Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-08-02
THE ALSEA VALLEY.
A Trip Down this vally from
Head to Mouth.

valley, and never having viewed it
above Tidewater, the editor en-
barked for that place last week on
horseback, via Philomath, ,Leav-
ing Toledo at Tuesday noon we
reached DR.. Wakefield's hospitable
farm house on Little Elk in time
for supper. After supper the
Doctorsshewed, lis over his farm
and pointed out the many improve
lnents he has made during the past
four years, and indicated many
proposed plans. There are many
fine farms on Little Elk, but none
of them excel DR.. Wakefeld's S,
His place is we'll arranged, well
cultivated and is devoted to growing
such diversity of crops that a fail
ure of two or three would still
leave am abundance. But under
his careful management there are
no such failures. After enjoying
the hospitality of the Doctor and
his estimable wife and family over
night we started OH the road early
next. morning. Travelling on up
tie road we stopped for4 d Short
time at D, S. Bgotllerson's Mr..
Blotherson is opening UP a new
farm and has considerable show
ing made for his labor already,
We met Mr.. J. L. Hyde on the
road and stopped to have short
chat with him. Mrs. Hyde was
absent III the valley, and had been
for some time, but she was expected
to return at All early date.
The last resident we met in
Lincoln county was H. H. Glass.
ford. He and his family are new
comers, coming from Marion county
last spring.
Travelling on from this place we
came to the foot of the mountain
near the head of branch of Mary's
river, or the Greasy as it is some
times called, at night. Heie we
put up for the night at Eli Spencer's,
who is a son-inlaw of'Sol Mulkey,
of Little Elk. Next morning we
started over the mountain, 1t is
about twelve miles over to the
Alsea postoffice on the Alsea river.
Reaching this place we turned
down the valley and again headed
for Lincoln county. We got into
the latter place about noon and
took dinner at the farm house of
R. B. Trenholm, at the mouth Of
Fall creek. 1t is here that the new
Toledo and Alsea valley wagon
road will join the valley wagon
road. Mr.. Trenholm has got
good farm and has it pretty we'll
improved, It gives evidence of
many hard days work, and will no
doubt receive many more flom Mr..
Trenholm and family. One of the
Toms farm is above Mr.. Trenholm's
bat we did not get to SO up and |
see it. The next place we struck
was the farm Of J. H. Rycraft.
We found Mr.. Rycraft putting a
goodsized field of summer fallow
into shape for fall grain. This
gentleman has been absent from
home for some time, returning but
a few months ago. He has nice
farm and has it we'll stocked. We
noticed some particularly nice cat-
tie in the pasture. The farms of
H. Boysen and Mr.. Minotti lie on
the opposite side Of the river. We
did not cross over to inspect them,
but we could see that they bore
evidences Of thrift and prosperity,
particularly that of Mr.. Boysen.
The next settler we interviewed |
was A. F. Wolfe. He was cutting
a nice field Of wheat with all old |
fashioned Armstrong" machine.
He is bachelor but is getting a
nice cage fixed up, and will prob
ably not be long before he gets the
necessary bird. We next passed |
the younger Mr.. Vidito's place,
and two or three farms on the oppo-
site side of the river, but as these
latter had no means of crossing
except boat, and that was gener-
ally Oil the other side Of the river,
they escaped persecution at our
hands. We next found Mr.. Grout
hard at work in the hay field and |
chatted a few moments with him. |