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COOS DAY TIMES, MA1U3HF1ELD, OKEQOtf, SUNDAY, APRIL
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CRANBERRY CULTURE
A New and Promising Industry For The Coos Bay
Country Big Money Producer.
To realize $1,500 off Ave acres In
one year seems fabulous, yet that Is
what Mr. McFarland did with his
cranberry farm up North Inlet, one
ft of the tributaries to Coos Bay, aur-
W inc the year 1906. The sum was
clear profit above all expenses.
It seems Inevitable that this remu
nerative Industry will become an
other one of the assets that unite to
form the staple foundation upon
which the Coos Day country, with
Increasing vigorous rapidity, is dally
growing Into natural prominence as a
commercial and Industrial compontnt
of the great Pacific coast country.
liaising cranberries requires more
than the sticking of the shoots in
tho ground. The first and most vital
factor is the soil; the second Is the
climate; and the third is the care
and attention. All of the factors are
interdependent tho absence of one
m would render tho other useless.
. Certain portions of the land adjoin
ing Coos Bay are most favorably
fitted for tho industry and the cli
mate Is, of course, unequalled.
On Small Furin.
Mr. McFarland's farm is situated
m on ine marsn lanu anu comprises
ten acres. Owing to the richness of
tho yield only flvo are utilized for
cranberries. Unlike other soil pro
ducts the berry requires but one
planting; "then," as a party remark
ed, "it is good for the rest of a man'3
life."
The land must be flooded once a
year and kept absolutely clear of
weeds. It is also essential that the
soil bo covered with a layer of sand.
.The planting is done in the spring,
and the crop is harvested In the fall,
about November. The berries raised
' on Mr. McFarland's farm bring from
$3.25 to $4.50 a bushel.
Heretofore Wisconsin has been
reckoned one of the important cran
berry states of tho union, but tho
frequent frosts many times act as
a fatal detriment to the successful
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McFarland's twenty years' experience
in the Coos Bay country he has never
lost a crop by frosts. This one feat
ure places Coos Bay far in advance
of Wisconsin.
ISig Opportunity.
Tho opportunities for financial re
turns with cranberries are probably
unequalled elsewhere In his country.
Only recently have people began to
realize this fact and at present there
are eight or ten farmers around Coos
Bay who are engaged in this in
dustry. There yet remain acres upon
acres which may be cultivated and
on which fortunes can be made if
the proper attention is given. It is
also said that the land can bo pur
chased for from $75 to $150 an acre.
It seems a sound Investment when
one can buy land and double on the
purchase price the first year.
HOUSES FOR SALE
Now, 4, 0 and rt rooms each
with lot 40x100, close in prop
erty and THE ONLY OCEAN
VIEW in North Bend.
Terms: Part cash, balance
same as rent.
Houses built to order and lota
for sale on easy terms.
Ward & Ward bank building North Bend
IMPROVING STREETS
AT NORTH BEND
Large Force of Men and Teams at
Woik Now Doing the
Grading.
There Is a large force of men and
teams at work In North Bend during
tho good weather doing street grad
ing. Besides ten teams and about
twenty men, there is a large steam
pcraper being used. The steam
scraper takes out about three yards
at a time and does a great amount
of work in 1i day. The streets are
not only being brought to grade, but
a lot of low land near Is being filled.
FUXKKAL 1I1CLI).
liurlnl of Chmles Itoss Takes Place
in Marshfleld.
The funeral of the late Charles
Ross was held at 2 p. m. Saturday
from the Marshfleld Lutheran church.
Rev. B. F. Bengtson conducted the
services. Many friends were In at
tendance. Tho burial was at the Odd
Fellows' cemetery.
Charles Ross was one of the old
tesidents of North Inlet. He has lived
in the county for thirty years and
was well known. A wife and four
children survive.
Ban kin a- PavoVs
Andcarirteous treatment are the undisputeu right
oi every ueposuor in una uanK mere arnny
numyer of them willing to testify to thesjuaets.
Canvou not add your name to our list? Imilnim
tion cheerfully given by every officer and director
of he yank. '
Firsx National Bank of Coos Bay
JOHNS. COKE, President O. B. HINSDALE, Vfifc-I'resldont
W. S. McFARLAND, Caahler
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It wilLriay you to inspect this New Townsite
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One and one half miles water front.
150 aces tideland sites for millsfiand factories.
On deep water-east channel off Coos River.
300D platted lots-size 25x120?
Streets 100 feet and 66 feet wjde-alleys 20 feet.
LOTS 35.00 TO f $350.00
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