Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-05-16
LINCOLN COUNTY, ORE.
A; Brief Description of Lincoln County. Oregon,
And its Rich, Undeveloped Resources.

Gus stores, hne public school, one weekly
newspaper, one sawmill, and many other lines
ofbusiness. The government works are located
here and the town enioysa good trade. New
port enjoys the reputation OF being the finest
summer resort on the Pacific coast, and during
the summer month thousands of people visit
Newport
South OF Newport ten miles is the Seal Rocks
Summer Res ort, owned by James Brasield.
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 in
either town. At Waldport on the south side is
a good saw mill, now engaged in saving lumber
for the San Francisco market On the north
side are located the salmon canneries where
annually are canned and shipped from five to
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 harbor although
1t remains today without ever having had a
dollar ofmoney spent on 1t, is better harbor
than many other harbors on the coast. Coast
ing steamers enter and depart regularly with
ont tug or pi Ct Cranberries raised ou the
Alsea marshes bY Mr.. J. o. stearns, are pro-
nounced by experts to be of the finest flavor of
any raised from Oregon to Maine.
ELK CITY the oldest town in the county
and is nicely located at the junction of the Big
Elk and Yaquina Rivers. 1t has a good hotel
two stores, Il blacksmith shop ana postoiice,
and being the center of large farming district
enjoys good trade. Thousands of bushels Of
] nd MAJ hnchalc nf
shipped annually to San Francisco.
TOLEDO, the temporary County eat, is we'll
located u miles above the mouth of the Bay, 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 TIE undivided trade of
the siletz Indian Reservation. 1t is the center
of the famous tide-land belt, and win hold her
own by reason of her splendid location. Toledo
has one first-class hotel, four good general
merchandise stores, one drug store, two weekly
newspapers, one steam saw-mill, blacksmith
shop, fine large public school building, two
churches, and other minor businesses.
PIONEER, or MORRISON, is station on the
o. p. II. r., about three miles from Elk City
At thi place is located the famous Pioneer
Sandstone quarry The products of this quarry
is becomming justly celebrated all over the
coast. As building stone 1t is unexcelled
Large quantities oft are being shipped to sar
Francisco where it is used in the construction
} ofsome of the mammoth buildings of that city
The quarry employs large number of mar
! and is building up large industry.
, onup the railroad are the stations of Chit
: wood, Eddyville and Little Elk, all of then
trading points of some importance.
The siIetz Reservation.
!. In the north part of the county lies the famou
!, sietz Indian reservation, now soon to be throw
: open for settlement. This reservation is anon
:. the last of the Indian lands to be opened To tn
= whites, and offers about the last opportunit
. the prospective settler will have in securing
- home from Uncle SAM The Indians havin
:, been allotted their lands and one hundred an
!. eighty thousand acres remaining which will b
~ turned back to the general government and b
u, homesteaded and taken under the timber ac
" The siletz river is navigable for twenty-fiv
~ miles UP from its mouth for all classes of rive
. boats. Along the river on either side for thre
. miles inland are large bodies of rich tide lant
=. - and for the next twenty miles large sandy bo
= toms extend from the rivers edge, varying 1
" width from two hundred yards to a quarter
- a mile. This territory has never been visite
W by fire and there are millions of feet of fir
fir, larch and cedar timber. Large deposits
coal are known to exist, the quality of which
or the same as that Of the magnificent Dep
w Slough coal. On this reservation can be four
y, some of the best agricultural and grazing lar
a on the coast. All the preliminary work loo
IL ing to the opening of the reservation has bet
&C. done, and 1t is only awaiting the President
af- proclamation announcing 1t open for settl
,st ment, when the pioneers AK will startle Il
ly wild elk and deer from their natural haunt
h when capital will take up the echo and 500
he where but few months before nothing but Il
ut wild animals harsh notes and werd chants o.
ne few old Indians, the remnants OF once powt
os full tribe, heard as they paid their tribute
n old Medicine Rock, will be heard the music
*. the saw and hammer. Civilization shall co
nu quor the earth.
~, Miscellaneous.
ID. Owing to the mild climate and absence
n FROST fruit of all kinds that can be raised in OF
in gon do exceedingly well here. Large orchar
ed OF prunes, apples and pears are being set o
lc and far have proved to be perfectly free frc
ny all fruit pests, common in the Willamette VI
en- ley and California. Lincoln County will be I
ng banner fruit County in oregon.
ne The Oregon Pacific Railroad which has its I,
minus at Yaquina City, has reached the CT
cade mountains and is operating one hundr
and forty miles of road And as soon as Il
no road makes connection with an eastern 70
Ia and becomes a trans-continental line openi
en- up the great wool and wheat belts, Of caste
no Oregon, Yaquina Bay will then become f
no midable rival Of other ports on the Pacific col
Of known fame.
ne Lincoln County offers better inducemer
IN than any other county in Oregon for capital.
Lincoln County offers good inducements
MS homeseekers.
ne, Lincoln County has many undeveloped
eo sources only sleeping for the want Of capital
DIG Lincoln County wants business men, work.
men, farmers and capitalists It takes all kir
ite Of people to make and develop acountry Tia
ly Horace Greely's advise and come west, whit
yer billiards. and cyclones are unknown; witt
az every mans latch string hangs on the outsit
iu- where the warm breath Of the grind old Pac
paints brilliant colors on mid.winter howe
where Ayers Ague Cure is ofno more value tn
,o- a bushel OF sand; where fever and malaria
.as strangers and outcasts; where an honest,
~ dustrious man can make him home and be
., free and independent as Governor Pennoyel
-, II you are an old man come and view sun
-, down by the sea- rest your mind and be care I
go. for while. II you are yonng man come q
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