Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-09-04


and DR.. George Wall of Eugene, a
prominent hospital surgeon, who had
been on fishing trip to the Ten
Mile lakes. They took us over to
the hotel
The Bay View hotel Is conducted
by W. f. Cassidy, and the house has
been under his management since
January. 1900. The beds are clean,
the table is good aud Mr.. Cassidy is
building up reputation as one of
he best young hotel keepers in Ore
gon.
Florence now has handsome dwell
ings. large stores. docks. warehouses,
and not a building but one little
shack where man kept few
articles for sale, chief OF which
was barrel of whiskey.
A. J. Morris, who has been here
over 80 years has seen all these
changes The Stuslaw industries are
peculiar-they own their own means
OF transportation and communica-
tion with the outer world They
own their own ships, tugs, stage lines,
telephones, telegraphs and carry their
own mail out and In.
Mrs. Safely (now Mrs. Nottage) ,
still living, was In here 33 years.
She came with Amos Herring and
wac. Mrs. Herring is still living and
has a number of descendants through
her seven children. Mrs. Safley and
Mrs. Herring were the first white
women on the river.
met Indian Dan. one of the sur
vivors OF the Umpquas. He is over
100 years old and there are only q
dozen of his tribe left. Peter Hall
Is the last survivor of the Siuslaws.
or the g Coos Indians alive nine live
on The Siuslaw rivera very healthy
region even for Indians
Geo. II. Golfer. the founder of
Glenada, or south Florence, laid off
a beautiful addition on the south side
OF the river which for two miles
along the sea Is half mile wide, II
is a picturesque bench with natural
forest and wonderful outrageous
growth MIR. Golfer built a capacious
hotel on the strength OF a railroad
boom that did not materiallzo, about
10 years ago. The boom failed. but
nothing daunted. Cotton moved into
his hotel himself and has raised one
Of the largest families in the country
scoring another highwater mark
for the wonderful climate of Siuslaw.
Sluslaw is still a paradise for the
nunter and fisher. Little attention
Is paid to the fish and game laws.
rhe river is full OF trout and salmon.
Crabs and clans are not all run out. |
They are very abundant and cannot |
be shipped out. Blackberries and |
Dlueberries, strawberries and rasp-
berries grow In most dishearteningly |
abundant profusion.
Trip 90 Ten Mile Lakes.
A visit TO the group OF lakes known |
rs the siuslaw Ten Mile lakes is a
startling revelation. You see deep
blue. dark blue, ultra-marine blue,
indigo blue bodies OF crystal clear
waters, surrounded by mountains,
With the soughing of the forest and
Instant roar OF the breakers In your
,ars.
The first has the cheap and com
non cognOmen, Clear lake, but the
indians called il Whoahink. II is
hree miles long and 70 fee deep and
las several arms. IL has one island
bove water and several rock islands
My foot under water. with deep
fater off the shores. Tsiltcoos lake
5 much larger with hong arms, sew
raj large islands and an estimated
leandered shore line of 80 miles
his lake is affected by Lane county
eople who come here and camp,
ave TsiltcOOs club and talk of
cottages. Streets are being
lt through. Dr. Willoughby OF Eu-
enc and DR., Jarringan OF Coburg.
Doth and Dixon OF the Booth-Kelly
ompany, and others are said 20 be
repairing to build. We went over
cross the peninsula TO the resid,nce
Buckskin Bob, whose name for
he whole crooked piece Of land he
~ns is the school ma'ams leg" He I
as about 100 acres OF the euphon-
'us peninsula 10 which he has at I
.ched the unladylike name. and re- {
'ntly sold four acres off he, big
'e 10 Architect Hunsaker Of Eugene
IT S160. Eighty rods fences in he
dy's whole limb
Buckskin Bob Smith steamboated
the Willamette in the sixties aud
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