Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-09-05
LINCOLN COUNTY, ORE.
TEE YOUNGEST COUNTY I'M raE srArr
a Brief Description OF Lincoln County. Oraoon
And 1ts Rich, Undeveloped Resources.

LINCOLN COUNTY was created by an act OF
the legislature on February 10, 1s9S an
was formed from territory detached from Ben
ton and.Tillamook counties. 1t is bounded on
the ast by Benton and Polk, on the south by
Lane, on the west by the Pacific ocean, and on
the no rth by Tillamook and Polk The county
has a c, nast line OF fifty miles and an area OF
1,440 SO lare miles, and population of about
5000 inha bitants. The temporary county seat
Toledo. I he permanent county seat location
will be fna lly determined at the regular June
election in s9s The act creating the County
provides that the candidate for the county re-
ceiving majc witty of all the votes cast shall be
the permanent county seat. At the regular
election in june, 1884, there were four candi-
dates in the fel i for permanent county seat,
and no place rec aived majority vote, hence
there was no ele ction. At the next electio
the two points re ceiving the highest vote at
last election will be! the only candidates, and
therefore decision will be assured. The two
contesting points vii be Toledo and West va
Quina.
There arc four bays within the limits OF Lin
coin County, al bour ding in fish of all kinds
Salmon river, or bay en- ters the ocean near the
northern boundary of the county. Along this
SlESNiu drS ilLc tlNic Ia oAih A4NiA bpttpiii
lands, soon to be opened 70 settlement.
Seven miles south OF Sal mon river the Siletz
liver, or bay empties its parking waters into
The old Pacific Ocean. his stream drains a
arge scope of country and tFords tho larges t
volume OF fresh water OF any river in the coun-
t., having many feeders FC this reason it
said that mere salmon enter It than both the
Alsea and the Yaquina comb med. The siletz
49,, 49,; a, ,,~ft tIoT n oyI
range of mountains in Polk county and runs
nearly all the way through the rich valley OF
the siletz, now an Indian reser walton, soon to
be thrown op,n to settlement.
Twenty miles south of the Siletz Bay the now
famous YaquinG Bay minsles her commerce
laden waters with the cid Pacific. laquina
Bay proper Ia ub Jut II miles long, but is naVig
ablc for small era fs Cor thirty miles from the
mouth. There az, many tributaries emptJinS
into the YGluina, and many fine far5ns dot the
valleys and hill sid es. Eight miles above New
port are large bodies of rich tide lands extend
ing on up the Bay fol six or seven miles, many
acres of which are bel nS dyked, reclaimed and
cultivated and wien once cultivated are said
to be the richest lands IN the world, the soil in
many places being siXt,T feet deep Inc lands
arc admirably adapted to- raising all ktnus OF
beets, roots, nGngel wurz els, etc., and particu-
larly to the culture of suI ar beets. Inc anal
ysis of beets raised oil the tide-land near Tole-
do showed 16 per cent of saclharine matter be-
| ing the highest percentage obtained in the
state
Leaving the tlde-idEGR AID -. III e y
up the Bay, or now the Yaquina river are large
sandy bottoms in and around Elk City, the gar
den spot OF the county. Above ELI City and on
up the YaQuine river and alon C line OF the
0. P. railroad are fine bottom lands. On these
bottom lands fruit OF all kinds do rema rkably
we'll. Several hop yards have been planted
| on these bottom lands and the result has been
very satisfactory. Hop culture prom ises to he
one OF the prosperous and profitable industries
of the county at an early date. at Nashville,
near the east line OF the county, are large or
chards OF prunes apples and pears, showing
that fruit will do well even so near the summit
OF the Coast range
Eighteen miles below Yaquina Bay the Alsca.
river and lay empties into the Pacific ocean.
The Bay is Of considerable size, and the en-
trance is deep enough to permit coasting ves-
sells to enter and carry away the products Of the
fertile valley of the Alsea river. The country
contiguous to the Alsea river resembles that of
the Yaquina very much. 1t is settled with in
dustrious and thrifty people, and promises to
develop rapidly its latent resources.
The Dairying Industry.
Liucoln county is admirably adapted for
dairying. With our mild climate, where snow
never lies on the ground to exceed one day, |
cecil r.ghtf ard abundance Of pura spring wa
ter, ii is all ideal dairying country. The eli ,
mate is such that grass never dries up but re-
mains green during the entire year, thus af-
fording annual grazing and reducing the cost
of feeding to a minimum. Glover is naturally
adapted to this country, growing on the high
est hills or the lowest bottoms, wherever the
seed is scattered. Frequently our farmers cut
two crops of clover from their meadows in one |
year. and have been known to cut three Silos
can be built and three crops can be obtain |
ed annually for ensilage. A creamery plant is
in successful operation at Toledo, having been
built and put in operation this season. The
plant is G. first class one, and is turning out q
very superior quality OF butter There is no
longer a doubt but what this industry is sue
cessful one and will rapidly develop. 1t is said |
all markets that butter and cheese produced
from the milk of cows that graze upon the sue
culent grasses cf our country exces that of any
other region, The day is not far distant when
the dairying resources OF our surrounding |
country will be source oflarge annual income
to our people.
Timber, Coal and Granite.
Commencing three tiles north OF Toledo and |
extending on through Lincoln cou' ty is the ia
nous green belt OF fir, spruce, hemlocE, lnrch
and cedar timber, only awaiting capital aud
enterprise to manufacture it into lumber and
place 1t on the markets OF the world.