Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-03-22
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was Toledo visitor last Tuesday.
Attorney Gwynn returned Tues
day evening from a business visit to
the Valley.
Judge Gardner went to Corvallis
Wednesday morning on official
business.
Capt. G. M. Walker Of Portland
arrived in this city Wednesday
morning.
Mrs. Richardson and baby ar
rived over from Lebanon last Mon
day evening.
Lot Butler returned Tuesday
evening from a visit with his folks
at Willamina.
Butcher McGinnis returned Tues
day evening from short business
visit to Portland.
Chesley l.. Morrison, the Elk City
merchant, was here attending the
Mutual Telephone meeting Monday
evening.
Mrs. A. I. Peterson returned last
Friday evening from a several days
visit with her son, Johnny, and
wife at Albany.
A. l.. Mcdonald of Chitwood at
tended the meeting of the stock
holders of the Mutual Telephone
company here last Monday night.
Fred Wagner of Nortons was
here last Friday night to attend the
annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Mutual Telephone company
Alec Warnock, Harry Porter and
Fred Wagner of Nortons, attended
the stockholders meeting of the
Mutual telephone company here last
Monday night.
Dudley Trapp of Chiwood was in
town Friday night. Mr.. Trapp has
been laid up with rheumatism for
several weeks, but is now able to
be around again.
Ches Dixon. the Elk City mer-
chant. went through to Newport t
last Tuesday evening to attend the
funeral of X. D. Woodford, vino
was drowned in Big Elk river last
Saturday.
Judge Hollis of Forest Grove,
candidate for the nomination on
the Republican ticket for Senator
for this district, composed of Lin
coin ,Tillamook, Yamhill and Wash.
ington coun lies, was in Toledo the
last of the week.
John @. Adams, j. C. Myrland
Ralph Wilson and Fred Olson were
down from Chitwood Tuesday ir
the interest of the John Welch es
tate. Mr.. Adams has been ap.
pointed administrator of the estate
and the other gentlemen were ap.
praisers.
Contractor Knudson, who has the
contract for building the wharf fo,
the port commission, started the
Oregon Lumber and Construction
Company's logging camp on Olalla
the first of the week. He is get
ting out piling and logs for lumber
to be used in building the wharf
That big "unsurmountable" rocl
''as big as the courthouse" lyinl
in the channel below Altree's saw
mill is being removed by the Por
dredger. 1t is SO soft that thu
dredger is eating it up as easily a
if it were mud, and soon thi
awful" hinderance to navigation
will be thing of the past.
X. D. Woodford of Newport wa
accidentally drowned in Big Ell
River, Saturday evening about five
miles above Elk City. Woodford
who has been logging for the Ell
City Lumber Company, was bring
ing down the last drive of the sea
son. At the Colonel Parker plac
both he and Paul Chatterton wer
! thrown into the icy stream. Chat
t terton, who could not swim. man
:. aged to hold onto a log until othe
d members of the crew could hel
t him out, but Woodford, who wa
h an excellent swimmer. sank an
g drowned. 1t was nearly two hour
before the body was recovered an
all efforts at resuscitation wer
frutile. The funeral wa; held frol
d the family home and the Presbytel
:, ian church at Newport. The Cd
q Fellows conducting the services &
u the house and Rev. Hurd preache