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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1908)
. -j x I v , Volume XVI. Toledo, Lincoln County, Oregon, Friday, October. pJOS. Number 35 Mnculn unntp 9W A Shipyard at Toledo. George . C. Walker, the ship builder, has a contract to build a schooner 120 feet long, 26 feet wide with 200 tons capacity. He re ceived bids from several sawmills on the coast for lumber, but the bid of the Yaquina Bay Lumber Com pany being the lowest, it was awarded the contract, providing ar rangements could be made here for building the vessel. Saturday evening a meeting of the citizens was called by the Toledo Development League to see what could be done in the way of provid ing ship building ways. Oliver Al tree, manager of the Lumber Com pany, made the following proposi tion to the people: That if the town of Toledo would donate $500.00 toward the building of the shipyard the Lumber Company would build it, the Toledo develop ment League to assume control of the shipyard for the period of ten years, after which the yard would revert to the Yaquina Bay Lumber Company. It is estimated that it will take in the neighborhood of $1500.00 to build it. On a vote being taken it was decided that the town would donate the necessary $500.00. A committee was appoin ted to solicit the funds. Yesterday after all contracts were signed, the committee got to work and within an hour had the necessary amount raised. Work on the yard commenced yesterday morning. Mr. Walker has rented a house for himself and family and will sjou occupy same. This industry means much for our town. It will give employment for a great many men for several moi.ths. This vessel alone will re quire 15 men, and one vessel is by no means the extent of the ship building here as Mr. Walker already has a fishim? schooner 45x1-1 feet to build for Chambers Bros, of New port, and has prospects of several o her vessels to build, and we an ticipate the Toledo shipyard will be occupied with vessels in the course of construction or repair most of the time. Toledo as usual did the right thing by assisting this enterprise. Our people are always wide awake to take up anything that will assist the town and county in the way of development. - Married. At the residence of the bride's parents at Harlan, Oregon, October 11, 1908, Mr. G. W. Miller and Miss Mary . Lown, both, of this county. W. W. January, Justice of the Peace, officiating. Saturday, Octoler 17, at the Commercial Hotel in this city, David T.- Harding and Mattie Kisor, Rev. C. R. Ellsworth olficia . ting. Saturday, October 17, at the home of the brides parents Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Stewart on Drift Creek, Will Randall and Anna Stewart, Squire M. N. Anderson Officiating. A new line of slickers at Stewart's. Football Sunday. Next Sunday afternoon our people will be treated to a good football game letween Toledo and Yaquina, on the local ball grounds at 2 o'clock. This will lie a game among the big fellows and will be interesting. , Canvass gloves at Stewart's Store. Apslcy's dry shod rubbers at Stewart's Store. C. E . Hawkins was an Elk City visitor Saturday. George Hodges of Salado was in the city Saturday. Capt. R. A. Ben sell of Newport is in the city today. A. T. Peterson made a trip up the line the first of the week. Harry Fant returned home Tues day evening from the Valley. J. S. Booth of Newport has busi ness in the county seat today. George Tyler the piano man of Newport is a Toledo visitor today. Oscar Middlekauff of Yaquina was a county seat visitor Tuesday. Sam Irvin of Newport came up from the Resort city this morning. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Weatherford of Albany came over Saturday even ing. A. T.( Peterson made a trip to Portland Saturday, returning Mon day. Mr. and Mrs. Anton Jacobson and children went to Elk City Fri day. Miss Ena Stout of Yaquina is teaching school at the Parrish school house. F. A. Godwin of Nashville has been a Toledo and Newport1 visitor this week. Sam Irvin of Newport was a pas senger home from the Valley Satur day evening. Mr. Collins the Siletz sawmill man was a Toledo visitor the first of the week. Mrs. J. F. Wilson of Newport passed through Saturday evening enroute home. Mrs. Geo. Bethers and children left last Friday to join Mr. Bethers at Hammond. Mrs. II. E. Collins has been quite sick the past several days, but is slowly recovering. Mrs. Frank Newton returned Saturday evening from a two weeks visit in the Valley. iur. ana iurs. a. iM. uimersiecve , me a winnow in ins store right op-joneiz country. Jieretoiore, per returned home Tuesday evening posite the Chamber of Commerce it haps, opportunity has not been ripe from an extended trip to Portland took it. Mr. McMurray sent me a! for this project, but now it only Herbert Kyniston left Monday carpenter who built a stand and I j awaits the energy of our people to morning for Medford Southern uregon, wnere ne win visit witn his sisters this winter. Dr. F. E. Adams, the dentist, went to Portland Monday morning to look after his property interests. Mrs. Adams, also a dentist, is in the Toledo office during his absence. He will return tonight or tomorrow. Wiley Parrish while carrying a can of cream out of his lioat at the city float Wednesday eve'ning be came overbalanced and fell into the water. He was hauled out on the wharf still hanging to his cream can and was none the worse except for the wetting he received. Last Monday evening the people of Toledo were treated to an address by Judge Stephen A. Lowell of Pen dleton. Judge Lowell is one of Oregon's best speakers and his speech Monday evening was one of his best. He told in a plain force full manner why the people should elect Taft at the November election. His speech was free from abuse of the opposite parties and Democrats, Socialists and Republicans alike en joyed his talk. He spoke at New portTuesday evening. The Display in Portland. The display of fruit and vege tables that was exhibited at the car nival here was shipped to Portland and placed on exhibition.. That the display is doing good service we will print the following taken from the Oregonian, Oregon Journal and Col. Frank J. Parker's letter: Oregonian PRIZE-WINNINO FRUIT FROM TOLEDO A hugh consignment of fruits, vegetables and prize-winning .agri cultural products arrived in Port land yesterday consigned to the chamber of commerce' from the Lincoln county fair. Otto O Krog stad, secretary of the Toledo De velopment League, wrote secretary Giltner, of the Chamber of Com merce, this morning apprising him of the impending avalanche of big fruits and preparations are being made today to receive the display in the rooms of the chamber. The fruits and vegetables have been for warded from Toledo by the South-' ern Pacific. Journal ; - Lincoln County Exhibit. Lin coln county will be properly repre sented in Portland by a sutiable! exhibit 'of its products of all kinds. A collection of fruits, vegetables and varied sources of wealth of the Coast county, that had been exhibi ted at Toledo, was shipped to Port land yesterday by Colonel F. J. Parker and Wallis Nash. Part of this exhibit will lie installed in the Chamber of Commerce rooms, on the second floor of the Chamber of Commerce building, and the re mainder of the display will be placed in Sig Sichel's store, 92 third street. Mr. Sichel is a trustee of the Chamber of Commerce and offered space in his establishment for the purpose. Portland, Or., Oct, 15,08. Mr. O. O. Krogstad, Toledo. Dear Sir:-At last my troubles are over as far as the arrangement of the Fair exhibit is concerned. Mr. Giltner handed me over the checks and I made quick action. It was too dark in the Chamber of Commerce so as Mr Sichel offered iwasnu uav mursoay arranging n. 1 1 had it all to do as I had no one ! to help, and 1 was pretty ti-ed after j I got through. You have no idea the amount of people who came in the store to j ask questions and get the booklet. ' I have given away nearly 1,000 ( already and have sent to McMurray ; lor more. I nau just enough room Tilt. ' and did not attempt to arrange un til every box was opened. The Journal will have an article and a photograph of the display to- night. The best apples I will put j we wait longer will only render the in cold storage for the great Spokane task harder and perhaps in a short apple fair early in Deccmlxr. I time hopeless, wish you would try and get as many The thing for the peoplo of To good varieties of apples by that d and Siletz to do is to organize time iind I will take them up. ! and build the nine miles of railroad They all know me up there and 1 1 lxitween Toledo and Siletz. It is can have my own way and mayle j not an impossible task by any means, get a gold medal. If I do not it. Capital can bo enlisted with the will not be for trying. It is no use having friends if you do not make use of thein. I would suggest that your Com mercial club send Mr; Sichel a let ter of thanks for his kindness in giving us the use of his window. I do not know yet how long he will let us have it for, but I will try for a week longer. They have no use for any of the stuff at the Chamber of Commerce as all that they have are in glass jars, etc., so I suppose that I can do as I like with the potatoes, etc. The Telegram will also- have an article. The Oregonian has sent a reporter down but I was so tired yesterday that I had to go home, but will get him today. There- are no other places to distract attention from this exhibit and that is one reason why I wanted it by itself, in a good light. I am proud of what I have done but am amply repaid by the attention it gets. Address me care Commercial Club. I am Yours very sincerely, Frank J. Parker. It is to be sincerely hoped that our fruit growers will make an effort to furnish the Colonel with the varieties of fruits he asks for. Do all you can to help him carry off the gold medal at the Spokane fair. Wc have no doubt but that it can be done. The Time and The Opportunity. There conies a time in the history of every town and community when Time and Opportunity combine for the advancement and welfare of such place. It is then that if a wide and wise public spirit exists in such community that advantage is taken of time and opportunity and all the results o successful endeavor arc garnered by the wise people. In the grasping of these opportun ities a people must be lxld as well as wise, and they must have that spirit of self reliance that will over come what may seem to be unsur niountable obstacles and difficulties. To the unbiased observer the time has come in the history of Toledo and Lincoln county when our people must awake, -and take hold of the opHrtunities that present them selves and forward the development of the county. The most vital matter that effects Toledo and the whole northern half of the county today is the building of a railroad ! from Toledo into the magnificent is vjiwuiu muu me nmiauve in uie matter, tributary to the loledo gateway there are four billion feet of merchantable timber in the Siletz country. In addition to this there is t wice as much agricultural land as there. is in all the balance of the county. A young empire is lying dormant for the want of a touch of the magic wand of transportation to awaken it to life and energy. But this wand will not be waved without an effort. We have waited too long now , and every day that proper effort. If a man like W. J . Wilsey can inspire such a railroad movement as we had here two years ago, why cannot our own people, working in our own interest and for our own vital welfare inspire such results as will interest capital to build this road and develop this J magnificent country. It is not a chimerical idea by any means, but entirely feasible. The route would be on a very favorable grade, and the cost of building would be mini mum. I am fully convinced of two things: That if the people of To ledo and Siletz sit still and make ni effort to help themselves on this matter that the next ten years will sec this project no further ahead than at present; while I am as firmly convinced that if an ener getic effort would be made that a. railroad to Siletz would be an assured fact inside of two years. T am aware that some effort toward a road to Siletz has been made by a local firm, but that seems to have developed into merely a timber speculation proposition, and should be considered on that basis only long as it tends to retard the country. It is time to awake and to help ourselves. From Toledo to tin west end of Salem and Falls City railroad is only a distance of about 35 miles. The nine miles from To ledo to Siletz would be a legitimate link in this road. Let us make tlu? supreme effort of our lives to secure this road. It means millions of dollars in improvements in Lincoln county. It means mills and fac tories; it means the development of a fine agricultural region, and it further means the opening to man ufacture of the finest and largest belt of fir and cedar timber on the Coast today. To sit still is to rust out, and to see the more wideawake communities take advantage of these opportunities that we let go iy. Now is the time and here is the opportunity. Shall we profit by them or sit idle and lose all?, J. F. Stewart. Pencils, pens, ink, rulers and tablets at Stewart's. Sales Agents Wanted. $30.00 per week or 400 per cent profit. All samples, stationery and art catalogue free. We want one permanent agent in this locality for the largest picture and frame house in America. Experience unneces sary. We instruct yon how to sell our goods and furnish the capital. If you want a permanent, honorable and profitable position, write us to day for particulars, catalogue and samples. Frank W. Williams Company, 121-1 W. Taylor St., Chicago, Illinois. i Ladies' Misses' and childrens' rubbers at Stewart's. Eddyville School Notes. The patrons of tho Eddyvillo School are well pleased with tho Kimball chapel organ received on the 19th from Filer's Piano House. That firm made a generous discount and sent a better instrument than was ordered. All arc cordially invited to take part in the singing every Wednes day evening at the school house. Dick Warnock's fav.orito horse, Flax, died last week. Mrs. Tom Munger's infant babe was buried Tuesday afternoon. Some of our citizens are attend ing the debates between Messrs Ward and Pool on the Sabbath question at Chitwood. Messrs. Wadkins and Conger of Philomath art) inspecting real estate at Eddyville. Canvas gloves at Stewart's.