Lincoln County leader., June 06, 1895, Image 2

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Brief Description of the Land
Toward Which Many Peo
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By virtue of a proclamation
President Cleveland the lands
the Siletz Indian Reservation
allotted in severalty to the Indians,
will be opened for settlement on '
July 25, 1895, at 12 o'clock noon, j
In view cf the general interest '
elicited in these lands, n short des-
cript'on of the reservation, its
general topography and character
of the land will not be amiss, per-j
haps, at this time. J
I lie hileiz reservation contains a ;
body of land 24 miles long north
ajid south, by about i5 miles wide
east and n est. It formerly was sit
uated in the counties of Benton
and Tillamook, but when the county
of Lincoln wrfs created, the north
line of the reservation was made
the north line of the county, ftd
hence the enliie reserve lies within
Lincoln county.
TOPOtiUAPHV.
The general topography of the
reservation is hilly or mountainous,
with valleys along the streams of
vavylnu'sizes. The east line of the
reservation runs along near li e
summit nf the Coast range, and the
land slopes weshvaid to the sea.
The slop; does not vary in any
considerable particular from that of.
all the other coast counties in the i
Htate from the summit of the moun
tains to the sea.
The principal questions which
inse: in connection w ith this reser
vation; arc, what are the oppor
tunities in the way of gelling goo.l
land, and how, and what other
opportunist's are open? W'f would
answer thai the folio .ving induce
men's will be offered at the opening,
viz: good farm, fruit and grazing
lands, good timber lands, good,
fishing waters,' and all other busi
ness oppoitunities ' that go with
them. 'e will take them in order
named, and endeavor to set them
forth in their true lights without
exaggeration. These statements
will be made from personal obser
vation to a large extent.
The agricultural lands of the
Siletz lie along the various streams
'.hat wind throu-h i's hi!! mid
along the low slope of the coast.
The largest stream, and the one on
which the principal amount of arable
land lies is the Siletz river. The
Siletz river heads near the summit
of the Coast range and empties into
the Siletz Bay. In an air line from,
source to mouth it is perhaps not
more than thirty miles, yet so
winding and sinuous is this stream
that it is estimated to be from 90 to
1 10 miles in length. All along its
length are valleys, or bottoms of
varying width. In some places
these bottoms w ill contain hundreds
of acres of the richest land that an
Oregon mist ever fell upon or the
sun ever warmed with its genial
rays. The bottoms are something
of the same formation as the famous
beaver dam lauds in some places in
the Willamette valley. They are
the overflow and deposit decayed
vegetable of years accumulation.
In the places heie these lands
have I ecu cleared and fanned they'
have abundantly yielded in every
thing Hied upon them. The soil is
secon I to none an I the climate
Is I
the same as other coast counties, all
that could be asked. The Salmon
river is the next in size to the
Siletz, and lies in the north part of
the county. The same description,
except as to M,e, aj'pUes to it that
describes the Silet". It empties
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and i
Schooner (Meek, streams of con
siderable size empty
bay, wl ile Spencer
into Siletz :
creek, and
'several other small streams emptv
into the ocean direct, and along all,
ll.tis breams are valleys and bot -
toms, varying in sue according to
the stream. The largest bay and
the only one of anv size emptvinjr
into the ocean, is the Siletz Bay.
This bay is about four miles long
east and west, by about two and a
: half north and south, at the widest!
parU Lyjng on the bay are large
j bodies of the finest tide lands it has
ever been our lot to see. The open
tide land is high and from the vege-
tation growing on it, we would
judge that it nevei overflowed ex-
rept in the highest winter tides,
! Back further from the tidelands are
large bodies of bottom lands, in the
most part covered with alder and
vine maple thickets. These lands
are the very best of land when they
are cleared and cultivated. There
are heavy bodies of tidelaud: along
the Saluion riverand bay. Between
Siletz and Salmon rivers, near the
coast is a large lake around which
aie aiso hundreds of acris of good
lands. Of course, at the present
lime it is impossible to estimate the
amount of tillable land along these
streams. Much Ian! which at
first observation does not look fit
for agriculture, will be found to be
gooa iana, only covered with a
heavy growth of alder, vine maple,
cherry or crab apple. These lands
will all be taken and cleared up,
and they will surprise one by their
fineness, after the brush and tim-
ber is cleared off of thein.
There!
are 366 sections of hnd on the
reservation, containing 234,240
acres Of this there has been al
lotte 1 to the Indians 42,560. This
leaves a total cf 191,680 acres un
allotted. Placing only one-fifth of
this as g';od farm end g?azlng
lands and it would moke 38,400
acres in round numbers, or 240
homesteads of 160 acres each to be
had on t1;e reser.e outside o; the
Indian allotments. This means
240 hoir.es for ac tual settlers, homes
where they may live and prosper,
In addition to this must be added
the fact that nearly, if not all of the
hill land is well adapted to grazing
for ca'.th, sheep and goats. In f.ct
there r.re certain pans of t!;e hills
in the re: erve that are sa:d to be
the 1 eit grazing lauds in the stale.
They ;:re in some places i-pen
r.ior.tr.nim 0:1 which the grass
grows wai:.t high and is very
nutritious, Cattie will and do live
011 these hills the year round, roll
ing fill. These ball mountains, as
they are called, are the stockmen's
paradi.-e.
The timber lands of the Siletz
are equal to any of the Coast range.
The best timber is on the hills and
mountains near the heads of the
various streams, although all along
the rivers are fne bodies of timber
that would be considered simply
first-class in every respect in other
e. favored countrks. The timber
consists pi incipally of fir, both white
and yellow, spruce, larch alder and
cedar. There are some of the
finest bodies of spruce and fir con
tiguous to the Siletz and its tribu
taries that there are in, the Coast
range. The time is not far distant
when there will be mills on the
Siletz that will be sawing thousands
of feet of fine spruce and fir lumber
each day, which will be carried by
the lumber schooners to all parts of
the coast.
The fishing industries of the
Siletz are in their virgin state.
The Siletz is sail to have the
largest run of salmon of any stream
between the Columbia and Rogue
river. It is a virgin stream an I
has never been fished but of. On
account of the large holy of fresh
w ater that runs dow n the Siletz it
is said to attract the large number
of salmon. The party or parties
that get the first cannery on the
Siletz river or Bay is going to reap
the greatest harvest that has been
had in
the fishing industry since
the palmy days of the ennneiies on
lue i(.raiuiv.a river, ,-ih t -e ad-
vantages are present on the Siletz
for the successful pro-edition of
this industry, and it is s ife to say
that not many months will elapse
before some man or firm will erect
a cannery on
the Siletz and reap
the benefit of this ure.it rtiu of fsh
I that are now going to waste..
HOW TOOUT.UN TUK3K LANDS.
As stated above, there will be on
July 25, 1895, at noon, 191,680
acres of land subject to fettlement
' Of this a portioj has been surveyed,
'and all of that surveyed portion
! will be subject to entry at that
' time. There is no school land on
i the reservation, the state having
; already received its portion of this
land in the way of selections of
lieu lands in other parts of the
state. The methods of obtaining
tnese lands are through the home-
stea 1, timber and stone, and town-
site laws. Some of these laws have
' already been published in thispaper,
j but will be again published here.
j By the terms of the act ratifying
the treaty made with the Ind.'ans
the land entered under the home-
stead law will be governed by - the
general provisions of the homestead
law with the following exceptions,
to quote from the act,' "Provided,
however, that each settler under
and in accordance with the pro -
visions of sard homestead law shall,
' at the time of making his original
entry, pay the suui of fifty cents of the advantages in the world, but
per acre in addition to the fees now j to the man who is toiling his life
required by lawi and at the time ' out on a rented farm, offers a home
of making final proof pay the fur- j where he can be free arid, indepen
ther sum of one dollar per acre, j dent. It offers an opportunity for
final proof to be made within five 1 a man of limited means to, get a
years from date of making entry, j good piece of land in a gopd county
and three years actual residence on ! in a good state. The country is
the land shall be established by ' going to settle up. There are hun
such evidence as is now required in j dreds of men who are looking for
homestead proofs, as apre-renuisite 'just such a chance to get laud. So
to title or patent." The provisions
of the homestead law, to be brief
are: That entry men must be 21
years ot age or over, or the luad of
a family; that he is a citizen of the
United States, cr has declared his
intention to become such; must
describe accurately the land he de
sires to enter; that he is not. the
owner of more 160 acres of laivl in
any state or territory; that he is
making the entry in good faith and
not for the purpose of speculation,
nor in the interest of person or
corporation, bat for his own use
and benefit. The fee to accompany
such entry is about $16 for 160
acres, which added to the cash pay
ment of fifty cents per acre makes
a to al of $96 required to enter 160
acres, it is not absolutely necessa
ry to enter a fall 160 acres unless
the etrryman so desires, but he can
enter 40 acres, or any amount from
that up to 160 acres,
would be in proportion
The fees
to those
named above. Settlement can be
made on unsurveye.l land, and tire
settler has the exclusive right to
enter said land for a period of three
months after such land is surveyed
and subject to entry. The time of
actual residence may be counted in
at the time of making proof.
Under the timber law the appli
cint must file with the register and
recetver of the lan I office a state
ment, in duplicate, setting forth the
exact description of the land, and
a sworit statement that it is unfit
for pgric.-.hural purpv;s and valu
able only for timber; that it is un
inhabited, and is not used for min
ing pu-poses; that the applicant is
not ac'ing to acquire title for any
one else, but ill good faith tor him
self. A notice must be published
for sixty days in the county in
which the land is located, and at
the expiration of such notice the
applicant must pay the land office
$2.50 per acre for such land. Should
there be no adverse claim the patent
will be duly issued.
The principal provisions of the
to.vnsite law have already been
published, and will be of, no mate
rial interest at this time.
The principal and tuos import
ant question to be determined by
the prospective settler who would
make a home on the Siletz is this:
Is all the goo 1 laud allotted to the
Indians? To this we would say,
not by any means. It is true that
allotments have leen made
of all
the improved lands, and in fact, of
all the lan I clo e ;o the agency.
But as yo 1 ro up and down the
river there can be seen himdre Is ot
acres of just as good land as any of
that owned by the Indians yet un
allotted. There are larce bottoms
111 ben is of the river that yet open
for the sturdy settler. What is
true of t'.e Siletz is also true of ev -
ery other stream in the reset ration
in proportion to the size of the
stre.i-.rs. Many of the Indian al-
lottuen'.s have been taken solelv
with the view of frouting the river,
and the land is wholly unfit for ag-
riculture. In no instance alter you
leave what is known as the lower
farm six miles below the Agency,
does a single allotment reach more
than a half mile back from the ri
er, and in many cases they do not
extend nearly so far. There are
bottoms that are two or three miles
wide. There are many good homes
in these when the strong and will
ing arm of the farmer puts them in
shape.
For the man who wishes to settle
' 011 the Siletz and feels uncertain of
making a living for year or two, or
until he gets his ground partly m a
state of cultivation, there is a chance
to lease Indian land for cultivation,
- The Indians can now lease their
lands for from one to three years
j for farming purposes. This would
, give a man a chance to get a home
i started, some land cleared up and a
; start made.
i In conclusion we would say that
' the Silelz country does not have all
if a person wants to make a home
where every effort of honest toil
will be rewarded; wdiere the killing
hot winds and the destructive cy
clones are unknown; where it can
be truly said that, "the husband
man tickles the earth with a hoe
and it laughs forth an abundant
harvest;" where nature has been so
prolific that man can live with the
smallest amount of effort, and the
balance of his labors be fully re
warded, then let him come to the
land of the Siletz in Lincoln county.
We can picture in our minds the
happy, prosperous and contented
people that the land of the Siletz
will contain and shelter in its beau
tiful valleys and on its sunny hill-
sides before many years have passed
away. Can anyone imagine a more
entiancing picture than a home on
the banks of the beautiful Siletz,
with the field and the orchard on
widen the husbandman can rely with
i calm content, knowing that he has
only to put forth the effort of his
labor and it will be fully rewarded.
His flocks and herds pasture on the
hillsides and in the glades; his gar
den, grain alid fruits ripen in the
sun, his bees gather honey from the
clover fields, the buds and the blos
soms; the timber furnishes his fuel,
fencing, etc.; the river gives him
fish, and in the forest are deer and
other game. Should not peace,
prosperity and contentment rest up
on the man wdio makes his home
under these conditions? Then come
T.i.d view ths la-.id r.f t'.u ZY.s'.n, one
of the last Indian reservations ever
to be opened for settlement by Un
cle Sam. You may not like it.
You might wish for the broad acres
of a prairie where you could wear
mind and body out trying to grow
corn or wheat. You may not take
kindly to our country with its di
versified products. But come and
see the land anyway. View its hills
and it valleys. Gaze on its tall,
majestic trees. Take a canoe ride
down the river and pay tribute to
old Medicine Rock. Gaze on the
grand old Pacific ocean as it breaks
on the shingly beach. See all of it
that is to be seen, and then if you
do not think you could not live and
prosper amid its hills and valleys,
return from whence you came.
But come and see the land of the
Siletz.
An exchange say: "The much
Halked about bloomer bicycle outfit
for ladies issimply apair of trousers,
very baggy at the knees, abnormally
full about the pistol pocket, and
considerably loose where you strike
a match. The garment is cut
decollete at the south end, and the
bottoms are tied around the knee
; to keep the mice out. You can't
pull it over your head as you do a
' skirt, but yo i sit on the floor and
put it on just as you would your
s'o:kings, cne foot in each com-
partment. oi can easily tell
which si le to have in front hv tVi
button on the neckband."
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good house, barn and outbuildings';
this farm has lots of meadow land
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159 acre ranch on Big. Elk five
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house, good barn 40x48; on county
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