Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-03-26
Newport

At the last meeting of the
Commercial Club the matter of
road construction came up for
discussion. Mr.. Albert Teal
was present from Falls City and !
was introduced to the Club. Mr. |
Teal said he had taken an active
part in road construction in
Polk county; said good auto
road as well as a wagon road
was already built to Falls City |
and it was the intention to
build, and he was safe in saying,
that the road will be built by
the first of June to the Lincoln
county line at the Warren
Wright place at Upper Farm.
Mr.. Teal said the road was hard
surfaced to Falls City and from
there it would be a dirt road to
the Lincoln county line. The
money is already available for
building the road. The county
of Polk puts up $4,000 and the
people of the road districts puts
up $4,000, making $4,000, suf-
ficient to build the road and the
county will not be bonded either.
This is the best news we have
had for a long time. The dis
tance from Portland to Newport
is III miles and the grade over
the Coast Range of mountains
will be about six per cent. A
few months ago a proposition
was made to bond this county
for $190,000 to build this road
but the taxpayers wisely turned
it down and now we will get the
road without bonded debt and
have it paid for. The road from
here to the Polk county line is
already in fair condition for
Summer travel and when the
Spring road work is put on the
road it will be in good condition.
The bridges across the Siletz
river at the Agency and the Up
per Farm are already built.
The county has helped and the
people have taxed themselves to
the limit to build this road and
these bridges. The road from
Toledo to Siletz is in bad condi.
ton but no doubt before the
Spring travel commences the
road will be sufficiently COM
pleted so that autos coming
from Portland to Newport car
make the trip in half a day
This means a great deal tC
Newport and Lincoln county. A
committee was appointed, con-
sisting of the following named
persons, to select a suitable site
for the fair grounds to be pre-
sented to the County Court, as
a permanent location for the
county fair: w. l.. Huckabay
A. l.. Thomas, DR.. w. G. Bell
DR.. F. M. Carter, VIM. Matthews
S. G. Irwin and NJ. Wygant, pres
ident of the Commercial Club
Three propositions have beer
offered, viz: S. G. Irwin, IS lot:
lust west of the Plummer house
on the Jeffries place; R. A. Ben
sell, five acres on the Phelp!
place, and R. F. Baker, 10 acre!
at the ball grounds. A com
mite was also appointed, con
sisting of DR.. Belt, II. F. Jenkins
and Mr.. Baser to confer with
similar committee appointed b.
the Oddfellows to make arrange
ments to entertain the Gran'
Lodge that will meet here tn
last of May.
Mrs. Kathleen A. Murry, borl
at Weston, Iowa, February 2s
1875, and died at Newport, Ore
gon, March 81, 1915, aged a
years and 81 days. She wa
married to w. e. Murry at Wes
ton, Iowa, August 10, 1877, an
came to Oregon few years age
She was on a visit to her siste
in law, Mrs. B. l.. Barry, whe
death came. Her remains wer
taken to Medford for buria
She is survived by one son an
her sister in law, Mrs. Barry.
| see that Vice President Maj
shall, at the University Of Cal
fornia, said the United State
was the greatest fiunkey in tn
world. l don't like this accuse
ton. It may be true Of Wash
ington, City, but 1t is not true 1
Newport. Here we take off ou
bofo fo M opa aynapt 1ndips