Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-09-12

lhhaoltan S. 1t has three fine hotels. MINER
o's stores, fine public school, one weekly
new paper, one sawmill, and many other lines
oipuslness. The government works are located
NeF ana the town enjoys good trade New
port enjoys the reputation OF being the finest
summer resort on the Pacific coast, and during
the summer month thousands of people visit
Newport. '''''
South of Newport ten miles is the Seal RocrS
summer Resort, owned by James BrasAeld
mere are loca ted 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
ior the San Francisco market. On the north
slde arc located the salmon eanneries where
annually are canned and shipped from five to
zen thonsand cases OF salmon of fine grade
me A!sea Bay is snavigable for steam crafts for
WE'VE miles, This part Of the County is rich
III lumber, bothtir and cedar, and is the ideal
carrying country. The Alsea harbor although
IL remains today without ever having had n
dollar ofmoney spent on it, is a better harbor
than many other harbors on the coast Coast.
ing steamers enter and depart regularly with.
outa tug or pi Ct Cranberries raised ou the
Aisea marshes by Mr., ]. o. Stearns, are pro.
nounced by experts to be of the finest flavor of
any raised from Oregon to Maine. -
! ELK CITY is the Oldest town in the county.
and is nicely located at the junction of the Big
Elk and iaquina Rivers. It has a good hotel
two stores, blacksmith shop and postof,Ice
and being the center of a large farming district
enjoys good trade. Thousands OF bushels of
potatoes and many bushels of fine apples are
shlpped annually to San Francisco.
IoLEDo, the temporary County eat, is well
located u miles above the mouth of the Bay, on
the line of the o. p. r. r. and nearly in the
center OF the County, drawing the lines to the
compass. Toledo enjoys the undivided trade of
the siletz Indian Reservation. 1t is the center
OF the famous tide-land belt, and will hold her
| own by reason OF her splendid location. Toledo
mas one trst'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
churches, and other minor businesses.
| PIONEER, or MORRISON, is station on the
o. P. R. R., about three miles from Elk CITY.
At thi place is located the famous Pioneer
sandstone quarry. The products of this quarry
is becomming justly celebrated all over the
coast. Asa"butlding stone it is unexcelled.
Large quantities ofitare being shipped to San
Francisco where it is used in the construction
ofsome OF the mammoth buildings of that city.
The quarry employs u large number. of man
and is building up a large industry.
On n the oi1 ,,t.,.
wood, Eddyville and Little Elk, all OF them
trading points OF some Importance.
The Siletz Reservation.
In the north part of the county lies the famous
Siletz Indian reservation, now thrown open
for settlement. This reservation is among
the asst OF the Indian lands to be opened to the
whites, and offers about the last opportunity
| the prospective settler will have in securing a
home from Uncle Sam. The Indians having
been allotted their lands and one hundred and
eighty thousand acres remaining which will he
turned back to the general government and be
homesteaded and taken under the timber act
The Siletz river Is nayigable for twenty-five
miles up from its mouth for all classes of river
boats. Along the river on either side for three
miles inland are large bodies OF rich tide land
and for the next twenty miles large sandy bot
toms extend from the rivers edge, varying in
width from two hundred yards to quarter Of
a mile. This territory has never been visited
by fire and there are millions of feet of fine
fir, larch and cedar timber. Large deposits OF
coal are known to exist, the quality of which is
the same as that of the magnificent Depot
Slough coal. On this reservation can be found