ginmh j (Pup AJ .Utr $tmtti- Render. VOLUME 18 TOLEDO, LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 18,1910. NUMBER ft COUNTY NEWS News of each Community Gathered each week by Our Rustling Associate Editors WaHport. Ranger Durbin had to fight fire last week on Saddle Mountain. Chas. Webb is delivering some ff r logs to the Lumber Company. Services are being held every night this week at the Presbyterian Church. Quite . a lot of Waldport freight is already waiting Captain Tyler at the dock in Portland. The Commercial Club has been asked that Waldport be represented at the "Spirit of the Golden West" parade at Portland during the Ro6e Festival next June. Christen Jensen is pulling up a new woodshed and a little later will begin the construction of an addition to the House he bought from C. J. Smith. Mr. Jensen ex pects his family to move down soon. Capt. Henry Nice is clearing some land on the north side of the Bay. The Captain has also been do ing some gardening during the past two weeks. Waldport's school will close the latter part of April. The patrons of the school desire very much to have a longer term next season. Anything short of nine months who'll for a district as huge as this is unsatisfactory. We are glad the County Court ap proved the Port petition submitted by the Waldport people. Taking in as we do the entire Alsea River within the County we are free from any kind of strife over harbor im provements. The Commercial Club recently asked Supt. Ackermari for infor mation regarding the prescribed standard for High Schools in order to participate in the County High School fund. The following extract may be of interest to many: '"The district shall furnish at least one teacher who shall devote the whole of his or her time to high school subjects, and also maintain at least eight months of school during the year, provided that in a newly or ganized high school for the first year a teacher miglt spend part of his or her time teaching grammar Wade subjects". Tittle' Elk Spring is here at last. Farmers are busy plowing and Bowing during this fine weather. Irvin Magee and S. T. Louden and Km, Virgil, went to Chitwood last Sunday to look after their cattle that are being fed hay at Mr. Wea ver's place. Dr. Lee Shirley and family of Magee Creek were visiting at the Cordell home la-ii Suitd:iy. Mr. Crocker has been on the sick list the past week but is better at this writing. Rev. Hoinschurch of Portland and Rev. Plumer of Salem held services at the Little Elk school house last Monday evening. Mrs. Kline is home again and many of her friends are glad she is able to be among them once more. She has been at Corvallis for several weeks taking medical treatment Our Debating Club has been changed to a Literary Society and Spelling School. We find the change a good one. Any thing to keep the people interested. Mrs. Herring is reported on the v sick list. We hoiie for her speedy recovery. As Mr. Damon was going to Eddy ville last Thursday morning he saw two dogs killing Mr. Weltin's fine ram. Mr. Damon killed both dogs. After a successful six months' term the Eddy ville school closed last Friday. Mr. Herring is making great im provements on his homestead in the way of clearing and fencing. A. M. Baxter, A. B. Hunt, M. S. Herring and S. T. Loudon went to Toledo last week to attend County Court in the interests of good roads. Born March 14th to the wife of George Willoughbv a seven pound boy. George is dofng as well as could be expected. Rev. Plumer of Salem, Rev. Bartholomew of Chitwood, M. P. Herring and S. T. Loudon of Little Elk attended quarterly conference of the Evangelical church at the home of Mr. Stringer last Saturday. Rev. Hornschurch of Portland Presiding Elder in charge.' Our good roads bard have their plans all finished and turned over to the supervisor. They have 126 days work subscribed, the County Court will help with some money and we voted a two mill tax, so in all wo will have about $S03 to make roads with. Road district No. 11 will have so.ne good roads as well as others. t Otis. We are all taking advantage of the good weather by putting iu our crops. F, S. Murray and A. M. Royse are both harrowing and seeding. John T. Dickens visited 0. E. McMillcn this week. Dickens & Co. sold two fine milch cows this week. O. E. McMillcn, our new road boss, is in the lower end of the district looking aver the road. Mr. Rash made a trip to the Valley after his daughter, Anna, who has been away since August. George Thompson has returned to his home in Willamina. Marion Curl is out in the Valley visiting. . Leslie Bob is at Grand Ronde fencing his land. . School will start in the Wesl dis trict the 25th inst. B. E. Oviatt is teaching in Dis trict No. 61. C. S. Parmele is doing a nice lot of plowing on the land he has rented of John Morris. Wm. Samuels is making himself a fine large redwood canoe. Wm. Combest of Taft was a visitor at J. T. Dickens' this week. Jesse Farrin passed through on his way to his home at Taft the other day. A man was drowned in Salmon river the other day. Who it was we have not yet learned. The Otis ball team will meet and organize next Sunday. v Prof. T. N. Lowe had a call Sat urday by B. E. Oviatt. Mr. Burnsidcs of Sheridan visited J. T. Dickens this week. Dickens & Company have finished hauling 'hay from Moso Killiams', and he still has more for salt . Joe Dick has been busy the last few days hauling wood and making spear poles. We hear Mow Killam will start for the Siletz Agency next Monday. P. G. Wheeler will start to ihc Valley to work next Monday. W. J. McDonald cut some wood for district. No. 61. They are extending the phone line from J. M. Booyers to 0. E. McMillen's, a distance of nine miles. There is a sink about 30 feet long and 10 feet deep in the II. T. Curl grade, but travel goes around it. The younger Muir boys are pre paring to milk for the factory. Mr. Miln is staying at William' Gardner's. : Nels Gardner and Lilbern Hardin visited J. T Dickens and A. M. Royse this week. Chitwood Nearly every one we meet says what good weather we are having. The whooping cough subjects are gradually improving. It is some what amusing to hear Jack Phillips whoop just like the kids. W. N. Cook's family all have it except himself and he has been laid up for some tune with rheumatism or something of the sort. Mrs. Uhssa !Villiamson was down from Washington to make final proof on her homestead hist week, return ing home- Wednesday. Grant Hart is up and around once more, and was over to J. E. Wilson's nursery purchasing some fine fruit trees this week. Earnest Cook caught a bouncing big wild cat a few days since. Simpson Creek School . began Monday the 14th under the tutor ship of Miss Iva Turnidgo of Ma- 'comb, Oregon. We are informed that Rev. Bar tholomew has exchanged his farm for Salem property. We are sorry to lose him as h.j is quie', a booster for Lincoln county. There is lots of good tillable land in Lincoln county that can lie bought cheap. We certainly have one of the best places under the sun , to raise extra good keeping apples, with so few pests to combat, and just the right soil to produce the best quality, llood River not except ed, but there few who take proper care of their trees. ( opened up here. We have a large Bcope of watershed and as fine tim ( ber as can be found anywhere along j the coast and it must go out over this bar, and that soon. Let us j wake up and take advantage of our I splendid opportunities, j Word received from the Grays ' Harbor Lumber Company is that jiliey will be herewith a boat in the near future after their lumber. We Kernvilleites believe that the Grays Harbor Company will do something for us if we will do some thing for ourselves, j G. S. Parmele made a trip to the Valley after some cows and horses the first of the week. The latest news is that Walter Bones has sold his water front to a Seattle company. Yaquina Kernville Word came that we would not get a boat in here with supplies very soon. So if the people get seed oats they will have to haul them in. II. F. and C. S. Parmele have gone to Newport after seed oats. They will have 100 bushels, which j they will sow on the John Morris farm. i Jesse Farrin made a trip to the Valley last week. We haven't heard whether he found a location ;to suit him. . The sawmill has started with Dick Anderson as foreman. Mrs. Esther Sthcphcns and child ren have gone to Newport, . where they will visit friends for a while then go on to visit Mrs. Stephen's mother, Mrs. Ilorton. There are just two sacks of flour to be found in our stores, and tvery one out or nearly so. The people of Lower Siletz river are forming a port. They plainly see that it is the only way of getting transportation and get something Mrs. R. R. Miller, of Summit, is visiting her husband who is teach ing school at Yaquina. W. A. Williams came down from his ranch near Toledo, to spend Sunday with W. C. Iloeflein. Shove left Thursday for the valley where he will make his home. Miss Hilga Ilolmgreen, who works at L. E. Casteol's Hotel, left Tuesday for a two weeks visit with ' ner mother Mrs. S.' A. II dmgrcer. of Ona,. . : ... . . . j Wm. Shove and family of Yaq- uina are going to make their per manent home in Newport. I R. Pond and family of Michigan, are visiting the family of C. Pond. Supt. R. P. Coin, visited the school here Wednesday. The bay is full of small fish now. Wm. Baehus is shipping from ! 300 to 400 lbs. daily. It is reported that Adlia Castcel is confined at the hospital at Cor vallis, with scarlet fever. -- High School News The literary society last Thurs day was well attended. Everyone on the program was prepared. In the debate, "Resolved, That women should be denied the ballot," the judges decided in favor of the neg ative. The name "Amacitian" for the society was decided upon. The High School had its monthly examinations Friday. - Jean Bell returned from Pioneer Monthly, and was at school Tues day. Several of the most industrious girls of the High School washed the greater part . of the front of the sehoolhouse Tuesday. Elma Waugh has been absent from school most of the week on account of sickness. A new pupil for the Ninth Grade, Joel Booth, started to school Wed nesday. Baseball has taken place of boxing this week. The return of Hester Hill to school this week just doubles the number of the 12th Grade at the li ghtning of the term. The 11th Grade has finished "Canterbury Tales" and is now rjading "Lays of Ancient Rome." On the evening of March 10th a number of the friends of Miss" Eleanor Grady agreeably surprised her at her home. The occasion le ing Miss Eleanor's 16th birthday, The evening was spent in playing games. Refreshments were served , by the mother. At a late hour the guests repaired homeward. A good time was reported by all. Three more lxys f ir the Ninth Grade are desired by that class. This weather makes everyono sleepy, therefore, the school is very quiet. Lena Ball has been absent almost all week. Alleen Gaither was absent Wednes day morning. St. John's Church. Service next Lord's Day (Palm Sunday) at 11:00 a.m. Evening service at Yaquina at 4:30 p.m. Everybody welcome. Rev. Tran is O. Jonep, Rector. G. L. Gray of Newport was n c mnty seat visitor Wednesday. Clyde Van Orden was down from Elk City Tuesday evening. Get tho Iladit, and chew Zeno Gum, for the breath. Tito one that made them cut prices Water Front Barber Shop, Toledo, Or. ILiir cut 25c; shavj 15c. W. K. Merrill and R. B. W.iln of the Toledo Newport Telephone Company were passengers fov tho Valley Monday morning. Wanted. Position as housekeeper, by mid dle aged widow. Apply at this office. Died Harrison At his home in Cen tralia, Washington, on March 2, 1010, of Bright' s disease, William Henry Harrison,' aged 75 years, 1 month and 1 day. Deceased was born in St. Law rence county, New York, on Feb ruary 1, 18154, of Irish parents. When about 15 years of ago the family removed to Huron, county, Ontario, where he was sent to school and later apprenticed to learn the carpenter trade. On August, 12th, 1861, he was married to Miss Margaret Clow of Wawanosh, On tario, of which union eight children were born. In 186!) he moved to Rush City, Minnesota, where he took a noniestead. Later he en gaged quite extensively in tho cord wood business there. In November, 1885, the family came to Oregon. Settling for the first winter at Dal las, but later moving to Newport, where he built some Cottages. In June, 1886, he, in company with Captain F, E. Dodge, established tho first cannery on Alsea Bay. The partnership lasted for but one season, after which Mr. Harrison built and managed a cannery inde pendently for three seasons. In 1890 he built the steam schooner V. II. Harrison, which he owned and managed for about two yea: s, D.iring this time and for several years latter, he was engaged in sawmill business at Waldport, but his liking for a farm led hi in to leave the mill in the hands of bin sons that he might devote his entiro time to his farm at Bay View. Tho latter years of his life except tho last year and a half, were spent at Bay View and Ona, Ibis county, where he owned a farm at the time of his death. In October, lS)10, ho moved to Centralia, Washington, where he has many relatives. He leaves a wife, two sons, four daugh-. ters and nine grandchildren. , In ierment was made at Centralia, oi Saturday, March 5th,