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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1908.
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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
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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 ,
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Is the Dictum of the Experienced,
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Is the Only Exclusive Shoe Store on Coos Bay.
For Reliable Footwear
Always Go to Headquarters,
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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.
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t The Newest Creations in Fine Millinery for the Spring j-
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arriving at the
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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