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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1912)
THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, -EVENING EDITION- (Continued frotii -istPnot Iho responsitjiiit) i .-.o- rapidly Incn-mtni? business. Mr. Smith Ims ii iinlM'iiili o resl dcnco In MinmaiuM unere has continued though lii , gone awn' nt homo " of the tl'f lie has c! Ju f J J'l' Rid' i L ' l . i . to III I ' 1118 I10111U, III- .1 ( i 'i have grown up, i , I, and arc Boldotn " ' jmients. Much ,' mi, iho last few years i.ii in- Pacific Coa3t, and w ' ..' In thu West, Mr. i winter homo among uiothllls nt llorkoloy. , ,,. ',( i from S.in Francisco, i,,i , 'j l tip forerunner of his 1 1 fi !( in tho Wont, us l.o contein- , ii Piling In thu noar fitum a j nt homo there. With his ,, . i nut Sep ember ho moved to Hn-Kelcy home m spend the com- i , u Inter. Looking Wetlwmd. Seeing tho end of his whl.e plno titrations In Minnesota drawing mar, the senson of 1011 beitm next to the ItiHt of the Minneapolis opera tions, Mr. Smith In 1S0S bei?nn to look nbmit for future fields Ho had In mind more particularly iho tiro. Hir ing of tlmhor holdings for his chil dren rather thnn for himself, that his sons, then mere Inds of 5 and 10 years or age might lave place and opportunity for conti. u ng Ue biml iiehs In which tho i fat.r bed been hticcessful. He d clikd on the Pa ciric Coast as tho future field, on ac count of climatic c ud.tions bjlng moio favorable, and bscnusc at that time It was possible to scc.iro on tie Pacific roast timber at a more rea sonable flgnte than In tho South, where een then alues were ascend ing Western Oregon Timber Holdings. The excellent s Ipplng facl It!e3 nf furded l) the protected harlnr at Coos Hay naturally inaka Mnnhflo d the ri'titi-r for inauufactiirlng opera tions for Iho tlmbor trlbu'ary to It The soveiai branches of tho bay thu In'ots, ns they are known v o d ng In several directions from f e bay, toK'thor with the rlvors f owing In o It, provide water courses fpjv tlie triiiispoitntlon of logs to mill. T. e most oxtetulve ho'dhgs of the C. A. Smith Timber Cnnpii'iy are, tributary to Coos Day by water a id I rail, Including tho tlmbor In Coos,1 Curry and Douglas Counties, of which the company owns about ISO, 000,000 ncros, contn'nlng probably IS, 000, 000. 000 feet. This timber Is of old growth yellow fir (Douglas wKKvAss. auno mkihikv General Superintendent f tin V. A. Smith limbcr r.ut'.iiinu Co. and Mann- n. Vlth conaldornhlo sprtico nnd I'.rt Orford whlto codar. Tho latter io a very valuable wood and Is to bo fiund uowheio elso In tho United States. Tho C. A. Smith Timber Company hns probably more than half of the entile stand of this tim ber. Putt Oifoid Willie Cellar. The Port Orlord whlto cedar grows only on the louthern end of Lihm Count.1' and the northern portion of Curry County, tributary to tho Co- Hiilllo KlU'i- In Coos County, it ml on' the Sixes ltlwr In Curry County. The S.uith luteioJls have all or tho white cedar on the Sixes except what Is In t o forest reserve. In some townships Put Orfoul whlto cedar runs U8 high as 25 per rent of the standing timber, and In other dis tricts the peive itnge Is much smaller. Ui'twoju the Coiiullle and Sixes Ulv ers are low passes, making It a good Ingulm? country. Noith of Mnrsh fteld no Pert Orfo-d wlilte eednr I rruiid. It growing entlioly to the south and east. The Port Orfnrd white cedar uv ernges nhout eight 10 root logs In the trse, nnd runs from II foot to fi reel in diameter on the Btunip. 1" Is a sue 1 bulled timber and growH absolutely ot to find a if cedar. lCvei, fire do not i that have I, Into lumber 10 years ag preclntlou In ber. Port Orf. nnino rioni Orford, aim Mitrshfleld tl o ear y i uillls hae tently, s'iwi tlinlio" and In San Fran ever, sevei. Coos Hay ! percent ege redar, wo: I. doors and n n market In It ha1' been of S'tn .'n water, n"d i O. A. Sm'th l Company h Port Orlnrd lug pushed ' '' ,l lein i,T' t V ..! " ""I: " killed b, 5TS 1'Ito cedar uu 10 mllcl 8C;eral ibid, "1'viuiej .lls '"tuber , '.'." "B markci J tt I.. "'""crtjn.1 "to large t.' nutifactured., 'ft OrfM., "" i oi ; '" ltt:j( 'f'rnl.1 t, .. -d ci-st br th,"1, " ur vwi ".vraii S:r ' 'r .Mano't 'mi mannf- " fpilnr I, i.. .1 "14V " tro tradtthtrJ (Crntiip en next hs, A. II. (JAUNON, Muster Met liutili'. a. i:. Ai)i:i.spi:it.i:it Kiipeilnlendeiit ('. A. Kinl.li 'I'lnilii'i' Coiupiiuy a. ii. pownits (.'eueriil Miiutiger Smith Powers Log ging Co. i ituir.mcK w. powr.its Astlstaut Malinger Smith-Powers Logging Co. H v MB WAito m. iiiaiii: AsMNtnnt Manager C. .. Smlllilo her and .Miiiiiifju luring IU iHIFRVSI dEe' Pjil mLK- Bv jLKk tk yyaHBIIb i iti;i)i:iticu a. Kitins ,lMi:.S IIIINMirr, Chief Ihiglneer. II. II. I W Is, Timber .supeiiiilendenl. ( CD. I-'. Ml'ltCII, .Siiierlnleiideut u( C. A. Smith l.iim l.er mid Mimurai luring Co. or Poillaml, Tiiiiher Agent U.v C. A. Smith Intel eMs. JOHN LAFO.N Ir- I'"w' flB 1 ViH v. i:. l-'isur, Toriiieily tif Mar-hfleld, Now Willi Intel -0(H'iin Truiispurtntioii Co. la Sua l'ranclsco. .1. . IlltOWX Of Minneapolis, Treasurer C. A. Sinltli Timber Co. ami Auditor of Allied Corporations, C!IAItl.i:S L. TltAlli:itT Of Minueupolls, Secretary C. A. Smith Timber Co. DAVID NKI-SOoV. Of Iarshfleld, Cashier f"ther"' Smith Lumber and Iufr tw H