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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1912)
4 1 ! VOLUME 0 TOLEDO, LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1912 NUMBER 5 COUNTY NEWS News of each Community Gathered, each week by Our Kus ling Associate Edi ors Waldport Pearl Darnell and family returned from Portland last week and will again take up their residence in Waldport. 9 While walking along Mill street J. W. Weidman slipped and fell against a picket fence cutting the flesh just below the eye. The Condor left Alsea Bay the 14th after having waited for a smooth bar. The Wilhelmina came in the 14th and left the bay Sunday. Frank L. Buker was at Toledo last week attending a grange meet ing. He has been selected as a delegate to the State Grange meet ing. Miss Ida Hurley passed through Waldport Saturday on her way to Tidewater wher' she has been en gaged to teach a six months school. The Bow dance last Friday was veil attended, everybody enjoying the good music. J. R. Hays left Monday for Port land and other Valley points Berc Barclay is circulating hi pe tition for the Democratic nomina tion for County Assessor. Mr. Barclay will certainly get a splen did vote in the oouth end in the general election. The Otis correspondent seems to le boosting for Ben Selling. In the south end Mr. Bourne is the favorite by a large margin Our voters would rather retain the committee assignments enjoyed by Mr. Bourne than to start a new man at the bottum of the ladder. When be fore has Oregon had the chairman ship of the postoflke and post roads committee? Is not that an impor tant committee to the farmer who . ,is asking for , Parcel Post? Mr. Selling is - onl V sailing under : the . Bourne flag anyway and religious liberty is and has been enjoyed by all of us for many years. Frank L. Buker is building a shop to accommodate a gas engine and turning lathe. This kind of a shop has long been needed in this vicin ity and we predict a good business from the start. There are a number of candi dates in the field for the nomination of Port Commissioner for the Port of Alsea. There are three to elect and it is of the utmost importance at this time to get good men in these places. We. believe that if proper steps are taken an appropri ation can be secured for a survey of the bay. Many years ago Five Thousand Dollars was appropriated for this purpose and it stood on record that way a few weeks and was then diverted to another place on the recommendation of some of the powers that be. On the eve of the opening of the Panama Canal we must look toward the improve ment of our bay as we must have some of the trade that will surely result. Eddyville. Regular March weather this. Goat shearing will be here as soon .as the weather clears up. Mrs. Bradley of Portland is visit ing her brother, Roy RufTner. Mrs. Louis Hamar who has been making her home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wakefield the last few months has moved to her home at Nortons. Mr. and Mrs. W ' F. Wakefield and son went to Corvallis last Wednesday morning, retusning the same evening. S. T. Loudon went to Toledo to attend the Lincoln County Grange convention. The grange is doing some good work throughout the county and state. Mr. Colby'e house caught fire one day last week, but as George was working near the house he discov ered the fire in time to put it out before much damage was done. Cline Brothers have their shear ing plant all ready for goat shear ing and will commence shearing as soon as the weather will permit. They expect to do quits a lot of shearing this year. , While on his way to school one day last week little Monte Colby was attacked by a large ram owned by Cline , Brothers. On hearing Monte scream. Wheeler Cline ran to his assistance and found him down and the ri m stamping and butting him toward the creek it was for tunae for Monte that Wheeler was in hearing distance or he might have been drowned. As it was he was badly brused but no bones were broken. Quite a number of mohair grow ers of this vicinity attended the Mohair Growers' Association meet ing held at Eddyville last Saturday. It was a very enthustiastic meeting. Rock Creek Our school closed last week and the teacher, M. L. Hampton, is now teaching the Niemi school in the Siletz school district. A. A Wilt of Corvallis is visit ing friends here. Chas. Hardesty, after spending some time at work in the Valley, is again living on his homestead. Two new settlers have recently come to Rock Creek Mr. Streit matterand Mr. Kluck. The former has bought land and the latter is homesteading and has rented George Record's' place. R. H. Plank made a trip to To ledo this week. Abe Lincoln School. We are all well and the weaher is good sometimes. We have no resolutions of wrath or condolence to offer and if these few lines do not find the waste basket will try again. A. M. Wheelock and family spent Sunday with John Olson's. Several young people came up from Bayview Sunday to fish for Salmon trout. C. H. Miller has been onthe sick list the past week. W. H. Simmons has moved on his ranch and will raise "spuds" and garden "truck" this Summer, t Miss Carrie Wheelock spent Sun- ;day with Miss Olive Johnson. P. S. Johnson of Portland has bought the C. N. Thompson place and will fit it up for a private summer resort. Otis ChaunceyGillmorelost a fine cow last week . Mr. Koskelia is working at the cannery now. Thorps are enlarging their cheese factory as they have several more cows to milk this year. Clarence Parmele lost a calf by drowning in the mouth of the Lake among the logs. - Harold Anderson passed through our parts last week. Some have early gardens in and will welome good warm weather. While crossing the lake in a rig Carence Parmele 6aw a fine steel head coming up stream. He jump ed out and caught it with his hands. Mrs. Pierce has been apponted ! post mistress at Otis. Elk City. After a few days of March weatti er we are having pleasant weather again. ' Dorris Dalaba arrived home from Portland Monday evening. J. R. Coopey and family are in Portland for a few days. C. W. Young as in town Tuesday from his Big Elk ranch. H. A. Norton has put in a new float or boat landing for the hand ling of freight and passengers this Eeason. ,S. M. Rinaman of Portland, who purchased the tract at Storrs sta tion, will arrive on the 26th. John Jacobson returned from a visit at Portland Monday. K. D. Woodford, who has been logging this;winter on the Big Elk river was drowned Saturday eve. The men who were with him were excited and the exact circumstances are not known. Mr. Baker saw Woodford and Chatterton fall from the logs, Chatterton got hold of a log and called to Woodford to do the same and he did Baker then turned his attention to Chatterton who could not swim, but on looking back to Woodford he was gone. He came up but they were unable to get to him with assistance. Woodford was a good swimmer and why he was unable to get out U not known. Frank Ramsdell thinks he may have- struck his head on another log in the fall. People! living in the neighborhood with the boys on the drive did all possible to restore him,, but he was in the very cold water for one hour and forty minutes. Mr. Peterson, who used to be 'a member of the Life Saving crew at Newport, worked I l. : t i -1 wini nun ivr iwo nours outnotning could be done. Mr. Woodford cime first to Elk City four years ago with his father, C. C. Woodford, who run the Elk City Hotel, and K. C. run the Parker place. He was well liked by all and had many warm friends among his associates. He was a member of the V. 0. 0. F. at Newport large number of the lodge came with the family to Elk City Saturday night on the Lollipop and returned with the remains. Kernville. Mr. Riskerbach has moved on the Powers place,' lately bought by Alix Fraser. He is doing some clearing and fencing. C. S. Parmele is hauling lumber to the firm of Dodson and Cook, of Taft. They have a new barn near completion. The co-operative store of Taft is to have the Taft postoffice ina s iort time. They are building the room for the office. Lots of improvements going on Bt the cannery. A new building for gasoline also one -for cans. They have their lumber shipped in from Astoria. They patronize home trade. As Mr. Stone and Guy Butterfield were coming home from Toledo last week they found a fine cow dead belonging to Mrs. Butterfield. The folks at Stones are still hav ing a time with sore throats and coughing, j. The Parmele mill is doing quite a business now-a-days. Walter Bones has moved from the W. E. Ball farm to the one he bought on Schooner creek. Willie Bones and wife were visi tors at J. M. Stones last week. Willie i getting his team of oxen in trim for work. . Just think how this part of "the county is coming to the front. Three cheese factories on Salmon river, two on the Lake, one on Schooner creek and one on Dirft river. The Thorp brothers have bought sorne new cows and will milk 18 this Summer. Harold Anderson is in this part of the county again. Hemstreet is going to do lot3 of business this Summer. He has placed an order at the mill for lumber for a new scow. Bayview Mrs. Prescott's mother is spend ing a few days here with her daugh ter. Burt Twombly has gone to work for M. A. Beem again. Dan Oakland has gone up Drift creek to spend u few days with John Strake. Dan Hendrickson and Ed Geinger left for Eastern Oregon last week. John Hanlon of Beaver creek was in Bayview on business. Sunday. J. C. Barnes has a new 'ot of dishes of all kinds also feed, flour and all staple groceries. Kathryn Tinker spent Sunday with Randi Hendrickson. Siletz The farmers of this section are reioicing that the weather has made a change after a week's rain. P. H. Elting of Upper Farm lost a goat last November and was sur prised to see the animal return the other day. Mrs. Lizzie Simmons of Rock; E. H. Vader, the Eddyville mer Creek is teaching a pet pig to an- chant, was in the city last Friday swer when spoken to in the Indian J night, returning home the following language. The animal is getting morning. along nicely. 8. A. Pruett of Yaquina went to Mr. Raddant of Upper Farm has I Albany the first of the week after four of his friends to visit him. his wife and new son. They re George Horsfall, the supervisor, turned home Tuesday ..evening, and Roy Plank were over the road j , Mrs. Maud Ellsworth returned to between the Agency and Upper her home in the Valley Saturday Farm to see what repairs were imorninir. after a visit with hpr nr. needed On the morning of the 20th the ! Agency physician went to the home of John Aken, in answer to a sum mons. John Aken had been shot during a quarrel by Charley John son. MOHAIR GROWERS' MEETING. The following are the minutes of the meeting of the Eddyville Mohair Association held at Eddyville. Eddyville,. Or., Mch. 16 ,1912. Meeting called to order by chair man W. J. cline. W. F. Wakefield was elected sec retary. Moved and carried that the pool sell on April 22d, immediately after the arrival of the West bound train, provided that no other pool sells on that date, in" which' casa the sec- rotary is instructed to change the' date of sale to April 24th or 26th Moved and carried that the sec retary use his own judgement in advertising both the pool and sale. All persons wishing to pool mo hair with the Eddyville pool will notify Secretary Wakefield on or before March 30th stating the num ber of fleeces they will have. All mohair sold in this puol must be delivered at Eddyvillle on or before April 22d. There were 3,944 fleeces pooled at this meeting. W. F. Wakefield, Secretary. We are in receipt this week of an article from the pen of L. M. Commons of Ona, giving facts re garding the contention of the "Tax Payers" at Ona, as .requested by Pro Bono Publico in yesterday's Signal. Owing to a lack of space we could not publish it this week but will do so in our next issue. As predicted by the Leader, all the Newport basket ball team needed was practice. In the basket ball game last Friday evening they took the loledo boys down the line by a score of 17 to 6 and Toledo had their Corvallis and Independence players too. Two acres ready for cultivation, fenced, good house and out build ings, in city limits, Newport, county road past the front. Sidewalk with in one block. Rent $120 a year in advance. Address L. C. Smith, Newport. The Percheron stallion Houleux, owned by the Pioneer Horse Breed er's Association, will be sold at public auction April 2d, here at To ledo. See large posters. Last week the wind blew an old snag upon the slaughter house of the Toledo Meat Company which badly wrecked the building. The launch Chicora took a number of local Odd Fellows to Newport Wednesday to attend the funeral of K. D. Woodford. Dr Clausius the Agency physician at Siletz, was in this city last Sat urday. Mrs. W. E.Peterson and children went to Albany this morning. ;Guy Butterfield returned this morning from a visit on the Lower 'Siletz. ! : vti; it i . miaa iNeua narnar went to ia quina last Saturday evening for a visit with her sisters. Vice President Fred Weatherford of the C. & E. railway was in town last Friday night. Merchant H. F. Nulton returned i Wednesday evening from a short business visit in the metropolis, i Alec Warnock of Nortons was in town last Friday ot attend the meeting of the Mutual Telephone company. ents at Otter Rock and friends in this city Dr. M L. Morris of McMinnville was in the city Wednesday night. He has concluded to locate in this city and practice his profession. He will return here about the first of April. H. S. Porter of Nortons was in this city last Friday night to attend the meeting of the stockholders of the Mutual Telephone company, but as there was not enough stock rep resented to make a quorum no business was transacted. Yesterday Charles Hyde, doneky . engineer at the logging camp of tie Oregon Lumber and Construc tion Comapny, had the misfortune to lose the sight of his left eye. Charley was getting the donkey in readiness to leave for the noon stop : when the water glass burst, a piece oi tne glass striking him in the eye. He was brought to town and Dr. Burgess dressed the eye and relieved the pain as much as possi ble. Charley and wife departed for Portland this morning where Charles will be placed under the care of an eye specialist. F. M. French, who has been work ing the past Winter for M. L. Trapp at Chitwood, has mysterious ly disappeared. Last Saturday he went to Chitwood after the mail. He received the mail, and the last seen of him he was returninghome along the railroad treck reading a letter. Becoming alarmed at his failure to arrive home, search was started and has been in progress since without result. It is feared that he might have fallen from the : rBUroad bridge into Yaquina river but the river has been dynamited ana dragged without finding any trace of him. He was a young man and a stranger in this locality. WANTED DAIRY FARM. I would like to rent a dairy farm and stock on shares. Would prefer to rent for a term of years. W. H. Campbell, Toledo, Or. When you have rheumatism in your foot or instep apply Chamber lain's Liniment and you will get quick relief. Why suffer? Drug Co. It costs but a quarter. For sale by Toledo Onion sets, flower seed, feed the kind that grows Cleve's. garden at Van REWARD. . We will pay a suitable reward for any information of the whereabouts of our dos. Jess Farrin, Jess Stone, Taft, Or. FOR SALE. 200 goats including 100 nannies, about 20 of them thoroughbred. If sold at once will include this years' kids. 1 grey mare, 10 years, 1400 lbs. 1 grey gelding, 12 years, 1250 lbs. Good double harness and wagen also farm implements. D. W. Gillette. Nashville, Or. : i 1 f v;