Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-01-15
Newport


ensuing year as follows: M.
Wygant, president; F. M. Car
ter, 1st vice president; A. L. !
Thomas, I'd vice president;
David T. Harding was reelected
secretary, and Mr.. Kirkland,
treasurer; Elmer Patrick, w. l..
Huckabay and DR.. w. G. Belt
were elected executive commit
tee. The Club is in fine finan-
cial condition, being practically
out of debt. Forty thousand
folders were printed and paid
for by selling them 10 the people.
These folders are small but con-
tain large amount of informa-
ton and can be sent anywhere
in a letter. The Club numbers
forty members, composed of the
business men Of the city. Here
tofore the secretary has worked
for nothing but now he will re-
ceive 20 per cent of all money
collected for his salary. Mr.. S.
T. Loudon of Eddyville was a
visitor in the city during the
week and while here he desired
the Commercial Club to take up
the matter Of inviting the State
Grange to hold its annual meet
ing at Newport in 1916. A COM
mittee of three Was appointed to
confer with Loudon and the
grange societies in the county,
and see what can be done in the
matter. Newport can be made
a convention city and she is full
ly competent to cake care of
1900 or 1000 that may come
here during the season. The
State Grange, / believe usually
meets in May, and then it will
be much easier to provide for
them, than later in the season.
The Grand Lodge Of Oddfellows
and Rebekahs will meet at New
port this year.
A petition largely signed by
the citizens of Newport and VIC
Unity asking the Legislature to
pass a law protecting the crabs
on the Yaquina bay for the
months of July, August and Sep
tember. / believe all the coast
counties, except this one, have
the crabs protected. The crab
as well as the fish industry will
soon be destroyed If there is not
something done to protect them.
One other petition largely
signed was sent to our represen-
tative in the legislature asking
that the law be so changed that
people coming to the seashore
for pleasure and recreation can
fish off the jetties and wharves
and in the sea without taking
out license. This is a pleasure
that the Summer people all en-
JOY and it don't do any harm.
About the only fish they catch
are perch, bull heads and cod.
The city goes on much the
same since the saloons were
closed as it did before. Newport
was always orderly. Jack Por-
ter says now he is going to try
and make an honest living, sell
ing candy, peanuts and soft
drinks, mo more booze for me-"
If closing the saloons makes
such a great change with Mr.
Porter, why would 1t not work
with other erring brothers, who
have also kept saloons?
in an article published in the
Leader of January Sth, Mr.. Cros.
no calls attention of the people
to the fact that our fish ant
game laws ought to be amended
or changed. He mentioned the
hatchery on Big Elk as being de-
structive to the fish industry ant
that is so. Before this hatcher,
was built the river was full O
salmon and salmon trout. Nov
1t is hard to catch any fish a
all. When the creeks, rivers ant
bays were free and open and tn,
salmon were allowed to go t
their spawning grounds undis
turbed, we had plenty of salmon
as well as trout. Then natur,
had its way and the salmon
would go on the gravelly bed
and stay there until the spawn
ing season was over and the oil
salmon would die according I,
the law of nature. The youni
salmon by the millions woul,
stay In the rivers and creek
until they got large enough Il
go into the ocean, and when the.
matured would come back agil
to the saQe stream to spawi
and thus IL law of nature wa