Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-12-20
LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON.
The YOUNGEST COUNTY IN THE STATE.
TY IN THE STATE.
IA Sr1ef Description Of Lincoln County. Oregon.
And its Rich, Undeveloped Resonrooa

inhabitants. It has three fine hotels, numer-
Gus stores, fine public school, one weekly
newspaper, one sawmiu, and many other lines
OF otbuSinesS. The government works are located
here and the town enjoys good trade New
| port enjoys the reputation Of being the finest
summer resort on the Pacific coast, and during
the summermonth thousands OF people visit
Newport.
soutA OF Newport ten miles is the seal Rocks
summer Resort, owned by James Brasfeld
lieFe are located good hotels, fine grounds and
many neat summer cottages.
On Alsea Bay are located two nice little
villages, one on the north side and one on the
south Good hotels and stores are found in
either town. At Waldport on the south side is
good saw mill, now engaged in saving lumber
1or the san Francisco market. on the north
size are located the salmon cannerics where
annually are canned and shipped from five to
ten thousand cases OF salmon OF fine grade.
Ihe Alsea Bay is naviSeble for steam crafts for
| twelve miles. This part of the County is rich
IN lumber, both fir and cedar, and is the ideal
dairying country. The Alsea harbor although
it remains today without ever having had a
dollar ofmoney spent on it, is n better harbor
|
ing steamers enter and depart regularly with.
out" tug or plct. Cranberries raised GU the
AiseG marshes by Nr j. 0. Stearns, are pro-
honheed by experts to be of the finest flavor of
any raised from Oregon TO Maine.
ELK CITY is the oldest town in the county,
snd IS nicely located Mt the junction of the Big
Elk and Iaquina Rivers 1t has a good hotel,
TWO stores, blacksmith shop and postoflce,
apd being the center of large farming district
enjoys good trade. Thousands of bushels of
potatoes and many bushels of fine apples are
shipped annually to San Francisco.
TOLEDO, the temporary County eat, is well
located Il miles above the mouth of the Bay. on
the line of the o. p II. r., and nearly in the
center OF the County, drawing the lines to the
compass. Toledo enjoys the undivided trade of
the slletz Indian Reservation 1t is the center
OF the famous tida-land belt, and will hold her
own BY reason Of her splendid location Toledo
mas one iirst-class hotel four good general
merchandise stores, one drug store, two weekly
newspapers, one steam saw.mill, blacksmith
shop fine large public school building two
tcAurches, and other minor businesses.
fIoNEER, or MOR!GSpNs is Il station on the
.. r. r., about three miles from. Elk CITY.
At this place is located the famous Pioneer
sandstone quarry. The products of this quarry
Is oecomming justly celebrated all over the
coast. AS a building stone 1t is unexcelled
Large quantities oft are being shipped to San
Francisco where it is used in the construction
OF some Of the mammoth buildings of that city.
Ihe quarry employs 4 large number Of man
ana IS building up large industry.
Onup the railroad are the stations of Chit.
wood E1nrNflln n,,I l.1I.
trading points of some importance.
The SiIetz Reservation,
IN the north part of the county lies the famous
slletz Indian reservation, now soon to be thrown
open for settlement. This reservation is among
the last OF the India lands to be opened to the
whites, and bliers about the last opportunity
the prospective settler will have in securing n
home from Uncle sam, The Indians having
been allotted their lands and one hundred and
eighty thousand acres remaining which will he
turned back the general government and be
homesteaded and taken under the timber act.
The Sietz river is navigable for Twenty-Five
miles up from its mouth for all Glasses of river
boats. Along the river on either side for three
mics inland are large bodies OF rich tide land,
ana Tor the next twenty miles large sandy bot
toms extend from the rivers edge, varying in
width from two hundred sards to u quarter OF
Il mile. This territory has never oeeu visited
by fire and there are millions of feet of fine
hr, larch and cedbr timber Large deposits OF
coal are known to exist, the quality of WI ich is
the same as that of the magnificent Depot
Slough coal. On. this reservation can be found
some of the best agricultural rnd grazing la,
go '-'c tV''' 80. H. fI'i..tna - ECr!. BOX
ing to the opening of the reservation has been
done, and it is only awaiting the Presidents
t proclamation announcing It open for settle.
ment, when the ,pi0iecr's AK viii startle the
wild elk and deer from their natural haunts;
, when capital VIII take up the echo and soon,
t where but few months before nothing but the
, wild animals harsh notes and wierd chants Of Il
iew Old Indians, the remnants OF once power.
ful tribe, asheard as they paid their tribute to
: old Medicine Rock; will be heard the music OF
the saw. and hammer. Civilization shall con.
tquOr the earth
Miscellaneous.
Owing to the mild climate a,,d absence OF
frost fruit Of all kinds that can be rais1d in ore.
I gon do exceedingly well here. Large orchards
OF prunesi npples and pears are being set out
and so far have proved to be perfectly freA from
all fruit pests, common in the willamette Val
ley and California. Lincoln County will be the
} banner fruit County in Oregon
The Oregon Pacific Railroad which has it's tea
minus at faquina City, has reached the Cas-
cade mountains md is operating one hundred
and forty miles of road. And us soon az this
: road makes CONNECTION with an pastern road