Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-02-14

ihhaoitants. 1t has three fine hotels numer-
Gus stores, line public school, one weekly
newspaper one sawmill, and many other lines
OF business The government works are located
mere 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 yisi,
Newport
south OF Newport ten miles is the Seal Rocks
summer Res 0rt owned by James Brasfield
Here are loca ted good hotels, fine grounds and
many neat summer cottages.
On Alses 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 "a
ten thousand cases OF salmon of fine grade
The Nsea 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. Cranberries raised ou the
Alsea marshes by Mr.. j. o, stearns are pro.
nounced by experts 10 be OF the finest flavor of
any raised from Oregon to Maine.
ELK CITY is the Oldest town in the countv.
and is nicely located At the junction of the Big
Elk and iaquina Rivers. 1t has q good hotel,
two stores, a blacksmith shop and postoflice,
and being the center of a large farming district
enjoys good trade. Thousands of bushels of
potatoes and many bushels of fine apples are
shipped annually to San Francisco.
TOLEDO, tAe temporary County. eat, is we'll
located II miles above the mouth of the Bay, on
the line OF the O. ?. II. H., 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 tirst-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 a station on the
D. PR. r., about three miles from Elk City.
At this place is located the famous Pioneer
Sandstone quarry. The products Of this quarry
is becumming justly celebrated all over the
coast, Asa building stone it is unexcelled,
Large quantities oft are being shipped to San
Frencisco where ii is used in the construction
ofsome OF the mammoth buildings Of that city.
The quarry employs large number OF man
and is building up q large industry.
onrp the railroad are the stations a. IebiS
wood, Eddyville and Little Elk, all OF them
trading points of sohe Importance.
The SiletE 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
homesteaded 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.
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 a 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
tho same as that of the magnificent Depot
Slough coal, OH this reservation can be found
some of the best agricultural and grazing land
OH the coast. All the preliminary work look
ing to the opening Of the reservation has been
done, and 1t is only awaiting the Presidents
proclamation announcing 1t open for settle
ment when the pioneers ak will startle the
wild elk and deer from their natural haunts
when capital will take up the echo and soon,
where but few months before nothing but the
wild animals harsh notes and wierd chants of a
few old Indians;'the remnants of a once power.
full tribe, was heard they paid their tribute to
old Medicine Rock, will be heard the music Of
the saw and hammer. Civilization shall con.
quor the earth
Miscellaneous.
Owing to the mlld climate and absence of
frost fruit of all kinds that can be raised in Ore
gon do exceedingly well here. Large orchards
Of prunes, apples and pears are being set out
and so far have proved to be perfectly free from
all fruit pests, common in the Willamette Val.
ley and California. Lincoln County will be the
banner fruit County in oregon.
The Oregon Pacific Railroad which has its ter.
minus at Yaquina City, has reached the Cas-.
cade moihtains and is operating one hundred
and forty miles of road. And as soon as this
road makes connection with an eastern road
and becomes a transcontinental line opening
up the great wool and wheat belts Of eastern
oregon, Yaquina Bay will then become for.
midable rival ofothpr ports on the Pacific coast
Of known fame. -
Lincoln County offers better inducements
than any other county in Oregon for capital.
Lincoln County offers good inducements for
homeseekers.
Lincoln County has many undeveloped re.
sources only sleeping for the want OF capital.
Lincoln County wants business men, working
men, farmers and capitalists. 1t takes all kinds
Of people to make and develop country. Take
Horace Greely's advise and come west, where
billiards and cyclones are unknown where
every mans latch string hangs on the outside
where the warm breath Of the grand old Pacific
paints brilliant colors on mid.winter flowers;
where Ayers ARue Curp Is of M m ore vaIua IN N