Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-08-08

lNCoLN ColNll was created by
| the Legislature on february 10, lesi, an
was formed from territory uetaeheu rom beii-
| Ton and. .llllamook eouhUes' IL Is pouhueu ON !
the east by Benton ana FOLK, on tne south o!
Lane on the west by the racine ocean, ana on
the north by lliamooK ana folR. Inc county
has coast line OF htty miles ana an area OF
l,44o square miles, ana popula'lon OF ABOUT
1000 inhabitants. The temporary county seat
Toledo. Inc permanent county seat location
Will be finally determined at the regular June
election III 1875 Inc act creating the county
PROVIDES that the candidate 1or the county re-
ceiving amaiority OF all the votes cast shall be
the permanent county seat. At the regular
election IN June, ls9l' there were iour canni-
dates in the heid Tor permanent county seat,
ana no place received majority vote, hence
there was no eiectloh. At the next eiecun
the TWO points receiving the hishest N"'e ~
last election Will be the only cahdiuates, anu
therefore declsloh Will ne aSsureu' Inc TWO
contestihg points Will be l"ieuo ana west Ia
quina.
There are four bays withlh the liihlts" "i llh
coin County,al bounding IN ilsh OF all xmas
Salmon river, OF bay enters the ocean near the
northern boundary of the county. Along this
stream are line tide lands ana ricn BOTTOM
lands, soon to be opened To settlement
Seven miles south of Salmon river the siietz
river, or bay elnpties its sparkling waters ihto
he old Pacific Ocean. This stream drains a
large scope oi couhtr! anu hhor"S the lnrses
volume of fresh water of any river i'll the couh'
ty, having many feeders. For this reason II
said that more salmon enter 1t than bolh the
Alsea and the laquina combined. The Sile
river heads i'll and near the summit ol the coast
range OF mountains in Polk county and runs
nearly all the way through the rich vale! oi
the Siletz, now an Indian reservation, soon 10
be thrown open to settlement.
Twenty miles south oi the siieE LA! 'ne h""
famous iaquina Bay mingles her commerce
laden waters with the old facihe. ialuiha
Bay proper is about ii miles long, but Is havlg
able for small crafts for thirty miles from the
mouth. There are many tributaries emptying
into the laqnina, ana many me farms uot the
valleys and hill sides. Eight miles above New
port are large bodies of rich tide LANDS eSaehd'
ing on up the Bay for six or seven miles. many
acres of which are being dyked, reclaimed ana
cultivated, and when once cultivated aEs saiu
to be the richest lands In the world, the SOIL III
many places being sixty feet deep. The lands
are admirably adapted to raising all KINDS OF
beets, roots, mangel wurzeis, etc., ana particu'
larly to the culture of sugar beets. The anal
ysis oil oeets raise" Oh 'he ''',e'i'' no"' '"'e'
40 sho"eu 10 per ce''' :" S"''""'i''o "'"'.''' '0
ing 'he highes' Per'e"'"se 'o'"''e" i" '"s
6 s'ate' &c
Leaving 'he ""',,"',.' "',' ", 'o' -
up the ba!' OF no" 'ne '"i''"" ,',', ",e s'
saho! p"''"''S u" ""' "''''' '',M W.. va.
den spot oi 'ne county. Ao"'e h'N wv "'u uu'
u L. raliroa" are me 'o''""' '""">' "" ''.,'
pot'oih i"i''s nu'' VI "'' N,"'' Wv 'o""
well. Se'erai mop !"'"S h"Ne po'" p'"''.'
on 'heSe ro''"ih anas anu .he 'os"'' ''"' "oe, .,
very SATISFACTORY h"P ea''"'e p'""''.' ="
one I" 'ie p'"Sle''"" NV" m,','r
Oh 'he count! AZ II" car! ""'o. ~. ,'.D.. ~.
near ,i'e e"S' ~ '''e w .le , r, .ho,.,u
charus oi pruheS' "rp'eS ""' p'"'s, 'n"" y"
Una. run WIN W. wen ''e" ~ ''"' '''
vi .,e .o"'' '"'e.' ,,o A..
h'sh'een n'l'eS '.,'" SUI" .,' n''.',sa . ao.
river anu "n! e"r',,H '',' 'ne ' ,,,a -,
me Ia! II ., uo",.."De 'a,,t ,' ona.,,ma ra
soI, IN eptsr and carrv AWAY the products of tn
,sr,,,s yal,av of the usea river The countr
,o,tiyuo,,s IN tho ,,sea river resembles that ,
tho yaouins vert much. 1t is settled with 1,
dustr;ons and thrifty people. and promises
develop rauidly its latent resources.
III. ,,.,rx,,v iu,ux,r,.
Lincoln county Is admirably adapted {,
dairying. With our mild climate, where sno
n.ver lies on the ground to exceed one da
cool nights and abundance Of pure spring W
ter II 4, An ideal dairying country. The cl
mate Is sueh that grass never dries up but r
mans green during the entire year, thus q
fordipg annual grazing and reducing the ca
of feeding to minimum. Glover is natural
sdspted TO this country, growing on the hig
est hills or the lowest bottoms, wherever Il
seed is scattered. Frequently our farmers C,
Two crops of clover from their meadows In oI
-. wear. and have been known to cut three. sil
y can he built and three crops can be obtai
al ANNUALLY iur rI,,i!us.. \ rrpa.mery plant
In successful operation at Toledo, having he,
built and nut in operation this season. II
nlant is first class one, and Is turning out
very superior quality of butter There Is l
longer doubt but what this industry L. u su
cessful one and will rapidly develop. Is sa
all markets that butter and cheese produce
from the milk OF cows that Craze upon the su
- cnlent grasses Of our country excels that oi NJ
. other region. The day Is not far distant wht
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