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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1937)
Purposes of This Progress Number This Progress Number of The Coquille Valley Sentinel, the first publication of similar character ever presented in the Co quille Valley, Oregon, and giving to the readers a resume of practically every e> re- source and industry in the valley, , as well as giving a descriptive and ilhii jstrative story of each and every City _ and ___ eommun- ity m Coos county, together with wit several in Curry county, is issued primarily to fur nish such localities publicity material of a nature and Character as is most desired few hundred copies are being reserved by advantages for recreation of whatever sort The Sentinel for this purpose. Every sub * - one may desire, together with hunting and scriber of the OoquHie Valley Sentinel as fishing to delight one’s heart. It offers well as every advertiser represented in also everything desirable to the one seek these pages is receiving a copy of this ing a spot for a summer, or even a winter Number. home, where, in the summer time he may It is the earnest hope of the publishers escape the depressing heat of the valleys, of the Coquille Valley Sentinel that this and in the winter, get away from the cold Progress Number will fully serve the pur and snow. The Oregon Coast Country, easily ac poses for which it was primarily intended. Thanks are herewith expressed for the claimed the moat beautiful of 45 countries whether it be in a place to spend his re maining years in comfort and pleasure, or to engage in business or industrial pur suits. Practically every community repre sented in this Progress Number at the present time lacks such material as is con tained in these pages, and since each Chamber of commerce or similar organiza tion is being presented with several hun dred copies, they will thus be enabled to re spond readily to any inquiries they may receive as to their particular ktcalities. ~ Because of what the publishers believe is the completeness of this publication, doubtless hundreds of copies will be sent out by individuals to relatives and friends in various parts of the United States, and also foreign countries. However, only a men and others represented in these pages, for without the loyal support of these it would 'have been impossible to produce a publication of this character. To those who have assisted in the preparation of descriptive information, thanks are also extended. The Coos country, as well as the Ore gon Coast Highway, is commanding at tention and interest from thousands of people all over the United States. Not only is it the boast of those living here that we have the best country to be found any where, but is also conceded by those whose opinion is unbiased. There is no better country anywhere than southwestern Ore gon—better because it offers untold op portunities for men and women in various endeavors of business and industry, and better because of its equable climate and ,4.1 scenery of blue ocean, timber, valleys and mountains, and because-it is traversible in winter just as easily, safely and comforta bly as in summer. The cover page of this Progress Num ber depicts in illustration many of the fea tures which are fast bringing the south western Oregon country to the attention of 'tourists and new settlers. In this illus tration are Shown leading industries, dairy herd, beef cattie, the beautiful floral vistas of rhododendrons and azalées seen each season on either side of the highway, beach scenes, the particularly scenic view of the Coast Highway south of Port Or ford, fishing on' the Rogue river, commer cial fishing fleet, the Coquille valley, the Coquille river,’ Silver Falls, timber and the attractive Myrtle trees, from whose wood are made novelties. Coos County’s Major Industry—Lumbering It wu Captain A. M. Simpson, father of Louis J. Simpson of Empire, one of the first settiers of Coos county, who first realized the possibilities in tim ber resources of Southwestern Oregon, when, in 1858, he began the operation of the first commer cial sawmill on Coos bay, with a capacity of 10,000 board feet, this movement leading through to the present day development, which sees this section as one of the largest and most acUve lumber regions of Oregon with its numerous large sawmills, and dozens of logging camps. Early day logging was task scarcely understood by the logging operator of today. While the timber was located chose to th« waters edge, as compared with today when it is reached by logging railroad or truck roads, however the only meaens of trans porting the logs to the water was in the use of oxen, over a skid or dirt road, a scene being shown in the illustration on this page. Modern day methods of logging are also shown. While development of the lumber industry was slow because of the inaccessibility of this district, with no highways inland, no rail connections, and rough shallow water over the bars leading u> the ocean, yet with the succeeding years Which have brought all the above, with millions being spent on harbor improvements, building of railroad line and highways and bridges, today we find southwestern Oregon occupying an enviable position with its vast timber resources, estimated at around 178 bil lion feet, and consisting of the following: Old growth fir, second growth fir, spruce, Port Orford cedar, red cedar, hemlock, sugar and yellow pine, white fir and myrtle. These timber resources are estimated as bring ing a yearly revenue of nearly nine millions of dollars to this section alone. With reforestation, the supply will be unlimited and industries de pendent upon this resource will ever be a success, their markets for both lumber and logs, as well as various lumber products, such as veneer, battery separator and Venetian blind stock, being world wide, ships visiting the harbors ot Coos bay, Ban don and Port Orford, from all points of the globe. Some ot the rarest, woods in the world, and found in but one other place in the world, are grown in this locality. The Port Orford white cedar, famous for rits durability and safeguarded by na ture against insect damage, grows in abundance along the coast in Coos and Curry counties. The famous myrtle wood, Douglas coast fir and tall tall Sitka spruce predominate in this heavily Um bered section. Southwestern Oregon is declared to have the greatest timbered area in the Pacific Northwest, moat of which is yet untouched. ML 3 I l * i L Fourth i Ï1