Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-10-15
ROGUE RIVER
WAGON ROAD
Il. A. DEAN TALKS INTERESTING.
LIZ TO THE COURIER
FROM SEA TO CRATER LAKE
A Great Highway Which Shall Bring
Prosperity to the Four
Counties.

R. A. Dean, Of the forest reserve
force and who is in charge of the
Gold Beach district, arrived in
Grants Pass last Thursday and has
been spending a few days at head
quarters and in visiting his mother,
who has long resided in this city.
In speaking of the country down the
river he was earnest in his advocacy
of the building of wagon road from
Gold Beach up Rogue river to Cra-
ter Lake. He believes such road
would be of great public benefit,
not only as mail route but would
serve as an outlet vor Curry county
and practical way for new settlers
to reach that country
Mr. Dean says that wagon road
from Gold Beach up Rogue river
would not be an expensive undertake
! ing as the government trail has only
to be widened as far as finished and
then again the Almeda company has
good road up the river to Galice,
and from there on county road
leads to Grants Pass and beyond In
building the place to commence is
at Almeda, from there to Gold Beach
is only rs miles. Half of this dis
tance is an easy grade and compare
lively inexpensive in road construc-
tion. This route penetrates farm
ing country and after leaving Al
media will pass through well known
points such as Mule Creek, Illahe,
Agnes, and then 80 miles below it
will end at Gold Beach. Agnes is a
wonderful copper district and will
some time be the center of copper
mining on a large scale, The river
| from Agnes is navigable to the ocean
for gasoline boats and large amount
Of freight goes to the upper country
this way.
Mr.. Dean called attention to a
paragraph to be found in Forest
Supervisor Andersons article on
Curry County and It's Needs" pub
lished in the Courier two weeks ago,
which reads as follows
'The lower valley of Rogue river,
Pistol river, Chetco river and the
Winchuck, as well as Port Oxford,
need highway to the interior, Curry
is again demanding assistance from
the state-a loan, as ii were, on
which her great natural resources
will pay interest into the treasury in
the form of increased taxes. 1t has
been suggested that Curry and Jose
phine leach interested In the pro
ject) join with Jackson county and
klamath and again take up the Cra
ter Lake Road Act Make II bill tC
construct a highway from the sef
across the state, which would remove
the question of constitutionalty OF
account of its local character All o
Oregon would benefit by the con
struction of such a road"
It was Mr.. Deans opinion that |
would be easy to get the road If tn
people Of the counties mentione'
would take Mr.. Anderson's advice
| As far as Curry county was concern
ed It would do It's part and NOR
| too. The proposed state road woul
| develop the country from the sea I
| Crater Lake and would attract me
| with capital to all four of the couf
| ties and development would speedll
follow.
| Mr. Dean talks interestingly Of III
country along the lower Rogue rive
| It will be easy he says, to make Il
Rogue nayigable mp as far as u
mouth Of the Illinois, and this wI
- omen a rich country on either Il
:. of this famous stream. This low
country IS a land Of great opportur
ties and there are thousands Of pc
pe who would bo glad to locnto the
I'M there was O. way to reach lt.
1 Cold Beach is an ocean town
something Ike 200 population, y
Dean thinks, and has three merca
tile establishments. a newspaper, [
Gold Beach Globe, two hotels, t
cigar stores and soft drink plac
and It being the county seat, has I
court house, also two lawyers T
country around is devoted TO
| raising OF cattle and sheep and Is
| center Of a great salmon lnduEt
| which has heretofore been control
| Inv the late r. D. Hume, the salm
king The Hume property, which
nov being divided MP and dlspoi
Of Will bring TO The country n
b'oof and mon who VIII help bu
.- tr taa tcap new settlers q