Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-03-18
Joe Bryant of Nortons was in the city
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in the city Yesterday.
W. Fl. Daniel of Big Elk had business
in the city Wednesday night.
William Wakefield Jr. of Eddyville
was Toledo visitor last Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Leese left for
their other home in Corvallis Tuesday.
James Mcdonald and son A. l.. of
Chitwood spent Monday night in Toledo.
d. J. Derby, the expert fruit and veg
etable grower, was in the city Tuesday.
Joseph Blower and Uncle George
Boone were visitors from Mill Mon
day.
NJ. L. Trapp, I. j. and Arthur Pepin
of Chitwood had business in the city
last Friday night.
Mrs. Bert Boles of Yaquina was In
the city Wednesday, the guest of The
LEADER family.
Merchant John Loomis of Newport,
leading Democrat of Lincoln county,
had business in the city Tuesday.
Mrs. T. P. Fish went to Portland
Wednesday to purchase her spring and
summer stock of millinery, dress goods,
etc.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Wood returned to
their home in Salem Tuesday, after
two months visit with relatives at Si.
letz.
While going to the depot Tuesday
morning Banker Thomas Leese slipped
and fell on the icy sidewalk-and great
was the fall thereof.
G. l.. Gray, Grand Custodian of the
Masonic Lodges of the willamette
jurisdiction, left Tuesday morning on an
official visit to Portland.
St. Johns Church-Fifth Sunday IN
Lent. Morning prayer aud litany II a.
M; evening prayer, 80 p. m. All
welcome. +. o. Jones, Pastor.
THE LEADER reported last week that
the local w. R. G. would give Fair on
the 2Sth inst. We have been indig-
nantly requested to announce that we
we're mistaken.
Our former fellow citizen, Gust Fors-
sell, now resident of Wetaskiwin, Al
berta, Canada, writes The LEADER that
"Oregon is the best, and l expect to be
back there in two or three years."
Wen give the prodigal hearty well
come, Gust.
George Blattner was up, from New
port Tuesday. He took advantage of
the dark of the moon Monday and
planted his early potatoes, which in
sures big crop and wards off the at
tacks of moles, etc. If you don't be-
lieve it, try it.
E. G. Grosbeck of Denver has been
IN the city this week visiting with his
cousins, Mrs. Ed Stanton and Miss
Hattie Gillette. With the latter he
went to Newport Wednesday to visit
the big Pacific. He left this morning
for Creswell, the home of his mother.
George McCluskey came in Tuesday
evening from Hammond, where he has
BEEN teaching school and passed on to
the terminus to visit his sister, Mrs.
Charles Litchfield. He will proceed to
his homestead in Lane county, the i'm
provement of which he considers more
profitable than teaching school.
THE LEADER gives space this week to
the call for the Socialist county conven.
ton. The chairman and secretary, it
will be observed, have taken advantage
OF our good nature and courteous in
clination and rung in little invitation
to the great army of sinners in the
Democratic and Republican parties to
Zine" 'em. We trust the call will be
effective-that is, we hope every Re-
publican who believes he is wracked
and screwed slave will get out of the
party before tomorrow morning.
The voters of Lincoln county are get
ting their ears filled with whispers
these days. Many of them have been
told on the quiet that new county Of
ficials should be elected in order that
the county records may be examined
by experts, the insinuation being that
the present officials are dishonest.
This choice bit of poison is being circu-
lated by men who pose as Republicans,
but whom the voters recognize as the
same old boilers and knifers who have
for years fought every candidate on the