DOUGLAS COUNTY.
A Land of Magnificent
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V derful Resources.
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Douglas ci.unty, Oregon, in the fact that its
boundaries are principally those made by
Nature, (s an empire within itself. Separated
from the Willamette valley on the north by
the Calapooia mountains, bounded on the east
by the Cascade range, with the Rogue river
and Canyon mountains making its boundaries
with Jackson county on the south, and the
Coast range and, for a narrow strip, the Pa
cific ocean forming its western boundaries,
Douglas county-occupies a unique and an
important position upon the map of Oregon.
These natural boundaries' give it distinctive
characteristics peculiar to itself, differing, in
more or less degree, in topography, climate,
resources and vegetation from the Willamette
valiey to the north, and the somewhat California-like
valley of the Hogue river on the
southern boundary, and diffenne greatly, in
conjunction wiih all western Oregon, with
lhoe counties lying east of the Cascade range.
It comprises within its boundaries the water
course of the Umpqua river, with its numerous
tributary creeks flowing in all directions mak
ing it a perfect region m regard to water
supply. The basin through which courses the
Umpqua is termed the Umpqua valley, but in
the term in which valley ia synonymous with
plain, if cannot be properly so-called, for run
ning from the Cascades on the east and the
Coast range on the west are mountain spurs
and foot hilts, giving in succession plain.
table, mountainous and broken country.
This irregularity ot the country but adds to
the variety of the resources of the county, and
tend in turn to make it a self supporting em
pire within and of itself. The bottom land
along the water courses, the numerous suc
cession of valleys, the table lands and the
foothills being unsurpassed for all the various
uses of agriculture, ot cram and truit growing.
While the mildness of the winters and the
-,ho!esnroe ranges through the rich pasture
Inn-! if the hills and the more elevated table
lands make it all that can be desired fir a
stock region; and there remains untold wealth
in t!.:- forests of pine, hr, cedar and other tim
ber mat cover the mountain ranges, not to
speak of the vast mineral riches that those
moun:ai;i must conttin.
Thus iac": jS' d within itself. Douulas county
comprises an area of 4,900 square miles of
territory, equal in extent to the area of the
great state of Connecticut, and probably also
tne equal ot that state in resources ana unde
veloped wealth. At least capable ot support
Big a population as numerous, in prosperity
and happiness. Irregular in shape, Douglas
county averages some ninety miles in length
from its' northern to southern boundary by
fifty miles in width. Along the Cascade
range of mountains on the eastern boundary
comprising whole townships is an inimitable
lorest ot timber, comprising the sugar pine.
white pine, varieties of fir, cedar and other
valuable timber. With the future develop
meut and progress of the county, this timber
will be a most valuable source ot wealth.
The same remarks hold true of the magnifi
cent timber found upon the Coast range to
the west. As yet saw mills of limited capac
ity, have made no impression upon the for-
; ests, in simply supplying the local demand.
Alone all the streams can be found the fer
tile valleys, rich in productiveness and of nev
er failing crops Day's cf eek, Cow creek,
Myrtle creek, and the head water of the
South Umpqua, all with numerous smaller
tributaries flow through the southern section
of the county, all of them watering valleys and
rich bottom lands, which generally bear the
name of the stream. The South Umpqua
through this section watering a splendid
e stock-raising region, but this remark would
be invidious, if it were not in turn, used in the
description of the entire county. For the cli
mate, soil and general character of the coun
try is alike, and is unsurpassed, owing to the
fertile grazing lands and mild winters, and
" perennial vegetation, forstock purposes. Cat
tle and sheep thriving through the entire win
ter with but little or no feeding.
Lying west of Roseburg are the fine agricul
tural regions of Ten Mile, Camas and Looking
tilass valleys, where can be found prosperous
settlements. ColesvalleyandFrenchsettlement
to the immediate north and northwest are of
the same character, while the fine valleys of
the Deer creek, Roberts creek and the Mt.
Scott settlement are tribuary as regards trade
to the .east. The northern section of the
county, with the fine section surrounding
Wilbur and the magnificent territory immedi
ately tributary to Oakland, extends north ward
through the Voncoila valley to the thriving
town of Drain thence westward to the coast,
with the trading points of Elkton and Scotts-
burg on the Umpqua, and the enterprising
town ot OarUiner at the head ot Umpqua bay
as the most westerly point. This is a most
interesting section of country comprising the
c area swept by the main Umpqua, with its
larce tributaries, Smith river, Elk and Cala
pooia creeks. The Kellogg bend of the river
from Oakland to Elkton passes through a rap
idly developing region. This cursory and
general review has grown too long and must
be closed to give room for description of diner
ent localities in particular, and to statistical
statements concerning the climate, to which
we have but briefly referred in this article.
and which probably it maybe sufficient here
- to say, that in common with all Western Ore
gon, there are but two seasons in fact, the
wet and the dry, and of about equal duration.
These facts can be found elsewhere in this
,. edition.
ROSEBURG
The county seat of Douglas county, in the
midst of a rich agricultural and grazing dis
trict, surrounded on all sides by thriving set
tlements is a prosperous city of 1 500 popula
tion, and in point of location exceeds in beau
tyay town in t tin state. Surrounded by
hills on all sides, with the South Umpqua
river flowing swiftly to the sea on the western
boundary, nothing can surpass the I eauty of
the town orwi joyous spring day when nature
has clad the surrounding hills with the ver
dure ot the season. The oak trees that grow
thick upon tne smaller hills of Southern Ore
eon are then seen in all their splendor and
add to and form one of the chief elements of
the landscape. In all the attractions necessary
to catch the eve ot an artist, and in all the
more solid resources to touch the pocket book
of the practical man of affairs, nature has dialt
most kindly with Uoneias county, and no
where is this remark more true, than in its
application to the progressive city of Rose
burg.
Kosttburg is thus situated at the juncture of
Deer creek with the south umpqua river, and
is on the donation claim ot Aaron Rose who
settled here in 1X51, and who is still living in
. a prime old age in the city which he founded
and in which for nearly forty years he has
taken the greatest interest. Being the center
of a most favored , section ot country, Kose
burg has grown and prospered with the devel
opment of its surroundings. Its main depen
dence has always been upon the farming com
uiunitv. occupying the fertile fields and splen
did stock ranges tributary to it. Possessing
unlimited water power, it is evident that the
future will develop great manufacturing indus
tries, but at the present the water power is
onlv utilized to the extent of running the
erist mill of Rose & Flook, on the ourskirts of
the corporation. A mill which has lately
been imDroved bv the addition of all the latest
machinery for the manufacture of the new
process of flour.
The city boasts of some of the handsomest
business buildings in the state. The fine two
tory brick stores of S. Marks & Co., Sol
Abraham and Caro Bros, being unsurpassed
in Oregon, outside of Portland. While the
brick block on Jackson street from Washington
to Oak street would be an ornament to any
city. In this regard Roseburg possesses in the
fine large commodious brick building of W. S.
Hamilton and the smaller, bnt neat and at
tractive brick store of A. C. Marsters & Co.
two of the handsomest drug stores in the
state; while the barbershop and bath house
of Phil DaMotta is known throughout the
- Pacific coast as the most attractively appointed
shop on the slope. Thelargeand finely arranged
hardware store of Sheridan Bros, onthecorner
; of Oak and Jackson, street is not equalled in
. Portland, andtho jewelry and variety store
of J- Jaskulek is worthy of mention.' But in
respect to such matters as these we call at
tention to other columns where our business
men can speak for themselves.
Th: co irt h.vasa is at Roseburg and is a
substantial brick building, but is bacoming
inadeiuate to the wants of the county and
will doubtless be enlarged and improved by
the addition o! a wing and a more modernized
roof, as soon as the county's pressing needs
for bridges is supplied. The present jail
building erected in 18S3 is a neat and sub
stantial two story brick building, with the
most improved, and latest style ot iron cells,
The upper story is used as the offices of the
sheriff and of the county judge and are well
lighted and finished rooms.
Roseburg was selected as th county seal
of Doujlas county in 1859, and in the same
year the neighboring town of Winchester, five
miles distant on the North Umpqua, was
moved over or deserted and its inhabitants
joined their fortunes to their more successful
rival. In IS72, the O. & C. K. R. made Kose
burg its southern terminus on its way trom
Portland to san r rancisco, and for ten years
it enjoyed the advantages aocruing to the end
of a railroad line, doing much business with
the counties lying to the south. 10 1862 the
work on the railroad was recommenced and
during the month just passed December 1SS7
the last spike, giving Oregon a great trans
coatmental line to the east by way of San
Francisco was driven amidst the applause of
the two great Pacific coast states. That the
facilities thus offered for travel must redound
to the interest of all Oregon and more espe
cially of southern Oregon is apparent. Rose
burg and Douglas county will receive a greater
grow tti and more rapid development thTn ever
tielore. 1 he era ot prosperity is just dawning.
in 1072 Koseburg became an incorporated
city, in its march of progress and since then,
through the revenue raised by light taxation,
never over three mills, and a comprehensive,
yet not burdensome, license system has pro
vided a thorough system of street lamps, and
greatly improved the condition of us public
streets, in both respects doing thorough and
good work. A water system for the protec
tion ot the business portion 0 the city against
hre, has also been adopted, and it is to be
hoped that a more comprehensive system will
be inaugurated in the near future to permit the
drainage of the city and to supply water for
other purposes than the extinguishment of
hres.
The citizens of Roseburg are proud of their
town and have faith in its future, and all that
is needed for its greater ad ancement and
prosperity, is for our people to unite harmon
iously in all public undertakings. During the
Teariust passed the school district comprising
.u 1 , t . i. .;
iuc my 01 noscDurg unuenooK ine erection
ot a handsome two story school house at a
cost of $12,000. This structure now nearing
completion will be an ornament to the city
ana bespeaks a good word for the public
spiritedness of our citizens.
Roseburg contains the U. S. Land office for
the district comprised in Douglas, Coos, Cur
ry, Jackson, Josephine and Lane counties;
and also a U. S. Signal service office.
DRAIN
Is a thriving town of 400 population on the
U.su K. K. thirty-six miles north of Rose
burg, and twelve miles south of the Lane
county line. 1 he town itself was called into
existence by the building of the railroad which
reached this point in 1872 and for some three
months Drain was the terminus of the road,
during which time the town was laid out on
sixty acres of land donated to the railroad
company by Charles and John C. Drain.
Prior to this time we can trace the history of
the settlement briefly as follows: Warren N.
Goodell in 1847 took up a donation claim of
320 acres, upon part of which is the present
townsite, and sold the same in 1858 to Jesse
Applegate, who in turn disposed or it to
Charles Drain in i860. Of these three pio
neers Messrs. Applegate aud Drain are still
living, the latter on the donation claim. Mr.
Goodell died several years ago in Yoncolla,
As soon as the town was platted, business
houses began to be erected, the first store
building in fact . being erected by J. V
kxewson a short time before the railroad
reached the site. This was followed by
store erected oy t. c. 1 racy and numerous
business houses have been erected since, th
largest at present being the genital merchan
dise store of Drain & Co., a linn composed
of Charles, J. C. and C. D. Drain, which
commenced business in 1876 and erected
large, commodious and handsome brick store
in 1883. They carry a large stuck and do
substantial business.
At Drain is the saw mill of E. C. Palmer
with a capacity of 10.000 feet per day, which
docs a good business. Johnson & Ellensberg
own :ne grist mm wmcn is a paying properly.
The town likewise boasts of two excellent
hotels both prospering. Jos. Cellars carries
on an extensive general merchandise store.
Ostertag & Co. do a good business in the
grocery line, Joe Lyons conducts a paying
drug stoie, Mattoon & Shelley carry on a
livery and blacksmith business and run the
stage line to Scottsburg. Drs. Kuykendall &
Payton are in partnership as physicians and
have an extensive practice, J. M . Stark is in
the hardware business and the town has
furniture store, jeweler, millinery shop, shoe
maker, harness shop, photographer etc.
There was a good settlement surrounding the
site ot Drain belore the railroad gave oppor
tunity for the building of the town. Since,
however, the farming communnitv keeps pace
in development with the town . There are
large sections of railroad and government
lands northeast, northwest and southwest of
Drain, which have but recently been surveyed
and are now open to settlement. This land
is principally of a broken character but is ex
ccllent lor timber and grazing purposes, inter
spersed with some line tarmmg land, and at
some future day, probably not distant, w
te mickiy settieu. a careiui estimate gives
that lor every too acres ot this land there will
be found at least 40 acres of the very richest
sou good , for cultivation, when properly
Cleared. 10 those seeking homes on trovern
ment land, The Review calls their atten
tion more especially to this section of Doug
las county.
The chief item of interest
Drain, and one which has added much to its
prosperity is the Drain Academy, which by
the legislature of 1884 was made a State
Normal School. Our readers will be pleased
to know something of its history. The school
district was organized in 1861 by Charles
Drain, C 1" . Colvin, J. M. Gardiner and S.
hnsley who erected a log school house some
two and one half miles west of Drain. Mr.
Drain himself starting the work with that in
domitable energy which has always character
ized him, by going to work one morning to
clear the land for a .school house. School
was conducted in the town hall after the lay
ing out of the town until in 1882 the present
academy was erected by the subscription of
the citizens and placed under the supervision
of the Methodist church. The district school
is taught six months in the academic depart
ment. At the present writing Pror. K. A.
Booth is principal of the academic department
and Prof. F. W. Benson A. M is principal
of the normal department, Mrs. F. W. Ben
son is teacher ef music and Miss Myrtle Rus
sell has charge of the art department. There
were 176 pupils enrolled last year and the
number will be larger the present year.
Many of these pupils come from the various
sections of the county and the school is in
high favor in Lane and Coos counties, attrac
ting students from both. A town with a
school bringing patrons from abroad is always
lively and thriving and the Drain academy in
this regard has been a good business invest
ment for the people of Drain, as well as re
fleeting honor upon the town by its excellence
as a school, its principals ranking among the
leading educators ot southern Oregon, t he
academy has a cosy, well lighted art room
and several of the students avail themselves
of the opportunity to cultivate the talent of
drawing and painting. There a also a well
equipped experimental laboratory for the
classes in chemistry and natural philosophy:
Drain Academy has won aa enviable reputa
tion among the educational institutions of the
state and is a school that The Review takes
great pleasure in recommending to parents.
and a point worthy of note, is the healthrul
surrounding of the town and the fact that the
sale of liquor is prohibited by the city ordi
nance under authority of the charter. So
evil influences are kept away from the students
during their sojourn in Drain.
The Golden Star Mining Co. has its office
at Drain. This company was organized in
November and the ledge is situated some fifty
miles from Drain just over the line in Lane
county ten miles frra the Bohemia district
and was discovered in August by B. F. Tear
son. The ledge stands at an angle of about
45 degrees and is about sixty feet wide and
croppings have been traced for three thousand
feet, the gold being plainly visible to the
naked eye. Mr. Pearson and his brothers
have been searching for this ledge for seven
I years devoting their time and money to this
uujci.1. ucy were convinced urn a very
rich quartz ledge was in he mountains on ac
count of gold being found in paying quantities
lor rony mnes along tne coast lork ot tne Wil
lamette which has its source near the ledge.
This is the same ledge wfiich Wm .- Dilliard
prospected for from 1866 until his death a few
years ago. Mr. Dillard worked the mines
along the Umpqua, which also washes this
ledge, and was of the same opinion as the
xfessrs. Pearsons that when found it would
be among the finest ledges ever discovered .
The specimens of the rock are very rich and
there can be no doubt but that these gentle
men, have at last struck a mining ledge that
will prove equal to any in the Couer D'Alene
region, and it is also certain that the ledge
crosses the Umpqua and is as rich in this
county. The Messrs. Pearson, are also con
vinced that the Bohemia district, which at
tracted so much attention years ago is rich,
and that the parties who worked it, never
struck the main ledge bat were at work on a
slide from it. It will be remembered that the
Bohemia was closed by an attempt to freeze
out some of the stockholders and consequent
disagreement. Parties are at present at work
on the origin?! claim or near it. under the
supervision of Wm. Sibons, onerf the origi
nal proprietors. The Golden Star Mining
Co. has organized with 100,000 shares of stock
at one dollar per share, and the rapid develop
ment of the mine will be undertaken in the
spring.
On Janorary 19th, 1887 the Umpqua River
Railroad and Improvement Co. was incorpor
ated with principal oflice at Drain, the incor
porators being John C Drain, Levi Kent, Jos
Cellers, J. E. Payton, T. W. Krcwson, W,
A. rerKins, rienry cecKiey, j. r. rieuucn,
A. E. Ozouf, I. B. Lteds, W. F. Jewell.
W. Reed, H. M. Call well and W Kuyken
dall. A preliminary survey was made by W,
H. Whipple and the following is a bnel sum
mary: The route from Drain to Elkton is
sixteen and one-half miles, to bcottsburg
thirty six and one-quarter mi'es, to Old
Scottsburg, the terminus tnirty eignt ami one-
quarter miles. The elevation at Drain above
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uaewaier is zou icci ami ai iikiuu iw ici.
The roadbed does nor. reach a point 100 feet
above the level of Elk creek or the Umpqua
river at any place on the line, and there is no
grade of more than one foot to the hundred.
mere win oc oui one mimci, wmmi muc Hun
dred feet long and the estimated cost f a
broad guage steel railroad would be $438,960.
The company during the present year will
attempt to enlist capital in tne enterprise ana
hope to be able to do so. The survey has
proven the entire practicability of the route,
and its projectors are showing commendable
energy in the matter. No survey has, as yet,
been made to Gardiner, or to Brandy Bar
distant about some seven and one-half miles
below Old Scottsburg and to which ocean
vessels could come.
OAKLAND.
Next to' Roseburg. Oakland is the largest
town in Douglas county, being situated in the
tion of Country. It is eighteen miles north of
m u fit a nne ramum? anu sim.ii sta
Koseburg on the line ot the V. c k- -
and is beautifully located, having a very attrac
tive and enterprising appearance. The popu
lation is in - the neighborhood of 500 and the
town is incorporated and has a city govern
ment. The chief source of its trade, is the
farming community which surrounds it. In
this respect, it has tne best country inouiary
to it, of any of the towns in the county, with
the single exception of Koseburg. Oakland
was founded on its present site with the advent
of the railroad in 1872, but the Old Town a
mile distant had existed as a trading point
from the earliest settlement of Umpqua valley.
Oakland has all the lines of business houses
usitallv found in a town of its size, and its busi
ness men are generally well satisfied with their
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surroundings and nave lauu in me vuihuiu
prosperity and rapid development cm mew sct-
1 on. There is still some eovemmeni ana
railroad land opened to settlement in the
vicinity of Oakland, many new settlers in the
nasi vear or two availing themselves of the
homestead laws, especially through the section
of the Kellogg bend on tne route 10 tuiun a
marl inimnir these two towns, some iweniy-
five miles in lenrrlh. Of course the time has
gone by in Oregon for the finding of vacant
land along tne mam inorougniarca uauc,
but there is room in Douglas county along the
remoter creek bottoms and in the recesses
among the hills for a large fanning population
on land as yet unappropriated. There is a
weekly mail route to Kelloggs from Oakland a
distance of twenty miles, and a semi-weekly
mnil mrriwl on a stafe to Looking Glass via
Umpqua f erry.
Th farmint community surrounding Oak
land are most enterprising and progressive and
haw realized the necessity of variety ot pro
ductions, while producing and marketing their
share ot grain, wool ana live siock, ukj
especially ship to the Portland market a large
supply of poultry and eggs, having the envia
ble reputation, in this regard, of shipping more
of this character of produce than any other
station on the O. & C. R. R., and there must
le great profit and ready money in this source
ot income, as tnese articles gencrauy cummaiiu
a hinh nriee in the market of the metropolis.
Fruit growing, here, as elsewhere, in Douglas
county, is coming into great fa-or and during
the past season great progress has been made
in this line, which will be supplemented by the
planting of many new orchards the coming
season
The general desire here, as may be said to
r thi rae throughout Douclas county, is for
th division of the lame farms into smaller
ones, and considerable land is on the market
for this and other causes, at reasonable rates
regarding the fertility of the soil and the gen
eral prosperity of the region. To the intend-
iikt settler, necannoi casi nis 101 m a muic
nrmisin section than with the good Peo
nlr nf Oakland and vicinity. The town itself,
has a aeneral air of prosperity that marks it as
a successful trading point. All the ayenues of
trade are here represented by active, pushing
business men.
Oakland is the shipping point for the Doug
Ins rnnntv cement mine, which is situated
about eight mil's northwest ot the town. It
is controlled by the Portland Cement Company
whose principle office is in Portland. This
company intend opening the mine thoroughly
in the spring and intend to work it on a large
scale. There has been thorouflh teste made
the- rement manufactured from it, both
bvassavs and bv Dractical tests, (there being
considerable work done with it in the citv of
Pnttlnndi and it is pronounced and decided to
be equal to the celebrated Portland Cement of
England. The supply 01 me ore seems in
cYlmnstahlr! and there is no doubt but that
this will in the future be one of the most im
portant industries in the state, and probably
in the United States, as this is the only ore that
has ever been found m the United States so
far that will make a first class cement.
The following are the leading business
houses of Oakland: General Meichandise,
A. F.Brown. E. G. Young & Co. Hard
ware. Stearns & Chenoweth, Young & Ham
mitte. x Groceries, Chas. Medley. Drug
Store. Pace & Dimmick. Physicians, t. J
Page, I . C. Shambrook. Boots ana anoes,
W. T. Turner. Harness, T. S. Beckley,
W. H. Moore. Attorney and Nota.y Public,
C. A. Sehlbrede. Dentists, S. K. Kaymona,
H. Little. Blacksmiths, las. Dearling, J. D,
Boon. Hotels, R. Thomas, Jas. McKinnon.
Wagon Shop, L. McFarland. Rich cinnabar
deposits eight miles east of Oakland partially
developed, two mines are now being success
fully worked, one by lodd Bros., tne otner oy
Jas. Chenoweth.
GARDINER
Situated at the head of Umpqua Bay, seven
miles above the mouth ot the river, in th
extreme northwest section of the county,
the most prosperous and beautiful town
of
Gardiner containing some 200 inhabitants
This town presents the most attractive and
cleanly appearance of any in Douglas county,
a matter in which its inhabitants take much
pride. The leading industry of Gardiner is
the extensive saw mill business ot the uardi
ner Milling Co. under the management
W. F. Jewett, a young man of businessabiiity.
capital and energy. 1 he mill at this point is
among the leading ones of the slate and does
an extensive business, there being probably
300 families who gain more or less of their
support through this enterprise in its various
departments. The thriving settlement along
Smith river and Camp and Mill creeks mostly
enrrarrintr in thejocging business. The annual
output of this mill is in the neighborhood of
13,000,000 leet, wnn anaauuion oi 4,ouu,uuu
lathes. 1 ne major pan, Dy lar, oi mis amount
is shipped direct to San Pedro, California, to
supply the Los Angeles market, an occasional
vessel sailing for San Diego or the Sandwich
Island. The company have an office at San
Pedro and the milt is kept busy filling orders,
all its output in fact being disposed of as fast
as produced. During the year just past 38
vessels, with an anerage capacity of nearly
ACO.000 feet were loaded at this mill. The
largest being the W. F. Jewett, partly owned
by the company, and operated in its interest
having a capacity for 700,000 feet ot lumber.
This is the largest three mast schooner engaged
in the trade on the Pacific coast, and is a uew
vessel which was built expressly for this trade-
Next in importance to its lumber cnterpnse
Gardinerranks itssalmon cannery, the property
of the Ganliner Packing Co., composed at pres-
of Al. W. Reed and W. F. Jewett, and under
the able management of Mr. Reed. During
the season iust Dassed.this company employed
for nearly three and one half months some 80
fishermen and 45 Chinamen, the latter in the
canning department They expended . over
$15,000 in wages, and the output was 8,500
cases of salifcon disposed of to Liverpool par
ties at $4.70 per case and shipped via San
r rancisco. There are two cannenes at uaroi-
ner, but at present they are consolidated un
der one management, and only one, theiefore,
was run during the season iust passed. For
twelve vears. the canmncr business has been
founded at this point and has met with various
fortunes, the last three years under air. neeu
management it has been very suceesslul, pni
nomenally so, in 1 886, when over 19.000 cases
were put up and sold at good figures, ana me
waves acrcrreeatintr the round sum of $40,000.
Mr. Reed carries on a general merchandise
store at Gardiner, in which line, he is also sue
cessfuL The largest mercantile establishment
m Gardiner belongs to the milling company,
and is a large and commodious two story frame
building carrying a very heavy stock of gen
eral merchandise.
As the lands on the streams tnbntary to the
Umrmua in the neighborhood of Gardintfr are
cleared off, in the sale of logs to the mill, much
fertile farming land and magnificent stock
ranges are disclosed, and these industries are
rapidly increasing. There are no better pay
ing business, than the wealth in the timber
forests along these streams, or the raising of
stock uporiSe cleared land. For the past few
years, the p!uer industry is becoming a lead
ing one on Smith river and the beautiful coun
try of Schofield creek. ;
Smith River and the country it waters for
thh-tv miles above Gardiner is thoroughly
known and settled by a prosperous and happy
people, but there is, of course, room for many
more. From its point of settlement at present
it winds for probably seventy miles in a north
erly direction, through a region as, yet but
thinlv settled, if at all. Those who are best
ted with this region claim it to be
the general character ot the county, consisting
of valley, table land, hills and mountains, rich
n all the elements ot wealth lor timber, graz
ing and farming land. The uppermost fTpart
of this section lies near Drain and would prob
ably fin ithe future be tributary to it as a
trading point, but rat present uaruiner com
mandSjthe trade of Smith river and would do
so almost to its headquarters. : f .
Sufficient iqiportauce has never been
awarded the mouth of the Umpqua as a har
bor and port of entry. Its merits in this re-
ard need heralding to the world, as, while no
braggadocio has been indulged in, in its be
half, it is believed by those capable of judging
of being the very best harbor on the coast,
and the fact that not one of the thirty-eight
vessels engaged in the lumber . trade, was
forced to lay by, or in any manner delayed
in entenng or going out during the year just
passed speaks volumes in praise of the mouth
of the Umpqua. Not a cent has ever been
spent in 11s iiiiprovcincui uy 111c uuvnuuiciK,
but it is safe to say that here can be found a
water outlet to the 'sea "sufficient to meet all
the demands of the Umpqua and the Willam
ette valleys. !
The great necessity ot this section Irora
Drain through Elkton and Scottsburg to
Gardiner, is the proposed Umpqua river rail
road, concerning which we gave a brief out
line in the description of Drain elsewhere in
this edition. But it is of no more importance
to the region mentioned than it is to all Doug
las county, and the entire feasibility of the
scheme can be made apparent to any one who
will take the trouble to investigate. Allow
The Review to remark right here to any
croaking ones, that we believe the Uinpqa
lver railroad a practical route ol the utmost
m porta nee to all the people of the county and
destined to be built in the near future I
Among the pleasant acquaintances whom
we made or renewed at Gardiner and to whom
we are undef obligations for favors shown,
were the genial Dr. T. C. Mackey, postmas
ter and health officer, proprietor of the
Gardiner drug store, and a physician of ac
knowledged ability and merit, who attends to
the health of the people over a large extent
of territ6ry; Messrs. Jewett nnd McKenzie,
of the milling company, who kindly furnished
many facts for this edition; the whole-souled
ne wnoie-soutea
Al. Reed, who never saw. a
Gardiner before unless he was after votes (we
were there once) or taxes, and Peter Nelson;
the Democratic war horse who has a host of
friends wherever known, and Wm. Dewcr.
J. M. Daley and Al!ert Peikins, of Smith
river, who kindly assisted ns m swelling the
list ol I HE KEVIEV. In fact we fell in love
with Gardiner and its good penple. j
SCOTTSBURG. - j
A village on th.2 U"ioqin l".its of twohotcjs,
a general merchandise stoie, a tannery, aid
other business houses. The tannery is a good
paying property cml lyintwo hands and hav
ing an annual output of from $C,ooo to $6,-
000, secunnjj most of its hides from Gardiner
and trom the surrounding country. Its pro
ducts commands the very highest price in tfie
ban t rancisco market, ocottsburp ships an
nually principally through the mercantile es
tablishment ot Hedden & Son in the neigh
borhood of 40,000 pounds of wool and be
tween 300 and 400 ton's of grain, wheat and
oats, by way of Gardiner to the San Fran
cisco market. Some 20,000 pounds of hops
are raised and exported every jrear from the
extensive hop farm of II . Lamphere, three
miles from Scottsburg and has proven a paying
business. The country around Scottsburg lis
adapted to all the various uses ot the farmer,
the stockraiser and the lumberman. The
Loon lake region eleven miles distant contains
government land that is equal to any for farm
ing and stock. The people express great con
fidence in the practicability of the trail con
nection with Drain. At present Scottsburg
enjoys mail facilities only by tri-weekly steam
er to Ganliner, twenty miles distant conducted
by the successful and genial Laptatn Cornwall
and a tri weekly stage to Drain, thirty-six
miles cast, run by Messrs. Mattoon & Shelly,
two as agreeable and enterprising gentlemen
as one could meet . But the people desire
to hear the whistle of the locomotive and urge
in common with all northern Douglas the
necessity of a rail route to the coast. j
ELKTON.
Almost midway between Drain and Scotts
burg on the stage road nnd on Elk creek just
above its junction with the Umpqua is the
prospering village of Elkton. Here Henry
l.cckly conducts a general merchandise busi
ness, a grist mill and a saw mill, supplying
in these essentials the settlements for miles
around. The town also boasts a good hotel,
which is the dinner station for the stage line.
hilkton also lilts her voice in behalf of the
Umpqua river railroad, which would open
and greatly develop all the available resources
ot this section.
COLES VALLEY,
As the obseiving traveler passes through
Douglascountyand feaslshiseyeson the roman
tic and picturesque valleys and coves that he
nestled in among the ranges ol hills that in
tersect every part of it, he finds none moire
pleasing to look upon than Coles Valley. If
he has a taste tor picturesque scenery and
beautiful landscape views he can feast his
eyes as nowhere else; should he be of a com
mercial tum and see no beauty in anything ex
cept that which will yield dollars and cents he
cannot bnt be pleased with the fertility of the
soil which needs but little cultivation to yield
large returns.
Coles Valley was named in honor of Dr.
James Cole, one of the first settlers in the
early titties, and wnoat the present writing lives
near there enjoying quietly the last days of a
well ordered life. With a few exceptions all
the first settlers that were not of the specula-.
tive land shark order, are living on the larms
they first occupied when they cast their lots in
the wild west. That all of them are well sat
isfied goes with&ut saying for it would be im
possible to buy land in their locality for less
than twice as much as would be asked fori it
in any other part of the county. Grain and
stock raising have been the chief industries
up to the present time, but now fruit growing
is gaining favor and several large orchards are
being put out with more to follow in the near
future. Two mail routes pass through the
valley one from Millwod to Roseburg and the
other from Oakland to Looking Glass. Mr.
Shamnrook keeps a general store and Post of
fice at Umpqua Ferry where there is a black
smith thop and hotel. Clark & Baker are
proprietors of a saw and plaining mill where
the l ost omce ol Millwood is, and near there
C A. Bnggs has a saw and shingle mill.
The Coast Range mountains shelter this
valley on the north and west ;and from jits
canyons hundreds of running springs afford
water for the in habitants and their stock. We
call the attention of the lovers of the leauti-
ful to the mountain scenery that may he en
joyed in the valley and neighborhood. " pi
rectly north and across the Umpqua river friim
the valley stands alonca large butte fam liarly
called "Old lyee a name that needs no ex
planation to any old pioneer. In the Chi
nook language it means "chief and was given
to this mountain on account of its being 1 so
much higher than any of the surrounding
peaks. A trip to the summit ot lyee is con
sidered the proper thing for a treat to visitors
and is generally well appreciated. It stands
2QO0 feet above the valley and from its sum
mit can be seen Mt. Pitt in Tackson county
m the south, Mt. 1 melson, . Old Baldy and
Diamond peak of the Cascade range in ithe
east and the Three Sisters and Mt, Jefferson
in the north. Some have, after coasiderable
straining of eyesight and stretching of immtgi-
nation, thought they could see Mt . Hood ; in
the dim and misty distance. It is beyond
doubt however that a view can be had ffoui
its summit of over one hundred miles. .... From
Tyee the surrounding country of Coles valley.
Garden Bottom, Calapooia and Camas Swa'e
looks like a huge well-ordered garden and the
various streams winding through them look
like irrigating ditches. The ascent is not
difficult as a wagon can be driven more than
half way to the summit.
WILBUR i
is a trading point situated on the 0. & C
R. R. half-way between ' Roseburg and Oak
land. This is the seat of the Umpqua
Academy an educational institution ot recog
nized merit. A general merchandise store
doing a good business, and a hotel and one or
two other business houses, all prospering are
conducted in Wilbur. The resources of the
county immediately surrounding Wilbur are
pood, and are of the general character of , the
county. Here, as elsewhere, is plenty of
room for a large population and the building
of a thriving town at Wilbur.
YONCOLLA,
Is situated a few miles south of Drain, on the
railroad in the rich Yoncolla valiey, at which
point is a general merchandise store and a ho
tel. This is a shipping point for a good sec
tion ol country, and is one ot the Oldest settled
valleys in the Umpqua. The land is rich and
fertile and the people are consequently pros
perous.
RICE HILL,
A few miles of Oakland is a railway shipping
point for the settlement around and about
comstocks, ' j
Is the last station on the O. & C. R. in ' the
northern end of the county, and was named
for 1. I. Comstock, whose saw mill was for
merly at this point.
dillasus j
Is a railroad shipping point for a good section
of territory, ten miles south ot Koseburg, and
contains a general merchandise store, ana
hotel. There is splendid bottom land .
great quantity in the mi mediate vicinity, well
adapted to fruit culture, hop raising and all
needs of the agriculturists. A nursery is here
being set out, which will prove one of the
of paying investmenU of Douglas county.
I, CIFVDALR.
Situated !nic on f'-e southern boundary of
Douglas county) 67 miles from Rosebutg, is
the most thrivir.s of th railroad towns that
sprang into existence with the . extention of
the 0. & C. R. R- in 1883. 1 Here is a large
saw mill, the -pro'rty .of Sol. Abraham of
Roseburg, and an inexhaustible supply of
limber in the immediate neighborhood. The
railroad has a round house here and a crew
of section men. ; There are two general mer
chandise stores both doing a good paying
business, one owned by Mr. Abraham and in
charge of J, W, Singletarv and the other
conducted by1 its proprietor W. E. Dean.
Mrs. Clarke, formerly of Roseburg is the pro
prietress of the hotel and does a Good business.
The outlook lor the future of-Clendale is
promising, there being considerable farming
land tributary to it which is being rapidly de
veloped since The' -advent of the railroad.
There are also many , placer mining claims
along the numerous mountain creeks, which
are worked, in x primitive manner ant.1 which
yield fair returns and speak much for the
mineral richness of this section. Glen,"ale's
location, in a small canyon surroundeo by
lofty and heavily timbered mountains, givs
the traveler but an Inadequate idea of the
farming country back of it, and which wit!,
guarantee its future prosperity. Here, as
elsewhere in Douglas county, is being agitated
advantages of fruit growing, which w 11 doubt
less be the leading industry of the county in a
few years. ' 4 -
' : RIDDLE.
In the heart of the famous Cow creek valley,
on the O. & C K. R. some thirty miles
south of Roseburg is the trading point for a
good territory of country, Af this point is
the store of U. W. Riddle doing a good busi
ness, and a hotel conducted by Mr. Nichols.
Near Riddle is situated the nickel mine under
the management of WillQ. Brown, which it is
se.fe to say will prove a most valuable proper
ty, a large quantity of the ore having been
recently sent to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania for
reduction. If a successful method of reducing
the ore is discovered this will be one of the
licst paying mining properties on the cnast.
The land surre-unding Riddle is adapted to
a!ririiliure. stock-raising ui th-cultivation
f.;, ,h btier prormsing to be one of the
future. s
CANYOSVILLE
la situated twenly-neven miles south of Rose
burg, and sis miles from Riddle the nearest
railroad point.," It is a town of much histor
ical interest and was a station of importance
on the old California and Oregon stage route
before the advent of the railroad. The land
surrounding Canycmville is very rich and
nroductive. ' voeldine " bountilnl returns in
wheat, oats, barley and corn, lind ' lssv- weTTt
adapted 10 nun ruis'ug uu mc i.uiii,duuu i
vegetables. The lofty mountains surrounding
Canyonville have often been prospected and
no doubt are rich in mineral deposits. Near
the town are two grist mills of good capacity
and a saw mill capable of furnishing all the
lumber needed in the vicinity. Wollenberg
Bros., and Wm. Manning carry on extensive
mercantile establishments at this point and
command the trade of a large section of coun
try. There are also hotels, blacksmith shops,
wagon shops and other business houses in
Canyonville which is the central point of a
large area ol country.
MYRTLE CREEK.
Has been a trading point ever since 1856, but
was laid off into town lots by John Hall in
1865 and began to take on the proportions of
a town. A beautiful grove ot myrtles near
the town, gives the name to the cresk and vil
lage, the latter being situated in a beautiful
valley some five miles in length. Near the
town also is the Missouri bottom, so named
from the state of its early settlers, and which
is the most fertile region of Douglas county,
the soil being a rich sandy loam from deposits
of the South Umpqua river.
Myrtle Creek and the country surrounding
it has taken the lead in the fruit culture, the
quantity of prunes produced to the tree and
acre being marvelous, large tracts of lands
averaging their proprietors net incomes of
$150 to $300 per acre annually from this
source. It is this evidence the success of the
prune industry that has stimulated the seal of
agriculturists in the interest of fruit growing
throughout all Douglas county, so much so,
that the nurseries of the state could not meet
the demands made upon them for trees
especially of the numerous varieties of prunes.
Dunng the year, ihe keview expects 10
devote much space to fruit culture, as it
believes it has been demonstrated beyond
doubt that the climate and soil of Douglas
county, and the rapidly extending markets
thrown open by new lines ot railroad, will
make the fruit output of Douglas county one
of its richest sources of income. Mineral
deposits of gold, silver and other metals are
found along all the creeks and mountain gul
ches In the southern part of the county from
Myrtle Creek, to the county boundary, an t
prospectors and miners are constantly plying
their vocation.
Myrtle Creek is situated on the O. & C.
R. R. eighteen miles south of UoTehurg,
possesses two general stores, a blacksmith
shop, hotel, grist mill of latest improved ma
chinery and good capacity, and other business
houses. Aiso unlimited water power, a ncn
and prosperous settlement surrounding it, is in
the lead in the production of fruit, and is one
oi the very best points in the country. A few
acres of land here properly cultivated in the
growing of prunes, as has been demonstrated,
is equal as a source of profit to a large farm in
gram. The stock resources 01 Mynie ireeK,
the production 01 wool ana gram are sun its
leading industries, and in these regards it com
pares favorably with any section 01 uregon.
LOOKING GLASS,
An important valley lying 8 miles west of Rose,
biyg, on the Coos Bay wagon road. Here is
a general merchandise store, hotel and other
business houses. This is one of the largest
of the valleys composing the Umpqua system
and is well watered by Looking Glass creek
and its tributaries. -iThe valley was settled
under the donation laws in the early fifties,
many of the old pioneers still being on the
farms they secured at that date.
Throughout looking lass valley, and 1 en
Mile, Olalla and Camas districts can be found
indications ot coal. This "valuable deposit, in
fact, will most probably in the future be one
of the leading industries of the section
named, but at present the undeveloped re
sources demand but a limited supply.
TEN MILE AND CAMAS VALLEY
Lvintr south of Looking Glass and southwest
of Roseburg are the splendid valleys and agri
cultural and stock regions ot len Mile and
Camas Valley, comprising some of the very
best land in the county.
MT. SCOTT
Precinct lies some twenty miles northeast of
Roseburg and supports . a thriving farming
settlement, anu its resources are as yet in
their infancy. ,:
OTHER TOINTS.
There are other points of interest in Douglas
county, besides iriose mentioned in this article,
but the review of the county and of its resources
was undertaken too late to give adequate time
to thorough work, and the present article can
only ba taken ts the ground work, as- stated
elsewhere, of more faithful labor by The Re
view iu this direction in the future. The
points not mentioned in detail, however, are
generally the sections of country immediately
surrounding and tributary to the laiger trading
points luliy described, and which it goes with
out saying, must be rich, fertile and progre'ave
to support in prosperity the towns. Such,
for instance, are the splendid tegionswf Deer
creek, ot Roberts creek and French settlement
all immediately tributary to Koseburg; and
Green valley, Elk Head and English settle
ment in the neightiorhood of Oakland. It is
no slight task to review in detail a section of
country as large as the state of Connecticut,
vast empire, in fact, ot varied resources and en
terprises but the work, such as it is, we submit
to the readers of The Review.
f rwtt CuHnre
Douglas county has long been noted for the
production of grain and as a stock region, and
it has also been aa established fact that as a
Iruit section it could not be surpassed. But
the lack of market for the latter has proven a
serious drawback to orchardists. and many
orchards have been totally neglected, but with
the advent ol the railroad, the extension ol the
transcontinental lines, and the development
of the mining regions of Idaho and Montana
an extensive market is being rapidly developed
for the fruit 01 all Uregon.amlas a consequence,
the importance of this source of revenue has
constantly increased. .
Several persons along the rich sandy bottoms
of -the river adjacent Koseburg have gone ex
tensively Into the cultivation ot the smaller
fruits, the. luscious strawberries, black berries
and raspberries, and find a ready sale tor tne
same la Portland, being the first Oregon ber
ries in that market. Mr. Thomas tarquar ol
this city has succeeded in growing on the is
land near town, a lasge and constantly increas
ing quantity of peaches, exceeding in luscious
ness and size those of California; while the
orune industry has proven a source of great
profit to the entire southern end of the county
and will doubtless yield as well in other
sections. There has been a general movement
of agriculturalists towards diversified crops
ml the mesent outlook indicates that the
fmii culture will take a most important rank
in Dougtaii county, in the immediate future.
' W. G. Vfoodward is developing an extensive
marble tnd lime quarry ten miles east ol Kose
burg, Tf'.e samples of marble are beautiful
andot va'wus colors. He will enlist capital
in the en s- prise as the supply is inexhaustible
or ueve' ; , the ledge tumseli.
LEADING FIRMS.
INTERESTING FACTS CONCERNING
ROSEBURG'S ENTERPRISING
BUSINESS MEN,
S. MARKS & CO.
In their handsome and imposing . two story
brick building on the leading trade comer of
Roseburg, is one of the leading and solid firms
of Oregon, and is the oldest general merchan
dise store in Roseburg. This business was
founded in the fifties by its present proprietors
Samuel and A shea Marks and has grown and
ptospered with the town and county. They
carry one of the largest and best selected stocks
of general merchandise replete in every de
partment, besides bing large dealers in grain
and wool, aud having large and varied inter
ests throughout Southern Douglas This firm
has a well established business and have a
regular trade among the old settlers, as well
as attracting new customers by fair and liberal
dealing.
MOORE & EVANS,
Grocers, stationers, and dealers in agri
cultural implements. This firm founded by
W. N. Moore in 1885, with whom entered
in partnership in 1887. Samuel Evani. h ran-
dly becoming one of the most substantial
p-isiness houses in the county. The young
Men comprising the firm are of Douglas
county birth and are of the kind of v hich the
county is justly proud They carry a large
stock of grpcenss-aod stationery ami during
the season pay especiel attention to the. sale
of agricultural implements, being afents for
the well-known Portland Ipuse, Kna ip. Bur
rell & Co. Daring the pastvyear tht trade of
this firm more than doubled therade of 1886
and they enter the New Year of i&SS deter
mined to maintain their lead as tne people's
grocers. Their stock is fresh and only, of the"
standard goods, which are sold at the most
reasonable rates. They can be found at the
pott office store on Jackson street.
SHERIDAN BROS.
Hardware dealers on the comer of Jackson
and Oak streets have the handsomest brick
store of the character in the state, and carry
large aadcomplete stock of Hardware, Stoves,
Tinware, Guns, Pistols and Agricultural imple
ments, making specialties of Superior stoves
and ranges, '.'Lansing" wagons, "White"
sewing machines, -'Champion mowers, reap
ers and binders, "Bryan" steel and chilled
plows, and Winchester rifles and shot guns.
They have a large trade all over Somhjrijj
Oregon in consequence CJ "beingErge dealers
and buying directly at the factories enabling
them to sell at the very lowest prices. The
firm consists of Thomas R. and John P.
Sheridan, two of Roseburg's most prosperous
and enterprising business men.
HARRY MCCLALLEN,
Dealer in Cigars, Tobacco, Confectionery,
Notions and Fancy articles is the proprietor of
the popular Red Front establishment on the
comer of Jackson and Washington streets.
Mr. McClallen is a young man of fine business
abilities, is energetic and obliging and is be
coming one of Douglas counties solid men.
He carries a large and well selected stock and
does a constantly increasing business in his
line. His establishment is the popular head
quarters for the social intercourse of our citi
zens, so do not fail to drop in to see him when
in town.
H. C. STANTON
Carries a large and well selected stock of Gen
eral Merchandise in his commodious brick
store on Jackson street, making a specialty of
Groceries and Stationery, while having in
stock an assortment ot Dry Goods, Clothing,
Boots and Shoes, and alt articles found in a
general merchandise store. Mr. Stanton has
been ia business for a number ot years, and
his motto has always been bow low he could
sell his goods, not how much profit could he
make, ind his business in consequence has
grown in importance with the years. Mr.
Stanton will be found an obliging gentlemnn
to deal with, as well as a business man of the
strictest integrity.
D. T. PRITCHARD
Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler, on Jack
son street, near Oak, has been engaged in
business in this city about a year." He came
well recommended as a practical workman in
his line trom Eugene City, where he has for
merly been in business, and The Review
takes great pleasure in recommending hint to
those desiring work in his line. He likewise
carries a well-selected stock of Watches, Jew
elry, Clocks, etc., which he sells at the very
lowest rates. We are pleased to note that
his trade has constantly increased with his so
journ among us and that his establishment
will be one of our prosperous business houses.
Give Mr. Pritchard a call.
M, JOSEPHSON
In the large brick store on the southeast cor
ner of Jackson and Washington streets car
ries an immense stock of General Merchandise
nd does a correspondingly large business.
Mr. Josephson has been in business in Rose
burg for eleven years and was the merchant
who inaugurated low prices, and in this re
gard of large sales and small profits he has
maintained tne lead ever since. His stock is
complete in every department and when in
need of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods. Gro
ceries, Boots, Shors, Hats, Clothing or any
chant M. Josephson.
W. S. HAMILTON
Conducts a leading Drug business in the large
and handsome brick structure 01 Jackson
street opposite the post office, and which ex
tends through the block to Mam stre-1. This
is the largest retail establishment of the kind
in the state, outside of Portland and rivals any
01 ine orug stores 01 tne metropolis. Mr.
Hamilton is a young man, having purchased
a few yew since, the business of his father.
i o t 1 :i. 1 1
'i . o. iiaiiimun. anu is rccoenizca as a man
of the very best business ability and is one of
tne best posted men in bis line on tee Pacific
coast. He carries a complete line of Dnm.
Medicines, Stationery, etc, and gives especial
attention to the filling nf prescriptions. Also
agent of the Western Union Telegraph Co.
c w. PARKS &C0.
In their own substantial brick building in the
handsome block on Jackson street carry on
large grocery business, their delivery wagon be-
inir constantly emnloved in takinir orders tn all
parts of the aty. Their stock is kept constantly
iresn ana repienisnea sna tney seek to please
byjgiving the very best goods for the least mon
ey. Country produce is a specialty with this
firm, and can always be found at their store
when in the market. For fair dealing, stan-
uuni quality aim low prices, give irarKS cc Vo.
a call. . :
H. PARRY.
Roseburg's popular and enterprising Merchant
1 ailor has now been a resident of the city for
four years, dunng which time by close ap
plication to business, and the fact that he h
a thorough master of his trade he has built up
trade that is a pride' to our town. Not
withstanding the fact that Mr. Parry devotes
his entire attention to his work himself he is
obliged to employ one and sometimes two as
sistants, his business having grown to such
proportions. His work is of the very best
quality and he never fails to give satisfaction,
so much so that former Roseburgers now re
siding elsewhere leave, their measure with
him.. . ,
' PHIL DaMOITA,
The geniel proprietor of the handsome barber
shop and bath rooms in the large bnck next
door south of Hamilton's drug store, stands at
the head ot ms profession, and is known
throughout the Pacific coast for his skill. Mr
DaMotta has been a resident of Roseburg for
many vears ana nas orosoered witn its rrnwin.
and his shop has always been a pride and or
nament to our city. As stated in the general
description of Roseburg published elsewhere.
it rivals in its appointments and furniture any
shop on the coast. Of course, Mr. DaMotta
commands a large patronage and commercial
travelers always make it a point to call and
see him.
CARO BROS.;
Carry on a General Merchandise business in
the fine two-story brick building on the south
east corner of Jackson and Washington streets,
and are determined to control their share of
the trade by low prices and standard goods,
The firm is composed of Simon and Isadora
Caro, active and energetic business men,
Their stock is replete in all iu departments and
it would be a safe plan not to buy elsewhere
before giving them a call, as they can suit you
in quality and pries. Remember the place on
tne corner norui 01 me post omce.
M. R. HOWELL, .
A thoronch and practical business mm. a na
tive ot new y one, nas cast ms jut m Kose
burg the last few years, and two years aco es
tablished on his own property one block south
of the depot, an extensive lumber yard, and
now commands a good and growing trade.
He can always be found at his place of busi
ness and carries a good stock of all kinds of
Lumber, Doors, Sash, 1- ruit Boxes, Wood,
Coal, Lime, reed and Flour, and transacts
general commission business. Mr. Howell
an active and enterprising gentleman, and
when needing anything in his line, do not fail
to give mm a can. : s . . -
. 0 DR. C. A. BON'HAM,
Has a handsome denial office up stairs in
Marks bnck building and ts the lea-ling den
list of Douglas county. Dr. lionham has been
located in Roseburg a year, during which time
by the excellence ot his work and the nason
ableness ot his charges he has established
paying business. Teeth extracted without
pain, when desired, filling neatly done and
artificial teeth furnished to give satisfaction at
very low rates. When in need of dental work
remember Dr. Bonhaai, . - -
SOU ABRAHAM.' .
For thirty yean, Mr. Abraham has been
merchant in various sections of Douglas coun
ty, and ts probably the most enterprising
pusmess man in mis section, Having interests
co-extensive with the boundaries of the county
of which he is pioneer. His elegant stone
front two sto brick-store situated on one of
the best comers in Roseburg, rivals any "in
Oregon. At tne present wntmg. Mr. Abra
ham is conducting the greatest clearance and
reduction sale ever inaugurated by a merchant
in boutnemjuregon, his trade dunng the last
few months having been pbenominal. notwith
standing the dulness of the season and the
cry of hard times. '
BARKER & WILLIS.
In a fine brick buildine on Tackson street carry
the largest and most complete stock of Staple
and Fancy Groceries in the . city. This is ah
enterprising firm fully abreast of the times and
being large dealers and buying for cost, they
are enabled to sell their goods at the very low
est prices, and consequently enjoy a large
trade and their store is recognized as one of
the well established business houses of Kose
burg. The proprietors are agreeable and
obliging gentlemen with whom it is a pleasure
to deal.. While doing an extensive and in
creasing trade in the city, delivering goods to
any part of it free of charge, they have a solid
and growing country trade,, unsurpassed by
any house of the kind in the county. Give
them a call. , !
J. JASKULEK, 1
This enterprising gentleman, whose fine jew
elry and watchmaking establishment on Jack
son street is an ornament to the City, has dur
ing the past year made extensive enlargement
in bis business honse and in Ihe lines of goods
he carries, having added to his complete lines
of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Spec
tacles, Cigars and General Bargain Counter,
a large stock of General Hardware consisting
n! Stoves, Tinware, Nails, etc.) Also a well
selected stock of Crockery, Glassware and
Lamps. lis fact, Mr. Jaskulek carries one of
the largest stocks ot general merchandise, not
including dry goods and groceries in the city,
which he sells at Bargain prices. Watches
and jewelry skillfully repaired, j .
THE MCCLALEN HOUSE.
Roseburg's popular hitel under! the manage
ment ol Mr. and Mrs. D. C. McClallen, is
the best conducted hotel in Southern Ore
gontVang. universally patronized by com
meifXial travelers, and is in great favor among
oar home people, boasting of a large number
nf our townspeople as regnlar boarders.
The entire culinary department is under the
charge of Mrs. McClallen who is unnvalled
in the management of such work. Mr. Mc
Clallen has already made arrangements, se
cured material and intends to erect a large and
handsome addition to the present building in'
the spring, which fact alone testifies to the
great popularity of the house and to' the en
terprise of its proprietor. j
THE DEPOT HOTEL,1 .
Conducted by Smith Bailey is a popular hotel
near the Depot, and is managed in first class
tyie. Mrs. uaney aoiy assists in ine man
agement This house is a great resort for the
traveling public and its nearness to the depot
especially accommodates those wishing to
take trains.
W. B. ROHRER&CO.
Leading Butchers, on Jackson! street, south
of Washington at McGregor's old stand, do a
good business in supplying the market in every
thing in their line. Meats delivered to all
parts of the city. This firm has been estab
ishetrin this city for two years and commands
constantly Increasing trade.
L. LANGENBEKG
In his own brick building on Jackson street
carries on a large boot and shoe business also
ootions and cigars. Mr. Lanenberg does
custom work and gives especial attention to
repairing. - A resident of the city for a number
of years he has built up an extensive business
his line by industry and enterprise. Give
turn a call.
J. H. O'MALLRV,
Proprietor of the Roseburg marble works
a most skillful workman in his line, and is
an artistic worker in marble. Proper respect
for the dead, the marking of their burial spot
by enduring stone 11 one ol the most lovable
traits in human character. Mr. O'Malley
makes a specialty of cemetery work, and there
no occasion to send out ot the county lor
any work in. the marble line when so good a
workman lives in our midst. Mr. OMailey
has his place of business on Washington street
near the corner of Main, in the block formerly
occupied by Floed & Co. as a jwaro house,
and would be pleased to show samples of his
work at any time. Keep your money al
home and patronize home industry is a good
motto at any time, more especially so w hen
by so doing, you patronize a worthy and com-
pcicm wurKuiaiu 1
s. b. hendricks;
Has formed a partnership with The Review
Real Estate Company, and has! assumed the
management of a real estate business, with
headquarters in THE Review omce. An ex
tended advertisementof the new firm can be
found elsewhere inrthis issue.! Parties de
siring to sell property, or wishing to buy
lands should not fail to place their business in
the hands of this firm. A large quantity ' of
farming land and city property has already
been listed by the company, and Mr. Hen
dricks, who is a live, active business man
will take pleasure . in showing the same to
intending purchasers. . .
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The railroad commissioners; went south
Tuesday morning to examine the wreck.
Bird Houston went to Junction this week
to visit his parents.
It snowed last Monday to the depth of
about eight inches. The ground is still cov
ered. Rev. J. M. Carle has put down a new side
walk and repainted his residence. These are
handsome improvements. .
Prof Rigler, of the Portland schools who,
was fined $2? for whipping a pupil, was en
tirely exonerated by the school board.
The Portland Telegram published Gover
nor Pennoyer's speech at the railroad celebra
tion an hour or two before it was delivered.
Enterprise that.
Our old friend M. Wilkins has been ap
pointed by Dr. Lane steward at the Asylum
vice Mr. Irwin resigned. Hurrah for Mat,
he is one of the best boys tn Oregon anyway.
Episcopal services next Sunday, morning
and evening. Morning at I ai m. and eve
ning at 7 p. m. Wednesday evening at 7:30
p. m. There will'bea reception at the rectory
on Thursday evening from 8 to 10: W p. m.
Allan cordially invited. j
Prof. G. J. Orr. LL D 4 State Schoo
Commissioner of Georgia, died in Atlanta onl
the 12th inst He was a man of spotless char
acter and an officer of great learning and
efficiency. Hon. J. S. Hook, of Augusta,
has been appointed by the Governor to fill
the unexpired term. I
Fine Horse. R. B. Dixon rode tolowh
ast Saturday the finest horse in Douglas coun
ty. The horse is 4 years old, weighs 1600
lbs. and the fastest walker in the county to
his weight, I
One Photograph Free Op Charge.
The pioneers of Douglas county are invited
during this month to Graves gallery in Rose
burg for the purpose of having a negative taken
far which they will receive one cabinet size
photograph of the same. Do : not delay on
account of cloudy weather, all we ask is good
day light, at this time of the year, from 9 a. m.
to 3 p. m. Coma when your health is in the
best condition this is more essential than the
weather. i
The second quarterly meeting for the
Roseburg charge of the M. E. church will
be held in this city the 14th and 15th Inst
Preaching the first day (Saturday) at 2 P. M.
after which the quarterly conference - will be
held and in the evening ot the same day at 7
o'clock another preaching service. Lovefcast
on Sunday at 10 and preaching at 1 1 A. m
at the close of which the sacrament of the
Lord's Supper will be administered . Services
at the usual hour on Sunday evening. The
presiding elder Rev. 3. P. Wilson will be
attendance and have charge ot all these ser
vices. ? A collectiob wili be taken at the
dose o( the Sunday morning service to meet
the claim of the Elder. It is hoped that all
members of the quarterly conference will be
present but in cases where this is not possible
a written report will be expected.
D. T. Summeryilu, pastor.
How often do we hear of the sudden and
fatal terminal ion of a case of Croup, when
young life might have been i saved by the
prompt use of Aver s . Cherry Pectoral,
Ayet s Almanac for the new yert is out. (Jet
one.
MimirA.z ajcnncr, . v. . abut.
Vfflff 19 Observer.
. Roseburg Oregon. Jan. 2, 18S8.
The following table gives the annua meteor
ological summary of this statio.i t r -Un ryr
1887. Latitude 43 13' longitude ' u . J
elevation above sea level 523 feet.
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WEATHER REPORT.
Roseburg, Or. Month of December, 1887.
Mean Actual Barometer ,". 29.957
Highest Barometer 30.02
Lowest Barometer 28.70
Monthly Range of Barometer 1.32
Mean Temperature. ................ 43.1
Highest Temperature 58.0
Lowest Temperature 26.3
Monthly Range Temperature.. 31.7
Greatest Daily Range of Temp... .... 2O.3
Least Daily Range of Temp , 7.5
Mean Daily Range of Temp. . ........ 13.0
Mean Daily Dew-point.. ,t 38.2
Mean Daily Relative Humidity.. S4.3
Prevailing Dir. of Wind South.
Total Movement of Wind Miles ... . 2783
Highest Vcloc. Wind & Dir. 30 Milea S W.
Total Precipitation 8.89
No. of days Which Rain or Snow Fell 22.
No. of Foggy Days o. .
" "Clear " o.
" "Fair " '.
" " Cloudy
Dates of Solar Halos
... 12.
... 19
10, 14.
. 1,27.
13th.
19, 21.
. . . , . O
Dates of Lunar Halos....
fLinht.. ist.
Dates of Frosts-!
I Killing 14,
Dates of Thunderstorms.
B. S.-PACCE,
Observer,
Signal Corps U. S. A.
Head the lteath JCult.
Which the bills of mortality of any large
citv may be btiy designated, and you will find
that renal and vesical maladies, that is to say.
those that effect the kidneys or bladder, have
remarkable prominence we bad almost
said preponderance. Bnght's disease and
diabetes in the chronic stage are rarely cured,
and gravel, catarrh of the bladder and enur
esis, slay many. et at the outset, whin the
trouble merely amounts to inactivit y of the or
gans involved, the danger may be nullified by
that pleasant renal tonic and diuretic, Hos-
tetter's Stomach Bitters, which imparts the
requisite amount of tone to the organs without
over exciting inem, and tne use ot which is
convenient, and involves no elaborate prepar
ation. Dyspepsia, a usual concomitant of re
nal complaints, and debility, which they invar
ably produce, are remedied by it. So also
are constipation, malarial, rheumatic and ner
vous ailments.
Our Wealthf
Mm,
Much has been said in newspapers of men
1 i 1 r... i
wuu ua.c uiaucMi);ciuiluuci uivuninltlfC
ly a tew vears in various business industries.
Many of these articles are written bv corres
pondents of prominent newspapers, and copied
into others of lesser note. Correspondents
generally are seldom men of business qualifi
cations and wrongfully picture these men and
their business as a thing ot accident; this is not
the case with those we have met. We find
that where men have made large fortunes by
their own business talent and industry they
chose with sagacity and forethought such
businesses as would lead to success when han
dled with business judgment. No man has
been brought before the public as an example
of success, both in wealth and magnitude of
his business (outside of stock and railroad men)
more prominently than than Dr. G. G. Green
of Woodbury, N. J. He is at the head of
many Urge business industries, and yet com
paratively a young man. When the fact that
August Flower, for dyspepsia and liver com
plaint and Boschee's German Syrup, for cough
and lung troubles, has grown to a wonderful
sale in all parts of the world, it proves that it
was not an accident or spontaneous strike as
wealth. - His medicines are recognized as valu
able and established rcmadim mod thr bnxtnmn.,
has grown gradually and permanently during
the last eighteen years on account not alone of
Dr. Green's abilities as a business man or his
good luck," but on the actual merits of the
two preparations. Copied from the N. Y.
Weekly Sun, of Dec 22, lisso.
PAGE. Lilly Page eldest daugh
ter of Dr. J. Page, died at Oakland
oa Tuesday evening after a lingering
illness of aMiseese of a Diphtheric char
acter. For several days, the child had
been between life and death, but not
withstanding the most patient care and
skillfal treatment, the dread disease
could not be thrown off, and the Angel
of Death claimed her for his own. A
bright, lovely and attractive child, a
general favorite, Lily will be mourned
bjr all, and sympathy of the entire
community goes out to the 'afflicted
ones, without measure.
VAN BUREN. In this city on
Friday evening last, Albert Van Bu-
ren, son of Mrs. Alice van Buren
died at the family residence, aged 16
years, cf that dread diRease Diphtheria.
Un baturday morning hmms van Bu
ren, sister of Albert, departed this life
aged 9 years, from the m me terrible
scourge. Death always terrible, is
most so, when it invades a happy home,
and ruthlessly lays its hands upon the
children the pride and joy of a moth
er's heart In such moments the divine
command of the Man of Sorrows, "Suf
fer little children to come unto me
is the only consolation, and its richness
and fullness can only appeal ta a
Christian's heart, and with time, as
uage the grief of broken hearts.
THE COCXTT FBI' S S.
We teglected any mention of
press in the leading article ofth
will supply the omission now.
dealer published by Boi"k & Ber, ;
oMrburg, is the oldest DaDcr in
bc.ng in its sixteenth year. It i t
in j ics, but fan- opponent, t r
pning j..arnf,l.
The Drain Echo, at the thriu j
Drain, ts a lusty echo of the mateiiA f . . a,-es
of that section, indeed; It is two years ol
has shown grit, loyalty and enterpn-e and l
a credit to Douglas county. Iu Koscbui.
correspondent furnishes weekly splendid sum
niary of news from the county seat. -
. The Umpqua Herald, at Oakland, tn
a few months since by Fisher Bra
latest candidate for public favor.'-
bright, newsy sheet and Mr. Ciarle: .
the manager, shows considers) e nt
talent, lie is a rustler and is :ound
ceed. :
The Review, the largest ivaraal .
in Douglas county, noted for its modest
allow this issue to speak for itself.
"I was troubled with an eruption 03
my
ice
face, which was a source of constant arinr-
when I wish to appear in company. ' Jiet '
using ten bottles of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, the
humor . entirely disappeared.' Mary M
Wood, 40 Adams t., Lowell, Mass.
Notice.
Notice is hereby give that I have given
my son David E. Noah his time and I will
not be responsible for any debts or obligations
he may contract, nor will I claim any of his
wages. . G. W. Noah. .
Dated Dec. 23, 1887.. .
We notice in The Bancroft Conipy's Christ
mas circular, that " ine rionecrs UUia1
a book of poems by H. H. Wood
Roselnrg Oregon is offered for sale as a -and
rare work, . Price quoted at $3.1
valuable collection of the "Divine Am
meets at last alter twenty years pvM'r
recognition of merit and fame. Sol
ward who happens to be u9 ,
Roseburg now he has got fai.ie
him cannot be accused in ari
as "Aun sacre feme. -t.
gold.)
r-i
Artomistling MeMt.
It is the duty of every person who ha
Boschee's German Syrup to let its .
ful qualities be known to their friends
ing Consumption, severe Coughs,
Asthma, 1 neumoma, and in fact al
and lung diseases. No person can
without immediate relief.. Three dr s
relieve any case, and we consider it
of all Druggists to recommend itSot
dying consumptive, at least try 01
as bo.ooo dozen bottles were sold
and no one case where it failed was
Such a medicine as the German Syr ;
be too widely known. Ask yot
about it. Sample bottles to try, .
cents. Regular sue, 75 cents. V
Druggists and Dealers, ia the -ir
and Canada.
Curtfer
Piles are frequently precV
of weight in the back, . loins .
ot the abdomen, causing the t
pose he bus affection of the kk
boring organs. At times, yi
digestion are present, flatulen
of the stomach, etc. A moiati
piratioD, producing a very dis
ing, after getting warm, ia a or
ant Blind, Bleeding and
yield at once to the app)
xioaaneo a Pile remedy, whirb
upon the parts effected, 'absorbing
mora, allaying the intense itching, u
fectirg a permanent cure. Price 60 cents.
Address, The Dr. Boson 00 Medicine Co.
Piqua, O. Soli by Dr. a Hamilton.
Jt Whmt Thrg AU ay.
Hon. D. D. Hayme of Salem, Ills, sars he-
uses Dr. Bosanko's Cough and Luag Syrup ia
his f.imdy with the most sktisfactoiy results.
in all eases of Coughs, Colds and Croup, and
recommendsit in particular tor the little ones.
Sample bottle 5 cents at W. S. Hamiitoss.
Lterr Utm. - J
Use Dr. Gunn's Improved LiveV Tills til
Sallow Complexion, PiirrpVja on the face aiul
Biliousness. IS ever sickens or-rri
one for dose. Samples free at
Itons. -
An Kndto Bone-
,1
Edward Shepard, of Hr
Having received so much ,
r;Eiec
sufTenng
trie Bitters, I leel it ray u Vctj
humanity know it. I Have had a
running
sore on my leg for tight yesrs; my doctors tuld
me I would have to have the bone scraped or
leg amputated. I used instead, three bottle
of Eledtric BiUrs and seven boxes Bucklen's
Arnica Salve, and my leg ie now sound and
well." - " V . - - i v--:- r ;.r
Electric Bitters are sold at 50 cents bottle
and Bucklen's Arnica Salve at ascents per boy
by Marster's 4 Co. :
Oood KrmultM ist farcy Cmm.
D.-rBfadforJTtoslesala pliVrrieuLr rfM
Chattanooga, Tenn., wriWi) tfrlt-he was se f
riously afiucted with a severe cold that settled i
on his lungs: had tried many remedies with
out benefit. - Being induced to try Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption, did so and
was entirely cured by use of a few bottles.
Since which time he has used it in his family
for all Coughs and Colds with best results.
This is the experience of thousands- whosej'.ivts
have been saved by this Wonderful Discovery
Trial Bottles free at A. C. Marstcn.ft Co's.
Drugstore. . ...
fTkatriM Merit WUl Do.
' The unprecedented sale of Boschee's Ger
man Syrup within a few years, has astonished
the world. It is without doubt the safest and -best
remedy ever discovered tat the speedy
and effectual cure of Coughs, Colds! and Hho ..
severest Lung troubles. . It acts on) an en
tirely different prinripte from tlie usVal pre- .
scriptions given by Physicians, as it idoes not
dry up a cough and leave the disease1-'
the system, but on the contrary rem
cause of the trouble, heals the parts
and leaves them in a purely healthy c
A bottle kept in the house for use -diseases
make their appearance, x
doctor's lulls and a long spell of seriot
A trial -ni yT. iac
positively sold by all druggiSs"W
dealers in the land . Price, 75 cts., large,
tics
"Hacxm stack" a lasting and fnenm,
perfume. Price 35 and $0 cents, Sol-'
S. Hamilton.
Shilo'i's .Crj;tjwyirjuWiti
Croup, Whooping Coup, a and
For sale by W. S. Hamilt-n.
A Nasal Injector free with
Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy. Prii
For sale by YY. S. Hamilton.
Shilohs Catarbh Redya. v
cure for Catarrh, Diptheria, aad
t aad
whcnSiuloh's
MouTK-"EUi Wr-Sv-fcm5'.
- Why Will You cough
Cure will give immediate relief. Price 10 cts..
50 cts., and $1. For sale by W. S. Ham
ilton. : : - -.-4
Fob. Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint, you
have a printed guarantee on every bottle of
Shiloh's Vitaluer. It never fails to cure.
Sold by W. S. Hamilton. -:
The Rev. Geo. H. Thayeb, of Bourbon,
Ind., says. "Both myself and wife, owe our
lives to Shiiow's CnUMPTro -Cuke.
Sold by V. 8. HamiHonf .
Am YOU MADE miserable by Indigesior,
Constipation, Duaness, Loss of Appetite,
Yellow Skin? Shiloh's Vilaliier is a posiine
cure. Sold by W. S. Hamilton.
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is r3com-
mended byeminrat physicians, on lioth
sides of the AUmtic, as the most n-
lint.Ia ww. .wl t Anlla. rVtrifha. ami r. ' !
lrtUGU, W I r ' 1 ' - -
pulmonary disorders. Inquire. of yoitw
drnggifctfor Acer's Almansc.
Thei e will ! services at the I , ,hr
terian chare! im next Sabbath, i hra-.
ing and eve, in; r " -i-Mlj
invited to attei' ' , '
The usual a ,
Church next Sw
even iti ? by the pa.
A t ... at Bmn
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