Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-08-15

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Mrs. ]. w. Howard and daughter,
Of Grants Pass, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. J. H. Penn at Alder Lodge,
Yaquina.
JIG. Blake, Jos. Strong and VIM.
Strong left this morning for the
mouth OF Siletz, where they will
sound the bar at the mouth OF river.
Al Waugh, II. Sturdevant, R.
F. Collamore and Stony Wells
started for the mouth of the Siletz
last Monday on fishing and hunt
ing excursion.
Judge S. V. Burt started for
'Tolman springs, Jackson county,
last Monday, where he will remain
until the middle of September; for
the benefit Of his health.
The ladies of the NJ. E. church
will give an "Ice Cream and Cake"
festival, at the court house, on
Wednesday evening, August 2rst,
for the benefit of the church. All
are cordially invited. Admission
free. Refreshments, rs cents for
adults, children under IA years 10
cents.
Misses Mckinney, of Portland,
arrived in Toledo Monday evening
and have taken charge of the va
quina Post, which they will issue
beginning their first publication
next Saturday. The ladies are
both practicable newspaper ladies
and will no doubt make the Post a
success.
Considerable feeling exists at
Newport over some slurs cast upon
their people in the recent writeup
in the Oregonian, and particularly
at the misstatements made concern.
ing the harbor. This 7. G. Jones,
who posed as a special correspon-
dent, is very we'll known by the
old timers of newport, and some ot
the old acquaintance do not speak
i'll very glowing terms of him
Several years ago this Jones wen
to Newport, and in company with
alotl;c: Se.Me'--as e!ar!ed a p-pc,
there. He did not make a glitter
ing success of it, owing to his ex
treme adversion to anything in the
shape Of manual labor, and he had
no ability for brain work. In fac
he was so lazy that he liked tc
have starved out, had not San
Case taken pity on his forlorn con
dition and helped him out. 1
seems peculiar that such sea farins
men as Capt. Winant, Capt. Patton
and a dozen others should pronounc,
Yaquina a good and safe harbor
while it remained this great maj
Jones to discover that it was of M
, value to commerce.
The geographical surveying party
, arrived in Toledo last Saturday
While here J. S. Diller, who is a
the head of the party, visiteC
, Bensell & Ayle's coal mine, secur
ing samples of coal and some fossils
also visited the mines located b,
the Toledo Coal company ant
Peterson, where he secured goo,
samples of coal also shell fossile il
, the Toledo Coal company's tunnel
,, While here he forwarded sample
of all the different veins of coal
fossile and samples of the Rocl
creek granite to the Smithsonia,
Institute at Washington, d. c., t,
be thoroughly examined and re
ported on by specialists of that de
} partment. On Tuesday the part
broke camp, Mr.. Diller going t
r Newport and Cape Foulweathei
1 while Frank NJ. Anderson went t
: Siletz, expecting to go down tn
t river to examine some fossil bed
which are exposed in that locality
+ These men are very pleasant gentle
e men and while here unofficial
P informed our reporter that thei
$ belief was that good coal eXiste
here in paying quantities. Th
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