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TILLAMOOK
| the things, was at his house. Myself
Sam Howard and one or two others
went with Kilchis and there sure
enough he had the two, they had been
given up when demanded by Kilchis.
The ends of two beams projected
from the house, we obtained a piece
of rope, fastened the wrists of the
By Warren N. Vaughn
men and pulled the rope over the
beam, then we got a piece of rattling
(Continued from last issue)
(tarred cord) knitted and stripped
We all came down on the sloop next them to the waist and began the lay­
morning.
Hendrickson and Morgan ing on. Sam was a great hand at
took the claim now owned by Mr. ’ this work, and at every stroke smoke
Trowbridge, and went to work at once I went up, and every stroke brought a
getting out lumber to build their! black and blue mark, After a few
house, they were fine mechanics in licks the man fainted, We got him
shipbuilding but had not had any ex around and still gave him more. Dur­
perience in house building out of split ing his punishment he fainted three
lumber and they found it a very ted­ times. We then obtained salt-brine
ious piece of work, they shaved and and rubbed him down. The other fel­
planed each piece, but after three low we served the same way. We
months work their house was com-| j were not troubled any more with any
plete, and very nice work it was. The such depredations.
house was eventually moved down to
The first term of county court was
what is generally known as “Peters 1 held July 1854, present, Elbridge
place,” and they also spaded up Trask and John Tripp, commissioners,
.ground and put in a garden. Immi­ and T. M. Cochrane, Dept, clerk, O. S.
gration set in quite brisk again to this Thomas, sheriff. The bonds of the
place, there arrived Mr. John Higgin­ several officials were approved. The
botham, and family of two sons, John sum of $29, was paid for services.
and Nelson. John took the north part The second term of court was held
of the Hughes place, now owned by September 1854. At this court the
Green Chance, he was sheriff of this first assessment roll was approved.
county for a number of years. John A petition by G. W. Scott and others
Higginbotham, Sr., took the place praying for the location of a road
formerly owned by Gus Trimter, sold from the east end of Hoquarton
to Charles Robinson, now owned by j Plains to terminate at the landing at
Mr. J. E. Silbley.
E. Thomas’, the court ordered that
Notice was now posted for the first: W. N. Vaughn, I. Aiderman and O. S.
election for officers for and in the ( Thomas view the road and report.
county of Tillamook, the proceedings This fall Mr. Joseph Champion re­
turned from Clatsop and took the
were as follows:
On the first Monday in June A. D. place known as the “Nailes Place” on
1854, being the 5th, Geo. W. Scott, C. Trask river.
H. Haynes, and Nathan Dougherty,
A public school was commenced
judges of election, being assembled with Mrs. Lyman as teacher, on Ho.
at the designated place of holding quarton. She had fifteen scholars,
election viz: At the house of Nathan four boys and eleven girls. Their
Dougherty and no other persons be­ parents names were Elbridge Trask,
ing present authorized to administer Nathan Dougherty, Joseph Lyman
oaths, the oath was administered by and James Quick. This summer, like
G. W. Scott, to C. H. Haynes, and the proceeding one was very frosty,
Nathan Dougherty, judges, and to potatoes were cut down three times
John Tripp and Hiram Smith, clerks, in succession, still there was quite a
and By C. H. Haines, to G. W. Scott, large quantity grown in the county.
this day and date written.
This snmmer Samuel Howard run the
The following persons present, John sloop several times between here and
Riddon, J. Simms, R. W. Simms, J. Astoria, and as he was a good sailor,
Higginbotham, John Sink, S. D. Ken. we began to believe we were to
nedy, J. K. Delashmut, W. Purvine, J. have better success with our vessels
Delong, D. Delong, El. Trask, G. W. than heretofore. Indians Jim and Tom
Scott, T. Harris, S. Rayburn, Alf. were Ham’s men as they were good
White, Jehial Cap, Jas. Quick, Isaac hands a ad at small wages, and as the
Aiderman, O. S. Thomas, T. Cochran, sloop was a pretty fast sailer, he
C. W. Henderson, J. S. Lyman, W. N. made quick trips.
Vaughn, John Tripp, H. Smith, C. H.
Mesa it -.
Hendrickson and Morgan
Haynes and N. Dougherty The fol- were now ready to commence building
lowing named persons received the the muoh talked of schooner, so on
lowing named persons received the the 84th day of September 1854 a
number of votes annexed to their re- company was formed at my house
spective names for the following de- by the following gentlemen: Chas.
scribed offices, viz:
Hendrickson, Peter Morgan, O. S.
Joint representative, H. N. A. Thot»*. and myself. The vessel was
Holmes 23, Wm. Ladd 3, for Dist to be bsilt and owned by this com-
Attorney, R. P. Boyce 24, Sheriff, O. pany here. On this day also com-
5. Thomas 21, County clerk, H. Smith mencod work on her the stem and
20, Probate Judge N. Dougherty 21, i stern posts and keel was cut. The
county commissioners, John Tripp 20, j next day we hauled them over to the
Assessor J. S. Lyman 18, Justice of bay to Vaughn’s landing at the S. E.
the Peace, Elbridge Trask 19, Thos.1 corner of my claim. I had a salmon
Cochran 18, Constable C. H. Haines house already erected at this spot,
19, C. W. Henderson 16, Treasurer and thia we utilized to live in, do our
W. N. Vaughn 9, Coroner James Quick j cooking etc. Now came two men in
6, for convention 19, against 6 for our eloop and wanted work, both
Colonel John K. Delashmut 10, for were sailors, and we engaged them
Lieut. Col. McClinch 5, for Major M. to work for us, their names were
Burch 5. Such was the proceedings Charles West, a Swede, the other
of the first election held in this John Saunders, a Russian Finn, Mr.
county.
Aiderman's wife and family alsi
Immediately after election G. W. came in from Indiana they had one
Scott went to Astoria on business. i child, a girl, she now resides in La-
He was away until about the 12th or Fayette, Yamhill county, and is mar-
14th of June. On his return, he dis­ | ried to a Mr. Robert Bird, one of
covered that his house had been
broken into, and all his provisions and
blankets stolen, He came and in-
formed me of this and the news soon
Spread and about 10 of us got to-
gether and from hints we received.
we believed that it was a party of the
Miami Indians who had committed
the deed. We armed ourselves with
guns, etc., took our boats and pulled !
down the bay. Old chief Kilchis was
out near the Kilchis point, and wit­
nessed our departure, but said noth­
ing. We soon reached our prospect,
ive battle ground and landed. We
soon gave them to unde-stand our I
business was concerning the robbery
and that we were there to fight them.
A few of .he old bucks stated they
were many, and we were but a few,
and therefore did not want o fight.
We told them that was all right, we
would take chance.- a:ul they had bat­
ter defend themselves as we had no
desire to slay them in cold blod. We
were getting our shooting irons into.
position, when one old buck remarked,
pointing up the bay, "Wait, Chief Kil.
chis coming, he will tell you.” We
then waiter! for his coming. Upon,
his landing and learning our errand,1
he at once told us that it was no:
the Miami’s but the Nestucca Indians
that did the robbery. He stated that
if we would go back home, and le
him manage the affair, he would
bring the offenders before us for us :
to deal with. We knew we could de­
pend upon him. so we returned.
On the morning of the third day
after this occurrence. Chief Kilches
came up to my house, and told me
that the two Indians who had stolen
Early Settlement
of Tillamook
County
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5,1
HEADLIGHT
was afterwards removed to the farm
now owned by Mr. Hughne. Hiram
Smith's family came in over the
mountain trail, and took a claim
north of mine, it is now owner by S.
and J. Elliott. We now reach the
time when Uncle Sam took steps to
ascertain how many inhabitants we
had in this glorious land of ours, and
our little settlement was not forgotten.
As it may be interesting to many of
our old resident Tillamookers, I pub­
lish a list of all residents at the tak­
ing of the first census of Tillamook
county, in the territory of Oregon,
(Continued on page 3)
La Fayette’s most successful merch­
ants. Mr. I. Aiderman died about
the year 1887, and h'is widow married
a Mr. Bird, also living in LaFayette.
The little McCuin sloop came in
about this time loaded down with
provisions and a number of passen­
gers, also the effects of a Mr. Stephen
Clark, who came in across the moun­
tains with his family. He was a
blacksmith by trade, and we gave him
the blacksmith work on the slop. He
took a claim on Hoquarton prairie,
and put in the first orchard in the
county (where Mr. Miles built a
house a few years ago). This orchard
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TILLAMOOK COUNTY, OREGO
4
Showing
offices and accounts: also , amount. ,, P^ed
to^be raised in D,
onuwiiiK estimated
vaiiiiiatvu expenses of the
--- , several
.
o ,
and Cents for State, County, Roads and other purposes, as required by chapter 118 laws of Oregon for 192
_il__ fovatinn
gether with the estimated revenue from sources other than direct taxation.
1921
Skaggs United
Stores
As Xmas Social activities usually
necessitate the purchase of some can
dies, nuts, oranges, etc., you will be
pleased to know that we have a very
large supply of unusually nice Xmas
candies, at prices which will no doubt
save you money.
5190.76
1
1
1
Satin Finish Hard Candy.. 18c per lb.
Xmas Mixed Large Pieces of
Assorted Hard Candies. .19c per lb.
Old Fashioned Chocolate
Drops............................... 22c per lb.
Yankee Peanut Brittle.. .22c per lb.
Assorted Creams and Gum
Drops.................................. 18c per lb.
Very Fancy Crystallized Cream
Mixed............................... 24c per lb.
5 pound Boxes of Hand Assorted
Chocolates...................... .$1.69 each
8170.25
2000.00
514.17
70.25
2087.75
1465.00
453.50
346.40
142.30
Commisioner, H. V. Alley
Per Diem ..............................
Sustenance, Tillamook .......
Auto Expense ......................
Expense ;o Portland ...........
755.00
210.00
256.40
99.45
2087.75
1476.77
1380.00
50.75
481.44
190.79
Commissioner, R. O. Richards
Per Diem ..............................
Sustenance, Tillamook ........
Mileage ..................................
Office Supplies ....................
Telephone ..................... v.......
Clerk
725.00
10.00
156.50
9.80
28.05
7652.27
7104.60
1779.15
Clerk’s office
H. S. Brimhall ..............
1800.00
First Deputy ................
1200.00
Second Deputy ............
1140.00
Third Deputy ................
1029.25
Fourth Deputy ............
484.62
Extra Help ....................
Typewriters
127.62(6Mo.) Record Books & Forms
21.25(6Mo.) Telephone ................ ......
Miscellaneous Supplies
839.79
7437.38
6642.13
I
115.42
1833.87
416.73
I
On all of these candies in pail lots
(weight 25 pounds to 30 pounds per
pail) we will give you a discount of
5 per cent. On oranges, nuts, and
the lowest i n Tillamook a n d our
goods the very best obtainable.
2000.00
2100.00
1675.00
1443.32
953.65
770.45
70.00
1305.00
14,953.47
I
5190.76
11,198.73
1800.00
1200.00
712.00
26.00
1800.00
1200.00
223.00
707.65
352.50
440.65
304.89
207.43
4394.99
4578.73
1200.00
300.00
1.20
21.15
39.08
I
1791.18
Treasurer’s Office
Miss Mills
Salary ....................................
Overtime ................................
Phone ....................................
Printing .& Office Supplies
Miscellaneous Expenses ....
608.89
133.42
428.00
309.08
60.30
5312.65
4581.09
School Superintendent’s Office
G. B. Lamb
Salary .................................. ..
Deputy ............................. .
Telephone ............................
Typewriter ................
..
Repairs on Typewriter .....
Express ......................
Office Supplies .............
Examinations ... .
Auto Rental ...........
..
Auto Expense ..
Sustenance ....
Miscellaneous
4444.69
istrict Attorney
Salary ..................
.
Stenographer ........
.
Office Rent, Heat, Janitor
Service & Telephone
.
Stationery & Stamps .
2305.23
$265.00
85.00
365.00
75.00
1
165.00
225.00
85.00
250.00
445.00
___________ /
2619.16
2292.81
1095.0O
781.89
1073.00
1500.00
869.01
83.04
550.90
2179.44
4136.64
432.35
198.50
512.29
168.50
1422.50
867.11
1924
2000.00
1750.00
201:
1750.00
201:
2000.00
1
8
90
3517.49
7500.00
750
900.00
600.00
570.00
.510.00
480.00
44.37
1800.00
1200.00
1140.00
1020.00
900.00
416.30
26.80
239.83
1440.00
3787.30
7500.00
1050.00
900.00
900.00
600.00
412.83
141.19
125.00
2100.00
1800.00
1500.00
1200.00
4348.35
6914.48
814.93
666.01
462.99
872.49
Link Motor Co. Inc.
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3070.37
2818.42
1860.70
395.15
Court House
Janitor .....*.................
Lights & Supplies ....
Wa; er .........................
Fuel .......... _.................
Repairs .......................
Supplies ......................
Freight Drayage
Telephone ...................
Insurance ...................
Fire Extinguishers
Rent. Goyne Building
Miscelaneous
Furniture & Fixtures
25
180
90
497.24
255.18
84.86
98.30
581.87
150
30
1190.00
900.00
t
648.00
82.05
96.22
750.00
6452.74
11,490.00
900.00
600.00
248.80
834.57
107.50
489.20
7.00
41.70
46.68
1800.00
1200.00
800.00
2725.45
4500.00
600.00
25.00
7.30
85.95
10.00
1200.00
300.00
12
200.00
2
728.25
1700.00
14
;
18f
12
350.00
325.00
' .4
900.00
570.00
28.53
115.00
15.00
37.76
359.80
91.12
243.88
138.61
24.30
1800.00
1140.00
131
91
1
1000.00
7
200.00
2i
2524.00
4140.00
600.00
510.00
1200.00
1020.00
120
90
1268.50
2245.00
242
750.00
442.72
34.39
208.34
82.08
111.33
1500.00
150
90
10
62
20
25
188.80
92.00
90.00
732.00
12.85
800.00
1000.00
2000.00
200.00
1425.00
530
1674.52
7925.00
386.45
582.08
154.24
218.33
1000.00
1000.00
400.00
500.00
1983.32
(Continued on page 3)
26.23
1367.33
1
4.1
1000.CO
Surveyor’s Office
W. S. Coates
Salary ..............
Deputies
Office Supplies .
Auto Expense ..
Phone
Insurance ____
1
133.50
25.00
Jail
Board,Prisoners .................... 1488.25
Supplies, Rep, & Laundry
186.27
12,365.84
764 70
611.02
101.86
468.80
14.86
22.08
121
250.00
1800.00
2744.51
1154.55
19:
—
1561.38
1800.00
1105.00
Our first sale of a good used car we hope will not
be the last. That is why we were able to sell 18
used cars last month. We treat you right on your
first purchase and you will come back for more.
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Assessor’s Office
C. A. Johnson ........................
Deputy ..................................
Field Deputy ........................
Extra Help ............................
Typewriter ............................
Tax Rolls A Forms ...........
Telephone ..............................
Miscellaneous Expenses ....
Office Supplies ......................
*
1767.31
GOOD USED CARS
“The House of Service
Sheriff’s Office
John Aschim ............ .........
First Deputy ............ .........
Second Deputy ........ .........
Stenographer ............ .........
Third Deputy .......... .........
Extra Help ................ .........
.........
Traffic Officer
Traffic Officer Extra
35.46 (6Mo.) Books & Forms ....................
Law Enforcement
Law Enforcement Expenses
Envelopes ..............................
Office Suplies ........................
965.57
117.55 (6Mo.) Telephone ..............................
Auto Expenses, Sheriff .....
1521.41
Auto Expenses, Traffic
Automobile ............................
330.94
Miscellaneous ........................
309.15(6Mo.) General ..................................
2100.00
1800.00
1800.00
953.65
1265.00
11,683.44
We would be pleased to have you
call and see what we have to offer,
and are sure that if you contemplate
a Xmas entertainment, we can be of
assistance to you.
FORD COUPE ....
FORD- BUG ........
’24 FORD TOURING
FORD ROADSTER
CHEVROLET TOURING 1919
CHEVROLET TOURING 1921
CHEVROLET TOURING 1918
FORD BUG, uf •irf or
CHEVROLET TOURING 1923
1923
County Court
Judge Mason
Salary .................................... 1000.00
Auto Expense ...................... 234.44
32.85
Expense to Portland ...........
1800.00
1195.00
1140.00
1080.00
443.23
I
We beg your leave to quote
you the following prices:
1924
1st 6 Mo.
BUDGET 1925
1922
2900.00
100
100
2 •
50
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