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Lincoln County Leader.
CHARLES F. SOULE, )
ADA E. SOULE, . P'wphictors.
Official County Paper.
Entered at the iiHtolllce at Toledo, Oregon, as
second-class mail matter.
Advertising rates made known on application,
BuslnPRH locals will he Inserted In these col
umns at live rents per lino per week, and will
be run until ordered discontinued.
Every postmaster In Lincoln county is author
ized to act as ugent for the I.kadkk.
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
CONGRESSIONAL.
For Congressman First District
Ho.v. THOMAS H. TONGUE.
STATE.
For Supremo Judge CIIAS. E. WOL-
VERTON of Linn county. -For
Food and Dairy Commissioner J.
V. BAILEY of Multnomah county.
DISTRICT.
For Prosecuting Attorney 2d District
GEO. M. BROWN of Douglas county.
LEGISLATIVE.
For Joint. Senator Lincoln, Tillamook
and' Yamhill counties Dr. W. TYLER
SMITH of Yamliill county.
For Joint Representative Lincoln -and
Tolk counties W. L. WELLS of Polk
county.
COUNTY.
For Sheriff - J. II. ROSS of Toledo.
For Clerk G. E. DAVIS of Salado.
For Treasurer J. L. HYDE of Eddy
ville. For School Superintendent GEORGE
BETHERS of Toledo.
For Assessor F. M. WADSWORTH of
Toledo.
For Commissioner F. M. STANTON of
Toledo.
For Surveyor LOT POWELL of Ona.
For Coroner Dk. F. M. CARTER of
Elk City. -
TOLEDO PRECINCT.
For Justice of the Peace II. E. Colli nh.
For Countable C. II. Young.
For Road Supervisor J. C. Altrek.
Be good and vote the above
ticket from top to bottom.
One of the very latest lies of
the present cotnpaign has been
sprung against Assessor Wadsworth
in that portion of the county whose
citizens petitioned to be restored to
Benton county. These citizens are
being told that Mr. Wadsworth has
declared that he fought theii peti
tion and .furthermore, that he would
make the signers of said petition
"pay for it." It is hardly necessary
to pay any attention to a cheap
game like this, but Tin; Lkadkr
desires to expose some of the mean
little nets of a few unscrupulous
members of the opposition party
and to the credit of the opposition,
it may be added, there are not
many such men in its ranks in this
county. Mr. Wadsworth has
friends in every part of the county
who know the report is without
foundation; and the taxpayers in
the territory wheTe the report is
being circulated cettainly know
that in his official dealings with
them Assessor Wadsworth has been
honest and impartial.
Josiah Gideon, the surveyor,
thinks the office of school superin
tendent ought to be taken out of
politics and given to him. He says
it is a non-political office, but still
he desires to have the word "Re
publican" attached to the word "In
dependent." Why the word "Re
publican," if it is not a political
office? Apparently, he hopes to
see Derrick elected, if he can't get
the office himself. Anything with
him to defeat Bothers. This burn
ing desire to take the office out of
politjps is causing Mr. Gideon to
put up some queer argutr.ents.
A man who will resort to dis
honest methods to obtain an office
is not apt to be proof against temp
tation after he is elected. Search
the records and turn on the light.
Messrs. Ross, Hyde, Bethers and
Wadsworth are ready for the test.
i . ... 'ii.
O. K. Davis, candidate forrounty
clerk, is in every way qualified for
the position able to keep the rec
ords of the office up-to-date and in
perfect order. Vote for him,
During a recent session of county
court County Judge Stewart in
formed County Treasurer Hyde
that the latter was "short" with the
general fund about $1,000. Mr.
Hyde was very much surprised at
this bit of news, but an examina
tion of the books of County Clerk
Lutz showed that Treasurer Hyde
was "short" on said fund $1,052.72.
That would have been bad very
bad had it not been for the fact
that the treasurer held the clerk's
receipt for that amount, under date
of June 1, 1899 about six months
prior to the discovery of the big
"shortage." The error was cor
rected, and Mr. Hyde supposed that
ended the trouble, but now the lie
is being circulated in some of the
back precincts that Treasurer Hyde
was really short in his accounts,
and that County Clerk Lutz kindly
helped him out of the trouble.
Treasurer Hyde certainly was not
to blame because the county clerk's
books were "short," but it was the
county clerk's plain duty to ack
nowledge his error and set Mr.
Hyde right before the people. In
stead of doing this, he has per
mitted the lie to live and grow
l is needless to state that Mr.
Hyde's worthy opponent, James
McDonald, is in no way connected
with these unfair tactics. The
Ekader regrets that it has become
necessary to give these facts to the
public. The blame must rest with
the originator of the trouble.
George Bethers, the republican
candidate for county school super
intendent, has taught 115 months
in the public schools of this state.
He has completed the examination
for teachers' papers. He now holds
a state life diploma, the highest
grade paper issued by the state of
Oregon. More than 40 young people
have completed the eighth grade
work in his schools. Many of his
graduates have taken out certificates
and take rank among the best teach
ers in the county. These are facts,
and that little circular letter which
is being quietly used against Mr.
Bethers cannot change them. If
the school superintendent hasfailad
to do his duty, it is not necessary
to make the fact known to the dear
people through the medium of a
circular letter, bearing no signature.
The author of the letter would
better come to Toledo, accompan
ied by his evidence, and proclaim
the fact from the front door of the
courthouse. Then he will find the
people with him. It is to be re
gretted by all lovers of fair play
and clean politics that such methods
should figure in this campaign.
F. M Stanton has been one of
the trail-makers and developers of
Lincoln county, and his old friends
and neighbors know his worth.
He has done a great deal for the
county and is deserving of the posi
tion for which he has been nomi
nated. He will make an able county
commissioner.
In the recent fire at Lakeview
Bernard Daly lost some property,
but he is still a rich man, and the
effort being made to create sym
pathy for him is absurd. He holds,
for instance, $30,000 in Lake county
warrants, which are interest-bearing
and non-taxable. Some of his
property was well insured, and his
drug store is still doing business.
Poor man!
It is a well-known fact that it is a hard
struggle for the schools of Lincoln coun- J
ty, as well as in other portions of the
state, to obtain sufficient public money
to have more than three months school
out of each school year, and the districts
that have a greater number must main
tain their schools by a special tax. In
some districts of Lincoln county the
people have taxed themselves heavily in
order to educate their children, and they
have a just kick coming when through
any neglect of the district or county
officers they are compelled to lose a por
tion of this money ; and that the patrons
of a number of the school districts of
the county, including the cities of New
port and Toledo, have lost a portion of
these special taxes, may be seen by an j
examination of the records of the county
clerk's office. For the year 1894 the !
following social taxes were voted and
levied: City of Newport, 4 mills ; City
of Toledo, 5 mills ; School District No.
1, 1 mill ; No. 2, 2 mills ; No. 4, 7 mills ;
No. 7, 4 mills ; No. 10, 2 mills; No. 24, (i
mills; No. 27, 18 mills; No. 32, 10 mills ;
No. 31, 2 mills. By the tax sale of 1894
a large amount of delinquent property
was sold for taxes, and the same is being
gradually redeemed. Now, when any
property thus redeemed lies in any of
the above-named school districts, a cer
tain portion of the redemption money,
according to the number of mills levied
in the district where the property lies,
must be paid over to the county trens
urer for said districts, and the same is
known as a special fund, and is paid by
the treasurer to the clerk of the proper
school district or the treasurer of the
city to which it belongs. County Clerk
Lutz has collected several hundred dol
lars of such redemption money during
his administration, and the books do not
show that he has ever turned in a dollar
for any school district in the county. If
he has turned this money over to the
treasurer, as by law required, he cei"
tainly has not turned it into the various
school districts, as by law required, and.
the school children of this county have
thus been deprived of their rights. In
no manlier whatever can Mr. Lutz ex
plain away this matter. If he has
turned in this money to the treasurer
for the general fund, then he has de
prived the above-named districts of their
money, and if he has not turned it in to
the treasurer at all, he must still ack
nowledge that the school districts have
not received their money, and that he
lias it in his possession. Since the ques
tion of ability has been raised, we
are perfectly willing to discuss it. We
have 110 stronger proof of our statements
than the law and the county records.
The
K
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to
Wealth
IS WS 116
The Yaqiiina Bay Mercantile Co. desires
to call the attention of residents of Toledo
and vicinity to the New Spring Goods now
arriving, consisting of
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Dress Goods and Fancy Linings.
We have them in the latest designs!
and colors. We have just received '
a large assortment of the latest in
Neckwear, Fancy Shirts, Clothing!
and Hats at prices to suit all.
When you're making those "Xs"
next Monday, don't forget little
bright eyed George Brown, the
present and future district attorney.
He can't lose, of course, but he
deseives a whoppiug majority.
Pile it up.
In the office or out in the moun
tains after evil-doers, Sheriff Ro&s
is a competent, faithful and fearless
officer. The people want him light
where he is, and will say so next
Monday by a large majority.
Respectfully,
Co.
Cedar Mill and Fixture Company
0. R. ALTREE, Manager.
Dters Cedar Lumber,
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A.t Lowest IPrices.
T. 3TSII, Agent,
Toledo, Oregon
CASH TALKS
TOLEDO COMHISSION HOUSE.
The People's Press of Albany
says "it is no crime to be a banker."
No, uot if the banker happens to
be Bernard Daly, the fusion candi
date for congress, but let a repub
lican banker bob up for office and
note how quickly the above-named
paper will set up the old familiar
howl of "money power," "venal
vampire," "corporation cormo
rant" and other pet terms. It's
different when it's different.
one Man M
From a wreck will attract the world's
attention to the life-saver. Yet let the
life-saving he continued every day, and
very s-khi it attracts no public attention.
If the scene of the saving of one life
by that life-saving remedy, Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical
Discovery, could
be made to stand
out alone, like a
picture on a
screen, it would
attract the notice
of the whole na
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.1 r !:t
cv with which the f hi
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of general inter
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I had asthma so bad I could uot slerp hud was
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sumption. My wife insisted on my trying
'Golden Medical Discovery.' I have tnken't'out
bottles and nm now a well man, weighing iSj
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The People's Common Sense Medical
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