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TILLAMOOK
2
HEADLIGHT
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, i
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the house of Eldridge Trask’s at Ho-i ■ Quartzburg-Cood
showing in „
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—»»rut in nr» in li’,.6 11 cr'
Mr. Trask who had run the «loop a ' sell his claim somewhere in the valley pointed Sam, as he was a good hand. would not return. However, when we ! quarton and everybody would go
cut in ore in Equity mine. Good I
few trips, especially on his last, had and was about sending east for his j I also engaged one Indian to help. arrived in Yamhill, we found they I there and get their mail. We kept struck in Juniper claim of Stand
considerable money due him on Clat­ family, and would like to take a He had helped Captain Means the were in just the same fix, except in I this up at our own expense for quite group, also rich ore jn Midnight k.
isolated spots where it was well I a long while and finally got a regular
McMinnville-Walnut plant hanj,
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sop plains, but could not collect it at share with us here. We entered into | season before and quite understood
sheltered. These were few and far be­ 1 service established by Uncle Sam.
£
four
tons of English walnut. Z
the time, so he made a special trip an agreement, he to take one third I the business. I had made about fifty tween, so we said Tillamook’s as good
Nuts are sorted and packed for m„r
(To Be Continued)
barrels and every thing was in readi­ i
of
the
stock,
Thomas
Cochrane
one
|
up there for it intending to obtain
as any other place, as far as frost was
et, under four size grade.,
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ness by the time the Indians would
clothing for all the family, they being third anti myself one third.
concerned. I had to wait in Dayton
Grants Pass—Social service build­
Eugene—Building permit record f,
begin
to
catch.
We
had
a
supply
of
By Warren N. Vaughn
'Aiderman accompanied me back to
, much in need of some. It rather puz-
for my money and filled up my time ing begun for Bethany Presbyterian 1924, up to November 1, j. $2 569«?
trinkets,
such
as
beads,
ribbons,
cheap
IIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIimilllllllllllllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIItlHIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIItlllll., j ' zled him as to the means of getting
Tillamook and helped to build a sal­
working in the harvest. I arrived church to cost $12,000. It will seat
Contract let for $138,400 for
clothing, hickory shirts, calico, cotton
(Continued from previous issue)
the goods into Tillamook. However, mon house. It was built at my land­
back in Tillamook the 1st of August 1000 people, besides meeting social cadamizing last unit, 30.7 mile,
cloth,
also
sugar
and
a
little
flour,
to
1 and found the fishing in first class
Every man in the county (white having collected it, he went on to ing on the bay. We had got our ■
White River-Cow Canyon link on T
needs.
trade with for salmon. We now had
man) was at the landing, but one, a Astoria to make his purchases, and staves ready for our barrels but we a few fresh arrivals. A Wm. Purvine, j condition. The Indians brought the
Eugene—Grading to be begun on Dalles-California highway.
there he found three Indians from the had to dig out a number of troughs to
Newport—Sixth street to be
Mr. Wilson living on the Davidson
who took the place now owned by i first supply of fish the 15th of July. Maple Creek-Fiddle Creek road, to
Nehalem river. They had with them cure our salmon in. We had purchas­
Cochrane said he did not think we
from Alder to Hurlburt street
place, eight in number. As we came a very large canoe. My freight that ed quite a number of tanks of Captain James Hughne. He was a surveyor, j would be able to get them all clean- cost $15,000.
in view of Trask’s house all the I had forwarded from Dayton was at Means, and thus we had enough room and done lots of work for the settlers. 1 ed under two days, but the Indians
Also a Leonard Killam who took the
children came rushing to meet us, Astoria, and having made his pur- to salt down 50 barrels of fish. About
first claim on South Prairie, now own­ , would clean three fish to his one.
the
25th
of
June,
Captain
Ketchum
laughing and shouting and clapping chses, he hired these Indians to bring
To every housewife in Tilla-
ed
by Mr. Isaac Quick. In fact, the I Sam was not far behind the Indians in
their hands. Some appeared to be the whole business down to Tilla­ came into the bay with a sloop of
numbers,
and
before
night
everything
county was fast filling with men hunt­
mook county a genuine
nearer crying than anything with joy, mook bay. The Indians would not about twenty-five tons burden, bring-
ing homes. The trail which I cut was was done up in fine style. I found
they all cried: "Now we will have all [ strike the bargain unless Trask paid I ing in what freight there was at Aa-
fine
full of travel.
Some stayed here, the storage quite full of very
the bread we can eat, can’t we fath­ half down, which he had to do. He toria for us. He also brought in a others returned, saying the country 1 fish. We then went to work and
er?” I tell you it did our souls good < had expended $500 in cash for neces­ supply of groceries to trade for but- I
packed them all into barrels. I then
to see the happy faces of those dear sities for his family. He assisted in ter. This was the first shipment of was to° rou*K One 8 Mr- k Heatb had to buckle to and make more bar-
suffering children. They were so over­ loading the canoe and saw them start butter out of Tillamook. He disposed 100,1 the Plaee now owned by Mr- rels. During the summer there was
joyed to thing they could now have on their trip to Tillamook, but he did of it in Astoria for 50 cents per! Trowbridge, over the Kilchis bridge a frost every month, and potatoes
poun(j
| on the prairie and built a house nearly
bread, the older ones were as much not see all of the cargo, for these Ind­
About
the
end
of
June
the
Indians
8n the 8Pot where now 8tands the P8' were cut down a number of times,
ians
upon
getting
the
money
invested
rejoiced as the little ones. The fol­
reported
salmon
in
the
bay,
but
Sam
lat,al residence of Mr. Sullivan. He especially on the pairies. The river
lowing day the sloop discharged the a portion in a keg of whiskey and
bottoms fared somewhat better. At
remainder of her cargo for Hoquarton smuggled it aboard. Well, the rest Howard doubted this, thinking it waa came from Polk county and 800n left the same time, we had plenty of rain
too
early,
and
no
Indian
had
caught
and
dld
not
return
-
He
was
8
few
All I ask is a few minutes of your time while I
■nd returned to Kilchis point, at my is soon told. They got drunk and in
during the season.
landing and discharged my freight passing out over the Columbia bar any. He told me that as soon as the years afterward elected to the office
demonstrate the FULLER line of guaranteed
We now called a kind of a meeting
aecretary of state. At this time
■nd other freight for the bay. Our they were capsized, and, of course, first salmon was caught, they would
and
discussed
the
question
as
to
how
brushes.
We give other useful FULLER articles
freight was $30 per ton, only think everything was lost. Two of the Ind­ not allow a white to get one for love ' nearly 8,1 the «»quartan prairie was we could establish a regular mail ser­
or
money
for
two
or
three
weeks,
as
taken
up
and
by
the
following
fall
with
orders
of $5 or more.
■nd now you pay but $6.
All my ians were drowned, the third, by name
vice with the outside world. We all
freight that I bought in Portland ar­ Wyleta, climbed on the canoe which they held to a superstitious belief nearly the whole number had left the agreed for each in turn to make a
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rived, but that I shipped from Day­ was bottom up, and in this condition that if they allowed any to be taken country. On the 3rd of July Henry trip once a month at least to Astoria
We have some beautiful sets in Christmas
by,
or
sold
to
a
white
man,
before
the
Halnes
and
my8e,i
8tarted
about
noon
ton, had not. We now had plently of drifted about the ocean and down the
for all the Tillamook mail. If a man
boxes to help you solve your Christmas
seed potatoes and we went to planting coast. After three days of this ex­ pelican came on the bay, every sal- for the vaIley> on arriving at Netarts on his turn coming around failed to
mon
would
“
git
up
and
git,
”
and
nev-
land,n
»
we
expected
to
meet
with
an-
problems.
and putting in their garden. The sloop perience he came ashore on the Neha­
start, he had to pay the money down
er
return.
The
Indians
would
catch
,
otber
man
’
but
88
he
failed
t0
P
ut
in
v
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j
lem
beach,
the
flesh
was
worn
off
his
was small and consequently could
for a substitute. I was made treas­
Wy home in in Tillamook. I believe I have as good articles in
bring but a small load at one trip. legs to the bone. This was a great them and if any “white” wanted any an “PPearance we camped there for urer with authority to engage a sub­
Mr. Means now told us he would run loss to Mr. Trask for he had to buy to eat, they would roast a quantity the ni«ht There was such a frost stitute when necessary. I generally
their line as are manufactured today. Watch for me—I'll bring
in here all the summer, This was a fresh supply and pack it in horse­ and let you eat all you wanted, but j that ni«ht tbat water waa caked with engaged a young buck for the job, as
your HANDY BRUSH to your home.
ice
the
thickness
of
window
glass.
pleasant news for us. It meant • I back over Tillamook Head and down all that was left over at sundown was
they would go cheaper than a white
Trees
and
shrubs
was
divested
of
their
supply of flour and groceries. Cap­ the beach. This took place about the put upon the fire and consumed, but
leaves. It looked terrible to see a man. $5 was all they asked for the
tain Means returned to Astoria, with 15th of June 1858. These were the as soon as the pelican arrived they
frost
like this right in the middle round trip, and board themselves. The
were prepared to sell. As we were ■
the intention of returnipg right away, kind of hardships we had to endure.
of
the
summer. We scarcely knew postmaster at Astoria supplied us
While this scene was being enacted compelled to await their time and
The Fuller Man
but on arriving in Astoria, he received
what
to
think of it, so we came to the with a small mail sack and a key, so I
bad news from home (Maine) and | I had gone over to Mr. Isaac Alder­ having to go to Dayton again, I had
conclusion that if this was the kind of could open and lock the sack. On the
wrote to Mr. Trask asking him to man’s at North Yamhill to see him in to engage some one to look after our
arrival of the mail I would take it to
weather to expect in summer
come up to Astoria and run his sloop respect to fishing. He was about to interests during my absence, I ap­
for him one trip as he had some busi- ,
ness to settle and then he would take
her to San Francisco. Mr. Trask went
up to Astoria and brought her in all
O. K. He brought as passengers Mr. |
Lyman’s family, and their freight,
and a wagon for Mr. Dougherty and
quite a bit of freight for all of us. j
Mr. Dougherty’s team was the second
in Tillamook, and the first plow was
brought in by Mr. Dougherty, the sec­
ond by Mr. Trask. Each had an ox j
team, and I brought in the third yoke. ]
In a few days Captain Means came
down and engaged two young Ind- 1
ians to go with him and another to
San Francisco with the sloop. These
two Indians he engaged to visit the
rocks along the coast and obtain wild
fowl eggs. These two Indians took a
canoe along for landing purposes and
the sloop left about the 11th of May,
and on his trip down he procured one
thousand dollars worth of eggs. They
had a quick sale for them, eggs be­
ing very scarce at that time. Captain ,
Means then sold his two vessels and
started for his home at Beverly,
Maine. We were consequently again
left without any means of bringing
Alter the wastefulness
in our supplies.
The Indians here would tell us that
of other forms of heat—
the “Boston men” (white men) were
only few, but that the Indians were
you can’t help but boost
many and could kill all the white men
at one stroke. Sam Howard used to |
for efficient Pearl Oil. A
tell them “Boston men” like the trees ,
roomful of heat in a jiffy,
of the forest, could not be counted,
and that if they harmed p hair of
with no oily smell.
their heads, the Boston soldiers would
Nothing finer than a Frye’s “Delicious” whole Ham
not leave one Indian alive to tell the
Pearl Oil isn’t just kero­
story, but they would not believe it.
for the great American festival.
In about a month after Means sold
sene. It is the Standard
out, the two Indians returned, and
It is ideal for baking because it is just choice, tender,
Oil Company’s refined
gave their adventures on their trip, ,
One was named Ton, known by all |
grain-fed pork, cured in hardwood smoke by the ex­
and re-refined product,
old settlers as Captain Tom, he used |
clusive Frye process, to preserve the natural juices
to run on all the schooners touching |
the best fuel obtainable
the place. The other man was named :
and delicate texture and develop the rich mild flavor.
Jim, (known as Captain Jim. a Ya-
for your heater. Order by
We
wish
to
announce
that
on
November
1st
we
quina Indian). He used to run with
No par boiling is necessary with a Frye’s ‘‘Delicious
name—"Pearl Oil.’’
Sam Howard on the Tillamook ves­
are opening a cash feed store in the Edmunds
sels. Tom and Jim told their Tilla-
Ham—the meat is so mild and tender.
Building in Tillamook in the location formerly
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
com’s that Sam Howard had told the
(California)
occupied by the Hillslwro Trading company.
truth, that where they had been there
To delight family and guests with baked Ham that
was white men everywhere. When
going along the street they thought
Our feeds have been sold more or less in Til­
will be voted “just perfect ”
everybody was going the other way, 1
lamook
county
for
a
number
of
years
and
we
be
­
but when the “kilapied” or turned•
»-or,- the thin half way through the fat, wtlwn with ground
lieve the quality of the feeds put out by us has al­
around everybody was coming to­
nnn.tmoa.
rioew and wutord. iprinMe with brown rugar
wards them, and they could not begin
ways given satisfaction. It will lie our intention
(KB1UMKNB)
on. I bake hkr a pork mau in a eoewred marier with nut
to count them, nor could they begin i
to carry a full line of QUALITY FEEDS and sell
enough waler la moke man, aUowing Sfera minute. io th,
to count the big ship; i that was there, j
them
at as low prices as is consistent with good
pound. 4 rhme of guriw inrerutd nut to th, bon, wdl add
They said they saw "fire ships" or |
business. We will sell only for cash or on short
n<noe.
steamers they were “hias” or very1
I
time secured paper and we believe that with our
large.
After the sale of these two little j
buying ability and connections in the Willamette
»ot WILL FIND FRYE'S “DFIJOOIV BACON AS GOOD AS FRYE'S
■ without
without any
imvl
crafts, we were lett again
Valley we will be able to give the feeders of the
means of getting provisions by water.
Tillamook country real service.
“DELICIOUS” H am
tritìi tu iiiiiiiiim iiiiiititiiitiiii mt t ; i > iiiii mui i ti iimi . > t i it i t. : it liuti : hih h hi i h iiiik '
Early Settlement
of Tillamook
County
FREE
FULLER
HANDY BRUSH
Earl L. Richardson
Skaggs United
Stores
•We have 10 carloads of
Xmas candy bought for
our 200 stores.
In buying in such a large quantity we
are able to sell you Xmas candy for
less than most merchants have to
pay for it.
Plain Mixed .
Special Mixed
Extra Mixed
French ...
Chocolates ...
Peanut Brittle
caw
we can warm
ANYROOM
in the house]
18c lb. 3 lbs.-50c
18c lb. 3 lbs.-50c
s
Delie
whole
provide luxurious fJhanks
,24c lb. 3 lbs.-«7c
22c lb. 3 lbs.-60c
. 22c lb. 3 lbs.-60c
-economical, too
Cash Feed Store
PEARL
OIL
ferHEAT&LIGHI
ÇANT'SEPTir
j¡) Thu nothing annatpex. takes
Ärt and aorencao
[F5
I*
fr,*
This Tillamook branch will be operated un­
der the name of “The Cash Feed Store” and will
be under the personal charge of Mr. Herman F.
Reese who has had long experience in the feed
business.
Buchanan Grain & Feed Co
Hillsboro, Ore.
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