Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-05-09

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Gus stores, fine public school, one weekly
newspaper, one sawmill, and many other lines
I otousiness. 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 Brasfeld.
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
Inc 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
dairylng country. The Alsea harbor although
1t 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 a tug or nj ct. Cranberr,es raised on Tho
Alsea marshes by Mr.. ]. O. stearns ara nro.
nounced by experts to be of the finest flavor of
any raised from Oregon To Ma,ne
Elk CITY is The oldest town in the county
and is nicely located at the junction of tho MO
Elk and Yauuina Rivers. If has n good hotel
two stores, a blacksmith shon and nos+on,co
and being the center of a large farming district
enjoys good trade. Thousands of hvsbors n,
potatoes and many bushels of fine apples are
rnT 80 "n'tu"i! W san FRANCISCO
-, ~ ,ne 'ei" pofais county eat Is well
- ni'es "u'Ne 'he mouth OF the BAY, on
.IN,.l Wv my y. 'Ne !" N. h' ana nearly IN the
'' eeA'et Vi 'ne souii'!, drawing the lines to the
~ pos' lCteuo enjoys 'he uhulViaed trade OF
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ro'', oie s'eani s"" mill placKsmlth
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Inc siietz 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 he
turned back to the general government and be
noi'ies'eaueo ana TAKEN uhder the timber act
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p.os.",na.ion ,ip announcing IL open ior settle
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oror tho na.,t ''''i~"'ioii SNAIL CON
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miscellaneous.
Owing to the mild 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, comm On in the willamette Val.
ley and California. lincoln County will be the
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