Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-10-30
Newport

The Fifield went out over the bar
Sunday evening at high tide. She had
n cargo of 100000 feet of lumber and
was bound for San Pedro. The Ollie
s. towed her out without any trouble,
Notwithstanding that 1t is more diff
cult to handle the Fifield than the
Bandon. The Tillamook left Monday
evening with 1900 cases OF salmon
bound for Astoria. The Ahwaneda Is
in Portland after cargo of freight and
will return in few days. The Mirene
came In Monday with a full cargo Of
freight for Newport, Yaquina, Toledo
and Waldport. The water Transports
ton is increasing right along to the
great advantage Of the people. Since
the storm we are having exceptionally
good weather. The temperature is
about 65. The sun shines, the days are
warm, the nights are cool, no frost.
The birds are singing and the flowers
are blooming as in springtime. New
port is as good winter resort as a
summer resort. We have no dust or
northwest winds in winter TO make it
unpleasant. The travel Is good and
many invalids and people out Of health
are coming TO spend the winter here.
Building and street improvements are
going right along. Sixth and Angle
streets IN the vicinity CT the public
school building arc being graded and
put in splendid condition. The proper
ty owners are doing the work the city
only fixing the squares. This plan
works better than It did VIXEN the
City made the street improvements.
Then contracts were let and largo
portion OF The money gquandered.
When people do their own work they
are very careful and no money Is
wasted. / think this policy would
work as we'll in the county improve
ments. The people are tired and sick
of high taxes and bonded indebtedness
either In city or county. The best
roads in the county are being built by
the people themselves. The greatest
Improvement for Newpor. and Lincoln
county is to improve her water ways
and deepen the channel on the bar.
The Government says in order to do
this the people must pay half the cost
OF the improvements. Tire Toledo peo-
pie did little better than this. The
people there put up GO anu the govern
ment 30 per cent to pay for the i'm
provemcnts they already have. We
here must do cur share II we ever ex-
pect to get any help from Uncle Sam.
We can by petition extend our port
district and take In more territory,
and then levy a tax sufficient to do
our part OF the work. We can take
In all the watershed that flows to the
ocean. That would include the terri
tory lying south OF a line running east
Of Gtflnfz ~ %,
the summit OF the Coast range OF
mountains. All streams and creeks on
the west Of the Coast range run to the
sea. II is up to the Commercial Club
and the people to have this work done.
have no doubt the timber men will be
In favor OF this for they are very
anxious to get their timber sawed up
and shipped. All that vast body OF
timber on the Snetz has fully matured
and is now IN the process OF decay.
The only way they can ship It with
profit is by water. II is needless to
say that this would benefit Lincoln
county.
ID. IL. Robinson, the Alaska miner
and poet, delivered a speech at. the
midway theatre Tuesday evening to a
small audience, on the prohibitation
amendment from liberal standpoint.
He favored wet town and regulated
saloon. Said II you make Oregon dry
you will kill one Of the great industries
OF the state, throw thousands OF men
out Of employment and also deprive
the state of 100000 annually. Mr..
Robinson is a fair speaker and he
must have been dry himself because
he drank a pitcher Of water while de-
livering his address.
One OF the candidates for county
Office wrote to an Indian politician on
the Siletz to look after his interest
there and to help him all he could.
The Redman wrote back that he could
not work without tools.