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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1919-01-31
HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL
introduced by Mr.. Jones.

To the Honorable Senate and House
OF Representatives OF the United
States OF America in Congress as
sembled, we, your memorialiests, the
House Of Representatives of the State
of Oregon, the Senate concurring, re-
spectfully represent this, that:
Whereas: the General Appropriation
Bill for the improvement OF Rivers
and Harbors of the United States is
now pending in the Congress OF the
United States
Whereas: dredging plants for Ore.
gon Coast Harbors are inadequate for
maintenance OF adequate depths for
commerce at entrance of, and of in
sido channels,
Whereas: the people with the CO.
operation OF the Government, on a
fifty fifty basis are improving the va
quina Harbor and inner bay to a depth
of twenty feet at lower low water,
WHereds. tneTt are u numDeT Oh
large sawmills on the upper bay on
Yaquina River including one at To
ledo built by the Government of
capacity OF seven hundred and fifty
thousand feet per day,
Whereas: the present depth OF water
in the Yaquina River from Yaquina to
Toledo is inaequate for increasing com.
merce,
NOW THEREFORE,: be It resolved
by the House OF Representatives of
the Sta e of Oregon, the Senate con-
curing, that the Representative AS.
sembly OF the State OF Oregon favor
inserting in the River and Harbor
Bill. under the head OF preliminary
examination and surveys, two items.
/. "oregon Coast Harbors" with
view to further improvements and
maintenance OF adequate depths for
commerce ut entrance and inside
channels by dredging, including con.
sderation OF requisite plant therefor" 4"
2. "Yaquina River. Oregon, with a
view OF securing channel depth OF
sixteen feet at low water from va.
quina City to Toledo.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1919-01-31
A BILL

Authorizing the Secretary of War
to donate to the City of Toledo, Lin
coin County, State of Oregon, ONE
GERMAN CANNON OF FIELDPIECE.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representative of the Uni.
ted States of America in Congress as.
sembled. That the Secretary of War
be. and he is hereby, authorized and
directed to donate to the City OF To.
ledo, Lincoln County, State OF Oregon,
one cannon or fieldpiece captured by
the American Army from the forces
Of the Imperial German Government
during the present war.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1919-01-31
OBITUARY

Edith Reneatta Safter, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Satter OF Chitwood,
was born in Felips County, Kansas,
November 18th. 1907. and died Tues
day, January 2Sth, 1919, at the family
home at Chitwood, aged twelve years.
two months and 15 days. Deceased
is survived by the father and mother
and two sisters and two brothers.
lnterrment was had Wednesday in
the Chitwood Cemetery, the Rev. c.
r. Ellsworth of this city officiating
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1919-01-31
SUGG'S STORE ROBBED

Someone entered Sugg's grocery
store last Friday night and robbed
the cash register. 1t is thought that
they got about six or seven dollars.
Entrance to the building was gained
by forcing the front door.
This is the second robbery that has
occurred here this winter.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1919-01-31
CARD OF THANKS

We desire to express our sincere
thanks and gratitude to our many
friends and neighbors for the kind
words and consolation, the beautiful
floral offerings and the assistance so
ably rendered during 'his present
hour Of grief and sad bereavement
in the death OF our beloved sister and
daughter, Muriel
Mr. and Mrs. C M. Vcrmaas
and family.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1919-01-31

DR.. Curtis, the Eye Specialist.
will be in Toledo on Feb. 9th
after the evening train arrives
and will be prepared tofit glasses
until the departure of the noon
train on the 10Th, at the, office of
Dr.aBurgess. He is PREPARED to
fit glasses and guarantee them.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1919-01-31
SlLETZ

bAh0 hupiiS oChOOi opeicu iue5udy,
the 21, with two teachers and about
70 pupils. The children have nearly
all been kept at home on account of
the flu. Mrs. Barzee has charge OF
the primary department and Miss III.
kins teaches the eighth grade. Mrs.
Frances Farnham principal of the
high school is still at Seattle, not fully
recovered from an attack of flu. This
epidemic has destroyed much OF the
success and efficiency OF tho scl.,ol
this year. This strange and peculiar
epidemic is on the decline and we
hope we will not be bothered with 1t
much longer and never again II DOS
sible. ,.-.-. .....
Private Ernest P. Bryant and wife
have returned home from Camp Lewis
after having been mustered out Of the
service at that place. Mr.. Bryant was
IN the service over four months and
Will take up the work at hcme where
he left of-that of dairying and rails
Ing stock. He had money enough
TO get home and some left. Mr.. Bry-
ant says the soldier boys who took
care OF their money and did not spend
1t foolishly are all right. He believes
the boys who went over mo mans
land" and "over the tGp" in the Ar.
gonne Forest and drove the Huns cut
OF their trenches and took their guns
away are cGsable OF taking care of
themselves. II Is different with the
wounded and sick who were at the
front. ThGy will need extra atten.
tion. He believes 1t is a good plan for
Uncle Sam TO provide land for the
soldiers TO make homes on and let
them pay for 1t as they can. The
American soldier who did so much
to save our liberties and our civiliza-
tion-the government cannot do TO
much for them.
Mr.. ]. S. Coin is now at Siletz
overhaullng and repairing the auto s
and getting them ready for service
when the roads get passable. Mr..
Coin Is an expert at this kind of work.
VIM. Miller OF Newport spent sever
al days at Siletz looking after bust.
ness. He was at one time merchant
at this place, and spent four years
at the business. He has many pleas
ant recollections OF Siletz.
Sam Brassfeld had his new chicken
house blown down during the recent
storm. He had a very fine hen that
perched herself just right. On a box.
TO get killed by the falling building.
Mr.. d. said he did Il care much for
the chicken house for he could put
that up again. but the hen,-she was
a total loss.
Harley Taylor is now engaged in
running his gasoline launch en- the
lower river, carrying the mail Harley
was also soldier, but cot job just
as soon as he got uome. Soldiers who
wish to work as they did before going
into the army, will find no difficulty
in finding employment.
The church and Sunday school will
open next Sunday Feb. I'd. ..-.
One OF the most important pieces
of legislation to be submitted to the
legislature is bill TO bond the state
for slO,ooo.ooo to build good roads.
No provision is made to build a hard
surface road TO Newport, the best
natural seaside resorts in Oregon. Ii is
tho easiest and cheapest route to
build on, over the Coast range. Th're
is very little timber to cut in clear
Ing the rirht.ef.way and no heavy
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1919-01-31
ELK CITY TO HAVE
-- NEW GROCERY STORE

H. Wakefield of Elk City, recently
OF Eddyville, is opening up a grocery
store in tho Pest Office building at
Elk City, and expects to be ready for
business tomorrow, February 1st.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1919-01-31

Birdie l.. Finley
1895 VS..
SIR: Sheels
Meier & Frank Co., a Corn.
lO47 VS..
Toledo Lbr. Co., a Corp.
w. C. Corbett
l1l6 VS..
Geo. w. Moore Lbr. Co.
Gardner & Peterson
ll25 VS..
Greg. Lbr. G. Const. Co., ct al
J. Gerber
1141 VS..
Geo. w. Moore Lbr. Co.
l. G. e. Moulton C II. II. Sch
lZO5 VS.. wartz
Florence NJ. Creitz
w. M. Dodson
1926 VS..
A. r. Hill
Minna Berreth
1898 vs.. tgr
j. p Allen and May Allen
Jas. Churchill
1916 VS..
Miller & Montgomery
j. l.. Hickman & l.. C. Smith
1884 VS..
N. NJ. Mcdonnell, ct al,
c. G. Copeland
134S vs..
I Newton Sutton
William c. Keough
1869 vs..
! Isaac Stein
A. T. Peterson
1877 VS..
( George Snow, ct al,
-Mida c. Smith
1883 VS..
Lowell w. Taft Estate, ct al,
o. V. Hurt and Frank Priest
loJU vs..
I T. A. Shook, ct al,
r. G. ,Cutlip
1896 VS..
Adolph Hawmowicz, ct al,
Burton J. Cole
1405 VS..
Archie d. Pepin and wife, ct al,
Lincoln County, Oregon
1880 VS..
Esther A. Adams, ct al,
Kola Neis
1882 VS..
Robert l.. Phillips
Kola Neis
1888 vs..
George West. ct al,
Elsie Wright
1892 VS..
Mary A, Flett, ct al,
q. M. Kellogg
1899 VS..
Il. p. Currey
LIN. Scroggins
1915 vs..
Henry c. Star & Grover c.
Starr
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1919-01-31
CIRCUIT COURT
FEBRUARY TERM

Followins are n list OF the
cases that appear on the docket
for the February term of Court
which convenes tomorrow. Ow-
ing to the Influenza no jury cases
viii be taken up, and the jury
men have been notified not to
come. Judge G. +. Skipworth Of
Eugene will preside.
DOCKET
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1919-01-31
NEW MILL COMPANY
lNSTAlLS LARGE MOTOR

The Fischer-Storey Lumber Co. is
installing a seventy-ive horse power
motor in their mill here this week.
The motor will be used TO drive the
re-saw and planer
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1919-01-31
DOCKET

Willamina State Bank
10 VS..
Il. II. Raboir
Walker & Lebow
719 vs..
Williamson Jorgensen
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1919-01-31

Commission will see that Lincoln Co.
Is not overlooked in parceling out
money to build roads.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1919-01-31
IN THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 18th, 1919

Congressman Hawley introduced the
following bill, which was referred to
the Committee on Military Affairs
and ordered to be printed.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1919-01-31

Buy W. s. s.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-01
HEROIC SYMBOLS

"HE men OF the famous combat
divisions of the American army,
who had the good fortune to
be assigned the task of smashing
the German armies in France, won
regulations for their units which the
War Department is wise in perpet-
uating. General March does we'll to
retain in the new regular army the
divisional numerals and appellations
of those organizations which won
for themselves glorious names in
the campaign which crushed the
Hun.
Take the 2Sth-the Iron Division
for example. What traditions it
has to cherish! What a name for
high courage and achievements it
has to maintain! 1t would have
been a shame, indeed, If the wonder
full organization that performed the
herculean task of stopping the flower
Of the victorious German army at
Chateau Thierry and sent it back
IeellH5 anu pSdteH Oh lIS long re-
treat to final disaster should pass
out of existance when the means of
making it a permanent branch of
of United States army were at hand.
The very name will have magic
that will recall to the service many
a soldier who will have longing for
the old division after he has become
fed up" on civilian life and the old
charm of the army begins to re-
assert itself. Not only from a senti-
mental but from a very practical
standpoint it is highly desirable that
these tokens OF our military prowess
as a Nation be kept alive and con-
stantly before us.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-01
EDITORIAL COMMENT

The Bolsheviki have turned a
church into a theater. In their set
it was probably the only way to fill
it.-Colum State.
Leniency in dealing with Germany
may indicate IL soft heart, but it
certainly indicates soft head
Washington Herald.
The cutting down of Germany's
army to 100000 men leaves mighty
little excuse for a League of Nations.
Washington Post.
Some one should explain to
Europe's diplomats that we were not
fighting for the spoils of war, but
to spoil war.-Greenville Piedmont.
There is a rumor in well-informed
circles that Great Britain will be
forced to accept a mandate for the
governing of Ireland.-Chicago Trib-
une.
Bolsheviki may reason that il
they can make all other nations as
rotten as Russia, then Russia will
be as good as any other nation
Toledo Blade
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-01
SLUMBER SONGS

BY Lieut.Col. John McCrael
Sleep. little eyes
That brim with childish tears
amid thy play,
Be comforted! No grief of night
can weigh
Against the poys that throng thy
coming day.
Sleep, little heart!
There is no place in Sunderland for
tears:
Life soon enough will bring its chill
And sorrows that will dim the after
years.
Sleep, little heart!
All, little eyes,
Dead blossoms of springtime long
ago,
That life's storm crusht and left to
lie below
The benediction of the falling snow.
Sleep, little heart,
That ceased so long ago its frantic
beat!
The years that come and go with
silent feet
Have naught to tell save this=that
rest is sweet,
Dear little heart
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-01
THE STANDARD LOAF

TF there is any good reason why
the Legislature should not pass
- the Mcconnell bill establishing
IA standard for loaves of bread it
has not been heard of. Even the
master bakers are in favor of it,
The idea of the bill is to have loaves
baked in various weights, starting
at three quarters of a pound and
going on up as far as needed in the
trade. Any baker or retailer SELL
ing a loaf off the standard as repre-
scented would be liable to fine of
$50 for first offense.
The bill would enact into Penn
sylvania statutes one of the wisest
Of the Federal food regulations. 1t
would also make legal what is now
the rule in many places, because, as
a result of the war, people have be-
come accustomed to ask for a pound
loaf or some other weight instead of
the five cent, six cent or ten cent
loaf.
Just what it would mean to have
the Ioaves standardized can be
grasped by the mere statement that
if prices vary, people will know how
much they are buying, something
which they seldom realized before
the war regulation became opera
tive.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-01
"Vtctory an Inclined Plane"

tFrom the Manchester Guardian. ]
Marshal Foch spoke very simply,
very colloquialIy, very much a SOL
dier talking to his friends. He stood
chest out, head we'll back, with one
leg well forward, suggesting the
elastic posture of a fence as he
moved Slightly and regularly at
the knee as though about to lunge.
His main point was that he had
done nothing. The Boches attack.
| said | would stop them. When
they were stopped l attacked them.
Well everyone did what he could,
and after some time we were all at
tacking along the five hundred miles
of front-the French, the English,
the Americans, the Belgians, and we
all went for them" At that point
the marshal raised both his hands
and pushed forward with his hands
slightly downward and body in one
movement.
Victory" he said. "is an included
plan. We pushed them, all of us,
and they simply had to retreat and
retreat" He continued to make the
slightly downward movement with
his hands, moving elastically at the
knee in unison. And after that we
simply kept pushing and pushing,
and they went back and we were
simply on the point of getting"
he waved his hands.
"Then they asked for an armis-
tice. They accepted all our condi-
tions," his shoulders, hands and eye
brows went up. "Well--!"
The impression everyone got was
of the great shock it had been to
the marshal when the enemy sur
rendered.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-01
THEY MUST BE MEMORIAL
[From the New York Times1

[From the New York Times1
Characteristic of every such pro-
posal as those that are stirring the
little city is a fatal fault that it is
based on the delusion that anything
to which the name of war memo
rial can be ascribed will be one. OF
course this is not carried to its log
ical conclusions, even by those who
hold it most sincerely.
They do not advise the purchase
of a new motor fire engine, or the
requirement. of Main street, or the
payment of the mayors or city
clerks salary, as a war memorial,
but to do any of these things would
be just as sensible as it would be
similarly to designate any of the
schemes that are so naively adVo-
Gated. None of the schemes Is in
trinsically bad, in the sense that its
execution would be detrimental to
anybody.
But the plea that such memo
rials" as these would be useful" is
the perfectly adequate reason for re-
jecting them all, as the one purpose
of memorial is to be q memorial,
and the effort to make it serve two
purposes will always be failure
and an absurdity. A private per-
son, of course. can erect a hospital
or a library, or give the land for a
public park, and as long as it lasts
and bears his name it will be a me-
mortal to his generosity; but just as
he could not attain the same end
through something designed for his
own personal use and benefit. so a
city cannot provide for it's own mu-
nicipal needs or necessities and at
the same time pay honor to some
thing entirely different.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-01
THE STRETCHER BEARER

by Private VIM. j. BuCl, 304th
fleld Signal Battalion Medical Det.,
atter a battle Somewhere in France.
(Winner of French War CrDss).
| see him yet. plodding the Fland-
ers mud
a heId of carnage, n field )f blood;
Where the MaXims whine, and the
plg guns roar,
IN man S modern improvement on
Hell, called War.
Not much of Hero to work at, I
guess
Muddy and bloody. and weapon
less:
But where shots fly thiGkest, he
doggedly goes,
Exposed to the fire of both friends
and foes.
For he CLEANS there where the mud,
rows lie
BY DEATH the reaper. niIed high
And plucks from the outstreched
hand of DEATH
Some stricken Mortal, who still
holds breath.
Sing ye of heroes. whose bIhve deeds
shine,
On many a crimson battle line,
But for him the bearer of the
stretcher cot
Who is daily a hero and knows II
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-01
THE ANXIOUS DEAD

o guns, fall silent till the dead men
hear
Above their heads the legions
pressing on:
(These fought their fight in time
of bitter fear,
And died not knowing how the
day had gomez
o flashing muzzles, pause, and let
them see
The coming dawn that streaks thl,
sky afar;
Then let your mighty chorus wit
ness be
To them, and Caesar, that we still
make war.
Tell them, O guns that we have
heard their call,
That we have sworn, and will not
turn aside,
That we will onward till we win
or fall,
That we will keep faith for which
they died.
Bid them be patient, and some day,
anon,
They shall feel earth enwrapt in
silence deep;
snail greet, in wonderment. the
quiet dawn,
And in content may turn them to
their sleep.
e-By LlEUT.-COL. JOHN McCRAE.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-01

the directors will purchase resi-
which is run down, ramshackly, in
need of paint, and in appearance a
dirty spot on the face of the city.
Plans will be made to clean up the
property and put in the place of the
outcast a neat, modern cottage of
four or five rooms. The directors
are restricted to the employment OF
Wellington workmen and the pur-
chase of materials in Wellington.
Presently, in the place of a blemish,
it is hoped, will be found a beauty
spot.
When the new building is ready
the directors would give the first
chance for ownership to man with
the cash to buy it, if such person ap-
peared. This would place it in the
hands of a home owner, and the
original expenditure would return
at once to the foundation and be i'm
remove another blemish. But if no
one was at hand with the cash, any
applicants to own the home on pay
ments would be considered.
The deed to the property would
remain with the trustees for the
foundation, and the applicant would
be considered only as a tenant until
his payments had reached an amount
equal to one-third of the value OF
the property. Then a local build
ing and loan association would ac-
cept him on their plan, the deed
would be made to him and the bal
ance of the value of the property
would be paid in to the foundation.
From that time on he would deal
with the building and loan asso-
citation and the amount expended
on the property would be back in
the foundation, ready to go out and
do its work over again.
Thus the foundation is intended
rather as an auxiliary, or a booster" !"
for regular building and loan asso-
Citations than such an association it
self. 1t is an experiment which
those who have founded it believe
will work out we'll in practice.
The plan is being watched with
interest by the Federal authorities
and by communities such as Harris
burg, with similar problems of house
shortage and reconstruction. Some
such plan would do much to save
some of the districts of this city
that are showing a distinctly back
ward tendency.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-01
Reminded Him of Home

The burglar had entered the house
as quietly as possible, but his shoes
were not padded and they made
some noise. He had just reached the
door of the bedroom when he heard
someone moving in the bed, as If
about to get up, and he paused. The
sound of woman's voice noated
to his ears.
eff you don't take off your boots
when you come into this house
she said, there's going to be trouble.
and a lot of it. Here it's been rain
ing for three hours, and you dare
to tramp over carpets with your
muddy boots on. Go downstairs and
take them off this minute
He went downstairs without q
word. but he didn't take off his
boots Instead he went straight out
into the night again. and the pal
who was waiting for him saw a tear
glisten in his eye. II just can't bear
to rob that house." he said, ct re-
minds me so of home. From the
London Opinion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-01
TAKE NO CHANGES

"HE Public Service Commission
reports that log automobiles
were struck on grade crossings
the past year. 1t is safe to say that
at least nine-tenths of these, many
of them fatal, could have been avoid
ed if reasonable care had been taken.
To be sure, grade crossings should be
abolished, but so long as they exist
the burden of responsibility for
avoiding accidents lies with the
drivers of automobiles or other We
hicles using them. The consolation
that one may sue the railroad for
damages is poor substitute for
Broken limbs or crushed bodies.
The old sign-"Stop, look, listen
is still applicable, Take no
chances at a grade crossing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-01
A HOUSING EXPERIMENT

w to try an G experiment r'st in 1o hous-
ing that, in view of develop
ments locally, is not without interest
for Harrisburg and the Chamber of
Commerce committee now trying to
work out of solution of this city's
difficulties along this line.
Business men of the town have
formed The Wellington Home
Foundation" something new in the
line of home building associations
The purpose is "to encourage habits
of saving and thrift, to obtain more
home owners, to give employment
to Wellington workmen, to improve
and beautify the physical appear
ance of the city and thereby to pro-
mote the general welfare"
So far as known the wellington
plan for home foundation is not
in operation anywhere. It provides
for a fund, to consist of direct dona-
tions of money and loans from these
who, actuated by civic pride, are
willing to let their money work for
a time without interest Gifts Of
residence property will be received,
should any person prefer to donate
in, that way. For the first year the
foundation will be administered by
seven directors.
The foundation is not charity
fund. In most cases the usual in
terest charge will be made when any
money is loaned from it, but that
is left to the directors, who will use
their Judgment. Probably it's larg-
est function will be that of a liberal
building and loan association.
While the activities of the founda-
Eion may be various, its principal
service will run something like this:
When sufficient money has come
1nfd tEe foslndatiou for the purpose