Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1888-01-06


porators being John C. Drain, Lew Kent, Jos
Celiers, +. E. Payton, J. w. Krewson, W.
A. Perkins, Henry Beckiey, ] N. Hedden,
A. E. Ozorf, i D. Leeds, w. f. Jewelt.
A. w. Reed, II. NJ. Callwell and w Kuyken-
dali. A preliminary survey was made by W.
H. Whipple and the following is a briei sum-
mary: The route from Drain TO Elkton is
sixteen and one-half miles, to Scottsburg
thirty six and one-quarter miles, to Old
ScottsbuTg, the terminus thirty eight and one
quarter miles. The elevation nj Drain above
tidewater is $50 feet and at Elkton 100 feet
The roadbed does not reach point 100 feet
above the level of Elk creek or the Umpqua
river at any place on the line, and there is no
grade Of more than one foot 10 the hundred.
There will be but one tunnel, about nine hun
dred feet long and the estimated cost Of
broad guage steel railroad would be $438, goo.
The company during the present year will
attempt to enlist capital in the enterprise and
hope TO be able to do so. The survey has
proven the entire practicability OF the route,
and It's projectors are showing commendable
energy IN the matter. No survey has, as yet,
been made TO Gardiner, or TO Brandy Bar
distant about some seven and one-half miles
below Old Scottsburg and to which ocean
vessels could come.
OAKLAND.
Next to- Roseburg, Oakland is the largest
town in Douglas county, being situated in the
midst of fine farming and stock raising sec
tion of country. 1t is eighteen miles north oil
Roseburg on the line of the 0. q {. X. X.
and is beautifully located, having very attrac-
tive and enterprising appearance. The popu-
lation is in the neighborhood of 500 and the
town is incorporated and has city govern
ment The chief source of its trade, is the
farming community which surrounds it. In
this respect, it has the best country tributary
to it, OF any of the towns in the county, with
the single exception of Roseburg. Oakland
was founded on its present site with the advent
of the railroad in 1872, but the Old Town
mile distant had existed as a trading point
from the earliest settlement OF Umpqua valley
Oakland has all the lines of business houses
usually found in town of its size, and its bust
ness men are generally well satisfied with their
surroundings and have faith in the continued
prosperity and rapid development of their sec
ton There is still some government and
railroad land opened to settlement in the
vicinity of Oakland, many new settlers IN the
| past year or two ayailing themselves OF the
| homestead laws, especially through the section
| of the Kellogg bend on the route to Elkton
| road Joining these two towns, some twenty
| FIVE miles in length OF course the time has
gone by in Oregon for the finding of vacant
| land along the main thoroughlares of trade,
| but there is room in Douglas county along the
remoter creek bottoms and in the recesses
among the hills for large farming population
on land as yet unappropriated. There IS a
weekly mail route 10 kelloggs from Oakland a
distance of twenty miles, and semi-weekly
mail carried on stage to Looking Glass via
| Umpqua Ferry.
The farming community surrounding Oak
| land are most enterprising and progressive and
| have realized the necessity of variety OF pro-
| ductions, while producing and marketing their
| share of grain, wool and live stock, they
especially ship to the Portland market a large
supply OF poultry and eggs, having the envia-
| Bile reputation in this regard, of shipping more
of this character of produce than any other
station on the o. & c. r. r., and there must
be great profit and ready money in this source
Of income, as these articles generally command
high price in the market of the metropolis.
Fruit growing, here, as elsewhere, IN Douglas
county, is coming into great favor and during
the past season great progress has been made
in this line, which will be supplemented by the
! planting of many new orchards the coming
season
/ The general desire here, as may be said to
be the case throughout Douglas county, is for
the division of the large farms into smaller
ones, and considerable land is on the market
| for this and other causes, at reasonable rates
regarding the fertility of the soil and the gen.
eral prosperity of the region. To the intend
| inp settler, he cannot cast his lot in more
promising section than with the good peo
pie of Oakland and vicinity. The town itself,
has general air of prosperity that marks it as
a successful trading point. All the avenues oil
trade are here represented by active, pushing
business men.
Oakland is the shipping point for the Doug,
las county cement mine, which IS situated
about eight miles northwest oil the town. Ii
is controlled by the Portland Cement Company
whose principle Office is in Portland. This
company intend opening the mine thoroughly
in the snrins and intend to work it on a large
scale. There has been thorough tests made
of the cement manufactured from it, both
by assays and by practical tests, There being
considerable work done with it in the CITY o
Portland) and it is pronounced and decided to
be equal to the celebrated Portland Cement o
England The supply OF the ore seems IN
exhaustable and there is no doubt but thai
this will in the future be one Of the most i'm
portant industries in the state, and probably
in the United States, as this is the only ore tha
has ever been found in the United States 81
far that wimake first class cement.
; The following are the leading bushes
houses of OaGland: General Merchandise
A. F. Brown, 4. G. Young & Co. Hard
ware, Stearns & Chenoweth, Young Ham
mite. Groceries, Chas. Medley. Drus
Store, Page & Dimmick. Physicians, E. ]
5 Page, 7. c. Shambrook. Boots and Shoes
: w. T. Turner. Harness, ]. S. Beckley
= w. H. Moore Attorney and Nota.y Public
C. A. Sehlbrede. Dentists, s. K. Raymond
] II. Little. Blacksmiths, las. Dearling, ]. d
S Boon. Hotels, R. Thomas, Jas. McKnnon
. Wagon Shop. L. Mcfarland. Rich cinnaba
z deposits eight miles east of Oakland PARTIAL
. developed two mines are now being success
: fully worked, one by Todd Bros, the other b
Jas. Chenoweth.
i GARDINER.
: Situated at the head Of Umpqua Bay, seve
t miles above the mouth of the river, in th
# extreme northwest section Of the county,
n the most prosperous and beautiful town c
i Gardiner containing some 200 inhabitants
: This town presents the most attractive an
). cleanly appearance of any in Douglas county
t a matter in which its inhabitants take muc
i pride. The leading industry of Gardiner
: the extensive saw mill business of the Gard
ner Milling Co. under the management
e w. F. Jewett, young man OF business ability
e capital and energy. Tie mill at this point
among the leading ones of the state and doe
S an extensive business, there being probabl
a 400 families who gain more or less Of the
support through this enterprise in its variou
a departments. The thriving settlement alon
S Smith river and Camp and Mill creeks mostl
n engaging in the, logging business. The annus
: output Of this mill is in the neighborhood {
II, ,ooo, 900 feet, with an addition of 1900, 90
e lathes. The major part, by far, of this amour
e is shipped direct to San Pedro, California, t
{ supply the Los Angeles market, an occasions
n vessel sailing for San Diego or the Sandwic
S Island. The company have an Office at Sa
# Pedro and the mill is kept busy filling order:
/ all its output in fact being disposed Of as ia.
e as produced. During the year just past 3
!. vessels, with an Average capacity of nearl
: 100000 feet were loaded at this mill. Th
e largest being the w. F. Jewett, partly owne
5 by the company, and operated in its intere
, having capa city for 10000 feet of lumbe
il This is the largest three mast schooner engage
e in the trade on the Pacific coast, and IS ne
/. vessel which was built expressly for this trad
o Next in importance to its lumber enterprist
IS Gardinerranks itssalmon cannery, the properi
Of the Gardiner Packing Co, composed at pre-
e OF AL w. Reed and w. F. Jewett, and undt
1 the able management of Mr.. Reed. Durir
y the season Just passed, this company employe
e for nearly three and one half months some
t fishermen and as Cinnamon, the latter in Il
r canning department They expended ov
If $4,000 in wages, and the output was $50
d cases of salmon disposed of to Liverpool pa
d ties at $4.7o per case and shipped via So
lie Francisco. There are two cannenes at Gard