Volume VII.
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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.