Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-03-07
LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON.
TEE YOUNGEST COUNTY IN THE STATE
BrieG Description of Lincoln County. OREGON
AND its Rich, undeveloped Resourcss

7, ,INCoLN COUNTY Yves created by all act OF
- the Legislature on February IS, 1858, and
was formed from territory detached from Ben
ton and Tillamook counties. It is bounded on
the east by Benton and pnik, on the south by
Lane, on the west by the Pacific ocean, and on
1 the north by Tillamook and Polk. The county
has a coast line OF fifty miles and en- area OF
! lao square miles, and population OF about
5000 inhabitants. The temporary county seat
| Toledo. The permanent county seat location
will be finally Gete mined at the regular June
election in 1886 The act creating the County
provides that the candidate for the county re-
ceiving aiority of all the votes cast shall be
the permanent county seat. At the regular
election in June, 1884, there were four candi-
dates in the field for permanent county seat,
and no place received majority vote, hence
there was no electioh. At the neSt eleCtil n
the two points receiving the highest vote at
last election will be the only candidates, and
therefore decision will be assured. The two
rontesting points will be Toledo and West Ya.
quina.
There are four bays within the limits OF Lin
coin County, L. Astounding in fish of ell kinds.
salmon river, or bay enters the ocean near the
northern boundary Of the county. Along this
stream are fine tide lands and rich bottom
lands, soon to be opened to settlement.
Seven miles south OF Salmon river the Silctz
/ river, or hay empti,s its sparkling waters into
! the old pscifc Ocean This stream drains q
large scope Of country and affords the largest
volume OF fresh water of any river in the couu-
ty, having many feeders. For this reason ii Is
| co ID mi n,pr ol tnr ~ hn, tIa
Alsea and tie Yaquina confined. TIE Sileta
river heads in and near the summit of the Coast
range OF mountains III Polk county and runs
nearly all the way through the rich valley OF
the Silet2, now an Indian reservation, soon to
be thrown open TO settlement.
| Twenty miles south of the Sile;z Bay the now
famous Yaquina Bay mingles her commerce
laden waters with the old Pacific. Yaquina
Bay proper is about II miles long, but is navig.
able for small crefts for thirty miles from the
mouth. There are many tributaries empt ying
| into the Yaquina, and many fine farms dot the
valleys and hill sides. Fight miles above New.
port are large bodies of rich tide lands extend.
ing on up the Bay for six or seven miles, many
acres OF which are being dyked, reclaimed and
cultivated, and when once cultivated are said
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many places being sixty feet deep. The lands
are admirably adapted to raising all kinds OF
beets, roots, Inangel wurze!s, etc., and particu-
larry to the culture Of sugar beets. The anal
ysis of beets raised on the ,ide-land near Tole-
| do showed IL per cent of sacchNrlne matter, be
ing the highest percentage obtained in tie
state
| Leaving tho tide-lands and for ten miles on
up tie Day, or now the Yaluina river, are large
sandy bottoms in and aronud Elk City, tho gar
den spot Of the county. Above Elk City and on
up tie Yaquina river and alon t line OF the
o. p. railroad are fine bottom lands. On these
bottom lands fruit OF all kin.s 10 remarkably
we'll. Several hop yards have been planted
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, IRE large OF.
chards OF prunes, apples and pears, showing
that fruit will do well even so near tic summit
Of the Coast range.
Eighteen miles below Yaquna Bay the AlseG
river and Bay cmpties into the Pacific ocean
The Bay is Of considerable size, and the en-
trance is deep enough TO permit coasting YES
sells to enter and carry away the products of tht
fertile valley of the Alsea river. The rountr!
contiguous TO the:Alsea river resembles that y
the Yaquina very much. 1t is settled with In
dustrious and thrifty people, and promises II
develop rapidly its latent resources.
The Dairylng Industry.
Liucoln county is admirably adapted TO
dairying. With our mild climate, where snoy
never lies on the ground to exceed one day
cool nights and abundance of pure spring wa
ter, 1t is an ideal dnirying country. The eli
mate is such thnt grass never dries up but re
mains green dnring the entire year, thus al
fording annual grazing and reducing the cos
of feeding to a minimum. Glover is naturall
adapted to this country, growing on the high
est hills or the lowest bottoms, wherever tn
seed is scattered. Frequently our farmers Gu
two crops of clover from their meadows in on
year, and have been known to cut three. Silo
J can be built and three crnps can be obtain
ed annually for ensilage. steps have been TAX
en- to establish creamery plant at Toledo, an
there is but little doubt but that creamer
will be in successful operation here ut an earl
date With the creamery business dhce estab
lished ut some place within tie county, the In
dustry will rapidly develop. 1t is admitted Il
all markets that butter and cheese produces
from the milk Of cows that Craze upoh the sue
culent grasses cf our country excels that of an
other region. Tho day Is not far distant whe
the dairying resources Of our surroundin
country will be source OF large annual incom
to our people
Timber. Coal and Granite.
Commencing three miles north of Toledo an
extending on through Lincoln county Is the fl
nous green belt OF fir, spruce, hemlock larc
and cedar timber, only awaiting capital an
enterprise to manufacture IL into lumber an
place 1t on the markets Of the world.
Two and one.half miles from Toledo, on tn
headwaters of Depot Slough are the richest VI
developed coal mine in the state of Oregon.
local company have thoroughly prospected til
coal belt, and numerous essayshave been mad
the last by California experts, who pronounce
It as being the only coal on the coast suitabl
for steel works.
North and east of Toledo are located grant
mines in unlimited quantities equal in qunlit
to the. Maine and Vermont granite, with watt
power on the promises sufficient TO run q
machinery nct essary to furnish rock for built
ing and monuments.
Towns and villages.
YAQUINA CITY is the terminus OF the oregc