Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-12-23
DAILY JOURNAL sA1Ha DE0ESEa - 1

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with NJ % oSou and tracing up stream rom ron, discover tho
tho coast on each side the liDes ines % Nv ws'~
TS y-e viii zoe this territory s naL ~ ,av 70 the
Of Coos Boy q .ep,pr the which te ecneon
Therefore we ere & c Bsv country therefOre any @
Of nature have ~ zane a ypar this territory into other
ana must run 'gun 20 '1 1 must in t6e whom
,, % rr.ea fan Bay being the place ao s, s4v can
and where the productions Of the vast slOuy ~. In
OF Ia ebeaply uassed makes IL impossible to dvo 49,
,s Of the Coos Bay from the tributary % which By
80 tb uaus commercial interests IN All eo' 49, s.y, sd
wOrG % San and grades tributary to COOs Bay harOO .'
cooperate interests on the bay o @ b commercial fero.
uert OF the Bay and nner har0or Wo % .,,s M taus
on the bay shoud eprocate BY aiding the interior ~'
p0S'C [ data pertaining Bay bar and harbor q 'ns
needs Of railroad facilities TO the harbOr val give as . I'm g.v
49, a timber mineral agricultural PrOducs .ha1 WIN '''
ass Through the Bay hbOr to their final markets. - a.
In the reports On the % @ % the direction Of Prof Horny
-. a vu bo found standing timber in the United
tie lees than one :, Oregon has two hunc billion, three hun
droa ninctyeght millions feet b M or h''e over " P
the % according 70 these reports ind Chat hs Coos Bay on
try has standing nncyhvc billion feet b. M or nearly per % 49,
total standing in Oregon or 10 per cent OF the 'O e ~
nu increase growth at tho rate Of ono ben feos
year hundred years this vast forest o. u
4, .ho Coos Raw country and cold a. the
present market price bring the Of toOOoooo or % por
Of hi' timber were to DO shipped 70 tho middle At eastern -'. & =
million dOar' f hauling H. was'h they oyeoiuany van % %
whom tho shipped hator Of Coos Bay which u W
nearly ah million dollars win TO tho vessel owners for
freight .,.-,...
Ioses that 20 cent Of the prices
received fOr umbe their min for labor
90 the Ray country hon feet neaHy
on annually labor Tho Bay
Try forests rod spruce hemiOci iarch JOB
oak maple ash alder myrtle and numerous other Va
Tho ar Of tho 90. ebay country known Oregon
equal among world in tho variety Of to which
be put According government stronger TALL
straight IN arrow, without limb for a hundred foct
Importance white Oxford
tho Coos Bay country b tough durable hno Of abe making
anrhng
in ia In
Der, and brings a high price
grows along courses though
od Spruce considerable quane' II also valuable boi
Il also makes anishng lumber
iomoE de- found growing all over tho country scattered az intervals
through tho other bodies Of tmb0 ia timber
being absolutely comparison With the hsmOok with
homOk Of tho east far their relative values Sugar
pine occupies tho souheasen Of BAY country
where 1t is mixed with yellow white pine ar
Incense cedar found quantities Myr.
tie Is ono OF tho finest woods that Il grained
and susceptible 70 high polish For hnshines
furniture cannot be er'ee4 The largest stand Is
Ash considerable quans. .sa
As quality size remarks regarding myrtle win ap
For furniture flooring finish the lumber has superior quail
The timber Of the Coos Bay country cut into lumber and put
on the gh through the hr Bay cheaper than can e
is admitted by Pacific lumbermen This then gives the c R
country % an nanolo advantage the Of the world as
the Pacific lumber is sold in all the globe
Coos BAY ds the only fuel Of Puget sopa A, -
"a advantage over haTbors without Every locomotive
sna steamer that goes out Of Portland Eureka San Francisco San p
W.
s anu british Columbia The geological OF the Uptea So,
shows vast coal fields in the Rocky mountains nde and eastern ~
Out On the Pacific Coast speeks one ip the 80
hs'0n and the other Oregon Coos Ray ''' " wash
Inc accessible Ray coal 6ela Il ~. ooo
"ih an available Of a billion tons - az. -
% ine a" the rate Of million per wear n vod
sand TO exhaust field - ~ "'u' 'aAe thou
N around Coos Bay the only beds in that region
which are MN cries have been made places some ~
are MggFade bituminOu adapted for domestic ~ @
O. ng purposes some Of these are over g5 MIL - % |
n9 amount OF wealth in undeyelonsd ~ extent
nay country beyond calculation The TONNAGE ara OF the
lied -sN'0' "@' cannot be fully grasped real.
Mining.