Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-02-07
.LlNCOLN COUNTY, OREGON.
THE YOUNGEST COUNTY IN THE STATE.
Brief Description of Lincoln County. Oregon,
And its Rich, Undeveloped Resources.

inhabitants. II has three fine hotels, numer- |
Gus stores, fine public school, one weekly
newspaper, one sawmill and many other lines
ofbusiness The government works are located
here 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 Newport ten miles is the Seal Rocks
Summer Res ort, owned by James Brssield.
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
a good saw mill, now engaged in saving lumber
for the San Francisco market, On the north
side are located the salmon 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
dairying country. The Alsea harbor although
1t 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 tug or pi ct. Cranberries raised ou the
Alsea marshes by Mr.. ], 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 Yaouina Rivers. 1t has good hotel,
two stores, blacksmith shop and postoflice,
| Q e. j;,t-; a1
enjoys good trade. Thousands OF bushels OF
potatoes and many bushels of fine apples are
shipped annually to San Francisco.
TOLEDO, the lem np0IaTy COUNTY. eat, is well
located Il 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 her
own by reason of her splendid location. Toledo
has one first.class hotel, four good general
merchandise stores, one drug store, two weekly
newspapers, one steam saw-mill, blacksmith
shop, fine large public school building, tw,
churches, and other minor businesses
PIONEER, or MORRISON, is a station or tn,
o. P. Il. R., about three miles from Elk City
At this place is located the famous riouec
Sandstone quarry. The products of this QUAR-!
is becomming justly celebrated all over III,
coast. As a building stone it is uueNcelied
Large quantities oft are being shippeG TO Sal
: Francisco where it te :. -s.1 the construction
, ofsome OF theuy fs2 n t:l2lngs Of that city
The quarry emPGys aNlSage Tamber of maj
and is building up a large industry.
: 0nup the railroad are the stations of Chit
wood, Eddyv"le and Little Elk, all OF then
trading points of some importance.
The Siletz Reservation