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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-17
Summit

A. ID, Hymes was elected director
to fill the vacancy caused by the alb
sence of f. Lange in Eastern Oregon.
Mr. Lange's twin daughters are
taking q business course in Philo-
math college. They will spend their
vacation with their sister, Mrs. Chas
Allen, the wife of the station agent
at Summit.
Mr.. Taylor, rececently from
Alaska, is visiting l.. Hibbard. Mr..
Hibbard is holding a homestead and
taking a business course from a Cor
respondence school.
H. L. Bush has repaired two
sheds, puta woven wire fence around
his block, and put in large stock
of goods in his store.
The r. r. is putting down box
car. The citizens are indignant fol
a good freight room could be built
at moderate cost.
V. E. Willings, recently from
Pennsylvania, is finding neep water
in travelling his circuit. He and
presiding elder, G. G. Polling Of
Dallas held communion services ir
Summit en- the13th.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-17
OTIS.

B. E. Oviatt and A. NJ. Royse
were out to Sheridan and lit took
five days to get home. They had
to cut logs out Of the road and to
shovel out, a big slide at Boulder
bridge.
1t is reported that Dickens & Co.
did well with their smoked salmon,
getting a good price for it.
Louis Pettyjohn is on lower Sal
mon River looking after his cattle
in pasture at H. r. Curl's.
Dickens & Co. have two more
high priced dogs, thoroughbred
White Russian Stays, and as before
stated in these columns, Mrs.
Dickens will have to watch her
chicken house a little closer. But
likely when the dogs get salmoned
the watch will be over.
Our big rain and high water
turned into big snow storm. We
had about six inches here
Mrs. Oviatt an d her two children
are about sick with colds, contracted
no doubt on their return from Sher
idan.
Ote Mcmillan left Thurs day for
Sheridan with four horse team for
freight. He got back as far as Bear
Camp on upper Salmon river and
had to leave his wagon on account
OF frozen ground.
Nose Killam has gone to Grand
Ronde for long visit, and has LETT
his place in charge of Joe Dick.
We are sorry to hear of the death
of Oral Sailing at Clatskanie, No
vember 29th. He was the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. O. p. Sailing.
The new boat got into Siletz bay
| the 9Th, Our stores are now well
supplied for awhile. Everyone had
better get good supply of grub
while it can be had, for if the boat
makes its regular trip it wont be
back before next Fall again.
The high water took out most all
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-17
Bay View

We have been enjoying two day
of sunshine.
Herb Twombly of South Beaver
was a visitor at J R. Walkers Friday
John Strake returned home from
Alsea Valley this week.
O. C. McWillis and A. E. Nc
Cleary drove a band of cattle to New
port Thursday.
A. A. Cook is visiting friends at
Bay View for few days.
Burt Edwards of Drift Creek was
a visitor at Buy View Thursday and
he says his band of goats are doing
fine.
Nit Little has gone to Beaver
Creek to stay few days.
Henry Hendrickson and A. A
Cook went to Drift Creek Sunday OF
business.
Burt Ryan was a visitor at Bay
View Friday.
Hester Hill went home Friday
night to spend Saturday and Sunday
John Olrons and family were
visitors at Mr.. Hendricksons Sun
day.
O. C. McWillis and Mr.. Darling
went to North Beaver Monday.
John Hanlon was visitor a
Bay View Monday.
A road meeting was held at Bay
View Thursday.
John Nelson is busy clearing hi
ranch and blasting logs.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-17
COUNTY NEWS
Elk City

The weather clerk has been at
tending strickly to business for the
past t'two months and the weather
record shows us three inches ahead
on rainfall.
Bill Simpson has moved to his
new cottage below town.
Mrs. Simpson has resigned her
position as teacher of the Elk City
School. The directors have en-
ployed Miss Jack of Albany to
finish the term.
D. B. Ramsdell has shipped
about 200 boxes OF apples to the
Portland markets. Dave keeps his
orchard in good condition and gets
good prices for his fruit.
Mrs. J. F. Smith returned last
week from a visit with friends in
Eastern Washington.
G.. w. Young was among the Big
Elk ranchers in town the last of the
week. They come to town in the
old fashion way.
C. l.. Morrison has rented the
old store building where E. M
Mays started in business under the
old sign of Sometimes l Got EN-
& Sometimes ! DON'T Got EN-"
Ches will put in general merchan-
disc.
P. J. Parks has sold his interest
in the firm to J. c. Dixon, former
ly Dixon & Parks.
J. c. Dixon has sold his intesest
in the Elk City Lumber Company
to the remaining members of the
firm.
Mr.. Bell of Pioneer has the III
stairs on his building about com
pleted and will put in stock o
general merchandise about the frs
of the new year.
The Nashville correspondent Of {
Newport paper seems to be dissatis
fled with prosperity. Don't be {
knocker! Boost! If you haved't
the courage to boost, keep still
The average man now-a-day car
look out for himself.
Lincoln county has thousands OF
acres of good soil that can be bought
now from SO to $50 per acre tha
will double in value within the mex
two years. There are thousands o
acres in all parts of the U. 81 a
the same price but they do not sci
Lincoln county climate at the same
price.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-17
Kernville
Mr.. Hemstreet has gone to Por

Mr.. Hemstreet has gone to Port
land.
Mrs. Bessie Farrin's brother,
Charley Robbins, is daily expected
to visit her.
Mr.. Jess Stone is sick at this writ
ing.
Edgar Parmele has gore out to
Sheridan to take his two aunts where
they will take the train for Portland
C. F. Hall is quite sick. He took
a hard cold while in the hop fields
last Fall and they have not been
able to break it up. He now has
night sweats.
Nelse Anderson and family are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Par
mele.
The Oshkosh went out Monday
The captain said the least depth of
water they found on the bar was II
feet and they came in on a six foot
tide, so you see we have a good har-
Dor and Uncle Sam has never done
one cents worth of work on the
bar.
You can all picture how disap-
pointed we Silctz Bayites are when
| tell you that we cannot have our
new boat to make us monthly trips.
We are left as bad off as. before, and
some are glad they did rot take
shares in it, for it is reported that
Sam Elmore has the controlling in
terest'and can soon freeze out the
little bugs.
Many people have raised great
crops of potatoes with the expccta-
ton of shipping them out to market
on the great boat built by Dean
Bros. The boat is fine. but it only
took freight for Elmore.
Mr.. G.. S. Parmele's sisters re-
turned to Portland this week after a
most pleasant and enjoyable visit of
one month at his home. Twenty
years separation afforded them
many items of mutual interest to
relate to one another. The two
sisters are opening up a quilting
factory in Portland, having leased
a store building, No. $50 Russell st.
Albina. The electric power ma
chine is employed in the quilting OF
quilts, comforts and mattress pad.
dings, in variety of designs, such
as clover leaf, scroll-work, ETC., etc
There is not another electric mach.
inc, containing this new invention
for quilting, in all the state. Ar
! invitation is herein extended to the
ladies of Lincoln county TO visit The
factory at $50 Russell ST., Portland
and bring your pieced quilt tops tc
be quilted at very reasonable rates
Holiday dishes at Van Cleve's.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-17
Waldport.


Mrg0akland, of Bay View, is de-
: liverings hay to the Waldport market
Lester White and wife have mov-
ed to town for the winter.
Mrs. c. w. Bales, of Denzer is
visiting friends in Waldport.
Leslie Evens and wife returned
from Portland on the Sth.
C.L. Diven, Vice President Of the
H. T. Hudson Arms Co. was in
town on the ninth.
H. L. Stanton, of Nashville,
Oregon, has been looking at some
property in the vicinity of Waldport.
All the launches belonging to the
mail route were out Of commits sion
last week. Al Reynolds launch
was used for carrying the mail.
Our school report for another
month shows no visits from the
directors, but we are not alone.
Toledo's last report showed the
same thing.
The band boys will give a Hard
Times dance in their hall New
Years Eve. The usual hand-me-out
refreshments Will be served.
Commodore Lis. Holgate, of Lut-
gems, wants the public to know that
on her recent trip into Alsea Bay
the Oshkosh landed at Lutgens and
not at Waldport as reported.
The legal voters of the school dis
trict met on the 9th and levied a
special tax of eight mills to pay off
the bonded Indebtedness of the dis
trict-and to adGA-to the--teacher' S
salary.
The last commercial club pro-
gram was as follows; Song ny school
choir, Reading by Prof. Brown,
Vocal selection by Miss Brooks, club
paper by w. F. Ready.
Miss Ester Williamson has accept
ed the position of deputy in the
post office and began work the 10Th
Of this month.
The annual meeting of the Vac
hats Telephone Company has called
for January 4th but as the meeting
is in Waldport and most Of the
members live on the Yachats there
will pobably be a small attendance,
Sam Harolerode brought up few
mink skins from Big Creek Satur-
day and also a martin skin which
was a very fine specimen. There are
/, few otter On the creek but none
have caught this season.
A most enthusiastic road meeting
was held pursuant to the supervisor s
call at the Band Hall in Waldport
at ten A. NJ. of the 18th. Road
york in the district was discussed at
length and after thoroughly con-
sidering the matter of special tax
it was unanimously carried that we
levy special tax of ten mills, five
to be expended as our supervisor
may see fit on the Waldport- Tide
water road and five mills to be spent
ON the Coon Hollow road which
leads south from Waldport. By a
unanimous vote Mr. B. W. Hays
was embossed for reappointment tc
the position of road supervisor and
no doubt will be reapointed. Mr.
Hays has been a good super
visor and his endorsem3n is NJ sur
prise to his friends.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-17
News of each Community Gathered each
week by Our Rustling Associate Editors

Summit will have a tree, program,
basket dinner, and social time all
day on Christmas.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-17
Waldport Public Schools.

Report for the month ending De-
cember 3, 1909
No. days taught Is
No. pupils enrolled 90
Increase (boys 2, girls p a
No, marked ID" 2
Neither absent or tardy AZ
Tardy y
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-17

rebuilt and travel goes on again.
School District No. 81 has a now
stove, and they are now well fixed
for the winter.
10 Davis was III this part buying
some cattle this week.
Mr.. George Wood has taken
charge of the Kernville postoffice
and cannery. A good man in
good place.
Mr.. Mcdaniel is cutting wood for
the schoolhouse to keep that new
stove hot during this cold weather.
Superintendent Coin went to
visit the schools up big Elk yester-
day.
George Newbcrry Of SiletA was u
passenger for the Valley yesterday
morning.
Ches Morrison formerly of Pioneer
has opened up general merchan-
Edise store at Elk City.
0. r. Altree has commenced work
on huge scow upon which he in
tends to Il place piledriver.
Maurice Anderson has sold the
launch Grace tor Mr.. Swearinger,
who purchased the Micek place.
Johnny Essex returned from
Portland Saturday evening where
he has been the past two months.
Decorated china cups and saucers,
sugar and creamers, cake plates,
hand painted plate. Toledo Drug
Co.
Shoes of very size, pattern and
quality at Fish's store. See this
line before buying those school
shoes.
Get the Habit and go to Al's
Smoke House cafe. Meals at all
hours-day and night Red hot
Chicken Tamales a speciality.
County Judge aud Mrs. G.. H.
Gardner moved over from Siletz
yesterday and took up their abode
in their residence ON Fourth street.
Game Warden j. J. Gatens was
county seat visitor Tuesday. He re-
ports selling 100 sacks of potatoes
the first OF the week at d cents
pound.
| will preach at Ona Sunday, De-
cember the 10, at II Il. IN. and at
Upper Beaver Creek at 3 p. IN. All
are cordially invited.
ROWLAND u. Brown.
w. II. Canaday, who has been on
the sick list, left yesterday morning
for Eugene where he, will be examin-
ed, and may possibly have an oper-
alton performed.
County Clerk Ira Wade took the
testimony in the land contest case Of
Lcmuel e. Harris VS.. Thomas G..
Way last Friday. The land invlved
is in section 20, township II, range
s.
A. NJ. Smith, who is now located
in the state of Washington, came
over to Toledo Saturday evening to
shake hands with old friends. He
went on to California the following
morning.
A special road meeting has been
called for district No. 8, to meet at
the court house at the hour of two p.
NJ, ON the Dist day Of this month.
The object of this meeting is to vote
Il tax for the building and imprvo-
ment of roads.
Wednesday afternoon the five ycar
old daughter of w, II. Conibcar had
the misfortune TO fall from t.e up
stairs of the house which is not finish
ed as yet. The little one fell ON her
arm breaking it. DR.. Burgess was
called and reduced tie fracture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-27
DAWSON AT HOME.
Returns From Texas Where He In
vcstigated Rates.

John Dawson, attorney for the stale
railway board, has returned from a trip
to Texas where he went to get data to
help him in his suit against the express
companies for lower rates, and also
against the railroad companies for low
er freight rates. Texas got 10 per cent
reduction in express rates, which saw
ing runs into the hundreds of thousands
of dollars per year to the public.
Mr.. Dawson got hold of a lot of facts
in relation to the ocean traffic between
Galveston and New York city which
made him open his eyes to the advant-
ages of water traffic over that of the
railways. During a recent rate war be-
tween steamship lines freight was car
ried from New York to Galveston for
10 cents per hundred pounds. When 1t
is considered that the railroad rate on
freight from New York to Kansas is
about s1.35 per hundred pounds the con-
trast in rates stands out pretty plainly
to the naked eye.
The Galveston rate on freight from
New York at this time is 25 cents per
hundred pounds. If Kansas towns
could get a decent rate on freight from
the gulf city they could get eastern
products shipped here via Galveston at
railway route. Hundreds of thousands
of freight cars are hauled from Ne
braska. Kansas and Oklahoma south TO
Texas gulf ports every week loaded
with grain and cotton and other pro-
ducts from the western farm and are
hauled back again as "empties." It
costs little more to handle a full car
than it does an empty one, and IL the
railroads would make a rate on freight
from Galveston to the western cities to
the north they could do a tremendous
business. nearly all on velvet
Mr.. Dawson declared that the Gal
weston harbor compares favorably with
the great harbors of the world In size
and natural advantages. One steam
ship company alone has six miles of
wharfage on this harbor.
Mr.. Dawson will press his express
rate suit on to a finish and hopes to do
as we'll as Nebraska which got 25 per
cent reduction after a hard fight. all
though the Nebraska case is not finally
settled at this time.
The Texas trip was success, accord
ing to Mr.. Dawson, as regards the col
lection of evidence and the getting 4
line on witnesses whose testimony will
be valuable in a suit of this kind. The
Kansas suit against the express COM
panies prays for a reduction of about
25 per cent on rates in order that Kan
sas may enjoy the same privileges ac-
corded her sister states in this section
of the country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-27
Christmas Brought No Joy to
David Sharp.
Farmer Becomes Raving Maniac
When Day Arrives.
TAKEN TO COUNTY JAIL
Found Dead by the Jailer Sun
day Morning.
Financial Trouble Supposed to
Have Caused Derangement.

David K. Sharp, farmer who was
locked in the county Jail Christmas
night, having gone insane from worry
over his financial difficulties and mort
cages, which rendered Yuletide but
mockery, raved and paced his cell all
night until he dropped dead from
physical and nervous exhaustion Sun
day morning about o'clock.
Sharp, according to the story told
by his wife and brother. began to
show signs of becoming deranged
from worry and fret Thursday night.
but did nothing violent until Christ
mas, when, seizing a 1O-inch dagger.
he drove his wife, child and four step
children from the home, one miles
north of the city.
Later, when his brother from Esk-
ridge, who had come to spend the
holiday with him, entered the house.
Sharp attacked him also. The brother
had not seen Sharp for seven years
and had expected a cordial reception
The one he got he has characterized
as warm
When DIR. c. w. Schwartz, who was
called by the family to visit the man,
approached the house and entered. he
also was met by raving maniac, who
threatened him and refused to have
anything to do with medicine.
Late in the night, when the Off
GERS at the county Jail had been noti-
fed, and Deputy Sheriffs Ben Judkins
and Lon Sauls arrived at the Sharp
home, the crazy man was upstairs.
He came down swearing and raving
when he was called and immediately
attacked the two men, striking, biting
and cursing.
He was clothed only in underwear
and refused to dress himself. Even
after the two men had overpowered
him and somewhat subdued him, he
still insisted that he would not dress
and go out. Nevertheless, he was
thrown into a waiting cab and tightly
held and strapped until the jail was
reached, when he was thrown into
the padded cell.
Although the man was wild with
anger and insane fear, it is not be-
lieved he harmed himself by butting
the walls of his cell, as there were no
marks to indicate such action. DIR.
H. H. Keith, coroner, called immedi-
ately upon the finding of the body
Sunday morning, viewed it at the
Shellabarger undertaking rooms and
from his examination and the facts of
the case gave it as his opinion that
the man had died from nervous ex-
haustion. The probable time of his
death is fixed by the testimony of
other prisoners, who state that they
heard the mad man bounding about
his cell until as late as o'clock when
all became still.
The funeral was held from the
home, north of the city, at 2 o'clock
this afternoon. Interment was in the
Rochester cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-27
SHE ROBBED PAS BANK.
Italian Girl Stole Money to Buy
Husband.

Chicago, Dec. 27.-An unusual story
was outlined in the criminal court
here today in the opening statement
in the trial of eight Italians who are
accused of conspiring with crippled
17-year-old Angeline Schiavone to rob
her father, an Italian banker.
In his argument Assistant States
Attorney Fleming told the jury that
Francisco Schiavone, uncle of Ange-
line, three years ago. told the girl to
get all the money she could from her
fathers bank, to bring it to him and
he would save it for her and when
she had snug account she could
marry his son Michael
The girl was employed in her faith
er's bank. and it is alleged that her
| thefts aggregated $4,000 before she
was detected. When money from the
bank was found in her possession she
told her object in taking it and de-
clared that, being crippled. she feared
she would be unable to marry and SO
had tried to win husband with her
fathers money.
Michael Shiavone is lame and five
years the senior of his cousin Ange-
line. The eight defendants to the con-
spiracy charged are all relatives of
Pasquale Schiavone, the banker. An
geline was also indicted and will have
a trial separate from the relatives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-27

Christmas storm or from accidents
caused by it. Six died from exposure
after being caught in snow drifts. 9th
ers were drowned and several were
killed by trains.
Today New York was rapidly digging
itself out from under cover of the 10
inch snowfall. BY noon traffic condi-
tions approached normal as the result
of the labor of nearly 10000 men in the
employ of the city and the traction
lines, while steam railroad conditions
also also were rapidly improving.
Wire communication, which was bad
ly interrupted during the worst of the
blow. was again fairly good today ex-
cept to New England points.
Blockades on railroads created a
shortage of food supplies and a con-
sequent increase in prices, which con-
tributed to the hardships of the poor.
Shipping felt the storms effect seri-
ously. While no heavy loss is reported
from any one wreck, many small craft
suffered damage, dragging their an
chors and being driven ashore. The
wrecking of the freight steamer Thur
man off Toms river, New Jersey. and
the sinking of the schooner Mary Ann
Kirkby in Long Island sound were the
worst wrecks, but neither was attended
with loss of life.
While incoming trains and Atlantic
liners reported hard weather, none
seems to have been badly delayed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-27

special agent, also the two porters. also
by bystanders.
with regard to the incident at the
police station I can prove by members
present that / acted entirely in self
defense. also that it was necessary to
send for a doctor to attend my own
wounds.
Wenk was so drunk that he could
not know himself what really did hap
pen, and he is making his statements
on the strength of what some one else
has told him.
Il know that 1 did nothing but what
was right, and consequently am will
Ing to stand by all that I have done.
When the hearing comes up in police
court tomorrow 1 will tell the truth
about the matter, as have done now,
and am sure that I will be exonerated."