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VOLUME 37; NUMBER 1,902
TILLAMOOK, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1924
PRICE $2.00 THE YEAR
PAY OLD WARRANTS,
COUNTY SCHOOLS
HIGHWAY TO SOUTH
THEY’RE OFF IN RACE
IS RECOMMENDED HAVE MANY ENROLLED
FOR THE BUICK SIX IN EXCELLENT SHAPE
City to be Relieved From
Cost,
According
to
Plan
OBJECTIONS ARE MADE
Armory Protection Taken Up. With
View of Help from City on
Project
tentative Program of $188,000 is Forty-seven Schools of County Have
Divided Up for Inspection
2471 Pupils, With 117
of Commissioners
Teachers
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Great Enthusiasm Prevalent Throughout Entire County
Goodly Number of Tillamook Coaaty
People Make Trip Over
New Roadbed
By People Subscribing for the Tillamook Headlight
The Roosevelt highway south from Public Debt Would Increase
this city is in surprisingly good shape
Under Ownership Plan,
considering that it is a new piece of
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work.
Says Adams
This being the nomination vote each contestant starts in the race for
Last Sunday quite a number of Til-
the Buick six on equal terms. Next weeks issue of the Headlight will Jamookers went over the road to Dev
give a tabulated vote as compiled by the contest editor.
5000 il’s lake a.’.d enjoyed a trip full of
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MISS RUTH LEWALLEN .................. Hebo
5000 excellent scenery and fine driving.
MISS ROSE PELZ .................... ......... Tillamook
5000 With the exception of a few miles
Tillamook ......................
MISS MADGE DE FORD
5000 near the southern Tillamook county Third Party Proposes to Take Away
Tillamook
MISS EUNICE SWENSON
5000 line the road bed is dry and smooth.
MISS ELLEN NORBERG .................. Tillamook
Power of Courts and Elect
5000 These few miles run through heavy
. Tillamook .....................
MRS. H. J. NELSON
5000 timber and the recent rains have soft
MRS. CHARLES HICKEY ................ R. F. D................. . ........
President in Congress
5000 ened the roadbed to such an extent
MRS. EARL CLARINE ......... ............R. F. I>..........................
that
the
track
is
sloppy,
though
firm
5000
MISS VELMA WATSON .................. Tillamook ......................
At the republican rally here Satur
5000 enough to hold up a heavy car.
MRS. CLAUDE STOTT
day night in the city hall and at
The
road
is
extended
to
Taft,
but
5000
MRS. CHARLIE STEVENS ............. Mohler ...................... ...............
Garibaldi Monday night, the main
5000 following i he recent rain it has been
Tillamook .................
MISS HELEN LEONARD
speaker of both the events was E. J.
impossible
for
automobiles
to
go
far
5000
Reaver
MRS. JESSIE KELLOW
Adams, secretary to Robert N. Stan
beyond
the
Charland
&
Deuel
store
5000
MISS HILDRETH HOLM ................ Garibaldi
. at Devil’s lai.e. This firm is well field.
A summary of Mr. Adam's speech
Enthusiasm is the key not to suc
known to Tillamook county people,
especially those who live in the south es both here and at Garibaldi was as
cess if you are to win the Buick Six,
part of the county, for the partners follows:
or one of the other handsome prizes
formerly owned a store at Woods.
to be awarded on the coming Decem
The government ownership and op
Mr. Deuel is a great booster for his eration of railroads involves first of
ber 6th, when the Tillamook Head-
light will give away free over $2300
The local high school football team adopted community and thinks that all the purchase. An appraisal made
in prizes.
had the pleasure of whipping the As in a few years one may see a great by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission shows an actual value of
At this time the entire coun ryside toria high school team last Satur many homes about the lake.
Practically the whole length of the $22,350,000,000.
is agog with enthusiasm for the rea day by a score of 26-6.
Much jubilation was shown by the load is bordered with homes and
To secure the money to make this
son that it will afford the people the
opportunity to vote for their favorite Tillamook students heie after the small .raets where farmers have purchase the government must issue
cleared themselves plots of ground, bonds and the lowest ra.e of interest
contestant that will seat her in the game over the results.
A good sized crowd attended the and the trip is a revelation to those would probably be 4 per cent, and
$1425 Buick Six and at the same time
who have never made it.
this means an annual interest charge
bring the first grand prize into their game at the fair grounds.
of $894,000,000 that must be met by
town.
I
the government. Out of every dollar
Nearly every town of any import-
collected for governmental purposes
ance is represented with the best
20 cen's would be taken to pay inter
worker to be had with the prime ob
est on the purchase price of the rail
ject in view, that of adding civic pride
E. J. Schelling and “Bud” Black- roads.
The store room in the Beal’s build
to the old home town. •
The present public debt is approxi
Cloverdale, Hebo, Beaver, Garibaldi. ing occupied by the Conover store be well were injured last Thursday
mately
21 billon dollars and the in
morning
when
the
cab
of
one
of
the
fore
the
fire
last
July
has
been
reno-
Mohler and Tillamook are the live
wire towns that have their best rep- vated and Conover brothers have count trucks in which they were rid terest rate is about 4 1-2 percent. On
resentive primed to carry off high moved their stock in preparatory to ing wan torn off while attempting to the whole it would then mean that 42
pass under the railroad trestle on cents out of every dollar collected for
opening for business Saturday.
honors and the Buick Six.
Wilson
river. At this point there are governmental purposes must be used
Since
July
this
firm
has
been
doing
While the nominations are stiU
to pay interest.
open its reasonable to presume that business in a small room next to the two roads passing under the trestle
Government property pays no taxes
one
of
which
is
considerably
higher
American
cafe,
which
has
been
far
other communities will be presented,
than the other. Schelling, who was and immediately upon the govern
but they will have to hurry as the too small for their needs.
The floor plan of the store in the driving the car failed to consider the ment ownership of the railroads they
contestants now entered are not loa
Beals
building has been altered some height of the cab, and took the upper would be removed from the tax rolls,
ing any time gathering in all the
what to give more room than before, road which does not give sufficient and cease to pay taxes. This means
votes they can.
that about $600,000,000 now paid by
From reports received from the with the office downstairs and a larg clearance for a vehicle of this sort.
The top of the cab was torn off the railroads in the United States
on the balcony.
different communities the very best er rest room
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and the windshield smashed. Schell- would be added to the tax burden of
feeling is prevalent among the town
Dr. David Robinson reports the Ing escaped with a badly cut hand the remaining taxpayers.
people, each feel that they have the
following births: October 14 a daugh and minor bruises, while Blackwell,
In Oregon alone the rairoads pay
best representative to be had so that
ter to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Curl, who one of the eounty prisoners, is in $3,265,802.33, which is 7.9 percent of
all the contestants from one end of
lives near the Kilchis river; October the hospital with a sprained ankle.
the total taxes paid. If the railroads
the county to the other have many
16 a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
are removed from the tax rolls in
loyal booster worker*.
Tharp of Beaver; October 19 a daugh
Oregon, as they would be, the average
Since the contestants as a whole are ter to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mayer of
tax of the remaining taxpayers would
none to familiar with this sort of Long Prairie; October 20 a
son to
be Increased 7.9 percent. This differs
campaigning it might be well to in Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Vinson of
Clover-
in the counties—in Tillamook it is 6
form each and every contestant that dale.
per cent; Jefferson, 23 per cent; Mor
enthusiasm will play a great part in
Mias
Dolores
Green
waa
hostess
to
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row,
21 per cent; Douglas, 17.3 per
a
securing votes.
large number of her friends at a
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Coates return-
cent.
Your enthusiasm will in turn en- od from a short trip to Portland and Hallawe’en party Saturday afternoon.
In the operation of the railroads
The occasion was the little maid’s
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Hillsboro Sunday.
eleventh birthday anniversary. Games the employes, which number about
occupied 'he guests the greater part two million, would, undoubtedly, be
of the afternoon and refreshments covered under the civil service and
suggestive of the season were served. this means promotion by seniority in
Those present were Kathryn Ijimb, stead of efficiency. The "red tape’’
Marion Coates, Genevieve Gillam, form and general inefficiency of gov
Helen Hadley, Betty Baker, Pauline ernmental departments would apply
Winslow, Alice Mellinger, Marguerite to the railroad service, and the effi
Burdick, Jean Clough, Lois Allred, ciency of the railroads would be re
Delphia Bestul, Claudine Gupton, duced from 16 per cent to 26 per cent.
Goveinment employes are granted
Cliphane Dawson, Mildred Ringo,
vacations
for recreation with full pay,
Pauline Schilling and Betty Greene.
usually 30 days each year. They are
also allowed 30 days sick leave with
full pay. In addition to this the gov-
.•nment provides old age and dr
ability retirement pensions, the maxi
mum limit of which now is $720 a
Driving a car without a proper year. Bills are pending in both Sen
license brought two into the justice ate and House to increase this maxi
court this week. Floyd R. Colwell mum sum to $1200 a year.
and C. E. Chapman were the offend-
The two million railroad workers
ers and each waa fined $6 and costs would be entitled to all privilegaa now
Erwin Harrison was fined $2..M accorded government employes, but it
and costs Tuesday for driving a cs would means a very material ineroas»
without a tail light.
in the coat of operating the railroad-
Fred Burnett waa charged wi I
With the decreased efficiency that
unlawful parking on the highway an would follow government ownership,
pleading guilty waa assessed $2.50 the increased benefits and privileges
and costs.
l unted government employes over
vilians, would destroy sll hope of re-
ic ions in freight rates and lower
l ight rates are essential to agricol
ite and industry, particularly la the
V.’est. The market for our products
Mail lag« licenses war« isuued to i r laigely in the east and middle
the following persona laat WttL «•»st. The haul is long and the fa M
•' best must form a large part of
Norman W. WyMump, 24, and Go
prices at which our produc's are
A. ChatAeid, 17, of Garibaldi, on *'
lol I in the consumers’ market
16th; Wilbur Harper, 2S, and
Just new when our railroad trans-
G. I^vich. 26. of Garibaldi, on
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ltth
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That Their Favorite May Win the Buick
The committee which was appoint
ed to meet with the county court
some time ago and investigate means
to retire some of the county indebted
ness has made its final report, which
has been accepted by two members of
the court, Judge Homer Mason and
Commissioner R. O. Richards.
The report is signed by Jim Will
iams, Carl Haberlach, H. T. Botts, C.
J. Edwards, F. A. Beltz, H. E. Morgan
and William Maxwell.
After some dicussion the following
resolution was adopted at the Sep
tember 23 meeting:
“That it is the consensus of opinion
of the meeting that the county court
budget for 1925 $128.000 for general
road and bridge purposes and an item
of at least $30,000 for market roads
and that there also be budgeted $40,-
000 for the retirement of outstanding
warrants; the items for general road
and bridge purposes and for market
roads be expended in accordance with
the tentative program of $188,000
heretofore submitted and that the
court submit at the next general elec
tion a two-mill levy for retiring war
rants; it being understood that should
the electors ac favorably on the two
mill levy the court will retire $100,-
000 in outstanding warrants and will
also retire warrants with the increase
in taxes over the 1924 budget levy.
“The above is recommended pro
vided the county court and com
missioners give the citizens of Tilla
mook county a signed statement that
it will faithfully adhere to the above
program and provided also that no
warrants will be issued in excess of
budget items.
“Now, therefore, we, the said com
mittee, respectfully appeal' before your
honorable body in conformity to the
resolution adopted by said tax pay
ers’ meeting, to ascertain whether or
not you would be willing to make
such a statement to the tax payers of
Tillamook county. We think that
such a statement would materially as
sist in carrying a favorable vote for
the purpose of levying a two mill tax
to retire outstanding county war
rants.”
The amounts apportioned by the
committee for the various r oad dis
tricts and projects about the county
are given below:
District No. 1
$10,000
Market roads
15,000
Maintenance
3,000
God’s Valley road
State co-operation, Roosevelt
25,000
highway
Objections were raised to the pro-
posed improvment of 1st avenue east
at the regular meeting of the ci'y
council Monday evening.
H. T. Botts presented a petition
signed by a number of the property
owners effected aslyng for the open
ing of the avenue from 4th to 7th
sheets, which would make a thorough
fare from Hoquarton slough connect
ing with the county road on the
south. It is generally felt that this
improvement should have been made
some time ago as it will be necssary
to remove some houses in order to
accomplish the improvement now.
A proposed ordinance which had
been prepared by Mr. Botts for the
property owners along the street was
read to the council, after Mr. Bott«
had stated that the expense of the
transaction would be borne entirely
by the owners benefited.
Considerable discussion took place
regarding the merits of the ordinance.
Rollie Watson made an objection to
it because, he said, the property own
ers who were the most effected were
not on ‘he petition. Mr. Watson
stated that the petition was being
presented at a poor time on account
of many of the owners of property
along the street were not present to
give their views, also that there were
but a small representation of coun-
I oilmen present. He suggested that
if the owners of property along the
way want the street through they
could have the property condemned
j and buy it.
1 Attorney Botts answered that Mr.
Batson’s suggestion is what they
wore trying to carry out in their
I action.
City Attorney Hall gave as his opin
ion that as a result of a recent rul-
in the circuit court here that it
would be best to wait until it can be
•rided what constitutes property
’*i«e and who shall determine the
Yriue. Mr. Hall referred to the
natin versus Tillamook city case.
Mr. Botts’ answer to this was that
«53,000
1 P«ople benefitted would pay all
1 coats of opening the street; that
District No. 2
$30,000
1 damages could be assessed by Market roads
20,000
*ors and that those benefitted pay Maintenance
2,000
Proportion. He also stated that Bay City cutoff, damages
15,000
•¡ng would be done until all money Bay Ocean
15,000
' paid in and damages all satisfied. Netarts
'■ property owners have recourse
»82,000
city council and also to the
District No. 3
sit court, stated Mr, Botts, in
«20,000
’ they are not satisfied.
Market roads
20,000
"• Hall ventured another opinion Maintenance
5,000
no more liens should be made Little Nestucca
8.000
present case involving the city Miscellaneous
is now before the supreme
$53,000
i* decided.
This
tentative
road
program
calls
"•T°r Smith gave__
opinion
his
the improvement should have for a tax levy of $153,000 for ro«d
purposes and state cooperation to the
•undertaken long ago.
* ordinance was passed to the amount of $30,000 on market road«.
reading, and the street com- Ou’ of the $158,000 levy $30.000
* was ordered to investigate and would be placed in the market road
next week.
fund.
matter of finishing the out-
the armory by a applying a
1,’f Poster to protect th« build-
■" the winter rain« was presented
* council by J. H. Rosenberg and
Miller, a committee from the
The caucus held at the city hall
club. Mr. Rosenberg stated
Adjutant General George A. last Friday evening to nominate can
’ had promised that the state didates for the coming city election
half of the expense which November 4 resulted in the following:
For mayor. J Merrel Smith; treas
'’•mated at $2700 provided the
ure,
W. Thomas Coates; w. er com
county pay the balance. He
Phi that he county court has missioner. Albert Plank; cmmctlmen.
“ • willingness to assist and Charles F. Pankow. Emtl Heusser, F
that the city might issue W. Merrick. Clark Hadley and F. r.
*• For the proposed work which Conover.
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•ure would be readily taken
Miss Lula Thurman went to Dallas
*•* business men of the town.
Saturday,
returning next day-
^Continued on page 5)
CAUCUS LAST FRIDAY
NAMES CANDIDATES
Advices from the office of the
county school superintendent state
that there are now 2,371 pupils en
rolled in the schools of the county.
There are at this time forty seven
schools here.
The three largest schools outside of
Tillamook city have the following en
rollments: Wheeler, Brighton and
Cochran, 182; Nehalem and Rector,
93; and the union high school of Ne
halem, 39.
There are 117 teachers employed by
the schools of the county.
AIRSHIP’S JOURNEY
HEARD; NOT SEEN
The passage of the U. S. navy dir
igible Shenandoah over this vicinity
last Sunday evening was heard by
several people who happened to be
in the region of Tillamook river. A
sight of the big airship was not poss
ible on account of the dense fog which
blew in from the ocean during the
afternoon but the roar of the engines
was plainly heard.
On the trip up the coast to Camp
Lewis earlier in the week the ship
was also heard by several people
here.
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JOSEPHINE JOHNSON DEAD
Josephine, 17 year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Johnson, died at
the Tillamook General hospital Mon
day evening at ten o’clock following
an attack of acute nephritis. She
had been ill for the past two months
and her death was not unexpected.
Funeral services have been delay-
ed until the arrival of relatives from
the east, and will probably be held
Saturday from the Christian church.
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MRS. ILLINGSWORTH
Mrs. Daisy Illingsworth died at
her home in the city Saturday after
noon. The cause of the death was
given as apoplexy.
Mrs. Illingsworth was the daughter
of Frank Trout, and was well known
here having lived here the greater
part of her life. She was 47 years
of age. She leaves a son, Leon, be
sides her father, and three sisters and
two brothers.
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Last Monday Clinton Buttz, who
is employed at the Coats camp, had
the misfortune to smash his finger
while working. While he was in
town getting it dressed Mrs. Buttz
was trying to split some wood and
cut her finger.
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RAILROADS ARE CITED
H. S. FOOTBALL TEAM
SCORES ON ASTORIA
BURNEDOUTSTORE
BACK IN LOCATION
two men I njured
IN COUNTY TRUCK
HALLOWE’EN PARTY
GIVEN FOR BIRTHDAY
TRAFFICVIOLATORS
HAILED TO COURT
MARRIAGE LICENSES
ARE ISSUED TO FOUR