Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-07-04

toms, varying in size according to
the stream. The largest bay and
the only one Of any size emptying
into the ocean, is the Sileiz Bay.
This bay is about four miles long
east and west by about two and a
half north and south, at the widest
part. Lying on the bay are large
bodies CT tie finest tide lands it has
ever been Our lot to see. The open
tide land is high and from the vege-
tation growing on it, we would
judge that it never overfowed ex-
cept in 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 thickets. These lands
are the very best Of land when they
are cleared and cultivated. There
are heavy bodies of tidelands along
the Salmon river and bay. Between
Siletz and Salmon river, near the
coast is a large lake around which
are also hundreds of acres of good
lands. Of course, at the present
time it is impossible to estimate the
amount of tillable land along these
streams. Much land which at
first observation does not look fit
for agriculture, will be 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 234,24o
acres. Of this there has been al
lotted to the Indians AZ, 500. This
leaves a total of I9I,6 $50 acres un-
allotted. Placing ouly one-ffth OF
this as good farm and grazing
lands and it would make 49, 400
acres in round numbers, or 24o
homesteads of 100 acres each to be
had on the reserve outside of the
Indian allotments. This means
24o homes for actual settlers, homes
where they may live and prosper.
In addition to this must be added
the fact that nearly, if not all of the
hill land is well adapted to grazing
for cattle, sheep and goats. In fact
there are certain parts of the hills
i'll the reserve that are said to be
the best grazing lands in the state.
They are in some places open
mountains 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 equal to any of the Coastrange.
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 countries. The timber
consists principally of fir, both white
and yellow, spruce, larch, alder and
cedar. There are some of the
finest bodies of spruce and fir con-
tiguous to the Siletz and its tribu-
taries that there are in the Coast
range. The time is not far distant
when there will be mills on the
Siletz that will be saving thousands
.. leet Y. ..-e SrIdte ann III 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 said to have the
largest run of salmon of any stream
between the Columbia and Rogue
river. 1t is a virgin stream and
has never been fished out of. On
account Of the large body OF fresh
water that runs down the Siletz it
is said TO attract the large number
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