Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-06-07

Every postmaster in Lincoln county is authorlz
cd Io sct as agent for the LEADER.
Daily 0regonian on sale al
this Office. 5 cents per day OF
% cents per week.
Toledo will still be the county
seat tor two years. more.
Sam'l Case was up from New-
port on business yesterday.
The county court is in rekkar
session this week, with fuANsrd
present., - T.
Those Yaquina boys maie a
grand rustic for county seat votes,
and found lots of them too.
A gentleman from Albany is in
the city looking up alocation for a
blacksmith shop.
9. H. Williams, one of the newly
elected county commissioners, was
up from Newport today.
Jimmy Hamar came down from
Nashville Tuesday evening. He
reports a lively time at the election
in Nashville precinct.
The. Newport people made a
gallant fight for the county seat but
they were too badly handicapped.
The matter of location was against
hem, and it could not be overcome.
The Steamer Defeat left promptly
on tine for the head of Salt river
iast Tuesday morning, with full
ireight and passenger list, the for
iner being blasted hopes and the
latter defeated candidats.
Now let us return to our several
pursuits and cast politics aside for
time. There will be more solid
prosperity in three months labor on
our farms and ranches and in o,,,,.
workshops thar, t'---T,ss lis,qSSnS ~,
yeaIESs-eS politics. '"''
]. R. Barclay brought in the re-
turns from 1idcwater precinct, ar
irving at 6 p. IN. Tuesday. He
says that there were fifteen voters
did not get out to the polls on cleo
ton day. This seems TO be the
only precinct in the county that
did not poll a practically full vote.
For local interests concerning the
county seat election the editor of the
LEADER has endured u. certain
amount ofpersonal slang and abuse.
The election is now over and while
we don t seek n personal fight with
any newspaper, still we are never
in the habit Of running away from
one.
The Newport ball club will play
the Toledo club match game ut
this place next Saturday. On7Sae
urday week, the Toledo Hot SthTs,
(small boys,) will play the NNG-
port Amktters at the latter plsce,'
On this last game there is some
thing like million dollars at stake,
more or less.
The official vote of Lincoln count
ty began this morning. Clerl, Ben
Jones called in two justices of the
peace to help him, and selected
Barney Morrison, of Elk City, a
populist, and J, A. Hail, of this
place, republican. This makes
the canvassing board consist of a
member Of each political party.
The official vote will probably be
completed this week.
In the name of the people of To-
ledo we wish to extend 70 the lone
some Toledo vote cast at Newport
our heartiest wellwishes. If he
wishes to move up and will let us
know the day lie intends coming
we will have the band out in full
Uniform to meet him. We trust
that ere another election rolls around
he will have plenty of company, if
he stays at Newport.
\ Go away from home to learn the
news. The Albany Herald states
that West Yaquina was selected at
the recent election as permanent
county seat, while the Democrat of
the same place, says that in was
selected as temporary county seat
for the next two years, and that it
only lacked 7ofa majority. They
are all wrong. There were sac