Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-02-21
LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON.
THE YOUNGEST COUNTY IN THE STATE.
"A srie& Description of Lincoln County. Oregon
And its Rich Undeveloped Resonroes

I l ,lNCOLN COUNTY was created bv an act of
the Legislature on February Is, 1898, and
was formed from territory detached from BEN
ton and Tillamook counties. II is bounded on
the east by Benton and Polk, on the south by
Lane, on the west by the Pacific ocean, and on
the north by Tillamook and Polk. The county
has coast line of fifty miles and an area of
| l,4iO square miles, and a population of about
1900 inhabitants. The temporary county seat
Eoledo. The permanent county seat location
will be finally determined at the regular June
election in 1896. The act creating the County
provides that the candidate Tor the doitnty re-.
ceiving majority of ali 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 a majority vote, hence
there was no election. At the next election
the two points receiving the highest vote at
last election win be the only candidates, and
therefore decision will be assured. The two
contesting points will be Toledo and West Va.
quina.
There are four bays within the limits OF Lin.
coin County, all abounding in fish of all 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 siletz
/ river, or bay empties its sparkling waters into
the old Pacific Ocean This stream drains >
large scope of country and affords the largest
volume OF fresh water Of any river IN the coun-
ty, having many feeders. For this reason it is
said that more salmon enter it than both the
Alcna and tho Nauuipa bipad ha.
river heads in and near the summit of the Coast
range OF mountains in Polk county and runs
nearly all the way through the rich valley OF
the siletz, now an indian reservation, soon to
be thrown open to settlement.
twenty miles south OF the SileN Bay the now
famous faqulna Bay mlngles her commerce
laden waters with the old Pacific, 1aquina
Bay proper is about Ii miles long, but is navig-
able for small crafts for thirty mile7 from the
north There are many tributaries emptJing
into the Iaquina, and many fine farms dot the
valleys and hill sides. Eight 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
to be the richest lands In the world the soil III
many places being sixty feet deep. The lands
are admirably adapted to raising all kinds OF
beets, roots, mangel wurzels, etc., and particu
harry to the culture of sugar beets The anal
ysis OF beets raised on the tide-land near Tole
do showed l6per cent of saccharine matter be
ing the highest percentage obtained in the
state
Leaving the ttde-lands and for ten miles or
up the Bay, or now the Iaquina river are large
sandy bottoms in and around Elk City, the gar
den spot OF the county. Above Elk City and or
up the laquina river and alon line OF the
o. P. railroad are fine bottom lands. On these
bottom lands fruit of all kinds do remarkabl!
we'll Several hop yards have been planted
on these cotton lands and the result has beer
very satisfactory. Hop culture promises to HI
one OF the prosperous and profitable industries
/ of the county at an early date. At Nashville
near the east line of the county, are large OF
chards of prunes apples and pears, showing
that fruit will do well even so near the SUNNI
of the Coast range,
Eighteen miles below Yaouina Bav the Alse,
r;ver and Raw emptios into the Pacific ocean
The Raw is of A considerable size, and the EN-
tFnncp is deem enough to permit coasting YES
sels to enter and carry away the products of tn,
fertile valley of the Alsea river The countr!