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VOLUME 17
COUNTY NEWS
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The hum of the mowing machines
makes" music in the air" these fine
days. Very little hay was injured
by the rains but the farmers are
hastening to make up lost time now.
Miss Lyle Phelps of Dallas came
over Friday to visit with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Phelps,
for the remainder of the summer.
Mrs. Tellefson of Yaquina has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. S. A.
Holmgreen for the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Weber of
Lampa, Oregon, are visiting A. W.
Weber of this place.
The Ona dairymen are shipping
more cream this summer than ever
before. About GOO pounds are
shipped weeklv from Ona, while
Bay View is shipping over 1800
pounds weekly.
Mrs. Ryan of Giants Pass is
visiting her brother George Ryan
of Ona.
The school in the Guilliams dis
trict, over which Miss Katherine
Sharp has presided for the past
months, will clone Friday.
Olalla
Farmers who cut hay on the
usual dates, even tho' there were
heavy clouds and an Oregon mist,
did not miss it for the sun came
out in time to cure it nicely.
Miss Myrtle Walker of Cottage
Grove is visiting her aunt Mrs. Seth
Rowe.
Mr. Scars from Siletz Bay is
helping Seth Rowe with his hay.
Moit Dickinson came out from
Portland last week and was driving
around with a stranger viewing our
beautiful "farmsteads."
Fred Day and wife came out from
Portland the 7th for a visit with the
oil folks at home. They brought
with them a little orphan girl who
will remain with the family of C.
W. Day and attend school with
little Florence. Fred enjoyed the
old scenes and will take a few home
with him in the form of kodak
views. He and Ins wife went to
Newport the 12th for a brief stay
after which he will return to his
old place in the Portland Fire De
partment. There are more wild berries than
for several years around here.
Bk City.
The ball game on the Elk City
diamond on the 11th proved to be
an exciting one from start to finish.
No umpire at hand, the manager of i
the Corvallis team offered his ser
vices, with" the promise he would
retire on first objection or error on
his part. This occured when, Swan
in first inning cut the comer off
first base by a twenty foot margin
on his run to second. This was
over looked by Elk City and J. II.
Ross placed as umpire at first base.
Iu tbe second inning Ben Graves
scored for Elk City with ahomerun.
Russel in the 4th added one more
to the score making . two for Elk
City. Corvallis scored two, Swan
and Colbert, making a tie game.
One of these was made on an error
by Elk City. In the first, half of
the eleventh inning Bill Simpson
made second base, when Clyde Van
Orden made a safe hit to left field,
ball striking three or four feet in
side foul line and within thirty feet
of fence, Simpson made home and
TOLEDO, LINCOLN
Van Orden to second making three
for Elk City with only one down.
Here Mr. Umpire called the ball a
foul to the suprise of all who wit
nessed the play. This caused a
hot time at once and Elk City called
for a just decision. Mr. Umpire
told us of the long, time he had ser
ved the position in Valley towns
and claimed he had played ball from
Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico
and Corvallis to Coney Island and
all professional umpires called fouls
on such balls. Elk City boys
promptly told Mr. Umpire and two
or three of hi" professional friends
the class of people they telonged to.
After this Van Orden took the bat
and Simpson second base. But
Colbert saw their defeat and con
cluded they had been insulted.
The manager said he had three men
who were not on a salary and those
he could not make play, so he would
forfeit the game. They made a
game to play Elk City at Newport
or Toledo next Sunday but conclud
ed before they left to let us know
later.
"We're not the adulatin kind"
, Ner handing out much guff
But we show appreciation
When we see the proper stuff.
Meadow Creek
C. W. Brown's folks visited Will
Davenports Sunday.
Miss Rel)ecca Wilson returned
home from B. F. Grants Sunday
where she has been visiting the
past two week.
There was a large crowd attended
the celebrition in spite of the damp
weather and every body, enjoyed
themselves. We were very sorry it
rained as we wanted to see that
ball game.
Ray Calkins visited at Mr. Cal
kins on Big Elk Sunday.
Died Mrs. S. J. Stewart died at
C. C. Browns Tuesday, July 6,
1909, age 38 years. She leaves a
husband and four children to mourn
her loss, two daughters and two
sons, and a host of friends. , Mrs.
Stewart has been a pioneer of Drift
Creek having lived here eighteen
years. Funeral services were held
at the house with interment in
Glen wood cemetery.
KernviKe
The Fourth is past and ohl
how it rained 1 Or rather it rained
on the 5th the celebration day.
There were two games of base ball
played on the Siletz Bay diamond,
the first between Otis and Siletz
Bay boys the score was 9 to 13 in
favor of Otis. The second game
was Otis and the boys from 7-9, the
score was 1 to 14 in favor of Otis.
Steve Kobelski came from Toledo
to spend the Fourth here
Edgar Parmele went Valleyward
Tuesday riding a horse and leading
another.
Mrs. J. S. Stephens has been
quite sick the past week.
Mr.- and Mrs. Wilbur Stranzer
are now visiting Mr. "and Mrs. John
Dickens of Salmon.
Willie Bones and hi? friend from
the valley came here to spend the
Fourth.
A couple of our respected citizens
went South. We understand that
one got no farther than Newport
but the other went on to Toledo.
Soon after they returned they both
had swelled jaws. They said they J
COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 16,1909.
News of each Community gathered each
week by Our Rustling Associate Editors
agreed not to tell on each other.
See?
Mr. M.. J. Stone cut his foot
quite badly the last of the week.
II. F. Parmele started to Sheri
dan with a four horse team. He
said he would bring in enough flour
to do a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Johnson . of
McMinnville, came in the Fourth
and are visiting their daughter,
Mrs. Martha Hall.
There was a "dog killing time"
about the 4th at the mouth of
Siletz Bay. The ones that kil'ed
Jakie JMwnn''H !o- was more
merciful than the ones that killed
Jesse Farrin's. Mr. Farrin's dog
lived a week after it got the dose.
They were both valuable dogs.
The parties claim to know who did
the work.
Waldport.
W. F. Keady made a trip
to
Newport Wednesday.
The Condor brought down a num
ber of passengers Thursday.
Mrs. V. Downs, of Salem, is
Visiting her grandson, W. F. Keady.
A. L. Seits, of Alsea was in town
on business the 8th.
Mrs. C. L. Diven, of Portland,
arrived on the ninth and will spend
some time with relatives and
friends. ;
J. II. Glines has bought an acre
of ground from Mr. Keady and will
make some improvements in the
water system.
II. E. Radger is building a small
cottage in Tekinink Addition and
will enlarge it next season .
Forty acres of the R. B. Stoward
place on the ocean beach recently
sold for $50.00 per acre. The
property was bought by Mrs. Will
Reynolds.
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Johnson, of
Corvallis, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Finlev. of Portland, arrived on the
8th and will spend several weeks
at the Yachats.
Dr. C. E. Linton went to New
port last week to look after his
launch which Mrrivcd from the east.
He now has it in running order on
Alsea Bay.
Wm. Irle, advance agent for W.
JUigene Knox, the man of many
iaces, uriivwi in oui aim arranged
for two entertainments to be given
August 17 and 18th. An entire
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change of program will be given
eacn nifcni.
Commercial Club program for
July Gth was as follows;
Duet Ona Glines and Merle Evens,
Character sketch E. R. Buker and
L. II. Evens.
Woman, and how to manage them,
F. L. Buker.
Dutt Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Evens.
Reading Professor Earl Brown.
Club Paper Frank L. Buker.
Otis
Gardner Bowers and wife are at
Portland, where they were attend
ing the celebration.
Lots of the Grand Ronde people
spent the Fourth at Siletz Bay.
The races and balloon ascentions
were postponed on account of the
rain at Siletz bay on the 5th.
On the afternoon of the Fourth
Otis and Sitctz Bay teams met and
played a game of ball, the score be
ing 12 to 6 in favor of Otis. In the
evening broncho biiBter, L. J. Bobb
rode a bunch grass horse that has
heretofore thrown every man that
ever crawled on him, but Bobb
stuck to him to a finish. A big
crowd saw the performance. The
morning of the 5th was very rainy
and the program was postponed till
2 p.m., when Otis and Siletz ball
teams met on Parmele's grounds
and played in the rain a game of
six innings, scoring 7 to 13 in favor
of Otis. As soon as the game ended
Otis played the famous Eastern
League team living in 7-9 a game of
three innings, score 7 to 1 in favor!
of Otis. A challenge was accepted
the Fourth lo play . the winning
team against 7-9. Mose Gilliam
received a lileral collection for Otis
for which we heartily thank the
public, and Mose as well.
Orval, the 6 year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Dickins, is sick with
the measels.
A. M. Royse made a trip to Port
land, going to Willimina the 1st,
to Portland the 2nd and back home
the 3rd, bringing back a load of
l)oze for J. T. Dickin's gallon
house.
Pigeons are not quite so plentiful
as they have been, on account of
rainy weather.
Mr. Stone of Kernville got his
foot badly cut Thursday evening.
W. J. McDonald is hauling
shakes for II. T. Curl.
No ball game is arranged for the
coming Sunday
Abe Logan and wife spent last
Jasi
old
friends, and then wnt to Chemawa
to get their children, who have been
attending school.
Joe, Dick and Tip Holland made
a trip to Sheridan last week.
Edgar Parmele went to the Val-
i ley to sell their bay team the Gth.
Hoyt started out the 8th with a
four-horse team and will bring in
j Edgar and a load of merchandise
for l'armele cfc tsona' store.
Homesteaders' Picnic.
Canoe Landing on the Siletz river
was the scene of a hilarious gather
ing on July 4th. The occasion be
ing a homesteaders' picnie.
As early as Saturday morning
they commenced to gather from the
! fniir ramn nf ti, .v,v1a nnA
b o tho Fourth th were
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thirty-five strong, coming from a
' raJiu8 ten milcg
! The boou tliinaa to eat wero too
numerous to mention, and to those
j wj1Q naj eatcn bacon and Iteans for
; a year or more, it tasted pretty
jgood. About four o'clock in the
j afternoon a big bonfire was built and
; hot coffee was the order for siiDner.
After supper singing was started
around the fire and continued till
the "we sma' hours." Some that
could not get home stayed till day
light not meaning that there were
any drunk and disabled, for there
were no drunks on the ground.
Probably it was the only gathering
of its kind ever heard of, as home
steads are far apart and traveling
difficult. Some were there who had
not been out of the woods for over
a year, and many were strangers to
each other but homesteaders are a
sociable "bunch" and before part
ing were like old friends.
Arthur Crawford was the general
supervisor of the day and deserves
credit for the smoothness with which
everything passed off. Arthur
French was marshal of the day,
but lost his "billy' club" early in
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the game, so everyone did pretty
much as they liked. Anyway he
was busy elsewhere. Mre. Mcride
ate so much she was in doubt as to
her ability to get home, while Mrs.
Wood carried a gumdrop in her
pocket in case of sudden hunger
between meals. Mr.'Acteson had a
piece to speak but forgot to say it.
Miss Bennett and also Mr. Loftu
favored the crowd with some fine
singing.
All in all, it was a happy occasion
and may there be many like it.
All lovers of baseball will Lo
plensed to lenrn that there has been
a game arranged between a Lincoln
county team and the Fulton team of
Portland. The game will bo played
at Toledo on Sunday tho 25th.
This will be a fine game as the
Fulton team is a good, strong team
with a record for good playing, and
the home team will be composed f
the very best ball players in tho
county. Every lover of the gamo
in the county will see this game.
See posters for particulars. '
John Savage has purchased tho .
residence of P. J. Ward near the
M. E. church nnd will soon occupy
tho same. Mr. and Mrs. Ward
departed yesterday for their old
Home at Forest Grove. Mr. and
Mrs. Ward have been residents of
this city for the past two years and
made many friends who reuret to
0Be tiem ag neighbors.
I Mr. and Mrs. Fred Day, who
have been visiting the past week
with Mr. Day's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Day., neai Toledo, re
turned yesterday to their homo at
Portland. Fred is still in tho Port
land Fire Department, having ad
vanced to the rank of Lieutenant.
Attorney T. F. Cowing of tho
law firm of Cowing & Cowing of
Portland, was in the city yesterday
defending David B. Ilorton in a
Government contest.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hamar who wero
visiting with friends and relatives
in Toledo last week, returned to
their homo in Portland Saturday
morning.
The remains of Mrs. Mary Martin,
who died in a Portland hospital,
were brought to Toledo Tuesday
evening and
taken to Siletz for
burial
George McCaulou, Rcnus Arnold
and Fred Stanton this week re
modeled and painted the school
house in Stanton district.
Miss Ethel Ross arrived Wednes
day evening from Portland, to take
testimony in several government
contest cases.
Ilazelwood special Sunday, tho
18th, Fresh Peach Ice Cream at
Al's Smokehouse and Kandy
Kitchen.
Mrs. W. E. Rich and children of
Corvallis aro visiting Mrs. Rich's
Bister, Mrs. Georgo Bethers, and
family.
A. L. McDonald and I. J. Pepin
were down from Chitwood as wit
nesses in a contest case.
Editor Wm. Matthews of the
Viewport New-Reporter was a Toledo
visitor Wednesday.
C. G. North tho real estate man
went to Portland on business yester
day morning.
Walter Hall of Siletz was a pass
enger for the Valley yesterday
morning.
James Wolfe of Ocean View wag
a county seat visitor yesteiday.