Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-08-15


new paper, one sawmill, and many other line
ofbusiness. The governmentworksa are located
her and the town enjoys good trade. New.
( port enjoys the reputation of being the fines
summer resort on the Pacific coast, and durin.
the summer month thousands of people visi
| Newport.
south OF Newport ten miles Is the Seal Rock,
summer Resort owned by James Brasheld
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
good saw mill, now engaged in saving lumber
Tor the san Francisco market. On the north
| slue are located the salmon Cgnneries where
annually are canned and shipped from five to
Ten thousand cases of salmon OF fine grade.
Inc Alsea Bay is navigabe 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
II remains today without ever having had a
dollar ofmOney spent on it, is a better harbor
than many other harbors on the coast. Coast.
ing steamers enter and depart regularly with.
out tug or pi Ct, CrNnberries raised on the
Alsea marshes BY Mr.. J. o. stearns. are PRO.
NoUACeu %! experts 10 De OF the hnest flavor of
any raised from Oregon to Maine.
ELK CITY is the oldest town in the county.
and is nicely located at the junction of the Biz
Elk and Iaguina Rivers. 1t has q good hotel
two stores, blacksmith shop and postotlice,
and being the center of large farming district
enjoys good trade. Thousands of bushels of
potatoes and many bushels OF fine epples are
Shlpped annually to San Francisco.
TOLEDO, the temporary County, eat, is well
located II miles above the mouth of the Bay. ON
Inc line OF the o. p. r. r. and nearly in the
center OF the County, drawing the lines to the
compass, Toledo enjoys the undivided trade of
the Siletz Indian Reservation. It is the centor
OF the famous tide-land belt, and will hold her
own by reason OF her splendid location. Toledo
mas one tirst-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 a station ON the
o. r. r., about three miles from Ell, 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 il is unexcelled
Large quantities ofitare being shipped to san
Francisco where it is used in the construction
OF some OF the mammoth buildings of that city.
Inc quarry employs large number OF man
ana Is building up large industry.
Onup the railroad are the stations of Chit.
wood, Eddyvile and Little Elk, all of them
trading points Of some Importance.
The Siletz Reservation.
In the north part Of the county lies the famous
siletz indian reservation, now soon to be thrown
open for settlement. This reservation is among
the last OF the Indian lands to be opened to the
whites, and offers about the last opportunity
the prospective settler will have in securing n
home from Uncle Sam. The Indians having
been allotted their lands and one hundred and
eighty thousand acres remaining which Will be
turned back to the general government and be
homesteaded and taken under the timber net,
The siletz river is navigable for TWENTY-FIVE
miles up from its mouth for all classes of river
Ooats. Along the river on either side for three
miles inland are large bodies of rich tide land,
and for the next twenty miles large sandy bot.
toms extend from the rivers edge, varying in
width from two hundred yards to a quarter of
a mile This territory has never been visited
by fire and there are millions of feet of fine
fir, larch and cedar timber Large deposits of
coal are known to exist, the quality of which is
the same as that Of the magnificent Depot
Slough coal. On this reservation can be found
some OF the best agricultural and grazing land
on the coast. All the preliminary work look
ing to the opening OF the reservation has been
done, and it is only awaiting the Presidents
proclamation announcing it open for settle.
ment, when the pioneers ak will startle the
wild elk and deer from their natural haunts;
when "opital will take M the echo and soon,
Whefe Dut lew i.,1I.t4-o ~, .- t....iu...t % a.
wild animals harsh notes and wierd chants ofa
few old Indians, the remnants of once power
ful tribe, was heard as they paid their tribute to
Old Medicine Rock, will be heard the music of
the saw and hammer. Civilization shall con.
quOr the earth.
Miscellaneous.
Owing to the mild climate and absence of
rost, fruit OF all kinds that can be raised in ore.
5on do exceedingly well here. Large orchards