Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, June 22, 1917, Image 1

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Lincoln County leader., June 22, 1917, Image 1

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1917)

Page of 4 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (3.2 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Page of 4 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page Text: i 2o 7 -?-JcJ- VOLuME 25 TOLEDO, LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1917 NUMBER 18 Wincoln j ; - NEWPORT Flag Day was patriotically ob- serred by the people of Newport. At two o'clock P. M. the citizens met at the city park where the raising of the flag was to take place. A new liberty pole had just been raised and as the nag wts drawn to the mast head the , hol led by Elmer Patrick sang Banner" The Star Spangled the audience earnestly, Joining in This aroused and touched the, hearts of exeryone present. "America" was also sung with the same enthusiasm and pa triotic spirit. The flag drill by thirteen little girls dressed ih InS De on ana Ior Bale white was very fine. Every mo. Special efforts will be' made to tloa and maneuver was precise make this one of the most social and in time with ' the music, and pleasant affairs of the open showing the children had been inS 8eason at the beach, carefully drilled by Miss Durand i 0 J&e or the teachers in the public school. ,The address was given by Hon. R. A.' Bensell in his usual earnest and patriotic man ner. Mr. Bensell is always at his best when it comes to speak ing of his country and his coun try's flag. Paul Black's Fife ana Drum Corps kept the spirits t the people alive by their splendid patriotic music. Mr. J K. Anderson's Cadet bovs were nana with their guns and soldiers' uniforms. They were well drilled and performed their parts like real soldiers. Every motion and maneuver were per fect. They added much Interest to the day's celebration. Their names are Kenneth Foster, Bud- ay Kelt, Lee Bradly, Willie Ar Hunt and Lamont Freelsnd th agts running from ten to twelve years. Sunday morning at 2:30 A. M. Skipper George Ha3vlg crossea the bay from the Newport side "with the launch Mud Hen to the South Beach tramway to get a party who had attended a dance over there, consisting of Miss Florence Gray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Gray of Newport, Harry Smith, son of one of the keepers of Yaqulna Head Light House; and Baron Smith of Portland. The fog was den3e and on returning the tide run ning out very swiftly, the Mud : Hen drifted down stream very! apidly and when opposite the ; boat house below Newport, Cap- tain Irwlg touched the lower on the map. Ye writer has tak saadspit that Juts out into the en a three week nap. - iu inipiuuiv tuia mr me up- per sanasplt where the boats lonneriy lanuea ana nere tne aptaln started to cross over to Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo, Mr and ewport but the boat soon drift- Mrs. M. G. Shermer and child d down and struck the rocky ren, Messrs. Henry, Simon spur Jutting out from the South John, Cedric and Delno Shermer jeuy wun sucn iorce as to tear iMaim vu. net uuuum aim he commenced to leak. She vras then near the red light and close to the bar. It was a critl- ttlA nlnnlr rfr V n h lint . n... cal moment. If she went on the Mud Hen Saturday night when tinue t0 take tne Interest In our bar the boat would sink and all it ran on the rocks. He says school matters, things may mov jboard her would be drowned, never again will he try such ex- on more satisfactorily to all con rot quick as thought and with a periences out in the fog. serned. stfcel nerve and a cool head the I Mr. and Mrs. Dick Huntsuck-' Miss Westover of Corvallis taptaln took the inch and a er, Miss Cara Boone and Messrs was elected to teach the Chit quarter hawser and tied it Thomas Christensen and Vpto- wood school for the next year. around his waist, Jumped Into the breakers that were running pretty high and swam over 100 leet to the Jetty and pulled the boat up to the rocks and took the passengers off without their getting wet. The captain said the passengers were as cool as cucumbers. This was a her- ole act and but rew men could Christine Peterson called at the UBe Bome of their rining lust, have performed it, amid the home of II. T. Iluntsucker in i Dudley Trapp has got his full roaring surf with a heavy rope 'Oyster City Wednesday. i'rce of men out trying to get mround his body and in a dark , Mls9 Bella Schraeder return- rW that $50 road appropria nd Toggy night. The captain 4,d to Corvallis Wednesday morn- tion- i LeBerVes a Carnagle Med. ing. She had been staying with ' Word waB .1"t received here L When the Mud Hen first 'her sister Mrs. Margson for the that Frank Kurtlchanov was trock the spur of rocks the past three weeks. killed In the trenches In France, whistle -was blown and the Coast; Messrs. Gordon. Einrona n.i Details were .lacklnz ri not Guard Crew under Captain wuuouii ncut luiue rratue in a vw uui iimicuu ui iiir prnvpr boat bo they coasted along the aouth shore, found the pasaesn- Sere and Capt. Harvlg and took them to Newport, safe and wrand. The Mud Hen sank and the schooner Mlrene towed her to the Copeland dock where she Is 'now on the ways being re - paired. - At the annual' school meet Iidr held Monday In the High School bulldlne. Georee C. Bur ton -was elected trustee and El- tner Patrick clerk for the ensu- In -year. A six mill levy was vhcu 10 cover uie expenses oi the school for another year. jThe budget made up by the Board of Trustees called for a seven mill levy but it was reduc ed to six. Considerable discus sion grew out of this reduction of expenses. Mrs. G. L. Gray lea tne ngnt ror a reduction or their new car. They were ac school expenses.' Newport has - companied home by Mrs. Mltch a fine school and it is the ambi- ler's sister, Emma Seifelt tion of the School Board as well I Mr. and Mrs. Prank Da via nd ,as tbe PP1 t0 ep the school "i' a ow " ouiucuv. The Laides Aid Society will give a supper at the Log Cabin June 28, commencing at 5 P. M. and continuing till eight in the evening. Fancy work and cook RIVERSIDE The autoes are venturing out boat plying between Portland now on the Big Elk road. Mr. and Corvalli3. -Davis and family and Mr. Payne Mr. and Mrs. Frank . Grant and family were down as far as -went to Corvallis Tuesday to at Salado Sunday. They report the tend the Philomath round-un. roads in pretty good condition. Cousins of Mrs. C. W. Brown are visiting at the Hilltop Ranch; ' Mr' and Mr8, Brown and dauga- ter, visited with Mr. J. L. Fisher Sunday. AlTed Pearce has joined the lglish army and is now sta-' English army and is now sta tioned at Vancouver, B. C. Chris Murhard and son, Ken neth, and nephew, Errol Mur hard and Orn Deery of Portland. are spending the week at J. R Daniel's, enjoying the flshine for w hich Big Elk is noted. i nr. .1 w r ri i Mr. and Mrs. Ullman BDent Saturday at the Folmsbea home. Jesse Davenport and wife are now living on their homestead on Drift Creek. Mr. Lapham of Corvallis is ranch ' At the school meeting held Monday th Rivprw ni.,rw -j , - follows: Mrs. J. L. Fisher, Mrs. J. R. Daniels, Mrs. Bertha Folms- bee, directors and Mrs. Helen F. Daniel, clerk. The men were in the majority. I) apron a n onriiA rt Aur rnH m n o OYSTERVILLE Nearly everyone around here has left for the round-un nt Phiirmah n. i i Vernon . oy nis cousin, Thomas Christen. sen, returned to his home in Portland Tuesday. Vernon was on Smith all atteaded the dance at South Beach Saturday nieht They report a iollv eood tlm Quite a few of Winantltes are! intending to attend the big dance at Ona Saturday nieht Mrs. Geo. Lewis and children and Misses Cara Boone and .John Emerson and Lloyd Lewis iert ror Toledo this week where mey win work In the logging camp this summer. Mrs. Abe Weaver of Montana came In Monday evening for a visit with her husband, I Not much news as everybody s busy gardening ' i 1 o HARLAN The road from Harlan to Drift Creek 1b belne opened on the survey'thls week. This will cut out the opening of seven Kates as well as !elng a shorter and, uuic. , Mr. Loudon attended Grange at Harlan Saturday, assisting m giving the work to some new members. R. L. Hathaway and family and Mrs. Mitchler motored to Sodaville one day last week in BOn Wilbur went to Corv;!lls jrTiaay 10 lane in me wioose 1 1 carnival. Y-k .1 A y james xuaenour reiumea on the excursion train from a trip to Portland and other out slot points. Edward Briggs was gen eral manager of the. Green Ba sin Stock Farm during the form er's absence. ' Mr. and Mrs. Lester January, 1 Giles January and Mrs. Geo. Rldmour were visiting at the Otto January residence on Turn Turn last week. R. E. Darting is workine on a Clifford McDonald weU out Tuesday with a load of wool from the Grant ranch. T. R. Payne took his wool to here have been offered 60c. this season. Mrs. Lester Grant entertained Saturday evening with a birth day party i honor of her hus band's birthday. Huron Briggs 'is home from Summit. i . Miss Leta Martin was a Cor- vallis visitor Saturday. ' Lester McDowell is back on the Gates place after wrestling witn the measle3. . CHITWOOD ! Wel1-our Popnl&r bull dozer Is 8ti" "the 3ob" . u ,a ! My, how we wish it would . . 1 Albe,n Thomas returned from a TVa,emJa.CC2m" Panied by his brother and fathei. 1 Mr- ail,Mre- G L' i,80", W,ilbu came ?ver m Portland Monday evening. They will begin building an addition . to tne nouse at once. M. J. Brown returned Monday from a two weeks sojourn at Portland. b: E. Pepin is building a gar- ase. Meeting ! The Annual School held at the Simpson Creek school house was the best at- tended in it's history. About sixteen voters were present, Grant IIIscox was-elected dlrec - tor and Mrs. W. N. jCook was re elected clerk. E. A. Wildman resigned as director and a spec- lal meeting will be called in the near future. If the voters con ' MlBS Lllle Miller returned to her studies at the U. of O. last .Saturday. chas- 01a0n ' cutting logs for James Udell on Willie Jacobson i, P''ace- rifle men In this vicinity that should be drafted to the army to much ,B known of how long he i n"1 naB Deen there, only that he was killed last March. ONA Enos Wilson returned to his home In Portland Monday after a week's visit at the Common's home. Mrs. V. W. Ohmart of Salem was a week-end vlHltor at the home of her son, C. S. Ohmart. Lloyd Commons made a trip to Toledo Tuesday. II. J. Wood. Clifford Phelps and II. G. Rhoadea were trading (Continued on last page) WORKING FOR SHIPYARD A meeting was held at New port at the Commercial Club Saturday evening for the pur pose of starting a movement to secure a big ship yard for Ya-! qulna Bay. Merchant Carl S Davis of Siletz has been working to this end for some time, and he 'and C. E. Bade of the local mill, J. B. Miller, Lee Wade of Toledo, and E. M. Baker of Portland, as well as a number of prominent Newport citizens spoke outlining the situation, showing how badly such a concern was needed here, also the large dividends - that were earned by boats at this time. Mr. Bade stated that his com pany would be in a position to furnish all lumber needed, for the building of the yard and any number of ships. , Lee Wade pointed out that there would be no difficulty in securing a site as there are a dozen places where yards could be handily establish ed On the bay. It was thought best that a stock company be formed for the building of a ship for local Benjice, also for the -"stabllsb-ment of the ship yard. A com mittee was appointed as follows to solicit stock subscriptions: Lee Wade, Toledo; C. S. Davis, Siletz; and E. J. Abbey, Newport tf comnilueeis to make itVr ' JrjS J55r"?if ? .l1L?e- port on the evening of Saturday. July 7th. SATURDAY JUNE 23, 1817 THE SENIOR EMRIOIDERY CLUB WILL 8ERVE ICE CREAM 8HERBET AND CAKE AT THE OLD MEAT MARKET FOR THE 'BENEFIT OF THE RED CROSS . MOVING PHONE OFFICE Messrs Colt and McKay of the Pacific Telephone Company arc nere this week with a crew of men and are engaged in moving the central office to its new auar" ters in the Bank Building. It is some man sized Job to move the switch board and not interrupt ! service. When located in their new quarters they will have a .strictly modern and up-to-date office GUARDS' DANCE PROVES BIG SUCCESS The dance given by the Toledo Honor Guards at the I. O. O. F. Hall last Friday evening was one of the most enjoyable dances that has been given here Th. aU wag nicely, trimmed with ocoicn uiooni and everizreenn. the music, by Plcken'g orches tra, was good, and all in all everybody had a fine time. Quite a number from Newport and, Si letz were In attendance. WATER PIPE BURSTS The ' pipe line from Mill Creek which supplys To. ledo with water burst last Sun day. The break was repaired Monday morning, but the plp burst flPnln In tha ifllrnnnn i. ;a different place. This was at once repaired, but another break was reported that evening. In spite of the best Water Superin tendent Nye and crew could do the line could not be kept In op. eratlon, and the water in the reservoir was all exhausted by Wednesday night. This lack of water necessitated the closing of the electric plant, and Newport and Toledo were left In darkness for one night. The pipe line was again placed In Bervlce yester day. The sawmill had expected to start sawing Wednesday, but owing to the shortage of water could not do so. They will prob ably start Monday. COMMITTEE REPORTS $400.00 SHORT . The Committee in charge of the local Red Cross Drive re port that they have received $600.00 of the $1000 alloted to be raised in Toledo and vicinity Everyone is working hard to make up this deficit before the closing of the campaign. Have you given what you can? TEAM RUNS AWAY BOY'S ARM BROKEN Martha, Dorsey and Elmer .McGee departed the first of the week for a visit with relatives in Kings Valley. They left the train at Wren and started by team ror Kings Valley, and en route the team became frighten ed and ran away. The children were all thrown out and Elmer sustained a fractured arm. AL'S CASH GROCERY OPENS FOR BUSINESS Al Waugh's new store opened for business Wednesday, with Fred Salvage in charge. Al does not believe in doing anything by halves, and has put In a storj that would be a credit to any community. Read their ad in this issue. DAUGHTER ACCUSES FATHER Warren Newman, who lives near this city, was arrested Mon day on a charge of having com mitted a statutory offence against his daughter. Ida, aged 13 years. 'He waived examina tion nd was bound over under bonds to await the action of the grand jury. 1 The girl was taken to Port land ..Wednesday . by County Judge Miller and placed in the home of the Boys and Girls Aid Society. WOMEN CAPTURE OFFICES The school meeting Momlay proved a complete victory ror the women. Mrs. Edith Howell being elected director to succeed R. S. Van Clove, and Mrs. Esther Anderson was elected clerk to succeed F. N. Ilayden. Twenty three voters were present. WILL FIX ROADS The volunteer road workers of Toledo and vicinity will turn out again next Monday for the purpose of fixing the Toledo-SI-letz road. Last time there were ten persons who responded to the call. Come bring your shov el and make It twenty this time, o RED CROSS BENEFIT AT THE. DIME A five real feature play will be put on at the Dime theatre this evening ror the benefit of the Red Cross Fund. The play Ib entitled "Behind the Lines." Bert Geer of Toledo and Russell Adams of Siletz will sing. An admission of 35c. and 25c. will be charged. o ENGINEER HAS FINGER CUT OFF ON HALIBUT SLOOP Newport, Or., June 19. This morning while woiking with the gasoline engine on the halibut sloop Gazelle, Engineer Fre. Butterfield had his right hand badly injured and the end or the second finger cut off when the engine back-fired. He narrow ly escaped losing the whole hand.Portland Evening Tele, gram. CONSUMERS NOTICE TO WATER As the dry season is now com. ing on, and the sawmill expected to be using water soon, all water consumers are requested to have all leaky raucets and plumbing repaired. The Coun cil will have the Water Commis sioner inspect all the connec tions within a few days, and those having leaky fixtures will be cut off from the mains until same Is fixed. LOST FOUR YEARS RECOVERED YESTERDAY About four vears aco Geo. Parrish turned his horse out in the road to graze and that was tne last seen of him until yestei day. George was In town vesterdav and saw a horse on the street that looked like his animal, and upon a closer examination he discovered that it was his. The horse was ridden by Vernon Ba uer or independence, who stated that he was working for Homer Hill who lived near Indepen. dence and that the horse belong ed to his boss. Deputy prose cuting attorney G. B. McCluskey at once phoned Mr. Hill regaru ing the horse, stating that it was owned here. Mr. Hill said that he had found the horse in hla pasture about four years ago, but had been unable to find its owner, and that If it was owned here to turn it over to the owner. Baker was on his way to Alsea Bay after some cattle, but de livered the horse over to Parrish at once. S. J. ROBB DEAD Word was received here the first of the week announcing the death of our former townsman, S. J. Robb, who passed away Saturday, June 16th, at his home at Douglas, Arizona. Mr. Robb was well and favorably known here, having resided for several years on the farm now owned by Mr. Brauti at Mill Four. He was a member of the Woodman of the World In which order he carried insurance in the sum of $3,000. SEND IN YOUR SKINS' The last Legislature passed a law which went Into effect re cently which allows any person to Bend their wild animal skins to the County Clerk for the pur pose of receiving bounty on same. The former law reatilrpn that the skins be brought In person. ELEVEN YEARS AGO Mrs. Joseph Blower of Mill 4 returned Saturday from a visit with Corvallis friends. Hans Olson left yesterday morning on a business trip to Corvallis and Albany. Ed. Greenbrook of Newport made Toledo a call Tuesday. Billy Parker came In from Sa lem Saturday nlnht for n vim. with relatives, returnlnir Snndnv He is still holding down a Job in me oiaie priming omce. Mrs. A. O. Hooker Is visiting her daughters in VValdport this week. , L. V. Calkins of Drift Creek left yesterday morning on a business trip to Portland. I. J. Leabo of Salem rame In Tuesday ror a visit with his sis ter, Mrs. John McCluskey, whom no uas noi seen ror more than twenty years. Jack Morgan or Euchcr moun tain was in the city yesterday. TWENTY TWO YEARS AGO Wm. Watklns, the soda pop man, was up from Yaqulna yes terday. ' Mr. and Mrs. R. Dodrick re turned yesterday rrom a week'r visit to Fred Stanton's on the Siletz. Quite a number of Yaqulm? people attended tho dance am' strawberry festival at this place last Friday night, coming up In the launch Claremont. Hon. J. K. Weatherford wil" deliver the oration at Newport on the 4th. It Is needless to pre dict that It will be both eloquent and patriotic. Dr. Carter was down from Ell City lust Saturday making physical examination or sonn Toledo people who were taklnr out life Insurance policies In company represented by thi rustling agent, Ira Miller. Siletz will celebrate the glor ious Fourth of July In due pa triotic style this year.