Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-02-21

inhabitants. 1t has three fine hotels, numer-
Gus stores, fine public school, one weekly
newspaper, one sawmill, and many other lines
otousiness. The government works are located
mere and the town enjoys 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 New port ten miles is the Seal Rocks
summer Resort owned by James Brasfield.
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
for the San Francisco market. On the north
side are located the seimon 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
datrying country. The Alsea harbor although
it remains today without ever having had
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 a tug or pi ct. Cranberries raised on the
Alsea marshes b. Mr.. J, o. stearns are pro.
nounced by experts to be of the finest 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 Big
Elk and Iaquina Rivers. 1t has a good hotel
two stores, blacksmith shop and postofiice
and being the center of a large farming district
enjoys good trade. Thousands of bushels OF
potatoes and many bushels OF fine apples are
shipped annually to San Francisco.
TOLEDO, the temporary County eat, is well
located II 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 the undivided trade Of
the Siletz Indian Reservation. 1t is the center
of the famous tide-land belt, and will hold hei
own by reason of her splendid location. Toledo
has one first-class hotel, four good genera
merchandise stores, one drug store, two week.!
newspapers, one steam saw.mill, blacksmith
shop, a fine large public school building, twt
churches, and other minor businesses.
PIONEER, or MORRISON, Is a station on tn
o. p. r. r., about three miles from Elk City
Sandstone quarry. The products OF this quar-
| is becomming justly celebrated all over tn
coast. As a building stone 1t is unexcelled
Large quantities of IL are being shipped to Sal
Francisco where 1t is used In the construction
of some of the mammoth buildings OF that city
The quarry employs large number of ma,
and is building up large industry.
| onu the railroad are the stations of Chit
wood, Eddyville and Little Elk, all OF ther
trading points of some importance,
The Siletz Reservation.
In the north part Of the county lies the famou
siletz 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
homesteaded and taken under the timber &c
The Siletz river Is navigable for twenty-hy
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
width from two hundred yards to quarter
a mile This territory has never been visite
by fire and there are millions of feet of fin
fir, larch and cedar timber. Large deposits
coal are known to exist, the quality of which
the same as that of the magnificent Dep,
Slough coal On this reservation can be foun
some OF the best agricultural and grazing Ian
on the coast All the preliminary work lool
ing to the opening of the reservation has bee
done and 1t is only awaiting the President
proclamation announcing 1t open for settl
ment, when the pioneers ak will startle Il
wild elk and deer from their natural haunt
when capital will take up the echo and 500
where but few months before nothing but Il
wild animals harsh notes and wierd chants OF
few old Indians, the remnants Of once powe
full tribe, was heard as they paid their tribute
old Medicine Rock, will be heard the music
the saw and hammer. Civilization shall Co
quor the earth.
Miscellaneous.
Owing to the mild climate and absence
frost; fruit Of ali kinds that can be raised In Or
gon do exceedingly we'll here. Large orchar
Of prunes, apples and pears are being set o
: and SO far have proved to be perfectly free fro
all fruit pests, common In the Willamette VI
ley and California. Lincoln County will be Il
Asnner fruit County in oregon,
We oregon Pacific Railroad which has Its t,
at Yaquina City, has reached the CT
spntains and is operating one hundr
Riles Of road. And as soon as Il
Npnnection with an eastern ro
Hrans-continental line openi
and wheat belts, of caste
Ncy will then become 4
n ports on the Pacific co.
Ars better inducemei
Apreson for capital
pd inducements
pndeveloped
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