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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 29, 1908)
.,.. i iHliHIMMHmi!llH EZEEvanwwKiBsr ' THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1908. ?.: 7i s$oo$' wwwv TRiGT IS 1 EHE II ITSE! li 8 I The Harbor Section Which Stretches Out Its Hand For the Commerce of the World A Productive Country. 'Xitt..ffXJ'A'''Sl.'. $0$00vvOvvvvv' HE following article on Coos Bay was prepared by a staff corres pondent of the Portland Journal: "If tho largest sawmill in the northwest undertook to convert into merchantable lumber the standing timber in Coos county, it would have a 270 years' job on its hands, running 24 hours a day, 305 days per year. Tho ninth generation of those who might undertake this gigantic task today, would bo in their graves before the work would be completed and the, Coos forests denuded. Ileason it out far yourself, the maximum annual capacity of tho 3argest producing sawmill in the state of Oregon, does not exceed 100,000, O00 feet. The most conservative es timate of the marketable timber now standing within tho boundaries of Coos county, is from 27,000,000,000 feet to 30,000,000,000 feet. The latter estimate is probably tho most iccurate. Convert this standing timber into flveroom cottages, capable of housing Jvo persons each, about 10,000,000 ,ly of tho splendid Gravenstein apples 1 ovvv,.$o,$$$$o easy mode of transportation and a free ferry to the triple city on the peninsula is maintained for the bene llt of the industrious developers of the Coos country. Poultry raising is another profitable business In which Coos county farmers engage. To the truck gardener of tho east, who deals with stubborn, niggardly soil, and battles with rigorous, un friendly, grudging climate, Coos county would seem a paradise. The finest of potatoes, peas, cabbage, art ichokes, beans, onions, beets, rhu barb, carrots, turnips and almost every other kind of vegetable re spond readily to the slightest scratch ing of the fertile earth; cornstalks tower on the hillsides, 12 feet from tip to bottom, and weighted down with ripening corn; luscious fruits of w'de variety and remarkable for size as well as flavor, are found in the thriving orchards, and recently, since tho horticulturists of Coos have awakened to their opportunities, specimens of these fruits, particular- San Francisco's great disaster of Apr. 190G, In a way served to break up the commercial relations with that port, and since then what has been quietly going on at Coos Bay through all the years of neglect has been be coming more and more apparent to the rest of Oregon, with the result that Interest has been awakened all over the state, and the other thriving centers of commerce throughout Ore gon have begun to rccognizo tho points of tho swan in the onco de spised and ignored "ugly duckling." Ways mid Menus. This teeming, busy world of ours is ever on the outlook for ways and means of earring the products of in dustry from tho producer to the con sumer. There are only two ways of which our present commercial In stincts have any ken. They are hauls by rail and by water. Fort unately, or unforunately, Coos Bay, at the present time, can avail itself of but one artery of commerce, and that is its magnificent facilities for 'water transportation. Overlooked, as it has been, for years by the em pire builders of the northwest, Coos Bay still possesses thoso transcen dent advantages which nature, with lavish hand, accords her chosen places of tho earth. , Sweep tho Pacific coast lino of Uncle Sam's domain from tho Cana dian border to the Mexican line and where can you And a more secure haven of refuge for the "Ships of tho Seven Seas" than at Coos Bay! Its land-locked harbor protects all mer chantmen of the high seas from wind and wave. Located midway between the Gold en Gate and Puget sound, furnishing with its varied and vast products what the world's markets demand, it is in a position to command com mercial tributo from both domestic and foreign marts. .Every bay and inlet capable of ship ping facilities on tho whole Pacific coast will be pressed into service in the near future by tho demands of . the vast oriental commerce just open-' ing up, and a harbor such as is af forded by the great, double-crescent ' of Coos Bay can not fail to forge to ' the front in the accommodation of the great trans-Pacific freighters. Situated just 400 miles south of, Puget sound and just 400 miles north of San Francisco, Coos Bay is a rival to neither point, but a necessity to p both "A sister city to all, and rival to none," Is the broad and comprehen sive hail of the three thriving little , c'ties rapidly merging into ono, on , AWVAAVSAVWVWVVVSV "A SHOE STORE FOR SHOES." Is the Dictum of the Experienced, rwvTTr CLAUSEN'S Is the Only Exclusive Shoe Store on Coos Bay. For Reliable Footwear Always Go to Headquarters, (Continued on page 7.) ttt::ut::::5:j:mat:jj:: FRONT STKBET. MAKRIIFILD. AWWVVVWWWVVWVWW lAAVWyvVWVVA'WWVWVW V AAAAAAVVVV-AVrAAAA YOUR H people would have roofs over their heads. Do you doubt It? The average cot tage contains about 15,000 feet of lumber. Figuro it out. Think of sheltering all of the peo ple In London and New York, tho two produced in Coos county orchards, have found their way into outside ex hibits, astonishing orchardists from Hood River and other sections of the state famous for the production of superior apples. In far away Germany the name of in mark on the Pacific slope map. Jlebuurcos of Timber. In other words the resources of timber towering Into tho sky, will bo supplemented by tho latent energies of fuel supply stored away in the bowels of the earth in tho Coos Bay country. , Apart from its two great leading Interests of timber and coal, almost too staggering In their immensity to -reafJze. Coos Buy Is rapidly develop ing w a remarkablo degree and in a remarkable variety other industries, which of themselves would suffice to give Coos Bay prominent place on tho . commercial map. Chief among these Is tho extensive dairying, for which Industry no part of tho country offers a more favorable climate or soil. Cattle can graze tho year round, and .U in never necessary to feed grain, - :hUboBU bay Isn't used In tho winter Tho farms and ranches, located along the numerous rivois tributary to ' oho Bay And ready means of transportation for their products, b) .launch and other craft, tho truck -wagon being practically an unknown and unnecessary being in the section. Coos county has 15 creameries, and last year tho total output of these . reached tho cnormouB figure of i. O00.C00 pounds of butter, and tho an. e amount of cheese, both com ...u.ic i,ni,,i! of tho best grade and commanding top prices In outside markets. 1" other words, wo f n,,a Pn.intv. feeding upon tho rich grazing lands, produced approxim ately one and a half tons of butter, and tho same amount of cheese per day throughout tho whole year. 1 ho whole of the Immonso dairying pro duct of this Boctlon is transported fro... the very doors of tho farmers .greatest cities In the world, under 'Coos Bay already has a meaning In roofs that a single Oregon county can ' commerce. This fame Is due to an provlde! other profitable resource of the sec- Grapt that all these millions of j tion and one rare enough to give people might be sheltered with Coos ' distinction to the name of Coos In county spruce and fir, how could they foreign lands. The steelhead variety bo warmed and made comfortable of salmon, abounding in all the within their myriad homes? Coos steams tributary to the bay, when Bay comes to the rescue, with a ready frozen and picked, Is a delicacy es answer to the question. pecially relished by tho Teutonic Within its borders, Coos county palate, and this fish in great quanti has 400 square miles of coal deposits ties is frozen, picked, packed and of excellent quality of lignite shipped across the continent and the that compares favorably with Atlantic to Germany, any of the larger coal areas "with its more than 20 miles of in the Pacinc northwest. While waterfront, with ample depth of this resource at tho present water for almost unlimited shipping, tlmo, has not been developed to Coos Bay offers exceptional lnduce .any material extent, its possibilities msnts for factory sites and railroad of entering tho foreign markets in terminals, and that this fact is rapld ompotition with other sources of jy becoming appreciated, Is shown supply, are particularly promising, jjy tho increasing number of smoke because of their geographical loca- stacks along the front, and plans tion. Inadequate transportation fa- under consideration by various rail cilitlea have been the Insurmountable roads, ono of which, a Vanderhllt obstacle to profitable development in n,let proposes to eventually make tho past, but these difficulties bid coos Bay tho terminal of a great fair to bo eliminated within tho near transcontinental lino to run through future, by tho men who are now en- Ul0 untapped sections of Wyoming deavoring to make loos uay a sum nnu- Idaho, thence through southern Oregon to Coos. Many Manufactures. Boat .building and the manufact ure of gasollue engines keep several foundries and iron works busy, and afford employment for a large num ber of men. A wire mattress factory which turns out 100 mattresses per day, and a bed factory, where the dally output Is 20 beds, all varieties, is in constant operation, and an ex celsior plant is another Coos Bay novelty. Breweries and bottling works are also numbered among tho manufacturing plants, and a giant rock crusher grinds up tho material which Is being chiefly used for the upbuilding of Marshflold. Thrco banks, a general hospital with modern equipment, a good opera house, a $75,000 hostelry and other establishments bespeak tho enterprise of Coos Bay peoplo and tho progressive spirit of the place. A powerful olectric light plant, a good telephono system, with "farmer lino" extensions, telegraph lines and other attributes of a modern city aro established in tho triple city on tho Coos Bay poninsula, and electric rail way lines to connect Coos Bay with all the neighboring cities, Including Hoseburg, 05 miles distant, aro being planned. So far Coos Bay has had llttlo favor from tho railroad companies, but this has not been considered a misfortune lv Coos Day people gen erally, who haTO thus boon spared inuuy unUobiraulo tilings, and who have maaagvd to get along nicely and handle their commercial interests with oubo by water trausporaiatlon through their splendid natural situation on tho sea coast. Coos Ilaj, for many years was Oro- Confidencc in our reliability is gratifying and proven by our continually increasing Prescription Business. AVe feel' the responsibility and are after your business. ere is A Fact $ ( Prescription Drug Store fn:m:t:::mm::mtmt::::m:m::: t The Newest Creations in Fine Millinery for the Spring j- ,-. ,, t . . ., .. i innn .., -., -- anu ouiiiiiiei ui i uo win uumineiiue ?. arriving at the ommj march And continue throughout the season, This is a date that should be marked in the calendar of all the ladies of Coos Bay, Bear it in mind, X Si HN To &eas$n'y That cannot be impressed too strongly on watch owners. This is it, A watch should receive tho attention of our re pair department at least onco a year. There may appear to be nothing particularly wrong with it, still u cleaning and an overhauling at least onco u year would lengthen the life of a watfli wonderfully. It is asking too much of a watch to o.pcct it to keep true to its duties if it is hampered more by slowly accumulating dust mid dirt. Uvsidcs tills taxes the delicate mechanism to excess, mid cer tainly shortens the life of a watch. A cleaning mid n little oil in the, right place -will work wonders. Wo also manufacture anything in tho Jewelry lino to order. T. .. ...nn.. null .- .1. .... i ,.11 ,1 Cnu.. .,.1 I. .. and ranchers to tuo iTtmmuiun . gon s ueiy uui-iuuik. ouuruuu u tl, - to the markets by means of ti,0 0g railroad linen, ignored by tho gusollno launches and steamboats SYml (.0nimerclal interests of tho making their regular trips, so that8tllt0, and overlooked by tho steamer the uroducer has no transportation jjnpg running from points on the Uro worrioB, dismissing thoso at Ms vory door. GardiMi Rtnffs, roii cous. f'oos lluy whs practically off tho Otogon map, doing practieal- ! ly all its trading with San Francisco Garden fetuffs, which grow abuud- i,y means of Its own limltod frolght antly and with llttlo cultivation, aro ng faollltlos, and In all ways oxcopt nlBo.sont to murkot by IhlB cheap and politically being a part of California. Fine 120 acre farm with stock and implements, per acre $33.50 Two lino lots in It. It. addition, east front, command ing view of City and Bay $350.00 Sixteen Lots in Bay View addition $1000.00 Largo Block in 15ny View addition $1500.00 Fine residence property, SO feet front, good house, situated on corner, close in, with splendid bay view $2250.00 Two lots on Baines Ave. cleared, graded, east front, street graded and sldowalked $800.00 GO-Foot water front lot on Front St $1000.00 3 Lots on Broadway, close in, each $850.00 Fine Block in Boiso Add $1000.00 Kntlrc Block in West Marshflold, six blocks from business center $5000.00 Two splendid lots in North Bend $350.00 Lots in Bay Park, $10.00 down, ?5.00 per month, from $00 to $100.00 Close in Acreage, per acre $150 to $350.00 5 Fine timber tract, 1C0 acres, good logging facilities $2100.00 100 Acres, best coal land, per aero .; ..$100.00 Ml! t l Across from Chamber of Commerce AAAAASAAVVV'VAAAAAyAAAAAVVVVVVAVy'SAVVSA WW ft raarawore That's what We Deal in and ( We also sell the Insurance Gasoline Stoves" Which are safe for anybody to use, t 9 O IT - ... n fpany n n m m u f n t m , 1 1 , t t , m , , hip i A WINNER 5 WEST! 1T""'TT -"-"-" SKiIWWWW ""ITTTlTinTM n UMIMtf'MlInglflBMWEPBMflBsWMIBssssgs) H GAS0LIME ENGINES On exhibition at our sales rooms in connection with our COMPLETE LINE OF LAUNCH SUPPLIES WHISTLES SPARK COILS SIDE LIGHTS STEERING-WHEELS SPARK PLUGS MARINE-HARDWARE CARBURETORS BELLS SPEED-WHEELS BATTERIES Coos Bay Oil & Supply Co. Water Front Near "A" Slreet - , Phone 33 JACK FLANAGAN - - BILL LAWLOR m I i A I J fco - , iwwnr J r s"