Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-09-09


day evening from visit with friends in
Albany.
J. A. j. Fleming, the Newport archi-
tect, had business in the county seat
yesterday.
Hon. Punderson Avery of Benton
county had business in Toledo Monday
and Tuesday.
Mrs. q. r. Schenck went to Yaquina
yesterday evening to visit her niece,
Mrs b. II. Boles.
Rev. and Mrs. f.. H. Bryant came
over from Siletz Tuesday to attend
services at the NJ. E. church.
Miss Bertha McClaughery left Mon
day morning for Corvallis, where she
has secnred position in hotel
George McCluskey left yesterday
morning for Hammond, where he will
again serve as principal OF the school.
Mrs. q. h. Mcdonald and children
left yesterday morning for visit with
James Mcdonald at his home near
Chitwood
John Stevens, j. H. Roberts and Al
Senders came in Monday from their
farms on the Siletz and left next morn
ing Oh business trip TO the valley.
Monday was Labor Day and nearly
everybody lahored, we believe, except
Cashier Scarth of the Lincoln County
Bank and G. l.. Hawkins. who went
fishing.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Keenan, and son
and the formers brother, A. L. keenan,,
all of Portland, are the guests of E. j.
Avery and family. The Messrs Kee-
nan are cousins OF Mrs. Avery.
Colonel Hofer of the Salem Journal
passed through to Newport yesterday
evening. lie will formally close the
season at the Resort City by returning
to Salem tomorrow with his family.
Wallace and Cleveland Fish, who put
in the season in A. L. Peterson's chit
tim camp at Messy Rock, Wash, ar
rived home Tuesday evening. Return
ing, they visited in Corvallis a few DAYS
Mrs. Eunce Akin left yesterday
morning for Portland, where she will
reside until next spring. Mr.. Akin is
| at present travelling representative of a
novelty company, with headquarters at
Portland.
Mayor H. W. Vincent arrived home
tuesday evening from visit to the St.
Louis Fair and his old home in New
York. He had fine time and stood
the hot weather of the east better than
than young man.
Gene Young and Renus Arnold will
today finish painting the schoolhouse.
The building is now almost as pretty as
schoolma'am, but lacks Capacity. In
the not distant future it must be en-
larged. Toledo is growing some.
John McCluskey and Charlie Litch-
field returned Tuesday from visit to
the latter's farm, which abounds and
! abuts on Devils Lake in the north end
OF the county. The gentlemen drove
over the Newport-Sletz Bay road and
| report pleasant trip
|. B. McJunkin had close call Tues
day. He was helping his nelghbor,
County Judge Brown, get "a wagon up
steep bank, over which it had been
backed by the team, when he was
thrown to the ground, one wheel pass
ing over his head and neck, inActing
painful, but not serious injuries.
! Virgil Parker, Nell-known to many of
our citizens and a son-in law of Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen Parker, died Saturday at his
home in Albany. Mrs. Allen Parker
and Mr. aud Mrs. A. }. Mcmillan at.
tended the funeral, which occurred
Monday afternoon. Deceased was one
OF Albany's most highly respected
citizens.
While large quantity of chittim
bark has been sod to local commission
men, "a larger quantity, probably, has
been stored by the peelers in antici-
patton of n better price, which NAV
reasonably be expected within few
months. A. L. Peterson, who engaged
In the business on large scale this
summer. at Messy Rock, Wash, is
holding eight or ten carloads, and ad .
vlses Liucoln county peelers who can
possibly do so to wait for the jump.
Owners OF chittim trees quite generally
declare their intention to let the bark
remain on the trees next season.