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VOLuME 25
TOLEDO, LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 30th, 1917.
NUMBER 0
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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.
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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.
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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.
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