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VOLUME 23
TOLEDO, LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4th,,1916.
NUMBER 50.
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COUNTY
News of each Community Gathered each
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,NES
; NEWPORT
Died In East Portland, Jan.'
?5th, 1916, of cerebral hem
orrhage,' Mrs. Jamea RuBsell,
aged 73 years.. Mrs. Russell
was born in England in 1843,
tame to New York when a girl,
was married to James A. Russell
In 1861 and came to Oregon in
1870, located in Alsea valley and
lived there for twenty years, and
from there, with her husband,
tnoved to Yaquina where they
lived for fourteen years. Mrs
Russell . was 'postmistress for I
Yaquina in 1896 and was buried
Reside his father, Thomas Rus
sell, in Eureka Cemetery. Mrs.
Russell was a member of the
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rRebekah Degree many years and j DUt being amateurs and not hav
tor a long time belonged to the ing any floor to practice on at
Do Good Rebekah Rebekah home, lost out to the tune of 27
juuge ai.ioieuo. . one moveu to
.roruana 111 ana uvea mere
up to the time of her death.
. She was a member of the Epis
copal Church at Portland. For
a long time she kept a rooming
house on. the East Side, near
Morrison street bridge. The
remains were brought to New
port Friday evening and taken
to the Copeland undertaking
parlors where a short., service
was held Saturday morning by
Rev.E. T. . Simpson, rector of
the Church. The last rites of
the Church were conducted at
the grove by Rev. F. O. Jones,
Retired ' minister. The Masons
of Newport had charge of. the
funeral services. Mr. Russell
was a Mason. It was a cold,
bleak day and but few people at
tended the funeral and there
Were no flowers, but the beauti
ful snow was falling and the
grave was soon covered with
that emblem of the purity of the
soul when disenthralled from the
troubles and sorrows that afflict
us in this world. The only ones
from Portland was an aJopted
daughter, Miss Lena Russell, and
a friend,, Mrs. William Weaver.
And thus one by one the Oregon
pioneers are passing away and
soon the last name on the roll
will be called. Where the cities
and the railroads are now built
the pioneers opened the way
In his log cabin with his faithful
-wife by his side and the little
children huddled in the trundle
bed the bark of the wolf could be
heard and the roar of the moun
tain lion sounded through the
forest and the dreadful war f
whoop could be heard echoing
through the hills and the little
children huddled In the bed not
knowing whether they would be
massacred before morning or
not. These are the experiences
of some of the Oregon pioneers.
May the snow fall lightly on
their graves and may the mem
ory of what they, did remain
fresh and green in the minds of
those who came after them. It
' has been a hard Winter on old
people and persons weakened
from disease. Since the state
went dry it is hard to get good
v whiskey or brandy the very
best of stimulents and I have
no doubt many persons in their
weakened condition have died
for the lack of proper stimula
tion at the proper time. '
The basketball teams of New
port six young ladies and six
oung gentlemen went- to
Waldport Saturday to play the
teams there. It was a royal bat
tle. The girl team went on the
floor first. The floor was small
and new to- them, the baskets
were placed high, the cel'lng
was fifteen feet above the floor
and unless a person had special
training he could never get a
ball In the basket. The score
stood 15 to 10 in favor of Wald
port. The boys came, on the
floor next, full of the spirit of
the game,, and, observing the
conditions of things, pitched the
ball a little higher. It was a
hard fought battle. The home
"team disliked to be beaten on
tlelr own ground. . Every mem
"ber of the Newport team played
. their best cards and won by a
scratch. The score Btood 23 to
" 22 in favor of Newport. The
Vams of Newport speak In the
jighest terms of the royal treat?
went they received at the hands
tt the Waldport teams. The
band, led by Mr. Keady, was at
the wharf to greet them with
splendid strains of martial mu
sic. They were conducted, to
the Wakefield, where a splendid
supper awaited them. ' They
felt at home. At night a dance
was given at the Kent hall in
honor of the visiting teams.
Mrs. F. H. Macdonald was chap
eron for the girl's and Prof.
Glenn of Newport was, umpire
and had charge of the boys. Ed
ward Starr of Waldport was
referee. The next game will be
played at Newport.
Prof. "Brick" ' Miller, who is
teantiln in th Wakefield neieh
Dornooa. d roue in uuwn ma una-
ketball team of grammar school
students to play a game with the
grammar school pupils of New-
'port. It was a spirited game,
;to 3 m favor 0f Newport,
' James Doty; father of Lee
Doty, died at Creswell, Oregon,
Sunday evening, January 30th,
of pneumonia. Ilis remains
were brought to Newport Tues
day evening, accompanied by his
son, Lee, and wife. .The funeral
will occur Friday and the interr
ment will be in the Eureka Cem
etery. Obituary next week.
Billy Lonsdale, a resident of
Waldport, died Tuesday evening
from the effects of a dose of car
bolic acid. It seems a bottle of
cough mixture was on the shelf
beside the bottle of carbolic acid
and it is not known whether the
acid was taken ly mistake or
intentional Mr. Lonsdale had
i'been on a vi6it with some of his
friends at Elk City and had Just
returned home. He had been in
rhard circumstances for some
lime and was very despondent
hmd maybe he uose to end his
troubles in this way. He is sur
vived by three or four stepsons
and daughters. He .was gener
ous hearted and benevolent and
would give the last cent he had
to help any in need. : May he
'rest in peace.
ELK CITY
Mr. Holem made a trip to To
ledo Thursday of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Graves re
turned from Sheridan Friday
last.
Herman Schmitt was helping
his neighbor, Mr. Graves, do
some ditching the last of the
previous week. ' '
Mrs. S. J. Whitford was visit
ing with Miss Silva Whitford of
Storrs the latter, part of last
Week. She reports-that. Miss
Whitford has been losing her
ducks until all hed gone but one,
n.nd that one found its wav to
the frying pan.
Now. see here. Doctor, the
6wls did not scare me out last
Week, nor did I forget to send in
my items, so you have to ask
(he editors what became of
them. (Very sorry to lose a
batch of good Elk City itemsbut
for some reason they did not
reach us. Ed.)
, Henry Matteson made a Sun
day call on ye writer. -
"And then it would snow,
snow, snow, 'way up among the
hills and vales. It would snow,
snow, snow the sun, would
shine a bit and then not a bit.
And then it would rain, rain,
rain."
Vance Daniels and Vernon
Folmsbee were in town Saturday
morning. ,
Victor Jacobson came up from
Toledo Saturday morning.
The past week and Sunday
has been filled with sorrow for
the wildcats. . Paris Parks hav
ing bagged two and Victor Jac
obson two. Parts now has ac
counted for seven of the var
mints. Victor also has accoun
ted for several, having bagged
one last Sunday which measured
four feet, eight inches..' Some
caij uo 10 11 Doys, ciean tnem
all up.
, Ed Gillespie and" Herman
Schmitt; were passengers for
lower bay points , last Tuesday
morning on the Transit. .
Goodbye snow. Hello rain!
Water Is raisin' fellers.' : ' ;
Miss Sophia Holem is how
taking the place of her sister,
'May, at the Jacobson home,
miss Mary is staying -wun ner
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rans rams iook some powaer
uand fuse home last Tuesday to
'see it he could blow the fish
! racks out of place. . Here's hop-
Ing he makes a good shot. .:
nam, dad-gast-lt- we should i
worry; .
CHITWOOD
(Contributed 1 by pupils of the
school,, and printed .without
. correction by anyone.)
Walter Trapp of this city is
working in the bridge gang. ''
J. M. Boren is having some.
slashing done on his .ranch.
Messrs. Rowe and Peterson of
M. V MwiiU C& W VAVAllg VT Ol IX
A number of pupils are absent
from school on account ' of
weather and sickness. ,
JLevl Smith, of Chltwood
school, has been absent several
days on account of La Grippe.
Victor Jacobson from below
Pioneer was visiting here yester
day with his two dogs and gun.
The playshed is located at the
south side of the Chltwood
schoolhouse, Just north of the
public sidewalk (the S. P. R. R.)
It has a young apple tree at one
end and a baseball diamond at
the other. It is open at the east
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WEST YAQUINA
Miss Margaret Ferr went to
Newport the last of the week to
visit her sister, Mrs. John
Backus.
John Hanlon of Beaver creek
spent the week-end with his
wife at Oystervtlle
John Coovert made a business
trip to Toledo Thursday. He
returned to Beaver creek Satur -
daOwing to the severity of the':
past few weeks, stock owners
are experiencing considerable
difficulty in adequately caring,
for stock. Dartlcularlv ranee cat-'1
lie. Mr. Branch has had the
misfortune to lose several from
his herd.
Mrs. Jane Ferr returned the
last of the .week from Newport,
where she was called by the ill
ness of her daughter, Mrs. John
Backus.'.' . '
NORTONS
Still it snows. We have more
'snow here this time than we had
tne nrsi snow Btorm. We had
begun to think we were going to
have some good weather, but it
turned out like the Dutchman
catching a cat, "Sometimes we
got 'em and sometimes we ain't
got 'em." ,
. C. S. Peck spent Sunday haul
)ng hay. It is better hauling
now than in the Summer time
as a person can use a Bled and !t
is not so blamed warm.
Henry Tinner spent Sunday
with his brother, Adrian.
Jesse Merchant, formerly of
the Summit, is working on the
railroad here.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Warnock
departed last week for New York
City, where they will remain for
a couple of months.
Harry Porter went to Eddy
vllle Sundayreturning Monday.
Newport sure has a list of
candidates for county offices.
If the Winter gets any worse up
here we will be able to scare up
a dozen or so. - 1
Homer Hershey of McCor
mick's bridge crew was here last
week looking after the water
tank. We have to take ' good
care of the water tanks since the
state went dry as that is all we
have left. ' .
Amos Chapman, manager of
the Chapman & Johnson saw
mill on Steer creek, was trans
acting buslneses here Monday.
John Kopp came down from
his homestead Friday evening.
J. H. Lewis of Nashville will
be in Nortona Saturday, Febru
ary 5th to register the voters in
this precinct fof the coming
election. ,
ROCK CREEK
The weather is said to be a
topic of conversation that'never
a " "
grows oia, ana u has certainly
ueen a most interesting subject
yi ui peupie oi tnis locality for
the past month. The first snow
covered the ground on the last
day 'of December and with the
exception of two days has been
with us ever since. At the nres-
I'ent tlme (Monday) there are
nine mcnes of snow on the bot-1
torn land and from twelve to
eighteen Inches on the hills
The greatest decree of cold
fhow? by the thermometer dur-
Vf muuui was aegrees
ouuto 8 coon as me
snow disappears we Bhall expect
10 reaa in tne Portland papers
(something about the delightful
;;er ,rTaie 01 "8on w,nere
the fruit ripens and flower bloom
out or doors all Winter. This is
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cold and snowy weather that
the ,oldest inhabitant has ever
experienced and he is at a loss
whether to attribute it to the
European war or the Democrat
ic administration.
Mrs. C. Bruner and children
have gone to Portland for a
week's visit.
. R. H. Plank has returned from
a week's sojourn in Dally a.
rL.'D. Nash of Nashville was
here a few days ago after some
cattle that had gone astray:
Jay Wright of. Vancouver,
Washington, is visiting his fath
er, W. E. Wright, of Steer creek.
The Rock Creek sawmill is
closed for a few days on account
of deep snow. 1
Mra. Joseph T. Dalley has re
turned from a visit of several
weeks with friends in the Valley.
Mrs. L. V. Chlntile, who has
been suffering with rheumatism
for some time, is again able to
be about the house.
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WINANT
s,ome storm we have been
?ravn,g' ut. we Bhould V0"Y
i er Duc- ...
, Clay Sugg, who has been very
Ior iae Pa" weK, now im-
ilrovlllS mj
Ills aunt, Miss
Sugg, of Portland returned
to
her home Monday morning.
Miss Gladys King is at New
port this week: Mrs. George
King's Bister, Mrs. S. Case, has
been laid up with la grippe.
Mrs. V. D. Boone and daugh
ters, Cara and Nellie, visited
with Mrs. T. Ferr of Webt Ya
qulna Sunday. Cira had the
misfortune to sprain her- am
while out coasting Sunday
afternoon. It was a small school we had
Tuesday. Too stormy for most
of the pupils. Lloyd Lewis and
Delno Shermer were the only
ones present.
Two of the Cook .boys of Ona
were in this vicinity Monday.
Mr. Dixon, known as "Shorty"
is staying in the Bill Backus
shack.
Rich Chatterton of Newport
and Capt. Camer of the Oiite S.
came up Friday evening to the
Chas. Gilderslueve shack. They
were practicing y;:th their vlrc
less. Charles says he can now
hear the ships at sea.
News Is scarce this week on
account of the otorm.
ROSE LODGE
We had about tour inches of
snow in Rose Lodge.
Mr. Seeley has returned to his
home in Portland.
Dr. Lewis of Wlllamina passed
through Rose LoJge on hla way
to Oils. ,.
t A number of the people of
Rose Lodge left tor Toledo last
Monday. Among them wore,
Arthur Baker, Mrs. Jokenln and
Llllie Paabo. '
Mrs. II. R. Deaken visited
Mrs. Charles Harding one day
last week
Mrs Rauman had the ml.ifnr..
"iune to loBt two of her fingers
last week while chopping wood.
Mrs. Leonard Mann has. been
on the sick list for the laBt week.
Charles Harding lost one of
his horses last week.
; Mrs. J. A. Messenger visited
with Mrs. Pleasant Deaklns last
Thursday.
Ralph Harding Is working a
few days for Mr. Tlatt of Otis.
Gerald Fister t was a Rose
nrltr vatnr lt wdv
O" vv m tuuy VUltViUUUI
Mr. and Mrs. Con Kangiser
made a trip to Wlllamina last
week,
Cleve Starr is visiting his fa
ther, H. C. Starr, of Slick Rock.
' School will start up at Slick
Rock next Monday. Miss Olson
Of Tnlndrt will hn tha toaohav
this terra. . -
Cecil Messinger made a flying
Irln to Otis last week. Hnw
about it, Cecil?
Richard Randio and Howard
'McMillin have been hauling lum
per lor tne urange nail. :
uBcar siaer nas returned to
the Valley, after a several
months' stay with his brother,
Alex Sider.
Milo Lee passed through Rose
Lodge last Wednesday on his
Thlslsiway to Canby, Oregon, where
Mr. Lee and family will make
their future home.
Miss Bernice Welch and Llllie
Liswig of Taft were guests at
the basket Bocial, which was
given last Saturday night at the
Grange hall. The social Was a
grand Buccess and a good time
was reported by all.
A number of the young folks
of Otis attended. They were,
Howard,' Charley and Max
Mewhister, Jesse Burton, Earl
and Carl King. Ben Blacketer,
Mamie McDonald and brother,
C. H. Pierce of Otis was in this
vicinity last Saturday on busi
ness affairs.
. Frank Mann was an Otis vis
itor last Sunday.
Ralph Harding was a Taft vis
itor last Sunday and Monday,
Mrs. Combest and sister were
guests at Rose Lodge last Satur
day and Sunday.
Chas. Hart viBited Mr. and
Mrs. C. Harding last Sunday.
Inez Adams is working for Mel
Burton of Otis.
Miss Gertrude " Adams from
Schooner creek attended ' the
dance.
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POOLE SLOUGH
Heavy winds and rain acaln.
but the rain is better than snow
on the stock.
Leland Wright was visiting on
Wright creek Thursday.
Messrs. Willis and Colver
pnade a trip to town Saturday,
returning Sunday.
Mrs. T. Barker and daughters,
; Hazel and Lola, , visited the
Brown ranch Thursday.
Louie Cox had the misfortune
to hurt his foot this week, mak
ing it impossible to use it.
The Misses Wright lost a
yearling the first of the week,
and Brown's lost a calf.
Thos. Barker and Chester Wil
lis visited Tracy Iluntsucker and
Gordon Emerson Tuesday.
Not much news this week.
Everybody is on the sick Met.
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SILETZ
Wm. Scott and daughter,
Wllda, returned from Toledo
Thursday and on to their home
on Lower SUetz Friday.
Harry Fisk' and a frlned
passed through SUetz Friday on
their way home from Toledo,
where they had gone on busi
ness. N
W. S. Hall and John Kentta
went to Toledo Friday on busi
ness, returning the Bame day.
A. L. Porter, county road mas
ter, came to SUetz Friday even
ing on business and returned
Monday on the stage.
A. C. Crawford, wife and
daughter.Florence, came up to
Silotz Saturday' and was Joined
by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hall
and went to Upper Farm and
paid Mr. and Mrs. Phil Elting a
visit over Sunday. They went
in their sleigh.
It , commenced to rain here
Sunday evening and has con
tinued ever since and has taken
all the Bnow off excepting In the
mountains. The river raised
about 14 feet by Wednesday
noon.
Dr. J. T. Abbett, district sup
erintendent of the M. E. Churph,
came over to Siltez Tuesday and
held services , at the Church
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Hi Hatfield and children
camv to SUetz Wednesday even
ing rrom saiem for a visit with
' her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Goodell'. '
Brlnton Bryant and Ord Cas
tle went to Toledo Tuesday on
business and returned In the
evening on the stage.
Miss Olson came over to Si
letz Wednesday evening and
went on down the river with the
mailcarrier to teach school
again in the Brown district.
Will Graham came over with
a rig to bring passengers Wed
nesday evening, and stayed over
night.
A CHANCE IN EIGHTH
GRADE , EXAMINATIONS
, In the May and June eighth
grade examinations a new plan
will be tried in testing the pupils
in the Biibjects of U. S. History
and Civil Government, according
to a statement issued by State
Superintendent of Public In
struction J. A. Churchill. Dur
ing the examination the pupils
will be allowed to refer to their
text books, but the questions
will be so framed as to test the
ability of the pupil in expressing
what be has learned in clear,
concise language. The advan
tage of such a plan are, that it
permits the teacher to empha-"
size the historical events which
she considers most Important ;
it gives the trained teacher
greater freedom so that she can
do much higher quality of work
than simply helping the pupils to
"cram for an examination; it
frees the teacher and the pupils
from so teaching and studying' .
as to make the examination the
end; it tends to give the 'pupils
power of expression and elimin
ates the memorizing of unim
portant dates and facts.
"There is always danger,"
said Superintendent Churchill,
"of the examination system de
veloping a question, and answer
method unpedagoglcal, and the
examination usually deterioates
into a memory test. With this
new plan if the teacher will
adopt It for the pupils' monthly
tests they will learn by tho close
of the year how to use the text
as meieiy a reference work in
writing their final papers. The
questions will be so worded that
It will be impossible for the pu
pil to copy any amount from
the text book, but he will find
help by turning to it to refresh
his memory on some point that
has . escaped him Just for the
moment. When writing an ex
amination a pupil often finds he
can not recall the answer to a
question. He Is then liable fco
become so nervous and fright
ened that he will fail in the en
tire examination. This is really
the common senae way to pre
pare a pupil for his work in the
every day world, for if a man
has to write an article or prepare
a paper on any subject, he does
not attempt to depend upon his
memory for the proof which he
wishes to use from various
sources to substantiate his state
ments; rather, he has on his'
table a number of reference
works dealing with the subject,
upon which he Is writing. The
eighth grade examinations, to a
very large extent, set the stand
ard for teaching, and I am very
confident that this new plan will
strengthen , the work In the
eighth grade and give the puplj
much more power and confl
uence than he gains from the
memory tests. If his class
standing has been, high during
the year , and his English work
what It Bhould be, he will pass
a good examination. If his
class work has been below par,
the open book will be of 110 help
to him during the short hour of
the examination."
R. P. Coin,
County School Supt.
TOLEDOMI3SION
Meeting Sunday afternoon, .3
o'clock, and Sunday night, 7:30.
All welcome.
Constable R. R. Gwynn had
official business at Nashville yes
terday Chas. Vanderpool, the New
port fish market man, was a To
ledo Visitor yesterday.
FOR SALE
Household furniture for sale
cheap. Inquire of , '
Mrs. C, C. Walker, ;.
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