Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-10-19
w. E: Rich went UP to Elk City
this morning on business.

Geo. Hodges, the genial post
master at Salado, was in town to-
day on business.
o. A. Krogstead has bought the
Austin Rosebrook 80 acre tract
near the rock quarry.
Ella Knots has brought suit
against her against her husband in
the district court for divorce.
Charley Miller and Judd Mays,
of Elk City, came down yesterday
to engage in fishing the rest Of the
season.
Miss Clara Duncan and Mrs.
Ethel Esterbrook are at Toledo
prepared to do dressmaking, and
can be found at the residence Of
Mr.. M. l.. Trap.
A bear got after a goat near Elk
City the other day and party of
brave hunters got after the bear.
The bear got his goat but the brave
hunters failed to get the bear.
The salmon run has been quite
good for the past week. The nets
have all been making good catches
and the sportively inclined people
have been having lots Of fun troll.
ing.
Dan Hurley, another one of our
seal fishermen, returned last Fri
day. Mr.. Hurley started out last
January and killed wtiie on the
voyage 256 seals, netting him the
neat little sum of 81 ,oa4.
The postoffice at Little Elk has
been ordered removed from that
place to Eddyville and Israel F..
Eddy has been appointed post
master. MIR. Eddy was down yes
terday preparing his bond as such
officer.
This Office has turned out some
very neat tax receipt books for the
sheriff's office. The work will
compare most favorably with SINH
lar work turned out by the Port
land Offices, and the price is in fa-
vor Of the county.
The Linn County National bank
will resume business as soon as
permission can be obtained from
the treasury department. The
agreement made with the deposit
ors provides for payment of ten
per cent. of the deposits on the day
of opening, twenty per cent on
February Ist., twenty per cent. on
May Ist., twenty five per cent on
November Ist., 1894, and balance
on Feburay Ist. 1895, with inter
est on deferred payments at 6 per
cent.
Papers were recorded last week
in the clerks Office here which
marked the closing of an important
real estate in Lincoln county prop
erty. The parties to the deal were
A. Bush, the we'll known Salem
banker and Judge Lord, of the
Oregon supreme court. The deal
was quickly made and was a cash
affair. The property was trans
terred from Nh. Bush to Judge
Lord, and was a block OF land in a
summer resort, and the considera-
ton was five cents. This did not
include the delinquent taxes.
Last Saturday four Indian boys
ranging i'll age from about ten to
sixteen years, left the Agency
school, where they were employed
i'll digging potatoes and started for
the Siuslaw country where one of
the boys had All uncle living.
They walked till they struck the
river near Toledo, and that night
they took 0. Nelson's boat from
where he had il tied up at his place
and went down the river to
South beach. There they left the
boat and took to the trail again.
Agent Buiord and Indian police
man Spencer started in pursuit of
the runaways and overlook them
about four miles south of Alsea bay
and returned with them yesterday
to the agency.
Next Saturday there will he held
another special school NEE ting to
decide upon some plan to secure a
term of school this winter. There
are q great many in favor of voting
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