<|uill«
Kunlun. thv«Migh which tw ^»tvani» <4 Ban J. mi ¿t thatO|H>nt. ic
the line will m*«ioubte«Tl% follow • ill «till f* io«m! up t«> Ac fim »4
1 ourse of the Fiver flow* Thehills ruu anotli»r story, »ml lont.umd in an
a«t ami f»e extcmiist to Hum- Jul».
fr<an th«- waters edge up to « e^ht ©«rv.' I«» a ‘axd vlwcwftere in th s l»ur Nil«* Bay. ('al ifornia. »h.eti .i line
If ;• true ¡»«»»«-vet, t’i»t th»“ th»»«
to entitle th« Ha to the name ot small
n> 'rth from >an Erat'cisco •<!! con dodendrow btooifi« * r»*-r» tnoafli
The
Radroad
mountain«. At the river sedge you
forming practi. allv a water •f the feat.
land i^ain .aid over »he tv|<a 4 the
In contrast to thw recity, Apul
coast hit» rout« from San
I he C c>. •* Bay Rosebuig M I «ist •
c ostly homes in
>■ >uth \\ est ri n maple, alder, mvitle *»ui other ari-
isio t<> Portland, avoiding the «nd Ma) to ‘duces billions of Jus
ern
Railroad operat-'
between
gatrd
anil
beautiful
1«
liage
VC
U
1«*»U
( Oregon
There is no other
fjeav V < 1 a«l - < “ th«' s ss v on Mon 11- beautiful b!o<>m
Marshfield m I Mvrtlt Point a dl>o
mt
■
th«*
dark
gloom
of
tlx-
hr
-
«1
«r.
wild tlowei that compares to the
lending rather
tance ot
miles
1 his litu u «<s t.iin*
Is autv and profusion of the rhodo
pursuits, the pay
«pru> •• am! heinb ■ k Tn th* wi lows
origin.«!lv «1« -tilled to i«>rm a con
dendron.
Myrtle Point ami t oquille are where a you land is a »ual bunker,
ne« t n with the Southern Pacitu at
I ht' flower grows on a tree some-
small compared to North Berni and supplied from a tunnel, up a . «er
Bandon, neverth-l
a very im- ient grade- jierhaps a bundled v arils
Coos County—Continued
tm-*n than the ( «><«s River vi< imtv
l«u to th« gen«ral outs ill« world the
general term <it
( 00 Bay
denotes
anv part •» the County, or ex • n all
of Southwestern
but
Oregon,
in
realu V onl) 4 small body of water
approximately live nule- squa e and
a mism.iner w h . h th«
iesi«lents of
«■ Coquille vallc) stoutly resent
I lie weather is alwavs ( -t,
portant fa lor among the res« mi « es away.
of the respective towns
«till and tool, and now as v ou ¡ass
A more pictutes«pie scene th<n
the ( 1 xpnlle \ alley, can seldom be
into the waters of. |h«* Pa« ih. . about found, ami when viewed on a quiet
is miles south ot the entrance to autumn dav from the
ot ih<-
1 lie ( oquille River flows direi tlv
from the gap to the West tile hills
become lower, the land IIK-Ie level,
and a brisk «>• can biee/e from the
north west cat« hes you 11 v ou have
Roseburg but destiny ami fate wen
I h ain - ( oos
1 lie road i- doing a go«««! open
up
( »lie
business in carrying lumber, logs sections in < >tegon.
and coal to Coos Bay.
1 he Myrtle traverse the vail« v of the I mp<pia,
Point Mill Cor.ipanv. Myrtle Point. leaving < >ardin< 1 under
the present
Coquill«- Mill N Mercantile ( <nr.• surv «•y. ab« mt < >ne am I a
half mile' to
pany, Coquille and A. Johnson's
the north, ami striking C oos I >a y
mill, at Coipiille, ship their lumber
at a point ii< .11 lv opposite North
over this line to Marshtmld, where d
Bend, while a draw budge will be
.
1
1 1 •
« r
x-» •••
against it
A Street in Bandon
Boat Load of
Salmon
Salmon C annery
tile North, the Middle and the South
The river is smooth I
forks of the ( «xjuille River, besides th«- current glides slo
creeks and small streams too numer down, just as the tide
Because so many ebb, and numerous tu
streams converge at this place, a river hides its course,
natural large basin in the mountains few float's lengths each 1
is found, and a most luxurious and the
ever
g.e«-n
happy agricultural commun ty is to myrtle trees, and the at
be found,at the center of which is the maple obscures mm h o
Continued
confluence of the numerous streams, expanse of the valley.
at
the head of navigation, the terminus
of the Coos Bay Railroad, and the you see the foot hills mil.
site of a quiet am! prosperous lit tie
Numerous farm house«
B«nJ<>n Shingle Mill
city of probably 1 Soo people known ami fields, and hundreds of fattened anv other section of Coos ('ounty
as Myrtle Point.
cattle are seen, and at frequent The land is always moist from moun
These numerous streams reach bends in the river, altno t < 'I>s« ure<I tain fed streams and springs, and
far into the mountainous interior to among the willows, is a landing wonderfully rich and productive, for
where is found some excellent for piled high w ith’milk-« ails, fruit and all kinds of fruit and vegetation
ests of almos* unlimited extent,much vegetables, which the farm« 1 has how« ver, souk Jof th«- more tender
of which is the far-famed Port < »r- prepared for market ami numerous fruits, such .is peaches, will not
«ars at Cedar ( reek I mxiui , owned
ford 1 or white > cedar, very little of thrift) farmers becom«- your f«ll«»w ripen because of the t ool summer
by l>r. Mc( Ormae and dumped into
which is f«niml north of the Coquille passengers, or swiftly glide past you days .«nd chilly nights
his boom oil the Coos Hay side
River,
M ¡liions of feet of this
in their own laum h, .is you stop at
The «lire« t outlet to th«- sea tor I he « barge for cat« hing ami boom
timber is floated to the tide wat«*r
suecessn e landings to take on the entire Coquille Valley and the ing Un logs on the Coipiille River,
bel< »w , when th« mountain streams
freight
southern section of the county, is at loading on the ears and rafting at
are high and swollen with mid-
Now you have come to a gap in th • • mouth of th«* ( oquille River Co«'S Bay is 55 cents per t< * >0 feet,
winter rams and snow.
th«- mountains, midway between Co but her shipping trade anti the* im I he r ol rate is $ 3 per < ar, w ith .111
average load of 4000 feet
1 he v alley of the ( oquille is w ide
I' rom
and low , and wonderfully ri< h. iruch
of which is inundated in the winter
because of highwater and the tide.
Thousands of a< res will l»e diked in
the near future, and be subje« te«l to
the highest cultivation where now
are found only hundreds
Thead-
jacent upland ' are heav ilv < <>v cred
w ith timber, and underlaid with
coal.
In the w id« 't pai t
of the valley,
the rich«'t agri« ultimai part
thereof, is situate«! the «ounty '••at.
and
1 'oquille Citv
a
tow n
imately ¿, imx > people,
of some of the mo«t
of approx-
and
tlu 'ite
b«.,utdul
and
Bandon t Sem« Beai h
Pan««-« Bio
There
aie
forty feet
high
literally thousands
of
tl«»wers on a single trunk. The bloom
is '«> deli« ate that it cannot well bear
long transportation
But it is often
gathered ami kept in water and will
remain fresh in the house for a week.
I his th>vver grows all over Coos
l'ounty, but it flourishes best in the
ows the south bank
lowlands along the streams.
It is
V u'litiekl them e
worth a trip across the continent to
Cotpiille River to
see a forest of rhododendrons in full
e building
bloom.
I his should have been
y line will
• fregon's, not Washingtons state
us to the
Douglas ami
tl< >w < r
Coos Bay, and the tide backs up the river boat on her daily
river s waters for a distance of over «ion, is an impression
40 miles, at which place conver ges membered.
ous to mention.
tunes thirty and
( hrgon
I dll I'm.-,
Counties. ami it vv ili on
V «ars after thè
i • iiistrm l
road unii! it i' lin< <1 vv ith
Our Rhododendrons.
The
two full
Many of
X» v* Slor,