Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1919-09-26
SiLETZ

A social was given Friday evening
at the government school house TO
the purpose OF raising money to finisl
paying the minister's salary befor
the close Of the conference year, whicl
will be the first of October. The SUI
per was served from to s O'Clock, Il
the cafe.aria style, conducted by tn,
ladies. The supper was delicious, pre-
pared by home cooking, consisting o
fried chicken, belgian hare, hot rolls
cake, blackberry jam, cream and pump
kin pie, hct coffee, logan berry juice
and ice cream Ten gallons of ict
cream was served. II was a splendid
supper, just such as the Siletz women
know how to get up. Every family in
the community was represented except
one. Instead of a program the people
had good social time. In this way
they enjoyed themselves so well that
! think 1t was better than having a
program. A bunch Of young folks
furnished some instrumental and vocal
music while the supper was being serv-
ed. This is good way TO keep up
a spirit Of fraternity and good will In
a community. The ladies who assisted
in getting up the supper were: Mrs.
A. B. Slocum, Mrs. e. L. Chalcraft,
and daughter, Allie, Mrs. Giles Olin,
Mrs. Maurice Andersen, Mrs. Grant
King and daughters, Mrs. A. L. Craw-
ford and daughter, Agnes, Mrs. Walter
Hall, Mrs. Bert Robinson, Miss Rosa
Gwynn and Mrs Freng The receipts
were $50, which, after the expenses
were paid, left s45. This will nearly
clear up the minister's salary. About
$1,000 will be used this year in improv-
ing the church property here. The
M. E. church owns . acres of land and
it is worth while to improve it. The
church at Siletz Is in fine condition,
and this adds much to the progress
and prosperity Of the community.
DIR. James Moore, Dist. Supt., was
here and held the Quarterly Confer
ence Thursday evening and reports
the church out of debt and in splendid
condition. This Is due to the work of
the pastor, Rev. Walter Ross, ably as.
sisted by Mrs. Ross and the com
munity. The Siletz, with her fine pub
, lie school, Grange and church organi-
cations is coming to the front. The
good roads that we are now building
are also strong factors in building up
Lincoln County.
Several land buyers have been IN
here recently trying to buy some of
this bottom land to set out in logan
and other berries, but so far the land
is held little too high for the tnr.
chaser.
We believe when the Roosevelt
Highway is built and the coast count.
les improved It will be better and a
more pleasant place to live in than the
famed Willamette Valley.
The Sheriff and his deputy, Ber;
Geer, and their wives came over a
few days ago to get hcmestelder
who lives on Sans Creek, that had
been reported as acting strange and
1t was thought he was going crazy, but
when the sheriff and party got near
the house they learned the man had
gone camping in the mountains, fish
ing along the streams and looking for
hig game. 1t is not everyone that
acts strange and peculiar that arc
crazy. If that were SO our asylums
would soon be filed up. The name
is Jones, believe, Sam Jones. He il
a bachelor and lived on Sans c eek
where the hoot Of the owl and the
scream OF the night-hawl were the
only sounds that reached him during
the lonelv hours of night. This has
beer the case of a number OF persons
who lived alone in the mountains
where thew had no companionslip
\ often went daffy ar. never recovered
their senses again.
Mrs. Harriet Brown who lest hel
mind seven years ago, died at The
asylum Friday morning. Her re
mains were brought in Monday even
ing and will buried at Siletz Tuesday
at 10 o'clock, Rev. Walter Ross con
Quoting the funeral. She is survived
by two daughters, Mrs. Fitzpatrick
and Mrs. Bruce Butter, one son, Loui
Charley and one sister, Mrs. Johr
Adams.