Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, January 07, 1921, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextJimoln '(ottntj) Jender. VOLUME 28 TOLEDO. LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 7th, 1921. NUMBER 45 SILETZ The Holidays are past and the peo. keeps the men of South Beach pretty "pie will take up their work where they busy to keep the road In a condition left off a week ago but with a resolve to travel with the mall auto, to do more for the community, more A large seallon washed ashore a few for themselves and more for the good days ago having been shot. It was of the world at large. The New Year quite a curiosity to those who had was ushered In with a storm which never Been one and there were several still continues with unabated fury, went to see It among the rest your The wind blew a perfect gale all day correspondent. The seallon measured Tuesday but so far no serious" dam- nine feet in length, age has been reported. Fred Dozier who has been visiting Siletz river is up but not out of It's his father. Win. Dozier, left for Port banks. This Is due to the lack of land lajt Sunday to take up his stud snow in the mountains. When we ies again on Monday. Fred is one of have a big fall of snow and it goes off the young men who is fast gaining with a warm rain we have high water, prominence by his upright, courteous In the river. At one time under these and gentlemanly conduct. Some day conditions the Siletz river rose to the he will- hold a very prominent and nelghth of 28 feet above low water -high position. mark. This riBe took out the Govern-; o ' xnent bridge across the SUetz river WAI PlPriDT Borne 35 or 40 years ago. At another : VinLUrUK I time a big snow fell In the mountains' The , of b d , -some places In the canyons near the monle9 announced the arrlval of tne summit of the moun a ins the snow newl born 1321 b , floeB was some 15 to 20 feet deep It went t0 be weak , r t fc off with a warm rain and the Siletz bo;8teroUg lhaa the old 20 ag ,t hag river rose to be a roarmg cataract. stomed a te u slnce fl where the Gorge is now on the Upper hour Farm a great slide of big trees, dirt Qn the , w f h M & , , a! ft ZmL 'Ct Jh'f ZTr d bR8kfct ba m th Albany hlh SO or 30 fee deep. When the dam hlc ,ud , ' 0f thirty- broke loose the water wont through' t0 elghteen ln taTor of Alban lurco U1UI II nuuueu wu whole country along the river. At the Agency the river was said to be 33 feet above low water, mark. This rise took out the Government bridge that been replaced after the former flood. That winter throe men from the Luckamute were camped ln the mountains near the head of Siletz river hunting. When the big snow came they started out hunting and got flnn rW H trr nm tl HapoH i (trill rtA J"Z,L " " , "'T ,: for several days and finally went to the Valley nearly perished for lack outs)de f w , dow f of food and the long exposure. The fenceg and had ,t blown dawn gome other two men wandered down the ,d on u , ht ha beneflted Siletz river sleeping out In the cold ,n tne d under !o;s, or wherever thpy could get . 0 to keep from freoIng. They occas-j uaoi m ionally killed a bird or caught a fish, HARLAN and ln this way kept alive until they , ,,, ... came within two miles from the Up- . Everyone is sympathizing with N. per Farm when they gavt up, crawled ,L-f Gl?l wi, ln ,th!,loss ,0ff tbelr Snder a log and laid dowi to die. nfant daughter. Maggie May. It was a While in this plight, some Indians, terrible shock to all She fell and who were out hunting found them struck her temple on the stairs break- nearly perished; gave them some- ln a,b'd YeB8e'' supposed this thinto eat but gave i. only ln small rsulftfLd 'n ber death- . fehe J"" quantities, knowing If they gave them fbo,ut 7:3f Monday morning and died ?oo much h would kill them. The DK , ! octoc. Sh '".h UF' Indians put their own coats on them, by two "" two brother, took them to their houses, fed and h"1parn'9' S,he, T!' beautul warmed them up and then took them ' and the pet of the entire com- to the Agency where they were taken y" ... , care of rtJhon.e of Frank Stanton B. F- fra nt is improving now who was then la.-mer at the Agency.." de"B"'eu 'o ay. These poor fellows could not have harles Godhey of Newport attended fallen in better hands. Mrs. Stanton theUD"al f NL- G5ants f- i j i ik. k.i o a Miss Dorotliy Owenby returned from c.00.k.1d. 'iT'. Portland Dec. 24. and was burled on the hill in the "UB uu ' c" tMtZ h : Indian cemetery. I don think his Ku- I thmk tovg z reer trouble of keeping them. This was Tgood Samaritan act. John Ponze, Med Evans and Mose Lane were the party who found these men. i The teachers are all back again ' from the Holidays festivities and took up school Tuesday morning, all rested an refreshed for th. work of the raining few months of the ool A 'lively basket ball game was play- ed in the plav house Friday evening between the Hot Shots-High School -and the All Stars-trom the Grades, The score stood 32 to 22 in favor of the Hot Shots. The teams had their nice. It is the purpose of the school "ye tor dinner Ne-Year's day to train a team at Siletz that will be , W. W. Grant and wife were in Toledo worth while ,a8t Monday. Mr. Grant went down J. L. Goodell and Ed Case gave a to prove up on his homestead. New Years dance at the Reception Miss Dorothy Owenby LeU U Friday night. It was well attended .Gera Calltina. als0 vlsited Toledo by the young people and all report a la8t Monday. good time. Lunch was served at the , 0 Banquet Hall. The music was excel-j SILETZ SCHOOLS lent. ! Mrs. Grant King and her two daugh- . Several of the teachers arrived late ters, Helen and Lavelle have returneu Monday evening, returning from va home from their visit to the Dalles cations spent in the Willamette Val wlth her sister, Mlrs. Ole Sondlin. ley. Two of them, at least, were as M-. Kin? speck cf her nico visit, of flir as Portland where thoy attended the beautiful scenery and high moun- the State Teachers' Association, last tains about The Dalles, and the dry week. climate but was glad to gf)t back to the on Tuesday morning school opened moisture and gentle rains of the SI- again but with somewhat less than letz Valley whore everything is green average attendance owing to the very and fresh, except the people. ; severe rain and wind storm. Thru o the day the buildings were rocked cm ITU RFirU ; and the south end of the gymnasium UUUin DfcMun 'nearly became a victim of the high The hard wind and rain is doing wind velocity. In the evening the -considerable damage in the way of up truck taking pupils to the Lower setting out buildings and flooding the Farm was unable to make the trip Eurden spots. The wind has also up- owing to lallen trees in the road. The rooted several trees and loosened the school at Lower Farm, having one prepared roofing roofs of a few build- pupil present had been dismissed for lngs causing leakage. the day. . Our school teacher, went to Port- The High School basket ball team Is land as Miss Haley and returned on planning to play a game with the team New Year's Day as Mrs. F. L. Moore of the Newport High School on Frl while Frank, went away on Friday a day evening and all are looking for batch and returned a benadict. Con- ward with considerable Interest to gratulations are in order and we all this game. I - THE ONLY THIN I LIKE ABOUT SCHOOL. II 5o MXIWE OOWAld WKKeNSva WEU, PonaldI IcoRtvJHEN Ooll GET II THE PBtMTl J3n III T i(fo,s PROMerrioMTlMe nTTI C6VcHt'Tc 1 GET T ' rtATA B ? H. ' 5'TTlNG MERE FOR ! 1 HOlVE wish them a very happy New Year. ' Thn rnntlnnal c 1 1 rl th. - 1 A TU nau, nlfloo u.ara ln.allo. In the I. O. O. F. lodge- last Saturday night, after which a good repast was served to the members end many (rend School opened again Monday except ing the high Bchool, the teacher did not return so we are without any high school at present. . January third was one of the worst ever Been Tnere wajJ . . "a wind " T blowing down many trees. There was but little damage More high water and everybody is driving logs as a result. Mf anJ R Qi Grant and daugh- K- - Gr,nt ana Hoy ear s aay wun a. . Moore ana wire. 0. V be fhtater ov?r rr 'nls ytlter- . V ,fng' thy Owenby and .MM?7 Franci8 W I n , tors st week0 6 nlt a k,Mr'hah.. i.m . ,vMr8- May c- Grant nas b?ea. 1.ald UP ;n8 pa8t vweek g b"d, fi n horseback. Her horse stepped into a "u' ouu.lu'' ""T" '',,,:r ' .'. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allison enter tained a number of friends and rela- A POINT OVERLOOKED C- '"T" ' j , T, r 7 THANK fcJgSSV .sfc Aoodness m BIG TIMBER TRACT SOLD Negotatlons hut han ina4 ,... by the Pacific Spruce company takes over a lumber mill site and buildings at Toledo, 24 miles of railroad and i..ouu acres or timber land formerly the DrODSrtv of thn TTnltaH c, Spruce Production corporation. The jhuh was given out as iz,uuo,000. The mill which was 0 per cent completed when nnflrntinna War. Hta continued is located on the headwa ters oi iaiuina but- and when finish ed will have an estimated capacity of 250,000 feet an eight-hour shift. With it is Included the Alaea Southern rail road running 23 miles south from Ya quina bay. The timber land included In the purchase wos known as the Blodgett tract and lies north of the Yachats river and south of the Alsea river. Fentriss Hill of San Francisco, and his associates are incorporators of the Pacific Spruce company and they announced that they plan to begin logging and mill operations early in the spring. Oregonlan. WIND AND RAIN STORMS BREAK ALL RECORDS The wind and rain storms of the past few months haVA hrnlrpn all re cords according to old residents of this section. They say that they have seen Just as hard storms but for dura tion of time, the present spell of Weather t&kes thA nri?o and .van ,V.A old Webfooters are praying that it win cease. More water fell on New Year's day this year than fell during the entire months, nf .Innnarv anA Pah ruary last year. According to the old saving, - una exception follows anoth er," and it seems to Iia nrnvino- im. as last winter was Axcnntlnnailv nW and this Is one of the wettest ever Known. Many predict an early spring and we certainlv hnnA that , ih. what they are talking about, as enough is enough. o LEGION PLANNING CALICO DANCE FOR JAN. 22. The entertainment rnmmlttaa nf ih. local Legion Post is making prepara tions tor a "calico ' dance to be given the night of January -22nd, 1921 those entering into the spirit of the evenings entertainment will wear ap parel consisting chiefly of calico both men and women, so far as they can. Supper will be served; and home mus ic will furnish joy for the occassion. Details are to be announced with pos ters later. Calico, Club House, Toledo, Jan. 22, supper, music, we go! ROGERS-HARDING The wedding of Charles Rogers and Miss Clara Harding was solemnized at Orlando, Florada, on Sunday, Decem ber 19th, 1920. Mr. Rogers ls a resident of Orlando, Florada, and the wedding Is the cul mination of a romance which began two years ago when Mr. Rogers was stationed here at Toledo as a soldier ln the Spruce Division. Miss Harding, known by all her 'friends as "Teen," is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Harding of this city, and was a very popular young lady. 'After finishing school she took up nursing and has been serving as a trained nurse ln Portland the past couple of years. -- . . . Mr. and Mrs. Rogers will make their home ln Florida. NELS W. MILLER, JR., SCALDED TO DEATH The little two vpar nM rhlM nf tut and Mrs. Nels W. Miller of Pioneer died Wednesday of burns received Sun day wnen n puned a boiler of hot water over on Itself. It seems, as nenr ar wa ran loam that Mrs. Miller carried a boiler con taining some hot water out and set it on the porch. She then placed tubs In front of it to keep the baby from l?tL!nE at Itund Want ArrYiK:4 ihu n..t..h to a faucet for some cold water. The oaoy nowever managed to get past the tubs and DUlIprt thA hniW nf lint over upon Itself. The little one, lived until' Wednesday, though terribly burned. Funeral nprvlroa will ha h.M at Chitwood tomorrow. J. D. MICKLE TO TALK - TO LOCAL DAIRYMEN J. Mickle, ex-food and dairy com missioner. will.b8 In Toledo Monday. January 10th, and will address the dairy farmers on the vital questions of the Industry. Ilia mnny years of experience as a public official In con stant touch with tho dairy interests of the state made him one of the best posted men in the county on tills sub ject. As the stock holders of the local creamery meet at 10:30 It has been decided to serve a free lunch at noon so that all may be present during the afternoon. All are Invited to par take. Any person Interested In dairy ing will find it time well spent to come In and hear what Mr. Mickle has to say. Mr. Mickle will address the Siletz dairymen at Siletz In the evening. I. 0. 0. F. INSTALLATION Toledo Lodge No. 108 and Do Good Rebekah Lodge No. 70, I. O. O. F will hold Joint Installation at the Odd Fellows Hall on Saturday Evening, January 8th, 1921. Supper at 7 p. m., and Installation following. All members of both orders cor dially invited. Committee, CHRISTMAS DINNER PARTY A fine dinner was served on Christ mas day, at the Blue Bird cottage, home of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Sexton, recently of Fort Myers, Fla., and who now reside on their ranch on Eck mann Creek, 3 miles south-east of Waldport. The "home was profusely decorated with ChrlstmaB greenery, Including ferns, cedar, hemlock, salnl, huckleberry, fir, Oregon Grape and holly; also naper bells and chains. 1 The table was loaded with good things beautifully arranged. Roast chicken with prune dressing, devilled eggs, peas and carrots, cream cheese, cottage cheese decorated with rasin turtles, beet pickles, bean pickles, cu cumbers, baked beans, pimento salad and fruit and nut salad were supple mented with mint jelly, apple Jelly, jelly tartB, honey, broad and butter. Dessert consisted of pumpkin pie and mince pie, fruit cake, silver cake, gold cake, Yorkshire pudding, homo made cnniiv and cookies. Drinks were cof fee and milk. They have forgotten to mention the creamed potatoes, chick en gravy. And blue bird napkins and blu9 bird cards at each plate with Christmas greetings. The guests were: Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Buker of Waldport; Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Welst and family, Avis, Cora and Vera and Miss Arnold, teacher of the Alder Grove school. MASQUERADE SUCCESSFUL The masquerade given by the Amer - lean Legion at the Club House New Years Eve proved highly successful, a large crowd being in attendance, most of whom were masked. The prizes for the best sustained charac- ters were awarded to Mrs. Lola Cruson as "Mrs. Jlggs," and to Wallace Wilkin. son as "the hobo." Many others were exceedingly good and It was hard for the Judges to make the selection. 0 u.,,nlM. tavi rtD ' HAKUINU- I AYLUK Mr. Thomas W. Harding of this city and Miss Jessie Taylor -of Elk City were united ln marriage Tuesday at merfllal Hotel, the Bev. C. R. Ellsworth officiating. Mr. Harding ls the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Harding of this city and la nrnmant ln .Mal,.a onrt la an an. jergetic young man. Miss Taylor is the ,uu., ..mu xu,-r u.o aduplon lrom tne fauJ0Ua novel Dy ? L r,? i 3 M ?:2n?n, "a" Calna. featuring Katherlce Mac of Klk City and is also a student of ,-..,,., , .,.....n., the Toledo High School and ls a beau tiful and popular young lady. Mr. and Mrs. Harding have rented appartmenta in the Gwynn residence on the hill, where they will make their home. 0 NEWPORT DOCK COLLAPSES Last week, during the storm and high tide the Newport Lumber Co's. dock collapsed dumping the entire stock of lumber and the engine, planer, trimming machine, etc., into the bay. The dock was owned by 0. F. Jacobson and John Fogarty, and the lumber and machinery by Mr. Daugherty. WHAT NEXT A carload ot cedar poles was re ceived here the first of the week by the Pacific Telephone Co. for use on their lines here. This Is good and perfectly all right, and we are glad to see the improvement But, the poles were brought from Escanaba, Michigan, clear across the continent, to Oregon, where poles grow so thick that they can be almost had for the cutting. TOLEDO HIGH SCHOOL A 1920 Hleh School romance ended Tuesday when Thomas Harding and i Toledo. They certainly exceeded the Jessie Taylor were united In marriage. , speed limits, but did but little damage. The bride, a Freshman of T. H. 8., Isi 0 a charming and accomplished young; ELECTRIC COMPANY lady who resided at the Horning res-, iiMDrrr Mpu MANAGEMENT idence while she attended school. uut-K New mmwmuc.ivic.im i "Tom," the bridegroom, wbb a Soph-1 January 1st saw a change In the more and also held the position of management of the Yaquina Electric manager of T. H. S. athletics. An ex- Co., same having been taken over by cited group of students riced the happy, the Yaquina Harbor Lumber Co., and couple at the depot, Tuesday noon be-1 will be operated by them as a side fore they left for their future home in ' Issue to their sawmill project here. O. Elk City. i W. Ford who is ln charge of the Ys Among the many New Year's reso-'qnina Harbor Co's. interests here, has lutlons that were made In T. H. S., the ' plnced C. F. Altree In charge of the one concerning punctuality to classes j plant. J. J. Bellany will run tho even seems the hardest to observe. Two Ing shift and L. R. Altree the morning bells are sounded at the beginning shift. G. A. Perrln will look aftpr the and ending of each class. This plan . lines anil collect for service at Now will save much time. j port. Miss Helen Smith, of 'Roseburg Santa Claus was very kind to the ' will be bookkeeper, and will collect for H. S. pupils, Xmas, sensing our needs , the Toledo service at the mill office, he presented us with a pretty framed The Bervice at present will be from mirror that now hangs In the main hall i 6 to 8 in the morning and from 3:30 to advanlaee of those who wish to ad-1 in the afternoon until midnight. Ex- just pompadours, tlx stray locks and powder noses. o FROM PROTLAND JOURNAL 'V. v. l?-,t"rson. well known timber; man of Toledo end president of the . ' d,. cuMi-teivlai ij. s in Pon land as a delegate to the State Cham- in r (, i mm, "-.; , .i. i . Mr. Pat terson formerly lived at Cleveland and was a utiKlibor and tilllcum ot Newton D. Baker, now secretary ot war. During the war Captain Patter- auu uuu t-itaifio wt m. . the million dollar spruce production mill at Toledo. He and Bert Geer, former sheriff of Lincoln oounty and son of Bl Geor, one .time school land clerk, are together In the lumber busl - ness In Lincoln county. , , . Vi tti r- BUYS BLOODED CATTLE Fred Romtvedt this week received a flnn rn!r!ntrirfl lieiirnsev mm ana heifer from the famous Looney herd at Jefferson. The animals came In Monday evening by express. Mr. Loon ey captured first prize at the Btate fair thi year with his herd. TREES ACROSS ROAD The high wind of Tuesday blew sev eral trees across the Siletz road, und tho heavy rain washed in several elides, which made it very hard for Graham's stage to get thru with the mail. , n WIND DESTROYS VALUABLE PROPERTY We are informed that tho high wind of Tuesday blew over Maurice Ander sen's hen house, at Siletz. breaking six eggs. JONES-BALL 1 Mr- Vernon B. Jones of Newport and i Miss Essie Ball of this city were united ln marriage Monday afternoon ! at 2 o'clock, at the home of the bride's j parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ball, the Rer- H. E. Bush officiating, I The groom is the youngest son ot M- rml Mrs B F. .Tones of Nr-wpon nd has lived ln this county nearly 811 hiB llle- H ls an luaustnuua I yung mun and at present ls employed i as engineer on a tug boat at Portland. 'Miss Ball Is the daughter of Mr. and i Mrs w. E. Ball of this city and is a I6 PPular ad highly esteemea ""V Mr. and Mrs. Jones left yesterday for Portland where they will make nome- AT THE MOVIES V"" " yvw "The Woman Thou Gaveri Me." aa uuuaiu nit.it nituitfc DUiput tiuti t.Dw Also a comedy. 3Dc. and 15c. Sunday Change of Program. NO TRAIN WEDNESDAY OWING TO BIG SLIDES 1 The continued heavy rains of the Da8t weo't reaulted In several big slide on the railroad yesterday, which made It Impossible for the train to get thru, Oue big slide occured near Elk City, and another neur Summit. The slid near Elk City was removed so that : the train got thru yesterday and a. , transfer was made around the slide at Summit. It will take several days to remove this latter slide. BASKET BALL GAME TOMORROW NIGHT A game of basket ball has been scheduled for tomorrow evening be tween the Toledo and Siletz town ; tenuis, at thu Full- buiiuiiib'. Game i starts nt eight. Admission 25c. and 36c. Come out and see a good game, o TEAM RUNS AWAY Claus Christiansen's team ran away Wednesday afternoon while left standing on Hill street and were not I stopped until they had readied West i ceptions to this will bo made on Mon- days and Wednesdays wnen tne ngnts will be kept on as follows: Mondays until lo o'clock and Wednesdays until 11 o'clock A. M. o HIGH WATER IN RIVER CAUSES BIG LOG JAM Thn Ynmllna Itlver was out of Its bnnk at Elk Cltv Wednesday and the , gawi0gs and drift coming down the Yaquina and Dig Elk rivers formed a big jam just above the wagon bridge al turn piuce Hliu it iuoivcu iur a um , ng tliouch the bridge would bo washed ' ollti it 9 nstlmated that there are two thousand sawlogs in the Jam. The rVer ia falling rapidly at present and 1 t a thought all danger is past. It wm require the assistance of a donkey engine to pull. out the logs and un- jtangle tne jam. damv WIMAI I . THREE GAMES Albany College, which played a tie. game with Toledo Thursday evening, and later won out when they played off the tie, also won at Waldport by the score of 31 to 18, and at Newport by the score of 32 to 17. The boys return ed to Albany Sunday. Coach Starr of the Albany team Btated Sunday that his team had not been beaten this year and the game here at Toledo was the hardest one they had played this year, out of more tliun a dozen games. BOYS WIN; GIRLS LOSE In the double header basket ball game at the Fair building last Friday evening between the Toledo and New. port boys and girls basket ball teams tho Toledo boys won out by the score of 10 to 6, wliile the Toledo girls lost I by the score of 8 to 22. virW -rue pRestnr tm SATINS MERE FOR !