.A iries readers J present ylemtutary ,.fnse party waa frs. K. Dedriclc vciung Uy tUcirmaiiy The evening wait ' very ocmbly Hpent in social games, music and dancing. ' .We notice by the' Corvallls Times last week tlmt Marsh Siihpson bf V.k City, has been out to Cor- vailin joshing the boys Out' there on the county seat question. Marsh Is an ' inveterate joker. Mr. Van Horn, recently a brake- man on the Oregon racific. )Jio ..vas injured a few months ago by tin nccuieut nar loieiio nas heen ap- lointed" coiidiictor of the new Al any street car train. ' 9 At tho annual school meeting j10'1' at tnc sl'bool house 'last Mon day, O. A. Hooker was elected .director for a term of three ).eur!i pud ,T. r. l'ish'wns elected clerk for a jerrn of one year. J. O. Carter has trailed for the I'ym place at Storrs, and hits turned fioruy-handcd farmer. He estpectu to larin lor a tune ami lay up lilUHigh provisions to enable him to work a while longer for the O, 1', J The ileniocrats are, talking of iiominating Marsh Simpson, ofKlk , f City, for county judge. Marsh Jias lived in this county for the past enty-five years, and there is no 'tulk1iIg7Tf..Jie is nominated he all be the next cuunty judgo. . Wnugli, whose name has Jen prominently mentioned in con nection with the democratic nomi nation for assessor desires us to state for bim, tat yvhjle. lie feels .very 'thankful to his friends for fVjheir kindly mention of bis name, he declines to allow hjs name to be jised. A new postollice has been estab ljshqj on I 'rift creek near the mouth of Gopher creek. It is byowii as GU-ii, and S. J. Wilhoit is the postmaster. The supplies for the office has ju,st been, received. This office will be quite un oeooin nnxlation to a number of people in j that vicinity. We arc not prophets, but we are -J'mv liig uoiuiuUli0U.-' foTCOUTityS 1). 1'. lilue, clerki G. A. sheriff; A, h. McFaddcn, judI J" " i!"i assessor) a, ' c skinner, school KUOeritittMident: ,;s. llamar, Sr., and A. H. Gir nu, t rwiuC.A.l'ick, "... 1 , "!' 'i wc W , coroner, iiuiinutioii f 1 your utrTnMfci,:v- tl s duiicl1 t,le founty is goii i?;Vnnd Kttin. N7rr4iis "" r i-uc vexatfu oi upunstic Uirgon wu l's seen neioie. i.ixhi Ji away at Hooth'a Cash Equina. The Old Re "';s Mills flour iK 75 vr f j. oo x barrel. vyindrel ' . bread, 1. illO jsis neiu in the le county. the primary ni Grady's hall, atcd in by about iopulists. Consider ' , $ was attached to the ji1 'from llie fact that the renlial" vote for candidates rst used. Their county con ation will be held I'riday, the iiilh when county nominations will be made. ' w' "'' ' ; ' Foiirtcmi QncstioiiH. Will some one of the present ownership map men following questions: ausvver the I, The county levy for county funds was W n mills, Have the commissioner!? a legal right to con tract to expend eleven mills out of the same year's taxes? 3, It being agreed with 1'arkcr and Van Winkle that tney are to receive eleven inills of the tax on the property found not on the original roll, will it be possible for any taxpayer who is on the supple mentary roll to pay ' n part of his. taxes in county warrants? 3. If a part of the taxes are paid in warrant." will these warrants be turned over to the "sinking fund" or will the sheriff or treasurer re place these warrants with cash from the other taxes?" ' 4. Has tho hheriff the right to levy and collect a 4,3 mills state tax, well knowing that it is not intended to pay the money thus collected to the slate? 5. If therouuty intends kecpjng both state and county Lixcs, cannot both of these bo paid in county warrants? 6. Would jt be fair and lawful to take cash out of the county fund and exchange for waiiauts paid in to tjic sinking fund? 7. If this were done would not a warrant holder have a legitimate action against the officer and his bondsmen who did it? 8, If it is not done, and war rants arc accepted jn payment of taxes on supplementary roll, what warrant of law have the officers of the county to re-issue these war rants, or in other words, "when a warrant is once paid Into the sheriff as cash 011 taxes, is it not then dead and stands only for cancellation? 9. Where property was assessed by the assessor and he failed to put it on the-roll, will the contractors be allowed eleven mills of that tax also? 10. When a resident of the county was never visited or called on by the assessor or deputy for his assessment, will that property also lv couipi,llwd to prfV its percentage? 11. The law says the assessor shall ben in to assess on the 1st of March, of each ycarj the assessor is now working on a private contract; will the county court allow him f jer ilav as assessor also? 1 J. Of what use to the countv urn both the supplementary roll and the present owner map? IS If thjs contjact is wholly legitimate why was it not wmplet ed and made of record before the I.k.mu:k excised jt to the tnx payers? 14. 1W anyone In connection or preMiuie tig to vscupe trout law suits . over the matvr? MAMUKR TKIXEKSON HRtrn;N In the patlor of the Hotel Lincoln . in this fi rTn!ef-.1lUfii an.! , iUah l.ry vn t.v, yViuiiia The jnrffebtednt Exemption. J that the absolute repeal of the allowing exemption for in-" , '? est a serious mistake is ;nt to our minds, through of its repeal, we, in rh a majority of the that it was wise. " . inequalities of the r i . i ' i i find we are convin Sistake to repeaj have been jliy amend the - riler to take a of it. For J:btedness should ed unless a corres tis found and taxed., f e stopped the run- Inks and borrowing ,?h v. ... '.. .rrt, and itever take th ino'ney -out of the bank. Had the bank been assessed with the credit it would have stopped much fictitious indebtedness. The law" should lie re-enacted, with such judicious changes"iii it as would best work to an equitable use of it. It is abso lutely unjust to tax a man on both bis property and indebtedness. Ajsea. liny Notes. On Saturday, March 3rd, at one o'clock p. 111. The hrst populist meeting of Lower Abrfa precinct in augerated idolatrous (iii the old parties'- eyes) ceremonies at the Waldport school house. "There were quite a number present; war horses, wheel horses and other fa mous horses from across the river, Coon hollow, and elsewhere, punctr ually on time. After the election of J. M. Doty to the chair and V, R. Wakefield secretary, the Omaha platform was read and inadequately commented upon, discussion being invited by the secretary, On the termination of iln. discussion all who desired to "ptrrticipate in the festivities projwr were requested to come forward and endorse the Oma ha platform by signing the club roll. With clastic step 8 of the number responded and Messrs. Doty and Wakefield w ere elected delegates to the county convention, A. II. Reynolds was nominated for pre cinct; constable nnd W. R. Wake field received the nomination for justice of the peace. The meeting then adjourned,' On Friday evening the promised schqoj entertainment materialized. Recital, drama, supper of clam, and dance adorned the program. A committee .ippointcd selected and prepared the choicest dams from the famous Kckman slough. The dining rooms of the Alsea and Waldpoit houses were donated to the committee on clams to srve supper 111, and something like one hundred tickets of 35 cents and 35 cent denomination were sold, real izing in the neighborhood of thirty odd dollars, some seventeen of which were deposited with the school clerk, the remainder going for expenses. Kverything appeared to go smoothly; some after 'supping at one house sampled soup at the other, and vice versa. Satisfaction reigned, with perhaps but one ex: ccption, and that not native to the soil, A visitor from Tidewater, unused to the complexion of bi valve soup imagined t to be chalk and water and it took quite a lot imbibed at both houses to convince mm ot 111s error, me drama was excellently performed and gave great satisfaction, -I he dunce closed down about daylight and some of the Vaquina Hay citizens wended their wav homeward amidst the snowstoruvol Saturday morning. Monday, March 5, the annual school meeting in District No. 54 held at aldport school house re suited in the election of A. I, Hulilwin director lor ttiree vears and W. H. Harrison, Jr., cUrk Mr. Gideon raav be congratulated upon having taught a very slis factory term of school. Mrs, A. H. Guyiiu is 0.11 th sick list, having caught a severe cold thtouHh ih imu;l exertion and fx posure whilst pcrleettug arrange ments to insure success for the school gaities, A vessel leaves San Francisco 011 Match lo, for A'sea bay direct, Whoop! Look out Vagina liay,!C,uHW wu .mo '.may aiut iuesuay, that tributary country is a coming! i This is the secor.t time that there Get ready your railroad am! motor ; ha been church on Drift Creek. line and do something if you w ant that county Mat permanently set dow n at the mouth of the bav. Sneak no Toledo and Yaouina. nevermind therms "s.nc just ; now, I.et us hear something, even if it be alKiut a dark horse. I Itlswhisre,! that Waldorf.1 xhorter lost the threaJ of his dis-! UmMen .Uvuh eve,,!,,,, i t w jaiiybody found it? . OJow.,soincNv ingorsay som'- J-J. Tvl. .eFU-HSTKl, Prop, Cigars, Tobacco, Confectionery, Fruit, etc Billiard and Posl 'Ron ii Csadk tJtTA QUIET AND OIlDEJiLY 11ESOHT. YAQUJNA CITY, ' ORON. DO YOU WANT It.yifHI Pay YOU to see I CAN SELL YOU FIRST-CLASS STOCK, Warranted True to Name - - - and Insect JPests : AT THE LOWEST PRICES. Home Qrown and Healthy iTreea J..F. STWjPlRT, r V , ... I- Toledo, ("At Li:AI)IR office. thing about A-ring, gentle Spring. ' P ' Imprimatur. FROM ANOTIIKR COKRKSl'ONDENT Plenty of rain again. No of soring in this Vicinity. sip There is a steamer is advertised to sail from San Francisco for this port '011 the 10, for a cargo ot lura- ber from V. H. Harrison & Sons. We hope she may continue to make regular trips here, as it would be a great mlvafrtage to 'air persons do ing business on the bay. The populists held their pri mary here on .Saturday lust and ap pointed Capl. Wakefield and J. II', fjoty to attend the convention at Toledo. School yes irday passed off very quietly, A. I., U.ildwjn being elect ed director an W. Ii.' Harrison, Jr., clerk.' ' '' 111 The exl ibition given by the Wa)dort Ai: fteur club and the Student's likiary society on March 3. vas' gram? Success. There was a large attendance and everyone went home happy, and satisfied that that they got thtir money 's worth. I TJie literary part'of the exercises consisted of songs, recitations, etc., and concluded by rendering of the drama entitled, "Down by the Sea." The cast of character was as follows: Mr KftymuiKl O.J. Ruble Jthn Hlt .Hobt. ltarrtHou Marrh little, Henry llowrll Sop. tinle Ja. IlArelMin (irttphemi, A. I.. llAlilwtn 'np lAmlulioii Ktl. Hrvak Mr, tittle Atltlle (iiiynu Mr tiiiti Mnificie tiitlwn Kale Ivnyiuomt .. .. Imixy llonlnnl Kveryone played their part to perfection in such a way that it would have been creditable to an older company. The bounteous clam supper given at the Alsea and W aid port houses in bono, of the af fair was a glowing success. We are sorry to see so many of the young folks of the Jown leaving butns school is out, suppose it Is their duty to go home. May suc cess go with all of you. The siuprise party at Miss Tren holm hist evening was grand suc cess, and the young people enjoyed tlCs(;lve.s hugely. The evening was spent in telling tales and pop ping com. Don't know whether know whether there was any other pypping done or not Rkx. prift Cnvk Items. Stirring events and warm weath er. S. J. Wilhoit has received his commission as postmaster, and will sgcjrj be ready to deal out the mail. 8. J. Wilhoit Jr. hauled the ma chinery for Arnold and Hodges' saw mill the first of the week. John Arnold, libido's enterpris ing saw mill nun, was at Glen the first of the week. He went from here to Harlan t get a shaft for the saw mill. Rev, Tuuison. of Kings Valley, preached it tho Meadow Creek Come again Mr. Tunison, A, L. Porter was on Gopher Creek the arth. Mirvevims the road fum ric0. ,Uh! . to ,lic m0llth of Ter L reik. These surveyors wenl V Xht n!ilfS " ovrr h wimj n ate that the county ! sur evot did a: the rate of two jaud one-half tni!js per day. , A dance wr. given Tuesdav FRUIT TREES? ME before Buying, and Free From Disease Oregon . , - . - A. L. McFADDEN, ATJORNEY-A.T-LAW, Notary Public. Toledo, Qregon, Notice. VOTK'K IS UKItKftVCIVKV, that the partner A hip extxthifr between IJH?. Ii. I:eseij(ij .and Thou. I'avey wan (lithilved t)n Kebrwary If, 1mi4. All accounta due the rirm are iiavaMe to Tbo. I'avey, anil all IndebtedueMt of the ttrm Is pay able iiy hlia. OVH. II. ItKHCltKB. night at Mr. John Watlcia's, for the benefit of several of the young folks of Harlan, which were on the Creek. A good time was reported. Mr. Stillmaehtr, of Tangent, came in the first of the week to look at Mr. Griffith's farm, but as yet they have not agreed on ' the price. ' ' 1 "'' Albert Watkins and Mr. Curler, the'juttur a sou of II. H. Curler, came in from Philomath the 28th. Dated March 2, 1894. Stick, Nashville Notes. Deaths, none. Marriages, none-. Separations, none, Sick, Mrs, Mary Allen. Nora Davis went to Eugene the first of the week. Miss Sarah Martin, of Eddyvllle, spent scveraj days iij' .hi vicinity visiting friends," . L. Porter has repaired the Brush creek bridge, and all parties wishing to try Ujat roai VaiiVow do no, A surprise party was had at Mrs. Sarah Miller's. A good tinre was hail by all present.. A. 1?. Altree made a trip to Cor- vallis, via Kings Valley the first of the week, He says everything is dead at that plce..' The populists held their primaries on the 3rd, and elected J. A. Haruar, delegate from this place. K. H. Bryant Is spending a few days on the Yaquina river. He will return soon to Steer creek. J, A, Haoiar is going to build a new barn. He only has two at present, and thinks that three or lour more will not hurt hjra. Ed, I.ane and Leonard Whackrell will build a house on the Guilford Nash farm, on which they will live and improve. Dora Miller omne home the first of the w eek from Corvallis, where she has been working during the past ear. Mr. and Mrs, Maik, of Hoskins. are visiting friends and relatives at this place, He says we haven't had any winter to compare, with ineirs, II our clerk could hav been at the dance at Mrs, Miller's and wit nessed the actions of a young couple, he would have went home and begun to till out a marriage neeno at once, March 5, 1S94, Harp Tack. Our County Commissioners having sitistled themselves as to inc vaIr" o be obtained , 'rT u,.e V" ownewuip map 1 nd lHHk, have let tue contract for the Mme of u, ,here xviU ? "J?01 ? from cer- ; t JMrties who wantevl the county to ,m' a t of abstracts iKHik ot which, vyjire informed, they woulJ Ux maile a goul Ure cornraissLu. Newport News'. THESE HARD TIMES " A BUYER MUST MAKE A DOLLAR 13uy as mucli as possible. The place to do this is at "CHEAP CASH STORE" ojf T. P, FISH, where "Good Goods at Low Prices" is the rule. See my Stock of FALL and WINTER BOOTS and SHOES Ready Made Clothing, Etc. Dry jroods, Groceries, Jardwaje, N.Qtions T. P. FISH, - Toledo, Oregon, The Reader in Low Prices. PETEB TELLEFSON, DEALER IN Flour and Feed, Staple and Fancy Groceries, Dry Goods, Clothing, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Hats, w" 'Caps, Rubber and Oil Clothing. ' --CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. Cigars and Tobacco, fruits jajcid Conff ctionery. Yaquina City, Oregon. THE Liaeoln County Leader. The Oificia Pper County. Gives more Local the other Papers in the County Combined. Fearless, Ontspokei anj Free. It is not controlled by any Clique or Ring. 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