davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-09-14
H. H. PRATT DIES SUDDENLY

The good people of Toledo
were again shocked Tuesday
morning by the sudden death Of
ii. II. Pratt, the jeweler. He was
in his shop Monday apparently
as well as ever and Tuesday
morning it was reported that he
had died.
In the night DR.. Burgess was
awakened by Mr.. Pratt, who had
came to him, suffering with in
tense pains in his abdomen.
The doctor worked on him until
the next morning, when he pass
ed away about $3.50 o'clock,
death being caused by acute
bowel trouble.
ii. ii. Pratt was born at
Mooers, Clinton county, New
York, June 30th, 1S49, being 6S
years old at the time of his
death. At an early age he took
up the jewelers. trade, and when
called by death had worked at
the bench for IA years. In 1881
he moved to Fremont, Nebras-
ka, and in 1887 was united in
marriage with Miss Jane Hill.
During his residence at Free
mont he had charge of the
watches of several of the large
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-09-14
FAIR lNFOR NATION

We want every man, woman
and child in Lincoln County to
help rustic an exhibit for the
State Fair at Salem, Sept. 24-29.
Fish, fruits, vegetables, grains
and grasses, canned goods,
flowers. school work and natural
products OF the county and last
but not least dairy products
Will all help make Lincoln coun-
ty winner.
Freight shipments must be
sent Thursday Sept. 10th, and
Others such as express or parcel
post can be sent as late as Sat.
the 23d. All charges free Ship
pers. Address all goods to, c. n.
Wakefield, State Fair Grounds,
Oregon, care Of A. n. Lea.
Apples by box must be in STAN
dard Oregon boxes; by the plate,
must be ten specimens of each
variety. Pears, Peaches and
ounces same as apples. Piums
and prunes two plates OF ten
specimens each plate, plate will
be furnished free. Threshed
grain | peck each variety; oni-
ons and potatoes l peck; car
rots, beets, turnips and such
vegetables, & of each variety;
corn II ears of each variety:
cabbage, kale and cauliflower,
6 of each variety. All goods will
be returned to owner If desired.
Please state if you wish goods
returned.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-09-14
CALL FOR COUNTY
WARRANTS

Notice Is hereby given that all
warrants drawn on the General
Fund of Lincoln County, Oregon,
endorsed prior to and including
March the Sth, 1916, are hereby
called and the interest thereon
stopped this day. Also all war
rants drawn on the Current Ex-
pense fund of said county, en-
dorsed to and including July 9Th,
1917, and warrants Nos. 1905,
1906, 1S00S, 1S007, 1909,
1000, 1901, 1902, 1903.
1904 and 1924, drawn on said
fund and endorsed July 7th,
1917, are hereby called and the
interest thereon stopped this
day.
Dated at Toledo, Oregon, this
! 7th day of September, 1917.
Ira Wade, County Treasurer.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-09-14
HARLAN

Clarence Davis Is hauling sup
plies from Blodgett.
Miss Irene Elder of Toledo is
teaching in the Racks Dist.
School closed in the Noun
tain Side Dist. on Aug. 31st. A
picnic was held the last day of
school. Miss Martin the teach
er furnished ice and the pupils
assisted in making ice cream
and an enjoyable day was spent.
Mr.. Gates accompanied by Mr..
Kyler Of Corvallis while return
ing to Philomath from a trip to
MIR. Gates Big Elk ranch had
the misfortune to break his au-
tomobile while on the Big Elk
(Cont. on Page Four
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-09-14

railroads centering in that city,
and enjoyed a good business.
About two years ago he moved
to Toledo, hoping the change
would be beneficial to his health.
Deceased leaves to mourn his
loss, the wife and one child, Mrs.
Marsha Doll, of Nebraska, a
brother, E. w. S. Pratt, of Cor
wallis, and two sisters who re-
side in the East.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday by the Rev. F. o,
Jones, of Newport, at the Bate
man undertaking parlors, and
interrment was had in the To-
ledo cemetery.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-09-14
JAMES H. ROSS,
DIED MONDAY

James II. Ross died at hi.-
home in this city early Monday
morning after a lingering illness
of several weeks. Mr.. Ross was
well known throughout the state
having served in the capacity of
a peace officer the greater por-
ton Of his life. He was an hon
ored and worthy member of the
Masonic and Elk lodges, the
former of which had charge of
the burial services yesterday.
Mr.. Ross was of happy, jovial
disposition, had a fine voice and
was an excellent singer. He had
a happy faculty of making long
and lasting friendships. He liked
a good story, and was a splen-
did entertainer himself. Mr..
Ross has been a resident of To-
ledo the past 22 years, during
which time he has always been
behind every movement for the
upbuilding or betterment of To-
ledo and Lincoln county. He was
painstaking and conscientious
official, and spent the best por-
ton Of his life in the service OF
Lincoln county. His death is not
only a loss TO the immediate rel.
atives and friends but to the en-
tire county.
James II. Ross was born in
Lee county, Iowa, September II,
1850, and would have been 81
years of age on the 18th of this
month, His parents moved tc
California at an early day, where
his boyhood was spent. AS a
young man he served in the ca
pacity of deputy sheriff of Hum
bolt county, during the early
mining period. On the oath of
February 1886 he was united in
marriage with Miss Ethel Coop
er, soon after which they moved
to Salem, Oregon, where Mr..
Ross served four years on the
police force and four years as
city marshal. During the Chi
caSo Worlds Fair in 1893, he
represented the Oregon Com
mission in secret service work,
being a member of the picked
detective squad known as the
Columbian Guard. After the
Fair Mr.. Ross travelled extern
sively through the Southern
States and Mexico. In 1895 Mr..
and Mrs. Ross and family To-
Gated at Toledo, where Mr.. Ross
served for two years as deputy
sheriff. In 1898 he was elected
sheriff and served six consecu-
tive terms, retiring from offic :
in 1910, without having been de-
feated. After his retirement
from office he fitted, and opened
up the first movie" show in
this section, which business he
managed until the time of his
death. t'-' '%EIHa
Mr.. Ross leaves to mourn his
loss, the wife, three sons and
five daughters, the children be.
ing: Fred, of Lodi, California
Mrs. Ethel r. Bateman and Mrs
Edith McElwain, both of this
city, Mrs. Grace Morris, of Lodi
Calf; Jack Of Bend, Or; and
Verne, Mollie and Jimmie, who
reside with their parents.
Funeral services were held
yesterday at the courthouse, the
remains lying in state from 1C
until 2 and were then laid at rest
in the Toledo cemetery.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-09-14
ELK CITY SAWMlLl
CHANGES OWNERSHIP

Hawkins Bros. of Siletz have
Just recently concluded a deal
for the purchase of the Elk City
sawmill, and are now operating
same. These gentlemen also
have a lease on the Siletz mill,
and will operate ii from time to
time, always keeping a good
stock of lumber on hand for the
Siletz trade. The Elk City mill
being on the railroad and tide
water will give them better
means of handling their output.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-09-14
WEST YAQUINA

M rand Mrs. John Hanlon
came in from Beaver Creek,
Sunday. They were accompan-
led by Mrs. Sydney Nicholson
and children who have been Wis
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-25
PACKAGE BOOSTS MARKET
. PRICE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
BY E. VAN

is tackled gauze to protect them from
insects.
All root vegetables are carefully
washed, topped and bound in lunches.
Tomatoes are graded and repacked in
clean baskets, and no damaged vege-
tables are offered for sale.
This man can prove by his books
that he makes a net profit of from %
to 100 per cent by his method of han
ding and marketing.
There is no reason why the men who
grow the fruit and vegetables should
not make equally as bic a profit, pro-
vided they possess the faculty for or
ganization and the patience and pride
necessary to put up their products in
a style that will most readily attract
the eyes of their customers.
This New York huckster uses o V
cred wagon with three decks. Upon
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-25
Women as Fortune Builders.

I observe, and you will notice, that
Notwithstanding the great incursion of
women, of late years, into one or an
other departments of business, they are
not of much account as fortune-build-
ers. Some of them earn or make a
good deal of money, but they seldom
get rich by their own e~xertions, and
nearly all the rich women have inner
tied their fortunes from men. More
over, the ome who are most success
full as money-makers are not, as a rule,
the most successful as women. The
women seem to be a c~onsecrated sex,
too valuable to be employed In mere
money-getting. Vast numbers of them
earn a llying-sometimes q good one
and have to; but few of them get rich.
1t is common for a young man to start
out deliberately to accumulate a for
tune. 1t is uncommon for a young
woman to do so. She is much more
likely to accumulate a young man.
e. s. Martin, In the Atlantic.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-25
WOULD TRAVEL FASTER THEN
Driver Of Powder-Laden Wagon Tells
Critical Youth How He Can Make
Better Time-In One Direction.

An employee of a large American
granite company was once driving
from a railway station with several
casks Of blasting powder and dyna-
mite cartridges in his load, when he
overlook q young man walking. With
out waiting for an invitation, the
pedestrian climbed into the wagon and
sat down upon one of the powder
casks. He was a laxative young man,
and began at one to make derogatory
remarks about the speed of the wagon,
or, rather the lack Of 1t.
"We're passing everything on the
road" he said, cheerfully-"that Is,
everything that Is stationary" Not re-
ceiving a reply, he continued, II had
half a mind to hire a landslip or a
glacier just for speed, you, know, but
l suppose we are doing about as we'll"
He was silent for some time; then
he broke forth with:
II say, stop the horsel The earth is
revolving fast enough to get us there
Just then he prepared to scratch a
match on the cask.
eff you are goin' my way" said the
driver lazily, "this is just as fast as 1t
will be; but, If you want to go straight
up at right angles to the road, jest
light that match on that blasting pow
der-and you're there now"
The young mar decided to walk.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-25
Building Codes Deficient.

There r more than 100 cities In the
United States of upward of $4,000 pop
ulation where the building code has
not been properly worked out on the
basis of a right and intelligent use OF
woods, according to the statement OF
a prominent lumber man. The same.
authority emphasized the Importance
OF making wooden shingles more fire
resistant. so that there al be a wider
use of these materials within the fire
limits of cities.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-25
Americans to Become Human
PenguinS Unless They Walk
More, Says Student of Feet.

Americas physical foundation-the
feet and legs of her citizens-is I'M
sound. if we are to believe 2. A. Vale,
who has made Il study of feet. If we
do not discard the present monstrosi-
ties in footwear and get into the habit
of walking, using u legs and feet
instead of the automobile and street
car, he says we will become human
penguins.
He calls attention to the fact that
DR.. Lloyd Brown, the examining ply
stefan of Harvard, found that 500
of TAG members of the 1916 fresh
man class stood in a manner that in
dlcated "a potentiality for sickness"
and that 476 of the 500 students had
feet and legs so imperfect that they
were ineligible for military duty.
Lack of leg exercise is supposed
to be the cause of this condition.
Mr.. Vale says that the American
woman has neglected herself for so
long that her legs and feet are suf-
fering malformations. There is no
longer in her leg the beauty of
the classic line.-Popular Science
Monthly.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-25
LIMITING SIZE OF CITIES
Speakers at Town Planning Confer
ence Place Ideal Population for
Municipality at 100000.

Rodney H. Brandon, speaking before
the AID club on the worth in dollars
and cents of a citizen to a community
in which he lives, declared that the in
habitant value decreases in proportion
to the increase in population, says the
Des Moines Capital, The larger the
city, after a population of 25,000 has
been reached, the less is each inhabi-
tant worth to the property owners.
This brings up the question, which
is receiving more serious attention ev-
cry year, of how large our cities should
be.
At the recent national conference on
town planning in Kansas City a speak
er from Dallas declared that his ambi-
ton was to see Dallas with q popula-
ton of 100000, and that he did not
want it to become any larger. Other
speakers concurred in the idea.
A city of 100000 has all the urban
advantages the individual could want.
1t has parks and modern Fairgrounds,
the best there is in stores, factories,
residences, transportation facilities
and the other accomplishments and
conveniences Of the modern metropo-
lis.
The ideal plan would be to require
a certain area of agricultural land to
each community according to its popu-
lation. Then when a city reached its
maximum, IT would have to branch out.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-25
Test Soil In Selecting site.

A problem that should be solved by
che wise prospective purchaser Of a
building site is whether the soil at the
depth of the cellar is gravel, clay, sand
or simply rubbish and tin car filler. 1t
is always advisable to make such a
test, even in a familiar neighborhood.
The general character of the neigh
borhood, type of residents, restrictions,
If any, and whether the lot will appre-
ciate In value and prove a good invest
ment are other important factors to be
considered In choosing a home site.
The amount of money available for
building investment will to some ex-
tent determine the choice of the sites
location. Sentimental, business or pro-
fesslonal reasons frequently cause the
selection of a site over one just as well
adapted for a desirable home location.
The advice of a good architect is OF
value from the very beginning of the
desire to construct a home.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-25

A New York business man who was
forced to a New Jersey suburb on ac-
count of broken health, is making Il
good living by r%cpacking fruit and
vegetables which he buys from farmers
and truckers. ~repucking them, and sell
ing direct to consumer. He drives on
an average 20 miles, and the outdoor
life has completely restored his health.
Three years ago this man COM
menced business with Il ]one-horse wug
en-. He rcpacked his fruit and vcge-
tables with the aid of Il small SON,
drove his wagon and conducted
Che entire business practically alone.
He now owns two double team wag-
6ns, and two single horse wagons, COW
ering four routes, each from l. to 10
miles long. This fall he will Supplant
the two-horSc wagons with a light auto
truck, rs he has demonstrated that he
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-25
When "Ads" Were Modest Appeals.

A hundred years ago the modest
appeal" rather than the beating of
the big drum" was everywhere re-
garded as the acme of good advertise
ment, says The Christian Science
Monitor. So James Platford, in issu-
ing at that time an invitation to all
and sundry, through the columns of
Cowboys Manchester Gazette, In Eng
land, to visit his Flora Gardens, would
rather do anything than overstate his
case.
Deeply impressed with gratitude for
the many favors conferred on him, he
begs leave to inform his numerous
friends and the public generally that
the above garden Is now open for the
entertainment of those who will favor
him with their company. He has also
to inform them that a very respectable
band of music will perform every
Thursday evening. when the admission
will be me shilling each.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-25
JOAN OF ARC AT ORLEANS
By CAPT. ROLAND F. ANDREWS

toopyrisht. 1917. by Mcclure Newspaper syndlcatel

planted her banner on the edge of
the fosse, sprang down into the ditch,
placed the first ladder against the
walls and began to mount. AS she
rose an English archer drove an ar
row through her corselet wounding her
cruelty between neck and shoulder.
As she fell the English leaped from
the wall to make her prisoner, but
her devoted French bore her to the
rear, where the sight of blood and
the anguish of her hurt first made
her cry, but in u moment she sat up,
drew the arrow from her body with
her own hands, betook herself for a
few moments to prayer, and then
rushed back into the fray to find the
discouraged Dunois ordering a retreat.
by my God" she cried to the army,
as she pointed toward the Tourelles,
you shall soon enter there. When
you see my banner wave again up to
the walls, to your arms again! For
the fort is yours"
Heading the second rush she terri
fed the English, for they had thought
her slain and now saw her apparently
risen from the dead. The Biscayan
soldier who was now bearing her BAN
ner pushed it forward from the fosse
until it touched the wall, whereupon
the French -swarmed up the ladders,
aided by the troops who had been left
in the city, but who now placed blanks
across the ruined bridge and rushed
to the attack. G%ladsdale striving fran
tically was sighted by Joan, who cried
out to him, Surrender! Surrender to
the king of Heaven" The hard-pressed
English leader disdained her summons,
but at that moment a cannon shot car
ried away the bridge on which he was
standing and he fell to death by
drowning in the moat, With his death
the English abandoned resistance,
Three hundred had died in this one
fight. Two hundred were taken pris-
oners. The remaining English aban-
doned the siege.
Within three months Joan had full.
filled the first part of her promise, the
relief of Orleans. Within three months
more she stood with her banner at the
high altar in Rheims and saw Charles
VII anointed king of France.
Her devoted service lasted long af.
ter. 1t ended only with her capture
at Compiegne, her sale to the English
and her martyrdom at the stake II
Rouen. She had saved France. France
permitted her to be burned alive.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-25
Odd Facts About Babies.

I%ncubators for babies were used by
the ancient Egyptians.
In many countries the belief Is held
that babies born at precisely twelve
midnight are endowed with occult
powers.
In some parts Of Ireland a belt made
of woman's hair is placed about n new
born baby to keep evil spirits away.
If you rock an empty cradle, you will
rock a new baby into it. is a supersti-
ton that is almost everywhere preva-
lent.
In the British museum are specimens
of babies feeding bottles dating to be-
tween six and seven hundred years be-
fore Christ.
Statisticinns tell us that 2G.O00,0OO
babies are born into the world each
yCar-ubout seventy a minute, or more
than one every second.
Everywhere and always more boys
than girls are born into the world, the
proportion approximately being 1910
male infants to 1000 female.
Twin babies are not always born on
the same day. a little while back n
workman's wife ut Barrow, in LHnca-
shire, England, gave birth on Febru-
airy "A to II son. Six weeks later a girl
was born. These babies. said the doc
tor, were undoubtedly twins, nOtwith-
standing the unusually long period in
%terveuing between the two births.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-25

can V a much larger territory with
one of these vehicles and thereby save
the wages of one man.
; This man Is simply doing what the
farmers and fruit growers from whom
he buys his supplies ought to do them
selves if they would make all the profit
there is to be made in the business.
Growing the crop is not all of the
game. Marketing is n good half of it,
and perhaps even more. This New
York self-made huckster buys fruit
and vegetables just as they come from
the farmers wagons. They are deliv-
cred at his place, often covered with
dirt, the fruit bruised and scratched,
vegetables untrimmed and all gener-
ally unsOrted.
The fruit, particularly, the larger va
r~teties, such as apples, peaches and
pears, are carefully sorted and graded
by the huckster, the apples washed,
and the fruit Is packed in small boxes
or baskets, clean, uniform and highly
attractive in appearance. Small fruits,
such as cherries and berries are often
dumped out of their original packages
as they come from the farmers, sorted
and repacked in clean boxes. Cherries
are packed in boxes that hold from
One-half to one peck and over the top
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-25
Austria's Quicksilver Mines.

"The quicksilver mines of Idria
used to attract many American tour
lists every season, even though an in
spection of the works necessitated an
eight hour Ground trip journey by
diligence from Loitsch, a village %
miles by rail southwest of Laibach,
says a bulletin of the National Geo
graphic society. In peace times, 1900
men are employed in the works, which
are situated on the right bank of the
river Idria about half a mile from
the center of the village. The ore is
cinnabar of unusual richness, yield
ing six per cent quicksilver. The purl-
fed product is put up in steel or iron
bottles, each containing 76 pounds Of
the liquid metal, or in sheepskins con-
tanning 55 pounds each. About 40
tons of the annual output is converted
into pigments (vermilion) in Idria,
thus constituting a subsidiary in
dustry.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-25
HE ADDED 1T TO THE BILL
Hotel Manager Surprised Actress
Who Was Accommodating Furnish
ings for New Apartment.

Accustomed to the laxer scrutiny
that prevailed on the road and hav-
ing in the past furnished in part sew
various hotels, the actress had dur
ing her winter in New York been as
siduously robbing her breakfast and
other trays of things that might help
to furnish the apartment which she
contemplated as a summer retreat.
Even linen and occasional pieces of
bric-a-brac as fine as the hotel sup
piled went into her trunk against the
day of moving into the new apart
ment.
Finally the time came, the apart
ment was rented and the hotel man.
ager was requested to send her up her
bill, as she was going to leave. In due
time the bill arrived. To her horror it
exceeded by at least $3.50 the sum she
had expected.
Instead of merely the account for
the last week, there were charged nap
kins, spoons, knives and forks and
similar articles which had disap-
peared. The account was surprisingly
accurate. She had to admit hat even
in her agitation.
OF course, it was necessary for her
to register indignation and send for
the manager. He arrived, armed with
a list of what she had sought to ap-
propriate, as well as the dates on
which the things had disappeared. 1t
was useless to struggle.
Just unpack them," he said in an
entirely businesslike way, land 1 will
deduct them from the account
1t was humiliating. There was no
doubt of that. But there was in real
ity only one way out. The manager
retired. The trunks were repacked.
The substantial pile of household
goods was put on the bed for his in
spection.
Carefully a maid checked off the
list. The revised bill was sent and the
check for it delivered. Then without
the savings of a whole winter the
guest retired. But it was With a
crashing of teeth and a deeply NUT
tered curse that left no doubt as to
the emotions of the lady IN departing
from the hotel.