Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-03-14
LIN colin COUNTY, OREGON.
THE xo uNFEsT COUNTY IN THE STATE
& Brick De 'cription OF Lincoln COUNTY. oreeon
AMI its Rioh. UndeveIoped Resonroas

IL newspaper, one sawmill and many other ,irs
III OF business. The government works are Ioco TO-
.! mere and the town enjoys good trade Nav
IN port enjoys the reputation OF being the enes
" summer resort on the Pacific coast, and dnri,,,
OF the summer month thousands of peonIe ,isi
1t Newport ''S'
AZ South OF Newpor ten miles is the Son, Pool,
N Summer Res ort, owned by James pr0ss,Ia
lie Here are loca red good hotels. fine ororus ~,
:! many neat summer cottages.
E. On Alsea Bay are located two n;oe ,;,,,,
. villages one on the north side and one on tn,
- sou'h' 1000 hotels and stores are found in
. ei'her town. Al Waldport on the south side I.
' soou saw mill, now engaged in saving lun be,
iot the san francisco market. On the north
Il siue are located the salmon canneries where
ANNUAL! are canned and shipped from five m
teh Thousand cases OF salmon of fine grade
ne Alsea Bay is navigable for steam crafts for
WE'VE miles. This part of the County is rich
IN lumber, both fir and cedar, and is the idea,
carrying country, The Alsea harbor althopgb
IL remains today without ever having had :.
uolier ofmoney spent on it, is a better harbor
than many other hSrbors on the coast. Coast.
ing steamers enter and depart regularly with.
out a tug or pi ct. Cranberres raised on the
Alsea marshes by Mr.. ]. o. Stcarns, are nro-
nhunced by experts TO be of the finest flavor of
any raised from Oregon to Maine.
ELK CITY is the oldest town in the countv
wa Is nicely located at the junction of the Big
/ TX and Iaquina Rivers. Ithas a good hotel
T. 70 stores, blacksmith shop and postofce
an being the center Of a large farming district
enj oys good trade. Thousands of bushels of
pota toes and many bushels of fine apples are
ship bed annually to san Francisco.
IOl Epo, the temporary County eat, is well
locate Il miles above the mouth of the Raw IN
the lin e OF the o. P. r. r., and nearly in the
center tH the County, drawing the lines to the
compass. Toledo enjoys the undivided trade of
the Siletz indian Reservation. 1t is the center
OF the fam aus tideland bolt, and Will hold her
own by reG ION OF her splendid location. Toledo
has one fir st'class hotel, four good general
merchandise stores, one drug store, two weekly
newspapers, one steam saw-nill, blacksmith
shop fine large public school building, two
churches, and other minor businesses.
PIONEER; or MORRISON, is station ON the
o.P r. r., about three miles from Elk CITY
At this place is located the famous Pioneer
Sandstone quarry. The products o. this quarry
is becomming justly celebrated all over the
Large quantities oil are being shipped to san
freo o'isco where 1t is used in the construction
oisnHe OF the mammoth buildings of chat city.
lhe Quarry employs large number of man
ana Is oniloins up large industry.
onhp the railroad are the stations Of Chit
wooc, EodyVule and Little Elk, all Of them |
trauihg points OF some Importance.
The siletz ReServatirn.
In .be north rsr+ ortbo
si,et2 indian reservoto non, ,%.iouS
omen for sett,ement Th;s to,, 'l.lo""
the last of the Indian land ,, ,,o
wbi.os. and ofrars obout tbo ,ast o,,,>..,. 'io
the orosnective sett,er will boro In sao,,s,.
home from Tnc1e San, rra Tnd,a,n
heep alIotted tboir lopds ana or,a ,,,,,-,s ns'i
eighty tboussnd acres ra,n oin;n, ,S,ol ,'.u
tnrro1 haoL 70 +r n ,o,,oro, - no
hOmesteaded and taken under the tirnber dot
ne slletz river is navigable for twenty-five
hiiies up from its mouth Tor all classes OF river
ooatS' Along lhe river on either side for three
m liet inland are large bodies OF rich tide land,