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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1911)
S52mES53S-!55E55SSwwP'" THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1 191 1 EVENING EDITION, i ". 1 rwr,W?r"n ' x"l CONTROLLER BAY CONTROVERSY A. II. EDDY, A WELL KNOWN MARSHFIELD CITIZEN, LATES SOME INTERESTING INSIDE FACTS CON CERNING ALASKA AFFAIR. RE- Kditor Coos Day Times: So much discussion lins beon had In regard to the Controller Day re gion In Alaska, would It not bo pro por at this time for the public to know something of the real truth about that body of water, nud the surrounding country. As I was ono of the first white mon to visit that region, excepting trnppors and huntors, Blnco Alaska becatno noted ns a country of bucIi vnBt natural resources, perhaps I may bo nblo to tell tho public somo few things thnt are not generally known. I encloso for your Inspection a copy of tho very first, and bo fnr ns i know now, the only map of that ro glon that was in cxIbIciico previous .to 1903. Tho data for this map was obtained by me during tho years 189C and 1S07, and was partially prepared by mo In the year 181)7, but mndo more perfect by corrections In tho yoar 1003. Slnco then I have noticed that various companies nnd individuals operating thero have copied this map. While I do not claim that It la absolutely correct, It Is as nenr perfect as a layman could get up. I am not n civil engin eer, nnd have depended largely upon tho compass and the hIiIp'h log for distances, and dlieetlotis. Hut for nil practical purposes It la correct. To begin my Btory I wish to make n fow BtntomoutH that I do not think any person who has over boon In Controller Dny will question. Rofor rlng to tho map you will hoo that the so-called bay Is not, In fact, u bay at all, bolng merely an open road - ntcad, or largo cove partially pro tected on tho south and east by two or three Binnll Islands, to-wlt: Dig Ynynk nnd Wlngham, or Little Ynyak Inland, forming the southern rim, Kcouulc Island and Octelleo Spit, forming tho northern and eastern hem, whllo tho whole western and northwestern part Ib exposed to tho open. Tho only possible chance for a harbor at all In any part of Con troller bay layH about ono nnd ono half miles distant north of Dig Yayak, Island, and nbout tho same distance onst from Wlngham Island. Vessels drawing moro than 11! or 11 feet of wator ennnot enter there, except nt oxtromo high tldo. And oven If they could would not bo safe for ton min utes from uny storm coming from any quarter of the globe. Having upent the grontor part of seven years thero from 1S07 to IHOIl I think I nm. somewhat acquainted with the weather conditions In that part of Alaska, and to my certain kuouledgo during Hint whole time no ocean go ing vomoI ever uttonipled to outer, anchor or leave that bay during u Sturm, or could they do so. Tho main laud Is somo tltteeu miles ilU tant from this nnuhonmo, nud there Is no channel deep enough or wide onoiigh for uny seanolng ossol to get closer to the main laud than this nuohorago, except at a point some four miles distant directly south from tho Martin Islands. Tho depth of water from ttio main laud to the distance of at least eight mile from whore Is less tbnn twenty feet, with n rock bottom. It may not be gen erally known, but It Is a fact novor tbeloM that the Guggenheim spent over one million dollars lit the wilu delusion thnt they could make Katnl la bay a small ludentuie from Con troller bay the terminus for their railroad Into tho Copper Ulver. Thoy then discovered thnt they could not get u harbor there, so abandoned nil of their work there nud moved to Cordovn bay ovor In I'rlnco Wil liam's Sound. At one time It wits believed that a small harbor, con taining probably from thirty to forty ucres, might bo mndo by extending a Jotty botween tho Martin Islands nud fiom the Inner Martin Island to tho main laud. (You will note that those Islands lay just east of the mouth of the Copper rlvor on tho northwest side of Controller Hay.) Hut nftur one winter's eporleuco tho pioinotor of that wild scheme were obliged to abandon It. So much for Controller Hay. Now as to tho land, nud tho coal and oil Ileitis and the famous order of Its withdrawal. All of that poitlou of tho shore lino lnyiug east of the mouth of the Copper river oxteudlng clear to tho mouth of tho Chllent. or ns It Is now callod Uerlng rlvor. was locattd as oil land. During tho year 1S90. 1897 and 1898, more tlinn two mil lions of dollars had been oxpeuded upon It by various companies nnd c6r porntlona In dovolopmout work pro vloua to the order of withdrawal. At least three commercial oil wolls were drilled and capped, and moro than a dozen wero drilled to tho oil sand but not brought in before 1903. Tho only reason that oil was not shipped from Controller Bay years ago was becauso thero was no harbor In which vessels could lay and receive cargo. If Controller Bay was a sultablo har bor for slhps, thero would boprobably at this time a hundred or moro oil wolls In succossful operation. Mr. Kynn or no other man or corporation cannot now, nor has thero ovor bcon a timo slnco 1897 when ho could got control of tho water front along that bay, except that It might bo possible thnt locations could bo mndo on Octllleo spit, or along tho shore line east of tho mouth of Boring rlvor. I cannot seo how tho withdrawal from entry slnco 1903 or uny of thnt country could In nny wny affect tho title to that part which was located previous to 1903, providing, of course, tho proper ussessments have boon mnde, nnd tho law relating to mining location complied with. As I huve said ubovo, n gront amount of money wits expended previous to thnt time In development work. The nc tual area of that country consists of less than one mile In width extend ing from Miles glacier to Capo Suck tlaii. and there Is not enough timber In the whole region to begin to sup ply tho wants of the people for log houses, let alone anything else. Near ly nil of this timber Is short, scrubby hemlock nud spruce lit only for fuel. The Bering Ulver coal IIoIiIb Iny to the northeast of Controller hay, a distance from tide witter nbout ten miles. It was first visited by white men, myself Included, except by trap pers and hunters, In the year 1890, nud I had tho plensuro of digging nnd having iiBsnyod tho llrst coal from that region. I also nt that tlmo vis ited, explored partially and collect ed from sepages, or small lakes ofpo- troluiim, tho llrst oil nnd also had It analyzed. I have at the present tlmo many photographs taken by mo In the year 1S97 showing tho exposed coal measures, and tho vast bodies of oil that wero running Into tho sen. In the year 1897, a, number of men, myself Included, located tho llrst oil claims nnd tho first coal claims In that country. According to my note hook, mnde nt that tlmo, tho follow ing nro the iiuuies of somo of tho pintles who wero with mo, each of whom located a claim. Mr. It. C. .lohustou of Los Gntos. California, Mr. T. J. Hamilton of Seattle. Wash ington, Mr. C. Barbour of MIUctlas, California, Mr. Thoiuus Whtto of Michigan. Mr. William Carlos of Bol llughum, Washington, Mr. It. Temple of Boston, Mnss., Mr. Doversplko of Nebraska, Mr. B. McCarty of Now York, and several others whot.e names I have forgotten. And I think Hint 1 speak tho truth when I say t hat no company or corporation other than our own Individual selves were Interested with us at that tlmo. We mudo our locations under the tonus of the mining laws of tho Unitod States, nud wo thought, nnd so fnr us I um concerned, still believe that we hud n perfect legnl right to do so. None of us huve yet obtained title to that property. Although wo havo ox peuded many thousands of dollars more than tho land laws say that we must expend In order to got title, and now 1 iinderstuud It Is proposed by some men to take It away from us For my part I cannot see nny Justice In this. Many of us have spoilt from seven to ten years of our lives up there. Wo have undergone nil mniiuer of hardships, and many like I myself have spent their nil In dovol- oplng thnt property under tho be lief that at some tlmo during our I tho squnro denl, advocates a govern ment control of that Hold. That may bo his wny of thinking, but I should like to havo him put In tho samo position that wo nro, Just for a lit tle while. I am porfoctly acquaint ed with tho Cunningham claims, know when and how ho located them. I was thero nt tho time. Went to Alaska on tho same ship with him. Ono of the original locators, Mr. Carlos, guided Mr. Cunningham into tho Bering river coal Hold. His loca tions wero mado legitimately at least In accordance to law, but whether or not ho has since com piled with tho law in doing tho devel opment work on those claims, I do not know. Dut I do know that bo far ns tho original locators aro con cerned, wo havo compiled with tho law. None of us wore InwyorB; nono of ub wero associated directly or In directly with any compnny or corpor ation. We wero all comparatively poor mon, nnd wo havo not sold our projKirty to tho auggonhelms, yet wo nro classed in tho same boat with them. While I bcllovo thnt all vnlunblo nnturnl resources now own ed by tho government should bo kept from tho clutches of corporations, I do not bellove thnt prlvato property should bo confiscated. Thero Is no moro need for n timber reservo In tho western pnrt of Alaska than tlwro would be for ono In tho desert of Snrahn. What timber there Is thero Is of Binnll vnluo, except for fuel, and If It wits nil mndo into lum ber it would not nffect tho price of that product ten cents per thousand. From shipboard ono would think thnt thnt wholo country wns covered with n dense growth of timber, but whon exnmlncd nt closo rango It Is soon seen thnt very little merchantable tlmbor bxlsts thoro. At lonst nono thnt would bo callod mcrchnntnblo In Oregon or Washington. And what thero is should bo given freely to tho hnrdy men and womon who nro Btrlv Ing to enrvo n living out of thnt In hospltablo region. It Is good enough to niako log buildings. Somo of It largo enough for saw logs, nothing more. What Is conservation, anyhow? In conclusion lot mo stnto tho fol lowing facts. Controller Bay cannot by nny stretch of tho Imagination bo mndo n harbor, oxcopt by an expon dlturo of mnnoy that would not wttr rnnt tho attempt. Mr. Ryan has not got control of, nor can ho get control of, by nny menus, nt this tlmo or nt any future porlod tho monopoly of tho waterfront nround Controller Uny. Sovonty-llvo per cont of tho waterfront surrounding thnt bny has been prlvnto proporty for twolvo years nnd ovor. A town of twenty- fivo hundred people, to-wlt Kutnlln, located on Kntnlln bay, own tholr own homos and business properties there. Many of them havo been thoro for llfteon years. Tho most of thoni for six yeurs nnd ovor. Wharvo3, docks nud othor prlvnto property fs owned there. An old Itusslau town In which each Indian nnd Uiisslnu owns Ills own home, Is lornted on that bay, to-wlt Kayak on Wlngham Island. Two trailing companies, the Alaska Commercial nnd tho North Aniorlcan Trading company own real estnto thero. An Indian vlllngo, Chlllcat, Is located on thnt bay. An other Indian vlllngo, Katalla Village, not tho city of Katalla, laying some live miles southeast, Is located on that bay. Tho Alaska Dovolopnient company, tho very first coinpnny opor- utlng In tho oil Hold, own wharves, docks, trading posts and consldernblo real estate nt tho mouth of Chlllcat river. I could name ninny other plocos of prlvnto proporty along tho shoros of Hint bay. I cannot for tho life of mo seo how tho throwing opon to entry of nny pnrt of tho shoro lino of Hint buy could glvo Mr. Hynn, tho Ouggonholms, or nny other corpora tion, the wntorfront. Tho wholo story of tho Uynn grab Is as pure fabrlcn Hon, gottou up, no doubt, for tho purpose of putting Tuft nnd the pre esut administration In n hole. I nm n democrat. I nm not for Taftj never I wns for Tnft. but I nm itgnlnst a liar, Hotel Arago Empire City, Ore. Is Now Open to the Public Day and Night Rates Reasonable Special Service to Private Parties E. W. SCHROCK, Prop Good Livery Service Fancy now rigs, good horses and aroful drivers are now at tho dls osal of tho Coos Bay public at REASONABLE RATES. Rigs or rigs with drivers ready for ny trip nnywhoro any tlmo. Horsos jonrded and rigs carod for. Now hearse and special accommo dations provided for funeral pariles. W. L. CONDRON'S LIVERY AND FEED STABLES PHONE 273-J PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY r K A. C. BURROUGHS, - Scientific Mnssnglst, Treats nil diseases Ofllco, corner Socond nnd Control Avonuo. Ofllco hours 11 to 12 n. m. 2 to 5 p. in. DR. A. J. HENDRY'S Modern Dental Parlors. Wo nro equipped to do high class work on short notlco at tho vory lowest prices. Examination froo. Lady nttondnnt, Coko building, oppo site Chandler hotel. TMt. II. R. MOORE, Chiropractor. Chronic DHenscs a Specialty 203 Coos Bids Phono 81- Ofllco hours 1 to 5j 6:30 to 7:30 Sunday 3 to 5 rK. G. W. LESLIE, ' Ostcopnthlo Physician Oraduato of tho Amorhan school of Osteopathy at KIrksvlllo, Mo. Ofllco In Eldorndo Blk. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 4; Phono 1C1-J; Marshtlold; Oregon. rK. J. W. INGRAM, Physician mid Surgeon, 209-210 Coko Building hones; Ofllco 102J; Residence 1021. J. W. BENNETT, Lawyer. Ofllco ovor Flnnngnn & Bonnett Bank larshflold Oregon 1 JJR. J. T. McCORMAO, Physician nnd Surgoon Marshfleld, Oregon. Ofllco: Lockhart Building, opposite Post Ofllce. Phono 105-J WATCH! NOTICE! Homor Mnuzoy, one of tho drivers and tho solicitor for us Is out for Laundry. Wntch him! ho is liable to stop you on tho streot and explain nil dotnlls of Laundry and also to be at your homo nny tlmo. Ho knows I.nundry business from A to Z. Marshfield Hand and Steam Laundry PIIOX. I0-J Firs National Bai OF COOS BAIT AT MARSHFIELD, OREGON Capital ana surplus ana pronts $10700c Total resources 535'JJ irniiea aiaies iepusuury iur rostal Savinu nM ivAMrtfrtl Unnllnrr nitpinAnn UUos a giiioiai uaiiMiiB uuoiiidooi Interest paid on time and savings deposits, OFFICERS: W. S. Chandleri M. C, Horton. DnrRvi..v President, Vice-President, Q DIRECTORS: W, S, Chandler, kl II nn,,rrlno VV, Ul uuugiaoi lU C Unll F, S, Dow, M, C, Horton, JohnS, Coke, Wm, Grimes, S, C, Rogers, w, r, Murphy, Flanagan & Bennett Ban) Established 1889 Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits Over $100,(1 Assets Over $500,0( Interest Paid on Time Deposits THE TURKISH BATH PARLOi HAVE MOVED From tholr old qunrtors, In tho Coos building, ono block irM to n now homo at 392 Broadway which has bcon especially lb up for thorn and whoro thoy aro bettor proparod than t fore to render cxcollont servlco to tho public. TURKISH, Itrfl SIAN', STEAM, ELECTRIC and SHOWER BATHS, In tactanrtt: that can bo given anywhoro may bo secured horo. You aro cordially Invited to call at our now quarton. Both Lady and Gentleman Attendants phone: 211-j. ana Broadway MARSIIFIEll PAST AM) COMMODIOUS Steamer Redondo EQUIPPED WITH WIRELESS Will Sail from Marshfield for'Frisco, Thursday,Aug.24,ll:30A.H INTEB-OCEAN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. Phono 44 c. P. McGEOROB, Aj'. "THE FRIEND OP COOS BAY" S. S. ALLIANCE EQUIPPKD WITH WIItRT.KSS CONNECTING WITU THE NORTH BANK ROAD AT POHTLAfl Sails for Portland from Coos Bay, Tuesday Noon, Aug. 22 NORTH PaJIPIO 3TEAMSHIP COMPANY. PHONE W 0 P, McGEORGE, Age But It seems that wo woro mls-j to It taken. According to tho theory of somo of the enstorn nnd westorn con servationists wo ure thlovos, nnd should bo sent to tho penitentiary. And nltltoiiKli fifteen years have nono hv, we nro still wondering whoro wo nro at. Roosevelt, who says ho believes in nnd nnyono who would try to mnko I capital opt of n liar. And In ono re spect may be llko ex-President Roos evelt, 1 bellevo In tho squnro deal, and If tho pooplo of Alaska havo over had a square deal either by this or nny past administration, I have failed to notice It. Put Tuft In n holo If vnn wish, but iln it bnnostlv. mill Just recently ex-Presidont nbovo ,)0anJi I Signed) A. II. EDDY. Tho cost of repairing the wiring In our building In Marshfield was nine dollars. The owner at onco got a re duction of Fifty Dollars per year In tho Insurance. Think It over. Coos Bay Wiring Co. PHONE 237-J DRAIN-C00S BAY AUTO LINE VIA ALLEGANY NOW READY FOR BUSINESS LEAVES LRSHFIELD DAILY BOAT LEAVES ALERT LANDING, MARSHFIELD B:00 CONNECTING WITH SOUTHERN PACIFIC NORTH TRAIN AT DRAIN. TICKETS FOR SALE AND INFORMATION AT THE BUSY COR NER DRUG STORE, PHONE 3 A. IlOlW $100 Reward, $100 Tin' reaiteni e( lliU ir will lm .lmri to U'ni that ilirio out Vni nm lifiul.il i.ttriiM. Hint uteiu'f luu Ix'on nl.lelotii.ro hi nil ifi Uw Htxt Unit I- t'Kttitril Hull Chtiitrj I'lir.' 1 tlio oiil Hlttt'iurt ti.m kti.iuu j tin mo 11. hI (im.TiiUv I Hlarrii liohiii uiott kitttittiiml tt'M' rv.iifr' a lOii-tlnittoiml t real int lit lull 1'utnrrli i urv 1. tnkou Inter uitlh. hi iliiu lUrtill) tiHtii tin' lloil and mil. (Niiih'iiiruif f DM lt'in tliert'l ilelroiiu tin fouiiiUtloti of tin ilium.!- Aiui nhhijMli,. l"i lilit aliruitili fn tmlMmg nji tin coimilu lion unit Ah.ii iIhk inttuit' in .Imiiu lu work 'llu nioiretor have o nm. h fuitti In (u iur ttu noweu tliat tliey offer Ono lltnulrvd rfcil iir for hii cae that U fail to cure Knil for list of k'tlu.omai B 1 1 . ,, X J e,nrS" A CO- Toledo. O SdM by ill Drugtfiiiu 7y Tale 1UIU' Family fill, tor coiiufnatloa f BIG DOINGS nt BANDON Sun day, AUGUST JJ7. Tako advantage of CHEAP EXCURSION rate. Thoro Is one modlclna that every j mum- situuui oo provmea with and. especially ourlng thesumraer months; f viz, Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and . Diarrhoea Remedy. It Is almost cor tnlu to be needed. It costs but a quartor. Can you afford to be wlth out It? For salo by all dealers. FAST SERVICE TO ROSEBUR.G Our nutos, leaving Marshfield nt 0 o'clock every morning, con. uect with tho ovonlug train to Portlnud. Faro $0.00. COOS BAY ROSEBURG STAGE LINE OTTO 8CHETTER, Ageut, O. P. BARNAItD, 120 SIARKET AV., Marshfleld. Agent, ROSEBDTtG, Ore. rnojrs 11 EQUIPPED WITn WIRELESS Steamer Breakwater ALWAYS ON TIME PORTLAND AT 0 A. M. ON AUGUST L H SAILS FROM 21 AND 20. SAILS FROM COOS BAY AT SERVICE OP TIIE TIDE ON UST , 11, 10, 20 AND 31. ' L. n. KEATING, AGENT PHONE MAIN S EHg&ffisaass I'ImI Attaracs After the snow try Turkl Phone 21-J. 11. !S&3mm , .afg -(Ka, i, v,