Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1902-08-01
additional LOcaI.

Ed Meaker of Yaquina was in the
city yesterday.
Billy Alexander is at Newport, clerk
ing tor Loomis Bros.
Miss Winnie Davis of Newport visited
Toledo friends yesterday.
Dram. M. Davis of Yaquina had bust
ness in the city Wednesday.
Misses Mollie and Minnie Blower and
brother Cecil we're visitors from Mill 4
yesterday.
B. F. Dobson of Pool slough was in
the city Tuesday and paid The LEADER
a brief visit.
Misses Edna, Annie and VERNE Hall
of Portland are visiting their aunt, Mrs.
John Turnidge.
Mrs. G. e. Baumann returned Tues
day from a visit with relatives aud
friends at Oyster City.
County Judge Brown and family left
Tuesday for a brief stay at their farm
northeast OF the Agency.
A. W. Webber, who had been visiting
George McCluskey, returned Monday
to his home at Brownsville.
Lester Waugh is again going it alone
in the meat business, having purchased
the Peoples market of Will Thayer.
FranA silver, WHO had been visiting
his sister, Mrs. M. Wygant, left Tues
day for his home at Pullman, Wash.
James O'Conner of Portland, repre-
senting the Washington Lille Insurance
company is pesterin' Toledo people
again.
Attorneys Ed Bryson and w. E. Yates
of Corvallis returned to their home
Monday from a cooling off trip to the
seaside.
Miss Emma Hamar of San Francisco
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Chas. Carlson.
her cousin, Mrs. G. II. Young, and other
relatives.
X. +. Holm left last Saturday morn.
ing for Cripple Creek, Colo, as dele
gate to the Head Camp session of the
Woodmen of the World.
@. & E. Agent and Mrs. B. H. Boles
have moved into the Swan cottage near
the courthouse, recently vacated by
Frank Carson and family.
DIR. and Mrs. X. Z. Darnell, who had
been visiting the ~latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Beal Gaithsr, left last Mon
day for their home ct Kaisan, Wash.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Alexander of
Portland arrived last Friday evening
for a visit With Merchant Henry Lewis
and family. Mr.. Alexander is Mrs.
Lewis's brother.
Attorney q. f.. Hawkins and son
Chauncey fished in Drift creek the fore
part of the week with great success, the
trout taking the fly just as though it
was something good.
The Parker House, Water Front sa-
loon and the Grady building, the latter
soon to be used as a hotel by G. R.
Ellsworth, are looking much better, the
result Of paint applied by @. H. Young.
About twenty-five of the handsomest
of u citizens took advantage of the
opportunity aud vent to Newport last
Sunday with Captain Dedrick Of the
launch Ruth, leaving Toledo at 8:25 a.
M. and arriving at the Resort City at
1910. No accident or incident of note
occurred until the hour set for leaving
port for the return voyage, when Billy
Alexander and w. w. Soule, who we're
a little late, hailed the departing craft
in fearful and pleading tones. Captain
DERRICK kindly put about to pick up
the delinquents. Some good boa.man-
We did not learn his name-tendered
his service and assisted in getting the
boys aboard. Billy made a graceful
leap and succeeded In placing himself
III a safe position at the bow, with a
crab of immense proportions which he
had captured for lunch, but W. W., be-
ing q tenderfoot in the line of boarding
boats and ''sich," failed to make good
connection with the flying leap and ex.
ecuted = parabola, landing somewhere
amidships with his classic No lis loom
ing heavenward. BY this time Pilot
vanCleve had got alongside with the
Ruth, and the crab, Billy and W. w.
clambered to the deck and once more
were homeward bound. Every thing
went we'll until Antoine Jacobson, who
was demonstrating to the excursionists
his skill as an athelete, lost his hat
overheard, and with Leland Collins as