LINCOLN
OFFICIAL
PAPER
LINCOLN
COUNTY
LARGEST
CIRCULATION
In
LINCOLN
COUNTY
LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER, TOLEDO, OREGON1, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1922.
VOLUME 30
6
NO. 3
AMERICA AGAIN
HEARS FRANTIC
GALLS FOR HELP
Thousands of Refugees at Mer
cy of Ruthless Turk; Oregon
Woman Tells of Inferno of
Smyrna.
"Never was a group of babl"3
InniKJit into the world under stranger
w sadder surroundings," states Dr.
Esther Lovejoy of Portland in a ma
ansa Just received by J. J. Handsaw.,
aiale director. Near East Relief. "!
hava just returned to Constantinople
fras a week In the infe-no of Smyrna.
I -worked day and night directing the
biiU of hundreds of infants. ' Alan,
were born on the planks of the wharf,
the laboring mothers being protected
from the panic stricken crowd only by
the thin white line of American sail
or. One baby was born while its
ytmnt? mother was standing In line
unwilling to give up her place even
tor the birth of her first child.
"Turkish soldiers systematically nb
toe. refugees, wrenching rings frcii
"Women's fingers. The quiet of t!'c
niKiit Is disturbed by piercing cries
from young women and girls who are
bring taken by Turkish soldiers. Thoy
teKt from their crimes only when
the searchlights from American war
afciim are turned on them."
Stx shiploads of food nave bocn 'lis
Reached by Near East Relief, for a
populat!on greater than OreSD'3 ,B
oomeiess.
President Harding lias appointed
"Will Hayes, National Chairman, and
Archie Roosevelt, executive sc-rr-tary
ot a campaign for funds for relief of
Xnst Smyrna sufferers who now num
vT nearly one million. At least Si"
400,000 will be needed.
The Federal Cruncll of the Church
of Christ, the Red Cross, the
Knight of Columbus. Y. M. C. A., Y
"W. C. A., Near East Relief, the Feuer
two of Jowish Wel?are Societies. nil
ktiTe joined tn this life saving move
xnest, designating the Near East He
ll! as the agency fo doing the work.
Contributions which are mo3t urg
ently needed should be sent to Near
Kat Relief, 613 Stock Exchange
Banding, Portland.
1IT PUR I'll
SCHOOL
INHUME
Many Children Compelled to Go
Without Schooling Due to In
efficiency of Present System
Says Coin.
Much is being said obou,' tne desir
zthlts qualities of the County Unit plan
which will be placed before the rot
ers of Lincoln county at the coming
'.state election for their approval or
rejection. There are also a few who
ar opposed to the new system be-5it-ving
that It w 11 work hardsbios on
certain districts. County School Super
intendent, Goin, is a 100 per cent sup
porter of the new system and believes
'esat its adoption by the freeholders ui
thv county will be a great boon to the
children, giving them equal advan
tages in their effort to ecquire an edu
cation. ,
The following is Mr. Goln's version
wl the county unit system:
.This is what it guarantees, 1st,
raal opportuntly for the children, 2nd
eqnal taxation for the tax-payer. That
is democracy in is purest form. The
these reasons alone it seems as though
weTy voter In the county should vote
YES on the County Unit Plan for tax
atkm and administration.
Today there are a few districts with
the old home-made seats in their
school houses 'yes, they are better
than the ones I sat in thirty five or
focrty years ago but they are not as
Tpood as tho pupils should have) and
tinre are some districts with the very
best seats in their houses and thesa
seats and houses are not tn use and
have not been for several years and
may never be used again or for some
years at least. With the Unit Plan
in operation the?" seats and other fur
niture could beTai where they will be
reed 'during the time that school Is in
(session.
There are at present about 25
Vaplls denied schooling, in this county.
"These parents pay their share of the
school tax, but because they live
-.across the section line or on the
wrong side of the river the children
rannot go to school though there is
& school house within a mile and a half
or nearer and In it a good school
for their neighbors children. This
-condition should not exist and It would
not under this new plan. One mother
wanted to send ber child to school in
a. near-by district. The school house
ta her own district was too far away.
The school board only asked $12.00
yer Month tuition. In this school
there is an excellent teacher and she
faiB five small pupils to teach. 'This
extra pupil would make a better
choo: for ihe five, for the best schools
titte"more ban five 1b attendance.
R. P. GOIN,
" .. .sCounty School Sunt.
SEES SERIES FREE
James P. Hon, a St. Louis sales
man, was given a complete free trip
to see the World Series games by
T'rcs. Ban Johnson A the American
League. Hon explained how Witt,
a. Yank p!aycr, was knocked uncon
scious in a final St. Louis gamt
when in running he stepped on the
neck of a pop bottle, which flew up,
bitting hint in the head.
HIE PIERCE
fES THE'
G- O. P. Secretary Shows Facts
How Mr. Kierca Sold Farm3 to
Relative, Who Borrowed
IVioiiey i nun Sold Them Back
Corvallij, Oct. 15. For six weeks,
C. J. Ingi-ila, secretary of the state
republican oigamzat.on has been with
I Walter M. Toczc, Jr., in a tour of the
. Blate and at headquarters at Portland
, in the effort to get republicanism
i moving along at the speed calculated
to insure & triumph at the November
lection. While :u Union couniy. Mr.
insaiin came in contact with certain
iaicrr.iation in rofei ente to the Domo
cratlc candidate, and following this
the facts touching upon Mr. Pierce's
early auurlUcs t.r.an iaily were se
cured from ths records. In a state
mtnt mailed from Portland yesterday,
and also prcser.iod in d-'tail in ihu
Oregon Voter this week, those facts
are given by Mr. Ingalls la bis usually
interesting way. Here is what he
Bays: ,
(By C. E. INGALLS))
In his speech, at the recent Albany
dinner, given in honor of newspaper
men of Oregon, in fcn effort to inter
est them in the non-partisan candi
date of the Democratic party, and
.which dinner was attended by repre
, sentatives or tnree country papers
outside of Albany, Mr. Pierce made
i this statement: "I came to this stato
i forty years ago when I was a wander
ing boy. I have been in public life
more than half the time and I have
never wilfully deceived anybody." Mr.
Pierce seems still to be "wandering."
If Mr. Pierce's frequent deceptions
.have not been deliberate, then they
I must have boon made through iguor
'ance as, for Instance, his statement
in the Voter's Pamphlet to the effect
i that the State Taxes for 1922 were
i fifteen million dollars. Mr. Pierce
'pels this statement from the Blue
Book, as anyo no can verify but the
Blue Book says that they are "two
I year" appropriations instead of "one
.year."
But this Is not the only instance of
Mr. Pierce's deception that is a mat-
iter of public record.
Candidate Pierce, in his barnstorm
ing tour over the state or Oregon
making political speeches at county i
fairs and everywhere else where hi
fluent flow of ambiguity would b
i
permitted, has staked everything oi
his ability to make the farmers be
lieve, like Dickens' famous character,
.that '.'he is their friend, -not Ben."
Dramatically, he tears tax receipts in
two, indicating to the uninformed that
that Is what he would do with real
taxes were he elected governor. This
pantomimic procedure would indicate
that he believe his audience is deaf
as well as dumb.
Mr. Pierce has been weeping cop
lous tears over the situation of tne
farmer for many years without offer-
ing any remedy for conditions that
tend to create the difficulty from
which he suffers- but, on the other
nuiiu, 110 una uctu iiiui j iu tt 1 1 u 1,110 .
raising and increasing taxes by his 1
legislative votes and by the introfl' "."".f ""J "J u " BCl'yy
tinn nf fnnllnh hills than nrohahlvl6 y C ?...depeI,ds uPon ts Water sys
Hon of foolish bills than probably
any other man In Oregon.
Among the things Mr. Pierce
has prated about to farmer audiences,
but falls to mention when talking to
a group of business- men. Is the dlf-
(Continued on Pne Three)
MISS THELMA FOWLER
MFMRPR OF SOROBITY
MtrvitlfcKJjr &OKOKI I Y
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor-
vallls, Oct. 18. Thelma Fowler of To -
1 J 1 . . .1 1 . A I T-1.
icuu 11ns ueu jiibuui iu um ucivkl
Omega sorority. Miss Fowler, who hi
a sopohmore in commerce, is a Waldo
Hall girl. She Is the daughter of. llr.
sad..Mrs.'E.1J.:F'lenoriT01jdo.
.TAX GUT CLAIMS OF
FIERCE NIISLEMG
SAYS B. r,1. ARMITAGE
When Cornered Denocat'c
Candidate Admits Promised
Cuts Could Only Apply to
State Taxes Amounting to
Only 17 Per Cent.
83 Per Cent of Lincoln County
Taxes Comes From County
Government Maintaining
Schools, Road3. City, Etc.
Walter Pierce, democratic candi
date Tor governor has su-ceoded !u
realing the Impression that If elected
;ovornnr he ran cut taxes In two.
The claim that ho can reduce taxes
60 per cent is simply a vote-catering
jxSravaganco upon which to ride Into
office. Let us see how much a gov
ernor has to do with Lincoln count)
taxes.
The total amount levied on Lincoln
county property this year 1b $428,568.
Of this 83 per cent was lev'ed by coun
ty and loral authorities for schools,
roads, city and town purposes, includ
:ng the port tax of $103,633.00 How
ould any governor cut this local par!
of the tax bill In two. Reduction oi
these local taxes Is up to the voters
in the local districts.
When cornered Mr. Pierce admits
his Co per cent tax cut promise is in
ton a 3d to apply to state taxes only.
Let us seo how this works out on
Lincoln county.
Only 17 per cent of all L'ncoln
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i 0
MERRY-GO-ROUND CLUB
TO GIVE SILVER TEA
According to Mrs. Peter Frederick
the Merry Go Round club will hold a
"Silver Tea" in the Chamber of Com
merce rooms ail Saturday afternoon
"or the banelit of the Domestic Sci
ence department of the Toledo high
school. All money over and above
actual expenses will be turned to the
science department for the purehar?
of needed supplies. The school board
has furnished a modern equipped
room icr the teaching of dom?sttc
silence but the money for purchasing
of supplies was not provided for ic!
the Civic club is taking this means
to provide sane.
OREGON GLOW DAIRY
NOW AT COOTER FARM
J. E. Cooter, former county agricul
tural agent for this county but now
a jurebrced Jersey bleeder, liviug m
a modern farm in th8 Olalla, has pur
chased the Jersey herd owned by the
Oregon Glow dairy. This is said to
be one of the finest herds In the coun
ty. Ray L. Jenkins, former owner of
the herd, has formed a partnership
with Roy B. Burch for the conducting
of the dairy business in-so-far ar bot
tling the milk, distributing and hand
ling of accounts are concerned, white
inr. mooter win nr.nu:e tne production
end of the business. Their announce
nient appears in this issue of the Lead
er. "CITY DUDS" PASS
STRICT ORDINANCE
TO GOVERN WATER
New Ordinance Contains Sec
tions Making it a Misdemean
or to Disobey Order; Printed
in This Issue.
At its regular meeting held in the
council chamber Monday evening the
City Council passed an ordinance to
govern the operation of the city's
water system that, although stringent,
will "deliver the goods" In making
this department efificent not only in
delivering an sufficient quantity for
all purposes but also in keeping ac
counts paid to date.
Do not fail to read It. It appears
. iJ . T, l'6
i, Jl:lnancf embodies the
a hr8nVf"h,ln slnf
,", Bj?'.d!?ib,e S?1dttton,1 10
"J?1 the needs of our raPid'y mowing
Water Greatest Aiut.
'I Tt,. 1 1 1 I I 1 .
tem, without It we are nothing, but
with a supply of good water, a prosper
ous future is assured. The city has
incurred a heavy Indebtedness In an
effort to make Toledo a commercial
center and the present business activ
ity confirms the good judgment of the
present administration. Upon the
shoulders of City Recorder R. R. Mil-
ller een placed the responsibility
ot ficPln8 an accurate record of all
watef conveyanceg. Every bill he
I fails to collect must be paid by the
taxpayers, and he wishes the cooper.
.tlon of every good citizen of Toledo 1
1 J l.nlMlA. I- I 1 !
iu ueiimig, niui oiukq me project
success.
It will be well for you to familiarize
'yourself wtl
with the water ordinance and
(preserve it for future reference.
BACKERS ARE TOLD
GHADUAL HJUI6 :
, AGRICULTURAL HOPE
Head of War l;::iance Coroora-
tion Points Out Necessity of!
extended Crop Loans to A. B
A. Members.
Written 6psc!a!ly for
i LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER
By Ucbc.-t Fullor
Ncw York, Oct. 12. Ua liters of the
United States r.ro wi:lo auako to the
importance cf working cut a more
liberal platform for agricultural and
live-stock flnnrc'.n.!!;. Already prelim
inary steps have been taken and a
unity of action usrui'sd which experi
enced economists predict are the foun
dation stones tc an era of unpreced
ented national r-osperity.
Summed up, the American farmer
played a stellar role in the annual
convention cf the American Bankers'
association, held here this year and at
tended by 10,000 of its icombers. First,
Eugene Meyer, Jr., Manas:. 13 Director
of the War Finance Corporation, put
the Issue squarely up t" the bankers
in his eddrers. "Financing Agricul
ture." Then followed the principal
fight of the cmventku over the
branch bank issue. Here again agri
culture came to tho for:, as It was the
small town banker, the fc.rmer's bank
er, opposed the branch lark idea of
the city bankers.
Farmers and the stock raisers may
expect to 3ee these developments.
Longer termed financing which will
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HILL STREET TO BE
PAVED IMMEDIATELY
' waivers have been taken by the
"city c!ads" to pave the west side of
Hill street and work will start as aanu
as bids can be received and the con
tractor selected to perforin the con
struction work. The pavement, ac
cording to the call for bid3, which ap
pears In this issue, wili be of con
crete formation. The east end of
Hill street will also bo poved as soon
as same can be advertised and the
ordinance runs its legal course, cc
cording to City Recorder Miller.
SATURDAY" NIGHT" DANCE""
APPEALS TO TOLEDOITES
The resnlar Saturoay n-ght dancch
that are now being conducted bv H
C. Atkinson In the American Lenton
hall here are proving very popular
witn local people. Mr. Atkinson Iv
very rnxious that ail people or the
county feel at ease in attending rlicqc
regular affairs as he guarantees that
they will be run in a decent manner
and that vulgarity will not bo toler
ated.
It has been said by many who have
attended these affairs that the musk
is of an excellent variety.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH TO
HOLD SERVICES OCT. 29
v Sesrvices wll". be iield !n Toledo,
Sunday evoniiic, October 29, at tho
episcopal church with Arch Deacoa
Black in charyo of the services. The
servies will ntart at 8 p. m. nil the
public is cordially lnvit?d 10 attend.
10DBURN MAN SAYS
TOLEDO HAS BRIGHT
FUTURE IN PROSPECT
Warns that Finishing of High
way Will Bring in "Flock" of
Tourists and Toledo Should
Prepare for Them.
B. F. Hall of Woodburn, Oregon, was
a Toledo visitor Wednesday. Mr. and
Mrs. Hall are spending a few weeks
at Newport. Mr. Ha'l Is champion
horse-shoe pitcher of the state havlnx
won this honor at the recent pitching
contests held at the s'at fair in
Salem. While here he visited tho
Pacific Spruce mill and gave It u
thorough "once over" and he pro
claims It to be the finest equipped
mill in the entire northwest. Ho
ought to know something about i' as
he is a real pioneer of Oregon anil
knows something about saw mills. He
says Toledo is one of the coming
towns of the state and welcomes the
time when the Corvallis-Toledo high
way will be completely linished. He
says that Toledo will be a regular
stopping place for the tourist when the
road is finished and he warned that wc
had better get busy and get a tourist
park fixed up.
Mr. Hall spends much time at New
port every year and srs he expects
to be a frequent visitor to this county
In the future. We had a considerable
talk with him ana me only fault we
found was when our conversation
drifted Into politics and we found him
to be a follower of the mulo.
Mr. Hall is an old friend of County
Judge James.
I If you believe In domocracv vote
YES on the County Unit Plan Novem
ber tv .
Tells Bankers
Rural Needs.
mrm
Eugene Meyer, Jr., manager of
the War Finance Corp., told ten
thousand national bankers at New
York last week that our Federal
Reserves system should be built up
to properly care for agricultural
and live stock needs.
EXPERTS JUSTIFY
INCREASES RATES
FOR PHONE COST
Public Service Commission
Postpones Pacific Telephone
Rate Hearing Until Oct. 26;
W"l Prepare Data.
Portland, Oct. 3. After a one-day
stand the public sarvke commission
ndjcuined tho Pacific Telephone rate
hearing lor i.5 days, or until October
26 at 10 o'clock in the morning, in
order to glvo the company 10 days
more time to prc);are and submit data
asked of it, and H. M. Estorly and
tho commission's experts 15 days In
which to consider -and dlgost what
was offered. -
But before the commission took Its
adjournment two developments, start
ling to the spectators, if not to the
principals in the case, relieved tlio
mathematical tedium of the day the
testimony of Alexander Young and J.
P. Newell, given in behalf of the tele
phone cmopany.
Both Young and Newell havo Ions
been associated with the stato govern
ment, tho city of Portland or the pub
lic service commission nt Different
times and during prior consideration
of the telephone rate cases. Newell,
in particular had much to do with
the formulation of the previous rate
decision. Uoth went upon tho witness
s'' and gave their testimony p.
ei 9 t accountant and distinguished
circuiting engineer to the effect that
tho accounts, records and accounting
system of the company wore above
reproach, while Newell contended that
the rate increases given the company
heretofore were not adequate in hits
opinion.
Costs Held Reasonable.
Young said he had not found the
operating costs of the company to ho
excessive, but on the other hand tho
company was continually trying to
keep these charges down. Nor would
it be possible to Judge accounts,
Young contended, under the account
ing standard set by the Thterntnte
commerce commission, and that any
attempt to divert charges from one
account to the other would "necessi
tate a collusion from the president
down to the office boy."
Newell testified along the same
line. He said that, In his judgment,
the first Increase In rates had not
beetf adeqemate nor the second In
crease excessive. He insisted thut
the telephone company could not go
back to the old schedule of rates and
carry on its obligations of extension
and service and pay expenses. He in
slfi'ed that the return earned by the
company undor the increase was not u
'air return because it gave the com
pany less than the cost of monoy In
the market. The company couid not
huve financed any development work
had it been standing alone, he con
tlraed. Wltneetea Cross-Examined.
Both Young and Newell were cross
examined by E. M. Conaln, who dwelt
a good deal on the fact that Nowell.
had been pnld $50 a day for his serv
ices rendered to the public service
commission, and that Young had ac
quired some of the information upon
which he now based his testimony I
favorable to the company while in the
employ of the commission or the
city.
During the early afternoon session
N. Wlgton. rate engineer for the com
pany, submitted exhibits showing the
earnings of the company. During 1921,
when 10 months under the new rate.
he showed that the total revenue of.be held next month,
the Oregon nronnrtles amounted to , a
15.043.463. while the exDenscs were.
$4,718,862. giving a net revenue of
$324,611, or a net return ot 1.88 per
cent on rata base of S17.313.104.
When the case Is resumed on Oeto-'
ber 26, the company will have pre-
sented all of the data called for by the
commission and the hearing will then
be carried on to a conclusion.
ST
I
I
OF
i Chambers of Commerce and
Other Commercial Bodies of
Large Coast Cities See Busi
ness Advantages cf Openino
Up Water Routes. a
Large Cities of the western
coast are waking up to the real
ization that it it necessary to
give encouragement to the deep
ening of. channels of all har
bors along the coast, accord- :
Ing to a statement by C. D.
Johnson, president of the Pacifio
Spruce Corporation, at a meeting
held In Toledo the fore part of
the week, at which several leading '
buslneser mer. and other Inter
ested In the deepening of the Ya
qulna river were present for the
purpose of formulating plana to
offer to various Chambers of Com
merce and especially the Portland
commercial body for assistance ,
in getting the Yaqulna bay approp-,
riation put through congress.
W. K. Patterson was selected to
gather information relative to shipping
operations on the Yaqulna river and
any Information that can be given him
will be gladly received.
It Is planned to draft resolutions ask
Ing the ports of Toledo and Newport
and the Chambers of Commerce of
each oity to appoint committees for
the purpose of formulating plans to
get in touch with the commercial
bodies of Portland, San Francisco, Los
Angeles and Tacoma as, it is doclared,
the aid and Influence of these commer
cial bodies can be secured for the
project.
The estimate cost of dredging the
Yaqulna river by U. S. engineers In
the past has been $570,000. This would
provido a 16-foot channel 200 feet wide
from Yaqulna to Toledo. One-halt of
this sum will be used in removing the
rock formation at CralgQ and "Rocky
Point."
The necessity for opening the
channel in order that sea going ships
ran come Into this port Ib beyond a
doubt a most vital one and if this
fact can be proven to the proper gov
eminent authorities there - is little
doubt but that the appropriation will
be made. ,
The Pacific Spruce Co., Lincoln
county's greatest manufacturing con
cern and operators of one of tho finest
mills in the northwest, is seriously
handicapped In disposing of their lum
ber output due to the fas that they
are now compelled to barge the lum
ber to Yaqulna nnd there load it onto
the ocean freighters. This extra
l.nndilng of the output of tho mill com
pells t.'ii. expenditure of huge sums of
money that would be dispensed with if
the channel was opened.
The dredging of the Yaqulna river
has been under consideration for
considerable number of years and, It
Is believed by those Interested, that
now is the opportune time for the peo
ple of Lincoln county to make their
wants known as the completion of thin
projoct will mean great Btrldes not
only for Toledo but Lincoln county
as a whole.
Those present nt the meeting were
O. D. Johnson, president of tho Pacific
Spruce corporation; V. W. Stevens,
general manager of the spruce mill;
Dean Johnson, assistant manager "id
Ernest Johnson, socretnry-treasur?r
of the Pacific Spruce; C. E. Hawkins,
Peter Frederick, W. K. Patterson, Guy
Roberts, fl. B. McCluskey, nnd A. T.
foterson. Attempts were made to get
in touch with several other men in
terested In the project but without
avail.
DO YOU INTEND TO .
VOTE ANY SffCIAL
LEVIES jOR ROADS?
All Meetings to Vote Special
Road District Tax Must Be
Held in Novamber According
to New Law.
There are no doubt many districts
In Lincoln county that anticipate vot
ing special road district levies for the
coming year. However, according to
the new law, this will be impossible
unless the meeting to vote such levy
is held In the month of November,
thus giving time to circulate petition
to the county court, obtain the re
quired order, post notices calling th-
meeting of legal voters, etc., accord
ing to Judge James of the Lincoln
County court.
Therefore, according to the judge,
road districts anticipating voting
money for road building purposes
should" get busy and make application
to county clerk for blank petition
forms In order that the meetings can
DR. KELLOGG. WILL RESUMEE
HIS PRACTICE IN TOLEDO
Dr. Kellogg, the wall known eye
specialist, reports his health enough
Improved to again resume his Toledo
practice, and will be at the Lincoln
Rooms November 2, S, 4. Don't for
get the dates and corns cr.rly.
t