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.
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J. J. STANLEY
LAWYER
Martin Building,
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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,
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Oregon
Walter Sinclair,
A ttobnby - at - L aw ,
N otary P u b l ic ,
Coquille,
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Oregon.
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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.
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C. A. Sehlbrede,
A tto rn e y -a t-L a w ,
Notary Public.
Phone 761.
M arshfield , O regon .
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E. D. Sperry.
W . C. Chase.
SPERRY & CHASE,
attorney s-ftt-Law.
Office in Robinson Bailding,
Coquille,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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> ■; ""rouble*. Pimple*, Eczem a, Impure
feet, to which the deepening of tbe
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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
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'» 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
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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,
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Drain, Oregon,