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) l tmtv. Volume XVI. Toledo, Lincoln County, Oregon. Friday, June 12, 1008. Number 16 Wtturiln School Closes Tuesday. Next Tuesday the schools of To ledo will close for the term. Ap propriate exercises will be held at Woodmen Hall Tuesday evening. This marks the close of the most successful school year in our history. Toledo school patrons have nothing but praise for the manner in which the excellent corps of instructors has conducted the school. The teachers are, Joel W. Wilson, high school instructor, J. M. Wood, ad vanced grades, Miss Alice Fleming, intermediate, and Miss Edith Har- rison, primary. The same teachers have been re tained for the next term, except Miss Fleming, who was not a candi date for re-election. Miss Addie Harrison, who taught the primary department the two previous terms, will again take charge of a depart ment this coming term. : Teachers' Institute.' County School Superintendent, Bethers, will conduct County Teach ers' Institute at Toledo beginning Wednesday, June 17 and ending Friday, June 19. Instructors from out of the county to be in attendance are, State Superintendent Ackerman, L. R. Alderman, City Superintendent of Eugene Schools, and Charles H. Jones, editor of Teachers' Monthly. This institute promises to be one of the most interesting and instruc tive ever held in the county. All are invited and urged to attend. Ten Innings of Sport. Last Sunday was a red-letter day to all true lovers of base ball, and the game was one that will long be remembered by the fans on the bay. One of the many pleasing features of the game was the lack of wrang ling which characterizes and spx ils so many contests. The day was a per fect baseball day, warm enough so that you did not need an overcoat, and could yell air you wanted to without catching cold and they all had a chance to whoop it up, you j bet. For eight innings the score stood 2 to 1 in favor of the visitors, in the first half of the ninth Elk City managed to score another Tun, making the score 3 to 1. In the last half of the ninth Toledo man aged to change the monotony of the , long string of goose eggs on the score sheet by making two runs there- J by tying the score. Toledo presen-1 ted Elk city with another cipher in ! the first half of the tenth inning and made the much needed run in the last half. Following is the score by innings also the lineup of the teams. Elk City 2 00 000 00 103 Toledo 100000002 14 LINEUP TOLEDO POSITION ELK CITY Simpson p Parks Cook c Van Orden Akin as Simpson Goodel 3b Powers Nelson 2b Lathrop Burgess lb ' Graves Hayden cf - Wood McCaulou , If Gillespie Anderson rf Morrison P. S. Ches Morrison thinks that he is really the best player Elk City has. Launch for Sale. See George Hall, Toledo, Oregon. Chester Holden, well known to Toledo people, was elected County Clerk of Tillamook county at the recent election, by a large majority. George Green had business at the county seat Tuesday. The Steamer Newport made a trial trip last Saturday. Miss Eleanor Grady went to Port land Saturday morning. Joe Kosydar of Siletz was in To ledo on business Tuesday. E. L. Chatfield made a business trip to Portland Saturday. E. C. Hall of Siletz returned from a trip to Portland Saturday evening. Attorney C. E. Hawkins went to Portland on business Tuesday morn ing. George Bethers and Miss Eleanor Grady returned home from Portland Monday evening. buperintent Egbert of the Siletz Agency returned from a trip to Portland last Monday. Miss Hattie Gillette returned Monday evening from a week's visit at Portland and Corvallis. Mies Lola Wade returned home' Monday evening from a trip to Portland and the Rose Festival. Marriage license was issued Tues day to Luke F. Williams and Miss Pearl M. Sharp, both of this county. Fred Chambers who has been at Salado the past several weeks peel ing Cascara bark, returned home Tuesday evening. Brother Matthews of Newport had business in Toledo Wednesday in connection with the contest of the Prohibition vote of Newport pre cinct. Representative Ben Jones was in town Sunday. Ben is doing good boosting for Otter Rock, and he is bound to have a fine summer resort down there. Toledo's dental office will be closed for four weeks, Dr. Humber Btone having left yesterday morning for visit at Portland, and his old home in Colorado. Miss Ethel Gray who has been acting as central girl for the Lincoln County Telephone Company during the absence of Miss Gillette, re turned to her home at Newport Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. D. Chesley Bones, and Misses Laura and Ella Bones of Taft were visitors in Toledo last week, the guests of Assessor and Mrs. W. E. Ball. They returned home Friday evening. Mrs. Charles Litchfield and child ren returned Wednesday evening to their home at Yaquina, after a visit with Mrs. Litchfield's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John McCluskey, at this place. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Crosno re turned Monday evening from Cor vallis where they had been to attend at the last sickness and burial of Mrs. Crosno's mother, Mrs. Mary King, who died last Friday. Fred Stanton and family departed yesterday morning for Prineville, Eastern Oregon, where they will re main during the summer, returning to Toledo about October. Mr. Stanto.n has a desert claim there as has Lee Wade, Dye Wade and Bill Soule, the two latter residing there now. Mr. and Mrs. Stanton will drive through, taking about twelve days to make the trip, County Treasurer McCluskey dur ing the month of April redeemed warrants to the amount of $9,166.91 , and during May, $8,120.07. His last call is for warrants up to and including December 1, last. Not too bad, is it? Kenneth Raines Palmer Killed. Last Monday afternoon the little five-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Palmer was killed in Portland by a runaway team. Little Kenneth was a grandson of Mr?. R. F. Raines of Toledo, his mother, who was Miss Burd Raines, having spent her girlhood days with her parents here. The profound Bympathy of this entire community ia extended to the sorrowing family in their sad bereavement. Tuesday morning's Oregonian in giving an account of the accident eayB: Laughing, playing and coo ing in the bright sunshine yesterday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock, little 5-year-old Kenneth Raines Palmer of 412 East Everett street, trundled his little "push wagon" down the sidewalk a few yards from the door of his home, and there was Btripken with instant death. He was knocked down and killed by a runaway team and delivery wagon belonging to Olds, Wortman & King. The little child who was killed was the only son of Frank A. Palmer, who conducts a barter shop at 27 North Second street and who has lived in the neighborhood where he now resides for the past ten years. Little Kenneth was al ways a dutiful child and when left alone by his mother for a short time yesterday afternoon while she went io- do some necessary shopping for the household, he "minded" his mother'B parting admonition not to go further away from home than the corner. Their house stands a few doors from the corner of Grand avenue North and East Everett street. Grief at the shocking death which overtook the manly little fellow is riot confined to his parents. The neighbors also feel his less to a re markable degree. In more than one sympathetic eye big tears welled up as it learned that little Kenneth, who had been everybody's play fellow, had been killed. "He was the best child I ever saw," said one red-eyed mother, who lives nearby. "It did not make any difference what his mother told him to do, he did it." N. F. Boughey of Traverse City, Michigan, has been in Toledo this week. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stanton and daughter, Edna, drove to Newport last Sunday. Captain Wm. Wakefield of Wald port was a Valleyward passenger Tuesday morning. Harry Fant and Ted McElwain returned Saturday evening from Portland where they had been for several days. Harry Lutey left Monday morn ing for a trip to California. Mr. Chas Gardner will look after his ranch while he is away. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Akin and daughter, Iris, returned home Sat urday evening from a trip to Port land and the Rose Festival. George Bethers as guardian of E. A. Swan took the latter to Portland Saturday morning and placed him in the home for the aged. A. O. Hooker went to Elk City Tuesday morning to take charge of the planer at the Elk City Lumber Comyany's plant for a few days. County Judge B. F. Swope has again become a resident of Newport. Last Saturday the household effects were taken to the Resort City. The Judge has purchased the C. C. Kubler residence on Fall street. I Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Parmele bf Kernville are visiting in Toledo. E. L. Chatfield returned home from Portland Tuesday eveinng. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Robb of Mill 4 had business in Toledo Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. George Schenck re turned home from Portland Tues day evening. Mr. and Mrs Niels Andersen went up to Nortons Monday morning re turning in the evening. Emil Price who had charge of J. S. AkhVs store during his absence returned to Portland Tuesday. Misses Agnes and Yaquina Krog stad returned home Monday even ing from a week's visit at Portland. J. R. Turnidge and H. E. Peter son had the pleasure of riding the Elks' goat at Albany Thursday even ing. James Wolf of Ocean View pas sed through on the train Monday J evening returning home from a trip to the Valley. Mrs. Ira Wade returned Wednes day evening from a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Bor gen, in Portland. A. B. Holloway of Montesano, Washington, arrived Saturday even ing to look at some timber lands over in the Siletz country. Rev. Rogers made a trip to Rose burg this week. Services will be conducted Sunday morning and evening by Rev. C. R. Ellsworth. Miss Ruth Graham of-Corvallis came over Monday evening for a visit with her cousin Eleanor Grady. J G. Hassell, official photographer ' for the Sunset Magazine, arrived in Toledo Monday 'evening. Mr. Hassell 's business in Lincoln county is to take views to be used in the booklet on Lincoln county which ' will soon be published by the Sun ' set Magazine Company. It will be i remembered that the towns of the county recently entered into a con ' tract with the Sunset Magazine Company whereby Toledo ' raised $300, Newport $300 and Waldport, Elk City and Salmon River pledged i the balance of the $970 to be paid j to the Sunset Company fur issuing a 32 page booklet, fully illustrated with handsome colored cover; carry -J ing a half page advertisement one year in the Sunset Magazine ; in serting a three-page illustrated ar j tide in the Magazine; issuing 10, 000 of the 32 page booklets; sup plementing them with 10,000 de scriptive folders, and later to issue a second edition of 10,000 leaflets. Besides this the Southern Pacific railroad company, through its various bureaus, will distribute most or all of this matter. Mr. Hassell finished taking pictures in the vicinity of Toledo Tuesday and went down to Newport that evening to continue the work. Chas. Rolfson of Newport was a Toledo visitor yesterday. Frank Thompson came . down from Salado last evening. Rev. Pearce was over from Siletz Wednesday and Thursday. Herman Chatfield left on Wednes day morning's train for parts un known. Attorney Middlekauff of Yaquina is doing business at the county seat today. The following citizens of Newport . are taking in the sights of Toledo today, John Fogarty, Sam Irvin, Wm. Matthews, A. B. Clark and J.F.Wilson. Fourth of July Celebration. Toledo is busy preparing for the grandest celebration of the Fourth of July ever held in Lincoln county. The committees are all working hard and are meeting with tho hearty support of every citizen. The following is the program of the day: Salute of One Hundred Guns i:t Sunrise Grand Procession of Military and Civic bodies, headed by the Toledi Band, will form at corner cf Second and Hill streets at the hour of 10 a. m., marching through tho principal streets to the Grove a, Mrs. Espy's corner Music by the Band ; Song "America" by Choir and Aud ience Reading of Declaration of Indope -dence, by Hon. Charles B. Crosn Music by the band Oration of the Day, by Song "Star Spangled Banner", by the Ciioir and Audience Adjournment for Lunch Sports for tho day will commence at 2 o'clock p. in. on the baseball grounds, and aquatic sports at the water front. Two Hundred Dollars will be given as prizes to winning contes tants in the sports. A game of Baseball will be played in the afternoon. Grand display of pyrotechnics at 9 o'clock in the evening. A Grand Ball at Woodmen Hall will conclude the festivities. Special Correspondence. Portland, Or., June 8, 1908. The great Rose Festival of Port land is now a matter of history. It was easily the most eventful week Portland ever enjoyed. The con vention of the Pacific Coast t Ad Men's League started at the Com mercial Club Monday morning, closing the day with a dinner that was simply perfect. In the valley around Cove, Oregon their will be produced thia year two hundred tons of cherries and five hundred cars of apples. The people there realize that they will need from two hundred and fifty to three hundred people in addition to their local population to pick and pack the cherry crop. With the election over and with the assurance of a great cherry and berry crop, the people of all Oregon should "get busy" and advertise more than ever before . With its latest addition, the Toledo Develop ment League, the Oregon Develop ment League now has 83 members. Notice of Statutory Tax Sale. Notice is hereby given that I will as tax collector of Lincoln county, Oregon, on the 13th day of July, 1908, at the hour of 10a. m., there of, at the front door of the county courthouse in Toledo.Lincoln county Oregon, proceed to sell all property to which said county or other public corporation has acquired title by virtue of sale for taxes, to the high est bidder for cash at the time and place alwve named,' provided how ever, no bid shall be received for less than tho amount of the delin quent tax, penalty and interest for which said property was sold to said county. Dated June 12th, 1908. J. H. Ross, Sheriff and tax collector for Lincoln county, Oregon. B. II. Randall of Weiser, Idaho, was a Tolelo visitor this week.