Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-11-27

W GOTJlduu OdCul udy. (
]. A. Peterson went to Cor
Wallis last Saturday on busi-
ness trip.
R. N. Walter came over from
Turner last evening, returning
this morning.
James Hiland came down
from his home near Nashville
Monday evening.
Newt Guilliams Of Beaver
Creek was a passenger for the
Valley Monday morning.
The new boiler at the sawmill
was fired up last week and has
been giving perfect satisfaction.
Ralph and Pearl Pepin came
down from Chitwood Monday |
evening to attend the turkey !
shoot Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. e. Williams i
have moved into the F. N. Hay
den house on First street recent
ly vacated by Judge Fogarty.
County Judge Fogarty and
family moved to Newport the
first of the week. Mr., Fogarty
says that they may return to To-
ledo in the spring. =
Miss Annie Hawkins returned
. Wednesday evening from Oak
land, California, where she has
been the past several months
attending business college.
r The home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
) Walter Bones near Taft burned
to the ground last Thursday.
r Besides losing their house they
= also lost their furniture and their
!. Winters supply of provisions
y and wood.
: The Yaquina Electric Com
: pany has a crew at work rebuild
ing the electric lines in this city
When completed we will have
better service and the storms
}. will not put the lights out OF
!, commission as heretofore.
O Commencing this week the
schedule on the Toledo-Ona-BaS
4, View mail route is changed from
1t Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri,
IS days to Tuesdays, Thursdays
t. and Saturdays. We believe thai
this change will be to the bene'
y fit of the patrons Of the route
thus giving them the local ant
Is Portland papers the same weel
as published.
Jesse Farrin and John Wink
ler of Taft were Toledo visitor!
last Saturday. These gentlemen
ee say that the report that the Goa
h, barge went aground at thu
er mouth of Siletz Bay is errone
" GUS. 1t seems that the barg'
to was sighted outside Frida.
IN morning and Jesse Farrin, Johl
~ Winkler and Walter Bones got
p. gasoline boat and went out afte
It. They worked all day Frida.
and most Of the night trying t
get the barge safely into Silet
Bay. They used up most all tn
IS, rope available in that section
breaking them again and agair
and narrowly escaping drownin
several times. Their effort
were finally rewarded an
about midnight they had tn
II barge safely anchored in Silet
lis bay. Even then they had a har
time holding her., she partin
her moorings when the It'd
'rd turned but she was again cal
est tured and safely held. Th
IN, ,cruiser New Orleans was sighte
lal cruising up and down the coa'
'n, and suspecting that she We
zee looking for the barge they sit
ny, nailed her and one of the cannel
'as men talked to her, using Il
wig-wag system, telling Il
,us cruiser that the barge was at al
ms chor in the bay. The cruis
Iay sent boat ashore and later
the day made arrangement
100 with the Ahwaneda to tow Il
100 barge out. In towing the BARI
100 out the line again parted and Il
100 barge again came near goir
ees ashore, but she was finally re
cued and taken out to the wal
ees ing New Orleans. In taking u
ees barge out one of the whale boa
ees belonging to the New Orleai
ees was crushed and the crew hi
|, a a narrow escape from drownin
i've Messrs. Farrin and Winkler e
in hibited receipt given them
,ut the officers of the New Orleal
ses for the barge, and these gent
re- men will undoubtedly receive
ees goodly amount of salvage. III
ate barge was No. 277, was 116 fe
hat in length, 40 foot beam and
IL foot beep, being constructed
up- steel and belonging to Unc
Sam,