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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1899)
-' , .y Mttmn ml - : or, Volume VII Toledo, Lincoln County, Oregon, Friday, October G, 1899. f LOCAL IN BRIEF, k Dudley Perkins brought in a rt of the week grown on the jtitler place, which is a hint to the Iniers in the vicinity of Toledo, rkile this is ot a wheat country, Jnd the cereal can be raised only onastual) scale, the sample brought ipby Mr. Perkins is ample proof at a limited amount of good sheat can be grown by every local Inner who will try it, and its value to the ponltryman is too well (Jiiown to require comment. 51 The steamer Richardson, Captain Llaty f aviO) s. u.i-Li.v. n ,o i va a y ,ith the government pile driver, ibich has been used in repairing he docks in the lower bay. The oat also had as passengers the aptain's daughters and R. A. Ben ell. On her return she carried umber from Gregson's sawmill. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Gray came iver from the Agency early this iiorning, escorted by Prof. Bert R. Betz, and went to their home at Nilera. Mr. Gray is one of the .ontractors for the new Agency wildings and will return in about i week to complete the work. John A Olsen of Newport was a ciller at Leader headquarters ploiiday. His description of how 'locks are constructed and ocean jtraffic conducted at his old home in Sweden almost causes a regret that Yaquina bay is not in Sweden. Mr. and Mrs. George King and son Burl of Oyster City were To ledo visitors Monday. Mr. King is removing his family to Newport, where they will remain during his coming visit to his old home in England. Mrs. Charles Jahn, who has been visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Scott, in Ya quina, went through vesterdav morning en route to her home at Seattle, Wash. Some of the members of the Ladies' Aid society of the M. E. church were engaged yesterday in S'ving the interior of the church building a thorough cleaning. Miss E. M. Dver arrived from Spokane, Wash., yesterday evening and went over to the Agency this Homing to enter upon her duties M nurse at the hospital. Miss Mamie Wafc pfiplrl ramp tm from West Yaquina Saturday morn- ,aS. where she is teaching school. a,ld visted friends until Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. P. V. KIWnrtli Q,i filter (if VftiMnrtrl 5., TV 0 Monday greeting friends and dieting business. Mrs. M. Hemphill returned to rvallts Monday, after several Wecks' slay at her summer cottage 111 Newport. T-W. Gorman of Yaquina came 0VCI Tuesday via the short cut, ac "npanic( by his dog and gun. Presidinjr ,;Wer i;ort js expecteci jj "J.uct service in the Toledo & church Sunday evening. R-A. Miller brought in some fine Aniens of Baldwin and Yaquina ay Beauty apples Monday. n Dr; Carter of Elk City had husi eSs 111 llle county seat Wednesday. ) Monroe of Lutjens had ,3"'si Toledo Monday. .ajor Afford was a passenger bu Mai fr Alb a"y this morning. Xumber 31, Harry Fant was tip from New port Monday. Mrs. D. Jenkins of Yaquina visited Toledo friends Monday. W. II. Fisher of Salem transacted business in Toledo Wednesday. Charles Holbrook of Albany came in on business Monday even ing. Editor Matthews of the New port News was up on business Tuesday. Girls' Golf caps for school wear, 25c and 30c, at Mrs. G. E. Bauman's. Valentine Thiel of South Beach came up Tuesday morning to attend county court. Don't you eat? If you don't now is a good time to begin. Buy your meat of Bob Collins. Pat Nagle of the bridge crew passed out Monday after Sundaying with her at Yaquina. The county officials began the work of removal into the new courthouse this morning. A full line of ladies', gents', misses', children's and boys' mack intoshes at Miller & Pruett's. Uncle Hop Owens returned the fore part. of the week from Inde pendence, where he spent the sum mer. John Shermer and Leland Wright went up to the stone quarry Mon day to take possession of their new jobs. J. H. Doty of Yaquina was among the Toledo visitors Wednes day and also a caller at The Leader office. Rev. E. II. Bryant and family removed the fore part of the week to their new field of usefulness at Siletz. . " Commissioner and Mrs. F. A. Godwin are guests of Mrs. Burt this week. John Buckley of Newport is spending today in Toledo. The Leader received a pleasant call from the gentleman. , ' Collector Crosno put in two nights and a clay at Yaquina the fore part of the week, the guest of his political sympathizer, A. H. Rowe. Ade Crosno came up from Ya quina last night. He was compelled to stop fishing for a few days on ac count of badly "salmoned" hands and wrists. Miss Lulu Burt returned home from Newport last Monday morn ing. Miss Burt has been assisting in the postoffice at Newport the past season. ''Sol" King, the well-known and heavy farmer and hop-raiser of Benton county, had business in Toledo Wednesday and shook hands with many old friends. One of the new crops in this section which promises to become popular is broom corn millet. There is a sample of it from Colonel Par ker's ranch on exhibition in this office which indicates that it feels perfectly at home in our soil and climate. It is said to be a valuable stock and poultry food. Work commenced Tuesday morn ing on the new M. K. parsonage, Rev. Brown acting as boss carpen ter. The building will be erected by popular subscription, our en terprising citizens responding with their customary promptness. With continued good weather the build ing will be ready for occupancy in a tew days. Council Proceedings. Council chamber, Toledo, Ore. October 2, 1899. Pursuant to ordinance the Com mon Council of the City of Toledo met in regular session. Mayor Jones presiding. Present: B. F.Jones, mayor, H. R. Sturdevant, Al Waugh. Fred Stanton, J. Ofstedahl and J. F. Stewart, aldermen. Alderman Stewart was appointed recorder pro tem, in the absence of the recorder. Minutes of the previous meeting read, corrected and approved. The following bills were allowed: Stone Wells, work and help on streets, $10.00 Tillotson and Iiorning, work on streets, $11.25 S. Owen and McCally, work on streets, $2.25 M. Gregson, lumber for city, $18.58 Lincoln Co. Leader, printing, M. J. Allphin, work on streets $7.50 Yaquina Bay Merc. Co., supplies and rent" of council chamber to Jan. 1, 1900, $16.25 Lee Wade, work on streets, $10.50 Fred Stanton, work for city, $12.00 Communication of. Hop Owen read and filed. Ordinance Bill No. 30. providing for the laying of sidewalks on cer tain streets introduced by Alderman Sturdevant. Read first time. On motion rules were suspended and Ordinance read second time by title. Moved and carried that rules be suspended' and ordinance bill read third time. Ordinance bill read third time and placed on final passage. Roll call: Gaar, absent, Ofstedahl, yea; Stanton, yea; Waugh, yea; Sturde vant, yea; Stewart, yea. The or dinance bill was declared, duly passed. At this time Marshal Wells came into the council chamber. Moved and seconded that the city buy four incandescent street lamps, and amendment offered that if after a month's trial they prove satisfac tory that the council buy four more. Amendment accepted. Motion car ried. Moved and carried that the city Marshal be allowed a salary of $10 per month for lighting lamps and supervising streets for a period of six months. Moved and carried that council adjourn. J. F. Stewart, Recorder pro tern. Twenty-five hop-pickers from To ledo, Lincoln county, left for home on Tuesday morning's south bound train. They had been working in Walker Eros.' hop yard below town and they seemed to be a happy lot of people. West Side Independent. An exchange says the two im portant events in the life of a man are when he examines his upper lip and sees the hair coming; and when he examines the top of his head and sees the hair going. This is no joke. See the latest styles and cuts in clothing,' fresh from the loom, at Miller & Truett's a large and varied assortment. Closing out is not our motto, but our low prices still prevail. Miller & Pruett. Latest in Ready-to-wear hats justarrivedat Mrs. G. E. Bauman's. Do you patronize the Toledo Meat Market? Attorney C.E.Hawkins visited Siletz yesterday. II. T. and John Ridders of Wells, Or., were Monday evening arrivals. George Hodges of Salado was greeting Toledo friends Wednesday. J. H. Niedermark of Portland was registered at the Toledo hotel Wednesday. H. E. Collins returned Monday evening from a successful sojourn in the hop yards. 9 Pete Abbey of Newport was a passenger for Corvallis Monday, returning next day. 1 John Bowers of Beaver creek, was exercising himself in this metropolis Wednesday. C. C. McBride of Eddy ville came down on business Tuesday eveuing, returning next morning. The Ladies . Aid society of the M. E. church will meet next Tues day at 2 p. m. with Mrs. J. H. Mc Neil. Roy Case of Newport was a pass enger Tuesday morning for Port land, where he has secured a po sition. If you have a surplus of wood it is legal tender at this office for a year's subscription. Who wants to swap? James Moore of we don't know where has been in Toledo this we;ek talking flouring mill.- It is a good thing, and we hope Mr. Moore will push it along. Al Waugh has placed a new gas street lamp in front of his place of business that makes a beautiful light. As will be seen by the coun cil proceedings published else where, the city has decided to have a lew street lamps of that kind. We do love enterprise. M. M. Davis and Nicodemus of Yaquina went out in the Valley last Saturday after Mongolian pheasants. The doctor didn't have much to say when he returned Tuesday evening, and the genera belief is that the birds were scarce. It is possible however, that his best eye was out of focus. It begins to look as though the projectors of the Salem & Pacific Coast railroad company mean busi ness. The chamber of Commerce is considering a communication from the attorneys of the company, concerning the future of the road. The road is to begin at West Salem and go to Newport via Dallas, Falls City and. the Siletz Saleru Independent. Important if true. .The editor of an El Paso paper picked up his rifle one day receutly and started down the street to have .the gunsmith repair it. The delin quent subscribers, however, got it into their heads that he was on the warpath, and everyone he met in sisted on paying him what they owed him. One of them wiped out a debt of ten years' standing. On his return to the office he found a load of hay, fifteen bushels of potatoes, ten bushels of corn, a bushel of ' grapes, a load of wood and a barrel of turnips that had been brought in by delinquents. I hat editor has our svmpathy. If he was running a paper in Lincoln county, Oregon, he would find de linquent subscribers a rare article, and would have to build an addition to his sanctum to make room for the fruit and garden sass brought in by good neighbors who delight in bringing a smile to the face ot the wretched. Mrs. Neumayer, the lady who once produced very successfully in Roseburg with local talent, the can tata, "Triumph of Love," is search ing for a lost son, who she fears has been foully dealt with either in Oregon or Washington. She is asking newspapers to print the following notice: "A MntW-s Appeal. For a long time I have been seeking information as to the fate of ray son, Mark Neumayer, whether living or dead . To all who have ever known my son, I appeal for information as to wheu, and where, he was last seen or heard from. To the papers of this city and state and elsewhere, willing to assist a deeply distressed mother to clear the mystery of her son's dis appearance, I appeal, with a re quest to publish this article. Mrs. L. Neumayer, Portland, Oregon." The Oregon Native Son is au illustrated .monthly magazine of history, published in Portland. The September number has just been received, and is illustrated with portraits of pioneers and native Oregonians, and deserves' the sup port of every patriotic resident of the Pacific Northwest. It is de voted to the history of the original Oregon, is well printed on glazed paper, is beautifully illustrated, and the subscription price is but one dollar per annum. Such a maga zine has been needed iu this coun try for many years, and we hope it will receive the liberal support it deserves. The hop crop of Oregon is now about harvested, and the indica tions are that not less than 85,000 to 90,000 bales will be ready to be put on the market in a few days. The ciop is far better than was supposed would be the case, for the reason that many growers in fact the majority of them finding mold in their yards, carefully culled the damaged vines, thus somewhat re ducing the quantity, but bettering the quality of their crops. Salem Statesman. . Forty-eight head of cattle wire driven out of the Alsea country last week, says the Corvallis Times, by Bellinger and Moran, of Water loo, Linn county. A man from the region says the firm offered as high as $13.60 per head for last spring's calves. Miss Janie Megginson of Cape Foulweather 'visited in our city Wednesday and renewed for Tiik Leader. Attorney Joe Wilson of Corvillis had professional business in Toledo the first half of this week. For ammunition of all kiuds'go to Conroy, Son & Co.'s. Large assortment just received. ' Agent. Buford came over from the Agency Monday, accompanied by Captain Wakefield. . Z, M. Derrick and L. F. Pippin of Little Elk' were circulating in Toledo Wednesday. Ed Norton of Yaquina loomed up like a clothes-line on end in To ledo Wednesday, Inspect Miller & Pruett's line of ready-made clothing before purchas ing elsewhere. Extensive repairs and improve ments will soon be made on the C. & E. depot. Mrs. G. E. Baunjan has a new ad this week. . Read it, ladies. Dr. Turner wa3 over from the Agency Wednesday. Meat and prices to suit, at tha meat market. I r 1 I !