Sillamoo
VOLUME 37; NUMBER 1,897
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TILLAMOOK, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1924
PRICE $2.00 THE YEAR
I
STATE FAIR EXHIBITS
SPRINKLING SYSTEM
ARE STOLEN SUNDAY
PUT IN COURT HOUSE
Bart of Indian Outfit Engaged for
County Fair Hold aa Once
Taking Goods
Committee
Evening
Met
Monday
With
City
Council
REVIEW STREET PLANS
Avenue Lights May Be Ex
tended to Seventh Street
Before Long
i it is estimated by the budget com
mittee appointed by the city coun-
W that the city expenses for the com
ing year will amount to nearly forty
mousand dollars.
[David Kuratli, C. I. Clough, W. J.
Bechers, H. H. Rosenberg and C. J.
Edwards who were members of this
Committee met with the city council
Monday evening and arrived at a pro
posed budget estimate which totaled
139,857.90. Of this amount it is esti
mated that about $3,300 will be raised
through fines and licenses and the re
naming $36,500 will be received from
lues. In the budget, $9,715 has been
allowed for salaries, and $5,000 for
he sinking fund. Twelve hundred
lollars has been set aside for a pub-
fit rest room for women, and $6,742
lor interest on the general bonds,
pi payers will be given an opportun
ity to voice any objections they may
■ve to this budge^ at the meeting
llonday, September 29, which is the
late set for the final adoption.
I The Mutual telephone company pre-
lented a petition to the council ask-
K for a re-franchise to cover a per-
ltd of ten years. The matter was re-
bred to a committee composed of
M finance committee and H. H.
Bosenberg and David Kuratli, who
fere appointed by the mayor. They
till compare the franchise prayed for
Pith the one now in effect and report
■ the next council meeting. Mem-
Im of the council voiced the opinion
Bat as the city is growing rapidly
bd there is already some objection to
Pone and light poles being placed on
B* main streets it might not be wise
F five a franchise that would allow
batntenance of these poles over too
a period.
I Ordinance No. 450 was adopted ap-
boring and adopting the reports re-
britng the changes in the street at
r* Haberlach corner on Third street
fr authorizing the steps necessaty
b accomplish t hj s improvement.
Bonny Rogers, David Kuratli and W.
■ Aiderman were appointed by the
•»ncil as viewers.
iRollie Watson was present with a
fcoest that the chain of lights on
frond avenue east be extended to
fronth street. He stated that eighty
f cent- of the property owners are
■ [avor of this improvement. The
of installing the lights will
Bborne by the property owners
f^ng the city pays for the up
frF Expenses of putting in the
f** mil be much less than on those
r*°y *n anc* should the proposed
ot Second avenue be accom-
the cable could be laid before
fr Pavement is put in.
«solution by the finance com-
that the insurance on the city
be divided between Gilham and
fr”* and Rollie Watson was adopt-
B Each of the firms will write pol-
B*°f $10,000.
B“* PDrchase of two stop watches
■*” the police in detecting speeders
V *®thorized.
îH SCHOOL CLASS
STUDIES NEWSPAPER
Tillamook county’s chances of hav
ing an exhibit at the state fair were
nearly ruined when the main building
at the fair grounds was looted Sunday
and a majority of the first and second
prize products in the vegetable and
canned goods displays were stolen.
The loss was discovered Monday
morning when Jack Rupp and W. D.
Pine, members of the fair board went
out to check up on the exhibits pre
paratory to packing them for ship
ment to Salem. They immediately
notified the sheriff's office and a
search was begun. Sheriff Lucas dis
covered the first clue when he found
a broken jar of fruit in the railroad
stock yards where the Indians who
were an attratcion at the fair loaded
their horses on the freight car.
They at once notingd tne snerift of
Washington county to look out for
them and Lucas accompanied by Mr.
Pine started for Hillsboro by auto
mobile. They succeeded in getting
to Hillsboro before the arrival of the
train and were on hand with the
sheriff of Washington county and a
deputy when the train came in. A
search of the car brought to light sev
eral jars of canned goods, but as the
car was crowded with horses and bag
gage a thorough search was imposs
ible. The officers rode on with the
train to Brookline where they unload
ed the car and found most of the rest
of the missing articles.
Sife Johnley, Indian and Delbert
Jarman a jockey for the Indians, con
fessed to the crime and were brought
back to Tillamook. They were lodged
in the county jail and bail was set at
$3000 each which they were unable
to furnish. The charge placed against
them is burglary.
LIQUOR CHARGES
BRING 2 TO COURT
Bert Renfro was brought before
Justice Stanley this week charged
with unlawful possession of intoxicat
ing liquor. He plead not guilty and
was bound over to the grand jury.
His bail was placed at $500, which he
furnished.
James Bodyfelt plead guilty in the
justice court to the charge of driving
while intoxicated and paid a fine of
$25 and costs.
Erwin Harrison and W. F. Smith
each were fined $2.50 and costs for
operating a motor vehicle without a
tail light.
L. L. Kellow was charged with
speeding to which he plead guilty and
paid $10 and costs.
System
Designed
Loed
By
Chief Expected to Minimiie
Timber
Owners
Granted
Fire Dancer
By County if State
Tax Body
Sees Fit
A new sprinkling system has just
been installed in the basement of the
court house which will go far toward
eliminating the fire hazard in the
building.
Fire Chief Coates has been advocat
Saturday l-ast Day For Filing I’e-
ing the placing of such sprinklers in
titions Before County Tax
the business buildings of the town
and was instrumental in getting the
Governing Body
county to install one in the court
house. The sprinkler is a very sim
Several requests for reduction of ple device, consisting of a two inch
assessed valuations of property were pipe with a rotating nozzle attached
granted by the equalization board this to the end. The other end protrudes
week.
through the exterior of the building
At the Monday meeting B. B Lu ten and is arranged so as to fit a hose
of the Oregon Logging and Timber I I coupling. In case of fire a hose is
company was present and made a re attached to the pipe from the outside
quest for several reductions on differ and the engine pumps water into
ent sections owned.by several differ the basement.
ent people. He gave as reason for
In the court house there are four
the request the damage that had been of these sprinklers located so as to
done by fire this year and last year throw water to every part of the
after the assessment was made, and basement. A hose can be attached
also the inaccessability of the timber to any one of them or they can all
to markets. He asked and was grant be operated at once. By being able
ed certain reductions on the holdings to connect the sprinklers individually
of Jacob A. Hawk, Luther K. Hawk, the water can be directed to the spot
the estate of Sarah K. Hawk and the where it is most needed. Basement
Oregon Logging and Timber com fires are generally hard to fight,
pany. All of this property is near particularly where there is wood stored
Enright and Cochran.
and the advantage of such a fire fight
The board met again on Wednesday ing system can readily be seen.
The system used in the court house
and heard the request of H. T. Botts
for a reduction of assessment on was designed by Mr. Coates and was
property held by the Nehalem Harbor made, with the exception of the noz
company of Wheeler. Mr. Botts also zles, by a local firm The cost, ac-
made a request for himself and oth cording to Mr. Coates will not reach
ers for the reduction of valuation on $100. The sprinklers will throw a
property at Lake Lytle. Both re stream over a thirty foot area. In
quests were denied by the board as a room twenty five feet in diameter
other owners in the same locality they will wet every inch of the floor,
were not objecting to the assessment walls and ceiling. Chief Coates be
Charles T. McDougal of Portland lieves that it should be made compul
was granted a reduction on assessed sory for every building in town to
valuation of Tillamook county hold- have such a system.
(Continued on poge 4)
5
PETITIONS
DENIED
AUTO ACCIDENT
AT
HOBSONVILLE
A slight acident occurred at the
fot of the Hobsonville hill Tuesday
morning when a car driven by A. A.
St. Onge collided with another car
owned by Mrs. D. C. Peregoy of Ne
halem, and driven by W. H. Peregoy.
St. Onge was rounding the turn in
the road in his light coupe at a high
rate of speed when his car skidded,
colliding with the Peregoy machine,
and damaging the front end of it
considerably.
TELEPHONE TRUCK
BREAKS
BRIDGE
A heavy truck belonging to the Pa
cific telephone company went through
a bridge on Trask river four miles
above the Gold Creek hatchery Sat-
urday night about nine o’clock, The
truck was bound up the river with
supplies to repair the telephone lines
which were in danger of going out
on account of the firea in that region.
Howard Brooks too a truck to the
scene and succeeded in pulling the
telephone company's truck out about
two o’clock Sunday afternoon.
FREIGHT CAR WRECK
DELAYS PASSENGERS
The passenger train to th
>
Tuesday afternoon was delayed b> a
Headlight office was the scene f eight car jumping the track on
•’’usual activity Thursday after- trestle near Mohler.
In the attempt to putjthe car
, *^*n • class of twenty F"«i!ish
on th* ~H. «*!.<«
from the high sch«M brought
and pencils and took notes
h win «* ■***•**o
* ;
L ®aking of a newspaper,
«... <*■"-• 'W"d “
ijlass which is taking English
it back on the track.
LT
Grace Mielke is making
* Journalism and described
l T** ‘"formation. They will-be
T** ** writ* • theme from the
daring their sbesmstissM
DRIVER
RAMS LARSON CAR
Local Merchanla and Families Badly
Shaken Up and Injured
Soma in Mix
Stretch Will Be Graveled
Some Reductions By
Packing Up
One million trout fry are being
planted in the Miami, Kilchis, Wilson,
Trask, Tillamook. Big Nestucca and
Little Nestucca rivers this week. 200,-
000 of these small fry have already
been planted in the Foley and Neha
lem. With 4550,000 more growing at
the Gold Creek hatchery which will
be released as soon as they are suffi
ciently large the streams in the coun
ty will be well stocked and this should
be indeed a fisherman’s paradise.
Forty cans of bass wire brought in
with the trout and are being placed
in Lake Lytle and Ocean Lake. Th«
makes a total of 160 cans of bass and
catfish that have been planted in these
two lakes this year
Fire
JET1Y ROAD OPEN
TO LIMITED TRAFFIC
DRUNKEN
PART MUST BE PLANKED
County
Commisioner and
Brighton
Man Visit Highway Comm-
ission Recently
It is now possible for traffic to pass
to Brighton and Wheeler by way of
the Jetty Creek road, though very
few cars have been allowed to take
this route on account of the very
soft condition of the road bed.
Construction has progressed so far
that this section of the Roosevelt
highway is ready for hard surfacing,
which will probably be done before
wet weather starts.
The county court has made a pro
position to gravel a part of this road
consisting of the entire stretch with
the exception of a heavy fill, which
must be planked, it is said,
The
county's proposition was that they
expend $5000 in graveling the road,
this amount to be substracted from
the debt the county owes the state
for this construction.
Brighton mills company through
Thomas Watt, manager, has offered
to supply the planking needed for the
fill free of cost to the highway com
mission.
This would complete a
road which --could be used by north
end residents for all winter travel.
Tuesday County Commissioner H.
V. Alley and Mr. Watt made a trip
to Portland to confer with highway
commission officials and, while no re
port has come from them at this time,
it is expected that the improvement
will be allowed.
The county court has had consider
able struggle to get this section of
the Roosevelt highway opened, which
will practically complete Tillamook
county’s part of this great traffic
vein. Many difficulties have arisen
from time to time, over the opening
and construction of this particular
piece.
Albert Bennett and wife of Dallas
motored in and spent Sunday with
Ralph Bennett and his family. The
Bennett brothers tried to lure a few
'wily fish from the streams but were
unsuccessful.
A drunken driver was responsible
for another automobile accident which
occurred Sunday morning at six
thirty about on«. mi)e*'Myond the
summit on the McMinnville-Tillamook
highway.
Clarence Larson and Harry Hecht-
ner accompanied by their wives were
driving to Portland in Mr. Larson’s
car when they met a Maxwell car
driven by E. L. Whistler, a barber of
Portland. Whistler it seems was de
cidedly under the influence of liquor
and was attempting io drive with one
arm around a companion. This made
his driving rather uncertain and he
jammed into the Larson car, damag
ing both cars badly. Mr. Hechtner
received a badly cut ear necessitating
several stitches ¿."d Mrs. Hechtner
sustained a wrenched back. Both Mr.
and Mrs. Larson were badly shaken
and bruised.
The Larson car was damaged to
the extent of about $200, which will
have to be borne by Whistler. It is
thought he will learn that moonshine
and gasoline will not mix.
MAN BROUGHT BACK.
TO MAKE AMENDS
Deputy Sheriff Lucas went to Ver-
nonia Wednesday and brought back
Robert Schneiter, the young man who
ran over Claud Morse on the highway
near Pleasant Valley last May.
Morse was badly injured in the acci
dent and for some time his life was
despaired of. Schneiter who was
said to have been traveling at a high
late of speed did not stop and offer
aid to Morse. He was apprehended
and released on bonds pending the
outcome of Morse's injuries. Later a
settlement was effected and Schneiter
released. He failed to keep his agree
ment and ia now lodged in the county
jail charged with unlawful operation
of a motor vehicle, failure to render
aid and assistance and failure to re-
port accident.
CITY MAIL DELIVERY
BEING TALKED OF
The matter of free mail delivery in
the city was brought up and discuss
ed at the meeting of the Kiwanis club
Wednesday. It appears that thia city
is now elegible for such service, pro
viding certain requirements such as
better sidewalks and street signs are
met. The matter was referred to the
public affairs committee who will re
port their findings to the club next
week.
G. W. Rauch, a prominent member
of the American I-egion in Portland
gave a very able address on Constitu
tion week.
H. R. Gray, connected
with the 8. P. and S. railroad was
called on for a talk and said that he
was not authorized to give out any
information but hoped this company
would be in here with a road soon.
Two Big Engines Damaged
By Fire Near Coch'
ran, Oregon
TRAIN SERVICE HALTED
Brighton Mills Company Suffern
Loss of Considerable Felled
Timber
Rain which has been falling inter
mittently for the past few days haa
brought relief to the fire fighters and
will be the means of saving milliona
of feet of timber in the burning areas.
Latest report from Rector where
a bad fire has been raging are to the
effect that the fire is practically out.
Should the present rains continue all
danger from thia fire will be past, but
dry weather and a low humidity
would probably cause it to break cut
again.
Another bad fire was located in the
C. H. Wheeler holdings at Cochran.
Here the fire burned out seven
bridges on the logging road and par
tially damaged two skidders, valued
at $36,000 each.
The fire at the Flora Logging com
pany in Washington county near
Carlton, just over the Tillamook coun
ty line, was a very serious one,
threatening a large area of timber.
This company lost eleven donkey en
gine with their equipment, and an
undetermined amount of timber. They
were, however, covered by insurance.
The Brighton mills company were
successful in saving all of their
equipment at Rector with the excep
tion of one donkey sled.
The ex
cellent fire fighting quipment they
had on hand was the means of keep
ing the fire confined to a comparative
ly small area, and away from the
green timber. They suffered about a
thirty per cent, loss on twelve million
feet of logs already felled and bucked.
The Southern Pacific company rend
ered them very valuable service by
taking their own engine and water
tanks onto the logging road and as
sisting the fire fighters.
Train > service to this city was held
up Thursday and Friday oa account
of the burning anags rolling eft the
bluff and onto the railroad track,
making the passage of the train un
safe.
E. H. LINDSAY, MOHLER,
FILES FOR COMMISSION
Answering a demand from a large
number of constituents in his dis
trict, E. H. Lindsey has filed his can
didacy on the independent ticket for
county commissioner in district No. 1,
against S. G. Reed republican nom
inee for this position.
Mr. Lindsey is well known, both in
his home district and in Tillamook,
having lived in the county for a
number of years. His home is at
Lynnbrook where he has a dairy
ranch. This place, which is a stop
station on the Southern Pacific road
was named for him.
BOILER ROOM FIRE
ENDANGERS MILL REFUSES FIRE WARDEN,
PUT UNDER ARREST
fire alarm was turned in this
morning a! about one thirty, when a
blaze was discovered in the engine
Because he refused to assist Fire
room of the Coats Lumber company', Warden A. L. McCarthy in fighting
fire at the Rector camp, John Brentin
plant.
Charles Volger, proprietor of the j was placed under arrest and sent to
Bungalow noticed a peculiar ill imina the sheriff here. Brentin. who is ap
tion near the mill and upon going I parently of Austrian birth came to
■ver to investigate Uncovered
Hseovered t)
tin
nt 1 Rector last week to go to work. With
the sawdust in the engine room h'd
h ’J a bad fire raging in the woods the
■ v ■
Laugh fire and was burning briskly : fire warden was p.es nng
. e ponds!
r fl. a depai men
ponde J | cble n an into ttrvic» and attemp *d
p!ly to the call and <0011
*oon ha.!
la! the
t**e f 1 o send Brentin out with the others.
inteiio' nf
■ xtfriguished The inteiio*
eff j Wh«n he rvfused to g > F-* aa place i
he engine room was badly sew « had ' nde. ar> rat and is now in the co-nty
•ail awaituu trial. This offense ca. -
m «. no other damage was -sported
its 3 ne of f-»in $’<> to $100.
H. H. Rosenberg and Ji« '*1 «ins
motored to Newbetg^Fri lay, whe
.-.-Th:« hsne of th» ’I»ad!lgh wee
Mr Rosenberg had busine's
:<fr<n< ¡held up s fev h-vj « on acewvtt -t
his attention. He rep ris a temper ¡'.-■»«»bb with the Ifno'yps. mtk'ng »t
•true ot M 4egr»*>» ‘h fh-’y«.l-y ' >w.. neeeesa y to »»nd to Ftotiand for rn
and was glad to rwurn the same eve export warhmia t« rsffiair tb»ava-
I china.
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