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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-10-19
500 Reward, 500

Tho readers Of this paper win be
pleased TO learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that In catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Haii'a
Catarrh Medicine is taken internally ana
acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces Of the System thereby dostroyinrr
tho foundation Of the disease. giving tho
patient strength by building up The con-
sttutiQd md assisting mature In doing its
work. Tho proptittors have 10 much
faith IN the curative powers OF luira
Cniarrh Medicine that ttcv nlCr one
Hundfal Dollars for ouy cgHc that n Fails
20 cure. Send Tor lit OF tcstlnonlnls.
Address i. J. CHENEY & co, Toledo.
Ohio. sold by all Druggist. Tc.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-10-19
FOR IMMEDIATE
SALE CHEAP

Comfy bungalow, modern up
to-date plumbing and electric
light fixtures. Built-in kitchen
features and buffet. Colonade
opens into living room from din
ing room. Fire place mantle ex-
tends the whole width of living
room, with built-in book case
and window seat. Fireplace
tiled. Four room bungalow with
all the conveniences you want
many features that are not men,
toned here, can be seen by look
ing at the Bungalow.
c. Ofstedahl.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-10-19

That means subscribe to the
Liberty Loan. Get a bond at
your nearest bank or Postoffice.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-10-19
FOR SALE

2 Holstein cows 2 Jerseys 35
to $75 good mixers. / saddle.
Mergers 80 gal. barrel spraying
machine new ~ yrs. ago SIS
now cost 40. One SOW, one Ber-
shire boar, a piano 500 cost 400,
massive dining room set, ma
hogany dressers brass bed, sew
ing machine etc. Telephone,
R. A. Barnch, Elk City.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-10-19
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice Is hereby given that the un.
dersigned administrator Of the estate
Of Orrin Howe, deceased. has filed In
the County Court Of Lincoln County.
State OF Oregon, his final account as
such administrators Of said estate. and
that Monday the 9TH day of Noyem.
Der. 1917, at the hour Of ten o'clock in
the forenoon Of said dav has been .,xed
by said Court az the tire for hearing
objections to said report, and the set.
tlcmcnt thereof
NJ Howe, Administrator Of the
Estate Of Orrin Howe, deceased.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-10-19
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Christian Science Services will
be held at the building first door
north of City Hall, Sunday at II
o'clock. Subject lesson sermon,
Doctrine Of Atonement.
Sunday School at 10 o'clock.
All are cordially invited.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-10-19
EOP Sal r

Nine head of Wethers and
two Ewes.
7. Kurtichanov,
IChitwood, or.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-06-18
COAL

Opening of the Matanuska coal fields is the all-im pOrtan question this part of the world today and there is need for some one with sufficient power and constuc tive ability to take hold of the situation and force it to an issue.
 Two coal mines have been opened on the edge of the field where the deposits are not so high grade those tested by the navy on the ChckaOOn river This work IS on small scale by men lacking capital to take large unit and develop for wholesale shipments does not con- Sttute the opening of the coal fields even the pros pecting of the more valuable deposits.
 So far men of means have dodged the coal project which expected supply the government with tonnage over the southern divisions.
 This timdity of capital is apparently caused by two reaSOnS-frSt the severity of the coal leasing regu atons and second fear of having anything to do with the government officials who have charge of Alaskan coal lands l&4 aSu&s & skl&
 Some coal operators declare the leases offered by the government to be absolutely impossible and severe to an absurdity Others point out that the lease is more severe than contract for fire insurance freight con- tract with any common carrier which, if read carefully, show all to be one sided It is admitted however, that II enforced to the letter profitable mining would be out of the question
 The personal element in the situation includes the bureau employees of the department of the interior still in office who took part in the prosecution of coal land locators for fraudulent entry. They did thorough job and With the result that only lew patents were gfdeu in the Berng fields and none in the MatanuSka.
 These men are considered by outsiders who watched the coal cases to have been OverzeaOus Whether they were or not beside the issue the fact is that they considered When the possibilities of entering the Alas ka coal business taken up by any not informed 1t is not long before they are told to look Out
 The navy department has stated plainly that 1t IS ready purchase 15OOOO per year. but it can't buy it if the coal is not mined
 The government railroad has waited for private par ties as long it dares Those operating the two small mines lacked capital to mine even sufficiently large scale to keep the road supplied the Alaskan Engineer ing Commission will mine coal for its use but that doesn't supply the navy or consumers on the western coast unless the government intends to enter the coal mining business.
 So far no statement has been made to this effect If the government intends to mine coal for railroad navy and private use statement should be forthcoming and work opened on large scale at an early date.
 Otherwise some one strong enough to overcome the tmdy of capital is needed to take up the task of mduc- ing men of sufficient capital to enter the coal fields at once --.@--n,
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-06-18
THE MILK SHORTAGE AT SANAK

The shortage in condensed milk among the owners ot 300 head of cattle at Sanak puts new light on the bus ness accmen of the famous skipper who engaged Tn the much discussed project of carrying coalS to Newcastle
 The advantage of condensed milk on cattle ranch is that it removes the necessity of milking the
 Simple, isn't it?
 Just what can be said about this situation is prob lem In view of all that has been printed during the past
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-06-18
LAW VS. LEARNING
poser.

From Grdwood on the line of the government ral road at Mile 75 comes call for school teacher 1t IS seconded by employees of the government railroad m ada cent camps who have children of school age Accord ing to the residents of the place Grdwood right peace able place. the deputy marshal there having little to do except put up the flag each morning and take It down each evening" and they would like to swap the deputy for school teacher.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-06-18

Uncle Sam has just given orders to lot of manutac uers for 4OOO0OO pairs of shoes to cost $lOOOOO Will the shoe trust these orders as preteXt Tor addhg another 9 per cent to the footwear that civilians must buy? oSS sA "a. sskA4shg hha AH24&a
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-06-18

The submarine goal that Von Trpitz speaks ot seems to be in the same place that Hndenbergs western army is also advancing toward They ought to arrive in Berlin about the same time
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-06-18

few months about the need of increasing the worlds food supply the above information anent condensed milk IS poser.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-06-18

Hndenberg sees victory in sight. He must own a most powerful pair of field glasses and cannot tell mir age from the real thing.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-06-18

Ex-Ambassador Bemstorf, now suggested in Berlin as possible mediator between the United States and Germany would exert about soothing an Influence as 2 red flag in bull ring Philadelphia Evening Ledger)
 The colonel urges upon the Russian revouOnlsts the importance of self-control And the colonel has large stock of unused sef-contro hand he'd probably give 'em for the asking.-( Macon Teegraph)
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-09
FASHION ACCENTS THE CUFF
1t Appears This Season Not Only on
the Sleeve But on Skirt,
Blouse and Glove.

A dress feature that fashion is >ac-
centing just now is the cuff. She has
shifted its position on the sleeve. In
stead of being at the wrist, its old ac-
customed place, we now see it at the
elbow. Then, again, when 1t is used
at the bottom of the sleeve. 1t is often
so deep that it reaches to the elbow.
Skirts have cuffs, too, this season,
says the Woman's Home Companion.
Not a few of the smartest are finished
with a cuff hem. The cuff, which
turns up on the right side of the skirt,
varies from six inches to three-fourths
of a yard.
Elton Jackets are finished with a cuff.
The little jacket is turned back In
cuff form two or three inches above
the normal waistline.
The new gloves are keeping up with
the style procession. They, too, have
cuffs. Sometimes the cuff is In the
form of q contrasting kid band, or the
glove is in the gauntlet form with "
shaped insets of contrasting kid or
suede.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-09

ened back section, SO that a suit is
closely simulated.
The garment is q neal relative OF
the coat dress introduced last year,
and which enjoyed a season of popu-
larity. The coat dress in its most dis
tinctive form was open from collar to
edge of skirt hem, and designers claim
that the dress suit has advantages over
this because the garment slips over
the head and has a very conservative
skirt, whereas the coat dress that
opened all the way down the front
found many DIRECTORS on account of its
tendency to flare open unattractively
if a button dropped off or was left un-
fastened.
Suit dresses are shown that so close
ly resemble actual two-piece suits that
it is difficult to distinguish them, and
for fall and early winter wear these
garments will undoubtedly be in ia
vor.
If a dress of this type is to show up
to the best possible advantage 1t must
be well tailored and lined very much
like a suit.
Satin and velvet in combination are
shown in many of the smartest tailored
frocks for fall. The skirt will usual
ly be made of the satin, with tunic or
overskirt and bodice of velvet cording.
Sleeves may be of either fabric. Usu-
ally the bodice Is ~high-necked and fin
ished with q choker collar of fur.
Velvet and georgette are attractively
combined in some of the loveliest after
noon dresses shown. The lower half
of the skirt will be fashioned of vel
vet and the upper part of georgette
with velvet bodice and georgette
sleeves. The bodice that Is cut sur
plice style continues to be featured.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-09

HES IN the MuSkeQon county jail"
chance Of him getting away. I hate
to tell you, but he's in the Muskegon
county jail"
Matte shrieked and burst into tears.
tits all right" said the boy. Him
and me were picked up for buns, but
1 got away. He'll be out in ten days."
"And we'll be there to meet him."
said Slason and Matte together. II
was the first thing they had said to-
gether in a long time.
They were there together to meet
Mat, also, as they said they would be.
Slason had almost convinced the moth
err that it was all for the best, although
at first she had thought she could not
survive the disgrace.
"If a boy is a little Wild" said the
repairman, philosophically, sand rum
ming around the country, I don't know
n better place for him than In a nice
warm Jail under the eye of Sheriff
Collins"
Matte told him this was an awful
thing to say about ones own son. But
| she was wise enough to see that all of
Mats wanderlust and rebellion were
gone. There was nothing like home
and Hometown for him now, he said.
|, You have heard about the Jones mo-
tor, and perhaps you know what the
Jones Motor Works has done for
Hometown. Perhaps the strangest
thing about 1t is that there are three
men who singly and individually claim
that the other two are entitled to all
the credit for its development. His
tory will probably say that the in1
ventor of the Jones motor is not
known; for when the great cannot be
sure who is entitled to the credit for
their W greatness, how can posterity
be expected to get 1t right.
i(Copyright. 1917. Western Newspaper Union.J
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-09

Then Slason remembered that bur
glars and house-breakers and yeggmen
often stole their tools from neighbor-
Ing shops.
"Well," said the stranger, 81 guess
I'll be running along"
mo, you won't" answered the vii
lager, again raising the old gun. But,
now that he had his bird netted, he
hardly knew what to do with him.
Somehow, he hated to have him locked
up. And then a fragment of a text
noated through his mind, "the stranger
within thy gates"
"You amt out nothing" said the boy.
"Why can't you let me beat ft?"
Perhaps a good talking to, a little
encouragement, a dollar or two In his
pocket, might straighten this boy up.
81 amt going to turn you over to no
constable said Slason, "but I want to,
give you a talking to. Set down." :
They sat down, with their backs
against the repair shop, the gun across
the old mans knees, a cap pulled down
over the young mans eyes. But it
was the young man who did the talk
Ing.
81 don't want you to think I'm any
crook, uncle" he began. ("That's what
they all say" thought Slason,) I'm a:
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-09

of t1nkering she might $ well save
her breath. She did.
1t was exactly II $50 noon, or JUST
past noon (the exact time is set down
because it is an historic moment in mo-
tor manufactured that Slason Jones
burst open the kitchen door, nearly
knocked Matte over with an embrace,
and emitted these words:
ut works !"
"What works?"
"The motor-a new hea-a new
principle, Matchmaking like it-half
the weight-a third more power!"
Matte was bearing the roasted
chicken into the sitting room, which
was also the dining Dor on impor-
tant days and occasions. The mere
discovery of a new principle in me-
chanics that was to give America mas
terry of the air was not to be permit
ted to interfere with anything as i'm
portant as a Thanksgiving dinner.
ibid you invent itT
mo, that boy did-or a friend of
his, rather"
The question and the answer had
brought the boy back to his mind, the
~astonished boy, even now wondering
If the great idea had been stolen from
him by this crazy old man who had
PUN off so suddenly. The boy espied
the shotgun. He decided to take 1t
and go up to the house and demand his
rights. While the old man had per-
fected, 1t after all, the idea was his
or, his pals.
Slason was at that very instant
thinking about the young tramp in the
shop. Would Matte, he wondered
but he wondered 40 more. Looking
over her shoulder he observed that the
table had been set with three plates.
Out he dashed again. "My boy" he
said, "you'ye got a fortune, you and
your pardner !"
The stranger dropped the gun. "Of
course, you got some rights. We
couldn't make it work."
"Rights, nothing! You was on the
right track, and you would have hit it
yourselves before long,"
o may some time nave u happy
Thanksgiving dinner, gentle reader,
but 1t will have to be mighty happy
to equal that one at Slason Jones'.
"You say you and your friend was
separated, but you didn't say how"
swell, I'll tell you now-but I don't
want you to think he's any crook,
either. He come Of good folks. He
used to say that he got his brains from
his dad and his stick-to-ft-till-you-die
from his ma. Things wasn't just right
at home, some way. But he said he,
was going back home some time and
show 'em |; and he wasn't going home
until he could show 'em. His name
was Jones-Mat JONES'"
If the Jones' Thanksgiving dinner
was happy before, it now positively
blew up. "The poor child" my boy ,"'~
"How is hep "Where is he?" "Slason,
you go telegraph" But after awhile
it simmered down to the question that
Should have been asked first:
do you think you a find him?"
81 can find him all right. 1t won't
be no trouble at all. There amt no
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-09

of some kind under a window sash.
and it sounded very near. 1t vast
was the repair shop that was being
broken into, sure enoughl
Slason was out of the side door in
his stocking feet In a twinkling, stop
ping only to get his old shotgun from
the corner back of the flour barrel.
There were two shells in it. He ran
e the grass without a sound, around
the orner and had his nan covered
without a chance of escape.
There was no word spoken; but the
stranger, catching sight of the repair
man out of the corner of his eye, start
ed, dropped his chisel on the ground
at his feet, and threw up his hands.
The hands shook a little. Slason's,
to tell the truth, were none too steady;
but his courage was rising.
swell, I guess you got me-" said the
stranger, with a slckly sort of smile.
He was a young man, not a bad look
ing fellow, and it wasn't a bad look-
ing smile, In spite Of the fuzzy chin.
SIason was madden than a halter at
this intruder on his property; but, IN
der that smile. some way his mad be-
gan to o z
"You dumb fool" he said, lowering
his artillery, there amt nothing any
good in that shop but some old TOOLS"
"Well, pardner, that's what I was
after"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-09
III /: l1!dl1

/ severe. In their hearts full of memo
ries, "the boy" was. the place that
hurt.
Matte said nothing. 81 wonder what
kind of a Thanksgiving the boy will
have" ventured Slason.
"That's his lookout" was the reply,
but the words were sterner than the
tone.
81 was thinking all through the SER
mon, Matte"
"That was better than sleeping, like
you generally do"
Slason avoided the interruption as
one brushes away a fly. II was think
ing that the boy next Thursday might
be a stranger within the gates some
where, and 1 wondered If they would
take good care of him." .
Matte looked straight down the
road.
ST was thinking that, If maybe we
took care of the stranger within our
gates, maybe the good Lord would
prompt them to take care of the stran-
ger inside of theirs"
-Mattie's reply was silence, but a
look that seemed to presage speech.
81 don't think it would be any more
than fair of the Lord, and them"
"What do you want to do now, for
goodness sake?"
81 want to find some poor cuss and
ask him in, that's ALL
swell, there amt anybody to ask.
The church is going to take care of
the two families in the hollow, and
that's about all the real poor Home
town has,"
"But the bible says something about
the highways and byways-"
"Are you going to look for your
Thanksgiving company along the coun-
ty road?"
mo, not exactly I was thinking Of
looking along the railroad track"
"What do you mean-a common
tramp?"
Matte, the boy; the boy might be
a-common-tramp."
'Don't you worry; II he's living, and
the Lord tells me he is, he's too smart
for that. And you're not going to
bring any burglar to my tablet"
That settled it. But EDRuidn't
imagine wnar had got into her a few
days later when she bought her
Thanksgiving supplies, to buy a chick
en- a little larger than the two of them
could ever eat. And when she got
home she looked at the side of the
table where the boy used to sit, looked
at it a long time, and looked back at
1t as she passed into the other room.
''The idea" she said to herself, as II
to convince herself of the utter folly
of Slason's proposal.
The first fowl vas beginning to stir
In the Reynolds henhouse next door
when Slason awoke Thanksgiving
morning, or was awakened. 1t was
not the stirring of the chickens that
woke him. 1t was the unmistakable
sound of someone breaking and en-
tering 7"
At first he supposed 1t was at the
Reynolds henhouse; but, as he slipped
quietly into his clothes, without wax
ing Matte, he stopped and listened
again. He heard the crunch of q lever
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-09

Mrs. Jones Was No Amateur Worrier.
town, because, bad as they were, the
roads were better than through Skin
nerville, the repairing business used
to amount to something. added to the
Hometown wheels that needed rcnairs.I
Slason had never ribbed the Bicycle,
off his front window. Now he was
glad he hadn't; for the bicycle was
coming back.
OF course the automobile had helped
some. But everybody had owned a
"wheel," and only a few owned auto
mobiles and everybody who owned a
wheel could afford 1t. The automobile
was o bigger proposition from every
point of view. Slason's shop was hard
ly equipped to take care of the auto
mobile business. Slason had the me-
chanical mind that would soon have
mastered the intrlcacies of an engine;
but what is the use of a mechanical
mind without mechanical tools? Mrs.
Jones had the time of her life to keep
Slason from taking some of their
money out of the bank and buying
some jacks and things like that. 'That
man just seems to be always looking
for some excuse to blow money" she
said, mo matter how I scrimp and
save"
So Slason tinkered along, and some
weeks took in as much as eighteen dol
lars. Mrs. Jones set a fair table, gave
a little to the church and allowed her
husband to belong to the lodge. So,
when Thanksgiving time rolled around,
they had something to be thankful for;
Mrs. Jones because repairs at the shop
had picked up of late, Slason because
the lodge had voted to meet weekly
hereafter, instead of every other week.
These things had warmed their hearts
NOT a little; Slason's was a pretty good
conductor of heat, anyway.
The pastor had prepared them for
Thanksgiving with some appropriate
remarks during a sermon taken from
q text which made some reference to
"the stranger within thy gates" Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones got a number of
suggestions from that service, Mrs.
Jones-who sat directly back of the
little milllner-on how to trim ver
last winters hat, and Jones on how to
put the preachers text into practical
execution.
81 suppose" remarked Slason, walk
ing home. "you calculate to have q
pretty good Thanksgiving dinner?' He
began 1t as a remark but, gathering
courage as he proceeded, like a snow
ball, he finished the sentence with a
rising infection, which really made 1T
a question.
mot very good" answered Matte,
his wife, pleasantly, 'but as good as
we can Afford"
There was a long silence before Sla-
son spoke again, and they trudged
along. There was a shadow In his
eyes like that that runs over a field
when a cloud passes before the sun.
Thanksgiving don't seem much like
it was when the boy was here"
"The boy was a subject they avoid
ed, and the mention of him by n
always portended some portentons
statement to the other. They knew
they would never be able to agree on
the subject of the boy; Matte would
always believe that If Slason had
taken him properly In hand, and a
not been SO easy-going, he never would
have left home; Slason thought that
Matte should have been a little less
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-09

to siess ''taat man wouldn't have a dol
lar. He would spend every last cent
In riotous living"
Living riotously on the income from
the Hometown Bicycle & Repair Shop,
as a matter of fact, would have re-
quired an expertness in finance of
which Slason was hardly capable,
Riotous living, anyhow, is somewhat
a matter of opinion. useless luxu-
ries" are very often things that we see
other people buy that we do not care
for; candy factories are not supported
by persons with sour teeth. The very
people who wouldn't think of spending
a nickel at a soda fountain may be
wasting a quarter at the garbage can
this very minute.
No, the returns from the repair bust
ness and riotous living did not go to-
gether. In the old bicycle days, when
strangers used TO pedal through Home
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-09
AS TO Belts for Fall:

The belt may be arranged in a va
riety Of ways On both afternoon and
street dresses. For the long WASTED
style there is the wide, straight belt,
the sash belt that loops and ties Is
favored for certain models, also a
three yard long belt which encircles
the waist and wraps once or twice
about the hips, looping either front,
back or side.