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CQGNTY LEADER
OFFICIAL
PAPER
of
LINCOLN
COUNTY
LARGEST
CIRCULATION
In
LINCOLN
COUNTY
VOLUME 30
LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER, TOLEDO, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 13th, 1922.
NUMBER 21
LINCOLN
COUNTY COURT
LETS COTRACT
SILETZ BRIDGES
Combined Bid of Portland Firms
Accepted by Commissioners;
Monson-Trierweiler Co. Gets
Contract.
Tha combined bid of Blytho, Whit-1
tier & Co., Ladd & Tllton Bank,
Clark. Kendall & Co., Bend. Goodwin
& Tucker nnd the Western Bond &
Mortgags Co., was a.rupted by the J
Lincoln County Court Friday as the
highest and bast bid for the purchase
of the fi3,000 bridge bonds for the.
building of three bridge3 over tho
Siletz River. The bonds were bid at
par value plus $780, accrued Interest
to date of delivery.
Construct 3 Wooden Bridges
For the construction of the bridges
Monson-Trierweiler Co., of Portland,
Ore., was the successful blaaer. The
bid of this company was S40.C97 for
the construction of the three wooden
bridgos. This same company is con
structing the steel bridge over, the Si
letz river where the Toledo road
crosses.
The contractors will start founda
tion work on the three new bridges
Immediately.
Call For Specifications
The county court lias a'so called for
plans and specifications from the
State Highway cto;nm!ssion on 1ihe
new bridge to be constructed over
the Yauulna bay, near Toledo, to the
SoutlisW.-). As soon as these are re
ceive:! the 5(0,000 bonds voted for tho
construction of the bridge will be sold
and the contract let.
The LumbC'. men's Trust Company
of Portland were the successful bid
ders for purchasing the $243,240 bond
lsiun for the building of permanent
roads in Lincoln county.
PACIFIC SPRUCE MILL
SAWS INITIAL LOG
That the big mill being reconstruct
ed here by tho Pacific Spruc.i cor
poration is nearly ready to start o
eratiens Is'signtfied by the fact that
the first lo? wa3 hoisted from the bay;
Wednesday and was put through tho i
big saw. Although not ready to start;
actual operation now it will only be a;
matter of a f.iw days until one of the
big saws will be put Into steady oper
ation. All lumber sawed or the few!
months will be used for construction
purposes only.
Toledo Asain
Swamps Indians
In Baseball Game
Locals Chase Adams to Bench
in Four Innings After Making
12 Hits and 13 Runs: Albert
son Effective as Is Hall.
The Indians came, they saw, but
they did not conquer.
The Toledo baseball team came near
handing the Slietz Indians another
shutout on the local diamond Sunday
when they gave them a drubbing to
the tune of 14 to three. The Indians
scoring all came In the eighth Inning
when two little singles, two errors on
the part of Toiodo playcrn and a stol
en base a'.lowed them to put three men
across tho plate. With the exception
of this one inning the Indians never
jad a chance to score.
Hall, pitching for Toledo, allowed
but two hits up to the eighth inning
and it ntire looked like another goose
egs for the Red Men. However, the
locals played a little loose in the
eighth and the Indians managed to
oave themselves a shut-out.
Adams, Siletz pitcher, had it all
doped out that he was going to get
ven on the local team for the beating
they administered to him at Newport
On July 4, but in the four :nninga he
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NEW CITY CLERK
ftNOW IN OFFICE
R. R. Miller was appointed city re
corder at the last regular meeting of
the city council to take the place of
George Andrews,- resigned. Mr. Mil
ler is well known not only In Toledo
but throughout this section of the
state, having held the office of county
judge and has- alsp been connected
with the county schools. Mr. Miller
has held the office of city recorder of
Toledo before.
FIRE HAZARDSERIOUS
SAYS. FIRE MARSHAL
W. E. Dall, deputy fire marshal of
this district, stated today that It was
necessary' for every person to bs ex
tremely careful wiih fire of any des
cription due to the extremenly dry
conditions now existing In all parts
of 'the "-country. One of the greatest
assets of Lincoln county Is its timber
resources and one careless person
could totally destroy It.
AS TEDDY JR
SEES IT
Editor's Note: The recent tri
umph of progressive Republican
candidates in various states and
upset of other Old Guard leaders
brought forth the following com
ment from Theodore Roosevelt,
Jr., Assistant Secretary of the
Navy, when approached by the
Washington representative of
this newspaper:
I AM delighted with Gifford
Pinchot's victory in Penn
sylvania. It indicates a general trend
toward progressive ideals. In
this connection, however, it is
necessary to bear in mind that
since 1912 lines are blurred
considerably on progressive
policies. .
For example, a very large
part of the 1912 progressive
platform has already become
. the law of the land. In this,
woman suffrage is a specific
incident.
Agricultural News
Feature Appears
In This Issue
County Agent Cooter Contrib
utes Material for Benefit of
Farmers; Will Appear in Sec
ond Issue of Each Month.
On page 4 of this issue will be found
our new Agricultural News section.
' Material for this page will be pre
pared under the supervision of Coun
,ty Agent Cooter, and we hope will
. be of interest particularly to our rural
readers. We believe this new depart
ment will add value to our paper and
Mr. Cooter thinks the public will ap
preciate it. Mr. Cooter will continue
to provide material for our regular
Issues as he has in the past.
A large number of . sample copies
will be mailed to our non-subscribers
each month. Mr. Cooter says "I have
prepared material, for your July 13th
issue and hope to provide you for each
Issue with material or suggestions
that will be of interest to our farmers.
I am sure they will appreciate your
offer to us of this space and I hope
this cooperative publicity proposition
will be of benefit both to the farmers
and the Leader. I hope the readers of
this page will feel free to criticise or
contribute."
FORMER EDITOR OF
LEADER VISITING
RELATIVES HERE
Mrs. Ada E. Soule of Portland. Ore
gon, "and a former owner and editor
of the Lincoln County Le-.der, is vis
iting at the home of Mr. Geo. Schenck
of this city. Mrs. Soule and Mrs.
Schenck are sister3. She will take
an extended visit here.
toledoolay"
waldport sunday
The Toledo baseball club will cross
bats with the Wulduort ngtrrpciatton
at the local diamond nnvt Sunday af
ternoon at 2 p. m. Waidport has de
feated the Indians twice this season
nnd have also defeated Toiodo once.
The game will likely be a pitchers'
battle between Coleman for Waidport
and Hall for Toledo. Co'.eman struck
out 1-6 of' the Toledo men In the
game here but Toledo won the con
test by a score of 9 to 4. "
Woldport has lost 3 out. of seven
games this season while Toledo, hag
lost only 2 out of a like number. It
should be a real contest.
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Highway Meeting
Now Being Held
At Crescent City
Delegates Reach California
Town After Coast Trip Filled '
With Wonders Natural to Ore-'
gon Coast Trips.
Two States Join Forcss to Put
Over Roosevelt Highway;
Seven Counties of Two
States Represented.
CRESCENT CITY, Cal., Ju!y 10.
The big Roosevelt-Re .Iwood coast
highway meeting got. w.rl under way
today, following a trip through some
of the most picturesque scenery found
In the west. Mucli enthusiasm pre
vailed as the session opened, and
from all appearances the gathering
will be an epoch-making one.
; The purpose of the conference Is
for the purpose of building the Roose
velt highway In Oregon and to pro
moto tho completion of a coast high
way through the two states. There
are seven coast counties in Califor
nia and seven coast counties In Ore
gon, and the two highways that tha
'conference will duscuss are the Rod
wccd highway In California and the
'Roosevelt highway In Oregon. As a
result of the conference, It Is expected
that a strong organization will be
formed of the coast counties of tho
two states, to promote and assist In
every possible manner the completion
of this most Important highway which
will greatly stimulate the tourist tra
vel into Oregon, as well as afford the
people of the state an opportunity to
visit all parts of the Oregon coast at
all seasons of the year.
Each of the seven Oregon coast
counties are represented at the con
ference by delegations made up from
: commercial organizations and county
ccurts. The same thing applies to
the delegations from the California
counties.
i As Curry county Is one of the last
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1 Sheriff Slayers
Hang at Salem
jKirby and Rathie Pay Penalty
I for Taking Life of Til Taylor;
Both Proclaim Innocence.
SALEM; Or., July 7. Elvle D. Klrby
and John Rathte paid with their lives
on the scaffold here today for the mur-
ider of Sheriff Til Taylor of UmatKla
county, In Pendleton, two years ago.
All appeals, attempted injunctions
and writs of habeas corpus sought by
their attorney, failed, and Governor 01
cott refused to Intervene.
I John Rathie dropped through the
trap at 8:30, end was pronounced
dead thirteen minutes later. Elvle D.
Klrby was placed on the scaffo'.d at
8:48, the trap was sprung at 8:50, and
he was dead twelve minutes later.
I Both men protested their innocence,
1 and both voiced forgiveness of all con
nected with their going to death.
During the hanging, the penitentiary
prisoners were turned into the prison
yard by Warden Lewis, as during the
Nell Hart execution they beat at their
eel! bars and howled dismally. They
I did not witness the execution today.
! Father Roche and B. B. Wedaic,
-Meunonite, accompanied tne doomet,
;men to the scaffold. Neither of the
men required assistance in the march.
; Rathie, visibly nervous, muttered
I prayers while the black cap was being
adjusted, but Klrby, wearing a new
! suit and collar, chewed gum as he
. looked over the small crowd gathered
to see htm executed.
I Rathie, when asked if he had any
thing to say, in a clear voice ans
wered: "All I have to say is I am in
nocent of this crime I am hanging for
and hope God will forgive those that
Sentenced me and have mercy on their
souls. I forgive everybody. I have
no hard feelings Ggalnst anybody."
When Warden Lewis asked Klrby if
he had anything to say, he replied,
'"No Bir," but urged by Father Roche,
finally said: ."I forgive everybody; I
'.am Innocent; everybody knows that."
Guard W. E. Lamb officiated at
both executions, which went forward
without a hitch. He r.lso hanged Nell
Hart, executed for the same offense.
Several Umntilia county officials at
tended the executlcnB.
I FAIR BOARD TO MEET
j SATURDAY AFTERNOON
I The Lincoln County Fair board win
hold a special meeting in the Cham
j ber of Commerce rooms at 2 p. m. Sat
urday at the call of Peter Frederick,
president, according to Lieutenant
Patterson. RTr. Patterson is busy this
jweck Eliciting advertising for the
; fair book, and he states that the mer
chants and others are responding
nicely. '
All members of the fair board
! should be present at the meeting
1 Saturday afternoon as Important
business will be discussed relative to
the progress being made to make the
big show a success this fall.
Feels Spuds and Asks for Senate Vote
V v
From spuds to Senate is quite
some hurdle, but the confident Mrs.
Annie p. Olson, of Minnesota, is
not afraid to pose in kitchen frock
Jn asking the voters ot the state to
end her to the U. S. Senate in place
f Frank B. Kcllog, the present Re
School of Music
Opened in Toledo
; Bv Prof. Norton
Students Who Enroll Will Be
Given Credits the Same as
Students Attending Philomath
College. ,
department of music h.is been estab
lished here in Toledo and will ba
known as the Toledo School of Music.
Headquarters will be at the Liberty
Theatre and Instruction will be given
In piano, voice, and all orchestra In
struments. Prof. R. T. Norton, head
of the music depar'ment at Philomath
'is taking personal charge of the work
here and will be assisted by Lester
I Wurman, also Instructor at Philomath,
i Quite a number of students are al
ready enrolled and as the time is lim
ited to two days a week, Mondays and
I Tuesdays, it would be well for appli
cants to register without delay. All
instructions are persona! and credits
will be given the same as at Philo
math College, so that a student may
take advanced work at any college
and receive credit for work done here.
.We believe Toledo Is fortunate in get
ting such an institution started here,
i Among those who have already en
rolled as students at the Toledo School
'of MurIc are Austin Altree, voice;
Irene Altree, piano; and Julia Easton,
voice and violin.
FOURTH JULY RESULTS
IN FORTY DEATHS
NRW YORK, July 6. Approximate
ly 40 persons were killed and 260 in
jured in the nation's Fourth of July
celebration.
New York, where the children fir
ed hundreds of thousands of do:'.ars
worth of firecrackers, led the country
with 11 dead and 45 injured.
Drownings at bathing beaches In
various parts of the country added to
the toll.
PREPARE YOUR
EXHIBITS EARLY
The Lincoln County Fair will be her
the first week In September. You ma
think that on account of the poor year
you won't have very good exhibits,
but just remember everybody else is
in the same boat. Plan for the Fair.
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fcurcpe Greets Former Pres. Taft
'. Former President Taft made no flamboyant announcement of his
trip to Europe this summer, still he is being received with enthusiasm
and interest at every eenter visited. In London he was honored at
state affairs and dinners in a way befitting his ability. The fact that he
is now chief Justice of the United States impresses Europe. The tour
is developing into triumphal trip not unlike that tendered other presi
dents on visits there. Picture shows Mr. and Mrs. Taft arriving in
France. It also shows how the former president has lost in weight
'TOT
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ftfirm
v
1
publican Senator. Mrs. Olson does
not let her campaign interfere with
housework, as one wide awake
photographer found when he called
at the home. Political wiseacres say
Mrs. Olson is piling up hundreds of
votes in her campaign.
Jersey Men to
Hold Meeting
Here July 29th
F. B. Astroth, of The American
Jersey Cattle Club, Will Speak
and Show Jersey Motion Pic
tures; Big Eats.
The Lincoln County Jersey Cattle
Club will be assisted in Its campaign
to make Lincoln County famous for
the Jersey and. her products by Mr.
F. B. Astroth on Saturday, July 2!Hh.
The election of officers for the com
ing year and the preparation of a
program of activities for the coming
yenr will be accomplished between
10:30 and 12 o'clock. Then a Jersey
luncheon arranged for by a committee
consisting of W. R. Stokes. V. D.
Graves and Tony Jacobson will be
served in the Chamber of Commerce
rooms. Mr. Ray L. Jenkins was named
on the publicity committee, so watch
out for the verbal bombardment. It's
coming. L. A. Jersey Hulbert is on the
entertainment committee so If you
aren't cared for Jump on him. Mr.
Astroth will speek at a public meeting
at 1:30 o'clock and at 12 o'clock will
speak briefly to the Calf Club mem
bers, after which all will retire to the
theatre where Jersey motion pictures
and slides, Incidentally showing pic
tures of a lot of Oregon's World Cham
pion Jerseys, will be adequately ex
plained by Mr. Astroth.
Farmers and business men interest
ed are particularly welcomed to at
tend. It's all free.
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STOKES KILLS BEAR
AT NASH BROTHERS
Several bear have not only been
whipping out Nash Brothers dogs,
but have been feeding on their
goat flocks for some time. With
the advent of the government hunt
ers a bear hunt was staged on
Nsssh Brothers farm and after a
hot chase participated in by Nash
Brothers,. J. E. Cooter, Mr. Wil
liams nd Jackson of the Preda
tory Animal Department, Mr. Ja
cobson of Pioneer, and Mr. Stokes
and Mr. Alexander of Toledo, Mr.
Stokes proved the best long dis
tance runner and bagged tha bear.
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4.
STAND A KD OIL
WILL INSTAL
STATION HERE
Council Passes Ordinance Grant
ing Company Right To Oper
ate Distributing Station in
City.
At Its adjourned mooting held in
the council chamber Mnnilnv ov,nlnr
the city couni-il passt'd un ordinance,
which nnntMrx In another rnlnmn In
this issue, grunting the Standard Oil
company the riftlit to operate a diB-
tnnutlns station in the city limits of
Toledo, after itl telephone meBrLge
from A. C. Barber, state flro marshal,
assured them that the installation of
the oil station would not crate a
higher rate of Insurance for mljaoent
buildings. There is a distance of ap
proximately 300 feet betwoi n where
tne oil tanks will bo stationed and
the nearest buildings. The building
Bite for the distributee station In Alt
lOf blork three of Graham's sixth ad
dition to Toledo and a small parcel
of land adjoining. It Is understood
the Standard Oil company will Immed.
lately Install the distributing station.
Telephone Line To Dam.
The city dads also took up the mat
ter of building a telephone line to the
new dam site on Milt rrenlr A t.r.
ephone will be essential to the watch
man at the dam after It is completed.
Several Bouthslde people have signi
fied their willingness to install tele
phones providing the line would be
built and a few were present at tut,
meeting Monday. The bul'.dlng Jof
the line was turned over to City En-
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PETERSON BROS. ARE
TURNING OUT HENRYS
Hank Ford will have to change hla
slogan of "One Million Cars Per Year
If all hiB thousands of agents, scat
tered over the country, do as we" at
'disposing of "Tin Lizzies" as the Pe
terson Bros1. Garage, local Ford agents.
Thla firm has, during the past week,
sold seven cars to Lincoln county
citizens. . The following purchased!
.touring cars: Judge James of the Lin- '
.coin county court; Peter Frederick.
F. W. Stevens, general manager of
the Pacific Spruce Mill, all of Toledo;
I Art Baldwin and V. P. Mitchell ot
Waidport; Gideon Koblelskl of Slletx:
'while Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Fowler, local
restaurant proprietors, are the own
ers of a new Ford sedan.
Legion Post to
Conduct Regular
Saturday Dances
War Veterans Will Open New
Hall to Public; Dances to Be
Conducted Under Supervision
of Committee.
The Alden Abbey Post, American M
Legion, held a meeting In the law of
fice of Attorney G. B. McCluskey
Tuesday evening and decided to hold
public Saturday night dances In their
new club house at the fair grounds.
In the absence of Post Commander
Hi. Stocker, Mr. McCluskey presided
over the meeting. The dances will
be held every Saturdny night, com
mencing . with next Saturday, July
15th. A committee consisting of tha
following "vets' was appointed ta
manage the affulrs: Roy Swearlngen,
Ralph Gordon and Frank Updike will
act as floor managers; Henry Camp
bell will be responsible for the hall;
E. F. Hall will take care of the pub
licity work and Lieutenant W. K.
Paterson will look after the music.
The dances are being held mainly
to help pay off the Indebtedness of
the moving of the club house. The
floor is one ot the best in this part
of the state; a local orchestra wilt
furnish the music and to those who
enjoy "skipping tho light fantastic"
attending these dances under the aus
pices of the legion boys should be
real treat.
An admission price was decided up
on at $100. Lndley will bn ndmttted
tree. All gentlemen spectators who
do not care to dance will be asked to
take sejjts In the balcony. Gentle
men spectators will be charged an
admission price of 25 cents.
The war veterans guarantee that
these dances will be conducted In a
decent, respectable manner and the
general public la Invited.
MERCHANTS SHOULD LOCK
PLACES OF BUSINESS
Night Marshal Geo. Schenck report
ed at the council meeting Monday ,
evening of finding five different busi
ness houses left open during the
month. On June 4th and 24th, the
planing mill was left open; on June
9, the depot; June 12, Bateman's Fur
niture house and June 14, Arthur
Nye's plumbing shop.
Burglars might reap a harvest one
of these fine days unless the mer
chan'.s of Toledo are more carefel
about locking their places of buslneasi
after closing hours, In the future.