Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, April 18, 1913, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textgimatn Mmttnh -fr V IT V V Em 5 VOLUME 21 TOLEDO, LINCOLN COUNTY," OREGON, FEIDAY, APRIL 18, 1913 NUMBER 9 COUNTY NEWS News of eacli Community Gathered each week by Our Rustling Associate Editors "-. Waldport The Mirene came in Monday and left Wednesday morning. Dr. Richardson of Mewnort has been spending a few days with ,us. Rev. Rhys Gwynn spent a few days this week visiting with old friends. The Grange has arranged 'for a teachers' meeting the 26t h at the r U..1I The Waldport High ""School is preparing a play to be given soou. A dance was given at the Grange Hall last Saturday evening and was enjoyed bv a quiet, well-behaved crowd of dancers. Kernville. The schooner Patsy came in over the bar at 6 a. m. Monday after a load of canned salmon. Charlie Hyde is back. He in tends staving here this Summer and run his launch. twing for the public and ferrying teams across the bay. We welcome such an en terprise. G. S. Parmele & Sons are laying the 3000 feet of pipe that came in jn th boat to pirje water to the sawmill, cheese factory, cow and horse barns and dwelling. Alvin Thorp made a visit to Lee Eones' this week. The Resch cheese fatcry is now running. Messrs. Soras and Ilolten have put in a shingle mill on th-3 form er's place near the Lake. C. W. Labour, the Kernvilla sawmill man. is fixing to rauve out. ""The road ""between' Schooner creek and Drift river i3 completed, graded from one end to the other with the fine new grader bought by the Salmon River road district. The building-of the bridge across Schooner will soon be on the docket. All are invited to lend a helping hand to this work. George Cutler will donate $10 for expenses on the road. Jakie Johnson has been hauling water pipe to J. A. West's lately. Captain Dodge's boat was sighted off the Siletz bar late one evening last week, but we have not heard what became of it. He was ex pected to run into Salmon river with a load of supDlies for the Devils Lake merchant. Cecil Co '.per. Everyone is real busy plowing and planting. Charlie Hyde went up the river to meet Jesse Farrin and wife who are moving back to our country. Miss Nellie Nixon, the Schooner Creek school teacher, visited over .Sunday with Mr. Leona Bones. Walter Bones is hauling 1 umber for Cecil Cosper. Nelse Anderson and family are going to move to Washington soon. Harlan Plunkett & Thompson of Blod gett have bought W W. January's store building and siock or goods. The goods and postoffico supplies have been moved to the residence of I. R. Payne. We understand Mrs. Payne will be postmistress. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Z. A. Kessi has been gladdened by the addition of a baby son. School in the Upper District is progressing nicely with Miss Edna Garde as teacher. Miss Schram closed a six months' school April 3d in the .Lower Dis trict, and has returned to her home at Woodburn. She made many friend here who regret her loss. Miss Georgia Kessi is home for a vacation from her studies at Pacific Univesity. George Artnur, who has the Mc Clellan place leased has had the misfortune to lose a number of cattle and a valuable colt. The colt was found shot, the victim' of some hunter. Mrs. P. H. Martin has returned to the ranch from Corvallis. where her daughters ure in school. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester January has been ill for some time The friends hope the little one will soon recover. R. E. Darting and familv have moved in the house vacated by W. W. January and family, who have returned to the ranch. Lester Grant sold sonw sheep last week to Corvallid parties. Marion Lytle was buying cattle from Big Elk parties this week. C. Calahan returned from spend ing the Winter in California and Arizuna. He went to find some thing better than Lincoln county, but failed to find it. Fred Kinney had the misfortune to break hia wagon down while making the trio to Summit. Moral : Move R. E. Darting, the Harlan blacksmith, look over vour wagon before making such trips.. Ona L. M. Commons was called to Portland Friday where his wife un derwent a very serious Deration at St. Vincent's hospital. A, this writinz she is slowly improving. Mr. Hill has been on the sick list the past week, buthe is slowly improving. John Coovert and S. C. Denny went to Yaquina Thursday, brinj- inz back with them the organ for the Grange Hall. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Weber were trading at Newport Wednesday !" Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bowers and Mrs. Earnest Lewis of Upper Beaver attended Viz school pro gram Friday. Floyd Butler of Toledo was in this viciuity Friday. , The most interesting event that has happened in Ona for some time was the Arbor Day program pre sented bv by the pupils of our public school Friday afternoon at the Grange Hall. The stage was appropriately decorated for the oc casion and was a profusion of jon quils, wild flowers and moss. The pupils presented the olayet "The Flower Fairies." Cast of charac ters was: Mother Nature, Let a Denny Merry Sunshine, Neta Phelps Gardener. Clifford Phelps Master South Wind, Earl Denny Jack Frost, Fred Commons Flower Fairies, Helen Phelps, Jennie Twombly, Charlette Selby. Song bv school. Recitation. Earl Denny; concert reading, Third Grade; dust, Fred Commons, Clif ford Phelps; dialogue, "Mrs. Wcrth'o First Caller" recitation. Jennie Twombly; solo, Helen Phelps; pantomime "Marv Jane's Beaux' "Four Little Chickens," Third Grade; duet, Neta and Helen Phelps; instrumental music, Neta Phelns; recitation Leta Denny; The Planting of the Class Trees. Each executed their part in a most charming manner, proving the abilty of the teacher as well as the responsiveness of the pupils. Mrs. Phelps played the accompaniment for the pongs. Although not on the program, the musical number given by Miss Gertrude PhelDs and Mr. Chauncey Ohmart was well rendered and much appreciated. Miss Photos won the prize in the penny march and was called upon for a speech. She responded with "Lois" which was well received. A social hour was spent, the pupils serving a delicious lunch, prepared and served by themselves, doing themselves much credit and illus trating the good returns the "home credits" work is doing for the children. After) lunch everyone joined in singing the old familiar songs, after which a vote of thanks was extended to the teacher, Miss Hester Hill, for her excellent work and the interest she has taken in the children. Not too much can be done to encourage teacher and pupils in the great work. And everyone showed their appreciation of the scnool we are having this term. . Rev. Rhvs Gwynn returned Tues day morning from a visit at his old homfl at Waldport. ' Nashville It is a move ii the right direc tion to let the peODle of the state know that the Corvallih & Eastern is not a veritable "kill all who gu over the road." The road is noti the best in existence but thousands) ! travel over it and are safely deli- i verd to their destination, if not in any very great haste, yet they are j safely carried and in time to return j home on time. Our Nashville Citizens' Club is j a progressive ar.d hopes to keep j step with the most progressive body ' ia America. It is true President i Woodrow WilEon and Ex-President Roosevelt cater more to the public j eye than we. yet if you watch ljsj you shall occasionally be proud of j us, as "all cf Lincoln county." There were 26 paid-up members Saturday night, while the weather was rainy and many of our old members were nut present, yet we did our work on schedule time and have a strcg set of officers who will extend every muscle to do the correct thing on time for our peo ple, anu be patriotic enough to see even the smallest inhabitant of our ever widening community. Every man who has the eood of humanity Mt heart is eligible to become a member- of our society if he lives in Oregon. Shall- V- present your names fcr membership? Seeding our land and shearing goats engrosses the attention of almost nil of our industrious pop ulation. The J. 0. Davis & Sons' goats produced more mohair than they expected and John Bessath and Herman TheamcauoD are to tn the next happy men as E. R. Davis coes there to clip early thia week. The Gillett Brothers report an excen tiunally good i:rop of mohair. All are striving to get mohair ready for sale on the 28th in the Eddy villepool. E. L. Hughes has returned from a business trip to Linn county. - Miss Leona Hughes has been confined to her room v.ith a deep seated attack of bronchitis. She is reported better today, in fact, con valescent. Mrs. S. A. DeVaney is on the sick list, and is confined to her room, and is seriously sick. - There will be many acres of new land in crop for the first time this year in this vicinity. The business methods of the Gil- lett's is meeting with general ap proval and they are securing prac tically all the trade of the entire community. It ij expected that they will either build new and en larged quarters or get permit to renew the building in which they are now transacting busine33. A small outlay could suffica for another year. Bayview Walter Martinson of Tidewater spent Sunday with friends in Bay View. George Rowin was a Bay View visitor Sunday. Mrs 0. W. Peterson visited her mother at this place Wednesday. Mr. nad Mrs. C. Johnson were Bay View visitors un Wednesday. Bart McKenney was over from his Beaver Creek ranch Tuesday of last week. Mr. and' Mrs. George Prescott spent a few days of last week with Mr and Mrs. Early at Tidewater. Christian Olson spent Sunday in Bay View. Mr. Phelps and son. of Ona were Bay View visitors Tuesday. Mrs. H. J. Simonson is visiting friends in Waldport this week. Glen The school program and picnic last Thursday was a great success. The crowd numbering about thirty. Every one spent a pleasant day. Uncle Jack McCrumb spent Wed nesday night at W. R. Moore's. Mrs. M. Fursiful, after a few weeks' visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Crooks and familv, returned to ! her home in Oregon City. Miss lone Glines departed early Friday morning for Corvallis. Jesse Davenport accompanied her as far as Eddyville. Mis. Leonard Grant and . Mrs. Lester Grant of Hat lan spent Thurs day night with Mrs. T. L. Bohanon. Mrs. C. C. Lane of Riverside spent Thursday with Mrs. W. R Moore. C. W. Brown and J. W. Daven port are busy shearing their goats. Arrived at W. R. Moore's, a pair of twins twin calves, both of the male sex. Married Gildersleeve-Crosno At the home of the bride's parent, Mr. and Mrs, C. B. Crosno, in this city, Thurs day, April 17, 1913, Mr. Carl Gild ersleeve and Miss Tillie Crosno, Rev. F. S. Clemo officiating. This couple is one of tho most popular in loledo. Mr. Gilder- Bleeve is the emcient deputy county clerk, which position he has held for the past two years, and is a very popular and industrious young man. He is the youngest Bon of T. H. Gildersleeve. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and j Mrs. C. B. Crosno, and has spent i her entire life in Toledo and is a most esteemable and popular young lady. Mr. and Mrs. Gildeisleevu went to Otter Rock this morning to spend their honeymoon. Miss Isabelle .Saunders, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs Chas. Saunders and Rav Chambers, of NewDort, were married in this city last Friday, April 11. Rev. F. S. Clemo officiating The following morning the couple departed on a honeymoon trip to Portland. Adley J. Casteel and Miss Edna M. Leo, of Yaquina. were married at Newport Saturday, April 12th, 1913. Rev. F. 0. Jones officiating. Mr. Casteel is the son of Mr. and Mis. A. S. Casteel of Yaquina, and the bride is the popular young school teacher at West Yaquina. They will make their home in Port land. The Leader extends congratu'a tions and best wishes to the above couples for happy, prosperous wed ded lives. Mrs R. D. Burgess returned last evening from a visit at Corvallis. E. B. Moore of Corvalis, state organizer of the Oregon Retail Merchants Association, arrived in this city last evening, and will or ganize a local branch of the asso ciation at the city hall this evening. Warren Hall, the Siletz mer chant, returned last evening from Portland, where he with 16999 other fans witnessed the opening ball game of the Coast League be tween Portland and Los Anncles. The score was 1 to 1, eleven in nings. The shooner Anvil, which has been plying along the coast ports between Portland and Coos bay, went aground at the mouth of the Siuslaw last Friday, and is now high and dry on the beach with very small hopes of saving her. The crew walked shore at low tide. Commission Inspects C. & E. Railroad Commissioners Aitchi 60 n Miller and Campbell, accom panied by officials of the railroad, passed through this place Wednes day afternoon on a snecial train on a tour of inspection of the C. & E. railroad. They went down to NewDort and were banqueted by the Commercial Club of that city Wednesday evening, returning to Albany on the regular train yester day morning. They found the track in better condition that they had thought it to be and' that tne company is put ting forth every effort to maintain it in a safe condition. We are informed that"rnew and heavier rails will be laid during the coming season and that an or der for thirty-two miles of rails has been placed for some time. All bridges will be repaired and in many instances new bridges will be built. Two gangs of Greeks and one of Chinese are steadily employed besides the regular sec tion crews. Frank McCormick has been olaced in chorge of a new bridge crew which makes four bridg crews at work on the line, the others being Gray's. McGee's and Frown's. Business on the 'ine is also steadily increasing and it will soou be nec fsary to pt on an additional freight train to handle tho increas ing tonnage. School Fair L. R. Harintgon, field worker for Industrial and Agricultural School Fairs, was a Toledo visitor Wednes day and gave talks in four of the school rooms. In the afternoon he went to Newport to lecture at that place. Following is the substance of his talk: "We had last year a state-wide movement in the interest of our bchools and for the boyb and girls to see who could do the things that count best. The work is practical and educatonal, does not interfere with school duties but rather in pires to better work. The boy or girl who is interesed in things at home, in cooking sewing, the com mon household duties, raising enlivens, uwiiiiiK ouu bating lur some kind of stock, making bird houses for the homes of our friend, the common birds, will be better workers in school. Teachers have found this to be a fact wherever the work has been carried on. We need the co-operation of teachers, parents, school officers, business men and farmers everywhere.' Make this great nation-wide move ment the ereatest success in Oregon of any state. We can do it if we will. Our boys and eirls can help develop Oregon resources and make the btate great. Let parents and friends of education help them do it. Have a local school fair, as you have before, and a county school fair. Givo some prizes to encourage the boys and girls. Then send the best from the county fair to the State Fair at Sa'em. All products to be shown by boys and girh will be transported free. "This is the greatest educational movement ever started in Oregon. Help the boys and girls of Lincoln county get some of the prizes offered by the state, $3,500 will be distributed. "I compliment the schools and teach ts on the general good work in evidence in the different rooms and on the possibilities for a spen did Hieh School ground when time has cleared away the logs and made the needed imDrovements." Banker C. E. Hawkins was a pas senger for Albany this morning. E. II. Vadcr passed through last evening enroute from Corvallis to Agate Beach, where his family located. Mr. Vader will dispose of his business at Corvallis soon and spend the Summer at Agate Beach.