Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-06-08

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Prof. Geo. Bethers, of this place,
is teaching a three months sehaol at
the Stanton school house.
Superintendent Booth informs us
that the apportionment of the
school money will be made about
the 18th Of this month.
The .irrepressible Bert Van Cleye
is i'll the city today as a representa-,
tive Of the Albany Soda Works.
B, Gather has the lumber on
hand for new dwelling which he
will erect in Vincent's addition.
Jack Miller and family remem,
bered the hungry editor with a fine
pail of honey. for which they have
our sincere thanks.
Mrs. Geo. T. Smith, who has
been in the hospital at Portland for
the past two years for medical ser.
vice returned this evening to this
place.
o. V, Hurt, the Agency indus
trial teacher came over from the
Agency, last Monday, to meet his
sister who arrived on the evening
train from Indiana.
The time for declaring the tax
roll delinquent was extended by the
county court till July Ist, 1898.
This will enable many parties to pay
their taxes without the delinquent
penalty being attached.
A small room is being fitted up
In the front part of the Copeland
warehouse next door to the store
for the postoffice. The location IS
quite central, but the room appears
very small for the purpose.
The walls of the new brick depot
have been raised twenty inches
higher than the plan called for.
which greatly improves their APP
pearance. The brick work with
the exception of the gables is now
completed.
The county has received the
plats of the various towns of Lin
coin county. The plat books are
gotten up In as fine shape as any
it has ever been our pleasure to
look through. They are the work
of Chas. M. Redfeld, of Albany.
The lucious strawberry has begun
to ripen and few more days will
bring this fruit out in abundance.
Berries are almost month later
than usual this spring but they are
going to be immense when they do
get here. At no place on earth do
strawberries attain a greater per-
iection than they do in this region.
Louise George, Julia Benjamine
and {. James, three sick Indian
girls were brought over from Che
mawa yesterday and will be taken
to the Siletz agency. They are
suffering from consumption, the
former being very low, being unable
to walk and had to be conveyed on
n stretcher, They were accompani-
ed by Mrs, Adair, the nurse at
Chemawa, and were received at this
place by DIR. Clark, the resident
physician at the Agency,
The following scrap from n per-
sonal letter shows what enviable
reputation the LEADER is gaining
as family newspaper: Through
the kindness of a friend | have been
shown n copy of your excellent pa
per, and should like to subscribe
for it, as 1t is paper that can be
read in the family circle without
teaching slang and nonsense to the
children. Such unsolicited praise
marks one of the bright spots in
country newspaper mans career.
The Indians at the Agency will
celebrate the 4th of July at the
Agency this year In good style.
Arrangements are being made to
make the celebration success in
every way, Among the principal
amusements of the day will be horse
races, foot races, ball game, shinny
games, and a genuine Indian war
dance in the afternoon. There will
also be regular dance at night.
The amusements will be fully worth
going to see.
Messrs NJ. I. Whitney, u. j..
chitwood and II. n. Foster, of
chitwood, were in the city yester-
day looking after the interests Of