The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-06-27
TILLAMooK NEWS.
County Road Plank SaWmin Success
10 lrohes Of Rain Discourases
Blcyclsts.

The folf~lns items OF interest con-
csrn.ng our ne!shbors on he south are
,ulcd fr1m the weCl filed news columns
o. the Tnlam5ok Herald and Headlights:
The Truckee mill Closed down Thurs
day untn after the Fourth.
". r. Keefe has an English walnut
Tree on his place loaded with nuts.
The TgLamook water Company stock
was sold last week in Portland to Mt
W. II. Cooper and DIR. W. J. May.
III. Miller has ordered dhe Herald to
. his address al Knappa, Ore. The boys
boys az know where TO get the news.
: Postmaster A. W Severance has put
In a section OF keycess boxes for the ac-
. G mn, ,da,ion OF the patrons OF the city
Office.
! Glare nee Mills, one o. the missing sol
der boys in the Philippines that was
with Lawrence and Mccoy, is a nephew
OF George W, Phelp OF this place.
/ The Harrison came IN Tuesday evening
loaded down to the guards With mer.
chandise for our business men, The Har-
rison has not been sold. as the LAghthead
Pirate had It last week.
/ Commissioner Ray brought up load
OF cheese from his factory at Hello Sun
day. He has 70 or IS tons on hand now,
and will bring II up as soon as possible
I f5r shipmen, by the next boat.
Messrs, Holman and Richardson, the
cattle buyers from Dallas. left for home
Saturday with about 80 head. which
they had purchased in this county. f.
NJ Trout and G. f. Leach went part OF
the way witch them.
There is no truth in the report that the
board of county commissioners contem-
plate purchasing two more portable saw.
mills, one for the south and the other for
the north end Of the county to plank
roads in both parts.
Claude Thayer has, We learn. eeased
the Tulamook Laundering Companys
plant and will manufacture lumber for
the San Francisco market. WiEiam
Barker will retain his position as sup
tIlnAtNuNilVA NAt AllAAl anu JNAlA IN NNOANS
will still keep the yards.
Judge Boise opened special term Of
the equity department OF the circuit
court Wednesday, and as We go TO press
distance in attendance are Wallace Ma
camant and W. ]. McMahon, OF Portland
and NJ f. Pogue of Salem.
The people of the south part OF the
county evidently want a plank rad
pretty bad, having made a proposition to
Commissioner Ray that they will prepare
the road bed haul and lay the plank il
the county will furnish the lumber Those
people deserve good roads, and If We
had our way about II we would c,cse the
deaf with them tomorrow,
We think number of cyclists are talk
ing through their hat when they speak as
though it would take but an ins,gnih-
cant sum to construct a bicycle path be-
tween Tillamook and Bay City In all
probability they have had no eXp trience
or insight how path should be built.
especially in this county. where the rain
fall is about lap inches. year. Several
things are necessary 10 make path that
will be substantial First, a good grade
with the dpainage, properly. attended to,
Second, a foundation Of rock-and plenty
of ti--then several inches of coarse gravel
well rolled down, and over this several
inches of fine gravel. Figure It out what
this will cost to construct per male and
then one can set at an approximate, ,esti-
mate of the cost OF constructing a bicycle
epatR to Bay City. a q .r
| a., .s. 7t - .i,v C Sea s..s
..sEyery man that drives. over tls2new
paDR road Is iP favor Of keeping the
little mill at work, and II possible, get
ting more mills and putting them at
work. There are no longer any doubt
ing Thomases,% they now have the evil
denee and are convinced chat it,,is the
cheapest@nda most practical road for this
county. OF, ooNrses to go into extensive
road building Is expensive, and the, bur
den Is. heavy, but the time has arrived
In the history of this county when trav-
cling with teams must be done in winter