Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1918-05-10
SILETZ

ing bout, consisting of Major Hitch
cock, A. ]. Hill, c. B. Burch, C. A.
LaBarr and M. c. Clough. The party
got couple Of row boats and put them
in the river about mile above the
Agency and fished down the river and
over the rifles till they came opposite
the. north side OF the Agency distance
Of about eight miles. They had most
excellent time catching in all about
75 trout. Major Hitchcock, because Of
hurting his leg in stepping on some
rocks did not take this trip. The party
took dinner at the Hotel King.
A number Of autos are now coming
to Siletz to have an outing and to en-.
Joy fishing in the beautiful Siletz river
the most beautiful river in all Oregon.
It's waters are as clear as crystal ana
ripples, splashes and tumbles over a
clean gravelly bottom till 1t reaches
the head Of tide. Because of the beau.
ty Of the river and Its clear cold water
II was named after beautiful Indias
girl the daughter. of a chief who's
name was Celestia but now changed
to Siletz. The length of this river
from it's source to where 1t empties
into the Pacific ocean is distance OF
125 miles. But from the head Of the
river on line as the crow flies, to the
ocean is only Is miles. It is a most
romantic river, containing in its his.
tory some beautiful stories and legends
some day we may <rite some OF
them up.
The auto people who come In here
complain OF some bad pieces Of road
between here and Toledo and between
Toledo and Summit. wonder II the
supervisors wont get in and fix them
as soon as possible. The auto people
leave a good many dollars in Lincoln
county.
DR.. Burgess and Sheriff Geer were
also visitors at Siletz Monday.
Mrs. Harmon, prominent worker
in the w. c. T. u, delivered lecture
at the Methodist Church to large
and interested audience. Her subjec
was Patriotism. The Rev. Walter
Ross pastor of the Church presided.
number Of patriotic songs were suns
by the audience, the choir leading
The school children sang a special Sc
lection which was greatly appreciated
Mrs. Harmon in commencing her ad
dress said she was very glad to NEE
such splendid audience. She spoke
in splendid terms Of our country ant
OF the great war We are now engaged
in for the maintaining Of human liberty
and the Stars and Stripes and what
they stood for. In this part OF heI
address she rose to true heights oi
eloquence. She spoke OF the great
sacrifice we were making to maintain
the liberty secured by our forefathers
and preserved by Lincoln the great
~hAaNi iNoht anu hoW ouIt d6dlu Oul
Government is endangered by the Au
tocracy OF the German Empire. Our
nag always stood for human liberty
1t has never yet been defeated and
Mrs. Harmon believed 1t never would
be. Germany has thrown down the
challenge and staked her life on the
Autocracy will rule and Democracy
conquest Of the world. II successful
will perish from the earth and the
world will be divided into two grea
classes--the governing and the gov
erned-and an impossible gulf will b,
placed between the lower and highe,
classes 30 the common people-ths
plain people-cannot rise SO as to hay,
any say In the question as to who shal
govern them. This is the Kaiser.
idea OF government that is the goa
he is trying to reach. "Ich und Gott'
Will control but he will not succeed
He with all his retinue will be defeated
and that cruel, brutal, inhuman mill
tary system headed by the Kaiser will
be destroyed and the world will be a
peace once more. Mrs. lannon's ad
dress will do much to awaken still
deeper interest in the prosecution o
the war till II Is finished and finishe,
right.