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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-03-04
Number l
That Toledo Bluejacket.
BALANGA, Subig Bay, P. l., I
Jan. 81, 1904.

Jan. Il, 1904.
Dear Folks-One and All:
l shall try and write you few lines
to let you know that 1 am alive and
we'll. We had grand trip from Homo
lulu to Cavte, P. l. We stopped at
Wake Island and at Guam Island. We
got good "blow" four days out from
Guam. We also caught an eleven.foot
shark at Wake. Now that's all -ex-
cept we were at sea nineteen days.
We are 60 miles from Manila, in Su-
big bay for drill and expect to be here
for month at least. There are 500
marines here and 400 natives and that's
all. 1t is the most lonesome place
was ever in and we get no liberty.
They can say what they want to about
the Philippine Islands and the people
who inhabit them. They have not got
them cornered or tanned yet. They
will kill man quicker than you can
say it. 1t is not safe for man to go
into the woods at all unarmed. The
weather is very nice here now; it is not
hot or cold, but just right. However,
1t gets very hot from May until Decem-
ber. We are to land the battalions to-
morrow. There will be 5000 men in the
parade. We have dress parade first,
then drill. We are to stay in the ISL
ands here about three months yet, un-
less Russia and Japan have war; then,
Of course, we will go to the scene OF ac-
ton to protect American interests. We
got a new captain yesterday; his name
is Glover and he seems to be a pretty
good man, but we lost the finest man !
have ever seen in the service. His
name was Urial Sebree. He was good
and kind to his men and everyone liked
him. I never expect to find another
such a captain. We coaled ship in Ca
vite, and, while coaling, bag full of
coal hit poor fellow knocking him off
the superstructure bridge into the
Lighters a distance of forty-one feet. 1t
broke his arm, three of his ribs, frac,
tured his skull and broke his nose. I
never saw such a sight. / saw him
when he was hit by the bag of coal and
saw him take the fall. He gave cry
as he was falling, but never knew any
thing after he hit the lighter, and he is
not expected to live. He was moved to
the naval hospital at Cavite. Up to
the time we left he had not "come to-"
We are to have "great gun" practice
in Manila bay as soon as we finish up
here, and tell you l do dread it, for
it is something terrible, the reports
of those big guns, and it breaks every
bottle and every thing wooden about
the ship. My old cannon isn't in it for
a second, and they can shoot as straight
as you can with rifle.
When we want cocoanut we 60 and
pick 1t just like you would an apple.
There are oranges and bananas the
same; they grow wild here.
Well, how is everything there? I
hope this finds You all we'll. shall
take care Of myself, so don't worry abou
me. do not use tobacco in any form
now, and do not even take glass of
beer. Excuse poor writing, as l have
no desk to write on. Give kind re-
CARDS to all my school chums; also TO
all my friends in and around Toledo.
So goodbye for this time.
s. w. RosEBRooK,
| TT q G Wiecopcjp
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-03-04
Real Estate Transfers.

March 3-F w Vincent and Mary
Vincent to L H Gildersleeve, blocks 3
and in Vincent's addition to Toledo.
81 and other considerations.
March ii S Gather and Hattie
Gather to w H Ridgeway. blocks 6, G
and and lots to in block I, Wiser's
addition to Yaquina. 1856.
March IL Mcguire to Z j Win
skill. net section A, township IL south,
range west. 5000.
March 2-E Winskill to T Nc
CURE, lots and 8 in block % Elk
City. $500.
March 3-H w Vincent to T ii Gill
dersleeve, blocks and in Vinoent's
addition TO Toledo. $500.
Mar 3-Nattie r Beach, w II Beach,
Joseph r Harlan, Joseph Harlan and
Anna G Harlan to G A and Frank
Davis, nN OF nwA, section l6, town
ship u south, range s vest also 2
acres in swf, section o, township l2
south, range west. $40.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-03-04

Fred Cha mbers was over from Siletz
Wednesday.
Jimmy Hodges Of Big Elk camped in
the city Tuesday night.
DR.. Warren Of Newport passed home
ward last night from the valley.
Harry Eyer, late of Chitwood, Is now
citizen of Toledo. He has been en-
gagged this week invoicing for Austin
Rosobrook. He is an expert at that
business.
Mrs. G. H. Young's many friends
we've pleased to see her out among
them again Wednesday. 1t was her
first appearance since January 90, the
beginning Of her severe illness.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-03-04

bids will be received
which they listed be opened in schedule
sealed directed Superintendent setz
Envelopes containing bids should
lands which the bids
which the bid to be
Special Dsbung Agency Oregon
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-03-04
February Weather.

Mean temperature, 47.5.
Maximum temperature, 55; dates, 2, 81.
Minimum temperature, %; dates, g, 8,
Mean of maximum temperature, 49.
Mean Of minimum temperature, 36.
No. of times maximum temperature 90
or above,0
No times minimum temperature 30 or
below, f..
Total precipitation 1851 inches.
Prevailing direction of wind, sw.
Number Of cloudless days..
Number of partly cloudy days, 8.
Number of cloudy days, 10.
Number of days on which .0l of rain
or snow fell, 26.
Dates on which hail fell,7,
Dates on which snow fell, Sth,
Date of thunder storm, 25th.
Date of light frost, 2, 8.
Date of killing frost, O.
OTTo O. KRoGsTAD, Observer.
-<'s<< -
st. Johns Chureh-Third Sunday in
Lent. Morning prayers and litany, IL
a. M; evening prayer, 7;3o.
F.O. JONES, Pastor.
%Se%N-
A. B. Clark of Elk City is in the city
today.
Zeb and Cecil Blower were up from
Mill Wednesday.
A. T. Peterson returned from some-
where yesterday evening.
Hurston Parks of Elk City was
county seat visitor Monday.
Captain w. r. Wakefield of Wald-
port had business in Toledo Wednes-
day.
Jim Patterson is home again, after a
protracted absence at Portland and
other points.
Bill 1. j. Pepin and his big nephew,
Ralph Pepin, of Chitwood were in the
city last night.
August Fischer, the genial flour man
Of Corvallis, passed through to the ter
minus last night.
Mrs. Elmo Davis and children arrived
from Salado last night for visit with
relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Crosno are at
Brownsville this week visiting their
daughter, Mrs. S. S. Thayer.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet
next Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. G. A.
Dick. All members should come, ac-
companied by their thimbles.
Lee Wade left Wednesday morning
on timber cruising expedition in the
vicinity of Otter Rock. Fred Stanto n
accompanied him as pack-boss, guide
and cook.
The new cable for the Siletz ferry.
ordered by Superintendent McKoin last
week, arrived Monday night and was
taken to its destination next morning
by Hall & Anderson.
Grit, grannlated bone, bone meal,
nest eggs and Pratt's Poultry Food are
what everybody uses nowadays who
are in the poultry business for the
money there is il, it. All for sale by
Krogstad.
Farmer Scott Bozorth left Tuesday
morning for brief visit at Salem
Whenever Scott goes to Salem the edi
tor OF the Pacific Homestead seizes him
and puts him to work. Book l'arnin' is
all right, but SCOTS practical knowledge
is in demand.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Otto Krogstad and ].
W. Parrish we're among the outgoing
passengers Wednesday morning.
Messrs. Krogstad and Parrish are del
egates to the Socialist convention at
Portland. Mrs. Krogstad will first
visit friends near Albany. After the
convention she will be Joined by Mr.
Krogstad and they will visit friends
near Salem. They expect to be gone
about two weeks.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-03-04
Inherited Indian Land for Sale
At Siletz Agency, Oregon

NOTICE Is HEREBY of
the following described inherited
County, Oregon schedule herein FORTH
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-03-04
Lost q Finger.
A NEIGHBoR.

Colonel j. Henry Penn of Yaquina,
who frequently favors the press with
real news items, informed The LEADER
yesterday morning that John Shermer
Of Winant Is victim OF the kindling.
cutting habit. Instead of letting the
job out to somebody who knew how
his wife, for instance-John attempted
to prepare the kindling himself. It's
the same old story. He missed the
stick and whacked off the fore finger of
his left hand through the base knuckle.
DR.. Carter dressed the painful wound.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-03-04

Attorney Ed Wilson Of Corvallis and
photographer Crawford Of ALBANY were
passengers homeward Monday morning
from visit at the beach.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26
THE JOB HUNTER.

The man who wants a political job
is now making himself nuisance in
the land. Those who have to make
the appointments are, of course, the
legitimate prey of the ofhce-seeker, but
they alone do not escape. Every job
seeker wants all his friends to write
endorsements for him and to break
their Observation-Disclosures land
him in his job. In some caSes-cases
of real inertia mans friends take
pleasure in helping him, but the cases
of real merit are not in the majority.
1t often happens that the job-seeker
is no more fit for the place he wants
than he is to be doorkeeper in the
New Jerusalem, but those kind of men
are generally the most persistent. Their
greatest reason for wanting it is that
they need the salary and that they
have performed some party service.
The duties of the office are a minor
matter with them-the principal thing
is to land the job. The men who are
best fitted for filling appointive offices
are generally those who do not want
them. If they are competent they
usually have a private job about as
good as that the public service offers
them. Their only reason for going
into a public job would be to get
sort snap, ana Iney are Wu111lS 10
work as well as competent they will
not be looking for that kind of
place. This is not always the, case,
but it is the rule.
A good many men have an idea that
a public job ought to be a fine thing
big pay and little work. A conscien-
tious man is willing to do just as
much for the state to earn his money
as he would for a private individual.
1t frequently happens that a political
job is a curse and not a blessing. The
average man who goes into a public
job for the first time believes that at
the end of two years. or four at most,
he will be ready to quit, but when the
time rolls around he begins to look
ahead to stepping into some other
place. If he is capable and efficient
he is very likely to get a better place;
if he is not he goes down the scale.
In many cases he becomes simply a
standing candidate for anything he
can get. This is the professional office
seeker.
On the other hand there are good
men in the public service-men who
do just as good work for the state or
county and who work just as many
hours as though they were working for
themselves. These are the kind of
men that the offices ought to seek.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26
FOOTBALL REFORM.

The New York papers are clamor-
ing for football reforms and the fol-
lowing from the New York Press will
apply with equal force to the west:
At Yale's three big games this year
those with Columbia, Harvard and
900 spectators paid
$12S,0e0 for football. By these figures
we can limit the total receipts of the
eastern colleges from football to ST.
100000 for the year. While these
statistics are not impressive by COM
parison with the receipts from horse
racing and baseball, owing to the very
much smaller number of football days,
they are big enough to prove a loyal
public support which, if it were lack
ing, would result in the decline of the
game from every point of view.
1t is probably the policy of the in
tercollegiate directors of athletics to
maintain the game in popularity. If
this is the case there are some re-
forms that would please the public.
Chief of these is such a change in the
rules as will make the games more
spectacular. and therefore more salts
flying to the spectator. Too much
time is spent after the game is called
in not playing football.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26

treatment by number of pensioners
who remember their infirmities only at
affidavit time, and it got him into hot
water with members of congress and
with the secretary of the interior. The
famous pension order No. IS was is
sued over his name, and 1t was he
who declared that he would willingly
submit the legal question to any black
smith in the country.
Mr.. Ware has earnestly tried to
unity the pension service. to reduce the
excessive number of employees. and run
the office on business principles. He
has done well, considering the fact
that the pension system is so much
mixed with professional patriotism"
with political favoritism, with a desire
for votes, and a fear of losing them
with jobbery, sentiment, gush and
graft. Other pension commissioners,
Democratic as well as Republican.
could be named who assumed the
duties of thee office with enthusiasm
and laid them down without regret.
The deserving pensioner can have no
quarrel with Mr.. Wares administra-
ton. The CRATER Will be glad of his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26

J. w. Tulloch, the coal merchant, and
dent look eI mu ueH alike alike. they are often
| mistaken for each other. The hrst par
th1s en stery 9F fhe to
and the second part, What happened TO
Tuiioch was standing on the Rock Is
| land depot platform one day when
| Shawnee county farmer whose cow had
been killed by a Rock Island engine mis-
took him for Jones.
What are you gong to 81 90 tb about an that h
Sout Ws the * knows owe your
CINE killed her, and it's about time you
quit investigating and paid me damages
~ Yes sir; yes, sir" said the man nvs who
| gated most thoroughly and I have de-
cided that this road won't pay you a -
cent for that blanked old COW OF yours.
You can whistle for your money from now
a cent for her. You ought to keep your
pl NoI niq COWS on Inc Inc tba farIner
angry and he appealed to a higher Off
cial The higher official wondered at the
language used by Jones until 1t was dis
covered that the farmer had not talked to
Jones, but to some one else.
Superintendent Jones at once suspected
Tulloch and later verified his suspicion
and then planned to get even with the
A few days later a man who lives in
the southwest part of town was talking
by the way said Jones to the man
who thought he was TullOch, 1--WE have
five car loads of Frontenac lump which
we want to dispose of right away for $500.
regular price S.. If you know of anyone
who wants coal tell them to telephone in
their ORDERS
The next day Tulloch's telephone rang.
Send me out five tons of F>rontenac, the
kind you are selling at 90 a ton,'" said
a voice.
Three dollars a toni Numbered Tul-
loch. THE price is $500
why, you told Mr.. So-and-So that you
had five car loads to sell at $500 a tom
Tulloch explained that it was all a mis-
take and that he had not told Mr.. So-and-
So any such thing.
That morning Tulloch had upwards of
twenty-five calls for $500 Frontenac and
thon he began to suspect Jones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record
The blooming idiot is always in season.
The people who start wrong have to live
and unlearn.
The busybody can butt in without any
ifs or butts.
The telephone girl is always a ringer
for some one else
Doughnuts can be opened without the
aid of a nut cracker.
Mrs. Muggins-''You shouldn't judge
people by their clothes" Mrs. Buggins--
"Oh, but have seen the family wash put
on the line"
Happy is the man who never knows
The man who can lose his money and
still keep his friends is a wonder.
A man may hide his light under a BUSH
ell and still feel that he is out of sight.
The fellow who gets barreled at night
naturally feels all bunged up the next
morning.
Regret for the mistakes of our youth
seldom prevents us from making greater
ones.
We are told that a burned child breads
the fire, yet lots of widowers marry again.
Wigg-"Borrowell says he runs his af-
fairs like clockwork." Wagg-''Well, he
lives tick
"An imitation is a mere parrot" re-
marked the Wise Guy. Yes" agreed the
Simple Mug, but even parrot may not
be as green as he looks
The lazy man may lied abed
Till noon; there is no doubt Of it;
He won't admit the truth. Instead
He gets up and lies out of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26
THE NICKUM MURDER.

The people should not be too quick
to condemn the officers for their failure
to find the man or woman who commit
ted the frightful murder in Topeka last
Sunday.
The murder of Mrs. Nickum was one
of the most atrocious in the history of
the state and every effort possible
should be made, and no doubt is being
made, to find the person or persons who
are responsible for the crime. Up to
this time these efforts have been who'll
ly without results. 1t does not foNtow,
however, that the murderer will es-
cape. This is one of the kind of crimes
which though exceedingly nystifying
is almost impossible to conceal. If there
ever was a time when the adage muir
der will out" applies it is in crimes
like the brutal revolving murder of this
defenseless woman. The very nature
of the murder makes its solution al
most certain.
Therefore the people would do well to
be patient with the officers of the law.
They may unravel the mystery and
bring the guilty persons to justice and
they should be given a chance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26

a duty of Is cents a bushel on wheat
do the farmer who must sell his wheat
in a market governed by the London
price? There is only one case in which
the American tariff on wheat could do
the American farmer any good. That
is the case of complete domestic con-
sumption of the product. If there were
no surplus to be exported. the price of
wheat might be governed by domestic
competition to buy. In that case it
might rise. as prices of cotton and
wooden clothing and agricultural i'm
plements rise, above the foreign level.
Then a tariff which kept out foreign
wheat would give the American farmer
the first direct advantage he ever got
out of the tariff in his long and labori-
Ol1S life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26

The spread of the good roads move
ment has been one of the remarkable
features of life in this country in the
past decade. Previous to the last ten
or twelve years the farmer and the
resident of the country town, except in
a few notably progressive sections,
were content with the old style coun-
try road that was at one time inches
deep in dust and a few days later feet
deep in mud. They had known moth
ing but such roads, and if they had
ever thought about the question of
good roads they believed that the cost
was prohibitive, and therefore made
no general demand for Improvement.
The coming of the bicycle marked the
beginning of the new era, and the
spread of the bicycle craze resulted in
the spread of the good roads cam
paign. Better roads were built here
and there at a cost so small as to as
tonish the country people. who soon
found that the extra expense was more
than offset by the saving on wagons
and stock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26

But we don't go over two or three
times in a year. You can't possibly
mean two or three nights a week?'
My language was plain, my dear,
and 1 trust you will not misconstrue it.
1 said had about decided I may fin
ally decide or I may not. 1t is a mat
ter requiring more thought than 1 have
yet given it. If I finally decide then
of course we cannot join the card par
ty If L don't decide, then we will take
up the other matter and discuss it pro
and CON-
"You-you don't mean anything when
you talk this way!" she exclaimed in
tones Of disappointment. why can't
you be like other men and say right
out what you will or won't do? Why
do you always leave me hanging in the
air?"
MY dear partner of my joys and
SORROWS, let US reason little. Half
the mistakes of mankind come about
through want of reasoning matters to
a conclusion. To carry out my idea
of going to the theater two nights a
week I must ascertain if 1 can get
dead-head passes through a friend of
mine. If l. can then the question is
solved; if I can't, then I must figure
up and see if my income will stand
the STRAIN
"Of course you can't get dead-head
passes for twice a. week
Then it will be a question of in
come"
but you'll be sure to say that we
can't afford it,
Then it will be a question of stay
ing home.''
ST knew it would, but why couldn't
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26
FIRESIDE TALKS.
Mr. Perkins Calls More Philosophy to
His Aid.

Mrs. Williams was over here this
afternoon" began Mrs. Perkins, as Mr..
Perkins changed his shoes for slippers
and sat down to his evening paper
with sigh of 'contentment.
'Yes?' he queried.
She is getting up a card party for
the winter. and wants US to join"
Yes, and you told her"
81 told her that 1 would speak to
you about it, and that's what 1 want
to talk about now. Last spring you
made the remark that you would never
spend another winter cooped up in the
house every evening. We only went out
two or three times all winter This, card
party is to meet once a week, and it
will be held here at least once a month.
1 told Mrs. Williams that I had no
doubt you would join"
Yes 1 am rather sorry you said
that, my DEAR
But you like to play cards.
Yes"
"Then what's wrong?"
Il had about decided to go to the
theater two nights a week the season
through. and that would be enough
nights OUT
''What! Two nights a week at the
theater' she exclaimed in astonish-
ment.
From two to three nights, Mrs. Per-
kins.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26

Exports of mineral oils from the
United States promise to exceed in
value rs million dollars in the caIen-
dar year 1904. Ten months figures just
presented by the department of COM
merce and labor through its bureau
of statistics show a total value of min
eral oil exported at Sc million dollars
speaking in round terms. which is a
larger total in value than in the cor
responding months of any preceding
year, though in quantity the total is
less than that of the corresponding
months of 1901 or 1902. In five of the
ten months of the present year for
which figures are now available, the
value of mineral oil exported has ex-
ceeded million dollars per month
while prior to December, 1903, the
value of mineral oil exports seldom, if
ever, reached so much as million
dollars in any month. Should the
value of the exports of November and
December run as high as that of the
months of September and October the
total expectation of mineral oil for the
year would reach so million dollars.
against 70 millions in the fiscal year
1904. and will exceed by million dol
lars the record of any earlier year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26
MIR. WARES RESIGNATION.
[From de Sc. Joe News

Like the policeman's lot, that of the
pension commissioner is not a happy
one. 1t is filled with woe and per-
plexiues- Eugene Ware, of Kansas.
stood it as long as he could, and after
several farewell tours. finally rendered
his resignation, to take effect the first
of next year. Mr.. Ware made quite a
record in the pension office, among the
things to record being an observation
that hundred good commercial clerks
could easily do the work of the Eve
hundred in his bureau, which the same
observation brought him much hatred
and ill-will at Washington, where
everybody who can soldiers on the
government. Another thing of record
is the motto. 1.-THE Lord Hates a LIAR
This was considered as contemptuous