The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-09-15
A Summer Resort.

It has always been considered both
healthy and polite to move once year
from homes in the sweltering interior
to camps at the margin OF the sea-
Following this time honored custom a
brilliant company consisting OF Davis
and wife, medical division; Mcclellan
wife and son, non-professionals; Miss
Gilliland, pedagogue; Miss Cleaver, col
lector Of curiosities; and Campbell, wife
and baby, legal division; with Campbell
as unsuccessful hunter extraordinary,
on about August lst, boarded train
consisting of q wagon and back and pro-
ceeded towards the setting sun, as seen
from the mouth of the Coquille river
The trip to Myrtle Point, the first
transfer, was void of thrilling expert
ence, except that both wagon and hack
were demolished by the way and owed
their safe arrival to liberal supply of
rore, applied in proper shape to the
fractures. Myrtle Point, the former
head Of navigation on the Coquille river,
is about forty FIVE miles from the ocean.
We camped there one night and were
visited by delegation headed by B.
Herman, who, as spokesman, gave us a
hearty s'welcome to the Coquille." The
present head of navigation is at Nor
way, below Myrtle Point, to which
point we proceeded next day and trans
ferred ourselves and baggage to the 1T
tie steam propeller Ceres, presided over
by Captain Reed and engineered by
our old friend Mack, by whom we
were treated in most hospitable fashion.
The Coquille is beautiful river, with
the bordering hills, dropping trees upon
its banks and placid surface, but it was
doubly pleasing to us who were only
too anxious to exchange wagon for boat
dust for water and burning sunshine
for breezy shade. Coquille city, which
is the proposed terminus for the Coos
Bay r. R. this winter is thriving lit
the town and bids fair to be the metrop
oils of that section. On the evening oi
the third day out we came in view ot
the ocean, and shortly after landed a
Bandon, near the place of our proposed
camp Here the hunter of the party
was approached hy Frenchman named
Giromi, who keeps some sort OF house
in that country, and charged with being
a sheep berder come to work for Ben
nett, and came near being captured
bodily and appropriated. The GROVE
however, consulting its own interests
would not stand this but promptly, at
ter inspection, identified their hunter
and he was released. Having carried
our two wagon loads Of plunder abou
quarter of mile we made camp BY
the side of clear and beautiful little
creek and were preparing to take res
when we were agreeably surprised b.
visit from our old friend J. 2. Tupper
who ptesides over the fortunes of TIN
Ocean House, just above and command
ing fine view of beach, ocean an,
river. TIE next day we all, of coulse
hunt the beach, each to pursue his o
her fayorite phantom-the Docte
hunting for iodine, brownine sal-am-
raoniac and such; the ladies searchin
for shells, messes and agates; McClellal
supervising the whole business and th
hunter terrifying the sea birds and es
citing The contempt of the sea lions b
the frequent reports of his gun! Their
is no more beautiful spot than til
Bandon and surroundings. There is a