Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-10-11
Official County Paper
LOCAL NOTES

LOCAL NOTES
Frost has made its appearance
here.
Col. F. ]. Parker was in Toledo
last Friday.
The telephone Office has beer
moved from Mrs, copeland's store
to campbell's butcher shop.
Our potato offer will remain open
only a short time longer. If you
wish to pay a subscription in pota.
toes please notify us at once,
The big run of salmon seems to
have gone by, The fishermen say
that there are lots of fish in the
river, but they are not running
and hence the catches are small.
The hillsides are covered with g
coat of many colors and tints
Autumn has put on her robe, and
these bright and beautiful days il
is truly a robe of glory,
]. H. Mcneil was down from Pho.
neer last night. He informs us
that he is getting things under way
up there, and that business prom.
ises to open out in good shape.
The. Japan-China war seems tc
be rapidly nearing an end. The
whole thing has been farce as faI
as.the Chinese have been concerned,
The Japs have proven to be good
fighters.
J. H. Van Orden, of Elk City,
was in Toledo Tuesday. Mr.. Van
Orden is another one of Lincoln
county's potato raisers, having ID
acres in cultivation. He has not
begun to dig yet, but he thinks the
yield will be very good.
N. Snow went out trolling this
morning and caught three salmon,
and his wife, daughter and two of
sons have been putting wet rags on
his head all day to take out the
swelling. The salmon were not
very big either, and were all dead
when hegot TO town with them,
The would-be clerks of the COM
ing session Of the legislature are be-
ginning to make life uneasy for the
various members of the legislature.
1t is astonishing how many of the
faithful there are whenever appoint
ment day comes around. A good,
fat clerkship is thing not to be
despised during the coming winter.
To the people on Yaquina Bay,
/ will state, that l have brought to
Toledo large assortment of wall
paper, paints, oils, brushes, notions,
stationery and fancy goods. Es-
pecially is my stock of wall paper
very large, Of good quality and
away down in price. 1t will pay
to call on me before purchasing
elsewhere.
tt. OTro o. KRoGsrAD.
A gentleman at Hood River re-
Gently leased the Watson place on
the Olalla for term ofyears. One
day last week his wife and seven
small boys came over as a kind of
an advance guard TO take possession
of the place. They arrived one ev-
ening when it happened to be rain
ing, which is something unusual
for this place. She didn't seem to
like the country little bit, and the
next morning she and her seven
smatl boys boarded the train and
returned to Hood River.
If anyone has any doubts about
the producing quality of the tide
lands of Yaquina Bay, let him go
just above town and inspect the
garden Of b, f. Jones. This land
was broken and cultivated for the
first time this year, and it was rath-
er late before it was ready for plant
ing. In this garden one can find
corn, cabbage, onions, turnips, ru-
tabagas, sugar beets, beans, and
several other kinds of vegetables,
and they are all of excellent quail
ty and yield. The garden is above
the ordinary eastern garden where
the land has been long titled and
ientifully enriched. The product
IS Of this soil is little short of