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Bandon, Coos County, Oregon
View of Waterfront
A full supply
It was after a long ride down the pie have come; new and substant al for anv emergent its.
world, .tini
< oquille Riv >-r, seemingly double enterprises have been stilted: and a 1 t tile Usual parapllerililia found in
a
place
of
this
size
is
now
on
receive a
hand
long l>v reason of the numerous great many new business ami resi
f,
.1
firt
pi
oti
1
1
i<
al.
and
1
>1
greater
prominence
in
the
future.
ct
>ut
se
stops at villages and dairy ram lies deuce strm lures have been built, and
to load and unload mail, freight and even yet Bandon has not kept up there are lire plugs at ea< li corner
Most plai t s that in the business part of tow n ami
p.l'sellgei' when tile boat swung with her progress
A
around a bend in the river, and the have bail a boom usually overreach around the resident district.
city of Bandon appeared in full sight, themselves, while as vet vv e of Ban chemical engine is belli 111 readiness
ami what is greatly to the interest of the government geologist and wells
our eastern friends who have to live are now being drilled just south of
through the tender cries of mosquito town.
Bar. we have no mosquitos gnat'
A cordial welcome is extended to
I ikcwisi all farm grasses ,md grains ticks ami f vv flies.
The winter anv and all who are looking for a
flourish exceetlinglv well, giving us weather is made warm by the south place to make their home, We are
even more claim to the name of wind', and foi about three months a home loving pe >ple and tile de-
“ The < lartlen Spot of Oregon.”
there is considerable rain. There is sirable resident will not find our
Another advantage we have over no list saving then isn't mm h rain,
the great arc lights shining far in the don do not consider our ever increas at all times for anv small blaze where
large
quantities
of
watei
w
.
uhl
almost all other locations endowed as all of < »regon has considerable in
distance. denoting a city of const- ing prosperity a boom, but only tin
prol>ablv
do
mor«
daniaga
than
with tile advantages we have is the the winter. Better bv far than icy
quence, thriving in prosperity, and realization <>f our numerous oppor
immensi beds of coal nature has laid winds and snow , sleet ami 20 below
showing but a nut lens of what will (unities to tlie coining manufacturer the conflagration.
I lumlretls am] hundreds zero.
follow. A closer appr<>a< h shows all In line seeker am 1 lain irei.
We hav t- almost all re| »resell tatives
the mills lighted, and the busy hum
< if 1 cligii ius dent »ninat it ms
of tin
all of the leading churches.
of the finest coal, all in
in t u t
And we could go on telling of the
A hot such shape as to make mining very many opportunities offered to the
bed of fraternalisin exists here, which profitable. There are places where man of brain i anil capital. to the man
shows that mu< h inti rest is taken in the coal 1 an be taken from the mine who wants employment; ranch
ber Co. s Mill, at this w riting the section of the town is located on the our several fraternal organizations ami loaded upon the cars. 01 taken propertv. which at present have
Coos County, its caver south side of tin river ami consists and societies. What better condi a few fe. t further ami loaded into nominal price and the farmer, all
nous saws eating away a hundred of one main street extending four tions could exist to show the class of deep sea going vessels, the loading who are desirous of a happy home
thousand feet of < »regon's best lum blocks with side streets to the water people in Bandon.-' I here art no to be done by grav it y.
in a healthy country, overflowing
Bandon is situated at the mouth
saws gives a still better im of '.lie Coquille River, and tile citv
pression of the little city by the sea. limits are bounded on the west by
I he boat SW ceps past the Cody I .um the broad Pacific.
Our business
people secluded in "cliques ” but of
nature
more so than
a sociable
most < »regon towns, as
a
greater
part of the people coming into Ban
don m the past five years are from
the east.
W'e have tryed to state
what we have in a very conserv alive
manner.
You wont find gold
dollars on trees,
exist as one of
your hands
and
you cannot
us by sitting with
folded,
but we
have
plenty of employment and financial
opportunities and a visit to Bandon-
Its brilliantly lighted front which is covered with wharves select circles. We all attend social
W e have excellent transportation with chances for all. Bandon will by-the-Sea only means a permanent
turn
tions
together
employer
and
facilities
with San Francisco. In become a great summer resort in location for
residences
wharves and yards, and the mill from end to end
People come,
employee A feeling of good fellow fact this particular part of Coos
ship exists anio. g our tow m men Comity should belong to San Fian-
which i- tine of our greatest factors CiSC< ’. W’t have everything they
her a day.
in the assui ed bright futu e of our want, that is, all of our products
toW 11.
tind a readv market at that place,
w hili' Portland markets are not so
inviting, as they have their own
limited.
lumbering facilities
st boom i s i arrv freight, one of whit h
at om
cedar forests.
make regular
I art II ■
av e the gi eat
Sail
'1 ears must pass be
fore anv marked impression is made
< ’m natural wat. 1 ways
s< ll< h Hier?
air anot h< 1 fat tor ii favor of all lines
the lumber
upon th' in
of commerce.
I »all ying will be the
t hief industry after our fort sts are
the latest and best ap
pliances for converting our giants
ot th< forest into the finished mate
rial tor export trade.
Anotht r turn
in the i iv er takes the boat past the*
Price Shipyard. the Bandon
ami Powei
Plant
and the
I -ight
Steam
I.atindrv and Bandon Shingle Mills.
each a pai i xcellem e of its kind, the
latter turning out countless bundles
Alre.ulv
wt
A census has
I
not been
ing now and busv teamsters ami 2.000.
crowds of people who throng the taken for some time, but this figure
wharves in the evening as the boats is a very conservative ■ estimate, and
come m. again give additional signs another veai vv ill give us at least
Our people
of liveliness ami energy
The Ban double that number,
don Woolen Mills running at full are well educated, all natit naltics,
capacity and giving employment to the American predi 'initiating bv
a large number of girlsand men, is ov ei si v entv tiv e per cent,
Hie
a short distance from the landing, m-vv comers are mostly frtt'ii the
ami its busv looms send forth a glad east ami are veiv progressive, < »III
some sound of universal happiness educat it 1. al fm 'ilit it s at e ot the high
ami gooil .beet fill *wli< 11 there is est order and our high s< I100I rank
lewirabli- *ibor, what else among the first class in lilt Slate. .
could come if
not happiness ami full tour
g. toil chevl ‘
I lli' is but tin tlailv experit nee of
any tn w visitor to Bandon, and anv
person slio lu* not been lure in flu
past t«’W %e.«ts. 1 in a 'trauge om-
ngiuinty. tor tin B indnQ ot today I«
ti? iro»« the Bandon of five, yfs.
^11 o jyeo-
ifwvi n »ingle wai **¿0
and
fl i HU
that
nothing of railroad
building
Tin v are nncei-
stipplv
of the fai famed Port • htord Cedar that will aitl ami better the moral
shingles whose popularity is fast m ami so< ial conditions.
< >ur population is approximately
creasing
The boat is at the land
plentv of
1 ramtsco
Vessel
even after the cars are on
manv tain
s. but it is a sure thing
toils of butter and ci tes of eggs to the
vv i mderful oppi irt uni ties
our
that
are located on the hill back from the souther", trade. Dairv ng will pay
Small d.urv ran-lies inii-t havi great propositions for the
business section proper. Many new on the start
flourish ami are imlcetl tru fill in (ran portât ion companies.
buildings have been built the past
their productions. 'There will be in
\nd now something about our
year, and lumber orders are now in
i Inn iti. < onditi. >ns.
\\ <■ hav e < ool
for a number for this coining sum operation in Bandon, this I'ling,
one. if not two, of 'In- I irgest ream-
mer. Lumber is cheap here, ami
lilts 111 the comitv. with payrolls north
wind blows the siimmei
the structures are for the most part
tin - ugh. making a healthful, le-
eat II ot . ........... month
substantial ami portentious.
Ban
Fruit growing is in its < irliest ftc-lung breeze. t ntirely unlike the
don is justly called the “Home Citv
We have no worms or in- ~w' hi ring tlavs of the vallev Hun
as its people are lovers of anv tiling
gone
Bandun High School
propel
l wu tine steam
year's course obtainable
in regulation high school course
A water svstem is 111.1111I tilled bv
priv ate indiv 1 du ils. and tile city
ottn ials are soon to have a lit avv
eigiit inch mam installed lor fir
protection
A yrnen tir< engine i
at this writing on the road, md is a
modern. first-claws ertwnw, atk ,uate
the very distant future.
We sometimes, move away again, but
have not said anything regarding inevitably they yearn for our sunny
the beach — the scenic beach of the climate, the healthful sea breezes,
west. < >ur beautiful rocks, mountain ami the hundred ami one things
streams tilled with trout, forests that have made their former resi
with game, the oysters, clams ami dence in
Bandon bv-tlie Sea a
crabs, wild fruits, all are great at pleasure, and then we soon see them
tractions for the summer visitor, anti returning
It is “My, how things
once a railroad is tunning into this are changing, but Bandon is good
country our little city will take enough for me.”
.In is of tourists ami campets visit
mighty trille a’ 1 mg tow aril becom-
us vcarlv. A white citv on the mg a
great city.
These various
amp grounds is rebuilt vear after
ti ipics
ore or less touched
ve n bv the c.impi is who hav e spent
up n in our different articles through
tin 11 v.u ations here.
out this edition.
There are three ways ot getting
This section is free from cyclones,
< >ur present manufacturers, 1 on-
to
Bandon. You tan take the
typhoon-. thunder storms, lightning sisting of Saw, Shingle, and W< h >len
Steamer Elizabeth from San
Mills, Broom
II uidle
Factory,
Francisco, fare jto; you can take
i'anm-ry. 'ship Yard,
Foundry,
either the Alliance or Breakwater
from
Portland to Marshfield,
Brewery, ami 'steam Laundry art-
all running tull blast and several then take train to Coquille at y
i.'clock, connecting with the
more projects are rapidly materializ
Coquille River boat, landing you
ing
1 he Bandon Pulp ami Paper
at noon the same day in Bandon,
Mil!- incorporated tot S', ■> o.»> will combined fare,
not counting
be in tull operation bv the first of lodgings, is approximately $12;
ami over stage from Roseburg,
April the piper plant to be installed
1 W o < »re . to Mvrtle Point, from which
within the V ear following
pl.ne you take river boat to Ban
fine ere.unci les tile lalgi-'t
don as before, fare being $5 for
11 aiuti . W ill lie in operati, iti shot th
stag« inti 11 boat. We recom
tust ot the vear, are sub- mend boat clear through, in the
tllltl.il
ex, >«•< tallone w hit. h will winter time at least. It is quicker
md pleasanter for fit
pi mg in my new people whp will
attl
1 ted with sea »ivkuess
move here with their families to lo-
How to Get to Bandon
nate
\ en
I ate
< 111 has been dlfr a >v ereil
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