Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-10-12

moving there from the reservation
That long hoped for sidewalk
leading to the court house is now
under construction.
The Salem Statesman, in speak.
ing ofa boatrace, gravely announces
that 'ithe winning boat came out
ahead"
The Willamette river has been
on the rise for a few days, register.
ing at one time fourteen feet above
low water mark, The o. P. has
placed boat on the up-river route
and will carry freight to and from
Eugene and intermediate points,
We were made to say last week
that district court for Lincoln
county would convene on Monday,
November goth. We should have
stated On Monday, November 27th,
or the 4th Monday in November
and the 3rd Monday in May,
Hon. James Ball, the sage OF
Newport, went out to Corvallis this
morning In special coach. THAT
is, we suppose IT was special, as the
gentleman named was the only
occupant when the train went
through here,
Judge d, P, Blue dofed his judi
eial ermine last Thursday for a
brief VACATION and hied himself east
ward ON his long expected trip to
the Worlds fair and boyhood scenes
In the old Sucker state of Illinois,
He will be absent about month.
Edison tavors the scheme of COM
pressing a bushel of wheat into a
small space and stamping it dollar,
lie says that if a man gets hungry
he can then soak his dollar and get
something to eat. That's nothing,
We Soaked" our watch once and
got something to eat,
Rev, A, l., Hawley, the new
M ethodist minister for this circuit,
and wife arrived in Toledo last
evening accompanied by their
household goods, and will take up
their residence here, We cordially
welcome Mr., aud Mrs, Hawley to
our town,
B, f. Wade has received permis-
sion from the department to set up
a suffers store on the reservation,
and has forwarded his bond to the
department and will soop blossom
out as a full fedged sutler, We
arc glad to see him in this position
and wish him abundant success in
his new undertaking,
A special train went outside
Monday evening bearing Attorney
Gest and wife, Capt, Storrs, master
Of the Willamette Valley, Chief
Engineer Quigley and others who
were enroute to Portland to appear
at the libel suit against the schooner
Alice Blanchard, which went on
the sand at Newport last spring, in
which the Oregon Pacific company
is interested,
Hon, Beal Gather got his official
bond as agent at the Siletz filled
and approved by the United States
district attorney, and the same has
been forwarded to the department,
He obtained his bondsmen easily
without going outside of Lincoln
and Benton counties. As soon as
his bond is approved by the depart
ment he will assume the duties of
his office, which will probably be
i'll about two weeks.
The Corvallis Times of last week,
and the week before, made ali attack
upon the outrageous incident ofthe
Job failure, OF course the Times
was very careful about the way it
went at it, but it took recognizance
of the matter which Is good deal.
We are glad to see the Times
awakening to this matter, 1t was
n shameful outrage upon the people
and demands the exposure and con-
demnation of the public press.
AS will be seen it the county
court proceeding elsewhere, the
commissioners have made the levy
for county and school purposes for
the ensuing year, The valuation
of the property on the assessment
roll amounts to about 81 600, 900,
and the county levy of ten mills is