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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1899)
Volume VII. 1 -f. V JWW ' - George A. Houck of Eugene and L. D. Wood, recently of Plainvievv, ffere among the callers at this office Wednesday. Mr. Houck is enthu siastic on the goat question and considers this part of Oregon un surpassed for that industry. Mr. Wood recently located on a ranch near the Siletz ferry and expects to devote the principal part of his time to dairy cows. He wants to establish a skimming station on his ranch, as a feeder of the Toledo tioatncry, zv.d has 25 cows of his own to "draw" on. We are in formed that Agent Buford will assist Mr. Wood in securing enough cows to make the station profitable should it be established. The opin iou seems to be' quite general that this part of the state is rapidly drifting cowward a most desirable direction. Presiding Elder Ford arrived last Friday evening and was escorted to Siletz next day by Rev. Bryant. Sunday morning he conducted a service vhi:h was pronounced the very best ever held at that place. He returned to Toledo Sunday afternoon and preached an excellent sermon' in the evening to a large audience. Quarterly meeting was held Monday evening, much in terest being shown. Chitwood was represented by ; H. N. Foster and Elk City by Dr. Carter. Elder Ford is much pleased over the out look on this charge., Henry Maine the expert painter and decorator of the Corvallis & Eastern, commenced operations on the local depot Monday morning and is making it as handsome as himself. The enterprise of the company is appreciated, and our people will continue to remember the Maine. Oliver Altree has the machinery on the ground for his shingle mill on Drift creek and a 9c-foot shed is being constructed which will also accommodate a lumber-making out fit. With fair weather the mill "i" be in operation in about two weeks. -1. Mickelson departed Tuesday coming on a business trip to Brad ley, S. D.. his former home. Mr. Mickelson is a hustler in behalf of Lincoln county, and his visit in Dakota will undoubtedly be a valu able advertisement. Master Mechanic Walch and ASent Gaither came up from Ya tjuitia yesterday on a new - engine wmcn was being tested. Mr. Gai ther is an enthusiastic kodak fiend a"d took a snap shot at the new courthouse. - B. McGruder is having the Gr building fitted ud and will occupy it with a stock of merchan dlse, instead of the Peterson build ' as recently announced in these columns. "'.carter of Elk City was in town the fore part of the week intending the construction of Dreastworks on his city property. . Dr. Tatom, the dentist is at the Tledo hotel today.' the nth. ready jo help you out of your trouble if "ls 'u his line. Colonel J. H. Penn of Yaquina Was ejoying himself among his ou"g Toledo friends Wednesday. T . atest in Ready-to-wear hats .1Uifa:.. 1 ... . -"'vea at Mrs. QE. Bauraan's Toledo, Lincoln County, Oregon, Friday, Sheriff Ross visited Corvallis yesterday. Meat and prices to suit, at the meat market. P. A. Miller of Morrison visited Toledo friends last Sundav. Attorney B. F. Jones has .'busi ness at the state capital this week. Charles Winant of Newport was headed toward Hip vail fi,; v 10 morning. Closing out is not our motto, but our low prices still prevail. Miller & Pruett. The Ladies Aid society will meet Tuesday afternoon at the usual hour with Mrs. Brurafield. Miss Janie Meggjnson of Cape Foulweather passed out Tuesday morning on a visit to Portland. A wicked little boil has taken possession of one of Dr. Darnell's best ears and is causing him con siderable pain. The waiting room of the C. & E. depot received new seats Tuesdav which are a great improvement over those discarded. Jackscrew Allphin raised the Swan building near the new court house the fore part of the week and supplied it with new underpinning. Wesley Davis and family came over ircm t:ie Aerencv Tuesdav. and Mrs. Davis and the children departed next- morning for an ex tended visit with her parents at Independence. The music of hammers and the more or less musical voices of the Vnisy teamsters were rudely checked Tuesday by a rather animated mist, but nice Weather sodn stepped in again", '-and. the onward movement is swifter than ever. .Stand up for push. ' Gust Forssell has patronized the Toledo .creamery during the past six months and finds himself a snug $500 at least ahead. He has milked, on an average, 17 head of cows, but lias increased nis nera. to . a . the extent of 22 calves, every one of which has been raised on free skim milk from the creamery ar.d free grass. Who will profit by his example? D. J. Antonides of Wallace, Neb., who has been sizing up the situa tion here and in the Valley during the past seven weeks, departed Tuesday morning for another view of the Valley. He will prospect for a day or two more out there and then decide as to his future. Mr. Antonides and family are worthy of a hearty welcome into any com munity iu which they may decide to locate. It is possible they may yet become citizens of Toledo. Ralph E. Johnson of Lincoln, Neb., and Byron Millsap of Leb anon, Or.; were in Toledo Wednes day in the interest of the Wood men of America... Mr. Johnson is state lecture of the order for Ne braska, but was detailed for a tour of Oregon. He has also figured quite . extensively in newspaper work in Nebraska, and The Leader' roan recalls numerous times when he proved himself a most troublesome thorn in the flesh of his political opponents. Mr. Millsap is district deputy of the Woodmen, and the two gentlemen make a heavyweight team iu the good work, nor only in avoirdupois, but from every other standpoint. They are favorably impressed with Toledo, and believe the city may soon number among its good things a camp of Woodmen. C. B. Crosno stole quietly over the hills and far away Wednesday morning and in due time returned with a deer the biggest doe ever killed in the vicinity of Toledo. And that is where the joke comes in. He chose to go alone because his companions on recent hunts have been missiug the game which he found and chased in their direc tion. His scheme worked until he killed the big deer and then he needed help. His trail home from the place of slaughter was marked by cast-off garments, gun and am munition, lost buttons, huge splashes of perspiration, gore from the dead deer and other evidences ; of a real pleasant game of solitaire. He will ask his old companions to go with him next time to carry the ame. The reports of big yields of wheat are numerous this season, but prob ably the best yield reported is that of E. P. Thurston, who lives a few miles east of Pullmaii, Wash., says the Herald. From one field of 50 acres of Red Russian wheat Mr. Thurston got an average of 73 bushels, the wheat being of ex cellent quality. The threshing was done by the Shaw outfit, and after the threshing was completed the field was measured with a tape line, so that the report is not guesswork. Divine service will be held in St. John's church on Sunday next, the 15th inst, both morning and even ing, buuclay scliool will be held at 10 a. m., as usual. The ladies of the Guild are earnestly requested to attend a meeting on Saturday afternoon. Rev. Isaac Dawson, pastor. Joe Graham of King's Valley, who located on the present site of Toledo in January, 1S66 and re mained for many years afterward, has been in the city during the past week enjoying himself among old friends. The tug Robarts took the three government scows down toSiuslaw Monday. George Gorman, Charlie Huntsueker and other bay boys went down to use their muscle on the government works. llie hrst lrost ot the season worthy of mention sneaked in on us last night. The thermometer in the 'creamery registered 20 this morning and Manager Maple had ice cream on tap. An unfortunate Weary Willie, a rare bird in this locality, went up against the hospitality of our peo ple last Sunday, with good results The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Altree was quite ill the fore part of the week, but is re ported as entirely recovered James Fleming came up from Yaquina' Monday morning and joined the carpenter force on the new Lewis store building. Get new teeth or have your old ones repaired. , Dr. Tatom the dentist, is at the Toledo hotel. Dr. M. M. Davis, the well-known pothunter of Yaquina, passed out to Corvallis this morning. Inspect Miller & Pruett's line of ready-made clothing before purchas ing elsewhere. Lester Waugh shipped two car loads of stock cattle to the valley this morning. Editor Matthews of the New port News had business in Toledo Monday. Master Mechanic Walch was an outgoing passenger this morning. October 13, 1S99. Do you patronize the Toledo Meat Market? o. irvin ot .Newport was a l passenger valleyward Tuesday morning. ' Girls' Golf caps for school wear, 25c and 30c, at Mrs. G. E. Bauman's. For ammunition of all kinds go to Conroy, Son & Co.'s. Large assortment just received. The four new city gas street lamps arrived last night and will soon be paying for themselves. "Webfoot" is1 too feeble a word to represent present-day Oregon ians, says the Astorian. Fins, gills and scales are more appropriate in this cloudbursting year of 1899. Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Downs came through from Yaquina Tuesday morning en route to Forest Grove, their future home. As Mr. Downs has round it to his interest to re move, we heartily congratulate the Yaquina bay fish on their increased chances. Mr. Downs has been a terrible scourge to them, and The Leader' expects him to keep up his record while fishing for easv money in Forest Grove. Seventeen wagons loaded with people, all the way from Chadron, Nebraska, arrived at Waterville, Or., Wednesday, coming across the mountains via the McKenzie route They are here to purchase lands in Lane county and become settlers and citizens, and are first-class people. It will be remembered that Attorney Harbaugh came here via the railroad last spring as the advance agent of these people Junction City Times. The blooming complexion of our ladies and their freedom from the use of face powder made a deep im pressioti upon some of the Eastern editors while here last July. Wit ness the following from an agricul tural editor up in Minneapolis: "At Ashland some of the wives of East em editors called at a drugstore to buy a supply of face powder, but the druggist did not know what they meant: the Oregon ladies get their shell-like complexion from the aurora borealis and the Pacific sun set, not the apothecary shop." Tidings. . There hss been a very poor run of fish in all the rivers and bays along the coast this fall, and vari ous theories are advanced by the fishermen to account for it. It is generally believed, however, that more hatcheries would have mean more fish, and all who desire the welfare of the fishing industry should strive to have hatcheries placed in the various rivers am' streams. If something is not done the rivers will be fished out, and the industry which brings in thou sands of dollars annually will be killed. Coos Bay News. From such information as is now available it seems quite certain tha Oregon's crop of cured prunes this year will exceed 5,000,000 pounds Douglas county, alone, will market 2,500,000 pounds. The total out put of the state will be 40 per cent of last year's crop and more than 25 per cent of what might be con sidered a full crop. This is a good deal better than the almost total failure which was at one time feared. The bulk of the crop is made up ot Petites. There will also be several carloads of Silvers in Douglas county, and some Silvers in other portions of the - state. Oregon Agriculturist. Number 32. J. I. Carson, manager of the Wyoming Livestock Association, of Rawlins, Wyo., has been trying to buy 25,000 lambs in Oregon this fall, says he has given the project up as a bad job, as sheepmen are holding the stock too high for him. He thinks the fine fall erass is argely responsible for this, as sheep-raisers think they can carry their lambs over until spring with out much expense, and then sell thelambs as yearlings, after taking about 60 or 70 cents' worth of wool off each of their backs. He could find no lambs in Eastern Oresrou under $2.25 a head, while $3 each was asked for dry ewes. Ewes and ambs in pairs cannot be bought for ess than $5, which is too high a figure, he says, to justify shipping to the feeding yards at Central City, Neb., where the animals have to be feed on corn for the winter market..' He will therefore postpone all at- temps at purchasing until spring. when he thinks sheep will be cheaper. The Dalles Times-Moun taineer. Wanted Thirty-five young men,. more or less, of all grades and sizes,. from the tall, graceful, with hairs. enough on the upper lip to stuff a cushion, down to the little carrot headed upstart. The object is to form a gaping corps to be in attend ance at the church doors at the close of divine services on Sunday evenings to stare at the ladies as they leave the church and to make delicate and unmanly remarks about their dress, etc. All who wish to join this corps are requested to ap pear at the -church doors at about the time mentioned, when they will be duly inspected, their name, per- . sonal appearance, and quantity of brains will be registered on a book for the purpose.. To prevent a general rush it may be well to state that no one will be enlisted who possesses the intellectual capac ity of a well-bred monkey. Blue Mountain Eagle.. We reproduce the above merely to show that all kinds of positions are open to . young men in Oregon. Toledo, however, has no young men who would be eligible to membership in the "gaping coips." The ladies' Aid society of the M. E. c,hurch will give a birthday social in the church building Thurs day evening, the 19th inst, com mencing at 7:30.' Lunch will be served, consisting of coffee, cake, etc. Those who attend will be charged 1 cent for each birthday to their credit. Ladies past sweet sixteen will be permitted to pay the fee without the same being counted. Committees: Soliciting, Mesdames Ganuon and McNeil; lunch, Brum field Fish and Soule; coffee, Wads worth and Hyde; receiving, Waugh and C. Collins; shingles, Maud Collins and Jennie Arnold; waiters, Landis, Arnold, M. Collins and McNeil. Mr. and Mrs. William Boone and Misses Ethel and Olive Boone were LEADER callers last Saturday. Miss Olive went up to Nortons Monday to commence her duties as school- ma am. , Rowley Gaar, who has been un dergoing a hard attack of pneu monia, is said to be getting along nicely. Rev. E. II. Bryant came over from Siletz Sunday with Presiding Elder Ford, returning Monday. A full line of ladies', gents', misses', children's and boys' mack intoshes at Miller & Pruett's.