Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-06-06

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I these atrean1s are valleys and bot
toms, varying in size according tc
the stream. The largest bay ant
the only one of any size emptying
into the ocean, is the Siletz Bay
This bay IS about four miles long
east and west, By about two and Z
half north and south, at the widest
part. Lying on the bay are large
bodies of the finest tide lands it has
ever been our lot to see. The oper
tide lald is high and from the vege.
tation growing on it, we would
judge that it never overhowed ex.
cept i'll the highest winter tides.
Back further from the tidelands are
large bodies of bottom lands, in the
most part covered with alder and
vine maple thicksts. These lands
are tie very best of land when they
are cleared and cultivated. There
are heavy bodies of tideland- along
the Salmon river and bay. Between
Siletz and Salmon rivers, near the
coast is large lake around which
are also hundreds Of acrls OF good
lands. Of course, at the present
time it is impossible 20 estimate the
amount of tillable land along these
streams. Much lanl which at
first observation does not look fiji
for agriculture, will he found to be
good land, only covered with a
heavy growth of alder vine maple,
cherry or crab apple. These lands
will all be taken and cleared up,
and they will surprise one by their
fineness, after the brush and TIM
Der is cleared off of them. There
are 366 sections of land on the
reservation, containing a34, 24o
acres, Of this there has been al
lottel 10 the indians 4a, 500. This
leaves a total Of I91,6So acres un-
allotted. Placing only one-ffth of
this as good farm and grazing
lands and it wonld make 80, 400
acres in round Numbers, or 24o
hOmesteadS of 100 acres each to be
had Oh tie reserve outside O: the
Indian allotments. This means
24o hoEles for actual settlers, homes
where they may live and prosper.
Lii addition TO this must be added
the fact that nearly, if no. all of the
hill land is we'll adaptel to grain :
for catle, sheep and goats. Infact
there are certain paris of tie hills
in there. erve that are said to be
The lest grazing lands i'll the state.
They are in some places rpen
mo"n,nin5 on which the grass
grows waist high and is very
nutritious, Cattle will and do live
on these hills the year round, roll
ing fat. These bald mountains, as
they are called, are the stockmen S
paradise.
The timber lands of the Siletz
are equa! to any Of the Coast range.
The best timber IS on the hills and
mountains near the heads of the
various streams, although all along
the rivers are fine bodies of timber
that would be considered simply
first-class in every respect in other
less favored countli2s, Tie timber
consists principally ofir, both white
and yellow, spruce, larch alder and
cedar. There are some of the
finest bodies of fspruce and fir con-
tiguous to the Siletz and its tribu-
taries that there are in, the Coas.
range. The time is not far distant
when there will be mills on the
Sile'2 that will be saving thousands
of feet Of fine spruce and fir lumber
each day, which will be carried by
the lumber schooners to all parts OF
the coast.
The fishing industries of the
Siletz are in their virgin state.
The Siletz is sail to have the
largest run of salmon of any stream
between the Columbia and Rogue
river. 1t is a virgin stream an 1
has never been fished out of. On
account Of the large boiy of fresh
water that runs down the SiletZ il