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VOLuME 25
TOLEDO, LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1917
NUMBER 18
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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
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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
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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 '
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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
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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,
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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.
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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.