I
These battleships» were not built
at the
Bandon Foundry
and Machine Shop
But we make a Specialty of
Marine Engine Work
Experts in designing and con
structing special machinery.
Rush Orders Attended to
Day or Night
Bandon Foundry
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Machine Shop.
BANDON,
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OREGON.
Stock Raising in Coos County.
The Advantages Coos County Has in This Industry. Cattle
Thrive on the Open Range the Year ’Round. A
Fine Country for Sheep and Goats.
ising or surer opportunities tban a
offeted in Coos county stock raug<
Sheep and goats have been font
to thrivacn this pasture equally
well as cattle; and in addition to t
meat, tbe wool and mobair a
source of large protit. Sbeep ai
goats have not received tbe atteutii
in tbe past which we believe 1L1
deserve and wbieb they most «
suredly will in tbe future.
It seems to tbe writer that gon
aree-pecially adapted to this Counit
we have seen thousands of acres lyit
idle, bringing tbe owners absolute
no income whatever and at tbe san
time they appeared to na to be tl
natural element of the goat. Ti
steep and rocky fot cultivation; ove
grow with poison oak, sallal, tbimbl
berries, salmon berries and buck)
berries and other small shrubB thi
no other stock would eat but e
which goats would thrive, it seems
crying shame that some euterprisiu
person with small capital would n<
buy up these tracts and stock thei
with goals Perhaps in time th
goats would kill all this vegetatioi
Then the land may seeded as befoi
suggested for seeding burnt bills, an
tbe goats replaced with cattle.
These are not experiments we bav
been suggesting. They have all bee
tried and found successful. Of court
there have been a few fail
But so there are in any any
businesses,
Men bave pt
from
tbe
failures
of
<
and
learned
front
tbeir
amplee to shun tbe rocks which ba
caused tbe wrecks.
We said there have been a ft
failures. But on further considt
atiou we are uuable to recall a siny
faiin re in Coos county stock raisin
However, we are willing to conce
that there may have been a few. (
tbe other band, we might name
considerable number of men w
have succeeded in this line,
among them several who have
a sufficient amount of money to
able them to live at ease tbe remim
of I heir lives
In addilon to al) tbe
we have mentioned, it should be
membered that we have two deep <
harbors on tbe coast of Coos con
—tbe Coquille river and Coos I
These afford ns the means of trans
portal ion by water—the cheapi
there is. Aud we have tbe S
Francisco market, tbe greatest on t
Pacific coast, almost at our doors
Ships from our ports cross tbe Pacific
ocean, carrying our produce to
Orient.
Where can such opportunities be-
found as are offered here for stock
raising!—Coquille Sentinel.
Steamer
Elizabeth
C. P. JENSEN, Master.
Regular 8 Day Service for Passengers and Freight between
Bandon and San Francisco Direct.
E. T. KRUSE, Managing Agent,
E. DYER, Agent
Bandon, Oregon
That Coos is the ideal stock not too heavily pastured this grass
country, must be admitted by all who will constantly re seed tbe land and
have given the matter any considera eventually kill out all other growth.
tion and are at all familiar with the Can you find a country anywhere that
conditions.
can be so easily transformed frotn a
First and foremost of all, C ojs dense forest to a place with“ cattle on
county has been and still is a lumber a thousand hills!”
country. Tbe conservative estimates
But we have not yet told tbe best
place the present amount of merchant part of our story. And that is, that
LAMPA.
utile timber al twenty-seven billion to stock will live all the year through
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Lampa is situated midway between
forty billion feet. It is conceded by on tbis feed No labor required in
Bandon and Coquille City on tbe Co
PARKERSBURG.
fill that iu the near future the great putting up winter feed At a few of
Seveu miles up tbe river from Ban quille river. It is tbe only point on
I ulk of this timber will be cut and tin* highest altitudes iu I lie count v, a
I don at the mouth of Bear creek, is the river where tbe Bandon-Myrtle
marketed and tbe lulls whereon stood few inches of snow may fall during
the little town of Parkersburg, Sur Point wagon road conuects with tbe
|be magnificent pities will be bare ex tbe winter and cover tbe feed for
rounding it are some of tbe best of river. Lampa postoffice is supplied
cept for the undergrowth. Then the! three or four days In these localities,
th« famous Coquille Valley ranches with mail twice a day except Sunday,
question arises as to how these hills unless tbe stock raiser has lower
and dairy farms. Tbe place lias a but commencing July 1st this service
may be utilized to bring tbe beet re ground where Ins stock may feed
sawmill, general store, postoffice and will be daily. A general Btore in
pulís. Fruit raising has been tried ' these few days, it is advisable to have
telephone office, (’apt. Parker and connection with tbe postoffice is do
by many and proven lobe very profit enough bay put up to feed during
M. L. Hanscom built a sawmill at ing a good business. There is a neat
able Stock raising bas been under that time. But these localities are so
this place in 1^76 7 It was after ¡•tile school building wjfh school six
taken perhaps more extensively than scarce aud tbe snowfall so slight and
ward burned and a new mill of larger months during the year. The country
aiyihing else and bas always reward of such short duration that in speak
capacity was built. Iu 1883a salmon around Lampa is a tine dairy section,
td the industrious and prudent.
ing of tbe county as a whole they are cannery was established aud did ii there being a good supply of green
It has been tbe practice heretofore scarcely to be considered.
successful business for a number of grass throughout tbe year. Bandon
to set tire tbe tops and underbrush
One of the tinest droves of beef cat years, when it was destroyed by fire. receives a large supply of milk from
left on tbe ground after a consider tle we have ever seen was driven
There is a tine body of timber around the Maple Dell creamery at that
able area bas been logged off. Ex i through our town some time ago.
Parkersburg and tbe place will he place and a large amount of tbe milk
perience has demonstrated that tbe i These cattle were all two years old;
tbe scene of big logging operation* sent to tbe creameries comes from tbe
month of August is the best time to Í bad been bought at weaning time and
Lampa valley yet not one-tbird of
for years Io come.
do this burning. That is the driest turned onto hill pasture prepared as
the
valley is under cultivation.
The Coquille Mill A Tug Co., own
season of the year and tbe brush will , above described; and bad never beeu
There are hundreds of acres of
tbe sawmill here which bas a capacity
I urn better Also, when burned at fed a mouthful; blit bad lived, thrived
of 40,000 feet daily. This company good coal land underlaid with ten or
this season, the brush seems easier or ami fattened in the bills, wiuter aud
also owns tbe tug Triumph, and has twelve veins of coal ranging in thick
more thoroughly killed and is not Hpt summer- two winters and oue sum-
a fleet of schooners catryiug lumber nose from three to nine feet. Tbe
to spring up again from tbe roots.
mer, with absolutely no ex|e;ae ir to tbe California market. Directly coal is unexcelled in quantity aud
After the ground has been labor to the owner from the time be
and indirectly tbe company gives em quaility oo tbe Coast. J H. Timou
thoroughly burned over and just be purchased them until be drove them
ployment to seventy-five to one hun is operating a veiu about 40 inches iu
fore the early fall rams, grass seed to market. And this is being le ,
dred men. Tbe company will prob thickness. He has several men at
should be sown in liberal quantities posted year after year by practically (
ably erect a new mill during the com work developing it and is putting out
over tbe burned district. Most peo all our stockmen.
a small amount of Coal daily but will
ing year.
ple who have tried it seem to favor
\\ e would suggest to our dairymen
soon be iu readiness to ship. There
orchard grass as being tbe kind best that they should each own tracts of
Tbe fishing industry makes a good lire thousands id tons leady to l*e
adapted to our bill lands. It grows this hill pasture where they mav fat
pay roll duriog tbe fishing season. opened up and taken out to market.
luxurautly. keeps green all tbe year ten their iinpretitable milkers aud Tbe two »’anneries at Bandon and Capital is all that is needed to open a
round, ami produces a good quality young stock. To those seeking in Prosper paid out about $14.HOD to great industry.
and flavor of beef aud mutko. If vestment, we know of no more prom | ’b® fishermen last fall.
There is a vast amount of timber
San Francisco
COOS COUNTY COURT HOUSE.
J in this part of tbe county and several
logging camps. One of the largest
camps in the state, tbe Cody Lumber
Co., is located here. It is a new com
pany, having been i<l operation
scarcely a year, but during that time
they have employed upwards of fifty
men during summer and winter and
will employ a much larger crew in I
the near future. They are working a
large body of timber wtiicb will take |
fifteen years to log it off', at tbe rate
of lOO.OOt) ft. daily There are ■ " !
dreds of acres of timber that is not
being worked.
Lam pa has good river transporta
tion facilities and is on tbe riglit-of
way of the new coast railroad.
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BULLARDS.
Bullards postoffice is located on tbe
'•>rth bank of the Coquille river
about two miles above Bandon. Robt.
W. Bullard, one of tbe pioneers of
tbe Coquille, has a general store at
this place and also conducts the
ferry. The river boats make regular
landings here and there is a public
telephone in the store.
Fahy's sawmill is located about
two miles back of Billiards.
There are several fine rariclies in
the country back of Bullards. This
section is adapted to stock raising
and dairying arid there are many tine
opportunities in that vicinity for the
man who wishes to engage in ranch
ing.
One of the nicest drives in the
country is from Bandon to Whiskey
Run, via Bullards, which takes one
through the black sand region that
was famous in early days.
Fruit growing is a flourishing in- ,
dustry throughout the county ami
tbe export trade is growing larger !
each year. The varieties produced
are apples, pears, quinces, plums, '
cberrieB and small fruits. Tbe trees 1
begin to bear when remarkably I
young, and are exceedingly healthy
aud vigorous, aud beiug free from
disease, will live to a great age. Tbe
trees are very productive and the
fruit posseses a delicious flavor. This
county is a very Eden for cherries,
P. 8. HOYT, Prop.
plums au<l prunes.
Strawberries,
currants, raspberries, gooseberries
and cranberries, of a tine quality, are
raised in abundance. Several vari j Located in EL DORADO B( ILDING.
Flrot street St MION oMKt.ON
ties of the hardier grapes are success
fully cultivated. Blackberries ami SHAVING. SHAMPOOING AM) HAIR
huckleberries grow wild in tbe woods
Cl I 1 ING AT STANDARD PRICES.
in vast quantities and are a natural llxthrnom nrwty Nitral Ip with I'nrr.laln
product of tbe soil.
Tub. Kat or (old Bath* ta «rata
El, ! )oi<ADO
TONSORIAL PARLORS