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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1909)
YOU BET! SNOW'S ALL GONE. COME TO LINCOLN COUNTY AND LIVE m miii m ii m VOLUME 16 TOLEDO, LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1009. NUMBER 47 COMMISSIONERS' COURT IN SESSION Tax Levy IMade, 'Supervisors Appointed, Much Other Business Done In the matter of the general tax levy for the year 1908: At this time came on for consideration the matter of estimating the amount of money to be raised for county and other purposes for the year 1908, and making a ?ovy to raise said amounts upon U taxable property in Lincoln county, Oregon, for said year, and the Court having carefully examined into said matter, finds: That the expense of running the county's affairs, including roads will be, $25280.28; interest on county's indebtedness will be, $1000; amount to be paid the Btate, $7012.50; public schools, $10633; school libraries, $157.90; county high school $1600; that the total assessed valuation of all tax able property in county $4153062; therefore, based upon said estimated expenses, it is ordered that the fol lowing levy be and the same is here by made for the year 1908, to-wit: County purposes, 6.3 mills; county school, 2.56 mills; school library .004 mills; high school 04; state 1.7 mills. The following road supervisors were appointed : A L McDonald 14, E M Stanton, 8 Rice Gwynn 5, Geo Hodges 10 J I Williamson 19, B W Hayes 2 H R Deakin 17, J C Dougherty 3 D M Termen 20, A L Snell 1 T Barclay 4, J D Logan 5 Robert Tronson 15 Road districts No. 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18, 19, 1 and 2 having voted a special road tax, same was ordered that said levies be placed on the roll, as follows: District No. 19, 5 mills, 6, 2 mills, 15, 5 mills, 8, 4 mills, 18, 10 mills, 4, 5 mills, 14, 2 mills, 1, 10 mills, 9, 6 mills, 10,' 5 mills, 2, 4 mills. A tax of .08 mills was levied on property in Olalla Dyking district to raise money to pay the district's indebtedness of $1073.28, and estir mated expenses amounting to $200. In the matter of surveying and establishing the Depot-Siletz county road: Ordered that the County Surveyor proceed within 30 days 'and survey and establish the grades and cuts on said road and prepare plans and specifications thereof, and where the grade exceeds 6 per cent make such survey around said hill pr hills, and through the level land lying near such hill ; said sur vey to commence at the end of the plank road on the Newport-Toledo county road near Toledo and con tinue to- the point on the Depot-Siletz county road where road district No. 15 voted to commei.ee its per manent improvement on said road. Ordered that the supervisor of dikes for Olalla dyking district offer a reward of 850 for the arrest and conviction of person or persons at tempting to injure or destroy the dam or dikes in said diking district. It was ordered that the Sheriff be credited with $5733.72, unpaid de linquent taxes for the year 1907, and $921.64, doubly assessed. Petition of Henry Nice, et al, asking for creating new road district, granted and order made. Petition of Wallis Nash, asking for rebate of taxes, rejected. Cost bill of F M Carter, coroner's inquest, Wm Neal, continued. Petition of Sam Hill, et al, ask ing appointment of S C Denny, road supervisor, rejected. Petition of Charles W Brown for appointment as road supervisor, rejected. Report of LC Norton, road super visor district 13, accepted. (Continued next week.) Esten Olson was over from Siletz Wednesday. John Lloyd of Siletz was in the city this week. Lee Williams was up from New port yesterday. "To Many Wives", at Woodmen hu.ll toruoi' row night. Grace and Rachel Carson went to Chemawa yesterday morning. E. T. Raddant of the upper farm was in the city Monday evening. Why eat stale candy when you can always get it fresh at the Bon boniere. George Lewis and children of Winant were county seat visitors yesterday. Paul Chatterton of Bald Mountain was a county seat visitor the first of the week. Mrs. Wm. Scarth and son Lancey returned from a visit at the metro polis Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Woodford came down from Elk City Monday evening to take in the show. The Hildreth Stock Company will be here again tomorrow - night. Read their announcement in this issue. Every member of the DeMoss company is an artist. Do not fail to hear them at Toledo Tuesday evening, January 19. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Hall of Siletz were in the city the first of the week. Mr. Hall went to Port land Tuesday morning. Go the New York Cash Store for your hosiery. Regular 25c values 15c; 35c values 20c. Yours for bargains, Chas. E. McDonald. The ladies of Syringa Circle gave another of their pleasant whist parties at their hall last Saturday evening. More than forty members and guests were present and enjoyed a most enjoyable evening. A de lightful lunch was served. J. A. Peterson win the prize for the most games, Postmaster Arnold got the booby. i Bet your life! But insure it first it the Oregon Life Insurance Com pany. Geo. Tyler, Agent, Newport. . Apprentice Wanted. At barber shop. -A boy who is not afraid of a little work. Lee Bartholomew. School Report. The following are the names of the pupils of Room 1 of Waldport Public School, who were on the Roll of Honor the second month of the term : Delia Brown Ross Hayes Joe Gay Carrie Wheelock Frank Chapin Vernie Peterson Hobart Durbin Seth Brown Ellis Brown Nora Lcbow Charley Gay Esther Wann Olive Hoover ' ' -Visitors Mrs. M. S. Durbin, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Everson, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Wm. Keady, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bales. Waldport Items. C. J. Smith has made his wife a present of a fine Kimball organ. An inch of snow fell here last Friday and Saturday, some remain ing at the present time. At the meeting of the Commer cial club January 6th it was voted to have a short literary program at the next meeting. The scream of the Bteam whistle and the hum of the planer are to be heard again in Waldport these days. i DIonr miTvilo nnminr. lr iVn YlTl,l " ' venting m buc u niu port school have overrun the seat capacity, and have to sit on "any old thing' ' until the new seats can be hauled over the beach. Wm. Jorgenson with three wit nesses and an attorney had to make a trip to Eugene last week to fight the Forestry Department in support 6f his homestead claim, on the Yachats. This is making Will a lot of expense and we hope that he will secure his ranch. Louis Siegel a ten year old school boy was quite severely burned about the face a few days ago while ex perimenting with gun powder. He put the powder in an empty can and dropped a lighted match on it, the explosion which followed flashed up in his face. It was thought his eyes were injured but they are get ting all right. "Those Dreadful Twins," was played Monday night before a large and appreciative audience, holding their interest throughout to the last. Each character in the play carried their part through in a very credit able manner which speaks well for our home talent and assures us of many more enjoyable evenings. The band orchestra furnished the music. Siletz Items. Warren Hall has returned from ah extended visit at Baker City, Portland and other places. Messrs. Goyne'and Harlow sailed down the river Monday with a scow load of freight. The cruisers for the various tim ber companies have all come out of the woods driven out by the heavy fall of snow. Louie Smith has a smile on that wont come off caused by the ad vent of a baby girl at his home. L. L. Fuller is ,now mail carrier on the Kernville route. A slide on the Klamath grade has shut off .travel by wagon to the Upper Farm. Axel Oleson, Ned Clark and Carl Davis are visiting at Siletz. Miss Spcer of Carlisle, Pa., is visiting friends in 'this vicinity. Mrs. George Wilbur is seriously ill. Winter weather at Siletz about five inches of snow and temperature 10 degrees alovc zero. Our young people, and sonib older ones, have enjoyed the coasting. The sawmill has been shut down for a couple of weeks for the pur pose of installing additional ma chinery. G. II. Horsfall, who spent holiday season at Rocco witl family, haa returned to Siletz. Eddyville and Vicinity. Bob Warnock has moved. the his His family will visit his wife's relatives near Toledo. The hunters are enjoying the snow. Mr. Damon's" niece has arrived from the East. Mr. Bartholomew has Bold 80 acres for $800 to Mr. Herring from Colorado. Rev. Bartholomew trudged through the snow last Sunday to fill his appointment, but none of the members ventured out. Nearly all of our farmers have all their stock housed- and fed. A few of the largest stock owners have neither feed nor shelter for a part of their stock. James Stitt who has filed on a homestead near Mr. Bartholomew's pliiLU expects to bring lumler by rail from Philomath and erect his house in February. Walter Cline caught a live coyote. The recent sleet storm put part of our telephone line out of com mission, and filled the road with debris in many places. At the telephone meeting some questions were left undecided. The wages of Central were raised to $5.50. A. L. Chitwood froze his feet while bringing his cattle from Simpson Creek to Eddyville. He sold his homestead there to P. A. Miller for $1300. C. W. Bowers of the Marcellus Stock Farm, Michigan, made a trip to Eddyville in the vain attempt to sell a German Coach horse here. The fine Percheron at Chitwood prevented the sale. Roy Nelson returned to Portland Saturday morning. Norman Arm strong came from there to fill his place on Miss Bane's ranch. Kernville Items. J. II. Bones and sister Ella have gone to the Valley. Paul Chatter ton took them to Newport. First snow of the season, it is one inch deep and cold enough to freeze a little. All range stock is doing well. C. S. Parmele, wife and son and Neils Anderson, wife and son, are out in their new sled trying the snow. They will make Anion Bones and family a call. Already the Siletz Bay people have agreed to take 20 shares in the new boat to be built to run in the Siletz and neighboring bays. II. F. and E. C. Parmelu and their sister, Myrtle, have Returned to Gaston to finish their course of study at Laurlwood Academy. Neils Anderson and wife made merchant J. W. Bones and wife a visit last week. Mr. Charlie Larsen has been quite sick but is letter at present . Mrs. Joe Sijota is quite sick. Dr. Minthorn has been called to see her. J. W. Bones lost another fine horse. He had been offered $250 for her but refused it, he considered her worth more money. For Sale. lhree milk cows, each giviiur 14 quarts at milking; cream separator, j 450 lbs per hour capacity; 1 hay wagon, and other farming tools. Address, Anton Kkzkwxki, At old Sam Logan place, near Elk City. - . . A carload of fruits, mils and candies just received at the Bonbon iere. OUR FRIGID JVEATHER Whole Northwest Affected by Severe Cold. Our weather machine certainly w on the bum. The engines must have skipped, the main shaft broko or a cog slipped, as the whole North west has been getting something unusual in the way of cold weather during the past two weeks. Stock is suffering, and people are too, to some extent. In the Willamette Valley the snow has covered the ground for over a week with th mercury trying to butt through tl bottom of the thermometer. At. Portland, Albany, McMinnvillo am! other points the thermometer has registered at times Itclow zero. ruesday it was 5.6 below at Port land and 3 below at Albany, colder" than it has been for more than 35 years. Last Thursday night the first, snow fell in Toledo, and by morn ing the ground was covered with alxiut an inch. Saturday night v got two inches more. It has beeli very cold and freezing ever since. The coldest was Tuesday morning when the thermometer registered ltf degrees above zero. While we older people have been hovering around the stove this younger folks have been having thu time of their lives coasting this cold spell affording the best coasting many of them ever had. Fourth street from the City Hall to Hill street has been monopolized by th coasters, and every day md evening the hill is lined with the merry youngsters on all kinds of sleds, Every sort of a contraption imagin able was converted into a coaster. Dishpans and a shovel were some of the articles used as tolxiggans. In all their sport no one was badly hurt. The snow has been severe oh stock but little if any has been lost , The wild birds have suffered greatly, many freezing. Millions of the birds were fed by the people. At . noon yesterday the wind changed to the southwest and the cold snap was at an end. The rain Inigan falling and in a few hours the snow was gone for which we aro all duly thankful. Notice to Hunters. All hunters applying for lieehsti must send their descriptions, regard loss as to whether they have had a license for the previous year. Iua Wade, County Clerk. Buff Orpington Chickens. A few fine cockerels for sale. Eggs now ready, $1.50 per setting of 15. Mrs. S. Centkr, Toledo, Or. Lost. I have mislaid or lost, a Mexican carved, walking stick. Any orw finding same will kindly leave at Leader ollice. C. II. Gardner. The Oregon Life, the policyhold ers' company. See Geo. Tyler of NcPrt lut your Life Insurance and keep your money in Oregon. Farm for Sale. 160 acres on county road and deep water, rural route, 6 mile ! from Toledo, 25 acres high tideland, six acres in cultivation, good barn, - 4-rooin house, good stock or fruit land, 1