Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-16

Chitwood the fore part of the week.
When in Newport go to the Bon Ton
for cigars, tobacco and confectionery.
George Hodges and son Jimmie OF
Salado were in the city Wednesday
night.
Ted McElwain departed Wednesday
morning for his home in North Dakota
Some day he'll wander back again
The Toledo Girls baseball team make
a band wagon look like dark spot
when they get out in their new uni.
forms.
Clarence and Oscar Ofstedahl left
Monday for Corvallis aud will help the
o. A. c. band make music for ten
days at the Fair.
Roy Bryant and Sam Leonard of
Sheridan arrived Wednesday evening
and will put in about three months on
Roy's farm near Siletz.
Grand Custodian G. L. Gray went to
Portland Tuesday to attend the session
of the Masonic Grand Lodge. He will
represent Lincoln Lodge of Toledo.
MIR. and Mrs. D. S. Sorey of Tekoa,
Wash, arrived Monday evening and
are the guests of Jay Dunn and family.
Mr. Sorey was for year resident of
Lincoln county and left here about six
years ago.
John Buckley of Newport returned
Monday evening from Pine Flats, Wash.
ington, where he left Mrs. Buckley, who
will remain there for several months.
Mr.. Buckley visited the Fair at Port
land before returning.
Grant Hart, R. r. Wood and Everett
Wildman were visitors from Chitwood
Monday. They report road-making the
most popular pastime up in that pros
perons neighborhood these days. A
very good thing. Push it along!
NJ. S. Dickinson of Chitwood, man.
ager of the Yaquina Bay Mutual Tele.
phone and Improvement Company,
was in the city Monday. He had the
misfortune to cut his foot quite ser.
iously but was able to proceed home.
M. n. Anderson and family arrived
home last Friday from visit at their
former home in North Dakota. From
the head of the family up to little Mel
son all express pleasure in getting back
to Toledo and the invigorating breezes
from the old Pacific.
Mrs. William Scarth and sons de-
parted yesterday morning for visit at
Mrs. Scarth's old home in Scotland
They will sail from New York for Glas-
gov on the steamer Numidian. Mr..
Scarth says he doesn't know just how
long he will be bachelor.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hamar we're Wis
itors from Nortons yesterday. Mr..
Hamar claims the biggest rhubarb in
Oregon, the leaves being three feet
across and about four in length, with
stalks as large as cows leg-that is, a
small cows leg-or the small leg of a
COW. Next!
Jay Dunn informs THE LEADER that
the Yaquina Bay, etc., Telephone Com
pany has let the contract for construct
ing the line from Toledo to Newport to
Charlie Bradeson, which covers the
proposed route to point two and one
half miles east of Eddyville. The
work is being pushed as rapidly as pos
sible.
School Superintendent George Beth
ers and Henry Howell returned from a
visit at their farms in the lower Siletz
country Wednesday. The rumor that
the long hike was too much for Mr..
Howell and that his companion carried
him frequently on the return trip lacks
confirmation, although it is quite we'll
known that the exercise which the
Superintendent gets while visiting the
various schools of the county makes
him hard to catch.
About the incest bunch of steers ever
rounded up in the vicinity of Toledo
were shipped out Wednesday morning
by William Gellatly, the Blodgett Val
ley stockman. Most of them were pur.
chased OF Joseph Blower and sons of
Mill 4, the balance of Wade brothers
and Mr.. Tangen. They we're princi-
pally grade Shorthorns and expert
guessers averaged the bunch at I4OO
pounds each. Our stock-raisers are
breeding up right along and Lincoln
county will in few years have cattle
as good as anybody's.