Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-03-02
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Died at the home of Ed.
Stocker, a brother, February 23,
l917, Henry Stocker of organic
heart disease. Aged so years.
Mr.. Stocker was born in Lu-
Gene, Switzerland and came to
America ten years ago and has
made his home with his brother
and ON his farm on Big Creek up
to the time of his death. The
funeral was held at the Catholic
Church, conducted by Father
Newton of st. Lawrance Church,
Portland, Oregon. Mr.. Stocker
knew several days before his
death that the end was nigh.
Father Newton was at Newport
for the health of his sister. He
had the Priest come and perform
the last rites Of the Church then
he went into his room, changed
his clothes, came back to the
setting room, took the rocking
chair, leaned back and in a few
minutes passed away. The in
terrment took place in the Eure-
ka Cemetery.
The basket ball game that was
played last Friday between New
port and Monmouth was won by
the former, 2S to II. The Mon
mouth team was selected from
the best players in the school,
but owing to the splendid train
ing the Newport team had and
the good playing they did won
the game easily. The Mon
mouth boys had good time
strolling on the beach. The
ocean was very rough and they
enjoyed that and were nicely
treated by the Newport boys and
returned home feeling fine.
The Union meeting held last
Sunday evening at the Baptist
Church was well attended anC
the address of Mrs. Ada Wallace
Unruh was able and interesting
She thought the Bone Dry Law
was a good thing, that some peo
pie were too weak to overcom,
temptation and it thereto
should be prohibited by law
She thought the men might g
on and enjoy smoking and chew
ing tobacco, though a needless
a2d bad habit, but the boys mus
be saved from the dangerous ci
garette smoking. She ATTENDED
the Legislature and thought ;
good deal of time was wasted il
filibustering and needless speecl
making that a good many mem
bers INDUCED in. They did no
stand for their true convictions
The Legislature cost the taXpay
ers $3.50 for every minute of tim
twas in session. The road bont
issue of $6,000,000 seems Il
have been managed and manip
ulated by capitalists and inter
ested parties and the peopl
were not consulted much abou
it. 1t is a big undertaking and
big sum of money TO use. Their
seems to be three different class
es of roads aggregating abou
$500 miles and of this distanc
about 1000 miles is TO be har
surfaced for the use and accom-
mediation of automobiles. Thi
will take a mint of money t
build and keep that amount @
road in repair. True tax on au
tos will help some but it will nc
be near enough to meet the eX
penses. Another thing that wi
absorb the major part of tn
money will be elegantly kept OF
fees of high priced engineer
and Office men and the diftieren
companies of material men, con
tractors and royalty men and i
the end the farmer the bon
and sinew of the country wi
not get the benefit of so percen
of the money. Tillamook an
Coos Bay are each according
the plan to get two roads cor
Meeting with the Valley an
these are two Of the hardest an
most expensive places to bull
such roads on the whole coas
range of mountains. Lincol
county, the best and cheapes
place to build a hard surface
road to the coast is left out. TIL
reason don't understand unles
we didn't have proper represer
tatives at Salem during the ses
sion of the Legislature. | be
lieve Lincoln county will vot
solid against the bond.
The annual patriotic program
of Washington's Birthday wa
carried out at the high schoC
building, Friday, in the after
noon. All the grades of tn
school participating. The fla