Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

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ID 5. Young of Newport was pas
senger for Portland this morning
Commissioner George King of Win
ant had business in the city Yesterday.
d. ]. Derby. the expert horticultur-
ist from over Yaquinaward, was in the
city yesterday.
There is some talk among our citizens
of Fourth ot-July celebration in To-
ledo. You'll have to hurry.
William Simpson and sister, Miss
Frances, visited in Toledo and attended
Memorial services at the Nj. E. church.
James Mcdonald of Chitwood sells
beehives at from sl.50 to $1.65 each,
complete; freight prepaid to Toledo on
order for 5 or more.
Owen Graves. the genial Bon Ton
man of Newport. was in the city Tues
day mineling with the ball players and
doing little judicious advertising.
City Marshal and Mrs. J. A. Hall
want 70 Albany Wednesday. Al having
deemed it necessary to again consult
DR.. Akin. 1t is hoped this will he his
last trip on that mission.
Mics Ethel Ross returned last Satur.
day from Salem, where she has been
taking special course at the Capital
business College. She may decide to
return to the college in about two
months.
The finest strawberries OF the season
were sent to market yesterday by
Thomas Ferr of Winant. A part of the
lot was shipped 10 Portland today to
represent Lincoln county at the Lewis
and Clark Fair.
A. W. Weber and son Hermann of
Beaver Creek were in the city Tuesday
and the latter departed next morning
for Aberdeen, WASH, where he will
offer his services on the labor market.
Hermann is six feet and then some and
| every lncn hustler.
Mrs. B. F. Swope aud children of
Newport. passed through Wednesday
morning en- ronte to Mount Angel for a
visit at Mrs. Swope's parental home.
Later Mrs. Swope will go to Portland
as delegate from Rhododendrou lodge
OF Newport to the Rebekah assembly.
Mayor H. w. Vincent went to Port.
land Wednesday to be present at the
opening of the Fair. He will remain
two or three weeks and will relieve
County Judge Brown in the Lincoln
county booth for few days while the
latter returns for the June term of
court.
E. A. Swan, who has been visiting
in Toledo for several months, departed
Wednesday morning for his home at
Buffalo, N. Y. He will stop in Illinois
for u visit with relatives. Mr.. Swan
still has interests in Toledo and his
many friends here hope to see him
make many more annual visits.
A game of baseball was played on
the local grounds Tuesday afternoon
by the Winners and Losers, the Losers
winning by score of IA to 4. The
umpire is said to have robbed the Win.
ners shamefully, and there is talk of
protesting the game aud entering com.
plaint against the umpire to Francis ].
Heney for permitting the Losers to use
bats made of Oregon timber.
Mrs. Lillian V. McDonnsll and Mrs.
Hattie G. Piper, cook and seamstress
respectively at the Siletz Indian school,
left yesterday morning on a month S
vacation. The former will go to Price,
Utah, and the latter to Seattle. By
order of the Department of Indian AT.
fairs. all Indian schools will be closed
during the month of June and the EN-.
p'oyes furloughed. This is the result
of shortage of funds in that depart
ment, the head thereof evidently being
anxious to avoid a, deficit
A citizen has suggested that non.
resident book agents. picture agents,
ETC., be compelled to pay license, as
they 60 from house to house and circu
late among the business and profes.
sional men, annoying them md con-
suming their tine, to say nothing of
the good money which they take out of
the town without giving full value.
The same articles which they sell may
be secured for from one-third to one.
half the price in city establishments
which carry those lines. There is
something in this. Peddlers should
not be classified. The book agent
should be compelled to pay for the free.
doom Of the city, as he is by no means