Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-10-25
HOTCH POTCH.
Os1,Old Takes q R01nble on
The Beach.

: The Beach.
One fine day last week I wander.
ed down the ocean beach as far as
Alsea Bay. Stopping a few min.
utes at Seal Rocks to watch the
ceaseless play of the ever restless
waves as they come tumbling over
the ragged rocks, or rushing
through some narrow crevasse,
gathering force as they come until
they strike the shingly beach with
a deafening crash and roar, rolling
the accumulated piles of gravel and
stones together until they are
ground down and polished as
smooth as glass. 'Tis sight worth
travelling a hundred miles on foot
to see, and is evidently appreciated
by many lovers of the grand and
beautiful works of nature, judging
by the number of the number of
cottages in the vicinity used as sum-
mer residences, and owned by peo'
pie, mostly business and profession
al men, all the way from Portland
to Eugene City. The last one just
finished, was built by Geo. Helms,
Of Waldport, for Prof. B. J. Haw-
thorne, of the State University at
Eugene City.
Mr.. Mulkey has a fine vegetable
garden right at the Rocks, and so
near the ocean that I threw peb-
Bile from it into the water. have
heard it said that nothing can be
grown near the beach. Here are
growing fine crop of cabbage, car
rots, beets, turnips, potatoes and
pumpkins, yes, regular old down
east yellow pumpkins! so near the
bank I could have kicked some of
them on to the beach with one push
of my foot.
Mr.. L. E. Davis, of South Beach
has fine bed Of cranberries at
Beaver Creek, from seed which his
mother brought from the east some
years ago. Mr.. Davis threw the
seed on the ground and forgot all
about it until the vines were bear.
ing. This season he picked about
ten gallons of the finest favored
berries from his little patch that I
have ever had the good fortune to
sample. AS he is not residing on
the place he loses the greater por-
tion of his berries, as others have
found out that Beaver Creek cram
berries are frst-class and are not at
all backward in helping themselves.
Lying off shore few miles were
two sailing vessels bound for Alsea
Bay. About ten miles out large
steamer was passing, bound south.
The steamer Homer just out from
Yaquina bound for San Francisco
passed; also the tug Robarts from
Siuslaw bound in to Yaquina. AL
together quite fleet to be off of
Seal Rocks in one afternoon.
Last week the Alsea Packing
company closed their seasons work.
I did not learn how many cases Of
salmon were put up, but the catch
must have been satisfactory as they
used up all the stock laid in for the
seasons work, and shut down two
weeks ahead of the close season.
On the Peter Eckman place, only
three miles from the beach, is a fine
orchard in which the trees are lit
orally bending to the ground with
their burden of big red apples, and
not wormy one in the whole or
chard. And, by the way, this re-
minds me of a very peculiar dream
l had, which l will tell you next
week.
Mr.. a. NJ. Peek, one OF the old
pioneer Of pioneers ofthe Bay coun-
try, and the first permanent white
settler on Alsea, came near passing
i'll his checks a short time since.
He was hauling lumber and his
team ran away, and one of the hor-
ses kicked him on the head and
face, cutting and bruising him UP
terribly. He was taken up for dead
but after some hours revived, and
at the present writing is in a fair
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