Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1920-06-25
NEWS OF SO YEARS AGO

We are in receipt of copy Of the
Yaquina Post of Saturday. October
l4th, 1882, published by Coll Van
Cleve, same being sent to us by Mrs.
Moses Grogson, of Philomath. The
subscription price was then $3.50 per
year, and the paper is not as large as
the rural papers of today. Following
are some items CLEANED from its
columns:
The steam launch Mary Hall makes
daily trips from Newport to Elk City,
where 1t connects with the mail coach.
Fare S100 round trip. r. A. Bensell
captain.
Mr.. C. S. Altree has leased the City
Hotel and moved up to his farm near
Toledo on Tuesday. He will probably
remain there until spring.
There ale tixteen men at work at
the quarry under the supervision OF
Joe Dougherty.
Alex T. McClaughry is making proof
on his homestead. He names as wit
nesses: Moses Hurd, Geo. Matson,
William Logan and NJ. Gillett, all of
Newport, Benton County, Oregon.
Proof being made before l.. T. BARN,
Register at Yaquina, Or.
Work on the tunnels is progressing
nicely. The summit tunnel al this
end is being pushed night and day by
three shifts Of men. Work at number
two and three is progressing steadily
and satisfactorily fair progress being
made each day. We are inclined to
think from present indications that
the tunnels will be no obstruction OF
the railroad through the mountains
next season.
Among those carrying advertise
ments in the issue are: ]. d. Graham.
DR.. w. H. II. Rich, c. ]. Bishop & Co.,
at Toledo; Newport advertisers are:
P. M Abbey, ]. r. K. Irwin, Alonzo
Case, Brasfield & Bayley and w. H.
Hufford. NJ. VI. Davis ran a drug store
at Yaquina, A. Parker & Sons opera
ted a sawmill at Oneatta, ard h. ).
Altree the City Hotel at Ha1uira.
A terrible storm had just visited
the bay, to which the issue devoted
more than a column Of space, part OF
which we reproduce here.
81. was a wild, black night. a great
funeral-curtain hung between the
earth and sky, excluding every CLEAN
of light, making the night as dark
as ink. 1t was a roaring old night,
and many people passed sleerness
night, kept awake by-well, the awful
racket.
when the storm was at its high
est, Mrs. Moses Gregson, whose resi-
dence is built upon one OF the pinna-
cles back of Yaquina, fully exposed TO
every zephyr no matter from what
point of the compass it may spring
from, accompanied by her little daugh-
ter and one of E. S. Altree's little
BOYS, who was staying for company
in the absence of Mr.. Gregscn, came
down the steep mountain, over mar
row, winding trail, at the hazard OF
meeting an awful death by being
blown from the narrow trail into the
black. unfathomable depths below, to
mass the remainder of the night at
the City Hotel, because the winds
ragged with such terrible force about
her dwelling that she feared every
moment that it would be lifted in the
arms of the mighty storm and hurled
down the mountains side.
"At the railroad docks the storm
made everything quiver again. one
of the large doors of the warehouse
was unshipped and blown clear across
the building. The pile-driver, fast
ened to a pile in the rear Of the docks
was sunk. The pile broke during the
night by the great strain brough'
against it, and as the tide rose the
pile-driver was forced directly across
or over the broken pile; as the tide
receded the boat rested upon the Jagg
ed end of the pile, which forced lts
way through the boat, making hugh
hole, which, in turn, let in the water
causing the boat to sink. 1t took
good part of the next day to raise the
boat.
At Oneatta the force of the wind
was so great that the shop belonging
to Fred. Bailey, standing On the dock
in front of Henkle, Mccoy & Cos
store, was blown over. STORMY" Jor
dan was in the building, we believe
when it blew over, but received ne
serious bodily injury. Fred. saved
all his tools and stcck-damage slight
"Messrs. Rankin and Elder occu
pied a tent near the railroad docks
They were occupied good part o.
the night in holding their tent down
as it seemed to have dod-gasted de
sire to sail away, and in keeping
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