Rogue River courier., September 01, 1911, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER l,
PAGE TWO
WEEKLY ROGUE KIVER COUKIEII
ooleyport aid LooK Into; Fiatore
Cresceii
Courier Publisher Makes Overland Trip and Has a Delightful Vacation at Coast Towns
City, W
I wag told to take a vacation and
that If I did not a complete break-
down would be the result. It was
urged to such an extent by friends
that 1 was finally convinced th,at the
advice must be taken. Then the
question arose as to where to go, and
the same friends Hoon settled this by
Informing mo that they wanted to
know all about Crescent City and
W ooleyport, und so I was made a spe
cial envoy to those two ports of entry
ba the Pacific, ho one bright morning
I took my seat In an auto of the Mc
Lean brothers and was off on my
Journey to the coast. Tho trip usu
ally requires 10 to 12 hours on ac
count of the bad roads but as our
county rourt has commenced to re
pair the worst places on our side of
the line and propose to do It in a
substantial manner the time will be
cut a couple of hours in the very
near future.
Crescent City by the sea, is reach
ed by a wagon road from Grants Pass,
a distance of 98 miles, crossing two
mountains, the Rogue river and the
Coast range. A few miles beyond
Waldo the climbing of the first moun
tain commences and It continues with
out Interruption for six long miles,
then a nine mile descent to Patrick's
creek station, only to begin another
climb of seven miles up the coast
range and a corresponding descent!
of nine miles down this great barrleni
which shuts out the firece gales that
sweep the Pacific ocean. Crossing the
raugo proper you reach Gasquet, a
somewhat historical place, being a toll
station for many years. During the
early gold mining excitement It was
then an outfitting point and nightly It
furnished, in Us numerous buildings.
shelter for scores of miners and hun-
k Si : ;7
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di:l xoutk corur uorsi:
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the famous 'Sailor Diggings," where nrgy of half a century U Ic ing shak
Waldo now is. This road Is a scenic en off to nri'inii-i- fi It' Ml l It m I II ir it
wonder, seeming to cling to the moun
tain side hundreds of feet above the
tallest trees growing in the valley,
zg ranging back and forth In order
to climb to the higher elevation. At
times the traveler catches, h far away
Rllnip.se of thl.( romantic highway at
fill T.-'H.'-
VIHIY NAM)
liifei nt elevation on the op-Jnnd nights seemed to w. t lio only dl
litll or e may look downw at d ; version In the tint inw ,t it tut iin i .t
four
posit.
and nee bebw him the long drawn!
out mountain pa-h. over which he has
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jv.n. non-U. nun i witgotl. It U :
tedious ,11ml, nnd nuich of the plea t-j
uro of the ti l;i l- isi in the incou-j
venlenee of 1 1,.- ever upward pull and 1
tloi nc-cossn
. iM-iuein stopt m order ,
to rest the Hied hoi. tint w i'h one
of McLean's aui.oiutiiies In which the
Courier Kepiesetitattve traveled.
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xaero no roe ti evpeii.m,
flectleti. as the iuo,,m n vehl,
or re-
ti ;lel'i ,
up tho steep guide ,it th,
mile or more per hour
late of t -n
and co.isi-'
dow nw srd at n speed whhh I
limited by tho neivo of the &v
er and
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wurir a smu hi u.oi or less W OUld i
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,..iu.i? im- wiiiup (HUT iiowu the
mountain Hide to Instant death oc the
rocks below.
Soon after leaving Gasquet, scat
tering red woods are seen which be
come more and more numerous until
the road winds In and out anions'
these monarehs of the forest and we
are shut In on all sides by stately pil
lars through which the sun's rays,
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struggle, reaching the ground in is
olated patches. As the automobile
. ' . w m nonuer
;at.,the nuim,)W "lul slzo of t,,e
icu wuouh, one oi wnicn contains
lumber enough to build a home, nnd
there are seemingly hundreds of tliem
on every acre. For seven miles the
"punchon" or corduroy road winds
In and out through the forest, cutting
the belt of timber from east to went
until finally while descending u Kfc-ep
incline, the bright sky suddenly seems
to Indicate a clearing and in n few
minutes, a panorama of fertile lands,
dotted with farm Iiouhcs appears,
while In the distance, the broad Pa
cific Ir spread before the enraptured
gaze and, with It. comes a whiff of the
jsalt sea air. The discomforts and
j weariness of the journey are forgot -i
ten as our eyes behold the picture
j which is before us.
I On entering the town of Crescent
J City one U reminded of Rip Van Win-
kle, still In his long sleep, but soon 1
:rIui)s V)f Industrv
are uppnrent and
nit nl 1 .1 I .. . t '. . ...
iiim-ik me mui icat lovs mat mo ictii-
men with money, brains nnd i-nergy.
who will transform the county of
Pel Norte Into a hive of peaceful in
dustry and n bower of beauty.
Three yours auo the town was dead
and the weather-beaten bouses stood
n solemn rows and the recurring das
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Today all is changed. Kneig and
Industry have taken hold to make u
ino.leiu town. SlrecU a;e
, .ol.ii.icd, and the ,lty ro, k
l-is luv;,iiK material for
1 lie.-' m.i.lern roads V
:ng ina-
iMicr is
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bIdewHiK - are being laid la the ln
1 1" ss s' ct.iii and In Mi
u' .ir'evn n will. Main
, g ilou s aiol model n hon
lesld -II
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velti !..f.
are being
loiili . ii,,l ti, in. ui h.ir.N
lug lei la-get- tralfi.
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looiuht this about t,,;
the nutoiuold'e Huricn th
of the jeasor, a hund'
chtneg went Into Crese,.n t'Hv from
MlM suu, 0 ,U(l ttiountaliH mid
as
ni:iiiv more went in from tho
low er
co.nt section s th.
n advam,
1V
ed automobiles in increasing numbers
came and went, each bearing a load
of pleasure seekers or business peo
ple. Another feature, entering large
ly Into the rejuvenation, Is the pub
licity given it through the Wooley
port promoters and It is safe to say
that thousands of people have heard
of Wooleyport and Crescent City who
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otherwise might never have known ter and golden dollars for their own- j steadily decreasing and there is pros
anythlng of the latter named place, 'ers. jpect of still further reducing tne num-
Stlll another element comes In to the j Crescent City, as a summer resort, 'ber. Two hotels and numerous board
new life of the town and that is the has a brilliant future If the residents jing houses provided for travelers and
steady trend of development of the 'of the town will do their part and three weekly newspapers enlighten
northwest. The time has arrived suitable transoprtatlon facilities can . the people. An active commercial
when the newcomer Is searching out
tho hidden places and these are the
men who have undertaken the de
velopment of the country and their
example has been followed by many of
the old residents. There are those,
however, who are content to live us
their fathers did, neither knowing no.
caring about the comforts or pleas
ures of life, so long as the ceaseless
round of humdrum existence is not
molested. These people are now jn
the mlnoilty, ami the acquisition of
each new settler adds that much to
the number of boosters.
Del N'oite county has an nrf.t e
j!is!),(niu
; about 1
Hi-rcK, and n population of
"00. Crescent City is flu-
county seat,
proxlniatln;?
with a population ap
1.100. Lumbering and
tli" principal Industries
forests of redwood im:'
dnliwlnu; are
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sum. ieut to Keep great mills In op-
erction day and night for half a ecu- j
I -try et In come, while the rank rass I
n the valleys would feed thousands oil
( attle the year round. Fishing Is also J
an Industry which yields a large In-'
come. 1
The up, rations o-f the Hob!.. WaL i
"Oirviny, now and for years past at- !
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Ivdy engaged In the manuf.ict mv ot
redwood lumber, form perhaps the
largest ,i,;(:t. industry, h employ,
fiom inn t c.hi ,,,,, .,,()nt ,H mills
and In the forest, while the company
toi
(toes
in Ilium use mercantile j
liui-ltii s. Tli
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If own railroad haul-j
forest to the mill nn.1
I'm i ; on t e
lulnliel
l!"tu the mill to the doi U.
w le re H
st i l;ll-l i for
and .it tier s
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ei;oie, no 10 1' out.
'.i!pinciit to San Pedro
'M'ort lumber markets,
h f- it u.iu
" e .'-t. Tin
Iinds tall shlpnnnt to
returning steamers'
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e company and v-
i no ii iiiinn. uiu tor shipment Into
the Inteilo
I'he mill, while not
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v model n. Is complete ami h w
ii 'I,'omi oi mo. mm reet per day.
it Is
c'lulpped with labor savlim do.
.;r-. 's a
aiu, ,,OIUlorous machinery forjlght. The beach n,r m,,e, I. ,h.
handling mammoth redwood logs 12,
13 and 20 feet in diameter.
Vast dairy herds roam the low
lands In the Elk, Smith River and
Klamath valleys, along the coast line,
and about the shores of Lake Earl.
Numerous creameries transform the
product of the herds Into golden but-
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CITV LIGHT
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SMITH RIVER 1IEKD.
he secured. Fronting First street Is
a broad, sand beach extending south
ward for more than seven miles, and
at low tide is n perfect boulevard.
Here surf bathing Is indulged in by
the many. A short distance from
shore Is Whale Island, nn Immense
rock which can b reached n fair
weather by small boats. In the dis
tance is a bell buoy nnd still further
a whistling buoy. To the northward
on an Island at the edge of the tvn
Is the Crescent City light' house, for
the past years In chnrge of ,T. 17.
Jeffrey. On Tuesday and Fridays
this Is open for public Inspection, but
it can b. reached only at low tide by
Crosslins on the roeUs. From the
llsht house northward for a distance
of nearly five miles the eoiof ;i rug
ged with great' rocks jutting into the
water forming fantastic shapes, here
a wooded Island and there an Island
of oolld stone, while at low tide a reef
Is exposed. There Is also 'Tebble
Beach", where the agates are found.
Still farther Is Castlo Island, the ter-
, minus of one of the proposed Woolev-
port Jettys. This Island Is a mass of
j volcanic rock In which Is tho crater
of nn extinct volcano. Much of its
's - irfaeo has a deep covering of earth
j and the rank grass covers nn area of
some acres. Here sea parrots rear
their young and shacs and gulls by
ihous.ni.U nv tlnl .r ... t,...i.
''! sss nun ii.ucu
their broods. In this vlrlnltr h v..
Mioniir .lonarnan went to a
watery grave In tho early fin's and
l 'n... t
urnlshed the foundation for many ex-
pedltlons sookln to recover the for-
tune In Fnlted States wolil ,!,.,
w-as
being sent to Vancouver to nm- ntr
ttvops
Still further to the right Is
the stmt where the "Queen ChrUHno"
enf :ih,-,r in . . i . .
I ........ v 1,1 I. in., i in i y n low il-
,teni ago,
the captain mistaking tt,.
Seat Rod- nh n .
tourlsts' paradise and when this place
is more easily reached, summer cot
tages will miniber Into the hundreds.
Crescent City has three churches,
Presbyterian, Methodist and Catholic,
two schools, grammar and high, a
library and 16 saloons, one saloon
for each 75 Inhabitants. It Is said
that the number of saloons has been
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club Is boosting for a bigger and bet
ter Crescent City.
.Just now one of the public ques
tions which Is being discussed Is the
bonding of Pol Norte county for
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$250,000 to be used In the construe
tlon of good roads. The principal work
to be undertaken la the laying out of
a road up Smith river, on a water
grade so far as possible, to a point on
the Oregon line, where Is will con
nect with the road from Waldo. Th
Callfornlans are road builders and tho
measure will without doubt meet the
approval of the voters and become a
law. Then Josephine county will of
necessity have to Improve lt3 road In
order to save Illinois valley trade. If
our people will make their arrange,
ments to continue this road through
to Grants Pass, It will become one ot
the most Important thoroughfares la
this part of Oregon as it will connect
the great valley of the Rogue river
with the sea. The road, if built, must
be of a permanent character and able
tocarry all kinds of freight on large
auto trucks to the ships which are to
transport our fruits and vegetables,
not only to all the Alaskan ports but
to the great cities on the Atlantic'
coast, reached by way of the Panama
canal. Grants Pass has much to gain
from the proposed road and It Is to be
hoped that our Commercial club wm
take up this subject with the Crescent
City Commercial club and, through
this co-operation, lend sustantlal aid
to the Important enterprise. A rail
road from Grant3 Pass to Crescent
City and Wooleyport Is, of course, of
prime importance but that Is an un
dertaking which requires a railroad
promoter while a public highway
which Is to carry passengers and
freight can be built by the people of
the two counties and, If built, will, for
all time to come, compel a railroad
to keep its charges for passengers and
freight at the minimum.
A passenger auto over such a road
as proposed would run from Grants
Pass to the ocean in five or six houn
and an auto truck with a load of eight
or ten tons of freight would make the
distance In ten or twelve hours. These
machines would do the local work
along the line through the Illinois
valley and other districts, carrying
the malls for the numerous post-offices
and products of the mines and
farms and all this would be done
through the winter as well as the
summer season. The matter Is up to
the people of the two counties and If
hey are sufficiently imbued with 20th
century ideas, this great highway will
be an accomplished fact In time to
curry freight from the Rogue River
valley to the ships which will thread
the Panama canal on their way to the
great markets of the east.
Another matter of prominence Is
the harbor question. Crescent City
has faith in its harbor and Mr. Wool
ey has faith in his project, and from
all that can be learned by examlnaticn
of government soundings, records,
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