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Volume XI 1.
Toledo, Lincoln County, Oregon, Friday, January 20, 1905.
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W. 0. W., Attention.
Pocahontas Camp No. 2U9 will enter
tain the members of Syringa Circle this
(Friday) evening. January 20, at the hall
in Toledo. Thi're will be a program
including music, a f;irce - "The Latest
Sensation" supper and games, includ
ing door old Bingo. Members of the
Circle and their families and Woodmen
and their families are invited and ex
pected to lie present. Their will be no
special invitations. Guests will come
not earlier than 8:30 p. m.as the Wood
hold a business meeting first. Mem
bers of the Camp are requested to meet
at 7:30 sharp.
By order of the Committee.
Real Estate Transfers.
Jan. 3 Jacob Holgate, administrator
of Albert II Lutjens' estate, lo Henry
Nice a parcel of land located near town
of Lutjens. $50.
Jan. 3 B F Jones and Ella Jones, to
Trustees of Lutheran church, lot 4 in
bloQK 4. Toledo, Oregon. (1.
Jan. 10 F D Jordan to Robert J Mc
Laughlin, an undivided interest in and
to the sw of section 15 to.vnship 9
south, range 11 west. 800.
Jan. 11 FA Kribs and Wilheloiina
Kribs to Charles A Smith, lotH 21 and
22, section 6, townshep 14 south, range
11 west, and ej of sw section 6, also
sej section 23, and all of section 25
township 14 south, range 12 west. $10.
Jau.12 J II Ross, sheriff of Lincoln
county, deed of the J R Bailey estate
located in town of Newport, to M M
Davis. $575.
Jan. 12 -Frod J Vader and Emma E
Vader to Joseph Proctor 28 acres in
section 4. township 15 south, range 11
west. $500.
Jan. 12-Frank C Vader and Lida I
Vader and Florence Vader, to Joseph F
Proctor, 25 acres of the sej section 33.
$100.
Jan. 12 Cynthia S Flynn and Anna
Flynn, Orpha J Scbmitt and A C
Schmittand Ruth, Flynn to Samuel
Garlaud, tract of land in Nye nnd
Thompson addition to Newport. $900.
Jan. li Manford C Duel and Elva M
Duel to Joseph P Bones' s)B' of nwj of
section 25, township 7 soute, range 11
west. $050.
Jan. 14 G R Duel and Amy Duel to
Joseph P Bones, ne of nw nnd nw
of nei section 25, township 7 south,
range 11 west. $050.
Jan. 4 J F Snyder and A A Snyder
to Burt Twombly and Minda Twombly,
e,' 8e4, uw se, swi nei, section 5,
township i3 south, range 11 west. $40.
Jan. 4 .Sarah Troxell an Bradley
Troxell to Gleuwood Cemetery Associ
ation, a tract of land in section 19,
township 12 south, range 9 west. $1.
Jan. ti John Kentta and Selma
Kentta to Jacob W Neima, lots 3 and 4
in the wJo of nei, section 1, township
10 south, range 10 west. $430.
Jan. 12 Louis II Meigs aud Mary E
Meigs to C II Gardner, se sei, section
31, township 10 south, range 10 west
nnd the ue of nwj and lots 5 and 6 of
section G, township 11 south, range 10
west. $1000.
Conductor Cressy Killed.
While attempting to board amoving
train at Monmouth Saturday afternoon.
Warren Cressey, a conductor on the
motor line between Monmouth nnd In
dependence, fell beneath tho. cars and
received fatal injuries. He died while
being taken to Portland that night for
surgical treatment..
Mr. Cressey was for a number of
years conductor on tho C. & E.aud also
ou tho 8 P. Ho was abojit 70 years
old and had been railroading for fifty
years, but was on tho retired list. At
the time of the accident he was only
taking the regular conductor's place
temporarily. Corvallis Gazette. N
Several years ago Mr. Cressey re
sided with his family ai Newport and
had many friends in Lincoln county.
Joseph Blower of Mill 4 was in tho
city Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. White, who had
been visiting County Treasurer and
Mrs. J. L Hyde, returned yesterday to
their home in Falls City.
The Ladies' Guild visited yesterday
with Mrs. Joseph Blower at Mill ami
n very ploasant time Is reported. Tho
trip was made by boat, with Messrs.
C. H. Gardner, Henry Howell and
George Laudreth us ballast.
B. F. Jones went out to Saletn yester
day. George Gaby wbs down from Elk City
Monday.
Merchant Warren Hall was ovef from
Siletz Tuesday.
A full line of Rubber goods at Stew
art's store.
F. C. Hoffman of Elk City was in
Toledo Tuesday.
Judge Borwn was a passenger for Al
bany this morning.
For Plain Sewing Call on Mrs. L. L.
Comer, at M. E. Parsonage, Toledo.
Mr. and Mrs. Antone Jacobson are
now occupying the Willam Enos farm
stead. Henry Howell bad business and more
or less pleasure Wednesday night at
Newport.
A meeting of the Fire Department
has been called for tomorrow eveuiDg
at City Hull.
Dr. Davis of tho Willamette Valley
and YaquiuaBay Mas in the, city yester
day. The Doctor denies that he has
been indicted.
Mrs. S. E. Gr.;y, who has been visit
ing at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
George Bothers, returned Saturday to
her home near Philomath.
L. H. Meigs has sold his Depot farm
to C. Hardware Gardner. Mr. and
Mrs. Meigs are now residents of Toledo,
occupying apartments in the Landreth
building.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E.
church will give a Valentine social
Tuesday uight, February 14, at Wood
men Hall. Program and other partic
ulars later.
Services next Sabbath,. 22d inst., at
11 o'clock a. m., at the M. E. church,
including an illustrated sermon; evan
gelistic services in the evening. All
welcome. C. M. Bryan, Pastor.
Your wife, or my wife, or your mother-in-law
may be eloquent talkers, which
usualy is the case, but theTalk-o-phoue
given nway by Krogstad can easily
scoop them nil without half trying.
It is perhaps in order to suy just this
much more regarding Lincoln county's
exhibit at the Lewis and Clark Fair:
Several weeks' notice was given that
the County Court would be asked to
make the appropriation. At the De
cember term the Lincoln County Board
of Trade and other citizeus verbally
petitioned the Court to appropriate a
certain amount for tho exhibit. The
Court wouldn't doit. Then a strong
petition was tired at the Court. The
Court yielded, for the very good reason
that not one little petition in remon
strance was filed. This is the whole
story.
TAXPAYERS TAKE NOTICE
General Laws of Oregon, 1903-Seo-tion
3100. Taxes Regally levied and
oharged ia any year may be paid on or
before the first Monday of April follow
ing, and if not so paid they shail be
come delinquent; provided, however,
that if one half of the taxes against any
particular parcel of real property, or
the taxes on personal property charged
against any individual, be paid on or
before the said first Monday of April,
then the time for the payment of the
remainder of such tax may bo extended
to and include the first Monday of Oc
tober next following; but if the remain
ing one-half of such tax be not paid ou
or before the first Monday of October,
then such remaining half shall he dei
linqtient, aud, besides the penalty, int
erest thereon shall be collected at the
rate of twelvo per centum per annum
from the first Monday of April preoed
ing; and upon all delinquent taxes
there shall bo collected from the tax
payer of such taxes, for the benefit of
tho county, ten per centum as a penal
ty, and for tho benefit of the countv or
other public corporation which shall
have an interest in any portion of such
taxes interest at the rate of twelve per
centum per annum on such taxes from
the day on which they became delin
quent until their payment; provided,
further, that there shall bean allowance
of three per cent, rebate upon any tax
paid on any separate parcel of real
property, or upon the personal prop
erty chargod to any individual us
(aforesaid, ou or before tho 15th day
jof March next prior to the date when
(such tax would become doMuquent if
not paid.
Syringa Circle's Success.
" In the presence of the members of
the Woodmen of the World," Syringa
Circle No. 21. Women of Woodcraft,
installed its new officers last Friday
night at Woodmen Hall. It is unnec
essary to state that this ceremony was
practically flawless, the "bobbles," if
any were made, not being discovered
by the Woodmen.
The following officers were installed:
Eva Peterson, Guardian Neighbor.
Ada Sonle, Past Guardian Neighbor.
Nellie Gaither, Adviser.
Annie Turnidge, Magician.
Elsie Ofstedahl, Banker.,
Maybel Bethers, Attendant.
Ruby Anderson, Inner Sentinel.
Mary Arnold, Outer Sentinel.
Alma McCaulou, Captain of Guards.
Hattie Starr, Musician.
Jennie Arnold, Clerk-elect, was sick
and unable to be present for installa
tion. The Manager-elect name lost
was also missing.
Th instnllntinn 'Ceremony was fol
lowed by the always-welcome feast,
which on this occasion was served more
or less in courses the olives more so.
The refreshments received marked at
tention, Partners for the occasion
wore caught in night-caps-that is, the
ladies munufactured night-cops of the
same material as aprons which they
wore and the Woodmen selected night
caps, place'! them "in the proper atti
tude;" and then found the owner. The
head-pieces were of all styles and col
ors and the Woodmen, who wore them
looked fit to kill especially Wiley
Parrish .
In a contest, George Bethers easily
proved that he knew more about cakes
than any other person present. The
prize was h. big, delicious cake, the
lion's share of which was eaten by the
losers in the contest.
A pleasant little surprise came when
the Past Guardian Neighbor, on behalf
of the Guards, presented their Captain,
Mrs. McCaulou, with a beautiful em
blem pin. The popular officer was
eloquently speechless
A farce entitled "A Bit of Gossip''
was a decided hit, being unanimously
voted "true to life." The plot showed
how the report of a harmless little in
cident will- grow until it develops into
a scandal. The moral was plain and
worth remembering.
Splendid instrumental music and a
liberal supply of it was furnished by
Landreth's orchestra.
The closing number and the longest
ou the program was " Bingo." Sat
urday was about an hour old when the
famous canine was laid to rest to be
resurrected again tonight by Pocahontas
Camp, Woodmen of the World.
Frenzied Selfishness.
The Oregonkn says : "The Govern
ment of tho United States is in honor
bound to go ahead with the canal at
Celilo." In other words, if tiie Govern
ment of tho United States doesn't go
ahead with the canal nt Celilo, it frac
tures its honor and is a mean old thing
so (hero now! Ou this important
matter we apologize for agreeing with
the Oregonian. However, wo think the
Government is a mean old thing, any
how. Yaquina Bay has needed and de
served a little "fostering'' for lo these
many years, but the Government has
had ears only for the siren voice which
issues from the big month of the
Columbia. Every state lias its metrop
olis, and no citizen of Oregon w ill wish
anything but good for Portland, but
there tire a lot of full grown human
hogs in Portland who are always roatly
to jump in and oppose the advance
ment of any other coast point in the
state that might possibly divert a dol
lar from their greedy paws. The citi
zeus of Oregon who are trying to de
velop tho wilderness sections of the
state deserve Assistance instead of op
position. Perhaps tho searching pangs
of disappointment will give tho class
above referred to some idea of how the
unimportant nart of the stare's nnmi- i
latiou feels over a (lovernmcutal turn-1
down, instigated by Pelllsh business
inci whose interests abound and abut
on the mighty, hungry Columbia.
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C. C. McBrideof the Ynchnts country,
formerly of Eddyvillo, had business in
tho county seat tlio foro part of the
week.
Ed Stanton and family returned Fri
day evening from a visit in various
parts of the Willamette valley,
George Landreth sells the best talk
ophones ou the market. Hoar them.
Do not forget that Mrs. Wygant is
selling out her hats and notions at cost.
Some good furniture and cooking
utensils for sale cheap. Inquire at the
Depot.
Mayor Mike Roddy, John Backus and
John Shermer were visitors from Win
ant Saturday.
Lester Wnugh is oporating a bowling
alley down near tho south end of the
water front the old stand.
Select your garden seeds early and
don't forget to ask for a free ticket In
Krogstad's Talk-o-phon drawing to
place in or about June Qrst.
The Artisans had a big time in Toledo
Thursday night of last week too late
for publication, and no press corre
spondent, evidontly. Several members
of the order were down from Elk City
and feasting and other forms of amuse
ment kept the hull warm all night.
The ArtisaiiB seem to be prospering.
An Eastern Luxury.
This is the blizzard the twin brother
of the summer cyclone, the air demon
or the north country, an aerial tyraut,
born amid the snow peaks and eternal
glaciers 10,000 feet in the air hissing,
howling, seething deadly combination
of cyclone, snow and Intense cold, leap
ing without warning from its mountain
aerie and sweeping over tho low lands
just as Italy in the olden time was over
whelmed by the Goths, Vandals and
Huns of the north. Evor caught in
one? Well, pray that you never will
be. It is calm and pleasant and you
are going to your home two miles away.
The snn shines; no thought of coming
peril. A low and distant roar catches
your attention. It is from the north
west. Yon first think it is a freight
train. It grows louder. On tho north
west horizon is fast rising a uiiHly ridge
of cloud, apparently rolling over on tho
ground. Flee, mau, if you can; it is
your last chance! On it corner; with
the speed of the fast mail. In three
minutes it is here. Temperature drops
50 degrees, and a sixty mile gale Mils
the air with broken ico, pulverized
snow and dust. It blinds you. In ten
minutes you are hopelessly lost. Hair,
eyebrows, whiskers, coal sleeves ami
neck are soon filled full. Twenty-live
belw zero, two miles from homo and
freezing to death. Neither man nor
beast can live exposed to it. Joe Trigg
in the Des Moines (Iowa) Register.
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To Show Indian Work.
The Indian exhibit at the Lewis and
Clark Centennial will he a largo and
expensive one, in many respects su
perior to those held at other world's
fairs. Superintendent Edwin L. dial
craft of tho Chcmawu, Oregon, Indian
school has been appointed to take
charge of rhe exhibit, and the work of
collecting tho display is well advanced.
The exhibit will show the progress of
tho Indian people during the past cen
tury, and displays will be made illus
trating the life of tho Indians at the
time of the Lewis aud Clark Expedition
and the prosent condition of tho red
man. The exhibit will bo given an In
dian setting, an abundance of native
grasses. Navajo rugs and blankets, In
dian pottery and basket work being
used for this purpose. Schoolroom pa
pers, articles manufactured by tho In
dians, specimens of crops and photo
graphs of schools are being collected.
The Ihiest collection of Indian baskets
ever displayed will be a feature of the
oxhihit. ThoClmmuwii Indian students
are at work making a miniature wagon,
which will be shown at the Fair. While
the display will show in a represent
ative way the work of Indians in every
part of tho country where tho native
rod man still livos, special intention
will bo given lo tho work of tho Indians
of the Pacific Northwest.
Here's a Snap!
By special arrntigeuiunt with tho pub
lishers Tun LuADuit is enabled to make
tho following unparalleled offer to its
readers :
Twentieth Century Homo $1 00
Cosmoiiolitan MiiiaZine 1 l.ll
Lincoln Countv I.kadku 1 50 j
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We will give all throe to our sub
scribers one year for only $2.25. Call
and see sample copies of theso standard
magazine;-). You can't ulYord to be
without them at this price.
Senator Mitchell's Defense.
The following dispatch from Wash
ington to the Oregon dailies is self
explanatory: The unusual spectacle of a United
States Senator explaining on the floor
of the chamber of the Senate charges
made against himself by a court of
law in his own state w as witnessed in
the Senate today when Senator Mitchell
of Oregon spoke of the indictment re
turned against him by an Oregon grand
jury. The Senator had not previously
appeared in the Senate since the indict
ment was returned, and was received
by his fellow-Senators with many evi
dences of good will. He was mucli
affected, his emotion at times being
such that he read the statement with
much difficulty. At the outset tho
Setiator declured the charges mado
against him, if true, unfitted him to
occupy his seat in the Senate. Ho then
detailed the charges aud said :
" I assert, in the most positive ami
nnqnnliflml mnnnr, (hat pneh and
every one of those charges, in so far as
they relate to or involve me, is abso
lutely, unqualifiedly and atrociously
false; aud I here and now, indignantly
and defiantly, denounce their authors-,
each aud every one of them, and brand
thorn publicly as malicious and atro
cious liars."
Following this general denial with
one more specilic, the Senator spoke
substantially as follows:
"But I desire to be more specilic,
and therefore I further deny, in tonus
tho most absolute and unqualified
which I am capable of using, that
I never, either in the month of Jan
uary, 1002, in tho stale of Oregon, or at
any other time or place, unlawfully or
feloniously, or otherwise, conspired
with Binger Hermann, then Commis
sioner of the Land Ofllce, aud S. A, D.
Putur, Horace G. McICinley, D. W.
Tarpley, Emma L. Watson, Salmon B.
Ormsby, Clark Fj. Loomis and William
H. Davis,,or with olther or any of them,
or with any porson er persons, to do
fraud the Uuited States out of any
part of its public lands located cither
in township 11 south, range 7 east, in
the state of Oregon, or any other public
lands, either in the state of Oregon or
olsewhere.
"I assert, furthermore, in tho most
absolute and unqualified manner, that
any and all statements by any person
or persons to tho effect that I over at
any timo or place entered into a con
spiracy with all or any of said persons,
or they or any of them with mo, to de
fraud tho United States out of any part
of its public hinds in the state of Ore
gon or elsewhere, either by false or
forged homestead applications, affidav
its or proofs, are absolutely, unquali
fiedly nnd atrociously false, aud I defy
my detainers aud challenge them t
produco any evidence other than that
of condemned ihieyes, forgers and per
jurers, to sustain any such charges.
" I further deny in the most absolute
and unqualified terms that S. A. D.
Puter did, either in the city of Wash
ington, on March il, 1902, or at any other
time or place, offer nie.or pay to r'ne, or
givo mo nor did I on March I), 1902,
in Washington, I) C, or at any other
time or place, accopt or receive from
said 8. A. D. Puter the sum of fl'OOO or
any (t her amount whatever, cither in
two $1000 bills or any other denomina
tion or amount whatevor as an induce
ment to mo to use my influence wit h
Binger Hermann, then Commissioner
of the General Land Office, to induce
him, as such Commissioner, to pass to
patent twelve certain homestead en
tries, or any homestead entries what
ever, or for any other purpose.
"And I here indignantly, with all the
force I can command, denounce the
public statement of S. A. I). I'uttr that
he, on March 0, 1002, at Washington, I .
C., paid me 82000 iu two $1000 bills, a
wilfully, maliciously, unqualifiedly atnl
atrociously false."
Senator Mitchell attacked Francis J.
Honey, attorney for the Government in
tho prosecution of the land frauds,
accusing him c.f unprofessional con
duct. I lo charged that Ileney offered
clemency to Puter, Emma L. Watson
and others if they wo'ild make state
ments involving himself (Mitchell) a id
Congressman Hermann and others.
Jim Derrick returned Tuesday morn
ing from ii surveying expedition in the
vicinity of Otter Hock.