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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-10-14

dered by this Court, sitting as a court
for the transaction of county business,
that the Sheriff of Lincoln county, Or.
egon, receive from and accept the said
sum of $2049 96 in full and complete
payment of the taxes assessed against
the Pacific Coast Colonization Com.
pany and issue receipt therefor to
said Jas. Mel. Wood, agent; and it is
further ordered that said penalty and
interest in the sum of $l67.9S be and
the same is hereby remitted to said Jas.
Mel. Wood, agent.
c. NJ. Brown, County Judge,
GEORGE KING, Commissioner.
F, A. THOMPSON, Commissioner.
In the matter Of the cIaim of Geo F
Sylvester ct al, cost bill State OF Ore
gon VS.. ] ID Reed and Eddie Boyle.
Continued.
In the matter of the claim of CM
ldleman, petition for vacating taxes.
Continued.
In the matter of bridges on Alsea
road. Report of Chas Stouder accepted.
In the matter Of appointing s ] Stew.
art supervisor of district No. 8. Re.
jected.
In the matter OF correcting tax cer-
tificate of Martha A Collaway. Petit
ton granted and Clerk instructed to
correct error.
In the matter of the semi-annual re.
ports of Sheriff, Clerk and Treasurer.
Reports examined and approved.
In the matter of the reports on roads
of F A Thompson, Commissioner. Re-
ports accepted.
In the matter of the courthouse
wood. Clerk instructed to draw war.
rant for Sl6.25 in favor of Arnold & Nc
Caulou when said wood is sawed; also
for storing in woodshed under instruc.
tions of County Judge.
In the matter of printing delinquent
tax roll for 1908. Clerk instructed to
advertise for bids to be opened Decem-
Der 7, 1904, at 10 a. m.
There being no further business, un-
til Saturday, the 10Th day of Novem-
ber, 1904.
c. NJ. BROWN, County Judge,
GEORGE KING, Commissioners,
F. A. THOMPSON, Commissioner.
Attest: IRA WADE, Clerk.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-10-14
Read the Market News in
The Oregon Daily Journal

Nothing is omitted which concerns
the interest Of buyers and sellers in
the live stock, grain, provisions, produce
and financial markets-the markets are
comprehensive and in every way re-
liable.
The journal in addition carries every
day full and truthful report of the
worlds news and presents many special
,eatures of deep interest to the average
reader. The Journals woman's page,
the illustrated sporting news page, the
Journal stories and comic pages and
other good things make it a very popu-
lar family newspaper, clean and bright
from A to z and years end to years end.
semi-weekly, lO4 issues, one year, 81 so
Weekly, 81. The issues of the Semi
Weekly and Weekly Journal also con-
tain the market news and all of the
features of the Daily Journal Address
THE JOURNAL,
Portland. Oregon.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-10-14

Thompson, Commissioners, per diem
anu inlieage.. ......................... "A 90
George King, Commissioner, per diem
anu mileage .........".............. Al GO
In the matter of the petition of Silas
Howell Ell al for local option liuuor
election in Alsea precinct No. II, to be
held November 8, 1904. Granted.
In the matter of the petition of
Ralph c Oglesby ct al for local option
liquor election in Lincoln county as a
whole, to be held November 8. 1904.
Granted.
In the matter of the change in the
Corvallis and Newport wagon road.
Referred to Commissioner Thompson.
with power to 10 as he thinks best, and
Clerk TO draw warrant on his instruc.
tions.
In the matter of the report of J II
Wilson, exporting books. Report ac-
cepted and Clerk instructed to record
same and draw warrant in favor of Mr..
Wilson for contract price.
In the matter of the report of JIG
Plank as supervisor of work on New
port'Siletz Bay wagon road. Accepted,
In the matter of the settlement of
the taxes of the Oregon Pacific Colo.
nizatlon Company by its agent, Jas
Mel. Wood. 1t duly appears that when
the assessment for the taxes for the
year 1903 was made the land standing
in the name of the Coast Land and
Live Stock Company and the Oregon
Pacific Colonization Company belonged
practically to one company, in so far as
the ownership and title thereto were
concerned in Lincoln county, Oregon,
and all should, have been assessed in
the name of the Coast Land and Live
Stock Company, for the reason the title
to said land never fully passed to said
so-called Oregon Pacific Colonization
Company; that said lands were com.
munity property and had never been
divided between said companies and
had never been authorized to be so di.
vided; that the Coast Land and Live
Stock Company paid on the l4th day of
March 1904. slO9S52, which amounted
to more than one-half of all taxes as.
sessed upon the lands of said compan.
les; that the taxes assessed against the
land of the Oregon Pacific Colonization
Company are $l049.96, which should be
taken, by reason of the fact said prop
eity OF said companies was community
, property, in payment of one.half the
taxes on said property of said compan
les; that on the 26th of September
1904, Jas. Mel. Wood, as agent for and
owner of the lands of said companies
rendered to the Sheriff of Lincoln
county, Oregon, the said sum of SlO49. .9f
i'll full payment Of the remainder of the
} taxes assessed and due on the lands OF
said companies, but the same was re.
fused by the Sheriff by reason of said
erroneous assessment; that Jas. Mel.
Wood is now, and has been since the
l4th day Of June, 1904, the owner Of
said lands; that by reason OF the fact
hereinbefore stated, said petitioner
should not be required to pay the pen.
atty and interest charged up against
him on the assessment rolls for the
taxes of 1903, in the sum of sl67 .9s,
} and the Court being fully advised In
the premises, and has carefully exam.
ined said petition, it is therefore or.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-10-14
October
Sunset Magazine
Gives fine pictures Of
CALIEO MA LIFE

General Macarthur and other army
officers describe the recent military
maneuyers in California each article
being profusely illustrated with half
tones, and colored drawings by Edward
Cucuel. Interesting articles on Cali.
fornia and Oregon, "How Olive Oil is
Made" SHOW Almonds are Grown"
and fine descriptions of Plumas and
Sutter, two great California counties.
224 pages of articles, Western stories,
sketches and verses. 10 cents copy.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-10-14
CORVALLIS & EASTERN
RAILROAD.
TIME CARD.

No. 2. For Yaquina:
Train leaves Albany la:45 p. m.
Z" e Corvallis 1850 p. m.
a." 4" Toledo SAT p. m.
Arrive Yaquina, 5:35p. m.
No. 1. Returning:
Leaves Yaquina GAS a. M.
Toledo 7:I5 a. NJ.
" Corvallis 1880 a. IN.
Arrive Albany 1915 p. m.
No. 3. For Detroit:
Leaves Albany 100 a. m.
Arrive Detroit 1920 p. m.
No. 4. Returning:
Leaves Detroit 100 D. nj,
Arrives Albany 5:55 a. m.
Train No. arrives in Albany
i'll time to connect with the S. P.
southbound train, as we'll as giving
two or three hours i'll Albany be-
fore departure of S. P. northbound
train for Portland.
Train No.a connects with the
5. p. trains at Corvallis and AL
bany, giving direct service to New
port and adjacent beaches.
Train 3 for Detroit, Breitenbush
and other mountain resorts leaves
Albany at7:oo a. M, reaching De-
troit about 600 p. m.
For further information apply to
EDWIN STONE,
Manager.
J. E. FRANKLIN, Agent, Toledo.
B. H. BoLEs. Yaquina.
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For Sale.

At a bargain: One acre of land in To
ledo, 5-room house, barn and chicken
house, good well, splendid garden spot.
Call on or address CURTIS M Brown,
Toledo, Or.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-28

Desire Drumm0nd was writing the
first entry in her new diary, for it was
New Years Gay. She had opened the
little book with a queer sense Of unac-
quaintedness and hesitation. She al
ways felt that way about opening new
diary, she told Roxy, the cat.
Il feel as if I'd ought to be introduced
TO it, Roxy" she laughed softly When
you've written in the Old one $50 times
-summered and wintered with it and
told it how bad YOUR rheumatism was
you feel at home and real intimate with
it. But when you open a creaky new one
that won't stay open, but leeps shutting
up as if it didn't want anything to Go
with You or your rheumatism-when you
do that, Roxy it makes you feel like a
perfect stranger"
In tiny, old-fashioned, neat letters the
sputtering pen traced pleasant" on the
clean page Of the new year Then Desire
paused and looked meditatively out Of
her window searching for inspiration.
a faint dab Of red caught her eye from
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make a good beginning for the year?'
He refused at first to listen, but finally
said he'd do it. 1t would be good
chance, he said to show his strength Of
will, and, anyhow, it was only an ideal!"
"Of course, you applauded that"
q did, and he went off, delighted to
count up how much he would save dur
ing the year by not smoking. AS for me,
l improved the time by making notes
of the bargains advertised in the papers
and mapping out a shopping tour for
the next day which would keep me until
six o'clock and bring me home ex-
hausted. Mr.. Smithson didn't come
back for two hours and when he did, he
was cross. tried to interest him in the
advertisements, when he suddenly
turned on me, saying that spent more
time and money, as we'll as wasting
more health, on bargain hunting than
he did on tobacco, and if he could give
up the one, he thought l could give up
the other!"
"Oh. but that was different"
Indeed it was, and so told him, but
he wouldn't listen. He said l was in the
habit of spending five dollars worth OF
time to save five cents in money. He
reminded me that l had a quantity Of
things put away upstairs which | had
bought because they were cheap and
which l could never use; he proved that
many bargains had shown themselves
dear and said I could save more money
by remaining at home and seeing to the
house When demurred, he quoted my
own arguments in regard to smoking,
until l got mad, said l had as much
strength of mind as he had and
wouldn't buy a bargain for year,"
ooh gracious, but how can you"
We'll, everything went wrong that
day MIR. Smithson was cross and criti-
cised the dinner until the girl got mad.
Mrs. Trotter came in and told me that
Blank was to have bargain sale in cur
tains-I needed curtains for the bed
rooms My sister came in with a new
boa, bought at bargain, and told me
could get it's mate Going into the par
lor for one more peep at Blanks adver-
tisement found Mr. Smithson chewing
the stem of his empty pipe!"
Its too bad; I'm on my way to rib
bon sale now, and / thought you
wait till 1 get my wraps. You see,
the next morning thought I'd just run
downtown to merely look at the sales,
| and went into the parlor before break
| fast to tell Mr.. Smithson. found him
smoking. He looked foolish for a mo-
ment, then gave me $40 and asked me il
didn't want to go shopping. Where
| lid you say the ribbon sale is?''
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FEEDING THE BIRDS.

must have a Christmas, too, you know!
There is not peasant IN all Sweden who
will sit down with his children to a
Christmas dinner until he has first
raised aloft a Christmas dinner for the
little BIRDS that live in the cold snow
without"
Which illustrates the kindness of
heart and love of animals Unborn in the
Swedish nature. And that they are a
jevial, social folk as well as tender
hearted, is evidenced by the overflow
ing hospitality reigning during the days
of Jul" Feasting and drinking. gift
making, games, music, the days are filled
with merriment, and the nights. 1t is
a season when the farmer can lay toll
aside for while the crops are in, the
long, monotonous winter stretches be-
fore him. 1t is the time to gather kin
dred and friends about the board, time
to sing and time to dance. For weeks
before the ushering in of the gala DAYS
all hands about farm have been busy
in making ready; particular attention
has been paid to the brewing Of the
Julie or (Christmas ale), an ale that
is always given little extra strength,
an concerning which quantity must be
allowed for as we'll as quality-for
every one that enters is expected to take
draught The drinking vessels are of
a size, some tankards and wooden cups
holding quite a gallon.
AS every visitor is expected to eat, too,
the preparations in the way of cooking
are carried on on a large scale. Du
Chaillu, in his Land of the Midnight
Sum-" tells of the good things offered
in his time-the larder is we'll stocked;
fish, birds and verison are kept in re-
serve, the best "spige KIDD (dry NUT
ton, or either beef Or mutton sausage) is
now brought forward; calf or sheep is
slaughtered. and as the day draws near
waters and cakes are made" A very
popular Christmas feast throughout
Sweden to-day is that consisting OF Tut
fish with sauce and potatoes, rice por-
ridge with cinnamon and cream, and
roast goose.
Even the poorest home makes some
show of Christmas preparation; even
the poorest person spends a trifie to
buy bunch of oats for the gift to the
birds. 1t is a beautiful sight 10 see the
bird benefciaries circling down to get
their Christmas offering, and in the be-
slowing of the sweet charity both young
and old unite. The farm creatures get
double portions now. Christmas is en-
joyed by both man and beast
During the Yale tide servile labor is
dispensed with as much as possible; the
whole land rests from toll. Ard the
rest is well earned, for the WORT Of get
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were drying your red table cloth in the
window-Oh, l tried not to come fast
enough"
But you're here.-you're here
sobbed Delight Desire. withstand
right still a minute, where you are.
want to say some,-Happy New Year,
Desire"
Happy New Year, Delight"
1t was all there in those three little
words What need for explanations, pro-
testations. promises? The last red
CLEAN from the west fell across both
their glad old faces. like a kiss Of peace.
Afterward Roxy scratched her way in
with a plump dead mouse presenting it
first to one Of them and then to the other,
in gentle uncertainty. And they all three
sat in the twilight together.
ct was trouble" Delight said
That's why I chose the red signal.
said to myself this morning. when l
woke up, It's New Years, Delight Weth-
you've been trying to DO so long? Or are
you going to wait another four years?
And then all of a sudden l decided
you're going to, Delight Wetherill!' But
l couldn't move an inch to do it. There
was stiff with the rheumatism guess
the feminine kinds the worst. Desirei"
Desire nodded. q guess so, Delight.
Go on" she said.
II couldn't go on! There l was.
didn't crawl out o bed till noon. and I
didn't timber up any till l saw you and
Roxy coming acrost in the sunshine
I forgot l had the rheumatism then,
don't feels if l should ever have it
again.
so you put up the red signal Trouble
Come over?" Desired unused thought
fully.
"Yes.-oh. had to! 1t was New Years
day, Desire, and you and me had been
divided long enough. said to myself |
couldn't bear another year l said the
time to make it up was the first day o.
the new year. And there was, l
couldn't stir"
And the beginning and the ending
were the first day" Delight murmured
softly. Under the cover of the darkness
the two old hands stole together and
chung. as long ago two little childish ones
had chung together. Roxy purred from
skirt to skirt impartially. There ore
times when It's better not to saw .nv-
thing, but little gentle purring does no
! harm.-Country Gentleman.
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ting ready has required ceaseless indus
try. Throughout the long evenings the
industrious maiCens have labored over
their complex needlework and their
crochet; sewing, painting and carving
have been going on. And then at the
last there has been a grand scrubbing
and polishing for the women; hauling
and fetching and carrying by the men.
No wonder the whole land takes a rest.
Gay Christmas costumes are the order
Of the Gay; everybody is clean and be-
decked. Christmas eve, church serv-
ices are held, and after they are over
the night through is given over TO mirth
and frolic. All join in the Jul pleasur-
ing, the dances, blind mans buff, what
ever the sport selected. These people
of northern vitality seem never to feel
blase. are able to keep up the merriment
for what to us mere nervous folk seems
an interminable length of time. All
through the holidays thegreeting is gaily
called cut: "Glaedelig Jul og godt Ny
taar" Merry Christmas and Happy New
Year,. After the thirteenth DAY of re-
joicing there comes lull of a week, and
then a grand finale:
''TyvenGe dag Kurt
Danser julie I'd.
(Tke twentieth day Canute
Dances Yule out)
Each land in which Christmas is cele-
brated possesses its own legends and
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the implanted house set diagonally
across the road. Though for four years
Desire Drummond had not willingly
looked at the small old house, yet for
four years she had always seen it, when
abe looked out of her window. 1t was
right there. an uncomely blot on her
~view''-how could she help it? The
splash of red color was in one of its tiny
paned front windows. and for the mo-
ment Desires heart beat a little faster
than usual When had she seen that red
signal flag before?-but it wasn't sig
nal flag Of course. Delight was driving
something red in the sun; probably she'd
washed out a spot in that old red table
cover
Suddenly as if of its own accord quite
uniniluenced by the slender old fingers,
the pen began to write again. There's
a red flag in Delights window" it wrote
rather faster than usual, with not so
much painstaking attention to i-dottings
and t-crossings. But it's probably a
spot drying in her red table spread. 1t
isn't likely to be anything else after four
years"
The little book creaked shut. as if re-
lieved at the chance, and Desire Drum
mond gazed out of her window again. not
looking at the little old house across the
road. but seeing it and its red signal flag.
and nothing else. Roxy le2ped heavily
to the window sill and looked out, too.
The big gray head rubbed lovir ely
against the little gray one.
i'm not looking, Roxy, but it's there.
Il see it, Desire murmured wistfuuy.
N-You see it, too. You know you do. You're
looking down the road at the meeting
house. but you see Delights red flag,
You think it's spot in her widespread
drying in the sun, but you don't know il
as. You're thinking maybe it isn't. lust
as / am
Roxy's soft purr pleaded guilty to the
charge. 1t was four years-but Roxy
only knew it as long time, very lone
time,-since she had been allowed 70
catch plump mice in the little old brown
\ shed across the road
IF it should be anything else, Roxy
not spot drying,-if it should mean
what it used to" She lifted the big cat
down suddenly and opened one of her
table drawers, where rows of black
bound diaries were neatly packed away
and selected one that bore date five or
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mythical patron or ogre of the season.
In Denmark there is a wondrous crea-
ton known as the lubbock" or "Klap-
per-Bock," which is built up of a long
pole at one end of which is attached a
beasts head covered with goat skin
1t is the duty Of the dreadful lubbock"
to butt children that have been naughty
or ill-behayed
traveller in Sweden gives as her i'm
preston OF Swedish Christmas that it
is blaze Of light. And no marvel that
the residents of the land Of long dark
ness seek contrast to the shadowy
night without. Fer the services in tho
church candles gleam wherever it is pos
sible for a candle to be placed; the num-
berless Christmas trees bear a taper IN
each branch.
The Swedish Christmas tree is hung
with bright glass globes, ribbons and
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Desire Drummond WINGED in spite OF
herself. But she had her duty to co to
this little laughing child.
Il should call at Tolly's, too, Jeffy,"
she said, virtuously, you try it, and see
how much happier you'll feel"
But I'm happy enough now" laughed
Jeffy.
Then do it to make folly happier
try that"
Mn" mumbled Jeffy, STOPPING to
lay kind red mittens on Roxy's furry
neck. 1t took time to digest advice like
that He hadn't thought Of Tolly's side
of the question. folly was just getting
over the measles-Jefy remembered
suddenly that it wasn't any fun to get
over" the measles. Then folly lived
alone with his northumberland in
riotous little nest full of brothers and
sisters. Probably you got very lore
some living alone with your grand
mother; -prob'ly you'd like to have
somebody come in an say ''Wisher Hap
Ply New Year!"
We'll, WILL" laughed Jeffy, sunnily
Il guess it's time me an folly fell in!
He was off in little whirl, and Desire
and Roxy were alone again.
Roxy, did you hear that? l thought
l was preaching to him, and you heard
how he preached to me! "A little child,
"a little child" she added softly. Her
plain, wholesome face grew very
| thoughtful. Roxy rubbed against her
skirts, unheeded.
"a little child-laughing Jeffy-shall
| lead them-me," she mused across the
| STREET.-THE Delight. Roxy, Roxy, listen
to me!"-she began to laugh sobbingly,
Il guess it's time me an Delight fell
| I'M"
1t was sunset when she and Roxy went
across the dividing line. From the
warm, red west a radiance was falling in
a pathway Of soft light. 1t seemed to
lead out of Heaven to Delights little
brown door, and Desire stepped lightly
along in it, no more bitterness or hurt
in her heart. The red signal flag was
still in the window, and she saw it was
not the red table cover. 1t was the little
old signal flag itself!
We'll go right in, Roxy, just as we
used -in-what! you want to go in by the
shed door? Well, run along then,-run
along then! I suppose catching mice is
your way Of making up!" She opened
the front door briskly-after four years!
and stepped into the dark little hall.
Delight was in the sitting-room door,
waiting.
''Delighti'
Desire! Desire! l knew you'd
GOMEZ"
"Red,-trouble Come over" quoted
Desire, trying to laugh, but crying. They
were both crying. 81 tried to believe you
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bon-bons, but the presents are rot put
upon it. 1t is lighted on Christmas eve
as soon as it begins to grow dark, and
that,of course, is very early in the land
Of the long night. When the many can
dies have burned out, children and
grown folk turn their attention from the
tree for awhile and are invited to par
take of Christmas sweets. Then, the
crown Of all, the company gathers
around a huge basket from which are
drawn by the head of the house the pres
ents one by one. Often a bit of rhyme,
a sentiment of some sort, ompanies
the gift, and it takes many hours to
distribute and open the numerous pack
ages. The number Of gifts received
seems, to Puritan eyes, wastefully, bur-
densomely extravagant. but to the true
Scandinavian there cannot be too much
of the good thing Christmas.
KATHERINE POPE.