- s Eincolii wonntp VOLuME 25 TOLEDO, LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 30th, 1917. NUMBER 0 1 j NEWPORT E. H. Vader of Agate Beach was hrnn tr,t Wna TtDtA. n i- ri . I ....,. . v,uuri,,p0rt. Although It was one of the charged with a Watuary crime com- Btormlest dayB of tne Beftson a good Mltted on the person of his adopted many of the frlends and Mighborg daughter, a girl of about 13 years. wer9 present The members of the mcx Auorney v. is. Hawkins and his deputy George B. McCluskey act tag for the State. He confessed the crime and waft bound over in the sum of $1000. to appear at the Circuit Court that meets In August for trial. Charles Gardner and wife next went on his bond. Oeorge T. Smith of the . ..m p.ace was cnargea ny me girl He ,B BUrvweQ Dy tw0 brothers and one wHh the same. He waved examination ..,Bter M. M Bnd LycurgUB d,,, Bnd and was bound over to appear in the,Mr. 8. A. Huddleson of Eugene, one Clrcuclt Court at the same time. also. BOn Trac( who ,lTed wlth hlB fath HI. bond was also fixed at $1000. Oti MfB. Kate Winant who lives In New Holgate going on hi. bond. port and three grandchildren and Z. C. James McDonald, traveling sales-; Copeland and Mrs. Winnie Ross who nan for Blake McFall Company, Port- Uvea In San Francisco. "Requiest hi lead, came to Newport on the 15th, ; and registered at the Abbey on Mon- day evening following ae was last seen all Nye Creek by himself going to wards the beach. This was at seven o'clock juust about dusk, since then he has not been seen. Ted McElwaln Deputy Sheriff. Is In town looking the matter op but so far nothing l.'at slletx Saturday and Sunday. Mr. known of "his whereabouts. Crawford was hauling his potatoe. The Blake McFall Co. sent a rep- from where he had them stored on up reeentatlve In here this evening (Tues- to town. day) to ascertain if possible, the fate ' Joe Dowd and son, Joseph, made a of their popular salesman, James G. 'trip to Slletx Saturday for a load of McDonald, who so mysteriously dls- 'hay. appeared here a week ago last Monday ' Master Matt Miller of Slletx has evening. He was last seen by Miss ftlnard of McMInnvllle. Miss Rlnard Is staying in her cottage at Nye Beach. ' She noticed nothing wrong in Mr. Mo Donald's actions. Lemuel E. Davis was born In In- diana, September 6th, 1832 and died at 111. hnma nn flnnth Rnnrh Marrh 29H , ' 1917. aged 84 years. 6 months and 17 daya. Deceased came to Oregon with ox teams In a train of 47 wagons, Oc ...,C.U 1ffJ4 anil mm . .1 .. iuvqi toil niiu wvk u a huubiiuu land claim of 640 acres three miles northwest of where Eugene Is now located near the main road leading up through the Valley. It Is said Mr. Davis was the second family to lo-! rate In Lane county. The Davis home I .. . ... at first was a log cabin nesting in a ' , Aout th'rty ,rlendB relatives trove of gigantic fir trees surrounded . G0T Lewls went Jn ud " with the wigwams of a hundred Cala-. Ised Jh'm night, It being pooya Indians. And here the family. hl" and h.ls ,ltt,e on' birthday, the commenced to build a home long be-,evlD!nB was Bpent m Playn8 cas fore Eugene was thought of. As "nd dancln- At midnight a delicious ' oon as U E. came of age he took a ,uncneon waa erved. Dancing' was claim of 320 acres adjoining his fah- ,re8med u"tll the wee small hours, or. place1. In August 1852 he was.' Mrs- 0eo- King had the misfortune Joined In wedlock with Miss Mary J. fa" and nurt her 8ldB Tuesday. Ogle and In 1866 he disposed of his Dr- BurB attending her. farm and moved to Yaqulna Bay and-' , enry Shermer made his Irregular took a homestead on Soutlj Beach ;tr'p up Poole Slougn. SundaT where he lived up to the time of 'his ! ia,,,S8 LUlle Baln BPent Saturday oath. Mrs. Davis died about three nlg,,t wlth MlsseB Alma and cr years ago since then he has lived on Dnone- 8he "Ibo attended the danc. the old homestead with his son, Tracy. 1 D'ck Hultsucker visited at home The Davis train came .to Lane County .Sundav- through the Southern route via the! Everyone a"d oun vicinity Is Cow Creek Canyon and suffered many j ""Tr1"!?8" t.or the b'K ""UQuerade. hardships and disappointments before I Llod LewlB and John Emerson Teaching their destination. The train in,al8 a flylng 'P to Yaqulna Sun was In charge of Captain Benjamin S. , y' Davis, the father of this Bketch. The ' MrB-,D' Huntsucker called at the mother of L. E. Davis was a woman of remarkable courage and character. It can be said of her that none of that Croup of early pioneer women were held In higher esteem than Mrs. Davis. Among the people whom she helped, she was called the "Good Angel." For jfor the month of March was held at many years she was the only physician the home of Mrs. L. M. Commons on In the country. Although she was not the 24th. which was fairly well at a graduate In medicine she had the, tended In spite of threatlng showers, natural gift of nursing and taking care j e'tfit members being present.. The of the sick' and diagnosing diseases ; Meeting was Interesting and the afte.- nd good knowledge of the simple rem- dles and knew how to apply them. She seldom lost a patient She dla fell the abstetrlcal work for miles about Md seldom had any bad results. Night jCrochettng'and a few selections on the or day, rain or shine this generous i Phonograph were glren by Mrs. Wolf hearted woman nerer refused to at- j ersperger. Light refreshments were tend the sick. Money In those days , aerred after the meeting was closed, was scarce and but few could pay for j Mrs. Lloyd Parks and- Mrs. E. A. her service, yet Mrs. Darls nerer re- iSlmonson were with us as guests, fused to-respond to the call of suffering What about a dry state, guess they humanity. The thought uppermost In , forgot to knock wood when they said her mind waft to relieve the sick ana 'dry", or or is the weatherman keep wlth this feeling she rode across the ,lg In readiness for Easter Day and the Tallies, through the dark forests and j Easter bonnets, over the hlllft that she might keep K. D. Martin of Upper Bearer and some one from distress. Often this j Oscar Ryan of South Dearer each took WM'done In Ae darkness of the night Jersey calf hone from the A. H. without an encort. Mrs. Darls with nil the hardships she went through lived to ft good old age 87 years, she harlng spent her life for the good of others. L. E. Darls had many of the traits of his mother, honorable, gener- Watchman, and Harry Nlckelson were oub and hospitable. Few people lived ! callers at the Wood-, home Sunday, totter than he. Mrs. Davis was a good I Miss Helen Phelps and Florence oook. Hiss table was always set with (Wood 'were the guests of the little the best the market afforded and after I Misses Rhoades Sunday, all n It not a fact that what we eat, A Stag party was given at the Gal drink: and wear, with the kind asso-lngher home last Saturday night a Clatlons of our friends, Is about all'aurprlse on Peter Byrne, we get In this Mo. The Funeral sor-1 (Continued on last page) trices were held at the home, conduct ed by Rev. George T. Pratt, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of New- jfamUv preBet were, Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Davis, Tracy Davis, Z. C. Copeland and Kate Wlnant The interment took place on South Beach In the family ceme tery overlooking the Pacific ocea. jHere these honored pioneers, Mr. and Mri. l. E. Davis rest from their labor. peace. LOWER FARM Several Lower Farm People attended Grange at Siletz Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Crawford been visiting with John Savage since -Saturday. Matt Pompel made a trip to Upper Farm Sunday. L. C. Mowery of Tidewater made a r!p 10 SIIetz a"er a load of Day. A. C. Crawford made a trip to Siletz it i ' Erne8t Cook of Chltwood spent Mon. with Mr. and Mrs. James S. COlU. WINANT We wonder! if it will ever ault ra tn In v iDUOUB nome a"raay. ONA The meeting of the Women's Club jnoon pleasantly spent. Poems frbm western poets were much enjoyed. Also proper foods for children by Mrs. Ohmart. Demonstrations In Phelps ranch Monday. Lloyd Parks and Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Weber were passengers for Ya qulna Monday on the Rhoades launch. H. H. Cook, editor of the Waldport BROWN WAKEFIELD INJURED AT SAWMILL Brown Wakefield of Eddyville had narrow escape the first of the week while working at Cllnes' sawmill at the foot of Little Elk Mt it seems that Mr. Wakefield was working on the carriage and attempted to lump across in front of the saw, when he tripped and his foot was thrown against tne rapidly revolving saw . .. . . Fortunately he was far enough over that the saw just caught the bottom of his foot, sawing off a slice of his heel, the sole of his shoe and the under side of his toes. Dr. Burgess was called and dresseu the wound, and while the iniurv Is uot o very serious, It is very painful 1 and wilt lay Mr. Wakefield up for some time. SHERIFF CAPTURES YOUNG DESPERADO Sheriff Bert Oeer has In custody Carl Don Tuell, alias Harry Smith, who was arrested at Albany Sunday by Sheriff Bodlne of ' Linn county, by request of Sheriff Geer, the latter go ing after the prisoner Monday. Youn-r Tuell who Is only 15 is wanted for the robbery of several of the cottages at Seal Rocks, In company with Jess Hall an ex-convict. After the rob bery Hall and Tuell divided the spoils and hid in the woods, when Hall gave his young partner in crime, the slln. and It is thought that he headed for Mexico. Tuell expressed his Dart of the plunder to Portland where It ha. been rnvrH .... .... r i. no ICIUIUCU, Tuell's mother live at Seattle. Jess Hall was one of ex-Governor West's honor men whtle In the Den. itentltary, and it will be remembered that he escaped and was captured near Blodgett, West aldldng In his cap ture. c,0:ir r i ; Z 1 " "! Decular Incidpnt- nf th mhKo.. i. I - .wwWt. j ID bllUL Hall stole a .303 caliber Sarage rifle out of the summer home of Joe Baker, and took i ,,,, Z t. I .. f.L ,th J"1, B,aker "VM .uu no luriueny a gnara at the penitentiary, and although Hall serving time WM Ymin- t.,aii in t. , v Monday and will probably be sent to the reform school. When captured Tuell was wearing Hall's hat, which the latter wore while in the pen. onday and will Drobablv h . METEOR STARTLES WITH LOUD EXPLOSION Sunday evening, March 18th, the residents of this section were startled by a loud explosion. Upon Investiga tion It was found that a meteor had paid us a visit, and It Is thought to have struck In the ocean and exploded. The strange vUItor was travelling very fast, going In a northwesterly di rection and Illuminated the night mak ing it as bright as day. The phenome non was viewed by quite a number who happened to be out of doors, and Im mediately after It disappeared the loud explosion was heard. ELEVEN YEARS AGO Mrs. C. B. Crosno went to Corvallls Saturday for a visit with relatives, re turning Monday. AI Waugh and family and Mesdames Job Arnold and John Turnldge are en Joying an outing at Otter Rock. B. F. Jones of Independence was In the city from Saturday evening until Tuesday morning in the Interests of his candidaccy for the nomination for joint representative. Messrs. John Fogarty and Charlie Loomls, the well-known Democratic party of Newport, were visiting Toledo friends Monday. Poter Shermer, the Strawberry King was In the city Monday. He reports that the little cold snap two week, ago gave the early berries a .light set back, but ho has a big crop In sight 0 TWENTY ONE YEARS AGO The Leader 1. now pleasantly dom iciled In its own quarters next to the railroad depot, and Invite. It. many friend, to call and pay u. a visit wheu In town. Wm. Slavln and family left for their old home In Idaho yesterday morning. A couple of daughter, of Mr.. C. C. Kubler are recent arrival, from the East. A. R. Chapman Is agent for the O. C. A E. at Corvallls. Wm. Toner is developing strength early. He receclved five rotes for coroner In the populist primary at Nashville. PATRIOTIC MEETING HELD LAST EVENING ; This being patriotic week In Ore-! meeting was Held at the court hoUse,a8t evening, in line with simi- "' " lowns in gon' The wvon was packed enthusiastic and patriotic clti- Mn' BtandlnB TOom beln at Prem- 'IUIU. The first thing on the program was .the song America by the audience. ! R. H. Hownll nranlflAnt nf lm. r w. j'provement Club presided and Intro- uucea me speaxnrs or tne evening, mrs. uose in. ecnencx maae tne nrst tu1t Wh1h siAftalnlv anlonrftl Mrs. H. H. Pratt then sang the Star Dpangieu Banner, arter wnicn J. F. Stewart, E. P. Currey and B. J. Clark .nnkn. Hart riA- nAA tk. nMMMm - - - m yiVBlBUl , a . . ... . .. I oi uie evening oy singing, "Don t Bite the Hand That is Feeding You," which certa,n,T yvr appropriate, evoked much aoolaus; and The room was decorated with flags and bunting and presented a very pa trio U appearance. RED FEATHER FEATURE TTlA minirBm.nl n Ik. r,l. fl. I " .M.owiMwu v. win wiuio Alien.- I r. hBa man. .m... - ' h. v .... ii'HUU .ukdiucuu w BVJtJUrtl the Red Feather Feature films to show here each Saturday and Sunday even- ings. The service will start 8atur-;the day April 7th, when they will show the 6 reel feature, entitled, "The Black ;!,TKP ' ,l"e "T . . lof 15 centB wI B Charged Sheep of the Family." An admisslot CHEESE FACTORY . READY FOR BUSINESS A meeting of farmers was held at the Slletx Agency last Friday and the 1 anew-valley iu-uporaiivo uneeae uo I- -'d -"er the name o, the Oll.t- 1T.II... r n Slletx Prairie Co-Operative Cheese Co. The new association Is Incorporateed w 018 Bum of 1.00.00 and expect to at!e ready for business In ten day. or two weekB I . . . , . . AM.Ino were elected director, of the company for the ensuing year. Chris iLarsen being chosen by the directors as president. o INTERESTED IN LINCOLN COUNTY Haywards, California, March 22. 1917. Mr. F. N. Haydon, Publisher, Toledo, Oregon. Dear Sir Inclosed please And P. O. order for the Lincoln County Leader. I am much interested In the welfare of Lincoln County and Leader Is like a good letter. Your. Truly, Mr. A. K. Forden, Hayward, Alameda Co., California MOVES TO JEFFERSON Eddyville. March 27. 1917. Lincoln County Leader. Toledo Dear Sir: I am leaving Eddyville for Jefferson. should Ilk. to have the Leader at my new home. So nleas. ..d m. ..... new home. So please send me stat ment of what 1 am In debt to you and one year In advance and I will send you money order for the amount Please send me this week'. Leader my address will be, Han. Albsrtstn, Jefferson, Ore., R. R. 2. WOMAN'S RIGHTS WIN ROBERY IS LEGAL New York, Mnrch 17. A wife whosu husband withholds a sufficient allow ance on pay day has a perfect right according to a decision by Magistrate Cornell, of the New York court of domestic relations, to go through hi. trou.er. pockets when he I. asleep. MRS. HORLOCHER SEEKS DIVORCE Oregon City. March 26. Charges of cruelty are the basis for the divorce complaint filed here Saturday againsi Harry V. Horlocher by Ira Horlocher. The husband accused Mrs. Horlocher of Infidelity, the complaint alleges. They were married at Portland on March 12, 1912. The Horlocher. formerly lived at Tolodo. RESOLUTION PASSED BY SILETZ VALLEY GRANGE N0- C58' MARCH 24, 1917 In as much as the Bonding of the County Is to be voted upon at an etec- uon on May 1st. 1917. for the purpose of raising money to Improve the Ya- qulna River and Bar, the Sllets Valley Orange In regular session on March 24, 1917. rfnnt lh nllnnl. , " 1 WIIU Tl 111 , Slletx Vallev Gran harh That It Is for the best Interests of the neODle of Llnrnln Ponntv tn. - - j the bonding of said County for the purpose oi improving ana deepening U1H iquin mver ana uar, and that the SllfltS VftllttV flnnn nn. ..J .11 are In favor of such a bond, providing, "ona snouia not run to exceed 'twenty - fire years, furthermore that Ahlm rennlutlnn hn vlvon tn tn. nM " " ' " " ' U yi DO, a 1. 1 1 . j n . . 'ur puuiicauon. eignea Dy, M. A. KlnQ, Secretary. "THE LAUGHING CURE" DRAWS GOOD HOUSE The High School play, "The Laugh ing Cure," was Btaged at the Dime theatre Tuesday evening before a well filled house. This play was to have been ktlvPTl Frill. V AVAnlfir 1M t natln. - . nl wn.ii. to the fltorm VIS nnatrtrtnAfl until Trnu. p.. woo- day n,ht. The play was laughable Indeed and parts well chosen. Those taking 'part were: Molly Ross, Doris Elder, Margie Ball, Hah Sherwood. Winifred j Swearlngen, Clayton Dickson, Herman Greenhagen, Terrence Gatther and Norman Stewart. Music was furn ished by the orchestra. The proceeds of the evening amounted to $39.25 and will go toward the publishing of the school annual, "The Blue and Oold." NEW ROAD DESIGNATIONS The State Highway Commission has designated sereral more roads to be included In the State System of Per- UUDU ,u oynem oi rer- manent "'-""ay. among which are itwo that elect Lincoln County, to- 'wit: west and throuh Corvalll. and Benton . -" """i"". Military Road from Florence In Lane I county north along Pacific ocean i through Newport and Lincoln county ;and Tillamook county to connect with H" McM,nnv,1,e t0 T,,la- j ThMe roadB wllI do nruch to develop Lincoln county, one traversing the 'county east and went, and tha nl hoi- running through the county north and i south, thus benefitting all parts of the county. STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! At a meeting of Interested parties last week the "Lincoln Pel manent Road Club," was organised for the pur- pose of building and repairing per manent roads In Lincoln County. The j first object of the Club is to repair the j Sllets and Newport roads by the use of crushed rock to be obtained from "J"' , ."n? P. f J . " ,nd ?ub U ln hopM of fiing enougn moor ana casn aenatea to ' p aDove mentioned road, in tlrst I class shape this year. I . DeTe?' "unoe0 1 T hav0 alread' boen -"tacrtbed and a campaign Is under way to raise several thousand dollars. The following were elected officers for the ensuing year. President and Gen. Mgr. Conrad Christiansen; Sec retary W. A. Cooper; Treasurer, C. O. Hawkins; Roadmaster, J. W. Parrlsh; Executive Board, J. W., Graham, E. P. Currey and O. K. Freeman. The Club will hold It. next meeting at the Court House at eight o'clock Saturday night Everyone Interested In good road I. cordially Invited to Ln... ON GROWING SMALL FRUITS Grower, of small fruits who ate In terested In varieties best adopted to their part of the State may secure late and reliable data on this and other Important phase, by sending for either or each of the three bulletins, Small Fruits, Just Issued by the O. A. C. Extension Service. No. 146 Is on strawberries, No. 165 on loganberries and No. 192 on the brambles. They cover the subject, of soils, soil pre paration, fertilisers, rsrlntles, plant ing, propagation, cultivation, pruning, trnlllslng, marketing, cost Insects. and diseases, as well a. other problem. of successful growing and markotlng. LINCOLN COUNTY FIMALLY RECOGNIZED Oregon State Highway Commission, Salem, March 26th, 1917. Honorable R. R. Miller, County Judite. Toledo, Oregon. Dear Sir: At a recent meeting of the State Highway Commission it was definitely decided that a road from CorvaUl. .-.... iy Bnoum be Included 111 in A Oint. Tl. W ... mgnway program, and some ttmn In ... . . ... w uvflr tuiure some one from the Engineer's Department Will nnmn . and learn what the requirements will There will ha nm. - h any. WOrX done this Summer as we can not sub mlt the plans and road program ro quired by the Secretary of Agriculture hnn A I a I " Mw" niTJUfclUQ, Yours very truly, 8. Btnsen, Chairman State Highway. IMPROVEMENT OF YAQUINA BAY BAR AND JETTY I wonder bow many of our Lincoln County Cltlsens have glvsn thls prc, posed enlargement of the Newport and Toledo Port Districts, the deep thought that It deserves. Have you. who perchance, may read this little article, ever given It the an alysis that It deserves, do you realise that this Is the Red Letter Day In the history of Lincoln County, if we ell logemer and shoulder to should er to put this matter through. Have you stopped to consider the manifold advantages to be derived from this project? Let us have a little heart to heart talk In this matter and get down to the possibilities that are In store for us. when this project is an assured proposition. In the first place this County has untold wealth In natural resources; with no market; Inadequate Rail Transportation, practically no Boat service and the poorest of County Roads. With the Inception of this project a Railroad will be built to the timber, mills will be built on the Bay, a de mand locally, will be automatically created for all of our farm nrnitu-.. and prosperity dawns upon Lincoln vouniy. The argument will probably arise at to the ability of the Rancher to hau. his produce to the market on account of the poor condition of our roads, point well taken, but In tho building of the Railroad, mills etc.. It will h .. solutely necessary for us to Improve our Highways and that will simply be an automatic proposition, through th. law of absolute necessity. In the matter of the taxes tn this undertaking, It is an absolute fart that the timber In this County pays ore. sixty percent of tho gross taxes; and It would seem to mo that the natural enhanced value of all of the property in mis county, owing to the Influx of settlers and home makers, will mors than offset the small additional In llvldual tax. In the Slletx District at the present time the Allied Tribes of Indians own five sections of timber land: several year, ago a law was passed by act of Congress to sell this timber, but owing to the cocndltlon of the lumber market this property has never been offered tor sale; with an assurance that the Yaqulna Bar will be Improved moth. automatic transaction springs up, that Is, there will be a big demand for tim ber and this Indian property can bt sold and another quarter million ta able property Is added to our roll. Dwelling upon the Sllets Country with the removal of the timber, severe' hundred aquare miles of the finest klni of farming land will be added to till able area. KELP BEDS APPLIED FOR Salem, Or., March 16, (Special.) E. V. and E. M. Sherlock, of Portland have filed application with the Stat- Land noard for the purchase of kel beds 80 miles long and three mil.. wldo stretching 40 mile, north and 4' miles south of the Yaqulna River, li Lincoln County. The application Is made under law of the last Legislature, whicl make the sale price, of such land. discretionary with the board. A. tlw law doe. not beet me effective untl May 21, the application will be held In abeyance. .1