Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1916-06-30
NEWPORT

Monday evening while Mrs. !
F. H. Wells and Mrs. Eva Bark
ham were bathing in the surf in
the cove just south of the cape |
at Agate Beach, they discovered
the body of a person floating
back and forth on the swells Of
the sea. 1t is needless to say
the women were very much
frightened and they at once re-
ported it to w. B. Hartley, the
undertaken, the coroner being
absent from the County. Albert
Taylor took his auto accompan-
led by Mr.. Hartley, Justice of the
Peace Berry acting as coroner
went to the place designated.
found the body and returned
with it to Newport where the in
vestigation took place. 1t being
plain that the deceased came to
his death by drowning It was not
necessary to hold an inquest.
The body had been in the water
six weeks or two months and
was so badly decomposed as to
impossible to identify It. The
body was six feet tall and would
probably when drowned would
have weighed $50 pounds. A
small lock of hair on the lower
bart of the skull was of a brown
color. three or four teeth on the
lower jaw were out, there was no
shirt on the body but it had on a
pair of serge trousers, no under
wear and the shoe on the left
foot was number eight and soX
on both feet. A small mgersoli
watch was found in the watch
pocket in the trousers but no
letters or papers or other ident-
:fcation were found on the body
The shoe was good and would
probably cost five dollars a pair
The watch stopped running two
minutes after seven with moth
irg to show whether it was
morning or evening. The body
was placed in a casket and bur
led IN the Eureka Cemetery
The nationality of the deceased
seemed to be Swede and about
at the age of fifty-five.
Preparations are going on fol
a big Fourth of July celebration
if the weather permits. We ex'
pect the rain VIII cease by the
time of the 4th and every thing
will be lovely. This rain is a Goo
send to the stock men and farm
ers, it will make thousands ol
dollars for them. Oregon is the
most favored country IN the
world as failures of crops in Ore
gon sweet Oregon is unknown
About a dozen of the live wire!
and sports of Newport went ou
to attend the Philomath Round
up June 22-23-24, 1916. 1t wal
the biggest thing Benton Count!
has ever had. On the SECOND
day 10000 people were in the
grand stand-the attendance
during the three days aggregat
ing over $4,000. 1t was esti
mated that over half mile o
automobiles were in town PLACED
side by side in a line. The Com
pany bought IA acres of lanC
Just north of the depot and thi'
is all inclosed with high boart
fence. The grand stand will
the bleachers will seat 10,00'
people. Over $4,000 tickets wer,
sold. The location of tn,
grounds is the most beautiful il
the willamette valley. On tn
east the Cascades with MI
Hood crowned with perpetua
snow rises above all the othe
points presenting a most mag
nificent and thrilling appearance
and the Coast Range on the ives
with its towering Mary's Pea
and undulat.ng foot hills form
one of the most picturesque pic
turs the eye ever rested upor
Philomath is a college towr
beautiful and clean, with broa
streets and splendid homes, SUI
rounded with beautiful shad
trees flowers and well ker
lawns. The water Is pure, com
ing from a cold sparkling strear
on Mary's Peak. The ground
are said to be much nicer tina
the grounds at Pendleton. TIL
Company has spent $4,000 i
fitting it up and it is to be
permanent thing. The Compan
is wealthy and It proposes t
make the performances bette
each year. The performance
this year while not so extensiv
as the Roundup at Pendleton
were just as good and some sa,
the feats were even better be