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

OF business. The governmentworks are located
her ana the town enjoys good trade, New
port enjoys tie reputation OF being the finest
summer resort on the Pacific coast, and durine
the summer month thousands of people visit
Newport.
south OF Newport ten miles is the Seal Rocl,,
summer Resort, 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 ir
either town. At Waldport on the south side !,
goou saw mill, now engaged in saving lumba,
~, 'ne san Francisco market. On the north
side are located the salmon canneries wber,
'nNuailE are canned and shipped from five tc
,vi 'Iiousallu cases OF salmon of fine grade
@ Ho N4seu Day is naVlgable for steam crafts fol
."ei'e miles, lhls part of the County is rich
III iuih ''er' poth ir and CEDAR and is the idea
Trying country. Tie Alsea harbor although
IL remains today without ever having had ,
uoliar OF money spent on it, is better harbo,
than many other harbors on the coast. Coast
ing steamers enter and depart regularly with
out q tug or pi ct. Cranberries raised OH the
Alsea marshes by Mr.. ]. o. Stearns, are pro
hounced by experts to be of the finest favor nj
any raised from Oregon TO Maine.
BLK CITY is the oldest town in the countv
anu is nicely located at the junction of the Bio
Elk and Iaquina Rivers 1t has a GOOD hotel
TWO stores, blacksmith shop and postofice
anu Delilg the center of large farming district
enjoys good trade. Thousands of bushels of
potatoes ana many bushels Of fine apples are
| shlppeu annually to San Francisco.
TOLEDO, the temporary County, eat. is we'll
| located p miles above the mouth of the Bav. on
the line OF the o. p. r. r., and nearly in the
center of the County, drawing the lines to the
compass. Toledo enjoys the undivided trade Of
the Siletz Indian Reservation. It is the cnptor
of the famous tide-land belt, and will hold bar
own oy reason OF her splendid location. Toledo
mas one 1ifSt-class hotel, four good general
merchandise stores, one drug store two weekly
newspapers, one steam saw-1fin, blacksmith
shoP' me large public school building. two
churches, and other minor businesses,
PloNEER, or MORRISON, is d station IN tho
" T. K. r., about three miles from Ell, civ
at TIL place is located the lannon's pionoor
sandstone quarry. The products of this ouarrv
is becomming justly celebrated all over the
coast. AS building stone it is unexce1lad
Large quantities oft are being shipped to San
francisco where it is used in the construction
ol some OF the mammoth buildings of that city
H.'5 G",' yf largo number OF man
ana Is building up large industry.
On up the railroad are the stations of Chit
WOOD EddyVille and Little Elk, all of them
'faulng points OF some Importance.
The Siletz Reservation.
IN the north part of the county lies the famous
slletz indian reservation, now thrown onen
lor settlement. This reservation is among
the asst OF the Indian lands to be opened to the
WHITES, ana offers about the last Opportunity
the prospective settler will have in securing
nome from Uncle Sam. The Indians having
been allotted their lands and one hundred and
elghty thousand acres remaining which will he
turned back to the general government and bo
homesteaded and taken under the tinher oot
The siletz river is navigable for twont, e,,a
miles up from its mouth for all classes of river
ooa'S' Along the river on either side for three
iniies lilaro are large bodies of rich tide land.
ana Tor the next twenty miles large sandy bot
toms extend from the rivers edge, VARYING in
wioth from two hundred yards to a quarter of
mile. This territory has never been visited
by hre and there are millions of feet of fine
hr' larch and cedar timber. Large deposits of
coal are known to exist, the quality of which Is
the same as that of the magnificent Denot
slough COAL On this reservation can he fonnd
some OF the best agricultural and grazing land
on the coast. hisland has been but recent,v
throwit open to settlement, and the work of set
tlement, when the pioneers ak will startle the
wild elk and deer from their natural baunts
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
tul tribe, heard as they paid their tribute IN
OLD Eledicine Rock, will be heard the music of
the saw and hammer Civilization shall con- |
quor the earth,
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 ont |
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 mountains and is operating one hundred |
and forty miles OF road. Ard as soon as this |
road makes connection with an eastern road |
and becomes trans continental line opening
up the great wool and wheat belts of eastern /
Oregon, Yaquina Bay will then become a for.
midable ritGl OF other ports on the Pacific coast
Of known fame.
Lincoln County offeIs better inducements
than any other county in Oregon for capital
Lincoln County offers good inducements for
Lincoln County has many undeyeloped re.
sources only sleeping for tho want of capital.
Lincoln County wants business men, working
men, farmers and capitalists. 1t takes all kinds
Of people tomase end develop country. Take
Horace Creely's advise and come west, where
billiards. and cyclones are unljlown; where
every man slatch string hangs on the outside,
where the warm breath OF the grand old Pacific
paints brilliant colors on mil-winter flowers:
where Ayers Ague Cure is DINO more value than
D bushel Of sandi where fever and lalaria are
strangers and outca',s; where an honest, In.
1Gstrious man eau make llim ho!le d be az
tree and independent ms Governor pc noyer.
Iyou are an old man come and vie sHnset
down by the sea, rest yourrind and be ce<5ree
Tor while. II you are yonng man comeand
grow up with the country. Ifyou are mon.
syed man come and double your capital. II you
are o single man come and SEQ ourgirls. Jfyou