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Volume XVI.
Toledo, Lincoln County, Oregon, Friday, October. pJOS.
Number 35
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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.
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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.
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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.