Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-20
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Correspondence Assorian.
SorrH bend, w. r., Oct. I. 1882
Sou.b Bend is 20 called because a few
miles above its sits the river makes a
sharp bend to the east. Al south BEND
il located the large lumber miii OF John
Wood & Co., cutting on An average d.
OO feet Of lumber per day; the mill,
uuder the supervision of J. H. Moore,
Eso.. the Superintendent, has lately been
greatly improved By the addition of new
machinery, etc, and will now compare
fayorably with any mill on the Coast.
Captain Ed. Pastersous shipyard IL
also located a: South Bend. lie 10 at
present engaged in building large
thres-masted schooner for Captain 5. G.
Mitchell, OF San Francisco, bat Who, for
the present. resides With his family At
this place. Tie vessel Is l8 feet keel.
% fest beam and II feet depth Of hold:
and her carving capacity will probably
be about four hundred thousand fest OF
lumber. There Is large force OF work
men engaged on the vessel. and she Is
RAPIDLY nearing completion; when COM
Melted. il Is safe to say, she will be one
Of the staunches4 vessels afoat. No one
knows how 10 build a vessel OF that de-
scription better than Uncle Ed, and
Captain Mitchell wouldn't have any
other kind. The steamer Fayorite, re-
Gently of the Columbia, has her head
quarters at this place, and makes three
trips week between here and the head
of Shoalwater Bay, connecting there
with Hennessy's stage line for llvaco.
The steamer General Garfield makes
two trips q week, carrying the United
States mail between this place and Oys-
taryiIie. connecting there With the l. 3.
n Co.'S stage line for IlvacO.
There ia an immense amount OF travel
through this section at the present time,
the Garfield being invariably loaded
with passengers on her up trip. The
country il rapidly growing, and VIII
continue TO grow as It dawns upon TIC
minds of outsiders that the valley OF the
Willopa is one Of the finest agricultural
countries in tho Northwest.
Nor is agriculture our only resource;
millions upon millions Of feet OF the I'm
est spruce and fir timber stand upon the
banks of the different rivers tributary to
Shoalwater Bay, principally upon the
Will0pa, Naselle and North Rivers. II
is estimated that the coming drive will
aggregate some eighteen million feet,
all of which will be sawed BY the South
Bend mills. These logs have been put
in by eight different camps. viz: James
Fowler. James Goodell. Soule Broa., and
Albright Il Steen, on the main WillOpa;
John Rhea and Henry Ellis on the south
fork of the Willopa; Freeland d Mo
Naughton ON North River, and w. L.
Berry on the south fork of the Naselle.
Mr.. Berry was compelled to put in two
dams to drive his logs into tide water,
but by means Of these dams he has
opened up what is said to be one OF the
finest bodies Of spruce timber in the
Northwest. About million and half
are now in tide water ready for towing;
this will allow the South Bend mill,
which has been idle good part Of the
summer for want Of logs, to resume OPP
erations Immediately on the return Oi
the company's tug boat, the south Bend,
which has been at Astoria for several
weeks for the purpose of putting in a
condenser and otherwise improving and
repairing. The South Bend was built
at this place for Captain Ed. Patterson,
about eighteen months ago, and on her
return will probably be more than Or
dinarily efficient tug boat for her iimen-
sions. A person glancing up or down
the WillOpa at present could almost
fancy himself on the Columbia, from
the number of fishing boats in sight.
Mr.. Seaborg, of the A. +. Co., has sew
eral parties here fishing for fall salmon;
tho principal mode of fishing hero il by
trapping: Mr.. Church has q trap near
here; Messrs. kiddell & Smith have one
on North Rive, and parties whose
names / have not learned are building
one on the south fork of tho Willopa.
quantities at his place near W0Odward'G
Landing. Tho fish are large and fine.
II is rumored that there will DO can
merry erected at this place the coming
season.
1t is said parties from Oregon have
bought and propose expanding $50. O0O
in improving large cranberry marsh
near tho head of ShOalwater Bay. While
speaking Of Pacific County, ] wish ia
say q word for our county seat, Oyster
vile, as summer resort; not by way Of
advertisement, ~ 1t is rather late in the
season for that, but merely to show the
varied attractions of our county. Oys-
terville il naturally beautiful place,
and abounds in private residences, be-
sides its public buildings. which consist
Of two large, commodious and we'll kept
hotels, church. school house, court
house and u Jail, which il slways empty;
this last clause speaks whole volumes
for Pacific County. Oysterville is stu
ated OH the shore Of ShOalwater Bay,
c. mile from the ocean, which insures il
mild, equable temperature, and the
facilities for bathing, boating. fishing
and hunting arc rarely eQualed, while
the weather beach forms q natural drive
probably unsurpassed In the known
world.
The beautiful town Of Ilwaoo, alss in
Pacific County, is too veil known as q
summer resort 70 need any mention
from me.
Two gentlemen Of South Bend, whos<
names are withhold for the present on,
OF purc maRnanimity, have about oon
cluded arrangements for starting Z
weekly newspaper, which will rrobabl,
appear before grief stricken publ,
about January /, 1883.
Tho barkentine WebfoOt, Captain
Lewis master, and the schooner Rebec
On, Captain Wilson master, are botl
loading with lumber ct this port for Sal
Francisco.