Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-09-28
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JOlllC IHeeIllS Odluiudy hi nv
Council Chambers and decided
to 20 ahead with the work OF i'm
proving the harbor. Toledo's
Commission was represented by
w. E. Ball, Lee Wade and A. T.
Peterson and the Newport Port
was represented by r. F. Baker,
Ed. Stocker and o. F. Jacobson,
Thomas Leese and Mr.. Armitage
being absent. 1t was decided to
sell only 100000 worth of bonds
for each port. This amount 1t
was believed would continue
the work for two years. This
work will be done on the South
Jetty. The North Jetty is to be
built by the Government, but
when it is not stated. The work
will be under the management
and and control Of the Govern
ment Engineer c. r. Wright.
The work will commence from
the stump. The first thing is to
advertise and sell the bonds.
New wharfs, new tramway, to
be put up and new rock quarries
to be opened, a tug and barges
to convey the stone will have to
be purchased. Wages and ma
terial are high and it will take
lots of money to do the work and
If the road bonds carry Lincoln
county will be right in the swim
for flush times and the doing of
big things.
Married at the residence of
the officiating clergyman, Rev.
G T. Pratt, Sept. Goth, 1917, Mr..
Wilmer Kyle of Newport and
Miss Alma Boone of Winant. The
happy couple will occupy the
Saddled Cottage, making their
home at Newport. Mr.. Kyle
is connected with Lester Martin
in the barber business and Miss
Boone is the eldest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. d. V. Boone of
Winant. Miss Boone Is a lineal
defendant of Daniel Boone the
typical pioneer and mountain
eer who did more in his day to
extend the limits of civilization
and save the early settlers from
massacre by the savages in that
beautiful country lying between
the Allegheny mountains and
the Ohio river than any other
man of his time. Boone was not
a reckless adventurer but brave,
honest, kind and hospitable. He
was the most remarkable man
in what he did than any of the
pioneers. His life was gentle,
strong and the elements of hui
manity so blended in him that
nature might stand up and say
to all the world this is a man.
George Sylvester, after spend
ing a three weeks vacation al
Newport has gone to his home in
Portland. Mr.. Sylvester is a
prominent Odd Fellow and poll.
tician. Many a young man has
taken his cue in politics from
the wise teachings of Geo. Syl
vester.
We soon have to vote on thu
question of bonding the Count!
for 100000 to build plank roat
and as bad as we need the goot
roads in this County, the abov'
sum would not go very far t
build them. 1t will take hal
million dollars to build the road
needed in this County, as speci
fled in Mr.. Jones' bonding peti
tion. The trunk lines aught t,
be sixteen feet wide, built o
plank 3 by 6 or 3 by 8 with fou
stringers. This would make
good road and would cost $500
per mile. The lateral road
aught to be eight feet, built wit
the same kind Of material. Sue
roads built in this way will las
ten to fifteen years. But ca
the taxpayers in addition to tn
$41S,000 to be used to improy
the harbor-stand such a bon
placed on the County? .Woul
the increased business that ma
occur justify such an outlay {
the peoples money? l don
think so. II we can make til
harbor improvement it will |
about all the tax payers will |
able to stand at this time. TIL
improvement, however, may n,
bring the great benefits peop
anticipate. The people WI
live at Florence say the one mi
lion dollar jetty built at Siusla
has not added much to the bus
aess of the place and 1t is Il
same at Nehalem. People a
extravagant, live beyond the
means and get into financi
trouble and then want to exit
cate themselves by bonding Il
County and in so doing they on
make conditions worse. IT