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, COMMISSIONERS' COURT.
i Grist of Business Transacted at
the Adjourned Term.
Toledo, Or., March 11, 1904.
Comnitatdoners' Court for Lincoln
. Couuty met in special session. Present
llon.C. M. Brown, Judge; Hou. F.M.
Stanton and Hon. George King, Com
1 missioners; Ira Vale, Couuty Clerk j
J. II. Ross, Sheriff.
BUM AM.OWKH.
M Wygaut, work on road records and
plats $11 00
Cnas Wooding, work on Toledo and Alseu
Hay wugon road 02 00
" V M Jlrown-, salary as County Judge (or
February. 1H04 S3 SO
8 J Stewart, work ad supervisor in dls-
triOtOslure Jan. 1, 1904 6 00
(iaurlel Dahl, rebate of tax 8 00
F M Stanton, CnuiinisKloner, per diem
", and mileage 16 80
George King, Commissioner, per diem
l'-'X and mHwnr. 13 20
! T ii t a I " . 1
Iu the matter of
famishing a
ruuu
". plow to district 12.
Referred to Coni-
V missioner King.
In the matter of the bond of F M
Seits et al on contract for Five Rivers
bridge. Bond accepted, with. Beunet
; Olsen as surety.
In the matter of the appointment of
: supervisor for district 3. J A Peterson
appointed.
In the mutter of bridge irons bought
of railroad company. Clerk instructed
" to draw warrants under instructions of
Commissioner King.
In the matter of altering Newport
' and Siletz wagon road. Conies now C
r L Chatterton, one of the petitioners
for the above-named alteration in stud
t county road aud presents to the court
,: the petition of himself and others pray-
ing for the alteration in said county
t road ns follows to-wit: Beginning at a
. I gate iu front of Nellie Campbell's house
' on said road between mile posts 0 and
10 and running theuce in a northorlj
x direction parallel and to the right of
said road to a point about one-fourth of
i h mile south of mile rock 11: also bo
il', i ginning at a point between mile posts
V. j 12 and 13, running llience in a north
eny direction parallel witn ana to mile
post 13; also commencing at a fir tree
J situated at foot of Bala Hill at the
( north side thereof and in said road
rnnning northerly, parallel and on the
fright hide of snid of said road to mile
post 17. And it appearing to the Court
that said petition is signed by more
J than 12 householders of this county,
residing iu the vicinity ot said proposed
road, and that said petition properly
specifies the place of beginning, inter
mediate points and place of termi
nation of Raid road, and it satisfactorily
appearing to the Court that notice has
been given by advertisement posted at
I the place of holding County Court , to
4 wit At the nniirtlinniu In Tnlaln
E3 ;S County of Lincoln, state of Oregon, and
p j "'so in tntee public places in the vicin
lty ot said proposed road, to-wft : At
place of beginning of said road, near
said Nellie Campbell's house, and one
near the half-way point betweeu the
place where the said proposed alter
ation commences and where it ends,
and one at the end thereof, for more
than 30 days immediately prior ta the
presentation of said petition to this
court, notifying all persons concerned
that application would be made to this
Court at the present session of this
Court; and that the notices so posted
were in due form and duly signed by
the petitioners, and that a bond for the
cost of this proceeding has been duly
iiiven, it is therefore ordered that M.
Wygant, County Surveyor, aud J. G.
j Plank ane J. C. Bobertsou be appointed
iO f. : I viewers of said road aud that M. Wy.
5 wap am 00 appoint surveyor or said road.
,.. I and that thev meet at the nlaca in nirl
road opposite the said house of Nellie
Campbell on the 2lst day of March,
1904, at the hour of 1 o'clock p. in., and
after qualifying, to view, survey and lay
out said road according to law.
C. AI. Brown, County Judge,
F. Al. Stanton, Commissioner,
Ukoror Kr.su, Commissioner.
-Whereupon, there beina no further
bnslnes9, Court adjourned until April
fj, iw-t, at tne nour ot o'clock a.m.
Read and approved.
C. M. Bkown, County Judge,
F. M. Stanton,, Cmmissioner,
Gboroe Kino, Commissioner.
Attest: Iba Wade. Clkhk.
J ! E. T. Ilawar, industrial teacher at
To'i yile,zi "turned Tuesday evening from
J recuperating visit in California.
Joe Bryant of Nortons was in the city
last Friday night.
B. F. Hahn of Yaquina had business
in the city yesterday. . ' .
W. II. Daniel of Big Elk had business
in the city Wednesday night.
William Wakefield Jr. of Eddyville
was a Toledo visitor last Friday night.
Mr. and Airs. Thomas Leese left for
their other home in Corvallis Tuesday.
James McDonald and son A. L. of
Chitwood spent Alonduy night in Toledo.
D. J. Derby, the expert fruit and veg
etable grower, was in the city Tuesday.
Joseph Blower and Uncle George
Boone were visitors from Mill 4 Mon
day. AI. L. Trapp, I. J. and Arthur Pepin
of Chitwood had business in the city
last Friday night.
Mrs. Burt Boles of Yanninn y.'?.3 a
the city Wednesday, the guest of The
Leader family.
Merchant John Loomis of Newport,
leading Democrat of Lincoln county,
had business in the city Tuesday.
Airs. T. P. Fish went to Portland
Wednesday to purchase her spring and
summer stock of millinery, dress goods,
etc.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wood returned to
their home in Salem Tuesday, after a
two mouths' visit with relatives at Bi
letz. While going to the depot Tuesday
morning Banker Thomas Leese slipped
and fell on the icy sidewalk and great
was the fall thereof.
G. L. Gray, Grand Custodian of the
Masonic Lodges of the Willamette
jursdiction, left Tuesday morning on an
ouacial visit to Portland.
St. John's Church Fifth Sunday in
Lent. Morning prayer and litany 11 a.
m.; evening prayer, 7:30 p.m. All
welcome. F. O. Jones, Pastor.
Tub Leadeb reported last week that
the local W. R. C. would give a Fair on
the 28th inst. We have been indig
nantly requosted to announce that we
were mistaken. .
Our former fellow-citizen, Gust Fors-
sell, now a resident of Wetaskiwin, Al
berta, Canada, writes The Leader that
"Oregon is the best, and I expect to be
back, there in two or three years."
we'll give the prodigal a hearty wel
come, Gust. '
George Blattner was up, from New
port Tuesday. He took advantage of
the dark of the moon Monday and
planted his early potatoes, whioh in
sures a bi crop and wards off the at
tacks of moles, etc If you dqn't be
lieve it, try it.
hi. G. Grosbeck of Denver has been
in the city this week visiting with his
cousins, Mrs. Ed Stanton and Miss
Hattie Gillette. With the latter he
went to Newport Wednesday to visit
the big Paciflo. He left this morning
for Creswell, the home of his mother.
George AlcCluskey came iu Tuesday
evening from Hammond, where he has
been teaching school and passed on to
the terminus to visit his sister, Mrs
Charles Litchfield. He will proceed to
his homestead in Lane county, the im
provement of which he considers more
profitable than teaching school.
The Leader gives Bpace this week to
the call for the Socialist county conven
tion. The chairman and secretary, it
will be observed, have takeu advantage
of our good nature and courteous in
clination and rung in a little invitation
to the great army of sinners in the
Democratic and Republican parties to
"jine" 'em; We trust the call will he
effective that is, we hope every Re
publican who believes lie is a wracked
and screwed slave will get out of the
party before tomorrow morning.
The voters of Lincoln county are get
tiug their ears filled with whispers
these days. Alanyof them have been
told on the quiet that new co'unty of
ficials should be elected in order that
the county records may be examined
by experts, the insinuation being that
the present oCQcials are dishonest.
This choice bit of poison is being circu
lated by men who pose as Republicans,
but whom the voters recognize ns the
same old bolters and kuifers who have
for years fought every candidate on the
ticket whom they were not permitted
to name. Honest voters who believe
in fair play will simply consider the
source and treat the poison peddlers
with silent contempt.
Inherited Indian Land
At Siletz Agency, Oregon
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That bids will be received for the sale of
the following described inherited Indian
County, Oregon, as per schedule herein set
incuts
sub
divisions Lot S ne W
Lot 4 ne I?
1-ot 14 ne v;
Lot 1-s ne il
John Adaina....
Coquelle Thompson ..VJ$ nwj se'i
Ne t aw I?
Lot 12 hw 2
Henry Johnson 8V4 awi nwji
aw bw '-4
I)t 6 sw ii
Lot 6 tw IT
Lot 7 aw 1
Lot 8 sw J-2
Henry Johnson.. Be l
n w 14
Ne i sw li
Henry Johnson,,
..s;i sw'i ne H
Lot ! e
Lot 4 so 12
Henry Johnson Lot 9 bw A
l.ot 30 bw A
Lot 7 nw 1
lot 8 nw li
Ki lot 9 nwl2
NWlot 10 nwV2
Bl lnt a V. ... 17
8 lot 0 nw l2
Lot 12 nw 1.2
; Jxt
nw M
sw Ki
sw li
IIW y.
Katlierlno Evans He
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Katharine Evans Lot
no
Lot 1ft no li
Lot 14 no k
WW w nwij
Abo Logan ' 8e i se
Larkey Logan , Kt swj se ,
Annie W inkier Lot 24 sw i
H. C. Calahan .' bZ xe'i sw 11
i sw li Re U
NU ne ne 2
KjEj nwne2
Moses Lane , WneJ4 nwji
V14 e?i nwj-i 19
Lot 2 nw i .19
Said bids will be received up to 12
which they are listed to be opened in
sealed envelopes directed to John J.
envelopes containing sucn bias snouia
of the lands to.which the bids relate, but
the date upon winon tne oia is to he cpenoa. JOHN J. McKOIN,
Supt. and Special Disbursing Agent,
Married. ; '
Burchett-Bhown At the Parker House
in Toledo, Or., Wednesday evening,
Alarch 10, 1904, Miss Emma Bnrohett
of Grandeur, Iowa, to Mr Ira Brown
of Siletz, Or., Rev. Bristol officiating.
Mr. Brown was formerly a resident of
Grandeur, Iowa, but recently located
at Silotz, where he become lonesome.
with the above result. He met his
bride at Albany Wednesday.
May they live long and prosper in
Lincoln county.
Potatoes for Sale.
I have 400 bushels of tine potatoes,
cliep for cash; still cheaper if taken in
large quantities. Joe Kosydab.
Siletz, Or.
.. .
Dentist.
I will be in Toledo, at the Parker
House, ten days from Saturday, March
29. Thoroughly reliable.
H. E. Kelty, Dentist.
Attention, Rebekahs.
Special meeting Alonday evening.
March 21. All members urged to be
there.
Fred Bailey of Winant was in the
city Monday.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet
next Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. M.
E. Thayer.
Thomas Jones of Corvallis, county
surveyor of Bentou, county has been in
the city several days transacting busi
ness aud visiting his brother B. F.
George McCaulou and Reims Arnold
will operate a long-felt want iu Toledo
this season, viz., a gasoline power wood
saw. The machine will soon be r-jady
for business. Wait for it.
W. Tyler Smith of Pitner was in" the
city yesterday on business connected
with the Salmon River toll road. Air.
Smith and partner, Mr. Groucher, have
fini&hed hauling their sawmill machin
ery in on the Salmon River road and a
force of men is busy erecting the mill,
which will be in operation in about two
weeks. They expect to cut about 10,
000 feet of planking per day, which will
be laid on the road as soon as the
weather permits. They will open the
road about July 1.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Howell are again
at the helm of the Farmers' Hotel,
having purchased the appurtenances
from Manfred Seits. The change oc
curred -Thursday morning. Mr. Belts'
family will remain in Corvallis, but ho
will himself do business one way or
another in the remote regions of Lin
coln county. Corvallis Times.
for Sale
lands, situated and being in Lincoln
forth, to-wit:
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8
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8
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8
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7
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Acres
23.59
23.63
20
20
20
40
23.12
20
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4.5
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5.20
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7.10
5.84
11.31
12.91
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19.29
Date
Listed
Jan. 25
Date Bid
Opened
April 23
10
10
10
10
11
11
11
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
Feb. 8
May 7
9
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Mar. 7
June 4
10
19
o'clock, noon, of the various davs upon
above schedule, and must be enclosed in
AIcKoin, Superintendent, Siletz, Oregou.
not Have noted thereon the description
there shall be noted on such envelopes
in Charge of Siletz Agency, Oregon.
O. G. Da'abw of Elk City has been in
Toledo during the past week organiz
ing, or rather reviving, the Artisan as
sembly. There are a number of old
members of the order in Toledo, but
they have not held a meeting for sev
eral years. Mr. Dalaba has brought
the total up to 20, and the assembly
win soon oe in good working order
again.
Alessrs. L. W. Williams, S. G. IrVin
and John A. Olssou of Newport had
business in Toledo Monday. Lee Wil
liams gave the vocations of the three
gentlemen as deacon, real estate agent
aud horse-thief not in the order
named, however.
Couuty School Superintendent Geo.
Bethers visited the schools at Elk City,
fttorrs, Newport and Big Creek last
I week. Air. Bethers informs The
ajedeb mat a local teachers' institute
will be held in Toledo about the middle
of April.
Sheriff Ross has collected on thedelin
quent tax roll for 1902 $2,335.21. About
two-thirds of this amount was paid be
fore the date of .sale, February 27, and
79.80 represents property redeemed
since the sale.
On another page will be found the
advertisement of Vim, a Democratic
campaign paper edited by A. B. Clark.
j.hb .leader welcomes Vim to
honorable combat.
open,
Rev. G. II. Dubois will preach at
Oystervillo Sunday next, March 20, at
2:30 p. m., and in Yaquina schoolhouse
at 7:30 p. m., same evening.
Air. and Mrs. Otto O. Krogstad re
turned last Saturday evening from a
visit with friends near Albany and
Salem.
Mrs. John AlcCluskey went to Ya
quina Wednesday evening to visit her
daughter, Airs. Charles LitchnVld.
Dick Evens of Waldport passed
through Tuesday night en route home
from a business trip to Portland.
Mrs. AI. L. Glass left yesterday morn
ing for Eugeue in response to a mes
sage announcing the serious, illness of
her mother. '
Harry Eyer went to Portland yester
day in search of an opportunity. His
numerous friends wish him all kinds of
success.
Carl Anderson, one of Newport's sub
stantial citizens, had business in the
county seat Tuesday.
Real Estate Transfers.
March 8 C M Maxfleld to Allen O
Vaughn sejtf of setf and lots 1, 2. 3, 4,
section 21, township 11 south, range 10
west, except 22 acres sold. $800.
Alarch 10 -Mrs E J Winskill to Z T
AlcGuire, lots 4 and 9 in block 23, Elk
City. $300.
Alarch 10-Z T McGuire to Mrs E J
Winskill, se section 4, township 11
south, range 9 west. $1200.
March 10 A L Taylor to E W Lang
don, lot 9 and w of lot 10, block 15,
5th addition to Toledo. 200.
March 11 David Ruble and Oilena
Ruble to Elmer E White, lots 2, 3 aud
4 in block 7 and lot 1 in block 14, Wald
port. $25. -
Alarch 11 C R Ellsworth and S E
Ellsworth to Andrew Gallagher, sej of
fV of Rpction 13. tov.sl.iu 12 boulli.
range 11. $15.
March 14 F M Stanton and J A
Stanton to S G Irvin, lots 1 to 10 inclu
sive in block 29 and blocks 1 to 35 in
clusive except block 29, all in 1st addi
tion to Yaquina. $1.
Alarch 11 Wallis Nash and Louisa
A Nash to G G Sewell, 5 acres in section
36, township 10 south, range 8 west, fl
and other considerations.
Alarch 11 George G Sewell to A 8
Disbrow, e of eeotiou 36, excepting'
10 acres owned by the railroad com
pany, and ei of section 25, all in town
ship 10 south, range 8 west; also sYx
of ne)4 and n,V of nw in section 1,
township 11 south, range 8 west, except'
ing 20 acres. (6,125.
March 17 R O Case to Eugene Wil
liams, lot 17 in block 2, Newport. $700.
-.
Call for County Convention.
Pursuant to call of Otto 0. Krogstad,
county chairman, tho executive com
mittee of the Socialist party of Lincoln
county. Oregon, met in Toledo on Tues
day, the 15th day of Alarch, 1904," and
on motion it was ordered that the 7th
day of April, 1904, at 10 o'clock a. m.,
be selected as the time for holding the
county convention; at the court houae
in Toledo.
On motion it was ordered that the
representation be fixed as follows: One
delegate at large for each treoinot and
one delegate for each five votes or
major portion thereof cast for .C. W..
Barzee, candidate for secretary of state
at the last general election.
Ou motion it was recommended that
precinct primaries be held on the 2d
day of April, 1904, and that precinct
nominations be made at that lime.
Precincts are entitled to delegates as
follows:
Alsea 2, Beaver Creek 4, Big Elk 1,
Elk City 1. Five Rivers 2, Kern 2, Lit tie
Elk 5, Morris 2, iMashville 1, Newport 2
Siletz 1, Tidewater 1, Toledo 12. Ya
quina 3.
All good citizens desiring a change
from our present oppressive economic
system, and who think the people ought
to rule instead of trusts and copora
tions, are cordially invited to affiliate.
O. O. Kroostad,
J. W. Parrish, Chairman.
Secretary.
. m .
The steamer Richardson was up from
Newport yesterday.
Airs. George Smith of Chitwood was
in the city Tuesday. ' '
Jack Franz returned last night from
the Soldiers' Home at Los Angoles, Cal.
John Guilliams, the Democratic war
horse of Beaver Creek, is in the city
today.
Mr. and Airs. C. E. McDonald and II.
E. Collins went up to Chitwood Wednea
day for a visit with the former's father,
James AIcDonald.
Air. and Airs. Henry Lewis left Tues-.
day for Portland, where they were sum
moned by the sudden death of Mrs.
Lewis' brother, a Mr. Alexander.
State Senator Kuykendall of Eugene
passed through to Newport Tuesday
evening for a spring outing, his wifu
having preceded him to the famous re
sort. .,
Leon Rosebrook returned Tuesday to
Mount Angel Academy. We under
stand that Leon has the offer of a place
in the orchestra of one of the Portland
theaters when he leaves Mount Angel,
Our former fellow-citizen, E. A. Swan,
arrived last night from Buffalo, N. Y
to look after his property interests and
visit old friends. He bears his ago well
and is apparently just about as young
OS ho used to be.