Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-12-23
LEADERLETS

uays ago. Bully. Let the good work
20 on!
The demand for more space at the
Lewis and Clark Fair continues.
High-headed fasteners who expect
this to be little single e.ring affair will
be victims of surprise party.
Dressed turkeys are 25 cents per
pound in Portland, with prospects of a
rise. However, the quality is said to
be better than ever" and that will in
measure counteract the legal-tender
flavor.
Personal-Frank Baker, of whom
few Republicans and all leading Demo-
Gratis i'll Oregon are insanely envious,
will arrive tomorrow at his home in
Portland from visit to the National
capital.
A japanese feet of 40 war vessels
has started out to meet the more or
less famous Russian Baltic fleet, and
the greatest naval battle of the war is
expected to occur within few days.
p. $50 says a cablegram from Toxic.
The Russian government has placed
orders for several thousand tons of
American hay, as hint that the war
with Japan is far from ended. The
combination will not be complete until
Russia purchases several thousand Mis-
souri mules.
A Portland "gentleman'' was per-
mitted to leave hospital for a couple
Of hours last Sunday and visit his wife.
The invalid husband gave his loving
wife a good beating and returned to the
hospital, much benefited by the beau
tiiul Sabbath day outing.
On the face of the returns the gov
ernor elect of Colorado is a Democrat.
After he has been "duly inducted" into
office he will be kept busy for awhile
pardoning out OF the penitentiary the
prominent citizens who rounded up for
him the necessary votes.
During the II months ending Novem-
ber 30 Portland held second place as
wheat-shipping port, Galveston being
first and New Orleans third. OF the
1928, ,173 bushels exported during this
period 5,S77,5l1 bushels went from
Portland, Puget Sound and San Fran
cisco.
In the near future stream of oil
will be started via the pipe line from
the Indian Territory oil fields for the
STANDARD Oil company's refinerles in
New York and New Jersey. Yes, gen.
tie reader, the belief that this method
Of transportation will bring down the
price of oil is only pipe dream.
There is no objection whatever to
giving Hitchcock whatever credit he
NAV merit as public official, but a
large per cent of the people of Oregon
believe he carries well'developed vein
of something akin to cussedness, and
they must not be expected to fall down
and worship him for having been in
strumental in bringing few land
sharks to justice.
Senator Mitchell and Congressman
Hermann are scheduled to arrive in
Portland tomorrow Their names hav-
ing been paraded inl the =, land frauds in
vestigatiou, they have. decided to come
home and demand bill OF particulars.
It's safe guess they will he found
guilty of loyalty to Oregon and their
constituents, which. in the eyes of
Hitchcock, is probably crime.
Rev. W. S. Rainsiord, D. d, rector o.
st. Georges Protestant Episcopal
church of New York, says ministers
wives are failures. One of the latter
AS is perfectly natural, has rushed into
print with a vigorous contradiction OF
the noted divine's assertion. But that
doesn't settle it. The question now is
Who is right, DR.. Rainsford or the
offended minister's wife? One or the
other is certainly lit"
The crusade against cigarettes in Or.
euon will probably result in some sense
less legislation. Oregon's present law
prohibits the sale of tobacco or cigar
cites to boys under IS, but they get the
stuff just the same, and boys not more
than one-half that age may be seen
smoking cigarettes in nearly every town
in the state, Cigarettes will be smoked
while wholesale aud retail tobacco
dealers continue to handle the material
of which they are made and boys will
smoke them as long as they can ind
real. growu-up men who are willing tc
g;ye them the material or purchase ii
for them.