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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-09-25
oBLIGING PEOPLE.
Quaint Methods of the Early Days Of
New England.

New England.
In the early days of the settlement Of
New England the custom of sending
packages by neighbors who journeyed
to different parts of the country was
an established one. The notebook of
Schoolmaster Joseph Hawley of North
ampton, Mass, when he started on
trip to Boston was filed with such
varied items as: captain Partridge,
dial and a dish kettle" ''Son Joseph,
speckled red ribbon, whistles, buckles
and fishhools;" "a shilling worth of
plumb and spice;" 1.-TWO psalters, ba-
son and quart pot" In "Old Paths
and Legends of the New England Bor-
der" Katherine NJ. Abbott says that it
was the same even as late as Judge
Lyman's day. His daughter Mrs.
Lesley, writes of it in "Recollections Of
My Mother"
There were no expresses then, and
so when it was known in the village
of Northampton that Judge and Mrs.
Lyman were going to BostOn-and they
always took pains to make 1t known
throng of neighbors were coming in
the whole evening before not only to
take an affectionate leave but to bring
parcels of every size and shape and
commissions of every variety.
One came with a dress she wanted
to send to daughter at school; one
brought patterns of dry goods. with Il
request that Mrs. Lyman would pur-
chase and bring home dresses for a
family of five. And would she go to
the orphan asylum and see if good
child of ten could be bound out to an
other neighbor? Would AIRS. Lyman
bring the child back with her?
The neighbors walked into the Ii
brary. where the packing was going
on. and when all the family trunks
were filled my father called out heart
lily, Here, Hiram, bring down another
trunk from the garret-the largest you
can find-to hold all these parcelsr'
A little boy came timidlv in with a
bundle nearly as large as himself, and
"Would this be too large for Mrs. Ly-
man to carry to grandmothcr?'
mo. indeed Tell your mother I'll
carry anything short of a cooking
stove"
Another trunk, Hiram" said my fa-
ther, "anl ask the driver to wait five
minutes"
Those were the times when people
could wait five minutes for family so
well known and beloved. Our driver
had only to whip up his horses little
faster.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-09-25
THE NEW YORK WORLD
Thrice Edition.

The Thrice-a- Week World, now that
h great Presidential campaign is fore
shadowed, hopes to be a better paper
than it has ever been before, and it has
made its arrangements accordingly. Its
news service covers the entire globe,
and it reports everything fully, prompt
and accurately. 1t is the only news.
paper,not daily. which Is as good as a
daily, and which will keep you AS COM
pletely informed OF what is happening
throughout the world.
A special feature of the Thrlce-a
" eek World has always been its serial
fiction. 1t publishes novels by the best
authors in the world, novels which in
book form sell for 81 80 apiece, aud its
high standard in this respect will be
maintained in the future as in the past.
The Thrice-a- Week Worlds regular
subscription price is only $l,00 per
year, and this pays for l56 papers. We
offer tins unequaled newspaper and
THE LEADER together for one year for
sl.70 The regular subscription price
of tho two papers is $2.!0.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-09-25
CONTEST NOTICE.
U. S. Land office, Portland, Oregon.

U. S. Land office, Portland, Oregon.
September 10. 1908.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed IN this office by Anna d. Elliott contes-
tant, against homestead entry No. 1902, made
August A, 1860. for nl2 of sl3, section So, town
ship south, range 10 west, by Charles NJ
Brown, contestee, in which it is alleged that
she is well acquainted with toe tract of land
embraced in the homestead entry and knows
the present condition of the same; also that
said entryman has never established his resi-
dence on the said claim, nor has he resided
thereon any time, or al all, and has wholly
abandoned the same for period of more than
SIX mon tbs last past; also that he has never
cleared any position ol the land, or cultivated
the soil, and the only Improvements on the
claim consist of II rudely constructed log
cabih wholly unfit for human habitation; and
that said alleged absence from said land was
not due to his employment in the Army, Navy
or Marine Corps of the United States as a
private soldier, officer, seaman or marine. dur
ing the war with Spain or during any other
war ip which the United States may be en-
gagged. Said parties are hereby notified to
appear, respond and offer evidence touching
said allegation at 10 o'clock a. m. on November
IL, 1908, before the Register and Receiver at
the United States Land Office in Portland,
Oregon
The said contestant having, in a proper affi-
davlt, filed September 8, 1908. sat forth facts
which show that after due diligence personal
service of .his notice can not be made, it is
hereby ordered and directed that such notice
be given by due and proper publication.
ALGERNoN S. DRESSER, Register.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-09-25
WORKED WHILE ASLEEP.
Curious Incident In the Career of
Novelist Crockett.

SbiiO w VIZ SN' W
Novelist Crockett.
S. R. Crockett. the novelist, told a
rather remarkable story of an incident
that befell him in his early writing
days, before fame and fortune had
come to him and while he struggled
on for a living. At that time he was
obliged to write for very small sums
indeed, and among the publications to
which he contributed columns and half
columns was the st. James Gazette,
One morning the postman brought to
Mr. Crockett letter from the editor
of the st. James Gazette containing
a small check as payment for con-
tribution. Mr.. CSckett knew that
nothing was due to him. that he had
been paid for all his articles. andre
markable man-he did the check up in
an explanatory note and returned it to
the editor
The next day back came the check
from the editor = remarkable man -
with note saying it was due. The
st. James Gazette had published an
article from the pen of Mr.. Crockett
which had not been paid for; hence
the check. Again Mr.. Crockett-re-
markable man - returned the check,
and still the remarkable editor refor-
warded it. this time with the article
cut out of the columns of the St.
James Gazette.
Now comes the curious feature of
the incident. When Mr.. Crockett clap
ped eyes on the article. he was aston
ished to find 1t one of his dreams
materialized. One night, going to bed
extra tired. he dreamed that good
idea for st. James Gazette column
had occurred to him; that he then and
there sat down, wrote it and posted it.
Next morning he remembered his
dream and made up his mind some
day to write the article exactly as he
dreamed he had written 1t, when, to
his establishment. came article and
check from the newspaper. Few writ
ers earn checks while asleep.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-09-25
$25 Reward.

We will ray reward of s25 fyI
information leading to the arrest
and conviction of the persons who
have been twisting and cutting or
i'm any way maliciously interfering
with our telephone lines between
Elk City and Harlan
Lincoln Co Land & Investment Co
By j. f. STEWART, Secy
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-09-25
Stewards Store for your rubbers.
A TRAVELLING MANS
EVDCDTENnH
EXPERIENCE.


Il must tell You my experience on
an East bound O. r. & n. train from
Pendleton to LaGrande, Ore, writes
Sam A. CARRIER, well known travelling
man. Il was in the smoking depart
ment with some other travelling men
when one OF them went out into the
coach and said, There is woman sick
unto death in the car. ! at once got
up and went out, found her very i'll
with cramp collie, her hands and arms
were drawn up so YOU could not
straighten them. and with death like
look on her face Two or three ladies
were working with her and giving her
whiskey | went to my suit case and
got a bottle of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Il never
travel without it), ran to the water
tank, put double dose of the medicine
in the glass, pour' d some water into it
and stirred it with pencil; then had
quite time to get the ladies to let me
give il to her, but | succeeded. | could
at once see the effect aud | worked
with her, rubbing her hands, and in
twenty minutes gave her another Dose
BY this time we were almost into La
Grande, where was to leave the train.
/ gave the bottle to the husband to be
used in case another dose should be
needed, but by the time the train ran
into LaGrande she was all right, and |
received the thanks of every passenger
II the car" For sale by Otto o. Krog
sad.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-09-25
A Good Definition.

A foreign journal says that a small
boy who had been playing nearly all
day with newly arrived acquaintance
Of the family, "a gentleman who had
nearly reached his fiftieth year. said to
his father when the gentleman had
gone away:
when will that young man come
again?"
Young manw exclaimed the father.
Hes older than I am! VIII you
please tell me what "a young man
means to you?"
why. a young man." answered the
boy-"a young man is one that has a
good ttr,~w
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-09-25
States and pencils at Stewards.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
U. S. Land Office, Portland, Oregon.

September q, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that John Anton John
OF Siletz, Oregon, who, on July a. 1907, made
homestead entry No. 1922, Serial No. O372, for
seq section 1, township SOUTH range 10 west,
Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of in.
tention to make final Communication proof to
establish claim to the land above described,
before the Register and Receiver at Portland,
Oregon, on the 4th day of November, 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Stephen L. Stratton, A. w. Morgan, william
Seese, Peter Dewson. all OF Siletz, Oregon.
ALGERNoN s. DRESSER, Register.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-09-25
Two More Sunday Excursions.

The G. & e. railway will run two
more Sunday excursions from Al
bany to Newport, next Sunday Sep
tember 20, and the following Sun
day September 9th.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-09-25
School supplies at Stewards.
Call For County Warrants.

O"ii fol Souuty w dTT TdHIS.
Notice is hereby given that l have
funds on hand to pay all County War
rants drawn on the General Fund, and
endorsed; Not paid for want of Funds"
up to and including Dec. l, 1907.
Interest on said warrants 10 cease on
and after said date.
G. B. MCCLUsKEY, County Treasurer
Dated at Toledo, Or, this 26th day
of May, 1908.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-09-25
Tax Payers of Lincoln County
Take Notice.

That on Monday the 10Th of Oc-
tober, 1908, the Board of Equaliza-
ton will meet in the county court
room for the purpose of adjusting
all values as returned by the assess
or for the yeal 1908 tax roll.
w. E. BALL, Assessor.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-09-25

Pencils, pens, ink, rulers and
tablets at Stewards.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-09-25

Ready money works great cures
Danish Proyerb.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-09
Found That It Is Conducted
Under Guise of Religion.
Police Of San Francisco Are
Making Investigation.
DRIVEN FROM IRELAND
Young Women Secured Ostensi-
bly, as Missionaries.
Taken to China and Sold as
Slaves.

San Francisco, March 9.-Acting
on advices received from Enniskillen.
Ireland. the local police began an in
vestigation of all obscure religious
organizations last night In an effort
to locate one particular sect which,
they had been informed, was making
use of its religious methods to win over
unsuspecting girls for the Chinese
slave traffic.
The band was driven out of the
British isles last December Chief
Biggy received information yesterday
from John A. Belfast, chief of police
at Enniskillen. Ireland, stating that
the organization had won over three
English girls and was taking them to
China through San Francisco with
the avowed purpose of making them
missionaries to their cause.
Since their departure additional in
formation was brought to light, in
dicating that the religion was a mere
guise and that the sole intention of
the movement was to get the girls
into China, where they would be sold
as slaves
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-09
FIERCE FIGHT IN PRISON
Deputy Warden KiHed-Wardcn and
Two Murderous Convicts Wounded.

Deer Lodge, Mont, March s.-War-
den Frank Conley of the Montana
wounded Sunday morning and his first
assistant warden. John Robinson. was
killed. when three life convicts, Geo.
Rock. w. H Hayes and another, whose
name is not given, made q dash for
liberty. Robinson's throat was cut
from ear to ear and the jugular vein
was severed. Conley's throat was
gashed and he was stabbed several
times in the shoulder and groin before
he was able to draw his revolver and
shoot two of his assailants down. Rock
was shot twice through the lungs and
Hayes three times through the abdo-
men. Both are badly wounded. but it
Is believed they will recover. 1t is be-
1ieved that the warden will recover.
The attack on the prison authorities
and the attempted escape, according to
the prison authorities, had been long
planned by Rock and Hayes, who were
cellmates. Both were armed with pen
knives, the blades of which were
sharpened like razors
The three convicts were brought to
the Office Of the penitentiary In the
court yard this morning at O'Clock
by Deputy Warden Robinson, to be
tried for some trivial infraction Of the
prison rules, and Conley was waiting
to sit in judgment. Hayes had for
several months been a ''trusty' and
had been given the position of turn
key. He had been placed in the same
cell with Rock because the authorities
believed he would watch the latter,
who has been regarded as a most des-
perate convict.
The moment the men entered the
office door. Rock turned swiftly upon
Ro binson, who was closing the door
behind the men and drawing out a
knife he began slashing at the deputy
warden's throat. Robinson was un-
able to retreat or move before his
throat was cut open and he sank to
the floor dying At the same moment
that Rock attacked Robinson, Hayes
drew knife and started for Conley,
the latter retreated to the rear of the
office, but before he could draw his
gun, Hayes had slashed his throat,
cutting him from the left ear to a
point under the chin. The convict.
seeing his intended victim getting
away. grappled with him and stabbed
him several times in the shoulder and
the groin. Although bleeding terrib-
| ly, Conley managed to draw his gun
from his pocket and fired four times
with the weapon pressed against
the floor, Rock rushed at Conley. who
emptied the remaining cartridges in
| his gun into Rock and the latter also
went down. The third convict who
| had been called into the office, took
| to his heels at the first of the battle,
Dul was QulChly CdPlOiSo dilu pidCCu
in his cell. The authorities refused
to give his name until they have in
vestigated whether he was concerned
in the plot or whether he had merely
been called to the office at the same
time as the other two.
How the convfcts, Hayes and Rock,
| secured possession of the knives is a
mystery. 1t is believed the infrae-
| ton of rules had been planned in or
der to reach the warden's office, where
| the convicts would have more chance
| in making a dash for liberty.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-09
SIZEMORE A TERROR.
Hutchinson Pitcher Beats Woman
Whom He Passed as His Wife.

Oklahoma City, March 9.-Beating the
woman who has been passing as his
wife and threatening to shoot Fred
wright, who started to eject him from
the room, Walter Sizemore, formerly a
barber, at present signed as a pitcher
with the Hutchinson western associa-
ton baseball team, created a riotous
neighborhood sensation in the rooming
house of Mrs. K. G. Candy, about 10
o'clock last night.
Sizemore has been in an ugly mood
several days, according to Mrs. Candy
He hogged the woman severely Tues
day night and has whipped her seVeraI
times in the past.
According to Mrs. Elizabeth Madi-
son, mother Of the woman, and Mrs
Candy, Sizemore and his supposed wife
are not married and the woman really
is the wife of William Peach, formerly
an employe of o. K. Transfer company
They assert that Sizemore bluffed
Peach and his wife and made both
bow to his will. He would not allow
the husband to return to the wife nor
the wife to go to the husband.
The two lived together as husband
and wife for several months. it is
stated. the woman passing as Mrs.
Odessa Sizemore. Here, it is claimed
Sizemore beat her frequently and
forced her to do his will.
Monday night Sizemore got mad He
followed his wife" 90 the home of
James Flick and beat her, using the
butt end of a pistol. The woman fed.
Tuesday night he found her at Mrs
Gandy's and beat her again.
Mrs. Candy attempted to interfere
and the barber began to curse. Fred
Wright was called from an adjoining
room and started to eject Sizemore
when the latter pulled gun and
declared he would shoot.
The police were called and Patrol
! man Armstrong sent to the house
| Sizemore disappeared down an alley
at the officers approach. He was
pursued but not captured
Mrs. Candy is on the point of a ner.
vous breakdown as a result of the
| fuss. "SiZemore is dangerous" she
said. Il will arm myself and teach
| him lesson If he returns"
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-09
BRYAN FORCED JOHNSON.
Friends of Nebraskan Asserted Gov
eTnor Was for the Trusts,

Minneapolis, Mimi, March g.
Governor Johnson would never have
become a candidate for president, as
he is today, but for the attacks of
Bryan men, who publicly branded
him as the candidate of the system,
according to Frank A. Day, the gov
ernor's right hand man and private
secretary.
"I do not believe Governor John
son would ever have permitted us to
put him in the race Day said, "had
1t not been for the attacks made on
him by Bryan men. They sent man
to the national committee meeting in
Washington, representing Minnesota,
who branded Governor Johnson as
the candidate of the trusts Then Mr.
Manahan, coming from Nebraska
repeated the slander and went on to
say that the governor could not carry
his own state, that it was for Bryan
and could not be taken from him
There was nothing for his friends to
do after that except to get out and
vindicate the governor.
"As far as Minnesota is concerned
| predict that the state convention
will be almost unanimous for Cover
nor Johnson and that every one OF
the twenty-five delegates to the Den
cannot say what other states johnson
might carry
Governor Johnson was asked
whether he was a candidate,
st prefer not to discuss the mat
| ter he said.
The governors position, as indicat-
ed by his course up to date, is that il
| is not becoming for man to make ar
| active bid for an office of such dig
i nifty. If the Democrats of Minnesots
want to present his name he is not
! interfering, but he will not appear in
the light of seeking the office
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-09
WITH SMILE ON FACE.
A. StroIlo, Who Killed Countryman
Goes to Electric Chair.

Ossining, N. Y. March 9.-Antonio
Strollo, an italian, who killed Antonio
Torsella in Van Cortlandt park. New
York, last August, for the purpose of
robbery, went to death in the electric
chair at Sing Sing prison today with
smile after a CHEEKY good bye to
those who had been summoned to
witness the execution.
Strollo showed the most extraor-
dinary composure. When he entered
the death chamber with a light,
springy step, his face was beaming
and a smile was never absent for an
instant, until his features were cover
ed by the death helmet Four con-
| facts before the man was pronounced
| dead.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-09
NOW He CAN SHAVE.
Private Soldier Will Be Allowed Razor
and Toilet Articles.

Washington March 9.-The recent or
der which supplies to an army recruit
upon enlistment a full list of toilet ar
ticles. has run the gauntlet of judicial
construction and has been sustained.
As a result this is what the enlisted
man gets in addition to his regular
outfit: 80
to and shoes, comb, polish for black
and tan shoes. two towels, toilet soap,
ah;slr broom and last but not least
cone housewife The housewife is ex-
nIained to be a neat little case con-
tanning thread, needle, buttons ano
patches.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-09
LAST TROOPS LEAVE GoLDFIELD
Two Companies Arrive at Their Bar
racks in San Francisco.

San Francisco, March 1.-TWO
companies of the Twenty-second in
fantry regiment, U. S. A, which
have been on duty at Goldfeld, and
which were ordered by the war de-
partment to leave on March Z, arrived
at the Oakland More yesterday.
Company I went to it's former sta
tion at FIT. Mcdowell and Company
H. pursuant to recent orders, pro-
ceeded to the presidio of Monterey.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-09
a Cnnvenfent Train.

For Topeka people who desire a full
business day in Kansas Guy is the
Union Pacific No. 102 which leaves
Topeka every day at 7:05 a. M, ar
irving in Kansas City at $50 a. M
You can get breakfast in the diner on
this train and dinner on No. 101 which
leaves Kansas City at p. m. reach
ing Topeka at 7:35 D. m.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-09
Death of j. NJ. NcNax.

Columbus, Kan, March 81. M.
McNay, who came here from Phillips
burg. Kan, about ten years ago and
was for time proprietor of the
columbus Daily Advocate, died at his
home here Sunday of paralysis of the
heart. He was a Union veteran and
the adjutant of the Baxter Springs
Interstate Reunion association.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-09
G. H. Wheaton Found Guilty.

lola. Kan, March &C. H. Wheat
on, charged with being indirectly re-
sponsib1e for the death of his steno-
grapher, Maud Reilly, was found
guilty of a misdemeanor by a Jury
Sunday Miss Reilly died after an
operation. Wheaton has not been
sentenced