Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-08-06
NEWPORT


oregon, at the home or THOMAS
Leese. A large number of the
members of the Church and,
others friends were present to
greet the Bishop. The house
was brilliantly lighted with cleo
tricity and decorated with
choice flowers and evergreens.
A light lunch was served and
everyone passed the evening
most pleasantly. This is the
first visit the Bishop ever made
to Newport. He was accom-
panied by Rev. Barr G. Lee, who
has charge of the Yaquina Bay
mission. On Sunday at II a.
m. the Bishop preached a very
able sermon at the st. Stevens
Church to large congregation.
He also administered the sacra-
ment of the Holy Baptism. Two
infants were baptized. The
Bishop is well pleased with New
port and its beautiful surround
ings.
Judge Hamilton, with his fam
lily, are spending their vacation
at Newport. They occupy a
cottage at Nye Creek.
]. H. Wilson, formerly of Cor
wallis is occupying a cottage at
Nye Beach and will remain
through the month of August.
DR.. and Mrs. M. nj. Davis and
daughter will spend a few weeks
atsNewport.
L. F. Wilson and family of
Corvallis are located in their
cottage at Arcadia. Attorney
E. e. Wilson joined the family
today.
j. X. and Mrs. Weatherford
and Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Weather
ford are at the Abbey.
Chas. III. Clos, a prominent
attorney from Corvallis is at the
Abbey. He is a prospective can.
didate for district attorney fol
Benton county. While here he
spoke of the pleasure of assist
ing to initiate William Jennings
Bryan into the mysteries of the
Moose lodge at San Diego about
a week ago. Col. Theodore
Roosevelt is also a big Moose
These two great statesmen
would make a strong ticket fol-
the presidency in 1916. Lei
Teddy; have the first place on
the ticket. One is for peace ant
the other for war, SO one would
neutralize the other. We woult
have no war.
Prof. ]. B. Horner of O.A.C.
with his family, are spending
their vacation at Newport, oc
cupying cottage.
Mrs. Maurice Andersen of To
ledo was visiting her mother
Mrs. c. G. Copeland, over Sun
day.
The weather is fine and tn,
cottages are rapidly filling VI
with people from the Valley.
The thermometer ranges
about so in the shade and it i
very pleasant. Saturday an,
Sundays trains brought Il
over 500 persons. They al
seem to enjoy the cool breeze
OF the ocean and the luciou
rock oysters, clans and fish.
Some efforts are being mad
to find bill against persons 70
selling liquor without license
A stool pigeon is being used 70
this purpose. It is hard to te
which is the most disreputabl
a stool pigeon or a bootleggel
! think the stool pigeon is tn
most despisable character i'm
aginable. A stool pigeon is on
who deceives, decoys-as on
who decoys duck that he ma
kill it. Bootlegging is a wor
coined to be used to represer
one who sells spirituous liquor
without a license. The word
not in the dictionary.
Tuesdays train brought
$50 excursionists. The most {
them took cottages.
Someone has asked when wa
Siletz Indian Reservation Gre
ated. The records and histor
of the Reservation show 1t wa
created a reservation in 1856,
by General Joel Palmer, super
fntendent Of Indian affairs, Ore
gon Territory, January 1885,
Oregon was admitted as a stat
In 1853. When admitted all It'd
and overfiowed land in the Tel
ritory went to the State, excer
the land reserved by the govern
ment on the reservations an