Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-07-27

LEADER OlHCe.
B. F. Jones is building a new
barn on his place here in town,
J. B. Tillotson, of Linn county,
is in town with view Of bidding
on the Rosebrooks bridge,
The crowds at the seashore are
multiplying. Its mighty hard to
stay away from the beach this hot
weather even if times are hard.
Misses Eta and Emma Campbell,
Of Corvallis, are visiting their
aunt, Mrs. c. G. Copeland, of this
city. They will make stay of a
couple Of weeks.
B. F. Jones and family, Mrs.
Dedrick and Miss Jessie Alexander
left last Monday for Seal Rock,
where they will camp and enjoy
roughing it for few days.
The Corvallis Daily News has
made its appearance on our ex-
change table. 1t is small, but may
be of great future possibilities.
LOST.-A Lincoln county war
rant No. II9, for S23.25. The
finder will be literally rewarded by
returning the same to me at Toledo.
II. LEWIS.
w. S. Linville has severed his
connection with the Office of clerk
at the Agency and goes this week
to take position in the store of S..
L. Kline, at Corvallis.
A school picnic will be held at
the Stanton school house on Friday,
August 4th. The occasion is the
closing of the term of school taught
at that place by Prof. Bethers.
Everybody is invited to attend and
take well filled baskets.
Miss Lydia Hunt arrived from
the east recently and assumed the
duties Of industrial superintendent
at the Agency. She comes from
Carlisle, the famous Indian school
Of Pennsylvania and bring much
experience in her duties to her new
position.
Mr.. O. V. Hurts two sisters, who
have been visiting him for the past
seven weeks started for their home
i'll Indiana yesterday morning.
They experienced a delightful
visit and return to their eastern
home much delighted with beauti-
ful Oregon. They take with them
a geranium plant in full bloom
grown by a full blood Indian wo-
man, to show the people of the east
to what extent the Indians have
become civilized.
Hon. Z. Jay Buford, the present
incumbent of the position of Indian
agent at the Siletz, is one republican
which will be allowed to serve out
his full term. Mr.. Buford's man
agement of the Agency has been
entirely satisfactory to the depart
ment and hence he will not be dis
turbed until his term expires, which
will be in October. 1t is conf
IDENTITY expected by the friends OF
Hon. b. Gather, of this city, that
he will be appointed to the Office to
fill the vacancy caused by the eX-
piration of Mr.. Buiord's term.
A paragraph is going the rounds
of the state press that Tillamook
county has panhandle some twenty
miles long that was formed by the
division OF Benton county and the
creation of Lincoln county. The
supposed panhandle was discovered
in the state school land Office. II
the school land officers will look at
the session laws of 1891 they will
iin6 that the line of Polk county
was changed SO that it runs straight
north and south on the range line
between ranges eight and seven.
The maps in the state school land
office are incorrect.
The Steamer Willamette Valley
will bring an excursion of members
of the board OF trade of San Fran
cisco, and representative merchants
of that city, OF the former there
will be about twenty-five, and fully
a hundred of the latter. Every
effort will be made to treat these
guests in rs courteous manner as
possible, and the cities OF Corvallis,
Albany, Salem and Eugene are
making due preparations for their