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LINCOLN COUNTY FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CARNIVAL, AT TOLEDO, OCTOBER 7, 8, -AND' 9
Volume XTl.
Toledo, Lincoln County, Oregon, Friday, September 18. 1908.
Number 3O
Wtncal
gender.
, Married.
Evans-Hammen At the Com
mercial Hotel in Toledo, Oregon,
Monday, September 14, 1908, Mr'.
Will Evans and Miss Sara Ham
men, both of thia county. Rev. C.
R. Ellswonth officiating.
Frey-Fields In the parlors of
the Commercial Hotel, in Toledo,
Wednesday, September 16, 1908,
Mr. Jesse F. Frey and Miss Goldie
M. Fields, Rev. C. R. Ellsworth
officiating. '
Pencils, pens, ink,
tablets at Stewart's.
rulers and
Excursion on Oregon.
The launch Oregon will run a
special excursion to Newport next
Sunday, leaving Toledo at 9' a. m.
Round trip 50 cents. '
School supplies at Stewart's.
There will be services next Sun
day at St. Johns Church as follows:
Sunday school 9:45 a. m.; Holy
Communion and Sermon at 11
o'clock; Evening Prayer and Ser
mon at 7:30 p. m. The Confirma
tion class will meet at 3 o'clock in
the afternoon. A cordial invitation
is extended to all to attend these
services.
Rev. Francis Owen Jones.
Missionery.
Have you town property, dairy or
fruit farm for sale? See or write,
George Betiiers,
Toledo, Oregon.
Buy your school tablets at Stew
art's. Jack Morgan left yesterday after
noon on a business trip to Portland.
Claus Christiansen went to Salem
.yesterday afternoon to take in the
. State Fair.
Clarence Ofstedahl returned
Saturday afternoon from a few days'
visit at Portland .
S. G. Irvin of Newport passed
through to the state metropolis
Tuesday afternoon.
Messrs. Dixon and Van Orden
were down from Elk City Monday'
night attending Masonic Lodge.
Miss Ethel Gray came up from
Newport Saturday for a visit with
Toledo friends. She returned home
Monday.
Oilman Gray who has been visit
ing his young friends here the past
tfeveral weeks, returned to his home
at Newport Monday.
Ross Chamberlain of Eugene, who
has been visiting his old college
chum, Chaunccy Hawkins, for a
week, returned Monday.
Miss Winona Hooker returned
home .from Newport Saturday,
where Bhe has been working this
summer in the Mail office.
Steve Logan was up from the
lower Siletz count ry Monday as a
witness for Henry Wilson who
made proof on his homestead before
County Clerk Ira Wade.
Henry Shermer while making a
landing at the wharf at' Toledo with
his launch Saturday had the mis
fortune to get liis thumb caught-be-
tween the wharf and the boat.
i Leland Collins came down from
Portland Saturday afternoon to join
in a family .reunion. This being
the first time in over twenty years
all members of the Collins family
have been together. lie returned
to Portland Monday afternoon.
Go to the Bonboniere for your
school tablets.
The launch Rose was up from the
lower bay yesterday.
Capt. Henry'Nice of Lutjens was
a Toledo visitor Tuesday.
W. H. Olin of Siletz had business
in the county seat Monday.
Earl Nye came in from his ranch
on Siletz Tuesday after supplies.
Toledo's Dentist. Office in the
OfstedaKl Building. Hours 9 to 12
a. m., 1 to 4 p. m.
Captain George Tyler, the New
port music' dealer, is in thia city
today.
Deputy County Clerk Lee Wade
returned Tuesday afternoon from a
visit to the Valley.
Guy F. Laws of Newport is as
sisting Assessor Ball in the office
here this Week.
Ex-Commissioner George King
of Winant was doing business at the
county seat Tuesday.'
David Olson of Searchlight, Ne
vada, is visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Hans Olson.
Henry Wilson of Siletz was in
the city Monday making proof on
his homestead before County Clerk
Wade.
Brande's Creamery, a big butter
making establishment of Portland,
has an ad in this issue. Read it,
farmers.
Miss Zoa Nye is visiting her
brother Arthur here this week. She
will return to her home in Seattle
in al)out three weeks.
J. S. Akin, the dry goods man,
has just received his fall stock of
clothing and furnishing goods. He
invites you to call and inspect it.
John I. Butterfield of Kernville
was in Toledo Tuesday. Mr. . But
lerfield repoits that his son who
was bo seriously ill with a fever is
improving gradually.
C. II. Gardner who had the mis
fortune to severly injure his ankle
and foot some time ago by falling
down the stairs, is still on crutches,
being unable to bear his weight on
the injured foot.
James McDonald was down from
Chitwood attending Masonic lodge
Monday night. He also was among
the delegation who went to Newport
Tuesday evening to assist
the
brothers m a big ooin's.
Judge and Mrs. A. T. McBride conjunction with the State associa
who have been visiting with their . tion, in causing good road laws to
daughter, MrsFrank Newton, and enacted. Judge Swope was clcc
also their son, George, the past ; ted temporary chairman of the or
several weeks, returned to their;ganuation, and C. B. Crosno tem
home at Oregon City yesterday.
County Treasurer McCluskey en
tertained about twenty of his friends
with a bonfire party last Saturday
evening
Smut was the principal
,
game of the evening, and from all
appearances the game was thorough
ly played by all present.
Postmaster Frank Lane of New-
port passed through Tuesday en-
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route to romaim wnere ne expects
to unueigo an upei.iuou iux upjrcim
icitis from which he has been suf-
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many friends hope to hear of his
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Mfa wmim Arnnhi rnfnrnnH !
Tuesday afternoon from a, two
weeks' visit at Baker City with her
mother, sister and brother, and at
Wamic with another sister. She
was accompanied home by little
Genevieve Tillotson, who will make!
her home with Mr. and Mrs. ' Ar
nold and attend school this winter.
Good Roads Meeting.
Last Friday afternoon, pursuant
to a call of the . Toledo Development
League, a good roads meeting was
held at the courthouse in this place.
Owing to the fact that the meeting
had not been' announced but a short
time there was not a very large at
tendance, but what the meeting
lacked in number was made up in
enthusiasm. Representatives from
Chitwood, Elk City, Newport and
Siletz were present. Judge J. H.
Scott of Salem, president of the
Oregon Good Roads Association,
and Senator Johnson of Corvallis,
president of the Benton County
Bank, were here and addressed the
people on good roads.
County Judge B. F. Swope pre
sided over the meeting and intro
duced the speakers. County Com
missioner John Kentta and several
road supervisors were also in atten
dance. Senator Johnson was the first
speaker, but having to return home
on the early af tern oon train had
to cut his speech to short.
Judge Scott then spoke, reviewing
the history of rord building from
the time of the Roman Empire.
He told of the method of building
roads at that time ami of the ex
cellent condition of the roads today
that were built at that early day.
He said we did not need nor 'could
not expect to build such roads as
the Romans built, but we could
build good, substantial roads at
comparatively small expense. He
showed how good permanent rands
could he built with but six inches
of rock or gravel on top of a well
rolled and packed dirt foundation.
He showed by illustrations how to
build dirt foundations by rolling! Mrs. C. G. Copeland went to
and packing the dirt in layers, and;Nortons Monday afternoon for a
how to put on the rock or gravel,
also, in layers, each layer being
thoroughly packed. The Judge is
in favor of convict labor on road
building. He said they were used
in Marion county and, he thought,
could be used in other counties of
the state. He wants to sec a good
road built running north and south
through the entire state and wants
T.inmln nm.ntv UnU ,i
the Valley to connect with the state
road.
After the speaking was over it
was decided to organize a County
-noou uoaas Association to work m
j Good Roads Association to work
porary secretary, unainnan Swope
then appointed a committee of five'!
on permanent organization and
constitution and by-laws. The
mmtintr fKnn nrliMirmi.l 1-1 -.-n-if in
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the circuit court room in Toledo on
Thursday, October 8, at 3 o'clock
p. m. for the purpose of effecting
permanent organization.
After the meeting .Turlim SWf
vcnt Jown t() Ne t d ta,kcd
roa(lSi
Saturday mon.ing
County Commissioner John Fogarty
j drove over the roads' Iwtween New-
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port and Toledo with the Judge to
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give the latter some idea of the con-
(ditionof
our county roads. The
plank road leading out of Toledo
was inspected and the Judge thought
that plank roads would be the best
and cheapest for this county.
C. M. Collins and children re-
turned Monday. afternoon to Tort-
land, after a month's visit with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Collins.
Assessment Almost Finished.
Assessor W. E. Ball has Lincoln
county's assessment about comple
ted, and within a few days will
have the field work all done. He
is now busy at work getting the as
sessment roll in 'shape to be turned
over to the Board of Equalization
which meets on Monday, October
19, for the purpose of making any
corrections in the roll that may be
needed, in the way of reducing any
assessment that may be deemed to
high, increasing the valuation of
any property assessed to low, or
making any other necessary correc
tions. . '.
Assessor Ball is now making an
increase of 80 per cent on all assess
ments heretofore taken on all classes
of property in the county, seeking
to fulfill the law, which makes it
mandatory that all property should
be assessed at its full cash value.
Mr. Ball has found at least three
times the amount of personal prop
erty in the county than has ever
been assessed before. He has great
ly added to the valuation of the roll
this year by employing timber cruis
ers to assist in assessing in different,'
parts of the county. They havo ad
ded thousands of dollars to the roll
in adding to it timber heretofore
not assessed. Mr. Ball estimates
that' so far as can be ascertained at
present the valuation of the tax roll
this year will le at least double the
amount of any previous assessment.
He believes that should the tim
ber be cruised, and he hopes it will
soon, the present valuation will
bo
:afc len8t doubled.
A new line
Stewart's.
Mrs. C. G
of rubber goods at
visit with her son, George Chambers
Dr. Humberstone. the dentist.
; wiH be i his office in the Ofstedahl
building continuously from this on. '
R Rogers will preach his last'
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"rn,on MrC Cf"f"c next Sun-1
-dliy evemng' RuVl E!lsworth Wl11 ,
preach ln the morni"g- !
I Several Masons from Tolc1 went ',
to Newport Tuesday evening to at-
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ten d Lodge. Of course they had a
very enjoyable session.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Hall went to
Salem Tuesday to attend the State
i Fair. They will also visit Portland
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in ii i iniR'i jim ma
Mr. and Mrs.
before returning,
J. S. Akin and
daughter, Iris, returned Friday
afternoon from a visit at Portland.!
Mr. Akin while at the metropolis
selected his fall stock of dry goods
and clothing. I
John Crooks with his woodsaw is!
making the hearts of Toledo people
glad this week. The situation be- j
gan to look serious, as though we
would have to take the bucksaw in
hand, but things look more pleasant
now.
Toledo people visiting Newport
last Sunday were, Mrs. Walter
Harding, Mrs. Melvin Gilderslecvo,
Misses Yaquina Krogstad, Ruth
Ofstedahl, Aileen Hawkins, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Newton, Arthur
Nye and G. B. McCluskey.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Soule of Ar
leta cahie over Saturday for a short
visit among old friends and scenes.
They were accompanied by Mrs. W.
P. Cowman and son,, publishers of
the Casey, Iowa, Vindicator. The
latter are mother and brother of
Mesdames Soule and Hose M.
Schenck.
S. P. Officials Here.
J. II. O'Brien of the Harriinan
railroad system, accompanied by
J. K. Weathcrford of Albany, and
Deputy County Clerk Lee Wade of
Toledo, are making a trip of inspec
tion of this county. Yesterday
Messrs. O'Brien and Weathcrford
came over in Mr. O'Brien's private
car to Norton, thence by wagon
road over to the Rock Creek and
Siletz Valleys. They were met at
Siletz Agency by Mr. Wade and
from there the party will go down
the Siletz river to the mouth, thence
up th beach to Newport.
The object of thia viit, through
our county, of course, is not made
known, but all indications point to
the fact that it is simply to inspect
the timber and other resources along
the proposed extention of Harri
man's railroad down the coast from
Astoria and Seaside. That this
road will be soon extended on down
to Yaquina bay there is no reason
for doubt.
Slate? and pencils at Stewart's.
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Two More Sunday Excursions.
The C. & E. railway will run two
more Sunday excursions from Al
bany to Newport, next Sunday Sep
tcmlxir 20, and the following Sun
day September 27th.
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Enlarge the School Districts.
It is no wonder teachers are hard
to secure in our outlying districts.
Being a little unhandy to reach, per
haps, is partly the cause, but a very
little part. The main reason is the
low salary. Many of the districts
that have the most, trouble have not
money to pay their teacher more
than 30 or $35 per month and
have the required rmmlter of months
to maintain their district, and so
long as teachers can get from $40 to
'.70 ner month elsewhere t.l.ov will
not come to Lincoln county', and wo
haven't enough teachers in the
county to teach our schools,
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The d.stncs that usually . have,
thc m,wt trouWe 10 secliro tca(!"er
re rca,,v 111 tl,e ,,rat Iiti,,n tu W
U,'e thft! 8n! tem;hew Ama"
of, and that others know they should
receive, for they can, by enlarging
j tlu;ir districts and taking in some of
U,e valuable timber lands, and then "
' votu,8 a Pma11 tlix of two or three
,m"M l,av 8U( " 11 saiary " nianv
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to get. i here are thousands of acres
of the best timber lands in the
county that is not in any district at .
all. 1 hope to see every foot of land
in Lincoln county in ,some district
and then a two mill special school
tax will bring in from $50 to $500
to each district in addition to what
they now receive. When this io
done there may bo a scarcity of
teachers but it will not be in tbo
districts that are in trouble now,
Let us see what can be done.
R. P. flow, i
Ladies'
Misses' a,nd
childrens'
rubbers at Stewart's.
Mr. and Mr. Joe Graham and
Mrs. Altree, after a nine weeks'
outing at Otter Rock, returned
home Sunday. Miss Graham re
mained at the resort. They report
quite a boom at that pleasuro re
sort. Lots are in demand at good
prices, and most .oftlie choice lots
havo boon taken. Several cottages
are to 1 built there as soon as lum
ler can be procured. T. II. Horn
ing with his new hotel is doing a
Um iI business.
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