Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-08-31

pick hops.
7. NJ. Wadsworth came up from
Portland last Monday and will spenC
some time with his family.
Jay Buford, Jr., went out to Nc
Minnville last Friday where he vii
get employment in grain elevator
School district No. 81, we believe
it is, in this county hasn't got Z
child Of school age in it, in fact the
only inhabitants in the district arc
two old bachelors.
J. II. Howell and wife, of Salem,
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Buford,
of this place. Mr.. Howell is a
brother-in-law of Mr.. Buford, and
is an employe of the state house al
Salem and they are taking their
vacation here.
VIM. Enos, who went out to the
Valley to work some time ago,
writes that he is running thresh-
ing engine at $500 per day and
board. He says times are rather
hard; wheat selling for forty to
fifty cents per bushel, and new
sacks costing the farmer seven to
eight cents each.
Steve Miller Jr., a thirteen-year-
old son of Steve Miller, the va
quina blacksmith, returned yester-
day from a successful hunting trip
on Drift Creek. He bagped deer
and any amount Of pigeons and
trout. His game bag presented a
much fuller appearance than those
Of many of our larger and older
Our city was visited by rank
show last Monday night. The
principal features were the con-
tortions OF one of their actors and a
lot of old stale gags of the Adam
and Eve variety. Still they carried
several dollars out of Toledo, which
will cut down our circulating
that much.
The work OF transcribing the
records for Lincoln county is about
completed, Mr.. Waters having
dispensed with the greater part of
his help on this work. The work
Of comparing will take some time
owing to the fact that the
last books in which records were
will not come into the
2omparer's hands until all the
Iranscribing is done.
Sheriff Landis is hard at work on
out his delinquest roll.
This roll will be quite a large one
owing, partly, TO the trouble made
)y Benton county officers collecting
axes due Lincoln county. There
nave been between ten and eleven
thousand dollars of taxes paid this
year, and rough estimate would
place the delinquency at about
IS, 900.
Ora Copeland returned from a
our months seal hunting cruise in
he waters of the Northwest Pa
life last Saturday. He was
/ hunter on board the Penelope
md during the four months hunt
ug he killed IoI seals for which he
eceived S. per head, netting him
he neat little sum of $1,000 for
our months work. The cruise
vas uneXciting except that they
I'M rather low on grub for a while.
IRA is only twenty years of age and
We don't believe that his record is
anyways near approached by any
'ther hunter of equal age in any
'esscl iii the whole sealing fleet.
lis brother Gene and Dan Hurley
lso went from Toledo this year
mt went ON another vessel. Dan
hurley was a hunter and Gene
Copeland was a boat puller. They
,ill also be home as soon as it is
oSsiblc,
Last Tuesday Mrs. l.. NJ. Har.
lon, Mrs. Bamlord, Frantic Har- |
ION and q smaller Harmon boy |
tarted in a hack for Newport, in
ending 60 camp out = few days. /
While at Beaver Creek bridge they .
net another team and drove up on I
he side of a bank at the road. side /
D let them pass While passing |
he other team the horses got some.
that mixed and uarmou'S team /
egau backing and backed over ai