Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-11-12

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Monday morning Harry Fisk,
a brother in law of John Lloyd
of Lower Siletz, was brought to
Newport with a severe gunshot
wound in his right forearm. 1t
seems that on Sunday morning
near the VIM. Scott place on ST.
letz river, Mr.. Fisk took up his
set net and afte, he went away.
Harley Taylor, a neighbor,
came in a boat and set his net
In the place where Fisk had
taken his net up. Fisk seeing
this went to take Taylor's net
out, but Taylor having gone in
his boat about twenty PAGES
from where he set his net was
looking at Fisk trying to remove
his net. Taylor drew up his
shot gun and fired, and as above
stated, the shot, No. a, went in
to Fisk's arm. After shooting
Fisk, Taylor took the wounded
man to the Scott float and left
him. Taylor claims that he
shot to scare Fisk away from
his (Taylor's) net and did not
try to hit him. The men, it
seems were friends and no ILL
feeling existed between them.
Mr.. Fisk went TO Salem Mon
day morning to have the arm
treated. He had about thirty
shot in the arm--a bad wound.
Capt. r. d. Morse has sold his
grocery and dry goods stores to
Yerex-Brown & Co., incorpor-
ated, also his water front. The
new company will take charge
of the business within a few
days. This same company
bought the F. II. Macdonald
store and the r. N. Warnock
store at Toledo. This is said
to be a very strong company,
and the facts of its investing so
largely in this county is a good
omen for the business pros
poets of the future.
Saturday the Ollie s., Capt.
Garner, took rs of the sports
Of Newport to Toledo to SEE a
game of football played between
the high school team of Toledo
and the high school team of
Newport. A heavy rain had
fallen and the field was covered
with water. Both the teams
came onto the field in fine spir-
its. Each took to the water
like ducks to a frog pond. The
Newport team had a splendid
bunch of rooters, both girls and
boys, led by Miss Barbara Buck
ley. If yelling, screaming and
singing would put ginger into a
team Newport was full of it.
The water was up to their
knees and ankles. The ball
was wet and slick SO the New
port team could not hold it..
The Toledo team had webs be-
tween their toes and knew how
to run in the water. No one
rooted for Toledo but the boys
got right down and played for
all there was in it. Carson, like
a battering ram, butted in and
kept the Newport line broken.
Each player was as wet as a
drowned rat. Az the end of of
game the score stood fifteen to
nothing in favor of Toledo. The
trip on the Ollie S. was a rare
treat. The Newport team,
though badly beaten, came back
home in better spirits than
when they left. They are good
losers and went down to defeat
with their flag flying.
The ladies of tue Front Street
Reading and Rest Room gave a
chicken dinner Thursday even
ing in the banquet room of the
Oddfellow Hall from 5 o'clock
to $3.50. About $50 persons
partook of the dinner. It was
line. Ice cream and cake were
also served and splendid, good
sociable time was had. The
committee of ladies', headed by
Mrs. Captain Stuart, did all they
could to please the people. The
receipts were $40, which amount
Will be used to improve the
building and to beautify the
grounds.
The Seventh Grade pupils
played a game of basket bali at
the skating rink Thursday even
ing. It was "a spirited game.
Inc girls team played the best
game from the start. The
score stood IS to nothing in
favor of the girls. This same
team of girls on the same even
ing played q game with the
team of high scbooI t.. -