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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1918)
gincoln onntp VOLUME 26 TOLEDO, LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 26th, 1918. NUMBER 10 glLET Thursday night April 18th, Lleuten- ant Porter gave a Boclal dance in the dining room of the Government build- lng where the soldiers have been quartered during the winter, as a farewell party just before moving to their new quarters near Camp 3 A on the Wessel place. A cordial invitation was extended the civilians In the neighborhood to attend the dance. A large crowd was present and partici - pated In festivities of the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. DePoe furnish- ed the music. Corporal Snider an ex - pert dancer acted as floor manager and prompter. Conventionalities and style I Alkali Bill says It Is alright to play were laid aside and all went In for a Base Ball with kids but no place for good time. The old fashioned dances men In saw mills, and music were very much In evidence 1 Charles Hyde is chief at the mill, such lively dances as the quadrilles ' The Mirene came in port and de- double shuffle polka two step parted with a full doad of lumber last Highland fling and the like. The old jweek. tunes and dances seemed to be popu- Miss Odum will have a picnic Pil lar. "Hast to the wedding", Arkan- day the 26th her term of school will aw travellei", Log cabin In the lane" jbe out. and many others. The soldiers pres- F. W. Gerttula was called home last ent represented nearly every state in week the Mrs. being sick, the Union from the Empire state in I Some petty thief broke Into the tha north to the Peninsular state In bunk house and stole Mr. Mills under the south and to our beautiful Sunset suit. The party that took the suit bet state In the west. Lieutenant Porter ter return it to avoid Sheriff Oeer as Is from the Empire state. A free they are known. supper was given by the Lieutenant ' and soldier boys. Soldiers were wait- ers on the table and did It up In apple pie order. Awhile before supper the dance was suspended and a number of military drills were put on the floor conducted by Sergeant Wlswell and ( Corporal Story. This was very inter esting. Lieutenant Porter took great interest in training and drilling his The County Agent was In this lo men. After supper the dance went callty this week to organize a mohair on about two hours when it came pool. to a close and the people went home, Several farmers of Little Elk and feeling that they had spent a very en- Eddyvllle got some select seed pota Joyable and pleasant evening. toes thru the County Agent. They are Tuesday morning Camp 3 B struck treated and guaranteed free from dl their tents, packed up their goods, sease. said goodbye Silotz, Hello Wessel's s. T. Loudon departed Wednesday and marched In military style to their for Portland where he will sail for new quarters where they will spend 'Frisco to visit his son in the Naval the summer working on the new rail Training Station road. ' If the Hans keep loosing out Letand Wakefield, W. F. Wakefield, like they have In the last two weeks v. F. Cline, W. J. Cllne and Claude these boys may not be needed In Eur- Lemon, went hunting last week and ope. got three large wildcats. They sure A big base ball game was played wcre wen pad for the day's hunt. Sunday on the Public School grounds Mrs. C. H. Wakefield departed Wed between a team from Camp 3 A and nesday for Woodburn where she will Camp 3 B. The game was hotly con- visit relatives a couple of weeks, tested. Som professional players h. O. Boynton has been hauling the were present from Camp A. One of material for a new silo, them belonged to the National League irven Magee returned Monday from of baseball players. A number of Woodburn where he finished the people were present from Toledo and business of his deal. Mr. Eagleson Newport to witness the game. The will take charge of the place here at score stood 20 to 4 in favor of Camp once. Mr. Eagleson attended the 3 A. state fair and land products show and The Third Liberty Loan on Slletz was so well pleased with the exhibits including the Upper and Lower from Lincoln County that he decided Farms will reach over $3000, much it was where he would like to make a above our quota. Superintendent home. We all wish him success. Chalcraft Is handling the drive. We would like to know if there will Nearly everyone In these communities be a county fair this year as the Is buying bonds though It may hot be planting time Is near at hand and that more than 150. The loan Is secure, u the time to start your exhibits. besides you are helping in a great ; cause, viz, to maintain the freedom I of the world. True the Interest Is small but when you consider you are at no expense it Is not so bad after all. The political "pot" Is beginning to "bllo". Judge Gardner from Newport was over to Slletz with Mr. C. H. Pierce who Is a candidate for County Commissioner. These gentlemen are' canvassing t"e county in the Interests of Mr. Pierce. are ln nPes tlle disease will be stamp- Mr. J. Mahoney and attorney from e out' Portland are here and will canvass i T1,e people of tIlls PIace were lven this part of the county and perhaps Bn PP"lty to meet the County all the pounty In the Interests of Stan- Aent ,a8t Saturday at Grange, and In field of Umatilla county who Is a. can- 8Plte ' dlng. -hearing and dldate for the United State. Senate, the unusual amount of sickness, a good Thl. Is a large plum and several other. man'r ot out t0 near hlm- Tn8 0D are after It. Mr. Stanfleld Is a strong eompWnt wa that his stay was too candidate ' Pnort and tnBt ne promised to remedy Ji H. Anderson, candidate on the ln the future' We were T that on Republican ticket for Sheriff was here ctunt ot bB,n ,tek' Ml8'' Berth several day. visiting the people. Mr. Edwar(I wa not b,e to 08 wllh u Anderson went from here to Taft and alB0 as had been "P160 will visit that part of the county. In p- Martln "h,pped three dreMed the olden times candidates for office 0 t0 F" KMag got together and went over the county 23 cents per pound for thBm making speeches and promising If I Mr. Stoner and his sons are planning elected they would do something great . move over from Corvallls and make for the people. But when they get In '"hip-knees on a piece of timber he Boon forget the promises they made ,owna near IIarlan and do as they please, smile, look1 Ro8S Carmlchel, our mall carrier, wise and say nothing. That Is the way na iumPed h,B Jb and "Tobe" L118 thA owl does. Hb sit on a llmh. ha token his place. thuts his eyes and you would think be knew nothing but he Is a wise bird . m.n nf .nd nnt nf wnrH. will make the best officers. Mil 1 dadt MILL PORT The mill here will .hut down ln a lew day. for repair, and build more dock for lumber. . Irish Tommy O. walked out ot the vA Monday morning talking to him-' self. The mill bag been running short handed. Men are scarce, so foreman Mills got a hair dozen boys aged 10 to 15 year8 to run the mill. Now wonder if we can't get more young ones for Mr. Mills. Andrew Winkler, the head .trimmer, layod off for a couple of weeks for repairs one spoke on the .left wheel out of gear, The dance at Taft was a big success ' the baskets sold brought In about 95.00, which goeB to the Red Cross, H. Clement Is building a house on ;hls homestead, 1 The Mill Company is building a barge IS x 4u. The boys at the mill are all wishing that Bill Sitkum. Sun would come back as they are out of change, Mr. Gerttula has got the foundation of the cannery all ready the cannery wl be completed by June 15th. 0 LITTLE ELK -W-8-8- HARLAN Dr. N'ewth of Philomath came In to see M. H. Young one day last week. Mr. Young Is reported slightly Im proved. Riley Young's family Is recovering from the measles and as no new cases Iiqva annAflrul In lits .nninmnttu a.n T"8 Harlan Red Cr0M worker ent off 24 pa,r of trench-foot slipper, last "week, xn-iv meet wus ween witn Mrs. T. Thomason. Frank Davis ba. been dragging the road, both aide, ot hi. place making iqulte an Improvement. J r. l, Hathaway took up with the County Agent the subject of getting V dra from County at ha jcould get In touch with the County .Court and going over the country tee what the roads need. Ed. Brlggs has gone to Corvallls to work. A dance was given at the home of B. F. Grant Saturday night those at tending report a good time. We are sorry to hear Frank Mulvany Is on the sick list, they are also hav' lng more than their share. EDDYVILLE The Dramatic Club presented their Play "Mr Bob" at Summit Saturday evening. A good crowd wa. present and a sum of twenty-two dollars was j - tl. j X, . . cannot be said for the royal treatment . . . .. . , accorded the visitors by the people . ,. , . . . . . . . , of Summit. Not only did the people . 4V, mml,. a Klf v. of the community do their bit by at- . . , .. , ... . . 1 ... . fAnHlnfl- in a til.iv hilt aloA A atari tha use of their hall free of charge, enter- . , . .. . ... . . talned the member, of the troupe, and helped by loaning articles for use on '? ? dlnan'b8,pfa' within their power. Special thank. are due Mr. and Mm. Strnnfc anil Mr. : ..,, - - p. k.- Z T" . .1.-. 1 w 1 , .u o-,i r.i.,,11 1- ubiuiici uiiuiui awuuiimuiDU th. mmw. n,.m.. nZu Summlt, acting In the capacity chaperone end stage manager. of Roy Mauch collected gate receipts v, i c u. at the play Saturday, also making him- self generally useful by acting as cook i uicamaBb 11111c, Kuerui ueiper in the packing onerations. and Mmm. .... . panled the young people back to Ed- v.ni. .1,... ha c.j noon at his home.(?) Mr. Vernon, of Albany, who has pur chased th tn ,r bnm the Downey place, spent a week or more visiting In the community re cently. He left Saturday for his home In the Valley, .where he will attend to putting in his war-garden and car ing for the small fruit on his property I there, Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Her- mason of Summit will be Interested tn hearing of the arrival of a baby daugh- ter at their home April 10th. Mr. Hermason has been callV to The Colors and will report for duty April twenty-fifty. Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Boynton spent Sunday with Mrs. Boynton's mother, Mrs. Sparks. FIEGLES CREEK Mrs. Z. A. Kessl returned from Port land Saturday. Mrs. L. flrnn vl?(tnil XT-a , t- Walker Wednesday. ... i o. .... ij, Ceo. Tubbs had the misfortune to lose a nice animal recently purchased of M. Brandeberry Will Kessl went to Summit Satur day. Mrs. Jane Tommason visited Mrs. Walker last week, coming In horse - back. Some few are findlne thilr way Into this neck of the woods. Really our way Is difficult of access. Because of rain Gale Shane Is mak - ing slow progress of Jess Atartln's goat shearing. At thl writfnff p,onv i. very sick-Gale Shane and Marlon Walker are helping care for him. These beautiful nrin rt.r. little delusive as there Is consider able sickness hero and elsewhere. It Is truly a godsend to have good neighbors although 1 am not aware thut it Is a new "cult." UPPER BHAVER H. O. Rhoades ond son Floyd. A. H. 'ledo to the spruce belt. Mr. Yeon ar Phelps and Mrs, A. Peterson were Vived here the latter part of last week trading In Newport and Yaqulna ,n company with A. Benson of Port Thursday. Jland. Mr. ni.nxnn U n ninmlin,. nf Airs. ai. wacUBmutn of 2TX v-.D . uui.uujr ,ur m villi wiui her sister Mr.. A. Peterson and fam- lly returning home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Rhoades and family attended Church at Toledo Sat- iu?rJ!?,,(Z Wer" accompan'ed ' w impy who visuea nor grandparent, while there. Mis. Christina Peterson of Yaqulna and Banner Zeek of American, Lake, .Tuesday for the purpose of forming an Wash., vlBlted the latter', home Frl- organization of the wool and mohair day and Saturday. grower. In this county was very sue- Donna and Mona Martin visited cessful. About forty prominent grow Edith Peterson Saturday. !ers were present, representing nearly Mis. Mjae Huntsucker departed for parts of the county, and about her home in Oysterclty Saturduy forty more were represented by proxy, evening. The meeting proceeded to organise un- Mr. and Mr. K. D. Martin and dill- der the name of "Eddyvllle Mohair dren were gue.t. at the Peterson 'ool and Wool Growers Association." ranch Sunday. jThe following were elected as a board Mr. and Mr.. H. O. Rhoades and of directors: W. F. Wakefield and W. baby .pent Monday at the Lewis J. Cllne of Eddyvllle; C. W. Rrown ranch. of Salado; I. J. Pepin of Chit wood; Mlsse. Delia Trapp and Jessie Van- and A. A. Asbahr of Toledo. W. F. ell called at the Peterson ranch Sun Wakefield was chosen as president day evening. (Continued on Last Page) FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT FOR YAQUINA COUNTRY President Tliorscn of the local lum ber company Is very optimistic re garding the future of the Yaqulna Bay section, and f Mr. Thorsen rMai out plans which he has outlined at this 1 time, ho will do much to advance the development and prosperity of this sec tion. In an Interview with Mr. Thorsen last Frill nv ha ctntiui .h. k. -j v, lold fr,Bn - . ' " ;were here flgu;,ng 7, of uinr .,,., ... . '; tnMaT wa shaping up very favorably towards that end. w, Th... ......... W. Thorsen stated that the elec- ,. . . : Wk company had been severed from .hA ., , . "m Mwmiii company, and that the ... ... . . , electric company would probably be . ' jinnwn hri.tl th- I I 1 r . WCn vZ 7 T. h , . 7 Light ant Power Co., with Mr. Paquet rellldent f ,ame ' enIfcrged th p 1 ioller. and a 2000 horsepower steam lurDlne an Of this hugh . . "mounl 01 enerRy generated. Mr. Thorsen said that their shipyard would U8e 450 horsepower, the new bandsaw mill t,,n,,J ,. mM , mU1 would UBe 600 horsepower, and the other 1050 horsepower would be lor sale to other enterprises desiring AlOOtrip nnwar I. la lm n n J th. nr't ' , ,7 . TV . Pre8ent sawmill would furnish suf- flclent fuel to operate the electric piant- , w ... - " ! " lne ma"nery ior me oandsaw mill to becln arrlv. ,h, . , ' 8m arrlv ,ng wlthln a fe oays. and construe tion on the mill will be begun at once, The mill Is to be located Just back.and ufc.. u,u u.-j preseni mill, tin tha olmml. , .1.. . . ... ttUU win have a capacity of 160.000 each ten hours. -W-8-S- CITI2ENS FIX ROADS Last Monday a number of Newport ers came up to fix the bad hole In th Toad Just west of town, so they could get into the countv seat. Thl. mH was all but Impassible and has been lhat way for the past several month. A bunch of Toledoltes went down and helped on the Job and after a day', hard work had this hola nlnnkprf In good shape. The road from Tnlortn n .Newport Is now in pretty good shape. .but the road from hr t sn,. tl "something fierce." SPECIAL SERVICES Servlrpn .-in ho 1...M .. c. i u faerylces will be held at St. Johns 1 i II 11 rp n Tllutti a. ...... I .. t ii on . i !.t" 7:. Tl SXlZ? Thr .n . Holy Communion at 7:30 Wednesday i morning. fl"WO CANDIDATE'S FCD 1 PORT COMMISSIONER L. Pt K Nortm of Elk Cltr and I"1'" w- of Slletz are 1 , , ,or ,M0 onlre or 1 ort 1 - 'itlliBUn.. . IL. r-. -. r . . . ' ' ,,,B "neao- "i0"8 aie uuui guou men ana win no doubt be elected. There nre three comuiis- "n?r8 to be elettPd t,l!s yoar- and I6 belleve l,,nt Rt eaHt one of the ""ouiuDeeiectcu Herein Toledo. JOHN B. YEON IN CHARGE OF R. R. WORK John B. Yeon the Portlund million aire and road builder has been ap pointed by CjI. Dlsque to tako charge Of the rallrnnrl mnatnlcHfm frnm T, fjfrir'J: look n tha Ituntlnn nvor Mr rion gon went to Wadport ,ne flrt ot tlle week. MOHAIR AND WOOL GROWERS ORGANIZE The meeting held at Eddyvllle las: and A. A. Asbahr secretary of the as sociation. LIEUTENANTS PLAN MILITARY BALL The lieutenants here In charge of the various soldier camps have plan ned a big military ball for tomor row evening. A four piece Jazz or chestra from, thu Valley will furnUh jnuslc for the ocasslon, and the pro- coeds of the dance, above expenses will go to the Red Cross. A charge of one dollar will be made, spectators iIbo charged one dollar, although lady piancers will of course be admitted rree. Several new stunts will be pull- (ed off by the soldier boys, and a good time Is promised for all. The dance will start promptly at 9:30 o'clock. -W-S-8- SIX GO TOMORROW; TWO NEXT THURSDAY Six Lincoln County boys will leave for American Lake tomorrow In re sponse to the draft Those to go are. Elwln Uaac Young, Newport C. A. Gardner, Salmon River Irven E. Rlgel, Newport Clarence H. Ridgeway, Vaqulna Ed. C Terman, Nice John Schlmmelphenlng, Waldport Two more boys will leave for Camn 'Lewis next Thursday, May 2nd, they oemg: Erllng Brautl, Toledo Henry Campbell, Toledo MORE EQUIPMENT ARRIVES Eighteen head of horses arrived on Monday evening', freight for use of the Warren Spruce Co. here. Two Pile driver outfits arrived Wednosrfnv evening and will be used on the rail- a construction. A carload of rail- road material. Including switch, etc., for connecting with the main line ar - rived Friday. Each freight brines several car loads of material for of the spruce camps here n REELS Mary Pkkford in The Little Amerl- can one night only Wednesdnv m,J 1st. 25 cents and 20 cents. VV-8-8- TOLEDO HAS SWITCH FWr.lMC1 mill has been progressing very satis Jack Wells, recently of Portland, fuctorlly this week and they expect to and In the employ of the S. P. Co., has aw U'e first log Monday or Tuesday been annntnfoH vnA . . , . ... . ,. . . ' "uir nere at Toledo, and we now have a engine and crew to tako care of the switching In the local yards. There win ne quite a bit of switching to ut tend to here as the Cheslpy snd Rob erts mill soon be running, the Yaqulna Day R. R. & Lumber Co., operating b"u Bniiin, me jetty rock passing through, and the Warrpn Spruce Co.. "ringing in logs. This latter com pany expects to have three lotomo tlves here within a short tlm, snd have one here now which Is used In switching. -VV-8-8- YACHATS SPRUCE WILL REACH YAQUINA BY RAIL WORK NOW IN PROGRESS AND WILL BE RUSHEu That the Yachat. Spruce will be brought to Yaqulna Bay by rail Is now an assured ti.l. Friday monilnj all ti e available workmen and carpm-ters li-re wore enraged and taken over to South Beach and set to work clenrlr.g ground and erecting buildings for qnul--tors for the troops and commUary sun piles, etc., and the first squadron of Signal Corps men arrived on the scene Jrr Ing, making something over one hun dred men. Others will arrive as fast a. quarter, are ready. Camps will be established at different points along' the route and It Is expected that be- tWAPn twntlf V.fl Vn hiniitf.il ... !... . I thousand men will be employed on rushing the construction work to com- pletlon. The line begins at Hlnton's point on the South side of the Bay and follows the coast a short distance Inland down to Alsea close to Bayvlew and across the Alsca river above Waldport. The Spruce logs will be cut and hauled, to this Hay but what deposl- tlon will then be made of them has not yet been made public but the supo - sitlon la that a cutting mill will be lo- cated at some point convenient to the terminus at Hlnton's point The troops are now under the com- mand of Capt. Brown and Lieutenants rt ..j 1, a . . i n uruTB BHU uiiciiriBii ana major nan- Tord Whiting, Surgeon. - Newport New.. LAUNCH WINDEMUTH The launch Windemuth, a trim little 36 foot tow-boat, arrived on Wednes day evening's freight and will probab ly be launched today. This boat ia here for the use of the U. S. Signal Corps. Capt. Ceo. Chambors will be in charge of the new boat. BALL GAME SUNDAY A baseball game Is scheduled for next Sunday between the soldiers of camp 3 A and the Toledo team. Game starts at 3:30. An admission of IE and 25 cents will be charged, and all money received above expenses will be turned over to the Red Cross. HORSE KILLED Last Monday one of the fine draic horses of the Warren Spruce Co. was Injured while working on the railroad grade near Dundon bridge. The ani mal was one of a Bpan working on a wheel scraper, and In going down over the bank the scraper caught the horse, leg, breaking same and also nearly severing same from the body The horse had to be killed. 6 REELS "Broadway Jones" with George M. Cohan in the lead. This play Is George M's. greatest stage hit on Broadway. Dancing; old dances for newcomers: Irish dance, Tamborlne, Highland Fling. Sailors Hornpipe. To be shown on Friday and Saturday nights of this week. 20 cents and 15 cents. - BRIDGE QUESTION UP 1 NEXT WEDNESDAY . ' u,ld,!r8tan(1 tl,at Yaqulna Mige questlon w111 conie UP before the Court at Its meeting next Wed- nesday, and a decision will probably be reached as to whether to go ahead i witii tho coiiHtructlon of saniA now, r not' A ,arge QuleKuUn uf bridge booster Intending to be present ! W-S-S- I CHESLEY MILL WILL START WEDNESDAY Work ut tho Cliesrey Lumber Co. vkh, una mo mill win start ud full blunt w.,anH m.. l. They will probably operutQ a nine ''our shift. . -W-3-3 SENTINEL RAISES PRICE The Lincoln County Simtlnel ha al",'(, " ,rlre from ,l 0 to ,l B0 Per year, same taking effect with It. Ihhub of this week. This raise wa niado necessary by the greatly In creased cost of print paper and labor. CHANCE TO PURCHASE j DRAINAGE TILE ' Several farmers In the vicinity of Toledo are cooperatively purchasing a carload of dralnago tlle thru the County Agent Office. Several more orders are required to make a full car. Inquire of the County Agent. PASSES BOGUS MONEY Toledo Ik becoming quite metropoll. tun. We not only have a switch en gine, but we have nonieone who la shoving the queer." The bogus mon- Imitation, but lacks the proper ring. We haven't discovered where the mint is located, but we have lots of lino type metal which we would like to have coined into hulvi-s. NOTICE MOHAIR GROWERS (By the County Agent) The Hoard of Illrectors ot the newlv reorganized Kddyvlllo Mohair Poof and Woolgrowers Assn., requests that all growors who have mohair 10 enter In the pool, notify the secretary, A. A.' Asbahr, Toledo, as to the number ot pounds or fleoces they have to enter, 1 The directors are negotiating with several purchasing firms and will in all probability not conduct a silo at Eddyvllle this year. Consequently It becomes necessary to load all ot the mohair at Eddyvllle for eastern .hip- . . . .. .. mem ana grower, are asxea to deliver at Eddyvlllo only at a date to be set and published later.