Coos County, Oregon, Is Located in the South- Western Part of the State on the Pacific Slope
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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 invest- ments 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 investiga- tion 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.