The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-12-11
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EDITOR WAsHBURN TIMES, AND FRIENDS BAYFIELD,
COUNTY had through the last quite number OF
inquiries concerning country and especially the state
Oregon locality and will to answer
them through the columnsof the home the pest
knowledge have also hroughe achance to
investigate the country The noted city Of Grants Pass
Josephine county, Oregon has o the
the year than other
growth largely been the result of Eastern investors
Grants Pass probably less Oregonan than other city
go people and from all
parts Uno people who tired of the Billiards. storms
aout condition of the East and West to make
difficult matter to find native nOregonians
the With reflection the hardy plo
who aided moding the state and who
the hardsps and privaon early days. can be
ruhuy Grants Pass that it's inhabitants
largely eastern people, it only the ambitious
fearless people leaving their eastern homes
begin This had been the class that have
crowds almost daily through the past summer
parts the East They people who
coming mines timber engage business
esons people who looking homes in land that
famine freezing cod bleak Winds no scorching
days. Grants Pass has been eagerly sought out in
other the state from the fact that 1t
variety oopportunes and advantages The gold miners
quartz placer in abundance here The
find timber endless quantity here, and the
farmers orchards the hortculturst the melon growers the
hop grower sockaser the daymen and the umbermen
opportunities here for and the of
their particular lines What is good shout it,
lines mentioned overcrowded During
shs fifty and houses nave
been the growth of the and it's
rounding marvellous but has been the
growth of the during the it will not with
growth that it will enjoy this The managers
Of the Sugar Lumber Companys factories and m
they lumber for hundred
buildings that will be constructed
this At the time is almost
impossible difficult to get
which lodge aof the hotels and the Grants
Pass good than other state south
of Salem Capital crowded to the limit to take
care many strangers that are da arriving from all parts
of hosewho coming ocators in search
of timber hesurroundng country of Grants Pass nearly
yet remains of the finest unsurveyed tim
Der land here the world number
are squattng will hold their rights in this
until surveyed which will not be long The
Sugar & Lumber companys mills situated in this
city cutting and the center of nearly dozen
rough from each of these hauled
factory for cutting The
tory has factory attached and does large business this
making only for fruit orchards of southern Ore
gon orchards of California Many
the depend factory
exclusively of their boxes Sugar claimed make the
best boxes the best DOORS the building
material any other lumber existence tits astonishing
know this lumber has advanced in the
demand for it. Those who have sugar timber
claims Oregon matter how the claims
them of great value in the future Every sugar
pine value and those who lucky
to timber claims will be counted the
fortunate the future One lower Rogue river
below had many of lumber land land
that take several it
TO an Eastern Syndicate 100000 cash. Grants Pass is sit
uaed Railroad 26 mi les South of Porand
it daily mail and stage connection with all Of the outlying
comparatively good roads leading all sections
of the country
The elevation 963 feet The present popua
sion 5000 present growth will have 1000 people
by year. The city we'll equipped with electric