Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-03-07

inhabitants. 1t has three fine hotels, numer-
Gus stores, fine public school, one weekly
newspaper, one sawmill, and many 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 New port ten miles is the Seal Rocks
Summer Res ort, owned by James Brasield.
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 is
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
1t remains today without ever having had
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. Craiberries raised on the
Alsea marsheS by Mr.. ]. o, stearns, are pro.
nounccd by experts to be of the finest flavor of
any raised from Oregon 10 Maine.
ELK CITY Is the Oldest town in the county,
and is nicely located AT tho junction OF tho Big
Eli and Yaquinu Rivers. 1t has a good hotel
two stores, a blacksmith shop aud postofllce,
prtI hpip,r II.
enjoys good trade. Thousands of bushels o
potatoes and many bushels of fine apples are
shipped annually to san Francisco
TOLEDO, the temporary County eat, Is well
located u miles above the mouth of the Bay, on
the line of the o. +. Il, RI and nearly in the
center of the County, drawing the lines to the
compass Toledo enjoys the undivided trade of
the Silets Indian Reservation. 1t is the center
of the famous tidc.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. Il, r., about three miles from Elk City.
At this place is located the famous Pioneer
Sandstone quarry. The products of this quarry
is becomming justly celebrated all over the
coast. IS a building stone 1t Is unexcelled.
Large quantities OF 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 u 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
The Sietz Reservation.
In the north part of the county lies 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 a
; home from Uncle Sam. The Indians having
been allotted their lands and one hundred and
eighty thousand acres remaining which will be
turned back to the general government and be
homcsteaded and taken under the timber act
The Siletz river Is navigable 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.
width from two hundred yards to quarter OF
Il mile. This territory has never been visited
bya fire and there arc millions of feet of fine
fir, larch and cedar timber. Large deposits Of
coal are known to exist, the quality of which 1,
the same as that of the magnificent Depot
Slough coal. On this reservation can be found
, some of the best agricultural and grazing land
: on tho coast. All the preliminary work look
: ing to the opening Of the reservation has beer
i done, and 1t Is only awaiting the President.
: proclamation announcing 1t open for settle
u ment, when the pioneers AK will startle tn,
y wild elk and deer from their natural haunts
: when capital will take up the echo and soon
e where but fewmonths before nothing but tn,
u wild animals hatsh notes and wierd chants of
g few old Indians,the remnants of once power
IS full tribe, heard they paid their tribute t,
i old Medicine Rock will be heard the music o
!, the saw and hammer. Civilization shall con
. quor the earth.
v Miscellaneous.
j. Owing to the mild climate and absence o
frost, fruit of all kinds that can be raised in Ore
II gon do exceedingly well here. Large orchard
d of prunes, apples and pears are being set ou
and to far have proved to be perfectly free from
y all fruit pests, common in the Willamette Val
IL ley and California. Lincoln County will be tn
9 banner fruit County in Oregon.
Q The Oregon Pacific Railroad which has Its ter
minus at Yaquina City, has reached the Cas-
cade mountains and is operating one hundre,
j., and forty miles Of road. And as soon as thi
- road makes connection with an eastern roa
!, and becomes trans.continental line openin
;, up the great wool and wheat belts, Of easter
. Oregon, Yaquina Bay will then become fol-
u midable rival of other ports on the Pacific coas
Of known fame.
" Lincoln County offers better inducement
! than any other county in Oregon for capital.
n n Lincoln County offers good inducements 70
10 homeseekers.
g Lincoln County has many undeveloped re
y sources only sleeping for the want Of capital.
~ Lincoln County wants business men, workin
men, farmers and capitalists. II takes all kind
= OF people to make and develop country Tax
y Horace Greely's advise and come west, wher
:, billiards and cyclones are unknown; whei
a. every mans latch string hangs on the outside
u where the warm breath Of the grand old Pacif
paints brilliant colors on mid-winter flower
where Ayers Ague Cure is ofno more value tina
m a bushel of sand; where fever and malaria Al