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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1896)
Mi at pull- Up' ,11 pumcjy. . i!rl lSrot3.irg: KtpreMntative, luage Toledo, Lincoln County, Oregon, Thursday, December 1806. Number 42. T m mirns F "IT I jZjZlzfJZT F':11rff-nyW T Ik T !... "FEES OR SALARY?:;. -I information Wanted -.4 .. ir tl 7 H 14 u I fk y T w J E fit it ?:?-!;::. : I i JU J Superintendent Jtor ' Tol. Carter . K. Lake - J. O. Stearns B. P. Jones George LaiuUt J. I,. Hvde 8. O. Irvin Z. M. Derrick Silas Howell T. M. Coombs C'hKS. Willlama F. A. Godwin liatoneri UcooniMioners Court meets on Wed 5, it the first Monday in February, t. June, Auguit, October and December. jCIRCtllT COURT. JcFanerton, Judge Jwei, i,,..Prosr Attorney it convenes on 4th Monday in July and I jlondy In January of each year. , I CITY OK TOLEDO. ' Le, ...Mayor 4 .. j ...... .'. . Recorder Mil,.'.', Marshal irofttwl; I jAleitnder I IKwgftad Aldermen Pennon, I : Jtitk Iwiurt, J ItilmMUon the first Monday evening in IUUI. TOLEDO PRECINCT. ol the Peace J. A. Hall ibis J.C.Altree NEWPORT. - - ' ol the Peace, dco. F. Sylvester . u: i-ruicnneiu YAQl'lNA. the Peace J. P. nonth M . L. Watkins ELK CITY. i ItnsPi-aco A. I). Clark ' Alex uurkiialter LITTLE ELK. me reace i nas. ncnncrson Z.S. Derrick - NASHVILLE. the, Peace 8. Huntington ji. r. L.uwnru8 RHAVKR CHEEK.' ' - - tte Peace Pam'l Hill Jcsoph Oourley TIDEWATER. theTeaco N. J. Goodman W. A. Vidlto LOBSTER. Hie Peace L. A. Icck W. V Taylor i-OWER AI.SEA and YACH ATS. lottne Peace m. Wakefield p John Early SALMON RIVER. Itllht Peace Chns. Read M. Iierton ROSS. Ae Peace W. H. Cook Geo. E. Croxfurd 4,000,000 women wear Warner's Corsets 4,000,000 living witnesses to their superior 0 J Ctvle J Comfort General Excellence hi . AGENT FOR t WARNER'S " Perfect Fitting, , : - l Latest Styles corsets; ALSO ' 4CB Ala Spirits,' The Best French Corset in the Market. Price, $1.50 ICHES AND SOCIETIES. olhf )D , ihf' innirT S1ST EPISCOPAL CIU'RCH-S'ervices Moon the first and second Kabbath onto, rnortllmf and evcniiii; npri-lp.a laird and fourth Sabbath ol each k.'v. w. 11. MYERS, Pastor. CHLKCH (Protestant Episcopal. wire the third Sunday of every ".rn. aii are invited to attend. 1 Booth, Missionary. Residence. Jtatiwrt, Or. F.-Tiileilo -Lotlge,, S"o7 crt,'' Meet iturdiy evening at their hall In this T "(j TITIlVlTinlli M pM,ee'y. -BST Lmilffi o. lift nt Vannlnt PI.. WrriVedneHlay evening. Visiting reilwsy, we come. 8. A. PRUITT, N. G. Secretary. TifT 1jnAKI Xo-89. meets every Perenin. yisltfngbn.thersarecor- '"Hoanena, L. O.OWdO.N, K. U. owretary. die Lodire Vn I'm . n-ui. ...... 'revenhutin it. hl ' ,t T-tk Wen always welcome. .JUST' .FR.1RTrTD : . ; n: A LARGE LIXE OF The Latest Styles in SHOES. Men's French Calf Lace ardCorigress Harjd-sewed,' Raz or Toe ar)d Tip, - -Price, $4.00 Mefj's Best Frericl Calf Bals, Triple Sole, Scotch edge, Hard seWed. Best in tle Market. Price, $4.50 se IjWwsRirp' ., Saturdari.n or 'lofiir Vfti "Wliig:t)rtheri are di)W & t'Mmh Friday nlghtsoi Lilly's ''lends are w.-lcome. TOl, II. JOXKB Pro. JT'uK1" ,hf 0,1(1 Kelluws "all In tueitlay evening of each week. 'N',iaBryP VX ' ' r"0.(?,ln J'""t No. 08, meets" In T- STARKLY, P. C. .fWesi hitefM!f p",.K,Rr. I-"'16 Ko- 3. 'toothersSre-alway'S'weleon lRecord"rK'LL'i0iil'W'- i hi" :heP- . t! 5 inl 1, w1 JV()F'D-Pw'h'"tn" iinlTKM . 0reon.' meets an Visiting neighbors are -tJLj t Clerk. mm ATT TRADI MARK, I . UHIONI, ... winT. un"Won' strlctty Uiilih Wa.blnijtoD omce. fiiikl'w,l Maim a ciLM.M 1 rTTi z "'""" eirnnauon or k b Hiw ''""a.uiayeai f tuorn Kit ftL00"" "d iLui i mini. . - Men's Fine Calf, Lace and Congress, Genuine Hand Welt. Bon Ton toe and . tips. The very latest. Price, $4.00 OMEN'S Fine Calf, 'Lace and . Congress, Genuine Hand Welt, Harvard Toe arid Tip. ? PRICE; $3.50 and $4 ' ' t! : ... ,1 . ' !. r .1.1 r. j ri ' ' " 0.' ,an '.Unlimited stock. of . . . MEN'S and BOYS', CI.0THING,,J?UR - NISHING GOODS,' HATS ami CAPS,- DliVr GQOIjS, : FANCY. GOODS lUl) " ' .TrvmTWTn 73 11 CUSjiftlLOffiNG -A SPECIALTY.. IVIail.and Express Oru ;Pr..mi.tly Filled. O'BRIEN'S YAQtlinSTA. ;i .r-it f ONE tPRICB CASH STORE; Which Would be the Better 'System --o 5 .mF.01: Lincoln, County? i ' - Witlj .thereon vening .of .the legis JtUurehe, figh t for the Tepeal of the ifTCtfijd a, jelurn.o th fee system, will bemade. The merits of the tvyo systems hve .-potj ibeeii fully tr&d," but , yJ("hayf Jjbeett sted farnpij tihaw. tht for sniaircountles the fee system, yeven uiider the olcTsystehi m Vvhicli there were glaring defects,, is. much bet ter than the' "salary " system.. r The salary system has proven itself "to be unequal and unjust: It is so because it taxes' men and ' property for the benefit or ; use of others. Under our ' present salary law' a litigant can create hundreds of dol. lairs of. expenses that non-litigant taxpayers must meet, by the pay ment of a paltry trial fee; " This' is not just. " rtiThe'-besb principle,' it seems to us, is for the man that has the ; work :doiie;to pay for it himself. If John Doe sues Richard Doe, let John Doe or Richard Doe pay the costs, If ly person ; has a - service per formed by an officer of. the county let that person pay, the officer, for the service performed. This isonly right, just and equitable. . : . - , We. believe in the fee system for county officers, and . that that system should be extended to the utmost. . , Every county officer should be placed wholly or partial ly on fees. In counties of 20,000 inhabitants or under, with the or dinary amount of taxable property, it is simply impossible to pay the officers a fair and reasonable salary for the work performed. This is as true of Benton county as it is of Lincoln county. In fact Multno mah county and perhaps Marion county are the only counties in the state that have not suffered actual loss by the operation of the salary law. There would be a great sav ing to the counties it a fee system was adopted for all the county offi ces, except, pernaps, tne assessor and superintendent. In a county like ours the sheriff and clerk should be allowed a reasonable fee for all work done, and the county should be responsible for only such fees as are earned 011 woik 1 performed for the county. ' The 1 county judge should also be placed on fees. He should be allowed a per deim for each day he fits with the commis sioners, and fees ia all probate and law cases that i come before him, This would, .result in a net saving to the county bf about $500 per year, and still the fees would reach very neaily, if not quite, his pres ent salary. The treasurer should be made tax collector and should also be placed on fees. The only advantage this would be sto the county would be that the tieasurer's salary would depend upon the. amount ol taxes collected by him, and this would be an - incentive for him to put forth every effort to col lect as much as possible. . . A reasonable fee.; system ; regu lated as above, would cave Lincoln county $5,000 per year, and officers would' receive a liberal salary. , ' , That wave of prosperity must be sidetracked some place. The. fail ures of the last week have been al most equal in their extent to those of the dark das . of the panic of 1893. And yet. the gold. Standard is assured. The following excerpts from two letters recently received by Register Miller, says the Oregon City Enter prise, are fair samples of Jhe inquiries that arrive in every mail, a half dozen not unfrequently being re ceived in a single day at the United States land office in this city. W. H. Pritchard, of Kalamazoo, Mich., asks:' ''' "Can'I get good, fertile fruit aiid farming land on the western side or slope of the Cascade mountain rantre in Oregon that is open for home stead entry? Are they prairie ' ,or timber lands and how far from markets? ; Can they be located on streams, or lakes, etc, jV Daniel C. Wattinger , of Cross Roads, Pa., says: , ' Can I, get some land at $1.25 per acre ard hold it for a few years without set tling upon it? Can I buy more than 160 acres? If not, why not? How is it that some people in Oregon own several hundred or thousands of acres of land if not allowed more than 160 acres? How far from city or town are govern ment lands. Please answer soon and give full particulars." Register Miller answers each of these letters received with whatever .information he has at hand. Here is an avenue of judicious advertising for our county. We should have a good supply of descriptive literature on band constantly at the two land offices, Oregon City and Roseburg, and when inquiries are made the register would mail it direct to the inquirer. . . It is claimed, says the Mining and Susutifii Przsi, t'nt thj pat put of gold from the Baker county mines, in Oregon, for 1896, will exceed that of 1895 by 40 per cent. There will also be a large increase in the yield of mines of Southern Oregon in fact, all along the Pa cific coast, from Sinaloa, Mexico, to the Yukon river, in Alaska, in nearly every mining " district the gold yield this year will show a considerable increase over that of last year. The same is said of Nevada, Utah, Colorado, South Dakota and the rest of the region lying west of the Rockies.' Asa consequence, if there is any sub stantial increase in the world's out put of gold over that of last year, it is probable that more of it will come from the western part of North America than anywhere else. It is safe to say that this increase will exceed $10,000,000. The filibustering schooner, Three Friends, which has been carrying arms to Cuba from the United States, has placed this nation in a very delicate position, and the officers and crew of the vessel in a very dangerous one. While at tempting to land a cargo of men , and arms in Cuba the other day they were attacked by a Spanish gunboat. The Three Friends re-' turned the fire of the gunboat and landed her cargo by force. The firing on the flag of a nation with which we are at peace is an act of war, if condoned . by our' govern ment, and it not, the- crew of the4 vessel so firing areT considered ' pirates... The position 'is a 'very' delicate one. : t ' ' '' ' ' The proposition of, some of our -, legislators of cutting down expenses by refusing employment to any lady.. clerks is senseless and brutal. There :; The total assessable property of i is no more reason why a lady should the state exceeds that of a year ago riot be a legislative clerk than a by over a million dollars. ' man.