Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-05-02

! Frederick's.
Dorcey Rochester was down from
Elk City Saturday.
Don't forget the matinee at the
Star Sunday at 2 D. m.
George Chambers has accepted a
position on the dredge.
The Fire Department will meet
next Tuesday evening. Be there.
Miss Elsie Radiant of Siletz went
to Portland Wednesday morning for
a visit.
II. ". Jackson went to Portland
Tuesday Tuesday morning for a
few days business visit.
Mr.. snd Mrs Allen Hughes re-
turned Friday evening from a visit
to the Valley.
Martin Thompson and Ole Osness
were on trip to the east part of
the county the first of the week.
Joe Bryant and VIM. Bassfeld of
Siletz departed Wednesday morning
for trip through Crook county.
DR.. Leo j. Frachtenberg and
Miss Claudia Mcdonald. both of ST.
letz, were married at Portland the
first of the week.
Ralph Henry, who has been an
inmate of the insane asylum for
the past several weeks, was re-
leased last week, the authorities
stating that he is sane.
Commissioner W. F. Wakefield
was down from Eddyville Monday
night. The next morning he went
to Siletz and from there he will go
down in the Salmon river country.
A business meeting of the Ep-
worth League will be held at the
M. E. parsonage on Monday even
ing, May 5. 1918, All members
are requested to be present. I'm
portant.
Cottage Grove is going to form
cannery association and operate an
establishment throughout the fruit
and vegetable growing seasons. As
usual. the local commercial Club is
taking the lead in organizing the
project.
C. Z. Mcdonald and family
moved to Falls City this week,
where they will make their future
home. Mr.. Mcdonald will prob
ably have charge of road engine
on a road building from Falls City
to Dallas.
Mr.. Frazer of Eugene was in this
vicinity several days the latter part
of last week. Mr.. Frazer is an ex-
perienced creamery man, owning a
creamery at Eugene, and expects
to establish a creamery eitker at
Toledo or Newport.
Mothers Day services will be
held at the M. E. churcn on Sunday,
May 18th. at II o'clock. Program
will be rendered. All mothers are
especially invited to attend. In the
evening of the same day a sermon
to young men and women, to which
all are invited.
Jackson county is one district of
the state we'll organized for in
dustrial school fairs this Fall. In
terest is high in the movement and
the various committees will offer
attractive prizes for the best work
of the school children. In addition
to the County Fair, various school
fairs will be held.
Farmers who are interested in
growing corn are invited to try seed
furnished free by the O.-W. R. &
N. Co. Twelve-pound lots will be
given out. being about enough tc
plant one acre, to all farmers ap-
plying for it. This is acclimated
seed and c. L. Smith, agriculturjs,
for that line, maintains that Ore
gon can be made one of the fore
most corn states.
Judge Wolverton of the United
States District Court last Tuesday
decreed that the Southern Pacifi,
railroad company had forfeited
2.373,000 acres of land held by
the company by virtue of the grant
made the company's predecessor
the Oregon & California railroad
company, in 1866 and 1870. TIL,
decree was based on the ground,
that the railroad company hat
vinlotod tho torp,c IN Joy xr \ ob' ~.