Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-01-19
NEWPORT

Club COVE a banquet at the Odd
Fellows Hall Wednesday even
ing the 18th. The room was
well filled with the business men
and women of the city. Mr..
Kirkland, president of the Club
acted as toast master. The
spread was prepared by the men.
The ladies having but little to
say about it. After the luncheon
was over the following informal
program was rendered, speech
by Rev. G. e. Pratt. Mr.. Pratt
spoke of the public spirit that
should actuate every citizen to
do the best for the good of the
whole community. All should
work together. Petty jealousy
and knocking should be releg-
ated to the past. "In union is
there strength" Progress is
written on everything around
you. Nothing stands still; it
either goes forward or back
ward.
j. II. Fitzgerald the promoter
of the Portland West Coast Rail-
road was the next speaker. Mr..
F. has spoke a good many
times to the people of Newport
but he is always interesting. His
theme is the building of the road
his idea is to keep pecking
away till the road is built. The
country through which the road
passes is the finest in Oregon
and the people need it. For seen
ic beauty it is equal to the Col
umbia High Way. He exempli-
fies the spirit of Col. Egerton
Hogg when he commenced to
build the Oregon Pacific many
years ago. Col. Hogg was inde-
fatiguable. He kept knocking
away in storm and sunshine till
the road was built connecting
the great Willamette Valley with
the Pacific Ocean. Few men
have the push and energy that
Col. Hogg had. Had it not been
for him this railroad would nev-
er have been built. Speeches
were made by Judge Gardner
Irwin, Waterbury, Prof. Artman
and several others, but we have
not the space to give even a syn
opsis Of the speeches. All the
speeches partook of a spirit OF
push and progress.
DR.. Belt gave a very humor-
Gus recitation that created a
good deal of meTiment. Solo
by Mrs. Ina Irwin, accompanied
by the piano, Mrs. Pratt presid-
ing. Select reading by Mrs
Artman; Piano solo, Roy Bay
nard. Mr.. Baynard is always in
demand at our public gatherings
The Newport Quartette led by
Elmer Patrick sang some very
fine selections. Newport is for
tunate in having so many good
singers and the Churches BY
having able ministers.
A committe of five was ap.
pointed to take up the matter
OF increasing the membership ol
the Club. The members number
about sixty persons both mer
and women. The constitution
of the Club has been so amend.
ed as to admit women the same
as men. The dues have been
reduced to one dollar per year
and this no dUdbt has been a
means of increasing the mem.
bership. A good, wide awake
Commercial Club is a benefit tC
any city or community, working
on the principle-"That honesty
is the best policy. Over adver.
tising and exploiting is bad fol
the country and generally re.
acts against those who practice
II. Oregon is suffering from
misrepresentation and over val
uation. The cities and schoo
districts are suffering from larg,
bonded Indebtedness. 1t is no
fair to place a burden upon tn,
shoulders of the incoming gen
Grafton that they had no voice il
creating.
The Joint Committee of tn,
Ports of Toledo and Newpor
met with the board of Engineer
at Portland and urged that ;
favorable report be made for tn,
improvement Of the Yaquin;
Bay harbor. The committe wa
very kindly received by th'
board who promised to do wha
they could for the improvement
Mr.. Pendleton was present AM
made a positive statement tha
he had in his own n1ma thro
billion Of standing timber on tn,
Siletz that II the harbor Is i'm
proved he will expend in build
ing logging roads and saw MILL
to the amount of one million dol
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