The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-04
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Wonderful Country on the oregon Coast
Where Grow Two Valuable Woods Not
Found Anywhere Else on Earth. A
Hundred Miles Frof a Railroad
Portland, ore, August 4.--Did YOU ever
hear Of Coosg II not you need only
come to Portland these days. and you
win hear much OF It. Coos Is county
on the coast Of Oregon. II Is the only
county that ever erected separate
building at any exposition There is enc
claim TO distinction, and notable one.
but Coos county has others. Leaving
aside an expositicnai exploitation Coos
is entitled 70 "a hearing because OF some
extraordinary conditions which lRSe
been met and overcome by her enterpNs
ing citizens. and also because Of the niN
that within her borders there is someN
thing new under the sun.
I'VE are out OF the world" said a Coos
cor't man. in the new town Of North
Beho, ON Coos Bay, when there was talk
, Of holding Lewis and clark centenn-
nian ceiebra, ~ at Portland
Here's a chance for us to get into the
world, said another Coos Lets go up
to Portland and show them. Some folks
{ have laughed at Coos little. because It's
name sounds fuey Now is our oppor-
tunity to prove TO the world that We are
| ga and OF H. and that Coos county is "a
kingdom in herself"
county and individual appropriations.
of cash and building material of archi-
tecmral talent and industrial sNll.
swelled the WORKING capital OF Coos
county for exposition purposes to about
/ S35.000, which exceeds the appropriations
Of some OF the large states. and yet
/ Coos is only a county ln- Oregon fir
/ from the beaten trick
Tho result of this enthusiasm Is q
thoroughly handsome building ot the
Portland Fair, adjoining the oregon
state building But the Goes r'lnty
structure is much more costly than the
Oregon building 1t IS worth about $50
900 AS IL stands. for Il is built altogether
Of Coos county woods, inside and OUT
side, and each separate piece of wood
was worked and polished and venecred
until It looks more like AN enormous
precious gem than a piece of timber
] LUIS t0AiltN NNANllhk ~ Attf hl lNlAt
particular gem OF the Lewis and Clark
exposition, so far as picety Of workman
ship goes. even who~ va 90 not c9usider
She remarkable h. on of inc county
with reference TO the rest of the world
The world of wheels and locomotives.
/ u is 12O miles FROM North Bend the
metropolis of Coos TO the neayset rail-
road point. which is Roseburs, on the
Southern Pacific line Coos has ..aso-
lutelv no railroad connection with the
outside world. no get there from Port
land sou must take an ocean going ves-
sell sail down the Willamette and the
Columbia. and skim along the coast
entering the county through Coos Bay
from the Pacific ocean. or. st you prefer
a land trip. you may stage il from Rose
burg to Myrtle Point, sixty-dve miles
over ,.e coast range Of mnuntaing-
wild and picturesque enough to suit any
boGy. and truly route through the tan
timber; aud from Myrtle Point ON to
North Bend you nay eide on one Of the
trains that run OIL, "A dinlSy little coal aud
timber railroad
! Coos county, just now. is forty-eiehi
hours from Portland-just about as fal
as Denver; though ON a straight line
Denver is something like 1900 miles
while Coos is about 100 miles away. But
Coos is not worrying about that; she Is
sure of one railroad shortly and per.
haps two. lone is coming down the
coast" says the Coos enthusiast, "anS
another Is coming across the mountains
Coos Bay has a fine harbor. and It is go
ing TO be the Pacific terminus Of
tmnscontinonth line. Just paste this IL
your Panama and remember e., and 90
less than five lears from now YOU viii b.
glad that you knew this beforehand"
There are plenty OF things in Coo
county. as proved by her showing at th
Portland Fair which entitle her 1890
people to be enthusiastic Two OF thes
things are found nowhere else on earth
namely. the Port oxford white cedar an
the myrtle three. Byron sang OF IN
myrtle, but he meant the vine. In Coo
county and not elsewhere upon thi
y mundane bail, 80 far as huu:an know
D ledge extends. myrtle trees grow; an
z they grow big and straight and tai
r they grow TO enormous size, bearin
leaves resembling those of the bay tire
The wood of the myrtle Is the cabinet
makers dream. IL rs hardwood, al
most like ebony, and the sawn surfac
Of myrtle plank rcyeaies knots an
gnarls that give It "A glorious grain whe
polished The color is lndescribabl'
there are several tints, but the gener
o effect is golden lightnoss; there
{ nothing somhre about IT, and the woe
l. takes "a wonderful polish In the Coo
county building Is SET Of furniture
tables, drcssers. buffet and other piec'
q the first ever made OF myrtle WOO
r This furniture was manufactured
a Coos county. Women who see it 81,
o. 10 gaze and gasp in admiration.