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(J oS JJ-, WiftcJtt VOLUME 21 TOLEDO, LINCOLN COUNTY, OEEGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1913 NUMBER 42 f OI 1NTV NFW News of each community Gathered each W J J 1 II lUY T iD week by Our Rustling Associate Editors Nort. tms . Prof. R. E. Wood attended the teachers' institute at Nashville Sat- , urday. j Dan Wigle of Rock creek was transacting business here Friday. Ralph Peterson was in this neigh borhood taking, orders for fruit trees Saturday. C. G. Damon of Eddyville has been baling hay here. H.S.Porter returned to New port Saturday. E. L. Hughes departed for Al b: ny Monday. Ed Hamar has been hauling rock to put around his barn to see if it will smother the mud out. . Nortons has a regular Sherlock Holmes, and he would have done some great detective work here Sunday evening if his legs had not got scared and carried him from the scene where the desperadoes were, but we are afraid we will lose Sherlock for Burns or Scotland Yards will undoubtedly grab him. For particulars about "Sherlock" Bee Shults. George Horsfall passed through here on his way to Rock creek Fri day. " . . Nortons is booming these days. It now- has a bakery under the management of Fred Wagner. He ib some pie baker. If you doubt it visit our hospital. J. R. Edwards killed a grey wolf which has been feeding, on goats in this vicinity for some time. Cbas Hamar of Nashivlle visited with his son Ed of this ' place last week. . ; , G. E. Wilson our Jocal. merchant ; returned, from : Albany Saturday. The C. & E. freight train had the misfortune to jump the track one half mile west of - Nortons Friday evening. Bob Harris has commenced to work on the railroad here again. The people here have boueht the telephone and rebuilt the line from here to Eddyville and it is in first class working order again. Taft The Mirene and Nenamosha got out at last and now we are eagerly looking for them back again but then! Jimmie Derby went to Newport and Toledo on business this week. Gus Catulla came in last week and brought with him a nice look ing wife. Good for Gus! Jesse Farrin is busily building a new fence around his house. After December 15th the Kern ville postoffice will be discontinued. Mail coming to this part of the county after the above date will come to Taft. - Walter McCilntock buthchered seven hogs last week. , Walter Bones is building a new woodshed this week while the weather is good. Miss Edith Ball will leave for Toledo Friday where she will take the coming teachers' eaxmination and spend the holidays at home. Harlan The stork left twins at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Riley Young on December 1st, both little girls. One died and was buried in the cemetery Tuesday morning. The mother and the other little one ars getting along nicely. Mr. Woodruff of Philomath visited over Sunday at the home of H. W. Jacobs, he having come in to look for a location. Mrs. Robin Hathaway visited last week in Corvallis. - Mr. Parks went to Blodgett Sat urday to meet Mr. and Mrs. Carl son and family. They are just from Kansas and ezp ct to locate were neighbors in Kansas. Chas. Lillard has been under the doctor's care with a bad case of blood poisoning in his hand and arm. Chas. Lillard, Jr., and his bride are visiting borne folks. Charley surprised his friends when he and Miss McCormick were married last week in Corvalils. .;' Mrs. Thomas who has been work ing in Portland for some time ar rived home Sunday to spend the holidays. The homesteaders on Feagles creek have commenced work on; their road, which Surveyor Derrick laid out for thein last fall. Mr. Mulkey is visiting his son, Charles, and family. - While here Mr. Mulkey is helping Charley bring Up the engine he purchased of Gtorge Hodges. Sunday was such a beautiful day there was a large attendance at Sunday school. Miss Devenport and Miss Jacobs sang a duet which was grealy enjoyed. Albert Saxon thinks he is th. luckiest "batch" on Big Elk. He was mooing around 'Thanksgiving day wondering what he had to be thaukful for when Mr. and Mrs. Branderbery, Mrs. Sbaw and her four sons and R. R. Black appeared on the scene, bringing a dinner ready cooked and he says he didn't have to cook for a week. Nashville The teachers' institute held at this place was well attended, the teachers from surrounding schools attending. . Prof. Bethers, former county superintendent, but ? now principal of Summit high - school. jvag in attendance, the guest of I Guy Gillett. An entertaining and instructive program was well rend ered. A "heap big . eat" - of all good things, such as only are to be found in Lincoln county, was served by the "Club." Prof. Brown of the O.A.C. of Corvalils, gave a very interesting talk on the growing of small fruits. Our local merchant, Mr. Gillett, made a trip to Corvallis Monday, returning the following day. . The plumbers have finished their work on the Hiland home, having put in a complete bathroom outfit also a hot air heating plant. We have been watching, with not a little interest, the great changes being made at the Robert Moore ranch. A new . house, new furni ture, rugs, carpets, etc. The whole community is in daily expectation of an invitation to the coming event, but as yet, not a word. Everything spick, bpan clean as if the tidiest wife in the land was in change, and down deep in the bot tom of our hearts we know that our old friend is going to turn benedict, but even" the wise ones shake their heads and say "goose berries" tell no tales, but it is sure to come. " ' Our old neighbor, L. Norton; seeing the re ults of the great changes at Mr. Hiland's and at Mr. Moore's, has taken renewed courage and is now working 18 hours per day grubbing stumps. We remember some time ago J. A. Bewley lost several calves and later found them at Summit, but we see that he and his friend. Jas per, makes very regular trips to Summit. We wonder why the calves are at home. It is reported that the slashers at Mr. Hiland's have made such rapid progress that they will have the county surveyor out here in a few days. The boys are hustlers and we are glad to see them getting along so nicely. "The Club" has sent away for plans for the new clubhouse and we expect the club carpenters will soon be busy with their "clubs." The section men are complaining of the great wear on the ties be tween this place and the Hughes residence. We would mggest that they ask Mr. E. Davis. The real estate buyers are still coming and our real estate agent is still going. ' Our local hunters are bagging the coons now. Harli an We are glad to see these good days for some of us hadn't our Winter's wood in vet. hut Rinrn thn sun came out it his Arwn .w;in,:waa a hazardous undertaking Grant and his wood saw from under cover and he is making the wood fly. . Ray Calkins was a Harlan visitor the first of the week, giving out in- VSSt nL ViSS !C,a !!? I "rru ""cI0 oil "may W. B. Mulkey is visiting with his. son, Charles, at Harlan. Will likes to get back to his old etamDing ground once in a while and shake hands with old friends- Lester, brant killed two ten! months' old pigs that weighed two! hundred and sixty pounds each. I Su much for dairying. j Marion Walker was working fur Mr. Martin, but has gone homei v now. never mma Marion, you are all right. Elijah Grant went to to work Thursday morning and his dogs happened to follow him. In a lit tle while he heard them barking and on going to them found they had treed a large wild vat. Having no gun ana tne aogs neing young and never having treed a cat be fore, Lige)s puzzled to know ! what to do, so decided to hang up his coat and hat and left the dogs to guard ; them The doss stayed all right until he got back almost; to the tree when they came to meet1 him and the cat jumped out. but; they treed it again and Lige killed it. - Judging from the size of it and the fat it has been having a fine time killing lambs and kids, . Oh, ye law makers, how can the stock raiser get along without his dogs. Mrs. B. F. Grant had pair of turkeys that she was saving for breeding purposes. Some skunk in human form that I supoose never had money enough to buy tobacco, let alone turkey, had to steal one. Hope he got a big bone crosswise in bis neck. Charles Lillard, Jr., came borne to his father's with a bran new bride. Wish you long liie and a happy one, Charley. The teams went after Charley Mulkey's other boiler and engine Friday. . Tom Kelly, - Fred Montgomery and Leonard Grant with the dogs went wild cat hunting in the goat range. They came back in the evening with two more 'hides. So much for good dogs.- . H. Grant and Clifford McDonald attended the dance at Daniel's Fri day night. They report a very en joyable time as usual. ' Our good spell of weather has been broken and we are getting some more juice. Newport Mrs. Noah Baker, while on a visit at a neighbor's Sunday, was strick en with apoplexy and up to Monday evening had not recovered con sciousness. Her condition is con sidered very critical indeed. J. II. Fitzgerald of Portland was at Newport last week and met with the city council and asked that body to consider a proposition of gran ting a franchise on Front street and 600 feet of water front for the purpose of building a , railroad to Newport in the near future. The proposed road comes from Portland and will pass through throush Willamina, Grand Ronde, down the Salmon river to Taft and thence to Newport. A proposition of that kind will be considered by the coun cil no doubt if it has any body to it, otherwise it will not. The OIlie S. and the Gerald C. came to Newport on the 4th inst. They had been bar bound at As toria for three weeks They brought freight for Newport. When the OIlie S passed out over the Columbia river bar she passed through breakers running fifteen ! feet high. The breakers would spread out under the vessel and she would fall ten or fifteen feet. It Mrs. 'Car.ner came on the vessel as rough as it was and did not feel much the worse for the trip. The Ya quina bar was not so bad, neither vessel had any trouble coming in. ' Captain Carner has been awarded the contract as tender to the dredge Oregon at Toledo. The dredge is said to be doing splendid work in deenening the channel and opening up the river for navigation The Ahwaneda came in Saturday with 80 tons ot freight for New port. . She was also bar . bound at Astoria. Captain Morse is putting in a large grocery store of his own in the building owned bv Jack Cihill cn Front street. Captain Morse is selling flour, bacon and groceries twenty-five per cent lower than a ly other store in town. We hear a gcod deal about high living and it is true, but Capt. Morse is a true i hilaathropist by bringing the prices down. The first day that he ooened ud the sales were over $300. He sells for cash only. A. Hornback of Portland, bar newsmaker and repair man, has opened up a shop on Case and Front streets. This is a business that has long been needed at Newport. : Fred Keats of Portland has opened a restaurant in the Seidler building on Front street. New Port is well supplied with restaur ants and hotels. The Siletz and Newport football teams played a very interesting game on the Baker grounds Sun day. The dayjwas fine and a good crowd whs present. Newport led the game from the start. The Si letz team did some good playing j but they were too slow. The score stood 19 to 6 in favor of Newport. The next game played will be be tween Waldport and Newport. The game will be played at Newport maybe next Sunday, The Newport team is still champion , of the county. . j. In ward No. 1 some thirty marked ballots were found for ; the j purpose no doubt of trying to catch some "wets" voting illgally. The judges serving on the board were G. R. Quinn. E. W. Durkee. R. H. McDonald. Mrs. Stella B.Smith and Mrs. Helen Anderson. Mr. Mc Donald who was one of the clerks and marked the ballots as requested by the judges. This seems to be an open violation of the law. . Ona Reynolds Ohmart, Lloyd and Fred Commons went to the beach Sunday. Misses Neta Phelps and Leta Denny called on Mrs. Lissy Friday afternoon. S. C. Denny dressed a fine beef Thursday. Mrs Phelps and daughters, Misses Neta and Helen, visited Mrs. Com mons Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Lissy visited Mrs. Guilliams Sunday. George Selby went to Yaquina Tuesday. Clifford Phelps and Earl Denny went down to the mouth of Beaver creek Sunday. Herman and Walter Weber were Waldport visitors Friday. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Weber gave a party for .Mr. A. W. Weber Sat urday night, at his residence, The guests were pleasantly entertained with dancing, music and cards. Later in the evening a delicious luncheon was served. Those pre sent were: Mr. and Mrs. Com mons. Mr. and Mrs. Phelps, Mr. and Mrs. Lissy, Mr. and Mrs. Oh mart, Misses Neta and Helen Phelps. Hester Hill and Leola Hew ett, Messrs. Lloyd Commons, Fred Commons, Herman Weber. Fay Sel by, Clifford PhelpB, John Coovert, Reynolds Ohmart and Mr. Wright. Ray Tworubly and Leta Denny were visitors at the Hill ranch Sun day. Herb Twombly went to Toledo Sunday, returning home Monday. Miss Helen Phelps visited Mrs. Lissy Sunday. Elk City and Big Elk A good Christmas entertainment is being prepared at the Bear Creek School. J. R. Coopey was a vititor in Elk City last Saturday. Frank Updike is building a bridge, on his place, across Bear Creek. Mr. Slocum has commenced a br'dge across Bear creek. Supervisor Gosman and Mrs.' Staddleman visited Bear Creek school this week. Mrs. Jim Parks gave birth to a fine baby toy last week. Willie Bristlin and his wife have moved into Charlie Young's house. Mr. Dixon has commenced work on a new hotel in Elk City. Merchant Chas. H.Gardner was a passenger for Portland yesterday ironing. The port dredge Lincoln again put to work this week being idle a few weeks. was after Coupty Surveyor Derrick left yes t rday morning for the Big Elk country where he will do some sur veying. The Lincoln County Telephone company this week completed a branch line tapping the Mill Four valley. The line will, when all connections are made, accommodate seven families in that ncighbohood. The track laying crew have the new rails laid to within three miles of town and.it is thought the bunk and mess cars will be moved from Storrs to this nlace this afternoon. There are fifteen cars in the outfit and a spur is being built to accom modate them, in the south part of town, by the section house. Dr. White, of the State Health Board, has sent in' a prescription, which is a sure cure for the itch, reported to be prevalent in some of the schools of the county. All Buffering for this malady should send in their orders to the Toledo Drug Co. for the remedy. We will publish Dr. White's letter next week. There is nothing better for an Xmas Gift than a nice piece of Furniture. Look for the window displays. Every article in tha store reduced. FREE A beauti ful hand oil painting with every purchase of $10 or over. O. R. HolUngsworth, the Furniture Man. P OTATOES FOR SALE. $1.00 per hundred, f. o. b. Chit wood. How many do you want? I have two Al milch cuws. 4 and 6 years old, giving good flow of milk now, will be fresh in March, and my price is $75 each, either cash or good bankable paper. Frank West, Chitwood, Or Petaluma chicken incubators at Gardner & Peterson's,