Lincoln County leader., January 03, 1908, Image 1

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VoIimup XV.
Toledo, Lincoln County, Oreson. Friday, January 3. 1908.
Number 4s
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. Fire at Newport.
At aliout 5 o'clock New Years
morning a fire broke out in the
main business section of Newport
and before the flames could lie
checked six buildings with most of
their contents had lceV consumed.
The fire was first discovered in the
building occupied by the ' "Cozy
Corner" confectionery store and in
a very short time the whole roy of
buildings were in . flames. From
Fall street to Porter's cigar store on
the north side of the street every
thing was reduced to ashes. A
portion of the stocks of merchan
di e was 'rescued but the largest
pait of it w.fi burned. The loss to
tin; owners of the buildings- and
stocks is very heavy as very little
insurance was held. The heaviest
loosers are, Lee Williams, G. Shol
lenburg, Dr. Davis, F. Booth, T.
G. Hopkins, M'cClcary it Chatterton
and Ed Stocker. The loss is esti
mated at $15,000.
By the prompt action of the citi
zens in tearing down and removing
two small buildings thedarge build
ing owned by Jack Porter was
saved. Had this building caught
on fire, without a doubt the re
mainder of the business section of
the town would have been destroyed.
-K Married.
At the home of the bride's par
ents in Waldport, Martha A. Kent
and Richard P. Goin were 'united
in marriage at 12 o'clock, Wednes
day, Decemlier 25, 1907. Rev.
Silas Howell officiated. '
' Those present to ' witness the
happy affair were, 'Mr. .and Mrs.
James Kent, Mr. and Mrs. E. Goin,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Goin and their
son Ivan, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mc
Millen and there daughter Jewell,
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hayes, Mrs.
Alice Kent and children, Dee, Ruby,
Pearl and Willie, Mr. House, An
drew and Walter Kent, James Goin
and Erma Twomblj'.
They received a goodly numler
of presents from friends and rela
tives of Waldport and vicinity ns
well as some from different points
of the Willamette valley.
The contracting parties are well
known teachers of this county and
are at present teachers of the AVald
pprt school. The groom is a mem
ber of the class of '97 of the State
Normal School at Drain, and the
bride after completing the common
school branches attended the Dallas
College for two years.
v They will remain in Waldport
until the school closes in the Spring
after which they will spend the
most of their vacation on their
ranches, which are only a few miles
from Waldport.
Their future seems very bright
and they have the best wishes of
their many friends. A Friend.
WANTED Good small dairy rancb
on river, for chsIi or income-bearing
Portlaud property. Inquire at this
office.
Notice to Bidders.
Notice is hereby given! that pealed
bids will be received by the County
Court of Lincoln County for the publi
cation of the Delinquent Tax Roll for
ttie year 1906. Said bids to be tiled in
the office of the County Clerk ou or be
fore January 1, 1903, The Court reser
ves the right to reject any and all bids.
, By order of the County Court,
Iba Wade, County Clerk.
Plymouth Bocks Wanted.
I want to buy Plymouth Rock hens.
Bee E. D. Pkescott, Toledo, Or.
B. F. Hahu of Yuquina is a Toledo
visitor today.
John Ilmnar of Nortons was a Toledo
visitor this week.
Thomas Lees passed through to
Corvallis this morning.
Jay Van Schoick of Pool Slough was
a Toledo visitor Friday. '
Wm. Enos and son, Lester, returned
this morning to Elk City, y
A. W. Morgan came over from Euchre
Mountain Sunday evening. ,
Miss Alice Hamar left Monday morn
ing for her home at Norton.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Clark returned
from Albany Monday evening.
Frank and Vint Jones are visiting
old-time friends here this week.
Wm. Matthews of the Newport News
was a Toledo visitor Wednesday.
Chandler Bros, of Siletz were Valley
ward passengers Monday morning.
Dr. McMurdo left thiB morning for
Portland. He will be gone a week.'
. Mis. M. Vi'jgrtul of Ne.vuil uiib u
Toledo visitor Friday and Saturday.
Owen Graves of Newport was a Val
leyward passenger Tuesday morning.
Vein Brown of Hoquiam, Wash.,
is visiting old Toledo friends this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Shed Rosebrook left
Saturday morning for their home in
Portland.
Born -To Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Paine
at Toledo, Sunday, December 29, 1907,
twin girls.
J. D, Graham of Kings Valley came
in Tuesday evening for a visit with rel
atives and friends.
Dick Christiansen came home Tues
day evening from Fort Sievens wher
h has been working.
Miss Ida Hnrley returned this morn
ing to her school at Salado, after spend
ing the holidays at home.
Miss Verne Ross went to Elk'City
Monday morning where she will teach
her sister Ethel's school.
Ben Jones of Independence passed
through to Newport ' Monday evening.
He returned home yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Nye went to
Nortons Tuesday morning to visit with
Mr. and Mrs. Robert War.iock.
Arthur Bryan arrived home Tuesday
evening to sp?nd the winter with his
sisters Mrs. Comer and Mrs. Crosno.
F. R. Stokes aud Lewis Montgomery
of tb,e Fir and Spruce Lumber Company
arrived Wednesday evening from Port
land. F. M. Wadsworth returned Saturday
evening from Portland where he has
been visiting for the past severs
weeks.
Quite a crowd of Toledo people at
tended the masquerade ball at Newport
New Years night. They report a most
enjoyable time.
Eight grade examinations will be
held on the following dates: January
23 aud 24, 1908; May 14 and 15, and
June 11 aud 12. t
The lauuch Ella May took a crowd of
people from Toledo to Newport Wed
nesday afternoon to witness the ruins
caused by the Are.
Arthur Nye, Charley McDonnld and
Walt Harding have been loading a car
with apples at Eddyville for J. F.
Stewart this week.
Miss Dora Jorgenson and Miss Nora
Krogstad returned this morning to
Portland, after a month's visit with
relatives and friends here.
Mr. aud Mrs. Frank Whittaker, of
Corvallis, are visiting here this week,
with Mrs. Whittaker's sisters, Miss
Ilattie Gillette and Mrs. E. M. Stanton.
Henry Howell, B. F. Swope and Wal
ter Ball went to Newport last Friday
evening to attend Masonic Lodge at
that place. They returned Saturday
morning.
Mrs. Lee Wade and little son, Arthur,
left Monday morning for La Grande,
where it is hoped the change of clim
ate will be beueilcial to Mrs. Wade's
health. Mr. Wade accompanied them
as far as Portland.
Rev. Rogers will hold quarterly ser
vices at Siletz Sunday, in the absence
of Presiding Elder Wine, who is unabte
to Be here ou account bf sickness.
Rev. Ellsworth will preach in the M. E
church both morning and evening.
-Mrs. W. J. WB,le, who was severely
injured by a fall seven months ago,
has not yet fully recovered from the
hurt, and still suffers considerable.
Christmas was made pleasant to her lv
remembrances from ber children and
friends, which were greatly appreciated
by her'
The Baraca Male Quartet gav an
entertainment iu Woodman Hall,
Tuesday evening. The enter
tainment was under the auspices
of the local W. R. C. and the
sum of 817 was added to the corps'
treasuay. After the entertainment
Rosebrook 's orchestra gave a four
hours' dance.
Last Saturday evening .was the oc
casion of a very pleasant surprise)party,
giveu at the home of Mr. aud Mrs. O.
O. Krogstad, for Miss Agues who cele
bra ted her , sixteenth birthday. The
evening was spent in playing games un
til eleven when chocolate aud cake were
served, after which un hour was spent
in music and singing. All report a
good lime and uiali Agnus ln.iuv Uiuie
birthdays and birthday parties.
I have just received from the factory
a niagnifir.e'nt stock of silverware, four
piece tea sets, cake baskets, pickle cas
tors, etc. Also the finest ornamented
Bohemian cut glass fruit stands, and
lots of other things iu the same line too
uumeroiis to mention. My "stock''of
watches, clocks and jewelry is as com
plete as ever; as flue an assortment of
goods hs you will find iu any firstclass
jewelry store in the cities. Call and sup
for vour selves. II. E. Peterson, Jew
eler and Optician.
The Lemons Grown in Oregon.
, Mrs. Harrison, whose home Is iu the
small and sheltered Yachals Vallev, in
southern Lincoln county, claims to be
(lie grower of the largest aud finest
lemons produced la Oregon. ' The tree
has grown indoors, summer and winter,
in a large flower pot, aud has produced
three crops. Mrf. Harrison not long
ago read iu Tho Journal I he story of a
lemou, raised in Oregon, that was 13g
inches in its major and 11 iuches iu its
miner circumference. She at. once
took the trouble to measure the three
lemons growing ou her tree, aud found
the largest measured 19 inches in
major and 18 in miner circumference.
It weighed two pounds.
Mrs. Harrison has since plucked
these lemons and incorporated their
essence iuto excellent pies. They
proved to be of the very finest flavor.
The largest one was good for six pies
aud a pitcher of lemonade. A cutting
rooted from the tree now has two lem
ons set on it which bid fair to attain
great size. Portlaud Journal. -
Agricultural Hints.
If you wish to raise a good crop of
( batchelor's buttons, it will first be nec
essary to see that there are no widow's
weeds in the vicinity. s
A good hay rake has about fifteen
teeth dependent, of course, on the age
of the rake.
Do not drain of your swamp land.
Plant tadpoles and raise frogs, and thip
the bops to Milwaukee. Here we may
say the hop is somewhat buyer than
the skip, though uot so largo as the
jump. January Lippincott's.
Go to II. E. Peterso-i for your spec
tacles and eye glasses,
i hi
Mother: "Why are you crying, Ted
die, dear?" Teddy :s 'Cause brudder
slapped me." Mother: "What did he
slap you for?" Teddie: "Crying."
A lady took her four year old son to
the dentist to have his teeih attended
to. Tho dentist found a small cavity, so
the lady took master Tom ou her lap
and the operation begun. The burr
had no sooner touched the tooth than
the child began to scream. At the 'end
of fifteen minutes, when the mother re
leased her hold upon the child, she was
deathly pale, while the dentist wiped
great beads of perspiration from bis
brow. Tom, however fairly swaggered
across the room.
"That didn't hurt" lie boasted, with
a broad smile.
"Then why did you scream so?" cried
the exasperated mother.
'Because I was afraid it was going
to" explained Tom. January Lippincott's.
Lincoln County.
The following are excerpts of an ar
ticle on Lincoln county appearing in
the Pacific Homestead of December 26:
The attention of the Homestead has
been called to a tract of land in west
ern Oregon which is already engaging
the attention of stockmen, farmers,
fruit growers and investors at home
and abroad. So far as this paper has
been able to learn there is not another
such tract now open to settlement at
low prices anywhere in the couutry.
This is the Corvallis and Yaquina Bav
Millitary Road grant, comprising 30,000
acres in alternate sections, each side
of the Corvallis & Eastern railroad,
mostly, in Lincoln county, Oregou.
This land is only forty miles from
Salem, the state capital. Although tho
tract has been on the market only about
a year.
Although the country may nppear to
the dweller of the plains at first glance
to be impossibly rough, he will soon
learn that the hills iu Oregon are a
dilterent proposition lhau iu toe ext
ern country. ''Back home," it is safe
to say that the hills are the very poor
est part of the farm; in Oregon the
reverse is usually the case.
Tne soil is dark and yellow, of vol
canic origin, running from ten to fifteen
feet deep without any perceptible change
in the quality. It is of a .porous na
ture, holds the nioistme wonderfully
well and washouts on the Lincoln
county hills are almost unknown.
Tills section 's pronounced by men
eminently qi.alilied to pass nil "pi'iion
and who have niada a i,ari!rul siudy of .
all t!e conditions, to be the best fruit'
and d iiry region in the count ry.
Dairying, sheep, goats and all kind
of stock graze all wintei. Stock enn
thus be fattened for market at very
small expense. The even sections of
this land have nearly all been home
steaded by practical farmers who are
taking an ever-increasing interest in
dairying and stock raising. The most
of tho oreani is shipped to Corvallis, in
Benton county, and the amount of
money paid by this institution alone to
the farmers of Lincoln county for cream'
is enormous. Farmers in that county
report that the income from this source
ranges from $7 to $10 per cow per month.
Lincoln county fannerfTniake a practice
of separating the milk from the cream
with hand separators, one of which is
found ou nearly every farm. The sep
arator milk is fed to calves and the
i rsam goes to the creamery. In Lincoln
county the grass in winter is fully equal
to that iu summer, and sheep, goats and
all kinds of stock graze all winter. It
is not necessary to feed any stock but
some progressive dairymen have found
it profitable to feed milch cows for a
short time during the w inter.
There is probably not a quarter sec
tion of Lincoln county lauds that is
not blessed with a spring of pure and
spaikling water' giving a bountiful sup
ply for family aud Block raising pur-
i poses. By lapping one of these ii inner
j ons springs on the hillsides, ifuarly
'every farmer in this section of Oregon
has a running stream at bis door, the
water being conveyed to any point de
sired by pipes laid direct to tho spring.
Windmills and pumps are a novelty in
Lincoln county.
All kinds of grasses grow in abun
dance The country is especially adap
ted to all kinds of clover and timothy.
A Mr. Hunt, a farmer at Eddyville, re
ports that he cut twenty-eight consecu
tive crops of timothy off one piece of
land from one seeding.
This region is unexcelled for sheep.
The mild climate give opportunity for a
heavy increase, the flocks graze the
year around and the wool clip is very
heavy.
Like sheep, goats show a rapid in
crease and are proving very prolitahle.
Mohair sells about 10 cents a pound
higher than wool and at one station
alone tho clip this year amounted to
80,521.32.
Apples, pears, plains aud all kinds of
small fruit and vegetables grow in
abundance. A well-known local gentle
man informs the Pacific Homestead
that he made a trip through this bind
during the first week in November and
saw strawberries iu bloom and stopped
several times to pick wild strawberries
from the viues. Iu this region straw
berries are ou the market every mouth
in the year. Fruit requires no spraying,
insects being unknown. All garden
vegetables are left iu the ground until
used or time for the new planting. If
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to their native state and grow wild.
There is more than 8,000,000,000-feet
of good standing timber within a radius
of twenty miles of Yaquina harbor, one
of the safest harbors ou the coast for
vessels carrying one million feet of
lumber. The county has undeveloped
coal mines, unlimited quantities of fine
granite, the best of sandstone for build
ing purposes, 350,000 Bcres of grazing
lands, 50,000 acres of the finest fruit
land, tens of thousands of acres of tide
and bottom lands splendidly adapted
to gardening, small fruits and vege
tablesespecially cranberries and cel
ery. The population of Liucoln county has
increased one-third in the past year
and the valuation has nearly doubled.
There are stupendous possibilities in
the undeveloped resources, providing
opportunities for the man without
capital as well as the moneyed man.
M. E. Church Sunday Services.
Sunday School at 10 :30 a. m. George
Bethers, Superintendent.
Preaching at 11 a. in.
Class meeting nt close of morning
service.
Junior League at 3 p. ra.
Preaching at 7:30 p. m.
All are cordially invited to worship
with us. W. K. RoriERS, Pastor.
i imv ii tk iiiif i iimii ra iinvan rnaii n
.T:ist r.r,e ved at the Bonboniore a
hrue Assortment, of first class np-to-iI-mm
jewylry for the holiday trade.
'Ai b c'liirh ni t icle purchased you get a
gold filled signet hat pin free. Every
piece guaranteed.
WANTED. A homestead relinquish
ment wit h good timber, or a good tim
ber claim. '
W. SclIOLTZ.
787 Hawthorn Ave. Portland, .Ore.
Homestead Relinquishment
For sale at cost of improvements.
Good timber. 7 miles north of Toledo
on Depot crook. D. L. CusacK, Mer
sbants Hotel, Toledo, Or.
Daisy Dell Items.
D. C. Bones and bride of Dallas
are visiting at Tuft, the guest of J.
W. Bones and family. , V.
Miss Laura Bones who wields
the rod at Bellevuc is also a guest
at the parential home.
The Christmas tree at Daisy Dell
was one of the events of the season.
The sehool house was crowded, the
tree was heavily laden and a most
enjoyable time is reported by every
one. , The program was indeed
good considering the age and num
ber in the sehool.
Daisy Dell is now considering a
basket social on the st rength of her
success Christmas, she expects an
ideal time. Both parents and pu
pils are alive to tho best interests of
the school
.Something wrong with the mail
service between Tuft and Toledo.
That won't do. When the most
practical and important part of the
county is cut off from cominucation
with her county seat, we will have
to start a county scat of our own
one of these fine days, if things
don't go to suit us down in the
lower end of the county.
Arnold Affolter of Slab Creek and
John Affolter of Muddy Valley
were the guests of John Affolter of
Daisy Dell during the holidays.
Miss Beth Northup the charming
little school mistress of Salmon
River has gone to McMinnville to
visit with her parents during the
holidays.
Echo West is homo from Mon
mouth to spend the holidays with
her 'parents Mr. and Mrs. A. West.