Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-03-14
T .INCOLN COUNTY was
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ton and TnlamooL counties is bounded
the east by Benton and Polk on the south
Lane, on the west by the Pac. ue ocean, and
the north by Tillamook and 2 '4k, Inc coun
has a coast line OF fifty miles ana an area
LAO square miles, and pop uHlloh OF aoo
5000 inhabitants. The Temporal county Sc
Toledo. The permanent county seat loeatlC
will be finally determined at the FesaIsr Jul
election in 1896 The act creating We ooun
provides that the candidate for the county
ceiving majority OF all the votes c vi snail
the permanent county seat. At / 10 regul.
election in June, 1894, there were fc Ut cand
dates in the field for permanent cot MY sea
and no place received a majority vot, y memo
there was no election. At the next electio
the two points receiving the highest vote
last election will be the only candidate 8, an
therefore decision viii be assured. Tn NV
contesting points will be Toledo and West IA
quina.
There are four bays within the limits OF Tin
coin County, al aboun ding in fish of all xii IDS
Salmon river, or bay en- ters the ocean near n
northern boundary of II e county. Along / II
stream are fine tide Ia. IDS and rich botto .
lands, soon to be opened to settlement.
Seven miles south OF Salmon river the silet
/ river, or bay empties its sparkling waters into
the old Pacific Ocean. This stream drains
large scope of country and affords the largest
volume OF fresh water of an river in the coun
ty, having many feeders. F " this reason it Is
said that more salmon enter it than both the
Alsea and the Yaquina com bined. The Siletz
river heads in and near the s, lmmit OF the Coast
range of mountains in Polk county and runs
nearly all the way through the rich valley of
the Siletz, now an Indian res ,rvation, soon to
be thrown open to settlement
Twenty miles south of the Sill atz Bay the now
famous Yaquina Bay mingles her commerce
laden waters with the old Pat fife, Yaquina
Bay proper is about ID miles Ions but is navig
able for small crafts for thirty miles from the
mouth. There are many tributarl es emptying
into the Iaquina, and many fine arms dot the
valleys and hill sides, Eight miles above New
port are large bodies OF rich tide lal ds extend
ing on up the Bay FOR six or seven II lies, many
acres of which are being dyised, reclMimed and
cultivated, and when once cultivated are said
to be the richest lands in the world, tie soil in
many places being sixty feet deep, Tie lands
are admirably adapted to raising all / inds OF
beets, roots mangel wurzels, etc. and larticu-
larly to the culture of sugar baeta, Tb anal
ysis OF beets raised on.the tide-land nea Tole.
do showed 16 per cent Of saccherine matt or, be.
ing the highest percentage obtained in the
state.
Leaving the tide-lands and for ten miles on
up the Bay, or now the Yaquine river, are large
sandy bottoms in and around Elk City, the gar
den spot OF the county. Above Elk City nd on
up the Yaquina river and alon I line of the
o. p. railroad are fine bottom lands, On these
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we'll. Several hop yards have been pls nted
on these cotton lands and the result has been
very satisfactory. Hop culture promises to he
one of the prosperous and profitable industries
Of the county at an early date. At Nashville,
near the east line OF the county, are large OF
chards of prunes, apples and pears, showing
that fruit will do well even so near the sum nit
OF the Coast range.
Eighteen miles below Yaquina Bay the Alsea
| river and Bay empties into the Pacific ocean.
The Bay is of a considerable size, and the en-
trance is deep enough to permit coasting YES
sells to enter and carry away the products OF the
fertile valley OF the Alsea river. The country
contiguous to the Alsea river resembles that OF
the Yaquina very much. 1t is settled with in.
dustrious and thrifty people. and promises to
| develop rapidly its latent resources.
r,,,oo,r 'is nJn,is"h,,. .,,,, e.
dairvinp With orr mild climate wbera sro,v
never lies on the ground to evcaed ono dov
cool nights and abundance of nure snrIne wa.
Ter. It is an ideal dairvino copntry The oil.
mate is such that grass never dries up but re-
mains green during the ertira vaar thrs sf-
fording annual grazing and reducing the co t
of feeding TO minimum C,over I, nsturoI,v
adspted to this country growing on tho hiah.
est hills or the lowest bottoms, wberovor fha
seed tsscattered Freouentlv onr farmero c,,,
two crops of clover from their meadows In ono
year. and have been known IN cut tbrea suoS
car he built ond tbroo oro,,s to a,,aI,,
ed eunnellv for ensI,ooo stens have boor tal,
en- to establish a creamery plant at Toledo, and
there is but little doubt but that a creamery
will be in successful operation here at an early
date. With the creamery business once estab-
lished at some place within tie county. the In.
NSsH' "tt '"p'uts "e'''0P ~ 10 auih''teu III
all markets tnat Dutter and cheese produced