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VOLUME 19
TOLEDO, LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 91, 1911
NUMBER 9
COUNTY NEWS
Waldport.
D. Wenner has bought a place
tn the Yachats from Elmer Helms.
School liegan Monday at Tide
water and a'so in the district above.
The Condor ca:re in the loth over
a very smooth bar.
M. C. Kellow is clearing up an
acre for a garden spot near ths school
house.
Judge Gardner has been visiting
the south end of the county in the
interest of good roads. He went to
the Lane County line.
O V TTnrt ia ftini netivp in
the real estate business and predicts
lively market this fall.
Some much needed work is being
imc on the Coon Hollow road which
leads south from Waldport.
Cliarles Webb has bought out the
Evens store at Waldport.
Siletz.
Saturday evening, April 15th,
Mrs. Walter Hall gave an Easter
party. Progressive whist was
played. Dr. Clausius secured first
honors while our frier.d R ibert Do
Poe won the booby pr.ize. A jolly,
pleasant time was had. An elegant
luncheon was served.
Monday evening, the 17, the
friends of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Btnscll surprised them, the occasion !
heing in honor of their wooden wed
ding. Wooden presents of all kinds
vrere in evidence. The guests came
early and stayed late.
Our road machinery commitiee,
Messrs. John Kentta, Walter Hall
and Phil Elting, are in Portland
this week looking up our portable
r. -k crusher outfit.
Ralph Hamar, G. A. Olin, Joi n
Wainia and some of the rest of the
hoys are buying more cows, getting
ready for the cheese factory.
Elk City and Siletz ball teams are
scheduled to play a game at Toledo
Iui.day, April 39th.
from Newport for a week, expecting
to return with his family the 24th
to open the bakery at Nye Creek.
Grover Doty and Mr. Hubble
were fishing off Seal Rocks Sunday.
Miss Gertrude Phelps gave a jolly
excursion down Beayer Creek to the
beach and Seal Rocks Easter Sun
day, where they enjoyed a picnic
lunch and baked clams. Those who
were in the party were, Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Wolfersperger, Miss
Elizabeth Wallace, Miss Clati De
Say, Miss Gertrude Phelps, Arthur
Holmgreen, Dexter and Guy Trem
bly, Fred Commons and Clifford
fhelps.
Mr. Ycrix, Jr., and Harold Hew
itt were at Seal Rocks Sunday.
Bay View.
Oscar Oakland has gone up Drift
creek to do some plowing for Mr.
Hanson.
H. L. McKenney and wife of
Beaver creek was over Monday.
Mr. McKenney hauls the cream to
the Waldport creamery again this
Summer.
Mr. Troxcl of Waldport passed
through Bay View Monday.
Dan Hendrickson has gone to the
logging woods to work.
H. Yorkb of Drift Creek was a
Bay View visitor Tuesday.
Mr. Hanson of Linviile was in
tins vicinity one day (hi week.
Henry Hendrickson is working
for Mr. Sagondorf this week.
Burt Trombly had the misfortune
to cut his hand quite badly while
sawing a log last Tuesday.
G. 13. Ryan was a Bay View vis
itor last Friday.
News of each Community ' Gathered each
week by Uur Hustling Associate Editors
sampled. It was weighed and
found wanting, then replaced in the
depot. Next a. m. it had disap
peared entirely keg and contents.
The question is, how and why?
Taft.
Jakie Johnson is clearing out the
camp grounds at Siletz bay. Keep
the good work going, Jakie.
It is reported that Jesse Fanin is
going to start a barber shop at Taft
this Summer.
A general line of groceries at the
Taft Co-operative company's store
alwavs on hand.
I Af T1 J l . ,
m. inniNin uiis sei one anu a
half miles of pole on the new tele
phone lines running to Salmon
river. ,
J. G. Fanin and wife have re
turned to their Summer home near
Taft.
Mr. Kentta, will you please let
go of that powder? We need i t to
blow out the stumps from the road
down here.
C. F. Robertson and J. P. Bones
are clearing a fine piece of bottom
lan I cn Schooner creek this Spring.
Tbomas Kerr is back in the coun
try on a short business visit.
Walter Bones left here for his
home in Dallas, after a short visit
with his parents on Drift river.
lie has been in poor health for the
past few months.
J. H. Ross was a business visitor
in this vicinity a lew days ago.
G. S. Parme'e & Sons have been
running their sawmill of late, get
ting out lumber for the new school
houses on Siletz river.
Miss Anna D. Wood of Mon
mouth commenced school Monday,
April 10th with a full attendance of
pupils and some rain. We hope
the weather will improve, also the
pupils.
J. C. Ludeinan and wife of Wald
port visited with S. Sagendorf at
Linviile Sunday. We also noticed
the genial countenance of Cliarles
Doffins, superintendent of the El
more cannery, headed that way.
The fishing season is open now and
we have plenty to spare. Help
yourself, Charley.
Estrayed From somewhere east
oi tne cascade mountains, a snow
storm. When last seen it was wan
dering around over Lincoln county
looking for a place to locate. So
far as known no damage was done, I '
but we would rather have settlers
with strong arms and Roosevelt
families.
Elk City.
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We are having March weather in
April on Beaver Creek.
Rev- and Mrs. Gwvnn haw? re
turned to their home at Waldpoit. ! from TiUarnook the first of the week
C. C. Woodford returned from a
business trip to Newport the first of
the week.
Charles Van Orden has rented the
Hotel Elk and it is now open for
business.
Col. Parker returned to the ranch
Monday to remain for a time.
DrCarter passed through on his
way to Glen the first of the week.
Aldcn Davis and brother airived
Otis.
Mrs. Gwynn having spent a week
xnth her son, R. R.-Gwynn, and
family, while the.Reverend attended
tlie Presbytery at Brownsville.
Joe Blower carried the mail Sat
urday from Toledo to Linviile and
returned Monday.
Miss Hattie Van Hoosen of Cor
T3.!lis liogan school in distriet No.
9 April 10th.
Harold Hewitt is home from Port
land, where he has been the past
winter.
Miss Elizalieth Wallace of Eugene
ts teaching in what is known as the
Ryan district.
Arbor Day was observed1 by Ona
school. Miss De Say and pupils
rendered a splendid program.
Mr. Troxel of Waldport was in
the neighborhood Monday and spent
the night at the Commons ranch.
Mark Jones spent the week end at
Hunters Lodge.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Hewitt
spent Sunday at the A. H. Phelps
home.
The Waldport cream wagon,
driven by H. McKinney, is on the
xuutc again for the Summer.
Joseph Wolfersperger came down
Alden is quite popular with the fans
in this burg.
John Goodell came up from Tole
do Tuesday morning. He will as
sist the Elk City Lumber Company
and probably take a membership in
the E. C. A. C.
Ball season opened up Sunday on
Elk City field. And. next Sunday
we will meet Newport fo'- the first
game of the season on Elk City field.
This will be an interesting game as
Newport has a first class team and
Elk City is up to standard.
One of Dick Abbey's cows fell
down a bluff and dislocated her neck.
Chickens have been in demand in
the vicinity of Beaver Creek of late.
Col. Parker and C. W. Young have
been supplying the demand. While
one of the commission men enter
tained the household the partners
were boxing chickens.
Several thousand feet of saw logs
were put into the lumber company's
boom the past week. The Grant
boys have about two hundred thou
sand to put down if they get water.
One of our neighbors had a 5-gal-lon
keg of Kentucky Dewdrop ship
ped to his address. It arrived 0.
K. but gave evidence of having been J
Tidk alxmt a" ideal country, we
surely have it here. Put our gar
dens in in March and do our sleigl
riding in April.
Mrs. M. Lee of Boyer came home
this week to her Salmon River
ranch. She has been spending the
winter at Los Angeles with her
mother.
Ote McMillan is working a crtw
of men opening the new road from
Harding's place down Salmon River.
We hear there is going to be a
sawmill at the mouth ot Devils Lake
Messrs. McDonald and Wheatin
traded horses last week and hot!
claim they got the worst of it.
flounders are thick in Salmon
River now and they bite fine.
John Dickens made a trip to Slier
man this week. He reports the
roads drying up fine but this last
storm will make them sloppy agaii
Chauncy Gilmore has his wire
feuce up. Chauncy is making some
good improvements.
Tne Upper Salmon River cheese
factory is ready to run now.
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Abe Lincoln School.
Here we come again. Have been
too busy to write lately on account
of Spring work.
0. E. Lyndon departed li.st week
for California, where he will take
charge of one of his father's exten
sive fruit rar.ches.
Ole Olsen was delivering potatoes
to Wald port 8atu rday . These pota
toes were planted about the first of
June and did not get rain or irriga
tion and then made 150 sacks to
the acre of salable potatoes. Can
the Willamette valley beat that?
Ofstedahl Nye.
One of the most brilliant weddings
to take place in Toledo for many
months was held last Monday morn
ing when Miss Ruth Ofstedahl be
came the wife of Mr. Arthur Nye.
The guests, thirty in number, be
gan to arrive at the bride's homo at
5: SO in the morning, and promptly
as the clock struck the hour of six
Miss Esther Copeland at the piano
began playing the wedding inarch,
and the bride and groom to be
marched into the room to the mar
riage altar in a corner of the room.
The bride was dressed in a pure
white tailored suit, large white hat
trimmed with a long willow plume,
and she carried a shower bouquet of
lillies of the valley. Just before
leaving for the train the bride
threw the bridal buoquet to her girl
friends, and it was caught by Misses
Sara Crahen and Nora Krogstad.
Rev. Jones secured the ring in the
cake.
The marriage ceremony was per
formed by Rev. F. 0. Jones of
the Episcopal church . Immediately
after the ceremony the guests were
ushered into the banquet room
where an elegant wedding feast was
served. The party then went to the
depot to bid God speed to the newly
wedded couple, wno are now spend
ing their honeymoon in Portland.
The bride is the only daughter of
Mrs. Elese Ofstedahl, and one of
the most popular young ladies of
the city. She has been a resident
of Toledo since eai'lv girlhood.
During the past year she was Dep
uty Clerk of this county. The
groom is a member of the hardware
firm oi Newton A Nye in this city.
He is one of the social favorites and
is a most worthy young man. He
is a son 01 MX. antl Airs. J. J. Nye,
and has spent his entire! life here.
The happy couple was the recip
ients of many beautiful presents
from their many friends.
On the return from their honey
moon they will be at home to their
friends at the Chambers cottage on
Second street.
Congratulations and best wishes
are extended by their many friends.
young lady, she having made her
home here at Toledo the past two
years, during which time she has
made many friends.
The groom is the only son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Walker, and is an
honest, industrious young man, and
is well liked by everyone. Ho is
employed at present on the dredger
Chetco.
The house was decorated for the
occasion with carnations and ferns
making a very pleasing effect. The
bride was dressed in light blue Mes-
salin silk and carried a bouquet of
wmte roses. Ihe groom wearing
the conventional black. Fourteen
invited friends and guests were pres
ent to witness the ceremony and to
do justice to the sumptuous wedding
ii nner which was served immediate
ly after the ceremony. Reverend
R. J. Devenportof the Methodist
church officiated at the wedding.
The bride and groom left Monday
morning on a honeymoon trip to
Portland, after which they will re
turn to Toledo, making their home
on the dredger Chetco where the
groom is employed.
The Leadeu joins with their many
friends in wishing them all kinds of
good luck.
Bachmann -- Walker.
A very pretty wedding occurred
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
(ieorge C. Walker in this city Sun
day afternoon, April 1G, 15)11, when
Miss Ruth Bachmann became the
bride of their son Roy.
Miss Bachmann is the only daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bachmann of
lEddyville, and is a most estimable 1 of the Bay will no doubt be there
John Ebhe, the road man, went
to Dallas Wednesday morning to
start work on a large road contract
he hujr in Polk county.
Miss Nora Krogstad returned to
her home at Portland Wednesday
morning, after a visit of several
weeks with relatives ami friends in
this city.
Lee Bartholomew, the barber,
has just had the interior of his ton
sorial parlors decorated with paint
and paper. It was a line job.
Allen Gill, the papcrhanger, did the
work.
We arc now prepared to dispense
soda water and ice cream to the sat
isfaction of all who may come to
our store. Everything first class
and up to date. At the Palace of
Sweets. A I, Wai;gh, Proprietor.
W. II. Andross will have a pub
lic sale Friday April 28th, 1911, at
which he will disposo of his house
hold goods. The sale will be held
at tlie Uty b loat here in Toledo. J.
H. Ross has been engaged as auc
tioneer.
John Scott Mills, special writer
for the Oregon-Washington Rail
road & Navigation Company. South
ern Pacific lines in Oregon, arrived
in our city last evening, and is se
curing the necessary data for the ex
ploitation of our town and country,
in the advertising enterprise re
cently undertaken by our Develop
ment League. Different members
of the League and citizens of our
town are showing Mr. Mills around
and assisting him in every way pos
sible to get a correct and compre
hensive write-up. He will bo taken
up and down the bay and be driven
out through the farming sections.
Mr. Mills requests that the farmers,
when in town, call on him and tell
him what they are doing, as it w the
actual accomplishments that interest
tho homoseeker, and it is these suc
cesses wbloh he wishes to incorpor
ate in his writing.
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Baseball.
The Newport and Elk City base
ball teams will play their first game
of the season at Elk City next Sun
day, the 23d. Fans from all uarts