Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-07-04

making living for a year or two,
or until he gets his ground partly
in state of cultivation, there is a
chance to lease Indian land for cul-
tivation. The Indians can now
lease their lands for from one 10
three years for farming purposes.
This will give a man a chance to
get home started, some land clear
ed and start made.
HOW TO GET TO THE RESERVE.
There are several ways by which
one may reach the reservation.
There is good wagon road leading
from the Valley over the mountains
to the head of Salmon river, and
thence down the river to the coast.
This is about the only means of in
gress to the northern part of the
reservation. To reach the central
and southern part one has choice
of the o. c. & E. railroad and
wagon road from Corvallis over the
mountains. By these routes Toledo
is reached, and from here there is
good wagon road onto the reserva-
ton.
In conclusion we would say that
the Siletz country does not have al!
or the advantages in the world, but
to the man who is toiling his life
ont on rented farm, it offers
home where he can be free and in
dependent. 1t offers an opportuni-
~ ior a man OF limited means to
get good piece of land in a good
country in goon state. The coun-
try is going to settle up. There
are hundreds of men who are look
ing for just such a chance to get
land. So if a person wants to make
a home where every effort of honest
toll will be rewarded; where the
killing hot winds and the destruc-
tive cyclones are unknown; where
it can be truly said that, 1.-THE hus-
bandman tickles the earth with a
hoe and it laughs forth an abundant
harvest;" where nature has been
so prolific that man can live with
the smallest amount of effort, and
the balance of his labors be fully re-
warded, then let him come to the
land of the Siletz in Lincoln county.
We can picture in our minds the
happy, prosperous and contented
people that the land of the Siletz
will contain and shelter in its beau
tiful valleys and on its sunny hill
sides before many years have passed
away. Can anyone imagine a more
ertrancing picture than a home on
the banks of the beautiful Siletz,
with the field and the orchard on
which the husbandman can rely with
calm content, knowing that he has
only to put forth the effort of his
labor and it will be fully rewarded.
His focks and herds pasture on the
hillsides and in the glades, his gar
dens, grain and fruits ripen in the
sun, his bees gather honey from the
clover fields, the buds and the BIOS
SONS; the timber furnishes his fuel,
fencing, etc.; the river gives him
fish, and in the forest are deer and
other game. Should not peace,
prosperity and contentment rest up
on the man who makes his home
under these conditions? Then come
and view the land of the Siletz, one
OF the last Indian reservations ever
to be opened for settlement by Un-
Gle Sam. You may not like it.
You might wish for the h-or1 : zee
Vi prairie where you could wear
mind and body out trying to grow
corn or wheat. You may not take
kindly to Our country with its di-
versifed products. But come and
see the land anyway. View its hills
and its valleys. Gaze on its tall,
majestic trees. Take canoe ride
down the river and pay tribute to
old Medicine Rock. Gaze on the
grand old Pacific ocean as it breaks
on the shingly beach. See all of it
that is to be seen, and then if YOU
do not think you could live and