Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-04-18

inhabitan S. II has three fine hotels, numer-
GUS stores fine public school, one weekly
newspaper, one sawmill, and man. other lines
| ofbusiness, 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 summer month thousands OF people visit
Newport.
South OF Newport ten miles is the Seal Rocks
Summer Res 0rt, owned by James Brasfleld.
Here 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 ia
good saw mill, now engaged in saving lumber
for the San Francisco market. On the north
side are located the salmon canneries where
annually are canned and shipped from FIVE TO
ten thousand cases OF salmon of fine grade.
The Alsea Bay is navigable 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 a better harbor
than many other harbors on the coast Coast.
ing steamers enter and depart regularly with.
out tug or pi ct. Cranberries raised ou the
Alsca marshes b. Mr.. J. 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. 1t has good hotel,
two stores, a blacksmith shop and postonice,
and being the center of large farming district
enjoys good trade. Thousands Of bushels
potatoes and many bushels of fine apples are
shipped annually to San Francisco. :
| TOLEDO, the temporary County. eat Is we'll
located p miles above the mouth OF the Bay, on
: the line of the o. F. r. r., and nearly in the
center OF the County, drawing the lines to the
compass. Toledo enjoys the undivided trade of
| the Silet2 Indian Reservation. 1t is the center
OF the famous tide-land belt, and will hold her
own by reason of her splendid location. Toledo
has one frst.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 this place Is located the famous Pioneer
Sandstone quarry. The products of this quarry
is becommng justly celebrated all over the
coast As a building stone it is unexcelled.
Large quantities oft tare being shipped to San
Francisco where it is used in the construction
of some of the mammoth buildings of that city.
The quarry employs large number OF man
and Is building up large industry.
On up the railroad are the stations OF Chit.
wood, Eddyville and Little Elk, all OF them
trading'points Of some Importance.
J . J., The SIletz Reservation.
In the north part Of the county Hes the famous
siletz Indian reservation now soon to be thrown
open for settlement. This reservation Is among
the last OF the Indian lands to be opened to the
whites, and offers about the last opportunity
the prospective settler will have In securing
) home from Uncle Sam. The Indians having
been allotted their lands and one hundred and
eighty thousand acres remaining which will bs
turned back to the general government and bt
homesteaded and taken under the timber act
The siletz river is navigable for twenty.iiv,
e miles up from its mouth for all classes of rive
: boats. Along the river on either side for thre,
: miles inland are large bodies OF rich tide land
{ and for the next twenty miles large sandy bot
;, t9ms extend from the rivers edge, varying II
+ amile. This territory has never been VISITED
by fre and there are millions Of feet Of fin
fir, larch and cedar timber. Large deposits o
coal are known to exist, the quality of which /
VI the same as that of the magnificent Depo
Slough coal. On this reservation can be foun,
u some OF the best agricultural and grazing Ian,
v on the coast. All the preliminary work look
> ing to the opening Of the reservation has beei
. done, and 1t is only awaiting the President
i proclamation announcing 1t open for settle
~ ment, when the pioneers AZ will startle tn
y wild elk and deer from their natural haunts
Il when capital will take up the echo and soor
'e where but few months before nothing but tn
" wild animals harsh notes and wierd chants OF
e few old Indians, the remnants OF a once power
d full tribe, was heard they paid their tribute
j. old Medicine Rock will be heard the music {
!; the saw and hammer. Civilization shall cor
:, quor the earth.
IL Miscellaneous.
b. Owing to the mild climate and absence
FROST fruit OF all kinds that can be raised In Or,
N gon do exceedingly well here. Large orchard
ID Of prunes, apples and pears are being set ou
and SO far have proved to be perfectly free froi
" all fruit pests, common in the willamette Va
N ley and California. Lincoln County will be th
lg banner fruit County in Oregon. '''
le The Oregon Pacific Railroad which has Its te
minus at Yaquina City, has reached the Ca
csde mountains and is operating one hundre
J., and forty miles Of road. And ns soon as tn
!. road makes connection with an eastern roa
N and becomes trans. continental line openin
"A up the great wool and wheat belts, OF easter
"A Oregon, Yaquina Bay will then become a 70
midable rival Of other port. on the Pacific Goa
:. Of known fame.
n. Lincoln County offers better inducemen
. than any other county In Oregon for capital.
a. Lincoln county Offers good inducements I,
!. homeseekers.
al Lincoln County has many undeveloped r
IA sources only sleeping for the want OF capital.
Lincoln County wants business men, worfir
20 men, farmers and capitalists. 1t takes all kim
-, OF people to make and develop country. Tai
a, Horace Greely's advise and come west, whe
u, billiards and cyclones are unknown; whe
a. every mans latch string hangs on the outsid
where the warm breath Of the grand old Paci
paints brilliant colors on mid.winter flower
where Ayers Ague Cure Is OF no more value tn,
on bushel Of sand; where fever and malaria q
Is, strangers and outcasts; where an honest,