Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1920-01-30
VOLUME 27
SlLETZ

Married--At the home of the grooms
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Lane, Jan
uary 27th, Mr. Alfred Lane and Miss
Maude Porter, Rev. Walter Ross Of
flciatlng. The young couple will make
their home on the Scott Lane farm
which will be under the management
OF the newly welded couple. Only a
few invited friends were present. The
bride is daughter of William Porter
and the groom Is a son of Mir. and Mrs.
Scott Lane. Mr.. Lane saw service in
the World War, being connected with
the Navy.
The Siletz Valley Grange No. 558
met at their hall Friday and after par
taking of a sumptious dinner and after
iniating five new candidates, installed
the following officers for the ensuing
year, Brother S. r. Loudon acting as
installing officer: Ralph Hamar, Mast
er: Chris Larson, Overseer; Esther
Andersen, Lecturer; Milo S. Collins,
Chaplin; Arthur Bensell, Asst. Secre-
tary; Giles A. Olin, Gate Keeper; Mrs
Earnest Bryant, Lady Asst. Steward;
Mrs. Ralph Hamar, Ceres; Miss Alice
p. Chalcraft, Pomona. The ether elect
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installed later. The Grange at Siietz
is growing fast and Is already getting
TO be a strong factor in the community
life Of the Valley. Questions OF i'm
portance to the farmer are discussed
at every meeting. At this meeting the
cheese factory proposition was taken
up and discussed at length It was
decided to call mass meeting Of the
farmers in the near future 10 decide
whether or not the factory that was
built here some time ago shall be taken
up and run again. a strong sentiment
prevails in this community to manu-
facture the produc. 8 of this locality at
home and not send it abroad; keep the
money at home and develop cur own
resources is the slogan OF the people.
We can make as good cheese here as
at Tillamook We have the same c.i
matte conditions hero, the same rich
alluvial soil, tho same pure air and
water and luxuriant growth Of grasses,
the same rich growth of vegetables
they have in Tillamook. Oats and
wheat do well if you get the right kind
of seed and get it harvested before the
September rains set in. The Siletz Val
ley is the home of the evergreen, logan
and raspbeTries. These berries make
splendid Jam, jelly, wine and juice.
Some of the churches must have wine
for sacramental purposes. The pro-
duction of the berries are world wide.
Nodanger of slough in the market as
but few places on the earth's surface
will grow these berries. The only way
to bring this county up to high state
of cultivation and efficiency are well
managed farms, backed with an hon
est days work. The farmer seems to
have departed from the old honest
way of hard work and perseverance,
which wins success, hardens the mus
cles and builds character and makes
a strong man. The wild rush for
wealth, power, pleasure and dissipa-
ton caused Rome to fall anu we may
profit by her example.
Rev. Walter Ross, who was one OF
the census enumerators, has just re-
turned from canvassing his district
which is composed of two voting pre-
cincts in the north eastern part OF the
county; "a rough, mountainous sec
tion of the county. Mr.. Ross thinks
it no picnic to climb the high mount
aims, cross the deep canyons, and often
wade the cold streams, following
blind cow or elk trail to find a single
family of only one or two persons in
it. He says while this is apparently
hardship, it is really blessing. 1t de-
yelops and hardens your muscles, in
creases your lung capacity and revives
your spirits and makes one feel like
a young man. Mr.. Ross thinks If he
kept that kind of work up it would
add 25 years to his life and it also
increases your appetite so that you
would feel like eating everything set
before you. He says from the top OF
some of the high ridges and mountains, I
YOU can get a view of some of the most !
beautiful scenery, rivaling in some
respects the beauties of the Columbia
Highway.
The recent heavy rain has brought |
the Siletz river up about IS feet. When
these mountain rivers that have their |
source on the summit Of the Coast |
Range take rise from Chinook wind |
and rain storm they become roaring, |
rushing torrent, sweeping everything
before them. Lee Wade lost fine lot
of saw logs that was put in the river
before the high water came. Some 90 !
or 60 fine logs were swept down the
river. 1t is very difficult to make
boom strong enough to hold logs whel
tie river is up 15 or 20 feet.
MIR Mowery is going to dedicat'
his rev bungalow, built on Cam''
Irairie, Friday evening. A big crowd
viii be present and a good time Is az
ticipated A chicken supper Will oe
,n,Jen