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About Coquille City herald. (Coquille City, Or.) 188?-1904 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1902)
« C o q u ille VO L 20 . J. Curtis Snook, D. D. S. Office ever Johnson, Dean & C o ’ h market. Coquille, Oregon. G. D. Holden, THRIFT IN COQUILLE. County Seat of C ooj County busy Traine. Is Center of (Oonoladeil fr'Hn last wek.) Tho coal taken from the mines is a good quality of lignite, which is Justice of the Peace, City Recorder. in active demand for steam and do X T . S . C o m m i s s i o n e r , mestic use. A railroad from here to the Southern Pacific railroad and General Insurance Agent. the timberless lands further west Notary Public. would be a paying investment as a Office in Robinson building. coal road alone, and 1000 tons n C o q u il l e , O r e g o n . day would require two daily freight traius for jts transportation. i , is the activity in the various ooal mines here in Coos county in getting ready for largely increased coal Attorney - a* - Law, shipments t li^ convinces me, more C o q u il l e Q , y . u ‘ tn C o u n t y , O b b c c x . than anything eist that a railroad Notary Fublio. will bo built to give an outlet to the coal. A railroad into this counti/ will undoubtedly boom the towDs, but “ boom towns” will not build a ra.lroad. It takes traffic to irake a -A.tt 0 rn.e 3 r . at - l ^ w , railroad a paying investment, and M A K S U F IE L D , O U E O O N . the coal shipments alone are going -------------------- to be a great factor in that line. To Dottier in K bal E statii o f nil kimlti. this will be added lumber ship J. E. H A YN E S. ments aud passenger travel. These SHAD HUDSON, increased productions of coal at e going to give an impetus to water transportation to Portland and San as 700 to 1000 tons can •f ining and Real Estate Agents Francisco, be taken out each trip by the class E ckley, Curry County, Orogon. of vessels now operated. A V E valuable M^nes, Farm s, Stock K au c I u s and Tim b er Lands for sale. The tunnels in the Beavor U ll ines have already reached a length House and 6 aores o f land w e ll improved W ilbur, Douglas county, O r., fo r sale, of 1060 feet, and 1000 feet deep, on exchange fo r property in M yrtle P o in t a 32 degree pitch. There are seven veins of coal, ranging in thickness from 10 inches to 10 feet. Only one vein is being worked|uow, but crosscut tunnels will soon bo put in OENEKAL and later (mother mine on the hill opposite the one where the cool is now minod will be opened, this tun nel having n pitch of 45 degrees. Horseshoeing a Specialty. There are many dwelling-houses W . Cor. Second and Hall Sts , for the use of families, owDed by the ______Q o q q ille City, O regon.__ coal company; and the company also owns the merchandise store, hotel, shop aDd saloon, and em th c o m m o n e r butcher ployes ore afforded every encourage ment to trade at the mines. Issued Weekv. The coal is brought out of the tunnels in automatic dump-cars, holds, holding 3000 pounds each, and elevated to the screening-house, Editor and Publisher, which will soon be done by electric UNCOLK. • - • XKliRASk\. ity, a 300-borBepower plant being T erms — H erald and C ommoner — now installed. When the car reaches F a y a l l e in A dvance . the “ tipples,” men are stationed on One Y e a r . . . ............................1200 the screens, and all foreign sub Six M onths.............................. 1.00 stances picked out and thrown Three M onths......................... 75 away. The fine coal, or screenings, pass to an elevator, aud are run T H E through a revolving screen, which makes two grades— “ nut” aud “ pea” X I j coal— which sell at $1 50 and $2 a ton, while the best grade sells for $3 nt the mine. There ore a great many small rocks in cheaper grade of coal, and it is interesting to see Wm. Gather, Proprietor, how they are separated. A tank of water is used, and near tho surface HARDIN flUE, is a fiat screen, on which the coal AGflTE V {: falls, and this screen is agitated by machinery, the rocks, being heavier QUEENS ARE. than the coal, going one plaae and the coal up over the edge into the TIN Qt{E bunkers, entirely free of rocks. The C all and examine goods and investigte prices, anla very cheapest grade of coal is used in the furnacoBof the mine, and it is tho iutention of Superintendent c o o s b a y Chandler to put iu a plant for still further separating this cheapest grade. Tho area of land owned and controlled by the Beaver H ill Coal C. IV. PATERSON, Prop. Company is about 2200 acres, and ttA n a fa otorer o f M arble Monuments, Hea 1- there is said to be coal there for stones. Tablets, eto. cem etery lo ts enclosed w ith stone coping working hundreds of years hence. or cu rbing. Irdn railin gs furnished to o r Work in a coal mine goes on der. Correspondence solicited from parties iv in g in th e oonntrv or other towns who every day in the week, Sunday in m ay w ish a n y th in g in niv lin o o ' business cluded, and is going on day nnd M arhbfiutt ) - O beg night. Gang miners are paid by the of work done, and their To tlxe TJ niorruinate amount earnings are said to amount to from $3 to $5 50 per day of 12 hours. The men go to work on one shift at 6 o'clock in the morning aud T h is o ld relia b le and most su ccessfu l spec- quit at 0 in the evening, and an { ia liot in San Frnrois- other shift goes on at C o’clock aud r oo, s till oontinnes to L eure a ll S exu a l and quits nt C o ’clock iu the morning. Every two weeks the shifts change l S e m in a l Diseases, Isnoh as Gonorrhes- so that the night gang works only |G l e e t , S t r i o t n re, R S y p h ilis, in a ll itv during the day, nnd the men “ lay Ifo r m s , Skin Diseases, off” a day, which is the only vaca a N e r v o u s D eb ility , Im p o te n c y , Seminal Woakness and Loss o f tion they receive during the year, M anhood, the consequence o f self-abuse unless the mine shuts down. Men and excesses producing the fo llow in g sympa working in a coal mine should be tom s: Sallow countenance, dark spots un der the eyes, pain in the head, ringing in able to save their money, as there the oars, loss o f oonfidenoe, diffidence in seems to be no opportunity for approaching strangers, palpitation o f the heart, weakness o f the lim bs and back, loss spending it, nnd as a great deal of o f m omory, pim ples on th e fa c e , eoughs- work is done by uuskdled labor, oonsumotion eto. there is nlwnys a chance to “ get a D R . G IB B O N has practised in San Fran oisoo over 37 y oa rsan i those troubled shoald job;” und a strong and sturdy m aD , not fa il to consult him and receive the ben- who becomes “ skilled” can earn Itit o f his great sk ill and experience. The very good wages. doctor cures when others fa il. T r y him. CORES G U AR AN TE E D Persons cured The Beaver H ill coal mine is at hom o. Charges reasonable. Call or spending many thousands of dollars w rite. D R . J . F . G IB B O N , in increasing itB output and as a 82.'» K earney street. San F rancisco railroad of ooly CO miles will give a greatly increased market for coal, We promptly obtain U. S. and Foreign it looks very reasonable that the activitv i;i ti.e mime is in anticipa tion of.rarly railroad construction. Ooquillc waut* a steam laundry, f Send r'.ofU-l. sketch or pboto of invention for ■n ice plant, a bakery and u found / f reo report on i ateutabiiity. For free book, ry (there is already a machine t Ilon-k, Secure7 “ write r i’ it*nts and to shop.) The future possibilities here of the dairy business suggest the location o f a condensed milk factory. A box factory, a cannery for vegetables and fruit, and a fur opposite U. S. Patent1 niture factory are among the enter W ASHINGTO N, D. C. prises open to investigation at Co- Layer. ^ j. Sherwood, John F. Hall, Hudson & Haynes, H S. H. M c S A D A M 1 Wapn Work F William J. Bryan, HARDWARE'STORE, M arl ail Stone Works Dr. Gibbon il NO 24 COQUILLE CITY. OREGON, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1902. D E N T IS T g It e r a li* quille; also a cigar factory and sash, door and molding factory. The Coquille river, with its sever al branches, drains a vast country having great forests of fir and cedar timber, which is logged in the Sum mer and floated out during the Winter, and the loggin g businoss along the river employes several hundred men. “ Drives" of logs are now being made and in one lot of 5000, which were sent down recent ly, over 3000 wore cedar, and the rest fir and spruce, The sawmill business is “ booming” and mills aro behind on their orders, and prices are good. There is room for more sawmills in this section, and condi tions are favorable for their location here. The depth of water in front of the wharves is ample for Buch ocean-going vessels as the Manda lay to load, and a.large export mill employing from 50 to 100 men could be made-a successful venture and it is probable such a mill will be built, as outside capitalists have lately been here looking up a loca tion, and offers nre said to have been made to purchase the sawmiils already here. The building of good wagon-roads out into the country tributary to Coquille has received some atten tion in tho past, but an effort will be made further to increase tho value of these highways by plunk ing some of them. I t is the only perenanent solution of the good roads question in this country, as during the winter .the rains render an ordinarily built road almost im passable. One plan suggested is to have a law passed at the next Legis lature whereby property owners along a proposed plank roadway may bo allowed to pay ODe-half the expense of such improvements and the county the other half. The march of progress in the line of transportation facilities near here can be seen from the cars on the railroad from Coquille to Marsh field. Several years ago all the freight was handled over a strap- iron narrow guage railroad from the head of Beaver Slough to Isthmus Slougn, which is an arm of Ceos Bay. The crumbling remains of the road can yet bo seen, but it has not been in use for ton years, as it could not withstand the competition of a modern-built railroad, such as the present one. The electric lights here are fur nished from power at tho Johnson sawmill, two miles up the river, andj the same plant supplies Myrtlo Point, seven miles further away. Tho demand for lights has about reached the capacity of the plant and it will soon have to bo enlarged. Coquille has attempted municipal ownership of hor water works nnd has already expended about $6000 and has something like $9000 more available to complete a system, but like all towns where a “ Council” and not a “ WaterJ Commission” handles the business, progress has been very slow. Coquille can be provided with a splendid water sys tem affording excellent protection against fire and a supply of pure, wholesome water for domestic use. A private academy with five teach ers and a public school of 10 grades, employing six teachers, give the children of Coquille excellent op portunity for receiving an educa tion. Tho school building erected in 1898 is among the largest and finest in the country. The Coos County Courthouse waB erected in 1898 at a cost of $17,000 It is built of wood, but is very con venient in its arrangements and modern in its furnishings. The present county officials are: L. Hailocker, Judge; L. H. Hazard, Clerk; with R. H. Mast as deputy; Stephen Gallior, Sheriff, with E. N. Gallier, deputy; J. B. Dr.lly, Treas urer; J. S. Lawrence, Assessor; W. H. Bunch, School Superintended; Dr. Wm. Horsfall, Coroner; S. B. Cathcart, Surveyor; D, McIntosh and R. C. Dement, Commissioners. The assessed valuation of the property in Coos county is $2,852, 754, but it should bo at least $0,000, 000, in which case the tax levy would be about 10 mills on the dol lar. Last year Coos county paid out for county expenses $36,000; for state taxes, $19,000, and for schools, $14,000. a total of about $70,000. The cost of roads and bridgos is one of the important items of ex pense each year in Coos county, and yet the people are demanding more and better roads, and the time is not far distant when the principal towns, at least, will be connected by a planked road the whole distance. The timber, the dairy and tho c o a l business of the county each and ail require good roads, and while nt the present time Coos county prob ably has as poor roads as any part of O r e g o D , the necessities of busi ness and development of the coun try will in tho future give Coos the best wagon roads in the state un less, perchance, railroads should supplant the wagon rond. Tho abundance of white cedar, winch is the very beat lumber for planking a road, makes _ the coat of a wagon road much lower than in less favor ed localities. I f a plank road were built from Bandon to Myrtle Point, thence to Coquille and then to Marshfield and Empire City, its total length would be about 50 miles, and would connect all parts o f the county in ono road system. In this county planking a road is the only way to make it a Summer and Winter thoroughfare for both heavy and light traffic. About half a mile from the city limits of Coquille is an object-les son in what energy, perserveranoc and hard work will do in develop ing a coal mine. The Peart Bros., three in number, discovered coal on their 100-acre tract cf land two years ago. Eighteen .mouths ago they comnwnoed «w iii and since that time have done all tho work themselves necessary to run a tunnel iu 450 feet and build a tramway for coal cars from the vein in the mine to tho Coos Bay rail road track, and to a steamboat land ing, a distance of 3,500 feet. The product of tho mine has paid all this and given tho owners a living. They are now shipping about one carload of coal each week, of 25 to 27 tons, which soils, for domestic uses, at $3 a ton. The coal is work ed entirely by band, no machinery being in use, and is hauled out by mule power. There are three veins, the ono they are working being seven feet. It is estimated that on the area of land owned each vein has a total of 400,000 fons, and con sequently, there are 1,200,000 tons of coal on the claim, which, at $3 a ton, would amount to $3,600,000, illustrating what may be the future wealth of Coos county. According to the Government maps, the coal belt of Coos county is about 50 miles long and 20 miles wide, which makes a grand total of over 500,000 acres. I f this whole aroa is as valuable per acre as the coal lands of Peart Bros., which is $36,000 an acre, the value of the coal in Coos county will amount to $18,000,000,000. If coal to the value of $10,000,000 a year wero dug out of the ground, it would take 18 years to exhaust the supply of coal in Coos county. To reach a pro duct valued at $10,000,000 a year about 10,000 tous would have to be dug out each day. X believe I am Bafv in tm jrin g tbat ¿bo oowl>i&o3 output of every mine in Coos coun ty at present is not 500 tons a day. And yet some people in Coos coun ty are skeptical about a railroad being built. This is my first visit to Coos county, and I am reaching conclusions from my own observa tions, and it may be that I am over estimating tho resources, but even if the resources in coal are worth one dollar in five of my statement above, Coos county will still pro duce a great deal of wealth. I have made no mention yet of the possibility of oil being found in this part of Oregon, but a company of Bandon business men have erect ed an oil derrick near LaDglois, just in the upper edge of Curry county, and havo commenced within the past week or so boring for oil. The town of Langlois is locally called Dairyville, and a small but thriving village has sprung up, supported by the dairy business there. I f oil should be struck there, this country will become an oil belt as well as a coal b elt Tho coal is undoubtedly here, and why not oil and gas? This first oil well is being watched with great interest by people heie, and no doubt by people “ outside,” I have been asked time and again about the affair of certain projected railroads. I know nothing about them. I am looking into the re sources of tho country to see whether, if developed, they would support a railroad, and the more I investigate the more I am convinced thnt a railroad, or even several rail roads,, would pay; therefore I can see no reason why men who have capital to invest should not be able to figure out that a railroad or rail roads could be made to pay, and if they w ill do so there is plenty of capital to be had to build them. There was a time not many years ago when capital necessary to build a railroad had to come from Europe, but today American capital ia seek ing everywhere for safe and profit able investment, and it seems to me t'leso coast counties will notbo over looked yevy much longer. The coal, dairy and timber resources, when developed, must have rnitroad as well as water transportation, and such railroads will be built, not only to tho East, but to the North and South. I f I am mistaken about the resources, I am then mistaken about the railroad.-*. THE END. Fourteen deatbe nt the burning o f the Lincoln hotel, Chicago, are snppoeed to have been cAased by chemicals discharged into the burning bnilding by fire euginee. I t is probable that the city may have a damage salt on its hands ss a result, and that this method of fightiog fire be diaowtioued. Widow 01 General Grant Passes Away. Washington, Deo. 14.— Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant died at her resi dence in this city at 11:17 o’clock tonight. Death was due to heart failure, Mrs. Grant having suffered for years from valvular disease of the heart, which was aggriyated by a severe attack of bronchitis. Her age prevented her rallying from the attacks. Her daughter, Nellie Grant Sartoris, was the only one of her children with her at the time of her death, her three sods , who had been summoned here, all being out of the city. There also were present at the bedside when the end came, Miss Rosemary Sartoris, a grand-daughter; Dr. Bishop, one one of the attending physicians, and two trained nurses. Death come peacefully, the sufferer retaining consciousness practically to the end. W ord has come from Jesse and U. S. Grant, Jr., two of the sons in California, that they have storied on their way to Washington. The other son, General Fred D. Grant, is in Texas, and will hasten here as soon as he hears o f his mother’s death. Julia Dent Grant was born in 8t. Louis, January 26, 1826. She was the daughter of Frederick and Ellen Wrenshail Dent. Her father was the son of Captain George Dent who led the forlorn hope at Fort Montgomery, when it was stormed by “ Mad Anthony” Wayne. On her mother’s side she was decended from John Wrenshail, who came from England to escape religious intolerance, and settled in Phila delphia. A t the age of ten years Mrs. Grant was sent to a boarding school, where she remained for eight years. Soon after her return home she met Lieutenant Grant, then o f the Fourth Infantry, sta tioned at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, and in the spring of 1844 be came engaged to him. Their mar riage took place after the Mexican war, August 22, 1848. The first four years of her married life were spent at Detriot, Mich., and at Sack- ett’ s Harbor, N. Y., where Captain Grant was stationed. In 1852 Mrs. Grant returned to her father's home in SL Louis, her health not being sufficiently strong to admit of her going to California, whither his command had been ordered. Two years later ne left tne army «mt joined tbe family at St. Louis. During the Civil W ar Mrs. Grant passed much of the time with Gen eral Grant at or near the scene of action, he sending for her when ever the opportunity permitted. She was with him at City Point in the winter o f 1864-5, and accom panied him to Washington when he returned with his victorious army. She saw her husband twice inaug urated President of the United States, and was his companion in his journey around the world. She herself has said, that having learned a lesson from her predecessor, Pen elope, she accompanied her Ulysses on his wanderings around the world. J. I. LAM3, Pres. L. HARLO GKER, Vice.Pres. G W WHTE, Cashier COQUILLE V 0 LLEY B 0 NK. C A P IT A L - - . C O Q U IL L E , 50.000 O B E G - O IT Does a general banking bnsiness. Has money to loan on approved personal and real estate security, buys county, town and school distric warrants, draws notes, mortgages, deeds nnd all kinds of legal instru ments— Notarial work. Issues fire insurance at lowest rates in following companies: ¿Etna, Springfield, Connecticut, Orient and Magdeburg. B O -A .I 2 X 3 O P D I R E C T O R S . A. J. SHERW OOD, IS A IA H H A C K E R L. H AR LO C K E R , and G W .W H ITE . J. J LAM B E. G. D. HOLDEN’S General Insurance Office. - - - Robinson Building C o q u ille , O rego n O m Three HnnflM Represented.. Million Dollars Insurance Canita ............................................ $14,406,450.33 in n . - - - - $ 2,855,012.00 T r a d e r s ’ I n s u r a n c e C o m p a n y , C h i c a o o ........................... $ 2,435,571.29 H o m e F . & M . I n su r a n c e C o m p a n y , S a n F r a n c is c o - - - $ 1,037.715.39 H ome I nsurance C om pany , N. Y . S t . P a u l F. & M . I n su r a n c e C o m p a n y , M F ir e A s s o c ia t io n I n s u r a n c e C o m p a n y , P h il a d e l p h ia - - - $ 6,340,250.98 E q u it a b l e L i f e I n su r a n c e C o m p a n y , N. Y . ......................... $304,598,063.40 I havo had over T hirty Y ears ’ experience in Local and General agen cy work in Insurance matters, and all business entrusted to me will re ceive prompt attention. Policies issued at this office for all tho above Fire Insurance Companies. E. G. D. H O LD E N , General Insurance Agon Alias G. W. Webber, late of Grand V alley, Colorado. T h e A u c tio n e e r Whose address is Arago, has located with ns, and is ready to answer calls at any time His 15 years’ of experience puts himin a position to do you good service. Term s: 1 per cent on all sums over $500. $5.00 for less amounts. Orders left at H E R A L D office. For all kinds of Job PrintinQ Booh nnd Commercial Work in the fleatest and latest styles- Call at the HERALD office Our prices are right. COOS COUNTY ACADEMY. LOCATED A 7 C O Q U I L L E C I T Y , O IE U E G r O L T N E W ORGANIZATION. N E W ‘MANAGEMENT, COMPETENT FACULTY. 'COURSES IN ENGLISH, MUSIC. MATHEMATICS. ELOCUTION, SCIENCE Rich Gold Mine. ■ .D Tuition per term of 12 weeks, if paid in advance, $4.50, for grades 1,’ 2, Grants Pass, Deo. 9.— A rich gold 3 aud 4. For grades 5, 6, and 7, $6 por term. 8th and 9th grades, $7 discovery has been made on Jose per term, phine creek, of western Josephine county, by Bom and Day two Winter term opens 1st Monday in January. For particulars miners of that district. It was on Call on or address Josephiue creek that gold was first discovered in Oregon. A ledge 10 A. H MULKFY, Superintendent feet in width and which can be traced on the surface for a distance of 600 feet, has been uncovered. Pieces have been broken off from K IL L T H E B R U T E ! tbo main body of the ledge in S K IN H IM P R O P E R L Y which the free gold glitters visibly. Josephine creek was extensively A N D S M P H IS S K I N worked during the early days for AN D A L L O T H E R its placer gold, but after tbe shal low bars were mined out, it was abandoned, and has not been pros TO T H E S H IP M E N T H O U SE pected till recently. WOLF - FURS. HIDES. PELTS. WOOL« M-MILLAN FUR W O O L G ----- --• Henry M. 8fanley thinks tbo time has come to study the African tribes foom a socialogical point of view. He found tho tallest men in the high altitudes, and thinks something may bo deduced from the habits of these primitive peoples in regard to the influence of climate, altitude, diet and tho like od physical, mental and moral char acteristics. - ■>. «— ------- - t< «l<l Ware. Minneapolis, »1 Nina. 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