Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1920-04-16
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Superintendent Edwin L. Chalcraft
has gone on official business connected
with his Office. He will go to Grand
Ronde and from there to Portland and
other parts in his district. He will!
be absent ten or twelve days.
The cold stormy weather of the last
few days have stopped the farming
and other Improvements that were 60
ing on in Siletz Valley.
The Indians are very much pleased
and elated over their new roll OF be-
coming citizens. Some complain OF
high taxes but they will get used to
that. Alec Catfish says he wcLts the
white men who are uOing business
for the county not to run in debt so
as to put Them all in the poor house.
Alec says it will be all right if the
county officials and port commissions
dont get us IN debt too deeply. He
thinks the big timber owners should
pay their share Of the taxes and not
shift 1t off on the small tax payers.
These timber barons are millionairs
and could buy the whole county and
have money left When these timber
men want the timber moved and rail-
roads built they will build them and
move the timber and this will not be
done until they get ready When
these big timber owners use up their
timber elsewhere they will come to
SEGz and build railroa6a and mills
and put to work a thousand men and
the business will start as If by magic.
The big interests can build mills and
rQilrnada q ha ln,t1l
build one mile of hard sruface road.
Mr.. Catfish has nice farm and is one
OF the big taxpayers. He wants to
see the county go ahead and get no
back set. Mr.. Catfish would run for
County Judge but thinks he is too
new a citizen to take up such an i'm
portant office, besides there are three
candidates already in the field and all
OF them are good men. This gives
the voter chance to select the best
man for the job. Mrs. Catfish says
she will vote for the best looking can
didate. There are two candidates
running fOI assessor, ard i've for COM
missioner, and its up to the voters to
select the best man for the job. The
Commissioners Court is the most i'm
portant thing in the county and should
be composed of men of sound judge
ment and good courage. The County
Court has charge Of the county affairs
the building OF bridges, roads, and
purchasing of machinery and the dis
bursements OF the county funds.
At mass meeting held at Newport
recently resolution was passed pur-
posing to buy the North Coast rail
road from the government and build,
equip, and extend the road to the
$4,000, 100000 feet OF timber in the
Siletz. The road is to be kept up by
the people a. cost no one can tell.
The Port of Newport could not finance
the project without banlIrupting the
district. The vote on the resolution
was not unanimous. NJ A. Abbey
and Captain Jacobson voting against
it. municipalities should not engage
in buying or building railroads, leave
that for the timber holders. | am
quite sure the people in the Newport
district are not in favor CT such wild
cat projects.
Mr.. Kearn came over last week and
with two other persons to help him,
set out crate of logan berries. This
does not complete the setting out of
the ten acres. 1t will take 5000 plants
to do that The company will plant
potatoes between the rows and if the
price of spuds keep I'D this will bring
in good many hundreds Of dollars.
The sawmill is running again after
the loss of several day because Of the
breaking of some machinery.