Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-05-15

day evening.
W. R. Moore of Glen was tran.
sacting business in the county seat
the first of the week. !
Mrs. Seth Rowe and children ar
rived over from Cottage Grove
Wednesday evening. ..,.
Jim Hamar and family of Port
land passed through to the lower
bay Wednesday evening.
Mrs E. Ofstedahl is making a
modern bungalow out of her dwell
ing recently injured by fire.
Sunday excursion to Newport via
the sueedy launch Lollipop, Leaves
Toledo at 8 a. m. Fare round trip
l50c.
= Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Moore depar-
ted Tuesday morning for Salem,
where they will remain during the
Summer.
Remember the Eddyvi;le picnic
Saturday. the 23d. Everybody in
vited and a govd time assured.
Don't forget the lunch basket.
Ruad Supervisor Mackey this
week has a crew of men with teams
clearing the dirt which has slid
down the cut onto the rock road at
the Stewart hill.
Ted McElwain has purchased the
Gust Olson property at First aud
Grove streets. He has moved the
little cottage, which was on the lot.
back and will build a modern re-
sidence where the old house stood.
Major Polhemus, of the En-
gineering Department. was down
from Portland the first of the
week. He examined the work done
by the government dredge Oregon
ard took soundings of the channel
of the river.
Today is the big day all over the
state of Oregon. We hope every
voter in the state will do his or her
duty by going to the poles and cast.
ing their vote. If this is done
Oregon will get back into the Re.
publican column. where she be,
longs.
. A big dynamo for the WeIcl
electric company arrived this weel
, and has been installed. Seyera
carloads Of telephone poles hav,
arrived and as soon as the electri,
inc between here and Newport i
, COMPLETED the phone lines will b,
built.
Tuesday the government dredg,
Oregon completed the channel I,
the port line at the sawmill her,
and moved down to the mouth O.
Depot slough where she had littl,
work Of widening the channel
I She will be through with the pro
ject today or tomorrow and will b,
, gotten into shape for the trip dow
the coast to Coos bay where sh,
will work during the Summer
> The dredge has done good worl
here. We now have a channe
, from above town to the mouth o.
the river and the bar is of sufficien
depth to allow vessels drawing t,
fourteen feet of water to cross il
and come 10 to Toledo for lumber
and other freight. We hate to Sc,
the dredge leave. the officers ant
members of her crew have al
proven to be competent men ant
are jolly lot Of good fellows
, We hope this same crew will b.
with the dredge when we hav,
occasion to have her back on va
quina in the future.
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{ Commission announces that Will
1t has no difficulty in securing suf
n ficient female stenographers an,
typewriters to meet the needs o
the departments at Washington. tn
q supply Of male eliCibles has no
been equal to the demand. Youni
men who are at least lS years o
age and who are willing to accep
the usual entrance salaries, whic
: are SSi0 and $500 a year. hav
excellent opportunities for appoint
ment. While the entrance salarie
: are low, advancement ia REASONABLE
rapid to those meriting it. Tn
examinations. which any competen
, stenographer should be able to pass
are held each month in the year
except December. at The principa
q cities Of the United States, Ful
o information in regard to the ex
animation may be secured by ad
O dressing the United States Civi
G Service Commission. Washington
d. c.; or the District Secretary
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