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= — --------- — is not equalled anywhere in the teousness of nature as displayed be teacher was quoting to her upils world, and is as near perfection as fore us here. the sayings of various wise men any place on earth. The disadvan So, I might go on, and on and touching the value of silence on cer tages we have mentioned are the on—even like Tennyson’s brook, tain occasions, when she gave them ___ Coos County Offers Homes and Employ ment for Many. Man seems to be possessed of a ter from cyclones and Hoods and hail spirit. In some, this storms and lightning, we of Coos amounts almost to a migratory have no misgivings, for_these calam habit. People are continually “mov ities never befall us. nomadic ing on” with the expectation of bet tering their condition—of finding the perfect spot—the “heaven on earth” at the next stopping place. Expe rience has taught many this search ' is futile. “The rolling stone gathers no moss” is an adage hundreds of years old. There is no perfect spot Coos is as yet undeveloped and worst that exist here, and when forever—and yet could not tell it the proverb to the effect that we compared with other places, sink all. Volumes could be written and have one mouth and two ears, in or into insignificance. the story be still incomplete. Coos der that we may listen twice as much Yes, and there is another matter county is one of those rare places as we speak. A day or so after the instruction, roads do not build themselves. The of vast importance which we have that to be appreciated must be seen county is now expending thousands not mentioned. The healthfulness and felt. “See Italy and die.” See the teacher, to see how well the les son had been learned, asked a girl of dollars in making such roads as of the climate is almost perfect. Coos and live. pupil the question, as above. Soon we shall read of people any community might well be proud What few contagious diseases and Coos County is on the eve of a Little Mabel had forgotten the The world at throughout the eastern and middle of. And the new grades and cover epidemics have visited us have been great awakening. philosopher's “maxim; but the ques states dropping on the streets and in ing of rock will make roads that will in so mild a form as to scarcely merit large has just discovered us and is Prices tion did not seem a difficult one to the harvest fields overcome by the be permanent. We have no rail- mention except for the purpose of flocking to us in hundreds. answer. heat. We, of Coos, will wear our road connection with the outside calling attention to their very mild are advancing. If you wish to own “Because,” said she, “we should a Spot in a veritable garden of Eden, not have room in our face for two winter clothing and enjoy the cool world at present, but one road is ness. And there is another matter invest now unless your bank ac mouths, and we should ldbk too ing and health giving ocean breeze, now building from Drain to connect following our daily toil unaffected by with the Southern Pacific, and sev- which amounts to a disadvantage. count runs into six and seven figures. crooked if we had only one ear. ’ ’ on this globe. Each and all have the fierce rays of the sun which are So the worldly counteracted by other climatic in wise select the place that to them fluences. their drawbacks. presents the fewest of these and In addition to all this, Coos coun This ty is overflowing with natural re selection is largely a matter of indi sources awaiting capital and labor to vidual taste; but there are a few enrich the fortunate ones who will there tliey build their homes. general disadvantages which all peo take advantage of the limitless oppor ple alike desire to shun. There are tunities offered. The rivers are also advantages which all seek to teeming with food fishes of all varie find before selecting their permanent ty. Twice each day the clam flats location. are laid bare to a feast fit for kings. to The hills are covered with valuable shun the rigors of an arctic winter or timber in which game can be found the pestilence and contagion of a in abundance. The hills are full of Very few people but desire The lightning, the coal, gold, silver, and many other blizzard, the cyclone, the volcano, valuable minerals. The productive and the earthquake are alike dreaded ness of the valleys cannot be excelled torrid snmmer. by all. The writer has lived in suf any place on earth. Even the air ficient proximity to most^>f these to and trees are filled with birds that form an idea of their attendant an furnish food to man. noyance and too often dreadiulness. These statements may seem to the To avoid all of these, he has •'elected uninformed to be overdrawn, but Coos county as his permanent we stand ready to prove every one ( eral other lines have been surveyed. abode. * ‘There let me live and die. ’ ’ of them. Aside from this, we have the very It may also appear that Coos Last winter, while the people of best facilities for shipping freight by the New England and Northern county is all that could be desired in pl f A Recent Photograph Taken Near Bandon. _ ____ * states were shivering around their the way of a dwelling place for a water—the 'cheapest transportation fires, exerting every energy in their man. This is not quite the case, conflict with the icy blasts that swept but we believe it is as nearly so as down upon them from the north, any place that can be found on this and kept them locked in winter's mundane sphere. frozen clasp for many months, their Nevertheless, we are entirely hon business at a standstill, all industries obtainable. So we do not see that the lack of railroads is any great drawback. x We have telephone-telegraph lines connecting us with all the world. We h^ve daily mail service and our paralyzed, transportation blocked, est and sincere in this article, and to steam boats run regularly from all and no power or plan of human mind prove it, we shall show what disad the important cities on the coast and or brawn able to overcome the diffi vantages we have—show both sides some of them cross the Pacific talc culties, the people of Coos county of the picture. ing our lumber and other products were serenely following their usual We have considerable rainfall in to the orient and bringing merchan avocations, wearing the usual amount the winter, which some people try to dise in return. of clothing, sleeping with windows find fault with. But we assert that Our fruit is sold at the top prices open and enjoying all the pleasures our warm and gentle rains are much and luxuries of a mild and temperate to be preferred to the snow and on the Atlantic coast and in Europe. climate. sleet blizzards or the drought of other So, taking it all in all, we are Now, while people of the middle countries. It is true that our roads thoroughly convinced that for a and southern states are seeking shel- are not what might be desired, but place to build a home, Coos county A Logging Scene on the Seven-mile near Bandon. The ease with which people make a This is no fancy fable, Come and “No, Mabel,” said the teacher, If you are from “that is not the reason. Perhaps living is no doubt accountable for see for yourself. Rosalie can tell us.” legarthy with which all persons who Missouri, we can show you. “Yessum,” responded Rosalie, have lived here any considerable “It’s that way so we can let what She Knew. length of time seem to be affected. we hear go in at one ear and out at A Washington public school the other!” But this only emphasizes the boun-
