ' ®oss l*id much stress on the
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*n advisory committee,
1» that in every case he knew of
callZ^ ,UCh 3 comm*ttee had been
in anc* their advice and helpful-
s» Recognized there had been more
«»faction with county affairs
toon« the taxpayers.
ltem °f the general road pro-
aatm was explained by the account-
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'ay’n£ out a road construc­
ts ?ro^ram f°r ■ period of years,
°r.*Mtance» then work toward
*t was thought that road
|tUre3 could be more carefully
by this method without the
0Verdrawing road accounts,
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discovered that the coun-
costinff “bout $8,000 a
believes that some system
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e'tab)ished where the coun-
r grounds could be used to help
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SPECIAL NIGHT TRAIN
WILL OPERATE HERE
for
Service
Expected to Provide
Alleged attempt to extort $300
from Edward N. Wist, a former Til­
lamook boy, and now president of the
First National bank at Scappoose,
Oregon, when, last Tuesday, he re­
ceived an anonymous letter demand­
ing that he place $300 in bills of
small denomination wrapped in brown
paper, on the porch of an unoccupied
house the next morning. He gave
the letter to the sheriff who watched
the house that night. No package
was delivered and no one came to get
the money.
The next morning Mr. Wist received
another letter that reminded him that
no money had been left and threat­
ened him with death if the money was
not left by Friday morning. A pack­
age of blotters and papers was wrap­
ped and placed as directed, and the
sheriff arranged for the house to be
watched. About 8 o’clock a Mrs.
Alise Ramey went to the house and
swept some linoleum on the porch,
taking the package. She was taken
to St. Helens, the, county seat and ad­
mitted that she was the guilty party,
having obtained the idea from read­
ing a story in a magazine.
Edward Wist lived in Tillamook
several years ago with his parents,
who were pioneers in this county.
Since moving from Tillamook the
family have spent a greater part of
their time in southern Columbia
county.
LAST COURT WEEK
ACTIVE ONE, REPORT
Several traffic law violators and
prohibition breakers were fined be­
fore Justice of the Peace Stanley this
week. Ross Stratton, R. Waters and
George F. Benson were fined $100
and costs for unlawful possession of
intoxicating liquor. James F. Brad­
ley was fined $25 and K. P. Shelton
and H. B. Church were fined $10 each
on a similar charge of less serious­
ness.
Jim Stott, Ted Stiff, L. W. Van
Fleet, R. O. Britton and E. E. Kellog
were each fined $flO for speeding.
Fines of $2.50 were levied upon Solon
Schiffman, Dillow Smih, S. A. Dob­
son and Peter Bosma for driving
without a tail light.
Jim Vlahos
paid $5 for unlawful parking.
A jury sustained the decision of the
justice of the peace when they found
W. M. Martin, of Garibaldi, guilty
of driving without a tail-light Man­
ford Freeman was fined $5 for leav­
ing a fire burning on the highway
survey in the north end of the county.
There are several more cases on
the docket that will be heard during
the next few days.
COUNTY SCHOOLS
MAKE IMPROVEMENTS
Several of the school buildings in
the south end of the county are im­
proving their property, which be­
comes necessary to accommodate the
increase in enrollment.
North of
Tillamook city, Wheeler district is
contemplating the addition of a new
school building. The new union high
school at Nehalem, valued at $50,000,
will be built soon, and the Bay City
district will build an addition to their
present structure.
RURAL ROUTE BOXES
TO BE PAINTED WHITE
Frank Hunter, rural mail earner,
has received orders from the fourth
assistant postmaster general and the
state highway commission that al
matl boxes on the rural route must
be painted white. Otherw.se they
may be tom down by the highway
commission. The order was to take
effect immediately-
Tom Watt of Brighton was seen
on the streets July 16-
Astoria completes new street light­
ing system.
Amusement
Many Committee Leaders Appointed
to Care for Lodgemen Due
in August
The entertainment committee of
the Elks have arranged for the ap-
pearance of the Manville-Wilson wild
west show during the convention
August 14, 15 and 16. It is going
to be wild. Arrangement have been
completed for a three day perform­
ance. The stock that will be used for
this rodeo have played all the prin­
ciple towns of Oregon, Washington,
and California. It is the big topic of
all the newspapers this week and will
cause much excitement during the
convention. Daredevils will ride the
the worst outlawed horses. Cowboy
champions of the great western range
will try for honors in wild steer bull­
dogging. Side issues will be broncho
busting, wild horse races, cowboy and
cowgirl relay races, pony express,
comedy races, novelty races, fancy
roping and a potato race that is an
Indian game known as a thrilling and
spectacular sport and pastime of the
reservation and range.
The Manville and Wilson company
carry their own stock. Some of their
well known horses are: Super-six,
Wampus-cat, Durock, Cougar, White­
fang, Yes-you-bet, Grey-devil, No­
wonder, Grown Demon, Frisco, Air­
plane and Dr. Turner, a horse that
has never been ridden by any cowboy.
He surely makes them think they are
flirting with the undertaker, and
looks like an explosion of dynamite
when in action.
Other events are taking shape and
arrangements are being completed
satisfactorily. Several lodges have
replied to inquiries regarding a trap
shoot tournament and competition is
assured between teams from the var­
ious lodges. The McMinnville lodge
have reported that they will send at
least 500 delegates, a band and drill
team. R. W. Watson solved the hous­
ing problem which was no simple one
to solve. The deal for the decorations
has been closed, and eleven blocks
will be fully decorated, as well as
elaborate decorations for the armory.
Arrangements for letting other con-
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ASTORIA’S FIRST CHILD
DIES IN TILLAMOOK
James E. Barger,
Born 1855,
Died
in Tillamook Sunday; Buried
Two Hundred Men Succeed
Following Day
in Keeping Check on
Beginning tomorrow the Southern
Pacific company will commence the
operation of a night train to Tilla­
mook and the beaches, leaving Port­
land 11:45 Saturday nigh and arriv­
ing in Tillamook 7:50 Sunday morn­
ing. The return trip from here will
take the train out of this city 8:30
Sunday evening and arrive in Port­
land 6:35 Monday morning.
The
train will carry a standard tourist
sleeper.
This service is being put on as an
experiment to determine whether it
will pay or not. Much agitation has
been made at different times, it is
said, to have a night train put on
this run. If sufficient patronage is
found the train Will be put on perma­
nent schedule, according to a state­
ment from Ray Grate, local agent.
This will make three trains from
Portland on week-ends, as the two
trains now in operation will be kept
there.
AUTO ACCIDENTS
NOT VERY SERIOUS
Several accidents were reported to
the sheriff’s office this week. One
car was hit by another occupied by
three young men who were all in the
front seat having a good time. Their
names were not obtained. They near­
ly crowded a car driven by B. P.
Cawley off a twelve foot embank­
ment near Garibaldi.
Last Wednesday a car driven by
Walter Arnold collided with a truck
driven by F. Fitzpatrick, when the
latter started to turn into a side road.
Another driver refused to give his
name when his car hit the one driven
by Mrs. Ruchonch, of Rockaway, on
a sharp turn near the Elmore hotel.
The Miami dairy truck ran into a car
belonging to C. A. Bennett of Gari­
baldi, near the Miami crossing at a
narrow turn.
A small coupe with Portland peo­
ple as occupants tipped over at the
Hare corner north of town when a
radius rod broke. No one was in-
jured.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Ketcham and
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Moore, and child­
ren, of Sonoma, Santa Rosa county,
California, passed through the city
Tuesday afternoon, en route home af­
ter an entended trip through Yellow­
stone National Bark, British Colum­
bia and Washington.
Silver Lake—$39,675 contract let
for grading 8 1-2 miles Summer Lake
road.
Where To?
Flames
POWDER IS BURNED UP
Stray Spark from Logging Engine
Works Much Damage to
Camp
The report that was circulated last
Thursday that the Blue Star lumber
camp of the Whitney lumber company
had been destroyed by fire was not
authentic, although the timber fire
that was raging in that section last
week was kept from the camp only
by untiring work of the crew that
was working against it. The regular
logging crew and extra men that were
brought in as an emergency crew
numbered about 200 men. They suc­
ceeded in keeping the fire away from
the incline and, by rushing in when
ever the opportunity was presented,
the trestle near the camp was saved
by keeping the structure wet down
with pails of water. If fire had been
allowed to cross this gulch the camp
would have been doomed. Favorable
wind aided the crew in keeping back
the flames.
Much alarm was caused when word
was passed about that a powder
house containing about two tons of
dynamite and black powder was
catching fire. This was enough ex­
plosive to blow the whole hill away.
Men began scampering to safety.
The powder house burned, but instead
of exploding the powder burned up
in a flash. This was a stroke of good
fortune that saved the lives of sev­
eral men and a lot of property. The
fire was finally put under control
after a good bit of timber had been
destroyed, along with 4,000,000 feet
of logs. The skids under a donkey
engine were burned away, with not
a great deal of damage being done to
the engine.
The fire had started by a spark
from a donkey engine and was soon
almost beyond control.
The dense
cloud of smoke from it could be plain­
ly seen from Tillamook, where calls
for fire fighters had been sent.
There were other fires in various
parts of the state last week but they
have, for the most part, been put
under control. In the Siskiyou dis­
trict No» 1, in the southern part
of Tillamook county, fires at Grand
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Housing Problem Confronts
Entertainers of Visit-
James E. Barger, for several years
a resident of Tillamook died in this
city on July 13, at the age of 69
years and six months. The funeral
was held Monday at the Ilenkle un­
dertaking parlors. Reverend Ander­
son delivered the sermon.
He was born on February 14, 1855,
at Astoria, the oldest town in Oregon.
Mr. Barger was the first white child
born in that city. His parents were
Gordon Cloid Barger and Annis Bar-
ger, both very early pioneers in Ore-
gon. At an early age James Barger
removed to Portland, Oregon, where
he met and eventually married Marg­
aret M. Pierce, who died several years
ago. By this union the following
children were born: Nellie M., Ed­
ward G., Charles B., Loucena, Mae
and James Jr. Later on, Mr. Barger
married Elizabeth Rebecca Hazeltine,
mother of Mrs. John Keldson and
Frank Cardiff, a long resident of this
city. In October, 1923, Mrs. Barger
passed away at Tillamook, and for the
past year Mr. Barger had lived here
with Mr. Cardiff, and visited relatives
in the Willamette valley. Mr. Barger’s
father, in later years became an or-
dained Methodist minister at St.
Helens, Oregon.
James Barger has been well known
to the residents of Tillamook for
many years as a builder and a thor­
ough sportsman. Jim, as he has long
been affectionately known, has always
been recognized as an authority on
fishing and hunting. He will be sad­
ly missed in and around Tillamook,
but his spirit of fair play, clean sport­
manship and absolute honesty will
live in the minds of those residents
of Tillamook who have known him
and learned to love him.
KILLED FIGHTING FIRE
AT WHITNEY CAMP
J. R. Casperron, a young man whose
residence is in Portland, was killed
on the incline at the Whitney Blue
Star logging camp during the fire
last Thursday afternoon. He, with a
crew of fire fighters, had stopped
with the car on the slope and was
preparing to fight fire that was
threatening the track at a point about
half way up the mountain. A mass
of logs and debris that had been loos­
ened by the fire started from the bluff
over their heads. Every one jumped
for safety, but a large log struck
Caspersen while he was jumping into
the clear, and knocked over the hun­
dred foot bluff. The other men went
to his assistance as quickly as poss­
ible, and he was picked up uncon­
scious at the foot of the cliff. The
unfortunate man was rushed to Boals
hospital but died shortly after reach­
ing there. Mr. Casperson had just
started to work on the fire fighting
force that afternoon. His wife and
mother came in from Portland and
took charge of the body.
At the same time of the accident
that caused the death of Mr. Casper-
son, Anthony Stanton was bumped
into the switching machinery and cov­
ered up with material from the slide
that caused the death of Casperson.
His fellow workers dislodged him,
and for a time thought he was dead!
but his injuries proved to be not ser-
ious.
NEHALEM CONCERN
ALLOWED FRANCHISE
franchise covering operations on
Nehalem river and Nehalem bay
granted to the Nehalem driving
boom company by the public ser­
vice commission in Salem Saturday.
The franchise provides that the com­
pany shall not interfere with the op-
erations of other companies operat-
ing in that section.
ors Expected
VISIT ABOUT COUNTY
Several Noted Men td Speak Before
Newspaper
Convention
Here Next Week
The committees in charge of ar­
rangements for the 17th annual state
editors convention and Ben Franklin
club convention, to be held next week
in Tillamook and vicinity are being
completed. At the meeting of the
Kiwanis club Wednesday the reports
showed that practically everything
excepting housing and transportation
was taken care of. A special call
has been issued to the people for
rooms and accommodations to be used
for the convenience of the newspaper
people. Several more cars are needed
to transport the editors to the various
places of interest. Anyone having
rooms available are asked to get in
touch with Newton Anderson, Harold
J. Graves or C. H. Coe, who com­
prise the housing committee. If cars
are available the fact should be com­
municated to R. B. Miller, M. D.
Ackley or Lloyd Crotzer, the trans­
portation committee. Other Commit­
tees from the Kiwanis club are re­
ception, Mrs. Blaine Hays for the
women, and George Harness, H. T.
Botts, George I.amb, C. W. Barrick,
A. G. Beals and Rollie Watson for
the men; accommodation, Lloyd Ed­
wards, Eugene Crosby and John As-
chim; decoration, Howard Boone, E.
T. Haltom, Ira Smith, G. A. Reeher
and Leo Morrison. Other committees
have been appointed from the Wo­
men's club.
Friday morning the association will
meet at the city hall for a business
session, which will probably last most
of the day in order to have no busi­
ness interfere with the pleasures that
will follow on Friday evening and
Saturday. During the business ses­
sions Charles W. Duncan, of the Fos­
ter and Kleiser advertising company
of San Francisco will speak on the
business of advertising. Friday even­
ing at the armory, the convention
will attend a banquet that will be
served by the Women’s club with the
Kiwanis club as hosts.
Fred
Lockley, well known writer with the
Oregon Journal, will be toast master.
During these two sessions several
widely known newspaper men will
speak. Dr. Christian Gauss, of Prin­
ceton University, prominent in na­
tional and international journalistic
circles, who has been on intimate
terms with diplomats of the world,
will spend a good deal of his time
with the convention. Other noted
men who will lead the association in
their meetings are: Herman Roe of
Minnesota, president of the Country
editors association, C. C. Chapman,
editor of the Oregon Voter, Hal E.
Hoss, president of the Oregon Edit­
orial association, and Dan Freeman,
manager of the Associated industries
of Oregon.
Saturday, ths conventioneers will
take a tour of the county inspecting
cheese factories, saw mills, logging
camps, salmon fisheries and so on.
This tour will wind up with a lunch­
eon at the Whitney mill at Garibaldi,
Saturday noon. From the mill the
caravan will return through Tilla-
mook to Oceanside, where the dele-
gates will find practically any form
of entertainment that suits their
fancy. Election of officers and re­
ports of committees will be held at
the Saturday luncheon.
It is expected that about 500 peo­
ple will be in Tillamook to attend this
convention, and at present automo­
biles and homes are needed for their
convenience and entertainment. This
will be one of the most universally
’
"ria! series of meetings ever
staged in Tillamook, and every Tilla-
mooker will receive benefits from it.
Their cars were literally covered
with "stickers,” advertising the diff
erent places that they had visited and
not to be outdone, Tillamook donated
several "stickers”, advertising the
Nehalem visitors included Mrs. A.
Elks Convention, which meets in Tilla­
D. Lommen on July 17.
mook in August.
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