Coos County, Oregon, Is Located in the South- Western Part of the State on the Pacific Slope

COOS COUNTY OREGON

ITS RESOURCES, INDUSTRIES AND OPPORTUNITIES

COOS COUNTY SCENES Silver Falls, Coos River 2. Gasoline Craft on Coos River. 3. Golden Falls, Coos River. 4. Scene on Coos Bay Watron Roau.

PUBLICATION AUTHORIZED BY (oos County Chamber of Commerce and the County Court

FOR DISTRIBUTION AT THE Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition 1909 PRESS OP COOS BAY HARBOR. NORTH BEND. OREGON GASOLINE BOATS 1. A Pleasure Jaunt up Coos River. 2. A Passenger Boai. 3. The Wil- helmina. Bancton to Coos Bay. 4. The Bonita" on Her Regular Run 5 The "Eagle" Making 12 Knots. COOS COUINTY ITS RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIES

OOS COUNTY, Oregon, is a part of the United States which C offers especially good inducements to those who live in other localities and are seeking a place to settle on the great Pacific coast, the country's sunset land of plenty and promise. Oregon is known as a state of opportunity but in no part will there be found more chances than in Coos county. There is room for many industries and thousands of people and there is much development to be done. The developers will reap the benefit. Whether mechanic, farmer, investor or business man, the opportunity for the newcomer exists because the county is rich in natural resources, because the time has come for the development of what nature has endowed, because the point has been reached where the more rapid growth will come and because of the destiny of Coos county to be one of the important points of the western coast. Favorable Location. OCATED in the southwestern part of the state Coos county L has a long sea coast and two seaports, Coos Bay and the Coquille river. Behind it and separated by the Coast Range mountains is a rich territory. Coos Bay while now a fine harbor, will with development be one of the leading ports on the coast, and is the natural and logical ocean gateway for the country back of it including many counties of the state. It is the chief center of population and with its large mills the main shipping point, while another part of the county, the Coquille Valley, has its smaller seaport, the Coquille river, extensive milling interests, fine agricultural land and rich timber. Collectively the county has everything needed for existence. Its development so far has depended upon itself and ocean traffic but its importance has been felt. It has no railroad connecting with the interior but will have one in time and once the steel rails reach the Coos county tidewaters the future greatness of the locality on the Pacific coast is settled. There is a railroad but it only connects points in the county. The natural resources of Coos county are rich. One-tenth of the standing timber of the United States is tributary to the seaport. There is an abundance of coal, fine agricultural, dairy and fruit land, navigible river, healthful and mild climate and good citizens. Best of all Coos county is doing things. The people are not behind or asleep. They are going ahead and with that push and energy characteristic of the coast country which always attains the desired results. For these reasons Coos county is worth the notice of those wishing to join the westward tide. A living in Cpos county is not to be picked up without effort. There is no room for drones or laggards but for the man who can work or has money to invest or industry to establish there is a future in Coos county which few other places can offer.

COOS COUNTY WATER SCENES 1. Falls oil South Branch of Coquille. i. A Bit of Coos River. 3. Toehea 1 Falls, 300 feet high, Camas Creek. 4. One of a thousand trout pools iu Coos Co. This little book is published at the expense of the Coos County Chamber of Commerce and the County Court and1 for the purpose of setting forth the real facts as to the resources and opportunities to be found in Coos county. Chances Offered. HERE are numerous openings of different kinds in the T county. Men with money will find plenty of safe investments with promise of big returns. Industries employing men are needed and will1 find special inducements in'the way of cheap water transportation and miles of bay and river frontage procurable for factory"sites. Because of the many mills in the county manufacturers of wood products, such as sash and door and furniture factories will find inducements. Coal operators will see that Coos county is worth investigation when it is stated that there are 400 square miles of coal land. Ship builders can secure suitable sites for establishing their yards and an abundance of ship lumber is at hand. Those engaged in logging can generally 'get contracts for work even if they do not own timber land. There are miles of water front on the Coquille river and Coos Bay suitable for saw mills and box'factories. Refuse from the mills and local coal insure plenty of fuel to any factory. Agricultural opportunities are offered in any degree from pioneering in the woods to the purchase of a valuable and highly cultivated farm. Millmen and loggers generally find no difficulty in securing work and skilled mechanics, to a certain number get work at'good wages. Doctors and lawyers of the best class who have come to Coos county had no difficulty in establishing themselves. Young men of ability will find exceptional opportunity in building a future fortune and position for themselves by starting life in Coos county. Advice to Settlers. IF A WORKMAN of any kind contemplates coming to Coos county and is dependent upon employment immediately secured he should first ascertain what opening there is in his line. He can find something to do but skilled work to be secured depends upon activities in that special line. Those intending to embark in a mercantile business should first look over the field or ascertain what competition they will encounter. 5 Farmers are sure to find something that will satisfy them, else they are hard to please. Capital seeking investment or looking for a location for any manufacturing industry will do well to investigate. Coos county will bear'investigation and does not fear close scrutiny.

COOS COUNTY DEER 1. As Wild as Mountain Rills, t. As Tome as Lambs. Present and Future. COOS county with its 25,000 inhabitants is but thinly settled. It has room for ten times as many. Were such not the case the opportunities would not exist. The cities are not large but they are growing fast and for that very reason offer exceptional chances. There are four cities on Coos Bay, Marshfield, North Bend, Empire City, and Eastside. The first name is the largest and has 5,000 population. In the Coquille Valley section of the county there are three cities, Coquille, the county seat, Myrtle Point, and Bandon. The resources and advantages of the two sections must be considered as the whole making up the county. Those looking for a Pacific coast location will be interested in a study of the natural advantages of the county and of what is being done. Climate an Asset. HE climate of Coos county is one of its chief assets. It is T healthful and pleasant. There is rain in winter but scarcely any cold weather and a snow storm is rare. The sum- mers are delightful. There is plenty of sunshine in the day « time and the nights are cool. The climate of the Coquille Valley is milder than on Coos Bay, the temperature in summer being higher. The weather bureau figures of Coos Bay show that the highest temperature reached, was 98 degrees in 1905. The highest average temperature for one month was 73 degrees. The average maximum temperature for seven years was 66.86 degrees and the average minimum temperature for the same time 43.7 degrees. The average annual rainfall for seven years was 60.6 inches.

COQUILLE VALLEY SCENES I. Depot at Myrtle Point. 2. Another Mode of Locomotion. 3. Bridge Across Coquille River at Myrtle Point. 4. A Ootiuille Valley Harvest S Three sample i of Conuillo Valley Logs. Timber Resources. IMBER wealth is the greatest natural resource of Coos T county. It has so far brought about more development of the community than any other one thing. With the stripping of the forests of the middle west the lumbermen are turning toward the vast wooded areas of the Pacific coast, and no one locality has more timber tributary to seaports than Coos county. It is estimated that there is in the county 27 billion feet of standing timber, and surrounding and so situated that Coos county ports are the natural outlet there is probably 100 billion feet of timber. In short, one-tenth of the standing timber of the United States is within a radius of seventy miles of the Coos county seaports. While lumbering is now the chief industry it will be vastly more extensive in the future and the possibilities of lumber manufacturing in Coos county are almost unlimited. Of the varieties of timber in Coos county, the fir, which is characteristic of the state of Oregon, is in the greatest quantity. It is not unusual to find some of these magnificent trees rising to a heighth of 200 feet before the projecting limbs begin and logs from ten to twelve feet in diameter are taken out. Spruce is also plentiful in different parts of the county and is extensively cut. There is some red cedar and an abundance of white or Port Orford cedar. The latter is peculiar to the locality and is highly valuable in ship building and marine construction as'under water it endures almost everlastingly. There are also found hard woods including myrtle, maple, ash and alder. The myrtle is used for interior decoration and for making furniture and is highly ornamental.

C. A. SMITH LUMBER AND MANUFACTURING CO. VENEER, SHINGLE MILL, AND POWER HOUSE AT BANDON Lumber Mills. CAW mills have been in operation in Coos county for many ^ years but recently there has been much development in this line and the enormous stand of timber makes certain the establishment of many more mills and auxiliary industries. The largest saw mills in the county are located on Coos Bay where they have the advantage of the big harbor but more of the standing timber is on the Coquille Valley side of the county. The logging camps are scattered in the woods throughout the county. The largest mill in the county, and in fact one of the largest and best equipped on the coast, is the plant of the C. A. Smith Lumber & Manufacturing Company at Marshfield. C. A. Smith, the head of the firm, owns at Minneapolis the largest saw mill in the country. His available timber in that locality is nearly exhausted and with the view of changing the center of his business activities to the Pacific coast he established about two years ago the mill on Coos Bay. The mill has everything procurable in the way of modern equipment and has a capacity for cutting 300,000 feet of timber in twelve hours. Besides supplying local trade and selling to outside firms, the company ships the rough lumber to its planing mill at Bay Point, Cal., where eastern rail connections are made. When Coos Bay gets a railroad, a planing mill will be built so that the finished lumber can be loaded on the train for direct shipment. The company operates its own steam schooner, the Nann Smith, 300 feet long, and one of the largest lumber carriers in the coastwise trade. Many other vessels are loaded at the mill supplying orders with outside firms. The Smith-Powers Logging Company, which is the logging branch of the establishment, operates seven camps in the county and recently built a new logging railroad at great cost, to penetrate a district of virgin timber. 9 The Simpson Lumber Company at North Bend is another big Coos Bay firm and is the leading industry of North Bend. The head of the firm, Capt. A. M. Simpson of San Francisco, has operated on Coos Bay for many years. The company owns a large fleet of lumber vessels which are used in the Coos Bay lumber export and has two large saw mills in North Bend besides being interested in a number of other local factories and many large tracts of timber. Practically all the lumber from this mill as well as from the other mills, is shipped by water ] to San Francisco and San Pedro, with the exception of the local con- sumption and an occasional cargo to a foreign port. In the Coos Bay cities there are half a dozen other saw mills of lesser capacity.

BANDON'S WOOLEN MILL About a dozen saw mills'of various size line the Coquille river from the head of navigation at Myrtle Point to Bandon at the harbor entrance. There is one mill at Myrtle Point, two at Coquille, one at Riverton, at Prosper and Randolph and four in and near Bandon besides shingle and veneer factories. These Coquille Valley mills secure their logs from camps along the river. The mills on the upper river ship by rail to Coos Bay and the lower river mills ship on vessels from the Coquille river harbor. The two harbors of the county give the lumbermen of both localities the advantages of water transportation, In the entire county there are twenty saw mills of different sizes and these with the logging camps support hundreds of men whose wages are distributed in the business channels of the 10 different cities. When the amount of timber that is available is considered it can be seen that the lumber industry of Coos county is only fairly started. There is material to cut and room for many more mills which are sure to be established in the future. On the Coquille river and Coos Bay and her tributary stream sites can be procured convenient to cities, water and timber and offering every convenience for saw mills, box factories, sash and door factories or manufacturing plants of any kind. Water power afforded by the mountain stream and which has not yet been brought into use will doubtless play an important part in the manufacturing business of the county and is but another of the natural resources.

LAUNCHING A BOAT FROM PRICE'S SHIP YARDS AT BANDON Ship Building. CLOSELY allied to the manufacture of lumber is ship and boat building which is an important Coos county industry and one which has won much fame for the place in outside localities. Coos county has the wood needed for the construction of ships and many of the vessels employed in the Pacific coast commerce were put together at the ship yards of the inland 'waters of Coos county and are made of the woods native to the locality. The white, or Port Orford cedar, peculiar to Coos county has been especially valuable in the construction of boats. At North Bend on Coos Bay is the large Kruse & Banks ship yard where the builders are now engaged in the construction of enormous railroad barges for use by the Western Pacific road in San Francisco Bay. Many of the fine steam schooners and lumber carriers on Pacific waters were built at these yards. At Marshfield are two boat yards, the Timmerman and the Holland plants. Both builders make a specialty of gasoline launches used in the bay and for the deep sea work. There are

11 also buildersof gasoline boats at North Bend and several indi- viduals on the tributary rivers who occasionally build. Many of these boats have been built for outside firms and taken to other waters for use. There are in use on Coos Bav and tributary streams about 300 gasoline boats. They are used to make passenger runs, for towing log rafts, as private boats of ranchers and as pleasure crafts. With the exception of a very few the gasoline boats were all built on Coos Bay and made out of Coos county lumber. Their type is characteristic of the locality and they are used as the chief mode of transportation. The Coquille river also has its ship and boat building establishments. At Bandon at the mouth of the river is the big Price ship yards where the firm has turned out some fine ocean going vessels. Farther up the river is another ship yard and gasoline boats, used on the Coquille river in the same manner as in Coos Bay, have been built at both Bandon and Coquille city. On'account of the unlimited local supply of ship lumber and the advantage of available water front property on both the bay and Coquille river. Coos county offers exceptional opportunities to ship builders seeking new locations and the industry will in the future be even a more important one than in the past. Coos County Coal. OOS County has the only coal mines in operation in the C state of Oregon and practically the only coal in marketable quantities on the Pacific coast south of Puget Sound. Thorough investigation of the coal fields was made by the government geological survey. It is estimated that the coal area of the county is about 400 square miles. Lignite coal of a

BEAVER HILL COAL MINE good quality is mined. It retails locally for $5.00 and $6.00. San Francisco and Eureka furnish a market and Portland is expected to be a big future market. Many of coal burning steamers get coal at Coos Bay. The quality is declared by experts to be such that admits of briquetting and thus making a steam fuel suitable for naval vessels. A company has been formed to start a briquet plant and use the coal from the local mines. The character of the coal mined in the county is indicated by the analysis of the product of the Beaver Hill mine, which is as follows: Fixed Carbon 50.21 percent. Volatile Matter , 32.60 " Moisture 14.84 " Ash 2.35 Total 100.00 While coal mining has been an important feature of the industrial life of the county in past years it is believed to be only in its infancy of possible development. The harbors of Coos Bay and the Coquille river give the water transportation and the coal lands are obtainable at reasonable figures. Minerals of a valuable kind are also found in Coos county in a belt south of Myrtle Point where there is gold, silver and copper. Several holdings in that locality are being developed, among them being the Salmon Mountain mine. In the pioneer days gold was washed from the beach sands and considerable prospecting done. The geological surveys show that valuable minerals are deposited in parts of the county, and may figure materially in the future. It is believed that oil and gas exists in coal fields. In fact it has been found, but whether in sufficient quantities to be profitable is yet problematic and must be determined by development. Shipping and Commerce. OHIPPING is one of the important features of the commercial ^ life of Coos county and the possibiliti JS in this line are so great that it will be a chief factor in the future development. Coos Bay is the main shipping point of the county on account of the fine harbor. The Coquille river is another shipping point which serves well in sending by water to other ^markets the products of that section. The shipments from Coos Bay are. mainly coastwise, to Portland, San Francisco and San Pedro, the lumber going to the two last named places. An occasional cargo goes to a foreign port. With a railroad connecting Coos Bay with the interior country the port will become a gateway to the Orient and foreign countries, serving as the outlet for the products of a vast country behind it. The importance of the place as a shipping point will be greatly advanced with the opening of the Panama canal. Passenger boats now ply between Coos Bay and Portland, San Francisco, Eureka and smaller ports. These also carry general freight of all kinds in and out. Sailing vessels and steam schooners, some of the latter the largest on the coast, carry cargoes of lumber to San Francisco and San Pedro which are the chief distributing places for the products of the mills.

COOS BAY LINERS 1. M. P. Plant, San Francisco. 2. Alliance, Portland. 3. Nann Smith Bay Poin.. 4. Breakwater, Portland. 5. Eureka, Humbolt Bay and Portland. Smaller boats make regular trips to nearby minor harbors, Coos Bay being the most convenient trading place and point for trans-shipment. The exports from the harbor besides lumber consist of the products of the sash and door and shingle factories the creameries, the farms, the various manufacturing plants, and coal which is carried to California points for sale and is used by many of the steamers. The imports include everything needed by the locality from the outside. About 500 boats of different kinds will cross in over the Goos Bay bar during 1909. The Coquille river is a smaller harbor and will not admit as large vessels as Coos Bay but serves as the ocean outlet for a large territory, thus avoiding the shipment to the bay. Three first-class steamers carrying passengers and lumber and general freight make regular trips between the Coquille river and San Francisco. Another boat runs to Coos Bay and a number of sailing vessels visit the port for lumber, and go up the river to the various mills. The annual shipments of lumber from Coos Bay amount to about 125,000,000 feet and from the Coquille river about 25,000,- 000 feet. This makes a total of about 150,000,000 feet of lumber shipped annually from Coos county. In a few years, as the milling industries increase, the shipments will become great and the locality advanced in importance from a commercial standpoint.

BANDON-BY-THE-SEA COOS COUNTY FARM SCENES 1. Coos River Farm. 2. Carlson Riach. Ten Mile. 3 Thoroughbred Jerseys. 4. Herd of Holstein Cows. 5. Sehroeder's Jerseys, Cotjuille River Dairies and Creameries. IDEAL climate, cheap river transportation, mild winters and * conditions insuring success offered to dairyman in Coos county can scarcely be excelled by any other locality in the United States. It is a paradise for the dairyman and the milch cow. Consequent- ly dairying leads as the agricultural line of the county. The dairy farms, or ranches, as they are called, near Coos Bay are along the rivers and inlets, particularly Coos river. Fertile bottom lands along the river banks are highly produc- tive while the bench and rough hill lands at the back make fine

16 pasture. It is never so dry that the summer range is ruined and the grasses are green throughout the winter, or rainy season. Feeding dairy cows further than what they secure from the pasture is not necessary but most of the ranchers feed for probably two months in the year. The Coquille Valley is a much more extensive agricultural district than that which immediately surrounds Coos Bay as the latter is limited in extent. Dairying is carried on along the Coquille river in the same manner as on Coos river. Creameries are located at different places from above Myrtle Point clear down to Bandon. Rancheis whose places border on or near the river use the gasoline boats to ship their milk to the creameries and those living inland on a wagon road use a separator, selling the cream and feeding the skimmed milk to stock. There are in Coos county about 275 dairy ranches and sixteen creameries and cheese factories besides a condensed milk plant. The annual output of butter is in the neighborhood of one million pounds. The butter is of the finest quality and brings the top prices in Portland and San Francisco. At times during the winter season it retails for as high as 65 and 75 cents for a square weigh- ing a pound and a half. The dairyman who is paid for his butter fat enjoys the profit along with the creamery. The cheese also is of a high class.

O. K. CREAMERY NEAR COQUILLE. Close inspection by state dairy and food Inspectors requires proper conduct of the dairies. " During the past few years better stock has been introduced into the herds. The breeds best adapted to the county are the Jersey, Holstein, Ayershiie and Guernsey. The milking machine and other modern methods are quite generally employed. Oregon's annual out put of dairy products amounts to $17,000,000. Coos ranks second among the counties of the state as to amount produced. It is believed in the future she wi'l lead as a dairy county. Her products now cannot be excelled as to quality. There is room for more dairymen.

BERT SEAL'S STRAWBERRY FIELD NEAR COQUILLE CITY Apple and Berry Culture. PPORTUNITY for fruit growing in Coos county is almost O unlimited. It has always been carried on by the farmers but has not yet reached anything like the industry it will be in the future. The experts say that Coos county is as good a place for growing apples as the famous Hood River district of Oregon and there are hundreds of acres of land which is available for setting out apples and other fruits. Many varieties of apples are raised successfully but the one which leads in Coos county is the Gravenstein. As well as apples, Coos county soil grows other fruit trees, among them the pear, cherry and in places the prune. State agricultural college experts say that much of the soil is adapted to culture of the English walnut which is becoming an Important Oregon crop. Berries of all kinds thrive and bring hand mme returns to the land owner who raises small fruit. The fact that the soil is suitable is evidenced by the luxuriant grow th of wild salmon berries and wild blackberries. Strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and loganberries under cultivation near enormous yields. The fruit is large of size and delicious of flavor and brings big financial returns for the investment and labor. One man realized last year $1,500 from fifteen acres of garden crops and loganberries planted on the bottom land while the balance of his farm, rough mountain land, was made profitable for stock raising. Bearing fruit farms are of course valuable but there is yet much land which can be bought at reasonable figures, cleared and set out in fruit and which in a few years will insure a certain living and annual profit for the owner. Market Gardening. WJTARKET gardening is another industry which offers oppor- ^ tunity in Coos county. There is scarcely anything in +he Way of vegetables that will not grow to enormous size, yet it is necessary at times to ship vegetables for the local market from San Francisco or Portland. This is because mo-.t. of the farmers have preferred to devote all their time to dairying but those who have taken up truck gardening find that a small tract of land pays big profits. Potatoes as a general farm crop arc extensively grown throughout the county. The bottom lands will yield on one acre a crop of potatoes worth several hundred dollars and some farmers believe that the uplands raise even a better crop. Most farmers hold that for a crop to raise on a large scale the potato is the most "profitable. The "spud," as the potato is called in Oregon, always finds a ready market. Large quantities are shipped by commission men and some of the ranchers of the Coquille Valley who cultivate many acres do their own shipping. In short as a potato growing country Coos county cannot be excelled. Another crop which has proved highly profitable, is the cranberry, which ean be grown in parts of the county. Poultry and Livestock. OULTRY raising is profitable to all who undertake it. The P local prices demanded for table fowls are always high. Eggs in winter retail up to 65 cents a doz< >i and in summer seldom go below 25 cents. With such prices the hen becomes an active money maker.

19 The climate along the coasts and in the valleys is ideal for poultry and they thrive and are more free from disease than in most places. There are no hard winters to battle. Beef cattle are grazed in different parts of the Coquille Valley. The timbered mountains and rough hill lands make good range and feeding before marketing is unnecessary. Many of the ranchers are near large tracts where free range adjoins. Hogs are not well suited to the vicinity of Coos Bay because of slow development but are raised successfully in the warmer

COOS COUNTY BUNGALOWS 1. S. W. Chandler, South Coos River. 2. Sigma Chi Boat House. 3. "Shore Acres," L. J. Simpson's Summer Home. 4. F. C. McCollums, South Coos River. 5. Dr. J. T. MoCormac's, §ouch Coos River. 6. E. Loekarts, South Coos River. Coquille Valley. The roots of all kinds which will grow to such large size on the bottom lands make splendid feed for [dairy cows, beef cattle'or hogs. Sheep are raised on some of the hill lands of the county but the success depends upon the adaptability of the locality selected. Goats are grazed on some farms for clearing and for profit. In the way of general farm crops oats, barley and all forage'crops grow rapidly and[_give big yields. Chances Offered Farmers. PPORTUNITIES are numerous for the man" who£ wants to O start in any line of agriculture in Coos county. There is always room for the dairyman and one making a small start has the same chance for profit as the rich man in proportion to the investment. There is room for the expert truck gardener who locates near Coos Bay and is convenient to the city markets. As the population grows the need of the experienced gardener, who will work intensely a small patch of ground, will increase. Comparative small capital will start a man or a woman in the poultry business on ground which is cheap because not suited for farming. Intelligent poultry raisers can make big money. No end of chances are offered the man who will go into the fruit growing business. He can get cheap hill land, clear it and set out his fruit and reap the future harvest. The farmer with small capital who will raise potatoes on what land he can get will make money. Where rough land in large tracts is procurable near free range there are opportunities in beef cattle grazing. Prices of land vary, according to location and condition of development and cultivation. If a new comer wants to buy one of the fine farms on the Coquille or Coos river with elegant country home, all city conveniences and boat service at his door every few hours, and thus procure a business which has made the former owner rich, he must pay a good price for it. Nothing else could be expected. But there are many farms which can be bought at reasonable figures and pjany cheap tracts, farther back from the cities and needing development, which later will be highly valuable. All available farm land in Coos county will some day be under a high state of cultivation and will be held at high prices. The Coquille Valley is the big agricultural district of the county. It is extensive and offers big development. Being away from the ocean breezes the climate is more ideal for farming than nearer the coast.

»l The farms on the river tributary to Coos Bay are protected from the winds by the hills and mountains and are preferable for gardening because of nearness to market and are fine dairy ranches. But the farm land in the immediate vicinity of Coos Bay is somewhat limited and the big development in agricultural lines will'be in the Coquille Valley. Throughout the county the climate is such that it is inviting to the eastern farmer. There are heavy rains in winter but no excessively cold weather and ] snows are^ rare. Farm life is therefore ]easier than'in most localities, and more conveniences around the farm home are enjoyed and less hardships required in Coos county than in most any other agricultural district.

COOS COUNTY SALMON HATCHERIES 1. The Home of 10,000 Salmon. 2. Salmon Hacks. 3. Catching the Large Fish. 4. Four of Four Million. Fishing An Industry. ALMON fishing and packing has for years been an impor- S tant industry of the county and is carried on both on Coos Bay and the Coquille river. Men make a business of fishing and furnish the local trade and sell to the packing establishments which are operated during the season of the salmon^ runs. The so-called Chinook salmon; are caught in great quantities. They are a large fine fish famous as a food either fresh, smoked or salted. At Marshfield there is an establishment where the salmon are packed for shipment to Germany. There is also a packing plant at Empire and some of the fishermen pack their own catch. A cannery at Bandon on the Coquille river does "a big business and a new and enormous packing plant has just been finished on the river between Coquille and Bandon. Professional fishermen can make $500 and $600 a season and have plenty of time to follow some other work between times. Many kinds of deep sea fish are caught for the local market besides the fine trout which abound in river and lakes. Crabs of gigantic size are always to be had and clams are an important food of the county. Besides the delicious rock oyster and the mussel there are eleven varieties of edible clams all of which can be gathered in quantities practical for table or market, all free for the trouble of digging. Two state fish hatcheries are maintained in the county, one on the Coquille river and one on Coos river, emptying into Coos Bay. Several million salmon are hatched and liberated as fry each season and return four years later from the ocean to their native water ready for the fisherman's bait or net. Educational Advantages. HE exceptional education facilities offered in Coos county T and the wonderful progress made in this line in the past year must be considered in the county as a whole. Whether a family settles in a Coos county city or in a rural district there is absolute assurance of as good school facilities as can be found in any community. Marshfield has just finished a new $50,000.00 high school building and another school to accommodate families in the mill district is being erected. At North Bend the new $60,000.00 high school was dedicated this summer and will be ready for use this fall. Bandon has also just completed a $35,000.00 high school. Eastside on Coos Bay has a new school and Empire has ample accommodations for pupils. Coquille city, the county seat, has a large school house and also uses an annex building. Myrtle Point has a good school house splendidly equipped.

33 MARSHFIELD SCENES 1. "Nann Smith" Load- ing. 3. First Trust and Savings Bank. 3. Coos Building. 4. Bird's Eye View of Marshfleld. 5-6. Marshfle Ids Water Front. 7. Flannagan & Bennett's Bank. 8. C. B. R. & E. C. Nav. Co's Depot. 9. Williams Build- ing. 10. C. A. Smith Mill.

NORTH BEND SCENES 1. Landing at Ice Plant, Marshlield. 2 "North Bend Water Fron' VS. The Past and the Present. 4. Ten Million Feet of Logs in Boom at North Bend. 5. Reynolds Lumber Company. 6 Coos Bay Gas & Electric Co's Plant and Porter Mill. 7. A Holiday at North Bend 8. Sherman Avenue. 9. Mercy Hospital. 10, Kruse & Banks Ship Yards. MARSHFIELD SCENES 1. "Nann Smith" Load- ing. 2. First Trust and Savings Bank. 3. Coos Building. 4. Bird's Eye View of Marshfield. 5-6. Marshtle Ids Water Front. 7. Flannagan & Bennett's Bank. 8. C. B. R. & E. C. Nav. Co's Depot. 9. Williams Build- ing. 10. C. A. Smith Mill.

NORTH BEI4D SCENES 1. Landing a® Ice Plant, Marshfield. 3*North Bend Water Front 73. The Past and the Present. 4. Ten Million Feet of Logs in Boom at North Bend. 5. Reynolds Lumber Company. 6. Coos Bay Gas & Electric Co's Plant and Porter Mill. 7. A Holiday at North Bend 8. Sherman Avenue. 9. Mercy Hospital. 10. Kruse & Banks Ship Yards. THREE NEW SCHOOLS 1. Bandon High School (1909). 2. MarsMeld's High School (1909). 3. North Bend High School (1909). The school system in the cities is first class and those pupils graduating from the full high school course are admitted to the state university without examination. The schools in the country are far better than found in most rural districts. They are located at points convenient for the farmers' children and many are along the rivers where pupils can have the advantage of boat transportation in all weather. In addition to the public schools there are several musical academies in the Coos Bay cities. Railroad Prospects. COOS county is without a railroad connecting with the interior. It has depended for its shipping upon ocean traffic and for its passenger travel upon boats and overland stage routes. Nevertheless it has progressed but it needs a railroad and will secure one and when that comes the greatest progress yet experienced in the locality will be enjoyed. There is a small road with about 30 miles of track extending from Marshfield to Coquille and Myrtle Point in the Coquille Valley and is used extensively. It is owned by the Southern Pacific, That company several years ago started to build a 36 branch from Drain on the main line to Coos Bay but the work was temporarily abandoned. Other big railroads have invest- igated and that one or more roads will announce intentions of starting toward Coos county before long there seems little doubt. That the place will in time be a trans-continental railroad terminus there is no doubt. Efforts are now being made to secure franchises in the Coos county cities for an electric street car line. There are also several propositions on foot for electric lines from Coos Bay to Roseburg on the mainline of the Southern Pacific and one of these may materialize. But the people are not simply waiting. Commercial bodies representing many counties in the state have advocated the building by the people of a state aided railroad from Boise, Idaho, to Coos Bay. In order to start the movement the Coos Bay people organized the Coos Bay, Oregon and Idaho Railroad

TEN MILE LAKES—THE SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE 1. Returning after an hour in a Coos County Forest. 2.-3. Ten Mile Lakes! The Most Beuutiful Lakes on the Pacific Coast. 4. Trophies of the Day. Company and the capital is being invested in making surveys and securing rights of way. These will be ready for the investigation of railroad builders who are interested but if outside companies do not come to take up the proposition the people will endeavor to build a road themselves in conjunction with the counties on the east which are interested in securing an outlet at Coos Bay. The time to come to Coos county and the time to make investments and establish a business is before the railroad starts.

THE REAL WILD THING Photograph taken with a telephoto in the Hills of the Coquille Valley. There is no part of the west affords such varied sport as the Coos County. Great Summer Resort. 00S county will be a great summer resort in the future. ^ It affords everything desired by sportsman or pleasure seeker. Ocean beach, lakes, rivers, mountains, deer and bear, trout fishing, boating, deep sea fishing and game of all kinds can be found within its borders. The Ten' Mile Lake district, north of Coos Bay, is one of the popular resorts. There is found the finest trout fishing in the land, good hotels and summer cottages. It will be one of the most popular resorts on the Oregon coast when a railroad reaches the place. Coos river is another popular summer resort. A score or more handsome homes are owned on Coos river besides hotels and camping places. Charleston Bay at the ocean beach is another place much frequented. Bandon has one of the finest sea beaches on the coast. There are many other] beautiful places where recreation and sport can be enjoyed. Good Road Building. TV7-0RK on the country roads throughout Coos county which " in being agitated and carried out is one mark of the progress of the community and desire of the people to advance. In different localities there has been a demand for better roads and in many cases the property owners have.themselves assumed the cost of new work. What in earlier years were only mountain'trails have developed into wagon roads and these are rapidly being improved. Many thousands of dollars will be expended this summer and next year on the county roads. Two direct stage roads extend to the Southern Pacific railroad, one from Coos Bay and the other from Myrtle Point. On both roads extensive rebuilding is now in progress and one firm which recently purchased a large automobile passenger car will put it in use in opposition to the old time mountain stage. In another district, the fine Loon Lake farming country is being connected with Coos Bay by a new wagon road and thus in different parts of the county there is activity which will bring about improved inland transportation and quicker connections for rancher and traveler.

COOS BAY IN ARMY AND NAVAL CIRCLES 1. Corps of Army Eiigitteers Now Making Surveys of Coos Bay. Torpedo Boat Flotilla Coaling Witk Coos Bay Product. . COQUILLE VALLEY

ITS AGRICULTURE AND CITIES

HE Coquille Valley of Coos county is a garden sp:t for the T farmer, fruit grower or dairyman and is a territory especially rich in natural resources. It is separated from the Coos Bay district of the county by low mountains which protect the interior country from the ocean winds. The climate is milder than on Coos Bay and because of the lack of winds the valley country is the part of the county best adapted for agriculture. As it takes in the greater area of farming land it is now and in the future will be the big producing section. It is the farming country back of Coos Bay which helps to make the latter an important seaport. The Coquille Valley however has a smaller port at the mouth of the river from which much of her products are shipped and she has her three cities, Coquille City, Myrtle Point and Bandon, all of which play a big part in the business of the county and are constantly growing because of the geographical importance of their sites. The greater part of the timber resources of the county are in the Coquille Valley. Enormous amounts of timber are cut and sent to the Coos Bay mills and besides the valley has many mills'of her own.

RIVERTON, ON THE COQUILLE RIVER COQUILLE'S WATER FRONT Wilhetnina, Wolverine and Favoiite at Dock R. R. Train on Crossing. Inland Waterway. 'T'rlE Coquille river is the chief waterway which gives the * territory its great value. The river is navigable for about 40 miles up from its mouth. Myrtle Point is at the head of navigation and here the river branches, which penetrate the back county, come together. Coquille City is about 16 miles down and 24 miles farther is Bandon at the mouth where the river empties into the ocean. There are many tributary streams which with this great main waterway drain the territory as well as making boat transportation possible for rancher, mill man and manufacturer. Whatever is done in the way of railroad building the river will always be a highway of commerce and passenger travel. Fast river boats have been put in use. The river is lined with beautiful farm homes, and saw mills, mines, logging camps, schools or small settlements are met at almost every turn. The trip down the river is one which for beauty of scenery can scarcely be rivaled. The richer bottom lands are along the river banks and extend back between the mountains while fine grazing land is found on the hills. Timbered mountains make the back ground tLid the scene from a river boat is a mixture of quiet homes and industrious mills, agricultural land and rich timbered mountains. The farming land is not confined to the immediate river banks. It spreads out over a large area in the valleys and between the stretches of timber. A more ideal • country for farming when climate and general surroundings are considered, can scarcely be found. River and Harbor Work. ACH year the government expends money on the improve- E ment of the Coquille river harbor at Bandon. Jetties have been built, shoals taken out and channel deepened. The smaller of the ocean going boats enter for their cargoes of lumber and freight. Some of the lumber boats go up the river quite a ways to load at the mills. At a comparative small cost a few shoals in the river could be taken out and the ocean passenger boats could then go clear up to the dock at Coquille City. For the purpose of the harbor improvement the people are planning to organize the Port of Coquille, in the same manner as was formed the Port of Coos Bay, so the river and harbor work can be pushed. Coquille City. OQUILLE City is the county seat, a fact which gives it an C importance of its own. It has about 2,000 inhabitants. It is on the Coos Bay, Roseburg and Eastern railroad, the line which connects county points. From Marshfleld it is 18 miles and 10 miles farther on is Myrtle Point. Connecting also with Bandon and way stations and ranches'by boat it has become to be a center. In fact its future appears to be that of a chief inland distributing point for the big agricultural territory around it. The business is supported by the farmers, the lumber camps and the , mills. The close rail connections with Coos Bay keep it in close touch with the coast.

COQUILLE CITY, MARSHFIELD'S EXPRESS ARRIVING COQUILLE VALLEY RESIDENCES AND BUILDINGS 1. Beautiful Farm Home of T. M. Herman near Myrtle Point. 2. J. R. Ben- son's Residence .it Myrtle Point. 3. Row of Residences in Coquille. 4. Bank Building at Myrtle Point 5. Hotel Guerin at Myrtle Point.

Coquille is an attractive city. Fine homes, retail stores of evqry kind, good water, electric light and all modern conveniences are enjoyed by the citizens. The county court house is a fine structure and there are good business houses on the main street. In the city is the saw mill of the Coquille Mill and Mercantile Company. A short distance out is the Johnson mill and a big creamery. The people are progressive and want new industries that will help build up the place and the city administration is pushing things ahead. 33 THE COURT HOUSE AT COQUILLE CITY There is prospect for the building of a big saw mill, electric light plant and furniture factory and recently the city council granted a franchise for an electric road in the city which is supposed to be a part of a line extending to the interior of the state. Schools, churches, social life and the people are of the highest order and the city is a pleasant place to live. Myrtle Point. YRTLE POINT is a dignified little city which is the M terminus of the railroad from Marshfteld. Many pass through the city, as a stage line runs from there to Roseburg connecting with the Southern Pacific. An automobile in com- • petition with the stage has been put on the run which will increase travel that way. The city has a clean, neat business section with wide, well laid out streets. Two good hotels, two banks and business houses of all kinds thrive. The residence district is pretty and the houses are handsome. Surrounded as it is by the extensive" farming lands the city is always sure of at least a certain amount of business each year. There are many logging camps in the vicinity which contribute greatly to the mercantile trade. Tnere is a saw mill just outside the city. The place has electric light and telephone service in all directions, churches, schools, halls and public buildings are unusually good for a city the size and the general appearance of the place is exceptionally pleasing. The population is about 1800. BIRDS EYE VI^W OF MYRTLE POINT Wagon roads in all directions lead out from Myrtle Point. In fact the city is a center of the main roads and a center of population for southern Coos and northern Curry counties. Bandon-by -the-Sea. Q ANDON, at the mouth of the Coquille river, is a beautiful little seaport city claiming a population of about 2,500. It is very suitably called Bandon-by-the-Sea, for it actually is right at the ocean edge. The main business street is near the water level parallel with the river frontage. The residence district is a level plateau rising high above the business section.

BANDON BEACH 1. Where the Elements Wage Gigantic Warfare. 2. Where Peace Eternally Doth Rest The cityTis"noted as a resort place because of the fine ocean beach, which, dotted with picturesque rocks, extends for miles south from the city. Many campers visit Bandon during the summer. The city is a busy place and is important as a manufacturing and shipping point. Located in and near there is the big Cody Lumber company mill, the Lyons and Johnson mill, the Rosa mill, as well as several smaller plants. In the city is a creamery, shingle mill and veneer ^factory, the Price ship yards, woolen mill, cannery and other factories. There is a fine wharf and warehouse for river and ocean boats and light house and life saving station. Three boats make direct passenger connections with San Francisco and a stage runs into Curry county. The people are progressive, and are building a handsome little city. Up the river from Bandon are Prosper, Randolph mill, Parkers- burg, and other mills, lumber camps and settlements. The Coos county banks are solid. There are three in Marsh- field, two in North Bend, two in Coquille, one in Bandon and two in Myrtle Point. There are life saving stations at Bandon and C003 Bay to watch the safety of passengers.

1 BANDON'S BEAUTIFUL BEACH 1. Talk About the "Stern and Rook Bound Coast!" 2. Another View at High Tide 3. From Within a Cave. COOS BAY

ITS SEAPORT AND INDUSTRIES

HAT part of Coos county which immediately surrounds Coos T Bay is termed the Coos Bay Country. It includes some of the farming and dairy land of the county, large coal mines, big saw mills, manufacturing interests of different kinds and other industries. Because of the harbor it is regarded as the main seaport of the county, in fact, is a harbor which with some improvement will be the best seaport on the Pacific coast between Puget Sound and San Francisco. The Coquille Valley district of the county contributes as the chief agricultural and timber producing section of the county. Surrounding counties with their resources and products stand as future feeders for the ocean gateway of Coos Bay which with rail connections once stablished is the only logical water outlet for southern Oregon.

VIEWS OF THE COOS BAY BAR 1. Standing off Waiting Tow. i. Sailing In and Steaming.Oat. TJI Boat Columbia Ready to Render Assistant. 3. Cape Arago & Light House The Coquille Valley as producer and Coos Bay as manufacturer and shipper, in their relative positions are dependent upon each other and together make Coos county a little empire of herself. But the importance of the Coos Bay harbor is felt farther back in the state and adjoining counties on the east are ready in their co-operation to advance any project that will bring the interior and this particular part of the coast together.

COOS BAY RESIDENCES I. Dr. J. T. McCorrnac, Marshfleld. 2. J. E. Oren, Marshfleld. 3. Mrs. L. J. Simpson's garden, North Bend. 4. Henry Senggtacken. Marshdeld. 5. C. S. Winsor, George D. Mandigo and J. R. Smith. North Bend. 6. Dr. R. G. Gale, R. J. Coke and George Langenberg, North Bend. Harbor Work. I HE harbor of Coos Bay is about fifteen miles long from the * bar to the head of the bay. It is in something of a horseshoe shape forming what is called the lower and upper bay. Some years ago the government made an improvement at the bar. A jetty was built and at a cost much below the estimate the water was deepened. There is now 26 feet of water on the bar at low tide. The water on the bar can be made much deeper with a comparatively small amount of government improvement. There is no rock ledge at the bar and the engineers have found that the deepening of the water would not be difficult. The United States army engineers after a thorough investigation have recommended to Congress that $500,000 be appropriated for work on the entrance of Coos Bay and the building of a dredger to be used in the work and - that there be an annual appropriation of $60,000 for maintenance. It is fully expected that the recommendation will be carried with the next river and harbor bill. Dredging the Bay. DUT the people of Coos Bay have not waited for the government to act. The use of the new government dredge Oregon costing $100,000 was given Coos Bay provided the people would furnish the money to operate it. About $15,000 was raised from the citizens. The dredgings which were used to fill low pieces of land were sold, adding to the fund, and through the efforts of the people $25,000 which was a balance left over after the bar improvement work was made available by the government for dredger work. Thus the dredger is constantly at work deepening the channel of the bay. The dredger started at the head of the bay and is working down. The project is to make the ship channel 300 feet wide and 18 feet deep at low water and the work will continue until this has been accom- pushed. Port Commission. TN ORDER to better handle the affairs pertaining to the •1 harbor the people of Coos Bay by vote adopted the new Oregon law which provides for the organization of a port district. The Port of Coos Bay was formed and includes a part of the county and covers a large area which is directly and immediately affected by the bay. Representative business men were appointed as port commissioners and have the power to issue bonds and levy tax upon property in the district for harbor improvements. Much can be done in this way which could not

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otherwise be accomplished and the harbor as an organization is in shape to properly transact business with the government. All harbor and port improvements will be in the hand of the commission. Coos Bay Cities. HERE are four cities on C003 Bay. Near the harbor en- T trance is Empire, at the turn of the bay is North Bend, at the head of the bay Marshfield and opposite the latter is Eastside. Manufacturing establishments and mills along the water front and residences farther back are rapidly bringing Marshfield and North Bend together and as the community grows these two cities, together with Empire, will unite as one metropolis on the peninsula formed by the turn of the harbor water. At different points on the bay are new townsites and tracts of land which have been platted and all of which are destined to play their part in the general settlement. The total combined population of the bay cities and towns is about 10,000. While the cities are small they are by no mean3 country towns. It must be remembered that Oregon is now sparcely settled and that places of a comparatively small number of inhabitants are in this state of the same geographical and commercial importance as larger cities in other states. Because of the port and because of the deep harbor possibilities the least enthusiastic prophesy that Coos Bay is the site of a future great seaport metropolis rivaling other larger Pacific coast points. Everything desired is found on Coos Bay when it is considered as a place of residence. The cities are modern with the conveniences and improvements of larger cities. There are paved streets, sewers, good water, fire protection electric

40 lights, gas, automobiles, educational, social and religious advantages and the best of people. In fact they are big cities built on a small scale with the view of extensive expansion, and the same applies to all of the cities in the country. City of Marshfield. Tl JTARSHFIELD is the largest of the cities on the bay and has •"•L a population of 5,000. It is an old city but with the progress of the past three years she is being transformed into a new place. The old business buildings are being replaced by new and modern structures, and many of the old residences are being crowded out to make room for the growing business district, while new homes are constantly springing up. The business district is near the water and some parts which are low are being filled with dredgings from the bay. This affords a level area for a business section of a city,of many thousands, while the beautiful hill lands at the back afford ideal sites for homes. The C. A. Smith mill at the north east end of the city gives the largest monthly pay roll and since its establishment about two years ago has brought many people to the place. More big mills will come. Manufacturing industries of many different kinds, wharves, commission houses and ware houses line the water front and there is room for more. Retail stores of every kind are to be found and are as up-to-date and carrv as good stock as in the larger places. There is a new $75,000.00 hotel besides smaller

HOTEL CHANDLER, MARSHFIELD COOS BAY RESIDENCES !. Mrs. J. H. IJlanagan Marshfleld 2. Mrs. Hazard. Marshfleld. 3. J. W. Bennett. Marshfleld. 4. Morton Home. Plat A. 8. John Merchant, Marsh- fleld. 0. C. F. McCullom, S. N. Arnold F. H. Brigham, North Bend. hotels and rooming houses, four concrete and brick structures, a good fire department, city hall, hospital, and other public works. The schools are first class, practically all churches are represented and social life is of the highest order. The Milii- coma club has as fine quarters as there are in the state. With North Bend i membership there flourishes a lodge of almost every secret Iprder, several of which have built, or are erecting, their own buildings. The streets in the business section are paved with asphalt and plank streets reach all parts of the city and are being constantly extended. The city administration is 42 BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF MARSHFIELD a progressive one and is busy with new sidewalks and street work, sewer construction and other public improvements, and keeps pace with the private improvements that are made. There are three good banks of excellent standing in the financial circles of the coast. North Bend. ORTH BEND is second in size of the bay cities with a N population of 3,000 and holds a position of importance in the harbor. On the site six years ago there was nothing but a saw mill and a few houses and in the space of this very short time a modern city has been built. It is the way they do things in Coos county. The main water front is along the upper bay. The city is at the place where the water turns and is growing in each direction. At the very point of the peninsula is a beautiful wooded tract which has been reserved as a public park. The city has been laid out with wide streets and with

OLD TOWN Here Captain A. M. Simpson Founded North Bend Half a Century Ago its fine water front of mills and factories near the bay level and the business and residence district on a promentory behind makes a striking impression upon the visitor. The Simpson Lumber Company is the chief industry. The company operates two large mills and is interested in other concerns. On the water front besides these mills is the plant of the North Bend Lumber Company, a milk condensary, brewery, sash and door factory, iron foundry, shingle mill, wholesale grocery and gasoline boat factory besides other buildings. Farther up toward Marshfield is what is known as Porter, but which is still a part of North Bend. Here is located

FIVE VIEWS OF MRS. L. J. SIMPSON S BEAUTIFUL YARD AT IIER RESIDENCE IN NORTH BEND. BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF SIX YEAR OLD NORTH BEND the ship yards and the big gas and electric plant which supplies all the bay cities. The North Bend wharf affords a big place for the loading and unloading of the ocean boats that visit. All passenger boats stop at both North Bend and Marshfleld. Represented in the business lines are wholesale and commission houses and also retail stores of every kind and all first class. There are several hotels and the North Bend Commercial Club, a business and social organization with elegant club room. The Mercy hospital, a large institution, is patronized by persons from all over the county. The fire and police protection is good and the city officers are alive to all improvements of a public nature that the advancement of the place demands. There are two good banks. West of the main part of the city is a suburb known as Bangor near where is located the Reynolds saw mill. Between North Bend and Marshfleld is Plat B with the Kinney saw mill and settlement. Both of these places however, although started separately are a part of North Bend. Empire City MPIRE City below North Bend and not far from the entrance E to the harbor is the oldest settlement. It was once the county seat and has an extensive deep water frontage and about 750 population. It is the headquarters for the Southern Oregon Company owning large land holdings and a saw mill at Empire but the company is not now operating. It is a pleasant place of residence and because of the beautiful townsite, deep water and nearness to the entrance to the bay many believe that it will be one of the most important points when the company owning the surrounding land operates again. Eastside, a New City HE new city of Eastside is, as the name implies, on the east- T side of the upper bay opposite Marshfleld. There were some houses there for years but recently the place has grown

45 SUMNER to about 500 population and is incorporated. At one side of the city is Isthmus Inlet and on the opposite side of this stream is the C. A. Smith mill. Eastside has therefore become the residence place for many of the millmen. A free ferry recently established and to be maintained by the county brings Eastside into close touch with Marshfield. Smaller Towns NINE miles from Marshfield is the old town of Sumner. Many travel through the place as it is the point where stage passengers from Roseburg transfer to the gasoline boat. A cheese factory is located there and it is a trading place for surrounding farmers. Catching Inlet, the river which connects Sumner with Coos Bay has just been dredged and deepened and a new wagon road has been built, giving the town new prominence and making it quite a pleasure resort place. Three miles south of Marshfield are the settlements of Millington and Flagstaff which have railroad and boat connections with the city. About three miles southwest from Marshfield is the mining town Libby and between Coos Bay and Coquille is Beaver Hill. Some Brief Facts. IF ALL the standing timber in Coos county was cut into marketable lumber and sold it would bring as much money as was paid for the Louisiana purchase tract from which was formed fourteen states and there would be enough left over to buy Alaska at the price paid by the United States. A fine fair grounds is located at Marshfield with first class half mile track and good buildings. A station of the United Wireless Company is located at Marshfield and communicates with other points and with vessels at sea. There are no paupers in evidence in Coos county and there has been no unemployed to feed. Tramps in the Coos county cities are a rarity. Marshfleld, North Bend, Coquille and Bandon have saloons. Myrtle Point and some of the rural districts are dry. There is in the county one daily paper, the Coos Bay Times published at Marshfleld, also seven weeklies, the Coos Bay Harbor of North Bend, the Coos Bay News and the Coos Bay Sun at Marshfleld, the Recorder of Bandon, the Herald and Sentinel of Coquille and the Enterprise of Myrtle Point. The Smith-Powers Logging Company has completed a private railroad at enormous cost and penetrating valuable virgin forests. The government recently completed a new lighthouse outside the entrance to Coos Bay. About 5,000 acres of land will be reclaimed near Coquille by drainage and other similar undertakings are in prospect.

COOS COUNTY PLEASURES V. A Day in the Forests. 3. On the Beach, a 8. Trout Pools./. A Day's Catch. The Coos Bay Home Telephone Company has just expended $60,000 installing a modern system reaching all points. The Oregon Coal and Navigation Company has completed a new passenger and freight dock and warehouse in Marshfleld. An artillery engineer corps of the United States army is at work surveying and making war maps of Coos county. The owners of the steamer Alliance will at once begin the improvement of docks and erection of new building thereon. How to Reach Coos County. Coos County is not yet connected with the interior country by rail. It is reached from Portland or San Francisco by boat and overland stage routes from railroad points as follows: Steamer M. F. Plant sails from San Francisco every Tuesday for Coos B ay. Fare $10. From Portland steamer Alliance sails every Saturday and steamer Breakwater every Wednesday for Coos Bay. Fare $10. Steamer Eureka running between Portland and Eureka, Cal., stops at Coos Bay every trip. Fare from Portland or Eureka $10. Overland stage runs to Coos Bay from Roseburg on the Southern Pacific railroad. Fare from Roseburg $6. Another line runs from Roseburg to Myrtle Point. Fare $6, Myrtle Point connects with Coquille and Marshfleld by rail. An automobile carrying four passengers runs from Rose- burg to Myrtle Point. Fare $10. From Drain, Ore., on the Southern Pacific railroad, is another overland route by mountain stage, river boat and beach wagon to Coos Bay. Fare $7.50. Bandon, at the mouth of the Coquille river is reached by water from San Francisco. Three steamers, the Fifield, Bandon and Elizabeth make the trip. Fare from San Francisco to Bandon $7.50. Between Bandon and Coquille several fast river boats run every day connecting with train from Coquille to Marshfleld and Myrtle Point.

THE FIFIELD LOADING AT CODY'S MILL AT BANDON Coos county, Oregon, is located in the southwestern part of the state on the Pacific slope. It has two sea ports, agricultural lands, coal mines, fine cities, healthful climate, large industries, growing population and tributary to its saw mills one-tenth of the standing timber of the United States.