vj /V
/ /
V OL. 4.
'
/ '¡ Ï #
A
y y
i
•/ /
l
O
-h
tT *
k¿.jfc
"’JL
COQUILLE G IT Y, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1885.
NO. 15.
i)iA (d > .\ .ii,o l(i:(< o .V io ^ iT l.M '!:i> the readt r to judge. A fter passing for and me consequently thrifty nearly every direction.
The tim
ranch seem to be doing a paying
iVotn ( r n m .1 « ’¡<j <«» < «o*» Einj some half dozen logging camps, and happy. Smith Corners is their ber hereabouts is quite good, and business, but ns settlers^are
jrione
OTeriuuil.
which were not running just now, minor business place, and a few somo fair samples of oak, which ° l ’ * 111] n . t ‘ ev < epenu
S-N-A- D O W N IN G , M. D-
—
.
,
, .
. , 1
’
,
i i i r
,
,
more on their tine hand o f cattle,
Loi g.winded articles in news- we reach the twenty-four hundred stores, and a hotel and livery stable would do for
Iu nber,
wrr* than on the receipts from the store.
Physician ami Surgeon,
papers, like long-winded speeches, acre grove of red wood, belonging
areal! making a living, but as tluir passed. The bottom lands of the The country here lias now become
Coqcn.L-: C ity , O hücok .
usuallv, a re te d io u s and rather dull to a mill company, and the drive
butter and oMier produce are ship- Illinois. Deer and other creeks, arc too high and frosty for general
Call*—day or uiylii — 1’iimp‘ ly a t n 1« d. a ft airs and when the writer of through this is a continual sur- ped away at Crescent City, that being settled up, and nil ranchers far'suing, and the h ills grow lower
n i s r n x s ( u to s ,
Although the grove is on a poins l»ecomes the principal mart that 1 talked with, seemed to lie t»lfi c-r<.ek . We had noticed for
J ohn L ane . Diagonal Oregon hud finished Ins prise.
ji'iti s to Crescent Uity, the article periect-y le\el Jut, 1 c mid liaidiv of tiade. A lew miles from the , well pleased. A slight ili'id o sep* id ^ u ^ mil(‘s that most of the farms
Sc I A M ..
bad spun out to such an immoder- di\est mv mind of tho idea that
j Corners, ;\e begin the slmrpclimb, urates \\ ilderville from its neigh-
had I eenjilesei tad, and ns some of
Attovnm auJ ('«.- cd [ ms d ! a ’ y . ate length, that he had no reason to the lo ti was at tie* bottom of an [ over tlie Coast range. The grade , boi, and we pass it after a drive of die bouses and other buildings
Land Cases a Sptciri; y.
think that the patience of his read- immense canyon, and that the up the western slopes, is always eighteen miles.
W ildervdle i* ; h'j'k g o d and substantial, wpr®^ at
OflSwon MainS rc*R."pp »-*it<_*
a* n
ers would bear any further intiic- timber was growing up ti e side, sharper than the eastern, as the near die mouth of Slate creek, and ,7,7^»*U-iTi*!*V!rt« ?.*!* 1 »
l ¡i> iiv l.
(
1
i'**<u.
Roseburg,
al o it
all
that enquired the can e.
is
lions in that line, even J the editor The largest single trunks by the ( whole country seems to have been its name
“ Wal” said
should
consent
to
publish
what
he
r
>u
d
i«!e
were
tlie
old
lie.Jlmv
rem-
thrown
up
in
waves,
which
broke
is
left
except
three
or
foul
build-
!
the
stranger,
“
fact
isyer
can’t make
J. M. S io l ix .
J ohn A. C hat
We had a livin farmin out here, no how.
bad written; but a public request, m mis of the days of long ago. , in sharp declivities on the west, ings to mark the sput.
Siglin & Gray.
mi '1 of those <>1 l stubs were sev- and long gradual slopes on the been doubling our track thus f,:r N'i'.v hf'ie s me and rny boys hax©
in the H i uald , lor a continuation
Attorney** mil Coanseîors \\ Luw,
t.
oF the notes, as far
as Coos bay, cub-five feet in ci urn reference, east, and this characteristic is no- j fromCresceutCity, but here the road J,
o F it W hs iT t for'the puiqis^aod
Marshfield, Co*'* wmniv, Dn-kion.
O fhcu —tlollrtud building, »>p¡H>í,itv Ti.
was ihe only excuse for again con- ami from seventy-five to one hun-j ticeable entirely across tho couti- turns to the left four miies on, and the winchester we would’ nt o f had
Hotel.__________
tinning the notes. As these cover dred feet in hight.
We counted j nent. The grade goes up the. steep crosses the A ; p egate. Go >d farms money enough to paid our tax, and
W . S IN C L A IR .
some three hundred miles over the growth circles (or grains) in j mountain side, with a regular ser- are passed all along, and evidences that wern’t much this season.” M e
.Worm ¡it Ian.
some of the very choicest -ml best, some fragments that we chipped ies of quick sharp turns, and some j of thrift meet the eye constantly, j j
^ °® °-
General Insurance and Kval Estate Agent,
though almost the newest part of out with an axe, and found an 1 nine miles from the Corners, we Where we cross the valley is prop- 1
^ jj Hgo \vRpG a^baud** o f
C o q u il l e C it y , O k k o o n .
the state, they are not as brief as : average of twenty-four to the inch. I look down on the valley, and erly the Rogue liver tints, as we q)out300, and in lessen a year he
the w riter wished, bi t could hardly When it is remembered that a lit-1 groves of magnificent red wood, j reach the old Johnson ferry in less i couldn't find nary sheep; the var-
T. G. O W E N .
see where to apply the pruning tie over four inches of bulk of tluough which we have just passed, than three miles.
This is seven j mints got away with the whole
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
knife
A ll we hope is that when these old trunks makes the tomb The sea of mountains lying east of miles below the town o f Giants i business. He sold his ranch just
ÌJ \IWTTi::i.D. Oon.
the reader has rend as far as he of a buried century, one is lead to us, ami extending entirely out o f ; Pass mid « learned from the f«* ; | rc(-on you seed Lis house ’ bout a
can reasonably bear, that he will cnitoniplate their huge masses sight in every direction except to- ryman that it was just that much ; n)pe |-mck_two storys, and veran-
S- H- HAZARD.
A out of our way. W e did not go ders w hole length in front
No
lay the paper aside with a silenl ; with a fooling almost of veneration ward the coast, is a fine view.
Attorney and ounsetar a! Law.
use
trvin;
ef
you
don’t
bleve
tae,
north
i prayer for the repose of his pen, and awe. The three score and ten heavy fog comes on jm t as we reach there, but drove almost
E mcikc . Clt'Y. Ot.N.
Altaville,
and
we
camp
in
the
old
across
the
valley,
through
a
fores-:
j
klT R Y er can buy this place
j which, at the end of these notes, years allotted to the human race,
L. F. L \ ne .
LANE
j
J
J. W . B E N N E T T .
lms fallen probably to rise no more, dwindles It» an insignificant event deserted hotel. Xu pen can
ade. j o f pine and oak timber that « ' » ! price yer a mind ter offer, fur the
Attorney at Law,
quately
describe
an
old
deserted
, pretty fair till we crossed the O re -: pn cP(,n aimt got it is sick on’t now.”
In going from Crescent Citv, when compared to tho years that
M VJMiíKIÜI.P. ( L'N.
overland, there are two routes; one have passed since the first tiny town; the look of utter desolution gon & California Itailioad some He turned to go, and to our ques-
pen five or six miles from tlie river, j tion, paused a moment, to reply.
is a pack trail along the coast, to w*eJ sent it.- twin leaves above the is not possible to picture with
D- I*. W A T S O N .
„ . begin ua
...... and ink, but when the reader goes w hen the timber began to grow >
O s» oa|s ^‘ )PS ^,l'.r nnt^ ca^"
Ellensburg, the other is a wagon damp soil .. to
its upward
Attorney and Counselor at Law
road crossing the Coast range to march. I ho trees in this grove ! to one of these old mining towns,he smaller and more scrubby, and the j {|jtprs waR ,^,* 1 , 1 ) ^ lnit
|iere
Coos Cirx. O on .
Grunt’s Pa* s, from there to Hose- are not as largo, genetally, as they j will know bow it looks as long as old familiar sound of the wheels ; stranger; yer can’t run fast enough
burg, and again recrossing the are in some other places; still a j I k lives. This is a copper mining on 1 he gravel told the reason why. ! to soil a single thing wot yer raise,
J. H . N O S L E R
same range over n grade road to wagon could not be driven between 1 district, and twenty years ago the The country is level and nice to ‘ f ° r c 0 *11
You 1! see somedeer jest
Notary bub ic
Coos Citv on the lmv of tho same tl.eir trunks in mni.v places. A stock was good as gold,
on the look at, and where water can be bad VVn ^ I
|>( .i n t, and as be went on
C o ^ u iu i . l i'irv. U iN.
,
,
*,
.
,
........
1
........
....
4 ... ............ O
I.V.:
.
.*
1 .
„
1 ......... a ........ i f..„ :_______ :__*:__ * ._ r...... i ......r____ .. !
“ e wondered whether
As wo were on wheels, the plank road traverses the grove its Frisco s-tm k exchange. An ancient for irrigation, the land produce.-
name,
the man was not more than half
trail •» mte was i in possible and t here entire length, and although the looking si.eepherder, has it all Ins tolerably fair cr q>, but as every- right after all, for the bear and
D L. STEELE. M. D-.
now, > with
no ---------
one to
talked
with wanted to .......|
sell l................
panther are
often
was no choice about the route; so day was foggy, th** drive was pleas, own
......... way
. V here .......
--------------
— : body we ~ .......
...........................
...... quite
.1 ......
...... ” seen,
Dentist-
^ w £ a i r 3 i i± i e i c L , O r e g o n , on the morning of ¡September 7th ant. A t its edge flows the Smith di Ii.-puto his claim except, 'the pan- ■ out, it left the impression that ; »uiong these lulls, and sheep are
her or bear. The load from hero farming was not very profitable i [' °fI
'Jheu they can
Office in lioilauti buiaii':,.', oi*po.siLo we pulled ‘ »ut for a drive of some river, which is well worth the name tliei
be had, and the markets are a long
Blanco Hotel.
Laughing t-as «ml o L' ilt th ree hundred miles, to reach a of river, although less than eighty
climbs rapidly to tbe summit of through this part of the «.en try. | WByoit \Ye crossed t h e d » ids »nil
anmtheties rtdniirabWatil for Ua- [ ami' a-
, point that v\ as not Imlf tho distance miles in length. Along its Imiiks )
tlie iimin rung*», ai d pnts^es along Scrubby
<>»l< provails
through through an of>cfiilig among the
extraction of Ueth.
vini
in a direct line.
Crescent City is ' the myrtle and maple find a
gen- l the ridge in a northeasterly iliree- here to a large extent, though | trees looked down on Umpqua
val-
O. E. SMITH,
. Die country changes rapidly,
Imilt oil the ocean’s shore, and a ini borne, and grow to perfection tion, through grand wild scenery, theio is some tolerably good pine.
Nil 1 by side. As this timber is ¡ for many mili and a sudden clip 1 he orchards did not do very well aild in l ^ 8 than u dozen miles we
£jg3 Sergeon Dentist
sandy beach extends along ib
i
* n 4 n 4
, i .
-
i 4 r
4 i - n ‘ i 4 i
m e ag"in m what nnglit be proper-
uiüC.
tins season; late frosts killed the : j v termed a
■ *
1 '
front ft r a considerable distane* not generally known to people e .st aud weave at the to 11 gate, and . last
.
.
.
.
,
..
, „
prairie country, with
M A R S H F IE L D , O R E G O N .
ilh n\(*r.
“
” J liis
1
r....‘
...............
.
1 (
i Milt, homo ~ 1 -------
n inilos
*iro pnss-
trees growin<jf fill over
li«,‘!ow ilio c ity , hut at tho upper of the m ountains, a short deserio- c in > s>inn oi oiiiilli
villi.
o r north end o f the town, a line of iion m ight not be out of place. The io:ul across the mountains is a to ll ed, and we cross tho Jump-off-do, the country The road was through
The :i ,;i’ her steep canyon, well wooded
huge, black rock jtd s out in a m yrtle is o n ly a shrub in most road, built some years ago by a on a goo 1 cove re l bridge.
KO|iie gixul timl>er, but soon
southw esterly directio n , and th is parts of the w orld, but for some man name- 1 Wymer, and the road o ld camps through this regoin are
rn
.
...
.
.
_
the trees became smuller and by
W A’i CIUM ALEU AND Jb»i.bt,ü,
the same name,
name. l o raise .n o w all deserted, and as farmers the tune we reached Canyonville,
re ff p a rtia lly encloses the bay, o r clim atic reason it ecomes a ver\ j goes by
oy tae
O o q .\ à ü 1 g O i t y , Ö e n -
rather the excuse f o r a bay, as it valuable lum ber tree, at th is p a r t ' d the funds necessary to do the work, have not taken the places of uiin- nothing but a small growth of oak
^JUNNurk of all d* scripij'»!!. utiiii- a.
notice anil t-xtreiocly low ji.’.c -s.
viîu-tS is n o th in g b u t a slig h t inw ard the coast, and narrow s trip s along ho issued scrip t, w hich was to be ers, 1 lie c o u n try doesn’t look par- and other kinds, all of which seem-
A few more
to *'e *°w and stunted. Canyon-
>weep «*f the shore lin e ; so that the tho const f'T a fe v leagues is all paid in toll. As travel was not as ticularly inviting.
J. M. V O L K M A R . M. D- ; harbor is a rather poor ulThir w hen there is of that, that produces this law v as was at first anticipated, miles and we pass the little city of i %
1:1 a ,
u
' ) ^age, with
. *
. I .
,
i- ,
, - ,
. . *.
clean yards and well painted, houses,
Physician and bu.gcjn.
tne vm 1 come- m Irotn the south- tree to any considerable extent, i the tods did not pay dividends, and Lucky (¿m en, which consists of a |,ut as it was ¡Sunday we could not
:*
A . H . W r liiil,
Uva rau 1'oiNr, Cu.i.i lo., V»i.ia/v»N.
VJil tiHi
west, and is somewhat d itlic u lt to ¡In* my tie belongs ti the family Nile sen pt is now only wortli oO cts. house and store where the posittlice give much of a guess about its
business affairs, but as the dust
eu er when the w ind is f r om the <>f evergreens. < It must not be iu- loti the dollar; so we handed over is k »pt, and a small shop, where a
northwest. The town is shaped to
ferred from this that they are old the necessary paper, crossed the bb leksmith sometimes makes him- ! ' vjik quiet deep on
its principal
J . -A .. Z D E - A O - n T,
A dozen
vu <"iiiluded that there
tit the shore line; hence its nam e. bachelors. W e only mean that river and after six or eight loops self useful in his line.
C o q u il l e C i t y , u u e u o n .
GtiNEXEtii .tULAC a iol t# 4 i. .-»oi oi ( 4 1 ) The city contains something like the leaf remains giren the year ; had been made we again btoinl on miles more aud (.nave creek is
K.airk for a good while to get it in
p r o p r i i y , U v J d ^ J . - i U t i l i i'Jw."»«
W iln .a u ',
liu u *o .
10 C .0 souls, and as it is the county round.) The leaf very closely re- ! the summit, anil a drive of
XUUCUcM, OtO. UulCC ill utuuiU ounuili0.
ten hind us. Here somo farmers are its present condition. One of the
eat of Del Norte county, it has a solubles the common water willowy j miles and ve are ready to climb m a k i n g the light for life, and soma hotel keepers came out and while
J. F . H A L L ,
of
Diamond o f them seems to be doing quite •'he horses were drinking, we had
; solid, come-to-stay appearance that only perhaps a little thickei. The out of the canyon
Sui Vcy^r,
,
f,-,
, •
, __ ... I
,,
.
, .
*i
a pleasant chat. H e informed us
is lacking in many towns.
1 was trunk rises to the height of 150 creek.
1 he mountains where we well. As we are now skirting the
, *
Fou Co->.. O mlma . UuL ."N.
* * *,
1 * 0 * 0
.1
. that I rish .ess in town was light,
OffivoI W illi T. L i .
i li, L. Jui l . shl u- i ti . informed by one of the citizens feet in s ane specimens, but usual- cross, are about the roughest that Rogue river valley on its north ; lmt stj|j en„ n,j, to j^ppp tjie towll
t^U"ÁJwriUi5t uiaiM ot ail surwytu .tiui « xi- tlmt sixteen saliHin licenses had ly is not U€ur that heigh. In most could well be found on the Coast side the hills rise to a considerable
from living. H e
thought
that
ter«d lauds lurmsl.t-u uii s U ol . xiot.it’. vini
been taken out during the year, cases tho body of the tree is quite range any where» and the traveler is 1 hight on our right, and are covered times were duller than he had ever
hoped for a change. The
There are several good, large scores thick near the ground and grows astonished that ^ny kind of decent j with timber, aud the road goes
J. R E A S T E li, M. D.
/
general merchandise, a goodly smaller m v fast. Though not wagon road grade could be found, 'over the breaks along the side of
*‘s *1^,^u m.<
°*i^ *e iCaD*
PuTMICIVN, S>UK- j KON and U iietùiaiA N . ! of ~
n
" i
,
‘
n
,
. I ,
b _ .
...
yon from winch the South fork of
Hpec.ai a.inuma ,-iven uSi-.i™ vi wuui- I number
of hotels, a id enough generally a large tree, yet some of Although tins part abounds
in the valley. We piss Smithville, tj)p Gnipqua Hows. The valley is
en auu cUiulrou, itiiu mi chk - iuc l.>ruin .<1
dIrte.Irte. VArten L»t i)U.li«U'lt')l }1U; tl‘d U eX- other busiues places to supply the the saw legs I saw were six feet game, it is a rather lianl place to where a good sawmill, store
and rather narrow at this point,
but
tracU-U fuiòAJc-airt etich. ì > ì < amìuì ue.iuneai
Bush ess is much more through. One peculiar leatnre of j hunt, as the canyons are so deep hotel all seem to be doing well, tbe hills are not covered with a
fur nlieuaiHiiMtu utux Acuiii.^xa l>)' Un- uieu- demands.
icatea vapor baia.
brisk here than i* is east of the this tree is noticed by the traveler; j and
and tne
the sides
sides ot
of tne
the mils
hills so
so aorupt
abrupt The
postoftice is
is also
also touna
found Here
here j i dense growth oi^timber, and this
i ne postomce
OUxcc al rertiUeixce in Coquille City.
ot)k oj>en an
mountains.
A steamer plys regu- they grow in clusters of fiom three that the hunter soon gets ti ’ed of at the railroad depot and AYolf j .m'!{ es 1
j
,
.
, 1
, I better calculated for farming, as
I. O. G. T.
lai ly between this port and Frisco to six or eight, appearing to have the ‘ A
tedious climbing
geos
“
“ and
“
“ 'creek furnishes the water supply | the hills wiH always make good
Morning Star Lodge
and 1 judged from the amount of grown from a single seed. The where the country is easier travers for the whole.
W e cross
Cow range for stock w hen not covered
W e drove
lNo-
! butter, lumbei and pelts that she , timber is somewhat dark like the ed even if the game is not quite so creek some nine miles from Coyote with brush or timber.
li»4-tx at Co'iuillc City every Thursday
leisurely
down
through
the small
W e leave the grade creek, and as the roail tu-ns ab-
•vouiuf;. \ isiiin>; xuexniiers m it.;s order, in took on dining my stay there, that I walnut, and has fine streaks of a plentiful.
burg of Myrtle creek and one or
good rttaxidini', are oordiiiiiy invited.
if it was a fair sample, that she ; still darker color, all through the j near W aldo.au old mining camp, j ruptly to the right to follow up
two railroad stations. The valley*
j was on a good paying route. Here tree, and the timber w hen dry is | It yet retains some of the vigor of Cow creek to its source, we again is very narrow all the way down,
j also centers the red wood lumber susceptible of as high a polish, as youth, as all teams start from here begin, to climb. The general np- ; and what is left after taking out
I. O.
O. F.
business of tbe whole
country rosewood or mohogany. Its scar- to go across the mountains.
W y pearance of the country since leav- | enough for i railroad anil a wagon
Coquille Lodge No.53
ns‘D b> good purpose by
north of Eel river and
four or city will soon render it one of the mer & Son are running a good ing Grants Bass, lias remained 1
Meets at doquillfe l.'uy ev.-ry S itunlay ^v*-n
,
.
i* i
,
•
* ¡the farmers. In some places the
iuji. Visiting lirothren, xxx nooil Htaxuliiix«
more large mills turn the huge most desirable of all the timber sized store, while saloons and oth about the same, but here begins to * „
.
*• i
eorUially iuvitod.
’ .
°
farm reaches entirely across the
trees into boards, and a mule rail- known on this coast. Its leaves er buildings show signs of life. A change. I lie divide between tlie i Vr , a n d climbs part way up tbe
A. F. anil A. M.
roatl connects them with the w harf, have a strong pungent smell, re- few miles more, and we cross the Umpqua and Rogue rivers is not j bill sides on either side, but tbe
Chadwick Lodge, No-68- • One of these mills ia located here, sembling the hickory of the eas- Illinois creek, which lias been min very high at this point, ns Cow J little valley is immensely rich, and
Meets at C.xiuille City oil Saturday even
be
but the most )f them are back a tern states, and are said to bo an ed aud prospected its whole length, creek on one side, and the South D iigati «»!1 «I ooh n«*t ha\e to
inn on or before tlxe the full inoou in eaoh
,
a
ii
*
,
•
,
e
*
f
i
p *i
it
*i
*i
resorted
to
to
obtain
a
big
harvest,
month.
short distance in the
timber, j antidote to the swarms of Hens a n d finally turned into farms.
A | fork o f the Umpqua on the other. Llirge orrh a*ds of the very finest
John Goodman,
O th e r timber is found
here in j that are found all along the coast, few more miles and we are a t , form a natural pass across the di- fruits are found along the road
V\ . M.
great abundance, such as white j The Smith river country is not K irbyville. W e passed Hie sign- vide which is med by the railroad near Myrtle creek. An old resi-
G. A Ii.
' spruce, red, yellow and w hite fir, I large, but what it lacks in quan- board which pointed cut the road as well as the wagon road.
ih e dent by the name of Adams has a
Gen- Lytle Post, No- 27,
maple, nsh, myrtle end some others, tity it makes up in quality, and us I to the Mammoth cave in Josapldne ! « “ >>■<>“ « f ' 1"* « T « - * '*
" f - 1 ^8« I » " " e and plum as well as
1T1
-
,
,
.
.
.
,
Nt
-
•
4
,
N
,
,
*
-I*-
*
.
.
.
,
row,
lmt
the
lulls,
though
pretty
ne.ich and apple orchard, and isturn-
Meets nt Coquille City, «ux every first Ihis place, i was informed, was , this is rather a damp donate, and j county.
W e should have inspected |, ¡„i,,
,,„t very steep, and what iuo his fruit to prrtly gm,daccount
Wednesday.
Vsitin'i comriids, in good
quite an old foggy, for the sun not extremely warm during sum- the cave had not the season been settlers there are, live along the by some kind of drying process,
tandinn, cordially invited.
Walter Sinclair, Commander.
had not been seen for twenty-nine nier, it is well calculated for ju s t; so far advanced. It is said to be a creeks use the hills for stock range His dried prunes tliat weexamined
days
before my arrival on tire pre- what it is used.
Here
are f ai r riv a l of tne celebrated cave in ; and bunting ground, and as game were equal to the very liest German
X O T IC K .
V'r 1 we e' 7 ‘ .fllllll‘ l in ,tl,e 1 .markf t
From and after this date, A or. 7, vious week, but it shone out fine found some of the largest aud best Kentucky. K irb yville is the geu- *7 not ,lt n 11 . 8 ciiri*V \\^S - T k
, v e P!u„p at (¡a l n-
with samples from his different or.
1885, Undertaking will hr done at and nice the next morning after conducted dairy farms on the coast, eral trading p-mt for quite a hu ge i mi!ps mor(1
| my coming.
Whether our arrival | Tho furiners know enough to use extent o f country, and a grodly ,i||P. The Ill-others who own and clmrds, ne droreon to itoselmro
half the usual prices.
Cj.ili.i : j J ,i.. N K
c j.j.
.7. Hubbard. ; had arythiug to do about it, I leave 1 th j couu;ry for ju»t what it is good ' number of ranches are found in run the store, stable, postofiice and
J