Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-02-05
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This IL court week and a num-
ber Of attorneys come to New /
port to get a sniff Of ocean
breezes and to get a feed Of the
splendid sea food that is OBJ
tanned here. Lawyers are good |
astronomers and good feeders. !,
Among the number that regis
tered at the Abbey we noticed
Judge Skipworth, w. S. Nc
Fadden, e. B. Tongue, prosecut-
ing attorney at Hillsboro, w. F.
Woods of Portland, Mr.. Clark |
and John Stevens, ,aperintend-
ent of the c. & e. railroad.
George King, mayor Of Oyster
City, also visited Newport. This
term of Court had a large dock
ct. Newport citizens being well
represented in the proceedings.
Mrs. c. G. Copeland had a num-
Der Of cases against the Siletz
Indians, trying TO collect past
due accounts. She obtained
judgments against most of them
and will collect the moeny later.
OFT Holgate was fined $3.50 and
costs for trying to steal the sig
nal flag on South Beach. This
case was of much importance
and attracted wide attention.
Zene Copeland was fined $50
for infllcting a severe injury
upon the person of James Cat
ems, the fish and game warden.
Mr.. Copeland was also fined $50
for calling the district attorney,
j. F. Stewart, a liar In open
court. This is pretty costly.
The parent-teachers meet
ing held Monday evening at the
High School building was well
attended and very interesting.
These meeting do much good
because 1t brings parents and
teachers closer together in
studying the best methods Of Sc
curing home and school govern
ment and the best system of ed
ucating and improving the
minds of the children. Parents
and teachers are at liberty to
take part in the discussion OF
any question that comes before
the meeting. This gives the
whole school as well as the COM
munity valuable information.
Some mischievous boys took
a billie goat into the auditorium
of the High School building and
tied him up to post. This was
done as a joke on the professors
and to furnish a living example
as to which was the real butt
end Of a goat. The billie had
been tantalized until he was
right on the scrap. The boys
said the goat must have got in
his work as some Of the profes-
sors did not sit down with as
much ease as common.
J. H. Fitzgerald, secretary and
promoter of the Portland, West
Coast railroad and Navigation
company, met with the city
council at its regular session
Monday evening and asked for
an extension of time to COM
mence building the road, on ac-
count of the scarcity of money
because of the European war
He asked for twelve months af-
ter the war closed to commence
the work Of construction. This
being a very indefinite period OF
time don't think the council
thought very seriously of the
proposition. The war might
last for ten years. However
the council promised to investi,
gate the matter and report latei
What they would do. The com
)any had six months In the frs
)lace to commence building tn,
road but as yet no work hal
been done. stl
County Surveyor Derrick hai
just returned from the Yachati
where he has been surveying ,
road across the Yachats noun
tains. This road when opel
will let the travel In from tn,
Willimette valley by the way o
the Upper Alsea valley down tn,
Yachats river to Ocean View
Waldport and Newport. Tn
distance across the mountain 4
five miles. A six per cent grad
can be had and It will cost abou
$4,000 to build the road. MI
Derrick says the government
will help on this road and h,
thinks the county will also assis
In the work. The people alonl
the road have taxed themselves
to the limit. The tax running
all the way from 5 to 10 mills