Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-04-17
Newport

/ Mr.. and Mrs. T. F. Kershaw left
this morning for a long visit to
Kansas. They 20 by the way Of
Southern California. Arizona. New
Mexico to Ell Paso, Texas. They
! will be gone all Summer.
Saturday night last the fire bell
rang at nine o'clock. A fire had
started in the north end Of the
power house. The roof was soon
all ablazc. The fire department
promptly responde d and in less
time than it takes to write it two
lines of hose were playing upon the
fire and in less than fifteen minutes
the fire was under control. The
damage to the power plant will be
about $3.50. In a short time the
whole plant would have been on
fire and all the north part of the
city ON Front street would have
beea destroyed. This shows the
Importance of having guod. well
drilled fire department. W. l..
Huclabay is the newly elected
chief.
At the last meeting of the Com
mercias Club DR.. James Witty
connie wss present as guest of
honor aad he delivered a very in
teresting address. especially inten-
de1 for the benefit of The farmers
and stock raisers of Lincoln
I county. The Doctor places the
dairy COW at the head as a money
maker, and next to the COW he
places the value Of the hog as a
mortgage litter. The sheep and
goat will DO we'll in this county.
He also believes in good roads but
not to the extent of creating big
debt that would burden the tax
payers. Dr.: Withycombe is prob
ably the best known man fnOregon
among the farmers. He has been
connected with the Agricultural
College at Corvallis for sixteen
years and has lectured all over the
state in the interest of the farmers.
He is one Of the candidate for the
nomination for Governor and the
only candidat, that has visited Lin
{! coin county. Oregon needs aud is
going to have new governor and
the candidates who are seeking the
office, / believe. are all represents
tive men and either of them would,
if elected. make a good governor.
i 1t is the purpose of the candidate
4 who is elected to cut DOWN the tx-
penses and cut out the needless and
luxurious commissions. sanh as in
surance commissions. which employ
thirty men and women to do the
work. The Clerk of the state
land board is said to be an unneces-
sary official and the abohshment of
this office would save thousands
of dollars to- the taxpayers. The
common school fund is not at this
time pnoperly guarded and should
be placed under a more careful and
safe business principal This would
save thousands. of dollars to the
school children Of the state. The
woods are also full of fish and
game and other wardens that nigh.
be abolished. which would save
many thousands. of dollars to The
taxpayers. So it behooves the
vcter-both women and men-tC
study carefully the situation ant
to select from among the various
candidates the best and most com
, petent men to gil the Offices. irres
! pective of the color of his hair OF
the cut Of his coat
The Newport with her bran new
140 horse power gas engine mad'
her first trip this morning will
j passengers and the time between
G Newport and Yaquina has been re
duced about one half. Under th'
old engine it took half al hour t,
make the trip now it takes onl.
about fifteen minutes. Other i'm
i provements have been made whicl
/. makes it very nice and pleasant
d for the passengers. When the lay
ing of the new ties. the placing o
4 the heavy rails and the ballastinl
+ Of the C. g. E. railroad has bee
completed the travel to Newpor
will no doubt be very much in
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