Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-12-20

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that he would meet the committee
in Toledo, and submit his PROPOSE
ii on. AS will be seen from an ar
ticle in this paper, these people have
made grand success in the cream
cry business in Vancouver, and
have established a market for their
butter second to Hone on the coast.
As the time draws near for the
selling of the o. P. Railroad the
public pulse again begins to beat.
This time it is true not at fever heat,
for this world and the o. P. Rail
road Company is made up with
disa ppointments, but it is to be
hoped that the road will sell and
that the court will speedily ratify the
sale. The building of this road is
much to the people of Oregon, and
everything to wheat raisers of the
upper Willamette Valley and to the
wool grower Of Eastern Oregon.
Walter Lang, second officer on
the steamer Augusta, came up to
Toledo, in the interest of the steam
er Water Witch. Mr.. Lang pro-
poses to bring the Water Witch from
Portland and put her on the route
between Toledo and Newport.
This boat has license for twenty
four passengers, it is ffty-four feet
over all, eight foot beam and makes
nine miles an hour. 1t is a light
draft boat. We predict that the
boat if run regularly would make
money for the owners and would be
great convenience to the public.
The settlers who live on Ollalla
are talking OF throwing dixie across
that slough. Such a dyke would
cost about 81, 500 and would reclaim
about 600 acres of tideland, The
slough is not meandered, and with
the consent of all who live on The
slough, there would be 10 trouble
in arranging the matter by leaving
food gate of sufficient width to
letsaw timber pass through. Were
this done Ollalla would indeed be a
garden spot.
I L. Smith, who has been second
assistant keeper at the Cape Foul
weather lighthouse for some time
has been transferred and PROMOTED.
Ha received orders last week 10 GO
to Gardiner, on the Umpqua, where
he will assume the duties as first
assistant keeper. The lighthouse
m the Umpqua is new one, hav-
Ing just been completed, and will
be put In operation about the first
of the year. While Mr.. Smith has
a host Of friends here who will re-
get his departure very much, yet
they all feel like congratulating
!'ir, oa lis promotion.
A couple of weeks ago the sons
ofa farmer, B. F. McGhee, living
on Lake Labish killed young fox
and mistaking itfora young coyote,
saved the scalp, brought it in to
the county clerks Office and claimed
and received the bounty, OF S. for
it. y, When hen MeGhee heard of the
matter he investigatedit and yes
terday came in and returned the
money his boys received, saying
that he was not honestly entitled to
the money he would not keep it
but wished to turn in back into the
county treasury. Surely that man
must feel lonesome in this world.
Albany Herald.
Parties who were along the beach
during the big storm last week,
state that the spectacle, while in
some instances were little too
dangerous for comfort, were sub.
lime. Old timers agree that the
ocean has not been lashed to such
a pitch of fury for many years.
The strength of the wind and waves
could not be estimated. At Cape
Foulweather the whole cape or
peninsula was covered with foam
about a foot and a half deep. The
full force of the wind ond uo,..s