Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-09-09

Newport -Tidewater mail was in Toledo
this week.
The Albany Herald says that the in
ternal revenue men have caught prom
inent Newport man attempting to evade
the stamp law. 1t does not give the
name of the man.
Snow & Sons new store building is
being painted, and will soon be ready
for occupancy. When completed this
will be one of the best buildings in To-
ledo.
G. A. Landis expects to be one of a
party to start for Southern Oregon about
the 10Th of this month on prospecting
trip. They will be gone about month.
Geo. McCluskey returned this week
from the valley, where he has been
working through the harvest, and will
prepare to go to Philomath to college
this winter. He expects to finish the
Normal course this year.
The salmon cannery at Newport will
be operated this year, some gentlemen
from Portland, whose name we have not
learned, having leased it for the season.
This is encouraging news to fishermen
on this river, as it will give them a mar
ket for all their catch.
We received from our old friend Mr.. H.
@. Mute, of Medford, this week five
boxes of lucious peaches grown on his
peach farm. They were great, big nice
yellow fellows. We don't know of what
variety they were, but we do know that
they went right to the spot, and it did
not take us long to find out just what
spot they were adapted to.
The run of herring in the Yaquina
this year is very good, and several of the
fishermen are making very fair wages
fishing for them. Last Friday night
Tellef Tellefson, of Yaquina, with one
boat and net caught over 800 pounds
of herring. That means about 1000
fish, as they weigh about half pound
each.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Waugh, and AL.
Waugh expect to start the first of next
week for Ohio, where they will make a
visit to their relatives of several weeks
duration. Lester and Al. have not been
back to the old homestead for about
fifteen years, and it is needless to say
that they will fully appreciate the visit.
The first steamer on the San Francis
co-Yaquina route is expected in at va
quina to night or in the morning, and
will depart for San Francisco as soon as
loaded. There is more than cargo of
grain waiting at Yaquina now for the
steamer, and more loaded cars are going
down on every train.
Picking has begun in the orchard of
the Nashville Prune company. There
IS moderately fair crop of prunes this
year, the trees not being yet in full bear
ing. The crop will be picked and taken
to j. j. Bristow's dryer, where they will
be prepared for the market. By another
year this orchard will produce an abund-
ant crop of fruit.
The re-establishment of the steamer
line between Yaquina and San Francisco
will be great help to this part of the
country, as well as to the grain districts
of the valley. The railroad rates from
Portland or San Francisco are exorbi-
tant, and have proved serious burden
to our people since they have been com.
PEELED to pay them. The restoration OF
the old rates from San francisco will be
hailed with delight.
The salmon canneries at Kernville. on
the Siletz, and on the Alsea are running
on full time now. The run of fish is
good and the fishermen are making good
catches. The prospects are now that
both canneries will make heavier packs
than they did last year. The shortage
in the pack of the Columbia river will
probably make higher price and a
stronger market for salmon this year.
Messers. P. w. New and J. s. Ander.
son, of Chicago, have been in Lincoln
county this week, going down to the bay
to look over the government works there
with view of submitting a bid upon
the contract, soon to be let. These gen.
tlemen have the contract for the worl,
at San Pedro harbor in California, and
will in all probability submit bid upon
this work here. This indicates that
there will be no lack of bidders upon
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