Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-03-02
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
IN TWO YEARS

.L VI youi Valuable paper
tnat l may tell your readers in
olnerent parts of the county
what we the people of little Elk
are doing in the way of improve
ment. First | will tell about the
Little Elk river (or creek. It is
a tributary of the Yauuina. Has
Its source at or near the summit
or the coast range, flows in
westerly direction and emptieg
into the Yaquina at Eddyville
The distance from source to
mouth is between seven ami
eight miles. And the Little Elk
valley averages about one half
mile in width, and the soil is rich
and very productive. Now the
improvements | will mention
have all been made within the
last two years and will not in
clude any only on Little Elk or
its tributaries.
Cline Brothers have done
more improving possibly than
any others because there arc
more of them. They have slash
ed within the last two years, so
acres and cleared and got ready
to ploW, Is acres, have built two
fine new houses, one large stock
barn, wagon shed, built consid-
cradle new fence and kept the
other Improvements in good re-
pair.
w. S. Cooley has slashed and
cleared altogether ten or fifteen
acres. His place is a homestead.
he has made other improve
ments in the way of buildings
and fencing.
j. e. Lelearn is also a home
steader but has made some show
in the way Of building and clear
ing.
Ed Cline has cleared two or
three acres Of bottom land and
made some other Improvements.
Il. o. Boynton has made quite
a showing. lie has slashed five
acres and grubbed and cleared
eight acres, set out a nice or
chard, built an addition TO his
house and built lot of new
fence and last but not least got
married.
Roger Loudon has built a fine
bungalow, slashed five acres,
done some clearing and other
things that makes his ranch look
home like.
S. T. Loudon has built a large
addition to his house, has clear
ed five acres, built a lot of fence
and kept buildings and fence in
good repair. And set a young
orchard.
c. II. Wakefield has slashed
six acres and grubbed and clear
ed five acres, built a nice new
barn. set out quite a large or
chard of commercial fruit.
George Moss has cleared three
acres and slashed seven acres,
built a lot of fence and has as
fine a field of clover as any one
would wish to see, besides this
he has done quite a lot of re-
pair work. Mr.. Moss is also a
homesteader.
George Johnson has been on
his homestead two years and has
slashed eight acres and cleared
three acres and built nice large
bungalow and barn, also a lot
of fence, woodshed and other
buildings.
a. c. Wehnert has slashed
some and has taken all the big
stumps out of all his fields which
makes quite a difference in the
looks as well as convenience, al
so cleared quite a large potato
patch.
w. F.. Wakefield has slashed
eight acres and cleared six acres
and set out a large orchard,
mostly commercial apples. He
has also built a fine large house
and woodshed and has made
other extensive improvements.
Willoughby Brothers have
made quite a showing in the way
of slashing and clearing and
building. They have slashed s
acres and cleared 5 and built a
lot of fence.
A. B. Hunt and Sons have
cleared ready for the plow some
five acres and done quite a lot
of slashing.
Irwin Magee on Magee Creek
"a tributary to Little Elk, has
cleared seven acres and built
large barn and made other sub
stantial improvements.
There are other farmers here
that have improved more or less
but do not know to what eX-
tent. Take it all in all we
have increased the value of our
farms and making our commun-