Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-01-01
Newport

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The AhwanedM arrived Sat-
urday from Bandon with a full
cargo of coal for Newport. She
had taken a cargo of freight
from Astoria to Bandon.
The Mirene is tied up at As
toria on account Of ice in the
river.
The holidays are passing off
very pleasantly. The Presby-
terian and Baptist churches
both had nice Christmas trees
laden with presents for the chill
dren. Santa Claus did a good
thing for Newport. The pro-
grams were good at both
churches, especially the singing.
The Catholic church held high
mass at midnight. Father For
get officiating. The singing
was conducted by Mrs. F. B.
Davis and Miss Harkleroad. A
large attendance was present
and the exercises very inter-
esting and impressive. The
Episcopal church also held mid
night carol services that were
very interesting and instructive.
Rev. Cummins officiating. On
Christmas Eve. nearly every
home had a tree well laden with
good things for the family.
Everything seemed to be alive
with the Christmas spirit and the
air was full of good cheer and
Christmas greetings.
A good many people from the
Valley are coming to Newport
to spend the holidays on the sea
shore. Prof. ]. B. Horner and
wife came in Friday to spend a
few days at the beach. The
Professor has held the chair of
Ancient History in the College
for a good many years. He is
now busily engaged in preparing
a course of lectures on the In
dustrial History of Oregon. The
Professor says the Winter Short
Course is being appreciated by
the people and the facilities for
giving instruction is getting bet
ter from year to year.
Major G.. b. Winn of Albany
is spending a few days at New
port enjoying the exhilirating
ozone of the ocean breezes. Mr..
Winn is one of the oldest Wells
Fargo express agents in Oregon,
having been in the service of the
company twenty-eight years.
Ex-senator and Mrs. Hale
Patton Of Salem are spending
part of their honeymoon at New
port, the guests of Miss McEl-
roy. They returned to the Cap
itol City Monday. The Senator
is interested in certain bills that
are to come up az the next ses-
sion of the Oregon Legislature.
Last Thursday Col. e. Hofer
OF Salem came to Newport and
then went to his cottage at
Agate Beach, where he will be
engaged in writing a new book,
a political romance, taking his
settings and characters from
the rich field of incident and
romance that have occurred on
Yaquina bay, Siletz and other
places in the West. The Colonel
is a very versatile and interest
ing writer and has built up for
himself in the literature of the
West a unique position. His
book Jack Norton" is a sample
Of his literary work. It is good
The book that he Is now writing
will no doubt be s,ill more inter-
esting. His surroundings at
Agate Beach, with all the gran
deur and beauty that spread out
before him has a tendancy to in
spire great thoughts in the
writer. A writer under such
facinating surroundings takes
up his inspiration to write much
as an Indian medicine man takes
up his te-mah-na-was goot
medicine-by a kind of absorp.
ton.
Ex-Congressman Binger Her
mann, who is visiting his daugh.
ter at Roseburg, will soon leave
for Southern California ant
while there will visit the Panama
Exposition before returning
Mr.. Hermann was the sole rep
resentative from Oregon in the
lower house Of Congress during
the time the improvements
were being made by the govern
ment at Yaquina bay. The del
egation in Congress when mos
of these improvements were
made consisted of Senators
Mitchell and Dolph and Repre-
annt N ttx,a II1r,,,a rrhta IaIn