Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-04-05
LOCAL NOTES.

band? You ought to get in train.
Ing for the campaign boys.
Some of the boys evidently be.
iieve in having plenty of light Oh
the subject.
Joe Turnidge started to teaching
the spring term of school in the
Parrish district last Monday.
The Rock creek country is grad
hally settling up. Tie opening Of
the spring marks the advent OF
Several new settlers into that re.
gion.
j. H. Maine, walked zip from
Newport last Friday, and dropped
In long enough to give us cheer
full bit of chat. Call again Mr..
Maine.
The Volanta made a trip up the
river to this place Tuesday, bring
Ing up some of the delegates to the
bounty convention and several other
visitors.
The Salem Statesman adds insult
to injury by predicting that the
prohibition state convention, which
meets Ill Salem this week, Twill be
4 dry affair"
There is every indication that
the fruit crop on Yaquina Bay is
going to be most plentiful one this
year. The season though some
what late presents the brightest out
Look for fruit that this county has
known for many years.
The populist speaker afthe court
house last Thursday night was
listened to by small audience.
The speaker made very good talk
from a populist standpoint, and
should he ever again talk here he
would no doubt be listened to by
much larger Audience.
They are having a great discus
sion in the Corvallis papers as to
which have the most members in
their campaign clubs, the republi-
cans or democrats Why don't
they count the names on their
membership rolls and thus end the
dispute and save rivers ofink."
John Lutas is down from the
Rock creek country this week. He
informs us that the Polk county,
people have raised $40 by sub
scription and the county court of
Polk county have appropriated $500
more to open and improve the road
from Dallas to Newport by the way
of Rock creek and the .Siletz.
This road Is now opened from Rock
through the Siletz reservation to
Newport, and by the early opening
Of the other end which the above
appropriations insure the entire
road from the valley III Polk county
to Newport will be in shape for the
summer travel. This will add
greatly to the number of visitors
this summer to Lincoln county's
popular seaside resort,
1t is our intention to get out an
edition of the I.EADER about the
middle of May giving a thorough
writeup Of Lincoln county. This
writeup will be descriptive i'll form
and not confined to any locality,
nor will it aim TO place one part of
Ahe county prominently ahead of
any other part. The edition will
be in a neat and readable shape and
will be of not less than 5000 copies
and if the proper encouragement is
received from over the county ii
will be an edition of 10, 900 copies,
These will be distributed through
out the east for the purpose of at
dracting settlers and investors to
our country. In due time a rep
resen,ative of this paper will call
upon every locality in the county
and hopes to receive proper en-
couragement from each. II is not
aour desire to make any money out
of the scheme, but simply to make
enough to cover the expenses OF the
edition, trusting that we will reap
Nour profit from the general good it
viii do the county