Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-03-28

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port enjoys the reputa los N
summer resort on tho Pacific al
the summer month thousands
Newport,
South OF New port ten miles thu
Summer Res ort, owned by flames
Here are locG 'ed good hotels, inc g7otS
Indny neat sumner cottages.
On Alsea Fay acg located two MED
villages, one on the north side snd Gne u
south. Good hotels and Ste ,es are fouN
either town. Al Waldport on the south side
good saw mill, nov engaged III saving lumb&
for the sun Francisco narLe.. on DE nort..
side are located the salmon canneIies where
annually are canned and shi opad from five 10
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 hGrbor although
it remains today without ever having had a
dollGr ofmoney spent on it, is better barber
than many other harbors on the coast. Coast,
ing steamers enter and depart regularly with.
out q tug or pi Ct. CranberrieB raised on the
Alsea ma@heS by Mr. T. o. ssearns are pro-
nounced by experts to be OF Il finest flavor of
any raised from Oregon to Maine
ELK CITY is the Oldest town in the county.
and is nicely located at the ju action of the Biz
Elk and laqGina Rivers. 1t has a good hotel.
two stores, Blacksmith shop and postafiIca.
and being the center OF q large farming district
enjoys good trade. Thousands of bushels Of
potatoes and many bushels of fine apples are
shipped annually to san Francisco.
TOLEDO, the temporary County eat, is well
located y miles above the mouth of the Bav. on
the line OF the o. p. r. R., and nearly in tbo
center of the County, drawing the lines to the
compass. Toledo enjoys the undivided trade of
the sileta 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 iirst-class l., tel, four coed general
merchandise stores, one drug store, twoweeklv
newspapers, one steam saw-mill blacksmith
shop, fine large public school building, two
churehes, and other minor businesses.
fIoNEER, or MORRISON, is station on the
o. T, K, r. about three miles from Elk CITY
At this place is located the famous Pioneer
Sandstone quarry. The products Of this quarry
is bec0mming justly celebrated all over the
coast ASa building stone it is unrxcercd
Large quantities ofitare being shipped TO San
francisco where 1t is USED in tie constyuction
Of some OF the mammoth bpildings of that city.
The quarry employs large number of man
and is building up Il large industry.
onup the railroad are the stations OF Chit.
WOOD EddyyilIe ana Little Elk al OF them
trading points of some Importance
The Slletg Reservations
IN the north part oGthe county lies the famous
slietz 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 opDortunitv
the prospective settler will have in securing a
nome from Uncle Sam. The Indians having
been allotted their lands and one hundred and
elgnty thousand acres remaining which will be
turned back to the general government and he
homesteaded and taken under the timber NOT
The Siletz river is navigable for tventv- -fve
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
ana TOR the next twenty miles large sandy bot
toms extend from the rivers edge, VARYING in
Wldih from two hundred yards to quarter of
mile .Ihis territory has never been visited |
by lire and there are millions Of feet of fine |
mr. larch ana cedar timber. Large deposits of
coal are known to exist, the quality of which is |
the same as that of the magnificent Depot
E4ough coal. On this reservation can be found |
some OF the best agricultural and grazing land
on the coast. All the preliminary work look.
ing to the opening of the reservation has been
done, and it is only awaiting the Presidents
proclamation announcing it 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 once power.
ful tribe was heard as they paid their tribute to
old Medicine Rock, Will be heard the music of
the saw and hammer Civilization shall con
quor the earth.