The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-02-16

The soil of this precinct along the
coast is more or less sandy and not
very productive, but little ways back
the sand ceases and the soil is very
productive. Very little grain has been
raised. but vegetables and all kinds of
small fruit have been cultivated and
do well. Hay is easily produced and
could be made profitable production
for export. Cattle and sheep raising
have been carried on to a limited ex.
tent, but like the cultivation of the
soil, has never been carried to an ex-
tent worthy to be called farming.
Bee culture has received sufficient
attention to prove that it can be made
a very profitable business, as any one
will testify after taking look through
the apiary Of Tommy Ferr. There is
certainly no good reason why Oregon
Should import honey. There is one
saw mill within the precinct though
there are others on the tributaries.
While the hills are clear of green tim
Der, yet in the gulches and the head
Of the sloughs, good timber is found.
This gives employment to great por-
ton of the population. All the lum-
Der now manufactured, outside of the
local demand, is taken by the O. P.
r. R. Co. The oy-ter business was
formerly very important one, but
owing to the wasteful manner in which
it was carried on, was almost destroy
ed. but now, after few years rest, the
business is again assuming its former
importance.
Newport, the principle town of the
Bay, is situated just inside the entrance
on the north side of the Bay. There
number of years since reservation
of square mile was made for gov
eminent town site, but after great
deal of delay and inconvenience it was
relinquished so the former claimant,
Samuel Case. The town contains
three general merchandise stores own
ed by James w. Brasfeld; Alone
Case and C. II. Williams; two drug
stores owned by Thompson & Kline
and by M. NJ. Davis; Walling and
Wright have a hardware, tin and stove
store. There are three saloons as
follows: Garmis & Howard, James
Ball, - Limpka and William Ham
mond; there are three good hotels,
the Irwin House kept by J. R. K.
Irwin, the Fountain House kept by
J. E. Peterson and the Bay View
House by Peter Abbey. E. H. Bald
win & Co. and Hammond & Smith
serve the people with choice meats
from their two markets, and Alonzo
Case keeps livery and feed stable.
w. S. Huford an attorney and counsel
or at law attends to the legal business,
while w. B. Stout as justice of the
peace is a terror to evil doers. E. c..
Phelps near town at Coast Hill MUIR
sery, supplies all varieties of nursery
stock and cultivated flowers. Beer for
the thirsty is furnished by a local brew
cry. The postoficeis is kept by C. H.
Williams and is supplied by tri-week-
ly route from Corvallis and weekly
route down the beach to Waldport on
Alsea bay. The place was incorpo-
rated by the last legislature and their
municipal officers are now serving
their first term.
Yaquina City is situated on the east
side of the bay 4 miles down and is
the terminus OF the O. P. R. R. Co.
The company has here a large dock
and two warehouses where is now.
stored large lot of material for the
construction of the road. Here is
the telegraph Office of the company
and also the custom house. The
Yaqnina Post newsey little sheet
under the proprietorship of Coll Van
Cleve is published here. There is a
China store at this place. The rail-
way company who are the proprietors
of the place have not commenced
selling lots as they have not yet loca-
ted the grounds needed for their own
use.
Oneatta one mile above on the
same side of the bay is sawmill town.
Here is located the Oneatta mills
owned by Allen Parker who has twice
represented Benton county very ac-
ceptably in the state legislature. Mr..
Hundsaker has grocery and liquor
store and Bagley has a shoe shop.
About mile farther up at Oysterville
T. ]. Foster@& Co., do wholesale
and retail business in general mer-
chandise.
The commerce of the bay amounts
to about $15o, 900 per annum, divided
between San Francisco and Portland.
The little schooners, Kate and Ann