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z Tit VOLUME 19 TOLEDO, LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1912 NUMBER 52 COUNTY. NEWS News of each Community Gathered eacli week by Our Hustling Associate Editors (dm Mnmln wountv uer. Waldport. The Wilhelmina is still with us on account of the unfavorable con dition of the bar. The Condor is also bar bound but as Jong as the crew gets invited to an occasional party they can stand Bales and Rowin are build ing a launch for M. C. Kellow. Supervisor George Bethers spent Tuesday with us and went on to the south end of the county. Mr. Bethers expressed satisfaction at the . work being done by our schools. Mr. Vader of Nortons has been spending a few days at Waldport and says the town has improved since his last visit. Eddyville. The Eddyville Grange will give a dance Wednesday, the 14th. F. A. Aldrich has a contract for cutting railroad wood. Mrs. A. L. McDonald of ' Chit wood was in Eddyville Saturday. Mr. Damon was hearing sheep one day last week. Dan Weltin has finished plowing his grain land and will commence seeding as soon as,the weather per mits. It is rumored that Miss Evans is soon to quit the Eddyville school to accept some other position. Paddy Wakefield, who is attend ing bchool at Hubbard, came over to spend a few days with his par ents. Quite an excitement was caused Saturday afternoon by an alarm by telephone that the residence of W.F.Wakefield was on fire. The n r L iuino nrcic away iiuill iiuine Ut L. me nine, uui a ijuuiuur 01 me! nriffhW omrariwl tha noli i c: - v viiw vut cauvj soon had the fire under control. Very little damage was done. tl TV v . c. xi. vaaer nas resigned as agent for Wells, Fargo Co., and !as thpre is no one else here that will serve at present we lose.the express office.' P. 0. Shrley of Enterprise came to Eddyville Saturday to visit his daughter, Mrs. Colby. He says the thermometer registered 6 below zero when he left ihere The ground hog seen his shadow all right, but no one in this neck o' the woods seem to care a snap 1 he farmers are plowing and get- t ng ready for seeding, while in dications point to an early Spring The price of egg3 and butter are dropping while sugar is advancing, a never failing sign that Spring is near. West Yaquina Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm Wi 1 lis, February 2, 1912, a daughter. Both mother and child doing nicely. G. P. Lyons brought a scow load of lumber down from Toledo yes terday and is now preparing to build his new house. D. W. Hewett has been over here for the past week putting in early garden. Mr. Hewett will move his family over in a few weeks. Miss Daisy Ferr and Miss Hester Hill entertained the "Flare Up Club" at the home of the former last Thursday evening. Only a few of the members were present on account of the storm which rend ered crossing the bay very difficult. home illness Tuesday on account of the of her father. Several young people from here and Yaquina went over to Ona Sat urday to attend the Leap Yeir dance at the Grange Hall. All re port a "fine time." Miss Hill went to Toledo on busi ness last Saturday. A. H. Phelps was over from Ona Monday. Leland Wright and 0. L. Snow completed a new row boat last week and are " now beginning work on another. Kernville. The team went the first of the week to Sheridan after Mrs. Lock wood . She says she can ride lying down. G. S. Parmele's sister is expected next week from South Dakota. It has been 25 years since he saw Mrs. Sparks. Harry Fuller had a real serious spell of tonsilitis but is convalscent. Merchant Wm. Dodson contem plates building a large barn in the near future. The Parmele boys are making some plank road. They say they have been looking for the county surveyor ever since last August. Tha Judge said he would send him. If he doesn't come soon they say they will run their own lines and build their own road and bridge over Schooner creek. Then look at the people who travel over their good road ! The phone wire is stretched from j Frank Murray's to Taft. Amon I " 'Jl .v , " Bone.s 13 se'ng poles to P.kes camp .!ana Irom there to connect with the cannery Soon the poles will be set . . ., Taft to the cannery, then the line will be connected from Amon Bones to Frank Murray's. Then Frank can tell us of his bride he has gone out after. Harry Fuller has rented the Joe Stephens place. Archie Stephens has moved in the Walter Bones house near Anton Wisniewski's and has began teaching his school. Ona We are sorry to hear of the ill ness of Sam Hill and hope to hear of his recovery soon. D. W. Hewett has gone to the Dailey place on the bay near South Beach, which he has rented. He is putting in potatoes and doing work preparatory to moving in the early Spring. , Miss Lillian Jones'of Salem came in on Saturday to her place on South Beaver, returning ' Tuesday. Her brother, Mark, accompanying her as far as Salem on his way to Eastern Oregon. "The Busy Beavers" gave a Lean Year dance at Ona Grange Hall on Saturday, the 10th. The hall was tastefully decorated befitting the occasion ' with red hearts, crepe paper, ferns and Japanese lanterns. About thirty guests accepted their hospitality and enjoyed a sumptuous lunch served at 12 o'clock. The young ladies were greatly compli mented upon their ability to man age, even to calling their square dances. A. H. Phelps took cream to Ya quina on Monday. J. H. Wolfersperger and A. L. Miss Hester Hill returned Commons went to Yaquina on Tues day Miss Gertrude Phe'ps began her term of school in the North Beaver district Monday. Miss Hester Hill came home Tuesday on aeccountof her father's illness. Our school took a vacation Tues- j day afternoon, the cause being a i bad stove pipe and the strong wind, consequently a fire was sturted in the roof. Fortunately it wa soon extinguished, but there will be no ' school until the pipe is renewed, which will be only a day or so. A. W. Weber was injured by a horse stepping on him last week. but is about again. Tidewater j ' Mr. Durbin, the forest ranger, i is surveying out rangers' stations, one on Scott creek and one on the Alsea river above Tidewater. A. C. Thissel is getting along fine with his logging. Mr,. Fletcher, the teamster, was laid off as the men have caught up with the cut ting for a few days. Mr. Thissel will roll the rest of the logs into ! the Alsea river. Cari Barlay is working for Hugh Berry this week. They are build- ing a barn on Mr. Berry's home stead. Tom Barclay is around again and has gone to work for A. C. Thissel. J. R. Barclay is on the sick list. Miss Kittie Goodman went to Tidewater to visit relatives. M. A. Beem returned home from Toledo on the 6th. Jesse Bales is a broncho rider, yet Ray Barclay's horse threw him jhigh and dry on a hill 50 feet jaway. Anyone wanting young cons DroKen to ride should call on Jesse. Burton Barclay will return home from his steelhead camp on the Al sea river next week. Carl Baird and family have moved onto the B. E. Barclay place. They had the misfortune to upset their wagon in moving but fortunately no one was hurt. Albert Barclay is assisting Mr. Durbin survey rangers' stations. Fay Barclay has been helping John Thisoel with his plowing. Miss Maggie Clou so is going back to Texas. We are sorry she is go ing to leave. John Morehead had the misfor tune to lose a little finger by get ting it caught between two shingle bolts coming together end to end. Miss Nettie Beem has gone to work in Waldport for Dr. Lintons. Mrs. Monta Small wood is visiting her father, M. A. Beem. Fay Barclay is helping Mr. Ernest Smallwood do some clearing. Siletz The beautiful sunshine has passed over our section and left us the shady Spring, while the wild lily and other fancy flowers are still growing. Some days ago Thomas McDonald had an accident while riding. His Pat horso threw him breaking his leg, on the road at the Lower Farm. . Oscar Snave and sister gave H. Hanson and family a visit the other day. It is claimed that Mr. Han son and another friend are going to rulli a ferry at the mouth uf Sam's creek, which anyone can use at any time. Jim Battise has sold his place to some strangers and has moved onto his wife's place at Long Prairie. F. Aldron was absent in the Val ley on some special business several days ago. Bill Warn of Grand Ronde, Polk county, is here on a visit. Talk about a good time! The Indians of '56 had a great time here on the 8th day of this month. The registration books are now . open and many have registered, still . there are a great many holding back for some reason. A fine lot of cattle were driven out of this section. The buyers were well pleased with the condi tion of them. POSTAL SAVINGS BANK FOR TOLEDO. Toledo is soon to have a postal savings bank. Postmaster Renus Arnold having received notice last evening that this office' has been chosen for the installation of a pos tal savings bank and that the same would be inaugurated March 7, 1912. Deposits will be received as small as one dollar, and the Gov ernment will pay interest on these deposits at the rate of two per cent. No one can deposit more than one hundred dollars per month, nor more than five hundred dollars per year. Depositors cannot check on their account, but may withdraw the whole amount at any time. These banks are created to encour age thrift among the tho wage earners, and allowing them to get a small per cent of interest on their savings. Chas. E. Vanderpool was up from Yaquina the first of the week. ' Deputy Game Warden J. J. Gatens of Newport was in town this week. The Misses Hamilton went to Newport Wednesday night. Miss Gail returned this morning. J. J. Werner of Siletz made proof on his homestead before County Clerk Howell Tuesday. Frank Carson departed Tuesdav morning for his old boyhood home in France or perhaps it was Port land. Lewis Montgomery of the Oregon Lumber and Construction company, arrived down from Portland Tues day evening. Frank Fogarty went to Newport Wednesday to take charge of the steamer Newport while Captain 0. F. Jacobson is in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. F. II. Phillips ar rived from Medford Wednesday evening and are visiting among their many old time friends in this city. The three-cent passenger rate on the Corvallis & Eastern railroad went into effect on the 8th of this month. This beats four cents a mile. Al Read has retired from the Palace Restaurant, his partner, J. A. Peterson, having bought his in terests. Mr. Peterson, with the assistance of Mrs. Peterson, will continue the business. Mrs. David Ruble died at her home in Waldport yesterday morn ing, at the age of 77 years. Mrs. Ruble was one of the old Pioneers of this county. She is survived by eight children, three sons and five daughters. FOOTBALL TOMORROW. The Newport and Toledo high school teams will play a game of Football on Toledo grounds tomor row (Saturday) afternoon at 2 o'clock. Admission loc and 25c. Everybody attend this game. PATRONS-TEACHERS' MEETING The second Patroni-Teachers' Meeting of the year will be held February 24, 1912, at eight o'clock p. m. in the High School building. The program will appear in next week's issue. Aims and Purposes "To bring into closer relation the home and school, that parent and teacher may co-operate intelli gently in the education of the child." The work is civic in its broadest sense and every man or woman in terested in the home, school and state is invited to attend. Maiy Swearingen, Chrairman of Committee. - FOR SALE OR WILL TRADE FOR LAND The four year old black, Perch eron, stallion owned by he Pioneer Horse Breeders Association. If bought for service within the county can guarantee a good business. Terms easy. For further inform ation write Andrew Nye, Newport, Oregon, or Jay Dunn,. Toledo, Ore gon. . BIDS WANTED. Newport, Or., February 6, 1912. Sealed bids are asked for the grading of wagon road in road dis trict No. 6 from tho foot of Buford Hill at end of present grade to east line of road district 6, being the west line of David William's farm. Road to be constructed in accord ance with specifications and plans on file in the County Clerk's office. County Court reserves the right to reject any or all bids. All bios to be filed with the County Clerk on or before March 6, 1912. Andrew York, Road Supervisor District 6. BIDS WANTED. Siletz,, Or., Feb. 7, 1912. Sealed bids are asked for con struction of bridge over Euchre creek on Canoe Landing and Euchre Mountain road, near Joe Kosydar farm, at present location of bridge. Parties bidding to furnish plans and specifications. All bids to be filed, with county clerk on or before March 6, 1912. Geo. Horsfall, Road Supervisor Dist. 15. BIDS WANTED. Newport, Or., Feb. 6, 1912. Sealed bids are asked for clearing right of way from brush and down timber and slashing of any timber commencing at city limits on Big Creek road and running on line of survey about one mile to a point where it leaves present Big Creek road. Bids to be filed with the County Clerk on or before March 6, 1912 Andrew York, Road Supervisor Dist. 6. FOR THAT TERRIBLE ITCHING. Eczema, tetter and salt rheum keep their victims in perpetual tor ment Th,e application of Chamber lains balve will instanty allay this itching, and many cases have been cured by its use. For sale by all dealers