Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, January 19, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textginculn jkemtr. VOLUME 24 TOLEDO, LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19th, 1917. NUMBER 48 NEWPORT The Newport Commercial 'Club gove a banquet at the Odd Fellows' Hall Wednesday even tog the 12th. The room was well filled with the business men and women of the city. Mr. Kirkland, president of the Club Acted as toast master. The spread was prepared by the men. The ladles having but little to Bay about it. After the luncheon was over the following informal program was rendered, speech by Rev. G. E. Pratt. Mr. Pratt nnnfc nt r,v,u .w( that should actuate every citizen to Ind,ian he el b0'.t,nJ do the best for the good of the.Plainf, that when he gets drunk whole community. All should' and licks his wife people .corn work together. Petty jealousy : Pin. Now it was not the fault n,i ,v,my i ' of the booze. Yaka wake skoo- ated to the past. "In union is um tumtum Lum wake chahco there strength." Progress ls . kopa yaka quateen spase yaka written on everything around iwake tika, spase yaka klashe you. Nothing stands still; It inaltlch wake yaka chahco pil- elther goes forward or back-1""- Lum wake ultUB a ward I kopa yaka quanteen. Spase t tt vvt ,j .u t i yaka wake iskum lum yaka MhI VWS c r PTn0t7 wake cockshit yoka kloochman. 23 t andWfeBtCt?a8tRf,ll'-Lum kultis mitlite wake ichta road was the next speaker. Mr..J k n8ika cumtux. SJ ffke ai g?dv manZl Asahel Bush of Salem, grand times to the people of Newport ' i tha nifYneer editor Doll- theme is the building of the road coUage' at Agate his idea is to keep pecking "i, Aia .,,,.. Mr Hush away till the road is built. Th! fn. a Si, the Sat beautff ul country through which the road ,th,?., "?, Orezon passes ,s the finest in Oregon rtSGnn and the people need it. For seen-.,.. : . ;,. a 1c beauty it is equal to the Col-, umhia iph wni no -mn.' fles the sniri oT Rpprtnn Hogg when he commenced to f " I. rhI: ?lmp of the vear build the Oregon Pacific many ; ?hi ihSan of the years ago. Col. Hogg was indeVPhap of the o fatlguable. away in storm and sunshine till : the road was built connecting j the great Willamette Valley with the Pacific Ocean. Few men I have the push and energy that CoL Hogg had Had it not been! for him this railroad would nev- er have been built. Speeches; were made by Judafe Gardner, Irvln, Waterbury. Prof. Artman and several others, but we have not the space to give even a syn opsis of the speeches. All the speeches partook of a spirit of push and progress. Dr. Belt cave a verv humor- oua recitation that treated a guuu uuai oi merriment. soio by Mrs. Ina Irvin, accompanied by the piano, Mrs. Pratt presid- ing. Select reading by Mrs. Artman; Piano solo, Roy Bay- nard. Mr. Baynard is always in demand at our public gatherings. The Newport Quartette led by Elmer Patrick sang some very were callers at the Lewis home fine selections. Newport is for- Friday. tunate In having so many good Vlvan Peterson went to Tole eingers and the Churches by do Monday to vir,it home folks, having able ministers. ; Miss Gladys King returned A commute of five was ap- from Newport Monday morning, pointed to take up the matter L- Rain and slsler' Li lie-uvisil" of increasing the membership of -ed at the M. G. Shermer home the Club. The members number Sunday. about sixty peons both men Charlie Oriel made a trip to and women. The constitution Yaquina Saturday. of the Club has been so amend- Mrs. Dick Huntsucker was a ed as to admit women the same gucst of Cara Boone Sunday. as men. The dues have been I Miss Christiana Peterson of reduced to one dollar per year. 1 Upper Beaver is working for and this no doubt has been a i Mrs. Geo. Lewis. means of increasing the mem- Gus Hnssman of the C. and n. bership. A good, wide awake i railroad visited home folks every Commercial Club is a benefit to j other night. any city or community, working on the principle "That honesty is the best policy.". Over adver tising and exploiting is bad for the "country and generally rc- acts against those "who practice j It Oregon is suffering from misrepresentation and over val uation. The cities and school districts are suffering from large bonded indebtedness. It is not fair to place a burden upon the shoulders of the Incoming gen - rntlnn that thv had no vnlro In eration that they had no voice In ' r . . r, , I Mr. and Mrs. II. 0. Rhoades toThe Joint Committee of the'and dauKhtera were guests at Ports of Toledo and Newport ,ua t n liinrhmnas.m. met with the board of Engineers at Portland and urged that a javoraDie reporc ue inaue ior iue Improvement of the Yaquina Bay harbor. The commute was very kindly received by the board who promised to do what they could for the Improvement. Mr. Pendleton was presont and made a positive statement that hnd in his own n-irn.. throo wnimi of ntanrtinir tlmli, . on the or is im - ln build- m. Siletz that if the harbor proved he will expend ir,r lncrcrimr rnndj unH saw mills to the amount of one million dol lars. The timber men want the harbor Improved first notwith standing we have on the bar a depth of 24 feet at mean high water. A modern lumber schooner carrying a million feet can pass over the bar in safety. I am sure if the mills and logging roads were put in and business started It would be no trouble to get the appropriations. This they do at Marshfleld, Bandon, Coquelle, Tillamook and other coast lumbering towns. In the last Issue of this paper 1 the Siletz ?orrespondent T iSuilkins I think he must be Tom an SrtuZ u. '"if she has Newport this week, She naa i Valley, Oregon Is a visitor at been a vlsltor. neF.e Ior a"y! rrto fr, hut an t n l ip hpp iiih h.l- Central , Committee can. explain it best. WINANT Thio ta nnito fnld wpntVipr for oygteping. some say icicles frJeeze on th3 tong stalls, Mrs George Lewis went to xewport Tuesday to see about ' Knr fineer. Mrs. John Sukk and son, Clay, visited at the Whitney home in Yaquina Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. Ohmart and nuns. Waldo and Rex came in rm Solum RntnrJav nisht. tuov returned to their home in ona Sunday. Mrs. V. 1. Boone and son, Robert, and daughter, Nellie, Wer cuests of Mrs. Backus Sun - (av. Clifford Phelps of Ona was in this vicinity Sunday. Misses Alma and Cara uoone UPPER BEAVER Mr. and Mrs. A. Peterson and a"dJn X1U11LSUI nCI CLIIU w;w terville Monday. Misses Christina and Evalina Pcters6n visited at the Brown home on Poole Slough Sunday. ' nTonT , Vin i f , i vllle BPent the Week end at the I8 B1'e"1 lu Peterson ranch j Le8terWaugh the butcher of Toledo pa8aed through this vi- cnty Friday M Raddnti a farmer from gilet wag ,n tWg vlclnIt lagt week buylng catt)o . ' b TIlint8Ucl(er vlslted : -' J 8 ;Mr8- J- Lowers Saturday. i Mir;s Evalina Peterson visited i with her grand mother, Mrs Iora I'.iintsucker of Oystervllle Monday and Tuesday nights at 'tho Potornnn rnnph the Peterson ranch. J. M Bowers made a trip to Poole Slough Tuesday. CHITWOOD Prosser Prudholm has rented his ranch to James Slyh and has departed for Portland a few days ago. James Slyh and fam ily moved to the place Saturday. Duadley Henry Is building him a new barn on his ranch. H. M. Henry is helping him. W. H. Price's house caught fire Monday evening but with the help of one of his neighbors the fire was put out before much damage was done. Robert Mann left for Toledo Saturday evening. R. R. Wilson and family have moved from their ranch to "Nestledown Farm" where they expect to reside during this com ing summer. John Jacobson had the mis fortune to loose a cow a few days ago. Prof. R. E. Wood of Orton was here Saturday and informed us that he was the father of a new boy born a few days ago. Mrs. Laura Schley returned from a trip to Portland Tues day. POOLE SLOUCH Lots of Ice and frost here,- everybody frozen up so not much news. Misftpa Chrlstlnp nnd PVnlino :eierson, were guests Brown home Sunday. Peterson were guests at the - S. Hall. Chas. Brown and Tbos. Barker were Newport visitors Friday. Mr. Shermer made a trip to town Saturday. Several cattle buyers have been in our vicinity lately. Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Shermer and daughters and Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Hall and children spent aunaay at tne Barker ranch. REVIVAL MEETINGS STILL GOING ON AT THE M. E. CHURCH Result of the work up to Sunday, January 14th, six con versions, four joined the Church and others seeking. A pood in- terest is manifested all along the i vumouoh wum. Next Sunday, January 21th, ; the Ordinance of Baptism will . be administered at the close of Morning Service. Every body cordially invited. C. R. Ellsworth,-Pastor. TWENTY TWO YEARS AGO Items taken from the files of the Leader of that date. The Sunday School of thi3 place held Its annual election of officers on the Cth. The follow ing were elected: Sunt., Geo. Bethers; Assist. ' Supt., C. C. Kubler; Treas., Aden Crosno; Secy., R. E. Collins; Organist, Eflle Crosno. The Steamer Homer is sched uled to sail from 'Frisco for Yaquina Bay today. Wm. Alexander went to the Valley on business last week. Will Kisor, the Siletz mall carrier, reports snow on the hills between here and Siletz today. Copeland Bros, hnve gotten out 100 piles for the Government work on the Jetty. The piles are 50 feet long and free from knots. J. F. Stewart returned from Nebraska last Tuesday evening. He was accompanied by his brother, M. N. Stewart, who will cast his fortunes with the old Webfoot State for a time. Tlllotson Bros, lost about 30 head of sheep during the high tides of last last Saturday. They were on the tldeland and the water raised up over the dikes. AND THEN WHAT? When they legislate the cigar ettes and tobacco out of Mon tana, close the Sunday theatres and Sunday movit-a, close the stock exchanges k'u men who spit on tho side md send the young s ind stav work will oSho - d !oUt tiiTn i , OUl llll n.. I ...i. i, ', lio llnno 1 1 hi ii. .1 f..ltVf..1 ! servant. -Courts . Cascade, !MonU ...i. ' EVERYBODY DANCE SATURDAY NICHT Clarence Ofstedahl will eive a dance at the I. O. O. F. Hall Sat urday evening, dance starting immediately after the basket ball game. Good music and good time; PARCEL POST SALE JAN. 27 If any of our friends wiah to donate parcels of ten cent value they will be very gratefully re ceived and we will try to recip rocate. Man tnem to Eddyville Grammar School, Eddyville, Oregon. INDEPENDENCE WILL PLAY HIGH SCHOOL One week from tonight, Fri day, January 26th, the Indepen dence basket ball team will be here for a game with the local team. The following Friday evening, February 2, the Toledo team expects to play at Inde pendence, and will return home and play Waldport here on Sat urday the 3d. The week follow ing they expect to go to Newport for a game with the Newporters on their home floor. This is a hard schedule and will make the locals go some to fill it and win their share of games. Remem ber Newport and Toledo play here tomorrow evening, in the Fair building. o COUNTY COURT SELLS ROCK CRUSHER 4 4t. . , . , I Norman Stewart, George An At the recent sess on of the',i m ,,T " b V -c., ... , , ' uicwa, viuyum hick on, Ulyae f ? FT1 th?, rCk. nsher I McMillan and Anthony Brown located in the north part of town . .,; , , was sold to the Howard Cooper ga"le W,U ,bo & Co., a Portland firm. The ,here ln about two weeks- machinery, will soon be loaded! p on cars and taken to Portland. !nrr..rn " ' " The price received was $275.00. OFFICERS INSTALLED County Judge Miller informs us SATURDAY EVENING that it is the intention of the 1 , Court to sell off, as much as pos- h Jnhhe a fe,,ow "d sible. the machinery which is 1 t f W ,,al" owned by .the County and from latj thAeTnS" ast f1" which they are getting no bene- ZZnfA u7f. "T fit. an,l to nut VhP mnnov th, P.resent t0 witness the i:.stalla- obtained into a nortable sawmill . . ... - As soon as tnis null is received. one of the first roads to be planked will be the Toledo and Newport road. We believe the Court is on the right track to secure good roads, as a plank road, if nronerlv laid, is an I.1p1 road, and they are the cheapest ,i u i , Vvi- pnnntrv LUU"U'' o PAID THE FORFEIT Thrp( frlprida nwo otpnlllnnr w . . w . . ukiviiiiig .....j..... ..u.uii, .ftiiiirn ,n. home in the small hours full ot Donald. Conductor; R. II. How hilarity and other things, siys ell. R. S. N. G.; R. P. (Join. L. S. an exchange. Standlne on the N. O .: Fred C'hnmbers. Tt. s V corner where their ways diverg- ed, tney agreed that he who Hans Larson, Chaplain; A. Hur failed to obey the first request ley, R. S. O.; J. R. Turnidge, L. or command of his wife on S. G .: Cliff Crosno I U niik reacning nome snouici rorieit No. 1 went home, and, steal ing quietly throuch the kitchen. knocked over a pair of tongs. Knock the stove down next," c.,l tha h ,....o A.,i ,u V, . 1D'U"'"" : tor February PJ17 term of (Mr And the man immediately over-:,u , ' IU111LU llie SCOVe. No. 2 crept in through the R. A. Arnold, Toledo, merchant window, and became mixed upU. S. Aplet. Eddyville farmer with a fiinall tea table covered j I. E. Collleld, Newport, carpenter with choice bits of china ware. H. C. Boynton. Eddyville, farmer "If thut table ls in your way Chas. Allen, Elk City, farmer just throw it out of the window," z. A. Kessi, Harlan, farmer said milady, appearing in theo. Girdler, Eddyville, fanner doorway, and the dutiful hus- otto January. Peak, farmer band obeyed. jno. Moore, Newport, farmer No. 3 passed the rubicon of!Chas. Allison, Harlan, fanner doors and hallways, and feeling i Clerm Clark, Donzcr, farmer certain that he was sober, start-; Walter Bones, Taft, farmer ed to climb the stairs three steps Roy McMillan, Tidewater, " at a time. But missing a step, A. B. Slocum, Siletz, farmer he slipped and fell to the bottom. B. W. Welst, Waldport, flsherm'n "Break vour blamed neck, i W. E. Peterson, Toledo, mer- won't you?" called an.affectlon ate voice from the upper region. "No," replied the man, promptly; "I'll pay the $5." FOR SALE OR TRADE 17 acres Ruiu'v Bottom, no. ----- ,-- tato land, well Wnnroved. lots of .... .. ..... fine fruit, close In to town, fine Chicken Iln-i-: Want some thing for Stot!. .:-;h What have you got to trae'e L. A. Whited, JeffertJon, Ore. BASKET BALL! TOLEDO AND NEWPORT The Newport High School basket ball team will be in the cuy saturaay evening for a game with the local High School team. We believe our bovs will give a better account of them selves Saturday evening than they did at Waldport last week, as at Waldport they played on a Slick floor, and were nnnhln to stand up. Newport has a good fast team though, and will give the boys a run for their money. A good fast nrellminnrv game will be played between the secona teams. Game starts at eight o'clock. Admission 25c. WALDPORT WINS BOTH GAMES The Waldport High School teams walked off with both games last Saturdnv when they played the locaf high scnooi teams. The score be tween the boys teams was Wald port 31: Toledo 22. Thu rpsnit of the contest between the girls was waldport 1C, Toledo 3. After the contests the Wald porters treated the Toledo bunch to a banquet after which a dance was held. The Toledoites all en joyed the trip and report a fine time. Those going were: Misses Lelia Lasley, Winifred Sweafin gen, Margaret Hart, Ruth and Helga Larson, Francel Stanton and Aileen Dunn: Messrs TVr- irence Gaither, Willard Carson, i iiiii rr ii i ii ii i if iin iinu' rr fleers installed wore: RebekniiB Lila Miller. N. G.; Leona Cur rey, V. G.; Ida Derrick, Kecv.; Anna Ball. Treas.; Edith Howell F. S.; Martha Goin, R. S. N. G.; Jennie Fish, L: S. N. G.: Bertha ""?cn olter' il- V' Lingenfeiter, R. S. V. G.: Adda i;Te w i a ,? Bateman, Warden: Ada Small. Conductor; Sophia Larson, I. (J.; Rono fiVnl-l,.!,,, I fi . til . v iiu iiuviivn.1, v. vi., J.llllil , Hyde, Chaplain. ' v "(id D; "aiV!,kor' N. O.; M. W. Small, V. G.; Henry Pa limhriU Wnrilan limnn it G.; R. S. Van Clove, L. S. V. G.; ennsuansen, i. u. JURY LIST TMrt Pn11n...l I- ii.. t if... i. '" me jmy nsc Win Millnr Vflwlmrt 1 chant W. J. Southwell. Orion, fanner C. W. Brown, Elk City, farmer Chas. Hyde, Taft, fisherman Win. Darnley, Toledo, farmer E. T. Raddant, Orton, farmer Wm. AndrewB. Toledo, capitalist Frank Priest. Newnort. w. vj ...ii. ii una, uajf victv, lil i a Ai-n,.a., n,.n i i .. O. C .McWIllla, Bayvlew, farmer . .i..iunni11, ii;iiio uunt; Hans Nelson. Elk City, farmer ira Bray, Waldport, capitalist j. c. Davis, Nashville, fanner iT j. nuford, Harlan, nome- steader j. h. Hawkins, Siletz millman HERE WE ARE SNAKES TO BU.RN Day before yesterday, Wed nesday, Section Foreman Jones' crew of men while digging in a dirt bank up the line found in snaKes mat nad noled up for the winter. Some of the reptiles were rolled un in hnnrhpn a large as a man's two fists. After being warmed by the SUn thev crawled nwnv nnit on vr perhaps some got away before uemg counted. Remember Oregon is bone dry. TOLEDO GRANGE INSTALLS OFFICERS S. T. Loudon of Eddyville was in the city Saturday and acted as installing officer at the in stallation of the local Grange of ficers. The new officers were as follows: I. F. Iliser, Master; John Bradbury, Overseer; Con Christiansen, Lecturer; Floyd Butler, Assistant Steward; S. E. Butler, Chaplain; Chas. Boeck man, Treasurer; J. W. Parrish, Secretary; Peter Tangen, Gate Keeper; Mary Iliser, Ceres; Mrs. John Bradbury, Pomona; Ella Boecknian, Flora; Juliette Chris tiansen, Lady Assistant Steward. WALDPORT TO FORM LOAN ASSOCIATION Waldport, Oregon, J:in 17 1Q17 To the Editor: An Informal oonforonna farmers was held last Saturday at the Yachats school house looking toward the organization ui a. naiionni larm lo;n associa tion. Much interest was arous ed. About half the reoi.iied $20,000 was applied for. A meet ing for permanent organisation was called for Friday evening and Saturday morning, Jan. 20 and 27, at the Waldport Grange Hall. All farmers of South Lin coln County and vicinity who desire to take advantage of thl3 new law are urged to attend. Similar associations arc being formed all over the country and it is our privilege to got in line. Any fanner who rtis!rpn a innr loan at n low rate of interest win do well to attend this called meeting. The law requires that at least ten persons make appli cation for not less'tlian $20,000. ELEVEN YEARS AGO Items taken from the files of the LoiMler of that date. Cone Young was a visitor from Nortous Monday. Born to Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Carson, January 11, 190G, a daughter. Frank Lane of Siletz Is run ning the Toledo-Siletz mall route for Norm Anderson. Chas. llvde who has been riia- j floating on the ranch at Eddy- vuie ror sotno tunc, is visiting his parents, County Treasurer and Mrs. J. L. Hyde. p red Chambers came over from Siletz Monday whero he has been visiting his mother. Fred recently returned from Bakersflcld, CrJ.fo:nla. wh-re he was in business. He sold out and will again I c a cHIzrr. of Oregon. ' A FAIR SAMPLE OF GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP A man sent 10 cents In Host age stumpa to the Patent Otllce at Washington for two copies of a patent. The stamps were re-, turned with u loiter saying that currency must bo sent. Tho mail 83iit a dimu and at the end of a week was informed that the copies of the talent worn ex hausted and that the Treasury Department would avium his money. A week later the Treas ury Department advised him thut U would taku three week to uudit his account and refund his 10 cents. The man had spent G cents for postage uikd Hie Government twice as luuch. Railway Mai! Boyd Gee came In from the Valley, Monday the 8th, to spend u few days visiting l.la brother, Fred Gee and family, near this city.