The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-07-17
Resorts Filling Up by Promi-
nent People.
'cANNoNAND ELK CREEK RESORTS
Natures Beauty Spots Graphically
Described improvements Made
and Others to Follow.

Zach succeeding year the road leading
from Seaside to Elk Creek becomes more
passable, and with each succeeding sea-
son the visitors to the beautiful beaches
from Elk Creek to Arch Cape become
more numerous. Three years ago the bare
idea of going from Seaside up the Mccain
nicum to the Orchard" thence over the
tell road to Elk Creek brought to ones
mind most disagreeable picture of ugly
mud holes, through which the poor horses
must struggle; or a hard climb up a
bad road winding like a great snake
ever the ridge that divides the Elk creek
and Necannicum countries. But once
over the eight miles that lies between
Seaside and Elk Creek and all the
trouble one has been to going over the
road is repaid by the excellent beach road
from that pont south to the cape, a
distance Of seven miles.
But, making the trip to Elk Greek" I"
as 1t is commonly spoken Of, is not the
task now that It was a year or two ago.
Where once were great mud sinks on
the county road, the frailest vehicle can
pass with perfect ease and safety.
Rough places on the mountain road have
been smoothed down until now that part
OF the thoroughfare is no longer a ter
ror to the tourist as well as the hardy
stage driver.
So far tbs season greater number
of people than ever before are at the
beaches south of Tlllamook Head, and
the next ten days will witness the arrival
of many more. AS 1t is the cottages are
all pretty well filled and it'w.ll not be
long before tents will be necessary to
shelter the surplus OF visitors. 1t is as
tonishing, by the way, the number Of
people who can find accommodations in
these little houses scattered along the
beach, but then, there seems no end to
the dscomforts one can put up with
when "roughing 1t at the sea shore" This
unusual influx of visitors to the beaches
in this vicinity will do a great deal TO-
ward the building of more cottages next
year, and already several are under con.
temptation. Mr.. l.. Mansur, who has @
neat little cottage just south OF Silver
Point cliffs, will build another house this
fall on the cliffs overlooking the beach
In front of the cliff is a large, pointed
odd looking rock fully 100 feet In height.
1t can be reached at half tide and Is
quite an object Of curiosity to the visitor.
On top Of this rock Mr.. Mansur intends
having erected q small observatory,
where one can go and not only spend
a delightful hour or two directly over the
surf, but get q magnificent View of the
coast from TillamoolS Head to where the
bald head of old Mccartney mountain
throws its shadow far into the sea,
When Mr.. Hammond extends his newly
purchased Seashore road through to
Tillamook It will make these beaches
easy of access from Astoria, for the line
must necessarily pass either along the
edge or the beach or less than a mile
back, the greater part Of the distance.
With easy and rapid transit to and from
Astoria, but short time win elapse
before this will be the best known and
and greatest sought for resort on the
whole coast. There Is no other that
has the variety of beautiful beach and
mountain scenery; none that has such
delightful bathing-no undertow; none
with so many trout streams as this, and
1t is no wonder that when one has once
visited the place, there remains impressed
upon the mind a picture that Is sure to
tempt one back again with each succeed
Ing summer. AS much raved over as
has been the old Ben Holiday place at
Seaside, 1t could not be compared with
IN point of beauty and attractiveness, Elk
Creek, where now the old Logan hotel
stands. From back In the little valley
through which beautiful stream flows.
an excellent view of the rolling surf and
the blue ocean beyond, can be had. This
picture Is added to by magnificent
view OF the heavily wooded mountains
of the Arch Cape range, about throe
miles back from the coast. Haystack
rock peeps up above the trees across the
creek from the hotel and away south
the sharp lieaks back Of Silver Point
cliffs are plainly visible. Just north OF
Elk Creek ara the queer looking rocks
known as 'Shag Rocks the home OF
myriads OF sea fowl. Immediately north
of this point are the Seal rocks, where
thousands Of noisy sea lions make their
he me. II is on the heights overlooking
these rocks that Messrs. Lewis & Flan-
ders have spent several thousand dollars
and laid the foundation for one Of tho
most beautiful estates on the coast.
T1llamook light flashes at night on the
lonely rock about mile Off shorl from
this point and from here without the
a-d Of glasses one can easily d stinguish
the keepers walking about their isolated
station.
Mccartney mountain will always be an
attractive place for excursion parties.
With Its buried treasure" the magnlfl-
cent view from the trail leading around
Its summit; Smugglers' Cave at the base
OF tho mountain on the north and the
splendid trout streams IN the vicinity, all
add to the charm. Treasure hunters
visit the mountain every season, and dig
fresh holes about the spot where the
niqh roId fa atfnnooad N houa haax.
buried The treasure, however, still re-
mains hidden from the sight OF mortal
eyes.
beach for the last three or four days,
and the poor campers have had to live
entirely on clans.
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