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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-09
Semi-Annual Report Of J. H.
Ross, Sheriff, for the Six
Months ending March
81. 1909

To the Honorable County Court OF Lincoln
County, Oreg6n-tSentlemen:
herewith suomit my semi-annua, report
for the six months ending March 81, 1909, giv-
ing the amounts of money collected by me on
the tax rolls Of Lincoln County for the differ.
ent years, as milage end for sherifvs deeds.
turned over to the County Treasurer a. follows:
Tax Rsdemptions 1902 Roll : 1890
1908 E" 1880
1904 is bl
90, 1906 " sS ~
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-09

WANTED-At once, Fifty Cor
respondents, one in each local
lily that is not represented now.
For particulars address this
Office.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-09
For Sale or Trade.

40 acres Of land on Big Elk,
small house and clearing. Will
take team or other good stock in
part payment. Price $500.
Mrs. C. w. YOUNG, Elk City, Or.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-09
St. Johns Church.

Services on Easter Day at t1:O0
A. M. and 400 P. M. Everybody
welcome. Rev. FRANCIS O. JONES.
Priest in Charge.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-09
Cow For Sale.

Good Jersey milch cow, giving 2
gallons at milking. Call at this
office.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-09
TOLEDO MARKET
Following is the Price Paid for
Produce in the Toledo Mar
ket. Corrected Weekly

Dairy Butter-50c to 60c per roll.
Eggs-17 Nc.
Potatoes-75c to 90c per bushel.
Onions-5c pound.
Apples-80c TO 81 box.
Veal-6c to 7c.
Beetle.
Mutton-8c.
Pork-8c.
Chickens-12c.
Oysters-$1 so gallon.
Clams-10c gallon.
Beef hides-6c.
Veal hides-7c.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-09
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT


Showing the number of County Court
of said county and for what allowed of
Of outstanding unpaid 1908
March 81 1909.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-09

STATE OF OREGON,
County of Lincoln %
l,G. y. Mcciuskey, do certify that the
f.resoing isa trne and correct statement Of
the amounts received, paid out and remaining
on hand In the county treasury for the six
mouths ending March 81. 1909.
witness my hand this Sd day of April. 1909.
g. Is. McCLusKEY,
Treasurer Of Lincoln County, Oregon.
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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-09

List your property with Davis
and Corgan. Ofstedahl Bldg.
Toledo, Oregon.
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G. J. SMITH REALTY co.
Waldorf. OREGON
Dairy and Stock Ranches
City Property, De Laval
Cream Separators
Underwood Typewriters
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-11
Harvest Plenty Of Roughness.

You all remember the story of the
school boy who said there were two
seasons, one the season of planting
and the other of picking We are now
rapidly approaching the season of pick
ing, so far as the crop of roughness is
concerned. BY roughness, it is aimed
to include all hay crops and any crop
of fodder or other forage usually fed
to stock through the winter, says Mis-
souri, Valley Farmer.
Feed Of all kinds was scarce last
spring. Grain was exceptionally so
and on many farms where the corn
crop could have been made to Weld
an abundance of roughness for the
mere work of putting it in shock. stock
lived through the spring months on
short ration of roughness. The long
and short of it was this, many farmers
concluded they had enough Of such
feed and quit harvesting long before
they really had AS a gentle reminder
when timely, be sure to put
up enough this year.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-11
BRITAIN FAv0Rs THE BALLOON
imperial Defense Committee on Avia.
ton Doubts the Military Value
OF Aeropiane.

London.-The subcommittee of the
imperial defense committee appointed
to consider matters OF aviation has
given verdict in favor OF rigid
dirigible balloons for naval purposes
and nonrigtd balloons for the army,
The aeroplane committee considers
that these machines possibly may be.
come valuable to the army, but sayn
they must be able to ascend to a
much greater height than has at
present been achieved before they
will be safe for reconnoitering pur.
poses
War Secretary Haldane announced
in the house of commons that in con.
sequence of this report the admiralty
had ordered rigid dirigible of the
largest type from the Vickers, and
that the government factory at Al
dershot was busy with the construc-
tion of three nonrigid balloons and
two aeroplanes for experimental pur.
poses. Mr.. Haldane said in addition:
THE remarkable events of recent
daysM. Bleriot's fight across the
channel and the flights In America
all point TO the fact that some time
in the future the aeroplane win be
capable Of bringing about great re
suits"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-11
REscUEs $4,000 FROM WAsH
Chicago Man Leaves 9 Large Roll Of
Bills IN NIghtshrt and Rsmsm-
bers II Later.


San Francisco That time-honored
saying about the coming ont of things
in the wash came near ueing all too
true with $4,000 roll OF bills belong
ing to H. b. Munger, a Chicago ipm-
herman at present on a business trip
to San Francisco.
Mr.. Munger is staying at the Hotel
st. Francis and, being a careful man.
the other night he put neat bundle
OF $4,000 ie yellows and greens in the
pocket of his nightshirt for safe
keeping. Then be slept the sleep of
the very tired. In the morning he
went to one Of the stores and reached
for the roll" after making a few
purchases Being as careful of his
dress as his money he was not garbed
in nightshirt In fact, he remem-
bered having sent that article to the
hotel laundry
IL is estimated that it took Mr..
Munger just three long jumps and
two medium steps to reach the four.
teenth floor, where the laundry is lo-
Gated. In ten seconds the air was
filled with shirts, collars, socks and
other wearables and then came the
nightie. Munger whooped as he bore
down on the garment and pulled ont
the roll"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-11

and be liable to periodical outbreaks
Is therefore not to be wondered at.
Indian voodooism. as practiced after
the fall of the Aztec empire. is really
nothing more than a continuation of
the old Aztec religion, the principal
feature Of which was human sacrifice
The victims of the old Aztec priests
suffered death by having their hearts
torn out Of their bodies by main force
After the Spanish had succeeded In
stamping out this barbarous practice
the Indian tribes, still adhering to the
faith of their fathers, though nomi,
nally Christian, took to sacrificing an
imals in the same manner that human
beings had formerly been sacrificed,
and, like all primitive people, thought
to appease their gods best by sacrific-
ing that which was considered most
cherished
In tearing out the animals heart
the object to-day is to get possession
of the blood contained in it. To this
fluid are ascribed a number of miracu-
Aous properties or disease combating
nature.
The authorities of this city and
county are in no mood to permit as
noxious a practice as yoodooism to
flourish under their very noses.
Though a number OF arrests have
been made, more important clews are
now being followed, and further de-
yelopments are anticipated as a result
of the reward offered
Of all people the low-class Mexiean
Is the least able to withstand the lure
of money Every effort will be made
to get the high priest of the cult into
the clutches Of the law.
The punishments that will be meted
out will no doubt be such as to make
adherence to voodooism and its at
tendant features very undesirable.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-11
GOATS HORN KILLS PYTHON
Gets Caught in Snakes Throat and
Sewers an Artery While
Being Swallowed.

Logansport, lnd.-A goat. a com
mon tin-can-eating billy" goat, caused
the death Of the Royal Rajah python,
which Gus Lambrigger was exhibiting
here. The python. which is said to
have been more than one hundred
years old, was 27 feet long and
weighed 300 pounds. The snake.
the other day. aroused from its dor
mant state and showed signs of hum
ger Pythons will cat nothing but
live animals. and although John Hide
brandt, officer of the local Humane So
ciety, had served notice on Lambrig-
ger. ordering him to kill all animals
before giving them to the snake,
live billy goat was forced into the
snakes feeding pen.
The huge python fastened it's eyes
On the covering animal and soon had
IT charmed" Then. before the spell
was broken. 1t sprang forward and
wrapped its huge body about the ter
rified goat The bones were crushed
like eggshells and life was squeezed
from the animal almost in the twink
ling OF an eye. The snake then be-
gan to cover the crushed body with
saliva. When this was done it start
ed to swallow the body whole.
One Of the billy" goats horns be-
came imbedded in the python's throat
and in the snakes effort to obtain re-
lief the horn severed an artery. In
its dying agonies the python lashed
and squirmed about the tent. Cages
we're knocked down. monkeys were
liberated and Claude Linyille, one OF
the employees. was struck and knocked
is feet He was picked up unconscious.
but revived when physician applied
restoratives. His injuries are not
serious.
Before the reptile had ceased its
struggles the interior OF the tent was |
almost wrecked. Cages were demol- |
ished and monkeys and other animals
ran about at will. Fortunately there
were no spectators present at the |
time or some injury would have been /
Lambrigger owned the snake for ~
Years and is having it embalmed.
Two gallons OF embalming fluid are
used In embalming person, but it
'equired seven gallons for the snake.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-11
SQUIRREL PLEADS FOR DRINK
Thirsty Little White House Pet, De-
spite Ban on Nature Fakes,
Asks for Water.

Washington.-Wer IL not for the
fact that nature taking" in and
around the White House is supposed
to have received a death blow several
years ago. the experience OF one OF
the bluecoat guardians of the execu.
tive mansion might be disbelieved by
the overcredulous.
One of the squirrels, which, long
before the present administration be-
gan. played about among the big
trees and over the fine green lawn in
front OF the White House. according
70 the policeman, kept running up to
him and then scampering away. AS
tho squirrel refused peanuts, the DO
liceman could not make out what it
wanted
Finally the policeman says, he no
ticed that every time the squirrel ran
away from him. the little fellow
would make for water spigot in the
grass and jump up at 1t as II trying to
turn the handle. This gave the DO
liceman his cue,
With Sherlock Holmes instinct he
turned on the water, which was exact
ly what the poor little creature want
ed, for II drank as II suffering greatly
from thirst When 1t had drunk its
fill, the policeman AYERS, the squirrel
sat up on its launches, grinned at
the policeman, and with grateful
dip OF its tail scampered away.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-11
TO ERADICATE THE MOSQUITO
German Government Experimenting
with Wster-Plant to Kill lnfec-S
tion Carrying Pest.

Under the heading "A Vegetable
Mosquito Exterminator" the Municipal
Journal and Engineer of New York
published the following article:
The effort to eliminate malaria by
exterminating the mosquitoes which
are credited with transporting the
germs, is by no means confined to the
United States and Cuba. The German
government has been carrying on
operations along this same line, and
is now investigating the practicability
of importing into its colonies the wa
ter-plant known as arzolla, which
plant is semi-tropical and owes sucn
efficacy as it may have in mosquito
determination to the fact that it COM
pletely covers, the water in which 1t
grows to a thickness of over two
inches, thus suffocating the mosquito
larvae and preventing the deposit OF
eggs In the water AS this is a semi
tropical plant, it is probable that it
would not thrive in the northern part
of this country. If any ideas are en-
tertained of testing its virtues in the
southern states, we trust that the ex-
perience of few years ago with the
water hyacinth in southern waters
viii not be forgotten. It viii be re-
membered that within a few years
after the introduction of this water
plant it had spread so abundantly as
to almost entirely interrupt naviga-
tion in certain rivers. Should the
arzolla take kindly to our southern
waters and spread over them con-
tinuous layer of two or three inches Of
vegetation the result would certainly
be disastrous. Until the existence or
otherwise Of this danger has been es-
tablished, precaution should be taken
by the government against the intro
duction of any plant which offers such
possibilities of becoming a serious
pest
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-11
V0ODOO|SM CAUSES
KILLING OF COWS
LEADS TO THE WANToN sLAucH.
TER or MANY HEAD or
FINE CATTLE.
LIBERAL REWARD is OFFERED
Only the Hide and Heart Are Taken
from she Dead Animals, According
to the Old Aztec Practice.

San Antonio. Tex.-An outbreak-o az
Voodooism is responsible for the mvs.
terlous killing of many fine cows in
tne vicinity Of this city Many own
ers OF cattle living in the suburbs
nave looked in vain for their milk
purveyors in the morning.
The gentle friend of the family was
found to be missing and the instituted
search usually disclosed her body in
the chapparal. G. A. Davis of this
city was one Of the first to miss his
valuable Jersey in this manner and
since then others have sustained SINH
lar losses.
Inc odd feature of the case was
that nothing but the hide and the
heart of the animal were missing. At
first It was thought that the animals
had been killed for their skins. but a
close watch kept over the dealers in
hides has shown that so far none Of
the hides has been disposed of.
Sheriff Lindsey and his deputies
have been working day and night TO
get clew that might lead to a COM
plete solution of the mystery. but so
FAR they have not been successful. The
offer Of substantial reward has now
been called to their aid.
Though the Mexican population of
San Antonio is very orderly and
law abiding one as whole, there is
enough of an Indifferent element
among them that would not be averse
to committing these depredations il
spurred on by what they would con.
slider religious motive. AS is well
known, the Indian strain is very
prominent in the lower class Mexi-
cans. AS matter of fact, in large
percentage of them the Spanish or
other Aryan blood is a negligible
quantity.
Thai some of the old Indian super
stitions should have survived in them
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-11
SAVES ROYAL WIVES

officials. Another source OF SUNNY
were gifts of girls to him from Off
ciais who wished to convey favora.
Once girls, children. got within the
harem portals. they became as good
as dead TO their people. The head Of
the harem took them in hand. as
signed them to quarters, ard supplied
their wants. When these girls at
tanned the age of Is or is years they
were sent bag and baggage to the sui
tans living quarters. and there re-
talned in majority of Instances but
a very short time, and then dismissed
and returned to the head of the
harem. never to be with the sultan
again.
In the harem were women known as
the sultan's official, but not legal.
wives. These women were so styled
because they bore children to his ma
Jesty; still not all the women who
bore him children were OF this class.
To be an official wife woman must
have been officially united to him on
the seventeenth day OF Ramadan, and
thereafter bear him child.
A child thus born is a legal off
spring of the monarch. although the
mother is not the sultan's legal wife
Children born to him by other women
are not considered legal children.
Thus 1t is explained how 1t is that
Abdul Hamid. who has had number
less women, can only have few chill
dren.
Since Abdul Hamids deposition the
reform government, through the Yil-
diz kiosk commission. has been en-
deayoring to locate the parents and
relatives Of these unhappy women.
Success has followed In few cases. So
hopeless seems the governments ef-
forts that many of them are being
given to officials to marry, while
others are being assigned to villas and
given pensions.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-11

of the lower seat must be bevelled in
the opposite direction from the main
part of the seat so that the water will
not run into the joint and rot the
post. Instead of using old pipe for
reinforcement as suggested l would
put the bolts right through the pipe
and not use wooden plugs. smooth
pipe would have little value as a re-
enforcement for concrete. and the
strain being transversely of the post
the reinforcement should be put in
vertically and should consist of twist
ed iron or steel rods, or even the
twisted and serrated fence band or
tape would be of more value than a
smooth piece of iron of any kind
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-11
When Sultan Spirited Away1, 300
Inmates Remained in Harsm.
Mysteries OF YlIdIz Kiosk Are Re-
veaIed by Commission Appointed
After Deposition Of Abdul
Hamid II.

Constanfinople.---Mysteries OF The
royal harem of Abdul Hamid H., de
posed sultan of Turkey, have been re
yealed by the commission appointed
Dy the new monarch 20 investigate az
fairs at the Yildiz kiosk. The most
amazing fact announced is that when
Abdul was spirited away to Salonica
accompanied by only IL women, not
one more than 20 years OLD, he left
behind 1900 inmates of the harem.
II is not generally known that the
Turkish sultan is never legally mar.
ried. Ottoman law is in the way, for
the reason that as the vicar OF Mo
hammed and the king Of kings. he can
only contract marriage with house
OF equal Importance to his own. Lest
he make a matrimonial alliance with
a Christian princely house and make
unstable thereby a purely Mohamme-
dan monarchy, the makers of this
law conceived the idea that as prince
OF the faithful the sultan is supreme
lord OF all. subjecting to his win all
his subjects. both male and female.
Taking advantage OF this provision
OF the law. Abdul Hamid sent agents
throughout the empire in search of
beautiful girls, acquiring them by pur-
chase from their parents or guardians
and having them sent to the harem.
the new acquisition taking the place
OF those whom he had discarded or
presented. with dowry and resi-
dence thrown in, to civil or military
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-11
Men Of Letters Have Few childr.s
5rainy People Don't Practice
What They Preach.

Paris.-Figures compiled by the
well-known scientist, Jacques Bertil-
Ion, just published, have entirely up
set the oft-repeated statement on the
depopulation question in France to the
effect that the rate Of increase among
those with fair incomes is normal. the
decrease being due to unfavorable eco
nomic conditions affecting the work
ing population. who are unable to
raise large or even modest families.
M. Bertillon's figures have been col.
lected during a period of two years
they show that the average working
mans family consists of three and
one-half children" for Paris and three
children for the provinces, while tax
ing that part of the population OF
Paris composed OF artists. writer's.
sculptors, musicians, professors and
persons in easy circumstances de-
voted to intellectual pursuits, IL is dis
covered that for every AS men there
are just 575 children.
II, says M. Bertillon, all France imi-
tated the upper classes. then before
thirty years the population would be
reduced one-half. He goes on to say
that the secret of the depopulation Of
the country is not due to race suicide
among the lower classes, fo-called, nor
to the severe conditions of life bear
ing hardest upon them. II is. he says.
due to the self-exterminating conduct
OF the upper classes. who, like their
kind elsewhere. are ready TO preach
on this subject. but only for the bene-
fit Of other people.
Going further into the details of the
matter, NJ. Bertillon finds that men OF
letters. and particularly those in uni
versity circles. have the smallest fam
lilies. In the College Of France there
are 127 children among 1873 professors.
The artists. including the tree lances
Of literature, show Up somewhat bet
ter with "a little more than one child
per household" Thus the statistician
proves that reform must begin with |
the so-called upper classes instead OF |
with the working population. The rate
of mortality is higher among the chill |
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-11
AID THE FARMERS
Congressman Meet State Agents
Of Cooperative Demonstration.
Government Appropriates Money for
Educational Work in the Southern
states-Prepare for Appear
anee OF Boil Weevill.

Representatives Clayton, Heffiin and
Dent met the other day at Dr. .Knapp's
Office in Washington with the state
agents of the farmers co-opera
tive demonstration work This work is
carried on under the supervision of DR..
Knapp and this meeting was composed
of agents representing IL southern
states. The object of the work is to
improve farming conditions in these
states. Demonstration is made in vari-
Gus sections to show how results may
be increased by improved methods.
The various reports showed that the
work is accomplishing wonderful re-
suits.
Heretofore Alabama has depended
for this work upon contributions from
the educational board, but beginning
with the first of September next the
government appropriations will apply
there.
This work has been done in some
portions OF districts represented by
the congressman who attended the
meeting, and they asked for and were
assured of an increase of the work in
each of their districts.
Each congressman expressed hearty
approval of and sympathy with the
work. Representative Clayton asked
for and obtained the services OF Swo
lecturers to attend the farmers insti-
tutes to be held at Columbia, Houston
county, August 4, s and 6. Mr.. Wilson.
who has charge of this work in Ala
bama, said that the boil weeyil Is now
about so miles from the west line of
Alabama, and that it travels at the rate
OF 35 to 40 miles year. AT this rate
it will soon appear in that state, and
will possibly be doing damage In the
next three years.
He is endeavoring with much sue
cess to prepare the farmer for its ap-
pearance. He says the first year of
the weevii is generally the worst, be-
cause the farmers become panic
stricken. He is trying to prevent a
panic and have the farmer prepared to
meet the condition when it arrives.
Mr.. Evans, who has charge of the
work in Louisiana and Arkansas. said
the boil weeyil had not been an un-
mixed evil; that the farmer, to meet
the condition, has intensified his farm
ing and diversified his crop. BY this
means he is raising other crops to sup
port himself and family and feed his
live stock and raising about as much
cotton upon a very much smaller acre
age. He said that, as a result of this
demonstration work, Louisiana this
year would raise all the corn that she
needed for home consumption, and
that is the first time in her whole his
tory that this has been done. The
methods Of combating the weevil. in
brief, are the picking off of the first to |
appear and the gathering up and burn |
ing of of all dead squares in which the |
eggs have been deposited; and i'm
proved, intensive cultural methods.
The congressman say that they ex-
pect to have reports of these state |
agents gathered and printed this fall.
They will then be ready to distribute
them to their constituents.