Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-03-08
Alsea Bay Notes.

AlSea Bay Notes.
On Saturday, March 3rd, at one
o'clock p. m. The hrst populist
meeting ofLower Alsea precinct in
augerated idolatrous Gin the old
parties eyes, ceremonies at the
Waldport school house. There
were quite a number present; war
horses, wheel horses and other ia
nous horses from across the river,
Coon hollow, and elsewhere, punct,
ually on time. After the election
of J. M. Doty to the chair and w,
X, Wakefield secretary, the Omaha
platform was read and inadequately
commented upon, discussion being
invited by the secretary, On the
termination of Ihc discussion all
who desired to participate in the
festivities proper were requested to
come forward and endorse the Oma-
ha platform by signing the club roll.
With elastic step of the number
responded and Messrs. Doty and
Wakefield were elected delegates to
the county convention. A. II.
Reynolds was nominated for pre-
cinct constable and w. r. Wake
field received the nomination for
jnstice of the peace, The meeting
then adjourned,
On Friday evening the promised
school entertainment materialjzed.
Recital, drama, supper of clam, and
dance adorned the program. A
committee appointed selected and
prepared the choicest clans from
the famous Eckman slough. The
dining rooms of the Alsea and
Waldport houses were donated to
the committee on clans to serve
supper in, and something like one
hundred tickets of a5 cents and IS
cent denomination were sold, real
izing in the neighborhood of thirty
odd dollars, some seventeen OF
which were deposited with the
school clerk, the remainder going
for expenses. Everything appeared
to go smoothly some after 'supping
at one house sampled soup at the
other, and vice versa. Satisfaction
reigned, with perhaps but one ex.
ception, and that not native to the
soil, A visitor from Tidewater,
unused to the complexion of bi.
valve soup imagined il to be chalk
aud water and it took quite a lot
imbibed at both houses to convince
him of his error, The drama was
excellently performed and gave
great satisfaction, The dance
closed down about daylight and
some of the Yaquina Bay citizens
wended their way homeward
amidst the snowstorm>os Saturday
morning.
Monday, March S, the annual
school meeting in District No. 81
held at Waldport school house re-
suited in the election of A, l.,
Baldwin director for three years
and w. IL. Harrison, IT, clerk
Mr., Gideon may be congratulated
upon having taught very salts.
factory term ut school,
Mrs, A. II. Guynu is on the sick
list, having caught severe cold
through too mueh sxertion and sx,
poSure whilst periecting arrange
meuts to insure success for the
school gaities,
A vessel leaves San Francisco on
March 10, for AlSea bay direct,
Whoopl Look out Yaquina Bay,
that tributary country is a coming
Get ready your railroad and motor
line aud do something ifyou wan
that county seat permanently SCI
down at the mouth of the bay
Speak up Toledo aud Naquina
never mind the ring business jus
now, Let us hear something, ever
II il be about dark horse,
II is whispered that Waldport'
exhorter lost the thread of his dis
course on Sabbath evening, Ha
anybody found itl