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' 7 incoln VOLUME 26 TOLEDO, LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 10th, 1918. NUMBER 12 fonntp Wmd'et SILETZ A party was over Monday on a fish ing bout, consisting ot Major Hitch cock, A. J. Hill, C. B. Burch, C. A. L&Barr and M. C, Clough. The party got a couple of row boats.and put them in the river about a mile above the Agency and fished down the river and ever the riffles till they came. opposite (he north side of the Agency a distance ot about eight miles. They bad a most xcellant time catchlnir in all about 75 trout. Major Hitchcock, because of hurting his leg in stepping' on some rocks did not take this trip. The party took dinner at the Hotel King. A number of autos are now coming 4n Vi . ... .- j.,ln- .nit in .n. Joy fishing In the beautiful Slleti river .ul . v n It. water, are as clear as crystal .no IM1" Je" BpMk8 Satur(Uy M SuB ripples, splashes and tumbles over a . . , , . clean gravelly bottom till it reaches " anyone wishes to know '-how doth tha head of tia. B.n.MOf thba.;th ""le busy bee" Just ask Mrs. ty of the river and Hs clear cold water tt was named after a beautiful India girl the daughter of a chief who's name was Cele.Ua but now changed , to Slletx. The length of this river from If. .owe lo where it emptie. into the Pacific ocoan is a distance of I es nriiB.. nt from h h. f river on a line a. the crow flies, to the (Wednesday on her return from Port ocean 1. only 15 mile.. H i. a most ,and' where .he had ne to bid fare- romantic river, containing in its his tory some beautiful stories and legends some day we may rHte some of , them up. The auto people who come In here complain of some bad pieces of road between here and Toledo and between Toledo and Summit. I wonder If the .upervlsor. wont got in and fix them a. .oon .. possible. The auto people .eave a gooa many aouar. ,n uncoin county. i Dr. Surges, and Sheriff Geer were also visitors at Silet. Monday. Mrs. Hannon, a prominent worker in the W. C. T. U., delivered a lecture at tne Metnoaist cnurcn to a large J I 4 . .1 - . . J I TT Ll . ..Patriotism. The Rev. Walter Ho.. p..tor of th. Church presided. A ""mu" imw . .-k " , :i7' ,. I r u 0"TC"" lection which was greatly appreciated. Mr.. Hannon in commencing her ad-; dres. said .he , wa. very glad to meet f , 'I! " Md eDCe- She 8Pke in splendid terms of our country and of the great war we are now engaged in for the maintaining ol I human liberty I -and toe Sr. and Stripe, and what they .tood for. In thl. part of her addres. .he ro.e to true height, of eloquence. She .poke of the great sacrifice we were making to maintain , the liberty secured by our forefathers 1 and preserved by Lincoln the great American, and now once again our ; Government is endangered by the Au- tocracy of the German EmDlre. Our Hag always stood for human liberty. ,relurned to Newport Monday morning. It ha. never yet been defeated and I Mr' He8te'' Coovert attended the Mr.. Hannon bcllevod it never would Teacher.' Institute at Newport last be. Germany has thrown down the i'eek returlng home Saturday, challenge and staked her life on the ' The ad,el ot the Ona Red Cross Autocracy will rule and Democracy mot at u'e Common, borne Tuesday conquest of the world. It successful t)rnoon. will perlBh from the earth and the I Mr" an1 Mra- L,oyd Commons of Vorld will be divided Into two great iw,nant visited at the L. M. Commons classes the governing and the gov- !home Moidajr. erned and an Impassible gulf will be I Mr8, J' M Bower. nd Mr.. H. G. placed between the lower and higher ,Rhoade. were the gue.t. of Mrs. a. classes so the common people the W' Weber Monday, plain people cannot rise so as to have ' Mr- and Mr- Ne,"e Thompson of .ny say In the question as to who shall iNewport TlB'ted at the S. A. Holm govern them. This Is the Kaiser's !green boM, eeral day. last week, idea of government .that i. the goal I c S' Ohnrt attended County Court he I. trying to reach. "Ich und Oott"iIaBt week ,n tne Interest, of the Ona will control but he will not succeed He with all hi. retinue will be defeated end that cruel, brutal, inhuman mili tary .ystem headed by the Kaiser will te destroyed and the world will be at peace once more. Mrs. Hannon's ad dress will do much to awaken still a deeper interest in the prosecution of the war till It I. finished and finished Tight BAYVIEW Wir.. oner and son visited Mr. 8. 3U McWllll. several day. last week. Mia. ft. Hendrick.on returned home from Portland last Saturday. A crowd of Bayvlew folk, attended the dance at Waldport Saturday. Mr. Olson of Llnvltle wa. a caller t the Hendrlckson ranch la.t Sunday. Tin. Burt Twombly visited Mr. Oakland last Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Leuthold called on Mrs, She? pard last Friday. Alia. Emma Blmmonsbn was a call er at the Brlgg. home one d.y la.t week. Mr. F. Huntsucker wa. a caller at the Oakland tome last Monday. Camp No. I of the Warren Spruce Co. Is almost complete now and they are expecting a large crew of men this week. EDDYVILLE Mr. Murphy of the Murphy Feed Store of Albyiny spent several days .flBhlng In this vicinity, and visiting with C. C. McBride. He took away about two hundred- One 'trout. Is it W wonder regretted being obliged to depart from our fair mountain com- .munltyT The Misses Barton attended the An nual Teachers' Institute at Newport !last week. MIbs Helen Sparks spent Sunday at Ith8 home at Little Elk, Miss Eleanor Olrdler. entei entertained .SDark"' John Gwynn, formerly ot the Deer Creek neighborhood, who has been pend,,n !" tr1.eUlnB f Canada and California, came in recent- ,ly Vl8'1 "l? Si elhn Miss Cecelia Stablor, who is teach " the Little Elk district passed thru' well to hef father who departed re cently for service abroad, and to "1)6 with her mother who was ill. Mr. and Mrs. Aldrlch visited the iRnvntnna nt T.tttlA TT1V Rnnriav. hnth havlng dental work done- Mts. Dudley Trapp and daughter Delia of Chltwood, visited the L. L. McRrldea Saturday. Mr. Trann rn- turne(1 to CMtwood on the eTenlng tran wh,e mst j,,, went m t0 Deer Creek where she will finish the term , .,,, VI, OWUVUb ; Person, who thought there must be a ball game in session the other day W8 disappointed to learn that It was pnly Mr. Barnes plowing his potato patch. Barton, grj Weltln and C. C. McBride were dInnerine,u ,t tte hom, cf u L. McBride Sunday April 28th, John Gwynn wa. a passenger for Toledo the other evening, MIgge, Susie and Pearl Barton, and Holen and Jean s ' woekend at Newport re,urnnP on "'n train, T E. WeU,n , ,a8t week return, ,n new The Rei c day at the 0range ,.. o for. ku ha, ju.t Deen memben are p ,upply of many.talled MW O- ONA Miss Neta Phelps who has been visit- lnK ner Parents here for a few days iuooa "ao. CluD. Conrad Thompson made a trip to Toledo Friday bringing a new buggy home with him. Lincoln Grange held its regular ses sion May 5th with a good attendance. J. R. Coovert was a Newport visitor Tuesday. John Stone returned last week to his rsnch on South Beaver after a lone absence. We observe that our mall carrier, Frank Huntsucker, Is speeding along in a brand new oar this week. Mr. Cummin, of Corvalll. ha. bought quite a number of beet cattle here thl. week. FIEGLES CREEK "AU is quiet along the Potomac" a. our .Ick and afflicted have recover ed aufflclently to assume their individ ual care, and U.k. after a fashion. Percy Mulvany did for a "bob kitty" on the Walker sheep range last week. Mr. Shane went to Jess Martin"., 8weet Home, this week. Blanche and Percy Mulvany togeth er with the Garrison children, visited Mr.. Albert Baxton Tuesdav. A num. (ber of Mr. Saxtoa'e former puella are making like pilgrimages in order to see the new little boy. We regretted to hear of the deat'i of Milton Young ot Spout Creek who kept his youth through lifes vicisltudet by means ot a hearty wholesoufed Jo. vlallty. We are pleased to noto the trench sock movement by the 'adles ot our parent tree, Harlan. TI19 women of thl. time and generation are tasting of the bitterness that the women of the 60 's supped to the vary Use. Just as the trench sock parties are now .0 were the lint scraping assemblies then those were the day. before medi cated cotton and other modern medical appliance., .0 cheerfully n-l unselfish ly were beautiful fabric, of Umd from the ancestral loom resigned to the ravage, of the penknife that om poor soldier might live. Tee, Some poor soldier. Mr. Droebaugh of the Reserve set tlement made a business trip here f otheg day. Ross Carmlchel cattle buyer wa. here looking up prospect, along those line. Tuesday. We understand that Mr. Chabiode who came from Idaho with a view to settle found property elsewhere more to his liking. The Reset's are doing a good deal ot fencing this spring. NORTONS The Nortons people have been show ing their colors by organizing a Red Cross Auxiliary. Miss Lena Taylor was elected chairman. Mrs. H H. Bryant, vice-chairman and Miss Mil dred Porter secretary-treasurer. The next meeting will be Wednesday, May 8th at Mrs. H. S. Porter's. We ex pect to hear more ot them in the fu ture. The Misses Porter, Southwell. Slate and Harold were In Newport the past week attending the Teachers' Institute. Miss Ysabel Goldman stayed over Saturday for the Festival on her way back to Orton where she is teaching. She had spent several dar. wlth her mother in Corvallls. ' The Norton. War Savings Society gave a May Day Festival Saturday evening. Quite a hirge crowd came out. It was on out-of-doors affair con sisting of a short patriotic program, a little Informal fun making in the way of contests and ending with a "weenie" roast As this Is the first affair of that kind we have had It was greatly appreciated by all. We are expecting to have Mrs. G. R. Schenck with us before long. She will give us some much needed light on Red Cross activities. Mr. and Mrs. Tibbies of Nortons ar visiting their daughter. , Mrs. Ash- craft near Orton. -9- CHITWOOD J. W. Jones and family of Sllvertnn Oregon, have moved onto the Fish wood place. 1 Walter Westover who has been via. Itlng his sister, Ethel Westover, re turned to Corvallls Tuesday. Born to Mrs. Otto Firing, a babv bov on May I, ltlg. Otto Firing, who is In the service. stationed at one of the Spruce camps in Washington, is visiting his wifa and son. Dr. Pernot of Corvalll. motored in to see hi. p.tlent Mr.. T. Reld, Sun day, She la quite poorly. Miss Ethel Westover returned from Newport Monday where she has been attending Institute. She has been re elected to teach the Chltwood school. Ezra Stein met. had the mliifnrtiin of having one of hi. horse, cut con siderable with a barb wire. Mrs. Dudlef Trapp was an Eddyvllle visitor Saturday. UPPER B HAVER H. O. Rhoadee and .on, Vlrgle, Mm. A. Peterson, O. E. Lewis and mother, Mr.. W. C. Lewi., were trading In Newport and Yaqulna Thursday. ueorge and Ira Huntsucker of Oys tervllle were In this vicinity Friday. Mrs. D. A. Emerson and daughter, Mr.. J. C. Huntsucker and baby, who have been visiting friends and rela tive, of this place returned home Fri day evening. Mr. and Mr. A. Peterson and chil dren visited at the Rhoade. home Sun day evening. Jessie Vancll visited Edith Peterson Monday afternoon. . Mr. and Mr.. K. D. Martin and chil dren called at the Rhoade. home Bun day afternoon. Floyd Rhoade. caught a bear one day last week. Mia. Evelina end Hester Peterson called at the Martin home Tuesday, t H. G. Khhoades and P. Vancll de livered some potatoes to South Beach Wednesday. Our mailcarrler passed through here Tuesday evening in his new car. ' ' . MILLER LOGGING CAMPS RECEIVES NEW EQUIPMENT ! The Miller Logging Camp received a pile driving engine on Wednesday's ! freight, and five donkey engines and another locomotive are expected in a. soon as the railroad is connected up I wits town. I ' The camps are now shut down while the railroad is being extended farther into the timber. About a hall- mile more track must be laid before they can resume logging, and more will be laid as needed. The new track fol low, the survey as located by Engin eer; A. J. McMillan about a year ago, and, will eventually reach the Slletx river on not to exceed a three peri cent grade. j When the new locomotive and don keys arrive the camp will have more than double the capacity as at present. -W-8-8- GOVERNMENT TO ESTAB LISH CUT-UP MILL The Government had a committee ot five, of whom Supt Patterson of this city was one, here last Friday and Saturday viewing out a location for a big Government handsaw mill. The committee looked over several site, near thl. city and also looked over a site at Yaqutna, but as . yet .have made no definite selection. I Toledo Is making every effort to land this big mill. A site has been offered for same, and the city has guaranteed free water. This latter is .a big item as during the dry summer months it is hard to get sufficient fresh water tor a plant of this size. We understand that this mill I. to be operated by the Warren Spruce Co., and will cut the spruce logs from the Waldport and Silets tract, into cant. for ahlpment to Portland. W-S-S " SPRING MILLINERY "HAS ARRIVED Mrs. T. P. Fish', line of Spring Mil linery has arrived and Is now on dis play In her show rooms. The Bhowlng this year Is one of the finest and most extensive ever brought to Toledo, and would be1 a credit to a town several ! times this size. Mrs. Fish has a spe cial sale on ior next Wednesday. PETERSON HARDWARE CO. , NEW PUMP & FREE AIR The Peterson Hardware Co. Is in- talling a new gasoline pump this week, having received same yesterday. This is one of the late makes of Bow ser manufacture, and is one of the most up to date pumps made. It pump, five gallon, at a stroke. They have disposed of their other pump to Hall Brothers of Slletz. SIGNAL CORPS MAN KILLED Alexander Effman, a private, 18th Provisional Squadron U. S. Signal Corps, was instantly killed at 10:30 A. M. Monday, while engaged In rail road work at South Beach. With others he was fulling trees and was caught beneath one that fell in the wrong direction owing to the strong wind. The remains were shipped to Happy jCamp, Cel., Wednesday morning. Eff man was au years 01 age ana unmar ried. News. CrTESLEY LUMBER CO. OPERATING FULL TIME The Chesley Lumber Co. now have .vamtliliia vnnntn. amnnlhlv anH haw. 'ibeen operating tull time thl. week. 'n-k. III ..1 11.. .1.. ....... 1.1 uv mill la culling lUUHiijr ilea ai yrvv ,ent, but we are Informed that they will Jcut considerable timbers for the gov rerment rallrosd construction from Newport to Waldport. Mr. and Mrs. Chesley are living over by the mill, ,'and will build a house there as soon a. dumber can be sawn for Its construc tion. BIG DANCE TOMORROW EVENING A big dance Is arranged for tomor row evening at the I. O. O. F. Hall in this city, same starting at nine thirty ,0'clock prompt Muslo will be fur jnlshed by th. Miller four piece orches tra. Dance tickets seventy-five cent. (A good Urn. 1. promised with fun for VlL lTWO DONKEY ENGINES SEVEN CARS RAILS Two large donkey engines and sev- n cars ot ra,,B "lved on Wednes- day evening's freight, consigned to lthe Warren Spruce Co., Toledo. Large - quantities of supplies and equipment are arriving dally, and train loads of .spruce logs, and sawn alrplain Btock will soon be going the other way. The company now has five large donkey engines here, and we are In- formed that they will receive nine KSorinne Pennington. With the excep more making fourteen in ell. tlon of John Miller the teachers elect- CITY WILL BUILD BIG RESERVOIR U H. Payne of Newport was in the city Monday submitting plans to the City Council for the building of a large count'- 'or the primary election next reservoir. The plans call for a reser- (FrldRV and Sheriff Oeor Is busy de voir 60 feet wide. 100 feet in lenrth "verlng same to the different pre- ," 'bt feet deep. Same will have 'torage capacity of 400,000 gallons. Mr. Payne will have supervision of the building of this new reservoir, and work was to have been commenced this week, but a hitch ha. arisen in -the securing of a site, which will cause puuiv jiiuo uoin. mr. riyuo (jail mates that it will take about' five weeks to complete the Job. IMILL MACHINERY ARRIVING The Yaqulna Bay Railway & Lum- ber Co. has received two carloads ot sawmill machinery this week, same being shipped here from Mistletoe, .mall station on the S. P. line Just below Ashland. This mill has a capao ltv of fortv or fifty thoiiHand fee, day, and will probably be located Just back and up the slough from the pres - nt mill. SPECIAL SALE . n, t r.. u . . .r8.-T- P:.F:nDTnCeB.,a "P I!1 o ua w v fc cuuDoua iua uuh ft DSW( 1 m . y . I . for the "t. in thl. .ectlon h.. store w 11 b; .old at .light reduc rec lvod word t back ion, wito specl.1 tale on several ar- couver WMh UMtmnat doe, Uclc Call in and see the fine mil- not M ner wm llnery display. .Vancouver. During his .tay here he s jha. made many friend, who regret -seeing him leave. BRIDGE TO BE BUILT Lieutenant Harry Bowler arrived The County Court at Its last session last evening and will succeed LIuuten. allowed the petition for a bridge across tont ld In the work here, the Yaqulna river, and ordered the Q roads leading to the bridge establish- m,,, p. ed. The State Highway Commission,.'0 BUILD DOCKS I it Is understood, will now take up the matter or a permit with the War De-1 The Newport Port Commission ex periment Once this Is Becured the pects to go to Taft tomorrow for the advertising for bids will follow. purpose of looking over the ground This road Is of vital lmportunce to Tvlth a view to building public docks the people living on the south side of at that place. They will be acconv the bay, anJ will open up an Immense panled by engineer C. R. Wright and umount of country. We hope to see the situation thoroughly gone Into. A this bridge built at an early date. -the present time Taft is without any o facilities whatever. The new strus- ture will probubly call for an expen RESULT OF THE SYRIAN- dlture of isooo or SGOon. ARMENIAN RELIEF DRIVE i The following are the quota, alloted STREET NEAR SPRUCE to Uie various precincts, and the i toiam iaii i dc m mivm amount. ralBed by each In the Armen ian and Syrian Relief Drive., also the name, of the Chairman in each pre-. clnct in charge of the drive, except Toledo, m Toledo. Misses Verne Ross and Isabella Llngenfelter. and Mes- dame. Le.ter W.ugh and E. P. Currey were placed In charge of th. drive. end succeeded in putting Toledo's quota far over the top. Precinct Chairman Allottsd Raised Toledo $200.00)249.36 Newport Lee Williams 150.00 188.06 Waldport Mrs. L. Everson 60.00 67.33 ouuia nailer nan ov.uu iui.vi Elk City Mrs. M. Morrison 30.00 49.00 Eddyvllle Mrs. A. McBride 30.00 14.00 1 Nashville Mrs. Inez Fort 15.00 12.60 Norton Miss M. Porter. 16.00 X0 R. Lodge Mrs. O.Dodson 16.00 12.15 Denser G. H. Clark 7.00 9.76 Ytarlatl n.ir.nrant so on si 7R I Yaqulna Mr. N. Walling 25.00 34.00 'rhltwnnil Mn Rlslnmolf IKnn 11 HA Chltwood Mr.. BtelnmoU 15.00 14.00 Taft, A. L. French, Chairman; Devil. Lake, S. W. Her, Chairman; Fl.her, E. E. Faulkner, Chairman; Yachats Virgil Howell, Chairman; Tidewater, Mn. J. II. Rarlnv Chairman anrl Beaver Creek, Mrs. Hester Coovert Chalrman, have not reported yet, but their quotas and amounts raised will be published as soon as reported in. BISHOP SUMNER TO PREACH The Rt. Rev. Walter T. Sumner, Bishop of Oregon, will make his an nual visitation to St. John's Episcopal Church Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. The Bishop will preach the sermon, and all are cordially Invited to attend and a special invitation is extended to the enlisted men. TEACHERS ELECTED FOR COMING YEAR The School Board at their regular meeting last evening elected the fol- lowing teachers for the ensuing year: Principal 'high school, John Elough; 'assistant, Miriam Inglls; principal grammar school, Prof. J. M. Miller of Newport; firth and sixth grades, Ma- Jbel Booth, third and fourth, Verne Rosa; second and assistant In high .school, Mrs. Edith Elder; primary BALLOTS PRINTED We have Just completed the work ' Prlntlng the ballots for Lincoln cmcl unoer ln9 MW 'w wa were reflu,red to rotate the names of the " oauois, giving each h'9 turn at the head of the list. Thl. :wa certalnly "some Job", 0 LINCOLN COUNTY COYOTE CLUB The third county-wldd- coyote hunt will be held on Saturday and Sunday, May 11th and 12th. It Is oartlcularlv requested that as many turn out as f",ble " thl. will be the last chance t0 hUnt th' Qoyot buforB f6rn ,Bet UP !..,, ' T,he B"t ,plcnlc of the ae"on wa neldai e Bancroft place on Big Elk, on 8unday. May 6th. A large gather- g " preBe,t Md "Joyoblo , wa Bpent W-S-S LIEUTENANT FRIEND TO BE TRANSFERRED lieutenant W. B. Friend, who has bBen tatln the past .everal 'month. Innklnv mttar th. t. " 1 TArT SOON - - - . , . The City Council Monday evening ordered City Marshal Han. Larson to I " " u " 'uI,"uer. De ,e" l? Itb U'e P'?k. "1 f ,tW"t o P7Cetown ' th,8t connect n" iul, " ' m V ? """Tl .treet which. Is on the 8. P. right " , ",0"'"'- ul Pseni, "e ""u"'"r 1. wuia vufc kuq m oaa con- tdltlon. The new planking will be laid two feet wider than the old. SILETZ PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES At the last hlsh school assembly 11"7 Henry aTe recitation. 1 Tho Teacers' Institute was held at .NewPrt lat week, the school having T,cat,on at the time. uuy "iDson eck to school after , ofJ"unl pi- I . UOln rei 1 ."' wm n"goea a wees, ago ;"na uaom 11 u"'ng hi. place for the remainder of the term. Irene Kentta has been absent ell week on account of sickness. Clara Slocum spent last week In To- li60 w'lh. her MeT ,nd Mother-in-law Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Thompson. Rose Gwynn visited relatives In To. ledo last week. George Kentta has been absent the last few days sick with mumps. Helen King spent a few days last week at Elk City, visiting the Haw kins family. Mary Alice Bensell has rtyurned to school .tier an absence ot a few week. Four of the boy. from the Silets went, to Newport Monday, .pending the day and returning in the evening, AU reported having a good time, . 4