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VOLUME 22
TOLEDO, LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 5th, 1915.
NUMBER 51
COUNTY NEWS
News of each Community Gathered each
week by Our Hustling Associate Editors
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Miwer.
Wmt " (This road will open up a very
neWpOri fine section of the country for ;.
Tht. u Mf ir an 1
her of attorneys come to New
port to get a sniff of ocean
breezes and to get a feed of the
splendid sea food that is ob
tained here. Lawyers are good
gastronomers and good feeders.
Among the number that regis
tered at the Abbey we noticed
Judge .Skipworth, W. S. Mc
Fadden, E. B. Tongue, prosecut
ing attorney at Hillsboro, W. P.
Woods of Portland, Mr. Clark
and John Stevens, "jperintend
ent of the C. & E. railroad.
George King, mayor of Oyster
City, also visited Newport. Thi3
term of Court had a large dock
t. Newport citizens being well
represented in the proceedings.
Mrs. C. C. Copeland had a num
ber of cases against the Siletz
Indians, trying to collect past
due accounts. She obtained
Judgments against most of them
and will collect the moeny later.
Ott Holgate was fined $250 and
costs for trying to steal the sig
nal flag on South Beach. This
case was of much importance
and attracted wide attention. 1
Zene Copeland was fined $50
for inflicting a severe injury
' upon the person of James Gat
ens, the fish and game warden.
3ir. Copeland was also fined $50
for calling the district attorney,
J. F. "Stewart, a liar in open
court. This is pretty costly.
. The parent-teachers meet
ing held Monday evening at the
High School building was well
attended and very interesting.
. These meeting do much good
because it brings parents and
teachers closer together In
studying the best methods of se
curing home and school govern
ment and the best system of ed
ucating and improving the
. minds of the children. Parents
and teachers are at liberty to
take .part In the discussion of
any question that comes before
the meeting. This gives the
whole Bchool as well as the com
munity valuable information.
Some mischievous boys took
a blllle goat into the auditorium
of the High School building and
, tied him up to a post. This was
-done as. a Joke on the professors
and to furnish a living example
as to which was the real butt
end of a goat The billie had
Teen tantalized until he was
right on the scrap. The boys
said the goat must have got in
his work as some of the profes
sors did not sit down with as
much ease as common.
J. H. Fitzgerald, secretary and
promoter of the Portland, West
Coast railroad and Navigation
company, met with the city
council at its regular session
Monday evening and asked for
an extension of time to com
mence building the road, on ac
count of the scarcity of money
because of the European war.
He asked for twelve months af
ter the war closed to commence
the work of construction. This
being a very Indefinite period of
time I don't think the council
thought very seriously of the
proposition. The .war might
last- for ten years. , However,
the council promised to investi
gate the matter and report later
vhat they would do. 1 The com
)any had six months In the first
uace to commence building the
road but as yet no work has
been done. '
County Surveyor Derrick has
just returned from the Yachats
where he has been surveying a
road across the Yachats moun
, tains. This road when open
will let the travel In from the
WUlimette valley by the way of
the Upper Alsea valley down the
Yachats river to Ocean View,
Waldport and Newport. The
distance across the mountalp Is
five miles. , A six per cent grade
can be had and It will cost about
$5,000 to build the road. Mr.
Derrick says the government
will help on this road and he
thinks the county will also assist
. In the work. The people along
the road have taxed themselves
to the limit. The tax running
all the way from 5 to 10 tnlllB.
When people do so much for
themselves they ought to be
helped If It is possible to do bo.
stMKmsmg.OAirjing ana
culture.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Backus
at Yaqulna are getting along as ;
well as could be expected with ;
such severe burns. To be prop
erly cared for thty ought to be
taken to 'a hospital An effort
is now being made to do that
and It would not cost the county
any more and maybe not as
much.
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: Oysterville;
M. G. Shermer attended court
three days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Dowllng were
Newport visitors Thursday.
Fred Gee's visited the M. G.
Shermer home Saturday to
make the . acquaintance of the
new baby girl that arrived on j
Wednesday, the 27th.
Art Hope, conducton of the
work train, took Sunday dinner
at the Dowling home.
. J. Vicars returned from Port
land Saturday evening. He Is
planning to leave in about six
weeks for Alaska.
' Wm. Fey left Tuesday morn
ing for the East.
J. Vlgars attended a surprise
party given for Ed Meeker, at
Yaqulna Tuesday evening.
Mrs. George Lewis has been
quite sick for several days.
C. E. Webster left for the Val
ley Wednesday morning.
Fiegles Creek
. Beautiful moon-lit evenings.
iiancyiuu.
Well, my dear colleagues, if we
are to correspond for such a
formidable, business paper as
the Leader we had best stall -
ieea our regaBUi ana run nun
around some Just for exercise,
you know.
Zeb- Kessl la keeping up with
the procession as far as enter
prise goes. Rarkin & Walker
succeeded in delivering the
goods, viz, a fine Durham bull.
Mrs. Fred Scheddler was an
outward bound passenger on
Tuesday's stage.
Frank Mulvany visited Fiegles
Creek Sunday. ' lie is daily re
ceiving ads for machinery cal
culated for road building. All
the men are eagerly awaiting the
prospective work.
Houston Grant and Clifford
McDonald with their famous
pack of dogs aro patroling the
hjlla trying to locate the
marauders disturbing turkeys,
chickens and ducks. Some of
Frank Grant's goats on this side
of the hill have come up missing.
Wild cats ' are . becoming - bold
and plentiful, an awful menace
to stock industry. It Is easy to
read, between the lines where
the country Is broken and fit
only for foraging animals. Such
wild and ferocious creatures as
cats and cougars can easllv
knock the profits off and dis
courage the owner of flocks.
Will Randall and, family are
enjoying a siege of mumps con
tracted at Harlan. After this
they will be immune from that
small coccus at least : A good
many of us act like the goblins
will get us.' This one does and
don't you forget It. . These
dandy little contagious diseases
are not the Joke ; they are
cracked up ; to ,be. I .know
whereof I speak. The mumps
are like love and a cough they
can't be hid. This reads kind
of mumpy, but Just now we all
nave mumps on the brain
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Glen
The stork visited the home of
Mr. and Mrs. George Davenport
the night of the 19th and left a
girl. Mother and child doing
niceiy.
Mr. Davis, the school super
visor, visited our school last
week. lie gave us a nice talk
on the meaning of education
and the practical, things to be
laugnt. lie also talked to us
about the Home Credit System.
This is something Just recently
started in the schools. It Is to
get the pupils to do more work
at homo. We have tried it In
our school and it has proven buc-
noru-iCesBiui.
Jesse Davenport went to Elk
City last, Thursday. ;
Miss Edith Davenport Bpent
Tuesday night wth MIsb Jessie
Brown.
Alva Moore went to Harlan'
last Thuraiiav
last inursoay. m -
Ray Brown went to Toledo
iasi inuraaay. . .
J. E. Crooks went to Toledo
last Thursday.
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C. W. Brown went to Harlan
Tuesday.
Everett Brown went to Elk
City last Saturday
Miss Gertrude Johnson snent
Saturday with Miss Helen Gard-
ner at Salado.
Miss Jessie Brown spent Sun-
!dav with Mrs. Geoiee Daven-
port.
Ona
am Rpihv wnf in Tiin
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Thursday to serve on the jury.
He returned home Sunday after-
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Lloyd Commons met with a
serious accident Thursday after-
noon while at work on the new
roaa mat is being opened by the
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Ona Good Roads Club. Llovd
ii wo
and Chauncey Ohmart had
sawed down a large alder tree,'
which split in two and did not
fall as the boys had anticipated.
They did not realize their dan-
ger until warned by cries from
their fellow workers and then it
was too late to escape. The Sparks, Muriel Franklin, Rich- county and must hire all depu-jThe county has gono to the ex
tree struck Lloyd breaking his ard Glrdler, Fred Michel. Itles. Here is a fair statement pense of making these surveys
leg and bruising his body very, . Mrs. Downey is sufferm from of what the Sheriff has to ray;for us and we feel that it 1b
.Daoiy. ine noys. made a
stretcher of their coats and
, shlrts and carried him to the
, home of Road Supervisor Weber
1 where he was made as com
fortable as possible until Dr.
Tharp of Toledo came and
set the break. At this writing
he is doing as well as could be
expected.. Lloyd Commons is a
progressive youne man and is
much Interested in the work of
the . Club. The aocldent com-
ing as It did at the commence-
ment of their work, caused every
member much grief. They have
uune everyxning ior me injurea nuea miss spauidlng's place, the
young man that is possible, and, latter being absent on account
like true Spartans, they are of illness. .
pushing the work they have un-1 Eddyville grangers are de
dertaken. The Commons family lighted with the progress being
has ther sympathy of everyone, made on the nf.w hall. It is
Mrs. L. M. Commons, who has hoped that it will be ready for
been visiting relatives at Port-1 occupancy by the next meeting.
land and Hillsboro the last four
weeks, was called to her home
Saturday to take care of her son,
Lloyd. -
A. W. Weber Is attending court
at Toledo this week.
Andrew Gallagher and Georee
Edwards went up to the IL H.
Cook Co. Bawmlll one day last
week. .
Eddyville
Social events at Eddwllle are
booming.
Miss Anna Mauch .was Bur
prised by about forty friends
from Eddyville, Little Elk and
Bear Creek on the evening of
Friday, January 22. The even
ing was spent enjoying games
and music. Dainty refresh
ments were served at midnight.
All expressed great pleasure in
the Mauchs hospitality and ex
pressed the hope that they
might come again soon.
miss Lean Rutledge enter
tained about thirty truest from
Eddyville and Big Elk at the
Leah home last Friday evening.
The evening was passed playing
the usual games. Dainty re
freshments were served and the
guests departed unanimously
aecianng an . unusually eood
time. The beautiful moonlight
evening added not a little to the
pleasure of those who walked
from Eddyville and the old say
ing tne longest way 'round is
the sweetest way home" was
proved beyond a doubt.
A pleasant and agreeable sur
prise party was given to Miss
Amber Spaulding on January
19th In honor of her 30th (?)
birthday. Her school pupils
presented her with a large birth
day cake. The evening was
spent making candy and playing
games. All report a Jolly, gocd
,ume
January 26th belli e Miss Leah
JRutledge's birthday anniverslty
lw ner frieuds Journeyed
Quietly up the mountain and
KavD ner a uiue Hurunae. Alter i
After
Miss Rutledge into the
cuoi waiers oi uie spring me
ired to the h0U8e and
t the evpnine nlavinel
"Rook" "Plaza" and similar
enmeR. i
r. The Grange program under
the direction of Mr. Rohhina
a8 very enjoyable. It was the
first of a series which will make i
up the contest between the two
divisions. The program ren-
ered was a follows: Music by j
Mrs. Ralph Pepin; Btory by Mr.
Bynton; reading by Mrs. Vergil
""uuuu UJr aim. x-epm;
dialect reading by Mr. McBiide;
ittnn ui t a,-J
'Mrs Robbins- readine Mrs
Sparks. The 'concluding num-
bcr was a bachelor's button-sew-
ltir oontPRt In tuMfh Mr Rnvn-'tne
con t8It'B hr A3
gn, Mr ? tllf.SS
First prize was won by Mr Mc-
Bride itnd consolation bv Mr
Mrr-T ' !
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U'n r nun nAf fffl onrfl a n Am
1WO ClOUDie ae.K8 ana a new
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.l""ow ?na?e na.ve Deen aaaea
scnooi equipment.
Mr- Davis, surervisor, visited
the school recently. " j
Those neither absent nor tar-'
dy during the fourth month
were: Roy Mauch, Loren
Mauch. Hazel Mauch. Jean
a severs attack ol la erinne.
ciare McBride has been
spending several days visiting
hi wtr r. nn-M,?
his brother, Lawrence McBride.
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Fortnd,wh'ire 8he -wUl be
emPloya- "
" M- D. Weltln celebrated his
ill n..it. v v m M
hlrthday anniversary Sunday,
January 31. A number of din
ner guests enjoyed the day with
nlm'
Earl Weltln proved his nedo-
gogical abilities Friday after
noon when he very successfully
Elk City
The party given at Mr. Lehn's
last Friday was well attended.
TMrty-slx were present and all
enjoyed themselves.
Miss Bessie Gillett was the
guest of Mr. Slocum and family
oaiuraay ana Sunday.
Mr. Scarth lost one of hla
horses Monday evening.
Mrs. will Porks and Miss Win
nie Boydston went to Toledo
Saturday to have Bome dental
work done. .
Mrs. Jim Park's children have
been on the sick list but are im
proving. , . ,
It has been too rainy for plow
ing. Mr. Mlllner returned to Can
ada last week. .
Upper Beaver
W. H. Weaver made a trip to
Yaqulna Saturday. '.
Peter Peterson and Herman
Henke made a trip to Yaqulna
Saturday.
Jesse Clifford returned home
Sunday from an extended visit
m Portland, accompanied by his
uncle and aunt.
George Emerson and Thomas
Barker of Poole slough and
Peter aid WUUam Peterson
spent Saturday night visiting
Herman Henke,
Henry Emerson of Oyster City
and Wm. Fey of Oysterville were
In this vlelnltv sundnv
Mr. Brooks and sons of Wald
port visited at the O. E. Lewis
ranch Saturday night.
Mrs. J. M. Bowers viBited at
the T. Huntsucker ranch Sun
day. Mrs. T. Huntsucker and chlld-
ren, Alice and Kenneth, called on
Mrs. I. N. Hewett one day last
week. "'
Mrs. J. M. Bowers visited Mrs.
L.N. Hewett Wednesday
Mrs. W. C. Martin is on the
'sick uBt this week
Mawere guests a the t!
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MlltltBiiplfr hnm Snndnv
Huntsucker nome Sunday.
Misses Evallna and ChrlsUna ,
ierson cauea ai me neweic
home Monday afternoon.
I William Peterson of the C. &
& brldSe cre.w "pent the week-
end vt8lUn nome rolk8 at m18
place
Mrs. Guy Lewis called at the
Peterson ranch Monday after-
noon
EXPENSES OF
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Having nreDared a bill to be
nresented to the lee slature al-
lowing one deputy for the
Sheriff's office and having ex-
Plained the cost of maintaining
Office Dy tne Bnenir out OI
his salary to more than a hun-
dred residents and taxpayers of
Lincoln county and having re-
ceived their endorsement by pe-
tition to allow one denutv to the
Sheriff at 60 ner month. It is I
i ii, t l
-.
ii vj iuuio uiau i it, in, aiiu i "arc
m-omlsed. to submit to each of
the county papers a statement
0f the cost of maintaining the
sheriff's office which he must
pay. It Is not generally under-
stood, but a fact, that the Sheriff
receives no fees, no mileage and
no traveling; exnenses from the
out oi ma aaiary;
One office deputy to keep
. the record of delin
quent ' taxes and re
main in the office while
the Sheriff is out serv
ing papers or. on crim-
inal business, $50 per;
month. . ...... .... $600.00
Outside 'deputies, 'their
traveling expenses,
sheriff s traveling ex
penses, $30 pr month
for ten months out of
the year
$300.00
Same expenses for the
two months out of the
year when circuit court
meets, $75 per month 150.00
Expense of hiring Jailor
to feed and care for
prisoners when sheriff
is called away from
county seat, estimated
sixty days out of year,
$1 per day. . . 4 60.00
Total 1110.00
Salary , 1800.00
Balance.. .. ..690.00
Bert Goer, Sheriff.
LADIES AID SOCIETY
TO HOLD BAKERY SALES
The Ladles Aid Society of the
M. E. Church, beginning tomor
row, Saturday, the 6th, will hold
monthly bakery sales, selling all
kinds of bakery goods, such as
pies, cakes, cookies, etc. To
morrow the Bale will be in Les
ter Waugh's meat market win
dow. The committee, for this
sale is composed of Mrs. P. Fred
erick, Mrs. E. J. Avery and Mrs
U. G. Hart. The public Is Invited
to call and purchase and thereby
help a good cause.
$10 REWARD
To the one who will return my
In re A hlnrk nnH ton hnnnrf Antr
'Short ears, weight about 57 lbs.,
name, "Prince." He was last
seen by me Friday, January 22.
He was trailing and it Is thought
probable he Is on the Upper Si
lets or - Rock creek. Owner
I "would be very glad of any infor-
imai,on concerning mm
John Jacobson,
Chltwood, Or.
State Manager Bliss of the
Columbia Life Insurance Co., of
Salem, was In the city several
days this week In the Interests
! of tn.e .M.P,n ,,e ere he
appoiniea . u. rons iocai agent.
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R. W. Pepin, the bridge build
er, went to Ocean View Wednes
day evening to build a county
bridge over the Yachats. Burt
Junken also went to assist with
the carpenter work. They fig
ure that it will take about three
weeks to do the Job.
ONA GOOD ROADS CLUB
! Road Supervisor Walter C.
i Weber, President of the Ona
Good Roads Club, had a force
of men at work Monday on the
'new county road up Beaver
I creek. This survey was made
(at quite an expense to the
:?fflL J!!"
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ment B0 far a the d(J l8 con.
cerned, over the old road. This
road
was not opened sooner ow
ing to lack of funds. Now our
Road Club Intends opening it
up with volunteer work. Up to
the present date forty days'
work have been volunteered,
each member reserves the priv
ilege of either giving his own
labor or employing someone In
his place. We have one pro
gressive member who is not In
our road district, having paid
his membership fee and contrib-
uted five days' labor. He con-
tends any new road In the
county Is a lasting benefit to all
me county
ibb iuu cuarges an luiua-
tlon fee and a small amount
each month. This money will
be used to buy tools necessary
for the road work, being done by
the Club.
The amount of work done
thlo far la a Bnrnr.no tn tha mnnt
w .t. ww
enthusiastic and not all of the
Club members have turned out
yet. and wo hope to push this
road to completion before a
great while.
The object of this Club Is to
open new roads where there are
no available funds for the work.
now "up to us ' to neip our
selves a little and not act like
helples Infants.
We hear strangers talk of
"The Oregon Spirit." They tell
ub that one portion of pur beau
tiful state is afraid another por
tion of it will secure reome
needed Improvement and thus"
detract from itself. They tell
us this spirit exists between the
different sections of the coun
ties and runs from there to the
cities, town and localities. Fan
cy anyone not believing in a
good road just because it does
not pass their door. We be
lieve this spirit exists only In
the minds of the few. The ma
jority of the people are for pro
gress. We never need hope
for fortune to reach us if we
sit by and Idle away our "days
of grace" In vain complainings.
"Let us then be up and doing"
and help Bud Weber boost for
good roads.
MAY RECONSIDER ALSEA
BAY CASE IN CONGRESS
Representative Hawley has
asked a reconsideration of the
proposal for the survey of Alsea
bay on which Major Morrow has
submitted an adverse report,
based upon the contention that
local Interests would furnish 15
per cent of the required funds
for the proposed improvements.
Local business men have advised
Mr. Hawley that they will fur
nish 60 per cent of the funds.
Washington correspondent Port
land Telegram.
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The boys at the electric light
plant believe In having light on
the subect. This week they in
stalled a 1000 candle power light
In the plant and a 250 candle
power light on the front of the
building. . This lights the whole
vicinity.
Among the prominent attor
neys from other cities attending
court here this week we note:
W. S. McFadden, Arthur Clarke
and O. Mlddlekauff of Corvallls,
E. B. Tongue of Hillsboro, Mark
Weatherford of Albany, A. O.
Condlt of Salem and W, L. Coop
er of Portland.
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FOR SALE Or exchange a
Pool Table In good repair. Will
sell or exchange for billiard table
Address, L. C Smith, Secy
Newport, Oregon,
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Wanted To buy or rent place
suitable for Bmall dairy, with
plenty of grass. Must be good
terms. A. P. Ayers,
Newberg, Oregon,
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See W. P. McGee before buy
ing that raincoat.