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About Coquille City herald. (Coquille City, Or.) 188?-1904 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1885)
(Cquilli Cifij ^wraltl HOADS AND TRAVEL. men to take steps toward building a woolen mill, and it is more than probable that a large business of that kind will soon be in active operation. Experiments are being made with refer ence to the manufacture of sugar, as many of the products of our soil are extremely rich in saccharine properties; and many are contemplating going into the buisiness of manufacturing oil from the peppermint which grows here in profusion, of which as many n3 three crops can be raised during tho year. It is estimated that the yield of one acre during a year, will produce at least $5iX) worth of oil, which can be distillod at a small expense by the planter. The tannery at Centerville jC'oos bay turnH out a remnrkably good quality of leather, and it is only a question of time, when a lo cal boot and shoe factory will be permanent ly located. Already our harness and sad dleries aro supplanting imported goods of that class, with articles not inferior to that manufactured elsewhere. Two breweries are in qctive operation on the river, being partially supplied with malt and hops of homo production, and in the matter of Btarch the potato contains a large per cent of that article, the soil being espec ially adapted for su^h production. overflowed every! three or four years, leaving a A R A R G A I N ! deposit of several Inches of fine soil. We have the Delling of a half section of So-called swamp lands are seemingly raising, or the water receding, by which many thousand acres land, half bench and half bottomland, near of the finest beaver dam lauds known, and which a Coquille City. It would make a half dozen few years ago were considered worthless, are being pood little ranches, or a good dairy and stock ranch. The price is $20. per ac re. added to tho immense area of our arable lauds. Wild bees are plentiful, aud scores of trees can be found in a day in certain sections. The principal part of the timber here being ever greens, the grass aud vegetation growing through P r o p r ie t o r , 1 the whole year, one is impressed with tho idea of perpetual summer. Y O U n0 F r a n k . Dealer in •Irugs, medicines, chem It never rains hero in torrents, but mild gentle icals etc., of the best quality, and showers instead. • • r i Two and three crops of hay Is grown here in one r I^HE Sargent horse will make the present „ n u „ *• 1 season al Rackliff’ s mill, and, at J. H. ; a11 ilie tlm e receiving fresh, every- season—the first being cut in May. Potatoes also Lamb's place on Fishtrap crock, and also | tiling usually found ill a first-cl&SS grow two crops. CITY l)KU(i STORE! In the matter of roads, this val ley is behind the times, which is .1 A. D ean , Editor and Proprietor owing to the fact that navigation C o q u il l e C i t y O g n . has been good and roads hard to Devoted to the interests of the Coquille I D r. S . L , LEUtfEVE River particularly, and of the County gen* build through the heavy timber. However there are passable wagon •rally. g riptioa, pt r year........................f M d : roads for the most part down the river, forks and creeks. There are TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1885. also three roads leading to the main Boseburg and Coos "bay wag n »k I'i'iiJnK" on roa.l from the Coquille valley, at Coquille City and will visit each place I medieal dispensary. Prescriptions For several years pasj, tlie fish- j every nine days. Good pasture can be had I one to Coos bay, and one down the T u e carefully compounded. at each place at very low rates. intf iiidustrv 1ms nflordetl remuner coast from Baudot) to Curry coun Front St., Marshfield, Or., v2n!5. ative employment for a large num ty. Stages run twice a day between “5 rO T X 2 S rG r ber of people. The C\»quill© pack Coquille City and Coos bay, be Is six years old. Rlack Chestnut, stands 15K hands high, weight 1200 pounds. Ho ing company, whose cannery is sit sides there is another route accom Agent for Gibbson’ s fine whiskies, an AAA was sired In* a St George and Gray Eagle Front St. Coquille City, uated eight miles from the mouth I plished by a ride across the isthmus whiskv. Also agent for the CELEBRATED horse, and his dam a Messenger and Ber CHIC AGO REElt and PORTER at whole- trand. of the river, has been established j on the Isthmus Transit railroad, A. G. AIKEN P r o p r i e t o r . gale and retail. The celebrated BOCA beer Season will l*egin April 10th. Terms: two years, and last season gaveem- j and thence dow n Beaver Slough to on draught and in bottles. v3n!9 This house is well supplied with every Insurance $8; season $5. ployuient to 112 men. Other fish-! thing necessary to make it a the river. A daily hack connects O. D. Sargent, * • FIRST CLASS HOTEL. eries employing probably as many from Coquille City with the Coos n34tf Proprietor. T a ulus always supplied with tho best the more hands, find sale for their fish j bay and Roseburg road at Fair- market affords. TOHAS. at the cannery at good prices, or j view. When ever buisness will put them up in barrels for ¿he Son | justify, a hack is run between Myr It AN DON formerly of San Francisco Francisco market. Many of the I tle Point and Dora, the latter place Situated at the mouth of tho Coquille riv O. M E H L ^ P rop. hns opened a FIRST-CLASS Barber settlers along the river, who are being another station on the Coos er has a population of about 100; two stores’ Shop and Cignr Store in connection with a postoffice, a drug store, three hotels, and engaged in other pursuits, keep bay and Roseburg wagon road; and isjthc shipping point tor Rosa’ s saw mill. Coquille City. Oregon. The only illustrated Magazine devoted to the the above hotel—Imported and domestic o f the Great West. Containa a Orders promptly filled. cigars constantly on hand. nets and seines and during the fish another from Myrtle Point to Co This place is becoming one of the most de development vast amount of general Information aud ape. v ln ltf. Flense return kegs promptly after Vicing cial articleaon subjects o f interest to all. A b ly ing season reap a bountiful harvest | quille City, but this route is paral sirable resorts on the coast, the beach being c o n d u c t e d ! M u p e r b ly i l l u s t r a t e d ! emptied. v2.i51 second to none in point of interest. Tho $'i a year. L. Samuel , Publisher, No. 122 from the water, as well as from the lel with the river and as vet 1ms fishing and hunting arc excellent, there be Only Front street, Portland, Or. * land. Fish, instead of being a lux not been able to compete with the ing a very great variety of tish, and also sea- ury, haul to obtain in many parts, steamers. There are two steamers lion. seals, porpoise and elk, deer, bear, In The Addition To The Town Of panthers etc. Desirable government land here has become a staple article of running on the river—one up aud lying southeast, and fine «took ranches to food, as well as the source of untold the other down every day, and their bo had lO.miles in that direction. Ï Coquille City, Oregon, commercial wealth. The C. P. Co., route extends from Bantlon, at the RANDOLPH . J. H. N o s l k b ..........................Proprietor. Six miles np’ tho river from Ilandon, has a during a short run of only a few mouth of the Coquille river, to ----- Keeps----- P r ic e s IKeasoziarble. —FOR— postoffice, generaljitore, hotel, brewery, aud days, after getting ready, put up within a mile of Myrtle Point, a Constantly on hand a well selected For particulars inquire of parties have commenced ?reciing a large stock of fresh and choice drugs and med- E. B ender or W. A. B order , about 7000 cases of salmon, mid distance of upwards of 40 miles, saw mill near. Rack from the town are the I icines.notions, blank hooks, school books Myrtle Point, Oregon. the nightly catch in some of the and the fare is fity cents. Freight famous black-sand mines. Land can be Appreciating the necessity of all Business j and everything usually found in a first-class fisheries along the river, sometimes and transportation is phenomenon- bought in this vicinity for 8 to $15 per aero, Men. Fa-mers and Miners having n news drug store. Fresciptions carefully com Mrs. C. W. Olive. Mrs. A. G. Aiken. paper published in the metropolies, in ad partially cleared. pounded. Give him your orders. runs ns lmjli as 3200 fish, from six ally cheap on the river. dition to their own local paj»er—one that His prices are as low as the lowest. OLIVE & AIKEN. PARKERSBURG or seven boats, which at the aver contains all Financial, Commercial and vln45 Three miles above Randolph, has the C o q u i l l e H i r e r n « H K h lp p in j; I*ort. Have i*ast received at General News; which matter not being in age price of 10 cts. per fish, would i largest saw mill on the river, a general store, the scope of a locnl paper—the proprietor of make their nights work bring them I The Government of the United postoffleo, and a cannery. A fine luuil>ering, the tlie ir n e w grazing aud farming section 1 ios back of States recognizing the immense the neat sum of* 12,800. Single j this place. Land can be bought for 8 to M:U) tfiiijuiUc tiitij gjrahl TA”\/ V Y ( PA ! 1 boats have sometimes brought in natural wealth of the Coquille val per acre, and some fair locations are to be hitiii! lui y oi l 3 rei! Has made advantageous arrangements to as high as 1,(>00 fish in one night ley, has been spending appropria taken up. which would net over 8300 to the j tions yearly improving the river COQUILLE CITY . . . . WITH THE___ man per night, allowing for wear bar by building a breakwater on Twcnty-ono miles above Parkersburg, has SAN FRANCISCO the south side which has had the a population of 350, nnd is the largest town and tear, breakage of nets, etc. Tiie Latost Stories H o r s e -S lic e in g ’ on tho river. It has a postoffice, two hotels, The river, at certain seasons is effect to change the bar from a nest five stores, two Dverv stables, two drug Neatly and promptly done, at the X j ADIES ANDO HIiDREN’S '.IX A T fairly alive with fish fresh from of rocks and ura uncertain depth stores, two boot and shoe shops, a weekly lowest living prices. Shop n ext; Plcwers, Cstricli the sea, and as '.he Coquille rive»-, varying from 4 to 8 feet, to a good newspaper—Coquille City H e r a l d , a saw door east of Leneve’s drug store, and grist mill, a brewery and a cabinet shop. straight sandy bar with from 12 to for at least forty miles from its Plmnes and Mails arrive in this town three times a duy The regular subscription price of our paper is Coquille City, Oregon. mouth is a part of the sea, the wa 20 feet of water. Formerly the from different directions—two by stage and 82.00 PER YE A R , Henry Huden. Tips- ter being salty on the surface channel was miserable and crook the other by steamer, the two former going And the yearly subscription of the CHRON David Young. to Coos bay and Roseburg nnd the latter up ICLE is $2. Now we will furnish ZE-iaces, above Coquille City, the fisliretnin ed, and it was difficult for our bar and M a r s h fie ld down the river. Government land.suit- all their rich freshness, equal to tug, of which we have a good one, able for range back from the river. Farms R i'b 'b c n s. to bring a sail vessel in, whereas fairly improved from 12 to $20 per acre. the best Columbia river brands. a n d O rn a m e n ts. Lands in close proximity to the town, 50 to Countless varities of fish visit our now,vessels sail in unaided, and are Rucliing Embr-yder #100 per acre. Coquille City is the head of For Mage Free. Y oung & 11 m ien Proprietors. waters every season, each in its uever bar-bound as they for months navigation for sea going vessels, nnd is the Roth papers sent to one or two adresses, op Veiling. Scarfs etc- etc- at a time, formerly were. This Hats trimed to order a speciality. own particular turn. Myriads of central place on the'river, being of easy ac tional with the subscriber. Manufactures of Straw, Flush, Silk. Satin or Velvet, which small fish, such as herring, smelt, 1 improvement in our shipping facil- cess and from where parties can find trans- LEMON SODA. CREAM SODA, SARSA we will sell cheap for cash . vlnfi. SAN FRANCISCO sardines, perch, flounders, etc. ites, is going to revolutionize busi i PARILLA, GINGER ALE, EASTERN to any part of the valley, Coos CIDER, MINERAL WATER, also GUM swarm in from the sea; and native ness, and lucky will be the man I , bay or Curry county. SYRUP and VINEGAR. fresh water tish, such as the differ who is prepared to share in the NORWAY Hunr.N & Y o u n g . Eight miles above Ccqnille City, is in the benefits to accrue. Whereas we ent varieties of trout, are abundant ....I S T H E .... STALLION ' midst of • fine farming country, and has . a aud of fine flavor. Along the reefs were virtually “ bottled up” four | store, postoffice. grist and saw mill. The jj I i U U j JJ ami banks of the coast, are found years ago, as far as our river as a land about the same as at Coquille City, __ OF T H E .... MYRTLE POINT in great abundance, hake, halibut, shipping port was concerned, to { Randolph, Oregon: > ill make the present season of 1885, at Pacific Coast. At tlif head of local steamer navigation, day we have one of the best ports Pacific co 1 aud numerous species Myrtle Point and vicinity. hns a population of about 200; tluee stores, J « W a l s e r ? P rop. CLEVELAND is a beautiful dark bay— of entry on the Oregon coast. The one drug store, two hotels, one livery stable, of other valuable salt water fish. 16 hands high—weighs 1200 pounds— Seal and sea-lion hunting has entrance to the channel at the bar grist mill, n tri-weekly mail to Roseburg, Five years old in June. Beer of l»e*t duality always to be and steamer every day up nnd down the riv is half a mile north of its 1 »cation Cleveland, Tr., formed an important business for er. Land can be bought for 7 to $15 per had at the Brewery, and orders Was sired by Wood berry; dam by Eclipse. four years ago, and nearly where several years among the coast peo •acre, and some government lands can bo from all parts filled promptly. Season to commence from date, to coutinuo ple, and valuable cargoes of oil it was many years ago when there found on the river, fork*, and creeks above. \ u33 two months. Myrtle Point is 10 miles above Coquille City. and furs have been shipped to were 18 feet of water on the bar. Terms: $20, with insurance—No colt, S c h o o l a n d s o c ie t y . market. Occasonally, fur seal and Large sail vessels or steamers can No Pay. In framing the laws of Oregon, Good pasturage can he had at Myrtle Point, now sail from San Francisco and, sea-otter are captured; the fur of at two dollars per month. our legislators seem to have never the latter bringing from 40 to 8150 without a halt, penetrate this veri Empire City, Or. For further particulars, apply to lost sight of school interests, ami table bonanza of wealth forty miles, each. John Berry, ML R. G e t t y , P r o p . every available means is given in Owner and proprietor. Crabs and different varieties of through the Coquille river. Now Myrtle Point. Or.. April 24. 1885._______ — c — shell-fish are numerous, and many that a better class of vessels can support of public schools. Proceeds people from the interior visit the come here and with certainty and from school lands, taxes, fines in Horses and Baggies at nil honrs. Good criminal prosecutions, and various Pasturage by the day, week or month. (SPECIALIST ANI) GRADUATE,) dispatch, freights must comedown, beach every season to feast upon vln4!t 3m. No, 11 Kearny St., San Francisco, Cal. the delicious bivalves and other which will give every business in other sources combine to make our T r e a t s a l l C h b o n ic , S p e c ia l A n d 1' b i t a t k school system second to none in D is e a se s w it h W o k d z i f c l S u ccess . healthful delicacies with which creased impetus. THE GREAT the United States with the excep bountiful nature has liberally sup IDInnufitctural. tions of those of Iowa and Califor plied this section. No portion of the Pacific coast has better .A .T ? U am c aud F u n . facilities for manufacturing, than the Co nia. In Coos county, school houses ITS A NEVER-FAIL THE CHRONICLE BUILDING. ' J. mg Cure for Ner- quille river and its tributaries, and the sec are to be found in all sections. Owing to the density of our for tion next to the coast below its month. Jvous Debility, Ex THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE ia The smallest district in the Coquille hausted Vitality Sem Const ran«« of mountains ests, and the fact that the country The the first paper on the coast in ability and in inal WeeknesH, Sper valley drew upwards of §68, being the freshness and reliability of its NEWS nmtorrha-a, lo 6 t man is but sparsely settled, wild game rises abruptly from the oceaa, and owing to H a s RECENTLY BEEN FITTED UP IN hood , Im potency PROS the generous rainfall innumerable streams upwards of $4.25 per scholar, in Nothing that the world desires to know is First-class order by Mrs. O. Reed, daughter tatorrhka , Paralysis roam the country at will. The ooine dashing down the gorges and ravines, and nil the terrible ef last month’s apportionment. Un omitted from its columns It nims to fill of the former proprietor, who will spare no following kinds are to be found in on their way to the sea, making most mag fects of self abuse, of every requirement of n first-class paper. pains in trying to render comfort to guests like most newly settled parts, ours youthful follies and nificent water powers. As yet little advan Its telegraphic reports are the latest nnd abundance; Elk, duer, bear, pan of this old, and reliable house. excesses in maturer years, such an loss of tage has been taken of these natural provis is well advanced in an educational most reliable: its local news the fullest nnd Share o f patronage is solicited. ther, cougar, wild-cat, lynx, martin, ions, the most of the mills that have been Memory, Lassitude. Noctururl Emission A- Mrs. O. R eed Proprietor. n41. point of view, and in this respect spiciest, aud its editorials from the ablest version to Society. Dimness of Vission, Nois beaver, fisher, coon, miuk, otter, constructed so far, have used steam power, pens in the country. es in the Head: the vital fluid passing un exceeds that of many old settled observed in the urine, and many other dis THE CHRONICLE has always been, nnd Oregon conies, weasel, squirrel, logs being brought, from a great distance in eases that leads to Insanity and death- rafts or on trucks and skid-roads. states. always will he, the friend and champion of nu. MtNTiE, who is a regular physician, rabbit, and the following fowls: The manufactue of lumber is tho only (graduate of the University o f Pennsylva Society is good, and every lead the people as against combinations, cliques, Geese, ducks of every known spe business under this head that has assumed corporations or oppression of any kind. It nia). will agree to forfeit five hundred ing church is fairly represented. will l>e independent in everything, neutral for a case of this kind the vital A \D D O ST V O L F O R G E T IT- dollars cies, grouse, pheasants, quails, any importance, with one or two excep restorative (under his special advice and tions. Lodges of the various orders exist in nothing; fair and impartial to all parties, treatment) will not cure, or for anything plover and snipe. While the bear, The oeople of the Coquille river should There are seven flouring mills, in good at the larger towns in the county. yet exposing corruption wherever found, nnd impure or injurious found in it. martin, beaver, fisher, mink und condition and nearly all in active opera doctor mintie treats all private disease working with fearless endeavor to promote bear in mind, that as good f*iim og ra i> Ii* The people are hospitable, and and protect every interest of the grent pub as can be obtained on the Pacific coast, rre successfully, without mercury: consulta tion. otter, furnish valuable fur, the oth tion free . Thorough examination and ad A sash and door faotory is now in process obliging. lic whom it Rerves and on whom it depends made by G- H. K amsdell , o f Myrtle Point. vice including analysis o f urine, $5. Price er animals furnish valuable pelts. of construction on tho lower river near Par Will soon have completed a floating of vital restorative . $1.50 a l>ottle,or four for its support. fto te s o f I n t e r e s t . times the quantity $5: sent to nnv address Of the fowls, the first two kinds kersburg, and a large saw mill is being built ACE The SAN FRANCISCO WEEKLY CHRON upon receipt of ¡»rice or C. O. D. secure Singular enough, no ticks, lice or other annoying ICLE, the most brilliant nnd complete With which he will visit every point from observation aud in private name if mentioned furnish a splendid about four miles above the mouth of tho Insects, except fleas, are to be found here. river. Weekly Newspaper in the World, prints on the river between Myrtle Point nud desired, by A . B . mintie . m . d . We have no poison snakes, scorpions or things quality of feathers, which find ready regularly 72 columns, or eight pages, of Raudon. and be prepared to do San Frr.u- 11 KEARNEY ST. 8AN FRANC I8CO, CAL., There are at present five saw mills on tho of that sort Literature nnd General Information- SAMPLE BOTTLE FREE sale. Wild game and fish furnish river, most of which are approachable by Crops are safe from the ravages of insects, there News, also a magnificent Agricultural Department.’ cisco work at less than San Francisco prices. Will be sent to any one applying by letter, Will be fully prepared to make Piotures in stating symptoms, sex and age. Strict se ample food of the kind for miners | sea-going vessels of draft sufficiently light being no grasshoppers, chiuch hugs, snuy worms i to cross o ir bar, which have a capacity of or anything to injure crops of any kind. all styles known to the art, from the small crecy in regard to all business transac and prospectors in the fastnesses \ from 6000 to HO,000 feet per day. When in Nights being comparatively cool, a person ran est Gem t o n Photograph 17 x 27 inches. tions, sleep under two good blankets through the sum DR. M IN T IE ’ s KIDNEY REMEDY NEPHEETICUH of the mountains, and the farmer ac.weope a ion, the mills and their indis- mer. Including postage, to any part of the United All he asks is for people to compare his curessll kinds of kidney and bladder com work with that of others. The wool of Southwestern Oregon takes the prize States. plaints. gonorrhoea, gleet, leucorrhoea. and rancher need never make in 1 pcnsihle uuxiliaries-the logging camp—give against ail competition. employment to several hundred men. Sample Copy Sent Free. Mr. R. has become a permanent citizen For sale by all druggists; $1 a bottle; 6 bot cursion on their flocks or herds for The large quantity of wool that has been No devastating atorms, cyclones, waterspouts,.or 13TAll orders must be accompanied by the of Coos County, nnd it *is to the interest tles for $5. DK. MINTIE’ s dandelion pil ls are the l>est meat, if they choose to have wild shipped yearly from this and adjoining dis other disturbances of the elements in the Coquille coin. o f the people to patronize home industry and cheapest dyspepsia and billiou « cure valley. Address all orders to H e r a l d , Coquille City aud thereby keep the money in the country meat instead. in the market. For sale by all druccists tricts. has induced some of our business The best and most highly priced land here is P U B L IS H E D EVERT T C IH D A T . liste Mallioii j j N. P. Hansen, Prop. OLIVE HOTEL, C ity B rew ery A Gol l ED New Drug Store! C. H. Wright, LOTS FOR SALE! ' Svilii OPPORTDMITY Our Subscribers. W . Gallier C L U II BLACK-SMITHNIG A Lage Variety of B i Paprs for On Year S fi Water Worts, T CHRONI CL E Leading Newspaper ffl ï ! Cleveland, Jr., \Y C City Livery k Feeil Stable DR. MINTIE, ENGLISH REMEDY Myrtle Point, Oregon, STILL ABEAD! $2 For One Year. Coop Co. Oregon. v2u43tf rl»n ltf '