Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1916-02-04
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Died in East Portland, Jan.
25th, 1916, Of cerebral hem
arrhage, Mrs. James Russell,
aged 73 years. Mrs. Russell
was born in England in 1843,
came to New York when a girl,
was married to James A. Russell
In 1861 and came to Oregon in
1870, located in Alsea valley and
lived there for twenty years, and
from there, with her husband,
moved to Yaquina where they
lived for fourteen years. Mrs.
Russell was 'postmistress for
four years. Mr.. Russell died at
Yaquina in 1896 and was buried
beside his father, Thomas Rus
sell, in Eureka Cemetery. Mrs.
Russell was a member of the
Rebekah Degree many years and
for a long time belonged to the
Do Good Rebekah Rebekah
lodge at Toledo. She moved to
Portland in 1902 and lived there
up to the time of her death.
She was a member of the Epis-
copal Church at Portland. For
long time she kept a rooming
house on the East Side, near
Morrison street bridge. The
remains were brought to New
port Friday evening and taken
to the Copeland undertaking
parlors where a short service
was held Saturday morning by
Rev. e. T. Simpson, rector of
the Church. The last rites of
the Church were conducted at
the grove by Rev. F. o. Jones,
retired minister. The Masons
of Newport had charge of the
funeral services. Mr.. Russell
was a Mason. 1t was a cold,
bleak day and but few people at
tended the funeral and there
were no flowers, but the beauti-
full snow was falling and the
grave was soon covered with
that emblem of the purity of the
soul when disenthralled from the
troubles and sorrows that afflict
us in this world. The only ones
from Portland was an adopted
daughter, Miss Lena Russell, and
a friend, Mrs. William Weaver.
And thus one by one the Oregon
pioneers are passing away and
soon the last name on the roll
will be called. Where the cities
and the railroads are now built
the pioneers opened the way.
In his log cabin with his faithful
wife by his side and the little
children huddled in the trundle
bed the bark of the wolf could be
heard and the roar of the noun
tain lion sounded through the
forest and the dreadful war
whoop could be heard echoing
through the hills and the little
children huddled in the bed not
knowing whether they would be
massacred before morning or
not. These are the experiences
Of some of the Oregon pioneers.
May the snow fall lightly on
their graves and may the mem
ory of what they did remain
fresh and green in the minds of
those who came after them. 1t
has been a hard Winter on old
people and persons weakened
from disease. Since the state
went dry it is hard to get good
whiskey or brandy--the very
best OF stimulents-and / have
no doubt many persons in their
weakened condition have died
for the lack of proper stimula-
tion at the proper time.
The basketball teams of New
port-six young ladies and six
young gentlemen-went to
Waldport Saturday to play the
teams there. 1t was royal bat
tie. The girl team went on the
floor first. The floor was small
and new to them, the baskets
were placed high, the ceiling
was fifteen feet above the floor
and unless a person had special
training he could never get a
ball in the basket. The score
stood 15 to 10 in favor OF VALID
port. The boys came on the
floor next, full of the spirit OF
the game, and, observing the
conditions of things, pitched the
ball a little higher. 1t was a
hard fought battle. The home
team disliked to be beaten on
their own ground. Every men,
ber of the Newport team played
their best cards and won by a
scratch. The score stood 23 to
90 in favor OF Newport. The
seams Of Newport speak In the
iighest terms of the royal treat
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