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si o Wincoln j 7 ,4 VOLUME 24 TOLEDO, LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 30th, 1916. NUMBER 19 " ' '' " ' l .... .. II II II I I, ,! , . ,, - Tl CCi T1JT MR lQ News of each Community Gathered each WVU1 II 1E ' week by Our Rustling Associate Editors NEWPORT Monday evening while Mrs F. H. Wells and Mrs. Eva Bark ham were bathing in the surf in the cove just south of the cape at Agate Beach, they discovered the body of. a person floating back and forth on the swells of the sea. It is needless to say the women were very much frightened and they at once re ported it to W. B. Hartley, the undertaker, the coroner being absent from the County. Albert Taylor took his auto accompan rests were made. This speaks well for the people who attended this great fun making fea.it. More than a hundred automo biles have already come into Newport and all speak in high terms of the condition of the foads except Pioneer Mountain which is bad but the new road around it will be completed by he Fourth of July then you will have a good road from the Val ley to Newport and way points with only a five per cent grade to pass over. The first noon train came in Monday but while the number of passengers was not large, as Days You'll Never Forget led by Mr. Hartley, Justice of the the season opens the travel will Peace Berry acting as coroner ; increase. The S. P. Company went to the place designated, j has a splendid service and has found the body and returned the tracks in first class condl wlth it to Newport where the in- tion. The rain of the past few vesligation took place. It being days interupted some of the auto plain that the deceased came to rafflc but it will soon clear up his death by drowning it was not and the roads will be in fine con necessary to hold an inque3t. dition. The body had been in the water j The war wkh Mexlcoif we six weeks or two months and have onela going t0 be a ser was so badly decomposed as to , ,oug matter and niany an Amer- lmpossime to menu y .i. Ican 80idler W;U have lost his body was six ieet van ami wumu life ,n tnig Btruggie Mexico has prohamy wnen arowneu UUm a history of crilelty treachery have weighed 180 pounds. A and crime At the Alani0 more email lock of ha.r on the lower tnan elght 8 ganta part of the skull was of a brown ;A the Mexican dictator had color, tnree or lour ieeui oh me rnmn9nv nf Aniprrnn ni,iipP lower Jaw were out, there was no , ma88acred in thi8 garrison there shirt on the body but it had on a . were 4?5 soldiers among them, pair of serge trousers, no under-1 Dayld CrockeU( CoL Jame8 wear and the shoe on the left Booie Col Wllliam B Trovi8i a loot was numoer eisiu auu braye Texan ottcer were all on notn ieei. a s ma. u.Bei murdered. The Alamo was air watch was found in the watch- anclent m:ssion covering three pocket hi the trousers but no;acreg Qf nd wUh & fitone letters or papem ui vi..c. wan around it three feet thick -.ncation were raunaou uie uy. and eight feet high. At an me snoe was , goou uuu uu.u other tjme 400 Texan Boldier3 Drobably cost five dollar3 a pair. ,. Pn, L-nrn., ,vao lri,MnQ,i The watch stopped running two tQ Burrendcr under promlse 0f minutes aiter ky. ku uulu- protection from Santa Anna 11.5 w """" . u u a . Aer tne surrender they were morning or evening. '"" divided into small companies was pwceu ma. lo.uUU-. and -marched in different direc lea :n tne eureka wmeit.,. tIong and shot doWn like dogs The nationality or the deceased by the Mexlcang Not a man seemed to be Swede and about escaped. lf they had been at tne age 01 nuy-uve. brought to time three years ago Preparations .are ; going on for at Vera Cru2 k wouW nave a big I'ourtn 01 jury ceieurauou d th u of Ameri 11 me wediuci iciiuiio. cans pect the rain will cease by the i time or the 4tn ana every ining will be lovely. This rain is a God send to the stock men and farm-, ers, it will make thousands of 1 dollars for them. Oregon la the . most favored country In the THE OAV Vou ' GLEN Mr. and Mrs. Ekman and chil ' Hron ff lri 1 o n rl onant locf tirnnU world as failures of crops in Ore- wllh ... an(1 MrR , w n.nvpn- gon sweet Oregon is unknown, j port and famjly About a dozen of the live wires j "r. t. Moore went to McMinn and sports of Newport went out 'vine last week where he will to attend the Philomath Round- ' WOrk during the summer, up June 22-23-24, 1916. It was jeSse and John Davenport and the biggest thing Benton County Sam Stewart killed two bear and has ever had. On the second ;and flve coons Monday, day 12,000 peeople were in the , Alva M went tQ giletz grand Btand the attendance Tuesday during the three days aggregat- Mr a,;d Mrs Ekman MIsseg ing over 22,000. It was estl-1 Edltn DaVenp0rt and Lucille mated that over half a mile of iMartln and Je8Be aild John automob les were in town placed Dayen t ont tWQ fl , t side by side in a line. The Com- wpek on TaWe Mountaln; pany bought 14 acres of land Mrg g j Stewart ad children Just north of the depot and this t Sundny wUh her parents, is all inclosed with a high board R d M w Davenport, fence The grand stand w t E on rpad take the bleachers will seat 10.00!.n thc'big ce,ei,ratlon at Deer people. Over 15.000 tickets were !creck lhebPourlh sold. The location of the 1 0 grounds Is the most beautiful in v v the Willamette valley. On thai east the Cascades with Mt. Hood crowned with perpetual snow riies above all the other points presenting a most mag nificent and thrilling appearance and the Coast Range on the west with its towering Mary's Teak and undulating foot hills forms one of the most picturesque pic turs the eye ever rested upon. Philomath is a college town, HARLAN Mr. and Mrs. Ir. and Mrs. Frank Frank Grant, I)nvi:i and sons, Wilbur and Clarence, Clifford McDonald, Marie and Edward Briggs attended the Philomath Round-up aluo tho O'Neils from the McClelland place. . T T , , t 1- . !..,. Ifl nnrf rlnnn with l.rond 1 Bolu a uu,lt" "l stre rand splendid homes, sur- ' week to . J Al bey. rounded with beautiful shade L u rumorcrt that Sn lth Al treelflowers and well kept I "" ha e'ted to fight the lawns. The water Is pure, com-1 iM e,u" ,V enH(lo rnrrpH. inc from a cold Bparkling stream 1 1 " nal,s Salil(1 corces- PnniT Thi crrnniwla lo'1(lnt would use some hot air on Ma B ik; The Ero the garden ho might keep off are said to be n uc 1 nicer than t the grounds at Pendleton. The, ' Company has spent $16,000 In, Baen- fitting It up and It Is to be a I, This neighborhood will cole l.err.ianent thing. The Company ,te the 4th by p.ciilcs and a is wealthy and It propose to -danrp. Anyone not a l.-bratlng make the performances belter elsewhere will find a welcome, each year. The performances ! '.. A. Kecnl butchered hogs for this year while not bo extensive Marlin and lirlgs which they as the Round-up at Pendleton, ; were shipping to market on were just as good and some say .Tuesday and Wednesday, the feats were even better be- Crops look well in this vlcln catise of better grou:i(l3. It Is a Ity, a number of farmer' are credit to the management to say trying out corn which looks fine no disorder occured and no ar-at this time. Several silos are Saw utile 'VPCLOCE" AFTER-TAU-ING ltf LOVE. WITH HER. "FRorA MM I M I III! le Nashville Club Players PRESENTS "THE SERPENT" Conii .iy-Drama Success Adapted from the French "La Maison du Marl." at the Dime Theatre Friday, June 30 Not a Pi ture Show but a Real Red Blooded Production Twelve Song-Hit Specialties Prices 25 and 35 cents being talked of at present, I. R. Payne has idiased a binder which he will soon bring home. Letie Man i went to Corval lis last week to stay through the summer. o O.WA Lloyd Commons departed for Portland Monday morning where h-J will visit a few days. Mrs. S. A. Wolmgreen wa3 In Newport List week having some dental work done. Mr. and Mrs. Chauncy Oil man were Lading In Waldport, Saturday. Misses Cava and Alma Boone of OyHter t .ly attended the dance at Hit Ona Grange Hall Saturday nlj'lit. C. M. Myers went to Toledo Tuesday. Quite a number of young peo ple from Bay view attended tho dance Sat urday night. II. J. Wood and J. M. Bowers of Upper Beaver were trading at Newport Si'tuiday. o POOLE SLOUCH Despite the rain about thirty attended tho picnic Sunday, everybody reporting a good time. Even if some did get cold feet and not. Mrs. Th'w. Brown visited Mrs. E. S. I Iall Tuesday. Cara and Alma Boone parsed through hero on their way to attend the dance at Ona. Leo Shenner mode a trip to berries. Leland wright was on Wright ureeK t rtday. L. II. Payne was up from New port last Saturday. Supt. Chalcraft returned yes terday from Portland. E. B. Graves was down from Elk City Monday on business. Mrs. John Sugg was up from Winant yesterday afternoon. W. II. Price of Chltwood was a county seat vtsitor last Sat urday. Ed Paine purchased a new Chevrolet car from agent Maur ice Andersen this week. Mrs. Hester Coovert of Ona visited Mr. and Mrs. M. Coovert in this city yesterday. Miss Violet King of Oyster- ville was a county seat visitor yesterday. Supt. E. L. Chalcraft of the biletz Agency was a passenger for Portland Monday. Miss Anna Tanglemann of Si letz was a passenger for Port land the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Ilayden and children autoed to Portland Sat urday returning home Tuesday. Hans Olson returned from Al bany yesterday where he was called Monday by the death of his brother. Mrs. Lola Cruson returned to her home at Albany Wednesday arter a week's visit with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wade, in this city. Miss Mary Mahoney, who has been teaching at Siletz the past : several months, departed for her 'home at Portland Monday. On Wednesday morning an 'officers' special passed over the local line of the S. P. on a tour of Inspection. II. Lewis had the front of his store building decorated with a new coat of paint last week, G. K. Freeman doing the work. Mis3 Dickens who has been 'teaching at Siletz the past win ter passed through Monday en route to her home at Silverton. R. S. Derrick of Crabtree, Ore gon, was visiting with his broth er, Jim, in this city the first of the week. Mr. Derrick formerly lived on the Siletz. Tony Jacobson has purchased O. R. Holling9worth's speed boat this being on of the finest little boats on the bay. i I Mrs. Z. Nichols, housekeeper for L. C. Mowery, at Lower Si letz, was a passenger for Port land Wednesday where she will spend the 4th. TEACHERS TAKING EXAMINATION Teachers from all parts of the county are here this week tak ing the examination, following is me nst: Mrs. Glenna Stewart. Wald port; Mrs. Irene Johnson, Wald port; Mrs. Helen Daniels. Elk City; Mrs. Delia Hodges, Salado; Miss Cecille Head, Waldport; Mrs. Orpha Norton, Tidewater; miss iiitnel Tooze, Newport; Mr. P. L. Coleman, Newport; Mr. C. E. Freeland, Newport; Miss Lu cile Gildersleeve, Toledo; Miss Bessie Neill, Siletz; Mr. John Kurtichanov, Chitwood; Miss Delia Trapp, Chitwood. This is the smallest number taking the examination in a great many years. o Mr. and Mrs. John Peterson autoed to the Round-up at Pliil- iMigar nail, cnas. Brown and omath laHt Friday afternoon L. Cox made a trip to Newport They also visited at Corvallls Thursday with a scow of wood , returning to Toledo Monday, and a raft of piling. Not much news iiere everyone I Mrs- w- CM aml ch"'!" seems to be getting ready for have "ovi'd to Shedd to join the 4th of July. Mr. Gill who is employed by the 'o Shedd Monitor of that place. FOR SALE 500 second hand sacks, 5)0 cords seasoned wood, alder and vine maple. E. B. Shumway, Toledo, Oregon. o FOR SALE MOTOR BOAT 16 feet, 3 H.P., In good condi tion, apply to T. P. Fish. o FOR SALE Team, buggy and harness $150.00. Frod Taylor o Span TO TRADE of mules, 900 For Salo three good sightly within four olocks Good building lots. Will S. Noi Newport Tuesday with his straw wood, Corvallls. each, delivery wagon and har ness to trade for goats or sheep. Enquire, Currey's Livery, Tole do. o John Morris and Miss Lnvina Glllam, both of Rose IiOdge, were married at the Commercial Hotel in tills city Wednesday, the Rev. C. R. Ellsworth officiating. W. K. LlngenfeUer is chief i clerk for Al Waugh tills week while Fred Salvage Is away. Upon Fred'8 return from Albany he will locate at Newport for the summer with the Butter hist Popcorn Machine. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hawkins 'and son Tom, and Mrs. Peniilng- poundslton returned Saturday from the Round-up at Philomath. Tom Inspected the State Normal School at Monmouth, also, while awuy. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hyde re turned yesterday noon from a TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN My wife ban left my bed and several weeks visit In the Valley board and I will not be respon-'; While away they visited th I'li.loinalli Round-up, visited at ! Falls fit y, Dayton, Kdtlyville and ThltwoiiH. s:i)ie ro r any Mils she may ion tract. J. H. Culver. o FOR SALE CHEAP Redwood and cedar posts Joseph Blower, Newport, o le- :sii-u is planning a Hg t linilion for the 4th of July, i They expect to have an old fash- jioucd picnic with a barbecue dinner. They will have races, level lots hall game and sports of all kinds, of depot. Everyone hi invited to come and don t forget to bring a well filled basket. TWENTY TWO YEARS AGO Items of inteiest taken from the files of the Leader of that date. Wallis Nash and family have moved to Albany where Mr. Nash will continue the practice of law. Jas. E. Dixon of Elk City is one of,, the jurors in the famous smuggling cases being tried at Portland. M. L. Trapp and Clark Cope land deserve worthy mention for some mighty good labor per formed on the streets during the past two weeks. The long expected channeling machine arrived at the Pioneer rock quarry this week and op perations at the quarry will now assume a lively aspect. o TEN YEARS AGO Items of interest taken from th files of the Leader of ten years ago. Jim Derrick and family, are now residing on the farm near Rocca. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Litchfield and son of Yaqulna are visiting with the latter's parents in this city. The Firenion will give a big Ball July 4th. Mrs. Goo. Hoeflein and daugh ter, Bertha and son, Oca, returned Wednesday evening from a visit at Coburg. J. S. Akin, a former well known citizen, has returned to Toledo and will embark in the dry goods business In the south room of the Landreth building. Mr. Akin conies to fill a long felt want. Tell you about It later. o , Miss Rosa Schlccht departed on yesterday morning's train. George Parrish returned home on the Saturday evening train. C. A. Brown of Salado was a Toledo visitor Monday. Assessor W. E. Bull was a pas senger for Albany Wednesday morning. Mrs. Fred Stanton returned last evening from a visit with her daughter, Flora, nt Albany. Chas. It. Gardner and B. F. Jones came up from the Resort City this morning. Alpha Thompson . departed this morning for Southern Ore gon where she will spend the Summer. Its worth while for you to go to Fredericks Quality Store, Sat urday, July 1st tin oc big Spec ials. The Ever-Ready Bible Class has a social meeting this even ing at the Methodist Episcopal Church. A program of patriotic nature has been prepared. Miss Queen C. Lvnn and Miss Sawyer after spending a few days with friends lu Toledo, pasH"d on to New port last Fri day evening where they will spend the summer season. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Salvage were pai'.sonju'rs for Albany Monday morning for a visit with the fonn-'r'a iv-cm's. Mr. and Mrs. James Salva: ,.,1 formerly of Toledo. While going up the river Fri day tho I'Vrio II, owned by Dr. Burgess, struck a submerged log, doing considerable damage to the propeller and shaft. The boat Is now In dry-dock at the Anderson boat works.