Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-08-20
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NEWPORT .

The remains of Thos. Brown,
who was accidentally killed at
his home on Poole slough last
Thursday, was buried Sunday in
Eureka Cemetery, Rev. George
E. Pratt, pastor of the Presby-
terrain Church, officiating. The
sad accident occurred about 3
o'clock in the evening in plain
view of his own house. He was
engaged in getting out piling to
bring to Newport anu while
standing on the piling on the hill
side they commenced to roll.
this threw Mr.. Brown in front of
the logs, two Of them rolling
over him, crushing his body so
badly that he died in about three
hours. He seemed to gain con-
sciousness just before he died
but he never spoke. Mr.. Brown
came to Yaquina Bay six years
ago and bought two places on
Poole slough, the Parker and
Jack King places, altogether
32O acres, and here with his
family started to build a home.
The family were all industrious
and they were prosperous. Mr..
Brown was< Woodworking, hon
est man. He had established a
wood yard at Newport and was
furnishing hundreds of cords of
wood to the people. Few men
gained the confidence and good
will of the people as did Mr..
Brown. Lincoln county, as well
as the community where he
lived, can i'll afford to lose such
a man as Thomas Brown. He
leaves wife and nine children
to mourn their loss. 1t is the
purpose of the family to take up
the work and go right along
much as the husband would
have done had he lived. We
need about a thousand such men
as Thomas Brown in Lincoln
county.
Jasper Nye and his wife were
out last week visiting Mrs. John
Nye at the old Nye home four
miles out from Newport on the
Toledo road. Mr.. Nye had been
on visit to the great Panama
Exposition. He says the fair is
the biggest thing the worli has
ever seen and it is worth many
times the cost to go and see it.
He had not seen his brother, the
late John Nye, for many years.
Mr.. Nye's home is in Iowa where
he has lived all his life. Mrs.
John Nye will accompany them
on their way home to visit an
invalid sister. Nye Creek will
perpetuate the Nye family name
forever. In about 1867 John
Nye took up a homestead where
Nye Creek enters into the ocean.
Ashael Bush, Jr., and wife, the
banker at Salem, motored in to
Newport Saturday; stayed over
night at the Abbey and next
morning started at four o'clock
expecting to get back to Salem
by the time the bank opened.
Mr.. Bush is the son of the late
A. Bush, the pioneer journalist
and banker of Salem. Mr.. Bush
was a valuable citizen to the
state of Oregon and especially to
the community in which he lived.
He lived to accumulate a fortune
OF over two million dollars. DR..
Bell says the rich man is a ma
chine of figures and is not so
happy as the man i'm moderate
circumstances.
T. w. Mcintosh was arrested
Saturday on a warrant issued
from Judge Berry's Court, sworn
to by Frank Forage, landlord of
the Midway Hotel, charging de-
fendant with petit larceny. The
complaint showed that the de-
fendant and wife had been
working for the plaintiff, Mr..
Forage, in the hotel; that during
the time plaintiff had missed q
number Of articles out of the
hotel, among them bed quilts
coverlets, napkins, dishes, etc,
A search warrant was sworn out
and a search made of defend.
ants trunks and in them were
found some Of the articles. but
the evidence did not show that
Mcintosh put them there, in
fact 1t was not shown who put
the articles in the trunk, as there
were some feeling between the
plaintiff and defendant, that the
plaintiff might have put them in
the trunk himself to get ever
with the defendant. II was q
jury trial. The state was rep.
resented by Judge Stewart and
the defense by w. e. Gwynn