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Come to the Land of
Opportunity
and let us show you lots in the
to the
COOS BAY PROMISED
RAILROAD BY HARRIMAN
That Coo? Diiy has the bast show
of any harbor In Oregon of getting n
Harrlman extension, Is the Judgment
of everyone who has ever visited tlint
harbor and mado any Investigation
whatever. Dc3ldo3 It has the back-'
mined men who are advocating tho
construction of a state-aided rnll
rond across tho state from Ontario
to Coob Day. They are men who will
go before the neonlo with their nroli-
osition, will campaign tho state, and
whole1 region Is accessible with mo
tor boats and nearly ovory resident
on i he bay has one, while the rest
dent? on the rivers and Inlet1' would
not think of living without them, AS
a uimnier resort Coos nay is a rauld-
& ly growing proposition, and already
occupies space on the hiapi and fo!d-
n Ziirrhnr nnj t wimi,inf . er8 of the steamship and rallioad
bur? mot untfalVSli 11"!; companies. When the three Iran-
Rosfbu am! Int nnn wm u continental systems now headed for
won'all 7thZZl K t LnTrl wlu ot,cum t0 Pcino const what
eu all the way to Eugene, present- Atlontl" City la to the Atlnn'lr
Ing to the bland magnato some point- Al,nnu- ,l " lo lU0 Aiinn.ic.
TheMoV him Umt' if the waVc've'r THK BIGGEST HA WMI M," IN -
any reason why "he MS have" OREGON LOCATE!) AT COOS lU Y
started to buljd tho road from Drain A, sawmll so argo tl.at visitors'
n rnna no,. . ...... m,w KOt lost, that nart'.cs hnvo to be tnk-
was doublo tho reason now, 'as the cn ',,n KlL,des i fln? thclr way out
i tiotiiilntlnn hmi timii.iori iminaiKinu of the juaflos of tracks and nmchltv
II ... ' .--.,--- -,, .,, . ..,, wvauivMa muniv? . . ,. , .,
a M. d 49 m I wl'J employ tho initintivo and will I have been greatly fostorcd and thore ?r 0I1Knc3 so iromonuoua tnnt mo
'-" m ill llMmwl nn answer. They are men who do thero was before. notions of power; mllh cutting 250..
-MM & fl T not know whnt It means to milt, nnd Mr. Hnrrlmnn itf,nn, u-Jt)i irom . ou icet in a ton-nour Blurt; wiierc
ifli mBBL 1uB JF I who realize that thev hnvo ant to interest, but wnntmi in Vnnv iW steamer loads thrco million foal
business to guarantee
ity of North Bend
Coos Bay, Oregon
This addition fronts on the Bay- ? I
iid is I ss than one mile from the J $
rth Send pos toff ice. Lots for $ I
in this addition at present prices I i
worthy of your immediate atten-
Write to us for map of Coos
shoeing the location of this ad-
Prices range from $1 00 to
flght to break down the barriers that
1 shut them out from the connection
f. with the railroad world.
Tliey Mot Ilnrrlntun.
"That road will have to earn 4
A par cent on five niU'.loiu beforo I will cent on nn Invotmont of $5,000,000.
T bu'ld it," said Hnrrlmnn. "That Is which wolud bo tho cost of bulldln
,j easy," eald the men of nerve from ' tho rond. Of course none of tho rep
j. Coos Dny. "It will pay $200,000 a rosontatlvos could make such a guar-
t year above operating oxponses with- anty and thoy told him the best way
,J,.out the coal business alone," said would be for him to send a ropre
j th Coos Day boosters. sontatlve to Cooh ccjnty niul lavestl-
Tho Eugcno Register lim till? nc- gnto tho matter thoroughly.
count oi uioir visit io iiarnmnn: mi, boiu ne, utvro 13 no uount
. jr E. II. Harrlman was not to got out about that amount of biR'nes-, ant
T of tho const country wlthor.it tha It enn lo guaranteed, the road will
i Coos Day pcoplo presenting their ho built lmmodlatoly."
j grievance to him In proper shape. A The decision of tho llttlo wlxant
If committee consisting of J. E. Oron, was very satisfactory to' tho commit
,reprcsonuiig tho A. O.-Smith lumber 'tec, no' they boil'.o that that amount
v interosts; Dr. E. Mlngus and "William can bo guan-. ved over tho coal
x Orlmo-, capltnlhts and prom'nnt business nloiu, If It Ib proporly vork
f citizens of Coos Day and J. II. Dooth, cd, as .Mar htlcld has the only flrnt
J Dr. AY C. Seoley, W, W. Cardwoll, J. clnss i'.l In Orogon.
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thero was enough business to war- tw,c0. n '"""th for tho p'anlng mills
rant the building of tho line. Ho an" 0('x inciorioa on uny rouu, ju
Insisted that ho would hnvo to lio "?".a M,) U, Sncs,.nt,nl0 r'VPr f,ol
shown that thoro would, bo enough ! oiaen aate and you got a mcra
;uarantce at least 4 per ou",no I4cn 0;..tl,e u; A- 8.m,,tt & t-
Coast
j
Pacific
roadway Railroad!
tfton.
!50 per lot.
etail address
For information in
Hie Standard Investment Co.
Sole Agents
North Bend, Coos Bay, Oregon
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OREHOUSE OF WEALTH
IN WESTERN OREGON
Thousand Acres of Wheat Produce ::
As Much Freight As One Acre of
Coal.
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Company
From
s Bay, Oregon
io
City, Idaho
mills. Tho mtllls said to be ocanom
Ically perfect or ni near perfect as
humntt skill and experience can in&k"
U thnt all by-produ.ct3 aro utilized
r.nd thoro is absolMtoly -no economic
wnst.
Tho-o aro bandsawA that r,l',i
'Vdu.'h live and six foot loge like
"'r 'a; u ineWm resaws thnt cut
rohig and coming, handsaws In tan
I'omi thht aro set back of each othor
liclng ten cuts from a mill. All the
yardo aro heavily plnnked and whllo
the cift of the mills In automatically
distributed on,to the cars, thoro aro
stool trackB and cars to tho 200 acres
of storngo yard and lo tho city rotnl'
yard a mllo away.
Tho product never stops from leav
ing tho wntor until IX literally innoN
at tho plnco of salo or on the docks' of
tho groat 'Ha-go'ng vessels that an-
The Twin Cities of Coo By. .
What St. Paul and Minneapolis aro
to Minnesota and the upper AUmsIs
slppi region Marshflcld and Nortk
Dend are to Coos Day harbor. There
aro other cltlos on tho bay, llko Em
plro City, and East Marshfleld and
other cities yot to bo, but for the
prosont tho twin cities aro the cen
ters of Investment and entorprlso
Their population hai about doubled
in tho last two years. Tho sanio U
trncof all Cooi county Its popula
tion has" doubled In two yoors. There
aro at low estimate ton thousand pco
plo living In tho two cities and em
ployed around tho bny. Thoy nro nil
prosperous and well omployed peo
ple thoso who want omploymont.
For bo It known nl argo percentage
or the pollution In Cooa county does
not have to work for a living. Dnit
Mnrshfleld and North Dend have liv
ings for all who want thfni, nnd good
livings too. All tho people down
thero look hnppy and contented and
well-fed. Thore nro portions of Coos
county whero tho boast Is a child
nover wont hungry to bod, and tho
twin cities mean that no child shall
grow up without nn education.
North Dend and Marshflold aro
rlvalo In a way but friendly rlvalJ
with a strong disposition to co-oper-ato.
In fact, thoy do ro-opornto In
ninny wnya. Tho co-opornto In ad
vertising Coos county.
Doth are lumbering nnd manu
facturing cltle-. Doth aro tho twin
cltlos of ontorprlfto. Until Marslw
flold got the big Smith mill, North
Dond had tho bigger payrolls. Now
thoy aro Just about oven. Marsli
flo'd l thooldor place, hn moro tra
ditions to live up to or to live down.
Tho twin cltltis Join hands through
Tho Cnpltnl Journal Sneclnl Coos
Day edition In saying to tho Wll
lnmctto vnlley pcoplo, com ft and see
r.is and wo will mnko yotl welcome.
, Doth cities havo splondid public
school, both hnvo woll-mnlntnlnod
ho9pltnlB. North Dond hna n beauti
ful park and Mnrsliflohl has ono com-
clior nt tho sawmill docks.
Tho forogolng Is a brief Hketch , lug. Marsliflold linn a ralr groundss
of tho C. A. Smith Lumber Co.'s now both towns havo tthlotlo groundB nti'l
sawmill plant locntod on an liUct of linsoliall parks. Doth cltlos aro woll
Coor Hay Just abovo Marshllcld. ltuppllod with churches nnd a'clioola,
hnu been ottnbll lied here by ono of ( and both havo high tchool bulldlngrt
tho largost lumbfirlng corporation with n'l modem equipments undor
of MlnoapullB during tho pa"l year, construction. Doth cltlos hnvo vlrll
The mill la ope ated bv .1. 8. Oron, I young :non for mayors Strnw of
one or the men who have been train- ( Mar hflold nnd Rlmpon of North
(h In tho lumber Industry to hnndl-JiDcml. Doth havo lino public docks
large plr-ntB In an fcnnomlrnl man- nnd good stenmhont sorvlro. Doth
tier. Tli 'b mill Is Indicative or tlmswant rnllronds. Doth townn aro
dlnienslont of opofntlnns In logging .building award each other nnd both
In future on Ceo- Day. It Is known , have but ono ambition to bcconio ono
that otjior largo ooncorns havo tholr.clty, and a great city. Conservatism
oyos on Coos Dry to establish plnntn. Il bolng abandoned, moss Ifl boln
and tho Ofi billion feet or lumber In hiMihcd off, nnd this good healthy
tho standing troon around Coos Day, i rivalry is hotter than sickly fiolf-
nro a tomptatlort to the lurgo cnpl-,iittflfactIon. if
I'.tnllxts In tho lumborlng buulncss to . " '"!-;
Largo sawmills and -fHctoriee 'n
come hero and cut It nt t'do wntor
' for tho ninrkoti or tho world. j
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A. W. Myer- & Company, North
Dead. Tho best appointed dry goodi
J, store In tho ntatc, and ono of tho
JlnrgesU '
oporatlon, and others going up?"
Ono railroad building; two others
prospective.
Trlbutnry to Coos Day aro im
mense bodies of tho tlnoit timber left
standing In tho United Stntos,
"uth u that Oregon Ing a railroad into a coal country !..
J en the face of Mother Largo Demand, for coal.
Mr ti r u,,TOy up iinny lumiuos in mo wiuamoue
Z. 'wnnian'a transcontl- valley nro now using coal for do-
"-mvII CnOrmnilB AnVtlltau mnatlA tirmnk lm la nlilnnn.1 fMti
twuu ijuiifuaca tiiiik io ouihiiuu ium
railroad
??T,t(f0r,,lle ,re,bt fur-
M-Myine road ThnM i
Iwr .,n C00B county t0
IffUlaioa PacIflcB hn.v nii
KJ ero where thore
J -atoierable heat nor frees-
rvf Oan nd nnhir. .i..i
awsss-jj'.wi
'l tnriTVrt" "' Ur 4Ur,n
ilTiie SSf county tl.au
U i, 8,e tre0i w,l scalo
WtS'8.11" elau of
lberTiiii;.rw,M' t0 h0,(1
w u"r"ad construction.
tlroi,!. .v -.
(Kzion. ..,uu60 wueat-
nfiw!i?t?. enr where con
ii- ... Well known
! "1Mb 6 rallrn,.! "I""
s:
4 totl m.iV ""' coa
teiw.,BPrewed hh ,
S tk".","" coal of
B
than
I THE PEOPLE'S RAILROAD If constructed within i
three years from date of the filing of the ciiarter
at Salem, Ore.; if not constructed within that
time to be the absolute property of the Trans ;
continental Railroad, now in activity, and bui!d ;;
ing to the Pacific Coast, by whose influence and ;;
financial aid this project has been launched.
L D. KINNEY,
Instigator.
ri
points In Washington and
Wyeming: second nnd third grades
of coal for domestic purposes costing
from ton to twelve dollar per ton.
If tho Coos Dny coal fields were con
nected with tho Willamette valloy
by rail, at a low estimate flvo thou
sand famllos would bo using Coos
Day coal as it would bo a shorter
haul and of hotter quality. What
would this moan to tho Cooi Day
coal mines? Assuming that only
flvo thousand families, using six
tons each gavo preference for tho
Coos Day coal thero would bo an Im
mediate demand for 30,000 tons &
year or a cousumptiou of 1500 car
loads. But this would not be tho
only demand, It would bo used for
a largo variety of manufacturing
purposes and tho construction of ,
railroad would mean tho immediate
demand for 40 to 50 thousand tons of
coal por annum, and a railroad buul
of only seventy to ono hundred and
fifty miles, as compared with a haul J m 1 1 1 1 I I I I I I I I I I 1 1 1 I I H I I F M H H H H I M 1 1 I I I 1 1
nun ul imcu. uuuurvu iu auvuu uuu-
dred miles.
leaves a mark on your life and turns
backward tho cour'so of tlmo In Its
flight. Tho man or woman whoso
capacity for enjoyment In llfo Is not
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Oregon ; ji Flanagan & Bennett Bank :
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$75,000 J
COOS 1UY HAS AN IDEAL
LAHGKST MISSION' SUSLMEIt AND WINTER CLIMATE-
ON WEST COAST AH western Oregon climate Is fam
Rev. Edward Dnnnnllv nastor of ..j Tmvoiioro env nur wininiera are
tVin rni.nii. u....t. c--t.MnU .. '- x . i, -u mt.. ova am I cnlnreed hv a visit tn thla wnndnr
and who established a flno modern a iong dream of sunshlno and cool ful region of development Ib not ojea Paid Up Capital and Undivided Profits
nospiui at North Dend, nnd Is erect- breezes mingled with heat enough io w wiiiruvaiuuiu.
ing a church there, has ono of the produce great crops and no destruc-i It is a land of activity and Indus
largest missions on the Pacific coast. tlv0 gtorms. f naDny bomea an.d children.
It extends from tho California line to California and eastern people and the cemetery and tombBtone bul-
Slnslaw 7 nnn onuntv ITn hn 1ll.lt . i n.. Allnlnn onnfhlncr ell- U0S8 00 UOt flOUnSh. Doctors ItaVO
k."'tt ttllm.i. . .'- '.. -J Ir" .: ,-l.. TVVKi iu u MM,. . 1 ",-t J3. . hn.lnm. Inn tn tha cln. nr.,1 ovmu
"i tier i. " 01 200 .uuiiJieieu k new cnurcn at Aiarau- matlo effects, wunoui viwicc , -- -"- -"- " - r A t U ir &!' rN ti T
Uo hnT1 banfleld, costing 116.000. and Is build- debilitation. Rest, mildest, roort OVCf Half 8 MilllOn DOllarS I
i nj..i. : Hi-iign i b "w ut iuna ijohu iu cuai avv". nonain? ana neaiiniui ui -- ... .
Hnv n p nnriflv lahii n.ilBtnnt -n . "" n nv Tr i nn ncLa.a ' iflo U003 nay ciimauj wins an
. . . , w..j ,a .... ...., CillUHld Ul SVO "; V "--- .. m . ...ill. 1. I iU I
ellzir far enough south to have tne o com m coniaci wim h, uuu iu
Fruit of finest varieties thr vea; Italian skies wun tne spiceu uivw --"",' "- -"-- " --"' ,"--,;"
HI W1UIC1, BUM . v- w. .... ---.
hnvA tha raaMna. on Sunset bay. Just south of Capo
northwest trades in sum- Arago, and the beaches to the north,
k.T "Irwd ..i, Ke n " ellzir. far enougn soi
Lr' itirl t s 0,,t I Fru,t ot flaest varieties thrjvea; Italian skies with tin
g ."StoJ . ..e3thagt i strawberries ripen until December; of perpetual verdue
lUXSM fc, ton- excollent opportunity for truck gar- far enough north to 1
Uv wi, ?. wintry denial. airs of the northwest
iu..T ,w acres nt
k& ii? acre to
fcl! m :I,U. w'
',r!5M?
ni . i. u. ..!. j " i.fc..f r, ihnea exnerl- with the woaderful lake region Jy-
uuuu ocuuuia. cuurcuvB uuu - luvr wimwu .w-o --- -- j tr. ... t.i- . 4t.
ternal soctetiei enccd In Puget Sound or at tne uoia- ibb ju.i .w uc ium w
vUZ5 11 fc. ..n.i.M nr SS n- TkU Ideal cllaate of aoun- coast, will be ono con Inuous series
"""' W wavvniv - w-v - A lirtnvAa T h A Kll flnalAmd
onJ Minna ttfr a n rtn! ORfl TWriUHieU ff J J 0 w .- r-- . - w w..-0,-..
M0.1Mi" P Sike. nearly erydy gain la Wh, already built on Coo. river, and the
fcCL 4nM .' "n.. .- .v u , ""?; Z vnSwni vlr. frft.h-.hui.Uag ll oi Tea IHle are al-
JJfl rtiiS fSTS wrt tatttai of co-plexlMi - elarticlty. A .TV.Uhem The
" build, aad yadiUur fr iOrur-kr5. week or a wonta speat o Qoos Bay bm lTilId lo visit them. The
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Harshfield, Coos Co., Oregon
DIRECTORS
J. W. BENNEH. PreiWeiit
Pt. F. mims. CasMef
JAS. H. FUNAGAN, Vice Pres.
f. H. SHERMAN
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