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COUNTRY
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Best
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Furs, Pelts,
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Fish, Etc.,
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GROCERIES - MEATS CONEECTIONERY
EVEN'S CASH STORE
LESLIE H. EVENS, Prop.
WALDPORT,
OREGON
Tho Capital Journal presents a
page about the people and the Inter
ests and enterprises of Woldport,
Lincoln county. It Is a little king
dom within Itself, and the writer had
the privilege of telling the good peo
ple at a meeting of the citizens what
was being dono to wake up tho whole
state and- carry tho campaign of
development to the more remote
parts of tho country. This little
community is located at the mouth
of Alsea Bay, and that bay has tho
beginnings of industry and commerce
that will one day make it a consider
able factor in tho affairs of the state
of Oregon. Tho Alsca river Is a
powerful stream about four times as
large as tho Yaquina, and navigable
for nearly forty miles. Timber can
bo brought down the river to this
point' for sawing purposes, and there
is enough to run a dozen sawmills
for an hundred years. Waldport has
a good commercial club that is in a.
way a social organization, as both
ladies and gentlemen constitute the
membership. Tho officers are W. V.
Keady, president; W. H. Dougherty,
secretary and treasurer; Leslie H.
Evans, vice-president.
Hno Progressive Men.
Tho President of tho club, Mr.
Keady, is the postmaster, and a man
who has dono a great deal to get out
side capital interested in the.Alsea
country. He owns a great deal of
property, and sells' ranches and deals
in timber lands. He goes out to at
tend county fair meetings and was
naturally tho man for tho head jf
the commercial club. His secretary,
Mr. Dougherty, has tho responsible
position of manager and bookkeeper
for tho Waldport Mill Company,
Leslie H. Evens Is of a pioneer fam
ily that for many years conducted
tho stage lino, and they own a great
deal of property In and about Wald
port. Mr. Evens conducts tho tela.
phono exchange, a cash store, and
when the party had to be made up
for tho search of the lost boy ho whs
one of the first to plunge into tho
junglo and stayed with it.
Alsea bay was created and In
corporated under the General Port
Commission act. Governor Benson
has appointed Henry Nice, J. W,
Walker, Ernest Everson, W. H. Har.
rison and F. M. Seltz. They aro
prbgressivo men and largo property
ownors who will look after the
maritino affairs of this harbor. Tho
Wilhelmlna, Condor and Askkosh
make regular trips in here.
Been Ilcro 31 i'ears.
Marlon Ruble has been in the
country most of tho time since 1879
Nearly half tho time ho has beon in
terested in sawmills and other in
dustries elsowhero, and has beon in
California and Portland some years.
Ho can speak from a porsonal knowl-
odgo whon he says that lands on this
coast aro worth more and produce a
great deal more than In tho best parts
of Southern California. Mr. Ruble
helped build tho Waldport sawmill
and has oporated it. Ho is still hold
ing this country in tho highest con
fidence and bollo'vos it has a great
future. Ho is tho owner of a valu
able townslto adjoining tho present
oity of Waldport, a tract of parkllko
appearance and porfootly sheltered
and yet on tho salt water.
t'l.nni confident," said Mr. Ritblo,
"that in no part of California can a
pernoit invest $100 or $1000, or ten
thousand and bo so mho to double
Ills money in u few years us in tlio
A I sen country.
, rlv.er. Ho has packed in a quarter
of n million dollars In gold pieces
His homo stands In a sheltered cook
tho bay, and he loves to look, out
J and seo tho orchard grass wavo on. the
hillside. Ho came hero In 1881,
aua was six years on tno government
work. In 1884 he got interests on
Alsea Bay and built a cannery In
1888. His ancestors camo to tho
Untod States in tho Revolutionary
nnrlnrl Tin tien rnn n m
aro not Infected with urmln mHlIn nr. . " ""v" " 1UUUW4 ui
nnv binH nt r.-tf ,, Ploneers and has paved tho way for
mature at a time to market in Call- fAU'ttre JUo"; oft
fornia when her fruit Is out of sea- 25 V"? TV
mn AnA , . l0rG 1JV01 bcCl Sloping to tllO
Dairying, Fruit Growing Stock 2
Grazing-Sawmills and Live
Commercial Organization.
on tho r-nHfnmln m, """"" " uaa "u" Bu"' 10 suouerea,
iium uuro man anywnero in tno in
a view of the wholo
nnnel n n o nn rin..H T J. mi
nrinr i. .. , """" " -"i' i-uryuvuu. xne
I . . sunshine is tempored.
aro hero to produco the box material,
and they can l o shipped direct by tho
sea, thereby securing tho cheapest
and best freights. Tho samo may bo
said of other fruits, or anything you
may want to ship. Wo havo a Bay
where vessels have been coming and
going, carrying lumber and other
products, for a number of years.
tho air is
soft, tho breezes woo and invite
to restful repose oil tho porfumed
bosom of mother nature, that dear
old damo mellow with ago and al
ways tender with those who trust
her, and harsh with those who vio
late her rules and regulations.. I
never laid my hood on hor lap
,1 .1 A 1 . 1, 11.,. . . .
Senrilnir tlmo nno "'u 10,L 8uu,ulnB "
are well ad d in Co I ? rn a S bMath 80 1U" My fel-
a person may, by keeping posted on 5, g AhT Say"
the conditions of said Crop, bo on-! B DBy
abled to take advantage of any prob- Tho M,ddleton3 nd other Portland
able scarcity there.. Wo have never peopl como hoie overy yenr ftnd nro
had a failure, and wo aro far enough bulIdlns stages. This will bo a,
south to Insure good .crops, and far doIIsh"ul summer homo of tho
onough north to insure good keeping1 WOalth,or cIass of PePle
qualities. There aro moro clams, crabs, oys-
"Tho opening for cattle and tho tors' saImon and tl"out ln this bay
dairying business Is as troort ns i nor. tnan tho People hero at present
son could ask, as the range never
dies out in tho Summer, or freezes
out in tho winter, and stock cattle
will keep fat all tho year round on
the range. Rainy and cloudy weath
er are tho main objections urged
against this country, thcro being
from 60 to 0 inches precipitation in
a year; 80 per cent falling In tho
months of November, December, Jan
uary, February and March. On the
other hand, wo do not havo extremes
know what to do with.
Wvo Firms of Boosters.
Walker & uobow havo been In tho
general merchandise business hero
for tho past six years. They handle
produce, including hides, pelts and
furs. Marion Lobow was raised noar
Cottago Grovo and is well known In
the Willanotto Valley. Ho cays of
tho Alsea country that it has great
resources and is well worth boosting
for. "Tho cllmato Is of a very even
of heat In tho Summer, tho temper- tomporaturo-no great heat or cold
n 1 11 Hplrinm im 1 ti r- nllnn,on -1 1
v - buwif, UklUVU OU UUglUt?0.
The Angora goat was first intro-
Tho cheapest farming lands In tho
stato are to to had In this part of
tho state. A fino 160 aero ranch
sold here recontly for $3000, and
unimproved lands can be had for $10
to $15 per acre."
Doctor for a Small County.
Dr. O. E. Linton hati been 'In tho
Alsea country for several years. Ho
first put In a stock of merchandise
nnd drug store on tho north eide ot
tho bay, and was appointed post
master at Lutjens, which position ho
still holds although he has sold tho
store to Mrs. Lou Bohon, who recent
ly camo from Kentucky. Dr. Lin
ton has a,1 general drug storo at
Waldport with a S4000 stock ot
drugs, as good as thero is in the
county. Ho put up ono of the bebt
store buildings in the town, and tho
postofflco ia being moved alongside.
Dr. Linton camo hero from Astoria
and is a live wire of tho most snap
py order. He has three gasoline
launches, has got hold of a number
of town lots, Is accumulating peto,
as well as property. Mrs. Linton
already has' a pet bear, several coons
and mallard ducks and as every
body brings tho Doctor everything
it irf-only a question of tlmo whon
ho will havo a menagerie. He in
turn Is tho goneral father stork for
tho Alsea Bay country. Tho first
doctors on tho north aro at Newport,
16 miles away, tho first doctor east
is at Philomath 60 miles, and tho
first south is at Coos Bay. Dr. Lin
ton' has tho largest medical dioe'eso
In western Oregon. Ho is a grad
upto of Rush modical collegr, Chi
cago. Ho does what surgery thera
Is to .bo done.
"For a physician this c6untry te
distressingly healthy," said the' Doc
tor to a Journal reporter. "We
havo had no oruptlvo disoases such
as measles, scarletlna, chicken-pox,
or diphthorla. The country Is abso
lutely Immune to typhoid fever, so
far as my practice extends and away
before.
"Tho cllmato ia tho blK thlntr. It
The soil will produco anything that surpasses Astoria, with less rain.
duced here over twenty years ago,1
and has proven a goneral success.
The hills aro moro or less covered
with brush, which is their naturil
food, and tho quality of tho mohair
is such that it brings tho top price In
tho market, but at present thero is
not more than two or throe ;por cont
of what the range would support.
"Sheep have also beon a .success
ever slnco the settlement of tho
country, and havo never been mo
lested by wolves or coyotes, dogs
havo destroyed moro than doublo tho
numDer or all other animals corn-
can bo grown
rogions of the
deal more than most countries that
I know anything about, potatoes
will grow almost without cultiva
tion. As a hay country it' is un-
oqualled
heavy crops. Fruits of all kinds
grow In abundance Wo buy hun
dreds of bushels of apples ovory year
and hnvo novor seen a wormy npplo
on Alsea bay. Children do well horo
both as to numbors and sizo and tho
peoplo are very healthy. Fishing
Is tho big industry nnd our main
, reliance. Tho big runs aro Chinook
bined. Bees, hogs, poultry, etc., are nnd sllversldos and thoy aro cannod
Important branches of Industry hore. nnd shipped out of horo extensively.
"In regard to health I would Bay Tho finest trolling nnd trout fishing
that tho air is generally off tho sea nro to bo had hero on tho Alsea
and pure, while stagnant water Is rlvor and lt3 tributaries. Tho crab
almost unknown; consequently wo( industry was struck a hard blow by
havo no malaria or anything of that tho act of tho last legislature pro
kind, while chronic disoases might hlbitlng shipments outsido of tho
compare with tho average of other, county. Durlnu tho throe months' now
prohibited thero wero thousands of
places.
"Tho country is traversed by num
erous streams which aro cold and
in mo .lomporaio fall cool ,jkms. rfbsonco of wind.
world only a great Boftor temper ture, and , Calla lilies
blooming from March first on.
"For boating and fishing wo have
all th6 bays skinned. Our sporting:
conditions are all the way from bear
Clovor and timothy grow ,to rock ovsters. Wa havo 800 acres
of eastern clnms freo,to alt. Our
rock oyster bods aro ahead of all
otliors in accessibility. Tho salmon:
that como into this bay are the nenr-
, est 'to: tho Columbia river Chinook of
, any.
"I havo seen salmon from Cali
fornia to Siberia and there are none
finer than ours. A sixty 'pound
Chinook Is qulto common.
"For hunting, deor and bear and
cougar aro nearby. Lands aro listed
hero tit ?1200 to $5000 for a quarter,
section. Tho latter price is for im
proved property, with bottom land
and stock. Our fruit lands aro un
surpassed requiring only cultivation
and thlnlng tho fruit no spraying
or pruning required. Thero has
novor, been a pound of fruit spray
used in tho Alsea country.
"The Fourth of July will be cele
brated hero two days, July 4, and 5,
with freo ontortalnmont for all
dollars worth sent out of horo, and
no hirm dono to tho industry, as tho
clear as crystal, and abound In trout .crabs caught woro all of tho maturo
and salmon in their season. Salmon , sizo that como up into fresh water
now form tho chief industry hore , nnd then dio after spawning. Thero
ilnrlnt? thnlr finnsnn. nnrl irnnnrnllv In nn nvlilnnrn thnf fhov il'n nnt nrn.l nuinm
gives employment to all that want It. ' pogatc at all seasons of tho year, butl 8 ,71 1W? Tn n01" 8PrtB
Other kinds of marlno fishing may, those not caught In tho summon " , , nna , , ,
t to be a business of importance months bury themselves in tho sand A,iUU'"u ""u l"
horo. Wo havo somo ton school dis-. and romain thoro until doad, and'r , , ""'"'""
trlcts, and a daily mail, except on! fishing after the closed shipment ' or ,ook hlm up 1a"(1 ey win
Sunday, from two places, and twice a season, thoro aro hundreds of moro'"u,dlt ,nn nccoramodattng public
week from two others. or less dead crabs taken that are un-J fp'fltod, TB Wh. tt tako..thoui
"In regard to taking up land or,m for food, and it makes the buBU"B,""K' "pu.ag.
securing a homo horo, I would say noB3 unprofitable. (Continued on pug 4.)
the cholcost placoe that are handy """""" ihmihumm m mimiimh mibm i i Lii . L 1 1 ii
to get at, have about all been takon.1
though thoro aro somo obtainable
yot by going f urthor baok. But thoro
woro a numbor of placos takon on
tho approach of tho "boom times" a
few years ago, houses built and tho
place? moro or lsa Improved, but be-
foro final proof was niado on vory
Damascus Crea
"Alsoa Bay and vicinity ombraces many, the "boom" bogan to decline.
a good portion of tho southern part
of Lincoln County. Tho country
here is somewhat hilly, the hills be
ing gonorally low along tho coast,
avereglng higher as you go inland.
Thoy havo been covored with a mag
nificent grjawth of timber, but in
somo time past, 'ovfdently prior to
1849 tho most of it was killed by
firo, and a good many of thoir dead
tops aro still standing abovo a
growth of young timber that has
como on since. The land is nearly
all fertile, and suited to growing
potatoes, onions, cabbage and a num
ber of other kinds of vegetables; alno
timothy, clover and a variety of
other grasses, while apples, pears,
plums, cherries and a variety if
small fruits havo almott Invariably
proven a suoeeoa. Apples in par
tieular, I think, will be an important
industry here. By exercising a little
care In selecting suitable locations
and chooefag proper varieties, the
fruit will be at large, highly colored
and finely flavored as anywhere, and
and tho low prices of stock, togothur
with no market for agricultural
products which followed, caused a
good many to emigrate, while a good
many who toolt up land, apparently, I
for speculative purposes, havo alao1
gono; thjO result is there Is a gopd
many placos for sale, and In most of
them there Is goid bargains. I nowj
consider that, with tho probability,
of a good market in tho Orient and
at homo, with tho country adapted)
to producing such commodities us
there seems a probability of tho nrost:
profit In, that a person with a raod-j
erato or small amount of capital,
could find as good a placo along tho
coast as anywhere, to Invest.
"In conclusion, I would adviso the
contemplative homeseoker to como'
and look over, the country for him-1
self, as I oonklder no detiurlptlon as
gcod as a personal observation."
I'JoiiMir Cauiiuryinnii.
Henry Nice ie the prlnee of pio
neers on Alsea Bay. He is to the
Alsea what Hume was to the Rogue
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BUTTER
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430 Hawthorne Ave.,
PORTLAND, OR.
Branch at Waldport
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