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About Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1905-1917 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1906)
V ol . 23: No. 18. Entered a« (second-class matter May 8, 1905, at the postoffice at Coquille, Oresion, under act of Congress of March 3,187«. Walter Culin, M. D. P hysician and S urgeon C oquille C it y , O re , Kronenberg Bldg. Next Door to P. O. Telephone 3. I I J. J. STANLEY LAWYER Martin Building, • Front Street CoquiLLB, O beqon J, 0. WETMORE PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Offloo at Residence of J. A. Collier. Phone 111. A. J. Sherwood, A ttobnby - a t -L a w , N otaby P u b l ic , Coquille, : : Oregon Walter Sinclair, A ttobnby - at - L aw , N otary P u b l ic , Coquille, : : Oregon. I I /. Hacher, A bstracter of T itles . C oquille C it y , O re Hall & Hall, A ttobneys - at -L aw , Dealer in R eal E state o f all kinds. Marshfield, Oregon. I I C. A. Sehlbrede, A tto rn e y -a t-L a w , Notary Public. Phone 761. M arshfield , O regon . T E. D. Sperry. W . C. Chase. SPERRY & CHASE, attorney s-ftt-Law. Office in Robinson Bailding, Coquille, - - - Oregon. E. G. D. Holden, L aw yer , City Reoorder, U. S. Commissioner, Gen eral Insnranoe Agent, and Notary Pnblio. Offioe in Robin son Building. Coquille, Oregon. A. F. Kirshman, D rntist . Offioe two doors South of Post ofiio©. Coquille . - • Oregon. COQUILLE RIVER STEAMBOAT CO Str. D I S P A T C H Tom White, Master Leaves | Arrives Bandon....... 7 a m . I Coquille 10 a - m . C oouille....... 1 p - m . | B andon 4 P-M. Connects at Coquille with train for Marshfield an<l steamer Ejho for Myrtle Foint. Str. F A V O R I T E J. C. Moomaw, Master, Leayes I Arrives Coquille....... 7 a - m . | Bandon. .10:45 a - m . Bandon......... 1 P-M. ! Coquille . 4:45 p - m . Str. E C H O H. Jams. Master. Leaves I Arrives M yrtle Point. .7 a - m . | nqnfHtC*y9 30 a - m . Coquille City. .1 p - m . | M yil.e P 't..4 00 p - m . Daily except Sunday. Str. W E L C O M E J. E. Myers, Masters. Leaves I Arrives Myrtle Point 1:30 p - m . I Coquille C’y 4.-00 p - m . Coquille City 7:00 a -M. | Mvitle P*t 10:00 a - m . Connects with lower-river boats at Coquille City for Bandon and intermediate points. Ample barges for handling freight. Sewing Machine Repairing David Fulton, of this city, is an expert clemher and repairer, and anyone in need of his services will do well to call at his residence or drop him a card. For Sale. A good ay h om e in thin city , on terms: »^Enquire at this office. $1.50 P er V E A R COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1906. R a il t o M e a t S a il a t C o o s B a y (From New Year's Oregonian.) South of the Columbia river there ia but one water-level route with a natural gateway through the Coast Range Mountains to the Pacific, and that is where the Umpqua river, draining the central portion of Western Oregon, having its source in the Cascades and being the prin cipal drainage of the vast area of 4861 square miles contained in Douglas county, finds its outlet Down the course of this stream is the natural route between the set tled western portion of the common wealth, to the prosperous, some what populous but isolated country back of Coos Bay, that is being heard much of because o f tne ener getic people who live there. They have not only reached a stage in development to command the ad miration of the rest of the state, but have brought railroad magnates to appreciation of the traffio possibili ties. Comparisons are obviously haz ardous,.but it can be said with no fear of reflection upon any other coming section that the announce ment that the Southern Pacific had made provision to construct a rail- »cad to Coos Bay from Drain came among the most welcome railroad news of 1905. Unheralded, and u n- ticipatcd by few people, the an nouncement from Vice-President and General Manager O ’Brien, of the Harriman system, immediately followed by the advent of right-of- way representatives and locating en gineers in the territory, left no room to doubt that the long-antici pated railroad connection with Coos Bay was Boon to be an accomplished fact. Chief Engineer William Hood of San Francisco was given the duty of supervising the building of this projected line of the Southern Pacific, to be completed during 1906, at an estimated cost of $3,200,000 for the 81 miles of track, with bridges, stations, sidings and equip ment for handling the business to be secured. Starting from Drain, the project ed branch line will follow a course so nearly, due west that it will tra verse for the entire distance one tier of towns with the exception of about two miles, and that within about six miles of where the route turns southward, near the mouth of the Umpqua, towards Coos Bay. The point of divergence from the Southern Pacific main line at Drain is distant 162 miles from Portland, and the route is down the course of Elk creek, on the south side of that stream, to its confluence with the Umpqua at Elk'ton, thence follow ing pretty closely the How of the river in its lower portions across four townships. Two great bends of the stream to the north are avoided by somewhat expensive construction work, cutting through the intervening spurs of the moun tains and thereby saving some five milts of track without any loss in grade for the route is to be a water- grade its entire distance with a maximum of 1 per cent and slight curvature. At Elkton is the only place where the Umpqua will be spanned by a bridge, and Lake creek, a tributary of the Umpqua, is the only other stream of any im portance that must be bridged. BRIDGING COOS BAY. Swinging to the southward, the road approaches within about two miles of the coast line, just below the mouth of the Umpqua, but again the route is carried further inland, engineers finding a more desirable line at a distance of from three to six miles from t'ie beach. The ap proach to Coos Bay is made between two arms of that inlet that extend northward, inland somo four miles from the coast line of the Pacific. Proceeding to the point of the pen insula thus formed the line is car ried across to a point on a like pen- iusula extending from the south and upon which are. located the towns of Empire City and Marshfield, the latter farthest to the south and the objective terminal of the new branch. Connection is there made with the Coos Bay, Roseburg A Eastern Railroad, at the present time the only railroad in Cooe County. In crossing the bay are presented some engineering features of more than passing interest. The railroad is being eoDstiucted not alone for the linking o ' the trade centers of Coos couDty with the outside world, but in view of rail and ocean traflio through a gateway that has not been previously utilized except to serve the local needs of an isolated empire of Oregon, that has striven diligently to develop its resources while inviting attention of outside capital to the opportunities present ed for commercial greatness. A s a ship channel must be maintained between the lower bay and the up per arm along which are located saw mills and other industries at Marshfield and Empire City, span ning of a portion o f the waters necessarily must include a draw bridge of some description, and for this purpose solid piers are desir able. As in all salt-water bodies on this coast, the destructive teredo will speedily display its natural penohant for destroying piling, and therefore a trestle which will be first utilized for much of the dis tance will be but temporary. Per manent piers will no doubt eventual ly replace the timbers, and for a great part of the distance the track may at no distant date rest upon earth filled in by dredging the bay, thus adding to the shipping facili. ties increased areas of deep water. It is announced by officials of the Harriman system that the Coos Bay branch of the Southern Pacific will be of the best character of construc tion throughout, laid with heavy steel, and that when finished it will be completely ballasted and equal to the best of the transcontinental railroads in its facilities for handling traffic. In its course the new railroad will traverse? Douglas county for a distance of about 63 miles, entering Coos just south of the mouth of the Umpqua and traversing that county for about 18 miles. Coos county has a coast line of about 50 miles, on its western side, including inlets, and the new road will traverse about half of the length of the county. The greater part of the agricul tural land of Coos couuty is con tained in the Coquille Valley, some 40 miles in length and from one to five miles wide, extending in a southeasterly direction, borderin g the river of that name, from its mouth at Bandon. This valley has been served ever since the early settlement of the state by steamers ascending the river and in later years by the Coos Bay, Roseburg & Eastern Railroad, extending from Marshfield to Myrtle Point and through Coquille Jity, the county seat and a thriving town. With a land area of about 1500 square miles, Coos county has more than 140,000 acres of Government land available for entry under the various land laws. Prices for ag ricultural and dairy lands are not excessive, while with au estimated timber supply suitable for lumber manufacturing aggregating more than 13,000,000,(XX) feet the stand ing timber of the county will furnish an enormous source of tangible wealth for the countv and state and be a revenue-earner for the rail roads. MILD AND EQUITABLE CLIMATE Completion of the railroad con necting Coos county with the out side world will without doubt sig nalize the beginning of a large im migration movement into that sec tion of Oregon. The climate of the county is directly under the influ ence of the Japan current that tem pers the atmosphere for the entire western portion of the state. Dur ing eight of fourteen years no snow fall whatever occurred in the val leys of Coos county, and during the entire period the heaviest was a fall of 1J inches. There is a variation between the mean temperature of Winter and Summer seasons of only about 11 degrees, with prevailing winds from the Pacific Ocean. When the traffic developed in Coos county is taken in to considera tion it is remarkable that the coun ty has remained so long without rail communication. The number of farms, variety, bulk anil value of products of the soil, and especial ly the extensive dairy industry, re veal the possibilities of the section. F rjm the first a considerable amount of business is assured, cap able of enormous increase when the population for wbicb fertile lands are wailing ¡ b brought from other portions of the world. There have been incipient booms in this region, repeated promises of railroad com munication with the outside world, but not until this movement by the Southern Pacifio have any of the expectations of the waiting popula tion of the oounty had any respons ible basis. Heretofore nil transportation for lumber and sawmill products has been by water. Large revenues have been derived from this indus try, as mills have been cutting mil lions of feet of lumber for the Cali fornia and other markets reached by ocean carriers. Coal measures of the county have never been fully developed, but in quality are fully equal to other lignite coals found in the Northwest. A conservative estimate for the year 1905 gives 65,000 tons of coal shipped over the bar, and not less than 55,000 tons of lumber and other mill products. OCEAN CARRIERS. So much for the railroad. But without the harbor inlet, pressnt and prospective, the justification for the railroad would vanish. A few words of description and history will show that the ambition of the people of Coos Bay, for a deep-sea harbor for ocean-going vessels of the modern type should be regarded as possible of fulfillment and is most worthy to be encouraged. Coos Bay, then, is the principal harbor between San Francisco and the mouth of the Columbia river. It is a tidal estuary, the entrance to which, before improvement was un dertaken, was obstructed by the usual bar. The channel was open to injury by shoaling deposits of sand left by the northwesterly winds. So the sand spit north of the entrance shifted to the south, □arrowing the channel and forcing it to follow the west side of the north sand spit. Depth over the bar varied, sometimes falling as low as ten feet. The mean rise and fall of tide is 4.8 feet. JETTY HAS PROVEN 8UCCE8S. The first project for improvement was approved November 24, 1879. Under it $213,750 was spent in building 1760 feet of timber crib and rubble stone work within the entrance. But the project under which actual aDd successful jetty building has been carried on was approved by the Chief of United States Engineers September 23, 1890. Under this the submerged jetty in the first project called for was finished and the north jetty has been constructed. This runs out to sea from the southern end of the north sand spit. Its length is 9600 feet. Results are remarkable. The project called for this north jetty of 9600 feet and a south jetty c f 4200 feet. But the north jetty has, by the last reports of the en gineers, done the full work intended for the two, north and south. The channel is straight to the ocean, is peraiauent, aDd gives the 20 feet across the bar as first designed, or even more. The estimated cost of the entire work was $2,466,412. But tho United States Engineers report expenditure of $691,897 up to the end of the last fiscal year, June 30, 1905. And the intended straight channel and estimated depth is obtained. It is the same story. Contract the entrance, car ry it out to sea, beyond tbe reach of the sand on the shore, increaso tbe power and velocity of the ebb cur rents. So far as study of maps and reports tell the tale, so far as opin ions of both engineer« and seafar ing men go, there is no reason for supposing the limit of improve ment reached, or the deepening and scouring power of extended jetty or jetties exhausted. In pushing ap plications for further supplies of National money, the people of Coos county should have the support of the whole of Oregon. the same expert advice which has already done so much— and to fol low that just as long as good re suits appear. Tho engineers call attention to damage to the piling of the trestle done by thq teredo, and to the need for its replacement along the line of the north jetty. Dredging is also needed along the shoals opposite the town of Marshfield, 13 miles from the entrance to the bay, and tbii work also should not lack im mediate attention. Evidently, with railroad communication with tbe interior assured, and with the de sired continuation and extention of the harbor improvements thero is a very bright prospect for Coos Bay, and for the country abounding in resources of which it is the only natural outlet. All the Latest Desiqns in Frames. Pastel, Sepia, India Inh and Oil. FRANK BUR KHOL BL R Present Address Lock Box 212 Coquille, . . Or. 349 First Street Portland Or Firat-Claaa M ea ls at all Hours C uslne __ From 5 a m to 9 P ,M , Lone Star Restaurant M R S . C. O. G IL K E Y , P r o p r i e t r e s s R eason a b le R ate to S p e c ia l A tten tion G iv e n R egu la r B oarders to C om m erçai P c o p l K. E. SHINE, Vice Pie» A. J. SHERWOOD, Pies. l. H. HAZARD, C»shler F IR ST N A T IO N A L B A N K O P COQU ILlLiB, O R E G O N - The Victor Talking Machine Co. write their representative here, the T r a n s a c t s a G eneral B a n k in g B u s in e s s W. R. Haines Music Co., authoriz- iugthe following out prices on their Board of Directors. Correspondents. goods: 7 inch records at 35 cts: 10 R. C. Dement, A. J. Sherwood, National Bank of Commerce, New Vn:k City inch records at $60 cents; 12 inch L. Harloeker, L. H. Hazard, Crocker Woolworth N ’l Bank, Sun Francisco records at 1.00. Zono-Phone Isaiah Hacker, R . E. Shine. 1 First Nat’l Bank of Portland, Portland, Or. records and other discrecords cut in price in accordance. * ============ FOR A = = --------------- Three little babes were nestled in bed. ‘‘I ’ll name William, W ill and Bill, mother said; Wide was her smile, for triplets they be. She lays her good luck to Rocky mountain Tea. (Great baby medicine.) Good. StLSuve and. J. Mrs. Wootton, of the Columbia College of Expression, Chicago, will take a limited number of pupils. Apply at N. E. corner 2nd floor of school building between 4 and 5 o’clock p. m. Cured Lumbago A B Canman, Chiccago, writes March 4, 1903. “ Having been troubled with Lumbago, at differ ent times and tried one physician after another, then different oint ments and liniments, gave it up altogether. So I tried once more, and got a bottle o f Ballard’s Snow Linenient, which gave me almost instant relief. I can cheer fully recommend it, and will add my name to your list of sufferers.” Sold by R S Knowlton. Gut T H O M P S O N 'S Next door to Coauille Valley Packing Co. ALSO AGENT FOR MORNING OREGONIAN J. L. Thompson handles a fine line of Stationery and all of the Latest Nouelties in connection. Stanley 5 Pownder Real Estate,Collections,Insurance L o a n s N e g o tia te d , C o n v e y a n c in g N o t a r y P u b lic H. R. P O W N D E R F R O N T STREET J, J. S T A N L E Y M A R T I N B U IL D IN G , C O Q U IL L E , O R E G O N MARSHFIELD General Hospital A private hospital for tbe care and treatment of medical, surgical and obstetrical cases. Ringing Swine. Garfield, Baker Co., Or., Dec. 11, 1905. — Editor Pacific Homestead: I want to give the gentleman from Elmii n and tbe readers of the Home stead my recipe for ringing hogs, large or small: Take a piece of j-round iron about three feet long, bend a loop in each end of it. Make the loop in one end large enough to slip over the upper jaw of the hog. The loop in the othet end use for a band-bold. When you get the iron in tbe hog’s mouth crowd him over to one side of tbe pen, and hold him there with one leg against its side. One man can ring the largest hog by this method. —Pacifio Homestead. L. Successor toClms. Moomaw. It invigorates, strengthens and bulds, up . It keeps you in con ditions physically, mentally, and Mrs. morally. That’s what Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea will do. 25 cents, Tea or Tablets. Foi sale by R S Knowlton. P.iysical Culture and Expres sion H air GO TO in every Equipment new and modern particular. Rates from S $ 1 5 t o $ 3 0 p e r w e e k Including room, board, general nursing and drugs. Miss S. C. Lakeman, Matron. Marshfield, Oregon. Claude Fox, G ren eral D r a y m a n S u ccessor to W H . M ansell. W IL L M E E T A L L B O A T S A N D T R A IN S . All orders handled with carefulness and expedience. Rev- Carlisle Y. 8- Marlin L L D Of Waverly, Texas, writes: “ Of a morning, when first arising, I of ten find n troublesome collection of phlegm which produces a cough and is very hard to dislodge; but a small quantity of Ballard’s Hore- hound Syrup will at once dislodge it, and the trouble is over. I know of no medicine that is equal to pleasant to take. I can most cordi ally recommended it to all persons needing a medicine for throat or lung trouble.” Sold by R S Knowlton. For Sale. Twenty-five acres, all bottom, well drained and improved, team, wagon and harness, t l head of dairy cows, fall set o f farm implements, and a good crop, in cluding flOO worth o f hay, 3 acres good corn for cilege, potatoe patch, garden, etc., a good silo and stamp paller. Enquire at this office or o f W. M, Harail- i ton, Fishtrap. ...... ■ — HOLLISTER'S f )cky fountain Tea Nuggets A Buy Med loin e for Busy People. There seems to be no good reason •Vep QoMea Health aad Renewed Vlfor. for setting any limit, to be 30 or 40 f. t'.c fo r Constipation. Indigestion, L ire l > ■; ""rouble*. Pimple*, Eczem a, Impure feet, to which the deepening of tbe < ffluggleh Rowel«, Qaadacha 1> R o c k y Mountain Tea In tab- nr< a box. Genuine made by bar channel should go. The right ■ '» C ompany , Madison, Wi*. policy is to go oo improving, under td)U)E* NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE A g en t fo r th e b e s t C o o s C o u n ty C oal l i HORSFALL HOSPITAL MISS L. G. GOULD. SUPERINTENDENT. A private Hospital well equipped for the treat ment o f su rg ic a l and medical diseases. Trained N u rse s in Attendance. For Information Address Phone 631. \Vm. Horsfall, M. D., Marshfield, Oregon. Central Oregon State Normal School O O Opens for foil term September 12, 1905. Full Normal! Course, Teochers' Reuiew Class. Commercial Course. Expenses very low. For catalogue or information write to A, L, UTtIGGS or O. C. BROWN, ^ Drain, Oregon,