Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1920-10-08
SlLETZ

ORD Castle and Fred Chambers arc
running line of level from the Silet,
to the Gorge.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Chalcraft return
ed last week from an official visit tc
hoseDurg, Marshfield and other points
IN the interest Of the Indian Service
On account of the bad weather thew
ieit the car at Eugene and took tbe
train. The roads were impassable for
cars to and from Marshfield On re-.
turning ne brought his car home not.
roads. VI 'iie
The teams that have been useo for
work on the highway near Newport
were taken to the Valley by the wav
Oh Siletz and Falls City. The weather
ana roads have been so bad that #
vas impossible to continue the worl,
me road through Siletz is about fiftv
mics nearer to Portland than bv the
way OF Blodgett or Corvallis Twenty.
iour horses and two wagons were TAX.
en- out. The people disliked very much
10 see the work on this road stonnod
IL Is SO important. The weather mo :,
Nro ooou no" ior month or six weeks.
s1eon s,n mas about SO much annual rain
tail ana II the rain comes early as n
dry fall "pe'' long
Joe Bryant and family have returned
from visit to the Valley but on ac.
count OF the rain had but little pleas.
ure. IL was all dampened by the bad
Weatner conditions. The report was
>out tnat Mr.. Bryant had bought a 60
acre farm near Hillsboro. But I he.
neVe this report proved to be false
A. l.. Crawford and James Roharts
nave nave Oought the store at Ortcns from
M Mrs. Gardner and will hereafter con.
uuct the business. This shows how
reluctant people art to leave Siletz
AS everyone feels and knows Siletz is
Just on the eve Of ~ great foreward
movement in the timber business Tho
tlhoer Is mere and the world needs II
AZ the great work of reconstruction and
tnere'will be some way to get it.
The Siletz school under The direction
OF Professor Eggy, the new principal
mas been undergoing some important
changes in the way OF rearranging tho
seats ana class rooms and the finish.
ing OF the new play house. The floor
mas been oiled and the windows put in
and in a few days the building will
receive new coat of paint. The bows
ana teachers have been working in
tns evenings preparing the floor and
ilxtures for various inside games and
other amusements. Some plans are
Delng worked out by the school for a
general program OF Entertainment in
The near future. 1t will be an, excel
tent place for various meetings of the
community in trying to acpance the
school as well as to build I'D and i'm.
prove the conditions of the whole
neighborhood. | believe this IL tbe
ohiy community in the county where
.he chlldren are transported to the
schooL This adds considerable ex.
pehse but 1t comes out of the district |
where the children belong. DEWEY |
Hoodeli mas the contract for transport. |
ing the children from the Lower Farm
10 Siletz. He uses a truck and If is
loaded night and morning with bovs
ana girls who attend the public school
at elietZ. The primary school is kent
up AT tne Lower Farm. In the winter
the roads are bad and it is no small
mater to take SO many children over
Dad roads with safety. This work
costs the district $50 per month. M
one %, knows what comfort it is for
the children to be in the dry during
lne cold stormy days of winter 10
ures. "nu eApos-
rev Walter Ross has been returned
.or another year to the Siletz indian
MISSION. This will be his fourth vear
Mr. and Mrs. Calkins are now m
ylsit at the home of his son.in.Iaw
Jesse Daniels. '""'
= superintendent A. E. Marvin and
H. Lutey. still keep putting
rock on the bad places in the road he.
.ween Siletz and Toledo This piece
'1 road is travelled more or as much
IS any other road in the county
Lee wade is building his dry house
1rst before building his dwelling
louse. The dry house is 80 by go with
u foot walls. wa"
Jaky Johnson is building q wood. q
house that he will live in tbis wintar ]
ma buiiu a bungalow next spring.
Coquell Thompson is building a now
barn. =" ne" &
Siletz doesn't have near houses
enough to accommodate families who
want to live here this winter for tho
advantages of the school and to work
IN the mill. "o'h {
The Wade sawmill is running right
long