Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-05-30
LINCOLN COUNTY. ORE.
THE YOUNGEST COUNTY IN THE STATE,
A: Brief Description of LincoIn County. oreeon.
And its Rich Undeyeloped Resources


new paper, one Sawmil, and many other lines
Of iness The government works are located
her 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 Brasheld.
Here are loca led 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, nov engaged in saving lumber
for the san Francisco market. On the north
side are located tho salmon canueries 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
/ dairyins country. The Alsea harbor although
1t remains today without ever having had a
dollar ofmoney spent on it, is q better harbor
than many other harbors on the coast. Coast.
ing steamers enter and depart regularly with
outa tug or pi Ct. CrGnberries raised on the
Alsea marshes bv Mr.. J. O. Stearns. n~n rro-
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 Rivors. 1t has a good hotel,
two stores, a blacksmith shop and postoiice
and being tNe center Of 6 large iGraaing district
enjoys good trade. Thousands of bushels o;
potatoes and many bushels OF fine apples are
shipped annually to San Francisco
TOLEDO, the emporary County eat, is well
located u miles above the mouth of the Bay, on
the line of the o. +. R. r., and nearly in the
/ center Of the County, drawing the lines to the
compass. Toledo enjoys the undivided trade OF
the Slletz Indian Reservation. 1t Is the center
| OF the famous tide-land belt, and will hold her
/ own by reason CT her splendid location. Toledo
has one irst.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. p L. 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
! III.
Large quantities oft are being shipped to San
Francisco where it is used in the construction
| OF fsome OF the mammoth buildings of that CITY.
The quarry employs large number of man
and is building up large industry.
Onup the railroad are the stations of Chit.
wood, Eddyvile and Little Elk, all OF them
trading points Of soTe importance.
The Slletz Reservation.
| In the north part of the county lies the famous
Silet1 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 a
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 act.
! The Siletz river Is navigable for twenty-five
miles up from its mouth for all classes of river
| boats. 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 quarter of
a mile. This territory has never been visited
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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 1t r. only awaiting the Presidents
proclamation announcing 1t open for settle
ment, when tho pioneers ak Will startle the
wild elk ana deer from their natural haunts;
when capital viii take up the echo and soon,
where but few months before nothing but the
wild animals harsh notes and wierd chants Of n
few old Indians, the remnants of once power
ful tribe, was heard they paid their tribute to
old Medicine Rock, will be heard tie music of
the saw and hammer. Civilization shall con.
quor the earth.
Miscellaneous.
! Owing to the mild climate and absence of
frost, fruit ofe kinds that can he raised in Ore.
gon do exceedingly well here. Large orchards
| OF prunes, apples and pears are being set out
and so far have proved to be perfectly free from
all fruit pests, commo on in the Willamette Val.
Icy and California. Lincoln County will be the
banner fruit County in oregon.
The Oregon Pacific Railroad which has its ter.
minus at YaIuina City, has reached the Cas-
cade mountains and is operating one hundred
and forty miles Of road. And as soon as this
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