Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-02-23

ity of granite will be brought down
from Pioneer to be crushed at To
ledo and placed upon the county
roads. A very important road to be
finished this year is the one leading
from the county seat to Silezt, an
important trading point on what was
once a great Indian reservation, but
is now being rapidly graded and will
is now being rapidly filled with set
tiers. The new road to Siletz is
partly graded and will be only nine
miles long, and will connect about
eight hundred people with Toledo as
the shipping point for all supplies
and the point of entry for all travel
into the great timber region on the
Siletz river
The county surveyor of Lincoln
county is James Derrick, who was
also raised in the Yaquina-bay coun-
! try.
Splendid Prospects for Toledo.
No town in Western Oregon has a
brighter prospect than Toledo. Two
sawmills in operation mark the be-
ginning of a large lumber industry
that is bound to be located here on
the tide water This is the most
natural shipping point for the bill
lions Of feet of lumber to be found
on the Siletz river and in the Coast
mountains The Salem, Falls City
and Western railroad, which is built
half way across the Coast range, has
n survey with Toledo as its western
terminal. Lumber can be sent out
of here by rail or by vessels from
Yaquina bay. The Corvallis and
Eastern railroad, which now ends at
Yaquina City, has made a number
of surveys for the early extension of
its line TO Newport, and the tracks
will undoubtedly be built down TO
the mouth Of the harbor in time for
the summer travel, which would be
by July 1st. A constantly increas-
ing number of people are coming to
Lincoln county to locate, and they
all have business at the county seat
Lincoln county has almost an unesti-
mable amount of standing timber.
This will all be located and brought
into market through transactions
which will have to be completed 1T
the county seat, bringing a constant
ly increasing volume of investments
to Toledo,
Good Banking Facilities.
The Lincoln county bank was or
ganized in 1901, and according to
its last reports the deposits aggre-
gated $4,000. The officers are
Thos. Leese, president; VIM. Scarth.
cashier. The same gentlemen, with
other local associates are conducting
the bank at Newport Leese &
Scarth have established a name for
themselves in good banking circles,
and at the same time are progress
i've, go-ahead men.
c. h. Crones is secretary of the
Commercial club, does real estate
business and is general booster for
Lincoln county. O. Middlekauff. Ed,
Avery, Lewis Montgomery. j. f.
Stewart and Mr.. Crosno are the Port
committee to organize under the
general Port District act Lee Wade
is secretary Meetings are being
held at Elk City. Alsea, Waldport,
Newport, Siletz and YaQuina to
boost for harbor commission. The
commission proposes to take all thu
steps possible under the law IL the
district is created to improve the
inside waterways of Siletz. Yaqulna
and Alsea bays,
c. Il. Hawkins is mayor and has
been in Lincoln county for IL years,
practieing law, He came here from
Albany and his clients extend all
over this county and parts OF Ben-
ton, He makes speciality of land
titles and jury trials. as he knows
nearly every citizen and piece OF
property in the county,
Oscar Middlekaun has praotieed
law for over four years. and does a
general court practice. He also han
dies insurance and has great deal
OF confidence in the future OF To-
ledo and Lincoln county. He has
had some experience with invest
ments and says he has never in
vested dollar In laad here that II
has not paid him big
Has 1--we Newspaper.
Toledo has wide-awake newspa-
per IN the Lincoln County Leader
published by Collins aud Hayden,