Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, November 09, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextV "i: i Wincohi Ptinty ' VOLuME 25 TOLEDO, LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9th, 1917. NUMBER 33 NEWPORT The sudden and unexnected a death of Charles B. Crosno at ' roads seemed to be his hobby as his home Sunday came as a! well as education. From 1895 shock to the people of Newport. ! to 1897 Mr. Crosno was sergeant Within the "last two months, 'at arms in the State Senate. He three of Lincoln County's best 'was a member of various com - auuwu ana most prominent pio- neenj nave aiea. j;x-snenff : oi tne committee on counties James H. Ross, Judge J. F. Stew. j and committee on education. He art, and Hon. C. B. Crosno. ; was also active In municipal af These had also a state reputa- fairs and served as the first may tlon and made their impression or of Toledo. He was councn upon social, moral and progres- man for three or four years and ti . . . - ' . it Beems a Kina or strange fa- tality that has taken thesi men away when there is much going ntnat 1eeds their help and euppon. in tne important chan- ges that are going on in the county as well an the etata Influence and support will be greatly missed. And then the fcreat world war that is going on between Autocracy and Democ- icy interests everyone. It is a good time to live. Charles Bar- tJCro8no was boni March 14, 1845 anil dinrl of tio vn.. t Toledo November 4th, 1917. age 72 years, 9 months and 7 days, Came to Oregon by ox team and schooner wagons in 1865 and to Benton County in 1868 and was a student In Philomath tin i leaving the school a short time Drior to hi crrori,i,ti - ' Dauuuuuuu. lit? taught school a while in the Bel- nap settlement and afterwards lnKings Valley. In 1873, Mr. Crosno attended the Portland iauBiness college, taki :g a full uubinebs Course and a rniiran In . . - - ... v .11 telegraphy. He located in Kings valley in the fall of 1873 and carried on a general merchan- vf 6 e,ght years under ine nrm name of Connor & crosno. In 1881 he sold out his ed I hfVi .m?:coa,nd ?ngag rpviTvIfi V?g U 18,83 when he nprL !i.-liia.P,?,5.tme!it of vaMi ,,n3!- i Reser worfh .nft nBF- M" Wadb'- ill Anrfi 1 fifi7 Vhat Pslti011 n- i,.D ""C1 ue "signed , o V,"rVKt?TA ?n5 mov.ed eneaced In thl .e nnca r 1 . " . - . """JC UUS1- :7h " .W: V'.he ness and lust dpniinan h iToTlu wATOlW ! . " ". ."f n ,na- Indians esneclallv.h.M the dlrelon of U. S. Engineer C. R. !Sand ,Man-?ourA Recita HtXS1 Wright. The plana !nd specif I- M0"' Am Not Afraid Of Any- SnndVv UM 01 hl8 time on ent ofyth inhg a,8 8u,)erintend-'?er! ent or the school or teaphinw o .. . v. DU,UU1- e iiKea the Indian people and took great interest in their woifa - l always seemed to' be at ! uuilic Wlieil teacnine tJie Illdinno llmt Zlrtnt 8? or el"ng L LZ g! 017' He said mH -? W8 a keen observer Si hi frt 1 ? I .and couM 1 nevPrVnt MiVr,nLhlVoes- IIe tT.VnLrf 11 f hearil,8 Tyer omunn. nnePS.e f hl8 reat Sn mnnfr C,, occasions 552 eIndlan offlclala ; were pretent Trom Washington, rorm'nnJaey ad a J and Presence and a thor- laneuap-P- ..e Jarg?n c,r. o u . I . lll,ie ine ana everyone naa a good time. mJI day School hfd about 80 In. i Mr. and Mrs. A. II. Phelps ia.0L I and 1 tt,e ,n e school and daughter Helen took dinner ffl by4 teachers and at the Commons home Sunday, then about 1000 Indians were on j Clifford Phelps. Mr. and Mrs. rvlflerla. J1 and every em- C. S. Ohmart and Leola Hewett Ia nadtodo his duty and set! drove up to the Huyett home 5.ano vXaiuPle beforc the In-a Upper Beaver Sunday, niniu. bBd.,CondJ,ct or ,m" A- Phelps took a porker as allowed on the to Newport Wednesday. ' ,rat IT, Pain L The new bridge at Ona across i . I . ' Yroauo w&8 6ix lucior in neiping to maintain this kind of discipline on the reservation. The Indians often speak of him now as being one of their beBt friends. Mr. Crosno was elected to the State Legislature June 1888 and serv ed as a member of the House In the session of 1889 and the fol lowing yeor which was prior to the division of the countv. h jas electea State Senator from Benton county and served one term or two sessions of the Sen ate. While in the Senate Mr. Crosno Introduced a hill rnuiini, Lincoln county and with the as- Distance of Hon, B. F. Jones anri Hon. R. A. Bensell the bill waB passed. Mr. Crosno was great- ly Interested In the educational progress of the countv and RintA and Introduced a bill In 1891 and 1893 securing annronrlatlnna for the O. A. C. at Corvalils. For , this bit of legislation Mr. Crosno received the gratitude of the ' people in his section of the state. In both sessions he introduced number of road bills. ftooa mittees ana servea as cnairman . 7 ...... ly ror nrteen years, in 1898 he was appointed collector of cub-I toms at Yaquina and served two or three terms. When It came to give the new county a name' Mr. Crosno suggested Lincom onH it arinntprf I,, rwm ber 14, 1873, Mr. Crosno was united in marriage to Miss Char- lotte King, daughter of David King one of the most prominent families In Benton county. To this union five children! were born: Aden B. now deceased; rrfi ..ri k i.t a c ti... er, who lives at Ashland; C. K., who lives In Portland; TUla, who is the wife of Carl Gildersleeve; and Gertie, deceased. Mrs. CrosI no will now pass the remainder r w i(fo .,itt,n,. ..-. support of a kind husband anu i.ii .v, 111UU15C111 laiiici . tii. wuo'iu was a charter member of tht Toledo Lodge of I. O. O. F. and had been a member for more than thirty years. The funeral services were held services were held at the home rnnrtiirtprl hv Rev flonroa V. . wbwu J " " ft Ji Pratt pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Newport. The Inter - rment took place in the Toledo cemetery under the auspices of the home lodge of the Indepen- dent Order of Odd Fellows. Miller and his wife and a brother of the Juda, spent Sunday at the beach. Mr. Miller the brother) had never seen the ocean before and he thought it a big pond of water. A 1oint meBtine 0f the Porl . Commissions was held at thel Council Chambers ovo,,lnr An nr.Aa- araa pvpnin? An nrnw wna mano ii. j recting the secretary to adver- nil v a v nao Use for bids for th work to llse tor digs ror tne worn to be opened Jan. 2nd. under the cat tons made by Mr Wrl ht aU?SrovS , ere a" ai,1,roveu- ONA Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Phelps vnaria a trlr In VWnnrt lait Wednesday. C. S. Ohniart made a busl- ness trip to Toledo Wednesday. Mrs- Fave Wolfersperger and llttle E0" A,len Lloyd Com" mons visited at the home of Mre- Margson flt Oysterville, Sunday. A miscellaneous shower m honor of Mrs. II. J. Wood was given Friday at the home of Mrs. C. S. Ohmart. Mrs. Wood recelved many useful - articles ueaver Creek has been com- pleted. UPPER BEAVER Jess Clifford and George Booth left for Portland Thurs day morning. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Weber were euests at the II. O. Rhoades home Sunday. ' Henry Emerson and Christine reterson or Oysterclty spent Sunday at the Peterson ranch. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Ohmart and children and Miss Leola Hewett and' Clifford Phelps were in this vicinity Sunday, I Adolph Peterson, Jr., spent Sunday afternoon at the Rhoades home, Edith Mowers and MhuHp j Vennum left for their homes Monday after a visit with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. Vancil of this place. J- M- Bowers made a trip to Toledo Wednesday. Mrs. A. Peterson and daugh- ters Lena and Josephine were guests at the K. D. Martin home j Wednesday, I H. G. Rhoades, A. Peterson, 'G. E. Lewis, I. N. Huyett and P. jVancil were trading in Newport ana iaquma weanesaay, FIEGLES CREEK Mrs. Kessfand children, Mary and Donald, came home the 3 2d. C. F. Llndley and Gale Shane 'wpnt tn TheAe Tnosrtnv i l w Z:. " , " fii 2JfBuJvXJ naJllZ Tjl81"" ank DaVi8 Bnd iS.r! v.a.to,, " wr I 1 T" 1 M MW8ra Drisss niaae a nying I I rlLin... LXf iT hftJH Sf'f8 ' Harlan butcher hog8 m" JT Morty Lake was transacting business here as C. F. Lindley is moving to the Lake place. This place was originally the R. E. 'n15 - et8i!1ad and a very Mnt oonm.m. 'jTn Z LrX f "j?Jn? wnS et SSbL Bla,Ck 5 brother. William, who arrived &wB nfd t0 a, U end hla brother s funeral. late UPPER BEAVER Mrs. f. A. Mowers. Miss Trapp, 'Jesse Clifford, Georie Ttnnftt Mm Mi.uU r.. r.,,,v. AVSVIU, till 0. T Villi .1111, mill 'Pauline and Jessie Vancil were 'guests at the Peterson home (Thursday evening. Mrs. I. N. Huyett and daugh- ter. Vesta, called on Mrs. H. G. iRhoades Monday afttrnoon. 1 H. G. Rhoades. Jesse Clifford, .George Booth and I. N. Huyett .were trading in Newport and ! Yaquina Wednesday, The Halloween party given at ,the Vancil home " Wednesday evening was m every way a sue- - The house was beautifully Tuesdav decorated with autumn leaves, luesaay, jnnanpsp made di- ff"K'ante8 jaPan 8.e 'lanterns. The program prepar- ed by the school was beautifully .follows: Song. thing-Francis Lewis; Song. iRagSd Pat-School; Rec, Ut- lti 1 nt., r.. n.'... tie Elf Man Robert Song, Swanee River Mrs. F. A. Mowers and E. R. Vennum; Rec. Twenty Years Ago Hester Pe terson; Drill by the School; Song Pumtilln III. O !.!. r it.i lo-Jessie Vancil; Song, Good Night Ladies 8 girls. This ! completed the school program. lEveryone was pleased by a song 8anS by Mr. and Mrs. Rhoades Fortunes were told free of charge, this causing a great deal of excitement among all. Im- mediately after this a delicious 'luncheon was served, consisting of salad, sandwiches, cake and coffee. About midniirht when nil the children were playing on the lawn two ghosts appeared on the scene. Did it frighten them? (Ha! Ha!) Ask the children; they will tell you. At 1 o'clock everybody departed for home declaring they had spent a very enjoyable evening. We are all wishing for another party In the near future. Those who were present were Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Lewis and son; Mrs. W. C. Lew Is; Mrs. K. D. Martin and family; Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Huyett and family; Miss Delia Trapp; Mr. and Mrs. II. G. Rhoades ana family; Mr. and Mrs. A. Peter- Ison and family; Mr. and Mrs. J. m. uowers; Jess Clifford; Mrs; E. R. Vennum; George Booth; Mrs. F. A. Mower; Pauline and Jessie Vancil and the host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. P. Vancil. HARLAN Mr. Gates is moving on his property on the Big Elk, former ly the McClelland property. Wm. Blake of Alsea wag here looking for locations for parties who want homesteads and also looked at some which is for sale. S. Grant of Condon was here ilast'week looking after buslnebb interests, he returned home the last of the week, expecting to come back with his family soon (Contlnuod rage Three, Column One) WfVES WILL BE PROVIDED FOR The war department an - nounces that a dependent wife of a soldier at the front will not only receive an allotment of $15 per month from , the pay of her husband, but during his absence jat the front will be paid by the government a regular family al lowance, in addition. HOME-COMING DAY FOR 9. A. C. PEOPLE NOV. 10 Corval'lls, Or. Nov. 8. The annual home-coming day at O. ! A. C. is tomorrow, when among the other attractions the pros- pective championship football 1 game of the Northwest confer-1 ence will be played between the strong Washtington State and the O. A. C. team. The entire otnHftnt hod nn. nf tha. ira ever assembled on this or any other campus of the northwest, Is working over-time to give the j old-timers a reception and wel- come that they will never forget J TIMBER VALUATION REDUCED County Assessor A. G Schwartz has Just completed his ! summary of the assessment roll of Lincoln County, and the total assessed valuation of the county after this he moved to Benton as finally equalized by the board county, and enrolled as a student of equalization Is placed at $8,-'at Philomath college. He attend 842,237. The Board of Equaliza-!ed this institution from 18G8 to tion reduced the assessment on j 1872. After his graduation he old growth timber ten per cent, 'went to Portland and attended deeming that it was assessed business college for a year. On higher in proportion than was December 14th, 1873, he was un other classes of property. The ited in marriage with Miss Char foregoing does not include Pub- lotte King, at Philomath, and lie Service Values placed last who had also crossed the plains year at $615,224. iby ox team. Soon after this he i moved to Kings Valley where he conducted a store for a number SOME-GROW; Jof years, moving to the coast in OTHERS SWELL 1886 where he served as clerk . - . , of the Siletz Jndian Agency. In Pri-wP6 m P.P.y epigrams ,1887 he moved to Toledo, where a P.L !" 8.a : tv .'he has since resided until the everv man who take office in ?rIL . ? u 8 - Washington either grows or " " v " ,e BaJ lur swells, and when I appoint a I appoint f.X tXo Tk niVr In Cthehe i8,8T.11; ?nt ? g; J malet ,ll lwa ,e" lty 8v,Wel l.?ey do not swell enough to burst." 0 tvinn tst nfftnn I n AV W ! ... . 0. & C. BACK TAXES FINALLY n n mr j iiiuiij junto. 11c dciicu aclll.il- The much talked of, Oregon fully as school clerk for eighteen and California Land Grant back years, also served as Mayor, taxes have finally been paid into Councilman. Port Commissioner, the county treasury, and the Justice of the Peace, and other county is now richer by some minor offices. He always proved $7,774.87. The check for the true to his trust and was honor amount was received last Friday ed ant! respected by all. evening by Miss Sara Crahen, 1 To Mr- and Mrs. Crosno were who acting as the agent of ex- born f've children, three of governor West, tendered same whom are now living. They are: to Sheriff Bert Geer. Sheriff Aden H. Crosno, (dead); Mrs. Gee'r has refused to accept same, Eniie M- Thayer, of Ashland; C. as yet, stating that this sum K- Crosno, of Multnomah Sta does not cover the entire amount tion; Gertrude Crosno, (dead); due, there being over $100 Inter- and Mrs. Tilla Gildersleeve of est lacking. This matter has ,ths city. been taken up with Mr. West. T,,e funeral services were held I at the house Tuesday afternoon 0 under the auspices of the local OREGONIAN VS. 1 1. O. O. F. Lodge, the Rev. Pratt r.7'r-Tr T.Mce of Newport officiating. Mr. Cms. uau i t-1 iMtS no wa8 a charter member of To- We are glad to report that the ,edo Lodge No. 108, having be controversy between the Ore- longed for forty years. Tiio gonian and the Corvalils G. T. Is brother Odd Fellows acting, as over and that "none" were hurt, pall bearers were: Chas. Allen ATTABOY! Tll. woi. . ,, . ow Ile'd like to boss it all alone, And rule the waves from zone to zone But can the Kaiser? . He'd like to stamp Democracy uicvcimure irom iana ana sea, And make earth's motto "Gott und me," But can the Kaiser? Not much! Your Uncle Sam's the man To knock the tar from Buch a plan, and bo, In plain Amerl-can It's CAN the Kaiser! From the New Puck. E. N. Whltlaw returned to his home near Salem Monday. HON. C. B. CROSNO DIES SUNDAY AFTERNOON 1 The sudden death of JChas. B. Crosno, at his home in this city, Simday afternoon, came as a .terrlble 8nock both to his family and the entlpe community, ldenly and wjthout warning: He was around town Saturday In his usual good health. Sunday he complained of his stomach ' HaTdoVn Sundly'din- ner ag U8Uait but after eating a u"le decided It would be better for hia stomach if he did not eat, so went and sat 11 his easy chair, where the family shortly found him dead. Mr- Crosno was a kind and lovlnS husband .and father, and a true citJzen the community, evr. ready and """f l work for its betterment. Mr. Crosno 'tf1 a ery act ve life, was a fYd Politician, enjoying a hunting trip as much as any one. V . ; tively engaged in the real estate Charles B. Crosno was born in Jefferson county, Illinois, March 14th, 1845, died at Toledo, Ore- igon, November 4th, 1017, aged 72 years. Leaving Illinois on April 4th, 1865, he crossed the plains with ox teams, settling first at Vancouver, Wash. Soon time of his death. In 1888 he ume . ml aea 18bS 110 wa elected to the House of RprfiRPntftMvpa anA i 1 son wn , gtat. c.(. two terms in the latter office. nd the creation of the nev county of IJ"coln was due large- to his efforts. Soon after his . eturn t0 Xoledo he Becured the 'appointment as the collector of customs for the Port of Yaquina, holding this olncc for a great . I11Q nu imn rn IIo dnntinil f .1 1 and J. u. Dixon or Elk city, u. F. Jones of Newport, and A. T. Pe terson. T. P. Fish and Claus ! Christiansen of Toledo. The day was warm and balmy and a large concourse of people were pres- 1 2" re8l,ecta t0 the delarted' ATTENTION! WOMEN OF TOLEDO The registration cards from the Woman's committee Coun cil of National Defense have ar- 'rived and all women of Toledo i precinct are requested to come j out and register at the public II- brary on Saturday afternoon, November 10th, 1917. If you can do anything to heln, your country at home or In the United States or abroad, come out and register. YOUR Country ncsds YOUR Help! PARRISH APPOINTED JUSTICE OF THE PEACE The County Court in session yesterday appointed J. W. Par rish as Justice of the Peace to finish out the unexpired term of L. u. crosno, deceased. HALLOWEEN PARTY A DartV Of friends e-athrn1 and thoroughly surnrisfM Mr and Mrs. James Golrt, Wednes- aay evening. Mr. and Mrs. Goln just recent ly moved into the new rnltn built by Mrs. Walter Hall. GRANGE RECEIVES CAR OF FEED The members of the local Grange clubbed together and ordered a car of feed and flour recently. The car arrived on Monday's freight and was un loaded Tuesday and Wednesday. BASKET BALL SEASON OPENS The first basket ball game of the season to be played in To ledo was staged at the Fair building Wednesday evening, be tween two High School and two town teams. The town 'girls trimmed the High School girls to the tune of 9 to 4, but thslllgh School boys retrieved the school honor by defeating the town boys by the score of 21 to 10. GIRLS PLACED IN HOME The four young daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wessel. who live about live miles north of town, were given a hearing be for County Judge Miller - last Friday. They wei e adjudged in corrigible by the Court, and Sat urday were taken to Portland by Sheriff Geer and placed In the Home of the Good Shepherd, THE LIBRARY BOOKS ARE NOW HERE The library books are here ready to be given out to the dif ferent school districts, when called for by the clerk or some other person for the district. There is one or more books for every district in the county, that is, those that were In good standing last year. If the school board of any district wishes me to mail the books to them, I will be pleased to do so, but the dis trict will have the postage to pay but in many cases it will be much cheaper to pay the post age than to come or send some one for them. R. p. Coin. Co. School Supt. THE COMING DRAFT Profiting by the mistakes and experiences of the first draft, the one soon to come will have sev eral new provisions in the way of exemptions. The single men will come first and exemption will come hard for them. Next will be married men whose wives have been known to do the most of the family supporting, and third the men who have married since the draft law yas passed. Then down the list It will go. those drafted being considered In relation to what their em ployment Is and those depend ent on them, and It will be only those who will be found very necessary at home that will be excused. SUPPLYING THE NAMES "So you have twins at youi house?" said Mrs. Nabor to lit tle Jack. "Yessum," he said soberly, "two of them." "What are they going to call them, my dear?" "Well, I don't knov' for sure, but I think their names Is Thun der and Llghtnln', 'cause that's the names papa called theiu when the doctor came In and told him about them." From New Puck? .