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

in all the elements Of wealth for timber, graz
ing and farming land. The uppermost Ipart
of this section lies near Drain and would prob
ably fin the future be tributary TO it as a
trading point, bat at present Gardiner com
mands the trade Of Smith river and would do
SO almost to its headquarters.
Sufficient importance has never been
awarded the mouth OF the Umpqua as har-
Dor and port of entry. Its merits in this re-
gard need heralding to the world, as, while no
braggadocio has been indulged in, IN its be-
half, il is believed by those capable Of judging
OF being the very best harbor on the coast,
and the fact that not one Of the thirty-eight
vessels engaged in the lumber trade, was
forced TO lay by, or in any manner delayed
in entering or going out during the year just
passed speaks volumes in praise of the mouth
Of the Umpqua. Not cent has ever been
spent IN its improvement by the government,
but il is safe to say that here can be found
water outlet to the sea sufficient to meet all
the demands of the Umpqua and the William
cite valleys.
The great necessity of this section from
Drain through Elkton and Scottsburg to
Gardiner, is the proposed Umpqua river rail-
road, concerning which VIC gave brief out
line IN the description of Drain elsewhere in
this edition. But it Is of no more importance
TO the region mentioned than it is to all Doug.
7 las county, and the entire feasibility of the
scheme can be made apparent TO any one who
will take the trouble to investigate. Allow
THE REVIEW to remark right here 10 any
croalSlng ones, that we believe the Umpqra
river railroad practical route OF the utmost
importance to all the people of the county and
| destined to be built in the near future
Among the pleasant acquaintance whom
we made or renewed at Gardiner and TO whom
we are under obligations for favors shown,
were the genial DIR. T. c. Mackey, postmas-
| ter and health officer, proprietor Of the
Gardiner drug store, and physician of ac-
knowledged ability and merit, who attends to
the health Of the people over a large extent
| of territory; Messrs. Jewett and Mckenzie,
OF the milling company. who kindly furnished
many facts for this edition; the whole souIed
Al. Reed, who never saw Resehnrzss
Gardiner before unless he was after votes 1--WE
were there once) or taxes, and Peter Nelson,
the Democratic war horse who has host of
friends wherever knoMn, and Vim. Dewer.
| ]. M. Daley and Albert Perkins. Of Smith
river, who kindly assisted us in swelling the
| list Of THE REvIEvc. In fact we fell in love
with Gardiner and its good people.
scoTTsBURc.
A village on the UnDaua boasts Of twohotcis,
a general merchandise store, a tannery, AID
other business houses. The tannery is good
paying property empi Aying two hands and hav-
ing an annual output of from $1,000 to So
900, securing most of its hides from Gardiner
and from the surrounding country. Its pro-
ducts commands the very highest price in the
San Francisco market. Scottsburp ships an.
nually principally through the mercantile es
tablishment OF Hedden & Son in the neigh
borhood of 1900 pounds of wool and Be-
tween 900 and 400 tons Of grain, wheat apd
oats, by way OF Gardiner to the San Fran
cisco market. Some &c, 900 pounds OF hops
are raised and exported every year from the
extensive hop farm of II. Lamphere, three
miles from Scottsburg and has proven paying
business. The country around Scottsbnrg is
adapted to all the various uses OF the farmer,
the stockraiser and the lumberman. The
Loon lake region eleven miles distant contains
] government land that is equal to any for farm
| ing and stock. The people express great con
tidence in the practicability of the trail con
nection with Drain. At present Scottsbufg
enjoys mail facilities only by tri-weekly steam
er to Gardiner, twenty miles distant conducted
| by the successful and genial Captain Cornwall
| and a tri weekly stage 10 Drain, thiity-six
| miles east, run by Messrs. Nation & Shelly,
| two as agreeable and enterprising gentlemen
as one could meet. But the people desire
| to hear the whistle ofthe locomotive and urge
| in common with all northern Douglas the
necessity ofa rail route to the coast.
ELKToN.
| Almost midway between Drain and Scots
burg on the stage road and on Elk creek lust
above its junction with the Umpqua is the
prospering village of Elkton. Here Henry
Becky conducts general merchandise bust.
ness. a grist null and a saw mill, supplying
IL =.
around. The town also boasts good hotel,
| which is the dinner STATEN for the stage line.
Elkton also lifts her voice in behalf of the
Umpqua river railroad, which would open
and greatly develop all the available resources
of this section.
COLES VALLEY.
As the observing traveller passes through
/ Douglascounty and feasts his eyeson the roman
tic and picturesque valleys and coves that lie
nestled in among the ranges Of hills that IN
tersect every part of it, he finds none more
pleasing TO look upon than Coles Valley. If
he has taste for picturesque scenery and
beautiful landscape views he can feast his
eyes as nowhere else; should he be Of a COM
merclal turn and see no beauty in anything ex-
cept that which will yield dollars and cents he
cannot but be pleased with the fertility Of the
soil whicE needs but little cultivation TO yield
large returns.
Coles Valley was named in honor OF DIR.
James Cole, one of the first settlers in the
early fifties, and who's present writinglives
near there enjoying quietly the last days Of a
well ordered life. With few exceptions all
the first settlers that were not of the specula-
tive land shark order, are living on the farms
they first occupied when they cast their lots IN
the wild west That all of them are we'll sat
isfied goes without saying for it would be i'm
possible to buy land In their locality for less
than twice as much as would be asked for it
IN any other part Of the county. Grain and
stock raising have been the chief industries
up to the present time, but now fruit growing
is gaining favor and several large orchards are
being put out with more to follow in the near
future. Two mail routes pass through the
valley one from Millwod TO Roseburg and the
other from Oakland to Looking Glass. Mr..
r Shambrook keeps general store and Post Of
fee at Umpqua Ferry where there is black
/; smith shop and hotel. Clark & Baker are
proprietors of saw and planning mill where
,, the Post Office of Millwood is, and near there
c. A. Briggs has saw and shingle mill.
The Coast Range mountains shelter this
E valley on the north and west and from ITS
canyons hundreds of running springs afford
water for the inhabitants and their stock. We
full to the mountain scenery that may be en-
joyed in the valley and neighborhoed Di
rectly north and across the Umpqua river frpn
the valley stands alonea large butte fam llarly
!, called sold Tyee" name that needs no ex
planation to any old pioneer. In the Chi
{ nook language it means ''chief' and was giyer
. to this mountain on account of its being 81
. much higher than any of the surrounding
: peaks. A trip to the summit of Tyee is cpn
! sidered the proper thing for treat to visitor
!, and is generally well appreciated. 1t stand:
. zooo feet above the valley and from its sum
nit can be seen Mt. Pitt in Jackson count,
/, in the south, Mt. Thielson, Old Baldy ant
Q Diamond peak Of the Cascade range in thu
:, east and the Three Sisters and Mt. jefferson
J in the north Some have, after considerable
: straininr of eyesight and stretching OF immagi
!. nation, thought they could see Mt. Hood il
: the dim and misty distance. 1t is beyont
! doubt however that view can be had from
: !. its summit of over one hundred miles. From
:. Tyee the surrounding country Of Coles valley
: Garden Bottom, Calapooia and Camas Swai,
!, looks like large well-ordered garden and til
, various streams winding through them lool
;. like irrigating bitches. The ascent is no
:. difficult as a wagon can be driven more tha
s half way to the summit.
o WILBUR
: Is trading point situated on the o. & c
:, r. K. haifw way between Roseburg and Oak
: land. This is the seat of the Umpqr
!, Academy an educational institution Of recog
!; nized merit. A general merchandise stor
drinr n oood businees and a hofai and one r