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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1895)
mncoin Volume Independent gender in all-'' tilings, ISTou-trol in ISTotku n. . DIRECTORY. Toledo, Lincoln County, "Oregon, Thursday, January 10, 1895. Number 45, LINCOLN (OUST!. PETEIl TELLEFSON, Hint Senator idnt Representative, juniitf Judge lertff !(sool Superintendent iurrero' Kewr " urouer Commlsslonerel Tol. Carter ! Jno. D. Iittlv I S. V. Burt B. F. Jonei George Landii I 5. 1., Hvde : Geo, Kettiers I Joi, (jMoon I , 'C- Dr, 1', 11. curmr , Chun, Williams J.j.uristow -DEALER-IS- rnnntv Commissioners Court meets on WpiI. after the first Monday in Februnrv. April. June, August, October and December, CIRCUIT COURT. Hon. J. C. Fuller-ton, Judge jeo.M. Brown, l'ro. Attormiy Court convenes on third Munduy In May and i lOUrtU tflulluny ,1, iiuYGiiiuci ui cni:u year, i Merchandise, Plev,p ni??l Ytrtt Stppie ami Fancy Groceries, Dry Goods, Clothing. Gents' Furnishing Goods, Hats. Caps, Rubber and Oil Clothing. BOOTS AND SHOES, TOLEDO PRECINCT. Wipe ol the Peace Constable J. A. Hall Chai. Ruhl CITY OF TOLEDO. W. Vincent, ifnvor J, A. Hall, Recorder C.H. Hum Marshal C. B. Cresno ; IF. H. Alexander .' .' L Beths V.V.V.'.'.'..'.':'.'' f Aldermen Lester Waugh, J. F. CollKuiore,.. . J Council meets on the first Mondavavenlnir In tich month, CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES. WETHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Servlcen Jl will be held under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal church as follows; First tonday In each month at Elk City school house it 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Second and Fourth Hun 4ys at Toledo, at 11 a. m. and 7 p, m. Third Hunday at Mill Four school house, at 3 p, m, MI are coraiauy invited to attend, . ' , o. . ruiins, rasior, Auuress, loietio, uiegitu. AT. JOHN'S CHURCH Protestant Episcopal, 3 Divine service the third Sunday of every month, at 11 a. m. All are Invited to attend. Rev. C'has. Booth, Missionary. Residence, Kectory," Newport, Or. 10. O. F. Toledo Lodge, No. 108, Meet every Saturday evening at their bail in this town. , . ; - I. F. BTHWAhx, Seu y, A, Rochsstkr, X. O' f 0. O. F. Bay Lodge No. 110, of Yaqnina City, 1 meets every Wednesday evening. Vlsitiug brothers are always welcome. E. J. minnows, Seoretary. II. M. Biiunk X. 0, 10. G. T. Meets every Satnrdav evening, 1:30 o'clock, in Grady's hall, this town, H. R. Fant, C, T" ' S, E. Collins, Secretary. 10. O. F. Newport Lodge No. 8a, meets every Saturday evening, visltfug brothers are cor dially invited to attend, W, E, Abbott, I. L. Smith, Secretary. N. G AF. & A. M. Newport Lodge No. 8.V regular convocation on Saturday on or before each Mil moon. Visiting brothers are cordially ireicuiueu. jah. n.'tiussELi.-, n.M JAB. R08BRT80N, Secy. ". (1 A. R. Phil Sheridan Post No. 24, meets vi eiry seoona ana lourtn inursaay evening, Ap Gko, Sylvester, Com, pRyrBENSELI., AdJU. ' ' II. DENLINOER, Attofney-at-Law, TOLEDO, . . OREGON. P'T AMPBELL,1 ' 1 . PR0P8IET0R OF "$1 . Z. Toledo Meat Market, .'. , -DEALS IN Fresli and Cured Meats ALL KINDS; " Toledo, - CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. Cigars and Tob&eco, Fruits and Confectionery. Yaqnina City, Oregon. - Having taken charge of the Store, I will say to my patrons, that I have on hand a lot of Boots and Shoes thaf I want to sell to make room for a lot of new ones, and will give you a discount of 10 percent for the next sixty days, on all Boots and Shoes Call and look them over. I know I can suit you in that line. Yours for Trade, N. SNOW. Toledo, Oregon'. Typ THE ODELL e Writer. wlll buy the ODELL TYl'K WK1TKK w will! 10 clIBrnriern, aim f iu. iui GLE CASE ODELL, warranted to do better work than any machine made. JOB 'A FBtNTIN It comoines simplicity wnn aiiraimu) ,t.,i:c. ease of operation, wears longer without cost of repairs than anv other machine. Has no Ink Oregon J A. HALL, justice of the Pea eel l'oledo, Oregon, neeils.ortganes, and all kinds of legal papers executed W lin correi:iiies. vnreuii niieiuiuu given to an business entrustea to my ente. M. Hacsen, WATCDHAEER And EWLEE. Work of all kind Guaranteed. Toledo, Orvaon hm W Mki riDDon 10 ootner muuiwraiur. ii i iicnv. puu stantlal, niekle-plated, perfect, and adapted to all kindsof typewriting. Like a printing press, It produces sharp, clean, legible manuscripts. Two or ten copies can be made at one writing. Any Intelligent person can become anoiwrator In two davs. We offer 11.000 to any operator who can equal the work of the DOUBLE CASE uiir.t.i.. , UpHrWa Avents and Salesmen wanted. Spec ial Inducements to Dealers. For Pamphlet giving Ildorsements, etc., ad dress ' Odell Type writer uo. 358-884 Dearborn St. CHICAGO, ILL. Farms for Sale. I have several farms, both culti- vatea ana uncumvaieu, iur saic in racts ot 40 acres and upwards. These lands are adapted toiruit, vegetable and sheep culture. Will be sold very cheap and on reason able terms. Anyone desiring to purchase such lands will do well to call on or address M. J. Allphin, , tf. Little Elk. Oregonf lik The place to get your CARDS, EXVELOPES, LETTER HEADS, RILL BEADS, ..THE.. STATEMENTS, ETC., COMPANY, CHAS.gCLARK, Receiver. 3 His Connecting with steamer HOMER between Yaquina and Sau Francisco. S.ULINii DATEi; steamer leaves San Francisco April 21rJ, end about every ten days thereafter. stumer leaves Yaquina April 29th, and about oery ten aays thereafter. For Freight and Passenger ratespily to sny agent. f HAS. J. HEX DRY, SON" & CO.. Nos. J to 8 Market St., : ' 'an Francisco, California'. CHAS. CLARK Receiver, Corvallii Oregon ELBREB6I And all klndi of Is st the iUARANTEEO EQUAL TO THE BESt ELDREDBE MANUFACTURIMB CO. BELVIDERE, ILL. LEADER OFFICE. jpfiT Price and Work Satisfactorv SUBSCRIBE FOR THE :-: LEADER, $1.50 Per Year From yebraxlta. Arapahoe, Nebraska, December 29, 1894. To The; Leader: It may be of some interest to the readers of the Leader to hear from a country 8,000 miles distant, and "across the v;..,,?s. so i vi-:.. z::" "uesa a short pen sketch of the western part of Nebraska, as I have found it. Coming from Billings Montana, ontheB..&M. lailway, the first part of Nebraska seen in daylight was jn the vicinity of Broken Bow, Custer county. It was with con siderable, anxiety that the writer hereof noted the approach of day light after the train was within Nebraska, in order. note the con dition of the country,, and'-it was with a sinking heart that its- con dition was noted after daylight spread over tne prairies, bucn a scene of grim and gaunt misery never before appeared before our eyes. Farm after farm was passed without a sign of feed for stock or man appearing in the surroundings. The fields were absolutely bare of stalk or stubbie. Tui two coa secutive years the- drouth and dreaded hot winds have wreaked destruction to the crops of the hard working farmers. Twice have thev sown and have not . had the vestige of a harvest. The. -bleak j- barren condition of the country beggars descnptiou by pen or word. A gentleman on the train informed me that the vote of Custer county had decreased over I.20O votes ou of a total of less than s.ooo in the last year. This would make an exodus of at least one-fourth of the population, and it is safe to say that a large number have left since the, election. At Grand Island the famous Platte val ley was crossed, but the same scenes were still encountered. In the vi cinity of Hastings, near the center of the state, where crop failures have almost been unknown, the same story of a two-years drouth is told. The same pitiful story is told by the rows of empty corn cribs and grain bins that stand by the side of each railway station, After a week's stay in the south western part of the state, the de plorable condition of the country is but intensified to the observer. Two year's of crop failures have driven the people to the verge of desperation. At not one farm in twenty will any grain be found, Empty cribs and dreary, wind swept fields are the universal sights that greet one's eyes. And who can picture the despondency of the peo ple in general. t The same tale of blasted hopes and despairing futures greets one's ears. The winter has been open, and for this country ex tremely mild so far, thus enabling stock to live off of the short grasses tljttt '.he scanty rains of last summer permitted to groWr -But if...the! winter should . tet jn cold and stormy, then God pity both the peo pie and poor dumb brutes of this region. r The desperate condition ' of the feoiila l:?.ve $'rcv! v pj-p.'n!? '. U the sympathies qt the people from all over the United States and much ajd is being .sent to this portion of the country, but the failure was so univeisal, and extended over such an expanse of territory, that there cannot hel;) but be much suffering ati.1 privations. Perhaps the worst feature of the whole deplorable sit uation is that the people will have neither seed no,r feed to put in an other crop. Much help is neede-1 before another crop can be harvest ed. One naturally wants to know why the people stay here. The answer is plain. They have no other place to go. The drouth ex tended all over Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas, Iowa and Missouri. While absolute failure has only visited the Western parts of Kan sas, Nebraska and the Dakotas, yet; the short crops of the other regions prevents the possibility of any work in those regions. If another good crop comes this year times will te: vive and many tell me that they will then sell out and leave the ilroii'h. r-(V"-try, v-1i?fi? rjtrt one crop iu three seasons can be raise. Our Read. , -. j.Z': -. ;- '' ' - -' v Ther proposition for improving our roads is being . generally dis cussed; as the time draws near for the meeting of the legislature, we hope that this matter may be care fully looked - aftery for. Oregon Is rpyMr.lv ir-.'.'I? f.TT'e'roadlaws, Without noting thfe coustatit trouble and wrangle that arises- iu other One has only to let it be known counties 0f the state, we have had that he is from Oregon, and he s ! sufficient trouble jn our bwn coun ty to know that,, our present road laws are impracticable a.nd in fact are only a farce.,'. It ii.true that assessment and road laws can not be framed to suit everybody or every locality, as for instance, the method of making roads in the V al ley would not be a success in the mountains or coast comities, hence we should hear from people from all over the state and get their ideas. We believe that the need of i change in our road laws are so apparent that the people should take some step towards at least bettering our existing laws. At the late conventions of judges, sheriffs, assessors, and recorders and clerks if this matter was ever discussed we have never heard it mentioned. Therefore we would suggest that a good way to get the matter before the people of all sec tions of the state would be to call a citizens meeting in every county and appoint committees to act with the members of the legislature of "their respective counties and try and frame a bill that would be just and efficient, and one that would meet the approval of the majority of the people in the state. Under our present system it is impossible for a road supervisor to collect or work out road tax, only of those who want to se$ gcod roadsv This works a hatdsfi'ip on good citi zens from the fact that nearly all transient men refuse to work the roads, and the experience in this county has proven that it is an ex pensive piece of business to under- take to collect it by law. . . Again under the present law large land owners and non-resident corporations cannot be made to pay any road taxes. We know of road districts in this county where there are not a dozen men in the district to work fifteen or twenty miles of road. The S. P. railroad company has 10,000 acres of land in this county and other corporations own many hundred acres of land, and they never pay road tax. .This certainly is not In liho' with bur' cohstitutipn of "Equal rightls to all arid special privileges to none." All taxes should be uniform and just. It is time that we done some legislating in the interest of the people. sure of interested listeners who wants to know something of that glorious old webfoot land where crops never fail, and where the dreaded hot simoon never visits the farmer with destruction and disola-tion. Poor old Nebraskal Just four teen years ago this January the writer hereof landed iu Nebraska at this place to live, aud to make a home, and the growth and devel opement of the country has been a matter of personal observation to him. Those fourteen years have not brought a bearing orchard, a meadow of tame grass, a real shade tree, nor a single comfort of life to the farmers of the country. After the lone years of labor they are brought face to face with the grim problem of living over the winter. No fruit, no flowers, no nothing, Nebraska.- Chttwootl Chip, f .Health good, Weather rather moist on the out side. More settlers coming in. Let them come, we can settle them on good places and give them a hearty welcome. Our school closed last Friday. Mr. O. Cain give good satisfaction, and all are sorry of its close. Notices are up for a school meet ing to vote a tax. Come boys. i let us put on a good tax so we can have more school and give our children a good education , No one can cheat them out of it. The O. P. still runs the same. We are anxious for the connnction with an easteru road to give us an outlet. On Christmas day our school teacher killed his first deer. Some say that he got so excited he did not know whether he was the deer in the liver or a Cain on the bank. He sat up that night, until 3 o'clock poor fellow. I hope he is better We have a literary society that meets every Wednesday evening to discuss the various questions of the times. There is quite an interest taken. We all like the improvement in the Leader. We all like home production. We say hurrah for the Leader rnd Lincoln county. I. fk L. The flying machine and. the North Pole seem to be the principal objects of attraction, iu scientific invention. It is said that a "Dan-i"vrr,,',r1ifl'!rrnt,r!'(tn,- snrVn of nine alumnium globes, fitted, with paddles for sailing in the air and spikes for traveling over the ice, by which he proposes at one stroke, to solve the problem of aerial navigation and to reach the North Pole. The globes being hol low and six feet in diametr afford the necessary room for storrage, with a minimum of weight. It is in some degree reassuring to hear that the Dane is more of a dreamer than the other flying-machine men." When he gets to the North Pole however he will probably find the stars and stripes of these United States flying at the mast head of said pole Only four days more of Pennoyer, ana men me iora win take care of Oregon. The division of Umatilla county will be accomplished this winter in spite of the . distortions " ol .the Athena" dfsh-Tag;.;or Petjdjeton's Underhanded schemes. The senti ment in favor of jh,e move is spread ing thnrtighovU jtieentire county and petitions circulated" thrsubout hat prepor'-hn rvhich i. v propored . to cut off will receive nine out of every ten of the voting population as signers. There are many men in Pendleton even who favor divis ion and there are many who do not. Those who do are taxpayers wbo look to the Welfare of the county, both present and future. Those who do not are directly their oppo site in' every respect. Many of them are not taxpayers and all are tax-eaters. They are politicians and their camp-followers. Division would in a measure kill their occu pation, consequently they oppose it. Milton Eagle. At Baker City stands at nine zero. the themomcter degrees below . 1 0. ' A lit i i ; 11 ! 4 if i n- -