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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1909)
Lincoln County Leader POR NEW CROP OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER SEEPS AND UP 10 DATE COLLINS & HAYDEN, Pdbhshebs 8 KnMrtd t the postofllce at Toledo, Oregon, u ,V Ct TO SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year -Six Montlis Three Mentha - - . 1 50 ft? R. S. VAN CI.EVE TOLEDO, OREQON (0 50 Seventeen Years Old. The Leader today starts out on its seventeenth year. fior eight hundred and thirty-two consecutive weeks the Leader has visited the homes of Lincoln county. It has 1 Always been the leading newspaper ; in the county and we hope it always will be. It has always been as now a local news paper, aiming to give the news of the entire county at all times, and as far as the managers of the paper were able this has been done. The Leader was launched out in the field on March 9, 1893, by J. F. Stewart, who conducted it as a Democratic paper for over four years. Then C. L. Gowell CITY MARKET JOHN NYE. Proprietor 9 :im mmm s mm? s ;- J. All kinds of fresh and cured Meats, Bacon and Lard Highest price for Hides and Pelts Lincoln County. The following extracts are taken took from the namnhlet, inst. ihriipH hv rhargc as editor and published it Southern Pacific company for distri for one week. .Wesley L. Davis bution throughout the East. We 1 hen assumed charge and edited it do not think our people will find for about a year, when he quit leav- anything in the article overdrawn: ingonecf the present owners in) Lincoln County, Oregon, lies in charge, after a few months of the the center of the State north aiid hitters' management Mr. and Mrs. south, and is bounded on the west C. F. Soule assumed control and ' by the Pacific Ocean, which with continued its management until its warm Japan stream, tempers the September 1, 1907, when the pres- climate to one of almost perpetual int management bought it. Ever summer. Flowers bloom the whole since Mr. Gowell left the paper it yen round, drouth is unknown, has been Republican. In all these and grass is ever green. Although years the paper has not missed a we have high winds sometimes in single issue, it has lived and by the winter, cyclones are unknown, nuinbsr of subscribers it has we! The soft, balmy winds from the lnv that its efforts to cive the ! South in winter make it like spring. news have not been in vain It will be the aim of the Leader during the coming year to be even better than ever before. It desires to bo sit every home in the county Jind its management realizes that to succeed it must hold its reputation ns a newspaper, which will be done. The Legislature has adjouned. Jnow we must all get busy to make money to pay next years' taxes. Don't kick about the rain. It is much better to have it now than later in the Spring. Wo will have an early Spring and a good Summer. The great fleet of battleships ar rived at Hampton Roads Monday, thus ending their cruise around the world. Now it seems to us. the proper thing for the Government to ilo after the repairs are made on the vessels would be to send some of them back to the Pacific to remain. Toledo has needed a band for a longtime." Now we have one, a pretty good one, too. The boys have worked faithful'y in organiz ing the band and it has taken con siderable time and work to practice. It is no' joke to make and keep a band together, and . the boys who compose this band are entitled to much praise for their public spirit in this work. It isn't often that the people in Toledo will slight any thing that is for the publio eood. but we believe we are entitled to a mild roast for the manner in which . the band's first concert last Satur day evening was patronizedor rather, not patronized. It was un doubtedly an oversight on the part nf our people, but anyway, the con cert was a fizzle financially, and we re to blame for it. The band boys njUBt feel the slight. Let some dinky traveling show com to town arid they will have a $40 or $50 house. The band concert got a $19 bouse and in summer the cool northwest wind is like the cool draught from an open door. In- its might the old ocean dashes in some places against a rockbound coast, and in others the sea goes murmuring and splashing over sandy shores Thousands of tourists come every summer to enjoy the luxuries we have to offer. Newport is the principal resort of this county, where tourists can find the finest surf bathing, boat ing, hunting, fishing and digging clams and rock oysters which are found in only one other place on the globe. Nature uncovers her agate beds, and you can find the beautiful moss agate, water agate, moonstone, cat eye, tiger eye, the diamond agate, and many others. Such is Lincoln County from the dreamy ones' or tourists', stand point. Now, for some facts for the practical man. We will take the farmer first, for from the farm we all derive our liv ing, and our clothing'. The Lincoln County farmer, first, lives in a semi-tropical country, therefore can raise anything that can be rais ed in a temperate zone, and many things that can be raised in a country much farther south. Here potatoes, onions, peas, carrots, par snips, and in fact all vegetables, grow to an immense size. , Here cattle, horses, sheep, goats, swine, poultry, etc., are successfully raised and sell at fancy prices. Also is this true of fruit such as apples. pears, cherries, peaches and berries of all kinds. All these things sell at touriBts" prices. The climate is pleasant and healthful and free from contagious diseases such as smallpox, diphthe ria, and the fevers. In fact, itjs truly a health resort as well as a summer resort, and more people are coming to stay through the winter than ever before. We have already good sanitary baths located here. Meat on the block brings from 10 to 15 cents per pound, butter 35 cents per pound, eggs 35 cents per Now is the time to visit- California When " Summer has . passed in these northern states, the the sun is only mild under the bright blue 6kies of Southern California. This is one of nature's happy pro . visions eternal summer for those who cannot endure a more severe climate. California has been called the "Mecca of the winter tourist. Its hotels and stop ping places are as varied as those of all well regulated cities. Visitors can always find sutiable accomodations, congenial companions, and varied , pleasing recreations. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COHPANY Will be glad to supply some very attractive literature, . describing in detail the many delights of winter in California. The rate from Albany to Los Angles and return is $55.00 Limit six months, allowing stop overs in either direction. Simi lar excursion rates are in effect to all California points. For full informat' n, sleeping car reservations and -Vets, call on, telegragh or write. C. K. Fronk, Agent, Albany OR WM. McMURRAY, Gen. Pass. AgT PORTLAND, OREGON. dozen, chickens 50 to 75 cents each. Berries and vegetables bring good prices, and while everything the farmer sells is a good price, the things he has to buy aie as cheap as at any place. The land is of a rolling character, and is well watered with never fail ing springs and creeks. Almost any kind of grain will grow here without irrigation. Some of the land is what we call tide land, and when dyked is the richest land in the world. Next we will speak of the manu facturers to whom we extend specia advantages. Here are the gigantic forests from which any number o: manufacturers could find material to run for 100 years. There could come to us the sawmill man, then the manufacturer of furniture boxes, staves and barrels, alcohol charcoal, tar, paper, veneer, and the innumerable things that can be made of wood. Then the canneries of fruit, fish, meat and vegetables the dryeas, the tanneries and boot and shoe manufactories and many other will do well here, for land is cheap and taxes low and transport ation facilities-ample. We will tell about them in another space. The forest contains many differ ent kinds of wood and large quant ities of each. . There is the fir, which is the moBt common and al most equal to pine, the spruce which is a softer wood, a little harder than the Eastern basswood : the hemlock, which is a hard-grain ed wood; the alder, which is a hard wood and takes a beautiful polish : the vine maple, which is as hard as oak; then the chittem, from which large quantities of hark is peeled annualy for medicinal purposes. We will try and tell of some things that can be done here with small capital. One can acquire a small farm. Land can be bought for from $15 to 130 per acre unim proved land and from $25 to $50 for improved. It can be bought in any quantity you wish so that the size of your farm is only measured by the amount of money you wish to invest. A few lots turned into a chicken ranch pay well, or any other fowl is equally profitable, A ARE YOU IN NEED? OF ANY OP THE FOLLOWING Paints, Oils, Glass and Wall Paper Poultry and Stock Foods Garden and Grass Seeds. Bee Supplies Stationery, School Books and Postal Cards Phonographs and Records Having purchased the stock formerly, owned .by O. O. Krogstad, and having increased many lines, we are now prepared to do an tip to date DRUG and PRESCRIPTION business. Mail and Telephone orders given prompt attention. , THE TOLEDO DRUG CO. to 4 w fa M GET THE HABIT AND GO TO A JO OH m rv vww AND KANDY KITCHEN FOR SEGARS, TOBACKER, KANDIES, NUTS, FRUITS, LUNCH GOODS, ETC Billiard and Whist Parlors In Smoke House Department GET THE ELA.BIT w M td H R. D. BURGESS PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON TO Ut DO, ORKGOX Office in Sclienok Boiklinft. Office hours : 10 to 12 a.m.; 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. m. Emergency Calls at anv time. BOTH 'PHONES TOLEDO BAKERY J. BURKEL, Proprietor South end Railroad Averjus Fresh Bread, Fresh Pies Fresh Cakes Everything Firet-Clasa Orders out of town promptly filled. 1NCOLN W0UNTY DANK (INCORPORATED) $10,000 Paid Up Capital L, MOT Drafts and Money Orders sold, payable at all principa point s the United States, Canada and Europe. " TH0S. LEESE, President. WM. SCARTH, Cashier Yaquina Bay Lumber Co. ( TNCORPORA TED) We Manufacture all Grades and Dimensions of YELLOW FIR Special Bills on short notice JOHN FOGARTY, Agt., Newport O. R. ALTREE, - - . Manager j small place set to strawberries, raspberries, Logan berries, or plant ed to vegetables pays well, or a little money in the fishing business; in hotels, cottages, stores, laundry or almost anything that you want to engage in will prove a winning proposition. Lincoln County is bound to go ahead, Those who come here first will recieve the lion's share of the profits to be reap ed. Some are planting orchards of walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, etc. It has been proven that they do well here. A few dollars . ... . in trout-raising would pay, or a few boats on the bay, in fact hardly any kind of business is overdone.