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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1894)
Ami Volume II. DIRECTORY. '- LINCOLN COOTY. joint Senator - Joint Representative, County Judge Clerk fhenff - Treasurer - (ehool Superintendent Surveyor Assessor Coroner Commissioners Tol. rrto Jno. D. Dalv S. V. Bnr't B. F. Jones George Landis J. I.. Hvde Geo. Bethers Jos. (iideon T.E. Parker Dr. F. M. Carter mas. imams J. J. Bristow County Commissioners Court meets on Wed nesday after the first Monday in Feliruarv April, June, August, October and December! CIRCUIT COURT. Hob. J. c. Fullerton Ju,ire Geo. M. Brown Pros. Attorney Court convenes on third Monday in May and jour.u i, iwiwiiuci ui vucu year. TOLEDO I'RECIXCT. Justice of the Peace Constable J. A. Hall t nns. liuhl CITY OF TOLEDO. H.W. Vincent j;A. Hall C. H. Ruhl,... 0. B. Crosno, W, II. Alexander A. O. Krogstad,...". Ceo. Bothers., , Lester Waugh, B. F. Collaiuore Mayor . Keeorder ..Marshal Aldermen council meets on tne lirst Monday evening in CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CIIURCII.-Rervlce. la. will be held under the auspices of Hie Methodist Episcopal church as follows: First Sunday in each month at Elk City school house Bi ii h. hi. mi i i. in, necoun ana rourlh Hi days at Toledo, at II a. in. and 7 p. m. lunaay ai mill four school house, at 3 All are cordially Invited to attend. p. m A. L. nA'.VLEY, TWnr Address, Toledo, Oregon fit JOHN'S CHURCH Protcstent Kulseonal iJ Divine service the third Sunday of everv iuuiu, in- ix . in. aii are mviieo. to attend Rev. Chas. Booth, Missionary, Residence! "necior.v, Newport, ur. Iu' "-lu'edo Lodge, No. 108, Meet 'every Friday evening at their hall in this Kfiru. J. F. Stbwart, See'y. . A. Rochester, N. G1 T O. O. F. Bay Lodge No. 110, of Yaquina citv. meets every Saturday evening. Visiting -.vwu uio nninja UlvUllltj. . J. buhrowb, Secretary. H. M. Brnuk N. 0. I. ?.-ft.1,?.w 2 & JlWil evening, H. R. ant, C. T R. E. Collins, Secretary, I o J--"8wP0rt Lodge No. 8ii, mcels every Z,r. i . V.OI""K- J""S iro:.1e:surocor ialbr invited to attend, w, E. Abbott i. u. Damn, secretary, k q Ar. a. m. Newport Lodge No. 85,. regular JAH. HOBEllTSON, Secy. "vvuuu iiu iimiiu inursiiay evening, R. A. Bknsell, Adjt. -" H II. DENLIXGER, Attorney-at-Law, TOLEDO, OREGON. ROB'T CAMPBELL, PROPRIETOR OF Toledo Meat Market, DEALS IN Fresh and Cured Meats OF ALL KINDS. loledo, - - Oregon J. A. HALL, Justice of the Peace Toledo, Oregon, m I? W' Rn'1 ftU kllK,s of Iei?al Pftrrs wi . I, , '""c-iiieM. lareiui attention o..n iu iu ousmess entrusted to my care. M. Hansen, WATCHMAKER And JEWELER, Work of all kind Guaranteed. Toledo, Oregon, The Alsea House Waldport, Lincoln County, Oregon. Headquarters for politicians, tour ists, hunters and the public. Comfort, cleanliness and good grub at low rates, our motto. Feed stable and saddle ponies. Wir. R. Wakefield, Prop. Oregon Fa:ic Railroad COMPANY, CHAS. CLARK, Receiver. Connecting with steamer HOMER between Yaquina and San Fran cisco. SAILING DATES: Steamer leaves Ran Francisco April 23rd, and about every ten days thereafter. teamer leaves Yaquina April 20th, and about eery ten days thereafter. For Freight and Fuaenprer rates apply to any agent. CHAS. J. FtKNURY, BOX A CO., V Nos. 5 to 8 Market 8t., Kin V'anel o, California. t. tliAs. tLAI.' Corvalli" Orei-on BUT CALL GOODS SHOES and FURNISHING GOODS. BOYS' Si1 1! im 84 to 812 Vool Socks 25 cts. Stock OIL, GR.A.I2ST BOOTS--$8,50 ySuits Made to Ordery MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY PILLIiID. . ..T MS M ISC ilOTili J 3SS A Btrlctly high-grade Fatnily Sewtog Blaebine, iinsfefiKlns all modern Improvements. jUaranteed Equal to the Best Prices very reasonable. Obtain them from your local dealer nnd make comparisons. ELDREDGE MASUFACTUHInQ COi BELViDERC, ILL. THE ODELL Typ Writer. buy tlie UPh.1.1, lire "'"' : 220 wilh 7S ohnracicr-', snd for Hie SIN f;l.K TASK OIKI.!.. viirrfiiilcd to do better work limn any nifi'diine made. It comblncf Kim jdioiiy with durability, speed, eae of opcrmlon, wears lonif'T without cost ot repairs than auv other luaidiine. Utt no luk ribbon to bother the opornt.ir. It Is neat, flul stamial, niekle-plated, penoM, and adapted to all kindsoftvpowritluK. Like a i.rintitijr press, 1, imuiiimi. uhnm. I'lfttii. loiziblo manuscripts. Tw-o or ten copies ran be made at one wrltinir. Any intelliKcnt iwrsoti enn lueonic an operator in two davs. We ofler fl.oti lo nny operator who ran eotial the work oi Hie lKil lll.h CAKE OliKI.I.. , , . , Iteliable Audits and Salesmen wanted. !-pee-ial indueements to Healers. Tor Pamphlet giving lidorscnient", etc., ad dress . Odcll Type writer t;o. M8-30I Ueorboni St. CliK A',o, ll.l,. Does This Apply to You? There are many families in this section who do not take ihcl.KAOF.il. some in fact u hnrto not read anv paper renuiariy. loiuran u.uiy chance to ee this, we desire to say that one of the firt duties a man oo to his family is to provide therewith instructive andenttrtaininir. rending matter. It is knowledge alone, lulel ligence gained bv the exchange of ideas, by contart ofminawiin iihioi, ''" '" above too grime oi .i '; . " better no cheapef, medium of lusirucilon than the modern newspaper, hence the newswer should find a place at every tire; de. H ! one of the the thtng which mates me worm nv- ig. Kor the trittingsumoi 10m r e ofT-r all an opir! unity to procure two ol ic best i,airsof their rl" m America. The LEADEtt is a fa-.ily iiewspat-.r v.M.-h malres every ett irt i"(" '-"".:"' nrld' doint-. of the projects of g.iveri.incnt, of the trend of (..lines, anu si"' " " among your i:ei'ri.'.'r-. ' ",'L . ...v cd 011 h oinenil'a rs ithoni tne i.ka .. .. necessa-y to you, trell-1? iu? '-! "" '":. fH-nilv'l ii-i:-'i uve-tl..wliig with go'-d . Ih'-.re I- lift an'1 'i'li..n, M.'ig an 1 lory, sketch an-l'-av. wit t nui.ior wiir.- .or'tbe'iadls V sh..r,sAn.;,hing',. pl-a-e 1 ';?", ber-f .heovMly. It i n:..us f..i lt ftitinv sketches and literary merit: it j.i.i--les stories c.iche,.k, writ ten exprclv J.r 11 bv the best authe-s. M '"l-r ,h",hr vo' r wife ran re.idwl:hout a blush, and y.u.r children can reel c. erv line Ithout Injury to 'their narals. iihin Its -'ial sphere!, ha. tlu-.e two mot ,1 of one veir f'-r , a vice e-HT With The rne exceHint j..nrr.utc f.-r th r the tMll htm of i i .'ur pre von will vret j nr'follo containing -11 Op.ll.is ..( ih .Sliduav I'lfli Send 'n :r..nK" I" 'pie t"1'' ,-re n . n In ri Toledo, Lincoln County, Oregon, Thursday, October 25, 1894. AT ONCE AND SEE OUR FULL LINE OF AND. CLOTHING. BOOTS. Sol Agent FPor1 LotlsL length. lA--AVpnfeP.'BjjA.TJjlTj of Hip Boots, 88.00- BARGAINS IN We have some good Bargains in for sale. Below we give a description of a few of them: W?WiHWf Four acre tract on the river miles from Toledo; well improved house, barn aud out-buildings; good young orchard and lots ot small fruits; small meadow and pasture. Price, $850, one-half cash, balance in one year. 1 kq acre rancli on Bier lUk hve 1 miles above Klk Citv- some nW'tvl I and 7 acres slashed and in timothy; j house, good barn 40x48; on county road, school within M mile. A good stock ranch. Price $1,400 on good terms. 120 acre ranch five miles from Toledo; frame house and barn, about 40 acres under fence, orchard Many other Bargains in J. P. 'STEWAET & CO. TOLEDO, OREGON. Notice for Publication. Land Ulllee at Oregon Citv, Oregon, September 27, lf.il. Notice Is hereby given that the following named settler has tiled notice of his Intention to make llnal pioof In mipiiortofhlsclnim, and that said proof will be made before the County Clerk of Lincoln county, at Toledo, Oregon, on November iff, lsffl, viz: Harrison I'liilllps, H. K. No. 11,110, for the lits 1:1, U and 1.', Section H, and lot il, Section 17, Tow nship lit south, ltiinpe 10 west. He nr.nies tho following witnesses, to prove his continuous resilience upon and cultivation of said land, viz: John O'Connor, Win. Iiobson, .1. C. ilarnes, and J. A. I'pton all of Waldport Oregon. K0HKRT A. MHXEIt, Reglslcr. For Sale. Two good residence lot? in the town of Toledo; one corner lot and and inside lot adjoining. Size of lots 50x100 feet. 'Well located, and will be sold at a decided bar gain. Call at this office. sail things, ft Sllsn's Overalls 50 cts. BEST VAXUE BVSt OITERED Yaquina City, Oregon REAL ESTATE. Re.xl Estate placed in our hands and small fruit. A splendid tract of land with a good body of creek bottom. Price 700 cash. Two lots in Prior Scott's addi lion to Highland; one corner and one i,i lie. P.iice for tlie two, $50, all cash. Two lots in Stanton's addition to Toledo, well located and close to chool house. Price $7-,. A well selected stock ot merchan dise to trade for a good ranch on Yaquina Bay; must have some tide or bottom land and be well located. A good trade will be given for the rilgh kind of a ranch. F.irm and City Property Potatoes. The Iyeader will take potatoes on subscription this fall, delivered at any point on the railroad or river, or at Waldport or Stanford. Sub scribers wishing to make this ex change will please notify us. Oats! Oats! I will furnish good oats delivered at any place on the Bay at the lowest market price. Address, Laukev Logan, 2-ru Siletz, Oregon, To Trade. A well selected stock of merchan dise for a good farm on Yaquina Bay. The farm must be improved and have good body of tillable land For the right kind of a farm a good trade will be given. Enquire at this office. . . Farms for Sale. j I have several farms, both culti-l- vated and uncultivated, for sale in jiracts ol 40 acres and upwards. I Tl.er,; .re adapted tolruit. vegetable an 1 sheep culture. Will be sold very cheap and on reason able terms. Anyone desiring to pufehase such lands will do well to call on or address M. J. Aixphin, tf. Little Elk, Oregon. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE :-: LEADER. $1.50 Per Year. KTe-u.tjpo.l m ottiirig. What a Ci-catnevij Does. "It is estimated that $2,000 are distributed in the town every month bv the creamery among the larni ers. It is quite a sight to see the farmers standing in line at the bank the first of every month cashing milk checks and making deposits." Tillamook Headlight. The above tells iu a terse, simple manner, the benefits to be derived from a creamery. The situation for a creamery at Toledo is better than at Tillamook. At the latter place it costs more to collect the milk than it would here, from the fact that there is no railroad there to -assist in the matter. With a creamery here milk could be brought from the Sutnmitt down at- night and from Yaquina up in the mornings. The sloughs and river present a cheap way of gathering up the milk. There is not a single, solitary reason why a creamery would not be as prosperous here as at Tilla mook. There is not a single reason why we should not have one, aud have it paying out 2,000 per month to the farmers of Lincoln county as well as the Tillamook people, Just think of it. Two thou sand dollars per month means $24,000 per year, or $5 per year for every man, woman and child in the county. This would increase the per capita to a great extent. There is just one thing certain about Lin coln county, and that is, that we must begin to sell our produce or become bankrupt. A people can uot buy all the time aud sell noth ing and become anything else but poveity stricken. Iu order to sell the dairy products of Lincoln coun ty they must be put through a creamery. Years of experience has taught our merchants they cannot sell the very best farm butter in the Portland or San Francisco markets when creamery butter is in supply. The latter, however, always brings a good price. - We believe that there as just one way by which we can get a cream ery located on Yaquina Bay. . We must first find out, as near as pos sible, the amount of milk that would be furnished to a creamery and the prob!ible cost of collecting and delivering the same. Having ascertained these facts we would then be in position to set before practical creamery men, and if the showing is at all favorable, we can easily induce one of them to locate here. Now let us call a meeting of the citizens and proceed to act upon this, or some better plan. Let us appoint a commttee to see. how much milk can be promised at the usual prices. Let us have another committee to correspond with some successful creamery and obtain all the information possible from the creamery standpoint. Intel ligent work in this direction will bear fruit, and if we move at once ive can have a good creamery estab lished here before spring. Let us move in the matter at once. We have nothing to lose and everything to gain. At the recent meeting of the State Press Association, a commit tee on legislation . was appointed, composed of J. B. Eddy, Chas. H Fisher, D. M. C. Gault, A. W. Patterson and Chas. Nickel, with instructions to prepare and formu late bills changing the libel laws and also new laws in regard to certain publications, etc. The committee reported as follows: I he passage of a law 'barring' trivial causes for libel cases and limiting judgements to actual damages proved, also law requiring publication in newspapers of the following: 1. Election notices. 2. Notice of sale tinder fore closure of chattel mortgage. 3. Road petitions. 4. County financial e.:L.Lit. 5. County and probate court proceedings, county clerks to fur nish copy. 6. Publications of laws after the manner of New York. 7. Publication of city ordinances The report of the committee was adapted. These laws will be for the benefit of all parties concerned and the public generally, and will do away with flip imual mnrlp nf nrnititio notices in-out of the way places, whereby undue advantage is taken ' of the public. Another Rail road Sale. At Corvallis last Saturday Judge ; Fullerton ordered another sale of the Oregon Pacific to take place be tween the 15th and 25th of Decem ber, next. He also stipulated that the sum of $100,000 should be de posited as a guaranty previous to bidding. He further made an or der making the taxes against the property in the various counties preferred claims. This matter of an O. P. sale does not enthuse our people as it once did. They have been deluded so often by this will-o'-the-wisp that they do not take very much stock iu the various sales from time to time. While they are as anxious as ever to see a sale made they have but very little faith in the proposed sale. On the other hand there is a strong feeling among many of the best informed railroad boys that the coming sale will be genuine and that uot only one, but several bidders will appear. It is pointed out that Judge Fullerton has said that he would order no more sales until he was satisfied that there would be buiia fide bidders pr""nr. It is also said that D'Arcy & Bing ham, the firm of Salem attorneys employed by the employes, have exerted considerable legal pressure to bring the Farmers' Loan & Trust Co., the plaintiff in the fore closure suit, liable and responsible for the vast amount of costs that have been needlessly incurred iu the litigation of the past. It is ar gued by these attorneys that the plaintiff in an action is responsible for the costs, in case failure is made to recover from the defendant. If this idea is upheld by the court it creates a great reason for the Farmers Loan & Trust Company to find a buyer for the road without further delay. In the meanwhile there has been several entirely dis interested parties looking after the property purely as an investment, since Receiver Clark has fully demonstrated that the road is able to pay 'expenses and to keep up ordinary repairs of stock und road bed. , A'sale may come out of the De cember attempt. It is to be hoped fervently that it wijl sell and be extended into Eastern Oregon, and then the much maligned O. P, will be one of the best paying properties west of the Rocky mountains .. The Oregonian is unable to un derstand why Judge Lord should declare for remonetization of silver by national legislation, as he did in his interview at San Francisco re cently. The matter is very plain to us and very easily explained. Judge Lord has a cottage down at Seal Rocks and spent the summer down there. One of his main com panions and close friends was our friend Carl Schimmel, who was a democratic candidate for county commissioner last June. Carl and the Judge hunted together, fished together, went surf bathing togeth er, and would have probably drank together had not Carl been such a strong prohibitionist. During their close companionship last summer they have doubtless got to discuss ing the silver question, and Carl, who is a shrewd old chap, has con verted the Judge from gold-bug- olalry to free-silver-ism. It is sim ply another case of a strong mind influencing a weaker one. ----- Capt. T. W. Symons. Col. Men dell, of the river and harbor service accompanied by J. G. Holcomb, engineer in charge at Newport, made a trip to Pioneer stone quarry last Friday, and coming back stop ped over night at the government quarry. They gave orders at the government quarry for the closing of the work there, and so Foreman Rochester let out several of the men. The work will be continued there untjj about the first of next month, whMi it will be closed down entire ly. After that the stone for the jetties will be taken from Pioneer quarry. There will only be about twenty scow loads of rock to com plete the present project. The new project has not yet been accepted by the board of government engi- If this new survey and pro- ject is accepted, then work will be resumed. Number 34. Mistaken Idea. Under the head, "Of Mutual Interest" in the last issue of the Corvallis Gazette, the editor of that paper makes a mistake in arriving at the conclusion that the Leader is attempting to pour cold water upon the scheme originated by the Gazette, or claimed to have been, originated by them, to get an ap propiiation for the purpose of build ing a wagon road over the moun tains and connect the O. P. with Prineville and surrounding country, We would correct the Gazette in its error and assure them that the Leader realizes the immense bene fits to be derived from the success ful completion of such a scheme, and will join heart aiid soul into any movement that savors of suq-V cess, but the Gazette must pardon us if we do not enthuse very much over the prospect for a state apt propriation Our statement that the project was too local in char acter was never intended to apply i;i any sense only as it applies to the slate at large, and the situation is so plain that it proves the truth of the statement beyond cavil. To illustrate: ''The counties which would reap a direct benefit from the enterprise indicated would be Lincoln, Benton, Linn, Marion and Crook. In the next legislature) these counties will have 17 mem bers in both houses out of li total of 90) or less "than one-fifth of the representation. Out of that 13 -members we only know of two who have committed themselves to the proposition. Now in opposition to it you will find Portland members and Portland influence, to say nothing of the balance of the state, Cannot the Gazette see that the matter is "loo local" for success? We stand ready to help the Gazette lead a forlorn hope, however, and will reiterate what the Leader has often said in substance, that by every claiinof justice and righteous ness the state should build,; not a wagon, but a -railroad from the front to Prineville. "The state Iras built and is operating a portage road at The Dalles that benefits Washington more than it does Oregon. It should supply the link that would open out Eastern Oregon, and should do it this winter. In conclusion we would again remark that the Gazette is making a commendable fight, all the more commendable because it is a hard fight for a worthy object, and a. fight that is dcjoiued, only to defeat. " . j The Corvallis Times in speaking of the proceedings in the district court relative to the sale of the 0. P., says: "During the discussion the court raised the question about the taxes, and it develops that no. off-set for the road's indebtedness has ever been claimed by the re ceivers iu any of the countjes .dur ing the time when deductions for indebtedness were allowed. It is said the amount of this indebtedness iu some of the counties is sufficient to wipe out a large portion, if not all the taxes assessed against the road. The failure to claim the in. debtedncss against the taxes was the fault of the receiver, but Chas. Hogue explains a part of this neg lect by the statement that the re ceiver, until the supreme court de cided otherwise, regarded the law exempting the road from taxes as constitutional. Several lawyers expressed the opinion that a large portion of the $60,000 taxes that the road owes would eventually in suits be declared illegally assessed, and worthless." Clackamas county has warrants outstanding and unpaid to the amount of $141,572.35. Its re sources in the shape of delinquent taxes, funds on hand, etc., amount 1053,132.93. This leaves a total indebtedness of $88,439.42. It would seem that a county with as much taxable property in it as Clackamas has ought to be out of debt. Marion county is nearly $50,000 in debt. What's the matter, with those big .counties, anyway? - . . For SaW A good new sewing machine of standard make. Enquire at tHts. office. .' 1