Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1916-10-06
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Marshfield, Bandon and finally
to Mexico to be gone allWinter.
William Judd went along as en-
gineer and James Mcdonald as
first mate. Mrs. Morse will go
later and join her husband at +
Marshfield.
j. H. Fitzgerald, manager of
the West Coast Railroad, has
moved his family to Newport
and will occupy the Hisler cot 1
tage. The chief engineer with
his family will also live in New
port. The engineer has charge ,
of the surveying party that COM I
menced to survey the road with
q view of getting the lay of the 1
land and to make a permanent
location of the road. After this
Is done construction work will
commence. The re are fourteen
persons in the surveying party.
They are filing up nice office
In the Abbey building on Water
Front just across from the Abbey
Hotel. The building Of this road
is a great necessity. A vast body
of timber on the Siletz cannot be
moved until this road is built.
The northern part of Lincoln
County and much Of the south
part of Tillamook county are
locked up and have no means OF
transportation till this road is
built. After the timber Is gone
the county will still be rich in
resources. 1t has several nice
bays, thousands of acres OF rich
soil, that will grow all kinds OF
vegetables and grasses and Will
support hundreds Of dairy cows
and it is one of the best sections
of the coast for making cheese.
and butter, besides the bays and
rivers abound with fish and the
mountains with game. Along
the line Of this proposed road,
the distance from Portland to
Newport will be one hundred
eleven miles or about five hours
travel from the former city. Fol
25 or 80 miles the road lies ir
full view of the Pacific ocean
The scenery is grand beyond dis
cription. The road is needed
more for the development OF th'
county than any other road IL
the west. Tillamook and Coo
counties have their railroads
completed and now the mex
thing Is to build a railroad from
Portland via Siletz to Newpor
and finally connecting 1t Wit
other roads till We have con
tinuous line of railroad fror
Portland to Humbolt Bay.
The grade on Bald Mountai
is progressing finely. The con
tractors will have it complete
bv the 18th of November. The
the wagon road from Newpoi
to Siletz will be in good cond
ton. This will be a great cor
venience for the people in tn
Northern end of the county an
the travelling public generall,
The grades will be 4 and b p'
cent. Autoes can travel it easil
Lincoln is getting a good systei
of roads and this makes II
country valuable. 1t takes
good deal of money, but u
money is well spent If no graz
and waste are allowed.
Much interest is being take
in politics. The success OF II
Republican ticket in the. coun
as well as the state looks brigh
er every day. The national tick
is also gaining right along. NJ
Hughes by his clear, forciabl
and patriotic speeches is makil
friends every where. Seldo
has a candidate for the preside
cy received such great ovatio
from the people as he. When
smoke in st. Louis, over 200
people were to hear him. T
ovation was tremendous. I
sneaker was a, his best. Eve
word was full Of meaning. !
said we do not want war, |
rather than sacrifice any OF c
principles or suffer our coun'
10 be dishonored, we had bet
have 1t. The way to keep out
war Is to be prepared for 1t. 1
Mexican trouble would M
been settled long ago mad
government been firm with u
people. At Vera Cruz was
time to have shown the strc
arm of the government, but
president was too timid ane
was not done and the Mexic'
thought we were afraid OF Tn
and they kept on killing Am
cans until we lost more n
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