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Volume XXII. BANDON, BANDON, Coos Co. OREGON Hustling City by the Sea Has Many Advantages And is Surrounded by a Rich and Fertile Country. Bandon is situated at tbe mouth of tbe Coquille river, in Coos county, Oregon, and less than half a mile from tbe Pacific ocean, Tbe business THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1906 OREGON: tap this section, aud there are many rumors concerning another transcon tinental railroad building into Coos county, Tbe Coquille river is navi gable for 40 miles, and a uiitnber of boats make regular trips daily. make a town. Our real future great Following is a list of manufactur ness will be brought about to a great ing industries uow located here: extent by manufacturing industries Bandon Woolen Mills. and a big roll. The more people we Bandon Mfg. Co. have tbe greater will be tbe demand Salmon Cannery. for all farm and dairy products, an Broombandie Factory. incentive for hundreds more to culti-I Wood pipe Flant. vate our now non producing lauds Bandon Foundry. aod thus add more population and Brewery. wealth to tbe section. Match Factory. Tbe advantages here for manufac turing are many. In tbe first place we There are numerous large sawmills have the most equable climate in the in tbe vicinity of Bandon. At Park Uoited States (according to govern ersburg, 7 miles up the river, the Co-1 ment reports) and factories can oper quilie Mill & Tug Co. have a mill ate the year round. Cheap fuel is a with a capacity of 40,000 feet daily. very important item to be looked after At Prosper, about three miles from and we have it, both wood and coal, I Bandon, are tbe mills of the Prosper portion of tbe town is located along tbe river front while the principal residencejdistrict is on tbe level plat eau which rises abruptly a short dis tance back from tbe river. From many residences on this bluff a mag nificant view of ocean and river is bad. and its desirability as a place of residence, both winter and summer, is making for it a name that insures Bandon of being the popular “borne city” of tbe county. Bandon has a population of about 900 people and is growing rapidly. Tbe increase the past year in popu lation, postal receipts, new business bouses aud number of buildings erected has made a fine showing and tbe indications are that tbe town is just starting on an era of great de velopment. The town has good schools and churches and is supplied with good pure water by a gravity system. The town as yet has no electric lights but two or three parties have such an enterprise in project and it is very probable that a lighting system will be installed in tbe very near future. and indications of oil. Number 28. COOS COUNTY IS WELL KNOWN Adjacent to Bandon is an unlimited supply of timber suitable fur pulp and pajier making, and a pulp and Best Advertised Section in Pacific Northwest the Past paper mill will probably lie built here. Year. Immigration and Capital Coming. Furniture making is also an indus try that would pay well. I Much has been written about Coos water, several steamers making regu county, Oregon, io recent years, and lar trips from Sau Francisco and Bandon is one of the progressive Portland, and several stage hues from towns of Oregon; not a large town just now it is probably the best ad the railroad in Douglas county, but yet, blit one that is making a steady vertised section of tbe state. Coos we art) out of the beaten path of and substantial growth, A town county is generally referred to on the travel, and people looking for loca with a future? Yes. Nature is kind tbe outside as “Coos Bay’ or the tions hesitate to make tbe trip on ac to Bandon. Situated within almost a “Coos Bay country;” especially is count of tbe sea voyage or the hard stone s throw of the majestic Pacific, this true of people who have uever ships of staging it. the great open highway insures us visited this favored bit of Coast coun However, regardless of these obsta the cheapest of transportation facili try. But it matters not by what came cles, tbe people are coming— hun ties. At her feet is the beautiful Co this section is kuown, tbe all impor dreds of them aud from present qiiille river which flows through one tant feature is to spread the story of indications the population of Coos of the garden spots of the Pacific its magnificent resources, its climate, county will l>e greatly augmented northwest the Coquille valley. River soil, ami other manifold advantages, this year. The fact that tbe Southern boats ply up and down its placid to as many people as we can aud in Pacific is uow building a railroad waters for a distance of 40 miles from as many ways as we can. Tbe home from tbe main line at Drain iuto Coos tbe ocean, giving tbe inhabitants of seeker looking for a more congenial eounty, is serving as an impetus for the entire valley easy access to tbe climate in which to make a borne, or people to come anti get a foothold before the big rush that is sure to follow. And that is, those who come disappointed with the intention of going to work and help develop the wonderful re sources of this section and making the smiie effort to win success that is j reqired Io accomplish tins elid else- ! where. The se who expect to find golden eagles growing on trees, and no effort required to fill their pockets, BANDON, ma.v be disappointed, but that is not Coos County, OREGON. the class of immigration we want. Tbe whole | Mill Co. and Carman & Crites, with a sea with tbeir products. Tbe coast the capitalist looking for profitable! We want men to develop our coal country is underlaid with coal and capacity of 55,Obt) and 65,000 daily. railroad survey passes through East investments, will each find that Coos and timber resources, to build facto the development of this industry Near town are also located R. H Bandon, and it will not be many county is pregnant with opportuni ries and mills, and to clear our rich years until the overland trains from river bottom lands that they may be hardly commeuced. In many places Rosa’s sawmill, E. Dyer's sawmill, ties. They will find that this is not a Portland to San Francisco will be come productive. new country in one sense of the word where development work has been Hunt Bros.’ sawmill, Langwortby & stopping at Bandon station and un done, three and four strata from three Orborne’s sawmill. E. Dyer has a loading thousands of tourists during for we have men and women with t he development of our natural families who were born and raised to six feet thick, overlay each other. shingle mill south of town, and tbe year to feast on the scenic de i » is yet in its infancy. Our here, but it is yet a new country in so I These coal lands lie immediately up Bandon Manufacturing Co. is making lights of Bandon beach. There can I far as the development of its latent timber lauds and our coal lands offer on, or so close to the Coquille river, a specialty of white cedar 6bing)es. be nomouopoly on the transportation resources are concerned, but this is' a great range in tbe field of develop tnat tbe coal can be put aboard tbe business at Bandon—we will have too Our rich valley lands are only vessel at slight expense. easily ami satisfactorily accounted i ment The Cody Lumber Co. will build a I many outlets, and thus our exports partially developed and tbe glades for. As yet tbe steel bands of the I We have good transportation facili large saw mill with a capacity of and our imports will be handled at a ties with California ports, a fleet of 75.000 ft. daily, and have it in oper railroad have never penetrated our. and uplands are practically un minimum of cost. steamers and schooners being engaged ation by March 1st. It is reported deep forests and rich valleys to give j touched, but some day will be found The population of the town has ns communication with the outside' valuable for some branch of agricul in tbe traffic. The Southern Pacific that this company will also operate a been increasing steadily, and yon find world, or rather, to put the outside tural pursuit. 'The tide of develop is building a coast railroad in order sash and door factory. ment is uow turning and many to avoid tbe Siskiyou mountains in Stock is being subscribed for a no “for rent” signs in Bandon. Our world iri touch with us. true, we Not many years hence Bandon and adjacent territory will be tbe summer play ground of Southern Oregon. It has the most delightful cool, invigor ating climate; it has the most pic turesque. varied, romantic scenery to be found along tbe coast, and there is not in al) its phenomena of air, sea or land, a solitary element of danger to life limb or health. Our sectiou is free from destructive storms, cyclones, tornadoes, typhoons, thunder, light ning, earthquakes, extreme heat or cold, and is remarkably free from such insects pests as mosquitos, Hies, gnats and ticks. Our lakes and streams abound in brook and lake Southern Oregon. trout, and the river affords good fish- icg at certain seasons of the year. Deep sea fishing can be indulged in by those who prefer that kind of sport. In the forests and hills can be found deer, bear, cougar, wildcats and other animals. Docks, geese and snipe are plentiful in season and af ford plenty of sport for those who prefer bird shooting. Camping out is rendeied particularly pleasant by tbe glory of the surrounding scenery, the luxury of climate, tbe abundance of fish, game, rock oysters, clams, crabs and wild fruit. buildings are always well tilled and have fair transportation facilities by strangers are coming in to investigate This road will $200,000 pulp and paper mill. tbe possibilities of this old, yet new country. When it becomes better known that here is a small empire where crops never fail, where drought never comes, and tbe cooling breeze« of the grand old Pacific causes the warmest summer days to be pleasant, where the fresh pure air makes the population celebrated for its bealtl , then will we see the old Coquille val ley a hive of industry and pretty homes and well-kept ranches spring up where now is naught but stumpi ami brush and fallen timber. OGO------ The railroad from the interior is Bandon is not dependent alone on all that is needed to make Bandon a VESSELS her tine sceoery and famous beach to LOADING AT BANDON WHARVES irreal aumm*r resort. that there is ten paying interest on the money invest billion feet of merchantable timber in ed. The financial standing of the city is excellent. Its debts have all Coos county. The timber growth con been paid in full in fact it is th- sists of fir—r-»d, yellow and white, only town in Co« county that is out red and white cedar, spruce, hemlock, of debt and lias money in the treas yew. myrtle, maple, ash, white and nry. It is estimated live oak. alder, dogwood, niadrone, chittim, an I growths thousands numerous of smaller cords of while cellar me shippe I from Bandon to San Francisco for the matinfacliire of matches. It sells for from $6.50 to $7.<X) a cord. It is also a valuable wood for finial ing purposes and »hip I building. I lia myrtle is a beautiful graine I wood and takes a magnificent polish, and is valuable for furniture m «king BANDON BEACH- THE SCENIC BEACH OF OREGON. The principal timber resources of tbe county are on tbe Coquille river. — ooo— The waters of the Coquille ami its tributaries teem with th« king of ali food fish the salmon al certain sea sons of the year. Tiler« is a large salmon cannery at Bandon and an otheriat Prosper, three miles up ilm river. £ I’lie two canneries last year put up about 19,000 cases of salmon and distributed about $14.<XN) Io th« fishermen along tbe river The industry lien» is th»» second largest ill tbe state being next loth« Columbia. Over $I,3(M) in licenses was paid to the state last year. A salmou hatchery is to be established by tho state on tbe Coquille river tin« year. BANDON BEACH. THE SCENIC BEACH OF JOREGON